RAMALLAH, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will resign Monday to open the door for reshuffling（改组） his West Bank-based government, sources said Sunday. The sources told Xinhua that Fayyad would form and lead the new...
GAZA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Gaza Strip ruler Hamas government on Sunday urged the Egyptian authorities to open the Rafah crossing point, which has been closed for two weeks amid Egypt's popular protests（抗议）. Palestinians in Gaza were harmed...
GAZA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian political powers had on Sunday differed over the decision of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee that was made on Saturday which called for holding parliamentary(国会的议会的) an...
TOKYO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Japan's economy shrank(缩小) an annualized real 1.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, marking the first contraction in five quarters, the Cabinet Office said Monday. The October-December period figure, measured by gr...
MELBOURNE, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Li Na becomes the first Chinese player to make it to a Grand Slam final, as she kicked out world No.1 Catholine Wozniacki 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in Thursday's semifinal of Australia Open. The Chinese woman spent two hours and 34...
HAIKOU, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's aviation authorities(民航当局) on Friday started to allow helicopters to fly in low-altitude airspace over the tourist island of Hainan on a trial basis for the first time. The aim is to eventually open a part...
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- China and Switzerland（瑞士） formally launched bilateral talks on a free trade agreement Friday. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chinese Commerce Minister Cheng Deming said the agreement talks between Ch...
CAIRO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- In his televised speech on early Saturday, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak(穆巴拉克) said that he has asked his current government to resign, vowing that the new government will bring more democracy and reform, in resp...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday that his signature healthcare law is not perfect and needs a tweak, but it does not mean refight the battles of the last two years.I believe that anything can be improved. As we...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State(国务卿) Hillary Clinton will visit Haiti on Sunday to focus on the island state's election standoff and reconstruction efforts, the State Department said on Friday. In addition to meeting wit...
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- World elites entered their third-day discussion in the Swiss ski resort of Davos(达沃斯) on Friday, turning to a variety of issues, including economic situation and the Doha round of global trade talks. The...
NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar was boosted against most major currencies in late New York trading on Friday as tensions in Egypt(埃及) raised concerns about stability in the Middle East and Africa. The situation in the Middle East an...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy expanded by an annual rate of 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, partly boosted by personal consumption and exports, the Commerce Department（商务部） reported Friday. U.S. real gross dome...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week rose by 51,000 from the previous（以前的） week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. The Labor Department said that the advance fi...
HELSINKI, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Nokia Corp.'s global market share of mobile phones shrank(收缩) by 4 percent in the 4th quarter of 2010, the world's largest mobile phone maker said Thursday. Nokia said in its 2010 annual report that its global market...
