09-21-07

美国在网路上公布新五元纸币(US Unveils New Five-Dollar Bill Online)

美国政府公布了定于明年初进入流通的5美元面值纸币的新设计。政府官员星期四宣布，新设计加入了改善的防伪特徵，使得伪造货币更加困难。这是美国第一次完全在网上公布新纸币。

新纸币含有两个水印、重新的防伪安全线以及传统绿色背景上的紫色设计。

美国预定在2008年发行新的100美元面值的纸币。

去年一年，美国和国际有关当局在全球范围清除了市场上流动的将近6500万美元假钞。

The U.S. government has unveiled a new design for the five-dollar bill scheduled to enter circulation early next year. Government officials announced Thursday that the bill incorporates improved security features making it more difficult for counterfeiters to fake. The online preview of the bill is the first time that U.S. paper money has ever been unveiled entirely online.

The new bill features two watermarks, a repositioned embedded security thread and purple designs against the traditional green.

A new 100-dollar bill is scheduled to be released in 2008.

Last year, U.S. and international authorities removed from circulation nearly 65-million dollars in counterfeit U.S. bills worldwide.

联合国：到工业国寻求避难的伊拉克人数量倍增 (UN: Number of Iraqis Seeking Asylum in Industrialized Countries Doubles)

联合国难民机构说，今年上半年，到发达的工业化国家寻求庇护的伊拉克人数比去年同期增加了一倍多。

该机构星期五公布的一份声明说，今年1月到6月期间，将近2万伊拉克人在36个工业国家寻求庇护。

瑞典是他们的首选之地，大约有一半的人到该国寻求庇护。紧随其后的依次是希腊、西班牙和德国。

声明说，如果按目前的趋势发展下去，到今年年底，伊拉克到工业国家寻求庇护的人数将高达5万人。

联合国难民机构说，伊拉克大约有220万难民为了躲避国内的暴力逃到别的国家，其中大部份逃到了邻国，特别是叙利亚和约旦。这些国家并不是发达国家。

The United Nations refugee agency says the number of Iraqis seeking asylum in industrialized countries has more than doubled in the first half of this year compared to the same time last year.

The agency said in a statement Friday that nearly 20-thousand Iraqis requested asylum from January through June this year in 36 industrialized countries.

Sweden is the top destination -- with about half seeking asylum there -- followed by Greece, Spain, and Germany.

The statement said if current trends continue, the total number of Iraqis seeking asylum in industrialized countries could reach 50-thousand by the end of the year.

The U.N. refugee agency said there are about two-point-two million Iraqi refugees who have fled violence in their homeland, mostly to neighboring countries, especially Syria and Jordan. Those countries are not industrialized.