瑞典诺贝尔奖委员会声称,他们不会改变此前的决定,即宣布Canadian Ralph Steinman为今年诺贝尔医学奖的获奖人之一,尽管他们已经知道他已在3天前去世。Steinman死于胰脏癌,他使用自己发现并因之获奖的免疫法知识,帮助自己延长寿命。委员会秘书Goran Hansson表示,他们知道Steinman已经病了,但希望在他死前给他颁奖。
“We knew that he had a cancer, but we don’t exclude anyone because of illness when we look a candidate for Nobel Prize. The last information about him was he says OK with struggling with his illness and we had hope this message would please him, but sadly, it didn’t reach him in time.”
“我们早就知道他身患癌症,但在评选诺贝尔奖候选人时,我们不会将有病的人排除在外。我们对他了解的最后情况是,他说自己与病魔作斗争还算不错,我们希望这个消息能让他高兴,但令人伤心的是,他已经听不到了。”
Forces of the national transitional council in Libya have begun what a frontline commander says they finally assault towards the city of Sirte, one of Colonel Gaddafi’s last strongholds. After 2 days’ cease fire during which thousands of civilians fled the city, mortar and rockets were fired towards the city center.
比利亚全国过渡委员会的军队已经对苏尔特市发起进攻,用前线一位指挥官的说法就是“最后的进攻”,苏尔特是卡扎菲的最后根据地。经过两天的停火,成千上万的平民已经逃离,市中心已遭受了追击炮和火箭弹的袭击。