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国际英语新闻:Perry quits U.S. presidential race, endorses Gingrich

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry announced Thursday that he's dropping out of the race for the GOP nomination and endorsing former House Speaker Newt
国际英语新闻 2012-01-20
国际英语新闻:Italian Divers Resume Search of Wrecked Cruise Ship

Italian divers resumed their search Thursday for at least 21 people missing from a wrecked cruise ship off Italy's northwestern coast. Officials say divers began searching again after the operation w
国际英语新闻 2012-01-20
国际英语新闻:Obama rejects Keystone pipeline

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that his administration had decided to reject the proposed Keystone pipeline between Canada and the United States.In a sta
国际英语新闻 2012-01-19
国际英语新闻:French Government Unveils Plan to Grow Jobs, Economy

As the World Bank warns Wednesday that Europe probably is already in recession, France's government has announced a series of measures to grow the country's economy and make it more competitive.Five
国际英语新闻 2012-01-19
国际英语新闻:Italy's PM Expects Agreement on Economic Discipline, Growth

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said during a visit to London on Wednesday that he expects to reach an agreement with other European countries, including Germany, on a way out of the current econom
国际英语新闻 2012-01-19
国际英语新闻:Obama: US to Work Closely with Jordan on Mideast Talks

President Barack Obama says the United States will consult closely with Jordan to advance peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The president met Tuesday in the White House with Jordan’s
国际英语新闻 2012-01-18
国际英语新闻:Norway Welcomes Unaccompanied African Children

The U.N. refugee agency reports that 33 unaccompanied children, mostly from East Africa, have left Tunisia's Shousha refugee camp for resettlement in Norway. The children are among 90 who arrived una
国际英语新闻 2012-01-18
国际英语新闻:Wrecked Ship Fuel Extraction to Take Weeks

A Dutch company that specializes in salvage operations says it will take weeks to remove the fuel from a cruise ship that capsized off Italy's coast.The company, Smit, says it plans to conduct a surv
国际英语新闻 2012-01-18
国际英语新闻:Italian Cruise Ship Rescue Operations Restarted

Italian rescuers are again searching for survivors inside the wreck of a luxury cruise ship that hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern Italy.The search restarted Monday afternoon, hours aft
国际英语新闻 2012-01-17
国际英语新闻:Markets Calm After European Credit Downgrades

European markets reacted nonchalantly Monday after credit rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded nine countries, including France and Austria, late Friday. The widely followed agency also reduced
国际英语新闻 2012-01-17
国际英语新闻:S&P downgrades eurozone's bailout fund EFSF

LONDON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Ratings agency Standard & Poor's lowered the AAA long-term issuer credit rating of European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), eurozone's rescue fund, to AA+ from AAA o
国际英语新闻 2012-01-17
国际英语新闻:Death Toll in Italian Cruise Ship Disaster Reaches Five

The number of those killed in the Italian cruise ship disaster has risen to five after search crews on Sunday discovered the bodies of two elderly men in the submerged section of the Costa Condordia.T
国际英语新闻 2012-01-16
国际英语新闻:French Foreign Minister Meets Burmese Opposition Figure

France's top diplomatic envoy met with Burma's leading opposition figure Sunday, as he became the latest Western official to visit the Asian nation following a series of fast-paced reforms. The trip
国际英语新闻 2012-01-16
国际英语新闻:Nigerian Unions, Government Fail to Resolve Oil Subsidy Stalemate

Nigeria's labor unions say a nationwide strike will resume Monday if no deal concerning fuel prices is reached through negotiations with the government.Union representatives of the Nigeria Labor Cong
国际英语新闻 2012-01-16
国际英语新闻:Merkel: ‘Long Road’ Ahead for European Economic Recovery

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the downgrading of credit ratings of nine European countries shows that the European Union has a "long road" ahead to restore investor confidence.She spoke to repo
国际英语新闻 2012-01-15
国际英语新闻:Nigerian Unions, President Meet Over Fuel Subsidy Stalemate

Nigerian union leaders are meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan for talks about the ending of consumer fuel subsidies.The government's move to suspend the subsidies earlier this year has upset t
国际英语新闻 2012-01-15
国际英语新闻:S&P Downgrades French Credit Rating

Standard & Poor's Friday downgraded the credit ratings of nine European countries caught up in the eurozone crisis. This includes France, which has Europe's second-largest economy.S&P's downgrade o
国际英语新闻 2012-01-15
国际英语新闻:Obama Seeks to Merge Trade, Commerce Agencies

President Barack Obama is asking Congress for authority to merge a series of federal agencies that deal with trade and commerce.Addressing reporters in the East Room of the White House, he said consol
国际英语新闻 2012-01-14
国际英语新闻:US Identifies Marines in Urination Video

U.S. military officials say they have identified the four Marines seen on video urinating on the bodies of dead Afghan Taliban fighters.The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, heading the main inqui
国际英语新闻 2012-01-14
国际英语新闻:Obama requests 1.2 trillion USD rise in borrowing limit

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama requested Congress Thursday to raise the federal government's borrowing limit by 1.2 trillion U.S. dollars, as the government is facing mou
国际英语新闻 2012-01-14
国际英语新闻:Negotiations Fail to End Strike in Nigerian Fuel Subsidy Showdown

Nigeria's president and union leaders say a nationwide strike will continue, despite progress made during their first meeting Thursday since the action began. Officials say the negotiations about whe
国际英语新闻 2012-01-13
国际英语新闻:OECD: Most Global Economies Could Slow Further

A new report says that most of the world's major economies are likely to slow further, but that U.S., Japanese and Russian economic fortunes are showing signs of improving.The Paris-based Organizatio
国际英语新闻 2012-01-13
国际英语新闻:Spanish Navy Thwarts Pirate Attack in Indian Ocean

Spanish forces have captured six alleged pirates in the Indian Ocean, after the suspects attacked a Spanish navy ship.The Spanish defense ministry says pirates aboard a skiff (small boat) opened fire
国际英语新闻 2012-01-13
国际英语新闻:EU Presses Hungary to Make Further Spending Cuts

The European Union is heightening its pressure on Hungary for reforms, saying that it has failed to effectively control its budget deficit and that its new constitution may be unlawful.EU economy mini
国际英语新闻 2012-01-12
国际英语新闻:US Economy on Mend But Hiring Limited

The end of 2011 helped give the world's largest economy a boost although not enough to make a large dent in unemployment.The U.S. central bank issued its so-called "Beige Book" report Wednesday - an
国际英语新闻 2012-01-12