- US defense envisions multiple conflicts
A wider range of threats, from Internet disruption to the destabilizing effects of climate change, features in the US Department of Defense's budget proposal released this week. With previous plans envisaging capability to fight two conventional wars, the list of possible conflicts for military engagement is, in theory, endless. (Feb 2, '10) インターネットの混乱は、米国国防総省の予算案で、気候変動、機能の不安定化の影響からの脅威の広い範囲は、今週発表した
- It's over: Clarke, Bingle call off marriage plans
SYDNEY - Australia cricket vice captain Michael Clarke has ended his engagement to model Lara Bingle, ending nearly a week of speculation about their relationship.A public relations firm representing Clarke said yesterday that... シドニー - オーストラリアのクリケット副キャプテンマイケルクラークララ刈り上げ断髪のモデルには、自分たちrelationship.A PR会社クラークを表すという憶測のほぼ1週間終了婚約が終了した日によると、...
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engagement：婚約
worn：wearの過去分詞
fourth finger：第四指、薬指
ancient：古代
vein：静脈
straight：直線、まっすぐな
- Kai Eide lashes out
In a BBC interview, the former UN mission chief, says Pakistan's recent arrests of Taliban leaders have damaged peace prospectsThis a transcript of Lyse Doucet's BBC World Service interview tonight with Kai Eide. He says bluntly that the effect of the Pakistani arrests of Abdul Ghani Baradar, and a dozen or so other senior Taliban figures in recent weeks has been to set back the prospects of a dialogue, and that Pakistan must have known its actions would have that effect.KE: Of course I met Taliban leaders, of course I met Taliban leaders during the time I was in Afghanistan. Anything else for me would have been unthinkable, given the emphasis I was placing on it myself, and the mandate that we have. And remember, also, I am a Norwegian and Norwegians always believe in an engagement policy.Q: What's significant about any meetings is just how senior, how authoritative, the representatives are. Did you meet members of what is called the Quetta Shura, which is one of the main decision bodies for the Taliban leadership?KE: I believe I can say yes. That is the case. We met senior people in the Taliban leadership and we also met people who have the authority of the Quetta Shura to engage in that kind of discussion.Q: Of course when they call it the Quetta Shura it's named after the city in Pakistan. The Pakistanis deny the existence of a Quetta Shura, but it's largely believed to be the decision-making body under the authority of Mullah Omar, the spiritual leader of the Taliban. Did he know about these talks?KE: I find it unthinkable that such contact would take place without his knowledge, and also with his acceptance.Q: When was your first contact? First by letter?KE: The first contact was probably spring last year. Then, of course, you moved into the election process, whe BBCとのインタビューでは、元国連の使命長は、タリバンの指導者がパキスタンの最近の逮。平和破損しているカイアイダと溶解ドゥーセのBBCワールドサービスのインタビューで、今夜の謄本prospectsThis
- Akira Kurosawa: 10 essential films for the director's centenary | Ben Walters
Akira Kurosawa, the legendary Japanese director, was born 100 years ago today. He's already the subject of a Google doodle, now here's a guide to ten key Kurosawa movies, from classics such as Seven Samurai and Throne of Blood to late greats Ran and Dreams1) Drunken Angel (1948)The youngest of eight children, Akira Kurosawa grew up in Tokyo where, at the age of 26, he began an apprenticeship at PCL studios. His first features as director, made in wartime, had nationalistic strains but No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) and Drunken Angel, about an alcoholic Tokyo doctor trying to get a stagnant pool drained, established a critical engagement with contemporary Japan.2) Stray Dog (1949)Drunken Angel inaugurated Kurosawa's working relationship with the actor Toshiro Mifune, which was repeated in this picture, with Mifune playing a policeman on an increasingly obsessive quest to retrieve his stolen gun. Set during a sweltering summer, Kurosawa's breakthrough film confirmed both his feel for contemporary Tokyo and his admiration of American genre pictures.3) Rashômon (1950)Recognised at Venice and the Oscars, Rashomon was not just Kurosawa's international breakthrough but the standard-bearer for new Japanese cinema. Recounting a bandit's (Mifune) ambush of a couple in a forest from several contradictory perspectives, its radical challenge to conventional narrative was complemented by beautiful, often stylised photography.4) The Idiot (1951)Slashed - to Kurosawa's enduring indignation - from its original lengthof more than four hours, The Idiot was an early example of the director's adaptation of European literary sources to a Japanese context. Dostoyevsky's novel is relocated to Hokkaido, with Masayuki Mori as a recently released war criminal and Mifune his temperamental friend 黒澤明監督は、伝説的な日本の映画監督、100年前の今日、生まれた
- World Bank approves 3.75 billion dollar loan to support South Africa's energy security plans
The World Bank on Thursday approved a 3.75 billion dollar loan to help South Africa achieve a reliable electricity supply while also financing some of the biggest solar and wind power plants in the developing world.
The loan the World Bank's first major lending engagement with South Africa since the fall of apartheid 16 years ago aims to benefit the poor directly, through jobs created as the economy bounces back from the global financial crisis and through additional power capacity to expand ... 世界銀行は16日にこの。承認3750000000ドルの開発の最大の太陽電池と風力発電プラントの融資をの資金の一部をアフリカが達成しながら信頼性の高い電力供給もするのに役立ちますサウス
- Pakistani president seeks full SCO membership
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday called for a full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to strengthen Pakistan's engagement with the group for promoting peace and development in the region, the president's spokesman said.
Talking to Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov, President Zardari said that Pakistan desires to have a full membership of SCO. Pakistan enjoys the status of an observer along with India, Iran and Mongolia in the organization.
Uz ... パキスタン大統領アシフアリザルダリ氏木曜日は、地域開発を平和と呼ばれる完全な会員の推進のためのグループ婚約をパキスタンの強化機構（SCO）の組織、上海協力、大統領のスポークスマンによると大統領は、話すにNorov外務大臣のウズベキスタンウラジーミルザルダリ氏は、パキスタンは、SCOの完全なメンバシップを持つことを望むと述べた
- Why equality matters to us | Aaron Goldstein
Liberal Judaism looks forward to celebrating civil partnerships under its roofs. We hope that other religions follow suitIn 2005, the rabbinic conference of Liberal Judaism published Covenant of Love, a service of commitment for same-sex couples, and in doing so became the first religious movement in the country to produce official liturgy for this purpose. The same-sex commitment ceremony affirms the importance and holiness of marriage and Jewish family life. We remain steadfastly committed to the justice of civil partnerships and we see this as an extension of our belief that all are equal and created b'tselem Elohim – in the image of God. Our rabbis have long acknowledged that modern ethical, psychological and scientific insight demands a change in traditional attitudes to same-sex relationships, and have welcomed lesbians and gay men as members of its congregations, as teachers and as rabbis. We truly celebrate this inclusion and with it the enrichment that it brings to our community.Liberal Judaism's engagement in such ceremonies is not forced on our rabbis or congregations. Our rabbis have simply created the possibility for an affirmation of the sanctity of a loving and committed same-sex relationship within the bounds of Judaism. Neither do we seek to enforce our beliefs and practices on any other religious denomination, Jewish or otherwise. However, we have seen that our courage in making such blessings possible has emboldened other religious movements and individuals to follow suit, albeit timidly at times.Likewise, the amendment to the equality bill, proposed by Lord Alli, does not seek to force any organisation or individual to do anything in respect of civil partnerships. It merely allows those who wish to do so to open the doors – literally – to their house リベラルなユダヤ進む市民のパートナーシップを祝うため、その屋根の下に見えます
- South African-China relations based on mutually beneficial partnership: South African FM
South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said Thursday that the relationship between South Africa and China is based on mutually beneficial engagement and partnership.
Mashabane is paying an official visit to China from Feb. 24 to 27 at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. She met with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and had talks with Yang early Thursday.
Mashabane said at a press conference in Beijing that she had succe ... 南アフリカ共和国の大臣は国際交流と協力Maite NkoanaのMashabane木曜日は、南アフリカと中国の間の関係を互恵的な関与と提携
- Letters: Tourism is essential to Africa's economy
Your article (Africa needs more than latter-day Livingstones, 3 January) ignored the excellent work being conducted by Abta tour operators to ensure that their activities ensure fair and equitable benefits for local people. It is untrue that these activities merely line the pockets of tour operators and destination governments. We work with our members specifically in the area of responsible tourism, which has come on in leaps and bounds. Tour operators and tourism in Africa create jobs, preserve biodiversity and culture by giving it an economic value, and enhance local infrastructure. The benefits reach far beyond the game reserves and national parks. Almost every excursion programme in Africa now ensures that beneficial linkages are created into the local community and economy. If the above developments of the industry and consumer were mirrored by travel writers, we would be able to encourage greater participation in community engagement and benefit projects by visitors to countries all around the globe.Nicola WhiteAbta/FTO (Federation of Tour Operators)• Your article rightly highlights that more of the income from tourism needs to get to local people. But it fails to emphasise just how vital tourism is to the economy of many of Africa's poorest countries. Tourism brings much-needed income and employment and, unlike most other industries, it has the potential to benefit people in rural areas simply because of where it takes place. Done well, it can conserve endangered species and their habitats by raising awareness of just how special these animals and places are, while also providing an economic alternative to hunting. That's why the Travel Foundation is working with many travel companies. For example, in Kenya we have supported projects that enable Masai villag あなたの記事（アフリカより後者よりも1月3日）は、優秀な作品は無視さ日リヴィングストン、Abtaツアーオペレーターによって、その活動が地元の人々の公正かつ衡平な利益を確保を確保するため実施される必要があります
- EU: Trilateral relationship between UN-AU-EU in making
The European Union (EU) on Wednesday reaffirmed its strong engagement with the United Nations, particularly in Africa where a trilateral relationship between the UN, African Union (AU) and EU is already in the making to enhance regional cooperation.
The statement came as the acting head of EU delegation, Pedro Serrano, spoke to an open Security Council debate on the cooperation between the United Nations and regional and sub-regional organizations in maintaining international peace and s ... 欧州連合（EU）は水曜日に、特にアフリカでは、国連、アフリカ連合（AU）とEUはすでに、意思の地域協力を強化している間に三国間関係のステートメントとして付属している国連との強力な関与を再確認EUの代表団は、ペドロセラーノ長代行は、国連や地域とサブの間の協力、地域機関、国際平和を維持する上で開いて安全保障理事会の議論に話を聞いたとs ...
- Six foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Six foreign soldiers were killed in the conflict-ridden Afghanistan on a single day Monday, according to press releases issued by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
Three American soldiers were killed Monday afternoon in an engagement with enemy forces in the restive southern region of Afghanistan, ISAF said in a statement.
In another firing incident in eastern Afghanistan, one ISAF service member was killed and another died of his wounds.
The si ... 6つの外国軍の紛争で死亡に苦しんでいるアフガニスタンは1日の月曜日にリリースでは、北大西洋条約機構によって発行されたキーを押しますよると、主導の国際治安支援部隊（ISAF）3人の米。月曜日の午後の敵軍との交戦で死亡アフガニスタンのそわそわした南部地域、ISAFの声明で述べている
- Obama's Yemeni odyssey targets China
The intervention of the United States in Yemen - in whatever form it takes - is not simply a matter of hunting down al-Qaeda. The focus on this strategic country, along with engagement with Somalia and Kenya, is a manifestation of the increasingly cozy three-way US-Israel-India alliance that is the emphatic counter to China's surge. - M K Bhadrakumar (Jan 8, '10) イエメンではアメリカ合衆国の介入-には何がかかってもフォーム-狩猟は、単に問題をアルカイダではありません
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