![]() |
浏览:8362006-11-24 23:34:48 来自清月出岭光入扉: download The Russian Authorities have again denied any involvement in the death of a former Russian Intelligence Agent who died in London amid suspicion that he’d been poisoned. A spokesman for President Putin called the death of Alexander Litvinenko a terrible tragedy but described a sheer nonsense allegations that Moscow might have been involved. But in a written statement released after his death on Thursday, Mr. Litvinenko personally blamed Mr. Putin. Rob Norris reports. “The statement was read out outside the hospital in which Mr. Litvinenko died by his friend Alex Goldfarb. In it Mr. Litvinenko addressed President Putin directly, saying you may succeed in silencing me, but that silence comes at a price; you have shown yourself to be as barbaric and ruthless as your most hostile critics have claimed. Meanwhile British police are keeping an open mind, saying only that their investigating the case as an unexplained death.” European Union leaders are meeting President Putin in Helsinki for a summit that’s been hamstrung by Poland’s refusal to start talks on a new cooperation pack between the two sides. The start of discussions on a strategic agreement covering energy, migration, trade and human rights was to be the center piece of the summit, but Poland declined to lift its veto until Russia agrees to end an import ban on some Polish goods. Supporters of the prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have threatened to pull out of Iraq’s National Unity Cabinet on Parliament if Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki meets President Bush as planned next week in Jordan. The group said that the US troop should be held responsible for attacks on a Shiite suburb of Baghdad, in which more than 200 people died because they’d failed to improve security there. From Baghdad, our correspondent Andy Gilligan reports. “The political group of the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has 30 MPs in Iraq’s National Unity Government. The group is a key supporter of the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and what instrumental is an appointment. Now they are offering him a stark choice. If Mr. al-Maliki goes ahead with the planned meeting with President George Bush in Gordon, the party has threatened to withdraw from the Parliament and the Cabinet. The group accused American forces of colluding with Sunni extremists. The group is now calling for a timetable for the withdrawal of US-led forces.” You are listening to the world news from the BBC. Israeli officials have dismissed an offer by Palestinian militant groups to stop firing rocks into Israel if the Israelis first agree to end their attacks on Palestinians. An Israeli Government spokeswoman said the militant had offered only a partial ceasefire. China and Pakistan have signed a number of defense and trade deals but have stopped short of announcing a new agreement on nuclear power. The agreements came as China’s President Hu Jintao met the Pakistani leader General Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad. It’s the first visit in a decade by a top Chinese leader to Beijing’s traditional South Asian ally. Barbara Plette reports from Islamabad. “The five-year packed aims to significantly strengthen bilateral trade, which currently stands at around 4 billion dollars a year. It also aims to promote economic cooperation. Cheap Chinese goods are wildly available in the market here. But Pakistan is looking for Beijing to invest in Special Economic Zones that would also boost local infrastructural industry. The Chinese leader Hu Jintao noted that energy cooperation was also an important part of the overall relationship. China has helped Pakistan build two civil nuclear power plants and he said such collaboration would continue.” 楼主
|