2009-03-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

HARARE, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was hurt in a car accident Friday, and the injuries are not life-threatening. Tsvangirai and his wife were involved in a he

2009-03-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The unemployment rate in the United States jumped to 8.1 percent, the highest level since late 1983, as employers slashed 651,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department

2009-03-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, March 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday, with the Dow Jones average dropping below 6,500 for the first time in 12 years in the day's trading. The U.S. Labor Department rep

2009-03-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Mar. 5 (Xinhua) -- A set of items that once belonged to Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi were auctioned off for 1.8 million dollars in New York on Thursday. The buyer was Indian l

2009-03-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Mar. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama told a healthcare summit on Thursday that he was planning to launch a reform to address the issue by the end of 2009. "Our goal will be t

2009-03-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

PYONGYANG, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) warned on Thursday that it will not guarantee the safe flights of South Korean airplanes, including civil ones, within

2009-03-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Mar. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks tumbled with all major indexes losing more than 4 percent on Thursday as market speculated that General Motors Corp. may face bankruptcy and financial shares s

2009-03-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The eurozone economy contracted by 1.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, compared with the previous three months, the European Union (EU)'s statistics bureau Eurost

2009-03-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

STOCKHOLM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Swedish automotive industry supplier Plastal Holding AB announced Thursday it had decided to file for bankruptcy at a Swedish district court due to the sharp downturn in

2009-03-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has achieved what she wanted to in round one of her Middle East peace mission -- she listened to Israeli and Palestinian leaders, made clear the intentions of the

2009-03-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Highlighting the special Anglo-American relationship, Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday told U.S. lawmakers that his country would work "tirelessly" with the Uni

2009-03-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

KHARTOUM, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Sudan's three-member presidency "absolutely rejects" the arrest warrant against the country's president issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Vice President

2009-03-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a series of measures to tighten financial supervision across the European Union (EU) in order to prevent recurrence of the c

2009-03-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street rallied on Wednesday with all major indexes gaining more than 2 percent after five days of straight sell-off sessions. Stocks opened higher on Wednesday a

2009-03-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government on Wednesday launched a housing plan designed to help prevent borrowers from losing their homes through refinanced mortgages or loans that are modif

2009-03-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday dismissed a report saying he has offered a deal with Russia on Iran's weapon program, but stressed that Washington needs to rese

2009-03-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Mar. 3 (Xinhua) -- President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the U.S.-Britain relationship is important to the American people, and that Britain is one of the closest and strongest allie

2009-03-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

MADRID, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said here Tuesday during his meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero that Russia wants good relations with the Uni

2009-03-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the government's ability to stabilize financial markets is "critical" to an economic recovery. "The ef

2009-03-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Mar. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday that the Obama administration will take actions to tackle international tax dodgers. The administration seeks t

2009-03-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Mar. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended negative with S&P 500 falling below 700 points for the first time in more than 12 years Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the econ

2009-03-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

DHAKA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- A senior Bangladesh military officer Monday night said only 7 army officers are now missing after the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny that left so far 56 army of

2009-03-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama named Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as health and human service secretary on Monday, after his first choice withdrew nomination due to t

2009-03-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

DAKAR, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira was reportedly killed by soldiers early Monday after a bomb attack in which the country's military chief was slain, according t

2009-03-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street plummeted to a multi-year low on Monday with the Dow Jones average dropping almost 300 points to below 6,800 amid global sell-off. The Dow Jones average w