2010-02-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices rallied to the highest level in five weeks of above 79 U.S. dollars on Thursday as distillate fuel stockpiles dropped more than expected.The U.S. Energy Inform

2010-02-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday announced that it was increasing the interest rate it charges on emergency loans to banks to 0.75 percent from 0.5 percent as the f

2010-02-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange ended lower on Thursday as the International Monetary Fund is going to sell more gold to central ban

2010-02-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street advanced for the third straight day on Thursday as investors were hunting recovery signs amid mixed economic data.Wall Street has been advanced for three days

2010-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A small plane crashed on Wednesday morning in a residential neighborhood in East Palo Alto in the U.S. state of California, killing three people on board, local medi

2010-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said Wednesday that Tehran will not consider proposals which demand the closure of Tehran research reactors and suspe

2010-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

KABUL, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A servicemember with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed by small- arms fire in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday.A press release issued b

2010-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. aviation security authorities will begin using portable screeners at airports to check for explosives from passengers and their carry-on bags, the USA TODAY report

2010-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spreads lies about Iran in the Persian Gulf region, the semi

2010-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan army confirmed Wednesday the arrest of the Afghan Taliban's No. 2 Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.In a statement issued to media, the Inter Services Public Relation

2010-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the 787-billion-dollar stimulus package that he signed a year ago prevented another Great Depression while creating or p

2010-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOKYO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Nikkei Stock Average surged 2.72 percent on Wednesday echoing overnight gains made on Wall Street and supported by Hong Kong's positive start after the Lunar New Y

2010-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

RAMALLAH, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger Tuesday called on Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to resume peace talks and follow all politic

2010-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- With preparations being made for Iraq's upcoming elections next month, the UN Security Council here on Tuesday stressed the importance of "transparent, legitimate"

2010-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) - The Obama administration on Tuesday warned that Iran's rejection of international proposal on its nuclear program would result in consequences, saying engagement is a m

2010-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Iran is to pursue its plan for enriching high-grade uranium for its research reactor, but is still ready to exchange

2010-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

ATHENS, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- A time bomb exploded at the offices of JP Morgan brokerage firm in the central Athens district of Kolonaki around 7:50 p.m. local time on Tuesday evening, causing damages t

2010-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he did not take U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's words that Iran was moving towards a military dictatorshi

2010-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China trimmed its holdings of U.S. debt by 34.2 billion U.S. dollars in December 2009, leaving Japan as the largest holder of U.S. Treasury securities, the U.S. Treasur

2010-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The nomination of Portuguese central banker Vitor Constancio as vice president of the European Central Bank (ECB) was endorsed on Tuesday at a monthly meeting of finance

2010-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Tuesday it is using its statutory authority to obtain documents from Toyota to determine if the aut

2010-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Finance ministers of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday kept up pressure on Greece, urging the country to be ready for additional measures in the coming month to reduce i

2010-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The dollar lost ground against the euro and the sterling pound on Tuesday as upbeat corporate earnings reports and manufacturing data increased investors' appetite for r

2010-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, with the S&P surging the most in three months, as the U.S. dollar weakened against the euro and investors came back from a holiday wee

2010-02-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The military chief of Britain's armed forces on Monday said the latest civilian deaths in Afghanistan were "a very serious setback, but not one that cannot be overcome."A