disrepute
, said he did not need permission to be in the party since it was in his blood. He had declared economic war on white South Africans.
The American space agency Nasa has launched its latest Moon mission after a two-day delay. The Delta 2 rocket, which
took off
from Cape Canaveral in Florida, is carrying two identical satellites which will survey the Moon's gravitational field in unprecedented detail. Scientists hope that the mission, known as Grail or Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, will reveal the Moon's internal structure.
That's the BBC News.
中英双语:
The Egyptian Information Minister Osama Haikal has said that Egypt is in a deep crisis and that activists who ransacked the Israeli embassy on Friday night had hurt Egypt's image abroad. Mr Haikal said that those responsible for the attack would be tried in emergency state security courts. Bethany Bell reports from Cairo.
埃及信息部长Osama Haikal表示,埃及陷入严重的危机,周五晚上洗劫以色列大使馆的活动积极分子危害了埃及在国外的形象。Haikal表示,这次袭击事件的责任人将在紧急安全法庭接受审判。Bethany Bell在开罗报道。
Egypt has promised to crack down on the protesters involved in the attack and to protect Cairo's embassies. The clashes at the Israeli mission, which went on all night, have shocked people both here and abroad. Reports on Egyptian state television said Egypt's prime minister offered to step down, but his resignation was refused by the country's military leader Field Marshal Tantawi. Under Egypt's former leader Hosni Mubarak, such violent displays of anger against Israel wouldn't have been tolerated.