10-11-06

伊拉克每天约一百人死于暴力 (About 100 Dealths Every Day Due to Violence in Iraq)

联合国人道救援官员埃格兰说，伊拉克的暴力活动没有得到控制，每天都夺取大约100人的生命。埃格兰说，受害者包括新招募的警察、法官和律师。他说，越来越多的妇女也正成为恐怖罪行的受害者。埃格兰星期三在日内瓦对记者说，过去8个月来伊拉克有31万5千人流离失所。

一份研究报告估计，自2003年3月联军开战攻入伊拉克以来，已经有大约65万5千名伊拉克人死亡。

这份在英国《柳叶刀》杂志上发表的文章说，死者中大约有60万人死于暴力，其中大部份是死在枪炮之下。文章还说，死于汽车炸弹爆炸的人数在增加，死于疾病和其它原因的人数也有小幅增加。

United Nations humanitarian aid official Jan Egeland says the violence in Iraq is going unchecked, claiming about 100 lives per day. Jan Egeland says the victims include police recruits, judges and lawyers. He says women also have increasingly become the victims of so-called honor crimes. Egeland told reporters Wednesday in Geneva that 315-thousand people in Iraq have been displaced in the past eight months.

A study estimates that some 655-thousand Iraqis have died since the March 2003 invasion of their country.

The study, published in the British journal The Lancet, says about 600-thousand of those people died from violence, mostly gunfire. It says deaths from car bombings also have increased. Researchers also found a small increase in deaths from disease and other causes.

日本禁止所有北韩船只及进口品入港 (Japan Bans All North Korean Ships, Imports)

日本官员批准对北韩实行新的经济制裁措施，禁止北韩进口品和船只以及绝大多数北韩公民进入日本。有关官员说，实施制裁是因为日本是受北韩远程导弹和核武器项目威胁最大的国家。

韩国国防部长官表示，韩国军队可能会改良和扩增，作为对北韩潜在核威胁的反应。

北韩星期一宣布进行了核武器试验。平壤对联合国安理会考虑对其进行制裁做出反应，表示将把美国的持续压力看作是向北韩宣战。北韩官方媒体朝鲜中央社说，如果华盛顿继续就核项目向金正日政府施压，平壤将采取“实质性对抗手段。”

Japanese officials have approved new economic sanctions against North Korea, banning all North Korean imports and ships and most North Korean nationals. Officials said Japan is imposing the sanctions because it is the country most threatened by North Korea's long-range missiles and nuclear weapons programs.

The South Korean defense minister said the military will likely "improve and enlarge" its forces to respond to a potential nuclear threat from North Korea.

North Korea said Monday it had conducted a nuclear weapons test. In response to U.N. Security Council deliberations about possible sanctions, Pyongyang said it considers continued pressure from the United States to be a declaration of war. The country's official news agency KCNA said Pyongyang will take "physical countermeasures" if Washington keeps pressing the government of Kim Jong Il over its nuclear program.