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| 11-22-2005 |
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| 北京稱重視UN酷刑特使調查 (China 'Attaches Importance' to Visit by UN Envoy on Torture) |
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| 中國外交部說，北京高度重視聯合國酷刑特使曼弗雷德.諾瓦克這個星期開始對中國的訪問。外交部發言人劉建超星期二說，中國希望弗雷德.諾瓦克的訪問能有助於增進相互了解，加強雙邊合作。諾瓦剋星期二對英國廣播公司(BBC)記者說，北京承認中國監獄普遍存在虐待犯人的情況。 中國法律禁止刑訊逼供，不過人權組織說，實際上酷刑一直被用來逼取口供。 諾瓦克前往中國的幾天之前，曾拒絕了美國對他考察在古巴關塔那摩灣美軍基地而提出的條件。500多名在反恐戰爭中于阿富汗和其他地方被抓獲的人未經審判一直被關押在那裏。 |
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| China's Foreign Ministry says Beijing attaches a high level of importance to the visit of the United Nations envoy Manfred Nowak on torture, which began this week. Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said Tuesday that China hopes Manfred Nowak's visit can help increase mutual understanding and strengthen bilateral cooperation. Nowak told the BBC Tuesday that Beijing has acknowledged the widespread abuse of prisoners in the nation's jails. Torture is officially outlawed in China but human rights organizations say it is still used to extract confessions. Mr. Nowak's trip to China comes a few days after he rejected U.S. terms for a visit to the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, where more than 500 detainees captured in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the war on terror are held without trial. |
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| 美駐伊大使出席儀式險遭不測 (American Ambassador Had a Close Call at a Ceremony in Iraq) |
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| 美國和伊拉克高級官員星期二在伊拉克北部出席一次儀式的時候險遭不測。反叛分子向他們發射了一枚迫擊炮彈。炮彈落在美伊官員附近，但是沒有爆炸。事件發生時，美軍部隊正在把前總統薩達姆在家鄉提克裏特的一處宮邸移交給伊拉克部隊。這處建築2003年以後一直被美國軍隊用做指揮部。 參加儀式的有美國駐伊拉克大使扎勒米.哈利勒扎德和駐伊拉克美軍指揮官凱西將軍。襲擊沒有造成人員受傷，交接儀式幾分鐘之後繼續進行。 美國軍方報告說，一名美國海軍陸戰隊員星期一在伊拉克西部的作戰行動中陣亡。 |
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| Senior U.S. and Iraqi officials had a close call at a ceremony they were attending in northern Iraq Tuesday, when insurgents fired a mortar shell. The shell landed near the officials, but did not explode. The incident happened as U.S. forces handed over to Iraqi forces control of a former palace belonging to Saddam Hussein in his hometown of Tikrit. U.S. troops had been using the building as a headquarters since 2003. At the ceremony were U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and General George Casey, who is the commander of U.S. troops in Iraq. No one was hurt and the handover continued several minutes later. The U.S. military reports that a Marine was killed Monday during combat operations in western Iraq. |
