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（一）紐約地鐵失火 FOX轉AP（美聯社）
New York Subway Fire Forces Thousands to Evacuate
Thursday, August 17, 2006

NEW YORK ─ A fire broke out on elevated subway tracks during evening rush hour Wednesday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate, filling a platform with smoke and slightly injuring dozens of people.

Between 3,000 and 4,000 people were evacuated from two trains in Brooklyn, the fire department said. Fifteen people, including three firefighters, suffered minor injuries including smoke inhalation.

During the evacuation, power to the tracks was shut off so riders could walk safely from the trains to the subway platform, the fire department said.

Most of the injured were taken to a hospital after the smoke was reported around 6 p.m. at the DeKalb Avenue stop on the B line, which runs between Brooklyn and the Bronx and passes through Manhattan.

New York City Transit said it believed there was a fire just beyond the platform on a wooden tie. It didn't cite a cause.

Service was affected on parts of five subway lines, complicating the commute for countless New Yorkers.

Passenger Danilo Ignacio said that the heat in his subway car, with the air conditioning off, was almost unbearable and that he had to calm an asthmatic woman who was having trouble breathing.

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印度曼尼普爾寺廟爆炸死5人
Indian temple blast kills 5
Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:39am ET
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - The death toll in a bomb explosion at a Hindu temple in India's northeastern state of Manipur rose to five, and at least 35 people including foreign devotees were wounded, police said on Thursday.

The explosion occurred near the state capital Imphal during prayers on Wednesday to celebrate the birth of the Hindu god, Krishna.

Two Americans, a French and an Iranian women, who were at the temple run by ISKCON, the international Krishna consciousness movement, were among the injured. A nine-year-old local boy died in the blast.

An intelligence official said some unidentified people had warned ISKCON officials not to hold any functions on Wednesday, when the rest of the country marked one of its biggest festivals.



Nearly a dozen guerrilla groups operate in Manipur, a Hindu-majority state of 2.6 million, some fighting for independence and others for autonomy and greater rights for local tribes.

The intelligence official said the attack may have been carried out by one of the local groups as part of a campaign to revive indigenous Hindu practices and discourage new religious movements like ISKCON.

Manipur is part of India's remote and turbulent northeast - seven states which are home to more than two dozen separatist groups and over 200 tribals and ethnic communities.

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伊朗將進行軍事演習
(明報) 08月 17日 星期四 12:25AM
伊朗一名高級軍方指揮官稱，伊朗將於後日舉行新一輪的軍事演習，展示伊朗新製造的武器。

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伊朗網站「聚焦伊朗」報道，有地面和空軍戰鬥部隊參加的軍事演習將在數個反政府組織活躍的邊境省份舉行。

指揮今次演習的伊朗正規軍副司令阿什提阿尼準表示，演習是要向敵人們展示伊朗的軍事實力，符合外交部的政策。

在軍事演習中展示的武器將包括由國防部國防工業組織製造的可穿透裝甲的子彈。

阿什提阿尼稱，武裝部隊已作好了挫敗所有針對伊朗陰謀的準動。他說，世界任何一支軍隊都不是伊朗正規軍、伊斯蘭革命衛隊和其附屬組織的對手。

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小睡特別提示 南非雪災會對商品市場產生影響麼？歡迎討論指教
Snow, rain strand motorists in S. Africa
Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:28 PM GMT
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Heavy rains and snow fell in South Africa's southern region on Wednesday, blocking roads and spurring rescue efforts to save stranded motorists.

Cars and trucks littered snow-dusted roads in the northern part of Eastern Cape province, while steady rains made driving conditions in some rural areas perilous. A cold front sweeping through the area complicated rescue efforts.

"The snow has formed hard ice. It's terrible, it can't break," Tshepo Machaea, a spokesman for Arrive Alive, which monitors the safety of roads throughout South Africa, told the SAPA news agency.

"Disaster teams are still busy with graders trying to break the ice, but we don't know how long it will take.

No deaths were reported, although authorities said they feared that roofs of houses and businesses could collapse under the weight of the snow in several towns in the Eastern Cape.

A number of roads, including one connecting the Eastern Cape to the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, were closed. Motorists were advised to use caution when driving in the region and to be wary of sudden rock falls in mountainous areas.

The wintery blast -- not out of the ordinary for southern Africa at this time of year -- was the second significant storm to hit the region this month.

A cold front two weeks ago brought gale winds and rough seas along the coast and snow to the interior of the country as well as Lesotho, killing a handful of people and requiring the South African military to help rescue dozens of stranded motorists.

The South African Weather Service, however, said that conditions late Wednesday morning were improving in many of the areas hard hit by the latest storm.

"It's cleared up and it is sunny in the western half of Eastern Cape," said Deon van der Mescht, a meteorologist with the weather service in Port Elizabeth, a coastal city in the province. Van der Mescht added that further snowfalls were still possible in a few scattered regions.

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据本人所知,南非金礦經多年開發,已要越挖越深,導至成本大增,產量亦大不如前.其他一概不知.

richardchen

如伊朗能再强硬些，就对金价的上升提供了动力！到时就可以冲破６５０了

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richardchen  在 2006-8-17 02:28 PM 發表:

如伊朗能再强硬些，就对金价的上升提供了动力！到时就可以冲破６５０了

不要寄望伊朗了,自求多福吧.

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西方都没有这种子弹吧？吹水大过实际。

KBG

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中国就有这种子弹,叫穿甲弹,由钨做主要原料.ABC