2009-06-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Despite Monday's slight drop in the price of gasoline, economists are debating whether prices will continue to fall or whether they will rise again to new highs. M

2009-06-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration said Monday that it has no plan to rescind invitations to Iranian diplomats to attend celebrations to mark America's Independence Day on or ar

2009-06-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

RAMALLAH, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Monday challenged the hawkish Israeli prime minister by saying that East Jerusalem will be the eternal capital of the future Pa

2009-06-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, June 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks plunged on Monday as lower expectation of world economy hit global market. Dow Jones lost 200 points, while S&P and Nasdaq composite shed more than 3 percent.

2009-06-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, June 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama signed a bill into law on Monday that authorizes the government unprecedented powers to control tobacco makers. "The legislation I'm si

2009-06-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Germany's Lufthansa won approval on Monday from European Union (EU) antitrust regulators to buy its Belgian rival Brussels Airlines after offering certain remedies to al

2009-06-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, June 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Energy Department has approved Ford Motor Co.'s request for billions of U.S. dollars in federal loans to help fund the development of new, fuel-saving vehicles and t

2009-06-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Russia is ready to conclude an agreement to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) due to expire in December, only if the United States addressed Russian con

2009-06-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

CAIRO, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The visiting Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday that the fresh guideline made by his Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a "unique opportunity" for the long-st

2009-06-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Iranian officials have lashed out at some Western countries, particularly Britain and the United States, over their "interference" in Iran's election affairs as the countr

2009-06-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

DAMASCUS, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Syria President Bashar al-Assad and visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday called for Arab unity to confront Israel's settlement policy, Syria's offic

2009-06-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

PYONGYANG, June 20 (Xinhua) -- If South Korea enforced a UN Security Council resolution against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), "it would mean a war," a commentary carried by the Ro

2009-06-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's former Prime Minister, defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi renewed his call on Saturday for cancellation of last week's disputed presidential elect

2009-06-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Because of the economic recession, U.S. consumers are expected to spend less at the upcoming Father's Day which falls on June 21, said a survey published on Saturday.

2009-06-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

PYONGYANG, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) demanded that South Korea accept its revised version of contracts on the Kaesong Joint Industrial Complex, the KCNA new

2009-06-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives adopted on Friday a resolution, condemning "the ongoing violence" by Iranian authorities and Tehran's "suppression of independent ele

2009-06-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Britain's embattled prime minister looked surprisingly chipper at the EU summit. Gordon Brown was no doubt buoyed by the news that Conservative opposition leader David C

2009-06-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street closed mixed on Friday, as the decline of energy stocks offset the rally of technology shares and health care companies. Commodity stocks pared early gain

2009-06-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) on Friday urged further measures to combat the effects of the financial crisis and an exit strategy by controli

2009-06-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

HOUSTON, June 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. billionaire Allen Stanford, chairman of the Stanford Financial Group, has been indicted for alleged massive investment fraud and expected to appear in a federal court

2009-06-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The government of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a Thursday statement that "the enemies of the nation" are fomenting post-election riots across the country,

2009-06-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate approved a 106-billion-U.S.-dollar bill Thursday for funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through this September. After earlier passage by the H

2009-06-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Despite bad weather a relief pilot on Thursday landed the Continental Airlines aircraft without incident after its captain died while crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Bru

2009-06-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Some U.S. members of Congress have taken new aim at the government-led restructuring of General Motors (GM) Corp. and Chrysler Group LLC, demanding additional restrictions

2009-06-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, June 18 (Xinhua) -- While many economists chatter about inflation, others are now turning their heads toward another goblin -- deflation. While inflation remains a long term concern, t