Indonesians voting for president Indonesians are voting in the country's second direct presidential election since the overthrow of the Suharto regime in 1998. Opinion polls have given incumbent President （现任总统） Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono a comf...
Chinese President Hu Jintao has cut short a visit to Italy for the G8 summit amid ongoing unrest in Xinjiang. Troops are on the streets after a curfew in Urumqi, Xinjiang's provincial capital, where ethnic riots （骚乱，闹事） on Sunday left 15...
Egypt mourns ' headscarf （女人的头巾） martyr' The body of a Muslim woman, killed in a German courtroom （法庭，审判室） by a man convicted of insulting her religion, has been taken back to her native Egypt for burial. （埋葬） Marwa Sherbini, 31,...
US and Russia agree nuclear cuts US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have reached an outline agreement to cut back their nations' stockpiles of nuclear weapons. The joint understanding signed in Moscow would see reduction...
Activist helps US HIV law change UK activist has spoken about his role in pushing the US government to overturn a law which bans people with HIV from visiting the country. Paul Thorn, 38, an expert on HIV and TB, was stopped from speaking at the Pac...
Beatles 'shark' Klein dies at 77 Music entrepreneur Allen Klein, blamed by many for contributing to the demise of The Beatles, has died in New York at 77 after suffering from Alzheimer's. In a career spanning five decades, Klein earned a reputation...
Jackson fans await ticket results Fans who took part in an online draw to attend Michael Jackson's memorial service on Tuesday are set to find out if they have won one of 17,500 tickets. More than 1.6m people signed up for the chance to be at the ce...
Scores killed in China protests Violence in China's restive （不安的，不稳定的） western region of Xinjiang has left at least 140 people dead and more than 800 people injured, state media say. Several hundred people have also been arrested after the...
Six killed in tower block blaze 塔式楼起火， 6 人死亡。 Three children and three adults have died after a fire swept through a tower block in south-east London. About 30 people were rescued from the blaze at the 12-storey Lakanal House on the Sceaux...
Alaska Governor Palin to resign Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has announced she will resign as governor of Alaska on 26 July and not run for re-election. Mrs Palin's term of office was due to end in 2010. Some have specul...
Jackson tickets via internet draw Tickets for a public memorial service for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles on Tuesday will be available via the internet, organisers have revealed. Details were announced by AEG Live, the star's promoter （发起人） ,...
'Dozens dead' in Baghdad bombing 巴格达轰炸中多人死亡。 At least 69 people have been killed by a bomb blast （炸弹爆炸） in the eastern Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. Police said the device went off in a market place in the predomin...
Obama condemns 'unjust' violence 奥巴马谴责非正义暴力运动 US President Barack Obama has strongly condemned the unjust actions of Iran in clamping down on election protests. He said he respected Iran's sovereignty （主权） and it was patently （明白...
First female Poet Laureate named 第一位女性桂冠诗人 Carol Ann Duffy has been named as the new Poet Laureate, the first woman to be appointed in the 341-year history of the post. Duffy, 53, who takes over immediately from Andrew Motion and wil...
US treads careful path on Honduras 美国在对待洪都拉斯问题上小心翼翼。 US President Barack Obama has called the removal of Honduran president Manuel Zelaya on Sunday a coup. The ousted leader has been meeting US officials in Washington. But the US St...
