President Ma Ying-jeou has agreed to a request from the opposition to invite the Dalai Lama next week, to comfort victims（受害者） of deadly Typhoon Morakot. China usually voices anger at nations that welcome the Dalai Lama, whom it views as a d...
He became a Democratic Massachusetts senator in 1962, replacing his brother when he resigned to become president, and was re-elected seven times. Senator Kennedy had been a dominant force in liberal US politics for almost half a century. Recently, h...
The announcement of John Durham's selection came as a report was published detailing the allegations of abuse by CIA agents. Agents threatened to kill a key terror（恐怖） suspect's children and sexually assault another's mother, it is claimed. Th...
South Korea is in mourning for former President Kim Dae-jung, whose burial(葬礼) is on Sunday. His personal courage in standing up to the military government in South Korea made him a symbol of universal human rights. William Horsley came to know Mr...
Greek firefighters are facing another day battling wildfires still threatening areas north of Athens. Thousands of residents of the capital's northern suburbs were forced to leave their homes as dozens of houses and large areas of forest were burnt....
Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has defied strong criticism from the UK and the US by meeting Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi on Libyan TV. The pair were shown embracing and talking, while Col Gaddafi also spoke to Megrahi's family. The Sco...
Relatives of those who died in the bombing of a US plane over Lockerbie voiced anger as the man convicted（定罪） of the attack was welcomed home in Libya. Crowds in Tripoli greeted Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, after he was freed from prison on compas...
Millions of Afghans have begun voting in the country's second presidential election since the fall of the Taliban. Militants have threatened(威胁) to disrupt the polls, in which President Hamid Karzai is running for a second term. Some 300,000 Afgha...
Fresh violence has erupted in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on the eve of the country's presidential election. Explosions and gunfire were heard as troops battled insurgents who raided a bank a few hundred metres from the presidential compound, killing...
Usain's Bolt's epic run on Sunday night to lower the 100m world record to its current mark of 9.58 seconds is even more impressive when you look further into the statistics（统计）. If he could maintain that speed over the whole 100m, with a flying...
President Barack Obama's administration has signalled that its healthcare reforms may be diluted, amid pressure(压力) from opponents. Mr Obama has been pressing for a government-run scheme to extend healthcare insurance（保险） to some 46 million pe...
At least 13 people have been killed and at least 85 injured in a fierce gun battle in Gaza, emergency services say. Eyewitnesses say hundreds of Hamas fighters and policemen surrounded a mosque where followers of a radical Islamist （伊斯兰） cleric...
Taiwan has appealed for international technical assistance to help rescue more than 2,000 people stranded after Typhoon Morakot caused major mudslides. The Taiwanese authorities say they need giant cargo aircraft able to drop large earth diggers and...
People from several villages are said to have made it to higher ground before mud and rock engulfed their homes. Among the survivors （幸存者） found by rescue teams are 200 from Hsiaolin village, reports the Taiwan Central News Agency. However, des...
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has received tacit support from Brazil for his plans to allow US troops（部队） to use Colombian military bases. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said it considered the agreement to be a sovereign Colombian ma...
