英国新闻听力 南非暴力抗议活动扩散（在线收听）

Violent protests against poor living conditions are spreading in South Africa where more than 100 people have been arrested in a week of clashes. Police fired rubber bullets at demonstrators in Johannesburg, the Western Cape and the north-eastern region of Mpumalanga. It's the most direct challenge to President Zuma since he came to power in April, promising to improve conditions in the townships. Peter Biles has this report.

The protests over service delivery are a reminder of the impatience felt in the most deprived areas of the country. Paradoxically, the gap between rich and poor is wider now than it was 15 years ago in spite of the progress that's been made since the demise of apartheid. Mr. Zuma is still to make his mark as president. Now he will be under even greater pressure to explain how the ANC is going to meet its plethora of election promises.

As the first human trials for a swine flu vaccine began in Australia, the United States has appealed for several thousand volunteers to take part in similar tests there. The first American volunteers, all adults, will be injected next month. Initial results should help the US government decide whether to carry out a mass vaccination campaign. Smaller scale trials are already underway in Australia. Andrew Cuthbertson is the director of research at the laboratories developing the vaccine.

"We have a specific vaccine that we believe will be able to protect millions of people against this new H1N1 flu. But what we have to do before this is made generally available is do some appropriate testing."

Security officials in Ukraine say a suspect in the murder of the journalist Georgiy Gongadze nine years ago has been arrested and has confessed to his killing. The decapitated body of Mr. Gongadze, an outspoken critic of the then President Leonid Kuchma was found dumped in a forest, provoking widespread outrage in Ukraine. Mr. Gongadze's widow, Myroslava, welcomed the arrest of General Oleksiy Pukach.

"It's crucially important that the Security Service of Ukraine were able to find and arrest General Pukach from the evidence presented during the previous court hearing and testimonies. It's clear that General Pukach is the one who intentionally killed Georgiy, strangled him with his own belt."

Investigators in the United States have raided the clinic of Michael Jackson's personal doctor. The man Conrad Murray was with Jackson when he died last month. Police in Texas were seen removing bags from Dr. Murray's clinic in the city of Houston. A lawyer for Dr. Murray said officials were looking for evidence of manslaughter. Dr. Murray who has been interviewed by police is not considered to be a suspect.

The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has given an uncompromising warning on nuclear weapons to North Korea and Iran. She told North Korea that its only option was to complete an irreversible dismantling of its nuclear weapons program and China, Russia, Japan and South Korea agreed with Washington on that.

President Obama says he expects violence in Iraq to continue, but the US is still on course to withdraw all its troops by the end of 2011. He was speaking after talks at the White House with the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. President Obama said the two countries were in the midst of a transition based on mutual respect. Mr. al-Maliki spoke of developing a strategic friendship between Iraq and the United States. The President said US support for Iraqi security services will continue.

Going forward, we will continue to provide training and support for Iraqi security forces that are capable and non-sectarian. We'll move forward with our strategy to responsibly remove all American combat brigades from Iraq by the end of next August and to fulfill our commitment to remove all American troops from Iraq by the end of 2011.

A British Minister quoted in a newspaper interview as saying British troops didn't have enough helicopters in Afghanistan has denied this is what he meant. The Minister Malloch Brown insisted he was talking about the number of helicopters needed worldwide to fight insurgents. The comments came as the government has been under increasing pressure as the number of British troops killed in Afghanistan has risen to unprecedented numbers.

Venezuela has rejected a demand from the interim government of Honduras that it withdraw its remaining diplomats from the Honduran capital. On Tuesday, the government accused the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of interfering in Honduras domestic affairs, a charge Mr. Chavez rejects.

南非反抗恶劣的生活条件的暴力冲突不断扩散，在一周的冲突中，已有100多人被捕。在Mpumalanga东北部地区的约翰内斯堡，警察向示威者发射橡皮子弹。这是自四月份南非总统祖马执政以来对他最直接的挑战。祖马即位时曾承诺改善城镇生活条件。Peter Biles报道。

对服务交付方面的抗议活动实际上反映了最贫穷地区人民的不满。反常的是，尽管自从种族隔离运动以来取得了很多进步，南非的贫富差距远远大于15年前。祖马已经成名。现在，他面临越来越大的压力，必须解释非洲民族议会（ANC）怎样实现竞选承诺。

第一批猪流感疫苗开始在澳大利亚试用，美国呼吁数千名志愿者参与类似的试用活动。第一批美国志愿者全部都是成年人，将于下个月接受注射。最初的结果将帮助美国政府决定是否实行大规模的疫苗接种活动。

“我们有特效疫苗，我们相信能够保护数百万人不会感染这种新型H1N1流感病毒。但是在大规模接种之前，我们必须进行一些适当的测试。”

乌克兰安全官员称，涉嫌九年前杀害记者Georgiy Gongadze的嫌疑人已被抓获并承认了罪行。当时， Gongadze是对当时的总统Leonid Kuchma直言不讳的批评家。他被斩首后丢弃在森林中，这引起了所有乌克兰人民的愤怒。Gongadze的遗孀Myroslava对Oleksiy Pukach的被捕表示欢迎。

“乌克兰安全服务部门能够根据以往的法庭听证和证词提供的证据找到并逮捕General Pukach，这是非常重要的。很明显，正式General Pukach故意杀害了Georgiy，然后用自己的皮带将他勒死。 ”

美国调查人员搜捕了迈克尔·杰克逊私人医生的诊所。上月杰克逊去世时，其私人医生Conrad Murray就在旁边。得克萨斯警察从休斯敦Murray的诊所中搜出了一些袋子。Murray医生的律师称，官员在寻找过失杀人的证据。Murray医生曾被警方审问，并排除杀人嫌疑。

美国国务卿希拉里向朝鲜和伊朗的核武器问题提出强硬警告。她告诉朝鲜，它唯一的选择是完成不可逆转的弃核活动。中国，俄罗斯，日本和韩国同意华盛顿的观点。

美国总统奥巴马称，他预期伊拉克的暴力活动仍会继续，但是美国仍然会按照协议2011年底之前从伊拉克撤出所有军队。奥巴马在白宫与伊拉克总理马利基进行会谈之后发表江湖。奥巴马总统说，两国正在互相尊重的基础上实现转变。马利基说到在伊拉克和美国之间发展战略性友谊的问题。奥巴马说，美国对伊拉克安全服务的支持将会继续。

今后，我们将继续为有能力的并且不属于任何宗派的伊拉克部队提供训练和支持。我们将继续采取行动，在明年八月底之前移除所有美军作战部队，弯沉我们的承诺，2011年底之前从伊拉克撤出所有美国军队。

一家报纸采访引用英国一位大臣的话说，美国驻阿富汗军队没有足够的直升机。现在这位大臣否认这是他要表达的意思。Malloch Brown坚持说他指的是全世界抗击叛乱分子所需的直升飞机数量。由于英国驻阿富汗军队死亡人数上升至前所未有的高度，政府面临越来越大的压力。

洪都拉斯临时政府要求委内瑞拉从洪都拉斯首都撤出剩余外交官，委内瑞拉拒绝了该要求。周二，临时政府控诉委内瑞拉总统查韦斯干涉洪都拉斯国内事务。而查韦斯则予以否认。