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1 BBCBBC NewsNews withwith StewartStewart MacintoshMacintosh 斯图尔特 麦金塔为你播报 BBC 新闻 The first of a large group of South African miners accused of murder after recent protests have been released by a court Karen Allen reports from Johannesburg 在最近抗议中被指控谋杀罪的第一批大量矿工已被法院宣告释放 凯伦 阿伦在约翰内斯堡 报道 Celebrations as the protesting mine workers were released from custody and a sense oftriumphalismthat murder charges which had prompted a publicoutcryhave been withdrawn for the time being at least In a move that prompted public outrage 290 miners from the Marikana mine were initially charged with the murder of their colleagues usi ng an apartheid era law after a protest during a wage dispute ended with 34 mine workers shot dead TV footage at the time appeared to show the police fired the fatal shots 人们在庆祝被监禁的抗议矿工获释 感到获得了胜利 这起谋杀指控一度引起群情激愤 目 前指控被撤回 至少眼前如此 这件事之所以引起公愤 是因为 Marikana 矿工因薪酬问题 进行抗议 结果 34 名矿工遭到杀害 检察官援引种族隔离时期的法律 指控另外 290 名矿 工谋杀了同事 而当时的电视视频显示是警察开枪打死了矿工 The funeral of one of Italy s most popular and controversial church figures Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini has taken place in Milan In aposthumouslypublished interview the cardinal had criticized the church for being 200 years behind the time David Willey reports 意大利最著名最有争议的教堂人物主教马蒂尼的葬礼在米兰举行 在主教死后发布的采访中 他批评教堂已落后于时代 200 年 大卫 维利报道 The cardinal an impressive churchman died last Friday at the age of 85 Over 200 000 peoplefiled pasthis coffin during the weekend as he lay in state in the cathedral where he d been archbishop for more than two decades Among the mourners at the crowded recurring mass were leaders from all walks of Italian public life including Prime Minster Mario Monti Cardinal Martini a Jesuit was seen as one of the last progressives in a church increasingly dominated by conservatives headed by Pope Benedict 这位有影响力的主教上周五去世 终年 85 岁 周末 在他担任大主教 20 多年的大教堂 有 超过 20 万人缓缓经过他的灵柩 在拥挤的吊唁者人群中 有意大利公共生活各个行业的领 2 导人 其中就有总理马里奥 蒙蒂 主教马蒂尼是耶酥会会士 在这个以班尼迪克教皇领导 下保守派日益占主导地位的教堂 他被视为最后的进步派 Armenia has warned its neighbor and traditional enemy Azerbaijan that it s ready for war if it has to fight one President Serzh Sarkisyan made a statement after Azerbaijan gave a hero s welcome to an Azeri officer who d served eight years in a Hungarian jail forhackingan Armenian colleague to death during Nato language course in Hungary Budapest sent him back to Azerbaijan last week to serve the rest of his sentence there But Azerbaijan pardoned him promoted him and paid him eight years back wages 亚美尼亚警告邻国和宿敌阿塞拜疆说 如果有必要 将做好迎战的战备 总统谢尔日 萨尔 基相发表这个声明 是因为一名在匈牙利上北约语言课程时杀死一名亚美尼亚同事并在匈牙 利监狱服刑 8 年的阿塞拜疆官员在该国得到英雄般的欢迎 上周布达佩斯将此人送回阿塞拜 疆继续服刑 但阿塞拜疆宽恕了他 还提拔他 付给他 8 年的工资 Opposition activists in Syria say more than 30 people have been killed in a government airstrike on al Bab a town in the north of the country They said several children and women were among those who died Opposition groups also said more than 100 others were killed in different parts of the country The Syrian information minister said the campaign against the rebels would continueirrespective ofany political moves to halt the violence 叙利亚反对派称 在该国北部的 al Bab 镇 30 多人在政府的空袭中身亡 他们说死者中有 几名儿童和妇女 反对派组织称还有 100 多人在该国其他地区被杀 叙利亚信息部长说针对 叛军的行动会继续进行 不顾任何政治动机来阻止暴力 The larges rebel group in Colombia the Farc has confirmed that exploratory talks are underway with the Colombian government on reaching a peace deal The Farc leader Rodrigo Londono said the rebels were coming to the table withoutrancoror arrogance It was the first official statement by the Marxist guerrilla group since the Colombian president first announced that preliminary talks with the rebels had been held The Farc have been fighting the government for almost five decades 哥伦比亚大叛军组织 Farc 确认 目前正与哥伦比亚政府进行探究式的对话以达成和平协议 该组织领导人 Rodrigo Londono 说 叛军是不带敌意和傲慢来到谈判桌上的 这是自哥伦比 亚总统首次宣布与叛军举行初步谈判以来这个马克思主义游击队发出的第一个官方声明 Farc 组织与政府已作战了近 50 年 The Mexican President Felipe Calderon has delivered his final state of the nation address before leaving office in December He admitted errors had been made tackling Mexico s drug cartels as Will Grant reports 3 墨西哥总统 Felipe Caldero 发表 12 月离职之前的最后一次国情咨文 他承认在打击墨西哥 贩毒团伙的斗争中犯了错误 Will Grant 报道 President Calderon also recognized his own mistakes and limitations but overall he suggested his government to put the foundations in place for improved security in Mexico To protect Mexicans from criminality has been a legal political and moralimperativefor my government he said The policies had begun to bear fruit but the real results were still to come he said Beyond the country s drug violence Mr Calderon was met with applause for his economic record when he said he d created nearly two million new jobs in Mexico despite the global economic crisis 总统 Caldero 还承认了自身的错误和局限 但总体上说 他表示政府为改善墨西哥的安全打 下了基础 保护墨西哥人免受犯罪活动侵害是我们政府在法律上 政治上和道德上都必须 做的事情 他说 实施的政策得到了成果 但真正的果实还在后面 除了该国的毒品暴力 Calderon 说 尽管有全球经济危机的影响 他还是给墨西哥创造了近 200 万的新就业机会 他的经济成就给他赢得了掌声 Police in Madagascar say villagers have killed more than 80 cattle thieves in separate attacks in the south of the island Richard Hamilton reports 马达加斯加岛警方称 在该岛南部的几次来袭中 村民们杀死了 80 多名偷牛的盗贼 理查 德 汉密尔顿报道 The incident occurred on Friday night near the southern town of Fort Dapuhin Police said they d sent reinforcements to prevent reprisals Cattle rustling is common in Madagascar particularly in the arid south of the island although the casualties are not normally this large At the center of the conflict are the local humped cattle known as zebu which have become the target of a bombing criminal trade The zebu s arecovetedas symbols of wealth and social standing In some communities a young man even has to steal an animal to prove hismanhoodand win the favor of his in laws The stolen zebu then has to be returned to its owner