10-27-06

报告：伊朗扩大浓缩铀行动 (Report: Iran Expands Nuclear Program)

据报导，尽管联合国发出制裁的威胁，伊朗还是扩大了其核项目。伊朗半官方的学生通讯社说，核工程师已经在一个浓缩铀设施开始操作第二组离心系统。报导星期五援引消息人士的话说，工程人员这个星期已经向第二组系统中注入了气体，并已从相关程序中获得了结果。报导还说，他们还没有把铀输入系统中，但是可能会在几天内完成。

德黑兰星期三证实，他们确实安装了新设备，加快浓缩铀的提取工作。英国、法国和德国已经提出一项联合国安理会决议草案。决议草案要求对伊朗实施制裁，惩罚伊朗从事核项目及拒绝中止浓缩铀活动的行为。

Iran is reported to have expanded its nuclear program - despite the threat of United Nations sanctions. Iran's semi-official student news agency (ISNA) says nuclear engineers have begun operating a second network of centrifuges at a uranium enrichment facility. The report Friday quotes sources as saying gas had been fed into the second system this week and that the results of the process already had been obtained. The report also says uranium had not yet been put into the system, but could be in the next few days.

On Wednesday, Tehran confirmed it had installed new equipment to step up uranium enrichment work. Britain, France and Germany have proposed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program and refusal to suspend enrichment activities.

日阻保钓人士登陆争议群岛 (Japan Stops Activists from Reaching Disputed Islands)

日本海岸警卫队说，他们阻止了一艘载有华人活动人士的船只在有争议的群岛登陆。日本海岸警卫队一位发言人说，日本巡逻艇星期五先是警告这艘船只不要进入东海的这片岛屿，后来又向这艘船只喷水。有关官员说，这艘船只已经离开了位于台湾东北大约200公里处的水域。

大约有25名活动人士星期天从香港乘船出发，计划前往日本称为尖阁列岛和中国称为钓鱼岛，抗议日本对这些岛屿宣称主权。中国和台湾也宣称对那些岛屿拥有主权。那里有丰富的渔业资源，还可能蕴藏有石油。日本1895年殖民台湾时占领了这些岛屿，二战之后美国获得控制权，后在1972年把它们交还给日本。

Japan's coast guard says it has prevented a boat carrying ethnic Chinese activists from landing on a disputed chain of islands. A coast guard spokesman said Japanese patrol ships first warned the vessel to steer clear of the islands in the East China Sea Friday and then sprayed it with water. Officials say the boat has left the area, about 200 kilometers northeast of Taiwan.

About 25 activists had set sail from Hong Kong Sunday with plans to protest Japan's claim of sovereignty over the islands - known as "Senkaku" in Japan and "Diaoyu" in China. Both China and Taiwan also claim the island chain, which is surrounded by rich fishing grounds and possible oil deposits. Japan took control of the islands in 1895 when it colonized Taiwan. The U.S. held the islands following World War Two and returned them to Japan in 1972.