2009-05-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The authorities of the biggest U.S. auto maker General Motors Corp is holding another round of talks with the United Auto Workers (UAW) at the U.S. Treasury Department Wedn

2009-05-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Michael Martin, speaker of Britain's House of Commons, announced on Tuesday he will step down on June 21 amid the public's rising anger at the expenses scandal involving m

2009-05-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

RAMALLAH/GAZA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The Western-backed Palestinian economist Salam Fayyad took the oath as a prime minister in front of President Mahmoud Abbas late Tuesday afternoon in the West Bank ci

2009-05-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed tough standards for tailpipe emissions from new automobiles, establishing the first nationwide regulation for auto emissi

2009-05-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- China should reform its social security system in a bid to boost domestic demand and transform the growth mode that relies too much on exports, economists said here Tuesday

2009-05-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Crude futures continued to rise on Tuesday as a rising stock market and weakening dollar helped boost oil market sentiment. Light, sweet crude for June delivery topped

2009-05-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a credit card bill to eliminate sudden interest rate increases and excessive fees in order to protect millions of consumers. The 90

2009-05-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

NAIROBI, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The UN refugee agency said on Monday that it was deeply concerned with a fresh eruption of fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu that has left many people dead and sp

2009-05-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

COLOMBO, May, 18 (Xinhua) -- "Today we have been able to end the LTTE's terrorism completely by killing over 200 of them. Prabhakaran's terrorism is over," General Sarath Fonseka, the Sri Lankan Arm

2009-05-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, reiterating that the United States is committed to a two-sta

2009-05-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday that the American economy is stabilizing despite some difficulties ahead. "There's more stability. The pace of d

2009-05-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street staged a strong rally on Monday with all major indexes gaining around three percent on upbeat news from housing industry and banks. The National Associatio

2009-05-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

GAZA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of rival Fatah and Hamas movements agreed on Sunday to extend their debates on outstanding issues, mainly security and government for another day, a senior Palestinian

2009-05-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said it is premature to send more troops to Afghanistan at this point. In an interview published by Newsweek on Sunday, Obama said he dos

2009-05-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

COLOMBO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- With Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels ready to lay down arms and the government's determination to defeat the rebels completely, the island's long drawn-out civil war is c

2009-05-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- In a deepening scandal that has incensed the public, Britain's governing Labour Party has suspended a second member of Parliament for claiming reimbursement on payments for

2009-05-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- President Barack Obama on Saturday named Utah Governor Jon Huntsman the new U.S. ambassador to China. "I'm extraordinarily pleased to announce that Jon Huntsman wou

2009-05-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

COLOMBO, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Saturday announced the end of the battle against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels as the military officials said

2009-05-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. regulator granted clearance to Rio Tinto regarding the proposed issue of convertible bonds to Aluminum Corp. of China (Chinalco) and the indirect minority investment

2009-05-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Russia and the United States will hold the first round of full-format talks on a new strategic arms reduction treaty on May 19-21 in Moscow, a source with the Russian Foreig

2009-05-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW DELHI, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to resign Monday after declaration of the parliament results Saturday but will be asked to continue as caretaker PM by Pres

2009-05-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama announced Friday that he has decided to reinstate Bush-era military tribunals to try some of detainees held at the Guantanamo prison, with mo

2009-05-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, May 15 (Xinhua) -- As the U.S. economy was trapped into a long and deep recession, the timing of the economic rebound is still a moot point, while John Chen, President of Sybase, thinks that

2009-05-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, May 15 (Xinhua) -- About 1,100 General Motors Corp. dealers in the United States started receiving notices Friday that their franchises will be eliminated. According to a report by the De

2009-05-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

PARIS, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Global oil consumption this year will sharply decline at fastest pace since 1981 due to the economic recession, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its monthly oil