2009-01-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- A gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine worsened Tuesday after Russian energy giant Gazprom slashed gas supplies to countries in Europe, which gets about a fifth of its ne

2009-01-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

GAZA, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Heavy and fierce gun battles took place on Monday night between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants in eastern and northern Gaza City, witnesses in Gaza said. The w

2009-01-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will name former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta to head the Central Investigation Agency (CIA), said media reports on Monday.

2009-01-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

ATHENS, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Unknown gunmen shot and seriously wounded a 21-year-old police officer in Athens with a Kalashnikov assault rifle early Monday morning, police said. The policeman was i

2009-01-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

RAMALLAH, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekaton Sunday accused Israel that it is burying the peace process after it enlarged military operations in the Gaza Strip and killed more t

2009-01-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has withdrawn as President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for commerce secretary, NBC reported on Sunday. Obama has accepted

2009-01-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Israel did not seek approval from Washington before waging a ground invasion into the Gaza Strip ruled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said U.S. Vice Preside

2009-01-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- As the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Cast Lead operation entered its eighth day, the IDF Saturday evening began its ground incursion into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, v

2009-01-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

JAKARTA, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's West Papua province at 7:33 a.m. on Sunday (2233 GMT on Saturday), according to the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency

2009-01-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

HARARE, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has turned down President Robert Mugabe's invitation to return to Zimbabwe and be sworn in as Prime Minister, local me

2009-01-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- As the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Cast Lead operation in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip entered the seventh day on Friday and IDF is getting prepared for a ground opera

2009-01-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) called on Friday for immediate resumption of full deliveries of gas to its member states after Hungary and Poland suffered reduced supplies due to

2009-01-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

BAGHDAD, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bombing killed 30 lives and injured at least 110 on Friday south of Baghdad, local police source told Xinhua. The deadly attack occurred at 14:00 local time (

2009-01-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

PARIS, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni rejected here on Thursday calls for an immediate ceasefire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. After meeting with French President

2009-01-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

BAGHDAD, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- With the beginning of 2009 and the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) on the U.S. military presence going into effect on the New Year's day, the war-torn Iraq fac

2009-01-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

KIEV, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Gas dispute with Russia will be settled by Jan.7, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said in a statement Thursday. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko makes a statement i

2009-01-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday evening to discuss the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Gaza Strip, the UN

2009-01-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin seized the top two spots on CNN's list of top political news in 2008, which was

2009-01-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

GAZA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- A short exchange of fire between Israeli special forces and Hamas militants was reported east of the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis on Wednesday night. Witness and Pa

2008-12-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Israel on Tuesday rejected worldwide appeals for a truce as its air strikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip went on for a fourth day. The operation, dubbed Cast Lead,

2008-12-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

GAZA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Israeli warplanes on Tuesday evening carried out several airstrikes against different targets in the Gaza Strip. The latest two airstrikes were against the compound of Pa

2008-12-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush discussed by telephone with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Gaza crisis on Tuesday, the White House

2008-12-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

RAMALLAH, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chief Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia said on Monday the peace negotiations with Israel "are suspended" in protest against the intensive Israeli air strikes

2008-12-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

MUSCAT, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Israeli raids on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and preparation for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo are high on the agenda of Gulf Cooperation Council (

2008-12-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- As the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip entered its second day, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday proceeded to make preparations for a possible ground incursion w