日期：2009-12-21 The condition of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber has deteriorated, it has been confirmed. 有消息称，处于癌症晚期的洛克比爆炸事件主犯身体健康状况恶化。 Megrahi was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008 Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, 57, who was jail... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-21 One of the worst US blizzards in decades is continuing north, with parts of New England likely to record up to 16in (41cm) of snow. 美国数十年间最大的一场暴雪正在持续向北推进，新英格兰州部分地区降雪量可达15英寸（41厘米）。 The storm has affected aro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-20 Fifteen percent of US teenagers aged 12 to 17 who own mobile phones have received nude or nearly nude images of someone they know, according to a survey released on Tuesday. 本周二公布的一项调查显示，美国年龄在12岁至17岁之间有手机的青少年中，有15%的... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-20 Two-thirds of U.S. consumers have yet to finish their holiday shopping, and 41 percent expect to finish at least a week prior to Christmas, according to a new survey. 一项最新调查显示，美国三分之二的消费者尚未完成圣诞采购，41%的消费者打算至少在节前... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-20 Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush and the Obama administration is searching for dozens more days' worth of potentially lost e-mail from the Bush years, accordin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-20 The White House may be bedecked with baubles and awash with Christmas cheer, but its most famous resident appears a tad disgruntled with Santa. 现在的白宫可能已经挂满了各种圣诞装饰，洋溢着浓浓的圣诞气氛，但这里最著名的居民对圣诞老人却似乎颇有微词。... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-18 A Brazilian toddler found with 42 sewing needles inside him has been airlifted for emergency surgery. 一名体内被刺42根手缝针的巴西幼童被空运至医院急诊外科。 Doctors have rushed him to a specialist cardiac心脏的 unit in Salvador after discovering two... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-18 The former governor of Nigeria's oil-rich Delta State has been cleared of 170 charges of corruption - involving the laundering of millions of dollars. 尼日利亚富含石油的尼日尔州前州长拜托170项贪污指控，包括数百万美元的洗钱活动。 A UK court has froze... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-18 Black box flight recorders should be modified to emit signals for longer, experts investigating June's Air France disaster over the Atlantic have said. 负责在大西洋上调查法国航空六月空难的专家称，飞行记录器黑匣子应该被改进可以更长时间地发射信号。 On... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-17 Talks to try to avert strike action by British Airways cabin crew are due to resume later after ending without agreement on Wednesday. 本周三由英国航空公司发起的避免航班空服人员罢工的谈话未达成一致协议，将会重新开始。 About a million BA passengers w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-17 A Brazilian toddler has up to 40 sewing needles inside him, which police say were deliberately inserted by his stepfather in a black magic ritual. 一名巴西幼童体内存有多达40枚手缝针，警方称这些针是他继父在一个巫术仪式上故意插入他体内。 X-rays showed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-17 Intel, the world's biggest maker of computer chips, is being sued by a US competition authority. 世界上最大的电脑芯片制造商英特尔被一家美国竞争管理局起诉。 Intel is accused of forcing computer makers to use its chips The Federal Trade Commission联邦... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-17 Aid agency Oxfam warns that a failure of rains across swathes of East Africa is putting millions of lives at risk. 援助机构牛津饥荒救济委员会警告，整个东非地区雨季未降雨，造成数百万人生命处于危险之中。 Some 5 million people need urgent aid in Ethiop... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-16 China has rejected calls from the US and the EU to release a prominent dissident as unacceptable. 中国拒绝了美国和英国关于释放一位显著的异议人士的要求，称其不可接受。 Mr Liu has been a political activist for more than two decades Liu Xiaobo is facin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-14 There have been limited improvements in Libya's human rights record, including greater freedom of expression, New York-based Human Rights Watch has said. 总部设在纽约的人权监察站称，利比亚人的人权有了有限的提高，言论自由有了很大提高。 Libyan securit... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-14 Cuba's President Raul Castro and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez have criticised the US during a key alternative trade summit in Havana. 古巴总统劳尔卡斯特罗与委内瑞拉总统乌戈查韦斯共同批判美国在哈瓦那一次关键的另类贸易。 Leaders from the nine member... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-14 The UK government has frozen funding for free primary education in Kenya until an investigation into fraud allegations has been carried out. 英国政府冻结了在肯尼亚免费初等教育的活动资金，直到一起欺诈案调查执行完毕。 The DfID programme was aimed at h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-14 The giant management consultancy firm Accenture has ended its sponsorship of Tiger Woods, saying the golfer is no longer the right representative. 规模庞大的管理咨询公司埃森哲停止了与老虎伍兹的赞助协议，称其不再是合适的代言人。 Tiger Woods and Accen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-12 A collection of dresses worn by film star Audrey Hepburn fetched 268,000 pounds ($437,800) at auction, more than double the pre-sale estimate, organizers said on Wednesday. 著名影星奥黛丽赫本生前穿戴过的服饰日前拍卖，据拍卖组织者本周三介绍，赫本的这... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-12 The rise of the so-called boomerang generation is laid bare in official figures showing that almost one in five graduates in their late 20s now live with their parents. 官方数据显示，目前（英国）有近五分之一年龄在20多岁的大学毕业生和父母同住，由此可... 阅读全文>>