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  8-29-2005    

美南部遭受卡特裏娜颶風破壞 (Katrina causes damages in the southern U.S.)

來自美國南部一些州的消息說，卡特裏娜颶風帶來的暴風雨在那裏造成大面積水淹和財產破壞。美國國家氣象局說，卡特裏娜已經減弱到三級颶風，但是風速仍然超過每小時200公里。在新奧爾良市的低窪地區，水淹看來尤其嚴重。當地官員曾經警告，卡特裏娜颶風會衝破該市的防洪堤。

裏面有1萬多人避風的新奧爾良大型圓頂美式足球場的屋頂也被狂風撕開一些洞。其他發生水淹的城市還有密西西比州的比洛克西和格爾夫波特以及阿拉巴馬州的莫比爾。

Reports of widespread flooding and property damage are coming in from the southern United States as Hurricane Katrina pounds the region with high winds and torrential rain. The U.S. National Weather Service says Katrina has weakened to a category three hurricane but is still packing winds of 200 kilometers per hour. Flooding appears to be especially severe in low-lying New Orleans, where officials had warned Katrina would overwhelm the city's system of protective levees.

Winds from the storm have torn holes in the roof of New Orleans' Super dome, a football stadium where some 10-thousand people are waiting out the storm. Other cities where flooding is reported include Biloxi, Gulf port, Mississippi, and Mobile, Alabama.

美阿部隊擊斃一塔利班指揮官 (U.S. and Afghan forces kill a Taleban commander)

美國和阿富汗部隊在阿富汗南部打死一名被懷疑是塔利班指揮官的人以及他的3名部下。美國軍方發言人說，帕耶達.穆罕默德星期三在坎大哈的一場戰鬥中被打死。據信，他手下有大約150名反政府分子。據信他發動了若干起火箭襲擊、伏擊和其他遊擊戰類型的攻擊行動。

美國戰機和武裝直升機向一條山脊上激進分子藏身的的岩洞發射火箭，至少有3名激進分子被打死，15人受傷。阿富汗和美國部隊最近幾個月加緊了攻擊行動， 把激進分子從藏身處趕出來並加強安全，阻止塔利班實施要破壞下個月議會選舉的威脅。

U.S. and Afghan forces have killed a suspected Taleban commander and three of his fighters in southern Afghanistan. A U.S. military spokesman says Payenda Mohammed, who was thought to have led about 150 rebels, was killed in a battle in Kandahar province Wednesday. He was believed responsible for numerous rocket attacks, ambushes and other guerrilla-style assaults.

At least three other militants were killed and 15 wounded as U.S. warplanes and helicopters rocketed caves along a ridge where they were hiding. Afghan and U.S. forces have stepped up attacks in recent months to flush out militants and boost security to prevent the Taleban from carrying out threats of subverting next month's parliamentary polls.