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Vilanova: Messi to play despite impending parenthood

MADRID, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova faces up to part of his past when his side entertain Celta Vigo in the BBVA Primera Liga on Saturday night. Vilanova spent part of his playing career with Celta and admits he still feels aff

缅甸众议院议长将访问美国

缅甸众议院议长将访问美国 YANGON, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Speaker for Myanmar's House of Representative (Lower House) U Shwe Mann will lead a parliamentary delegation to pay a goodwill visit to the United States soon, said the local Union Daily

缅甸和谈双方签署停火协议草案

A new ceasefire has been signed among Myanmar's armed ethnic groups and the government. Aung Min is one of the lead negotiators for the Myanmar government. The National Ceasefire Agreement we sign today has values which have more than an agreement. N

中国救援队抵缅甸参与抗洪救灾

The flood disaster in Myanmar has brought the death toll to 89 and affected hundreds of thousands of people across the country, prompting a state of emergency and calls for urgent relief efforts. A Chinese non-governmental team, Blue Sky Rescue Team,

缅甸历史性大选投票开始

Millions of voters are streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century. Voters had lined up long before the polls opened Sunday to cast their ballots. The chief EU election observer in the country

缅甸大选点票进行中

YANGON, MYANMARVote counting is underway in Myanmar where turnout was more than 80 percent for the nation's first free general election in a quarter of a century. Some 32 million people were registered to vote to select from more than 6,000 candidate

Luck not with Inter, says Ranieri

ROME, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Inter head coach Claudio Ranieri said luck played against his side following their home loss to CSKA Moscow in the Champions League on Wednesday. He defended his men after a 2-1 home loss to the Russians, which had no impact

研究:左撇子更易发怒

Life holds many frustrations(挫折) for left-handed people from the everyday items designed for right-handers to folklore（民间传说） saying they are in league with the devil. So perhaps it is the result of dealing with such adversity（逆境）

China allocates funds to fight drought

BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's meteorological authority（权威,权利） announced on Monday that it has received 7.5 million yuan from the country's Ministry of Finance to strengthen its efforts in fighting persistent drought in some regions

China allocates 120 mln yuan to drought-hit SW province

BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese central government Wednesday allocated 120 million yuan (19 million U.S. dollars) to drought-stricken areas in southwestern Yunnan province. The relief funds, jointly arranged by the Ministry of Finance and th

故障不断 全日空将为波音787更换发动机

ANA says it will replace the engines on its fleet of Boeing 787s after a series of engine failures caused by corrosion and fatigue cracking of turbine blades. 全日空航空公司表示，由于涡轮机叶片出现腐朽和裂痕造成的一系列引

我国歼20隐形战机服役 并换装国产发动机

A domestically developed engine will soon power the nation's latest stealth fighter jet, a senior scientist working for Aero Engine Corp of China. 中国航空发动机集团的一位资深科学家日前表示，我国最新型隐形战机很快将由

版权侵权成为制约我国新媒体发展的瓶颈

The rapid growth of mobile Internet platforms is leading to disputes with traditional outlets. 移动互联网平台的快速发展引发了其与传统媒介的纠纷。 Copyright disputes between new and traditional media are growing, and require a

Obama: Time for Gadhafi to Relinquish Power

U.S. President Barack Obama has called on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to relinquish power once and for all, saying the momentum against him has reached a tipping point. In a statement late Sunday after Libyan rebels pushed into the capital, Tripoli

Egypt to Form New Government, Military to Transfer Power

Egypt's military rulers have agreed to form a new government and promise to transfer power to a civilian body by July. Politicians say the agreement was made during a crisis meeting on Tuesday as tens of thousands of Egyptians protested in the street

两办印发关于深化公安执法规范化建设的意见

China has recently issued a guideline to improve the quality and public credibility of law enforcement. 近日，我国印发了一份有关提高执法质量和公信力的意见。 The guideline, released by the general offices of the Communist Par

2016年将发射天宫二号

China to Launch Tiangong-2 Space Lab in 2016 Chinesse space officials are preparing to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of China's first space lab, Tiangong-1. The experimental lab became operational on September 29th, 2011. Tiangong-1 was only suppos

天宫二号9月中旬发射 运载火箭已运抵酒泉发射场

The rockets expected to carry China's second orbiting space lab Tiangong-2 and the Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft into space have been delivered to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. 执行运载我国第二个轨道空间实验室天宫

美国参议院批准两党预算协议

美国参议院批准两党预算协议 CAPITOL HILL The U.S. Senate has voted 64 to 36 to approve a two-year federal budget that eases automatic spending cuts and averts the threat of another government shutdown.The measure received bipartisan suppo