11-29-07

中国艾滋病或艾滋病感染者人数增加 (China Sees Rise in Estimated Number of HIV/AIDS Cases)

中国政府估计，到2007年底，中国艾滋病毒感染者和艾滋病患者的人数将达到70万。中国卫生部部长陈竺星期四在北京举行的记者会上宣布了上述的估计数据。他说，这个数字中包括8万5千名艾滋病患者。这个数据出自中国政府、联合国以及世界卫生组织所做的一份联合报告。

中国估计艾滋病患者和病毒感染者2006年底达65万人。到今年10月底，中国有22万3千人被确诊为艾滋病毒感染者，其中艾滋病患者超过6万2千人。在新感染的病例中，大约45%源自异性性传播， 42%源自静脉注射毒品，略超过12%的病例源自同性恋性行为。

China estimates 700-thousand of its citizens will be either be HIV-positive or living with full-blown AIDS by the end of 2007.Health Minister Chen Zhu announced the statistics Thursday in a press conference in Beijing. He says the total includes 85-thousand Chinese with AIDS. The estimates are part of a joint report compiled by Beijing, the United Nations and the World Health Organization. 

China had an estimated 650-thousand HIV/AIDS infections at the end of 2006.Officially, over 223-thousand Chinese were diagnosed as HIV-positive by the end of October, including more than 62-thousand who already have full-blown AIDS. Of the new infections, nearly 45-percent will come from heterosexual transmission, with 42-percent as the result of intravenous drug use. Just over 12-percent will come from homosexual activity. 

澳总理当选人宣布内阁名单 (Australian PM-Elect Announces Cabinet Picks)

澳大利亚新当选总理陆克文(凯文.拉德)星期四在首都堪培拉宣布内阁人选，入选者包括澳大利亚第一位女性副总理和一名前摇滚乐歌星。陆克文任命朱利亚.吉拉德为副总理，还任命了另外6名女性担任内阁成员。吉拉德同时还将担任教育与工业关系部长。

陆克文还提名前乐队歌手彼得.加勒特为环境和艺术部长。不过，加勒特因为在竞选中多次失言，结果把新增设的气候变化事务部长职位输给了马来西亚出生的华裔黄英贤女士。黄英贤将领导澳大利亚政府参与有关气候变化的京都议定书的谈判。陆克文曾保证在上任总理职务后将签署京都议定书。

Australia's incoming prime minister has unveiled the members of his new cabinet, which includes the country's first female deputy prime minister, as well as a former rock star. Kevin Rudd made the announcements Thursday in the Australian capital of Canberra. He has selected Julia Gillard as deputy prime minister, one of seven women in the Australian cabinet. Ms. Gillard will also hold the ministerial posts of education and industrial relations.

He named Peter Garrett, the former lead singer of the band Midnight Oil, as environment and arts minister. But Garrett lost the new portfolio of climate change minister to Malaysian-born Penny Wong after a series of gaffes during the campaign. Wong will lead negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol, which Mr. Rudd has promised to sign.