2010-02-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

BAGHDAD, Feb. 12 (Xinhua ) -- Four Iraqi Shiite pilgrims were killed and 35 others injured in three attacks Friday evening near southern Iraqi city of Najaf, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source said.The

2010-02-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- In a lawsuit filed on Friday in Los Angeles, a widow sought compensation from Toyota over an incident caused by an alleged sudden unintended acceleration.The incident

2010-02-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was hospitalized in New York on Thursday after experiencing chest pains, CNN cited sources as saying. Clinton, 63, underwent quadruple

2010-02-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

JAKARTA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- A shallow quake with magnitude of 6.6 struck waters off Bali Island, a center of Indonesia's tourist industry, on Friday morning, the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysic

2010-02-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The first summit of the European Union (EU) called by the bloc's first full-time President Herman Van Rompuy concluded here on Thursday afternoon, showing clear politica

2010-02-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- A new arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia would reflect a link between strategic offensive and defensive weapons, John Beyrle, the U.S. ambassador to

2010-02-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

WARSAW, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Poland's government has approved a gas agreement with Russia, local media reported on Thursday, citing a government spokesman.The agreement clears an intergovernmental acc

2010-02-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

CAIRO, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- A high-ranking official of Palestinian Fatah movement Thursday in Egypt urged Hamas to sign the Egyptian-brokered reconciliation file before the yearly Arab summit next mont

2010-02-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The first summit of the European Union (EU) called by the bloc's President Herman Van Rompuy ended here on Thursday, dominated by Greece's fiscal crisis instead of an e

2010-02-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices rose for the fourth session on Thursday as European Union leaders' pledge to help debt- stricken Greece boosted market sentiment.European leaders had reached

2010-02-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Italian car giant Fiat and Russian automaker Sollers signed a deal on Thursday to establish a joint venture that is expected to produce up to 500,000 vehicles annually.The

2010-02-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices rose for the fourth session on Thursday as European Union leaders' pledge to help debt- stricken Greece boosted market sentiment.European leaders had reached

2010-02-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

PARIS, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- France's second biggest carmaker Renault posted its 2009 business with a 10.8-percent revenue decrease on Thursday, and predicts a difficult 2010 ahead as the car trade-in

2010-02-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

ATHENS, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Greek public sector employees staged a 24-hour strike Wednesday to protest announced salary freezes and reforms in taxation and the pension system.As the government tries t

2010-02-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Treasury Department slapped further sanctions against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday, freezing assets of an individual and four companie

2010-02-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Heavy snow across New York City forced the closing of local public schools and halting of most flights on Wednesday.According to local TV channel NY1, the city announced

2010-02-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Argentine national soccer team coach Diego Maradona on Wednesday criticized Jorge Valdano, sports directive of Spanish club Real Madrid, saying he "is a big rival" fo

2010-02-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

COLOMBO, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Six people were arrested and 12 vehicles were damaged when Sri Lankan police dispersed a protest rally on Wednesday near the Sri Lankan Supreme Court Complex in Colombo fo

2010-02-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday that the timing of the exit strategy of the central bank would depend on economic and financial development

2010-02-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU)'s first full-time President Herman Van Rompuy will chair an informal summit on Thursday to draw an economic blueprint for the bloc for 2020.The m

2010-02-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration on Wednesday vowed again to redouble efforts to boost export, a move aimed to help support or create 2 million American jobs."We can be encoura

2010-02-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Finance ministers from the euro zone were holding emergency phone talks on Wednesday, raising hopes that the European Union (EU) may step in to contain the fallout from G

2010-02-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Russia's security chief said on Tuesday that NATO expansion posed "quite a serious threat" to the country."We have strong doubts that NATO enlargement will help us feel mor

2010-02-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

SANAA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Yemen said on Tuesday that it will not be intimidated by threats made by al-Qaida leaders, vowing to continue its strikes against their hideouts across the country."Threats m

2010-02-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The European Parliament (EP) elected the new European Commission (EC) by 488 votes to 137, with 72 abstentions, in Strasbourg on Tuesday.The vote took the form of a single