投行巨头高盛公司前董事曾在美国就涉嫌参与内部交易的指控不认罪，后以1000万美元的保释金获释。而在他被指控向对冲基金经理—亿万富翁拉杰·拉贾拉南提供本公司秘密后，于周三向纽约警局自首。检察官称如果确认有罪，古普塔将面临长期徒刑，并被罚以2500万美元的罚金。

The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the Iranian government is amongst the most heavily sanctioned in the world because it continues to lie to the international nuclear authorities and persistently flouts UN resolutions. Speaking to the BBC's Persian television service, Mrs Clinton expressed regret about some US actions involving Iran in the past, including its role in the 1953 coup.

美国国务卿希拉里·克林顿表示，因为继续对国际原子能机构撒谎并藐视联合国决议，伊朗将被列为受制裁最严重的国家之列。克林顿在BBC驻波斯电视台上讲话，对美国曾经参与伊朗事务表示遗憾，包括在1953年政变中扮演的角色。

Rescue workers in eastern Turkey, trying to get food and blankets to survivors of Sunday's earthquake, say 17 aid trucks have been looted. Thousands of people who've been left homeless face a fourth night of freezing weather conditions and snow. The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan acknowledged there had been failures in the distribution of tents.