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  • Major US City, Detroit, Files for Bankruptcy
  • 美国大城市底特律提出破產申请
  •   One of the largest U.S. cities, Detroit, has filed for bankruptcy, a move that gives it court protection from creditors.
  • 美国大城市底特律提出破產申请,以使这座无力偿付债务的城市获得法院的保护。

  •   A fiscal manager hired by the state of Michigan, where Detroit is located, made the filing Thursday in federal bankruptcy court.
  • 星期四,底特律所在的密西根州雇用的一名财政经理向联邦破產法院提交了破產申请。

  •   That filing made Detroit the largest city in U.S. history to declare bankruptcy. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder needs to sign off on the decision.
  • 这一申请使底特律成為美国有史以来宣佈破產的最大城市;有关决定需要密歇根州州长斯奈德签字认可。

  •   Detroit has been struggling with a budget deficit of more than $300 million and long-term debt of nearly $14 billion.
  • 底特律面临超过 3 亿美元的预算赤字,长期债务将近 140 亿美元。

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  • Russian Opposition Leader Freed
  • 俄罗斯反对派领袖获释
  •   A Russian court released opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Friday, pending the appeal against his five-year sentence on embezzlement charges.
  • 一家俄罗斯法院星期五释放了俄罗斯反对派领导人阿利克塞‧纳瓦尔尼,他对自己因侵吞公款罪名被判 5 年监禁提出上诉。

  •   The court ruled that keeping Navalny in custody would deprive him of his right to run in Moscow's mayoral race on September 8.
  • 这家法院裁定,拘留纳瓦尔尼会剥夺他 9 月 8 日竞选莫斯科市长的权利。

  •   Navalny was convicted Thursday of embezzling $500,000 worth of timber from a state-owned company, while working as an adviser to a provincial governor in 2009. He was immediately detained following the verdict.
  • 纳瓦尔尼星期四被裁定 2009 年在担任州长顾问期间,佔有了一家国营公司价值 50 万美元的木材;宣判之后,纳瓦尔尼被立即收押。

  •   Thousands of people in several Russian cities demonstrated against the conviction.
  • 在俄罗斯几座城市,数千人举行示威,反对这项判决。

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