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  • Train Runs Over and Kills at Least 16 in Western India
  • 印度西部列車壓死至少十六人
  •   Indian officials say a high-speed train ran over and killed at least 16 people, including two children, in the western state of Gujarat.
  • 印度官員說,在西部的古傑拉特邦,一輛高速列車壓死了至少 16 人,包括兩名兒童。

  •   Authorities said Thursday the incident occurred Wednesday night when the victims were crossing the railway track.
  • 有關當局星期四說,事故發生在星期三晚間;當時,這些人正跨越鐵軌。

  •   Most of the victims were day laborers from Uttar Pradesh state.
  • 死者中大部分人是來自北方省份的臨時工。

  •   Officials are investigating the incident.
  • 有關當局正在對事故展開調查。

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  • British FM Says sensitive issues should not interfere with the 2008 Beijing Olympics
  • 英外相稱敏感議題不應干擾 2008 北京奧運
  •   British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says he has raised human rights in talks with Chinese officials this week, but adds that sensitive issues should not interfere with the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
  • 英國外交大臣米利班德說,他這個星期在與中國官員會談時提到了人權問題;但是他表示,敏感議題不應該干擾 2008 年的北京奧運會。

  •   Speaking with reporters Thursday after a meeting in Beijing with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Miliband said Britain does not waste any opportunities to raise its concerns about human rights in China.
  • 米利班德在與中國外長楊潔篪在北京會談後對記者表示,英國不會浪費任何可以提出其關注中國人權狀況的機會。

  •   But from Britain's point of view, he said engagement, not isolation is the right way forward.
  • 但他表示,英國的觀點是,接觸、而不是孤立,才是向前看,解決問題的正確方法。

  •   As the Olympics near, China is coming under increasing pressure from activists, rights groups and even Hollywood to improve its human rights record.
  • 隨著奧運會的臨近,中國受到來自活動人士、權益團體甚至好萊塢的愈來愈大改善人權記錄的壓力。

  •   Standing at Milband's side, China's foreign minister dismissed attempts to link human rights to the Olympics.
  • 與米利班德一起出席記者會的楊潔篪反駁了任何把人權問題與奧林匹克掛鉤的做法。

  •   Yang argued that people in China enjoy extensive freedom of speech.
  • 楊潔篪爭辯說,中國有廣泛的言論自由。

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