Officials in Pakistan say parliamentary elections will be delayed until next month. The delay is due to the destruction of election offices and materials in violence that broke out last week after Benazir Bhutto's assassination. 巴基斯坦官员说，...
This year, the United Nation's International Panel on Climate Change issued a series of reports that concluded there is no longer any doubt that human activities are causing the planet to warm up. The IPCC called for an immediate response from the in...
India witnessed impressive economic growth for the fifth straight year in 2007. As the surging South Asian economy is attracting the attention of foreign and domestic investors. 南亚大国印度带着连续5年经济增长高速增长的成绩迈入了...
A mob set fire to a church in western Kenya Tuesday, killing about 30 people inside who were seeking refuge from widespread post-election violence. Witnesses say the fire was set by a gang of young men who poured fuel on the structure before setting...
The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum says it is unclear why an American diplomat and his driver were shot and killed early Tuesday in the Sudanese capital. 美国驻苏丹大使馆说，目前还不清楚一位美国外交官和他的司机星期二早上在喀...
President Bush says he is eager to get back to work after starting the new year with family friends on his Texas ranch. 美国总统布什在他的德克萨斯州牧场与亲朋好友一起迎来新的一年。布什说，他迫切希望回去工作。...
A new report from an Israeli human-rights group says the death toll in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fell sharply in 2007. 一个以色列人权团体发布报告说，2007年死于以色列和巴勒斯坦人冲突的人数急剧下降。 Last yea...
India remains one of the few countries where polio has not been eradicated. Most of the world's new cases are reported in the subcontinent. While the total number of cases dropped in India last year,that one variant of the virus is actually on the in...
The U.S. State Department says it is unfortunate that North Korea has not yet met its commitments in six-nation diplomacy aimed at getting rid of its nuclear weapons. Japan's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Monday using similar language. 美国国务...
