Forces Will Not Back Down During Afghan Transition

NATO's secretary-general says foreign forces in Afghanistan will remain on combat duty during the scheduled transition to Afghan security control in 2014. That statement by Anders Fogh Rasmussen came after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Ame

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BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Deliberately highlighting the military and security agenda, deploying more military forces and strengthening military alliances in the Asia-Pacific region are inappropriate, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin sa

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Chinas government-run online train ticket sales site 12306 has been causing problems since pretty much the moment it was launched. It broke during its first Spring Festival rush back in 2011, and since then has been the source of a litany of complain

马云出席德国汉诺威电子展

HANOVER, Germany, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Only through the way 'clicks' and 'motors' work together can the internet companies survive and live happily for the next 30 years, said China's Alibaba founder Jack Ma here on Sunday. Ma made the remarks when d

2015马云纽约经济学家会演讲

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In its earnings call, chip maker AMD revealed that Windows 10 will launch at the end of July, as blog Tweaktown first noticed. 芯片制造商AMD在电话会议中透露Windows 10将于7月底发布。博客Tweaktown第一个发现此事。 Here's wh

Pakistan deports Osama bin Laden's family members

ISLAMABAD, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Osama bin Laden's three widows and other family members were deported to Saudi Arabia on Friday, days after they completed their jail term awarded to them for entering and living in Pakistan illegally, local media repo

T-mac suffers fourth straight loss in CBA

BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Three-time NBA All-star Gilbert Arenas missed a head-to-head clash with seven-time All-star Tracy Mcgrady in the fourth round of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league on Sunday. Arenas was benched for groin strai

AC Milan suffer defeat to Sampdoria

ROME, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan's new-look side failed to impress as they lost to Sampdoria 1-0 in their season-opener at home on Sunday. Andrea Costa scored the only goal of the game in the 58th minute and Rossoneri were unlucky to hit the woodwo

Ukraine suffer 3-2 loss to Austria

VIENNA, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine came back twice but still lost 3-2 to Austria in a friendly match of the Euro 2012 on Friday in Innsbruck, Austria. Zlatko Junuzovic opened the mark only two minutes into the game to put Austria 1-0 up. Ukraine, whi

Wall Street suffers worst week this year

NEW YORK, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street ended its worst week this year with severe sell-off on Friday after the government's highly-anticipated monthly jobs report came in weaker than expected. When the market closed, the Dow Jones industrial average

U.S. Congress passes short-term payroll tax deal

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The two chambers of U.S. Congress on Friday passed a short-term payroll tax and jobless benefits bill, which is now on its way to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed into law. The bipartisan deal was approved by

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The Ministry of Finance has announced the preferential policy to offer overseas tourists a rebate of 11-percent on consumer goods purchased at designated stores. Foreign tourists and those from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who visited the Chinese main

Olympic skating medalist Bos retires

THE HAGUE, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Dutch speed skater Jan Bos put an end to his career on Sunday during the World Cup Finals in Heerenveen, the last World Cup skating events of the year. He failed to qualify for the World Single Distances Championships(锦

Antunez retires as Robles' coach

HAVANA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Dayron Robles' trainer Santiago Antunez has announced his retirement as coach but will remain as a supervisor of national hurdlers, the official daily Granma said on Friday. Antunez, named as the best coach in the world in

Grondona to retire in 2015 from Argentina' s association

BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The President of the Argentinean Football Association (AFA), Julio Grondona, Tuesday announced he will leave the post in 2015, which he has occupied since 1979. I have to finish my term by 2015. The experience is tel

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For Southeast Asia, the slowdown of China's economy may have a bigger economic impact than the British vote to leave the European Union. 对东南亚地区来说，中国经济放缓对其经济的影响可能要比英国公投脱欧大得多。 Chin

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考试形式与所考察能力 快速阅读要求考生在15分钟内完成一篇1200字左右的文章和后面的10道题。前面7个题是判断正误（包括NOT GIVEN），后3个是填空题填根据阅读的理解，填三到四个单词（答案

Randy Quaid, wife arrested for burglary

BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi were arrested Saturday afternoon after they were reported living in the guest house of their old home illegally（非法的）, media reported Monday. The two were discovered by the