(单词翻译:单击)
The U.S. has returned a looted ancient artifact.
美国归还了一件被掠夺的古代文物。
AP correspondent Rita Foley reports.
美联社记者丽塔·福利报道。
It's an ancient wooden coffin, a sarcophagus that dates back to the late dynastic period of ancient Egypt, an era that spanned from 664 B.C. until Alexander the Great's campaign in 332 B.C.
这是一口古老的木棺，可以追溯到古埃及王朝晚期。古埃及王朝从公元前664年开始，到公元前332年亚历山大大帝的一场战役结束。
It may have belonged to an ancient priest.
它可能属于一位古代祭司。
It had been on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science[s].
木棺曾在休斯顿自然科学博物馆展出。
But three months ago, the Manhattan DA's office determined it had been looted from an area north of Cairo and smuggled into the U.S. in 2008, trafficked by a well-organized network that has done this with other antiquities, says the DA.
但三个月前，曼哈顿地区检察官办公室认定，它在开罗北部的一个地区被偷，2008年走私到美国，并被一个组织严密的古董走私网络贩运。
I'm Rita Foley.
我是丽塔·福利。
Tram and bus workers in the Tunisian capital staged a strike over delays in salaries and the lack of an end-of-year bonus Monday, creating traffic jams across Tunis.
突尼斯首都的电车和公共汽车工人星期一举行了罢工，就拖欠工资和没有年终奖金进行抗议，造成突尼斯各地交通堵塞。
The strike is the latest in a string of similar actions as Tunisia grapples with an economic crisis that has led to frequent shortages of basic goods from petrol to cooking oil.
此次罢工是突尼斯众多罢工活动中的最新一起。目前，突尼斯正努力应对经济危机，这场危机导致汽油、食用油等基本商品频繁出现短缺。
The North African nation is struggling with debts of more than 100 percent of gross domestic product and is in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for a nearly $2 billion bailout.
这个北非国家正因债务达到GDP100%而苦苦挣扎，并正与国际货币基金组织就近20亿美元的救助进行谈判。
Britain's medical bodies on Monday said patients were dying due to inadequate care and urged the government to act as Britain's health service grapples with a winter of the crisis of strikes and soaring demand.
英国医疗机构周一表示，照护不足正造成患者死亡，机构敦促政府采取行动，因为英国医疗机构目前面临罢工危机，且冬季医疗服务需求飙升。
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine on Sunday said between 300 and 500 patients would die each week in emergency care, notably due to long waiting times.
英国皇家急诊医学会周日表示，每周都有300至500名患者在急救护理中死亡，主要原因是等候治疗时间过长。
Its vice president stood by the prediction on Monday, rejecting suggestions that short-term factors had caused the crisis after some hospital officials challenged the claim.
一些医院主管对这一说法提出质疑，周一，皇家急诊医学学会的副会长坚持这一预测，并驳斥了短期因素导致危机的说法。
I'm Joe Ramsey.
我是乔·拉姆齐。
