逊尼派和什叶派宗派分子间一直发生恶性暴力事件,自从不断的野蛮事件高峰过后,暴力事件数量在减少,但什叶派朝圣者仍是逊尼派极端分子的攻击目标。每年,数百万什叶派蜂拥进入喀巴拉市,都会引起人们的担忧。今年是伊拉克独自管理当地安全事务的第二年,月底,目前驻扎伊拉克的美国部队将离开。伊拉克当局称目前有能力保护本国国民,但上月已有200多人被杀,许多都是让人难以容忍的。
Several thousand protesters have demonstrated in the centre of Moscow after international observers in Russia's parliamentary elections said the vote was slanted in favour of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party, United Russia. Steve Rosenberg, in Moscow, has more.
俄罗斯议会选举的国际观察员称,这次选举不公正地偏向总理普京所属政党统一俄罗斯党,数千抗议者聚集莫斯科中心游行。SteveRosenberg在莫斯科报道。
At least 2,000 protesters gathered in the centre of Moscow. They demanded honest elections and chanted "Down with Putin". There were scuffles with police and a number of arrests. Earlier, European election observers in Moscow concluded there had been flagrant violations and manipulation during the vote, including the stuffing of ballot boxes. But the Russian authorities reject the criticism. President Medvedev has said the parliamentary election was fair, honest and democratic.