2008-07-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Crude futures dropped to the lowest settlement in nearly three months Tuesday as the U.S. dollar gained against the euro, and OPEC said there is enough supply and prices

2008-07-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

ABU DHABI, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The Dubai-based Emirates Airline Monday received its first Airbus A380 at the European aircraft manufacturer's Jurgen Thomas A380 Delivery Center in Hamburg, Germany.

2008-07-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

BAGHDAD, July 28 (Xinhua) -- A string of suicide bombings struck Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad and a Kurdish rally in the northern ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk on Monday, killing up to 46 people and w

2008-07-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, July 28 -- Unilever Chief Executive Officer Patrick Cescau has told the board he will step down in May of next year, according to the Sunday Times. Unilever has appointed headhunter Egon Z

2008-07-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

ANKARA, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler said 13 people were killed and some 140 others wounded in twin bomb explosions in Turkish largest city of Istanbul late Sunday. The twin

2008-07-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is winding up the last leg of his "world tour" to the Middle East and Europe designed to boost his say in fore

2008-07-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

ATHENS, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and his Turkish counterpart Mehmet Ali Talat agreed Friday to start the Cypriot peace negotiations on Sept. 3 with a view to endin

2008-07-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

HONG KONG, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The Canton Fair will undergo a major upgrade with further regrouping and breakdown of constituent sections and enhanced services in autumn in a newly-built world- class

2008-07-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

BERLIN, July 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama called here on Thursday for stronger ties across the Atlantic Ocean. Obama made the call in his speech in front of the 226-foot

2008-07-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street dropped sharply Thursday, after worse-than-expected home sales weighed on shares of homebuilders and financials. The U.S. National Association of Realtors sai

2008-07-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama reiterated Wednesday that Iran should be prevented from obtaining nuclear weapons, saying a nuclear Iran wou

2008-07-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representative Wednesday approved a wide-ranging housing rescue bill that will offer up to 300 billion dollars in assistance to troubled mortgage gian

2008-07-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- World opinion mixed on Tuesday after the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. The Russian foreign ministry on Tuesday said that the arrest of Karadzi

2008-07-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Tuesday that the U.S. banking system is sound and the long-term fundamentals of economy are strong. "I believe that

2008-07-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

BANGKOK, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The special meeting of the Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee (GBC) concluded Monday evening with both Thailand and Cambodia agreed not to use force to settle their d

2008-07-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Internet giant Yahoo has settled a dispute with activist investor Carl Icahn on the makeup of the company's board, the company announced on Monday. Under an agree

2008-07-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 20 (Xinhua) -- World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick urged trade ministers on Sunday to reach an accord on the Doha Development Agenda. "It has never been more import

2008-07-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Iranian officials on Sunday voiced their satisfaction at the latest high-level talks between major countries and Tehran over its controversial nuclear programs in Geneva, S

2008-07-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

BAGHDAD, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi government on Saturday endorsed a list of ministerial posts, including candidates from a leading Sunni party alliance which quitted the government a year ago.

2008-07-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

GENEVA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Iran has given no clear answer to a package of incentives for suspending its nuclear program, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Saturday. "We didn't get

2008-07-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

BAGHDAD, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi and U.S. leaders have talked about bilateral relations in a phone conversation, including working out a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops, the Iraqi govern

2008-07-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Claiming the world's largest microchip maker has intentionally pressured rival AMD out of the chip market, European Union regulators have expanded their antitrust cas

2008-07-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices continued to slide and closed below 130 U.S. dollars a barrel for the first time in more than a month on Thursday on growing concerns about the health of U.S.

2008-07-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama raked in 52 million U.S. dollars in June, more than double the June take for his Republican rival John McCain, who had

2008-07-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Consumer prices in the United States shot up 1.1 percent in July, the second biggest one-month increase in 26 years, pushed by soaring energy costs, the Labor Departmen