12-21-07

窃贼在巴西盗取毕加索油画 (Thieves in Brazil Steal Picasso Oil Painting)

巴西当局说，窃贼盗走了毕加索蓝色时期的一幅油画和巴西一位知名画家的作品。警方说，盗贼星期四窃入圣保罗市艺术馆，盗走了毕加索在1904年所作的名画《苏珊布洛克肖像》以及巴西画家坎迪多·波提纳里1939年所作的《咖啡工人》。

警方说，这两幅画陈列在两个不同的展室内，艺术馆的安全摄像机拍摄了盗贼偷画的过程。盗贼打碎了玻璃门，在三分钟之内完成了偷盗过程，并且逃避了艺术馆警卫的追赶。

这两幅画是圣保罗市艺术馆最有价值的展品。毕加索的那幅画价值五千万美元，另外一幅画至少值五百万美元。盗贼今年十月曾试图到艺术馆行窃，但在被发现后逃走。

Brazilian authorities say thieves have stolen an oil painting from Pablo Picasso's blue period and a painting by a well-known Brazilian artist. Police say the thieves broke into the Art Museum of Sao Paulo Thursday and stole Picasso's 1904 "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and Brazilian painter Candido Portinari's 1939 "The Coffee Worker." 

They say security cameras captured the theft of the paintings, which were in separate rooms. The robbers smashed glass doors and finished the burglary in three minutes, and were able to avoid the museum's guards.

The paintings were the museum's most valued assets, with the Picasso valued at 50-million dollars and the Portinari at at least five-million. Thieves attempted a robbery at the museum in October but were spotted and fled. 

新民意调查发现日本首相福田康夫支持率下跌 (Japanese PM Losing Support in New Opinion Poll)

一份新的民意调查显示，日本首相福田康夫政府的支持率跌至他上台3个月以来的最低点。日本朝日新闻星期五公布的调查结果显示，福田康夫政府的支持率下跌到31%，比上次在12月1号和2号的民调所显示的支持率下跌了13个百分点。相反，福田康夫内阁的民众不支持率却从上次的36%飙升到目前的48%。

朝日新闻说，在这次民意调查之前，福田康夫内阁宣布，政府可能无法确认5000万个神秘的养老金帐户中许多帐户的真正拥有人。民调还显示，38%的受访者愿意投票支持在野的日本民主党，而只有23%的受访者表示会投票支持执政的自民党。

A new opinon poll in Japan shows that approval ratings for the government of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda have fallen to their lowest levels since he took power three months ago.
The "Asahi Shimbun" newspaper released a survey Friday showing support for Mr. Fukada's government has fallen to 31-percent, a decline of 13 points since the last survey conducted on December first and second. The cabinet's disapproval ratings have surged from 36-percent to 48-percent over that time. 

The newspaper says the plummeting approval ratings follow the government's announcement that it might not be able to identify the rightful owners for many of Japan's 50-million mystery pension accounts.The survey also found that 38-percent of those asked would likely vote for the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, with just 23-percent voting for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.