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八月份 第 13 课

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  • (2012-08-20)------

  • New Somali Parliament to Hold First Session
  • 索马里新议会开始举行第一次会议
  •   Somalia's new parliament begins its work Monday, as the country moves closer to completing a complex plan to establish a stable, permanent government.
  • 索马里新议会星期一开始会期,与此同时,索马里开始接近於完成建立一个稳定持久政府的復杂方案。

  •   A selection committee has named about 220 lawmakers for the 275-seat body, but officials say that is enough for the parliament to convene.
  • 索马里议会应由 275 名议员组成,一个委员会已经任命了大约 220 名议员;不过有关官员说,现有议员已可行使议会召开会议。

  •   The lawmakers are expected to vote for a new Somali president within the coming days.
  • 预计,索马里议员们将在未来几天内选出一位新总统。

  •   Monday is the deadline for the election of a speaker of parliament and a president under a United Nations-backed roadmap to end the country's 8-year transitional government.
  • 按照联合国支持的结束索马里八年过渡政权的方案,星期一是选出议会议长和总统的最后期限。

  •   U.N. officials and international partners issued a joint statement Sunday, saying Somalia has an "unprecedented opportunity for greater peace and stability."
  • 联合国官员和国际合作者星期天发表联合声明说,现在是索马里进一步实现和平与稳定的一个前所未有的机会。

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  • South African Mine Owner Warns Striking Workers to Return
  • 南非矿主警告罢工工人復工
  •   The owner of a South African mine where police killed 34 people last week says striking workers must return to the job Monday or face being fired.
  • 南非一座矿场的所属公司说,罢工工人星期一必须復工,否则将被辞退;上星期,警察在这座矿场开枪打死 34 人。

  •   Lonmin PLC said in a statement Sunday that the deadline is a "final ultimatum."
  • 隆明公司这家矿场星期天发表声明说,对星期一復工的要求是最后通牒。

  •   About 3,000 people have joined the strike since August 10 to demand higher wages.
  • 这座矿场的工人 8 月 10 号要求资方提高工资后,大约 3 千名工人参加了罢工。

  •   The protest turned violent last Thursday when police opened fire on striking workers.
  • 上星期四,抗议活动转為暴力,警察向罢工工人开枪。

  •   The national police chief says police forces shot in self-defense.
  • 南非警察总监说,警察是出於自卫向罢工矿工开火。

  •   President Jacob Zuma has ordered a national week of mourning beginning Monday to remember the lives of all South Africans who died violently.
  • 南非总统祖马下令从星期一开始,為死於暴力的南非人举行為期一星期的全国哀悼。

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