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TUNIS, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Tunisian army and security forces（保安部队） arrested eight foreign nationals including four Germans, the Tunisian television reported Sunday. Tunisian TV showed footage of the men arrested, as well weapons, maps...
MUMBAI, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- At least 100 pilgrims were killed and around 100 others injured in a deadly stampede that took place in southwestern India on Friday evening, local media reported early Saturday. The tragedy（灾难） occurred a little a...
SANTIAGO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Friday reshuffled his cabinet（内阁）, replacing ministers of defense, labor and energy, and sacking the minister of transportation. The move followed Defense Minister Jaime Ravi...
BRUSSELS, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The eurozone trade balance with the rest of the world fell into deficit in November last year as imports rose more than exports, the European Union (EU)'s statistics（统计学） office Eurostat said on Friday. In Nove...
LONDON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- British Petroleum（石油） (BP) signed an agreement with Russia's state-controlled oil producer Rosneft on Friday evening, under which BP will swap 5 percent of its stock, valued at 7.8 billion U.S. dollars, for 9.5 per...
WARSAW, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Poland on Wednesday said a Russia report on the plane crash that killed its President Lech Kaczynski was incomplete（不完全的） and erroneous. Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) investigating the crash has...
TUNIS, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Interior Ministry announced curfew in Grand Tunis region starting from 8:00 p.m. (1900 GMT) Wednesday to 5:30 a.m. (0430 GMT) Thursday following unrest spread to the capital on Wednesday. The move came after violen...
TUNIS, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali appointed on Monday Ahmed Friaa as new interior（内部的） and local development minister in replacement of Rafik Belhadj Kacem, the Tunisian Official press agency TAP reported...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Violence in Afghanistan（阿富汗） is likely to rise as Spring comes, and the country remains the focus of U.S. national security strategy（战略）, said Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staf...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy ended last year on an encouraging note, as economic activity continued to expand moderately（适度地） from November through December, according to the latest Federal Reserve survey（调查） rel...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was seriously wounded in Saturday's shooting incident in Tucson, Arizona, was breathing on her own three days after being shot in the head, doctors said on Tuesday...
TOKYO, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The overall level of bank lending(银行贷款) in Japan fell 2.1 percent from a year earlier in December, marking the 13th straight month of decline, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) said Wednesday. According to the central bank, t...
NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks snapped a 3-day losing streak to close higher on Tuesday as strong earnings reports helped inject confidence into the market. Alcoa, the aluminum（铝） manufacturer which is traditionally the first com...
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iceland appreciates（感谢） IMF's approval of the 4th review of Iceland's economic recovery program, said Arni Pall Arnason, Icelandic minister of economic affairs on Tuesday. The approval（批准） of the review...
