Reports from Nigeria say that an oil tanker seized by pirates off the coast of the Niger Delta last week has been released. The vessel, the Halifax, was attacked near Port Harcourt. There's no word on the condition of the foreign crew.
来自尼日利亚的报道称,上周在尼日三角洲被海盗劫持的油轮已被释放。这艘名叫Halifax是在哈科特港附近被袭击的,尚无有关油轮上外国员工情况的报道。
One of India's most famous folk singers, Bhupen Hazarika, has died in a Mumbai hospital. He'd been suffering from pneumonia. Joanna Jolly reports.
印度最著名的民歌手Bhupen Hazarika在孟买一家医院因肺炎去世,Joanna Jolly报道。
Bhupen Hazarika made his career interpreting the traditional music of Assam for a broader audience, which gave him a huge following in India and Bangladesh. Known as Bard of the Brahmaputra after the river that flows through Assam, he also recorded in Bengali and Hindi, singing the soundtrack for numerous Indian films. One of his biggest hits, Bistirno Dupare, was a Bengali version of Ol' Man River, made famous by the American civil rights singer Paul Robeson. Bhupen Hazarika, who's died at the age of 86.
Bhupen Hazarika的音乐生涯,是将阿萨姆邦的传统音乐传播给更广大范围的听众,这使他在印度和孟加拉国有了大批歌迷。雅鲁藏布江穿过阿萨姆邦,他也被称为“雅鲁藏布江畔的吟游诗人”,他在孟加拉国和北印度都有唱片出版,为无数印度电影演唱插曲。他最受欢迎的歌曲Bistirno Dupare,是孟加拉语版的《老人河》,《老人河》是美国民权歌手Paul Robeson的作品。Bhupen Hazarika享年86岁。