几内亚比绍军方领导人Antonio Indjai司令称已挫败一起针对首都总参谋部和其他军事基地的袭击事件。他说，发生了企图从军火库夺去武器的袭击后，军队和政府仍控制着本国。

Hundreds of people have attended a memorial service in Nigeria at the Roman Catholic church where more than 30 people were killed in a bomb attack on Sunday. The blast on the outskirts of the capital Abuja was the first in a series of attacks on Christmas Day.

数百人参加了尼日利亚一所罗马天主教堂的纪念仪式，这里周日发生的炸弹袭击中有30多人丧生。爆炸发生在阿布贾郊区，是圣诞节一系列袭击中的第一次。

The Office of the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner has expressed alarm following the 10-year jail sentence imposed in China on a veteran activist, Chen Xi. Mr Chen, who posted essays online proposing political reform and improving human rights, is the third activist to be jailed in China in the last 10 days.

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Japan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba has urged the nominally civilian Burmese government to continue its reforms, saying Japan would do what it could to help Burma's reconciliation process and improve its economy. Mr Gemba spoke after meeting President Thein Sein and the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. For her part, Ms Suu Kyi said Japan's ongoing support was crucial.