The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2011/10/05

 Paul James with you on this Wednesday, October 5th, 2011. 

- China and Russia have used their vetoes to stop a UN Security Council resolution on Syria.

- Afganistan and India have signed a new strategic partnership¹ amid the growing tensions between Kabul and Pakistan.

- Moody's has downgraded Italy's credit rating.

- European finance ministers have decided² to delay a final decision on whether or not to give Greece the latest installment³ of its bailout.

- Apple has unveiled the latest version of its iPhone.

- And coming up in the 2nd half of the hour, an encore presentation of People In the Know.

1 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 installment   

n.(instalment)分期付款；(连载的)一期

参考例句：

• I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
• He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。