11-16-06

日本與美國同意推動導彈防禦系統 (Japan, US. Agree to Promote Missile Defense System)

日本媒體報導說，日本和美國同意推動導彈防禦系統，以確保亞太地區的安全。

日本共同社星期四報導說，美國國務卿賴斯和日本外相麻生太郎在越南首都河內出席亞太經合組織會議期間討論這個問題。

報導說，鋻於北韓最近的核子試驗，他們討論了防禦系統問題。報導還說，兩人一致認為，需要在即將舉行的朝核六方會談中達成具體協議。

星期四早些時候，賴斯會晤了亞太地區國家外交部長，賴斯說，亞太地區的繁榮與反恐、遏制大規模殺傷性武器的擴散和防治傳染病等努力緊密相連。

Japanese news reports say Japan and the United States have agreed to promote a missile defense system to ensure security in the Asia Pacific region.

Japan's Kyodo news service reports Thursday that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso discussed the issue on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi.

The news service reports the two diplomats discussed the defense system in light of North Korea's recent nuclear test. It also said they agreed that concrete agreements need to be reached during upcoming six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program.

Earlier Thursday in Hanoi, Rice met with regional foreign ministers and told them the prosperity of the region is closely tied to combating threats such as terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and the spread of pandemic disease.

O.J.辛普森新書引發爭議 (New O.J. Simpson Book Stirs Controversy)

前美式足球明星兼演員O.J.辛普森，當年涉嫌謀殺妻子及她的朋友，1995年被判無罪釋放；現在辛普森撰寫了一本新書，描述了假設他真的是兇手，那麼他是如何犯下兇殺罪的。

1995年，辛普森因涉嫌殺害妻子妮克.布朗.辛普森和她的朋友雷納德.戈德曼而受審，吸引了美國民眾的極大關注。陪審團最後對辛普森做出了極具爭議的無罪判決。他後來在民事審判中被認定有罪，必須對妮克.辛普森和雷納德.戈德曼的非正常死亡負責。

辛普森的出版商朱迪斯.裏甘採訪了辛普森，美國一家電視臺這個月將播放這一採訪。

裏甘告訴美聯社說，她認為這本書就是辛普森的招認書。

1994年6月14號，鄰居在洛杉磯富人區布朗.辛普森家的門前發現了布朗.辛普森和戈德曼的屍體。他們身上有多處刀傷，布朗.辛普森的喉嚨被割斷。辛普森一直聲稱自己清白無罪。

The former football star and actor O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his wife and a companion, has written a book about how he would have committed the murder, if he had done it.

Simpson's 1995 trial for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman captivated Americans. In a highly controversial verdict, the jury acquitted Simpson. He was later found guilty, in a civil trial, of the wrongful death of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

Simpson's publisher - Judith Regan - has interviewed him, and an American television network will broadcast the interview this month.

Regan told the Associated Press she considers the book O.J. Simpson's confession.

On June 14, 1994, neighbors found the bodies of Brown Simpson and Goldman in front of Brown Simpsons' home in an affluent section of Los Angeles. They had been stabbed several times and Brown Simpson's throat had been slashed. Simpson maintained he was innocent.