2011-05-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

A U.N. special investigator is accusing the Sri Lankan government of serious crimes against Tamil civilians in the last phase of the country's civil war that ended in 2009. The investigator has prese

2011-05-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

Life on the International Space Station requires intense concentration, critical thinking skills, and strategic contemplation of what could come next, because hundreds of kilometers above the Earth, t

2011-05-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama toured tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri, Sunday, where 142 people were killed and another 40 are still missing. The president offered a message of consolation and hope at

2011-05-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

Americans are observing Memorial Day weekend, a time meant to honor the nation's war dead, with ceremonies, parades, sporting events and picnics.The last Monday in May of each year is designated as M

2011-05-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Many television shopping programs have mushroomed in recent years and they are moving upmarket to sell gold, cars and even houses, rather than selling cheap goods."It's no

2011-05-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

G8 leaders have pledged $20 billion in assistance for the democratic transformations in Egypt and Tunisia and address development and security needs in sub-Saharan Africa. The pledge came on the final

2011-05-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

Representatives from north and south Sudan are meeting Saturday to discuss the disputed Abyei region that was seized by northern forces a week ago.South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar traveled to Kh

2011-05-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

Astronauts on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour are making preparations to return to Earth on the spacecraft’s final flight. One of the astronauts says being in space has shown him the fragility of t

2011-05-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama is in Poland, in an effort to strengthen relationships in Eastern and Central Europe, and to ask support for emerging Arab democracies. Our correspondent reports from Warsaw, t

2011-05-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama and other G8 leaders wrapped up a two-day summit in the French coastal town of Deauville with harsh words for the governments in Libya, Syria and Iran but promises of billions i

2011-05-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

Indian economic officials are consulting with their counterparts in other emerging countries to try to reach consensus about whom to nominate for the top job at the International Monetary Fund. India

2011-05-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

Papua New Guinea says a multi-billion dollar liquefied natural gas project is expected to help propel the country's economic growth rate to a robust eight percent this year. Fueled by rapidly growin

2011-05-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

A silver-haired gentlemen has just stepped out of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. With its collection of pioneering airplanes, telescopes and rockets, the museum is a temple to the tr

2011-05-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama is preparing to visit Poland, the last stop on his European trip. Polish leaders are hoping the visit Friday will lead to progress on some of the thornier issues affecting

2011-05-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

In Malaysia a rare earth refinery under construction could end China's near-monopoly over the elements that are essential for manufacturing many high tech products. But some environmental organizatio

2011-05-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is actively campaigning for the top job at the International Monetary Fund, planning visits to China and other nations in a bid to broaden her support interna

2011-05-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

NASA has unveiled plans for its next-generation, post-Shuttle spacecraft to carry humans into earth orbit and beyond. The state-of-the-art, four-astronaut capsule, called the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehic

2011-05-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

A new report by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says the world economy is recovering, but warns against a series of risks, including high energy prices and govern

2011-05-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

Panicky shoppers in Belarus are buying up consumer goods and scarce food supplies as fast as they can, after a sharp devaluation of the ruble failed to halt a slide in the national currency's value.

2011-05-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have spent the day in London with Britain's royal family. It was the start of President Obama's first state visit to Britain and it may bolster the

2011-05-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has hailed the Internet in transforming the world and driving recent Arab protests. Sarkozy launched an Internet forum before a G8 summit later this week.President Ni

2011-05-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

Officials in the Midwestern U.S. town of Joplin, Missouri, say the death toll from Sunday's massive tornado stands at 116 and that search efforts continue for possible survivors trapped in rubble.Sea

2011-05-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

German officials say they will shut down airspace over northern Germany Wednesday, because of the ash cloud from Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano.Experts say the cloud reached Scotland Tuesday. It is expe

2011-05-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

The United States and Britain are planning to form a joint national security council, designed to allow the two allies close cooperation in dealing with security challenges.The two are expected to off

2011-05-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

A team of scientists claims that a widely-used formula for calculating whether certain plant and animal species are becoming extinct is deeply flawed, and might overestimate extinction possibilities b