11-29-07

中國艾滋病或艾滋病感染者人數增加 (China Sees Rise in Estimated Number of HIV/AIDS Cases)

中國政府估計，到2007年底，中國艾滋病毒感染者和艾滋病患者的人數將達到70萬。中國衛生部部長陳竺星期四在北京舉行的記者會上宣佈了上述的估計數據。他說，這個數字中包括8萬5千名艾滋病患者。這個數據出自中國政府、聯合國以及世界衛生組織所做的一份聯合報告。

中國估計艾滋病患者和病毒感染者2006年底達65萬人。到今年10月底，中國有22萬3千人被確診為艾滋病毒感染者，其中艾滋病患者超過6萬2千人。在新感染的病例中，大約45%源自異性性傳播， 42%源自靜脈注射毒品，略超過12%的病例源自同性戀性行為。

China estimates 700-thousand of its citizens will be either be HIV-positive or living with full-blown AIDS by the end of 2007.Health Minister Chen Zhu announced the statistics Thursday in a press conference in Beijing. He says the total includes 85-thousand Chinese with AIDS. The estimates are part of a joint report compiled by Beijing, the United Nations and the World Health Organization. 

China had an estimated 650-thousand HIV/AIDS infections at the end of 2006.Officially, over 223-thousand Chinese were diagnosed as HIV-positive by the end of October, including more than 62-thousand who already have full-blown AIDS. Of the new infections, nearly 45-percent will come from heterosexual transmission, with 42-percent as the result of intravenous drug use. Just over 12-percent will come from homosexual activity. 

澳總理當選人宣佈內閣名單 (Australian PM-Elect Announces Cabinet Picks)

澳大利亞新當選總理陸克文(凱文.拉德)星期四在首都堪培拉宣佈內閣人選，入選者包括澳大利亞第一位女性副總理和一名前搖滾樂歌星。陸克文任命朱利亞.吉拉德為副總理，還任命了另外6名女性擔任內閣成員。吉拉德同時還將擔任教育與工業關係部長。

陸克文還提名前樂隊歌手彼得.加勒特為環境和藝術部長。不過，加勒特因為在競選中多次失言，結果把新增設的氣候變化事務部長職位輸給了馬來西亞出生的華裔黃英賢女士。黃英賢將領導澳大利亞政府參與有關氣候變化的京都議定書的談判。陸克文曾保證在上任總理職務後將簽署京都議定書。

Australia's incoming prime minister has unveiled the members of his new cabinet, which includes the country's first female deputy prime minister, as well as a former rock star. Kevin Rudd made the announcements Thursday in the Australian capital of Canberra. He has selected Julia Gillard as deputy prime minister, one of seven women in the Australian cabinet. Ms. Gillard will also hold the ministerial posts of education and industrial relations.

He named Peter Garrett, the former lead singer of the band Midnight Oil, as environment and arts minister. But Garrett lost the new portfolio of climate change minister to Malaysian-born Penny Wong after a series of gaffes during the campaign. Wong will lead negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol, which Mr. Rudd has promised to sign.