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  • China Calls Asylum-Seeking Uighurs Criminals
  • 中国称寻求庇护的维吾尔族人是罪犯
  •   China says 22 ethnic Uighurs seeking asylum with the United Nations in Cambodia are involved in crimes.
  • 中国说,目前在柬埔寨向联合国寻求庇护的 22 名中国少数民族维吾尔族人参与了犯罪。

  •   Foreign Ministry spokesman Jiang Yu told reporters in Beijing Tuesday the U.N. refugee program should not be a "haven for criminals" to avoid legal punishment.
  • 中国外交部发言人姜瑜星期二在北京对记者说,联合国难民署不应当成為罪犯逃避法律制裁的避难所。

  •   She did not provide evidence of the alleged crimes.
  • 她没有提供她所说的犯罪证据。

  •   The Uighurs made their way to Cambodia in recent weeks after fleeing China's Xinjiang region.
  • 这些维吾尔人最近几个星期逃离中国新疆地区,后来设法进入柬埔寨。

  •   The government says clashes between mostly Muslim Uighurs and members of the Han ethnic majority left nearly 200 dead in July.
  • 中国当局说,维吾尔族回教徒和汉族之间的民族衝突导致近 200 人丧生。

  •   A Cambodian Foreign Ministry spokesman (Koy Kuong) says the Chinese Embassy sent Phnom Penh a note about the case, but he did not say what it contained.
  • 柬埔寨外交部发言人说,中国驻柬埔寨大使馆就此向金边递交了一份照会;但是这位发言人没有说明照会的内容。

  •   He says the Cambodian government and the U.N. refugee agency will interview the Uighurs to determine if they qualify as refugees.
  • 他说,柬埔寨政府和联合国难民署将和这些维吾尔族人面谈,决定他们是否具备难民的资格。

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  • Illinois Prison May House Guantanamo Detainees
  • 伊州监狱可能成為关塔纳摩湾犯人的新关押地
  •   An Obama administration official says the federal government is to acquire a state prison in rural (northern state of) Illinois to house about 100 detainees from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
  • 欧巴马政府官员表示,联邦政府将在美国伊利诺伊州一个边远小镇购置一座监狱,用於安置大约 100 名目前关在古巴关塔纳摩湾监狱的在押犯。

  •   A formal announcement is expected Tuesday.
  • 有关决定预计将於星期二正式宣佈。

  •   Officials say President Barack Obama ordered the federal government to acquire the Thomson Correctional Center as part of efforts to close Guantanamo.
  • 有关官员说,做為关闭关塔那摩湾努力的一部分,欧巴马总统下令联邦政府购置汤姆森惩戒中心。

  •   In the small town of Thomson, some 220 kilometers west of Chicago.
  • 小镇汤姆森,地点位於芝加哥西部约 240 公里处。

  •   The 1,600-cell prison was built in 2001 to house maximum security inmates, but is nearly empty.
  • 这座监狱总共有 1 千 600 个牢房,2001 年建成,当初修建这座监狱是用於关押那些需要最严加看守的犯人,但这座监狱基本上空置着。

  •   For months, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and U.S. Senator Richard Durbin have been promoting a federal purchase of the prison, saying it would create thousands of badly needed jobs in the area.
  • 伊利诺伊州现任州长帕特‧奎因和伊利诺伊州联邦参议员、民主党议员理查德·德宾过去几个月来,一直在努力促使联邦政府购置这座监狱,并且表示,这将给当地创造数千个急需的就业机会。

  •   Village president (municipal leader) Jerry "Duke" Hebeler recently told VOA the move would give a much needed boost to local economy, bringing some 3,000 jobs and an estimated $1 billion in revenue over four years.
  • 汤姆森镇长赫贝勒对美国之音说,这将大力提振当地急需发展的经济,在未来四年创造约 3000 个就业机会和估计 10 亿美元的收入。

  •   While some residents welcome the move, others have expressed serious concerns about suspected terrorists being housed in the prison.
  • 虽然一些当地居民欢迎这项决定,有些居民对一些恐怖分子嫌疑人关押在当地的监狱表示非常担忧。

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