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President Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have met in New York opening their discussions on Syria and Ukraine with a stony 1 face handshake. US officials said they agreed to explore a political solution to the crisis in Syria. President Putin said the meeting had been surprisingly frank. From New York, Barbara Plett Usher 2 has more details. “Mr. Putin said Russia was thinking about how to further strengthen the Syrian army. He ruled out Russian ground forces, but not airstrikes, as long as they respected international norms, such as the request from the country's government, he said, unlike the strikes carried out by the US-led coalition 3. A US official said the two men decided 4 to direct the militaries to talk about how to avoid conflicts between potential operations in Syria. They also agreed to explore options for a political solution, said the official, but still disagreed on the main sticking point, the future of the president Bashar al-Assad.”

奥巴马总统和俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔?普京(Vladimir Putin)在纽约会面，公开讨论叙利亚和乌克兰问题，两人握手时面部毫无表情。美国官员表示他们同意探索解决叙利亚危机的政治方案。普京总统称这次会议被惊人的迅速。Barbara Plett从纽约发更多报道。普京表示,俄罗斯在考虑如何进一步加强在叙利亚的武装。他否认了俄罗斯的地面部队,但没有否认空军, 和美国联盟领导的罢工不同，他们尊重国际规范,如来自该国政府的请求。一位美国官员说,两人决定直接进入军事问题，讨论如何避免在叙利亚潜在冲突。这位官员说，他们还同意探索政治解决方案,但在主要分歧上仍旧没有达成共识，如Bashar al-Assad总统问题。

Four British citizens who have gone to Syria to join the Islamic State group are to face international sanctions up to a request of their own government. The four described as notorious foreign fighters will subject to global travel bans and asset freezes. Here is Carole Walker. “The list includes Sally-Annes Jones from Chatham in Kent, who left her two young sons to travel to Syria with her husband. And Aqsa Mahmood, a former Glasgow University student who is believed to have recruited other women to the IS cause. The other two are Abu-Saidal-Britani and Nasser Muthana. A government official said the Prime Minister believes the sanctions were a powerful tool sending a clear message to those thinking of going to join IS extremists.”

四位去叙利亚加入伊斯兰国家组织英国公民正面临本国要求的对其进行国际制裁的形势。这四个人被描述为臭名昭著的外国战士将遭到全球旅行禁令和资产冻结。卡罗尔·沃克报道。“名单包括肯特郡查塔姆的三利安娜琼斯, 她和丈夫离开了两个年幼的儿子前往了叙利亚。还有Aqsa Mahmood, 前格拉斯哥大学学生，外界认为她为伊斯兰国家组织招募其它女性。另外两个是Abu-Saidal-Britani和Nasser Muthana。一位政府官员说,总理认为制裁是一种给那些想要加入的是极端主义分子发出一个明确信息有力工具。”

NASA has obtained the clearest evidence that water flows on Mars raising the possibility that the planet could be home to primitive 5 life. Images captured by the Mars reconnaissance orbiter suggested gullies on its surface were formed by salty water. Doctor Robert Zubin is president of the international Mars Society. “It’s liquid water, not fresh water or salt water, but not a little bit of it in one place, and they are discovering this is a widespread phenomenon that it has presence of liquid water on the surface of Mars and undoubtedly 6 a large aquifer 7 underground as well. So this greatly supports the motivation for the scientific exploration of Mars because everywhere on earth with this liquid water, we found life.”

美国宇航局火星上取得的最清晰的证据表明,火星上的水流提高了该星球地球是原始生命的家园的可能性。被火星勘测轨道飞行器截取的表示建议其表面的沟壑由盐水形成。国际火星协会主席罗伯特博士称：“这是液态水,不是淡水或盐水,但不是一点点的在一个地方。”他们发现这是一个普遍现象,火星表面存在液态水,无疑也是一个大型地下蓄水层。这极大地支持火星的科学探索的动机,因为地球上到处都是液态水,我们发现了生命。”

Christian 8 militia 9 men have attacked the main jail in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Public, freeing hundreds of prisoners. The breakout came during an upsurge in violence between Christians 10 and Muslims. French and UN peace keeping troops are trying to restore order.

基督教民兵攻击了中非首都班吉的主要监狱,释放了数百名囚犯。该事件发生在基督徒和穆斯林之间的暴力冲突的高涨之时。法国和联合国维和部队正试图恢复秩序。

The military in Burkina Faso say members of the presidential guard that staged a short live coup 11 earlier this month are refusing to lay down their weapons. Under a peace deal brokered 12 last week, the army agreed to withdraw from the capital while the presidential guards were supposed to be disarmed 13.

布基纳法索军方称本月早些时候反动政变的总统卫队成员拒绝放下武器。根据上周达成的和平协议,军队同意撤出首都,而总统警卫应该解除武装。

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The Taliban in Afghanistan have captured a major city for the first time since the US-led invasion in 2001. Hundreds of fighters stormed Konduz in the multipronged assault. Jonny Dymond reports. “Taliban fighters attacked Konduz from three directions. After the initial assault, one resident says that they were told the battle was over. But by later afternoon, the Taliban banner was flying in the city’s main square. A spokesman said that they had taken the governor’s house and were marching on the airport. The Afghan government is sending reinforcements. But if Taliban dig in, they will be difficult to dislodge.”

自2001年美国联军入侵以来阿富汗的塔利班在首次占领了一个主要城市。数百名武装分子从各个方位袭击Konduz。约翰尼·戴蒙德报道。“塔利班武装分子从三个方向袭击了Konduz。一位居民说, 在最初的攻击之后,他们被告知这场战斗结束了。但在下午晚些时候,塔利班标语是高悬在城市的主要广场。一位发言人说,他们已经占领了州长的房子和并向机场前进。阿富汗政府正在派遣增援部队。但如果塔利班驻扎下来, 驱逐他们将会很困难。”

The Cuban leader Raul Castro and president Obama have both called for an end to US economic sanctions on Havana. Speaking at the United Nations, President Castro said a full normalization 14 of relations with the United States could only be achieved if, what he called, the economic blockade against Cuba was lifted. Speaking to the same gathering 15 just hours before, President Obama expressed the confidence the US congress would lift the embargo 16.

古巴领导人劳尔?卡斯特罗和奥巴马总统都呼吁结束美国对古巴的经济制裁。在联合国,卡斯特罗总统说, 只有解除对古巴的经济封锁，古巴与美国关系正常化才能完全实现。收集到发言几个小时前,美国总统奥巴马表达了美国国会将解除禁运的信心。

The Japanese firm Hitachi has agreed to pay 19 million dollars to settle charges by US regulators that it made improper 17 payments to South Africa’s governing party, the African national Congress. The US Security and Exchange Commission says Hitachi paid millions of dollars to a front company for the ANC to secure contracts to build two power plants. Hitachi has refused to admit or deny the allegations, but power station contracts became a huge scandal in South Africa five years ago.

日本日立公司已同意支付1900万美元了结美国监管机构对其向南非的执政党—非洲国民大会支付不正当资金的指控。美国证券交易委员会说,日立公司向ANC公司支付了数百万美元以获取建造两座发电厂的安全合同。日立公司拒绝承认或否认这些指控,但电站合同在五年前南非成为一个巨大的丑闻。

Surgeons in London have used human embryonic 19 stem cells in a pioneering attempt to cure blindness. Cells derived 20 from a donated early embryo 18 were implanted into the retainer of the 60 year-old woman with age related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in the UK. Initial results on whether any vision has been restored should be available by the end of the year.

伦敦的外科医生开创性的尝试使用人类胚胎干细胞治疗失明。从捐赠的早期胚胎中提取的细胞植入了患有黄斑变性的60岁性女人身上,这是英国的最常见的失明原因。是否有视觉上有恢复的初步结果今年年底会知晓。