12-07-06

美澳英警告東盟峰會可能遭恐怖襲擊 (US, Australia, Britain Warn of Possible Terrorism at ASEAN Summit)

美國、英國和澳大利亞警告說，亞洲國家領導人下星期在菲律賓中部舉行高峰會談時，恐怖分子可能策劃襲擊行動。在星期四分別發佈的旅行忠告中，這些國家告誡本國公民不要去菲律賓宿務省旅行。東盟為期三天的高峰會星期一將在那裏開幕。

澳大利亞和英國說，它們相信恐怖分子在那裏的襲擊已進入最後準備階段。美國駐馬尼拉大使館告誡美國人重新評估自己的人身安全，避開人群聚集的公共場所。成千上萬保安部隊已經部署在了宿務地區。

菲律賓當局在與共產黨和伊斯蘭反叛活動作戰。不過，有關當局對安全警告採取了低調處理。

The United States, Britain and Australia are warning that terrorists may be planning attacks in the central Philippines, where Asian leaders will be gathering for a summit next week. In separate advisories issued Thursday, the countries discouraged their citizens from traveling to the Philippines' Cebu province, where the three-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian nations begins Monday.

Australia and Britain say they believe terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks there. And the U.S. Embassy in Manila is advising Americans to reassess their own personal safety and avoid public gathering places. Thousands of security forces have been deployed to the area.

The Philippines is fighting communist and Islamist insurgencies. But officials are downplaying the security warnings.

珍珠港襲擊倖存者重聚夏威夷 (Survivors of Pearl Harbor Attack Gather for Reunion)

近500名年長的倖存者星期四將聚集在夏威夷，紀念日本戰鬥機偷襲珍珠港美國海軍基地65週年。自1966年的25週年紀念日以來，1941年12月7號偷襲事件的倖存者每5年聚會一次。但是今年活動的組織者說，這可能是最後的一次，因為這些人都已八九十歲。2001年的上一次團聚以來，已經有許多人去世，其餘的人病體虛弱，難以承受旅途之勞。

歷史學家們將參加今年的團聚，以便從倖存者那裏收集書面的和口頭史料。這些資料將成為以五千萬美元建造的新展覽和訪問中心的部份內容。

Nearly 500 aging survivors will gather in Hawaii Thursday to mark the 65th anniversary of the surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor by Japanese fighter planes. The survivors of the December 7th, 1941 attack have reunited at Pearl Harbor every five years since the 25th anniversary in 1966. But organizers of this year's event say this will probably be the last of its kind, with the men now in their 80s and 90s. Many have died since the last reunion in 2001, while the rest have become too ill and frail to travel.

Historians are gathered at this year's reunion to collect written and oral histories of the attack from the survivors, which will be part of a new 50-million dollar museum and visitor center.