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President Bush Wants to Settle Iran Dispute Diplomatically
布希总统望外交解决伊朗争端
　　The Bush administration says it wants to settle the Iranian nuclear crisis through diplomacy, although President Bush has not ruled out a military option.
布希行政当局表示愿意通过外交手段解决伊朗的核危机，不过布希总统没有排除以军事行动做為一种手段。

　　White House spokesman Scott McClellan says President Bush is not taking any options off the table, but he said two recent media reports on plans for air strikes in Iran were based on what he called "wild speculation" by outside experts.
白宫发言人斯科特．麦克莱伦说，布希总统不排除任何可选用的手段，但是他说，最近有关空袭伊朗计划的两篇媒体报导基於他所称的外界专家“轻率的猜测”。

　　Iranian President Mamoud Ahmadinejad urged Iranians not to be afraid and accused the United States of waging "psychologicial warfare" that included the reports in the New Yorker magazine and the Washington Post newspaper.
伊朗总统艾哈迈迪内贾德敦促伊朗人不要害怕，并指称美国开展“心理战”，其中包括纽约客杂志和华盛顿邮报的两篇报导。

　　Washington accuses Iran of using its nuclear program as a cover for developing an atomic bomb - a charge Tehran denies.
华盛顿指称伊朗利用它的核计划掩盖开发原子弹的活动．伊朗否认这个说法。

　　The Washington Post Sunday quoted current and former U.S. defense officials as saying a Pentagon study of military options is part of a coercive diplomacy to get Iran to end its nuclear fuel program. The report also says no U.S. attack appears likely in the short term.
华盛顿邮报星期天援引现任和前任的美国国防部官员说，做為以外交手段强迫伊朗终止其核燃料计划的一部份，五角大楼正研究军事干预的办法．报导还说，看来美国发动的任何攻击都不可能在短期内发生。

　　In a separate report citing unnamed sources, The New Yorker magazine says the Bush administration has increased clandestine activities inside Iran as well as planning for possible air strikes on nuclear facilities.
纽约客杂誌的一篇援引未说明出处的消息来源的报导说，布希行政当局增加了在伊朗境内的秘密活动，同时还有可能对那裡核设施进行空袭的计划。

　　The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (I.A.E.A.), Mohamed ElBaradei, is due in Iran this week to discuss cooperation with his agency. I.A.E.A. inspectors arrived in Iran Friday and have visited Tehran's uranium conversion facility in Isfahan. A visit to the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz is also on the agenda.
国际原子能机构总干事巴拉迪定於本星期前往讨论伊朗同国际原子能机构的合作．国际原子能机构核查人员星期五抵达伊朗，视察了引起争议的伊斯法罕铀转换设施．访问日程还包括访问纳坦兹的浓缩铀设施。

　　The U.N. body is expected to provide a report to the U.N. Security Council by the end of this month on Iran's nuclear compliance. Late last month, the Council ordered Tehran to stop uranium enrichment.
预计这个联合国机构将於4月之前就伊朗执行核协议的情况向联合国安理会提交报告．安理会3月底责令德黑兰停止浓缩铀活动。

Protesters Demand Greater Rights for Illegal Immigrants
美国民眾為非法移民争取权利
　　Protesters have begun new marches in the United States to demand greater rights for more than 11 million illegal immigrants. Demonstrators wearing white t-shirts and waving American flags paraded today (Monday) in Atlanta as part of the National Day of Action for Immigration Justice. Marches also were planned in Washington, D.C. and more than 100 other cities.
美国各地的抗议者开始游行，為1100多万非法移民争取更大的权利．今天是“移民公正全国行动日”，亚特兰大市的示威者身穿白色T恤衫，挥舞美国国旗．首都华盛顿和其他100多个城市也将有民眾上街游行。

　　Some 350-thousand people demonstrated in (the southern city of) Dallas on Sunday, and protests were held in several other cities.
星期天，大约35万人在达拉斯市游行，另外几个城市也有人举行了抗议集会。

　　The marches are the latest in a series of protests against a House of Representatives proposal that would classify illegal immigrants as felons. The House bill also would tighten border security and impose heavy fines on companies that employ illegal immigrants.
今天的游行是针对国会眾议院一项提案的一系列抗议活动的最新的活动．眾议院提案将非法移民定為重罪，并要求加强边界安全，重罚雇用非法移民的公司。

　　Critics say the proposal is unfairly aimed at mostly Hispanic immigrants who enter the country to find jobs.
批评者说，这个提案不公正地把矛头对準了到美国寻找工作的人，这些人大部份是拉美裔。