12-19-06

中国贩毒头被判死刑 (China Drug Boss Sentenced To Death)

中国南方广州市一家法院判处一名大毒枭死刑。中国官方的新华社说，现年50岁的陈炳锡由于贩卖并制造数吨甲基苯丙胺(冰毒)以及贩运海洛因而被定罪。陈炳锡毒集团中的两名毒贩同时被判处死刑，缓期两年执行，另外两人被判处无期徒刑。陈炳锡的妻子被判处有期徒刑11年。

警方1999年在广州一个仓库中查获了1万1000公斤冰毒后，陈炳锡夫妇逃往泰国。他于2003年底被抓获并遣返回中国。

A court in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has sentenced a drug boss to death. The official Xinhua news agency says 50-year old Chen Bingxi was convicted of trafficking and manufacturing tons of methamphetamine and of trafficking and selling heroin. Two members of Chen's drug ring were also sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, while two others received life sentences. His wife was sentenced to 11-years in prison.

Chen and his wife fled to Thailand in 1999 after police seized more than 11-thousand kilos of methamphetamine in a storehouse in Guangzhou. He was arrested and repatriated to China in late 2003.

鲨鱼袭击一澳大利亚冲浪者 (Shark Attacks Australian Surfer)

在澳大利亚南部维多利亚州的一个受游人欢迎的海滩附近，一名冲浪者受到鲨鱼袭击，严重受伤。星期一傍晚，这名25岁的男子坐在冲浪板上，鲨鱼突然咬住了他的左腿。

澳大利亚的冲浪者呼吁捕杀这条鲨鱼，但是维多利亚州州长否定了这一做法。他说，单纯捕杀这条鲨鱼不太可能防止这个海域鲨鱼对人的袭击。

A shark has attacked an Australian surfer near a popular beach in the southern state of Victoria, leaving him seriously injured. The 25-year old man was grabbed by his left leg as he sat on his surfboard Monday evening.

Australian surfing enthusiasts called for the shark to be hunted down and killed. But Victoria's state premier ruled out such a move, saying it was unlikely to prevent future attacks by sharks in the area.