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The security forces in Pakistan have been fighting a lengthy battle with militants who attacked a naval base in the city of Karachi overnight. Around a dozen well-armed attackers entered the base, setting off explosives. Eleven people are reported to have been killed, and a number have been taken hostage, including Chinese military staff. The Pakistani Taliban say they are responsible. Fighting is continuing in one part of the base, where the authorities say they've surrounded the militants. From Karachi, Shoaib Hasan reports.

巴基斯坦安全力量与夜间突袭卡拉奇一个海军基地的好战分子发生了持久的战斗。大约12名武装精良的袭击者进入基地，引爆炸药。据报道，已有11人死亡，还有几人被劫持，包括一名中国军人。巴基斯坦塔利班分子宣称对这次事件负责。在该基地的一个部分，战斗仍在继续，当局称他们已经包围了好战分子。卡拉奇，Shoaib Hasan报道。

Flames can be seen in the distance, and intermittent gunfire continues as troops battle the militants inside. Security officials told the BBC that several gunmen stormed the heavily-guarded Mehran naval air base late in the evening in central Karachi. Their first targets were aircraft parked on the tarmac and equipment in nearby hangers. Eyewitnesses say the militants used rocket-propelled grenades to damage and destroy several warplanes. These include the Pakistan army's premier anti-submarine attack jet - the US-made P-3C Orion. At least two of these multi-million-dollar aircraft were set ablaze.

从远处就可以看到熊熊燃烧的大火，而且仍然断断续续地传出军队与里面的好战分子交火的枪声。安全力量告诉BBC，几名持枪分子深夜袭击了卡拉奇中部守卫森严的迈赫兰海军航空基地。他们的首要目标是停在停机坪上的飞机和附近的设备。目击者表示，好战分子使用火箭弹摧毁了几架战机，包括巴基斯坦军队美国制造的P-3C猎户座反潜巡逻机。这种战机价值数亿美元，至少两架被付之一炬。

Gulf Arab states have suspended their efforts to negotiate a power transfer deal in Yemen after President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused to sign it. The deal was meant to pave the way for Mr Saleh's resignation after months of pro-democracy protests in Yemen. State television reported that President Saleh would only sign it in the presence of opposition leaders. At one point, Western and Arab diplomats trying to mediate a solution were airlifted from the United Arab Emirates embassy in Sanaa after it was surrounded by armed supporters of the president.

海湾阿拉伯国家停止协商也门权利过渡的努力，因为总统萨利赫拒绝签字。该协议旨在经过几个月的支持民主活动之后为萨利赫辞职铺平道路。国家电视台报道称，只有反对派领导人在场的情况下萨利赫总统才会签字。曾经一度，试图调停解决方案的西方国家和阿拉伯国家的外交官被迫乘飞机从阿联酋驻萨那大使馆撤退，因为大使馆被总统的武装支持者包围。

The United Nations Security Council has called on the northern Sudanese army to withdraw from positions it has taken in the disputed region of Abyei on the border with southern Sudan. The south said the capture of Abyei was an act of war. The United States special envoy to Sudan, Princeton Lyman, described the escalation as "extraordinarily dangerous". The medical charity MSF said some 20,000 people had fled following the clashes in Abyei. Southern Sudan is due to become independent in July.

联合国安理会呼吁北苏丹军队撤出他们在南北边境处有争议的阿卜耶伊占领的地方。南方表示，北方军队占领阿卜耶伊是战争行为。美国驻苏丹特使普林斯顿·莱曼(Princeton Lyman)称这次双方关系的升级“非常危险”。无国界医生组织表示已有大约20,000人逃离阿卜耶伊的冲突。南苏丹在7月份将宣布独立。

The governing Socialist party in Spain has suffered a crushing defeat in local and regional elections after a campaign dominated by protests against high unemployment. The Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said the Socialists had been punished for three years of economic crisis, but he said he would not bring forward a general election due next year.

由于反对高失业率的抗议活动，执政的西班牙工人社会党在地方和区域选举中遭遇惨败。西班牙首相萨帕特罗(Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero)表示，工人社会党已经由于三年的经济危机受到惩罚，但是他表示，他不会将原定于明年的大选提前举行。

"The new local governments that come out of these elections will face very tough economic conditions for everyone. And we all, the government of Spain and the local governments, must contribute to help Spain recover the living standards the country deserves."

“在这次选举中当选的新的地方政府将面临非常严峻的经济形势。西班牙政府和地方政府都必须致力于恢复国家应有的生活水平。”

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The former President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted and forced into exile in 2009, has signed an agreement with his successor which will allow him to return home. Mr Zelaya and the Honduran President Porfirio Lobo smiled and shook hands as they signed the agreement in the Colombian city of Cartagena.

2009年被推翻并被迫流亡的洪都拉斯前总统曼努埃尔·塞拉亚与现任总统签署协议，这份协议将使他结束流亡生活回国。塞拉亚和现任总统波菲里奥·洛沃(Porfirio Lobo)在哥伦比亚城市卡塔赫纳签署该协议时面带微笑并握手。

The top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in France, the Palme d'Or, has been won by The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick. The best actress award went to Kirsten Dunst for her performance in Lars von Trier's film Melancholia. Von Trier was thrown out of the festival last week for joking that he was a Nazi. Kirsten Dunst briefly alluded to the row in her acceptance speech.

本届戛纳电影节最高奖项金棕榈奖颁发给泰伦斯·马力克(Terrence Malick)编导的《生命之树》。克尔斯滕·邓斯特(Kirsten Dunst)凭借在拉斯·冯·提尔(Lars von Trier)的影片《忧郁症》中的表演获得最佳女演员奖。拉斯·冯·提尔上周曾因为开玩笑说他是纳粹分子而被排除出这次电影节。克尔斯滕·邓斯特在获奖感言中隐晦地提到了这一点。

"Thank you so much to the jury. This is an honour that is a once-in-a-lifetime thing for an actress. And thank you to the Cannes Film Festival for allowing our film to still be in competition. And I want to thank Lars for giving me the opportunity to be so brave in this film and so free."

“非常感谢评审团。这是一项莫大的荣誉，对于一个女演员来说，这是一声都值得骄傲的。非常感谢戛纳电影节仍然允许我们的影片参加评选。感谢拉斯给我机会扮演勇敢自由的角色。”

A new study suggests the Inca civilisation in the Peruvian Andes may have owed part of its success to llama droppings. Research by the French Institute of Andean Studies suggests the Incas flourished after they began using llama dung for fertilizer. James Read reports.

一项新的研究表明，秘鲁安第斯山印加文明部分应该归功于骆驼粪便。安第斯法国研究所这份研究表明，开始使用骆驼粪便作肥料以后，印加文明逐渐繁荣起来。James Read报道。

In the 15th century, the Incas ruled the biggest empire South America had ever seen, but their fabulous cities of gold had humble origins. Research conducted in the Inca heartland in Peru suggests their civilisation emerged partly as the result of an extraordinary agricultural development nearly 3,000 years ago. Samples of mud and pollen taken from a lake suggest llama dung, used as fertilizer, helped the ancient people of the Andes make the transition from hunter-gathering to farming. Centuries later, it allowed the Incas to farm maize in the high mountains, providing a grain surplus that let their civilisation take off.

15世纪，印加人统治着南美最大的王国，但是这个美轮美奂的黄金之城的起源却非常卑微。在印加腹地秘鲁进行的研究表明，印加文明的发展部分是由于接近3,000年前农业极度发展的结果。从一个湖中收集的泥土和花粉样本显示，作为肥料使用的骆驼粪便帮助古代印加人从打猎和采集过渡到耕种。几个世纪之后，印加人开始在高山上种植玉米，提供了大量谷物盈余来让他们的文明突飞猛进地发展。