10-11-21 Britain will introduce a happiness index to gauge its population's psychological and environmental wellbeing, a government source told the Guardian newspaper Monday. 据《卫报》报道，英国政府内部人士本周一透漏，英国将引入幸福指数，以评估国民的心理健...

10-11-15 India's telecommunications minister A Raja has resigned over claims that licences had been improperly given to mobile phone firms. 印度电信部长拉贾因涉嫌向移动通信公司非法发放许可证而辞职。 He said he was quitting to avoid embarrassment to the gover...

10-11-15 Corpses, cancer patients and diseased lungs are among the images the federal government plans for larger, graphic warning labels that would take up half of each pack of cigarettes sold in the United States. 美国联邦政府计划在美国境内销售的香烟包装盒...

10-11-11 An outbreak of polio in Congo-Brazzaville has killed more than 100 people and paralysed hundreds more, the authorities say. 刚果（布）官员称，国内爆发的小儿麻痹症已经导致100多人死亡、数百人瘫痪。 Congo's government says a country-wide vaccination pr...

10-11-11 Nigeria's two largest unions have agreed to suspend their three-day strike after one day's stoppage. 在经历一天的罢工之后，尼日利亚最大的两家工会同意停止为期三天的抗议行动。 Many workers in Lagos stayed at home on Wednesday, while some joined union...

10-11-06 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi dismissed calls to resign on Tuesday over reports he helped a 17-year-old girl who attended parties at his house, saying it was better to like beautiful girls than to be gay. 意大利总理西尔维奥贝卢斯科尼本周...

10-11-04 Several Sudanese policemen have been killed in a battle with rebels in Sudan's western Darfur region, the Sudanese government says. 苏丹政府称，几名苏丹警察在与西达尔富尔地区叛军的一场战斗中丧生。 Reports about the clash differ, with both sides clai...

10-11-01 Alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack, according to a study published in medical journal the Lancet. 医学杂志《柳叶刀》上一项研究显示，酒精对人体的伤害超过海洛因。 The report is co-authored by Professor David Nutt, the former UK chief drugs a...

10-10-31 The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 2% in the July-to-September period, an acceleration on the previous quarter, official figures have shown. 官方统计数据显示，美国第三季度经济增长2%，比第二季度有所增长。 The expansion came despite continui...

10-10-26 An Amercian, a Scot and a Canadian were killed in a car accident. They arrived at the gates of heaven, where a flustered（慌张的） St. Peter explained that there had been a mistake. Give me $500 each, he said, and I'll return you to earth as if the...