出于对安全问题的担忧,联合国撤出了大约一半驻叙利亚国际工作人员。此前,迫击炮弹落在首都大马士革联合国工作人员使用的宾馆附近。建筑物和联合国车辆受损。联合国在叙利亚有100名外国工作人员。
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An aide to the prime minister of Haiti has been killed in a drive by shooting in the capital Port-au-Prince. Georges Henry Honorat was shot dead outside his home by two masked men on a motorcycle. Mr Honorat also worked as the editor-in-chief of a newspaper and as secretary general of the Popular National Party.
海地总理一名助手驱车时在首都太子港被杀害。Georges Henry Honorat在家外被两名骑摩托车的蒙面男子枪杀。Honorat还是一家报社的主编和大众国民党的秘书长。
The internet company Yahoo has bought an application created by a British teenager in a deal reported to be worth tens of millions of dollars. Called Summly, the app summarises news stories from media companies. It was created two years ago by 17-year-old Nick D'Aloisio who lives in London. He told the BBC what the app can do.
互联网公司雅虎向一名英国青少年购买了一款应用程序,据报道,这笔交易价值数千万美元。应用程序“Summly”可以从媒体上精简新闻报道。这款应用程序两年前由居住在伦敦的17岁的阿洛伊西奥设计。他向BBC讲述了这款程序的功能。