英国新闻听力 美联储预测经济增长好于预期(在线收听) |
Britain has summoned the Israeli ambassador to the Foreign Office to discuss the use of fake British passports by the alleged assassins of a senior Palestinian official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai last month. Many of the hit squad members carried forge passports of people who had emigrated from Europe to Israel. Earlier, the Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said there was no proof that the Israeli secret service Mossad killed the Hamas leader. Katya Adler reports from Jerusalem. The murder mystery of the Hamas commander killed in his Dubai hotel room may never be sought publicly. Mossad, Israel's Intelligence Agency is the prime suspect for now, but Israel's Foreign Minister says the killing could have been masterminded by anyone. Referring to the fraudulent British passport used in the murder, Mr.Lieberman said he was confident Britain knew Israeli security procedures followed what he called clear, cautious and responsible rules. But the British-Israeli whose identities were stolen for the Dubai killing, say they are angry and scared. The United States Federal Reserve has predicted that the American economy will grow more strongly than anticipated this year. The US Central Bank also predicted that the unemployment rate would still be at least 9.5% in 2010. Correspondents say the growth forecast indicates that President Obama's 800 billion dollars stimulus package has been successful. Caroline Hepker is in New York. America's economy is expected to grow by 3.2% this year, according to the minutes from January's gathering of the Federal Reserves open markets committee. That is more than the 3% predicted at the previous meeting back in November. Meanwhile, the Feds see inflation remain in 10. The slightly rosier outlook for the world's largest economy, though, is coupled with only a slow recovery in unemployment in 2010 and 2011, before returning to low levels in 2012. The French President Nicolas Sarkozy has promised 370 million dollars to help Haiti recover from last month's devastating earthquake. He made his pledge at the start of the first-ever visit by a French President to the Caribbean State, a colony of France until 1804. President Sarkozy said the people of Haiti should be the ones directing the reconstruction of the country. International aid must be massive, should be long-term. But it's up to the Haitians alone to draw up a real national plan and then to lead it. Because it is their country and their future stake. The role of the international community and France is to help Haitians regain control of their destiny. Some news just in the Haitian attorney has said 8 of the 10 American missionaries charged with kidnapping children in the aftermath of last month's earthquake will be released. Reports say they are expected to leave the country later today. The White House has welcomed the capture of the Afghan Taliban military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, calling it a big success for US-Pakistani cooperation. A spokesman praised Pakistan for the capture and said Mr.Baradar was being interrogated. But he did not say if he was providing any intelligence. An Argentine minister has warned Britain not to be complacent in its actions in the growing dispute over British plans to drill for oil off the Falkland Islands. The Deputy Foreign Minister Victorio Tacetti said Argentina will take adequate measures to stop oil exploration off the Falklands, but will use peaceful means such as dialogue through international organizations. Twelve French wine producers and traders have been found guilty of fraud after selling millions of bottles of fake Pinot Noir, the American Wine Giant E&J Gallo. A French court ruled that they had deliberately mislabelled 18 millions of bottles of ordinary wine with a more expensive variety of grape in order to get a better price. Emma Jane Kirby reports from Paris. Eighteen million bottles of ordinary wine was packaged down to the popular Red Bicyclette Pinot Noir title. A single grape wine that's hugely popular in the United States. The scam saw the French producers and traders more than doubling their profits. The judge handed the most prominent wine trader a six month suspended jail sentence and ordered all the defendants to pay hefty fines with one firm having to pay 245,000 dollars. Players from the Ukrainian Football Team Shakhtar Donetsk has been refused entry to the famous Harrods Department Store. Harrods is owned by the Egyptian entrepreneur Mohamed al-Fayed, who also owns Fulham Football Club, Shakhtar's opponents in a Europa League match this week. A club official said the players were keen to spend plenty of money that were told by security officials their group was too big. 英国召集以色列大使前往外事办公室,讨论上月在迪拜暗杀巴勒斯坦高级官员马巴胡赫(Mahmoud al-Mabhouh)的嫌疑人使用虚假英国护照的问题。该恐怖分子小组许多成员持有从欧洲前往以色列的移民的虚假护照。以色列外长李柏曼(Avigdor Lieberman)此前声称没有任何证据表明以色列秘密组织摩萨德(MOSSAD)谋杀了这位哈马斯领袖。Katya Adler在耶路撒冷报道。 这位哈马斯指挥官在迪拜旅馆房间被谋杀之谜永远不会公开解决。目前为止,以色列情报机构摩萨德(MOSSAD)是首要的嫌疑人。但是以色列外长辩称这次谋杀可能由任何人策划。关于谋杀中使用的虚假英国护照问题,李柏曼表示,他相信英国了解以色列的安全程序完全遵守明确,谨慎和负责的原则。但是身份信息被窃取用于谋杀的英裔以色列人则表示非常愤怒,非常担忧。 美联储表示,美国今年的经济增长要好于预期。美国中央银行还预测,2010年,美国的失业率仍将保持在至少9.5%。记者表示,经济增长预测表明奥巴马总统8,000亿美元刺激经济计划已经成功。Caroline Hepker在纽约报道。 根据美联储公开市场委员会一月份会议记录,预期今年美国经济增长幅度为3.2%,高出11月份召开的会议上预期的3%。同时,美联储预测通胀率仍将保持在10%。然而,尽管这个世界最大的经济体展示出了些微美好的前景,其2010年和2011年的就业情况却复苏缓慢,知道2012年,失业率才会恢复到较低水平。 法国总统萨科奇承诺为海地提供3.7亿美元,帮助其从上月毁灭性的地震中复苏。海地在1804年之前一直是法国的殖民地,萨科奇是第一位访问这个加勒比国家的法国总统。萨科奇在访问开始时作出了承诺。他说,海地的重建工作应该由海地人民来指导。 国际援助必须是巨大的,长期的。但是真正的全国重建计划只能取决与海地人民,必须由他们来指导。因为这是他们自己的国家,是他们未来的筹码。国际社会和法国的作用仅仅是帮助海地人民重新掌握自己的命运。 刚刚收到的新闻。海地律师表示,被控在上月的地震之后绑架海地儿童的10名传教士中的8人将被释放。报道称,预期他们将在今天晚些时候离开海地。 白宫对阿富汗塔利班军事指挥官毛拉·阿卜杜·加尼·巴拉达(Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar)被俘表示欢迎,称这是美国和巴基斯坦合作所取得的巨大成功。一名发言人对巴基斯坦的抓捕行动表示赞扬,称巴拉达正在接受审讯。但是他没有说明巴拉达是否提供任何情报。 针对英国在福克兰群岛开采石油的争议不断增长,一名阿根廷部长警告英国不要自满。外交副部长维多利奥·达切迪(Victorio Tacetti)称阿根廷会采取充分措施制止福克兰岛的石油开采活动,但是只会通过和平的方式来解决这个问题,例如通过国际组织进行对话。 12名法国葡萄酒制造商和经销商因出售了数百万瓶假冒黑比诺葡萄酒而被定罪,这种葡萄酒品牌属于美国嘉露酒厂(E&J Gallo)。法国法院裁决,为了以更高的价格出售,他们故意将1800万瓶普通葡萄酒贴上更昂贵的品牌标签。Emma Jane Kirby从巴黎发回报道。 1800万瓶普通葡萄酒被贴上了更受欢迎的红碧玺雷特牌黑比诺葡萄酒的标签。这种葡萄酒在美国非常畅销。这些法国酿酒商和经销商由此获得了加倍的利润。法官判决为首的经销商6个月的监禁,缓期执行。并要求所有被告支付高额罚款,其中一家公司将支付245,000美元。 乌克兰足球队萨克达(Shakhtar Donetsk)队员被拒绝进入著名的Harrods百货商场。Harrods由埃及企业家Mohamed al-Fayed所有,他还拥有富勒姆足球俱乐部。在本周的欧洲杯比赛中,富勒姆是萨克达的对手。一名俱乐部官员表示,这些队员急于消费自己的大量金钱,而安全官员则告诉他们,他们的钱数量太大。 |
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