10-21-2005

北約將向巴災區派部隊工程兵醫療隊 (NATO to Send Troops, Engineers, Medical Teams to Quake-Hit Pakistan)

北約組織正在考慮一項方案，向巴基斯坦地震災區派遣1千名軍人的部隊、幾架直升機、幾百名工程兵以及建立野戰醫院的醫療隊。此前，聯合國負責援助工作的最高官員埃格蘭向北約提出請求，要求北約在考慮援助巴控克什米爾時，想像力要大，膽子要大。他說，國際社會在救助生命方面還沒有完全盡力。

NATO to Send Troops, Engineers, Medical Teams to Quake-Hit Pakistan

NATO is considering a plan to send one thousand troops, several helicopters and hundreds of military engineers to earthquake-hit Pakistan, as well as medical units to set up a field hospital.

The move follows an appeal to NATO by the top United Nations relief coordinator, Jan Egeland, to think "big and bold" in its response to the massive relief effort in Pakistani Kashmir. He said the world is not doing what it can to save lives.

黎反駁UN對哈裏裏暗殺事件調查報告 (Syria Dismisses UN Probe Into Hariri Assassination)

聯合國調查官員邁裏斯公佈一份54頁的報告。報告說，暗殺行動是幾個月前計劃 好的。報告暗指敘利亞軍事情報負責人、敘利亞總統阿薩德的妻舅肖卡特和其他 人與暗殺事件有牽連。

在貝魯特，反敘利亞的議員贊成報告中的發現，並重新要求親敘利亞的黎巴嫩總 統拉胡德下臺。報告說，總統拉胡德在暗殺哈裏裏前不久接到一名暗殺事件嫌疑 人的電話。拉胡德總統辦公室否認這一指控，並說他沒有意圖下臺。

聯合國秘書長安南把對今年2月發生在貝魯特的這次汽車爆炸暗殺行動的調查延長到12月中旬。

U.N. investigator Detlev Mehlis issued a 54-page report Thursday, saying the assassination was planned over many months. It implicates, among others, Syria's military intelligence chief (Asef Shawkat), who is the brother-in-law of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

In Beirut, anti-Syrian legislators hailed the findings and renewed their calls for Lebanese President Emile Lahoud -- a close ally of Syria -- to resign.Mr. Mehlis' report says President Lahoud received a telephone call from a suspect in Mr. Hariri's assassination shortly before it occurred. The president's office has denied the accusation and says he has no intention of stepping down.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has extended the investigation until December 15th.