日期：2010-07-25 世界杯期间章鱼保罗八猜八中的骄人成绩使得世界各地涌现了不少章鱼的粉丝，各国都涌现了用章鱼来预测重大事件的热潮。近日，澳大利亚女总理刚刚宣布要参加8月的大选，便有媒体推出了名为卡珊德拉的神奇章鱼妹来预测大选结果，称杰拉德将获胜。 The Sydney Morning Hera... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-23 The US is applying sanctions to three leaders and financiers of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Treasury officials say. 美国财政部官员称，美国将对阿富汗塔利班三名领导和金融家进行制裁。 The move will see three men added to the US terrorist blacklist, ban... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-22 Kenyan judges have awarded 21 former political prisoners almost $500,000 (330,000) between them in compensation for torture they suffered in the 1980s. 肯尼亚法官给予21位前政治犯将近50万美元赔偿金，以补偿他们在上个世纪80年代所受之酷刑。 Daniel Arap... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-22 Canadian-born tycoon Conrad Black has been freed from a Florida prison on bail, pending an appeal over fraud convictions. 加拿大出生的巨富康拉德布莱克从佛罗里达州一所监狱被保释出狱，等候其欺诈罪的上诉。 Black, a British peer（贵族，同等的人） , was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-20 Mexican authorities have arrested a man who was trying to smuggle 18 small monkeys into the country by carrying them in his clothing. 墨西哥当局逮捕一位男子，该男子将18只小猴藏于衣服中，试图带它们走私入境。 The monkeys were rolled up in socks and sl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-19 The last remains of scores of British and Australian World War I troops recovered from mass graves will be reburied in northern France later. 一战期间英国和澳大利亚部队许多士兵遗体被从乱葬岗中挖掘出来，并将被重新葬于发过北部。 Prince Charles and rel... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-19 Singapore police have arrested a British author of a book about the city-state's use of the death penalty. 新加坡警方逮捕了一位英国作家，该作家著有一本关于新加坡政府使用死刑的书籍。 Alan Shadrake has written a book about Singapore's use of the death... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-17 Argentina has become the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage. 阿根廷于成为拉美首个同性婚姻合法化的国家。 The move grants（授予，同意） homosexual couples all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage giv... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-17 Twenty percent of Britons have managed to send racy texts to the wrong person, and nearly one in 10 has been caught red-handed sexting, according to a poll on Tuesday. 本周二公布的一项民调显示，20%的英国人曾将色情短信发给错误的联系人，近十分之一的人... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-17 Paul the oracle octopus was given a replica of the World Cup on Monday as a reward for his perfect eight-for-eight record in picking matches as bettors worldwide collected their winnings based on his selections. 神算章鱼保罗于本周一获颁一个山寨版大... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-17 In a bid to plug dwindling domestic consumption by tapping into overseas markets, some of Japan's big-name retailers are telling their employees to start speaking English -- or find another job. 为开拓海外市场，弥补日益减少的国内消费，日本一些知名零... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-17 尼尔森调查公司最近的一份调查报告显示，亚洲太平洋地区消费者是全球最大的网络购物群体，该地区35%的消费者每月网购开支占月开支的比例超过11%。 Asia-Pacific consumers are the world's most prolific online shoppers and many rely on Internet reviews when maki... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-17 在捷克今年5月举行的大选中，女性获得的议会席位超过以往。捷克公共事务党的四位女议员特别拍摄了一套2011年的挂历照以庆祝这一胜利。照片中，女议员们一改往日议员古板、严肃的形象，衣着大胆暴露，姿势暧昧撩人，丝毫不比专业模特逊色。 Female members of the Czech... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-15 There is a coherent and significant connection between radiation from Vatican Radio aerials and childhood cancer, researchers have said. 研究人员称，梵蒂冈电台天线所发出的辐射与儿童癌症之间有明确的重要关联。 From its studios in Vatican City, Vatican... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-14 Anna Chapman, one of the Russian spies deported from the United States, has been deprived of her British citizenship, the BBC understands. BBC获悉，一位被美国驱逐出境的俄罗斯间谍，安娜查普曼，已被剥夺其英国国籍。 Russian spy Anna Chapman was married... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-11 Some Germans are calling for a public roasting of the oracle octopus who correctly picked the winner of all six of their national soccer team's World Cup matches -- including a bitter defeat to Spain on Wednesday. 德国队在本届世界杯上六场比赛的结果... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-11 Cristiano Ronaldos baby son was born to an American woman in June, according to reports in Portugal. 据葡萄牙媒体报道，克里斯蒂亚罗纳尔多（C罗）于上月喜得贵子，孩子的母亲是一名美国女人。 The Real Madrid winger, 25, announced that he had become a fat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-11 比利时殡葬业人士最近提出一项尸体处理的新举措，建议将尸体放在腐蚀性溶液中溶解，然后将其冲入污水处理系统，再经净水厂处理后可回收利用。他们认为这样的处理方式跟火化或墓葬比起来既省钱又环保。这一建议一经提出便引起广泛争议，有反对人士指出这种做法对逝者太... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-11 本周二，瑞典女权主义党派在瑞典东南海岸的哥得兰岛上焚烧了十万瑞典克朗的纸币，以此对本国男女同工不同酬的问题表示抗议。 Sweden's Feminist party roasted a pile of bank notes worth 100,000 Swedish crowns ($13,010) on Tuesday in a stunt designed to highli... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-11 俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫上月访美时在Twitter总部申请的账号KremlinRussia出了个山寨版KermlinRussia，这个账号在梅德韦杰夫首篇微博发布几天后出现，并且很快就有了近1500个粉丝关注。到六月底，这个账号已经发布了130条微博，其中大部分都是对梅德韦杰夫账号发布的内容... 阅读全文>>