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日本股东提议厕所改蹲厕以提振股价

日期：2012-06-09 因前景黯淡、股价持续走低，日本野村证券的一位股东近日提出数项建议以期提振股价，其中一条建议为，将公司所有卫生间的马桶换为传统的蹲厕。这位股东表示，蹲厕可以帮助强健腰腿，稳固下盘，这样公司的股价也会随之稳定并上升到四位数的高价位。 With investment bank... 阅读全文>>

英国庆祝女王登基60周年

日期：2012-06-09 6月3日，英国女王伊丽莎白二世与王室成员搭乘王室之舟巡游泰晤士河，以庆祝女王登基60周年钻石禧年。英国首相卡梅伦对女王的不懈奉献精神表达敬意，并表示女王不会提前退位，将用余生继续为国家服务。 David Cameron has paid tribute to the Queens unstinting devoti... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-08 Olympus has announced a five-year plan that includes cutting 2,700 jobs. 奥林巴斯宣布将来未来五年之内裁员2700人。 The company said it planned to make a fresh start and go back to basics. Olympus lost 49bn yen ($618m; 400m) in the year to the end of... 阅读全文>>

秘鲁一架直升机失踪

日期：2012-06-08 A helicopter with foreign nationals on board has gone missing in southern Peru, police officials have said. 秘鲁警方称，一架载有外国公民的直升飞机在南部地区失踪。 The helicopter left the Amazon region of Madre de Dios on Wednesday evening bound for... 阅读全文>>

巴西世界杯期间允许销售啤酒

日期：2012-06-07 Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has signed into law a bill that in principle allows the sale of beer during 2014 World Cup matches. 巴西总统迪尔玛罗塞夫签署一项法案允许2014年世界杯比赛期间销售啤酒。 The sale of alcoholic drinks has been banned at... 阅读全文>>

墨西哥开始实行气候变化法案

日期：2012-06-07 Mexican President Felipe Calderon has signed a law introducing binding targets on climate change. 墨西哥总统费利佩卡尔德隆将一份气候变化约束力目标的法案签署生效。 Mr Calderon said on Twitter that the law would make Mexico the first developing countr... 阅读全文>>

美国疾控中心宣布：僵尸并不存在

日期：2012-06-05 The horrific face-eating arrest in Miami and several other seemingly subhuman acts has many people wondering what's behind this flesh-munching wave of terror. 美国迈阿密骇人听闻的裸男吃脸案，和其它多起吃人案使许多民众怀疑事件背后是否有僵尸作祟。 Ove... 阅读全文>>

美洲发现新式寄生虫传染病

日期：2012-06-05 A parasitic infection called Chagas Disease has similarities to the early spread of HIV, according to research published recently in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 根据《PLoS被忽视的热带疾... 阅读全文>>

美国小学生不写作业理由多获“灾难奖”

日期：2012-06-05 The mother of an 8-year-old Arizona girl who was presented with a Catastrophe Award for apparently having the most excuses for not having homework believes her child was humiliated by her teacher. 美国亚利桑那州一所学校的教师向一名8岁女生颁发灾难奖... 阅读全文>>

美国多地限制性侵犯者的活动范围

日期：2012-06-05 Convicted sex offenders are barred from surfing at the famous pier in this Orange County city. In nearby Dana Point, they are prohibited from casting a fishing line in the harbor. 曾被定罪的性侵犯者将被禁止在美国橘子郡的著名码头冲浪。在附近的戴纳波... 阅读全文>>

俄富翁向路人撒钱引非议

日期：2012-06-05 Twenty-seven-year-old Russian millionaire Pavel Durov has earned himself plenty of new critics today after it was reported the mogul threw paper planes made of money from the windows of his St. Petersburg office into a growing crowd of pedestrians b... 阅读全文>>

英小学生将参与设计女王登基60周年宴会菜单

日期：2012-06-03 Schoolchildren across the UK are being invited to come up with ideas for food to be served at Buckingham Palace to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. 英国女王登基60周年庆典即将到来之际，来自英国各地的小学生受邀为白金汉宫举行的宴会设计菜单。 The Duche... 阅读全文>>

荷兰企业家创办离婚旅馆

日期：2012-06-03 A Dutch entrepreneur has offered couples the chance of a weekend away with a difference - by staying in a hotel where he will help them finalise their divorce. 一位荷兰企业家为夫妇们提供了一个不一样的周末度假方式通过让他们住进一家旅馆来帮助他们成功... 阅读全文>>

英打造巨型蛋糕庆女王登基60年

日期：2012-06-03 Never has a Queen had a better reason to say Let them eat cake. Four engineering teams are preparing to do battle in a contest to make the tallest cake to mark the Diamond Jubilee. 从没有一位女王能有更好的理由说：大家吃蛋糕吧。已有四家工程队准备开展... 阅读全文>>

英女王替身近日曝光

日期：2012-06-03 In 60 years, the Queen has never put a foot wrong in public. 60年来，英国女王在公众场合从来没有走错过一步路。 Who's been sitting in my throne? Miss Slack rehearsing for the State Opening of Parliament and the Queen taking part in the real thing And... 阅读全文>>

美国土安全部公布网络敏感词

日期：2012-06-03 The Department of Homeland Security has been forced to release a list of keywords and phrases it uses to monitor social networking sites and online media for signs of terrorist or other threats against the US. 美国国土安全部近日应要求公开了用于监控... 阅读全文>>