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路透社:新西兰同性婚姻合法 首批同性恋婚礼
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New Zealand holds its first same-sex weddings
新西兰首批同性恋婚礼
Love is in the air...... This New Zealand couple is among the first to tie the knot since a law legalising same sex marriage went into force on Monday. Lynley Bendall and Ally Wanikau exchanged vows on board a flight to Auckland. They weren't the only ones under the spotlight. Trent Kandler and Paul McCarthy, won a contest by the tourism board, inviting a gay Australian couple to wed in New Zealand... the 13th country to allow homosexuals to marry. Same sex marriages are not yet legal in Australia.
空气中弥漫着爱的氛围。这对新西兰夫妻是自周一宣布同性恋合法的法规生效以来首批喜结连理的同性恋情侣之一。Lynley Bendall和Ally Wanikau在飞往奥克兰的航班上互相宣誓。引起公众关心的不仅仅是他们这一对。Trent Kandler和Paul McCarthy赢得了旅游董事会举办的邀请澳大利亚同性恋在新西兰举行婚礼的竞赛。新西兰是允许同性恋结婚的第13个国家。目前，同性恋婚姻在澳大利亚还不是合法的。
(SOUNDBITE)(English) TRENT KANDLER, GROOM, LEFT SAYING: "We are both honoured to have been able to come to a country that we respect and that respects us for who we are and respects everyone for who they are and, you know, we are going back to Australia and technically, yes, our marriage wont be recognised but you know what, in the back of our heads we know that New Zealand believes in us and New Zealand is behind us all the way so that's what's really important."
左边的新郎TRENT KANDLER说：“我们很荣幸来到一个我们尊重，也尊重我们，尊重任何人的国家，你知道，我们回到澳大利亚之后，我们的婚姻是不被认可的，在我们脑海中，我们知道，新西兰相信我们，新西兰支持我们，这非常重要。”
MPs' approved the bill by a large majority in April. About 30 gay couples were due to say "I do" on Monday. But it wasn't marital bliss for everyone. Catholic bishops here have opposed the weddings while other denominations have been split.
四月份，议会以绝大多数优势通过了同性恋婚姻法案。周一，大约有30对同性恋情侣写下爱的誓言。但是并不是所有人都可以享受婚姻的幸福。天主教大主教反对同性恋结婚，其他教派也都各执己见。
Mexico Gulf Cartel leader captured
墨西哥湾大毒枭光头佬被捕
Mexican troops have captured one of the country's most wanted drug gang leaders. Mario Ramirez Trevino shown in this photograph, known as X-20 or "The Bald one" is said to be the head of the cocaine and marijuana smuggling Gulf Cartel.
墨西哥军队逮捕了头号通缉犯之一，一名大毒枭。照片中看到的拉米雷斯(Mario Ramirez Trevino)，外号叫“X-20”或“光头佬”，据称是海湾可卡因和大麻走私集团头目。
(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SECURITY OFFICE SPOKESPERSON, EDUARDO SANCHEZ SAYING: "He is considered to be one of those most responsible for the violence generating in Tamaulipas. This person is characterized for his use of extreme violence and he is most likely responsible for ordering attacks with weapons and explosives against police installations causing the deaths of a number of elements (policemen) and he has also been shown to be the intellectual author of various kidnappings, particularly two in the state of Veracruz." Washington believes Ramirez's cartel controls most of the cocaine and marijuana trafficking from Mexico to the US and offered a five billion dollar reward for information leading to his arrest.
墨西哥安全办公室发言人EDUARDO SANCHEZ：“我们认为，对于塔毛利帕斯州发生的暴力，他是主要责任人。此人擅长使用极端暴力，他可能下令用武器和炸药袭击警察机构，造成几名警察牺牲，也有证据显示他是几起绑架事件的幕后主使，尤其是发生在韦拉克鲁斯州的两起。”华盛顿方面相信，拉米雷斯的贩毒集团控制着从墨西哥走私到美国的大部分可卡因和大麻，曾悬赏50亿美元抓捕此人。
Spanish fishermen protest Gibraltar's artificial reef
直布罗陀海域修建人工岛礁 西班牙渔民抗议
With flags hoisted high, Spanish fishermen are demonstrating against a recently created artificial reef near Gibraltar. In July, the British government dropped 70 concrete blocks into the bay of Gibraltar to form the reef. Now the fishermen say the dispute could cost them up to 1.5 million Euros in income. Passers-by stopped along the water's edge to watch as around 30 boats circled around the location of the reef in protest for nearly an hour. The Spanish government has already announced plans to sue Gibraltar for what it calls an environmental disaster. That's in addition to a new border policy that has occasionally caused hours-long waits for those visiting Gibraltar. Britain is now demanding the European Commission to send monitors to determine whether the policy is breaking the law.
高举着旗帜，西班牙渔民正在举行示威活动，抗议最近在直布罗陀海域修建的人工岛礁。七月份，英国政府在直布罗陀海域浇筑了70个混凝土砌块，修建人工礁石。现在，渔民称，该争端会导致他们损失150万欧元。大约30艘船只在该礁石附近徘徊，抗议了接近一个小时，路人纷纷驻足观看。西班牙政府已经宣布了控诉直布罗陀海域环境灾难的计划。此外，一项新的边境政策偶尔会导致直布罗陀海域游客等待几个小时。英国政府要求欧洲委员会派遣观察员调查该政策是否违反法律。
CCTV9:奥迪Q7在华贵出百万 进口车涉嫌垄断
Foreign carmakers in China face possible probe over price-fixing
奥迪Q7在华贵出百万 进口车暴利涉嫌垄断
China’s top economic planner - The National Development and Reform Commission has asked an auto association to collect data on the price of foreign cars sold in the world’s largest automobile market. It’s the latest inquiry into pricing of foreign products in the country. Xie Sisi reports.
In China, consumers are paying three times more on imported cars than consumers in overseas markets.
Research shows that the Volkswagen Touareg 3.6 costs an equivalent of more than 295,000 yuan in the U.S., whereas its price tripled to 780,000 yuan in China.
And the Porsche Cayanne priced at 300,000 yuan in U.S., is selling at over 880,000 yuan in China.
An Audi Q7 in the U.S. costs about 310,000 yuan, but the same car in China costs over 1 million yuan.
These expensive cars are sold mostly at the authorised dealerships - the 4S stores
"This latest model of Range Rover costs over 2 million yuan. And it’s shipped from the UK. Everything from the outside to interior configuration are exactly the SAME as those ones on sale simultaneously in the overseas market."said a salesman at 4S store.
Despite the staggering high prices, foreign brands are extremely popular in China.
“Foreign car makers are cashing in on the Chinese love affair with the automobile. Audi, for example, sold nearly 403,000（402,888) vehicles in China last year. More than 80,000 (80,188) were imported. And this year, the company forecasts an 11% increase in sales. Foreign carmakers and their local partners control around three-quarters of the overall Chinese market.”
The formula for the import price equals the original price set by the car maker plus 25 per cent tariffs.
On top of that there is a value-added tax of 17% and a consumption tax of up to 40% depending on the engine size.
At the end of 2011, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued a notice to lower the tarriffs on imported cars for several brands,however it still does little in reducing the price of imported cars.
“The foreign carmakers authorised the local dealer to sell their cars before the imported vehicles have been distributed into different regions in the country’s 4S stores. The distributor therefore has the absolute power to set the selling prices."said Xu Binjin, Honorable Chairman of China Automobile Dealers Association.
Experts say there’s limited sales channels in China, and 4S stores have monopoly power over imported parts, and also prohibit dealers cross-regional sales.
经济增长成安倍宪法改革提案关键
Economic growth key to Abe's proposed constitutional changes
经济增长成安倍宪法改革提案关键
Japan's economy has failed to grow as much as expected in the second quarter. This is fuelling speculation that the government may have to delay new consumption tax hikes. But overall, the government of Shinzo Abe has performed well since taking power.
The policy of "Abenomics" has promoted growth in the past 3 quarters. And sustaining that economic growth is the key to unlocking Abe’s proposed constitutional changes, as CCTV correspondent Tony Cheng reports in the last of in his series on Japan’s move to the Right.
It was a stunning turnaround at the polls. Having been unceremoniously kicked out by voters 4 years ago, the LDP and its leader Shinzo Abe took the upper and lower houses of the Japanese Diet.
The LDP had campaigned hard on a platform of constitutional change. They promised to restore National Pride and Japan's military.
And since taking power, they have refused to back down against China and Korea in territorial disputes. But is that what the voters actually wanted? Some analysts feel the constitutional reforms are an afterthought that most people voted for strong economic leadership.
Yoshiki Mine, Research Director, Canon Institute for Global Studies, said, "In the last election the LDP won victory not because of their political stands but because of the economic policy”
Thus far, it has worked. Mr. Abe took has reformed the bank of Japan, bought down the value of the Yen, and pushed the economy back into growth for the first time in a decade. And the Policy of Abenomics, as it has become known, is tacking on Japan’s famous bureaucracy.
Even Mr. Abe’s political opponents are on board. The Restoration Party, also in agreement on the constitutional reform, is keen to introduce changes.
Takashi Tanuma, Restoration Party, said, “We have to trust more in the power of the private sector, so that they can operate more freely, and we strongly believe we have to remove the bureaucratic regulations.”
But while the domestic economy is doing well, trade with neighbors is not. The recent territorial disputes are estimated to have cost Japan billions of dollars in lost trade
But Mr. Abe is unlikely to be swayed…his legacy will be constitutional change, and economic success is the way to sell it to voters.
And Abenomics can only do so much, so far it has provided stimulus but questions remain over its ability to sustain growth.
Shinzo Abe faces big challenges in the next few years with a new consumption tax and massive cuts needed to public spending.
But in order to maintain public support for his constitutional changes, he will have to ensure his economic performance stays on track.
