ABIDJAN, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire on Thursday expelled（驱逐） the ambassadors from Britain and Canada, state television reported. A statement from the government of incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo read in the state television said the...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Two packages detonated（爆炸） on Thursday at two government buildings in the U.S. state of Maryland, but caused no serious injuries, state authorities said. One package detonated at the Jeffrey Building in Annapoli...
TEHRAN, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran arrested a 55-year old American woman on espionage(间谍) charges, a local newspaper reported Thursday. The local Farsi-language IRAN newspaper said the woman who had set spying equipment in her teeth and entered Iran...
PARIS, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Jeffrey Sachs, special advisor for UN Secretary General(秘书长), envisioned Thursday a three-pillar monetary system in place of U.S. dollar dominance in post-crisis world at an economic forum in Paris. We can't go to a gl...
KHARTOUM, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry on Wednesday said that a successful referendum(公民投票权) in south Sudan would be the precursor（先驱,前导） to a stronger new relationship be...
MADRID, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The rate of inflation（通货膨胀） in Spain climbed to 2.9 percent during the last month of 2010, according to figures published Monday. The Harmonized Consumer Price Index（消费者物价指数） (IPCA), published...
BEIRUT, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- A hand grenade(手榴弹) was tossed late Saturday night at the residence of the son of former Lebanese（黎巴嫩） Prime Minister Omar Karami, an ally of Shiite armed group Hezbollah. Unidentified assailants tossed a ha...
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan and India exchanged lists of nuclear installations（核设施） and facilities on Saturday in spite of a tension over the 2008 Mumbai attacks that has disrupted the dialogue process between the two countries,...
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- On the heels of （紧随其后） the new year, India, Colombia, Germany, Portugal and South Africa began their two-year tenure on Saturday as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council（联合国安理会）...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Brzilian Planning Minister Miriam Belchior Monday confirmed planned federal budget cut in 2011, but said it is a routine（日常工作）. There are curtailments（缩减） every year. About the amount to be cut,...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Democrat Jerry Brown was sworn in Monday as California's 39th governor, taking over from Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger who left the office with a huge deficit（赤字） for the golden state. The year ahead will de...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The 112th Congress of the United States was called to order on Wednesday, and John Boehner was elected (当选) Speaker in the House of Representatives. In his first address as the House's top member, Boehner focused on...
BRUSSELS, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The year 2011 will be economically challenging(挑战的) and painful, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned here Wednesday. After two years of economic recession（衰退）, Barroso expects a difficul...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday went back to Washington from his two-week getaway in Hawaii, facing a new Republican-controlled Congress(国会) and plenty of headaches. Obama's plane touched down in Andrews Airf...
JERUSALEM, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday that 2010 had been the quietest year regarding attacks against Israel in a long time, but he also warned that a complicated reality continues to surround（包围,环绕）...
