图图大主教对西藏精神领袖达赖喇嘛因无法取得南非签证而取消旅行表示愤怒,图图大主教邀请达赖参加自己80岁生日聚会,大主教谴责非洲人国民大会政府(ANC)的行为像它20世纪80年代与之斗争的隔离制度一样可恶。
"People believe that we South Africans would automatically be on the side of those who are being oppressed. Tibet is being oppressed. Our government, representing me, says it will not support Tibetans who are being oppressed viciously by the Chinese."
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The government in Tokyo has announced that the Japanese whaling fleet will return to the Antarctic this year. The fisheries minister said it'll be protected by escort vessels. Our environment correspondent Richard Black reports.
日本东京政府宣布日本捕鲸船队今年将返回南极,渔业部长表示,捕鲸船队将有护卫舰保护,BBC环境记者理查德布莱克报道。
The last time Japanese whaling ships went to the Antarctic earlier this year, they were driven out by boats of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. The choice for next time was either to send a stronger fleet or to withdraw. With the national budget drained by March's earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear disaster, many observers thought withdrawal was the likely option. It was openly discussed by government advisers. Sea Shepherd has pledged to be there too. This was the closest Japan has come in 25 years to ending its Antarctic whaling programme.