2009-08-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

RAMALLAH, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- A senior U.S. official denied that his administration has reached an agreement with Israel on halting settlement activities, Palestinian sources in Ramallah said Friday.

2009-08-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

VIENNA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in its latest reports on Iranian and Syrian nuclear issues on Friday that both countries have not carried out sufficient

2009-08-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Presidents from the member countries of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) discussed on Friday the U.S.-Colombia military cooperation agreement, which has ar

2009-08-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Central Intelligence Agency used severe sleep deprivation tactics on a detainee in late 2007, one year after the former Bush administration publicly banned its hars

2009-08-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber Thursday killed up to 17 Pakistani security men when he blew himself up at a check post in northwest Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency bordering Afghanis

2009-08-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

ANKARA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Thursday Turkey would extend support to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in his mission, the semi-official Anatolia news

2009-08-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The American economy shrank at an annual rate of 1 percent in the second quarter, a better-than-expected showing, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Thursday. The

2009-08-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

RAMALLAH, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A three-way summit for Palestinian, Israeli and U.S. leaders is expected to take place during the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month, Palestinian sour

2009-08-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

ANKARA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Turkey said Wednesday it would further improve cooperation with Pakistan in political and economic fields and the two countries' relations would set an example for other c

2009-08-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

KABUL, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The sitting Afghan president Hamid Karzai is keeping on lead over major rival Abdullah Abdullah in Afghan presidential election as the Independent Election Commission (IEC)

2009-08-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

SINGAPORE, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Singapore must go on to implement structural changes so as to bring about economic recovery, a senior Singaporean official said on Wednesday. According to local TV b

2009-08-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Three major U.S. automakers saw their share of the 3 billion "cash for clunkers" sales collapse in the final weeks of the program. According to a Detriot News report,

2009-08-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Worldwide semiconductor revenue is on track to decline 17 percent in 2009 from the previous year, market research firm Gartner said on Wednesday. According to Ga

2009-08-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his British counterpart Gordon Brown on Tuesday afternoon at the Downing street No. 10. Netanyahu arrived in London o

2009-08-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

KABUL, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- A powerful blast rocked Taliban birthplace Kandahar in south Afghanistan Tuesday evening leaving 36 persons dead and over 60 injured, all of them civilians, officials said.

2009-08-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOKYO, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Japan's trade surplus expanded for the second straight month, soaring by 364.2 percent year-on-year to 380.23 billion yen (4.09 billion U.S. dollars) in July, the finance m

2009-08-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The White House said on Tuesday the federal government could face a cumulative deficit of 9.05 trillion U.S. dollars from 2010-2019. The figure, released by the Whi

2009-08-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The largest U.S. automaker General Motors Co. will no longer include the silver "GM" corporate logo on its vehicles in a move to emphasize the four core brands that surviv

2009-08-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

PYONGYANG, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will keep up its military-first, or Songun, policy in a bid to build a powerful nation, a senior official said Monday.

2009-08-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government announced on Monday the establishment of a new unit on terrorism-related interrogation, which was charged by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) d

2009-08-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

ATHENS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Greek fire brigade officials on Monday afternoon appeared confident that efforts to extinguish the last remaining wildfires in Attica prefecture would be successful by nigh

2009-08-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

HOUSTON, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Monday that indicted U.S. billionaire Allen Stanford must remain jailed until his fraud trial. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe

2009-08-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

TIANJIN, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Two joint-ventures the Japan-based auto giant Toyota set up in China Tuesday began to recall 688,314 motor vehicles that had been well received around the nation for malfu

2009-08-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is urging its members to back a bill in U.S. Congress to reform health care coverage, citing a provision that includes 10 billion U.S.

2009-08-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission said here Sunday that it has activated the Community Mechanism for Civil Protection following a spreading wildfires in Greece. The decision wa