09-26-06

日外相對日中首腦會談抱有希望(Japan's FM is Hopeful of Sino-Japan Summit)

日本重新獲得任命的外務大臣麻生太朗說， 他相信安倍晉三首相的新內閣能夠安排一次中日首腦會談。麻生太朗在安倍晉三星期二被選為日本新首相之後不久發表上述看法。在回應安倍晉三當選新首相時，中國外交部說， 中國期望日本的新領導層將推進中日關係的改善和發展。

中日關係近幾年來嚴重惡化，主要是因為前首相小泉純一郎一再參拜供奉有包括二戰戰犯在內的日本戰爭亡靈的靖國神社。中國和南韓因為小泉純一郎的參拜靖國神社而拒絕和日本舉行首腦會談。

安倍晉三過去也參拜過靖國神社，但是還沒有表明在擔任日本首相之後，他是否會繼續參拜。

Japan's reappointed Foreign Minister, Taro Aso, says he believes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new administration will be able to set up a Sino-Japanese summit. Mr. Aso made the comment shortly after Shinzo Abe was elected Tuesday as Japan's new Prime Minister. In responding to Mr. Abe's election, China's Foreign Ministry said the country hopes Japan's new leadership will push for the improvement and development of Sino-Japanese relations.

Relations between Japan and China have worsened significantly in recent years, mainly due to former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's repeated visits to a shrine honoring Japan's war dead, including convicted World War Two criminals. China and South Korea have both refused to hold summits with Japan in the past because of the Yasukuni shrine visits.

Mr. Abe has visited the shrine in the past, but has not indicated whether he will continue the visits now that he is prime minister.

美情報總管：恐怖襲擊危險比2001年低 (US Intelligence Chief: Risk of Terror Attack Lower Now Than in 2001)

美國最高情報官員說，美國再次遭受恐怖襲擊的危險要低於5年前。不過，他承認，伊拉克戰爭在造就“新一代恐怖分子領導人”。主管美國所有情報機構的約翰.內格羅蓬特星期一晚些時候，在華盛頓就媒體報導的評估全球恐怖主義動向的“國家情報評估”部份份內容發表了講話。內格羅蓬特說，“伊拉克的伊斯蘭聖戰正在造就新一代恐怖領導人和活動分子”，但是他補充說，如果遏制伊拉克反叛活動的努力最終成功的話，“就會有更少的武裝分子願意繼續從事戰鬥”。

The United States' top intelligence official says the risk of another terrorist attack against this country is lower than it was five years ago, but he admits the war in Iraq is producing "a new generation of terrorist leaders." John Negroponte, who supervises all U.S. intelligence agencies, was speaking late Monday in Washington about published excerpts of a secret National Intelligence Estimate on Trends in Global Terrorism. Negroponte said "The Iraq jihad is shaping a new generation of terrorist leaders and operatives." But he added that if the effort to suppress insurgents in Iraq is ultimately successful, "fewer fighters will be inspired to carry on the fight."