2010-08-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill allocating 600 million dollars to help enhance border security in the southwestern states bordering Mexico.Obama sig

2010-08-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

Beijing, August 14 (Xinhuanet) -- The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Friday approved a batch of inter-city rail transit networks, spanning more than 2,000 kilometers, to accelera

2010-08-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- A report by "USA Today" that government employees are paid more than private sector workers has sparked a debate in the United States over federal government spending

2010-08-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

BERLIN, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- German economy has seen a rapid recovery in the second quarter, as the gross domestic product (GDP) registered a growth of 2.2 percent compared with the first quarter, a re

2010-08-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Eurozone economy grew by 1 percent in the second quarter compared with the previously quarter, the European Union (EU)'s statistical bureau Eurostat said on Friday.Accor

2010-08-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- General Motors Co Chief Executive Ed Whitacre said he would leave his post on Sept. 1, in an abrupt move as the company reported its second straight quarterly profit, a

2010-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian official said Thursday that the country is ready to launch its first Bushehr nuclear power plant, the official IRNA news agency reported.Chief of Bushehr nuclear

2010-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. federal judge who had overturned California's same-sex marriage ban decided on Thursday to lift the stay of the ruling, meaning same-sex marriage may soon re

2010-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

CAIRO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak discussed here on Thursday with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abass on the latest efforts exerted to resume direct Israeli-Palestinian

2010-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

PYONGYANG, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Thursday that South Korea's imposing sanctions on Iran with the United States harms others and itself, the offici

2010-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Leading Israeli academics and pundits, regardless of political affiliation, are consentaneous: the late May flotilla raid has pulled Israel into an international inciden

2010-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

HOUSTON, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- British energy giant BP on Thursday resumed its work on a relief well designed to permanently seal the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico after a brief suspension due to

2010-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- General Motors Co. CEO Edward Whitacre Jr. will step down on Sept. 1, while GM board member Dan Akerson will succeed him to become the company's fourth top executive in 1

2010-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- China has decided to impose anti-dumping tariffs on pure terephthalic acid imported from Thailand and the Republic of Korea (ROK), the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thur

2010-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

HONG KONG, Aug.12 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks slipped nearly 190 points Thursday as heavyweight HSBC dropped 1.84 percent.The benchmark Hang Seng Index dropped 188.83 points, or 0.89 percent, to clos

2010-08-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Wednesday launched an appeal for 460 million U.S. dollars for disaster relief efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan.The UN Office for the Coordin

2010-08-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

MUMBAI Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-five people were drowned and another twenty-five were missing in the northeastern India's boat capsize on Wednesday evening, local media reported.The accident occurr

2010-08-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- White House said on Wednesday that the United States is on schedule to pull out all its combat troops in Iraq by the end of this month."We're on target by the end of t

2010-08-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said Wednesday that the army lacked enough intelligence, especially about the Turkish Foundation for Human Rig

2010-08-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

RAMALLAH, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- A senior official revealed on Wednesday that the Palestinian leadership received a preliminary approval from the United States over a proposal that the Quartet committee

2010-08-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday extended his best wishes to Muslims around the world as Ramadan, the month of Islamic fasting, starts."On behalf of the America

2010-08-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street turned red for the year on Wednesday after worries about a slowdown in recovery sent major indexes plunging more than 2 percent.As of Wednesday's closing, th

2010-08-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday froze its benchmark interest rate at 2.25 percent for August, after it hiked the key rate last month in a surprising move aimed at ta

2010-08-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a bill into law to boost domestic manufacturers by suspending import duties on a variety of raw materials.The bill, form

2010-08-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- General Motors Co. plans to file paperwork to launch a public offering on Friday, Detroit News reported on Wednesday.The move will allow GM to begin selling shares before