knocked out
power and communications in the east of the country and the capital Muscat. Oil exports also had to be suspended from Oman’s main port, but as the storm has since weakened, they’ve now
resume
d.
The Italian tennis player Francesca Schiavone has become the first woman from her country to win a Grand Slam singles title. Schiavone won the French Open championship in Paris, defeating Samantha Stosur of Australia in straight sets 6-4, 7-6.
BBC News.
一艘试图冲破以色列对加沙地带封锁线的爱尔兰船只被转移到阿什杜德港口。以色列军队在距离海岸30千米处登上船只,他们称没有遭遇抵抗。周一,以色列军队袭击了一只小型舰队,至少9名积极分子遇难。“雷切尔·科里”号(Rachel Corrie)船只应该是第7艘。以色列警察正在对其进行搜索。船只上没有任何与支持巴勒斯坦的社会运动人士的通讯设施。Andrew North在阿什杜德报道。
包括前诺贝尔和平奖得主在内的11名积极分子和9名船员正在接受询问。他们将面临怎样的处置还不清楚,但是预期最终他们将获释。以色列能够以和平的方式阻止试图冲破加沙封锁线的最新努力,而且民众坚定地支持他们,以色列政府将会感到欣慰,但是以色列越来越孤立于国际社会,甚至其美国联盟也表示加沙地带封锁线不能持续。