12-18-06

核會談復會 北韓索取核反應爐並要求解除所有制裁 (North Korea Demands Nuclear Reactor & Lifting of all Sanctions as Nuclear Talks Resume)

北韓核問題特使提出要求說，該國應該得到一個民用核反應爐作為放棄核武器的回報。金桂冠星期一在北京舉行的平壤核武項目問題六方會談的開幕式上發表了以上講話。金桂冠還要求，北韓放棄核武器之前，聯合國和美國必須取消對北韓實施的所有金融制裁。北韓的其他要求包括，在核反應爐建成之前向北韓提供能源。金桂冠說，如果不滿足這些要求，北韓將加強自己的核威懾力量。

外交人士說，金桂冠還表示，北韓不在乎別人是否承認它是核國家。金桂冠說，平壤10月進行核子試驗以後，對自己的核地位感到“滿意”。美國特使希爾表示，國際社會不會同意北韓成為一個核國家。希爾說，華盛頓對北韓拒絕放棄核武器的態度正在失去耐心。

North Korea's nuclear envoy has demanded that his country be provided with a civilian nuclear reactor in return for nuclear disarmament. Kim Kye Gwan was speaking in Beijing at today's (Monday's) opening session of six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. Kim also demanded that all U.N. and U.S. financial sanctions against North Korea be lifted before his country abandons nuclear weapons. Other demands included that North Korea be supplied with energy until a nuclear reactor is built. If the demands are not met, Kim said Pyongyang would strengthen its nuclear deterrent.

Diplomats report that Kim also said North Korea does not care whether other countries recognize it as a nuclear power. He said Pyongyang is "satisfied" with its nuclear status after it tested a nuclear weapon in October. U.S. envoy Christopher Hill says the international community will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state. He also says Washington is running out of patience with North Korea's refusal to disarm.

中國生產假冒避孕藥工廠被關閉 (Chinese Factory Closed for Producing Fake Contraceptives)

中國當局關閉了一家生產對人體有潛在危害的假冒避孕藥品的工廠。醫務專家說，南方島嶼省份海南省的那家工廠生產的避孕藥不僅不能避免懷孕，而且可能會對服用這種藥的婦女造成危害。

這家工廠還生產假冒的男用壯陽藥品。

生產假冒偽劣藥品已經成為中國的一個受到嚴重關注的問題。

Chinese authorities have closed a factory making fake and potentially dangerous birth-control pills. Medical experts said the contraceptives produced in the factory on the southern island province of Hainan were useless in preventing pregnancies and could have caused harm to women taking them.

The factory was also making fake male impotence drugs.

The production of counterfeit and poor-quality medicines has become a serious concern in China.