2009-03-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector failed to grow in February for the 13th consecutive month, and the overall economy contracted for the fifth straight

2009-03-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Finland said Monday it has signed a contract with a Chinese company to purchase 1.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide credits over ten years from 2009. The project is d

2009-03-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

DHAKA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- "What we can do is just waiting. My sister-in-law has been waiting here for the last three days," said a young man who lost his elder brother Major Aziz in Wednesday's bloo

2009-03-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- The European Union summit on Sunday sought to dispel weeks of gloomy reports that the EU was sliding rudderless towards protectionism and division in the face of the mount

2009-03-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- Iran has enough material to build a nuclear bomb, said U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen on Sunday. "We think they do, quite frankly," Mullen

2009-03-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

BERLIN, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The German government is ready to bail out Opel, the European arm of U.S. carmaker General Motors, with up to 5 billion euros (6.3 billion U.S. dollars), local media report

2009-03-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah AliKhamenei warned Saturday that the United States was planning a "long-term stay" in Iraq, Iran's Press TV reported. "The occupiers a

2009-03-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

RAMALLAH, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday said that international aid have to go through the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in coordination with international or

2009-03-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

DHAKA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladeshi government, after ending Wednesday's bloody revolt by border guards through negotiations, seemed to go tough against the mutineers involved in the killing,

2009-03-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

HOHHOT, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- An oil field with reserves of about 100 million tonnes has been found in Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where the Shenzhou-7 space modu

2009-03-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- European Union leaders meet Sunday for emergency talks as the economic crisis places strains on two key tenants of EU policy -- open trade within the 27 nationbloc and so

2009-02-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

DHAKA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Forty more bodies of army officers were recovered on Friday from inside and near the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters in capital Dhaka, raising the death to

2009-02-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

BANGKOK, Thailand, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday said ASEAN's business community will play a key role in the grouping's moves towards its goal of becoming econo

2009-02-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday announced a plan to withdraw most troops from Iraq in 18 months, leaving about 35,000 to 50,000 of the current total of around 140

2009-02-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street plunged Friday with the Dow Jones average and S&P 500 indexes hitting 12-year-low on worse-than-expected U.S. GDP data and a Citi deal with the government.

2009-02-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

DHAKA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The mutinous soldiers of paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) all laid down their arms while Bangladesh's Armed Police and elite-force RAB took control of the BDR Headquart

2009-02-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

GAZA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli F16 war jets destroyed on Thursday five tunnels dug under the border route between southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, said Hamas security sources. Hamas security sour

2009-02-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to propose a budget of 3.606 trillion U.S. dollars for fiscal year 2010 on Thursday in an attempt to pull the U.S. economy out o

2009-02-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday sent to Congress a budget that projects the deficit for this year will soar to 1.75 trillion U.S. dollars, reflecting massive sp

2009-02-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Thursday it will eliminate about 12,000 jobs as part of its takeover of the failed Washington Mutual. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said the c

2009-02-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOKYO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Pascal Lamy urged Wednesday world's major countries to collectively fight against protectionism, in particular, to bring the United Sta

2009-02-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- British Justice Secretary Jack Straw vetoed publication of the minutes of key cabinet meetings held in the run-up to the Iraq war in 2003, the BBC reported Wednesday. S

2009-02-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American who ever led a U.S. state government, was nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday as his third choice for Secretary

2009-02-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks fell further on Wednesday morning after a sharp drop in housing sales exacerbated investors' worries about banks and the housing market. U.S. President B

2009-02-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday called on lawmakers to create tougher new financial industry regulations to prevent similar crisis. "Strong financial markets