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  • Kabul Conference Endorses Goal of Afghan Security by 2014
  • 喀布尔大会拥护阿富汗军队负责安全
  •   An international conference has endorsed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's plan for Afghan forces to take charge of their country's security by 2014.
  • 阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊决心在 2014 年之前让阿富汗军队担负起本国治安责任的计划在一个国际大会上得到拥护。

  •   During Tuesday's gathering in Kabul, representatives from more than 60 countries and organizations also backed President Karzai's call for the international community to channel at least 50 percent of development aid through the Afghan government.
  • 星期二在喀布尔召开的大会上,来自六十多个国家和组织的代表还对卡尔扎伊敦促国际社会将至少一半的发展援助款项通过阿富汗政府的渠道来分配的呼吁表示支援。

  •   More than $40 billion has been spent on Afghanistan since 2001.
  • 自从 2001 年以来,用於阿富汗的援助金额已经超过了 400 多亿美元。

  •   U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told delegates that the United States is encouraged by work the Afghan government has done to improve governance and combat corruption, but said much work remains.
  • 美国国务卿克林顿对与会代表说,美国对阿富汗政府在改进治理和打击腐败方面所做的努力感到鼓舞,但是她表示,这方面仍然还有很多的工作要做。

  •   The final communique of the one-day conference endorses a number of Afghan initiatives aimed at giving the country more control of its security and development, including a plan to reintegrate Taliban fighters who lay down their arms, renounce al-Qaida and accept the constitution.
  • 这个為期一天的会议发佈了最后公报,对几个旨在给予阿富汗更多的控制本国安全和发展的倡议表示支援,其中包括把那些放下武器、脱离基地组织并且接受阿富汗宪法的塔利班武装人员重新融入社会的计划。

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  • Vaginal Gel Helps Prevent HIV Infection in Women
  • 阴道凝胶帮助防止女性感染爱滋病
  •   Researchers are reporting a possible breakthrough in the fight against AIDS, with the unveiling of a vaginal gel that has sharply reduced the chances of women getting HIV from an infected partner.
  • 研究人员报告说,在对抗爱滋病方面可能取得突破;研究发现,一种女用阴道凝胶可以大幅度降低她们从一个携带爱滋病病毒的伴侣那里感染爱滋病的机率。

  •   The results of clinical trials on the gel are to be formally released at the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna later Tuesday.
  • 对这种凝胶的临床试验结果将於星期二晚些时候在维也纳的第 18 届国际爱滋病大会上正式公佈。

  •   Scientists from South Africa say that women using the gel, which contained the drug tenofovir, had a 50 percent lower infection rate after one year compared to women given a placebo gel.
  • 来自南非的科学家说,使用这种含有泰诺福韦的凝胶一年后的妇女感染爱滋病的机率比使用安慰剂凝胶低 50 %。

  •   The infection rate was 39 percent lower after two and a half years.
  • 而使用两年半以后,感染率则可降低 39 %。

  •   UN-AIDS chief Michel Sidibe says the new vaginal gel is going to revolutionize HIV prevention for women.
  • 联合国爱滋病规划署执行主任西迪贝说,新的阴道凝胶将对妇女预防感染爱滋病病毒產生革命性的影响。

  •   This is the first time researchers have made a successful microbicide -- a substance inserted into the body before sex to prevent transmission of the HIV virus.
  • 这是研究人员第一次研究出有效的杀菌剂,即在性交前放入体内的一种物质以防止爱滋病毒的传播。

  •   However, experts caution that further scrutiny is needed of the microbicide's safety and effectiveness before it can be released to the public.
  • 不过专家提醒说,在将这个杀菌剂推广到公眾使用之前还必须对它的安全性和有效性进行更多的审查。

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