08-31-06

安南批以軍在黎使用集束彈 (Annan Criticizes Israeli Forces for Using Cluster Bombs in Lebanon)

聯合國秘書長安南批評以色列在黎巴嫩與真主黨戰鬥期間使用集束炸彈。安南星期四在約旦說，集束武器不應當用來對付平民。他說，應當立即採取措施排除那些沒有爆炸的炸彈。

安南一直呼籲以色列解除對黎巴嫩的空中和海上封鎖，並且在聯合國部署的5000人到位之後即從黎巴嫩南部地區撤軍。

以色列總理奧爾默特星期三說，聯合國停火決議必須先得到充分履行，以色列才能解除封鎖和撤回軍隊。但是，以色列星期四宣佈，已經把黎巴嫩邊境一個地段的控制權交給了在黎巴嫩境內的國際部隊和黎巴嫩部隊。

安南秘書長在約旦會談後飛往敘利亞會談。

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has criticized Israel for using cluster bombs in Lebanon during the war with Hezbollah. Speaking in Jordan Thursday, Mr. Annan said cluster weapons should not be used against civilians. He said the unexploded bombs should be immediately disarmed.

Mr. Annan has been calling on Israel to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon and to withdraw its troops from the southern part of the country once the U.N. has deployed five thousand troops there.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that the U.N. ceasefire resolution must be fully implemented before Israel will lift the blockade and withdraw its troops. But Israel announced Thursday it has transferred control over a section of its border with Lebanon to international and Lebanese troops inside Lebanon.

After his talks in Jordan, Mr. Annan flew to Syria for meetings there.

泰南部銀行遭炸彈襲擊 (Bombs Hit Banks in Southern Thailand)

泰國警方表示，在動亂的南方省份也拉的幾家銀行至少有21次炸彈爆炸，至少1人被炸死，20人受傷。泰國官員懷疑，激進分子星期四在也拉省省會和一些附近地區的商業銀行裏或周圍引爆了這些炸彈。很多炸彈藏在垃圾桶裏，用移動電話引爆。

自2004年1月以來，分離反叛分子在穆斯林佔人口多數的泰國南方的也拉和另外兩個省份發動了一系列襲擊。這些省份原先是一個馬來蘇丹國。信奉佛教的泰國在一個世紀之前兼併這個地區。自從反叛活動爆發以來，已經有1400多人喪生。

Thai police say at least 21 bombs have exploded at banks in the restive southern province of Yala, killing at least one person and wounding at least 20 others. Officials suspect militants set off the bombs Thursday at or near commercial banks in Yala's provincial capital and nearby districts. Many of the explosives were detonated by mobile phones after being hidden in trash bins.

Separatists insurgents have staged a series of attacks in Yala and two other Muslim-majority provinces in southern Thailand (Narathiwat and Pattani) since January 2004. The provinces were a Malay sultanate until Buddhist Thailand annexed them a century ago. More than 14-hundred people have been killed since the insurgency erupted.