日期:2010-08-19 France is to begin deporting Roma (Gypsies) as part of a crackdown on illegal camps in the country. 作为对非法聚居地进行镇压行动的一部分,法国开始驱赶境内的罗姆人(吉普赛人)。 Critics say the evictions could lead to a rise in xenophobia among the F... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-11 Mexico's supreme court has ruled that same-sex marriages in Mexico City must be recognised throughout the country. 墨西哥最高法院裁定,墨西哥城的同性恋婚姻必须得到全国认可。 Gay activists have welcomed the Supreme Court\s support The ruling does not... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-11 Morocco's government says it will close 1,256 mosques deemed unsafe to avoid a repeat of the collapse of a minaret in February that killed 41 people. 摩洛哥政府称,1256座清真寺因为安全问题将被关闭,今年2月份一座宣礼塔倒塌致使41人死亡。 The accident... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-07 British wartime prime minister Winston Churchill banned the reporting for 50 years of an alleged UFO incident because of fears it could create mass panic, according to claims made public on Thursday. 英国于本周四披露的一份机密文件称,二战期间,英国... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-07 Queuing, along with warm beer and afternoon tea, was once a quintessential British trait. But it would seem we are no longer prepared to wait in line. 排队、热啤和下午茶曾一度是英国人的典型特点。而如今,英国人似乎不再愿意排队了。 Two minutes is the... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-07 Alone on his 49th birthday, President Barack Obama fled the empty White House mansion and headed for a more intimate celebration with longtime friends in his Chicago hometown. 美国总统贝拉克奥巴马日前独自迎来49岁的生日。当天,奥巴马离开空荡荡的白宫... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-07 Nobody would argue that 2010 has been an up-and-down year for Sandra Bullock, given her best actress Oscar for The Blind Side followed by her divorce from scandal-plagued husband Jesse James. 如果说2010年对于桑德拉布洛克来说像是坐过山车,估计没人会... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-07 Britain is to ban employers looking for lap dancers, strippers, topless barmaids or sexy web-cam performers from placing adverts at Jobcentres. 日前,英国政府宣布将禁止在就业服务中心发布招聘大腿舞舞女、脱衣舞女、裸胸酒吧女招待或性感视频女郎的广告。... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-07 在美日安保条约签订50周年以及广岛和长崎原子弹爆炸65周年之际,美国军方推出了一系列漫画作品向日本年轻一代宣传美日安全同盟及其重要性。 The US military is using manga(日本漫画) -style comic books to promote to Japanese children its view on the importan... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-07 继上周东京警方发现该市官方记录最长寿的111岁男性公民早在30年前死亡的事件后,本周又有报道称该市113岁的最长寿老人并不在之前登记的住所生活,目前下落不明。这一系列事件引起了日本厚生劳动省的关注,并下令在全国范围内开展老年人口生存状况的调查。 Japan's heal... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-07 英国莱切斯特市议会近期宣布将出资近4万英镑为全部54名议员配备iPad,以提高工作效率并节省办公支出。 A cash-strapped council has been criticized after it announced plans to spend nearly 40,000 of taxpayers' money on iPads for every councilor. A cash-stra... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-07 A hacker has discovered a way to force ATMs to disgorge their cash by hijacking the computers inside them. 一位计算机黑客通过入侵ATM柜员机里的电脑的方式,不用银行卡就能让ATM机疯狂吐钞。 A hacker has discovered a way to force ATMs to disgorge their c... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-06 A ban on the use of Blackberry phones to send and receive messages is due to come into effect in Saudi Arabia. 沙特阿拉伯一项禁用黑莓手机发送、接受短信的禁令即将生效。 Blackberry\s encrypted message service has some governments concerned The country... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-06 The Japanese city of Hiroshima is marking the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack. 日本广岛市正在举行原子弹爆炸65周年纪念。 For the first time, a representative of the United States, which dropped the bomb on the city, is attend... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-06 US officials have charged 14 people with providing money, personnel and services to the Somali militant group al-Shabab. 美国官方以向索马里武装集团青年党提供资金、人员以及其它服务等罪名起诉14人。 Al-Shabab has taken control of large parts of Somalia... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-06 Al-Qaeda's leadership in Pakistan and its affiliates in Africa remain the biggest threats to US and its interests abroad, a US government report says. 一份美国政府报告称,基地组织在巴基斯坦的领导阶层以及其在非洲的分支是美国以及美国在海外利益的最大威... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-04 One of Russia's most infamous rappers has been sentenced to 10 days in jail for mocking police. 俄罗斯名声最差的说唱歌手之一因为嘲弄警察被拘留10天。 Noize MC (right) is notorious for his caustic lyrics Ivan Alexeyev, aka Noize MC, taunted(奚落,嘲... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-04 Saudi Arabia's telecoms watchdog has called on telecoms firms in the country to block the messenger function on Blackberry handsets from Friday. 沙特阿拉伯电信监管部门要求其国内电信公司从周五开始禁止黑莓手机的即时通信功能。 The watchdog said the ban... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-03 Tokyo's reputed oldest woman has been missing for decades, Japanese officials have discovered as they made checks after the city's supposed oldest man was found to have died years ago. 东京年龄最大的男子在数年前已经死亡,日本官员在对此进行调查的同时... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-03 A fire at a retirement home in South Africa has left 18 people dead. 南非一座养老院发生火灾,导致18人死亡。 Several more were injured in the blaze, which broke out at around 2100 (1900 GMT) on Sunday, 50km (30 miles) south-east of Johannesburg. The... 阅读全文>> |
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