12-18-06

核会谈复会 北韩索取核反应堆并要求解除所有制裁 (North Korea Demands Nuclear Reactor & Lifting of all Sanctions as Nuclear Talks Resume)

北韩核问题特使提出要求说，该国应该得到一个民用核反应堆作为放弃核武器的回报。金桂冠星期一在北京举行的平壤核武项目问题六方会谈的开幕式上发表了以上讲话。金桂冠还要求，北韩放弃核武器之前，联合国和美国必须取消对北韩实施的所有金融制裁。北韩的其它要求包括，在核反应堆建成之前向北韩提供能源。金桂冠说，如果不满足这些要求，北韩将加强自己的核威慑力量。

外交人士说，金桂冠还表示，北韩不在乎别人是否承认它是核国家。金桂冠说，平壤10月进行核试验以后，对自己的核地位感到“满意”。美国特使希尔表示，国际社会不会同意北韩成为一个核国家。希尔说，华盛顿对北韩拒绝放弃核武器的态度正在失去耐心。

North Korea's nuclear envoy has demanded that his country be provided with a civilian nuclear reactor in return for nuclear disarmament. Kim Kye Gwan was speaking in Beijing at today's (Monday's) opening session of six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. Kim also demanded that all U.N. and U.S. financial sanctions against North Korea be lifted before his country abandons nuclear weapons. Other demands included that North Korea be supplied with energy until a nuclear reactor is built. If the demands are not met, Kim said Pyongyang would strengthen its nuclear deterrent.

Diplomats report that Kim also said North Korea does not care whether other countries recognize it as a nuclear power. He said Pyongyang is "satisfied" with its nuclear status after it tested a nuclear weapon in October. U.S. envoy Christopher Hill says the international community will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state. He also says Washington is running out of patience with North Korea's refusal to disarm.

中国生产假冒避孕药工厂被关闭 (Chinese Factory Closed for Producing Fake Contraceptives)

中国当局关闭了一家生产对人体有潜在危害的假冒避孕药品的工厂。医务专家说，南方岛屿省份海南省的那家工厂生产的避孕药不仅不能避免怀孕，而且可能会对服用这种药的妇女造成危害。

这家工厂还生产假冒的男用壮阳药品。

生产假冒伪劣药品已经成为中国的一个受到严重关注的问题。

Chinese authorities have closed a factory making fake and potentially dangerous birth-control pills. Medical experts said the contraceptives produced in the factory on the southern island province of Hainan were useless in preventing pregnancies and could have caused harm to women taking them.

The factory was also making fake male impotence drugs.

The production of counterfeit and poor-quality medicines has become a serious concern in China.