Headlines: Week in Review
l Sat. 8/18
Local: The DGBAS lowers Taiwan’s estimated economic growth rate to 1.66 percent for 2012
主計處將台灣今年預估的經濟成長率下修至百分之一點六六
Int’l: Japan deports pro-China activists from the Tiaoyu Islands
日本將登上釣魚台的親中份子驅逐出境
South African police open fire on protesting miners, killing 34 people
南非警方朝示威礦工開火,卅四人喪生
l Sun. 8/19
Local: Taiwan accuses Japan of “furtively occupying” the Tiaoyu Islands
台灣指控日本「偷偷竊佔」釣魚台
Seventy percent of workers can’t afford to get married: poll
調查:七成勞工沒錢結婚
Int’l: World leaders slam the two-year jail sentence given to Russian punk band Pussy Riot
各國領導人抨擊俄國龐克團體「暴動小貓」成員遭判刑兩年的判決
l Mon. 8/20
Local: Experts expect inflation and unemployment to raise Taiwan’s “misery index”
專家預期通貨膨脹與失業將提升台灣的「痛苦指數」
Int’l: A suicide bomber kills seven police officers in the Russian North Caucasus
自殺炸彈客在俄國北高加索地區造成七名警察喪生
A Sudanese cabinet minister is among 31 people killed in a plane crash
蘇丹部長在內的卅一人在空難中罹難
l Tue. 8/21
Local: Taiwan plans to conduct a live-fire drill on Taiping Island in September
台灣九月計畫在太平島進行實彈演習
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark calls for the release of former President Chen Shui-bian
前美國司法部長克拉克呼籲釋放前總統陳水扁
Int’l: Gu Kailai, the wife of China’s Bo Xilai, receives a suspended death
sentence for committing murder
中國薄熙來的妻子谷開來因謀殺罪名遭判緩死刑
l Wed. 8/15
Local: The Central Weather Bureau issues a sea warning for Typhoon Tembin
中央氣象局發布天秤颱風海上颱風警報
Int’l: Apple’s surging stock increases the firm’s value to a world record US$624 billion
蘋果電腦股價飆漲使其市值達創紀錄的六千兩百四十億元
World leaders mourn the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
全球領袖哀悼衣索比亞總理吉納威過世
l Thu. 8/23
Local: Catholic Cardinal Paul Shan dies aged 88 after a battle with lung cancer
天主教樞機主教單國璽不敵肺癌病魔逝世,享年八十八歲
Local researchers announce that they have found a possible cause of Lou Gehrig’s disease
國內研究人員宣布,他們可能找出了肌肉萎縮性脊隨側索硬化症的起因
Int’l: Greece appeals to Germany for more time to meet its borrowing obligations
希臘呼籲德國堆給一些時間,已達成借款義務
l Fri. 8/24
Local: Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin says he will not sign a petition calling for medical parole for former President Chen Shui-bian
台北市長郝龍斌表示,不會連屬讓前總統陳水扁保外就醫
Int’l: The Syrian army batters southern Damascus, killing at least 47 people
敘利亞政府軍猛攻大馬士革南區,至少射殺四十七人
Reports claim that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will schedule a snap election for November
報導指出,日本首相野田佳彥十一月將臨時宣布舉行大選
資料來源:The China Post
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