日期：2012-08-29 A grenade has been thrown at police in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, killing one officer and wounding 16, officials say. 一颗手榴弹被丢进肯尼亚蒙巴萨城的一座警察局，杀死一名警官并使16人受伤。 Muslim youths have been involved in running battles with th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-28 Apple has asked a court to ban eight Samsung mobile phones in the US. 苹果公司请求一家法院禁止在美国销售八款三星手机。 The phones include the Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 ATT model, Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile model, Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-27 A Canadian woman has drowned during a photoshoot as she posed in her wedding dress in water at a Quebec park. 一名加拿大女子在魁北克公园水中拍摄婚纱照的时候溺水身亡。 Estate agent Maria Pantazopoulos, 30, was apparently pulled under the water when h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-27 Fires are still burning at an oil refinery in Venezuela, the site of a deadly explosion early on Saturday. 委内瑞拉某炼油厂的大火仍在继续燃烧，此处上周六曾发生致命的爆炸。 Two storage tanks are still alight but state oil company officials say they h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-26 Around one percent of the world's population are 'asexuals' who feel no sexual attraction at all, experts have claimed. 专家称，世界上约有百分之一的人口是无性恋者，这些人从任何人身上都感觉不到性吸引力。 A leading academic has suggested that the sexu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-26 Police choose not to investigate rape complaints more often than any other type of violent crime, as one in nine allegations is written off, new analysis shows. 最新研究显示，与其他类型的暴力犯罪案件相比，警察更不爱调查强奸投诉，有九分之一的强奸指控... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-26 A Finnish teenager has smashed the world record -- and probably his phone -- in this year's annual mobile-phone throwing contest in Finland. 在芬兰举行的年度扔手机大赛中，芬兰一位青少年打破世界纪录夺冠，当然他扔出的手机也粉身碎骨。 Eighteen-year-old... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-25 乌克兰国家艺术博物馆最近正在进行一个真人版的睡美人展览。事先选定的五位女性每人会在展厅睡三天，前来参观的男性如若亲吻了某位女性，而这位女性因此睁开眼睛的话，这两位就要结为连理。 If any of the five real-life sleeping beauties open their eyes when they... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-25 美国新泽西州大西洋城的一家赌场日前对14位赌客提起诉讼，称赌客玩百家乐时用的八副牌未经洗牌，由此，其赢得的150多万美元应为非法所得。 A US casino is suing 14 gamblers after eight card decks had not been shuffled properly, resulting in winnings of more t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-25 近日，俄罗斯总统普京为每位获得奥运奖牌的俄罗斯运动员奖励了一辆奥迪汽车，金牌和银牌得主奖奥迪A7，铜牌得主奖奥迪A6。不过，这一举动却引来不少俄罗斯网友吐槽。 Russian TV showed the cars lined up near the Kremlin on Wednesday: an Audi A8 for each gold me... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-24 Haiti and the Dominican Republic are braced for a battering as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches Hispaniola. 海地和多米尼加共和国将遭受热带风暴艾萨克的袭击。 Some 400,000 Haitians still living in makeshift（临时的） camps after a deadly earthquake in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-24 A Nepali farmer who was bitten by a cobra in his rice paddy field has killed the snake by repeatedly biting it in return. 尼泊尔一位农民在自家稻田被一条眼镜蛇咬伤，他随即用不断的啃咬作为反击，直至杀死了这条蛇。 The reptile was not among the snake sp... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-24 A South Korean court has ruled that Apple and Samsung both infringed each other's patents on mobile devices. 韩国一家法院判定，苹果与三星都侵犯了对方关于移动设备的专利。 The court imposed a limited ban on national sales of products by both companies... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-24 Police in Peru have seized more than 16,000 dried seahorses which were to be exported illegally to Asian countries. 秘鲁警方缴获了16000多只海马干，这些海马干本来将被非法出口到亚洲国家。 Seahorse fishing has been banned in Peru since 2004 Seahorse po... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-22 Closing arguments have been delivered in the US patent trial between the two biggest smartphone-makers in the world, Samsung and Apple. 世界上两大智能手机生产商，三星与苹果在美国的专利官司的结案陈词已经放出。 Apple lawyers accused South Korea-based... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-22 Employees of India's state-owned banks have begun a two-day strike to protest against proposed financial reforms in the banking sector. 印度国有银行的职员开始为期两天的罢工，抗议银行业的财政改革。 One million workers from 70,000 banks are expected t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-22 A Sri Lankan court has given suspended jail terms to three French tourists for wounding the religious feelings of Buddhists by taking pictures deemed insulting. 斯里兰卡一家法院以伤害佛教徒的宗教情怀为罪名判处三名法国游客缓期监禁，她们因与佛像拍照而... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-21 A riot in a prison in Venezuela has left at least 20 people dead, officials say. 委内瑞拉某监狱内部发生暴乱，造成至少20人死亡。 The riot occurred at the Yare I prison in Miranda state, the prisons minister Iris Varela told state TV, adding that the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-21 Shanghai is deemed to be the most vulnerable city to the risk of serious flooding, a global study suggests. 一项全球调查显示，上海是全球最容易遭受严重洪水危害的城市。 Despite it's economic wealth, the Chinese city was considered to be more exposed t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-21 A Somali Olympic athlete has reportedly drowned while attempting to reach Europe on a migrant boat. 据报道，索马里一位奥运会运动员在乘坐一艘移民船返回欧洲的途中溺水身亡。 Samia was said to have moved to Ethiopia in search of a coach Runner Samia Yus... 阅读全文>>