UN Peacekeeper Immunity Challenged 联合国维和人员豁免权受到挑战 A new initiative has been launched to block U.N. peacekeepers from being granted immunity when accused of sexual exploitation and abuse. At least 50 such alleged incidents...
Amnesty: 'Horrific Abuse' Driving Migrants Across Mediterranean 国内乱局迫使移民渡过地中海 LONDON This week, Europe will debate setting up a quota system for allocating among EU member states the hundreds of thousands of refugees arrivin...
Pope Gives Final Audience 天主教教宗本笃十六世举行任内最后一次布道 VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict XVI bid his public farewell in front of tens of thousands of people on St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, the day before his resignation...
Top 5 Songs for Week Ending August 24 Were taking a look at the five most popular songs on the Billboard Magazine Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending August 24, 2013. Last week, there was plenty of movement in the Top Five - ah, those were...
Jazz Pianist Marian McPartland Dead at 95 爵士乐钢琴家玛丽安逝世享年95岁 Eric Felten, Bernie Bernard August 21, 2013 Marian McPartland, one of the best-known jazz artists in America, died August 20 in Port Washington, New York. She was...
California a Bright Spot in US Economic Recovery 加州成为美国经济复苏亮点 LOS ANGELES The U.S. economy is slowly improving from the recession of 2008-2009. Industries like construction are doing well, but unemployment remains stubbornly h...
Egypt Grapples with Mubarak's Release From Jail 埃及释放一直被监押的穆巴拉克 CAIRO As a helicopter ferried ex-president Hosni Mubarak from prison to house arrest on Thursday, the case has raised questions whether Egypt is headed forward...
沙特援助可能会影响美国的削减援助威胁 STATE DEPARTMENT The Obama administration is reviewing aid to Egypt's military-led government, hoping to use that assistance to influence events in Cairo. But that leverage may be undermined by S...
埃及人为清场死难者举行葬礼 Egyptians are mourning the victims of Wednesday's violence with both sides blaming each other for the escalation of violence in the wake of President Mohamed Morsi's July 3 ouster. The United States and other c...
Projects Stall As Georgia's Saakashvili Prepares to Step Down 格鲁吉亚萨卡什维利下台致使各个发展项目进入停滞状态 ANAKLIA, GEORGIA When Georgia's president, Mikheil Saakashvili, inaugurated beach hotels in Anaklia two years ag...