日期：2008-12-07 Outgoing US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice played the piano for Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace Monday as a farewell gesture before the end of the Bush administration's term next month. Rice's spokesman Sean McCormack said Tuesday the top... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-03 Cultural and Political image With his Kenyan father and white American mother, his upbringing in Honolulu and Jakarta, and his Ivy League education, Obama's early life experiences differ markedly from those of African American politicians who launch... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-03 Romantic story Obama met his wife, Michelle Robinson, in June 1989 when he was employed as a summer associate at the Chicago law firm of Sidley Austin. Assigned for three months as Obama's adviser at the firm, Robinson joined him at group social fun... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-03 Early life and Education Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a Luo from Kenya, and Ann Dunham, a white American from Wichita, Kansas. His parents met while attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-03 巴拉克奥巴马在当地时间周二的晚间以压倒性优势获胜，扫除了有史以来的种族屏障，当选美国首位黑人总统。奥巴马在胜选演说中向民众高呼：变革的时代来了！ Brief Introduction Barack Hussein Obama, born on August 4, 1961, is the junior United States Senator fro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-02 美国当选总统巴拉克奥巴马于本周一宣布了其国家安全团队成员人选，并提名前竞争对手希拉里克林顿为美国下一任国务卿。奥巴马的国家安全团队成员包括：即将出任国土安全部长一职的现任亚利桑那州州长珍妮特纳波利塔诺，留任的国防部长罗伯特盖茨，以及总统安全顾问、曾... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-28 今天是美国一年一度的感恩节，现任总统布什依照惯例在白宫赦免了一只名叫南瓜的火鸡，同时发表讲话对军队将士、志愿者、家人等表示感谢，这是他在白宫的最后一个感恩节。而当选总统奥巴马及夫人米歇尔则表示会邀请至少60位朋友到芝加哥的家中共度佳节，以此对家人和朋... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-28 随着全球金融危机的蔓延，俄罗斯百姓勒紧裤腰带过日子的意识正进一步增强。国酒伏特加本月的存货量比去年同期高出六倍，越来越多的人们为了省钱而选择廉价的伏特加替代饮品，从而导致今年九月以来俄罗斯的酒精中毒致死事件频发。 The global financial crisis has grow... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-28 北京市建设委员会上周六透露了北京房产新政的主要内容，降低住房交易税收负担，调整享受优惠政策的普通商品住房价格标准，加大住房消费信贷、特别是公积金贷款支持力度，鼓励居民合理的住房消费、活跃市场交易首当其冲。为此，北京市建设委员会还将于今天正式印发调整... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-28 美国女孩德扎娜西蒙斯因患有罕见心脏疾病，不得不接受两次心脏移植手术。在两次手术之间，西蒙斯靠体外人工心脏成功存活118天。14岁的西蒙斯19日病愈出院，她的母亲瓦拉安德森把这称为最不可思议的医学奇迹。西蒙斯目前恢复良好。但一般接受心脏移植手术的病人需要在12... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-28 据Visa电子商务追踪调查结果显示，亚太地区有近80％的网民在网上购物，而且在过去的一年中此项平均消费额超过3000美元。该调查涉及香港、新加坡、日本、韩国、澳大利亚及印度等六个国家和地区年龄在18到49岁的网民，他们表示在网上消费最多的是机票、火车票等出行相关... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-28 自经济危机席卷全球以来，韩国国内避孕套的销售额迅速增长。便利店GS25表示，从今年8月至11月16日，全国3300多家卖场的避孕套销售额比去年同期增加了19%。据分析，经济出现萧条后，推迟生育计划的夫妇增加，因此避孕套使用量也同步增加。 The downturn in South Korea'... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-28 在对报纸的哀歌一片中，媒体大亨默多克力挺报业，他说报纸比博客有优势，另外虽然物理发行量减少，但是报纸将以一种品牌力量在网络时代存在下去。他表示，现在人们对信息的渴望比以往任何时候都要强烈，而报纸比博客和其他新媒体有优势，因为报纸更加获得读者信任。读... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-28 日本内阁府公布的数据显示，经通货膨胀因素调整后，日本第三季度国内生产总值(GDP)较前一季度下降0.1%，折合成年率为下降0.4%。第二季度GDP修正后较前一季度下降0.9%。虽然日本政府还未正式宣布经济陷入衰退，但许多经济学家认为，从技术角度讲，经济连续两个月收缩就... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-24 LIMA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush on Saturday called on world economies to keep market open and reject protectionism to overcome the ongoing global financial storm. The world leaders must maintain the power of free market, Bush... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-24 BAGHDAD, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi lawmakers are expected to vote on a security agreement by Wednesday, which will keep the U.S. troops here until the end of 2011, the parliament's speaker said Saturday. After hours of heated debate, Speaker Mahmoud... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-24 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Jobless rate in California, the most populous state in the nation, soared to 8.2 percent in October as the global financial crisis deepened, according to newly-released figures. During the period, employers cut 26,40... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-24 WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, who has turned from a rival to supporter for President-elect Barack Obama, appeared as the most potential candidate for the next commerce secretary, said a TV report on Friday... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-24 GENEVA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The United States and Russia Friday ended a week of talks on the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), but failed to make a decision to extend it, the U.S. side said in a statement. U.S. and Russian representative... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-24 WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has accepted offer to be the next U.S. state secretary, joining her former presidential rival Barack Obama's cabinet, according to a news report released on Friday. Citing two o... 阅读全文>>