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路透社新闻:以色列巴勒斯坦将恢复和平会谈
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Israel, Palestine could resume peace talks
以色列巴勒斯坦将恢复和平会谈
US Secretary of State John Kerry says Israeli and Palestinian leaders have laid the groundwork for resuming peace talks.Julie Noce reports. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Friday a possible return to peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians.
美国国务卿约翰·克里(John Kerry)表示，以色列和巴勒斯坦领导人已经为恢复和平会谈奠定了基石。Julie Noce报道。周五，美国国务卿约翰·克里(John Kerry)宣布，以色列人和巴勒斯坦人有可能重新回归和平会谈。
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, JOHN KERRY, SAYING: "I am pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement that establishes a basis for resuming direct final status negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis. This is a significant and welcome step forward. The agreement is still in the process of being formalized." Kerry made the announcement from Jordan after negotiations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Kerry was quick to praise both leaders on their cooperation.
美国国务卿，约翰·克里：“我很高兴地宣布，我们终于达成一致，为巴勒斯坦人和以色列人继续进行直接的最终谈判奠定了基础。这是非常重要，也是非常受欢迎的一个进步。该协议仍然处于正式化的进程中。”克里在约旦与以色列总理内塔尼亚胡(Benjamin Netanyahu)和巴勒斯坦总统阿巴斯(Mahmoud Abbas)进行磋商后宣布了该决定。克里立即对双方领袖的合作表示赞赏。
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, JOHN KERRY, SAYING: "Both of them have chosen to make difficult choices here and both of them were instrumental in pushing in this direction. We wouldn't be standing here tonight if they hadn't made the choices." Kerry gave few details of the talks, saying only that both sets of envoys were expected in Washington soon.
美国国务卿，约翰·克里：“双方都做出了艰难的选择，双方都对这个进展发挥了重要作用。如果他们没有做出选择，我们今晚就不可能站在这里。”克里没有批露会谈的细节，只表示双方将很快向华盛顿派遣谈判代表。
Elderly men held hostage in Texas
得克萨斯州三位老人被劫持
Police in Texas have freed at least three elderly men who were being held against their will in a house in Houston, Texas.The men were found living in a filthy room with double locks on the doors, one chair, and no toilet or beds. Police said they appeared malnourished. Officials said the men were lured into the home with promises of beer and cigarettes and were then forced to hand over their veterans benefit checks. The men aged 80, 74 and one in his 50's were taken to a nearby hospital. Police say a suspect is in custody, but no charges have been filed.
得克萨斯警方解救了被劫持在休斯敦一座房屋中的至少三名老人。有人发现这些老人被关在一座肮脏的房屋中，门上有两把锁，房间内只有一把椅子，没有厕所和床铺。警方表示，他们看上去营养不良。官方表示，这些老人被提供啤酒和香烟的承诺诱骗入这座房屋，然后被迫交出退役军人福利支票。这三名老人分别为80岁，74岁和50多岁，已被送往附近医院。警方表示，一名嫌疑人已被拘留，但是尚未提起控告。
Firefighters hold line against California blaze
消防员扑灭加利福尼亚大火
California wildfires rage overnight, consuming more than 22,000 acres since Monday. The blaze began 100 miles east of Los Angeles in the San Jacinto Mountains and has forced thousands of local residents to evacuate. No injuries have been reported. On Thursday firefighters made progress in reinforcing a defensive line between the flames and the resort community of Idyllwild. The fire has reached four miles from Palm Springs, though no evacuation order has been given for the city of 46,000. Nearly 3,000 firefighters, 17 helicopters and 10 air tankers have been assigned to battle the blaze. The wildfire is one of the most severe of about 16 that crews are trying to contain in several western states.
一夜之间，加利福尼亚山火肆虐，自周一以来已经烧毁22,000多英亩的范围。山火从洛杉矶东部100英里处圣哈辛托山开始燃烧，数万当地居民被迫疏散。目前还没有伤亡报告。周四，消防员取得了进展，在火苗和爱迪尔维尔德的度假村之间建造了隔离带。火灾已经到达距离棕榈泉4英里的位置，然而，这座拥有46,000人口的城市还未接到撤离命令。接近3,000名消防员，17架直升机和10架灭火飞机受命扑灭大火。目前，消防员们正在西部几个州努力扑灭16起大火，而加利福尼亚这起大火是其中最严重的。
CCTV9:美国驻哥伦比亚大使要求立即释放美公民
US Ambassador to Colombia calls for immediate release
美国驻哥伦比亚大使要求立即释放美公民
The US Ambassador to Colombia has called for the immediate release of an American, the main insurgency rebels, FARC, claim to be holding.
Ambassador Michael McKinley says former US marine Kevin Scott Sutay is not an active member of the military. FARC claims it captured Sutay a month ago in a turbulent south-eastern region. It says Sutay describes himself as a 2010-2011 veteran of the Afghan conflict who left the armed forces in March.
It was not clear what Sutay was doing in the Guaviare region, which is not a tourist region. The rebels say he had been nearby a Colombian military base. The group now says it will free Sutay in light of peace talks going on in Cuba to endColombia’s nearly half-century-old conflict with its government.
白宫发言:美确认消费者金融保护局临时局长
Weekly Address: Confirming Rich Cordray to Lead the CFPB
每周讲话:理查德·考德瑞担任消费者金融保护局临时局长
WASHINGTON, DC— In this week’s address, President Obama discussed the Senate’s confirmation of Rich Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB is an independent watchdog set up to protect families from irresponsible behavior in the financial sector – one that puts mortgage lenders, student lenders, payday lenders, and credit reporting and debt collection agencies under greater scrutiny, while providing the American people a place to get some measure of justice if they don’t play by the rules.
The audio of the address and video of the address will be available online at 6:00 a.m. ET, July 20,
2013.
Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address
The White House
July 20, 2013
Hi, everybody. Three years ago this weekend, we put in place tough new rules of the road for the financial sector so that irresponsible behavior on the part of the few could never again cause a crisis that harms millions of middle-class families.
As part of that reform, we set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the first-ever independent consumer watchdog with one job: to protect families from that sort of behavior.
Two years ago, I nominated a man named Rich Cordray, a former attorney general from Ohio, to run this consumer protection bureau. But Republicans in the Senate refused to give him a simple up-or-down vote, not because they didn’t think he was the right person for the job, but because they didn’t like the law that set up the consumer watchdog in the first place.
So last year, I acted on my own to put him in charge – because without a director, the CFPB couldn’t use all the tools at its disposal to protect consumers from shady mortgage lenders, or unscrupulous credit reporting agencies, or predatory lenders who targeted veterans and seniors. And I’m pleased to say that he was finally confirmed this week by a bipartisan vote.
Because of the work that’s been done at the CFPB over the past two years, today, mortgage lenders, student lenders, payday lenders, and credit reporting and debt collection agencies all face greater scrutiny. And if they don’t play by the rules, you now have somewhere to go to get some measure of justice. In fact, the CFPB has already addressed more than 175,000 complaints from every state.
Today, as part of the CFPB’s “Know Before You Owe” efforts, students and their parents can get a simple report with the information they need to make informed decisions before taking out student loans – and more than 700 colleges have stepped up to make this information clear and transparent. And if you’ve noticed that some credit card forms are actually easier to understand than they used to be, that’s because of the work that Rich’s team and others in the Administration have done.
Today, veterans have the tools they need to defend against dishonest lenders and mortgage brokers who try to prey on them when they come home. Seniors are better protected from someone who sees their homes or retirement savings as an easy target.
And thanks to the hard work of folks at the CFPB, so far six million Americans have gotten more than $400 million in refunds from companies that engaged in unscrupulous practices. That’s money we didn’t have the power to recover before.
You know, we’ve come a long way over the past four and a half years. Our economy’s growing. Our businesses have created 7.2 million new jobs in the past 40 months. We’ve locked in new safeguards to protect against another crisis and end bailouts for good. And even though more work remains, our financial system is more fair and much more sound than it was.
We’ve still got a long way to go to restore the sense of security that too many middle-class families are still fighting to rebuild. But if we keep moving forward with our eyes fixed on that North Star of a growing middle class, then I’m confident we’ll get to where we need to go.
Thanks, and have a great weekend.
