2008-08-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street took a dive Monday, as the financial sector led the market down on concerns about more write-down from financial firms. AIG, the world's biggest insurer,

2008-08-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- A passenger jet carrying 90 people, including a Kyrgyz high school sports team, crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday near the Kyrgyz capital, killing 68, government officials sa

2008-08-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Notting Hill Carnival, the largest street party in Europe, unveiled itself on Sunday with tens of thousands of people beating the poor weather to celebrate with colors and

2008-08-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

TBILISI, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Georgian parliament decided on Saturday to extend the military regime in the country while Russia said it would maintain peacekeeping observation posts around South Os

2008-08-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The China Real Estate Association (CREA) has denied claims that the government will act to bolster the housing market by freeing up financing. A report in the China Busine

2008-08-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

BAGHDAD, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Iraq and the U.S. negotiators have reached a draft agreement on a proposed withdrawal timetable and other issues on the U.S. military presence in Iraq beyond 2008, CNN rep

2008-08-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday the inflation outlook in the country remains highly uncertain in spite of recent drops in prices for oil and othe

2008-08-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Russia has kept moving troops out of Georgia and strived to fulfill its promise in a cease-fire agreement of withdrawing its forces from the Caucasus neighbor after several

2008-08-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Leading Economic Index (LEI) declined a sharp 0.7 percent in July, suggesting softer economy ahead despite lower gas prices, U.S. Conference Board reported here

2008-08-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's lead over his Republican rival, John McCain, has declined by half, according to a poll released on Wednesday.

2008-08-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose slightly Wednesday after a U.S. government report showed a massive increase in crude stockpiles last week. The Energy Department said crude inventor

2008-08-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday Moscow will withdraw its troops from Georgia by Friday under the terms of a French-brokered peace plan, the Kremlin said in a

2008-08-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street continued to decline Tuesday, after the U.S. government reported worse-than-expected wholesale inflation and as investors worried that financial firms may pos

2008-08-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Iran launched a home-made satellite-carrier rocket named Safir (Messenger) late Sunday, arousing western governments' concerns over its purpose. Reza Taghipour, head o

2008-08-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- South African President Thabo Mbeki said here on Sunday that the talks between the Zimbabwe ruling and the opposition will continue. Speaking at a press conferenc

2008-08-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

JOHANNESBURG, Aug.17 (Xinhua)-- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) officially launched here on Sunday the Free Trade Area (FTA), ushering in a new era of economic integration in the reg

2008-08-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

HOUSTON - A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States.The b

2008-08-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Aug. 17 -- China's urban fixed-asset investment rose to 27.3 percent in the first seven months from 26.8 percent in the first half, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. The

2008-08-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

TBILISI, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said on Friday that he has signed the peace plan to settle the conflict between his country and its breakaway region of South Osseti

2008-08-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday that he supports putting former rival Hillary Clinton on the nomination ballot at this month's Democratic co

2008-08-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has said he expected U.S. house prices will begin to stabilize in the first half of next year, The Wall Street Journal re

2008-08-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday slammed the statement made by U.S. President George W. Bush on the conflict between Russia and Georgia, saying facts men

2008-08-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Crude oil rebound nearly 3 U.S. dollars Wednesday after a report showed a bigger-than-expected decline in the U.S. gasoline and crude supplies. Light, sweet crude for

2008-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Soon-to-be top U.S. commander in Iraq Raymond T. Odierno said he hoped to recommend significant reductions in the number of U.S. troops there over the next year, the Ne

2008-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy agreed Tuesday on six principles for ending the hostilities in the Georgian breakaway region of