美国与其东亚友邦商谈有关朝鲜领导人金正日去世一事。奥巴马总统与韩国总统李明博进行对话,同时国务卿希拉里与日本外务大臣玄叶光一郎会面。希拉里表示,朝鲜的和平、平稳过渡关系到美国和日本的共同利益。朝鲜政府号召人民团结在金正日儿子的周围,国家媒体称金正恩为“伟大的继任者”。
In other news, Syria has agreed to allow in Arab League monitors as part of a plan to end the violent suppression of anti-government protests. The Arab League said the first observers would go to the Syrian capital within three days.
叙利亚同意阿盟观察员进驻本国,这是结束暴力镇压反政府抗议计划的一部分。阿盟称第一批观察员将在三天内进驻叙利亚首都。
An arrest warrant has been issued for the Sunni Vice-President of Iraq, Tariq al-Hashimi, over alleged links to terrorism. The move comes two days after the Iraqiya political grouping, which represents most of Iraq's Sunnis, pulled out of parliament.
有关逮捕伊拉克逊尼派副总统哈希米的通缉令已经下达,罪名是涉嫌恐怖主义。两天前,这个代表伊拉克多数逊尼派的政治组织退出了议会。
Police in Nigeria have arrested 14 suspected members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. They said the arrests were made after an exchange of gunfire outside the home of one of the suspects in the northern city of Kano.