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- Jonathan Sworn in as New Nigerian President
- 喬納森宣誓就任尼日利亞新總統
- Nigerian acting President Goodluck Jonathan has been sworn in as Nigeria's new president, hours after President Umaru Yar'Adua died following a long illness.
- 尼日利亞代總統古德勒克‧喬納森在總統奧馬魯‧亞拉杜瓦久病不治去世幾小時後宣誓就職。
- Mr. Jonathan took the oath of office Thursday morning in a televised ceremony at the presidential palace.
- 喬納森星期四早上在總統府舉行的電視播出儀式上宣誓就職。
- In a brief address, he pledged to fight corruption, to work for fair elections, and to work to move towards peace in the Niger Delta.
- 在簡短的講話中，喬納森誓言打擊腐敗，努力實現公平選舉，努力推動尼日河三角洲地區的和平。
- Mr. Jonathan also praised Mr. Yar'Adua as a man of great integrity and outstanding humility.
- 喬納森還讚揚亞拉杜瓦是非常正直、謙虛的人。
- Mr. Yar'Adua died late Wednesday at the presidential villa. He was 58.
- 亞拉杜瓦星期三晚間在總統別墅去世，享年 58 歲。
- Officials have not announced the cause of death. But Mr. Yar'Adua had been incapacitated since late November, when he was flown to Saudi Arabia for what officials said was inflammation of the membrane around his heart.
- 官員沒有宣佈亞拉杜瓦去世的原因；但是自去年 11 月下旬以來亞拉杜瓦就臥病不起‧他當時因官員所說的心臟周圍粘膜發炎被送往沙烏地阿拉伯。
- His absence led to a political crisis that culminated in February, when Nigeria's parliament named Mr. Jonathan, then the vice president, as the country's acting leader.
- 他不理政務導致了政治危機，於 2 月達到白熱化，當時尼日利亞議會任命副總統喬納森出任代總統。
- Mr. Yar'Adua returned to Nigeria soon after, but had not been seen in public since then.
- 不久，亞拉杜瓦返回尼日利亞，但此後沒有公開露面。
- The presidency Thursday announced seven days of national mourning and said Mr. Yar'Adua would be buried later in the day.
- 尼日利亞總統辦公室星期四宣佈全國舉哀七天，並說亞拉杜瓦將在星期四晚些時候下葬。
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- Britons Vote in Tight Election Race
- 英國人大選投票 選情激烈
- Britons are voting Thursday in critical national elections that are expected to be among the closest in decades.
- 英國人星期四進行全國關鍵選舉的投票；預計，這次選舉是幾十年來選情最激烈的一次。
- Three main party leaders cast ballots early Thursday.
- 星期四早晨，三大主要政黨領導人進行投票。
- London Mayor Boris Johnson predicted an enormous voter turnout as several polling stations reported the busiest start to a general election in years.
- 由於多個投票站報告投票開始的情況是多年來大選最為繁忙的，倫敦市長約翰遜預計今年選民投票率會很高。
- Opinion polls show the opposition Conservative Party led by David Cameron, favored to win, but without enough support to secure an outright majority in Parliament.
- 民意調查顯示，卡梅隆領導的反對黨保守黨贏得勝選的青睞，但無法獲得足夠的支援率以確保在議會中取得絕對多數席位。
- A Conservative Party victory would end 13 years of Labor Party rule and spell defeat for Prime Minister and party leader Gordon Brown.
- 保守黨的勝利將結束工黨 13 年來的執政，同時也意味著工黨領導人和首相布朗的失利。
- The race is complicated by a surge in support for the Liberal Democrat Party headed by the charismatic Nick Clegg.
- 自由民主黨的支援增加使得選情更加撲朔迷離；該黨領袖是很有魅力的尼克‧克萊格。
- Clegg, who was relatively unknown before the race, gained a sizable following during Britain's first-ever televised debates.
- 競選前，克萊格相對名氣不高，卻在英國首次電視辯論中贏得了數量可觀的追隨者。
- Whoever wins will have to lead Britain's recovery from the global economic crisis and develop a plan for cutting the country's record $236 billion deficit.
- 無論哪個政黨獲勝，都必須帶領英國走出全球經濟危機，制訂計劃減少英國創紀錄的 2360 億美元赤字。
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