2010-03-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

The world's shortest man, He Pingping, has died at the age of 21, a Guinness World Records spokesman said.Pingping, who was 29 inches tall, was filming a television programme in Italy when he develop

2010-03-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

England's David Beckham is set to miss this year's World Cup despite undergoing successful surgery on his torn Achilles tendon on Monday.The 34-year-old suffered the injury in AC Milan's 1-0 win ov

2010-03-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

Men do far more housework than they are given credit for, according to research that claims women do not notice because their male partners "don't make a fuss".Men said they spent 13 hours a week on

2010-03-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

A troupe of 10,780 tribal villagers in India's northeast set a record Friday for the largest dance ensemble in the world with a carefully choreographed routine to welcome in the summer.The dancers sp

2010-03-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

It may come as a shock to husbands fond of accusing their wives of frittering the family finances on shoes and handbags, but a study has found that women are in fact better at budgeting than men.Women

2010-03-12 所属栏目:双语新闻

In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims to turn them into marriage material.The Infini school offers various classes for wannabe bri

2010-03-12 所属栏目:双语新闻

It giggles and wiggles its feet when you shake its rattle, but will get cranky and cry from too much tickling: Meet Yotaro, a Japanese robot programmed to be as fickle as a real baby.The cuddly baby-b

2010-03-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, as the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 50 percent over the last year, For

2010-03-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

Men enjoy half an hour more of leisure time each day than women, a report claims.The international survey found that men spent longer watching television, meeting friends, playing sport or pursuing ho

2010-03-10 所属栏目:双语新闻

Japan's imperial palace said Friday a grandchild of the emperor had skipped school after suffering from anxiety over "the wild behaviour of a few boys," but denied she had been bullied.A palace offic

2010-03-10 所属栏目:双语新闻

Venezuela's President Hugo mocked US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday as a "blond" version of her predecessor, and said a row with Spain over alleged links with rebel groups was over.Visi

2010-03-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

President Barack Obama warned on Monday that women in America still faced unfairness and hardship, as he vowed to fight for gender equality at a White House reception on International Women's Day."I

2010-03-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

Women head governments, run companies and comprise about half the world's workforce, but a global poll shows that one in four people, most of them young, believe a woman's place is in the home.The s

2010-03-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" was picked as last year's worst picture at Saturday's Razzies, and Sandra Bullock won worst actress for "All About Steve" — on the eve of her Academy Awards tr

2010-03-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

Britons are allowing their manners to slip as chivalry becomes a dying art, researchers claim.More that eight out of 10 passengers refuse to give up their seats on the bus, train or Tube, a survey by

2010-03-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

2010年3月5日9时，十一届全国人民代表大会第三次会议在人民大会堂举行开幕会，国务院总理温家宝在会上做了政府工作报告。Following are the highlights of Wen's Report on the Work of the Government.以下是温家宝

2010-03-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

3月3日下午3点，全国政协十一届三次会议在人民大会堂开幕。全国政协主席贾庆林代表政协第十一届全国委员会常务委员会向大会做了工作报告，指出全国政协将紧紧抓住加快经济发展方式转变这个重点，努力促进经济平稳较快

2010-03-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

It is not an obvious choice of dress for a first lady at a state dinner but then not all first ladies have Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's advantages.The wife of Nicolas Sarkozy selected a figure hugging Rolan

2010-03-04 所属栏目:双语新闻

A fridge that talks to your washing machine and a television that instructs your dishwasher. It's all possible at CeBIT, the world's top high-tech fair.But the question is: what's the point?"Well,

2010-03-04 所属栏目:双语新闻

US marriages last longer than unions where couples live together outside matrimony, the Centers for Disease Control reported on Tuesday.About 78 percent of marriages lasted five years or more, compare

2010-03-03 所属栏目:双语新闻

A political comedy of errors has hurt Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's coalition less than a month before key regional elections, in the latest headache for a man already weighed down by a string o

2010-03-03 所属栏目:双语新闻

Moviegoers in Japan can't get enough of Johnny Depp: The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star has been named favorite actor for a record seventh straight year in a survey by Japanese film magazine Screen.

2010-03-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

Over 5,000 naked people braved a chilly morning to join a mass photo shoot at Sydney's Opera House on Monday, putting a nude twist on the Australian landmark.People of all ages, shapes and sizes asse

2010-03-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

Worried your boyfriend is never going to propose? Then buy him a calculator.Mathematicians have come up with a 'fiancee formula' that allows men to work out the perfect time to pop the question.All

2010-03-01 所属栏目:双语新闻

The huge earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile belongs to an "elite class" of mega earthquakes, experts said, and is similar to the 2004 Indian Ocean temblor that triggered deadly tsunami wave