2009-01-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday that the current economic crisis is a "continuing disaster" for America's families and urged the Congress to appro

2009-01-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

HARARE, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Negotiators from Zimbabwe's three main political parties have met to discuss some of the outstanding issues ahead of the inauguration of the Joint Monitoring and Implement

2009-01-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Unemployment rate in the euro zone rose to the highest point in more than two years in December 2008, according to official figures released here on Friday. As many a

2009-01-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 3.8 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, the weakest quarterly showing since the first quarter of 1982, the Commerce

2009-01-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

BOSSASO, Somalia, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The French navy taking part in the international naval force patrolling the Somali waters on Thursday handed over nine suspected Somali pirates to the authorities

2009-01-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. military judge has refused President Barack Obama's request to delay the trial of a detainee at the Guantanamo prison, the Pentagon confirmed on Thursday. B

2009-01-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama was outraged on Thursday by Wall Street's multi-billion-dollar bonuses for 2008, which he said was "shameful." "It is th

2009-01-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Ford Motor Company on Thursday reported a fourth quarter net loss of 5.9 billion U.S. dollars, compared with a loss of 2.8 billion dollars in the same period of 2007. &quo

2009-01-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Israel on Wednesday reopened crossings into Gaza that it had closed on Tuesday following a bomb attack along the border that killed a soldier, but the top UN offici

2009-01-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- NATO said Wednesday that a Russian decision, if confirmed, to halt plans to deploy missiles in Kaliningrad would be a positive step. "If the decision has been ta

2009-01-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iran said it anticipated "practical" and "fundamental" changes in the U.S. policy as Washington looked forward to direct diplomacy with Tehran and urged

2009-01-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved President Barack Obama's 819-billion-U.S.-dollar economic stimulus plan, which melds new

2009-01-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to keep a key interest rate unchanged at 0 to 0.25 percent, and also vowed to use all tools to save the sagging economy.

2009-01-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street rallied on Wednesday on reports of U.S. government's new plan to stabilize the banking sector and the prospect of the U.S. Congress' approval of the economi

2009-01-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

BUDAPEST, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The participants of Tuesday's Nabucco Summit in Budapest signed a declaration which expresses strong commitment to the gas pipeline project and a transparent and cost-ba

2009-01-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday held talks with congressional Republicans and urged them to quickly approve an 825 billion U.S. dollar stimulus package. "T

2009-01-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

GAZA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian militant was killed as an Israeli warplane struck on Tuesday the motorcycle he was driving east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, medics and witne

2009-01-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

OTTAWA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Canada's Conservative government on Tuesday unveiled a plan to stimulate the economy through profuse government spending and tax cuts. The government plans to invest 1

2009-01-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Tuesday announced several key reforms to crack down on lobbyist influence over the 700 billion U.S. dollar financial bailout packag

2009-01-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

BERLIN, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The German government approved on Tuesday the new economic stimulus package of 50 billion euros (about 66.8 billion U.S. dollars) to boost German economy. The new packa

2009-01-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Susan Rice, the new U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, Monday presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon here.

Susan Rice (

2009-01-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that his government will take stronger actions to promote development of fuel efficient cars and to reduce U.S. dependence on

2009-01-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

CAIRO, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of rival Palestinian factions of Fatah and Hamas met on Monday under the mediation of Egypt officials on the fragile Gaza ceasefire and the internal Palestin

2009-01-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks advanced on Monday over a takeover deal in the drug industry that offset a grim warning about poor corporate earnings. Pfizer is spending 68 billion U.S.

2009-01-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration is pushing forward with plans to aggressively limit greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming, it was reported on Sunday. The plan