CNN新闻100篇

CNN 新闻100 篇

CNN News Item 1 政治：美国因安全问题关闭在也门的大使馆The U.S. government closes its embassy in the Middle Eastern country of Y emen, and that is because of security concerns. One official says that a group called al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula might be planning an attack against the facility. That same group said it was behind an attempted plot to set off an explosive onboard a plane heading to Detroit, Michigan. That took place on Christmas day. The suspect allegedly brought the explosives on the plane in his underwear. The plan failed when the device he tried to use didn’t detonate correctly. Some people have asked how the suspect made it past security. One U.S. official says it’s because of human error. President Obama has promised that everyone involved in the attack will be held accountable for it. But some critics argue that the president’s response to the situation hasn’t been fast enough, hasn’t been aggressive enough.

CNN News Item 2 政治：印度石油工人结束三天的罢工It’s back to work for Indian government oil worker s after a three-day strike that crippled Indian commerce. Some 45,000 oil workers walked off the job after the government refused their demands for higher pay. The labor standoff ended after days of intense government pressure, including threats of job loss and even arrest to strikers. Meantime, talks with a second group of nationwide strikers may soon be underway. The Indo-Asian News-Service says India’s transport minister is ready to discuss demands from truckers. Many across India have parked their rigs, calling for reduction in diesel and tyre prices.

CNN News Item 3 政治：备受争议的安全港法案修正案获得通过Lawmakers in Nebraska have approved a big change to the state’s controversial safe haven law. Under the new measure, children older than 30 days can not b e dropped off at state hospitals. 35 children, many of them, preteens or even teenagers, have been abandoned in hospitals since the original law took effect in July. State lawmakers say it was intended to prevent newborns from being dumped in trash bins or even worse. The new law is expected to go into effect at midnight.

CNN News Item 4 政治：欧美担心伊朗建国会发生暴乱The nation of Iran marking a milestone later on this week. On Thursday, the country will celebrate the anniversary of when it became an Islamic republic. This goes back to 1979, when supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini, a religious leader, overthrew the country’s government. Khomeini became the supreme leader of Iran, and the nation officially became an Islamic state. The United States and the European Union are worried about potential violence during Thursday’s celebrations. U.S. and Euro pean Union are urging the Middle Eastern nation to “end its abuses against its own people.” Iranian leaders have denied any accusations that the government has abused citizens.

CNN News Item 5 政治：伊拉克全国选举投票结束Iraqis put democracy into action today in elections held across the country. The polls have closed and a vote-counting has begun. Voters went to 6,000 polling stations to pick from among 14,000 candidates including 4,000 women. Security is very tight though, voters were searched before they entered the polls. The borders with Iran and Syria were sealed and a curfew has been put into place. Now even the United Nations was involved in monitoring those elections.

CNN News Item 6 政治：伊朗前总统将参加六月份总统竞选Iranian media reports former President Mohammad Khatami has announced he will run in the June presidential elections. T oday’s announcement ends weeks of speculation. Khatami is considered a reformist and overwhelmingly won the presidency in 1997 but h e couldn’t bring about religious and democratic freedoms because of strong opposition from the country’s religious establishment. Khatami was succeeded by current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad four years ago.

CNN News Item 7 政治：奥巴马行程Meanwhile U.S. President Barack Obama is taking crisis talks to an international level. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is traveling to the United States on Monday to push for global solutions to the economic crisis. He will be the first E.U. leader to meet the new president in Washington and Mr. Obama will meet the remaining E.U. leaders at a special summit in Prague in April. That will be his first trip to Europe since taking office. Also on that trip, the G20 summit on the economic crisis and a NATO meeting. CNN News Item 8 政治：英国航空公司机舱服务员罢工计划Strike is off, the judge says plans for a walkout by a British Airway’s Cabin Crew cannot happen. As we reported yesterday, this strike which would have last through the holidays could have effected a million passengers’ holiday t ravel plans. But the judge has blocked it from happening. Now the airline says it hopes the Cabin Crews Labor Union would take some time to think about its next steps. The union representatives say this dispute is not over and unless the two sides can come to a solution,