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BBC新闻100篇

BBCNewsItem1 政治：英国首相确定大选时间

The BBC has learned that the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has decided that the British general election will take place on May 6th. Mr. Brown will go to Buckingham Palace tomorrow Tuesday to ask Queen Elizabeth to dissolve parliament, and then make a formal announcement of the election date. That will start the official election campaign, which, a BBC correspondentsays,willbedominatedbyissuesoftaxationandspendinginthewakeoftheglobal recession.

BBCNewsItem2 政治：大选在即，布朗遭遇挑战

Less than six months before a general election in Britain, the governing Labour Party is embroiled again in internal strife. Two former cabinet ministers have called for secret ballot of memberstodecidewhetherthePrimeMinisterGordonBrownshouldcontinueaspartyleader.Mr. Brown has called a general election by June this year. Our political correspondent Rob Watson reports.

The two former cabinet ministers Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt had stunned everyone at Westminsterwiththeirlast-minuteeffortstochallengeGordonBrown?sleadership.ButDowning Street and Labour Party officials have moved quickly to quash any revolts. Most importantly, currentcabinetministershavecomeoutandbackedtheprime minister,orbitingsomecaseswith

little apparent enthusiasm. So the latest challenge looks likely to be short lift. Although many withintheLabourPartydoubtMr.Brown?sleadershipqualities,theyalsoseemtothinkitwould onlymakethingsworsetogetridofhimbeforethegeneralelection.

BBCNewsItem3 军事：英国核缩减计划

The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is offering to scale back Britain?s nuclear deterrenceifaninternationalagreementisreachedtocuttheworld?snucleararsenals.Mr.Brown isexpectedtotellaspecialsessionoftheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncilonThursdaythathe?ll

be willing to give up one of four royal navy submarines that carry Trident nuclear missiles. Officialsareinsistingthatcostisn?tafactorhere.Here?sourdefencecorrespondentNickChilds. GordonBrownissayinghe?llbereadytothrowpartof thetridentforceintotheportinthe contextofamuchbiggerglobaldisarmamentdeal.Hesaidsoingeneraltermsbefore.Thisoffer thoughismoreconcrete.Thereisagrowingsensethattoavoidwhatsomefearcouldbeasudden cascade of new nuclear states, the established nuclear powers need to do more in terms of disarmamenttokeeptheproliferationregimeintact.ThePrimeMinisterwillhopehismovewill beseenasanimportantgesture.Butthekeytotheprocesswillbetheactionsofthebigplayers, theUnitedStatesandRussia.

BBCNewsItem4 军事：英国派军阿富汗TheBritishPrimeMinisterGordonBrownisexpectedtoconfirmthatheissendinghundreds

more troops to Afghanistan, bringing the total number of British troops there to about 9,500. Britain has the second largest NATO contingent in Afghanistan after the United States. Our

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defensecorrespondentCarolineWyattreports.

InhisstatementonAfghanistan,it?sbelievedMr.Brownwillsayhe?sagreedinprincipleto

send around 500 extra British troops to Helmand. The military advice says that extra forces are needed to help maintain progress and dominate the ground more effectively to keep the Taliban out of keyareas. However, there will be caveats. The Prime Minister will want assurances from military chiefs that the extra troops will be properly equipped. But he?ll also expect Britain?s NATO partners to follow suit by offering more forces themselves. NATO defense ministers are likelytodiscusstrooplevelsonameetingformallyinBratislavanextweek.

BBCNewsItem5 经济：欧美股市大跌StockmarketsinEuropeandtheUnitedStateshavefallensharplyinresponsetofurthersigns

that the debt crisis in Greece is intensifying and could spread to other countries. Share prices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Paris fell by more than 2% after a major international credit rating agency Standard & Poor?s downgraded Greek debt to a level known informally as junk. NilsBlythehasmore.

Standard & Poor?s downgraded its assessment of Greek bonds to the so-called junk status because of the growing danger that the bond holders will not be paid back in full. Many big investmentfundshaverulesthatforbidthemfromholdingjunkbonds,saysthemoveislikelyto trigger a further round of selling. Share markets have taken fright, fearing that if Greece does defaultonitsdebts,itwouldhitmanyEuropeanbankswhichholdGreekbondsandcouldtrigger

a wider financial crisis. Alreadypressure is mounting on Portugal which has also seen its credit ratingdowngradedtoday,althoughitremainsabovejunkstatus.

BBCNewsItem6 经济：IMF要求各国进一步稳定全球金融体系TheInternationalMonetaryFundhastoldgovernmentsacrosstheworldthatfurtheractionis neededtohelpreturntheglobalfinancialsystemtostability.Inafreshestimateofthescaleofthe problem, the IMF says global losses on toxic assets could total four trillion dollars. Andrew Walkerreports.

Thisreportdoesidentifywhatitcallssomeearlysigns ofstabilization infinancialsystems,

butthere are not manyof th em. And the IMFsays further action willbe needed if they?re to be sustained.Intwokeyareas,itsaysthatprogressbygovernmentshasbeenpiecemealandreactive, dealing with the problemassets held byfinancialinstitutions and howto handle banks thatneed extracapital.Forthatproblemthereportsaystemporarygovernmentownershipmaysometimebe necessary.

BBCNewsItem7 经济：德国给予希腊财政援助

Officials in Germany say the total financial aid package for Greece could be more than double,the60billiondollarsthatispreviouslyexpected.TheheadoftheInternationalMonetary

Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn is in Berlin trying to persuade Germanyto agree to the financial rescueplan.Hesaidthedealneededtobeimplementedquicklyasthesituationwasgettingworse everydayandcouldaffectotherEuropeancountries.ButtheGermanChancellorAngolaMerkel saidBerlinneededtobesearchingthatGreecewasseriousaboutspendingcuts.

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BBCNewsItem8 经济：IMF正努力帮助希腊解决债务问题

The head of the International Monetary Fund says Greece has nothing to fear from the organization. At a news conference in Washington, Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the IMF was trying to provide Greece with the advice and resources necessary to help with its debt problem. AndrewWalkerreportsfromWashington.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn was responding to a Greek journalist who said the Greek public are demonizingtheIMFthattheyfearthingswillbeworsewithIMFinvolvement.Theagencyhasa reputation for requiring borrowing countries to make deep cuts in popular government spending programs. Mr. Strauss-Kahn said the Greek people should think of the IMF as a cooperative organizationwherethecountriesoftheworldworktogethertohelpthoseintroublebyproviding resourcesandadviceonbehalfoftheinternationalcommunity.

BBCNewsItem9 经济：G20财政部长达成协议

Finance ministers of the world?s leading industrialized a nd developing countries, the G20, have agreed to continue supporting the global economic recovery. In a statement released after theirmeetinginScotland,theministerssaidconditionshadimproved,buteconomicandfinancial recoverywasunevenandunemploymentaworry.AndrewWalkerreports.

The communiqué avoids complacency. Although economic and financial conditions have improved, theydecided they still need to keep up the initiatives intended to restore growth. The meeting was, however, rather overshadowed by a statement from the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, suggesting a tax on financial transactions as one of a number of options for makingbankspayforthecrisis.Hiscallshavebeenreceivedpolitelybythefinanceministersbut severalmaderemarkswhichsuggestthatotherwaysoftacklingtheproblemarerathermorelikely tobeadopted.

BBCNewsItem10 经济：欧盟达成协议，终止了香蕉贸易争端

The European Union has initialed an agreement to end one of the world?s longest-running tradedisputesoverbananas.TheEU,theworld?sbiggestimporterofbananas,istocutthedutyit imposes on Latin American producers of the fruit, while bananas grows in former European colonieswillgraduallylosethepreferentialtermsthey?veenjoyed.AndrewWalkerreports.

The dealsigned inGenevacommits the EuropeanUnion to graduallylowering the tariffs it imposes on bananas imported mainlyfromLatin America. Thecutwillbe over a third by2017. Thatwillreducethecompetitiveadvantageofagroupofcountries,mainlyformercoloniesofEU states in Africa and Caribbean, which enjoyed tariff-free access. The EU plans to provide those countrieswithsomecompensation,inashapeofnearly300,000dollarsinadditionalaid. BBCNewsItem11 科技：太阳能飞机

Thelong-awaitedtake-offoftheSolarImpulsewasgreetedwithdelightbythosewhohave spentthelastsevenyearsworkingonit.

Thesolar-poweredplanehasthewing-spanofajumbojet,butweighslessthanafamilycar.

It doesn?t use a single drop of aviation fuel, instead its giant wings are covered with solar

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cells.

The project is the brainchild of Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard — he sees the Solar Impulseasasignofthingstocome.

BBCNewsItem12 教育：英国学校开设学普通话课程

It?s the world?s fastest growing economy and shows no sign of slowing down, so striking dealswithChinesebusinessesisnowthetoppriorityforeveryBritishcompanythatwantstostay aheadinglobaltrade.NowschoolsintheUnitedKingdomwanttogivetheirstudentsaheadstart byteachingthemMandarin — andtheyaremakingitcompulsory.

Brighton College is a fee paying private school on the south coast of Britain and already teaches Latin, Spanish and French to its 1,200 pupils. Students can choose between these languages, but from the autumn, which is the beginning of the new academic year in British schools,everystudentmuststudyMandarinwhethertheylikeitornot.

BBCNewsItem13 娱乐：奥斯卡大赢家英国

The cast and crew of British movies will no longer be hailed as the underdogs at awards ceremonies. At the recent 81st Oscars ceremony, British actors and movies won no less than 11 awards.

The list of Oscar winners is usually dominated by American films and actors but 2009 has seenamoreinternationalflavourtotheceremony.Britishactorsandactresseshavelongawaited suchglobalrecognition.KateWinsletwasnominatedsixtimesforanOscarbeforesheeventually wontheBestActressawardatthisyear?sceremony.

Slumdog Millionaire lived up to its status as a global success and movie phenomenon. The low-budgetmovieswepttheboardwinningeightOscars,includingBestDirectorandBestPicture. The movie, which documents the life ofa young Indianboyafter he wins aTVgame show, has definitelyhelpedtoraisetheprofileoftheBritishfilmindustry. Summarisingthenationalfeeling,BritishPrimeMinister,GordonBrown,issuedastatement

saying“Britainisshowingithasthetalenttoleadtheworld”.

BBCNewsItem14 人物：英女王也是网民

It might seemlike an unlikely match — an ancient institution getting to grips with cutting edgetechnology — buttheBritishroyalfamilyhasbeenactiveonlineformorethanadecade. Theylaunchedtheirownwebsitein1997.TheQueen?sChristmas messageisavailableasa podcast,andayearagotheofficialRoyalChannelwaslaunchedonYouTube,showingvideosof thefamilyatwork.

Royal watchers describe the 82 year old Queen as a silver surfer —someone who?s enthusiastic about the internet and who keeps in touch with younger members of her family by email.

BBCNewsItem15 体育：伦敦马拉松

This weekend, around 35,000 runners filled the streets of London, running the 26th annual London Marathon. The course is 26.2 miles long (42 km), and goes past many of London?s

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landmarks,suchastheTowerofLondon,thefamous19thcenturyshipCuttySark,theHousesof ParliamentandBuckinghamPalace.TherunnersactuallyrunoverTowerBridge.

BBCNewsItem16 体育：牛津剑桥划船赛OxfordandCambridgearetheoldestandmostfamousuniversitiesinBritain,andtherehas alwaysbeenagreatrivalrybetweenthetwoinstitutions.Butthemostpubliccompetitionbetween thetwoistheannualBoatRace.The2006BoatRacewilltakeplaceon2ndApril,andwillbethe

152ndraceofitskind.

Bothuniversities are located near rivers, androwing isapopularandprestigious sport.The veryfirstracetookplacein1829,whenaCambridgestudentchallengedaschool-friendstudying

at Oxford. Ever since, the defeated team from the previous year challenges the opposition to a rematch.TheonlytimeswhennoBoatRacestookplacewereduringtheFirstandSecondWorld Wars.

BBCNewsItem17 政治：美国民主党得到参议院60个席位

President Obama?s Democratic Party has secured the critical 60 seat majority in the US SenatethatcanhelpitoverrideanyRepublicanobstructionsonCapitolHill.Thishappenedwhen

the Democrats won the last undecided senate seat from November?s election after the Supreme CourtinthestateofMinnesotadeclaredtheDemocraticcandidateAlFrankenthewinner.Richard ListerreportsfromWashington. ForalmosteightmonthsthetwocandidateshadbeenlockedinabitterfightintheMinnesota

Courts over the result of November?s Senate election. Just a few hundred votes separated them after the 2.8 million cast. The initial count favoured the Republican Norm Coleman but the recountgavethemajoritytohisDemocraticPartyrivalAlFranken.AndtheStateSupremeCourt isnowupheldthatverdict.HisvictorygivestheDemocrats60votesinthesenateandthepotential tooverturnRepublicaneffortstoblocklegislation.

BBCNewsItem18 政治：美国和以色列关系面临考验

Reports in Israeli media say Israel?s ambassador to the United States Michael Oren told

Israeli diplomats that American-Israeli relations were facing a crisis of historic proportions. Washington is furious at last week?s ann ouncement by Israel during a visit by the US Vice President that more new Jewish homes were to be built in occupied East Jerusalem. But on Monday, the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeliparliamentthe building project wouldcontinue.PaulWoodreportsfromJerusalem.

Mr. Netanyahu has been presented with a choice, a breach with the right-wing members of hiscoalition,orwiththeAmericans.WithhisspeechtotheKnesset,heseemstohavechosento puttheneedsofdomesticpoliticsfirst.ItseemstheAmericansaresoangrybecausetheybelieve

Mr. Netanyahu went back on an understanding. This was apparently that Israel would not push forwardofanybignewsettlementbuildingprojectsinEastJerusalem.Thiswasnecessaryofthe Palestinians were to be persuaded to join the long delayed negotiations so painstakingly put togetherbyUSmediators.

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BBCNewsItem19 军事：美国将继续驻军阿富汗LeadingUnitedStatesofficialshavesaidtheAmericanmilitarywillcontinueitspresencein Afghanistan for a number of years despite beginning to withdraw in 2011. In a series of media reappearances, officials stressed that the date should be seen as the beginning of handing over responsibilitytoAfghanforces.ImtiazTyabreportfromWashington. SpeakingonaSundaymorningpoliticalchatshow,theDefenseSecretaryRobertGatessaid thatdespitePresidentObama?splantobeginwithdrawingthetroopsfromtheregioninJuly,2011, theUSwaslikelytomaintainasignificantmilitarypresenceinAfghanistanforanumberofyears. TheDefenseSecretarysaidthepulloutdatewassaidtounderlinetheurgentneedfortheAfghans tospe eduprecruitingandtrainingsoldiersandgettingthemintothefield.Acomment?sfollowed criticism from opposition Republicans who say announcing a withdraw date sent a dangerous signaltoinsurgents.

BBCNewsItem20 政治：奥巴马推迟访问印尼和澳大利亚

President Obama is postponing a trip to Indonesia and Australia, so he can stay in Washingtontotrytogethishealthcarereformspassbycongress.Mr.Obamahadalreadydelayed

the long arranged trip once and was due to set off on Sunday. But with the crucial vote on the reform is expected within days, the trip has been put off entirely until June. From Washington MarkMartellreports.

The president?s make changes to American health care insurance system, his flagship domesticlegislationisdraggedonforoverayearanddividedthecountry.Hewillbedamagedif hecan?tg etitthrough.Theclimaxisnear,sofarthereisnosignofanyrepublicansvotingforit, itsfateliesinthehandsofhandfulinthepresident?sownparty,whoeitherfeelitallowsforeasier abortionorwhosimplyfearabacklashinNovember?selections,iftheyvoteforameasurestheir constitutiondislike.

BBCNewsItem21 政治：英国新首相

Afterdaysofpoliticalhorse-tradingtheUKfinallyhasanewgovernmentandanewPrime Minister,followingtheresignationofLabour?sGordonBrownonTuesdayevening.

Since last Thursday?s general election resulted in a hung parliament, a situati on in which none of the political parties has an overall majority, British politicians have been attempting to formacoalitiongovernment.

SuchagovernmentiscomparativelyrareintheUK.Indeedthisisthefirstcoalitionsincethe SecondWorldWar.

BBCNewsItem22 军事：奥巴马对核安全峰会的评价

President Barack Obama says the summit conference on nuclear security which has just endedinWashingtonwasatestamenttowhatispossiblewhennationscometogether.Hesaidthe

49countrieswhoattendedhadcometoafour-pointplanforfuturesuccessinsecuringthesecurity ofallnuclearmaterialsproducedorstockpiledaroundtheglobe.Mr.Obamasaidthesummithad madearealcontributiontoasaferworld.

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BBCNewsItem23 政治：希拉里出访莫斯科

TheAmericanSecretaryof StatesHillaryClintonisinMoscowtotrytopersuadeRussiato

support American policy on Iran. The US wants Russia to agree to the option of imposing additionalsanctionsonIranifitdoesnotsuspenditsuraniumenrichmentprogrambytheendof theyear.RichardGalpinreportsfromMoscow.

As a permanent member of United Nations Security Council, Russia has the power to veto resolutions. And Moscow has always said it does not believe sanctions are an effective way of promoting change. But recently, President Medvedev has indicated his government made ultimately accept that sanctions are inevitable. There are other big issues to be discussed while Mrs.ClintonisinRussia,includingtheplanforMoscowandWashingtontosignanewtreatyin earlyDecemberforafurthercutintheirlargearsenalsofnuclearweapons.

BBCNewsItem24 军事：美国和联合国敦促巴以恢复和平谈判TheUnitedStatesandtheUnitedNationsareurgingIsraelandPalestinianstoresumepeace

talks after a day of unrest in Jerusalem. The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Washingtonwantedtoinsurebothsideswerefullycommittedtopeaceefforts.TheUNSecretary GeneralBan Ki-moon condemned as illegalrecent Israeliplans to build newsettlements in East Jerusalem.BarbaraPlettreportsfromNewYork.

Ban Ki-moon urged restraint in Jerusalem, reminding Israelis and Palestinians of the final statues of the city were supposed to be decided in negotiations. He repeated condemnation of Israeliplanstobuild1,600newhomesforJewishsettlersintheoccupiedeasternpartofthecity,

stating again that such settlements are illegal under international law. On Friday, the Secretary General is set to attend a ministerial meeting of the quartet which groups the UN, the European Union, Russia and America. He said members will discuss additional measures to trying rescue tentativestepstoresumeIsraeli-Palestinianpeacetalksalthoughhedidn?tsaywhattheywere. BBCNewsItem25 经济：美国8月份汽车销售成绩大好CarmanufacturersintheUnitedStatesreportedtheirbestresultssofarthisyearinAugust,in largepartduetoagovernmentschemeaimedatencouragingpeopletotradeintheiroldcarsfor

more fuel-efficient new ones. The top results among American carmakers were posted by Ford which saw its sales rise by 17% from August of last year. The results held increase US manufacturingoutputasawholeforthefirsttimesinceJanuaryoflastyear.PresidentObamasaid thelatestfiguresindicatethattheAmericaneconomyisonthepathtorecovery.

BBCNewsItem26 经济：高盛投资被控涉嫌诈骗

Financial regulators in the United States have accused the investment bank Goldman Sachs

of fraud related to the collapse of the American housing market in 2007. The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking civil action against the bank. Michelle Fleury sent this report fromtheflooroftheNewYorkStockExchange. TheSecuritiesandExchangeCommissionallegesthebanksoldinvestorsafinancialproduct

based on subprime mortgages that was designed to lose value. Goldman Sachs has denied the allegations and says it will defend the firm and its reputation. This is the first time that the US

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governmenthasexplicitlyaccusedoneofWallStreet?spremierinstitutionsoffraudrelatingtothe collapseoftheUShousingmarket.

BBCNewsItem27 经济：美国财政官员失职

An investigation of United States has found that the country?s top financial regulator, the SecuritiesandtheExchangeCommissionerSEC,failtouncoverthe65billiondollarfraudcarried

out by the convicted financier Bernard Madoff over a 16-year period, despite 5 separate investigationsinhisbusinessdealings.GregWoodreports.

The report by the SEC?s expected general David Kotz reads like a catalog of bungled opportunitiestocatchBernardMadoff,longbeforeheowneduptothelargestfraudinUShistory.

He was investigated five times. SEC staff caught himin lies but failed to follow themup. They rejectedoffersfromwhistleblowerstoprovideadditionalevidence.Manyoftheinvestigatorswere inexperienced.ThescaleoftheSEC?sincompetenceislaidbarebythisreport.

BBCNewsItem28 经济：美国银行同意支付罚款了结控诉

The Bank of America has agreed to pay 33 million dollars to settle accusations by the US government over billions of dollars of bonuses paid out last year by its investment on Merrill Lynch. Bank of America took over Merrill Lynch to save it from collapse in a deal backed by Americantaxpayers?money.JohnBithryreports. BankofAmericahadpromiseditsshareholdersthatnobonuseswouldbepaidtobankersat MerrillLynchwithoutitsexpresspermission.It?sagreedtobuythestrugglinginvestmentbankin September. On the same weekend that talks to save Lehman Brothers fromcollapse failed. Like Lehman, Merrill Lynch was brought to its knees by debt links to the US housing market that becametoxicandlostitsvalue.ButafterMerrillwasrescuedbyBOA,itwentaheadandpaidits

staff3.6billiondollarsinbonusesanyway.ShortlyafterwardsBankofAmericawasforcedtogo

to the government for billions of dollars in extra taxpayer support, and the revelation of the paymentscausedapublicoutcry.

BBCNewsItem29 经济：加州财政预算出了问题

Afterweeksofnegotiations,thegovernorofCaliforniaArnoldSchwarzeneggerhasreached

an outline agreement with legislative leaders on a plan to tackle the state?s massive budget shortfall. The deal, which will have to be approved by the state legislature, includes plans for billionsofdollarsinbudgetcuts,butnotaxrises.PeterBolgerreports.

California has a budgetshortfallof 26 billion dollars. State workers have been puton short timeandmanysocialandeducationserviceshavebeencut.Thestatehasevenresortedtoissuing https://www.wendangku.net/doc/9a17074969.html,ernor Schwarzeneggerdescribedthecompriseddealasabasicagreementtoclosethestate?shugedeficit. HeandfellowRepublicanshaverefusedtoraisetaxes,alltheoppositionDemocratssaidfoughtto preservesocialservices.

BBCNewsItem30 军事：美国德州军事基地枪击案TheUnitedStatesarmyhasformallychargedthemilitaryofficeraccusedofcarryingoutlast

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week?s mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. The officer, Major Nidal Malik Hasan,anarmypsychiatrist,hasbeenunderarmedguardinahospitalsincebeingwoundedinthe shooting.MathewPrizereportsfromNewYork.

There are still many questions surrounding the mass shooting at the America?s largest militarybase,butoneofthemhasnowbeenanswered.MajorNidalHasan,anarmypsychiatrist

who was due to be deployed to Afghanistan, has been charged with 13 counts of murder. That could rise if prosecutors decide also to charge him with the murder of an unborn child being carriedbyoneofhisvictims.Hewillbeprosecutedinamilitarycourt.Ifconvicted,hecouldface thedeathpenalty,althoughnoonehasactuallybeenexecutedundertheUSmilitaryjusticesystem foralmost50years.

BBCNewsItem31 军事：奥巴马就军事基地枪击案发言PresidentBarackObamahastoldmemorialserviceattheForthoodarmybaseinTexasthat UnitedStatesmustneverforgetthe13menandwomenwhodiedintheshootingtherelastweek. Hesaidthekillingscouldn?tbejustified.“Itmaybehardtocomprehendthetwistedlogicthatledtothistragedy.Butthismuchwedo knownofaithjustifiesthesemurderousandcravenacts.Nojustandlovinggodlooksuponthem

with favor. For what is done we know the killer will be met with justice in this world and the next.”

Thepresidentpaidtributetothosewho?dbeennotable,asheputit,“toescapethehorrorof

war,eveninthecomfortofhome.”

BBCNewsItem32 科技：美国奋进号航天飞机升空

The American Space Shuttle Endeavor has blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its sixth attempt after more than a month of delays caused by fuel leaks and thunderstorms. Bill Gerstenmaier of NASAsaid finally the weather had been favorable and the shuttlecrewwerelookingaheadtocompletingtheinstallationoftheJapaneseKibolaboratoryon thespacestation.

Wehadagreatlaunchtoday.Wewereready.Theweatherfinallycooperatedandwehadjust anawesomelaunchtoday.Again,Iwouldcautionyouthatthemissionisverychallenginginfront

of us. The five EV As, the robotic activities will take the absolute best the teams have both in Houstonandinorbit.Andtheteamsarefullypreparedtheyarereadytogodowhattheyneedto godoandwelookforwardtotheexcitingactivitiesasweinstalltheExposedFacilityoutonthe Kibomodule.

BBCNewsItem33 科技：登月飞行

A panel of experts appointed by the White House has warned that current plans to send astronautsbacktothemooninpreparationformannedmissionstoMarsarejustnotviable.One ofthepanelmembersLiRuoqiaosaysthespaceagencyNASAhasn?tbeengivenenoughfundsto realizetheplans.

“That is when the visions for space aspirations were first announced in 2004 there was expectationofacertainbudgetlevelofthenextseveralyears.Infactoverthelastfiveyearsthose

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numbersarenothingrealized.Sobecauseofthatweareinapicklethatweareinnow.”TheexpertssaythecurrentbudgetofthespaceagencyNASAwouldneedtobeincreasedby

billions of dollars. Without the extra money, the experts say, NASA would have to work with privatecompaniesnowtryingtoembarkoncommercialspaceflights.

BBCNewsItem34 灾难：美国加州森林大火

Wildfires are a feature of the California Summer but it?s unusual for them to break out so close to major centers of population. It?s hot here and getting hotter which is driving the brush making it all the more in cindery, and forecast is such that there has been a speculation it could take firefighters a week to bring this blaze under control. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is pleadingwithpeopleinthepathoftheflamestoevacuateassoonasthey?retoldtodoso. BBCNewsItem35 政治：抗议苏丹总统选举

Most of the main opposition parties in Sudan are withdrawing from all the elections this month — the first multi-party elections since 1986. They won?t take part because of concerns aboutfraudandsecurity.OnWednesday,thepresidentialcandidatefortheformersouthernrebels Yassir Arman pulled out. Preside nt Obama?s Special Envoy General Scott Gration has been in Khartoumtryingtosavetheelections.JamesCopnallsentthisreportfromKhartoum. SeveralmajoroppositionpartieshaveannouncedtheywillboycotttheSudaneseelectionsat

every level. Earlier today, they told the BBC they would boycott the presidential elections in protestofwhattheybelievewillnotbefreeandfairpolls.Nowseveralofthepartieshavedecided nottocompeteintheparliamentaryorstateelectionseither.Thedecisionstrikesarealblowatthe credibilityofelectionswhichweremeanttoholdthedemocratictransformationinSudan. BBCNewsItem36 军事：苏丹达尔富尔问题

Inwhat?sbeenseenasasignificantsteptowardspeaceinDarfur,theSudanesegovernment hassignedatemporaryceasefireagreementwithJAM,oneofthemainrebelfactions.Theother

main rebel group has so far refused talks with the government. James Copnall reports from Khartoum. Thedealisbelievedtoincludeatemporaryceasefireandaframeworkagreementforfuture

talks. The Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir said the death sentence against the JAM fighters convicted of attacking Omdurman had been quashed, and 30% of them had been released as a goodwill measure. His act details of the agreement are not yet clear, but the fact has just been signed isa significantstepforward in thepeaceprocessinDarfur.UnitedNations estimates that 300,000peoplehavediedinDarfur,buttheSudanesegovernmentputsthefigureat10,000. BBCNewsItem37 军事：沙特的武装计划袭击石油装置

The authorities in Saudi Arabia say they?ve arrested more than 100 militants suspected of linkstoAl-Qaedawhowereplanningtoattackoilinstallationinthekingdom.TheSaudiInterior MinistrysayshalfofthoseattainedareSaudisandtheothersarefromYemen,Bangladsh,Somalia

and Retrea. Official say security forces seized weapons, cameras, computers and documents. ShahzebJillanihasmore.

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BBCNewsItem38 政治：乌克兰声称发现俄国间谍UkrainesaysthatthefiveallegedRussianspieswerecaughtwithacameraconcealedinside

apen,otherespionageequipmentand$2000 — areportedbribeforaUkrainiancontact. TheheadofUkraine?ssecurityservicesaysthatthefiveweretryingtoobtainmilitarysecrets. FourofthemhavebeenexpelledfromUkraine,whilethefifthhasbeendetained.

Russia?s security service, the FSB, has confirmed the detention, but denied the Ukrainian versionofevents.TheFSBsaiditsactionswerearesponsetotherecruitmentofRussiansbythe Ukrainiansecurityservices.

Themutualrecriminationscomeatahighlysensitive time.Justtwoweeksago,Russiasent anambassadortoUkraineafterafivemonthabsence.AndonSunday,Ukrainianswillvoteinan electiontochooseasuccessortotheoutgoingPresident,ViktorYushchenko.

Mr.Yushchenko?stimeinofficehas beenmarkedbystrainedrelationswithMoscow,andhis departurewasbeingseenasanopportunityforanimprovementintiesbetweenthetwocountries. BBCNewsItem39 军事：俄国总统对美国导弹计划的意见

The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has welcomed the announcement by President ObamathattheUnitedStatesisshelvingplansforamissiledefensivesysteminEurope.Hesaid PresidentObamahadtakenaresponsiblestepbyabandoningplanstobaselongrangeinterceptors inPolandandtheCzechRepublic.

BBCNewsItem40 政治：伊朗总统连任MahmoudAhmadinejadhasbeensworninforasecondtermasIranianPresident.However hundreds of opposition supporters disputing the election result gathered outside the parliament defyinganofficialbanonprotests.JohnIionreports.

In a ceremony broadcast live on state TV, Mr. Ahmadinejad took the oath of office as prescribed in the Iranian constitution. He went on to defend the election result. The speaker of parliamentAliLarijanicriticisedthewestfortheirhastinessincondemningtheresult.Butoutside, opposition protesters gathered to give their contrary view. They were met by hundreds of riot police.Westerncountriesdeclinedtogivetheirofficialcongratulations,thoughambassadorsfrom BritainandtheEuropeanUnionwerepresent.

BBCNewsItem41 军事：伊朗核计划

The head of the UN nuclear agency Mohamed ElBaradei has given Iran and three world powers the text of a draft deal aimed at reducing concerns about Iran?s nuclear programme. The IAEAwantsIrantoallowmostofitsuraniumtobeshippedabroadforfurtherenrichmentbefore

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beingreturnedforuseinacivilianresearchreactor.JonLeynereports.

The deal would mean Iran gets the fuel it needs and stays off pressure for more sanctions. Theoutside world seesIran?s enricheduraniumtaken outof the countryand processed in away that will make it more difficult for Iran to make nuclear bombs. But Iran?s still not signed up publiclyonthecrucialelement,theshippingoutofIranofitspreciousstocksofenricheduranium,

and that could be hard for the Iranian government to accept, in light of the prestige President Ahmadinejadhasattachedtothenuclearprogramme.

BBCNewsItem42 军事：联合国出台伊朗问题协议草案

Iran has agreed to let inspectors from the United Nations Nuclear Agency visit its recently rebuiltseconduraniumenrichmentplant.TheywillgothereonOct.25th,thedaywassetduringa

visit to Tehran bythe head of the agencyMohammed ElBaradei. The revelation last month said Iran was building an underground facility near Qom heightened international concern that it?s secretly trying to develope nuclear weapons. But Mr. ElBaradei gave an upbeat assessment to relationswithIran.

Ihavebeensayingforanumberof yearsthatweneed transparencyonthepartof Iran.We

need co-operation on the part of the international community. So I see that we are at the critical moment.Iseethatweareshiftinggearsfromconfrontationintotransparencyandco-operation.

In Washington P resident Obama?s top security advisor said things appeared to be moving in the rightdirection.

BBCNewsItem43 政治：吉尔吉斯坦反对派建立临时政府

There?sbeenadayofbloodshedandturmoilinKyrgyzstanwiththeoppositionsayingitset

up an interim government. However it is still not clear who is in control or where President KurmanbekBakiyevis.RayhamDemytriesentoutthisreportfromthecapital,Bishkek. Asnightfell,widespreadlootingbeganintheKyrgyzcapitalBishkek,hundredsofprotesters

were moving fromone shop to another, setting buildings on fire and causing more chaos on the ground.RandomgunshotscouldbeheardallacrossBishkek.Aninterimgovernmenthasbeenset

up in Kyrgyzstan. It is being led by an opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva. In a comment of a RussianTVchannelshesaidthatthesituationinthecountryremainstenseanddifficult.Earlyon Wednesday, the country?s prime minister resigned. Some reports suggest that the Kyrgyz?s PresidentKurmanbekBakiyevisinthesouthofthecountryinthecityofOsh.

BBCNewsItem44 政治：吉尔吉斯坦总统拒绝辞职TheKyrgyzstanPresidentKurmanbekBakiyevhasrefusedtoadmitdefeatafterhispolitical opponents dissolved parliament and demanded his resignation. Latest reports from the capital Bishkeksaytherewasheavyshootingasnightfell.FromBishkek,RichardGalpinnowreports. Afterthebloodshedyesterday,thismorningthema inleadersoftheoppositionannouncedthey?ve takencontrolofthecountry,formingatemporarygovernmentanddissolvingparliament.Butata news conference here in the capital, they admitted there were concerns that the president was trying to rally his supporters in the south of the country in order to fight back. The opposition wanted himto resign immediately, butMr.Bakiyevhas told BBC he has no intention of quitting

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andstillconsidershimselftobepresident.

BBCNewsItem45 政治：尼日利亚代理总统解散政府

The acting president of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan has dissolved the government. The announcement comes a month after he assumed executive powers because of the long illness of PresidentUmaruYar?Adua.PeterGrestereportsfromAbuja.

There has been talk of a cabinet reshuffle for weeks now, ever since the national assembly moved Goodluck Jonathan from vice president to acting president two months ago. But few peopleexpectedthewholesaledissolutionthatcameonWednesday.Hemadenopublicstatement,

but the outgoing Information Mi nister Dora Akunyili said parliament?s secretaries would take charge of the ministries until a cabinet is appointed. Not all ministers will lose their jobs, some willbereappointed,butthiskindofsweepingchangemakesitcleartheactingpresidentistrying toasserthi scontroloverthecabinetmadeuplargelyofPresidentYar?Adua?sappointees. BBCNewsItem46 社会：缅甸某罪犯获释引发讨论

Burmeseofficials havehintedmanytimes thatAungSanSuuKyimaybereleased.Butit?s thefirsttimeinrecentmonthsthataputativedatehasbeenattachedtotheidea.

The comments are reported to have been made by a senior minister at a provincial town meeting four days ago. It?s a measure of howtightlyinformation is controlled in Burma thatit?s takenthislongforthereportstofilterout.

AungSanSuuKyi?sownlawyertoldtheBBChe?dheardtherumo urbutcouldnotconfirm

it. And if indeed she is released in November, key questions about the terms of Aung San Suu Kyi?s possible freedom remain. Would there be conditions attached? Would her activities be restricted?And,crucially,wouldherreleasecomebeforeorafterplannedelections?

There is also the matter of the legal appeal against Aung San Suu Kyi?s current detention.

The Supreme Court is due to deliver its verdict in the next couple of weeks. But if the military government says she?ll continue to be detained until at least November, the court?s decision has beensomewhatundermined.

BBCNewsItem47社会：韩国鼓励生育Forgetthatstillunwrittenreportorthebacklogofpaperworkbuildinguponthedesk,onthis

cold and rainy mid-week night there can be no excuses to stay late in the of fice. South Korea?s MinistryofHealth,WelfareandFamilyAffairswillbeturningoffallthelightsat7pminabidto forcestafftogohometotheirfamiliesand,well,makebiggerones.Itwillrepeattheexperiment onceamonth.

The country now has one of the world?s lowest birth rates, lower even than neighbouring Japan,andboostingthenumberofnewbornchildrenisapriorityforthisgovernment,staringinto theabyssofarapidlyageingsociety,fallinglevelsofmanpowerandspirallinghealthcarecosts.

The Ministry of Health, now sometimes jokingly referred to as the “Ministry of Matchmaking”,isinchargeofspearheadingthatdriveanditclearlybelievesitsstaffshouldlead byexample. Generous giftvouchers areonoffer for officials who have more than one child and the departmentorganises socialgatherings in the hope of fostering love amongstits bureaucrats.

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But critics say what is really needed is wide-scale reform to tackle the burdensome cost of childcareandeducationthatputsmanyyoungpeopleofffromstartingafamily.

BBCNewsItem48 经济：4名德国老人绑架美投资顾问

InGermany,ifyouthinkyourfinancialadvisorhasbeengivingyoubadadviceandmessing upyourinvestments,youcancomplaintotheregulators,youcangotothepolice.ButinBavaria,

one group of pensioners stands accused of employing a much more direct method of registering their dissatisfaction. They?re on trial for kidnapping their financial advisor and holding him hostage.

Four senior citizens, aged between 63 and 79, had invested nearly three and a half million dollars in the US property market and lost it all in the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. They?d concludedthatthemanwho?dhandledtheinvestmentshouldnowreimbursethem. Accordingtoprosecutors,lastsummerthepensionerposseplusoneaccompliceabductedthe financialadvisoroutsidehishouse,tiedhim,gaggedhim,puthiminaboxandtransportedhimin thebootofacar450kilometrestoalakesideretreat. Heclaimstohavespentfourdayslockedinthecellarthereandtohavebeentortured.After

agreeing to their demands, the prisoner was allowed to send a fax to Switzerland arranging payment.Heconcealedthephrase“callthePolice”inthetextandthealarmwasraised.Soonafter acrackteamofcommandoscametotherescue.

Ontheopeningdayofthetrial,the74yearoldallegedringleaderofthegangavoidedusing

the word “kidnap”. He said he and his co-defendants had only wanted to treat their guest to a coupleofdaysholidayinBavaria.

BBCNewsItem49 灾难：国际社会哀悼波兰总统遇难

Thousandsofpeople,manyvisiblyshocked,havegatheredoutsideofthepresidentialpalace

in the Polish capital Warsaw after President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of top officials were killed in a plane crash in western Russia. The Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the crash the mosttragiceventinPoland?srecenthistory.Theplanecamedowninaforestasit?stryingtoland infogatSmolenskairport.Therewerenosurvivors.AdamEastonreportsfromWarsaw.

Thousands of people gathered outside the presidential palace in Warsaw in a spontaneous showofmourning.Families,youngandold,broughtflowers.Otherslitcandles.Thepavementin frontofthebuildingiscarpetedwithflickeringflames.Thescaleofthedisasterisunprecedented

— notjustthepresident,butmostofthecommandersofthearmedforces,manyleadersfromthe country?smainoppositionpartyandseniorstateandchurchofficialsdiedinthecrash. BBCNewsItem50 政治：日本新首相

The man expected to be Japan?s next prime minister Yukio Hatoyama has held his party?s election victoryas a revolution. Exit polls suggest the center left Democratic Party of Japan has wonbylandslide,crushingtheliberaldemocratswhohavedominatedJapanesepoliticsforhalfa century.RolandBuerkreportsfromTokyo.

Japan has now beginning a process that has only been through once before since 1955 the transition of power from liberal democratic party to a new government. Yukio Hatoyama must

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and tackle record unemployment. The Democratic Party plans to forge a diplomacy less subservient to the United States, and improve relations with its Asian neighbors. They?ve also promised to expand the welfare state, even though Japan is alreadydeeplyindebted, and rapidly agingpopulationisstrainingsocialsecuritybudgets.

BBCNewsItem51 社会：日本的失业问题

UnemploymentinJapanroseto5.7%inJuly,thehighestfiguresincetheSecondWorldWar.

The raise came as companies laid off workers because of the world recession. The new figures come early days before the general election in Japan. Our correspondent Roland Buerk reports fromTokyo.

The state of Japan?s economy is the key issue in the election campaign. So use of the unemploymentrateshasrisentothe5.7%isablowforthePrimeMinisterTaroAso.Opinionpoll showshisliberaldemocraticpartywasalreadyoncoursefordefeatonSundayforonlythesecond timeinmorethan50years.3,590,000JapanesewereoutofworkinginJuly,overamillionmore

than a year ago. Japan?s crossing recession is officially over but the benefits yet to be felt by familiesandworkers.

BBCNewsItem52 经济：古巴指责奥巴马没有解除贸易禁运CubahasaccusedPresidentObamaofnotdoingenoughtoendtheUStradeembargoagainst theislanddespitehispromisestoimproveties.Mr.ObamahasreopenedadialoguewithHavanaa

little earlier this week. He said it was in America?s national interest to extend the 47-year-old embargoforanotheryear.InthefirstofficialCubanreactiontothedecision,theForeignMinister saidUSsanctionsshouldbeliftedwithoutconditions.

BBCNewsItem53自然环境：冰岛火山烟尘逐渐减少AsforecasterssaythatacloudofvolcanicdustspreadingfromIcelandacrossEuropeshow

some signs of moving, officials have expressed hope that up to half of all flights across Europe could operate on Monday. The European Transport Commissioner and Spanish minister for Europewerespeakingaftertalkswiththeairtrafficagency,Eurocontrol.WarrenBullreports.

After adopting a cautious approach up till now, the airline industryhas increasingly pushed

the European authorities to end the flight restrictions which have caused travel chaos in Europe and beyond. Several airlines, including KLM and Lufthansa, have expressed anger that the decision to ground flights appears to have been taken solely on the basis of the computer simulation. They say they?ve carried out their own test flights and reported no problems. Consciousofaneedtoshowstrongleadershipovertheairtravelcrisis,EuropeanUniontransport ministersareexpectedtoholdanemergencyvideoconferenceonMonday.

BBCNewsItem54灾难：菲律宾洪水泛滥OfficialsinthePhilippinessayatleastahundredpeoplehavediedinfloodsandlandslidesin thenorthtriggeredbyaweekofheavyrain.Thisfollowstwostormsinthepasttwoweekswhich havealreadyleftaboutthreehundredpeopledead.Reportssaidthatevensomeevacuationcenters

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hadbeenflooded.DannyVincentreportsfromthecapitalManila.

Officialssaythat30citieswerehitbythelandslidethroughthenightwhereresidentstaken totherooftopsoftheirhousesforrefuge.ThenorthernPhilippineshavebeenpoundedbyheavy

rain following the second typhoon in just over a week to hit the nation. Typhoon Parma has lingeredinthenorthofthecountryturningintoatropicaldepression.ItfollowsTyphoonKetsana whichkilledmorethan300peoplewhenit?shitonSeptember26.

BBCNewsItem55灾难：南太平洋海啸

ThePrimeMinisterofSamoasays77peoplewerekilledand150injuredbyatsunamiinthe

South Pacific. At least 24 people died on American Sam oa. Thousands of people?s homes have beendestroyedandthefinalnumberofdeathsisexpectedtobehigherasPhilMercerreportsfrom Sydney.

Abrutal act of nature has shattered parts of Samoa and neighboring American Samoa. The rescue effort is continuing with pledges of international support led by the United States. The numberofdeadhasslowlyincreasedsincethetsunamistruckafterdawnandtherearefearsitwill

keep on rising as emergency teams reach isolated areas. Foreign tourists including a British toddler and a 6-year-old Australian girl are among the deads. Officials believe that many of the victims were washed out to sea as their homes were destroyed by waves reportedly up to 11 metershigh.

BBCNewsItem56 宗教：马来西亚首都基督教堂接连遭纵火

The latest attack, on an Evangelical Christian church, caused limited physical damage —justaburneddoorandacharredentranceway.Butthepoliticalimplicationsmaybemoreserious. TensionshaveflaredafterMalaysia?sHighCourtruledthataRomanCatholicnewspaper,the Herald, was permitted to use the word “Allah” to describ e God in its Malay language editions. MuslimgroupsarguethatChristiansusingawordsocloselyassociatedwithIslamcouldbeaploy towinconverts.

Christians make up around 9% of the population in the majority Muslim state. Most

non-Muslims are ethnically Indian or Ch inese. The row over the use of the word “Allah” has exposeddeepresentmentsoverthetreatmentofminoritiesandfreedomofreligioninMalaysia. Agovernmentminister told foreigndiplomatsonMondaythechurchattackswerethework ofextremists.“Thesewerenotjustattacksonhousesofworship”hesaid,“thesewereattackson thevaluesandfreedomsallMalaysiansshare.”Undertheslogan“OneMalaysia”,thegovernment

has made racial harmony a central policy. Its commitment to that policy is now being severely tested.

BBCNewsItem57 宗教：教皇本笃因处理性虐待指控的方式受到广泛批评

Pope Benedict?s personal preacher has compared criticism of the Pope over the way the Churchhasdealtwithsexabuseallegationstowhathecalledthe“collectiveviolence”sufferedby theJews.InhisGoodFridaysermoninSt.Peter?sBasilicainRome,FatherRanieroCantalamessa quoted from a letter from his Jewish friend who had said the accusations reminded him of the “mostshamefulaspectsofanti-Semitism”.HereisourRomecorrespondentDuncanKennedy.

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The comments were made in the presence of Pope Benedict by one of his inner circle. WhetherthePopeknewaboutitinadvance?“Wedon?tknow.Wedon?tknowthissortofthings”.

Hard to imagine that it wasn?t raised beforehand with Pope Benedict that these comments were goingtobecomingandexpressedthekindofopinionthatmany,manyofhisinnercircle,many, manyof his supporters believe that the Pope is getting a hard time because of all this allegation and scandal about priestly sexual abuse. But in no way in their view is Pope Benedict involved whattheysayisthathewasnotpartofthecover-up;hewaspartoftheclean-upinallofthis. BBCNewsItem58 军事：乌克兰宣布销毁其所有高浓缩铀储藏

As leaders from nearly 50 countries meet in Washington for a major summit on Nuclear Security,https://www.wendangku.net/doc/9a17074969.html,raine willalsoconvertseveralnuclearresearchfacilitiestouselowenricheduranium.Thesummit,the biggestinternationalmeeting hostedbythe USsince1945, has been called bypresidentObama. OurdiplomaticcorrespondentJonathanMarcusreportsfromWashington. ThetimingmayhavebeenchoreographedforthedecisionbytheUkraineauthoritiesisjust thesortofnewspresidentBarackObamawantstohear.Thissummitisallaboutsecuringstocks offissilematerial,highlyenricheduraniumandplutoniumcouldpotentiallybeusedbyterrorists https://www.wendangku.net/doc/9a17074969.html,officialssaidthatUkrainehassufficienthighlyenricheduraniumfor severalnuclear weapons.This willbe removed with some help fromthe United States.This is a precedent Obama would like other countries to follow and just to underscore the gravity of the potentialthreat.JohnBriton,aseniorUScounter-terrorismofficial,haswarnedthatal-Qaedahas beenseekingmaterialforanuclearbombforover15yearsandthatinterestremainsstrong. BBCNewsItem59 军事：克什米尔的枪声

The sound ofgun shots andexplosions echoed throughthe centre of Srinagar after gunmen openedfireinLalCh owk,themainsquareinthecity?scommercialdistrict.Afterarelativelyquiet period in Kashmir, there have been several recent attacks — four soldiers were killed in an ambushbymilitantslastweek.

But this latest attack is even more audacious, right in the heart of one of the most heavily policedcitiesintheworld.Violentseparatistgroups,someofthembackedbyPakistan,havetaken

up arms against Indian rule against Indian rule in Kashmir for 20 years. The fighting is far less intensethanitwasinthe1990s,butapoliticalsolution toKashmir?sproblemsremainselusive.

So it?s been a bloody start to the New Year in this highly sensitive region, which has been dividedbetweenIndiaandPakistanfordecades. Inanothersignofthecomplexityoftheconflict,fourPakistanisoldiershavebeenkilledbya

suicide bomber in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. It?s a worrying development for the Pakistani authorities,whichsuggeststhatTalibanmilitantsmaybetryingtoexpandtheirareaofoperations. BBCNewsItem60 军事：在阿富汗的北约军队NATOtroopsinAfghanistanhaverescuedareporteroftheNewYorkTimesnewspaperwho

had beenheld bytheTaliban in thenorthernprovince of Kunduz sinceSaturday.TheNewYork Times said the journalist Stephen Farrell was unharmed after being released in the gun battle.

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ChrisMorrisreportsfromKabul.

A military operation led by NATO forces rescued Stephen Farrell from a village in the northern province of Kunduz where he had been kidnapped last week while reporting on the aftermath of a NATO airstrike. In remarks quoted on the New York Times website he says he heardBritishandAfghanvoicesasbulletsstartedflyingaround.ThatsuggeststhatBritishtroops were involved in the rescue although there has been no confirmation of that. Stephen Farrell?s colleagueSultanMunadi,anAfghaninterpreterwho?sworkedfortheNewYorkT imesforseveral yearswaskilledintheexchangeoffire.

BBCNewsItem61 军事：二战70周年纪念

Adayof commemorations willbegin in Poland shortlyto mark the 70th anniversaryof the outbreak of the 2nd World War. The first ceremony will take place at dawn on the Westerplatte peninsulanearGdansk.GregMorsbachreports.

70 years ago to the day, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on a Polish militaryoutpostintheBalticpeninsula.ThisheraldedthestartoftheSecondWorldWar,aconflict thatclaimedmorethan50millionlives.70yearsoldleadersandtopofficialsfromnationssuchas Germany, Italy, Ukraine, France, the U.S., Russia and Poland are reattending a series of ceremonies on the Polish coast. Moscow is sending a top-level delegation with Prime Minister VladimirPutinscheduledtodeliveraspeechcommemoratingtheeventsevendecadesago. BBCNewsItem62 军事：尼日尔发生军事政变

Acoup attempt appears to be under way in Niger. Soldiers have forced their way into the presidential palace and taken the head of state Mamadou Tandja to a military barracks. Johnny Hawkreports.

Latest information says President Tandja has now been separated from his ministers and taken to an unknown military camp. French diplomats have confirmed that he?s indeed in the handsofamutantfactionofthearmyaftersoldiersstormedthepresidentialofficeswherecabinet meetingwasunderway.TheheavyexchangesoffirewhichbrokeoutonThursdayafternoonhave

left at least 3 people dead and 10 injured. Exactly which part of the military carried out the operationremainsunclear.Nigerhasbeenrockedbymonthsofpoliticalcrisisafterthepresident changedtheconstitutiontoremaininpower.

BBCNewsItem63 军事：北约军队错杀阿富汗南部平民OntheseconddayofamajoroffensiveagainsttheTalibaninthesouthernAfghanprovince

of Helmand, NATO-led forces have killed 12 civilians by mistake. ANATO statement said two rocketsveeredofftarget.MartinPatiencereports.

Accordingtomilitaryofficials,thetworocketsweresupposedtotargetinsurgentswhothey saywerefiringfromacompound.Buttheweaponsmissedtheirtargetby300meters,killingthe civilians in Marjah. In a statement, NATO-led for ces say they?ve suspended the use of this particular rocket while they investigate. Despite the deaths, commanders say the operation is proceeding as planned. Progress, however, has been slow in Marjah town as forces clear homemadebombsandboobytrapsfromroadsandcompounds.

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BBCNewsItem64 科技：大型强子对撞机模拟宇宙大爆炸后初态

Scientists at the world?s largest particle accelerator have successfully collided beams of protonsatthehighestenergylevelseverseen.TherewascheeringinthecontrolroomatCERN,

the European nuclear research center in Switzerland asone of the biggest and most complicated scientific experiments got fully underway. The experiment is seen as a major breakthrough in efforts to understand the fundamental nature of the universe. Doctor Martin White is a research fellowatCERN.

“Oneofthegreatmysteries oftheuniverseisthatmostofthemassin theuniverseissome kindofdarkmatter.It?ssomekindofparticlethatdoesn?tmatchanythingwe?veseenbefore.And ifyoulookintospace,youcanseethisbecauseyoucanseeitsgravitationalpull.Sowonderthing isthatwehopetoget,recentandearlier,aneffectivesceneinthenexttwoyearsofsomeideaof whatthisdarkmatteris.”

BBCNewsItem65 科技：科学家证实行星撞地球是恐龙灭绝主因

Scientists say they can now definitively back, the long held theory that a huge asteroid striking the earth some 65 million years ago was responsible for wiping out the dinosaurs and morethanhalfofallanimalspeciesontheplanet.Thescientistsfinallydiscountedanalternative theory that volcanic eruptions caused the dinosaur?s demise. Our science correspon dent Pallab Ghoshreports.

Thepopularconceptionisthatdinosaur?sreignsupremeuntiltheyweresuddenlyeradicated fromthefaceoftheplanet.Thetheorygoesthatagiantasteroidcrashedintotheearth,wipingout halfofalllifeonearth.Somescientiststhoughsaythatthoseevidencesthatdinosaursurvivedthe asteroid impact and became extinct some 300,000 years later. But a new analysis of all the availableresearchhasbackedtheviewthatitwasagiantasteroidthatwipedoutthedinosaurs. BBCNewsItem66 科技：东非宽带发展

It has been an ambitious project. Laying a 17,000 kilometre fibre optic cable under the sea linking Europe andAsia with Eastand SouthernAfrica.Seacom, a Mauritius-based company, is today officially launching the arrival of a fast broadband internet service in Kenya, Tanzania, MozambiqueandSouthAfrica.

Itshouldbecommerciallyavailableinafewweeks?time.

Three other fibre optic cables are due to become operational soon including one which is backed by the Kenyan government. In theory the region could be on the brink of an internet revolution.Butitalldependshowwelltheserviceisrolledoutacrosstheregion.

BBCNewsItem67 科技：去太空旅游吧

It?s60feetlong,madeoflightweight,fuel-efficientmaterialandcancarryeightpeopleoutof thisworldandback.

The first commercial spaceship was unveiled by Sir Richard Branson, who hopes to start passengertripswithintwoyears.Thepricetag:￡130,000.

“In time we hope to get that price down and down and down so that, you know, one day, people can think: …Shall I take my family on holiday to the Caribbean or maybe we should try

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spacetravelthisyear??That?souraim.”

Those that can pay will get the ultimate three-hour thrill ride. The spaceship rockets to 62 miles above the earth?s surface. Passengers will feel weightless for up to five minutes before headingdownthroughtheatmosphereandglidingbacktoearth.

Organiserssaysome300havealreadysignedup.Space,asatouristdestination,maybeone stepcloser.

BBCNewsItem68 科技：网络上的交通

The United States government has announced the plans that it says will ensure that the all traffic on the internet is treated equally regardless of how much behind with it to takes up. The head of Federal Communications Commission Julius Genachowski said it is vital to safeguard openandneutralinternet.MaggieShielshasmore. InthemajorspeechtoaWashingtonthinktankJuliusGenachowskioutlinedtheroadmapfor alloperatorsincludingwirelesstofollow.Heismeanttoensurethattheinternetserviceproviders

can not block or slow down internet traffic like the ban with hogging video downloads. Mr. Genachowski?smovetoextendtherulestowirelessi sgoingtomorepeoplegettingonlineusing amobilephone.GigiSohnofpublicknowledgebackstheinclusionofwirelessoperatorsbecause

she says wireless is the nextfrontier and where the greatgrowth of internetaccesses is going to comefrom.

BBCNewsItem69 科技：登上火星的计划Twooftheastronautstookpartinthefirstmoonlanding40yearsagotodayhavecalledfora

new effort to send the manned machine to the planet Mars. Theywere speaking at a rare public reunion of the crew of the Apollo 11 mission. Command module pilot Michael Collins said the futureofspaceexplorationshouldbedirectedatgettingtoMars.

“Mars was always my favorite as a kid and it still is today. As soon as your bodies go, the moonisnotaparticularlyinterestingplace.ButMarsis.AndMarsistheclosestthingtoearth?s sisterthatwefoundsofar.”

BBCNewsItem70 健康：睡眠的意义

Pythons, bats and giant armadillos are among the longest sleepers at over 18 hours a day. Human babies need 16 hours, and mostof us probablyfeelwe need around eighthours sleep to functionwell.

ProfessorJerrySeigelfromtheUniversityofCalifornia, LosAngeles,conductedastudyof thesleeptimesofabroadrangeofanimalsandfoundthattheyvarywidely.Some,likemigrating birds, can survive long periods without sleeping at all. He believes that shows sleep evolved to conserveenergy:

“It?s animals that ar e needlessly active that will not survive, but animals that are most efficient and use their waking time to do vital functions, and are otherwise asleep that will survive.”

Sleep helps make best use of limited resources. In humans, when we?re awake, our br ain accountsfor20%oftheenergyweusewhenjustsittingaround.Sleepingalsomakesuslesslikely