BBC News:委內瑞拉為總統(tǒng)查韋斯舉行葬禮
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The coffin of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inching its way through a huge crowd of his supporters in the streets of the capital Caracas. The vice president, Nicolas Maduro, who was chosen by Mr Chavez as his successor, is heading the procession in a tracksuit in the colours of the Venezuelan flag. The president’s body will lie in state at a military academy before his funeral on Friday. Will Grant reports.
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委內瑞拉已故總統(tǒng)烏戈·查韋斯的靈柩緩緩駛過首都加拉加斯的大街，周圍是他的眾多支持者。副總統(tǒng)尼古拉斯·馬杜羅是查韋斯選的接班人，他身穿國旗色的運動裝，走在送喪的人群前面。周五舉行葬禮之前，總統(tǒng)的遺體將陳放在一所軍校里。威爾·格蘭特報道。
For his most devoted supporters, it was a chance to bid their leader, their commandant, goodbye. For many the death of Hugo Chavez has been a moment of visceral raw grief as though they’d lost a family member.
對查韋斯最熱忱的支持者來說，這是一個向其領袖和指揮官告別的機會。對很多人來說，烏戈·查韋斯去世像失去家人一般令人悲痛。
“Chavez lives. Chavez lives because I am Chavez and because most of us are Chavez. Long live Chavez!”
“Chavez hasn’t died. The revolution goes on.”
Hero or authoritarian, champion of the poor or autocrat, Chavez represented many things to many people.
“查韋斯永在，我就是查韋斯，我們大多數人都是查韋斯，因此查韋斯永在，查韋斯萬歲!”
“查韋斯沒有去世，革命還將繼續(xù)。”
無論是被視為英雄還是獨裁者，窮人的后盾還是專斷者，查韋斯對很多人來說意味著很多。
Armed rebel fighters in Syria have seized about 20 United Nations peacekeepers in the Golan Heights. Reports say all the captives are from the Philippines. The UN Security Council has demanded their release. Here’s James Reynolds.
敘利亞武裝叛軍在戈蘭高地逮捕了20多名聯(lián)合國維和人員，報道稱所有俘虜都是菲律賓人。聯(lián)合國安理會要求釋放全部俘虜，詹姆斯·雷諾茲報道。
A video posted online shows a group of Syrian rebels standing on a road next to three white UN vehicles. The cars’ engines are still running. The pictures briefly show two men wearing the UN observer uniform of blue flak jacket and helmet sitting in their trunk at the back of the small convoy. In a statement, the UN confirms that around 20 of its peacekeepers have been detained. It says that the observers were stopped on a regular supply mission near a post that had recently been abandoned because of heavy fighting in the area.
發(fā)布在網絡上的視頻顯示一群敘利亞叛軍站在路上，旁邊是三輛白色的聯(lián)合國車輛，車的引擎仍在運轉。畫面還瞬時顯示小車隊后面有兩名身穿聯(lián)合國觀察員制服—藍色防彈衣和頭盔—的男子坐在卡車上。聯(lián)合國在聲明中確認約20名維和人員被捕，稱這些觀察員是在一個哨卡履行常規(guī)供給任務時被阻攔的，此地最近因激烈的戰(zhàn)斗被拋棄不管。
A row has broken out in Kenya over whether spoiled ballots should be included in the presidential vote. The coalition led by Uhuru Kenyatta says rejected ballots should not be included in the final tally, something which would help his chances of winning the presidency. Correspondents say Kenyans are becoming anxious about the delay in finalising the results.
肯尼亞目前就是否將廢票記入總統(tǒng)選票展開爭論，烏呼魯·肯雅塔的聯(lián)盟稱廢票不該記入最終點票，這樣做的話他贏得總統(tǒng)的幾率就大了。記者稱肯尼亞人延誤會影響最終結果。
The UN has agreed to lift temporarily the embargo on light weapons in Somalia, the world’s oldest weapons blockade. The new government had been lobbying to have the sanctions lifted. Barbara Plett reports.
聯(lián)合國同意暫時取消對索馬里輕型武器禁運令，該國是全世界實施武器禁運最久的國家。新政府一直游說希望取消禁令，Barbara Plett報道。
The resolution eases a UN arms embargo imposed in 1992 as warlords battling for control of Somalia began a long civil war. Now Somalia is trying to establish its first functioning government after two decades of chaos and says that security forces need more weapons to consolidate gains in the fight against Islamist militants. So the Security Council has partially lifted the arms embargo for one year, allowing the authorities to buy light weapons. But recognising that the country is still very fragile, it kept a ban on heavy weapons and added new measures to monitor arms purchases.
1992年軍閥為爭奪對索馬里的控制展開混戰(zhàn)，并導致內戰(zhàn)，聯(lián)合國當時就實施了武器禁運，目前聯(lián)合國的決議取消了該禁令。經過20年的困亂，現(xiàn)在索馬里試圖建立首個健全的政府，稱安全部隊需要更多武器來強化與伊斯蘭武裝分子戰(zhàn)斗的成果。因此安理會就部分取消了武器禁運措施，有效期為一年，允許當局購買輕型武器。但聯(lián)合國也承認該國仍不穩(wěn)定，于是禁止購買重型武器，并采取新措施來監(jiān)督武器購買情況。
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The US House of Representatives has passed a stop-gap bill that will keep the government operating as the White House grapples with spending cuts due to come into force automatically at the end of the month. The bill approved by the Republican-controlled House is designed to ease deep cuts across the defence department that came into effect last week. But Democrats hope to expand it to cover other departments when the bill goes to the Senate.
美國眾議院通過一項權益法案，使得政府能保持運作，目前白宮因即將于本月底自動生效的開支削減措施而爭論不休。共和黨控制的眾議院通過此法案，目的是緩和上周在國防部實施的大幅度削減措施。但民主黨希望在法案進入參議院時能擴展到其他部門。
The Supreme Administrative Court in Ukraine has ordered that the lawyer defending the former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko should be stripped of the seat he has in parliament. It means Serhiy Vlasenko loses his parliamentary immunity and can himself be prosecuted. Mr Vlasenko leads the legal team representing Ms Tymoshenko who is in prison for exceeding her authority while in office and is facing further charges of tax evasion and a contract murder. She said her lawyer had highlighted the absurdity of her judicial harassment.
烏克蘭最高行政法院下令剝奪前總理尤利婭·季莫申科的辯護律師在議院的席位，這意味著謝爾蓋·瓦拉森科要失去他在議會豁免權，并可以被起訴。季莫申科因任職期間越權而入獄，還面臨逃稅和協(xié)約謀殺罪，她的案子由瓦拉森科負責的律師團代理。她說她的律師指出了其司法騷擾的荒謬。
French scientists believe they have come a step closer to understanding how the Vikings were able to navigate across the sea well before the invention of the magnetic compass. A crystal found in the wreckage of a British ship in the English Channel is believed to be what was referred as a “sunstone” in ancient Norse literature. It’s thought the crystal was used to pinpoint the sun’s position. Here’s Hugh Schofield.
法國科學家認為進一步了解為何維京人能在指南針發(fā)明之前航行大海之謎。據悉，在英吉利海峽一艘英國船只廢墟中發(fā)現(xiàn)的一顆水晶就是古挪威文學中所指的“太陽石”。據悉這種水晶可用來確定太陽的位置，休·斯科菲爾德報道。
An oblong crystal the size of a cigarette packet was found on a ship next to a pair of dividers, suggesting that it was part of the navigational equipment. It’s now been shown that the crystal is of Iceland spar, a form of calcite, which is known for its property of diffracting light into two separate rays. Testing a similar crystal, the team of scientists from Rennes University in France shows that by rotating it you can find the point where the two beams converge and that indicates the direction of the sun. It works on cloudy days and when the sun has set.
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科學家在船只廢墟中一對圓規(guī)旁邊發(fā)現(xiàn)一塊香煙盒大小的長方形水晶，表明這是航行設備的一部分。據信這種水晶是冰洲石，是方解石的一種，這種石頭可以將光衍射稱各種光線。法國雷恩大學的科學家小組通過測試類似的水晶發(fā)現(xiàn)，轉動這種水晶可以發(fā)現(xiàn)兩個光柱的匯合點，這樣就能指明太陽的方向。這種石頭在陰天和太陽落山時仍然有用。
