美国东海岸沿线居住的数百万人正在准备迎接飓风艾琳的到来，预期飓风将于未来24小时内登陆。飓风可能会带来大范围的洪水和断电现象，奥巴马总统已经敦促美国民众做好最坏的打算。几个州已经宣布进入紧急状态。纽约市长彭博已经下令25万人撤离。

"We are today issuing a mandatory, I repeat the word, mandatory evacuation order for all New Yorkers who live in the low-lying zone A coastal areas in all five boroughs that are at greatest risk of damage relating to Irene."

“今天，我们宣布强制命令，我重复一遍，是强制命令，最容易受这次飓风影响的五个沿海低洼地区的所有纽约人必须立即撤离。”

A court in Bolivia has sentenced seven members of a reclusive conservative Christian group to 25 years in prison for raping more than 100 women. The men were members of the Mennonite community, which rejects modern inventions such as cars and electricity. Mattia Cabitza reports from Santa Cruz.

玻利维亚一家法庭判决一个隐秘的保守派基督徒组织7名成员强奸100多名妇女，判处他们25年的监禁。这些男子是Mennonite community的成员，排斥汽车和电灯现代化的发明。Mattia Cabitza在圣克鲁斯报道。

The court heard that the convicted men had sprayed a potent sedative through the windows of their victims homes, and left entire families unconscious and vulnerable to abuse. Acting at night while the community was asleep, the men broke in and raped more than 100 women, children and adolescents. The youngest was nine years old.