10-25-06

布希總統說嚴重關注伊拉克暴力 (President Bush Says Iraq Violence a "Serious Concern")

布希總統說，過去一個月伊拉克暴力升級使他和美國人民深切關注。

布希星期三在白宮舉行記者會時發表了這番評論。他提到一個月來有93名美軍軍人和300名伊拉克安全部隊成員在伊拉克被打死。布希總統承認綁架和暴力襲擊現象仍舊是嚴重問題。

但是布希指出，抓獲伊拉克領導人薩達姆和伊拉克舉行自由選舉是令人鼓舞的跡象。他重申了美國領導的聯軍繼續留在伊拉克“在那裏打敗敵人”的重要性。

President Bush says the rise in violence in Iraq over the past month has been a serious concern to him and to the American people.

Mr. Bush made the comment today (Wednesday) during a news conference at the White House. He noted that 93 U.S. service members and 300 Iraqi security personnel have been killed in Iraq this month, and he acknowledged that kidnappings and violent attacks there remain a serious problem.

But the president cited the capture of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and free elections in Iraq as encouraging signs. He repeated that it is important that U.S.-led coalition forces stay in Iraq to, in his words, defeat the enemy there.

數千中國學生騷亂 指責大學騙人 (Thousands of Chinese Students Riot, Complain of University Deception)

防暴警察星期三在江西省服裝職業技術學院嚴陣以待。該學院的學生從星期一就開始了抗議活動。官員們說，某些學生還破壞了學校的財產。

中國官方電視臺說，將近2萬名學生對這家民辦學院感到憤怒，因為校方承諾向學生頒發的文憑是這所學院沒有資格頒發的。官方媒體還說，學院招收的學生人數也超出了實際被批准招收的人數。

過去10年來，中國教育產業飛速發展。但是由於高等教育缺乏管理標準，許多學生都說，他們成了民辦學校造假行為的受害者。

去年6月，中國中部的河南省也爆發了類似的學生示威活動。當時，由於校方沒有頒發曾經承諾的有聲望的文憑，數千名學生洗劫了校園。

Chinese police say thousands of college students rioted this week over their school's failure to provide credible diplomas.

Riot police are standing guard today (Wednesday) at the Jiangxi province campus of Clothing Vocational Institute, where students have protested since Monday. Officials say some students have vandalized school property.

Chinese state television says nearly 20 thousand students are angry with the privately run college, because they were promised diplomas the institution was not qualified to award. State media also say the college recruited more students than it was approved for.

China's education sector has grown rapidly over the past decade. With few regulated standards for higher education, however, many students say they have been victimized by private institutions' fraudulent practices.

A similar riot broke out in the central province of Henan last June, when thousands of students ransacked their campus after the college failed to issue prestigious diplomas they had been promised.