Headlines: Week in Review
l Sat. 5/12
Local: Authorities confirm an outbreak of H5N2 avian influenza at a farm in Yunlin
官員證實雲林一農場爆發H5N2禽流感疫情
Int’l: JPMorgan’s shock US$2 billion loss hits global financial stocks
摩根大通廿億美元虧損打擊全球金融股
A man hurls a shoe at mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik during his trial in Norway
挪威殺人魔布里維克受審時遭人丟擲鞋子
l Sun. 5/13
Local: Downpours force the closure of two sections of the Suao-Hualien Highway
蘇花公路兩路段因豪雨被迫關閉
Hundreds of nurses protest for changes to their working conditions
數百護士上街示威,要求改善工作條件
Int’l: Greece’s president makes a last-ditch effort to form a coalition government
希臘總統盡最後努力籌組聯合政府
l Mon. 5/14
Local: The government pledges to achieve a balanced budget by 2022
政府允諾二0二二年取得預算平衡
Thousands of believers celebrate Buddha’s birthday in front of the Presidential Office
佛教信眾在總統府前慶祝浴佛節
Int’l: Japan, China and South Korea agree to hold trilateral free trade talks
日本,中國及南韓同意舉行三邊貿易談判
l Tue. 5/15
Local: Tsai Ing-wen publishes an open letter on Facebook panning the government
蔡英文在臉書張貼公開信狠批政府
Int’l: Forty-nine headless bodies are dumped on a highway in northern Mexico
墨西哥北部公路發現四十九具無頭棄屍
EU foreign ministers agree fresh sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
歐盟外長同意對敘利亞總統阿薩德實行新制裁
l Wed. 5/16
Local: The government sets up a task force to monitor the stock market
政府組成專責小組監控股市
Kuomintang legislators block an attempt to impeach President Ma Ying-jeou
國民黨籍立委擊退罷免總統之議
Int’l: China protests UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s meeting with the Dalai Lama
中國抗議英國首相卡麥隆和達賴喇嘛會面
l Thu. 5/17
Local: MSCI downgrades Taiwan’s weighting on two key indexes
摩根士丹利資本國際公司調降台股兩大指數權重
Taiwan’s Wei-Yin Chen earns his fourth MLB win against the New York Yankees
台灣投手陳偉殷對洋基隊之役取得個人美國大聯盟的第四勝
Int’l: China urges North Korea to cancel its planned nuclear test: sources
消息人士透露,中國敦促北韓放棄核武測試計畫
l Fri. 5/18
Local: The government launches an investigation into abnormal price hikes
政府著手調查異常物價上揚
Int’l: Reports claim Iran is flouting U.N. sanctions by sending arms to Syria
報導稱伊朗向敘利亞輸出武器,無視聯合國制裁
U.S. plans for a possible military strike on Iran are “ready”: U.S. ambassador to Israel
美駐以色列大使宣稱軍事攻擊朗計畫「已就緒」
資料來源:The China Post
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