for power production because a key element of a nuclear accord with the us had not been honored.” under a 1994 deal, the north was to receive 500,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil a year while an international 2)consortium built two safer, light-water reactors. in return, pyongyang had agreed to 3)mothball its existing nuclear facilities.
the white house has described as “regrettable” the announcement by north korea that it is reactivating nuclear power facilities. a white house spokesman said that the decision flewit in the face of north korea” commitment to dismantle its nuclear program. japan and south korea have also voiced strong misgivings. in a statement, seoul said it was concerned that lifting the nuclear freeze would increase tension on the korean peninsula. the north korean news agencies said the move was needed to generate power after the united states, japan and south korea decided last month to suspend oil shipments.
news 2 政治
opposition leaders in venezuela said a general strike against the government of president, hugo chavez, has now entered a phase of total resistance. the head of the largest labor confederation said, the 4)stoppage, now in its eleventh day, would continue until mr. chavez resigned. mr. chavez is accused of economic mismanagement and authoritarian rules. but he dismissed the allegations as a plot to topple him.
news 3 政治
european union leaders, meeting in copenhagen, have agreed to start membership talks with turkey two years from now, provided its political conditions meet eu 5)criteria.
european union leaders have decided that turkey will have to wait until december 2004 at the earliest before it’s invited to start talks on joining the eu, 6)dashing turkey’s hopes of negotiation next year. the decision emerged from a dinner at the eu summit in copenhagen. it was announced by the danish prime minister, anders fogh rasmussen.
rasmussen: we have made the following decision tonight. if the european council in december 2004, on the basis of a report and a recommendation from the commission, decides that turkey fulfils the copenhagen political criteria, the european union will open accession negotiations with turkey.
a bbc correspondent at the summit says that ten new members of the eu will have joined before any talks start, possibly complicating the negotiations. and he says the decision will make it more difficult to reach a deal on reunifying cyprus, which has been divided between the greek cypriot and the turkish cypriot communities since 1974.
news 4 经济
the american secretary of state, colin powell, has announced an initiative to spread democracy, education and free markets across the middle east. mr. powell pledged twenty-nine million dollars towards the project, saying it was a way of broadening washington’s approach to the region.
colin powell described this initiative as a way of broadening america’s approach to the middle east. he said, “the spread of democracy and free markets around the world largely left the middle east behind.” the secretary of state painted a picture of economic stagnation and unresponsive political systems. he criticized the 7)marginalization of women and the lack of educational opportunities for millions of girls and boys in the region. america’s answer is what it calls “the us-middle east partnership initiative”. twenty-nine million dollars will be spent on education, projects to expand political participation, and to encourage small businesses.
news 5 军事
the ivory coast army is making a second attempt at a recruiting drive after an attempt earlier this week was 8)swamped by people eager to sign up. on tuesday, thousands of young people demonstrated outside the army headquarters in abidjan, demanding the right to fight rebel groups.
on the playing fields in the center of the jandahn school there is an amazing sight. thousands of people are lined up to get their names on one side of the complex. on the other, thousands more men, naked, ready for a medical, queuing patiently to see if they will be one of the 3,000 accepted for the army. since before dawn, people have been heading towards this 9)barracks in their thousands to join up. the army were overwhelmed when they began their recruitment program on tuesday and had to delay it till today. outside the doors of the barracks - outside the main gate - a huge, excited and angry crowd waiting to get in, are 10)hurling abuse at foreign journalists who approach.
news 6 科技
an arian-5 rocket, carrying two satellites, has crashed into the atlantic just three minutes after taking off from french guiana. a spokesman for the arian’s consortium, claude sanchez, said the rocket had blasted off as planned but gone off course shortly after reaching an altitude of about 100 kilometers. mr. sanchez said that in such cases, the craft destroyed themselves automatically.
新闻报道
1 政治
朝鲜称，它将启封核设施，这些设施是在1994年与美国达成协议时被冻结的。朝鲜官方新闻机构发表一项声明说，此次行动是对上月美国决定延