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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
The prosecution1 of the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague has opened its case against the former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic. Prosecutors2 called him the supreme3 commander of the campaign of ethnic4 cleansing5 during the Bosnian War of the 1990s. Mr. Karadzic was not in court. He is boycotting6 the trial because he says he needs more time to prepare his defence. The trial judge, O-Gon Kwon, ruled that the proceedings7 should not be delayed by his absence.
"Although the accused has duly been informed of the commencement of the trial, he has chosen not to exercise his right to be present. In light of the accused voluntarily and unequivocally waiving8 his right to be present at these proceedings, the chamber9 is of the view that this hearing can proceed in his absence."
Mr. Karadzic’s successor as Bosnian Serb President, Biljana Plavsic, has arrived back in Serbia after serving 2/3 of an 11-year sentence for crimes against humanity. Mrs. Plavsic was sentenced by the Hague Tribunal in 2003 after surrendering to the court and pleading guilty to one count as part of a plea bargain. Mrs. Plavsic, who is now 79, was released early for good behaviour.
A former French interior minister, Charles Pasqua, has been jailed for a year for his part in an illegal shipment of arms to Angola in the 1990s, during the country’s civil war. A son of the former French president Francois Mitterrand,
Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, was given a suspended sentence and fined over half a million dollars in the same case. Mr. Pasqua is to appeal. Alex Sanford reports from Paris.
The 82-year-old former interior minister, who wasn’t in court, was given a three-year jail sentence with two suspended and fined. Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, an advisor10 on African affairs when his father was president, was given a two-year suspended sentence for taking kickbacks11 of more than two million dollars. In the deal, tanks, warships12, helicopters and
anti-personnel mines were shipped to Angola from Eastern Europe in sales worth nearly 800 million dollars.
Prosecutors in the United States have charged two men with conspiring13 to commit acts of terror on overseas targets, including a Danish newspaper at the centre of a controversy14 four years ago over cartoons it published of the Prophet Mohammad. The two men, David Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, live in the Chicago area. Jonathan Beale reports.
David Headley was arrested earlier this month by FBI agents as he was preparing to travel to Pakistan. Court papers say that David Headley made two separate trips to Denmark this year. It’s alleged15 that he’s visited offices belonging to the Danish newspaper that published the highly controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. The prosecution says that earlier Headley had posted a message on a website saying that he was disposed towards violence. Tahawwur Hussain Rana has been accused of helping16 with those plans.
Eight American soldiers have been killed in bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest for US forces since the war against the Taliban started eight years ago. Fifty-five soldiers have died this month either in combats or in accidents. President Obama is currently considering a request from a senior American general in Afghanistan to send an extra 40,000 soldiers there.
Police in India have taken control of a passenger train which has been stopped and stormed by hundreds of militia17 members linked to Maoist insurgents18. The train, the Rajdhani Express, was attacked in a remote jungle area of West Bangle on a journey from Delhi. The authorities are now making arrangements to get the hundreds of stranded19 passengers back to Delhi.
An international conference is taking place in Nepal with the aim of saving the tiger from extinction20. Participants of the conference, which is backed by the World Bank, will discuss strategies for tiger conservation. Sarah Rainsford reports.
Tiger hunting is already illegal worldwide and the trade in tiger parts is banned by dozens of countries. But the tiger population is still declining. With fewer than 4,000 of the big cats still left in the wild, the case of protecting them is urgent. The prime minister of Nepal says the main threats today are from the loss of habitat and from poaching and he’s calling for collective international action to prevent the tiger population from dying out.
And the New York Supreme Court has ruled that the most prestigious21 event in sailing, the America’s Cup, cannot be held in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE was chosen as the venue22 by the defending champions, the Swiss team Alinghi. But the US Challenge Oracle23 argued that the venue was unsafe because it’s close to Iran and Alinghi had broken the rules by choosing it. The court agreed and ruled the next challenge must take place either in the southern hemisphere or in the Spanish port of Valencia, where the last set of races were held in 2007.
海牙国际战争罪法庭开始对前波黑塞族共和国总统卡拉季奇进行审判。检控官称，在90年代的波斯尼亚战争中，卡拉季奇是下令对少数民族进行清洗运动的最高指挥官。卡拉季奇缺席审判。他说，需要更多时间来准备辩护，因此抵制审判。审判法官权五坤裁决，审判活动不会因他的缺席而推迟。
“尽管按照要求，被告应被告知审判的开始，然而他选择不执行自己出席审判的权利。鉴于被告自愿并明确表示放弃自己出席的权利，法庭认为审判可以在他缺席的情况下进行。”
卡拉季奇的继任者普拉芙希琪因践踏人权被判处11年监禁，服刑三分之二之后返回塞尔维亚。普拉芙希琪在2003年向法庭认罪，作为向法官求情的一部分，后来被海牙法庭判刑。现年79岁的普拉芙希琪因表现良好被提前释放。
法国前内务部长查尔斯·帕斯瓜(Charles Pasqua)因在90年代内战期间非法向安哥拉走私军备而被判处一年监禁。前法国总统密特朗之子尚恩克里斯多夫·密特朗(Jean-Christophe Mitterrand)也在同一案件中被判缓刑两年，并处罚金50万美元。帕斯瓜将提起上诉。Alex Sanford在巴黎报道。
这位82岁的前内务部长并未出席，被判处三年监禁，缓期两年执行并被判处罚金。克里斯多夫·密特朗(Jean-Christophe Mitterrand)在他方父亲担任总统期间是美国事务方面的顾问，因涉嫌收受超过200万美元的黑金而被判处两年缓刑。在该案件中，价值接近8亿美元的坦克，直升机和杀伤人员地雷被从东欧运往安哥拉。
美国检控官以密谋对海外目标实施恐怖行为罪对两名男子提起诉讼。其中一个目标是四年前因发表Prophet Mohammad的动画而备受争议的一家丹麦报社。这两名男子，David Headley和Tahawwur Hussain Rana居住在芝加哥区。Jonathan Beale报道。
David Headley本月初准备动身前往巴基斯坦时被FBI特工逮捕。法庭文件称，David Headley今年两次前往丹麦。据称，他参观了刊登Prophet Mohammad有争议的漫画的报社办公室。检控方称，此前Headley曾在网站上发布消息称，他将实行暴力举动。Tahawwur Hussain Rana被指控帮助实施这些计划。
在阿富汗南部的爆炸袭击中，8名美国士兵死亡，使十月份成为自八年前美军打击塔利班分子的战争开始以来最为致命的一个月。本月，在战争和事故中死亡的美国士兵已有55人。奥巴马总统目前正在考虑美军驻阿富汗高级将军增派40000名军队前往阿富汗的请求。
印度一辆客运火车被迫停止，并受到数百名与毛主义反叛分子有关的好战分子攻击。目前，印度警方已经控制了这辆火车。这辆Rajdhani Express火车在从德里开出，经过西部丛林的偏远丛林地区时遭遇袭击。官方现在正设法安排车上被困的数百名乘客返回德里。
尼泊尔正在召开国际会议，目的是拯救老虎免于灭绝。会议由世界银行支持，与会者将讨论保护老虎的具体策略。Sarah Rainsford报道。
目前，猎虎已经在全世界范围内属于非法行为。几十个国家禁止买卖虎制品。但是老虎的数量仍然在下降。目前，野生虎的数目已不足4,000，保护老虎的任务迫在眉睫。尼泊尔总理表示，今天的主要威胁是栖息地的减少以及猎取活动。他呼吁国际社会采取联合行动，保护老虎免于灭绝。
纽约最高法院判决，帆船比赛最有声望的赛事美洲杯不能在阿联酋举行。阿联酋被卫冕冠军瑞士Alinghi队选为比赛地点。但是美国挑战号辩称该比赛场地不安全，因为靠近伊朗，Alinghi选择这里违反了相关规定。法庭同意了这种说法，并裁决下次挑战必须在南半球或西班牙的巴伦西亚港举行。这里举行最后一场比赛是在2007年。
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