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The US State Department has announced that the direct peace talks between Israel and Palestinians will take place in Jerusalem next Wednesday to be followed by a meeting in the West Bank town of Jericho. The negotiations, the first between the two sides for nearly three years were launched with great fanfare by the US Secretary of State John Kerry at a dinner in Washington ten days ago.
美国国务院宣布,巴以将于下周三在耶路撒冷举行直接和谈,随后在西岸杰利科镇开会。这是继10天前美国国务卿John Kerry在华盛顿晚宴上大张旗鼓宣布协商后近三年来双方的首次和谈。
A military judge in Texas has ruled that an army psychiatrist who's on trial for a shooting rampage four years ago can continue to represent himself. Major Nidal Hasan has admitted killing 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. He is a Muslim and said he attacked fellow soldiers to stop them being deployed to fight Taliban in Afghanistan. Rajini Vaidyanathan reports. “Major Hasan admitted he killed 13 soldiers and injured more than 30 others at the army base in Fort Hood, Texas where he was serving. Major Hasan has tried to plead guilty, but under a military law, a not guilty plea is required for death penalty cases. Even though he wanted to represent himself, he's been assigned court lawyers, they had asked to be removed from the case arguing that the Major Hasan wants the death penalty and isn't listening to their legal advice when he comes to defense.”