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路透社新闻:180亿巨债缠身 底特律申请破产
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Egypt's interim president addresses nation
埃及临时总统向国民发表讲话
Egypt's interim president Adli Mansour spoke to citizens for the first time Thursday- promising to restore security and tability to a country in turmoil.
周四，埃及临时总统曼苏尔(Adli Mansour)向全体公民发表讲话，承诺在混乱的局势中重塑安全和稳定。
EGYPT'S INTERIM PRESIDENT, ADLI MANSOUR, SAYING: "We will not be scared or alarmed, and we will not go easy on those who kill he innocent. We will fight a battle for security until the end, we will protect the revolution, we will build the nation and e will move forward without hesitation." But for those who support ousted President Mohamed Mursi, the speech wasmeaningless. Thousands gathered at the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque holding signs and praying for his reinstatement. He is notcapable of restoring security, this person says. We do not react to the talk of traitors. The Muslim Brotherhood have calledfor more demonstrations after Friday prayers.
埃及临时总统曼苏尔表示：“我们不会恐惧，不会害怕。我们不会宽恕那些滥杀无辜的人。我们会为了安全而战斗至最后一刻，我们会保护革命，创建民族感，我们会毫不犹豫地前行。”但是对于那些支持被罢免总统穆尔西的人来说，这次讲话毫无意义。数千人聚集在拉比亚(Rabaaal-Adawiya)清真寺，高举标语，祈祷穆尔西复职。这个人说，他没有能力重塑安全秩序。我们不会对叛国者的讲话作为回应。穆斯林兄弟会已经呼吁在周五的祈祷过后举行更多示威活动。
Detroit files for bankruptcy
180亿巨债缠身 底特律申请破产
The American city of Detroit has announced it will file for municipal bankruptrcy -- the country's largest in history.Michigan Governor, Rick Snyder.
美国城市底特律宣布申请破产——这是美国历史上最大的城市破产案。密歇根州州长里克·斯奈德(Rick Snyder)发表讲话。
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER SAYING: "This was a difficult and painful decision but I believe there are no other viableoptions. Why did I do this? What's the rational and and what's the impact for both the city of Detroit and the state ofMichigan? Well let me start with the fact that this is a situation that has been 60 years in the making in terms of thedecline of Detroit, from a financial point of view let me be blunt: Detroit's broke."
密歇根州州长里克·斯奈德表示：“这是非常艰难，非常痛苦的决定，但是我相信我们别无选择。我为何这样做？对于底特律市和密歇根州来说，什么才是理性的？其影响是什么？让我陈述一个事实：目前的形势由来已久，60年来底特律一直在衰落。从财政的角度讲，恕我直言，底特律已经破产。”
Detroit, once a thriving metropolis, is now home to some 78,000 abandoned buildings and is suffering its highest murder ratein nearly 40 years. With an estimated 18.5 billion dollars in debt, the city's Mayor Dave Bing tried to put on a brave facefor residents.
底特律曾经是欣欣向荣的大都市，现在有大约78,000栋建筑人去楼空，并遭遇了近40年来最高的谋杀率。底特律的债务已经高达185亿美元，该市市长戴夫·宾(Dave Bing)选择勇敢地向居民承认。
DETROIT MAYOR DAVE BING SAYING: "One of the things that I want to say to our citizens is that, as tough as this is, I reallydidn't want to go in this direction, but now that we are here, we have to make the best of it." In anticipation of thefiling, investors drove bond prices lower sending their yields to record highs on Thursday.
底特律市长戴夫·宾表示：“我想对我们的民众说的一件事就是，尽管形势非常严峻，我非常不希望走到这一步。但是现在形势已经如此，我们必须做最好的打算。”由于对破产的预期，投资者推动债券价格下跌，周四的收益达到历史新高。
Suicide bomber kills 20 in Iraqi Sunni mosque
20人在伊拉克逊尼派清真寺自杀式爆炸中遇难
Scene of a massacre after at least 20 people are killed by a suicide bomber inside a Sunni mosque in central Iraq. The attacktook place in the middle of a sermon. It is unclear who was behind the blast -- the latest in a campaign of attacks that hasraised fears of a return to full-blown sectarian conflict in a country where Kurds, Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims have yet tofind a stable way of sharing power. The grief comes as more than 460 people have been killed in militant attacks in Julyalone -- according to the monitoring group Iraq Body Count.
伊拉克中部一座逊尼派清真寺发生自杀式爆炸事件，至少20人遇难，寺内一片惨烈的景象。袭击发生在布道期间。目前尚不清楚爆炸幕后主使——最近发生了一系列袭击事件，导致人们担心宗派冲突全面爆发。在这个国家，库尔德人，什叶派和逊尼派穆斯林已经难以找到分享权力的和平途径。根据伊拉克罹难人数统计组织的观察，仅在6月份就有超过460人在激进袭击中遇难。
CCTV9:中国拒绝南海问题仲裁
China rejects arbitration on disputed islands in S.China Sea
中国拒绝南海问题仲裁
The South China sea dispute is once again in the spotlight. This week China protested again after the Philippines referredthe issue to international arbitrators.
China repeated its objection against arbitration on the matter. As that continues, on Friday, scholars and diplomats gathered in Beijing to discuss the potential for cooperation and development in the South China Sea.
The dispute over territory in the South China Sea has been stirred up again, after the Philippines claimed international arbitration over the sovereignty of the Nansha islands.
The Philippines has applied for arbitration by the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea.
China rejects this process.
In recent years, Manila has changed its approach in handling these disputes by refusing to negotiate.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry says disputes over the sovereignty of islands in the South China Sea and overlapping ocean rights in the region should be resolved by the countries concerned through dialogue and negotiation on the basis of respecting history and international law.
Diplomats and scholars had a heated discussion on the future prospects for the cooperation.
In 2002, China and the Association of South East Asian Nations issued the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea. At the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting at the end of last month, Southeast Asian nations called for more progressin drawing up an actual code of conduct.
ASEAN has agreed to try to find common ground on disputed territories ahead of discussions in Beijing later this year.
China says the South China Sea is not an issue between China and ASEAN, but rather between China and some individual ASEAN countries.
Solving disputes through direct talks is an important principle and is something that is agreed on by all signatories of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea. China says all parties concerned should work together through consultations to create a Code of Conduct on the condition that the declaration will still be implemented.
白宫发言:总统就平价医保法案发表讲话
Remarks by the President on the Affordable Care Act
总统就平价医保法案发表讲话
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you so much, everybody. I want to thank Morgan for that introduction. And I want to thank all of you for being here. There are a couple of people that I want to make sure to especially acknowledge.
First of all, the Leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives and somebody who worked harder than just about anybody to get the Affordable Care Act into law, Nancy Pelosi. (Applause.)
We have some outstanding members of Congress here, some mayors and elected officials who are here. I want to give a special shout-out -- I’m not going to introduce all of them because it would take too much time and I might miss somebody. But there is one person who’s standing in front -- sitting in front, who I want to acknowledge just because he has served fordecades, and for decades fought to make sure that everybody had affordable, accessible coverage, and we’re so proud of him-- John Dingell. (Applause.) Congressman from Michigan. (Applause.)
So I want to welcome everybody to the White House. Every day, across the country and certainly here in the White House, there are people who are working as we speak to implement the Affordable Care Act and to deliver the security of quality,affordable health care to more Americans.
The good news is that starting October 1st, new online marketplaces will allow consumers to go online and compare private health care insurance plans just like you’d compare over the Internet the best deal on flat-screen TVs, or cars or any other product that is important to your lives. And you’re going to see competition in ways that we haven’t seen before.
Insurance companies will compete for your business. And in states that are working hard to make sure this law delivers for their people, what we’re seeing is that consumers are getting a hint of how much money they’re potentially going to save because of this law. In states like California, Oregon, Washington, new competition, new choices, market forces are pushing costs down.
Just yesterday, state officials in New York announced that average premiums for consumers who buy insurance in their new marketplace will be at least 50 percent lower next year than they are today. Think about that -- 50 percent lower. (Applause.) So for people like Morgan who are self-employed, who have to buy on the individual market, they’re suddenly going to see opportunities not just for the rebates we discussed, but also for even greater savings in their monthly premiums.
So if you already buy insurance on the individual market, meaning that you don’t get insurance through a big group plan through your employer, that could mean thousands of dollars a year that can go towards paying a mortgage, or putting a kid through college, or saving for retirement. And what this means is that hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who don’t have insurance will finally be able to afford it -- because these exchanges, this big pool is going to reduce the cost, and you may qualify for health care tax credits; middle-class families will potentially qualify for these credits that will bring the cost down even more.
So this is just an example of how the Affordable Care Act is doing what it’s designed to do: deliver more choices, better benefits, a check on rising costs, and higher quality care. That's what it was designed to do, and we’re already seeing those effects take place.
Now, I mention all this because yesterday, despite all the evidence that the law is working the way it was supposed to for middle-class Americans, Republicans in the House of Representatives voted -- for nearly the 40th time -- (laughter) -- to dismantle it. We’ve got a lot of problems in this country, and there’s a lot of work that Congress needs to do: get a farm bill passed, get immigration reform done, make sure we’ve got a budget in place that invests in our children and our future. And yet, instead we’re refighting these old battles. (Laughter.) Sometimes I just try to figure out why. Maybe they think it’s good politics. But part of our job here is not to always think about politics. Part of our job here is to
sometimes think about getting work done on behalf of the American people, on behalf of the middle class and those who arestriving to get into the middle class. (Applause.)
And so the progress that we’re seeing in California and Washington and Oregon and now New York, that's progress that we wantto make sure we’re seeing all across the country. Because there are still millions of people out there who not only want toget health insurance, but many who have health insurance who deserve a better deal and deserve the kinds of savings that the Affordable Care Act will offer.
Now, if you’re one of the 85 percent of Americans who already have health insurance -- could be through your employer, orthrough Medicare, or through Medicaid -- you already have an array of new benefits in place. You don't have to wait until October 1st. You’re already getting benefits even if you don't know that it’s because of the Affordable Care Act. You’regetting better protections. You’re getting more value for each dollar that you spend on your health care.
And that last point -- the issue of getting better value for your buck -- is what I want to focus on today.
For years, too many middle-class families saw their health care costs go up and up and up, without much explanation as to why or how their money was being spent. But today, because of the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies have to spend atleast 80 percent of every dollar that you pay in premiums on your health care -- not on overhead, not on profits, but on you.
Now, many insurance companies are already exceeding this target, and they’re bringing down premiums and providing better value to their customers. But those that aren’t now actually have to reimburse you. If they’re not spending your premium dollars on your health care -- at least 80 percent of it -- they’ve got to give you some money back.
Last year, millions of Americans opened letters from their insurance companies -- but instead of the usual dread that comesfrom getting a bill -- (laughter) -- they were pleasantly surprised with a check. In 2012, 13 million rebates went out, inall 50 states. Another 8.5 [million] rebates are being sent out this summer, averaging around 100 bucks each. And for families like Morgan’s that are working hard, every dollar counts. It makes a difference.
As she said during her introduction, she’d been buying insurance on the individual market in Maryland for years. After she got a rebate for the first time -- and I’m quoting Morgan now -- she said, “It felt like someone was actually being held accountable for the dollars I was spending on health care.” That’s one of core principles of the Affordable Care Act --holding insurance companies and providers accountable so that we all get a better deal.
Dan Hart, who’s here, from Chicago, had read these rebates were happening. But he didn’t think anything of it until he got check in the mail for $136. And Dan is a father of two, and as any parent will tell you, those kids, they suck up a lot ofmoney. (Laughter.) Am I right? (Laughter.) Absolutely. So he used his rebate to pay some bills.
Rick Shewell and Claudia Diamond co-own a stationary store in Arlington, Virginia. They knew about the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, but, Rick said, “I figured we’d never see the money.” So it was a complete surprise when they got arebate for $320 -- put that money right back into their small business.
And this is happening all across the country, and it’s happening because of the Affordable Care Act. It hasn’t been reported on a lot. I bet if you took a poll, most folks wouldn’t know when that check comes in that this was because of Obamacare -- (laughter) -- that they got this extra money in their pockets. But that's what's happening.
Now, even if you don't get a rebate, even if you didn't get a rebate there’s a good chance that these reforms are helping you as well, because one easy way to meet the goal of spending 80 percent of every dollar on care is to charge less for your care. Now, we've got more work to do to get rising health care costs under control. And some of the gains that we've made,some of the progress we've made in slowing the rise of health care costs isn't always passed on to workers. Sometimes companies may keep it and they are charging their employees a higher co-pay or higher deductible, or in some way shifting some costs onto some workers.
But generally speaking, what we've seen is that health care costs have slowed drastically in a lot of areas since we've passed the Affordable Care Act. We've got a lot more work to do, but health care inflation is not skyrocketing the way itwas. And because of this new rule, because of the fact that it improves the value of the coverage that you purchase, last year alone, Americans saved $3.4 billion in lower premiums. That’s $3.4 billion on top of these rebates.
So that’s just one way this law is helping middle-class families. But it represents everything the Affordable Care Actmeans for folks who already have insurance: better benefits, stronger protections, more bang for your buck -- the basic notion that you ought to get what you pay for.
Now, I recognize that there are still a lot of folks -- in this town, at least -- who are rooting for this law to fail. Someof them seem to think this law is about me. It's not. I already have really good health care. (Laughter.)
It’s about the dad in Maryland who, for the first time ever, saw his family’s premiums go down instead of up. It’s aboutthe grandma in Oregon whose free mammogram caught her breast cancer before it had a chance to spread. It’s about the mom in Arizona who can afford heart surgery for her little girl now that the lifetime cap on her coverage has been lifted. It’s about the folks here today who got a little bit of relief.
And I’m curious -- what do opponents of this law think the folks here today should do with the money they were reimbursed?
Should they send it back to the insurance companies? Do they think that was a bad idea to make sure that insurance companies are being held accountable? I know that's not what these folks think.
So the upshot is the American people deserve a fair shot. They expect businesses to play by a fair set of rules. And that’s why this fight is so important. Our broken health care system threatened the hopes and the dreams of families and businesses across the country who feared that one illness or one accident could cost them everything they’d spent a lifetime building. And step by step, we’re fixing that system.
It’s hard. This is a big country, and the health care industry is massive and there are tons of providers. And so as we implement, there are going to be glitches and there are going to be certain states that for political reasons are resisting implementation. And we're just steadily working through all that stuff.
The same was true when Medicare was started. The same was true when Social Security got started. There were folks who, for political reasons, resisted implementation. But once it got set up, people started saying, this is a pretty good deal; it gives me a little more security. It’s part of that basic bargain that if you work hard, if you're doing the right thing,that you can get ahead in this country -- and that you can provide some basic protections for your family.
And health care is at the heart of it; it’s part of it. Affordable health care is not some privilege just for the few. It’s a basic right that everybody should be able to enjoy.
So we're going to keep fighting to secure that right -- to make sure that every American gets the care that they need, whenthey need it, at a price they can afford. That’s the America we believe in. That’s what families deserve. That’s whatwe’re going to keep on working to deliver. We're going to keep on working to make sure many people around this country who are already paying premiums are getting cheaper prices, that the money is being actually spent on their health care, thatyou're not having to worry about the fine print, and that if you don't have health insurance, you finally are in a position to get some at an affordable price -- to give you and your family the kind of security you deserve.
That's something that everybody should support. That's not something that should be subject to politics. If the folks whohave been trying to make political hay out of this thing, if they had some better ideas, I've already told them I'm happy tohear them. But I haven't heard any so far. (Laughter.) What I've heard is just the same old song and dance. We're justgoing to blow through that stuff and just keep on doing the right thing for the American people.
So thank you very much. (Applause.)
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