The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he's recovering well after surgery in Cuba earlier this week for a suspected
recurrence
of the cancer which was discovered in his pelvis last year. Speaking from Cuba, he said his recovery was accelerating.
BBC News
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The International Committee of the Red Cross says the Syrian government has given it permission to enter the besieged district of Baba Amr in Homs tomorrow just hours after opposition fighters retreated. Carla Mardini is a spokeswoman for the ICRC in Geneva.
国际红十字委员会(ICRC)称,反对派武装人员撤退后,叙利亚政府已允许该组织进入受困的胡姆斯巴巴阿姆鲁地区。Carla Mardini是ICRC驻日内瓦女发言人。
"We'll be bringing in food and medical aid. As to the figures of the teams, this is being organised right now, so I can't give you more. We also don't have the figures of how many people were seriously wounded or dead. We'll have to see what the situation is on the spot. It's a priority for us to enter so we can assess the situation on the ground and decide how we're going to respond the most efficiently and the most rapidly."
“我们将提供食物和医疗援助,由于马上就要组织好,所以救援人数不会很多。我们还不知道多少人严重受伤或死亡,必须马上了解情况。重要的前提就是能够进入这个地区,这样才能实地评估情况,然后决定如何有效、快速做出反应。”