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An impromptu meeting of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to discuss Syria has taken place at the request of Russia. It comes as western nations consider possible military action against the Syrian government following a chemical weapon attack in the capital Damascus.The UN weapons inspection team investigating last week's attack will leave Syria on Saturday and hold preliminary briefings over the weekend. Nick Bryant reports from New York.

在俄罗斯的请求下，联合国五个常任理事国举行临时会议商谈叙利亚问题。由于首都大马士革发生化学武器袭击，西方国家正考虑对叙利亚政府采取必要的军事行动。调查上周袭击事件的联合国武器检查小组将于周六离开叙利亚，本周将公布初步简报。尼克·布莱恩特在纽约报道。

“After leaving Syria on Saturday morning, the UN weapons inspectors will find out to a number of laboratories in European countries to test the samples they've taken from the site of the alleged chemical weapons attack. The UN says the test will take longer than days. The team has accumulated an extensive matter of material and also conducted interviews with survivors and the doctors who treated them. The UN team has been mandated to determine whether chemical weapons were used rather than apportioning blame. But it will produce what the UN is calling an evidence base narrative which could imply guilt.”

“周六早晨离开叙利亚后，联合国武器检查员将在欧洲国家的多所实验室检测从据悉发生化学武器袭击地获取的样本。联合国称化验将花费更多时间，小组获取了广泛的资料，采访了受害者和为他们提供治疗的医生。联合国小组获令调查时候使用过化学武器，而不是找人问责。但检测过程将获得联合国所谓的证据基础，有助于探明罪责方。”

Both in the United States and Britain, the principal advocates of military action against Syria considerable pressure is being brought to bear by lawmakers weary of what direct involvement to the Syria crisis might entail and what it might lead to. Both Houses of the British parliament have been debating the case for and against direct British involvement. The Prime Minister David Cameron said his resolution urging action was not about taking sites or invading Syria but about Britain's response to a war crime.

在美国和英国，那些支持对叙利亚采取军事行动的主要倡议者受到一些议员的压力，这些议员担心直接介入叙利亚危机的后果。英国议会两院都就支持或反对英国介入进行了辩论，首相戴维·卡梅伦说，他敦促采取行动的决议并不是偏袒哪行，也不是入侵叙利亚，而是英国对战争罪的反应。

“Interfering in another country's affairs should not be undertaken except in the most exceptional circumstances. It must be, as my honorable friend just said, a humanitarian catastrophe and it must be a last resort. But by any standard, this is a humanitarian catastrophe and if there are no consequences for it, there is nothing to stop Assad and other dictators from using these weapons again and again.” The British Prime Minister David Cameron.

“除非在特别的情况下，是不应该介入他国的国内事务的。必须像我尊敬的朋友刚才所说的那样，在发生人道主义灾难的情况下采取的迫不得已的手段。不管怎么说，这是一场人道主义灾难，如果不采取行动，那么没有什么能阻挡阿萨德等独裁者一次次使用这些武器。”英国首相戴维·卡梅伦。

According to Syrian state media, President Bashar al-Assad has said his country will defend itself against any aggression. But the International Committee of the Red Cross says the suffering of civilians is reaching unprecedented levels and it has called for unconditional access to all areas where people are in need.

据叙利亚国家媒体报道，总统巴沙尔·阿萨德称本国将抵抗任何入侵，但国际红十字会称平民遭受的苦难已经达到史无前例的程度，并呼吁无条件进入需要帮助的地区。

Rwanda has accused the Democratic Republic of Congo of crossing a line by targeting its citizens after a Rwandan woman was killed and her two months old baby seriously injured by artillery shelling near the border. Olivier Nduhungirehe is Rwanda's deputy envoy to the UN.

在卢旺达与刚果边界，一名卢旺达妇女因遭受追击炮袭击丧生，她两个月大的孩子严重受伤，为此，卢旺达指责刚果民主共和国袭击本国平民，行为越过边界。奥利维尔·恩杜洪吉雷赫是卢旺达驻联合国特使。

“The persistent shelling on Rwandan territory is unacceptable, as it would be to any, any sovereign nation. Rwandan civilians are being targeted by DRC forces and we have remained restraint for as long as we can, but this provocation can no longer be tolerated.” Congo has denied the shelling and has blamed the M23 rebels.

“对卢旺达边界的持续轰击是不可接受的，任何主权国家都不可接受。卢旺达平民受到刚果民主共和国军队的袭击，我们一直尽可能地保持克制，但再也不能容忍这样的挑衅了。”刚果否认进行轰击，并归咎于M23叛军。

Iraqi officials in the city of Samara, north of Baghdad, said a car bomb has killed at least 16 people, another two dozens people were injured in the predominantly Sunni Muslim city. The blast comes a day after more than 80 people were killed in a series of coordinated bomb attacks on mainly Shiite areas across Baghdad.

伊拉克巴格达北部萨马拉市的官员称，这个主要是逊尼派穆斯林居住的城市发生汽车炸弹袭击，导致至少16人丧生，另外20多人受伤。就在一天前，巴格达主要是什叶派居住的社区发生系列炸弹袭击，导致80多人丧生。

A judicial official in Pakistan has overturned for sentence handed down to Shakil Afridi, the doctor who helped CIA agents hunting for Osama Bin Laden. The official has ordered a new trial. Charles Haviland reports from Islamabad.

巴基斯坦司法官员推翻对医生沙克尔·艾法帝的判决，他曾帮助中央情报局追捕奥萨马·本·拉登。官方下令重新审判，查尔斯·哈维兰德在伊斯兰堡报道。

“The commissioner of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan has told lawyers of the original trial of doctor Afridi was conducted by an official acting outside his jurisdiction. And a long jail sentence has therefore been struck down. It will now be a retrial heard by a more senior official. The doctor has not walked free and will remain incarcerated pending the start of the new trial. Shakil Afridi was publicly accused of working for the CIA to track down Osama Bin Laden under the cover of a fake vaccination campaign. But he was actually convicted of collaborating with the militant group working against the state. Something he denied outright.”

“巴基斯坦西北部白沙瓦的专员告诉原审律师，医生艾法帝是被一名越过司法权的官员审判的。因此原来的长期徒刑的判决被推翻了，未来将由一名更高级的官员来复审。这位医生尚不自由，仍在监禁中，等待新审判的开始。沙克尔·艾法帝被公开指责在伪造的疫苗活动的掩饰下帮助中央情报局追捕奥萨马·本·拉登，但他的罪名是勾结该武装组织反对政府，他对此断然否认。”

The Portuguese government has been told that its plan to make it easier to fire public servants is unconstitutional. It's a setback for the country's policy of reducing spending in the wake of international bailout. The government has promised creditors a big reduction in its budget deficit and other austerity measures have already been rejected by the same court.

葡萄牙政府得知，其使得解雇公务员更容易的计划是违宪的，这是该国在接受国际援助后削减开支政策遇到的挫折。政府向贷方承诺大幅度削减预算赤字，法院同时也否决了其他的紧缩政策。

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Colombia capital Bogota in support of small scale farmers who say that the government's agriculture policies have driven them into bankruptcy. The President has said the demonstrations are valid but the only way to find a solution was through dialogue. Negotiations to end the protests which started 11 days ago remain deadlocked.

成千上万人走上哥伦比亚首都波哥大街头支持小农户，小农户称政府的农业政策使得他们破产。总统说游行是合法的，但找到解决办法的唯一途径是通过对话。这场游行已经进行11天了，意在结束游行的磋商目前仍陷入僵局。