DOHA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Nikolay Davydenko of Russia beat Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-3, 6-2 for the final at the Qatar Open on Friday. Two-time champion（冠军） Roger Federer of Switzerland reached the final by beating third-seede...
LONDON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- English soccer club Manchester（曼彻斯特 ） City confirmed on Friday that they have signed striker Edin Dzeko from Wolfsburg for 27 million pounds (42 million U.S. dollars). The 24-year-old Bosnian has agreed to a fou...
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Volvo Cars saw plus figures in sales in 2010 after two years of decline, reported the Swedish Industry Daily on Friday. The Gothenburg(哥德堡)- based company sold 373,525 cars last year, 11.2 percent more than that of...
SHANGHAI, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Europe's largest carmaker, Volkswagen AG（大众汽车公司）, said Friday that it had sold 37 percent more vehicles on the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong in 2010, compared to sales in 2009. With 1.92 million vehicles...
CHICAGO, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures(期货) on the COMEX（纽约商品交易所） Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange further declined on Friday, marking the fourth straight drop this week, as the dollar rallied on improved economic o...
NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks dropped on Friday after the closely-watched monthly jobs data turned out to be disappointing. The Labor Department（劳工部） said early on Friday that the U.S. economy added 103,000 jobs in December, an i...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Friday that Gene Sperling would take the position of National Economic Council (NEC) Director, the top White House economic adviser. Obama made the announcement（宣告） durin...
NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- New York City pulled out all the stops on Friday as the city was confronted with another blast of snow. The National Weather Service said three to five inches of snow are expected in the city. It issued a winter weather a...
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Political crisis in Pakistan was averted on Friday as the Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani succeeded in persuading a key political group to withdraw（撤回） its decision of joining the opposition. The Muttahida Qaumi...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed the 2011 defense authorization（授权） bill into law, but promised to repeal provisions that would restrict（限制,约束） transfer of military detainees from the Gua...
BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough(重大突破) in spent fuel reprocessing technology that could potentially（潜在的） solve China's uranium supply problem, Chinese television reported on Monday. The tech...
BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese publicity official has urged building a better image of the country on the world stage this year and strengthening friendly relationships with foreign countries. Wang Chen, director of the Information Offi...
BERLIN, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier（副总理） Li Keqiang arrived here Thursday on the second stop of his three-nation Europe tour to promote China's relations with European Union nations. In a written speech released at the airport,...
CAIRO, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday met with Israeli（以色列） Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who arrived earlier the day in Egypt's Red Sea resort Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss the obstacles faced by the stalle...
BUDAPEST, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hungary officially took over the presidency of the European Union (EU) at a ceremony（典礼） in the parliament building on Thursday evening, attended by EU and Hungarian dignitaries. Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterm...
