日期：2012-08-20 Kjerstin Gruys, a 29-year-old PhD student in sociology, has mastered the art of avoiding her own reflection. 现年29岁的柯基丝汀格鲁伊斯是一名社会学博士研究生，她已经精通了不照镜子的艺术。 Meet the mirror-free bride: woman avoided mirrors for one yea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-20 Extravagant mansions are popping up along Russias Black Sea coast. Activists say one belongs to the presidentand that it was built with illicit state funds. 俄罗斯黑海海岸涌现出诸多豪华别墅。一些活动人士称，其中一座别墅属于现任总统普京所有，而且是违... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-20 A left-wing mayor of a small town in Andalusia has become a modern-day Robin Hood, organizing robbing raids on local supermarkets to feed the poor of his community. 安达卢西亚地区一个小镇的左翼市长成了现代版的罗宾汉，竟纠集民众抢劫当地的超市接济社区... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-20 Billionaire investor George Soros had a lot to celebrate on Saturday evening: his 82nd birthday and the engagement to his much younger girlfriend, Tamiko Bolton. 亿万富翁、投资家乔治索罗斯上周六庆祝82岁生日时，宣布将迎娶比自己年轻很多的女友多美子-博... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-18 A father with Parkinson's disease was arrested as he watched the Olympic cycling road race because he 'failed to smile or look like he was enjoying himself'. 一名罹患了帕金森症的观众在观看奥运自行车公路赛时被英国警方莫名逮捕，因为他没有笑，看起来也... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-18 The vast majority of French sports fans believe the success of Britain's cyclists at the Olympics has been 'tainted by cheating,' a poll has revealed. 一项民意调查显示，绝大多数法国体育爱好者认为英国自行车手奥运比赛获得成功涉嫌作弊。 They suggest th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-18 澳大利亚最高法院本周三通过一项法案，禁止烟草公司在生产的香烟盒上展示其特有标志。自今年12月起，所有香烟盒将换成统一的橄榄绿背景，配以因癌症溃烂的口腔、失明的眼珠以及病弱儿童等警示性图片。 Australia has urged other countries to adopt the world's tough... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-18 意大利小姐选美大赛今年推出新规，要求选手在泳装环节穿黑白色连体泳衣、禁穿比基尼，同时禁止有纹身、体环，以及做过整容手术的选手参赛。 It is one of the country's most celebrated institutions and has often been at the centre of controversy, but now the M... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-18 日本科学家研究发现，福岛核事故之后，由于受到放射性物质的影响，日本的蝴蝶品种出现了翅膀变... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-17 A fire at a nightclub in the popular Thai tourist destination of Phuket has killed four people and injured about a dozen others, police say. 泰国警方称，著名旅游胜地普吉岛上一家夜总会失火，造成4人死亡、大约12人受伤。 Tiger disco is popular with both... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-17 The Ugandan prime minister's website was attacked by hackers on Tuesday and Wednesday. 乌干达总理的官方网站在周二和周三被黑客攻击。 Screen grabs showing the website with messages from gay activists are being circulated on social media sites. In one,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-17 The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Paulos, has died aged 76, the government has announced. 埃塞俄比亚正教会首领Abune Paulos辞世，享年76岁。 Abune Paulos was once exiled in the US The foreign ministry said he had been receiving treatmen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-16 Crowds in Uganda have given a hero's welcome to Stephen Kiprotich, the country's first Olympic gold medal winner in 40 years. 乌干达民众给予了史蒂芬基保堤英雄般的欢迎，他是该国40年来首位奥运金牌获得者。 Kiprotich travelled in open-top car with the n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-16 A Russian Aeroflot flight from New York to Moscow has made an emergency landing in Iceland after a bomb threat. 俄罗斯航空公司一架从纽约飞往莫斯科的航班因收到炸弹威胁而紧急降落在冰岛。 The Interfax news agency quoted air traffic controllers in Mosco... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-16 Undocumented immigrants are applying for the temporary right to live and work openly in the US, as a sweeping immigration policy reform takes effect. 一场彻底的移民政策改革正在美国生效，非法入境的移民纷纷申请在美国公开生活、工作的临时权力。 Up to 1.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-16 A festival held during Muslim Eid celebrations has been cancelled in northern Nigeria, a region hit by a wave of militant Islamist attacks. 尼日利亚北部取消了穆斯林开斋节期间的一个节日，该地区曾遭遇一波伊斯兰教激进分子袭击。 Traditionally thousands... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-16 Ecuador has accused the UK of making a threat to enter its embassy in London to arrest Wikileaks' Julian Assange. 厄瓜多尔对英国做出进入驻伦敦大使馆以逮捕维基泄密创始人朱利安阿桑奇这一威胁进行指责。 Mr Assange took refuge at the embassy in June to a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-15 IBM and the Kenyan government are to open a tech research hub in Nairobi, in a joint attempt to help solve local issues such as traffic congestion. IBM与肯尼亚政府将在内罗毕建设一座科技研究中心，联合解决诸如交通拥堵之类的社会问题。 The US firm alrea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-15 At least 33 people have been killed by heavy flooding in central Nigeria's Plateau state. 尼日利亚高原州中部发生特大洪灾，至少33人死亡。 Relief official Abdussalam Muhammad has told the BBC the floods had destroyed homes and washed away roads and br... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-14 A gunman has shot and killed a police officer and a civilian near a university in the US state of Texas. 美国德克萨斯州一持枪歹徒在一座大学附近射杀了一名警官和一位平民。 Several others have been admitted to hospital after being wounded in the shooti... 阅读全文>>