2009-01-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- China reported Tuesday a higher jobless rate among urbanites for 2008 as the global financial crisis builds up unemployment pressure in the world's fastest growing econom

2009-01-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

KUWAIT CITY, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The first Arab economic summit convened in the Kuwaiti capital here Monday, centering on the situation in the Gaza Strip and calling for unity in the Arab world to res

2009-01-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday paid tribute to the late African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., one day before he is inaugurated.

2009-01-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Russia's energy giant Gazprom and its Ukrainian counterpart Naftogaz Ukrainy signed a new gas deal here on Monday, paving the way for resuming Russian gas supplies to Ukra

2009-01-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Jan. 20 -- As Britain launched a second bank rescue plan on Monday, one of the recipients, Royal Bank of Scotland, recorded the biggest loss in British corporate history and Japan said bad lo

2009-01-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Despite the huge bailout efforts now underway, the U.S. economy is unlikely to recover any time soon and "probably will continue to sputter and threaten to stall

2009-01-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission said on Monday it had authorized France and Portugal to provide temporary state aid of no more than 500,000 euros (about 660,000 U.S. dollars) to

2009-01-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

GAZA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli army began on Sunday evening withdrawing part of its troops from the Gaza Strip, after both Israel and Hamas announced their ceasefire plans. Footage of Israe

2009-01-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration address will stress "responsibility" by calling on Americans to embrace a new era of good behavior, his aide

2009-01-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

WELLINGTON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The European Union's decision to restore some subsidies to its dairy products could further depress prices and slow economic recovery, according to New Zealand dairy g

2009-01-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Russia will sign a new gas deal with Ukraine on Monday to settle their gas dispute and resume gas supplies to Ukraine and European countries, local media reported on Sunday

2009-01-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Russia will sign a new gas deal with Ukraine on Monday to settle their gas dispute and resume gas supplies to Ukraine and European countries, local media reported on Sunday

2009-01-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that the Moscow summit aimed at ending the gas dispute between Moscow and Kiev is useful. Medvedev told a press conferen

2009-01-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

WILMINGTON, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama continued his inaugural train ride on Saturday after making a whistle-stop in Wilmington, Delaware, where he picked up Vice President-

2009-01-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Saturday evening announced a unilateral ceasefire in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, beginning from 2 a.m. (0000 GMT) Sunday. The anno

2009-01-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Consumer prices in the United States tumbled 0.7 percent in December, the third straight monthly fall, as energy prices continued to decline, the Labor Department repor

2009-01-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOKYO, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Toyota Motor Corp. suspended operations at 11 of its 12 domestic factories on Saturday and aimed to halve domestic production from February to April from a year earlier to c

2009-01-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission (EC) said here on Saturday that it sent a Statement of Objections (SO) to Microsoft on the tying of Internet Explorer to Windows. The SO, sent

2009-01-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The United States and Israel signed here on Friday a Memorandum of Understanding to stop weapon smuggling to the Gaza Strip so as to boost efforts for a durable ceasefi

2009-01-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

DOHA/KUWAIT CITY, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Arab leaders met in Qatar and foreign ministers in Kuwait on Friday to deal with the Israeli offensive in Gaza that has killed more than 1,100 people and wounded

2009-01-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. president-elect Barack Obama vowed on Friday at a Midwestern factory that he will take dramatic action to revive the devastated economy. "It's not too la

2009-01-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

GAZA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Israeli F16 warplanes struck on Thursday evening a 3-story building in northern Gaza city killing five, including three senior leaders of Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas),

2009-01-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Ukraine will hold a summit here on Saturday in a bid to end the current gas dispute, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday. "Invitations are being

2009-01-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senate Thursday approved to release the remaining 350 billion dollars from the 700 billion dollars financial bailout package, clearing the way for a new infusion

2009-01-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

GAZA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli army has intensified on Wednesday morning its strikes on several targets in Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinians as the Israeli offensive on the encl