Headlines: Week in Review
l Sat. 9/1
Local: The central bank signs a memorandum of understanding for currency clearance with China
中央銀行與中方簽署兩岸貨幣清算備忘錄
Taiwan’s High Court acquits the “Hsichih Trio” of murder charges
[蘇建和三死囚]謀殺罪名獲台灣高等法院開釋
Int’l: Mitt Romney formally accepts the Republican Party’s nomination for U.S. president
羅姆尼正式接受共和黨提名為候選人
l Sun. 9/2
Local: Thousands of people attend the funeral of Catholic Cardinal Paul Shan
數千人參加單國璽樞機主教葬禮
Int’l: A German drugmaker apologizes for causing serious birth defects in the 1950s and 1960s
德國藥廠為一九五零及一九六零年代引致初生嬰兒嚴重缺陷道歉
China’s manufacturing activity slumps to a nine-month low in August
中國製造業活動八月份放緩至九個月來最低點
l Mon. 9/3
Local: Three bodies are recoverd from a downed Dapeng plane in Hualien County
三具屍體在花蓮墜毀大鵬機內尋獲
Taiwan voices “concern” over Tokyo officials’ visit to the disputed Tiaoyutai Islands
日官員前往有領土引端的釣魚台列嶼,台灣表示“關切”
Int’l: South Africa drops controversial murder charges against 270 miners
南非撤回對兩百七十名礦工的具爭議性謀殺起訴
l Tue. 9/4
Local: The number of AIDS patients aged 15 to 24 has surged in the last five years : CDC
疾病管制局稱十五至二十四歲艾滋病患數過去五年激增
Int’l: A suicide bomber attacks a U.S. Consulate vehicle in Pakistan, killing four people
自殺炸彈客攻擊駐巴基斯坦美國領事館用車,四人喪生
Reverend Sun Myung Moon, head of the controversial Unification Church, dies aged 92
具爭議性的統一教教主文鮮明去世,享年九十二歲
l Wed. 9/5
Local: Legislators observe a live-fire drill on Taiping Island
立委參觀太平島實彈演習
The Council of Labor Affairs forecasts a 43-percent year-on-year fall in October job growth
勞委會預測今年十月職缺成長下挫百分之四十三
Int’l: World leaders must act to prevent a global food crisis: U.N. agencies
美國政府機構呼籲世界領袖採取行動預防糧食危機
l Thu. 9/6
Local: Taiwan’s consumer price index increases 3.42 percent in August year-on-year
台灣消費物價指數今年八月份年增長率達百分之三點四二
Int’l: Japan agrees to buy three disputed islands in the East China Sea for
US$26 million
日本同意以兩千六百萬美元代價購進三個牽涉領土爭端的東海島嶼
The U.S. national debt hits US$16 trillion due to chronic deficits
美國財政赤字持續,國債總額增至十六兆美元
l Fri. 9/7
Local: Taiwan hopes to sign a cross-strait service trade pact with China this year: SEF
調海峽交流基金會:台盼今年與大陸簽署兩岸服務業協定
A group of legislators depart for the U.S. to promote parliamentary Diplomacy
多名立委啟程赴美促進國會外交
Int’l: The Afghan army detains or Sacks hundreds of soldiers over links to insurgents
阿富汗軍方拘留或罷黜數百名疑與叛軍掛鉤士兵
資料來源:The China Post
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