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www.TopwayE CNN 新闻10 篇 CNN News Item 1 政治：国务卿希拉里首站访问亚洲 Hillary Clinton will travel to Asia today. It’s her first trip abroad as Secretary of State. Typically new Secretaries of State have made their initial overseas trips to Europe or the Middle East but she says the Obama administration wants to develop a broader and deeper relationship with Asia, a region that has felt overlooked by the United States. Clinton’s itinerary includes Japan, Indonesia, South Korea and China. CNN News Item 2 政治：奥巴马发表诺贝尔获奖感言 In Oslo today, President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. He’s the fourth U.S. president to win the award, an honor that has put him in an awkward position. Many people, and not just his critics, have said he hasn’t earned the award yet -- or not yet, anyway. He was nominated just shortly after taking office. In his acceptance speech, Mr. Obama said he understood the controversy over his selection and called his accomplishments slight. That wasn’t the only elephant in the room. Just nine days ago, the new peace laureate approved 30,000 more troops for the war in Afghanistan. CNN News Item 3 经济：危机下的经济形式 It is sell, sell, sell for European investors as one of the region’s biggest banks unveiled results. HSBC says net profit fell in 2008.The news is already being felt on European markets right now. London FTSE, the DAX in Frankfurt and the Paris CAC are all sharply lower. Traders in Asia also had a torrid time this Monday, financial sector stocks lead the losses amid continued concerns about the health of the global economy. In the end the NIKKEI in Tokyo lost nearly four percent but it was the KOSPI in Seoul that was the biggest loser dropping four and a quarter percent. Now HSBC is looking to shareholders for help after reporting a major slump in 2008 profit. The bank h