08-25-06

安南對籌建駐黎維和部隊有信心 (Annan Confident of Getting Peace-Keeping Troops for Lebanon)

聯合國秘書長安南說，他相信，1萬5千名維和部隊不久就能進入黎巴嫩，監督以色列和真主黨之間的停火。安南星期五在布魯塞爾與歐盟外長舉行會談。安南在會談前表示，他確信能夠得到決議所要求的維和部隊。

法國總統希拉剋星期五說，維和部隊不需要1萬5千人。他說這個數字太大。法國星期四將出兵人數增加到了2000人。一批大約150人的法國部隊星期五抵達黎巴嫩南部。

義大利表示願意派遣多達3000人的部隊。波蘭和西班牙等另外一些歐洲國家預計也將做出派遣部隊的承諾。目前仍然有待解決的問題是維和部隊由誰來領導。法國表示願意領導，但是義大利也表達了同樣的意願。星期五，有報紙消息說義大利官員提議分享指揮權。

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he is confident a 15-thousand-member peacekeeping force will deploy soon in Lebanon to oversee the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah. Mr. Annan is meeting Friday in Brussels with European Union foreign ministers. He said ahead of that meeting that he feels certain he will get the required number of troops.

France's President Jacques Chirac said Friday that the peacekeeping force does not need 15-thousand troops. He called that number excessive. On Thursday, France boosted its troop commitment to two thousand. A contingent of about 150 French troops reached southern Lebanon Friday.

Italy has offered up to three-thousand troops. Several other European countries, including Poland and Spain, are expected to make a troop commitment. Still at issue is who will command the troops. France says it wants to take the lead but Italy does too. In newspaper interviews Friday, Italian officials proposed a shared command.

德國逮捕未遂恐怖襲擊第三嫌疑人 (Third Suspect Arrested in Failed German Terror Plot)

德國警察逮捕了和上個月一起未遂恐怖事件有關的第三名嫌疑人。恐怖份子上個月陰謀炸毀兩列客車。這名嫌疑人星期五在南部城市康斯坦茨被捕。調查人員說， 他們發現他和同案的第一名嫌疑人、現年21歲的約瑟夫.哈伊比有牽連。哈伊比上星期六在德國北部城市基爾被捕。

第二名嫌疑人、現年19歲的哈馬德星期四在黎巴嫩北部的港口城市特裏波利向警方自首。當局說，監視錄影顯示，前兩名嫌疑人7月31號在科隆攜帶裝有自製炸彈的手提箱登上火車。炸彈被放置到開往多爾特孟德和科布倫茨的火車上，但是沒有爆炸。

Police in Germany have arrested a third suspect in connection with a failed terrorist plot to blow up two passenger trains last month. The man was detained Friday in the southern city of Konstanz. Investigators say they have linked him to 21-year-old Youssef Mohamad el Hajdib, the first suspect arrested in the case. El Hajdib was detained last Saturday in the northern German city of Kiel.

A second suspect, 19-year-old Jihad Hamad, surrendered to police Thursday in the northwestern Lebanese coastal city of Tripoli. Authorities say video surveillance cameras caught the first two suspects boarding trains in Cologne on July 31st and carrying suitcases packed with homemade bombs. The bombs were placed on trains bound for the cities of Dortmund and Koblenz, but they failed to explode.