国际英语新闻：Bill Clinton hospitalized in New York

NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was hospitalized in New York on Thursday after experiencing chest pains, cnn cited sources as saying.

Clinton, 63, underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 2004 at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

In recent weeks, Clinton was overseeing the United Nations aid mission in Haiti after a January 12 earthquake struck there.

File photo taken on Jan. 22 shows former U.S. President Bill Clinton calling on the donation for the quake-hit Haiti during the break of a NBA match in New York, the United States. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was hospitalized in New York on Feb. 11 after experiencing chest pains.

Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president. Only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and as he was born in the period after World War II, he is known as the first Baby Boomer president. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is currently the United States Secretary of State.