BBCnews:美國失業(yè)率下降到四年來最低水平
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A police convoy has left a British prison for a military airfield to hand over the radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza and four other suspects for extradition to the United States to face terrorism charges. Earlier on Friday, after years of legal wrangling, judges at the High Court in London said the five men could be deported to America immediately. It follows a failed appeal to halt the extradition on health grounds. Donny Sandwich reports.
Outside the Royal Court of Justice, about a hundred campaigners gathered for the final chapter in its long-running legal saga. They held banners reading ‘freedom democracy hypocrisy’ and ‘Islam will prevail ’. But inside the court, the judges clinically took apart the argument that Abu Hamza should be allowed to stay in Britain. Lord Justice Thomas said he and Mr. Justice Owsley were wholly unpersuaded that the cleric was unfit to plead his trial. He said Abu Hamza could be treated in the United States for his mental health problems which was said to include depression and memory loss.
The World's largest platinum producer Anglo American Platinum has sacked 12,000 South African workers who have been on an unofficial strike. Martin Plot reports.
For the past three weeks only 20% of Anglo Platinum miners have turned [up for] work. The company says four of its mines are at a standstill. This comes as another Anglo American company, this time Mining Ano closed its plant. Four gold mining companies are also at a halt . This wave of industrial unrest, much of it not sanctioned by the recognized unions, comes as the South Africa's finance minister has cut forecast for growth. Investors are increasingly skeptical about the country's future, a major headache for President Jacob Zuma.
The US unemployment rate has fallen below 8%, its lowest level in almost 4 years. Speaking at the rally a few hours after the figures were released, President Obama said America was on the route to recovery.
Our businesses have now added 5.2 million new jobs over the past two and a half year. This morning we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since I took office.
The director general of the BBC says the allegations of its former star presenter, Jimmy Savile, sexually abused young teenagers in the 60s and 70s have left him appalled . George Enthrew who recently took up the post o f the director general said the BBC’s thoughts and sympathies were with the women affected and he urged staff, past and present, with any information to come forward. Sir Jimmy Savile died last year.
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Turkish military units have opened fire on Syrian military positions after a mortar shell landed on the countryside in southern Turkey. The Syrian shell landed near a town of InHatay province. There were no reports of casualties. On Wednesday and Thursday Syrian military targets were hit by a Turkish artillery after a Syrian mortar shell killed five people in the Turkish town of Akcakale.
Syrian activists say the city of Homs has been subjected to its most severe bombardment in five months. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said aircraft and artillery targeted the neighborhood of Khaldiya, but said that there was no confirmation on the number of casualties.
In the biggest demonstrations in Jordan for years, thousands of people have marched through the capital Amman demanding political reform. Our correspondent Wyre Davies was there.
As many as ten thousand people took to the streets of Amman today, mainly supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamic Action Front, but also other leftist and opposition groups. Security outside the al-Husseini mosque in [Amonzo] city was extremely tight. But everything passed off remarkably,peacefully. There is simply no appetite here for the violence and turmoil that has engulfed the region over the last two years. Nonetheless, the large noisy crowds was openly critical of the king's promised political reforms and demanded fundamental changes to a system they say is corrupt and loaded in favor of the country's ruling elite .
The United Nations says the situation in western Burma remains tense following violence in June between Buddhists and the country's Muslim Rohingya minority. A spokesman for the UN Refugee Agency, Adrian Edwards, said the number of people displaced by the clashes in Rakhine state was continuing to rise as more villagers left their homes in search of food, healthcare and other assistance.
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一支警察使團離開一座英國監(jiān)獄，前往一處軍事機場將穆斯林極端阿訇阿布哈姆扎及另外四名嫌犯引渡至美國，他們將在那里接受恐怖主義指控。早先周五，經(jīng)過數(shù)年的法律爭執(zhí)，倫敦高級法院的法院稱可立即將五人驅(qū)逐到美國。之前五人曾以健康理由申訴停止驅(qū)逐，但被駁回。Donny Sandwich報道。
大約100名活動人士聚集在皇室法院外面等待這場曠日持久的法律爭端的最后結(jié)果，他們手持小旗，上書“自由民主的虛偽”以及“伊斯蘭必勝”。但在法庭內(nèi)，法官公正宣判，否決所謂允許阿布哈姆扎留在英國的說法。托馬斯大法官說他和韋斯利法官完全不為所謂阿訇不適合申辯的說法所動。他說阿布哈姆扎應(yīng)到美國接受心理問題治療，據(jù)說他患有抑郁和記憶喪失癥。
世界最大鉑制造商南非英美鉑業(yè)解雇了一萬兩千名私自舉行罷工的南非工人。Martin Plot報道。
過去三周內(nèi)英美鉑業(yè)只有20%的礦工來工作，該公司稱已有4個礦場已經(jīng)停產(chǎn)。另一家礦場Mining Ano已經(jīng)關(guān)閉工廠，4家金礦公司也已處于停滯狀態(tài)。這次工業(yè)動亂中，許多罷工都未經(jīng)過公認的公會的批準，同時南非財政部長降低了對增長的預(yù)期。投資者越發(fā)擔(dān)心該公司的前景，這也成令總統(tǒng)雅各布·祖瑪頭疼的一大問題。
美國失業(yè)率下降到8%以下，這是近四年以來的最低水平。數(shù)據(jù)公布幾小時后，總統(tǒng)奧巴馬面對集會人群說，美國已步入恢復(fù)之路。
過去兩年半里，我們的企業(yè)增加了5200萬個新崗位。今天早上，我們看到失業(yè)率已下降到我上任以來的最低點。
BBC總經(jīng)理說，聽聞前著名主持人吉米·薩維爾被指控在六七十歲時性侵年輕女孩，他非常震驚。最近剛擔(dān)任總經(jīng)理的George Enthrew說，BBC非常同情受害女性，他呼吁凡是解此事的所有老員工和現(xiàn)任員工能提供信息。吉米·薩維爾是去年去世的。
土耳其軍隊對敘利亞軍事?lián)c開火，此前，敘利亞的追擊炮落到土耳其南部邊境，具體地點是InHatay省某鎮(zhèn)，但無傷亡報道。敘利亞一枚追擊炮殺死土耳其阿克恰卡萊鎮(zhèn)5人后，周三和周四，敘利亞的軍事目標遭到土耳其大炮的轟擊。
敘利亞活動人士稱胡姆斯鎮(zhèn)遭受5個月來最嚴重的轟炸，敘利亞人權(quán)觀察組織稱飛機和大炮對寇迪亞社區(qū)進行打擊，但尚未對傷亡人數(shù)進行確認。
約旦舉行數(shù)年來最大規(guī)模的游行，數(shù)千人穿過首都安曼要求進行政治改革。記者Wyre Davies在現(xiàn)場報道。
今天有一萬人走上阿曼街頭，他們主要是穆斯林兄弟組織的支持者和伊斯蘭行動陣線黨，也有其他左翼與反對派組織。阿爾侯賽因清真寺外的安全部署很嚴密，但一切都和平地進行，令人贊嘆?？棺h者無心給這個過去兩年間受暴力和動亂蹂躪的地區(qū)再帶來亂局。然而，大群吵鬧的抗議者公開批評國王承諾過的政治改革，要求對維護該國執(zhí)政精英利益的腐敗體系進行根本性的改革。
聯(lián)合國稱緬甸西部局勢仍很緊張，6月份，佛教徒和該國穆斯林洛興雅少數(shù)民族發(fā)生了暴力沖突。聯(lián)合國難民機構(gòu)發(fā)言人愛德華茲說，洛興雅州因沖突而離開家園的人數(shù)仍在增加，村民們離開家園尋找食物、醫(yī)療和其他救援。
