2010-08-08 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Elena Kagan was sworn in on Saturday afternoon as the 112th Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming only the fourth female justice in the court's history.Kagan was

2010-08-08 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Foreign Ministry said Saturday it is dissatisfied with the U.S.'s fulfillment of its obligations under bilateral nuclear arms reduction treaties.The ministry also

2010-08-08 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOKYO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum highlighted the need for structural reforms and cooperation with the Group of 20 major economies to realize balanced growth

2010-08-08 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOKYO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- About 69.3 percent of people responding to an annual poll want the government to take more economic measures, hitting a record high, local media reported Saturday.It signaled

2010-08-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Russian government will decide whether to extend or reduce the length of grain export embargo after the fall harvest, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov s

2010-08-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

BISHKEK, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyz authorities on Thursday arrested an opposition leader allegedly plotting a coup and repelled thousands of his supporters in a flare-up of violence that rocked once a

2010-08-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

HOUSTON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- BP said on Friday it has appointed Mike Utsler as its lead representative in the Unified Area Command (UAC) and the chief operating officer for the company's Gulf Coast Re

2010-08-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

CARACAS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- General-gecretary of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) Nestor Kirchner, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met on

2010-08-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

BANGKOK, Aug. 6 Xinhua -- Thailand's "yellow shirts" have agreed to shift their rally venue from the Government House to the Kilawes Stadium in central Bangkok on Saturday, the Thai News Agency (TNA)

2010-08-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 114 people were killed, hundreds injured and many missing Friday after flash floods from a cloud bust hit a major town in the mountainou

2010-08-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks retreated on Friday after a government monthly jobs report fell short of expectation, adding to fears that the U.S. economy will slow down in the second ha

2010-08-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Elena Kagan as Supreme Court justice, making her the fourth woman to sit in the high court.President Barack Obama, who nominated Kagan,

2010-08-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

BISHKEK, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyz police were mobilized Thursday to disperse anti-government demonstrators outside the capital city of Bishkek.Kyrgyz police forces fired in the air to disperse some 2

2010-08-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

HOUSTON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP said Thursday it had finished sealing the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico with cement.The company said its engineers finished pumping cement in

2010-08-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Christina Romer, who chairs the White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), will step down next month, the White House said Thursday.After her resignation, effective

2010-08-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

CARACAS, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday his government is ready to resume the diplomatic relations with Colombia.Chavez made the announcement when he met with Nes

2010-08-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senate on Thursday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of James Clapper to be the director of national intelligence (DNI).The Senate confirmed Clapper lat

2010-08-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Nasdaq held a special ceremony on Thursday to celebrate the five-year listing anniversary of Baidu Inc., the largest Chinese company listed on the New York-based stock exc

2010-08-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. mortgage giant Fannie Mae on Thursday reported the smallest quarterly loss in three years, while asking for another 1.5 billion dollars in federal aid.The company r

2010-08-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The inter-Korean trade has seen a significant decline of more than 30 percent since the South Korean government carried out a ban on trade with the Democratic People's Repub

2010-08-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) - China's banking regulator on late Thursday said the hypothetical situations in the risk tests of banks, such as a possible slump in property prices, does neither indicate t

2010-08-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chicago-based Boeing Co. lost orders for 26 jets valued at 5.82 billion U.S. dollars in the past week, according to latest figures released on the company's website.The co

2010-08-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow 7.1 percent this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday.While explaining this projection, which i

2010-08-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

HOUSTON, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP said Wednesday it had reached the "desired outcome" in a procedure to permanently plug the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, as a government report

2010-08-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday overturns Proposition 8, California's voter-approved initiative that banned same-sex marriage.Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walk