Headlines: Week in Review
l Sat. 10/27
Local: Former Cabinet Secretary-General Lin Yi-Shih is freed on NT$50
million bail
行政院前秘書長林益世五千萬元交保
The number of foreign visitors to Taiwan is expected to top 7 million in
2012
今年訪台外國人預料將逾七百萬人
Int’l: Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud
前義大利總理貝魯斯柯尼因瞞稅罪名被判四年徒刑
l Sun. 10/28
Local: Vice Premier Jiang Yi-huah denies rumors he will run for mayor of Taipei
行政院副院長江宜樺否認將參選台北市長傳言
Int’l: China begins a formal criminal probe into disgraced politician Bo Xilai
中國正式對已下臺的薄熙來展開刑事調查
The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Son-Tinh rises sharply to 24
天神颱風襲菲律賓死亡人數激增至二十四人
l Mon. 10/29
Local: Thousands of people from over 20 labour groups march for workers’
rights in Taipei
二十餘個勞工團體數千人上台北街頭遊行爭取勞工權益
Cases of foot-and-mouth disease are found at a pig farm in Yilan County
宜蘭縣養豬場發現數起口蹄病
Int’l: Tens of thousands of people protest against austerity measures in Italy
數以萬計義大利人抗議撙節措施
l Tue. 10/30
Local: Taiwan’s consumer confidence index falls to its lowest level since February 2010
台灣消費者信心指數降以至二零一零年二月以來最低點
Int’l: Germany rules out taking a write-off on some of its holdings of Greek
debt
德國拒絕註銷希臘部份積債
The San Fransisco Giants sweep the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series
舊金山巨人隊橫掃底特律老虎隊贏得世界賽冠軍
l Wed. 10/31
Local: A 21-year-old college student who contracted the AH3 flu virus dies in
hospital
感染AH3病毒二十一歲大學生在醫院病逝
Nearly 80 percent of businesses froze salaries last year: survey
民調:近八成企業去年凍結薪資
Int’l: At least 17 people are killed and millions are left without power as
Hurricane Sandy his the U.S.
珊迪颶風襲美,至少十七人喪生,數百萬人斷電
Taliban gunman shoot a 14-year-old female activist in Pakistan
塔利班槍手在巴基斯坦槍擊年僅十四歲女性活躍分子
l Thu. 11/1
Local: Taiwan lowers its official estimate for its 2012 GDP growth to 1.05
percent
台灣調降二零一二年國內生產毛額成長率預測至百分之一點零五
The Cabinet announces a plan to lure back NT$200 billion in overseas
Taiwanese investment
行政院揭示吸引新台幣兩千億元海外台資方案
Int’l: A think tank linked to China’s leadership urges an end to the one-child
Policy
與中國領導層關係密切智庫呼籲當局放棄一胎化政策
l Fri. 11/2
Local: Jeremy Lin makes an impressive debut as the Houston Rockets beat the Detroit Pistons
林書豪初戰表現佳,休士頓火箭力克底特律活塞隊
Int’l: The U.S. begins an arduous cleanup as the death toll from Hurricane Sandy reaches 64
珊迪颶風死亡人數增至六十四人,美國奮力展開清理善後工作
At least 10 people are killed in Saudi Arabia after a fuel truck crash triggers an explosion
沙烏地阿拉伯油罐車意外釀爆炸後,至少十人喪生
資料來源:The China Post
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