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| 12-23-2005 |
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| 中國天主教徒要求歸還建築物 (Chinese Catholic Clergy Insist On Return of Buildings) |
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| 中國一些天主教神父和修女將在他們宣稱屬於他們的一座空建築物裏度過耶誕節。他們試圖說服有關當局歸還房產。 在被警察包圍了的天津這座沒有暖氣的建築裏，有一些人在被當局勸說後離開，但仍有13人堅持留下。 這座房子以前為西北地區山西省的天主教徒擁有，1949年內戰後被新中國共產黨政府沒收。 這些神職人員說，政府在10多年前答應歸還這座建築物，但是從來沒有兌現過。 |
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| A group of Chinese Catholic priests and nuns will spend Christmas in an empty building they claim is theirs as they try to persuade authorities to return it. Surrounded by police in the unheated building in the northern city of Tianjin, the 13 stayed after authorities persuaded the rest of their group to return to their parishes. The building was owned by Catholics from the northwestern province of Shanxi before it was seized by the new Communist government after the 1949 civil war. The priests say the government promised to return the building more than 10 years ago, but has never acted on its promise. |
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| 世衛要求中國提供禽流感病毒樣本 (WHO Asks China for Bird Flu Samples) |
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| 世界衛生組織要求中國分享有關爆發致命的H5N1型禽流感病毒株的資訊。世衛西太平洋地區負責人星期五說， 中國今年已經有至少26次禽流感疫情，但是卻沒有和國際衛生機構分享任何實驗室樣本。這位官員說，北京抗擊禽流感的經驗對全球防治這一疾病是非常關鍵的。 中國積極推動防治禽流感的運動，宰殺了數以百萬計的禽鳥，並且展開為全國50多億隻雞、鴨和其他禽類接種疫苗的項目。 自2003年以來，至少有70人死於禽流感，其中中國已知有兩人死於禽流感。 |
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| The World Health Organization has asked China to share information from its outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus. A WHO official (Shigeru Omi, regional director for the Western Pacific) said today (Friday) China has had at least 26 outbreaks of avian flu this year, but has not shared any laboratory samples with international health organizations. The official said Beijing's experience in combating avian flu is crucial to the global fight against the disease. China has embarked on an aggressive campaign to fight bird flu, destroying millions of birds and mounting a program to vaccinate all of its more than five billion chicken, ducks and other poultry. Two people are known to have have died from bird flu in China, out of at least 70 deaths since 2003. |
