10-25-06

布什总统说严重关注伊拉克暴力 (President Bush Says Iraq Violence a "Serious Concern")

布什总统说，过去一个月伊拉克暴力升级使他和美国人民深切关注。

布什星期三在白宫举行记者会时发表了这番评论。他提到一个月来有93名美军军人和300名伊拉克安全部队成员在伊拉克被打死。布什总统承认绑架和暴力袭击现象仍旧是严重问题。

但是布什指出，抓获伊拉克领导人萨达姆和伊拉克举行自由选举是令人鼓舞的迹象。他重申了美国领导的联军继续留在伊拉克“在那里打败敌人”的重要性。

President Bush says the rise in violence in Iraq over the past month has been a serious concern to him and to the American people.

Mr. Bush made the comment today (Wednesday) during a news conference at the White House. He noted that 93 U.S. service members and 300 Iraqi security personnel have been killed in Iraq this month, and he acknowledged that kidnappings and violent attacks there remain a serious problem.

But the president cited the capture of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and free elections in Iraq as encouraging signs. He repeated that it is important that U.S.-led coalition forces stay in Iraq to, in his words, defeat the enemy there.

数千中国学生骚乱 指责大学骗人 (Thousands of Chinese Students Riot, Complain of University Deception)

防暴警察星期三在江西省服装职业技术学院严阵以待。该学院的学生从星期一就开始了抗议活动。官员们说，某些学生还破坏了学校的财产。

中国官方电视台说，将近2万名学生对这家民办学院感到愤怒，因为校方承诺向学生颁发的文凭是这所学院没有资格颁发的。官方媒体还说，学院招收的学生人数也超出了实际被批准招收的人数。

过去10年来，中国教育产业飞速发展。但是由于高等教育缺乏管理标准，许多学生都说，他们成了民办学校造假行为的受害者。

去年6月，中国中部的河南省也爆发了类似的学生示威活动。当时，由于校方没有颁发曾经承诺的有声望的文凭，数千名学生洗劫了校园。

Chinese police say thousands of college students rioted this week over their school's failure to provide credible diplomas.

Riot police are standing guard today (Wednesday) at the Jiangxi province campus of Clothing Vocational Institute, where students have protested since Monday. Officials say some students have vandalized school property.

Chinese state television says nearly 20 thousand students are angry with the privately run college, because they were promised diplomas the institution was not qualified to award. State media also say the college recruited more students than it was approved for.

China's education sector has grown rapidly over the past decade. With few regulated standards for higher education, however, many students say they have been victimized by private institutions' fraudulent practices.

A similar riot broke out in the central province of Henan last June, when thousands of students ransacked their campus after the college failed to issue prestigious diplomas they had been promised.