布拉特警告巴西加快2014世界杯建設(shè)進度

　　BBC News with Jonathan Wittedly.

　　卡扎菲老家附近反對派遭重創(chuàng)被迫撤退

　　Libyan rebels who have been advancing west along the coast towards Colonel Caddafi’s strongholds have been stopped by gunfire from government forces. Ben Brown sent this report from oil town of Ras Lanouf with some of the rebels has fallen back too.

　　It’s been a bad day for the rebels. It began with an inflaming that they had taken Sirte, Colonel Caddafi’s birth place and hometown that claim turned out to be wildly prematured. In fact, rebels have been stopped just beyond the town of Ajdabiya many miles from Sirte. Rebels told us they’ve been ambushed by Caddafi loyalists from the desert and from the beach. The great rebel advance of the weekend appears to have been halted in its track for now at least.

　　A senior American military official has denied that the United States is directly supporting Libyan rebels speaking at a news conference in the Pentagon. Vice Admiral William Goldoni gave this assessment of the conflict.

　　“Our opposition forces are in control of Ajdabiya and have pushed west to within 80 miles of Sirte. We believe the regime is preparing to dig in at Sirte, setting up a number of checkpoints and placing tanks throughout the city, likewise for Zenta we will assess the regime as preparing the reinforce the existing positions. Reporting from Misrata indicates heavy fighting particular near the city center.”

　　Earlier the leaders of France and Britain called on Libyans to begin preparing for a new era without Colonel Caddafi and a joint statement Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron said Colonel Caddafi must go immediately. They urged his supporters to drop him before it’s too late. The Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said the international airstrike against Libyan government forces had gone beyond protecting civilians and amount to interference in the civil war.

　　象牙海岸總統(tǒng)瓦塔拉經(jīng)過激烈爭奪贏得西部城鎮(zhèn)

　　Forces loyal to the internationally recognized president of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara had taken the western town of Zouan-Hounien after heavy fighting there. The strategically important town is the fifth Mr. Quattara forces have taken in their fight against forces loyal to Laruen Gbagbo who refuses to give up the presidency. John James reports.

　　Officials in the pro-Ouattara forces say their fighters have started moving south over a former cease fire line after being attacked by militia groups and mercenaries loyal to president Gbagbo. These claims are difficult to verify but what is clear is that the foreign rebels themselves on the offensive on two additional fronts. In public at least the state army has remained loyal to president Gbagbo, but the majority of the army voted for his rival Alassane Ouattara and outside the key Italians like their public god there is little enthusiasm for a fight. John James reporting.

　　俄軍對北高加索武裝據(jù)點展開地空作戰(zhàn) 20人死亡

　　Russian officials say the air force has bombed Islamist training base in the Russian republic of Ingushetia killing 17 rebels. They said the base was used to train suicide bombers.

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　　也門兵工廠爆炸致死110人

　　A massive explosion at an ammunition factory in Yemen has killed at least 78 people. The blast near the southern town Jaar injured dozen of others and could be heard up to 15 kilometers away. The explosion occurred as the local people looted the factory a day after had briefly been taken over in a raid by a group of armed men.

　　布拉特警告巴西加快2014世界杯建設(shè)進度

　　The president of footballs governing body FIFA has criticized Brazil, saying it needs to accelerate preparations for the next world cup finals in 2014. Sepp Blatter said Brazil was behind where the previous host South Africa were at the similar stage. Work on many of stadiums behind schedule and political squabbles have delayed the decisions about which Brazilian

　　美國前總統(tǒng)卡特訪問古巴 主要為救在押美國商人

　　The former American president Jimmy Cater has arrived in Cuba at the start of the three day private visit he is expected to meet the Cuban president Raul Castro and discuss the case of the imprisoned US contractor that estrange relation between the two countries. Mike Voss reports from Havana.

　　Jimmy Cater flew in to Havana aboard a private executive jet. He’s widely expected that he will try to use his influence to help secure the release of the imprisoned American contractor Allen Grows. Earlier this month Mr. Grows was sentenced to 15 years in jail for supplying illegal satellite and other communications equipment to the Ireland small Jewish community. The Obama administration has made it clear that can be no further major US initiatives to ease relations as long as he remains behind bars.

　　歐盟提議2050年前城市禁駛傳統(tǒng)動力汽車

　　The European Commission has proposed the petrol and diesel cars be banned from European city centers by 2050. The transport commissioner Sam Carrels said there needs to be a profound shift and travel patterns to reduce emissions and reliance on the oil. He said travel was a basic right and the European Union must not curb people’s mobility but should instead pursue cleaner technologies.

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