2009-02-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Shares of major U.S. banks plunged for the sixth day on Friday due to concerns that the U.S. government will take over lenders. The Dow Jones average dived below its lowe

2009-02-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

VIENNA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iran has slowed its uranium enrichment program, said Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) when submitting the report on Iran

2009-02-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

PYONGYANG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The official news agency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) warned Thursday that an inter-Korean conflict may break out at any moment. "Now that th

2009-02-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

OTTAWA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday paid a whirlwind working visit to Canada, during which both sides pledged closer cooperation on economy, climate change and global s

2009-02-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission will next week present guidelines on how European Union (EU) member states can deal with banks' toxic assets, the EU's top antitrust official sa

2009-02-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street plunged on Thursday with the Dow Jones average dropping below 7,500 to a six-year low on financial woes and grim economic outlook. The Dow Jones industria

2009-02-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres began on Wednesday evening his consultations with Knesset (parliament) factions ahead of selecting the next premiership candidate, and met

2009-02-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

JAKARTA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said here Wednesday on the second leg of her Asian trip that the United States and Indonesia would form a comprehensive partner

2009-02-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday revealed a mortgage relief plan in an effort to prevent more Americans from losing their homes. The plan is expected to hel

2009-02-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy would bottom out by this summer before making a modest recovery next year, according to a forecast released on Wednesday. "For now, we think the e

2009-02-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The "Buy American" provisions in the 787-billion-U.S. dollar economic stimulus bill that U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday, will deal a hard blow to worl

2009-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

DAMASCUS, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Exiled Hamas politburo leader in Syria Khaled Meshaal said here Tuesday that there will be no truce with Israel unless it lifts the siege of and open the crossings with t

2009-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

KUWAIT CITY, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government and the key rebel group in Sudan's Darfur the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) on Tuesday signed a framework agreement in which both sides

2009-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a 787-billion-dollar economic stimulus bill into law in Denver, Colorado, calling it the first step to pave the way to lon

2009-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks plunged on Tuesday morning as investors are concerned that the stimulus package would not be enough to revive the economy. The Dow fell to near the 7,552

2009-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Playing catch-up to rivals such as Apple and Google, Microsoft on Monday beefed up its push into mobile business, touting new services and winning fresh support from

2009-02-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Japan's economy shrank at its fastest pace in nearly 35 years in the fourth quarter of 2008, joining other major advanced economies in sliding further into recession.

2009-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

GENEVA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The so-called "war on terror" launched by the United States following the 9/11 terror attacks has resulted in serious damage to the world's respect for human rights, accor

2009-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two British and French nuclear-armed submarines collided in the Atlantic ocean earlier this month, local media reported Monday. Britain's HMS Vanguard and France's Le

2009-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Russian and Bolivian presidents inked a series of agreements here Monday, pledging to boost military ties and cooperation in fighting terrorism and drug trafficking.

2009-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- More countries and regions, especially China's trading partners in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), will step up to sign currency swap agreements with

2009-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOKYO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by an annualized 12.7 percent in the October-December quarter of 2008, the fastest pace in about 35 years as the global fina

2009-02-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Feb. 16 -- The "buy American" products only clause in the $787-billion US economic stimulus package will create a number of trade barriers and hurt exports powerhouses such as China, economis

2009-02-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that his country would not open the border crossings with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip before the kidnapped Is

2009-02-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

CARACAS, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- A constitutional referendum that will decide on the unlimited re-elections for President Hugo Chavez and other elected officials began early Sunday in Venezuela. Nearl