04-08-08

奧林匹克官員討論北京奧運火炬全球接力(Olympic Officials Discuss International Leg of Beijing Olympics Relay)

國際奧會官員正在討論結束2008年北京奧運火炬的全球接力傳遞活動的可能性。自從奧運火炬上個月點燃後，火炬接力活動不斷遭到抗議活動的干擾。

國際奧會主席雅克.羅格星期二對記者說，奧會成員這個星期在北京開會時，將討論結束2008奧運會的全球火炬接力活動。不過，他沒有預測任何結果。羅格說，倫敦和巴黎的抗議讓他深感難過。他還對火炬星期三經過舊金山表示擔心。

火炬星期二早上抵達加利福尼亞州。在火炬抵達前一天，抗議者攀緣著名的金門大橋，懸挂支援西藏自由的條幅。

Olympic officials are discussing the possibility of ending the international torch relay for the 2008 Olympic Games, which has been plagued by persistent protests since it was first lit last month.

International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge told reporters Tuesday that committee members will discuss ending the international leg of the 2008 relay at a meeting in Beijing this week. He did not predict an outcome. Rogge said he was deeply saddened by the recent protests in London and Paris and voiced concern about the torch moving through San Francisco on Wednesday.

The torch arrived in California early Tuesday, a day after protesters scaled the famous Golden Gate bridge to hang banners supporting Tibetan freedom from China. 

中國國內航班禁帶火柴和打火機(China Bans Matches and Lighters on Domestic Flights)

中國禁止國內航班乘客攜帶火柴和打火機登機，這是奧運會開幕之前採取的最新航空安全措施。

中國民航總局星期一在其網站上宣佈了這一規定。當局已經要求乘客在經過機場安檢時脫掉鞋子，並禁止攜帶多數液體物質登機。

有關官員上個月末說，一名19歲的維吾爾族女子承認試圖在一架從烏魯木齊飛往北京的國內班機的洗手間內點燃裝有汽油的飲料罐。這個陰謀被發現，沒有人受傷。

China has banned passengers from bringing matches and lighters on board domestic flights in the latest air security measures taken ahead of the Olympic games.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China made the announcement on its Web site Monday. Authorities already require travelers to remove their shoes while going through airport security, and have banned most liquids from being taken on board an aircraft.

Officials said late last month that a 19-year-old woman with an ethnic Uighur background confessed that she tried to start a fire in a plane's toilet by igniting a soda can filled with gasoline on a domestic flight from Urumqi to Beijing. The plot was discovered and no one was hurt.