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President Barack Obama is continuing his appeal to Congress to pass his plan to boost hiring and the economy. The president plans to announce on Monday how he will pay for the plan and reduce the government's deficit. 美国总统奥巴马继续呼吁国
The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan have hailed a new era of cooperation, after meeting for the first time since peace talks between the rival nations resumed earlier this year. The officials promised to initiate new trade and travel contacts
Investments by Indian companies in foreign countries have risen sharply as they look for newer markets and resources to fuel a growing economy. 到外国投资的印度公司急剧增加,他们意图寻求更新的市场和资源来刺激印度发展
Markets rose sharply on news of European leaders reaching an agreement vital to solve the region's huge debt crisis. The deal is aimed at preventing the crisis spreading to larger eurozone economies like Italy, but analysts say more detail is needed
Discontent runs high in Italy among the population due to the country's economic difficulties. This led to massive protests over the weekend attended by tens of thousands of demonstrators. 意大利经济困境引起民众的高度不满,数万名示
The international community came together Saturday at the United Nations to find ways to mitigate the current crisis in the Horn of Africa, but also to prevent future ones from happening. At the meeting, the World Bank chief announced nearly $2 billi
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the authorities have made some mistakes in their handling of anti-government protests since mid-March. 叙利亚总统阿萨德表示,叙利亚政府在处理最近几个月以来、在叙利亚各地发生的
When Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle started losing money in 1998, its CEO began a search for a new management system that would get the hospital back on track. 1998年,西雅图的维吉尼亚梅森医疗中心出现亏损,执行长开始
More than a million people descended on Rome to take part in the beatification ceremony of the late Pope John Paul II. 一百多万人来到罗马参加为已故教皇保罗二世举行的宣福礼。 Throngs of people jammed Saint Peters Square, the
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi pounded oil tanks in the besieged city of Misrata Saturday, setting off gigantic fires that poured black smoke into the air. 忠于利比亚领导人卡扎菲的部队星期六捣毁了被围攻城市米苏
When the District of Columbia swore in its newly-elected mayor and council in January, about 300 ordinary Washingtonians also took an oath as representatives of local citizens groups called Advisory Neighborhood Commissions - or ANCs. Each ANC is mad
You probably missed The New York Times photograph that showed a revealing picture of New Yorkers rides into work on commuter trains. The photographer stood behind a long series of rows, three seats to a row. In the photo, every window and aisle seat
Tuesday's exchange of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has brought happiness to many in the region - but the underlying confrontations remain. 巴勒斯坦和以色列之间星期二展开的战俘交换让区域内的
Thailands recently elected Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has made her first official visit to Cambodia. The one-day trip marks a new start in bilateral relations, which have been poor in recent years. 泰国最近当选的总理英拉西那瓦首次
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States unequivocally supports the economic recovery plan of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. Clinton held talks with top Greek officials in Athens in advance of a critical European meeting Thu
The countdown is on for South Sudan's independence July 9, and the country's future capital is making its final preparations for the big day. 距离7月9日南苏丹的独立日期,已经进入倒计时阶段。 Joy in Juba Right now we're on one o
The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its four-person crew landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida just before dawn, bringing to a close a program that began in 1981 and leaving the United States temporarily with no vehicle to transport astronauts int
President Barack Obama on Tuesday visited the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 美国总统奥巴马星期二抵达美国属地波多黎各,受到当地民众欢迎。 Buenas tardes! With a greeting of Good afternoon in Spanish, President Obama be
In U.S. presidential politics, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has a narrow lead over Georgia businessman Herman Cain in the latest CNN-ORC public opinion poll. Most experts consider Romney the frontrunner for the Republican Party's preside
Drought and famine are forcing tens of thousands of Somalis to abandon their homes and seek assistance in the capital, Mogadishu, or neighboring countries. The U.N. World Food Program and other agencies say, however, the ongoing conflict in Somalia a