澳大利亚自由国际联合在本国的大选中取得全面胜利。在他的获胜演讲中,领袖Tony Abbott告诉支持者们他将会带来一个富有竞争力的新政府。
“A government that says what it means, and means what it says; a government of no surprises and no excuses; a government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential; and a government that accepts, that will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.”
“一个政府应该言而有信,言出必行,不要为自己找借口,明白自己的权利的界限以及潜力,政府应该接受群众的判断,从它的行为而不只是话语。”
Conceding defeat, the Labor leader Kevin Rudd announced he would be resigning as party leader.
无力回天的工党领袖Kevin Rudd宣布他将会辞去党主席一职。
The US Secretary of State John Kerry and the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius have spoken of their determination to respond to the use of chemical weapons in Syria last month. Mr Kerry said the United States and France were not talking about going to war, but discussing limited military action aimed at degrading the Syrian authorities' ability to use chemical weapons. He said the world mustn't make the mistakes it did in the run-up to the Second World War.
美国国务卿约翰·克里和法国外长Laurent Fabius表达了他们对于回应上月叙利亚使用化武的坚定决心。克里称美法两国并不是要进行战争,而是在讨论通过一定的武力行动来消除叙利亚政府使用化学武器的能力。他称世界绝不能再犯第二次世界大战这样的错误。