12-01-2005

巴基斯坦邊界爆炸五人亡 (Pakistan Border Blast Kills 5)

巴基斯坦官員說，在阿富汗邊界附近發生的一次意外爆炸導致5名激進分子死亡，但是當地居民不同意官員的說法。這些官員說，3名可能是來自烏孜別克斯坦的激進分子和兩名巴基斯坦當地人意外引爆了藏在家中的炸藥而被炸死。但是，動蕩的巴基斯坦西北部落地區的居民指責政府軍，說攻擊者向房子裏發射火箭。他們還說，兩名被打死的巴基斯坦人是兒童。

幾百名民眾後來聚集在附近的一個村子裏，譴責這次據稱發生的襲擊行動。目前有數萬名巴基斯坦部隊部署在地勢險峻、處於半自治狀態的北瓦濟裏斯坦地區，搜尋外國激進分子。

Pakistani officials say an accidental blast has killed five militants near the Afghan border, but residents dispute their account. Officials said three foreign militants - possibly from Uzbekistan - and two local Pakistanis were killed when they accidentally detonated explosives stored in a home. But local residents in Pakistan's restive northwest tribal region blamed the military, saying assailants fired missiles into the house. They also said the two Pakistanis killed were children.

Several hundred people later gathered at a nearby village to denounce the alleged attack. Tens of thousands of Pakistani forces are deployed in the rugged, semi-autonomous North Waziristan region, searching for foreign militants.

中國警方拘留兩煤礦兩官員 (Chinese Police Detain Two Mine Bosses)

中國警方拘留了星期天爆炸導致至少164人死亡的煤礦的兩名負責人。中國官方媒體報導，兩名煤礦官員因被控玩忽職守而被拘留。其中一人在事故發生的10天之前剛剛被評為“優秀礦長”。當局提高了爆炸發生時井下正在作業的礦工人數，並且仍在尋找7名礦工。

爆炸發生後，井下礦工有72人得以生還。地面上還有兩人死於爆炸。中國的採礦業是世界上最危險的。中國政府數字顯示，去年有大約6千人死於礦井事故。

Chinese police have detained two Communist Party officials in charge of a coal mine where at least 164 people died in an explosion Sunday. Official state media say the two mine officials were detained for alleged dereliction of duty. One had been declared a role model in mine management just 10 days before the accident. Officials have increased their tally of workers in the mine at the time of the explosion and are still searching for seven miners.

Seventy-two miners have been found alive. The explosion also killed two people above ground. China's mining industry is the world's most dangerous. Chinese government figures indicate some six thousand people died last year in mine accidents.