16 injured in plane accident at Rome airport

ROME, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Sixteen people were injured in an accident at Rome's Fiumicino airport on Saturday night when an ATR 72 aircraft went off the runway during landing. Two of the injured were in serious conditions, according to AGI news agency.

新版小学教材删去《爱迪生救妈妈》等争议文章

Controversial parts of a textbook for primary school students will be removed from a new edition for the autumn semester, People's Education Press said last Wednesday, adding that the current textbooks will gradually be replaced. 人民教育出版社上

Russian Economic Forum Shows Signs of Tension

It is called Russias Davos - an annual summer solstice gathering where foreign company heads mix and mingle under one roof in St. Petersburg. With the British rocker Sting playing to the crowd, the Kremlin plans it as a lovefest for financial types.

China-Kyrgyzstan cooperation forum held in Bishkek

BISHKEK, April 28 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 businessmen, government officials, experts, scholars and foreign envoys attended a forum held here Friday to discuss prospects of cooperation between China and Kyrgyzstan. The forum, named Discover Asia --

Clinton to visit Haiti on election standoff, reconstruction

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

Dollar surges amid Egypt unrest

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

Tennis Star Novak Djokovic Unites Divided Serbia

Serbians weary of seeing the worlds media focus on their countrys recent wartime past are uniting in praise of a new national hero, Novak Djokovic. Djokovic trained as a young boy amid the chaotic breakup of Yugoslavia, rising to become world tennis

Turkish champions withdraw from UEFA Champions League

ISTANBUL, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Turkish football champions Fenerbache have withdrawn from the UEFA Champions League for the 2011-12 season, the Turkish football federation announced Wednesday. Turkish football has been mired in a match-fixing scandal s

Obama Starts Campaign For Jobs Plan

President Barack Obama has begun trying to build public support for his plan to ease unemployment and boost the U.S. economy. The president started the campaign Friday in nearby Richmond, Virginia. Hours after laying out his $447 billion jobs plan to

中国版Jeep指南者:发动机减配,价格卖更贵

The new Jeep Compass has been launched on the Chinese car market and the first cars have just arrived in Jeep dealerships throughout the country. China is only the second country in the world to get the Compass, after Brazil where sales started last

Alphabet豪赌不休 华尔街捧场不止

A year after it surprised the world by announcing it would turn itself into tech holding company Alphabet, the company formerly known as Google is still working on its transformation. 在宣布将转型为科技控股公司Alphabet这个震惊世人的

Oil rises on tighter supply outlook

NEW YORK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose on Friday as supplies tended to be tight on new Iran sanctions and production problems in North Sea. There was news on Thursday saying that the Obama administration expanded sanctions on Iran, in an eff

Health Qigong gala showcases global competitors

VANCOUVER, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The fourth International Health Qigong Tournament and Exchange kicked off the competition portion of the Vancouver event Saturday to showcase the health benefits of this increasingly popular activity. At a gala opening

Iran Considers Release of US Hikers

The lawyer for two Americans jailed in Iran says he needs the signature of one more judge on bail papers before his clients can be released. Masoud Shafiei said Saturday he hopes Iran's judiciary will clear the way for the payment of $1 million bail

印度旅游部长安全提示 女性不要穿裙子

India's tourism minister is furiously backpedaling after suggesting that women who visit India shouldn't wear skirts for their own safety. 印度旅游部长日前建议前往印度的女性为了自身安全不要穿裙子，但是他随后连忙澄清

Ancient carnivorous fish discovered

BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists had discovered the fossils of a new species of ancient carnivorous fish, National Geographic reported Monday. The newly-found ancient fish, Laccognathus embryi, is a 1.8-meter-long predator, which was waiti

Lin's underdog story inspires the world

BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Although Jeremy Lin's sudden emergence came too late to make him an All-Star and he only played limited time in the Rising Star Challenge last Friday, he still managed a starring role and was not outshone by any big guys.

China-U.S. dialogue highlights will for new ties

BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- A new round of China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (SED) on Thursday highlighted the will of both sides to build new relations in the era of economic globalization. China and the United States should break the tradit

Aussie banks rolling in cash, silent on rates

SYDNEY, May 2 (Xinhua) --- The Australia New Zealand Bank (ANZ) has reported first-half underlying profit of over 3 billion U.S. dollars, a result that stands in stark contrast to its refusal to keep in step with the central bank's official rate move

美法总统通电讨论监听事件

美法总统通电讨论监听事件 U.S. President Barack Obama called France's President Francois Hollande on Monday to discuss French outrage about claims that a U.S. spy agency eavesdropped on millions of phone calls of French citizens. Obama tol