12-04-17 Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Australia will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan earlier than planned. 澳大利亚总理茱莉亚吉拉德称，将早于计划撤回驻扎在阿富汗的军队。 Ms Gillard made the announcement in a speech in Canberra, and ahead of a key N...

12-03-13 US President Barack Obama has promised that international forces will not rush for the exits in Afghanistan. 美国总统奥巴马承诺：驻守阿富汗的国际部队不会匆忙离去。 Mr Obama said foreign troops must be withdrawn in a responsible way. The killings in...

12-03-02 Islamist militants have made a surprise attack on a south-western town used by Ethiopian and Somali government-backed troops as a base to launch assaults. 索马里伊斯兰激进分子突袭了西南部某镇，该镇为埃塞俄比亚政府和索马里政府支持的军队发动突袭的基地...

12-02-22 The UN Security Council is to vote to increase the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia by more than 5,000 soldiers, diplomats have said. 联合国安理会将投票决定是否在索马里增加5000名非洲联盟维和人员。 The resolution will increase the number o...

11-12-30 At the end of the Qin Dynasty(221-206 B.C.) the State of Chu and the State of Han fought for control for the country. Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, was besieged（包围） at a place called Gaixia by the Han army led by Liu Bang. Xiang Yu was in a despera...

11-11-07 Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage（茅草屋） three times and finally succeeded in inviting Zhuge Liang to be his military adviser. Yet his sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, did not take Zhuge seriously. Before long, Cao Cao dispatched an army...

11-10-29 This week, we had two powerful reminders of how weve renewed American leadership in the world. I was proud to announce thatas promisedthe rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of this year. And in Libya, the death of Moammar Qadhafi s...

11-10-12 This is a story from the novel Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Liang led 300,000 Shu State troops in a march towards Chencang, the vital communication stronghold（要塞，据点） of the Wei State. It was his second expedition against the Wei State. Hao Zhao, the...

11-10-12 Though Liu Bei was outnumbered（数量上超过） by Cao Cao's troops in the Xinye battle, Liu defeated Cao thanks to the smart tactic he had resorted to. Cao soon commanded an army of 500,000 to take his revenge. When Liu Bei and his force of 3,000 got...

11-10-02 Texas Governor Rick Perry - who is seeking the Republican nomination for US president - has said he would consider sending American troops into Mexico to combat drug-related violence. 德州州长里克佩里（目前他正在谋求总统选举共和党提名）称，他将考虑...