2009-12-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street settled at year high on Thursday due to upbeat reports on the labor market and durable goods orders. The U.S. Labor Department's report showed initial cl

2009-12-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Food prepared by Mexicans at traditional Christmas parties will cost 12 percent more than a year earlier, far outstripping the general inflation of 3.8 percent, said a

2009-12-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not appear before an inquiry into the Iraq war until after the general election, Britain's Sky news reported Wednesday. The in

2009-12-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast on Wednesday rejected a nuclear swap deadline set by the United States, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.On Tue

2009-12-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

DAMASCUS, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Syria and Turkey on Wednesday signed 50 agreements and memorandum of understanding (MoU) and a work program for joint cooperation, as leaders of the two countries met and

2009-12-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co. said in a statement Wednesday that it is close to finalizing a deal to sell its Swedish luxury brand Volvo to China's Zhejiang Geely Holding

2009-12-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government saw trade relation with China "produced concrete results" in 2009 and is optimistic of progress in 2010, according to a report released by the U.S.

2009-12-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

LUANDA, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's Minister of Non-Renewable Natural Resources Germanico Pinto, the new chairman of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said here on Tuesday t

2009-12-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Talks between the United States and Russia on a successor treaty to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) will resume in mid-January next year, State Department s

2009-12-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate will cast its final vote on the landmark healthcare legislation in the morning of the Christmas eve, which is Dec. 24, officials said on Tuesday.

2009-12-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The British economy declined by 0.2percent in the third quarter, slightly better than the previously-estimated drop of 0.3 percent, the Office for National Statistics ONS s

2009-12-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government saw trade relation with China "produced concrete results" in 2009 and is optimistic of progress in 2010, according to a report released by the U.S.

2009-12-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

LUANDA, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's Minister of Non-Renewable Natural Resources Germanico Pinto, the new chairman of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said here on Tuesday t

2009-12-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIRUT, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Unknown attackers tore the tyres of several vehicles of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, the National News Agency (NNA) of Le

2009-12-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Navy on Monday expressed deep regret over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s claim on the inter-Korean maritime border in the western sea, vow

2009-12-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Russia and the United States are likely to clinch a new nuclear arms reduction treaty early next year, Russia's top military officer said on Monday. "We will conclude

2009-12-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

ABU DHABI, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The state-owned conglomerate Dubai World, which seeks a standstill on some 22 billion U.S. dollars of debts, said Monday that it held a meeting with its creditor banks i

2009-12-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Serious delinquencies among U.S. prime mortgages rose nearly 20 percent in the third quarter from the prior quarter, indicating that the country's housing financial ma

2009-12-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO,Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. automaker General Motors Co. has tapped Chris Liddell, chief financial officer of Microsoft Corp., to be its new vice chairman and chief financial officer, the company

2009-12-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran opposes the "aggressive and arrogant policies" of the United States, local satellite Press TV reported Sunday. "The Iran

2009-12-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

GAZA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Hamas is waiting for Israel's response to a new proposal for the exchange of an Israeli soldier and a number of Palestinian prisoners, a Hamas source said Sunday. "Hamas

2009-12-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIRUT, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri ended on Sunday a landmark visit to Damascus, pledging with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to open new prospects on bilateral relation

2009-12-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed an agreement reached by the 60 Democratic and Democratic-leaned senators on a health care reform bill that was expected t

2009-12-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iran's military on Saturday denied that its armed forces had entered Iraqi territories to take control of an oil well, saying the oil well in question is "inside Iran's t

2009-12-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. east coastal area was hit by an overnight major snowstorm on Saturday, leaving a large number of Americans stranded as they were going home or shopping for Chr