伊斯兰武装嫌犯在尼日利亚北部杀死了10名基督徒,目击者称袭击者夜间手持枪支和大刀突袭了Chibok村,周末该地区还发生了另外数起袭击案,两名警察身亡。博科圣地伊斯兰组织的武装分子3年前向政府发动起义,到目前为止已杀死数百人。他们通常袭击安全部队、政府官员或被他们视为异教徒的基督徒。
With time running out for a budget deal in the United States before a year-end deadline. Officials of the two main parties have blamed each other for the stalemate. The Republicans have rejected the latest Democratic proposals for raising taxes for the rich. But the Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner ruled out any deal without higher taxes for the wealthy. He was speaking on CBS's Face the Nation.
现在离美国年终预算协议的期限不远了,两大党的官员相互指责,称对方造成了僵局。共和党拒绝接受民主党最近提出的向富人增税的提议,但财政部长盖特纳不接受任何不向富人加税的协议。他在CBS节目“面对全国”中说:
I think we have a very good chance for coming together on an agreement that not just protects 98% of Americans from a tax increase and protects the economy from deeply damaging upfront spending cuts and protects the economy from leaving us vulnerable to periodic threats of defaults by politicians. I think we can do better than that and do something good for the long-term future of the American economy.