The International Red Cross in Somalia says it's in the final stages of preparing to distribute food aid to more than a million victims of the famine. The operation will involve 17,000 tonnes of supplies being taken by truck from the capital Mogadishu. It'll take around two weeks for the convoy to reach its destination in areas under the control of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.

驻索马里国际红十字会声称，对数百万饥民的食物援助准备已处于最后阶段。将有卡车运送1.7万吨食物从首都摩加迪休出发，到达目的地需要两周时间，这些地区目前处在伊斯兰军事组织青年党的控制下。

The online retailer Amazon has launched a new tablet computer, the Kindle Fire, to rival Apple's hugely successful iPad. The Kindle Fire is cheaper than the Apple iPad, but it has a smaller screen and no built-in camera. Mark Gregory has this report.

在线零售商亚马逊发布一款新型平板电脑Kindle Fire，以与苹果炙手可热的ipad竞争。Kindle Fire比苹果的ipad要便宜，但屏幕要小些，也没有内置相机。马克格雷戈里报道。

Many rivals have tried to emulate the success of the Apple iPad with look-alike tablet devices. None has come close. Amazon, though, is seen as in with a chance partly because its product is much cheaper - less than half the price of the iPad - and partly because Amazon through its online shopping has movies, e-books and other digital content to tie in with its tablet as Apple does with iTunes.