日期：2008-12-26 It really does pay to be a doctor, with an international survey showing the medical profession is the most trusted, among the most admired and includes the most eligible marriage partners. It really does pay to be a doctor, with an international sur... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-26 经济危机使全球圣诞节日销售萧条，这使得德国一个向来对圣诞消费主义不满的组织很高兴。德国无圣诞老人区运动近年来矢志要恢复圣诞老人的原貌，恢复圣诞真谛，但成效甚微，未曾想今年却因为一场经济危机而有所发展。这个在2002年由德国的一位神父组织的运动，一直提倡... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 A poster of US President-elect Barack Obama by former street artist Shephard Fairley makes the cover of the December 29 issue of Time magazine, which picked him as the 'Person of the Year' for 2008. The early poster of Senator Obama became a populis... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 In this image provided by NASA the space shuttle Endeavour, fresh from the STS-126 mission and mounted atop its modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, flew over California's Mojave Desert on its way back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wedn... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 A primary school teacher left a class of 25 pupils in tears when she told them Santa Claus does not exist. The supply teacher blurted out: it's your parents who leave out presents on Chrsitmas Day when excited youngsters got rowdy as they talked abo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 They have long been regarded as the perfect movie for a first date. But according to a study, romantic comedies such as Bridget Joness Diary and Notting Hill could be bad for your love life. Rather than being harmless entertainment, rom-coms give pe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is taking a clothing company to court to stop it from selling a shopping bag featuring a photo of the former supermodel in the nude, a lawyer said Friday French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is taking a clothin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 World's heritage Kiyomizu temple priest Seihan Mori puts the finishing touch on a caligraphy with Chinese character hen, meaning change at his temple in Kyoto. After helping Barack Obama sweep to victory in the US election, the president-elect's mot... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 People dressed as Santa Claus march during a parade in the streets of Porto December 14, 2008. More than fourteen thousand people dressed as Santa Claus marched on Sunday afternoon in downtown Porto, according to the organisers of the event Taleadin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 In this undated photo released by Jason Wulf, Jake Wulf, 9, demonstrates his 'Privy Prop,' a foot-activated toilet seat lifter, at his home in Odebolt, Iowa. He says he invented the prop because his mother would get angry when he forgot to put the t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 The Catalyst Pyramid: US women in business. (Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, Annual Averages, 2003.) Women in 2008 made no significant gains in winning more top US business jobs, according to a study released on Wednes... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 A woman walks on Piazza San Marco during floods on December 1, 2008 in Venice. Venice hoteliers are urging tourists to enjoy the tourist mecca despite chronic flooding, offering free rubber boots for guests to slosh around the Renaissance city. Veni... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 Men are happier with money, while women find greater joy in friendships and relationships with their children, co-workers and bosses, a new global survey reveals. The online survey of 28,153 people in more than 51 countries by global marketing and i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 Command-in-chief game. A computer game set to hit US stores the day Barack Obama is sworn in as president challenges players to see whether they can do a better job running the country than he can A computer game set to hit US stores the day Barack... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 Couples are struggling to stay together as they face money worries and the threat of redundancy in the economic downturn, said counseling service Relate, which has seen its workload soar. Relate on Saturday reported a rise of almost 60 percent in th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 The Hollywood Reporter on Friday named Oprah Winfrey the most powerful woman in entertainment on its annual Power 100 List. The Hollywood Reporter on Friday named Oprah Winfrey the most powerful woman in entertainment on its annual Power 100 List. W... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 More than a third of married couples in Japan have stopped having sex, many of them because they are too tired or just can't be bothered, a government-backed medical researcher said on Wednesday. About 37 percent of couples surveyed this year by Kun... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 Women still lag far behind men in top political and decision-making roles, a waste of talent given that their access to education and healthcare is nearly equal, the World Economic Forum said on Wednesday. In its 2008 Global Gender Gap report, the t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 From left to right :Hiilary Clinton, Condoleeza Rice, Nicole Kidman, Tyra Banks, Natalie Portman and Yemeni former child bride Nujood Ali and civil rights lawyer Shada Nasser (R). Talk on the red carpet at Glamour magazine's annual Women of the Year... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 Harvard University is considering spending cuts because the economic slowdown may reduce federal grants and the school's substantial endowment, President Drew Faust said Monday. Harvard's endowment posted an 8.6 percent return and grew to $36.9 bill... 阅读全文>>