TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- After eight years of struggle over Iran's nuclear program, the prospect of the upcoming nuclear meeting between Iran and the G5+1 countries in Istanbul( 伊斯坦布尔) on Friday and Saturday seems to be less promising. B...
NAIROBI, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- African Union mediator for the resolution of the electoral crisis gripping Cote d'Ivoire Raila Odinga ended his visit to the West African nation on Wednesday without a breakthrough. In a statement(声明) issued at the en...
TUNIS, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Tunisian interim（临时的） government, born on Monday, is expected to convene its first meeting Thursday, amid protests against the make-up of the national unity cabinet, state TV reported Wednesday. The meeting, t...
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- China welcomes the smooth completion of the referendum（公民投票权） in south Sudan, which is an important step towards the full implementation of the Comprehensive Peaceful Agreement, a senior Chinese diplo...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Three people were wounded（受伤） by gunshots on Tuesday morning at Gardena Senior High School in the Los Angeles area, as the police were searching for a student who may have brought a gun to the campus. The shoo...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said on Tuesday that his country is evacuating（疏散,撤出） some of its citizens from Tunisia, which is undergoing a major political change. Crowley said that State...
TUNIS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian interim president Foued Mebazaa and Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi quit Tunisia's ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally party (RCD) Tuesday, official TAP news agency reported. The move is in implementation（实...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Former Haitian President Jean Claude Baby Doc Duvalier, who returned from France to the country on Sunday, was detained on Tuesday, police said. Baby Doc, who was deposed in 1986 after popular uprisings, governed H...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Apple Inc. on Tuesday reported sales and profit that both easily beat analysts' expectations(期望,预期), citing strong demands for its products. For its fiscal 2011 first quarter ended on Dec. 25, 2010, Apple po...
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Boeing Co. on Tuesday pushed back the seventh time the deliveries of its oft-delayed 787 Dreamliner（梦幻客机） to the third quarter of 2011, according to Reuters reports. The revised timeline for first delivery...
HONG KONG, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- It was a big mistake for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)(国际货币基金) not to include the Chinese currency, renminbi (RMB), in the international reserve basket in its recent reevaluation of the content of SD...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday he had led six other Republican senators（参议员） to visit Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Senate minority leader（少数派领导人） announced in his web...
VIENNA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) （石油输出国家组织 ）raised its forecast Monday for global oil-demand growth this year, encouraged by outlook of continued world economic recovery. In 2011...
PARIS, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- French leading credit insurer Coface estimated on Monday that the world economy would slow growth to 3.4 percent in 2011 from 4 percent in 2010 with emerging（新兴的） economies still leading the growth while joint pre...
KHARTOUM, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Arab League (AL)（阿拉伯联盟） Mission for monitoring south Sudan referendum（公民投票权） on Monday said that the polling process was characterized by high transparency and integrity with international...
