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  • BP Plans Steel Cap for Underwater Oil Spill
  • 英国石油公司计划用钢盖解决海底漏油
  •   Energy giant British Petroleum says it has finished building a massive steel cap for the undersea oil leak that is fouling the Gulf of Mexico and threatening major environmental damage.
  • 能源巨头英国石油公司说,已经為海下漏油製造了一个巨大的钢盖;漏油正在污染墨西哥湾,对环境损害构成重大威胁。

  •   BP officials said Monday they hope to have the cap in place on the sea floor in about a week.
  • 英国石油公司星期一说,他们希望能在大约一个星期内把这个钢盖安置海底。

  •   Company spokesman Tom Mueller says officials are hopeful the cap may stop the leak, but it is not a permanent solution.
  • 英国石油公司发言人米勒说,官员们希望钢盖可能堵塞漏油,但这并不是永久性的解决办法。

  •   Steel workers in Louisiana began building the nearly 70-ton cap in the days after the leak was discovered at the site of a damaged well that had been connected to an oil rig.
  • 在发现漏油几天后,路易斯安那州的钢铁工人开始建造这个近 70 吨重的钢盖;漏油发生在和钻井平台相连接的一个受到损害的油井。

  •   The Harte Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies reports the spill is threatening to damage the region's $1.6 billion dollars in annual economic activity, including commercial fishing, sport fishing and tourism.
  • 从事墨西哥湾研究的哈特学院的报告显示,漏油可能伤害该地区每年价值 16 亿美元的经济活动,包括商业捕鱼、休閒垂钓和旅游业。

  •   As of Tuesday, 170 vessels, and nearly 7,500 personnel are involved in the cleanup efforts, with an additional 2,000 volunteers assisting.
  • 截至星期二,有 170 艘船隻,近 7500 名工作人员参与清理工作,另外还有 2000 名志愿者协助。

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  • Sentencing Delayed for Pakistani Convicted in Mumbai Attacks
  • 孟买恐怖袭击罪犯宣判推迟
  •   An Indian court will sentence the Pakistani man convicted of the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai on Thursday.
  • 印度法院将於星期四宣判因参与 2008 年孟买恐怖袭击而被定罪的巴基斯坦男子。

  •   The judge presiding over the case delayed announcing a decision during Tuesday's sentencing hearing.
  • 这个案子的主审法官星期二在关於判决的听证会上宣佈推迟宣判。

  •   The prosecutor has called for the death penalty for Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the only gunman captured alive during the three-day siege that killed 166 people.
  • 此案的检察官提出对穆罕默德‧阿吉马‧卡萨布处以死刑;卡萨布是在為期叁天造成 166 人死亡的恐怖袭击事件中唯一被活捉的枪手。

  •   On Monday, Kasab sat impassively as the court in Mumbai found him guilty on nearly all of the 86 charges against him.
  • 在星期一法庭宣判起诉他的 86 项罪名几乎全都成立时,卡萨布毫无表情地坐在那里。

  •   Kasab was one of 10 gunmen who arrived by sea and attacked Mumbai's main railway station, two five-star hotels, a restaurant and a Jewish center.
  • 卡萨布是经海路潜入孟买的 10 名枪手之一,他们袭击了孟买一个主要的火车站、两家五星级宾馆、一个餐馆以及一个犹太人中心。

  •   He was arrested on the first night of the attacks at the railway station, where scores of people died.
  • 卡萨布在袭击的第一夜在火车站被捕,在那里有几十人被打死。

  •   Two Indians accused of helping to plot the carnage, Fahim Ansari and Sabaauddin Ahmed, were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
  • 法庭以缺乏证据為由,宣判两名被控帮助策划袭击事件的印度人安萨里和艾哈迈德无罪。

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