• 以色列发生森林大火 40人死亡

    10-12-03 About 40 people have died in what is thought to be Israel's largest ever forest fire, police have said. 警方称,一场可能是以色列历史上最大的森林大火造成大约40人死亡。 Many of the victims were prison guards travelling on a bus which was caught in the...

  • 新西兰将成立矿难调查委员会

    10-11-29 The New Zealand cabinet has agreed to open a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Pike River mining disaster in which 29 miners died. 新西兰内阁同意成立一个皇家调查委员会对派可河矿难进行调查。 Fires in the Pike River mine could delay the recovery of...

  • 测试大火对钢架构的影响

    10-11-17 Researchers at Purdue University are studying the effects of fire on steel structures, such as buildings and bridges, using a one-of-a-kind heating system and a specialized laboratory for testing large beams and other components. Building fires may...

  • 苏丹阿比射击事件是“战争的借口”

    10-10-13 Shooting on Monday night by northern Sudan soldiers was an attempt to start clashes in the oil-rich region of Abyei, southern former rebels say. 苏丹前南方造反派称,北方军队周一晚上的射击案是准备在富含石油的阿比郡制造冲突的尝试。 Joint north-south u...

  • 北约运油车在巴基斯坦遇袭

    10-10-09 Gunmen in south-western Pakistan have attacked and set fire to nearly 30 tankers carrying oil to Nato troops in Afghanistan. 北约将近30辆运油车在巴基斯坦西南部地区遭持枪歹徒袭击烧毁,这些运油车负责向北约驻阿富汗的军队运输燃油。 The gunmen torched th...

  • Wood Fire 森林之火

    10-09-14 Wood Fire One woman lectured her best friend on the nature of the male animal. Husbands are like wood fires; they go out if left unattened. Does that mean, asked the other, that they make ashes of themselves? 森林之火 一名妇女向她最好的朋友大谈雄性...

  • 南非某养老院发生火灾 18人死亡

    10-08-03 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...

  • 卡塔尔外交官飞机上恶作剧被拘留

    10-04-08 A man has been detained after an incident on a flight from Washington's Reagan airport to Denver. 一名男子在从纽约里根机场飞至丹佛的旅程中因恶意制造恐慌而被拘留。 Two F-16 jets were scrambled(攀登,争夺) to intercept(阻止) the plane and escort(...

  • 乌干达男子火烧布干达皇家坟墓

    10-04-01 A man has turned himself in to Ugandan police and confessed to setting fire to five royal tombs of the traditional Buganda kings earlier this month. 一位乌干达男子向警方自首,承认自己在本月早些时候防火烧了五座布干达国王的皇家坟墓。 The fire caused r...

  • 印度加尔各答火灾死亡34人

    10-03-29 The death toll in a huge fire in the Indian city of Calcutta last week has risen to 34 with the recovery of more bodies over the weekend, police say. 印度警方称,上周加尔各答发生的特大火灾,死亡人数已上升至34人。 Stephen Court is one of Calcutta's o...