10-05-07

联合国难民署关注叙利亚新签证规定 (UNHCR Expresses Concern About New Visa Requirements By Syria)

联合国难民事务机构表示关注叙利亚提出的伊拉克人须有签证才能进入叙利亚的新规定。

联合国难民事务高级专员公署的发言人星期五在日内瓦对记者说，签证要求实际上等于对伊拉克人关闭了他们最后一个境外庇护所。

叙利亚在上个星期一开始实施入境签证的规定。已经有大约150万伊拉克人已逃到叙利亚，为叙利亚的医疗保健和教育体系带来巨大负担。

The United Nations refugee agency has expressed concern about a new requirement by Syria that requires Iraqis to have visas to enter Syrian territory.

A spokesman for the office of U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Ron Redmond, told reporters in Geneva Friday that the visa requirement effectively closes the last external refuge for Iraqis.

Syria began implementing the visa requirement last Monday. An estimated one-point-five million Iraqis already have fled to Syria, creating strains on the country's health and education systems.

日本月球探测器成功抵达绕月轨道 (Japan's Lunar Probe Successfully Reaches Orbit Around Moon)

日本发射的第一个月球探测器开始环绕月球飞行。日本官员称这次飞行是美国几十年前开展“阿波罗”计划以来最大规模的探月计划。

经过3次推迟后，日本航天局晚于原计划4年于9月中旬发射了“月亮女神”月球探测器。

探测器的任务是环绕月球飞行1年，以搜集有关月球构成、地理和地下结构的数据。
这些数据将用来研究月球的起源与变迁。

日本航天局官员说，“月亮女神”采集的数据将有助于科学家最终在月球上建立一个太阳能发电站的努力。

1990年，日本发射了一个小型探测器，完成一次靠近月球的短暂飞行。

Japan's first lunar probe has begun to orbit the moon, in what Japanese space officials are calling the largest mission to investigate the moon since the U.S. Apollo program decades ago.

After three delays, and four years behind schedule, Japan's space agency launched the Kaguya lunar orbiter in mid-September.

Its mission is to orbit the moon for one year, collecting data on the moon's composition, geography and below-ground structure. The data will be used to study the origin and evolution of the moon.

Officials at Japan's space agency say data collected by Kaguya should help scientists' efforts to eventually set up a solar power station on the moon.

In 1990, Japan launched a small probe completing a brief fly-by the moon.