Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-08-07

 New Zealand Probes Fonterra's Handling of Food-Safety Scare

The government of New Zealand has launched an official probe into dairy exporter Fonterra in connection with its tainted¹ dairy scandal here in China.

The probes are said to surround why Fonterra waited more than 48 hours to release information about the possible contamination.

Fonterra has also confirmed the New Zealand Ministry² of Primary Industries is studying data connected to the contamination scare. 

The company says the contamination is due to a pipe that had not been sufficiently³ cleaned.

Fonterra discovered that some of its products were tainted with bacteria which can cause botchulism.

The company has since recalled the products in question.

Chinese authorities have since suspended all dairy imports from New Zealand and Australia while the probe is underway.

 

Evidence of Japanese germ warfare⁴ found in SW China

Chinese researchers say they have uncovered more evidence of the use of germ warfare by Japanese forces in southwestern China's Yunnan during the Second World War.

The findings by researchers are suggesting the wide-spread use of protective measures to ensure Japanese troops did not become infected with plague, anthrax and cholera⁵.

Researchers also say Japanese troops poisoned wells along the route leading from Yunnan into neighboring Myanmar during the invasion in 1942.

Research carried out by the Harbin Academy of Social Sciences is now trying to determine how closely the suspected germ warfare activities in Yunnan are linked to the notorious Unit 731.

This was the secret Japanese biological and chemical weapons research unit, which operated out of northeast China during the Japanese occupation of the region.

 

Japan unveils largest military ship

Japan has unveiled its largest warship⁶ since the second world war named "Izumo".

The helicopter-equipped destroyer has a capacity of landing five choppers.

Izumo is expected to be deployed⁷ in 2015.

Local media reports say another warship of a similar size is under construction.

 

Hasan Rouhani says Iran is ready to resume nuclear talks

Iran's new president now says his country is ready for serious talks with world powers over the nation's controversial nuclear program.

Two days into his job, Hasan Rouhani said his government hoped that talks with the West could begin without wasting time.

However Rouhani has also insisted that uranium enrichment activities in Iran are a right granted by international law.

For it's part, the US has said Mr Rouhani's presidency⁸ presents an opportunity for Iran to resolve the world's "deep concerns".

 

Pakistan rejects Indian allegation of killing⁹ soldiers

Pakistan is rejecting Indian claims Pakistani soldiers killed 5 Indian soldiers in a fire-fight along the Line of Control in Kashmir.

The Pakistani government is describing the Indian allegations as "baseless and unfounded." 

Indian authorities are accusing a group of Paksitani soldiers of crossing over the Line of Control in Kashmir and ambushing¹⁰ a group of Indian soliders. 

The deadly attack comes as the two countries prepare to move forward in trying to resume stalled peace talks.

Peace talks between the two sides were called off in January following an attack on the border which left one Indian soldier dead.

 

Dozens killed in wave of bombings in Iraq's capital

Several bombings in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday evening have killed at least 40 people and injured over 100 others.

So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Over 4-thousand Iraqi's have been killed since the beginning of this year.

The recent violence has raised fears of a recurrence¹¹ of the full-blown civil conflict in 2006 and 2007.

 

U.S., Russian ministers to meet over lingering differences

Foreign and Defense¹² ministers from the United States and Russia are set to meet in Washington this Friday, in a bid to try and bridge their differences over a number of issues.

Thorny¹³ issues expected to feature high on the agenda include the Syrian situation, the missile defense system as well as the fate of former US intelligence contractor¹⁴ Edward Snowden.

Russian deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said Russia will not discuss Snowden in the meeting.

 

Fort Hood¹⁵ shooting suspect admits he is the gunman

A former US Army psychiatrist¹⁶ who gunned down 13 soldiers at an Army base in Texas in 2009 has admitted to carrying out the attack.

42-year-old Major Nidal Hasan says he carried out the attack to protect Muslims and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Hasan could face execution if found guilty.

The killings¹⁷ are the deadliest non-combat attack on a US military base so far.

 

Buddhists¹⁸, tourists celebrate major Tibetan festival

Hundreds of thousands of Buddhists and tourists have flocked to a Tibetan monastery¹⁹ to celebrate the beginning of this year's Shoton festival.

Also known as the Yogurt Banquet festival, the week-long event kicked off with a grand ceremony of the "sunning of the Buddha²⁰" in the 600-year-old Drepung Monastery.

Local officials say over 400-thousand people are expected to join this year's ceremony.

It is now considered one of the most important festivals on the Tibetan calendar.

1 tainted   

adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏

参考例句：

• The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
• He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 sufficiently   

adv.足够地，充分地

参考例句：

• It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
• The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。

4 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

5 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

6 warship   

n.军舰，战舰

参考例句：

• He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。
• The warship was making towards the pier.军舰正驶向码头。

7 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

8 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

9 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

10 ambushing   

v.埋伏( ambush的现在分词 )；埋伏着

参考例句：

• The militia succeeded in ambushing the invading enemy soldiers. 民兵们成功地伏击了入侵的敌军。 来自互联网

11 recurrence   

n.复发，反复，重现

参考例句：

• More care in the future will prevent recurrence of the mistake.将来的小心可防止错误的重现。
• He was aware of the possibility of a recurrence of his illness.他知道他的病有可能复发。

12 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

13 thorny   

adj.多刺的，棘手的

参考例句：

• The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem.年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。
• The boys argued over the thorny points in the lesson.孩子们辩论功课中的难点。

14 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

15 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

16 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

17 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

18 Buddhists   

n.佛教徒( Buddhist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Jesuits in a phase of ascendancy, persecuted and insulted the Buddhists with great acrimony. 处于地位上升阶段的耶稣会修士迫害佛教徒，用尖刻的语言辱骂他们。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
• The return of Saivite rule to central Java had brought no antagonism between Buddhists and Hindus. 湿婆教在中爪哇恢复统治后，并没有导致佛教徒与印度教徒之间的对立。 来自辞典例句

19 monastery   

n.修道院，僧院，寺院

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• She was appointed the superior of the monastery two years ago.两年前她被任命为这个修道院的院长。

20 Buddha   

n.佛；佛像；佛陀

参考例句：

• Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。
• He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。