09-10-07

美探险家失踪一周仍无踪影(No Sign of American Adventurer One Week After Disappearance)

搜寻失踪的美国探险家史蒂夫.福塞特的救援人员仍然没有发现他的踪迹。福塞特的飞机一个星期前在内华达州上空失踪。搜寻人员目前把注意力集中在福塞特上星期一起飞的小机场方圆80公里的内的地区。

过去一个星期来，搜寻范围不断扩大。到目前为止，低空飞行的搜寻飞机已经覆盖了内华达州2万5千平方公里的荒山野漠。搜救人员在这处山区发现了几个以前不为人知的坠机地点，但是这位63岁百万富翁所驾驶的飞机仍然无影无踪。

福塞特以单人驾驶气球和飞机创下环球飞行记录而出名。他上个星期又一次单独起飞，他当时的计划是要飞行3个小时，寻找一片平地，冲击最快着陆速度的世界记录。

Rescuers searching for missing American adventurer Steve Fossett have found no sign of the pilot, one week after his plane disappeared over Nevada. Searchers are now concentrating on an area within 80 kilometers of the airstrip where Fossett took off last Monday.

During the past week the search was expanded several times, and by now more than 25 thousand square kilometers of rugged desert wilderness have been scanned by low-flying aircraft. Several previously unknown crash sites have been spotted in the mountainous region, but there has been no trace of the 63-year-old millionaire's plane.

Fossett is well known for his record-setting solo flights around the world, by both balloon and plane. He was alone when he set out last week on what was to be a three-hour flight, looking for a large flat area where he could try to set a new land speed record on the ground.

美通缉犯将从香港引渡 (US Fugitive to Be Extradited from Hong Kong)

一名被美国通缉的要犯同意从香港引渡回美国，以面对强奸女儿并将录影在网路上张贴的指控。肯尼斯.弗里曼星期一对香港一家法庭说，他认为自愿接受引渡符合他的最佳利益。弗里曼去年从美国西北部华盛顿州的家中出逃。在此之前，他被控强奸儿童和制作儿童色情材料。

后来弗里曼在中国上海附近的苏州市被发现。但是由于美国同中国没有引渡条约，所以有关官员一直等到弗里曼离开中国时才将他逮捕。中国自治的行政特区香港有自己的司法制度，允许向美国引渡。

One of the United States' most wanted fugitives has agreed to be extradited from Hong Kong to face allegations of raping his daughter and posting the video on the Internet. Kenneth Freemen told a Hong Kong court Monday he believes it is in his best interest to voluntarily accept extradition. Freeman fled his home in the U.S. northwestern state of Washington last year after he was charged with child rape and production of child pornography.

Freeman eventually was traced to the Chinese city of Suzhou near Shanghai. However, the U.S. does not have an extradition treaty with China so officials waited for Freeman to leave China before arresting him. China's autonomous southern territory of Hong Kong has a separate judicial system that allows extradition to the U.S.