08-24-07

八公斤铀在中国下落不明 (Eight Kilograms of Uranium Missing in China)

中国官方媒体报导说，8公斤放射性物质铀在中国下落不明，对被控试图在黑市出售这些铀的4名男子的判决推迟。中国日报星期五报导，这4人在2005年到今年1月企图出售核武器级别的铀。报导说，今年年初，一位潜在客户向当局报告了他们的情况，这些嫌疑人被捕。

中国日报说，警方始终未找到铀的去向。这几名男子说，他们不知道铀在哪里。

报导说，广东省法庭对他们的审判还会继续，但是在铀找到前不会做出判决。在中国，非法买卖铀有可判死刑。

China's state-run media say eight kilograms of radioactive uranium has gone missing in China, delaying the verdict in a trial of four men accused of trying to sell it on the black market. The China Daily newspaper reported Friday that the men tried to sell the nuclear weapons-grade uranium between 2005 and January of this year. The report says the suspects were arrested early this year after a potential buyer reported them to authorities.

China Daily says police have not been able to locate the uranium, and that the men say they do not know where it is.

The report says the court in Guangdong province will continue the trial and not reach a verdict until the uranium is found. In China, illegally trading in uranium can be punished by death.

服禁药运动员禁参加下届奥运 (Doping Athletes Forbidden to Participate Coming Olympic Games)

国际奥委会主席罗格说，那些被发现违反了禁服兴奋剂规定的运动员将被禁止参加下届奥运会。罗格星期五在日本大阪世界田径锦标赛开幕前夕宣布了这项更为严格的政策。他对媒体说，任何因服用兴奋剂而被停赛6个月或更长的运动员将被禁止参加下届奥运会。

这位国际奥委会主席还支持国际田径联合会提出的一项建议。按照这项建议，首犯但情节严重者的禁赛期将从2年延长为4年。罗格说，如果运动员在违禁物质的初次检测呈阳性反应，就将自动停赛。不过他说，运动员如果能揭露卷入服用兴奋剂的人，就有可能从轻处罚。

President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge says athletes who are caught for doping offenses will be banned from the next Olympic games. Jacques Rogge announced the tougher policy Friday in Osaka, Japan on the eve of the World Athletics Championship. He told reporters that any athlete who received a suspension of six months or more for doping will be banned from the next Olympics.

The IOC president also backed a proposal by the International Association of Athletics Federation that would increase the ban for serious first-time offenders from two years to four years. Rogge says athletes will be automatically suspended if their initial sample tests positive for banned substances. But he says athletes could receive lighter sentences if they reveal people involved in doping.