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  • Train Runs Over and Kills at Least 16 in Western India
  • 印度西部列车压死至少十六人
  •   Indian officials say a high-speed train ran over and killed at least 16 people, including two children, in the western state of Gujarat.
  • 印度官员说,在西部的古杰拉特邦,一辆高速列车压死了至少 16 人,包括两名儿童。

  •   Authorities said Thursday the incident occurred Wednesday night when the victims were crossing the railway track.
  • 有关当局星期四说,事故发生在星期叁晚间;当时,这些人正跨越铁轨。

  •   Most of the victims were day laborers from Uttar Pradesh state.
  • 死者中大部分人是来自北方省份的临时工。

  •   Officials are investigating the incident.
  • 有关当局正在对事故展开调查。

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  • British FM Says sensitive issues should not interfere with the 2008 Beijing Olympics
  • 英外相称敏感议题不应干扰 2008 北京奥运
  •   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.
  • 英国外交大臣米利班德说,他这个星期在与中国官员会谈时提到了人权问题;但是他表示,敏感议题不应该干扰 2008 年的北京奥运会。

  •   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.
  • 米利班德在与中国外长杨洁篪在北京会谈后对记者表示,英国不会浪费任何可以提出其关注中国人权状况的机会。

  •   But from Britain's point of view, he said engagement, not isolation is the right way forward.
  • 但他表示,英国的观点是,接触、而不是孤立,才是向前看,解决问题的正确方法。

  •   As the Olympics near, China is coming under increasing pressure from activists, rights groups and even Hollywood to improve its human rights record.
  • 随着奥运会的临近,中国受到来自活动人士、权益团体甚至好莱坞的愈来愈大改善人权记录的压力。

  •   Standing at Milband's side, China's foreign minister dismissed attempts to link human rights to the Olympics.
  • 与米利班德一起出席记者会的杨洁篪反驳了任何把人权问题与奥林匹克掛鉤的做法。

  •   Yang argued that people in China enjoy extensive freedom of speech.
  • 杨洁篪争辩说,中国有广泛的言论自由。

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