BBC News:盧旺達下周舉行公投

Rwanda has announced that a referendum will be held next week, on the 18th, on a constitutional amendment that would allow President Paul Kagame to stand for a third term in 2017. Parliament approved the change last month, after was petitioned by 3 million people. Mr.Kagame has been credited with rebuilding Rwanda after the genocide in 1994. But opponents say he has become increasingly intolerant of dissent.

盧旺達宣布公投將于下周舉行，這是第18次憲法修正案將允許總統(tǒng)保羅.卡加梅在2017年第三次連任。國會在上個月批準了此項改變，有300萬人支持?？用房偨y(tǒng)在1994的屠殺之后就已經(jīng)被列入重建盧旺達的人選。但是反對者表示他日益忽視持不同意見的人。

The UN special adviser on the prevention of genocide has warned that Burundi could descend into a civil war, if the political violence there does not stop. Atama Jane said both government and opposition forces in Burundi were manipulating ethnicity and heavy weaponry was being used. He said there was a danger the 1993 Arusha Peace Accord could be destroyed. And if that happened, the worst was possible.

聯(lián)合國特別顧問就防止種族滅絕這一問題發(fā)出警告，稱布隆迪也許會發(fā)生內(nèi)戰(zhàn)，如政治暴力不加以組止，阿特曼.簡稱無論是政府還是布隆迪的反對力量都操縱著種族以及重武器。他還表示1993年的阿魯沙和平協(xié)定可以摧毀這一危險。如果這一情況發(fā)生了，那么最壞的結果將會出現(xiàn)。

The United States says it's investigating reports that Iran conducted a test of a ballistic missile last month, violating UN ban. The American Ambassador to the United Nations is Samantha Powell.I don't want to get ahead of the work that people are doing in Saudi where the government is to see if we can confirm it. But as happened last time, if we can confirm it, and if there is a violation of any UN Security Council resolution, we will come here and we will seek appropriate action. Iran says any sanctions would breach the nuclear deal it struck with world powers earlier this year.

美方稱一項調(diào)查顯示伊朗上個月進行了彈道導彈測試，這違反了聯(lián)合國的禁令。美國駐聯(lián)合國大使是薩曼莎.鮑爾。我并不想超越人們在沙特的工作，在那里政府想知道我們是否可以證明這一點。但是還像上次發(fā)生的那樣，如果我們可以證明，如果有任何違反聯(lián)合國安理會決議的地方，那么我們就會來到這里尋求恰當?shù)男袆?。伊朗稱任何制裁都將破壞今年早些時候與世界強國進行的核交易。

Officials from Cuba and the United States have held a preliminary meeting to discuss the compensation the 2 former Cold War enemies are seeking from each other. Cuba wants more than 120 billion dollars for the effect of the economic embargo imposed on it after the 1959 revolution. Washington is processing claims totaling about 8 billion dollars on behalf of the American companies and citizens.

來自古巴以及美國的官員舉行了初次會議討論冷戰(zhàn)雙方尋求的相互賠償問題。古巴希望得到1200億美元來補償其在1959年革命后被強加經(jīng)濟禁令所造成的影響。華盛頓代表美國企業(yè)和公民要求獲得總共約80億美元的賠償。

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