12-06-07

藏人女子指因中国压力退出在马来西亚选美比赛 (Tibetan Woman Cites Chinese Pressure for Withdrawl from Pageant in Malaysia)

一名藏人女子说，在马来西亚一个选美比赛的组织者告诉她只能以“中国西藏小姐”的名义参赛后，她退出了选美比赛。印度出生的次仁琼达在参加旅游小姐比赛一个星期后返回新德里以后，星期三对记者发表了谈话。

次仁琼达说，选美比赛组织者12月1号告诉她有关中国方面的压力，给她选择要么接受新的绶带，要么退出比赛。

这位身披“西藏小姐”绶带的22岁社会学学生告诉记者说，只要中国还控制着西藏，西藏没有自由，这个要求就无法接受。但是她说，她参加这次比赛并没有任何政治目的。

A Tibetan woman says she withdrew from a beauty pageant in Malaysia after the organizers told her she could only participate as "Miss Tibet-China." Indian-born Tsering Chungtak spoke to reporters Wednesday in New Delhi where she returned after taking part in the Miss Tourism competition for one week.

Tsering Chungtak said the pageant organizer told her on December first about Chinese pressure and gave her the choice of either adopting the new sash or quitting.

Wearing a sash that said "Miss Tibet" , the 22 year-old sociology student told reporters the request was unacceptable as long as China is in control and there is no freedom in Tibet.
But she said she did not have a political agenda for participating in the competition. 

北韩称布什致函金正日 (North Korea Says President Bush Sent Letter to Kim Jong Il)

北韩说，其领导人金正日收到了美国总统布什的一封私人信函。北韩官方的朝中社星期四说，这封信由美国核问题特使克里斯托弗.希尔这个星期罕见地访问北韩期间递交，转给了北韩外务相朴义春。

报导没有提供更多详情，白宫也没有对此事作出评论。

美国核问题特使希尔一直在加大努力，争取让北韩在年底前提交全部核活动的清单。希尔在北京说，这份清单不必是最后的定稿，但是他强调，清单至少应当是可信的。希尔星期三说，他与北韩官员在平壤应该公布哪些核活动方面依然难以达成共识。

North Korea says its leader Kim Jong Il has received a personal letter from President Bush. The official Korean Central News Agency said Thursday that the letter was delivered by U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill during a rare visit to North Korea this week, and handed over to the country's Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun.

The report did not give any additional details and the White House has not commented on the matter.

U.S. nuclear envoy Hill has been stepping up efforts to get North Korea to submit a list of all of its nuclear activities before the end of the year. Speaking in Beijing, Hill said that the list did not need to be final, but stressed that it should at least be credible. On Wednesday, Hill said he was still having trouble reaching an agreement with North Korea on just what nuclear activities Pyongyang should disclose in the list.