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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice condemned¹ the bomb blast that struck a U.S. embassy vehicle Tuesday in Beirut as an act of terrorism. During a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Rice said the United States will not be deterred² in its efforts to bring democracy to Lebanon.

美国国务卿赖斯谴责星期二在贝鲁特发生的攻击美国大使馆汽车的爆炸事件，说这是一起恐怖行动。在沙特阿拉伯利雅得举行的新闻发布会上，赖斯说，恐怖行动不能阻挡美国帮助黎巴嫩实现民主的努力。

The State Department says the blast killed four people, none of them American, and damaged the armored embassy vehicle.

美国国务院说，这次爆炸事件导致4人死亡，其中没有美国人。美国大使馆的一辆装甲车也遭到破坏。

Secretary Rice calls it a terrorist act. She says if those responsible think they can intimidate³ the United States, they are wrong. "The United States will of course not be deterred in its efforts to help the Lebanese people, to help the democratic forces in Lebanon, to help Lebanon resist foreign interference in their affairs, and to uphold the many security council resolutions passed on behalf of a stable and democratic Lebanon," she said.

美国国务卿赖斯说，这起爆炸是恐怖活动。她说，如果那些肇事者以为他们可以威慑住美国，那他们就错了。她说：“美国帮助黎巴嫩人民、帮助黎巴嫩的民主力量、帮助黎巴嫩抵制外国干预内政的努力绝不会受到阻挡。美国支持安理会为了黎巴嫩的稳定和民主通过很多决议的努力绝不会受到阻挡。”

Rice spoke⁴ in Riyadh, where President Bush has spent the last two days in talks with Saudi leaders. The secretary of state told reporters that Lebanon was one of the issues discussed, particularly the Arab plan for resolving the dispute over the election of a new president. "American policy has much in common with what is in the Arab initiative, most especially that the Lebanese people should be encouraged to and then be permitted to elect their president. They have a consensus⁵ candidate. It should be a matter of going to the parliament and electing a president," she said.

赖斯是在利雅得发表的讲话。在过去两天里，布什总统在这里与沙特领导人举行会谈。赖斯向记者表示，黎巴嫩是他们讨论的问题之一，尤其是阿拉伯国家关于如何解决黎巴嫩选举新总统争端的计划。赖斯说：“美国的政策与阿拉伯国家的倡议有很多共同点，尤其是应当鼓励黎巴嫩人民，允许他们选举总统。他们有一位各方同意的候选人。这件事应当由议会处理，选举一位总统。”

The term of the last Lebanese president, pro-Syrian Emile Lahoud, expired last November. A dispute over the shape of the next government between the majority pro-western coalition⁶ and the Hezbollah-led opposition⁷ has blocked action in parliament.

黎巴嫩最后一位总统、亲叙利亚的拉胡德的任期去年11月结束。占多数的亲西方的联盟和真主党领导的反对派在如何组成下届政府问题上的争端阻止了议会采取行动。