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- Rich Nations Moving Fast on Haiti Debt Relief
- 富裕國家加速取消海地債務
- A group of countries that have made loans to other nations has called on its members to speed up the process of canceling debts owed by Haiti.
- 由一些債權國組成的巴黎俱樂部呼籲其成員加快取消海地所欠債務。
- The Paris Club Tuesday urged its members to finish a process that began last year, out of consideration for "the financing needs Haiti will face reconstructing the country."
- 星期二，巴黎俱樂部考慮到 "海地重建國家的財政需求"，呼籲其成員完成去年開始的取消債務程序。
- Members of the informal group of rich nations agreed last July to cancel all of the $214 million owed by Haiti.
- 這一非正式富裕國家組織去年七月同意免除海地 2.14 億美元的負債。
- Haiti owes money to the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Spain, among other countries.
- 海地的債權國包括美國、英國、法國、德國和西班牙等國家。
- The Paris Club also urged countries that do not belong to the group to cancel debt owed to them by Haiti.
- 巴黎俱樂部還呼籲不屬於該組織的國家免除海地所欠債務。
- One of those countries -- Taiwan -- said Tuesday it would consider doing so.
- 台灣星期二也表示將考慮取消海地債務。
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- US Air Force Drops Aid to Haitians
- 美向海地空投救援
- The U.S. military has begun airdropping desperately needed food and water to Haitian earthquake survivors in an effort to overcome congestion at the airport and other obstacles to delivering aid.
- 美軍開始向海地地震中的倖存者空投急需的食物和水，期望可以借此克服機場的擁堵以及運送援助物資中的其他障礙。
- A U.S. Air Force plane dropped more than 14,000 "ready to eat" meals and 15,000 liters of water into an area north of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
- 一架美國空軍飛機向首都太子港北部空投了 1 萬 4000 多份“即食食品”和 1 萬 5000 公升水。
- It was the U.S. military's first such airdrop since the deadly earthquake one week ago.
- 這是美軍自海地發生災難性地震以來首次進行這種空投救援。
- Pentagon officials had ruled out airdrops before, saying they would cause chaos among survivors and potentially lead to riots.
- 美國國防官員之前未考慮空投；他們說空投會在倖存者中間造成混亂，並可能引發暴亂。
- But the military says it has since secured certain areas for the operation.
- 但是軍方表示，軍方已確保特定地區的安全來實施空投。
- U.S. troops also descended by helicopter Tuesday onto the grounds of the shattered presidential palace to deliver aid to victims in the capital.
- 美軍人員星期二乘直升機抵達被摧毀的總統府，給首都災民運去了救援物資。
- In New York, the United Nations Security Council agreed unanimously to send 3,500 more troops and police to Haiti to help maintain security.
- 在紐約，聯合國安理會一致同意向海地增派 3500 名軍人和警察幫助維持治安。
- Officials estimate the quake killed about 200,000 people and affected an estimated 3 million -- about a third of Haiti's population.
- 官員預計有大約 20 萬人在地震中喪生；同時，估計有 300 萬人受到影響；這一數字大約佔海地人口的三分之一。
- Teams have come from all over the world to provide assistance to the battered Caribbean nation.
- 來自世界各地的救援隊伍已經抵達海地，給這一受到重創的加勒比海國家提供幫助。
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