2010-08-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Life is yet to get back to normal on Wednesday after 63 people have died in the past 48 hours in continuing violence following Monday's assassination of a politician. Te

2010-08-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- South Korea began on Thursday massive anti-submarine drills in waters off the west coast of the divided Korean peninsula despite a warning from its wartime rival against the

2010-08-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Forty U.S. billionaires or their families pledged on Wednesday to give over half of their money to charity, according to a philanthropy drive organized by Microsoft foun

2010-08-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday said the "unplanned" border clash on Tuesday between Lebanese Army Forces (LAF) and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers

2010-08-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

CANBERRA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Helped by blockbuster hit movie Avatar, global media giant News Corporation on Thursday reported a net profit of 2.5 billion U.S. dollars, and said the company is well pos

2010-08-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

RIYADH, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Saudi telecom regulator announced late Tuesday that it would block Blackberry services as for next Friday until the smartphones' maker Research In Motion (RIM) complies wit

2010-08-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Tuesday imposed further sanctions on Iran over its controversial nuclear program by identifying 21 entities believed to be owned or controlled by th

2010-08-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOKYO, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Visiting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said here Tuesday that he was deeply concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula and hoped the six-party talks would be r

2010-08-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

HOUSTON, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP said Tuesday it had begun the so-called "static kill" procedure to permanently plug the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico.The engineering procedure o

2010-08-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Ever since Israel's war with the Lebanese-based Hezbollah four years ago, there have been constant warnings from both sides that a return to violence is just around the

2010-08-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- A shooting at a beer distribution business in the U.S. state of Connecticut has left at least 9 people dead, local media reported on Tuesday.The shooting took place on T

2010-08-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Tuesday extended a welcome to the launch of a panel to probe the Israeli raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla in May.Russian UN Ambassador Vita

2010-08-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street dipped on Tuesday as the latest earnings and economic data failed to impress investors.The Commerce Department reported that personal spending and incomes were

2010-08-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks fell Tuesday, led by banking shares amid concern the government will not relax curbs on bank lending in spite of a slowing in the economic growth rate.The be

2010-08-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday in New York that the government will move as quickly as possible to bring clarity to the new rules of finance.Durin

2010-08-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Worldwide spending on information technology (IT) rebounded quickly and beat expectations in the first half of 2010, but still faces an uncertain future due to the po

2010-08-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Since U.S. President Barack Obama signed the financial regulatory reform act into law on July 21, many people in Wall Street have been asking whether the new law would rai

2010-08-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

HOUSTON, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP plans to start the "static kill" procedure to seal the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, after a crucial test is conducted Monday to det

2010-08-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday announced the setting-up of a panel of inquiry on Israel's attack against an international aid flotilla on May 31."This i

2010-08-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday said he will keep the promise of ending combat mission in Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010, as his administration pulls tens of thousands of t

2010-08-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Many paratroopers in Russia splashed in fountains to celebrate their special day on Monday, the 80th anniversary of the establishment of Russia's airborne forces.Nearly 600

2010-08-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Monday warned that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will see " additional steps in the coming weeks" for its provocative actions, h

2010-08-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

GAZA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday rejected a U.S. request to set a date for moving to the direct peace negotiations with Israel without defining an international p

2010-08-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Washington Post Company announced Monday that it has signed a contract to sell the iconic Newsweek magazine to audio tycoon Sidney Harman.According to Newsweek's we

2010-08-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks surged on Monday,with all three major indexes turning positive for the year of 2010, as the latest batch of economic data and corporate earnings from both the