01-16-08

前人大代表因多次强奸被判处死刑 (Former Chinese Lawmaker Sentenced to Death for Multiple Rapes)

据中国官方媒体报导，一名前全国人大代表因在两年期间强奸了20多名中学女生被判处死刑。据报导，吴天喜在2005年到2007年间主动寻求年轻女孩实施强奸。中国中部的河南省一家法庭星期二将他判处死刑。

报导说，年龄渐高的61岁的吴天喜相信与12到16岁的女孩“交合”将延年益寿、财运亨通。同案的一名帮助吴天喜寻找这些女孩的妇女和其他几名同谋也都被判处了有期徒刑。

吴天喜在事业上曾很卓越，还被河南省命名为优秀企业家之一。他在1998年到2003年间曾经是全国人大代表。

Chinese state media report that a former national lawmaker has been sentenced to death for raping more than 20 middle school girls over a period of two years. According to reports, Wu Tianxi was actively seeking out young girls to rape between 2005 and 2007. He was sentenced to death by a court in central China's Henan province on Tuesday.

Reports say the aging 61-year-old believed that having sexual relations with the girls (between the ages of 12 and 16) would boost his health and wealth. A woman who helped Wu track down the girls and several other accomplices were also given jail terms in connection with the case.

Wu had an illustrious career and was once named one of Henan's top entrepreneurs. He served in China's National People's Congress from 1998 to 2003.

六国外长将讨论伊朗问题 (Foreign Ministers from Six Countries to Discuss Iran)

中国和美国等国家的官员下星期将在柏林举行多国会议，讨论对伊朗可能实施新的制裁。

这次柏林会议将是自美国公布有关伊朗的新情报评估后，美国国务卿赖斯与中国、俄罗斯、英国、法国和德国外长的首次会晤。

The officials from China, US and others will hold a multi-national discussions in Berlin that will discuss possible new sanctions against Iran next week. 

The upcoming talks in Berlin will be the first between U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her counterparts from China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany since the release of a new U.S. intelligence estimate on Iran.