周五的祈祷过后,叙利亚反政府示威者在全国许多地方再次举行了为期一天的抗议活动,要求国际社会保护他们免受安全力量的迫害。活动积极分子表示,全国各地有至少17人受伤。外国记者不能进入叙利亚境内。Owen Bennett-Jones在邻国黎巴嫩首都贝鲁特报道。
In the Kurdish northeast, in the south near Jordan, in Idlib near the Turkish border, Homs, Hama and the Damascus suburbs - all over Syria - protesters have been out demanding change, and once again they have failed to mobilise people in the centres of the two biggest cities - Aleppo and Damascus. Protest organisers have tried to give each week's demonstrations a common theme, and this time round it's the demand for the first time for greater international protection.
在库尔德东北部,南部靠近约旦附近,靠近土耳其边境处的伊德利卜,霍姆斯,哈马和大马士革郊区——叙利亚全国许多地方——抗议者举行活动要求进行变革,不过,仍然没能动员两个最大的城市市中心的人们——阿勒波和大马士革。抗议组织者试图给每周的示威活动一个统一的主题,这一轮的抗议活动他们首次要求国家社会加强对他们的保护。
The Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has called for humanitarian corridors in Somalia to be protected by African peacekeepers so that aid could reach people struck by drought and famine in rebel-held areas. Mr Meles was speaking at a Kenyan summit on the crisis. The UN humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, said aid was increasing to all areas of the country.