12-07-06

美澳英警告东盟峰会可能遭恐怖袭击 (US, Australia, Britain Warn of Possible Terrorism at ASEAN Summit)

美国、英国和澳大利亚警告说，亚洲国家领导人下星期在菲律宾中部举行高峰会谈时，恐怖分子可能策划袭击行动。在星期四分别发布的旅行忠告中，这些国家告诫本国公民不要去菲律宾宿务省旅行。东盟为期三天的高峰会星期一将在那里开幕。

澳大利亚和英国说，它们相信恐怖分子在那里的袭击已进入最后准备阶段。美国驻马尼拉大使馆告诫美国人重新评估自己的人身安全，避开人群聚集的公共场所。成千上万保安部队已经部署在了宿务地区。

菲律宾当局在与共产党和伊斯兰反叛活动作战。不过，有关当局对安全警告采取了低调处理。

The United States, Britain and Australia are warning that terrorists may be planning attacks in the central Philippines, where Asian leaders will be gathering for a summit next week. In separate advisories issued Thursday, the countries discouraged their citizens from traveling to the Philippines' Cebu province, where the three-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian nations begins Monday.

Australia and Britain say they believe terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks there. And the U.S. Embassy in Manila is advising Americans to reassess their own personal safety and avoid public gathering places. Thousands of security forces have been deployed to the area.

The Philippines is fighting communist and Islamist insurgencies. But officials are downplaying the security warnings.

珍珠港袭击幸存者重聚夏威夷 (Survivors of Pearl Harbor Attack Gather for Reunion)

近500名年长的幸存者星期四将聚集在夏威夷，纪念日本战斗机偷袭珍珠港美国海军基地65周年。自1966年的25周年纪念日以来，1941年12月7号偷袭事件的幸存者每5年聚会一次。但是今年活动的组织者说，这可能是最后的一次，因为这些人都已八九十岁。2001年的上一次团聚以来，已经有许多人去世，其余的人病体虚弱，难以承受旅途之劳。

历史学家们将参加今年的团聚，以便从幸存者那里收集书面的和口头史料。这些资料将成为以五千万美元建造的新展览和访问中心的部份内容。

Nearly 500 aging survivors will gather in Hawaii Thursday to mark the 65th anniversary of the surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor by Japanese fighter planes. The survivors of the December 7th, 1941 attack have reunited at Pearl Harbor every five years since the 25th anniversary in 1966. But organizers of this year's event say this will probably be the last of its kind, with the men now in their 80s and 90s. Many have died since the last reunion in 2001, while the rest have become too ill and frail to travel.

Historians are gathered at this year's reunion to collect written and oral histories of the attack from the survivors, which will be part of a new 50-million dollar museum and visitor center.