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  • Iceland: Loan Repayment Referendum Vote Saturday
  • 冰岛:星期六举行还款公投
  •   Icelanders vote Saturday on a referendum to repay Britain and the Netherlands the $5 billion they paid their citizens who held accounts in an Icelandic bank that collapsed.
  • 冰岛星期六将举行公投,决定冰岛政府是否应就因银行倒闭而令英国及荷兰在冰岛银行的储户,做出支付 50 多亿美元赔偿。

  •   The bank, Icesave, failed in 2008 at the height of the world financial crisis.
  • 冰岛储蓄银行 Icesave 2008 年在世界经济危机最严重时倒闭。

  •   Saturday's referendum was triggered by Iceland's president, who refused to sign a bill passed by parliament in February to reimburse the Britain and the Netherlands.
  • 冰岛总统拒绝签署议会二月份通过的偿还英国和荷兰政府的决议,从而导致了星期六的公投。

  •   In March of 2010, Icelanders rejected another repayment bill.
  • 2010 年 3 月冰岛选民曾经否决过一项偿还法案。

  •   Financial experts say Iceland's approval of the referendum would help it regain credibility in financial markets.
  • 金融专家认為,如果偿还法案获得通过,这将有助於冰岛在金融市场上重树信誉。

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  • 37 Freed Cuban Dissidents Arrive In Spain
  • 37 名古巴获释异议人士抵达西班牙
  •   The Spanish government says a plane carrying 37 former political prisoners from Cuba and more than 200 members of their families has arrived in Madrid.
  • 西班牙政府表示,一架载有 37 名古巴前政治犯及其 200 多名家人的飞机抵达马德里。

  •   It was the largest group of Cuban dissidents to arrive in Spain since Madrid facilitated an agreement with Cuba and the Catholic Church last year to free 75 dissidents arrested in a 2003 crackdown.
  • 马德里去年促成了古巴与天主教会的协议,古巴同意释放 2003 年镇压运动中被逮捕的 75 名异议人士;这次是抵达西班牙的古巴异议人士人数最多的一批。

  •   The flight was chartered by the Spanish government and brings the number of Cuban ex-detainees given refuge in Spain to 115.
  • 这架航班是西班牙政府的包机,这将使西班牙收留的古巴前异议人士的人数上升到 115 人。

  •   Opposition groups say a number of political prisoners remain in Cuba.
  • 反对派组织说,古巴仍有很多政治犯。

  •   Havana has long maintained that it does not hold political prisoners, only "mercenaries" who were working with the United States to undermine Cuban communism.
  • 哈瓦那长期以来坚持说,它没有关押政治犯,只关押了一些受美国 “雇佣” 的破坏古巴共產主义制度的人。

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