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Billions of dollars have been wiped off stock marketsaround the world because growing concern aboutplunging oil prices and fears about economicslowdown. In New York, the Dow Jones Index close1.5% down. The main European stock exchanges slip to a 15 months low. Theo Leggettreports.“Serious concerns about growth in China and what that might mean for the global economy,falling oil prices and the effects of rising interest rates in the United States. All of these havebeen cited as factors affecting share prices around the world. The 100 Share Index has droppedto levels not seen since late 2012 and it's lost a fifth of its values since reaching record highs inApril 2015, the situation known as a bear market. Analysts say many investors are simply losingconfidence and selling shares in order to find a safer place for their money.”

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對油價下跌的擔憂和對經濟放緩的恐懼使得全世界股市損失了數(shù)十億美元，在紐約，道瓊斯指數(shù)收盤了跌了1.5%，歐洲主要證券交易所跌到15個月來的最低點。萊格特報道。“人們非常擔心中國的增長以及這對世界經濟的影響，還擔心油價下跌和美國升息的影響，所有這些都是影響世界股價的因素。100指數(shù)下跌到2012年底以來的最低點，損失了自2015年4月最高紀錄后五分之一的價值，這就是所謂的熊市，分析家稱很多投資者已經失去信心，正在賣掉股票來為自己的資金尋找更安全的地方。”

A watchdog in the United States has severely criticized the way more than 800 million dollarsspent by the Department of Defense in Afghanistan to boost economic development. Especiallyinvestigator general for Afghan reconstruction says the scheme's legacy was marred bypoorly planned ill-conceived projects.Here is Gary O’Donoghue.“This is the latest in a series of blistering criticisms which’ve accused the defense departmentof a scatter-gun approach to economic developments. Among the projects which has drawnan eye of the inspect general,is one which saw more than 6 million dollars spent to build upAfghanistan's cashmere industry around the city of Herat. Nine rare blond Italian goats wereimported, rumored cost around 50,000 dollars each and according to the inspect general thescheme was so poorly monitored that it can't be said for sure that the goats weren't justeaten. Contractor has hit back the allegations saying that the money created between 250 and350 jobs.”

美國一觀察機構嚴厲批評阿富汗國防部將8億多美元用于促進經濟發(fā)展的方式，阿富汗重建特別監(jiān)察長稱重建項目的成果被計劃不周的項目所破壞。嘉里·多諾修報道。“這是阿富汗國防部遭到的最新的嚴厲批評，該部被控采取低效率的辦法來促進經濟發(fā)展。其中一個引起監(jiān)察長注意的項目是將600多萬美元用于發(fā)展赫拉特市周圍的羊絨產業(yè)。”他們進口了9頭意大利金毛山羊，傳聞稱每頭羊大約5萬美元，據(jù)這位監(jiān)察長說，這個項目沒有得到監(jiān)管，無法確定地說這些山羊不是被吃了。承包商反駁這一說法，稱這筆資金創(chuàng)造了250到350個就業(yè)崗位。”

US astronomers say they may have discovered a new planet in the solar system about 10times bigger than earth. The object is named planet 9. Jonathan Amos has more.“The idea that there might be a so-called planet-x moving in the distant reaches of the solarsystem has been dated for more than 100 years. It's fallen in and out of vogue, the latestclaim is based on the analysis of the movements of objects in the band of icy material orbitingmore than 3 billion miles away, known as the Kuiper belt. The only way these alignments can beexplained, said the Cal tech team, is for an object 10 times as massive as the earth is out theresomewhere moving perhaps 20 times as far away as Neptune, the current most distantplanet.

美國宇航員稱可能在太陽系發(fā)現(xiàn)一顆比地球大十倍的新行星，該行星被命名為“行星9”。喬納森·阿莫斯報道。“100多年前科學家就猜測在太陽系的遠處有這顆名為‘行星9’的行星，但這一說法比較模糊。最近的說法是基于對30多億英里外柯伊伯帶上運轉的天體運動的分析。該研究團隊稱解釋天體這種排列的唯一原因，就是在20倍于目前最遠行星海王星距離的地方存在10倍于地球大小的物體。”

New figures in Brazil show a further rise in the number of babies born with abnormally smallheads. There have been nearly 3900 cases of microcephaly since October when the authoritiesfirst notice the surge. The disease has been linked to the Zika virus, which has carried bymosquitoes.You are listening to the latest world news from the BBC

巴西最新數(shù)據(jù)顯示患有小頭癥的新生兒數(shù)量繼續(xù)增加，自10月份當局首次發(fā)現(xiàn)該問題以來已有近3900例小頭癥，該疾病與蚊子傳播的Zika病毒有關。

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