休斯顿通道回漏油5天后正常

HOUSTON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The Houston Ship Channel, one of the U.S. busiest waterways, returned to normalcy Thursday, five days after a barge collision dumped thousands of gallons of heavy oil into the water, officials said. The channel, a condui

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卡塔尔申办2022年世界杯委员会日前发表声明，称前法国球星齐达内已经被聘为卡塔尔申办世界杯的形象大使。目前申办2022年世界杯的国家有9个之多，卡塔尔的主要对手将是澳大利亚、日本、

Reversal of Roles

Barbara Walters did a story on gender roles in Kuwait several years before the Gulf War. She noted then that women customarily walked about 10 feet behind their husbands. She returned to Kuwait recently and observed that the men now walked several ya

Chinese premier meets Qatari emir on ties

DOHA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met here Wednesday with Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani over bilateral ties. During the meeting, Wen said China-Qatar relations have seen rapid development although diplomati

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ALGIERS, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The 13th Escort Taskforce of the Chinese Navy arrived Tuesday in Algiers, capital of Algeria, beginning a four-day visit to the country. The visit by the escort taskforce, composed of two frigates and one supply ship, is

AP 2010-09-06

1. Hurricane Earl now packs 145-mile-per-hour winds as it continues to churn towards the North Carolina coast. Forecasters are still trying to pinpoint exactly where and if Earl will make landfall. Hurricane warnings and watches have now been posted

AP 2010-09-08

1. Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a boat. Engineers have lifted the damaged blowout preventer from beneath the sea and are gett

AP 2010-07-02

1. Hurricane warnings are now posted for parts of the Texas coast as Tropical Storm Alex continues to strengthen in the Gulf. Forecasters think the storm's path will take it near the Texas-Mexico border. The storm could become a hurricane today. The

AP 2010-07-09

1. Three billion and counting, that's how much BP says it has spent in attempts to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The money also includes settling damage claims and reimbursing both the federal and local governments. So far, BP has settled

AP 2010-07-15

1. BP crews are claiming progress as they try to fit a tighter cap on the ruptured well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. In the meantime, the oil is gushing freely from the well head. And officials are warning that there is no guarantee the delic

AP 2010-08-05

1. The Environmental Protection Agency says BP has cut its use of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico by nearly three quarters since May. That statement comes a day after Congressman Ed Markey released a letter, saying BP carpet bombed the oce

AP 2010-08-07

1. BP says it has reached the desired outcome from a procedure in which it pumped mud down the throat of the blown-out well that is leaking in the Gulf of Mexico. The company says the mud is holding the oil down. BP has said that this procedure may b

AP 2010-08-13

1. Former Senate Ted Stevens and at least 4 others have been killed in a plane crash near a remote fishing village in Alaska. Former NASA chief Sean O'Keefe and his son were also on the plane but survived the crash. 2. A combative Charles Rangel has

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-04-11

1. President Obama heads to Connecticut Monday to make the case for gun control legislation. Two Senators, a Republican and a Democrat are working on a plan to expand firearms background checks. 2. A fire official in North Carolina says two children

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CNN 2008-04-06

Heavy rain's putting parts of the Gulf Coast under water, the flash flooding in Mobile, Alabama brought on by a slow moving spring storm system. It left property damage and downed trees from Texas all the way to Alabama. A charter bus rolled over on

CNN 2008-09-11

Good morning from the CNN Center in Atlanta. Im Reggie Aqui. Thanks for checking in. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. We'll begin with hurricane Ike. It is still a few days away from possible landfall in the US. But people are alr

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墨西哥确认逮捕头号通缉毒枭 MEXICO CITY, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto confirmed the capture of the world's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin Guzman Loera, known as El Chapo, in the Pacific resort of Mazatlan Satur

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The Obama administration announced Thursday that it is releasing 30 million barrels of oil from the United States emergency reserve to offset production lost because of the fighting in Libya. The U.S. oil will be about half of a 60 million barrel int

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This year's China International Fair for Investment and Trade is featuring some 30-thousand programs the private sector will be able to take part in. Most of them are connected to the government's Silk Road initiative. As the guest country of honor a