India election starts final phase 印度大选迎来最后角逐 India has entered the final phase of its marathon general election, with 107m voters eligible （有资格的，合格的） to cast ballots. （不记名票） Voting is taking place in 86 constituencies （选...
Europe opens big election debate 欧洲大选辩论开始 Campaigning has started for the 4-7 June elections to the European Parliament and the economic crisis is likely to be the dominant（主要的，占优势的） issue. As the outgoing parliament's final sessio...
US to review Afghan air strikes 美国回顾阿富汗空袭 A top US military commander has announced a review into the American use of air strikes in Afghanistan. 美国一高级军事司令官宣布回顾对阿富汗的空袭 Gen David Petraeus, head of US Central Command （美...
Pakistan mobilising for displaced 巴基斯坦决定安置流离失所人员 Authorities in Pakistan say they are mobilising to receive as many as half a million people displaced by fighting in the Swat Valley. A minister in North West Frontier Province told the...
Ten US banks fail 'stress tests' 十个美国银行应力测试失败 Ten of America's largest 19 banks need a combined $74.6bn (50bn) of extra funds to boost（推进，提高） their cash reserves.（现金储备） That is the main finding of the so-called stress tests...
First US face transplant revealed 美国第一例面部移植手术曝光 The recipient （接受者） of the first US almost-total face transplant has appeared before the media for the first time. Connie Culp, a 46-year-old mother-of-two was left without the middle...
Georgian troop rebellion 'over' 乔治亚军队叛乱结束 A mutiny （兵变，反抗） at a military base near Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, is over, the Georgian interior minister （内政部长） says. Vano Merabishvili said the commander （司令官，指挥官） of th...
Many die in Turkey wedding attack 很多人在土耳其婚礼袭击中死亡 Relatives gather outside the city hospital where the dead and injured were taken At least 45 people have been killed in an attack on a wedding party in south-eastern Turkey, officials sa...
Berlusconi's wife to divorce him 贝鲁斯科尼的妻子与之离婚 Ms Lario is the PM's second wife The wife of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed that she will file for divorce. Veronica Lario reportedly said she could not be with a man...
Swine flu spread 'not sustained ' 猪流感疫情继续传播 The number of confirmed cases （确诊病例） of swine flu in the UK has risen to 15. 英国猪流感确诊病例上升到 15 人。 The increase, from 13, comes as health chiefs await the results of more than 60...
Societe Generale chairman resigns 法国兴业银行行长辞职 Societe Generale's chairman Daniel Bouton has announced his resignation, saying the personal attacks against him risked harming the bank. Mr Bouton has faced increasing criticism ever since a ro...
wNaked Swiss hikers must cover up 裸体瑞士旅行者必须穿点衣服 Anyone found wandering the Alps wearing nothing but a sturdy （强健的，健全的） pair of hiking boots will now be fined. Appenzell is considered one of the most conservative （保守的） regi...
Seeing red in rural （乡下的，田园的，农村的） Thailand As they prepared to descend on( 袭击 ) the capital Bangkok for recent s protest （抗议，反对） , supporters of ousted （被逐出，被夺权） Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra raised money and...
Obama backs Mexico's war on drugs 奥巴马回应墨西哥毒品战争 US President Barack Obama has said the US is a full partner with Mexico in its fight against the drug cartels. Speaking in Mexico City, he said the US must stem （组织） the flow of guns acr...
Colombia captures top drug lord（毒枭） 哥伦比亚抓获顶级毒枭 Daniel Rendon Herrera is now in the custody of （在。。。监护下）Colombian authorities Colombian authorities have arrested the country's most wanted drug lord, the government has said. Dan...
