2008-11-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The United States is confident that the Iraqi parliament will approve a controversial military pact that allows American troops to remain in Iraq until the end of 2011,

2008-11-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street shares plunged to their lowest level in five-and-a-half years Wednesday on deep economic recession concerns. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 427.47 p

2008-11-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

BAGHDAD, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Tuesday that there are no secret terms in the security agreement with Washington, confirming that Iraq would not be used to attack

2008-11-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOGADISHU, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The hijacked Saudi-owned supertanker has anchored off the coast of northeastern Somalia while eight pirates escaped from prison in the semi-autonomous Somali region of P

2008-11-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) member states are increasingly using the possibilities offered by the recently revised EU state aid rules to better tackle the financial crisis, a rep

2008-11-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Yahoo shares jumped nearly 10 percent Tuesday in the NASDAQ market, one day after co-founder of the Silicon Valley giant Jerry Yang announced that he is stepping down

2008-11-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson expressed his reservations Tuesday to use the 700 billion dollar rescue package to help struggling auto makers. "We needed th

2008-11-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

NAIROBI, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Somali pirates have hijacked a Saudi Arabian-owned oil tanker, the largest vessel ever seized, loaded with crude and carrying 25 crew members off the Kenyan coast, a regio

2008-11-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The timetable for the U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq would depend on the security conditions in the country and other factors, said a top military officer on Monday.

2008-11-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. president-elect Barack Obama and his former Republican presidential rival, John McCain, vowed on Monday to "launch a new era of reform" and work together

2008-11-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Bush Administration said on Monday that it has provided 33.56 billion dollars to 21 U.S. banks under its 250 billion dollar purchase plan. The government has bo

2008-11-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

BERLIN, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that her government will make the decision on whether and how to help General Motors' German unit Opel through its financial

2008-11-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Sunday hailed the approval by Iraq's government of a military pact that requires the withdrawal of all U.S. troops by the end of 2011, saying it w

2008-11-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- With winds calming down, firefighters were working hard to further control a wildfire that terrified thousands residents near Los Angeles, authorities said on Sunday.

2008-11-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Nov. 17 -- Luxury home prices in London are expected to fall by 14 percent next year as bankers and hedge-fund managers trade home shopping for job hunting. Job cuts and potential layoffs

2008-11-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Nov. 17 -- The cost of living in the United States probably fell in October by the most in almost 60 years, while manufacturing and homebuilding sank deeper into a recession, economists said

2008-11-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County on Saturday following the loss of at least 165 homes by a raging wildfire

2008-11-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Leaders attending the G-20 summit on financial markets and the global economy on Saturday agreed to an action plan of immediate and medium-term measures to cope with th

2008-11-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Saturday said that her country would use forces to protect its citizens from attacks by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip

2008-11-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Saturday proposed another Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil cut of 1-1.5 million barrels per day (bpd), reported state television IRIB's

2008-11-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Leaders from the world's major developed and emerging economies agreed here on Saturday to undertake a coordinated action to tackle the ongoing global financial crisis

2008-11-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

NICE, France, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the European Union (EU) and Russia on Friday concluded their half-day summit with little tangible achievements. The EU failed to persuade Russia into c

2008-11-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

SANNA, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen has claimed that it launched the deadly suicide bombing attacks on the U.S. embassy in Sanaa on Sept. 17 that killed 17 people, the SITE Intellig

2008-11-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Annual inflation in the euro zone was confirmed at 3.2 percent in October, down from 3.6 percent in September, the European Union (EU)'s statistics bureau Eurostat said

2008-11-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government would become a key founding partner in a World Bank fund by investing 2 billion U.S. dollars to help recapitalize banks in smaller emerging mark