The authorities in China say they are to soften sometimes threatening slogans that are used to enforce the one-child policy. State media blamed local officials for inventing slogans such as "If you don't get
sterilised
, your house will be demolished." The authorities said the one- child policy itself wouldn't change.
BBC News
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An Italian cruise ship with 1,000 people on board is floating adrift in the dark in an area of the Indian Ocean where Somali pirates have been active. The crew of the ship Costa Allegra issued a distress signal when a fire knocked out the ship's generators. David Willey reports.
一艘载有1000名乘客的意大利游轮在黑夜间漂流到印度洋一处索马里海盗猖獗的区域。由于船上的发电机房着火,“阿丽格拉”号船员就发出遇险信号。David Willey报道。
The 28,000-tonne liner, the Costa Allegra, belongs to the same Italian cruise line as the Costa Concordia, which went aground off the coast of Italy last month with a loss of more than 30 lives. Rome coastguards say three merchant ships and two fishing boats in the area have been directed towards the stricken vessel. The authorities in the Seychelles have also dispatched a tugboat, a coastguard ship and a plane to the area where the Allegra is drifting without power.
“阿丽格拉”号游轮载重2.8万吨,与上月在意大利滨海触礁的“协和号”游轮同属一家游轮公司,那场灾难中至少30人丧生。罗马海岸警卫队称,该地区的三艘商船和两艘渔船已经驶向这艘受灾游轮,塞舌尔当局也派遣了一艘拖船、一艘海岸警卫船和一架飞机,“阿丽格拉”号上没有电力,在海上漂浮着。