09-27-07

北韓核問題六方會談在北京召開 (Six-Party Nuclear Talks Begin in Beijing)

有關北韓核計劃的六方會談再次召開，外交人員希望能夠就如何徹底廢止北韓核設施的細節問題達成一致。本星期在北京舉行的會談預計還將將重點討論北韓公佈所有核活動的時間表。

美國首席談判代表、助理國務卿克裏斯托弗.希爾星期四表示，總體來說，華盛頓和北韓立場接近，但是仍然有需要克服的分歧。

希爾星期四早些時候會晤了北韓特使金桂冠，試圖解決星期三的一次會談所遺留下來的問題。

今年2月，北韓同意放棄其核計劃以換取燃料援助和外交讓步，已經關閉了主要核設施。參加六方會談的國家還包括南韓、日本、中國和俄羅斯。

Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program have resumed, with diplomats hoping to agree on details of how to totally disable the country's nuclear facilities. This week's discussions in Beijing are also expected to focus on setting a timetable for Pyongyang to disclose all of its nuclear activities.

Thursday, the chief U.S. envoy to the talks, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Christopher Hill, said that in general, Washington and North Korea are on the same wavelength. But he said there are still differences to overcome.

Hill met with North Korea's Kim Kye Kwan earlier Thursday to try to resolve issues from a meeting Wednesday.

North Korea agreed last February to abandon its nuclear program in exchange for fuel and political concessions. It has already shut down its main nuclear facility. The six-party talks also include South Korea, Japan, China and Russia.

巴基斯坦總統遞交競選文件 (Pakistani President Files Election Papers)

巴基斯坦總統穆沙拉伕星期四遞交了競選文件，不顧有關的爭議，正式錶明他將競選連任。與此同時，安全部隊封鎖了首都伊斯蘭堡，以阻止反對派計劃發動的抗議。總理阿齊茲星期四把穆沙拉伕參選10月6號總統大選的提名文件遞交給了選舉委員會。

為了防範抗議，當局在選舉委員會辦公樓和附近的最高法院周圍布署了數以百計的防暴警察和突擊隊員。

反對派領袖馬克督姆.阿明.法希姆也于星期四遞交了參選的提名文件。他是前總理布托領導下的巴基斯坦人民黨的副主席。布托女士和穆沙拉伕兩派之間一直在洽談權力分享的問題，但是迄今還沒有達成任何協議。

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf filed election papers Thursday cementing his controversial re-election bid for president, as security forces sealed off the capital Islamabad to prevent planned protests by opposition forces. His nomination papers for the country's upcoming October sixth elections were delivered to the Election Commission Office by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.

Hundreds of riot police and commandos were deployed around the election office and nearby Supreme Court.

Opposition leader Makhdoom Amin Faheem, the vice chairman of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, also filed his nomination papers Thursday. Ms. Bhutto and General Musharraf have been holding talks on a power sharing deal, but have yet to reach an agreement.