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オバマ大統領、石油流出問題で国民に説明の意向 President Obama is preparing to speak to the nation about the government's plan to deal with the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It is the fifty-seventh day of the leak from oil company BP's deepwater well. The President will give the speech hours after returning from a visit to areas along the Gulf of Mexico coast. He visited beaches Tuesday and spoke with local officials about the clean-up effort. In related news, top officials from BP, Shell, Exxon-Mobile and other oil companies appeared before a Congressional committee. They defended their industry's safety measures. One BP official was questioned whether his company took too many risks to save costs. Also Tuesday, BP temporarily stopped efforts to collect leaking oil because of a fire on a containment ship. BP says the fire was put out and no one was injured. |
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国連外交員をキルギスタンへ派遣へ The United States is sending a top diplomat to Kyrgyzstan where ethnic violence in the south of the country has killed at least one hundred seventy-seven people. Tens of thousands of people have fled to bordering Uzbekistan. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sent diplomat Robert Blake to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to discuss humanitarian aid. The United States is discussing the situation with Russia and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Earlier, the International Committee of the Red Cross said ethnic violence has killed several hundred people. |
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北朝鮮国連大使、国連の非難に対する軍事的措置をほのめかす North Korea's United Nations ambassador says his country's military will answer if the U.N. condemns North Korea for sinking a South Korean warship. Shin Seon-ho spoke at a news conference Tuesday. He denied North Korea sank the ship, killing forty-six sailors. Mr. Shin says he does not want the U.N. Security Council to take measures against North Korea. The diplomat said his country would reject any U.N. document against it. Mr. Shin's comments followed a statement by the Security Council expressing deep concern about the tensions in the Korean Peninsula. A State Department spokesman said North Korea's threat sounds like more of the same bad behavior for which the country is known. He called North Korea, “a criminal state.” |
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アフガニスタンで交戦 Militant attacks in southern and eastern Afghanistan have killed a district governor, at least eleven other Afghans and five NATO soldiers. Officials say Arghandab district governor Haji Abdul Jabar died in a bombing Tuesday in the city of Kandahar. The explosion also killed his son and a guard. A bombing in Wardak province killed four police officers, while a militant attack in Ghazni province killed five officers. Also Tuesday, Britain's Defence Ministry said two British soldiers were killed in Helmand province. A third died of wounds suffered in combat days ago. And, one American and one Polish soldier were killed in eastern Afghanistan. |
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南アフリカＷ杯、ブラジルが北朝鮮破る At the World Cup in South Africa, it took fifty-five minutes of play before Brazil could score against North Korea. The five time champions later defeated North Korea two to one. In other action, New Zealand shocked Slovakia with a goal in the closing minutes to gain a one one tie. Ivory Coast and Portugal failed to produce a goal in zero zero tie. Ivorian star Didier Drogba played part of the match although he recently suffered a broken arm. |
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