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  • US Unveils New Five-Dollar Bill Online
  • 美国在网路上公佈新五元纸币
  •   The U.S. government has unveiled a new design for the five-dollar bill scheduled to enter circulation early next year.
  • 美国政府公佈了预定於明年初进入流通的 5 美元面值纸币的新设计。

  •   Government officials announced Thursday that the bill incorporates improved security features making it more difficult for counterfeiters to fake.
  • 政府官员星期四宣佈,新设计加入了改善的防偽特徵,使得偽造货币更加困难。

  •   The online preview of the bill is the first time that U.S. paper money has ever been unveiled entirely online.
  • 这是美国第一次完全在网路上公佈新纸币。

  •   The new bill features two watermarks, a repositioned embedded security thread and purple designs against the traditional green.
  • 新纸币含有两个水印、重新的防偽安全线以及传统绿色背景上的紫色设计。

  •   A new 100-dollar bill is scheduled to be released in 2008.
  • 美国预定在 2008 年发行新的 100 美元面值的纸币。

  •   Last year, U.S. and international authorities removed from circulation nearly 65-million dollars in counterfeit U.S. bills worldwide.
  • 去年一年,美国和国际有关当局在全球范围清除了市场上流动的将近 6500 万美元的假钞。

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  • UN: Number of Iraqis Seeking Asylum in Industrialized Countries Doubles
  • 联合国:到工业国寻求避难的伊拉克人数量倍增
  •   The United Nations refugee agency says the number of Iraqis seeking asylum in industrialized countries has more than doubled in the first half of this year compared to the same time last year.
  • 联合国难民机构说,今年上半年,到发达的工业化国家寻求庇护的伊拉克人数比去年同期增加了一倍多。

  •   The agency said in a statement Friday that nearly 20-thousand Iraqis requested asylum from January through June this year in 36 industrialized countries.
  • 该机构星期五公佈的一份声明说,今年 1 月到 6 月期间,将近2 万名伊拉克人在 36 个工业化国家寻求庇护。

  •   Sweden is the top destination -- with about half seeking asylum there -- followed by Greece, Spain, and Germany.
  • 瑞典是他们的首选之地,大约有一半的人到该国寻求庇护.接着其后的依序是希腊、西班牙和德国。

  •   The statement said if current trends continue, the total number of Iraqis seeking asylum in industrialized countries could reach 50-thousand by the end of the year.
  • 声明说,如果按目前的趋势发展下去,到今年年底,伊拉克到工业化国家寻求庇护的人数将高达 5 万人。

  •   The U.N. refugee agency said there are about two-point-two million Iraqi refugees who have fled violence in their homeland, mostly to neighboring countries, especially Syria and Jordan.
  • 联合国难民机构说,伊拉克大约有 220 万难民為了躲避国内的暴力而逃到别的国家,其中大部份逃到了邻国,特别是叙利亚和约旦。

  •   Those countries are not industrialized.
  • 这些国家并不是发达的国家。

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