Israel has launched a major civil defense exercise amid fears of war. 在人们广泛担心爆发战争之际，以色列举行了一次大规模的民防演习。 Israel is conducting a five-day home-front security drill to prepare for the possibili...
In Egypt, a one-day labor strike calling for higher wages has had mixed results amid a security crackdown. 埃及工人罢工一天，要求提高工资。随着罢工被保安人员镇压，罢工也产生了不同的结果。 Some people refused to...
U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin have ended their farewell summit without agreement on missile defense, but with a blueprint for their successors. They conferred at Mr. Putin's presidential retreat in the Black Sea r...
During a joint news conference in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin spoke with a bit of nostalgia as they looked back at their stewardship of U.S.-Russian relations during the past seven years. 美国总统布什...
Internet experts warn that the Worldwide Web has become a haven for organized crime and they say the threat of online terrorism is real. At a recent e-crime congress in London, a NATO official said online espionage and Internet-based terrorism repres...
Grocery stores in Hong Kong have replenished rice supplies after panic buying nearly cleared the shelves. Concern is growing among Asian consumers that the region's staple food will no longer be affordable for low-income families. 香港各家食品杂...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has urged Beijing to scrap barriers on imports of pollution-reducing technology. The secretary praised China's appreciating its currency, but said it should continue. 美国财政部长保尔森星期四在北京发...
Top U.S. financial officials say the markets could have been thrown into chaos if the government had not taken strong action to rescue a big investment bank that was falling into bankruptcy. But critics say the move put billions of dollars at risk, a...
Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has been acquitted of all charges by judges at the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. He and two former Commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army had been charged with murdering, raping, torturin...
Greek and Turkish Cypriots have removed a blockade that has separated them for half a century. Ledra Street, a thoroughfare in the heart of Nicosia had become a potent symbol of Cyprus's ethnic partition. 希腊裔和土耳其裔的塞浦路斯人拆除...
More than five days after voting ended for four national elections in Zimbabwe, results for three of the contests are still outstanding. Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, will chair a meeting of his party's leadership Friday as the country continu...
In his first personal response to recent threats from North Korea, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has criticized Pyongyang's recent attitude. Amid reports of potential military measures by the North, Mr. Lee is calling for a new, more straightf...
The NATO summit has convened in formal session in Bucharest, Romania. Members are focusing on military operations in Afghanistan and how and when to enlarge the alliance. 北大西洋公约组织在罗马尼亚首都布加勒斯特举行正式会议。...
Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party has lost its majority in parliament according to the latest official result from the Zimbabwe Election Commission. This news follows an earlier announcement from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change that it be...
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern says he will resign on May 6, because of growing pressure on him from a tribunal probing alleged financial irregularities. 爱尔兰总理埃亨说，他将于5月6号辞职，因为一家特别法庭调查他有关财...
