10-27-06

報告：伊朗擴大濃縮鈾行動 (Report: Iran Expands Nuclear Program)

據報導，儘管聯合國發出制裁的威脅，伊朗還是擴大了其核項目。伊朗半官方的學生通訊社說，核工程師已經在一個濃縮鈾設施開始操作第二組離心繫統。報導星期五援引消息人士的話說，工程人員這個星期已經向第二組系統中注入了氣體，並已從相關程式中獲得了結果。報導還說，他們還沒有把鈾輸入系統中，但是可能會在幾天內完成。

德黑蘭星期三證實，他們確實安裝了新設備，加快濃縮鈾的提取工作。英國、法國和德國已經提出一項聯合國安理會決議草案。決議草案要求對伊朗實施制裁，懲罰伊朗從事核項目及拒絕中止濃縮鈾活動的行為。

Iran is reported to have expanded its nuclear program - despite the threat of United Nations sanctions. Iran's semi-official student news agency (ISNA) says nuclear engineers have begun operating a second network of centrifuges at a uranium enrichment facility. The report Friday quotes sources as saying gas had been fed into the second system this week and that the results of the process already had been obtained. The report also says uranium had not yet been put into the system, but could be in the next few days.

On Wednesday, Tehran confirmed it had installed new equipment to step up uranium enrichment work. Britain, France and Germany have proposed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program and refusal to suspend enrichment activities.

日阻保釣人士登陸爭議群島 (Japan Stops Activists from Reaching Disputed Islands)

日本海岸警衛隊說，他們阻止了一艘載有華人活動人士的船隻在有爭議的群島登陸。日本海岸警衛隊一位發言人說，日本巡邏艇星期五先是警告這艘船隻不要進入東海的這片島嶼，後來又向這艘船隻噴水。有關官員說，這艘船隻已經離開了位於台灣東北大約200公里處的水域。

大約有25名活動人士星期天從香港乘船出發，計劃前往日本稱為尖閣列島和中國稱為釣魚島，抗議日本對這些島嶼宣稱主權。中國和台灣也宣稱對那些島嶼擁有主權。那裏有豐富的漁業資源，還可能蘊藏有石油。日本1895年殖民台灣時佔領了這些島嶼，二戰之後美國獲得控制權，後在1972年把它們交還給日本。

Japan's coast guard says it has prevented a boat carrying ethnic Chinese activists from landing on a disputed chain of islands. A coast guard spokesman said Japanese patrol ships first warned the vessel to steer clear of the islands in the East China Sea Friday and then sprayed it with water. Officials say the boat has left the area, about 200 kilometers northeast of Taiwan.

About 25 activists had set sail from Hong Kong Sunday with plans to protest Japan's claim of sovereignty over the islands - known as "Senkaku" in Japan and "Diaoyu" in China. Both China and Taiwan also claim the island chain, which is surrounded by rich fishing grounds and possible oil deposits. Japan took control of the islands in 1895 when it colonized Taiwan. The U.S. held the islands following World War Two and returned them to Japan in 1972.