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桃園縣政府 市長 朱立倫 賀
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August 6, 2007
asia news-南亞暴雨成災千人亡數千萬人受災 記者: 中文部
南亞暴雨成災千人亡數千萬人受災 記者: 中文部
華盛頓
2007年8月4日





印度災民在洪水中搶運家產
南亞地區的雨季暴雨已經造成1000多人死亡。同時,各國政府和救援機構正在艱難地向至少2000萬被迫離開家園的災民送去人道救援物資。

在印度,成千上萬人的軍人被派往阿薩姆邦、比哈爾邦和北方邦,向被洪水圍困的幾百萬災民提供急需的食物、飲水和藥品。在鄉村地區,齊腰深的洪水切斷了通往很多村莊的道路,使救援行動受阻。

在鄰國孟加拉國,一半以上的國土淹沒在洪水中。在尼泊爾,喜馬拉雅山上融化的雪水引起塌方和洪水,造成數以萬計的人無家可歸。洪水毀壞了這個地區的道路,沖走了房屋和全部莊稼,水電供應也被切斷。






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August 6, 2007
asia news-在阿富汗被綁架南韓人有多人生病
在阿富汗被綁架南韓人有多人生病 記者: 中文部
華盛頓
2007年8月4日





南韓示威者手持遭綁者照片
阿富汗、南韓官員、以及繼續扣押21名南韓人質的塔利班激進分子仍然在爭取確定一個會面地點,就釋放人質舉行談判。

各方星期六一直在爭取找到一個各方都可以接受的會面地點。塔利班分子一直不願意在阿富汗政府控制的地區舉行談判。一個南韓代表團來到阿富汗已經有好幾天,希望能與在7月19號劫持南韓慈善人員的塔利班綁架者會面。

南韓總統發言人金何森說,南韓官員告訴塔利班,南韓無法滿足綁架者提出的阿富汗政府釋放被關押的激進分子以換取南韓人質的要求。

星期六,一名沒有透露姓名的南韓女性人質告訴美國之音阿富汗語組的記者說,人質中有許多人生病。她不知道在目前的狀況下這些人質還能支撐多久。








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August 6, 2007
asia news-南亞洪水死亡數字已超1400人
南亞洪水死亡數字已超1400人 記者: 中文部
華盛頓
2007年8月4日





巴基斯坦村民逃難
南亞地區的暴雨已經造成1400多人死亡。與此同時,政府和救援機構正在艱難地向至少兩千萬被迫離開家園的災民運送人道救援物資。

聯合國兒童基金會表示,單是在印度就有1100多人死亡。成千上萬人的軍隊被派往印度的阿薩姆邦、比哈爾邦和北方邦,向被洪水圍困的數以百萬計的災民提供急需的食物、飲水和藥品。在鄉村地區,齊腰深的洪水切斷了通往很多村莊的道路,使救援行動受阻。

在鄰國孟加拉國,一半以上的國土淹沒在洪水中。在尼泊爾,喜馬拉雅山上融化的雪水引起塌方和洪水,造成數以萬計的人無家可歸。

2007年8月3日 星期五

asia news-US Pressuring Taleban to Free South Korean Hostages

US Pressuring Taleban to Free South Korean Hostages
By Stephanie Ho
Washington
02 August 2007



A U.S. official says Washington is doing all it can to pressure Taleban kidnappers who are holding 21 South Korean hostages in Afghanistan. The United States has so far limited itself to making public statements calling for the hostages to be released, but as VOA's Stephanie Ho reports, the official did not rule out the possibility of using military force.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said the United States is very concerned about the fate of the South Korean hostages in Afghanistan, and has been in consultations with the South Korean and Afghan governments to secure their release.

"We are working very closely with the Korean government and with the Afghan government to try to make sure the pressure and the focus remain where they should be, and that's on the Taleban, who are the ones who have done this terrible thing," he said.

Boucher said Washington's efforts to exert pressure so far have largely consisted of repeatedly and publicly calling on the Taleban to release the South Koreans. He did not say whether anything more concrete is being done, but indicated that future efforts may include a military option. "There are both things that we say, things that others say, things that are done and said within Afghan society, as well as potential military pressures," he said.

These comments come amid South Korean appeals to the United States for help securing the release of the hostages through negotiations. They also appear to contradict a South Korean official's remarks, following a meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit in Asia, that U.S. and South Korean officials have ruled out the use of force to free the hostages.

The kidnappers already have killed two Korean hostages, and the Taleban says any rescue attempt will jeopardize the lives of the remaining hostages. The group is demanding Kabul release Taleban prisoners in exchange for the captives. The Afghan government says it will not trade prisoners for hostages, a position the U.S. government supports.

Meanwhile, South Korean lawmakers consulted Thursday with U.S. officials in Washington, and an official South Korean delegation is in Afghanistan to meet with the Taleban kidnappers.

The issue is expected to be near the top of the agenda in talks between President Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, when they meet Sunday and Monday at the Camp David retreat outside of Washington.




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