2011-12-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

Flags flew at half staff as the body of former Czech president Vaclav Havel was taken to Prague Castle, where he will lie in state ahead of his funeral on Friday. Thousands of people lined the streets

2011-12-21 所属栏目:双语新闻

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra met Tuesday with Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in a visit described in Thai media as a show of support for political stability and "strong, sus

2011-12-20 所属栏目:双语新闻

A Kenyan labor organization has called for minibus drivers to strike across the country this week to protest high fuel costs. But many drivers went to work anyway, saying they can not afford to miss a

2011-12-19 所属栏目:双语新闻

Europeans head into a grim holiday season, as governments cut spending and recession fears mount for 2012. Austerity is the byword in some of the countries hardest hit by Europe's debt crisis, but ot

2011-12-19 所属栏目:双语新闻

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warns that societies that deny migrants access to health care do so at their peril. To mark International Migrants Day Sunday, IOM is calling on gove

2011-12-18 所属栏目:双语新闻

Japan is breathing a slight sigh of relief after official word the crippled reactors at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant are now in a "cold shutdown" state. That means the water used to cool the da

2011-12-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

The World Trade Organization has officially accepted Russia as a member, after 18 years of negotiations.

A meeting of ministers from the trade body's existing 153 member countries gave final ap

2011-12-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta says the dream of an independent and sovereign Iraq is now a reality, as the United States marked the end of its military mission in Iraq.

Panetta spoke Th

2011-12-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has defended the results of the parliamentary elections earlier this month and rejected allegations of voter fraud.

Speaking live on a four-hour long televi

2011-12-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

The U.S. Congress is expected later this week to pass a measure that would freeze up to $700 million in aid to Pakistan because of fears that Islamabad is not doing enough to combat the spread of home

2011-12-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

Egyptians have begun voting in the second round of parliamentary elections, following a first round that was dominated by Islamist parties. Polls opened in nine areas Wednesday, including Aswan, Beni

2011-12-14 所属栏目:双语新闻

The Chinese government said Tuesday it regrets the death of a South Korean coast guard officer allegedly stabbed to death by a Chinese fisherman. The statement from China's foreign ministry comes ami

2011-12-14 所属栏目:双语新闻

Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov, who announced Monday that he would challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's bid for the presidency, is one of Russia's richest men and the principal owner of the N

2011-12-13 所属栏目:双语新闻

U.S. President Barack Obama will hold talks Monday at the White House with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, with the two leaders discussing the future of Iraq as U.S. forces complete their withdr

2011-12-13 所属栏目:双语新闻

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has told the BBC his country will likely continue to block NATO convoys into Afghanistan for several more weeks. The supply routes were shut down following

2011-12-12 所属栏目:双语新闻

Americans are used to hearing about the latest McDonald’s opening in a remote part of the world, but it’s unusual to see a foreign food franchise setting up in the United States, especially one sell

2011-12-12 所属栏目:双语新闻

Israel is taking steps to curb the influx of migrant workers arriving from Africa.以色列正在采取措施以遏制来自非洲的移民工涌入以色列。With about 2,000 African migrants illegally entering Israel each m

2011-12-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

At Cairo's posh Gazeera Club, workers leave the showers running as they sit nearby drinking tea and chatting. Large quantities of water pour down the drain as water pipes around the city and its subu

2011-12-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

Stock markets and the value the euro currency rose after most members of the European Union agreed to a new deal Friday, increasing their economic ties to save the struggling eurozone. But reaction is

2011-12-10 所属栏目:双语新闻

The European Central Bank lowered its benchmark interest rate Thursday to a record 1.0 percent. The move by the bank to help stimulate Europe's economy came as France and Germany urged other European

2011-12-10 所属栏目:双语新闻

European leaders are gathering in Brussels for a critical end-of-year summit, another attempt to resolve a sovereign debt and banking crisis threatening the very future of the euro currency union. Pre

2011-12-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

Police and prosecutors in Germany say a letter addressed to Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann was a fully-functional letter bomb. Officials released a statement Thursday, but did not give additional

2011-12-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is lashing out at the United States, accusing Washington of riling up the opposition. Mr. Putin said Thursday that remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clin

2011-12-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

The United States and China have unveiled a radiation detection system at a Shanghai seaport as part of a global effort to prevent the illegal transport of weaponized nuclear materials.The system will

2011-12-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has called for Russia's parliament election to be annulled and a new vote held. He said the results do not reflect the will of the people, and authorities must