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The Arab League has called on the Syrian government to immediately stop using violence against protesters, who've been demanding reforms since the middle of March. It said it was increasingly concerned about the deteriorating security situation. Here's Jon Leyne.
阿拉伯联盟呼吁叙利亚政府立即停止对抗议者使用暴力。抗议者从三月中旬以来，一直要求叙利亚进行改革。阿盟称，他们越来越担忧叙利亚不断恶化的安全局势。Jon Leyne报道。

Until now, the league has been deeply divided over what to do about Syria. The secretary general himself was a supporter of the opposition in Egypt that overthrew President Mubarak, but many countries, such as Saudi Arabia, fear giving any encouragement to what's become known as the Arab Spring. In March, the league gave uNPRecedented support for the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya. There's no sign of such decisiveness over Syria, but the statement is a sign of the growing international pressure on the government of President Assad.
迄今为止，阿拉伯联盟内部关于如何应对叙利亚问题已经四分五裂。秘书长本人是埃及推翻穆巴拉克总统的反对派的支持者，但是许多国家，例如沙特阿拉伯，担心任何他们的任何鼓励都将导致阿***春。在三月份，该联盟对在利比亚设立禁飞区给出了前所未有的支持。而对叙利亚，他们却没有如此果断的迹象。但是该声明却是国际社会对阿萨德总统政府的压力不断增加的标志。

In Syria itself, opposition activists say government forces have attacked two towns, killing more than 75 people. The government denies shelling Deir al-Zour. A man living in the city told the BBC the army tanks had withdrawn from Deir al-Zour, but citizens feared they would return in the morning. Jim Muir reports.
在叙利亚国内，反对派积极分子称，政府部队袭击了两个城镇，至少杀害了75人。政府否认炮击了Deir al-Zour。居住在该城市的一名男子告诉BBC，政府的坦克已经从这里撤离，但是市民们担心他们在早上回来。Jim Muir报道。

Activists said tanks ringing Deir al-Zour opened up with shellfire during the early morning call to prayer, then moved into several districts under the cover of heavy gunfire. Reports from activists said some areas were completely cut off and described what was happening there as a real massacre. The authorities denied that tanks had shelled the city or gone into it, but they did say that army units had taken action to clear protester barricades blocking access roads. They gave a similar explanation for a crackdown at al-Hula, near Homs in central Syria, where activists said there were also heavy casualties among civilians attacked by tanks and troops.
积极分子说，包围Deir al-Zour的坦克在黎明召唤祈祷的铃声中开始开火，随后在重火力的掩护下进入几个地区。积极分子报道称，一些地区已经被完全切断，并称那里发生的一切是真正的大屠杀。当局否认坦克曾炮击或进入该城，但是他们说，军队采取了行动清除抗议者设置的阻塞道路的路障。他们对于镇压叙利亚中部al-Hula抗议者的行为也做出了类似的解释。积极分子称，坦克和军队在那里也造成了大量平民伤亡。

Governors of the European Central Bank have been meeting to see what they can do to tackle the debt crisis before the major financial markets open for trading on Monday. Discussion centred on whether to start buying Italian and Spanish debt after their borrowing costs rose last week to the level seen when Ireland and Greece had to ask for emergency bailouts.
欧洲央银行行长召开会议，在周一主要的金融市场开始交易之前商讨如何解决债务危机。讨论的中心在是否开始购买意大利和西班牙的债务。上周，他们的借贷成本已经上升到爱尔兰和希腊要求紧急救助时的水平。

The Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. He'll also travel to the newly independent South Sudan on Tuesday. Beijing has been a key supporter of Sudan. James Copnall reports from Khartoum.
中国外交部长杨洁篪抵达苏丹首都喀土穆。他还于周二前往新独立的南苏丹。北京一直是苏丹的关键支持者。James Copnall从喀土穆发回报道。

Chinese companies are involved in oil extraction, and the country has imported a significant amount of Sudan's petrol. Some say this has cemented China's relationship with Khartoum. In particular, in recent years, China has staved off criticism for Sudan in the UN Security Council of the war in Darfur and other contentious issues. Now, however, South Sudan has become independent, and it has three quarters of the oil reserves. So the Chinese foreign minister's visit to what are now two countries will be closely followed for any possible signs of a shift in China's loyalties.
中国的公司有参与这里的石油开采工作，中国也从苏丹进口了大量石油。有的人说，这巩固了中国与喀土穆的关系。***后面几句省略***。

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In Britain, police in Tottenham, in north London, have appealed for calm after Saturday night's riots, which left shops looted, buildings burnt out and vehicles overturned. The rioting erupted at the end of a protest against the police after they shot dead a young man on Thursday.
周六晚上的英国，伦敦北部的托特纳姆发生暴动，商店被洗劫一空，建筑被焚烧，车辆被推翻。警方呼吁民众保持冷静。暴动发生在抗议警方周四击毙一名年轻男子的活动结束时。

The only remaining senior member of President Obama's original economics team, Timothy Geithner, has agreed to stay on as treasury secretary. It had been reported that he intended to quit after the US debt ceiling was raised in order to be with his family in New York.
奥巴马总统最初的经济团队仅剩下高级成员盖特纳同意继续担任财政部长。有报道称，盖特纳之前曾打算在美国的债务限额提高之后退休，在纽约与家人团聚。

Five Bangladeshi hostages flew home on Sunday more than seven months after they were kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Jill McGivering has more.
孟加拉国五名被阿富汗塔利班分子劫持的人质在经过7多个月之后于周日飞抵家乡。Jill McGivering报道详细内容。

The five men were part of a group of workers employed by a South Korean company. They were building a road north of Mazar-e-Sharif when they were seized by militants last December. One engineer was shot dead; two other men were released almost immediately, but the remaining five were held by the insurgents for more than seven months. Mohammad Aminul Islam was one of them. On arrival in Dhaka, he told the BBC that the Taliban wouldn't say exactly why they'd been targeted. The militants used to say that as fellow Muslims, the Bangladeshis shouldn't be working for the Americans, and they complained that the work the team was doing in building roads was making it more difficult for the insurgents to plant roadside bombs.
这五名男子来自韩国一家公司雇佣的工人群体。去年12月份，他们正在Mazar-e-Sharif北部修路时被好战分子劫持。一名工程师被击毙，两名其他男子马上被释放，但是剩余的五人被反叛分子劫持了超过7个月的时间。Mohammad Aminul Islam就是其中一人。抵达达卡之后，他告诉BBC，塔利班拒绝透露他们为什么会成为目标。武装分子过去表示他们都是穆斯林，孟加拉国人不能为美国人工作。他们抱怨称，这个工作队的修路的工作使得反叛分子设置路边炸弹更加困难。

The authorities in Bahrain have freed two former MPs from the Shia opposition after several months in custody. The lawmakers, Jawad Fayrouz and Matar Matar, were arrested in early May after they resigned from parliament over the handling of anti-government protests. Mr Matar told the BBC they were beaten in prison.
在羁押数月后，巴林当局释放了什叶派反对派两名前议员。在五月份初期被捕的立法者Jawad Fayrouz和Matar Matar，他们由于当局对反政府抗议者的处理而辞职。Matar告诉BBC，他们在监狱被殴打。

A 61-year-old American is hoping to become the first person to swim from the island of Cuba to Florida in the United States without a shark cage to protect her. The long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad, expects to swim the 166km in around 60 hours.
一名61岁的美国人将有望成为在没有防鲨笼保护的情况下游过古巴岛到美国佛罗里达州的第一人。Diana Nyad预计将在60小时内游过166公里的距离。

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