11-15-06

日本和俄罗斯获发生海啸警告 (Tsunami Warning Issued for Japan, Russia)

日本气象部门和美国太平洋海啸预警中心在千岛群岛发生强烈地震之后发布了日本和俄罗斯太平洋海岸可能会发生海啸的预警。

日本气象部门说，海啸可能会有两米或者更高，有可能会在当地时间凌晨袭击日本太平洋海岸。日本气象官员建议海该地区的居民撤到地势比较高的地方。到目前为止还没有出现海啸波浪的报告。马库斯岛、威克岛和中途岛也收到了海啸预警。

太平洋海啸预警中心测到的地震强度为8.1级。太平洋海啸预警中心证实地震的震级为8点1级。美国官员说，这样震级的地震很有可能会引发毁灭性的海上大浪，形成的海啸在地震发生的几分钟以后就可能袭击震中附近的海岸。

Japan's meteorological agency and the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center have issued a tsunami warning for Japan and Russia's Pacific Coast after a powerful earthquake struck the Kuril islands.

The Japanese agency says the tsunami could be two meters or more, and had been expected to hit Japan's Pacific coast earlier this morning. Japanese weather officials are advising residents in the area to flee to higher ground. There have been no reports of tsunami waves so far. Warnings have also been issued for the Marcus, Wake and Midway Islands.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center confirms the earthquake as having a magnitude of eight-point-one. Officials say an earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive wave that can strike coastlines near the epicenter within minutes of the quake.

中国逮捕两涉嫌间谍活动台商 (China Arrests Two Taiwan Businessmen Suspected of Spying)

中国逮捕了涉嫌为台北做间谍的两名台商。中国国务院台湾事务办公室发言人李维一星期三证实了这一消息，并说中国海峡两岸关系协会已经通知了嫌疑人的家人。

中国海峡两岸关系协会负责处理中国和台湾之间的交流。自从1949年内战结束以来，双方间的间谍活动一直没有停止过。

中国没有具体说明嫌疑人被指称的罪行。但是台湾媒体报导，中国逮捕两名台商是因为他们被指向台湾提供军事情报。

China has arrested two Taiwanese businessmen suspected of spying for Taipei.

China's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Li Weiyi confirmed the arrests Wednesday and said the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait has informed the suspects' families.

The association handles exchanges between China and Taiwan. China and Taiwan have been spying on each other since the end of a civil war in 1949.

China did not specify the suspects' alleged offenses, but Taiwanese media have reported that Chinese authorities arrested the two for allegedly providing military secrets to Taiwan.