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The Iranian government has condemned European Union sanctions imposed in an attempt to stop Tehran's alleged nuclear weapons programme, calling them "illogical and unfair". A spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry said the measures were doomed to fail. The sanctions include a ban on imports of Iranian oil. The EU is Iran's second largest market. Gavin Hewitt reports.
The EU has taken what it regards as both tough and unprecedented action. It has imposed an oil embargo on Iran and frozen the assets of its central bank. The EU buys 600,000 barrels of Iranian oil each day - that's 20% of Iran's output. Underlining the gravity of the situation, David Cameron, Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy issued a joint statement. In it, they said "Our message is quite clear. We have no quarrel with the Iranian people, but we will not accept Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon."
The Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has called for calm after the International Criminal Court in The Hague announced it's charging four senior politicians with crimes against humanity. The accused include two presidential candidates Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto. They are alleged to have been behind the violence that followed the 2007 election, during which more than 1,000 people died. Both have rejected the allegations. President Kibaki says that he's referred the ruling to Kenya's attorney general. But a spokesman for the ICC has told the BBC that the both accused may not be able to appeal against going to trial.
"The appeal has to be authorized by the pretrial chamber. If the pre-trial chamber says that there is no appealable issues in its decision, then the appeal will not be possible."
A US marine in charge of a unit accused of killing 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2005 has pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty. Here's Alastair Leithead.
The killings in November 2005 tainted the reputation of American troops in Iraq and fuelled demands US forces should not be immune from its justice system. Prosecutors at the court-martial at Camp Pendleton in southern California said Wuterich had lost control after seeing his friend blown up in a bombing and had led his men on a rampage. He was charged with nine counts of manslaughter among other things. But they were all dropped in a deal which saw him plead guilty to dereliction of duty, which carries a maximum sentence of three months in jail and demotion to a private.
The chairman of the BBC Trust, Chris Patten, has accused British politicians of allowing newspapers to have too much influence over them in the past 25 years. Lord Patten told the Leveson inquiry into press standards the major political parties and their leaders had "demeaned themselves" over the way they'd "paid court" to newspaper owners. He said he had advised colleagues and at least one prime minister they shouldn't worry so much about what's printed.
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The French Senate is due to vote shortly on a controversial bill that threatens to cause a serious rift in France's relations with Turkey. If passed, it would make it a crime to deny that a genocide was committed by Ottoman Turks against Armenians during the First World War. A motion to throw out the bill failed. Turkey has threatened permanent sanctions if it becomes law. It denies the mass killing was deliberate genocide.
A protester has been killed in a clash with police in an ethnically Tibetan part of China, in which activists say Chinese security forces opened fire on a crowd. The reported incident came at a time of great tension in Tibetan-inhabited parts of China as Viv Marsh of our Asia-Pacific desk reports.
Tibetan rights groups quoted eyewitnesses as saying the shooting happened in Sichuan province after several thousand people marched on government offices in Draggo in support of Tibetan freedom. The demonstration was apparently prompted by arrests earlier on Monday connected with the distribution of leaflets calling for Tibetan freedom. The official Chinese news agency confirmed one death but didn't mention any shooting. It said a crowd had gathered after a rumour that a monk would set himself on fire. It said the crowd later attacked a police station with clubs and stones.
Libya's foreign minister has confirmed that five people were killed on Monday in fighting in what was one of the late leader Colonel Gaddafi's last strongholds, Bani Walid, but the minister denied that diehard Gaddafi supporters were involved, saying it was a clash between rivals.
A former CIA officer has been charged with leaking classified information to journalists. The US Justice Department said John Kiriakou passed information about undercover operations several times between 2007 and 2009. He's also accused of revealing the identity of an agent who took part in an operation to catch the al-Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah.
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The Iranian government has condemned European Union sanctions imposed in an attempt to stop Tehran's alleged nuclear weapons programme, calling them "illogical and unfair". A spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry said the measures were doomed to fail. The sanctions include a ban on imports of Iranian oil. The EU is Iran's second largest market. Gavin Hewitt reports.
伊朗政府谴责欧盟对其施加的制裁,称其为“不合理且不公平的”。欧盟此举为制止据称的德黑兰核武器项目。伊朗外交部发言说这些措施注定要失败。制裁包括禁止进口伊朗石油。欧盟是伊朗第二大市场。Gavin Hewitt报道。
The EU has taken what it regards as both tough and unprecedented action. It has imposed an oil embargo on Iran and frozen the assets of its central bank. The EU buys 600,000 barrels of Iranian oil each day - that's 20% of Iran's output. Underlining the gravity of the situation, David Cameron, Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy issued a joint statement. In it, they said "Our message is quite clear. We have no quarrel with the Iranian people, but we will not accept Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon."
欧盟已采取被认为既强硬又史无前例的措施:对伊朗石油实施禁运,并冻结其央行的资产。欧盟每日从伊朗进口石油600,000桶,占伊朗总出口的20%。更为严峻的是,卡梅隆,默克尔,萨克齐在联合声明中宣称,“我们的讯息非常清楚。我们没有理由与伊朗人民不和,但不接受伊朗拥有核武器。”
The Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has called for calm after the International Criminal Court in The Hague announced it's charging four senior politicians with crimes against humanity. The accused include two presidential candidates Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto. They are alleged to have been behind the violence that followed the 2007 election, during which more than 1,000 people died. Both have rejected the allegations. President Kibaki says that he's referred the ruling to Kenya's attorney general. But a spokesman for the ICC has told the BBC that the both accused may not be able to appeal against going to trial.
位于海牙的国际刑事法庭宣布指控肯尼亚四名资深政客犯有反人类罪之后,肯尼亚总统Mwai Kibaki号召保持冷静。被指控的四人中包括两名总统候选人Uhuru Kenyatta和William Ruto。据说他们和策划2007年竞选后的暴力事件有关,该暴力事件造1000多人死亡。这两人都否认指控。总统Kibaki说他已将裁决提交肯尼亚首席检察官。但ICC一名发言人告诉BBC,以上两人可能没上诉权。
"The appeal has to be authorized by the pretrial chamber. If the pre-trial chamber says that there is no appealable issues in its decision, then the appeal will not be possible."
“上诉必须经由预审委员会的批准。如果预审委员会表明其裁决中没有可上诉案件,那么就不能上诉。”
A US marine in charge of a unit accused of killing 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2005 has pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty. Here's Alastair Leithead.
被指控于2005年杀害24名未武装的伊拉克平民的一支美国海军分队,向法庭申请处以其亵职罪。Alastair Leithead报道。
The killings in November 2005 tainted the reputation of American troops in Iraq and fuelled demands US forces should not be immune from its justice system. Prosecutors at the court-martial at Camp Pendleton in southern California said Wuterich had lost control after seeing his friend blown up in a bombing and had led his men on a rampage. He was charged with nine counts of manslaughter among other things. But they were all dropped in a deal which saw him plead guilty to dereliction of duty, which carries a maximum sentence of three months in jail and demotion to a private.
2005年11月的杀人事件,玷污了美国军队在伊拉克的名声,并掀起了要求司法系统不能将美军置之度处的呼声。位于南加利福尼亚彭德尔顿营区海事法庭的检察官们认为Wuterich是在亲眼目睹朋友被炸死后失去理智,才在一阵暴怒中带领士兵杀人的。他被指控屠杀了9人及其他罪行。但是这些罪行都在他请求判处其渎职罪后不存在了。渎职罪将被判以最长3个月的监禁,并被降职为士兵。
The chairman of the BBC Trust, Chris Patten, has accused British politicians of allowing newspapers to have too much influence over them in the past 25 years. Lord Patten told the Leveson inquiry into press standards the major political parties and their leaders had "demeaned themselves" over the way they'd "paid court" to newspaper owners. He said he had advised colleagues and at least one prime minister they shouldn't worry so much about what's printed.
BBC托管会主席Chris Patten,指控在过去的25年里,英国政客甘愿受报纸左右。Patten爵士告诉Leveson inquiry调查新闻标准的部门,主要政党及其领导人向报社老板献殷勤,降低了身份。他说已劝告过同事及至少一任首相不应过于担心报纸的报道。
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The French Senate is due to vote shortly on a controversial bill that threatens to cause a serious rift in France's relations with Turkey. If passed, it would make it a crime to deny that a genocide was committed by Ottoman Turks against Armenians during the First World War. A motion to throw out the bill failed. Turkey has threatened permanent sanctions if it becomes law. It denies the mass killing was deliberate genocide.
法国参议院近日将为一个有争议的提案进行投票表决,该提案可能造成法国与土尔其严重不和。如该草案被通过,否认奥斯曼土耳其人在第一次世界大战期间对亚美尼亚人实施种族屠杀将成为犯罪行为。取消此提案的动议未被通过。土耳其威胁如果该草案成为法律,它将对法国实施永久制裁。土耳其否认当时大规模的杀戮是有蓄谋的种族屠杀。
A protester has been killed in a clash with police in an ethnically Tibetan part of China, in which activists say Chinese security forces opened fire on a crowd. The reported incident came at a time of great tension in Tibetan-inhabited parts of China as Viv Marsh of our Asia-Pacific desk reports.
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Tibetan rights groups quoted eyewitnesses as saying the shooting happened in Sichuan province after several thousand people marched on government offices in Draggo in support of Tibetan freedom. The demonstration was apparently prompted by arrests earlier on Monday connected with the distribution of leaflets calling for Tibetan freedom. The official Chinese news agency confirmed one death but didn't mention any shooting. It said a crowd had gathered after a rumour that a monk would set himself on fire. It said the crowd later attacked a police station with clubs and stones.
本段涉及政治问题,略去不译
Libya's foreign minister has confirmed that five people were killed on Monday in fighting in what was one of the late leader Colonel Gaddafi's last strongholds, Bani Walid, but the minister denied that diehard Gaddafi supporters were involved, saying it was a clash between rivals.
利比亚外交部长确认在周一的战斗中有五人被杀害。其中Bani Walid是前领导人卡扎菲上校最后的支持者之一。但外长否认卡扎菲顽固支持者参与该事件,称这场战斗是对抗者之间的冲突。
A former CIA officer has been charged with leaking classified information to journalists. The US Justice Department said John Kiriakou passed information about undercover operations several times between 2007 and 2009. He's also accused of revealing the identity of an agent who took part in an operation to catch the al-Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah.
一名前CIA官员被指控向记者泄露机密信息。据美国司法部,John Kiriakou在2007-2009几次透露机密情报。他还被指控暴露一名特工的身份,该特工参于执行捕获塔利班组织疑犯Abu Zubaydah.
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1. have no quarrel with 对…无所责难;没有理由抱怨
(1) I have no quarrel with what the minister said.
我对部长所说的话没有什么异议。
(2) Teachers have no quarrel, no pronouncements, his life associating with the chalk, they words and deeds, to a good style, good conduct and to teach us so that we benefit from life.
老师没有怨言,没有豪言,一生与粉笔为伍的人,他们言传身教,把良好的作风,优秀的品行教给我们,使我们终生受益。
2. dereliction of duty 渎职,失职;疏忽职守
(1) The law clearly stipulates criminal sanctions for any prison staff guilty of dereliction of duty.
对监管工作人员的渎职犯罪,法律明确规定应给予刑事制裁。
(2) He was reduced to ordinary soldier due to a serious dereliction of duty.
他因严重失职被降为普通士兵。
3. demotion 降级;降职;降等
Private 私人的;士兵
(1) To be responsible for the awarding, promotion, demotion and cancellation of the customs ranks.
负责海关关衔的授予、晋级、降级、取消等工作。
(2) War films such as Saving Private Riot or The Dirty Dozen followed this pattern. So his heist film Oceans Eleven and the fantasy
*, The Lord of The Rings.
战争影片‘拯救大兵瑞恩’和‘肮脏之中’就遵循了这一模式。抢劫片‘海洋的第十一难’,以及奇幻三部曲‘指环王’也属于该模式。
4. paid court" to 求爱,追求
(1) It's difficult for the timid girl to pay court to her boyfriend.
要让这个害羞的女孩向她的男朋友求爱是很困难的。
(2) Mr Johnson went to paycourt to the king.
约翰逊先生去向国王献殷勤。
5. strongholds 要塞,堡垒
diehard 顽固分子,死硬派
(1) Rural areas have been traditionally thought of as a stronghold of old-fashioned attitudes.
农村地区向来被认为是守旧传统的大本营。
(2) Only a few diehards on the right of the party object to the proposed changes.
只有该党几个右翼的顽固分子反对所建议的变革。
6. classified information 机密情况;分类信息
undercover 秘密的,秘密从事的;从事间谍活动的
(1) Persuading individuals living in police states to hand over classified information demands considerable powers of persuasion.
说服生活在极权国家的人交出机密情报,需要相当的说服力。
(2) a undercover police operation 警方的秘密行动
an undercover detective 便衣侦探
7. genocide 种族灭绝
(1) The secret police have been accused of a campaign of genocide against the immigrant population.
秘密警察被指责对移民进行种族灭绝。