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路透社:经济萧条 沃尔玛提前举行节日促销
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Walmart offers holiday deals early
经济萧条 沃尔玛提前举行节日促销
Christmas right after Halloween? Sounds freaky, but Walmart jump started its holiday sales season nearly one month early,offering huge online discounts on 7 items and deals on 360 others. For example, it's chopping 40 percent off the price for a 42-inch JVC LED HDTV at under $300. Normally, U.S. retailers launch holiday sales on Thanksgiving in late November and the day after, and they set aside heavily discounted bait online for "Cyber Monday" on the Monday after Thanksgiving. But here's why retailers want to get a headstart this year: this holiday season offers six fewer shopping days than last year. And the economy is still sluggish, with consumer confidence falling last month amid the government shutdown. ShopperTrak forecasts the slowest growth in holiday sales in four years. So get set for big deals. Morgan Stanley predicts this will be the most promotional holiday season since 2008. Holiday shopping is prime time because retailers get the bulk of their annual revenue during this season that ends with Christmas. Walmart shoppers may be particularly hard hit. Many of its shoppers live paycheck to paycheck.
万圣节之后就是圣诞节？这听上去非常怪异。但是沃尔玛确实把这次节日促销活动提前了接近一个月，7款商品提供巨大的在线购物折扣，其他360款商品特价。例如，42英寸JVC液晶高清电视价格削减了40%，低于300美元。通常，美国零售商家都在11月末感恩节之后发起促销活动。但是今年，零售商都想处于领先地位，原因很简单：今年的节日比去年减少了6个购物日。经济仍然停滞不前，由于上月政府关闭，消费者信心再次下降。美国索博客(ShopperTrak)预测今年将是四年来节日期间销售量上涨幅度最小的一年。所以商家准备加大促销力度。摩根士丹利预测，这将是自2008年以来促销力度最大的一个假期。对零售商来说，节日购物是最好的时间，因为他们全年收益的大部分都是由此产生。圣诞过后，一年的节日也就随之结束。沃尔玛顾客可能更加拮据，其中很多人都是依靠微薄的薪水生活。
Taliban drone death angers Pakistanis
美国无人机袭击致塔利班头目身亡
The U.S. drone attack that killed Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has angered many on the streets of Islamabad and Karachi. His death came at a critical time as peace talks with Pakistan's government were about to start.
巴基斯坦塔利班领导人哈基穆拉·马苏德(Hakimullah Mehsud)在美国无人机袭击中身亡，伊斯兰堡和卡拉奇街头许多人对此感到愤怒。他的死亡处于塔利班与巴基斯坦政府即将开始和平会谈的关键时刻。
(SOUNDBITE)(Urdu) USMAN ALI, SHOPKEEPER, SAYING: " Talks were about to be held between the government and them and a team was going there for this purpose. So that attack at this time was very wrong. America wants Pakistan and the North Waziristan Taliban to keep fighting each other. America's done a very terrible thing."
发言人USMAN ALI：“政府和塔利班分子之间即将举行会谈，我们将会派出工作小组。这时发动袭击是非常错误的。美国希望巴基斯坦和北瓦济里斯坦塔利班分子继续战斗。美国做了非常恐怖的事情。”
(SOUNDBITE)(Urdu) ZEESHAN AHMAD, UNIVERSITY STUDENT, SAYING: "Americans have absolutely no right to cause this type of destruction in our country through these attacks. I believe this was totally criminal."
大学生ZEESHAN AHMAD：“美国没有权利在我们的国土上通过这种袭击造成任何毁坏。我相信这完全是犯罪行为。”
(SOUNDBITE)(Urdu) MOHAMMAD SHAKEEL, KARACHI RESIDENT, SAYING: "Drone attacks are doing us no good. In fact the killing of Hakimullah Mehsud in such an attack is harmful for our country as well as for Muslims."
卡拉奇居民MOHAMMAD SHAKEEL：“无人机袭击没有给我们带来任何好处。实际上，哈基穆拉·马苏德在这种袭击中遇难对我们的国家，对穆斯林都是有害的。”
Mehsud was killed on Friday in a village in the North Waziristan region. He took over leadership of the Pakistani Taliban in 2009 after another drone strike which claimed the life of his predecessor.
周五，马苏德在北瓦济里斯坦地区一个村庄身亡。2009年，另外一起无人机袭击造成塔利班头目死亡之后，他接管了巴基斯坦塔利班领导职位。
Golden Dawn pair shot in Athens
金色黎明党支持者在雅典遇难
Greek police throng the area around the offices of the far-right Golden Dawn party where two of its supporters have been shot dead. A third was wounded in the drive-by attack on Friday. It happened on a busy street during the evening rush-hour in the capital, Athens. The shootings came at a time of growing public anger against Golden Dawn. Several of its senior members have been arrested over alleged involvement in attacks and criminal activities. The party is the subject of a government crackdown after the killing of a rapper in September blamed on one of its sympathisers. But lawmakers across the political spectrum are condemning Friday's attack. A Greek government spokesman pledged those behind it would be hunted down.
希腊警察蜂拥至极右翼金色黎明党办公室周围区域，其两名支持者在这里被枪杀。另外一人在周五的驾车开枪杀人事件中受伤。事发晚高峰时段首都雅典一个繁忙的街道。枪击事件发生时，公众对金色黎明党的愤怒之情不断增加。由于涉嫌袭击和犯罪行为，该党派几名高级党魁已被逮捕。9月份，一名说唱歌手被金色黎明党一名支持者杀害后，该党派成为政府打击的目标。但是政界立法者对周五的袭击提出了谴责。希腊政府一名发言人承诺一定要将凶手缉拿归案。
(SOUNDBITE)(Greek) GREEK GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SIMOS KEDIKOGLOU SAYING: "The murderers, whoever they are, will be dealt with unsparingly by our democracy and justice system as well as a united Greek society. Let everyone know this."
希腊政府发言人SIMOS KEDIKOGLOU：“无论谋杀凶手是谁，都将受到我们的民主制度，法律体系和团结的希腊社会的严惩。每一个人都应该知道这一点。”
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the shootings, which police said were carried out at close range with a nine millimetre pistol.
目前还无人宣称对枪击事件负责，警方表示，凶手是用一把9毫米手枪近距离袭击的。
CCTV:西班牙一月内6千万电话遭窃听
60 million phone calls monitored in Spain in a month
西班牙一月内6千万电话遭窃听
The furore over America’s international spying web continues to escalate, with a Spanish newspaper claiming tens of millions of phone calls in the country have been monitored by the U.S. National Security Agency.
It is the latest allegation after British newspaper, the Guardian, last Thursday reported the U.S. has monitored the phone calls of at least 35 world leaders - a spying row that has shaken the U.S.'s allies in Europe.
"I think it is wrong to spy on us. Spain and the U.S. are allies, They shouldn’t distrust us. The U.S. government must make a clear explanation, because this is serious."
"I think spying on people is totally wrong. The U.S. government should stop this. We are not criminals."
"It’s a scary situation, because it touches on our most intimate things, our privacy, our phone calls, our feelings, our daily lives - things we don’t want to tell the whole world about."
More scandals are revealed, almost daily.
Spanish newspaper El Mundo on Monday published a front page article claiming the NSA tracked 60 million phone calls, messages and emails of Spanish residents in a month, for the period between December 2012 and January 2013.
"We don’t accept the U.S. taking anti-terrorism as an excuse to spy on our citizens. We don’t believe there are so many terrorists the NSA has to check 60 million calls in a month," said Inaki Gil, deputy director of El Mundo.
Meanwhile, a U.S. website, Cryptome, also says during the same period, 46 million calls were checked in Italy, 361 million in Germany, and more.
However, the NSA head denied all the accusations at a recent hearing.
The NSA is also reported to have monitored the phone calls of at least 35 world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
During last month’s EU summit in Belgium, delegations from Germany and France both announced they would send officials to talk with the White House and the National Security Agency about the issue.
"We said that Germany and France will not turn to America as Germany plus France, but that every country on its own will get in touch with the American security services and will work on a future framework for cooperation. Of course we will exchange thoughts on this," Merkel said.
The U.S. spying scandal has escalated since former NSA contractor Edward Snowden fled the country and released NSA documents in June this year.
CCTV9:德国政府准备接见泄密者斯诺登
German gov't ready to meet Snowden on US spying
德国政府准备接见泄密者斯诺登
Germany’s Interior Minister says his country would like to talk to Edward Snowden if he is willing to help shed light on the US spying scandal.
Hans-Peter Friedrichhe said he would try to find a way for Edward Snowden to speak to German officials. His comments came after a German opposition lawmaker travelled to Moscow where he met the NSA whistleblower.
The lawmaker, Hans-Christian Stroebele told the press that it was clear Snowden knew a lot, and returned to Berlin with a letter he said Snowden had written.
In the letter Snowden indicated that he would not speak with German officials until the United States stops its prosecution of whistleblowers.
