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Syria's state media say the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Naji al-Otari has resigned and President Bashar al-Assad accepted the Cabinet resignations on Tuesday, following more than a week of anti-government protests.

The Associated Press says the 32-member Cabinet will continue running the country's affairs until President Assad forms a new government. Earlier Tuesday, tens of thousands of Syrians took to the streets to rally in support of the government as the nation awaits an expected address by President Assad.

欧盟：2050年前欧洲城市实现“无车交通”
EU to ban cars from cities by 2050

Cars will be banned from London and all other cities across Europe under a draconian EU masterplan to cut CO2 emissions by 60 per cent over the next 40 years.

为严格执行欧盟减少二氧化碳排量的总体规划，欧盟将禁止汽车在伦敦和欧洲所有其他城市行驶。欧盟的目标是在未来40年内使碳排放量减少60%。

Spring has just sprung in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means an annual natural spectacular is just a couple of weeks away, deep in the heart of Texas.

春天已经来到了北半球，这也意味着在德克萨斯州的中心地区，一年一度的自然界盛事即将到来。

There are no other natural wonders in the rugged Texas Hill Country. No awe-inspiring canyons, no snow-covered peaks or rain forests or raging mountain streams. Most of the time, the appeal of this tapestry of cedar and oak trees, lazy streams, and low limestone cliffs is more modest.

Hong Kong actor, director and producer Alan Tang Kwong-wing died last night. He was 64. Tang was found lying in his Mong Kok home, after suffering a suspected stroke, around 9pm.

Tang rose to fame after starring in the Cantonese movie Student Prince（《学生王子》） in 1963, after which he went on to make 63 films.

Scream at the boss? Snap at a colleague? Throw your cell phone into your computer monitor?
朝老板大喊大叫？对同事厉声斥责？把手机砸在电脑显示器上？

In most cases anger isn't an illness but a normal human emotion that causes problems when it flares too hot, too often. People can learn to manage their anger with practical skills.
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如果正在寻求能操练英语的挑战性的机会的话，就拿起电话吧。看不到你通话的对象也看不到他们使用的肢体语言可能会使电话变成最难的一种交流工具。但是不要害怕！我们提供一些窍门来引导你用英语顺利的进行一次平常的电话通话。

问候

每个电话应该以礼貌的问候开始例如，Hi, how‘ve you been? 或者Nice to hear from you。就算你出于某种意图打电话给工作上认识的人，如果不以礼貌的寒喧开始谈话而直接进入工作主题的话也是相当不礼貌的。

Japan says levels of radiation contamination in water inside part of the Fukushima nuclear power plant have increased sharply. Workers at the plant spent the day Sunday on improvements to the water pumping system that is keeping the reactors cool.

As more Americans try to adopt healthy lifestyles and environmentally friendly practices, the idea of growing their own food has become increasingly popular among city dwellers. That interest was evident at a recent urban gardening forum in Washington, D.C. Dozens of organizations and hundreds of residents got together to advance the local food movement.

Legendary Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79.A statement from Taylor's family says she died peacefully, with her children at her side. The veteran actress, known for movies such as "National Velvet," which made her a star at the age of 12, and "Cleopatra," had been suffering from congestive heart failure. She had been hospitalized in Los Angeles for the past six weeks. Taylor won Academy Awards for her role in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Butterfield 8." In later years, she was a spokeswoman for humanitarian causes, notably AIDS research. That work gained her a special Oscar in 1993. 
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The government found more radioactive materials in food and drinking water, raising the possibility that contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has spread to increasingly distant locations.

日本政府在食品和饮用水中发现了更多放射性物质，由此看来，福岛第一核电站(Fukushima Daiichi)造成的污染可能已扩散到越来越远的地方。
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