Headlines: Week in Review
l Sat. 5/18
Local: The killing of local fisherman by Philippine personnel was “cold-blooded
murder”: President Ma Ying-jeou
馬總統說,菲律賓涉殺台灣漁民是「冷血的殺人事件」
A Filipino migrant worker is assaulted by four Taiwanese men in Taiwan
菲籍外勞在台南遭四名台灣男子攻擊
Int’l: Two bombs targeting Sunnis in Iraq kill 49 people
伊拉克遜尼派回教徒遭兩名炸彈攻擊,四十九人喪生
l Sun. 5/19
Local: A Taiwanese investigative team returns from the Philippines after
officials refuse to cooperate with them
菲律邊官員拒絕合作,台灣調查團返台
Int’l: Former Argentine dictator Jorge Videla dies in prison aged 87
前阿根廷獨裁者維德拉獄中去世,享年八十七歲月
French president Francois Hollande signs the country’s gay marriage
bill into law.
法國總統歐蘭德簽署同性婚姻法案
l Mon. 5/20
Local: President Ma Ying-jeou urges vigilance as heavy rains approach Taiwan
暴雨即將來襲,馬總統呼籲國人戒備
Health Minister Chiu Wen ta arrives in Geneva to attend to World
Health Assembly
衛生署長邱文達抵達日內瓦參加世界衛生大會
Int’l: Syrian government forces launch an assault on a strategic rebel-held
town
敘利亞政府軍攻擊叛軍據守之戰略城鎮
l Tue. 5/21
Local: The government moves to abolish Taiwan’s southern boundary for fishery protection
政府採取行動廢除護漁南界
Local pair Chuang Chih-yuan and Chen Chien-an win gold in the men’s doubles t the World Table Tennis Championships
台灣搭擋莊智淵和陳建安勇奪世界桌球錦標賽男雙冠軍
Int’l: Yahoo buys online blogging forum Tumblr for US$1.1billion
雅虎以十一億美元天價收購部落格平台Tumblr
l Wed. 5/22
Local: A detained Taiwanese fishing vessel is freed after it trespassed into
Japanese waters
越界闖入日本海域捕魚而遭拘押的台灣漁船獲釋
Int’l: Dozens of people are killed when a massive tornado strikes the U.S.
state of Oklahoma
強烈龍捲風襲擊美國奧克拉荷馬州,數十人喪生
President Thein Sein becomes the first leader of Myanmar to visit the
U.S. in almost 50 years
緬甸總統登盛成為近五十年來首位訪美的緬甸領袖
l Thu. 5/23
Local: Quarterly average earnings in Taiwan fall to their lowest level in four
years
首季度平均薪資降至近四年來最低點
Over 100 suspected drug dealers are arrested in Taichung following
raids at 150 locations
台中警方突擊搜索一百五十個地點,拘捕百餘名嫌疑毒犯
Int’l: An FBI agent shoots dead a man being questioned over the Boston
Marathon bombings
聯邦調查局幹員槍殺一名疑似涉及波士頓馬拉松爆炸案而遭到
偵訊的嫌犯
l Fri. 5/24
Local: Wu Ching-kuo formally announces his candidacy for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee
吳經國正式宣布參選國際奧委會主席
Int’l: Nissan plans to recall over 800,000 vehicles globally due to faulty
steering wheels
日產汽車在全球召回八十萬輛方向盤有缺失的汽車
An 80-year-old Japanese man becomes the oldest person to climb
Mount Everest
八十歲日本男子成為攀登聖母峰最年長的人
資料來源:The China Post
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