08-31-06

安南批以军在黎使用集束弹 (Annan Criticizes Israeli Forces for Using Cluster Bombs in Lebanon)

联合国秘书长安南批评以色列在黎巴嫩与真主党战斗期间使用集束炸弹。安南星期四在约旦说，集束武器不应当用来对付平民。他说，应当立即采取措施排除那些没有爆炸的炸弹。

安南一直呼吁以色列解除对黎巴嫩的空中和海上封锁，并且在联合国部署的5000人到位之后即从黎巴嫩南部地区撤军。

以色列总理奥尔默特星期三说，联合国停火决议必须先得到充分履行，以色列才能解除封锁和撤回军队。但是，以色列星期四宣布，已经把黎巴嫩边境一个地段的控制权交给了在黎巴嫩境内的国际部队和黎巴嫩部队。

安南秘书长在约旦会谈后飞往叙利亚会谈。

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has criticized Israel for using cluster bombs in Lebanon during the war with Hezbollah. Speaking in Jordan Thursday, Mr. Annan said cluster weapons should not be used against civilians. He said the unexploded bombs should be immediately disarmed.

Mr. Annan has been calling on Israel to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon and to withdraw its troops from the southern part of the country once the U.N. has deployed five thousand troops there.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that the U.N. ceasefire resolution must be fully implemented before Israel will lift the blockade and withdraw its troops. But Israel announced Thursday it has transferred control over a section of its border with Lebanon to international and Lebanese troops inside Lebanon.

After his talks in Jordan, Mr. Annan flew to Syria for meetings there.

泰南部银行遭炸弹袭击 (Bombs Hit Banks in Southern Thailand)

泰国警方表示，在动乱的南方省份也拉的几家银行至少有21次炸弹爆炸，至少1人被炸死，20人受伤。泰国官员怀疑，激进分子星期四在也拉省省会和一些附近地区的商业银行里或周围引爆了这些炸弹。很多炸弹藏在垃圾桶里，用移动电话引爆。

自2004年1月以来，分离反叛分子在穆斯林占人口多数的泰国南方的也拉和另外两个省份发动了一系列袭击。这些省份原先是一个马来苏丹国。信奉佛教的泰国在一个世纪之前兼并这个地区。自从反叛活动爆发以来，已经有1400多人丧生。

Thai police say at least 21 bombs have exploded at banks in the restive southern province of Yala, killing at least one person and wounding at least 20 others. Officials suspect militants set off the bombs Thursday at or near commercial banks in Yala's provincial capital and nearby districts. Many of the explosives were detonated by mobile phones after being hidden in trash bins.

Separatists insurgents have staged a series of attacks in Yala and two other Muslim-majority provinces in southern Thailand (Narathiwat and Pattani) since January 2004. The provinces were a Malay sultanate until Buddhist Thailand annexed them a century ago. More than 14-hundred people have been killed since the insurgency erupted.