BBC News:加州律師呼吁最高法院推翻同性婚姻禁令

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BBC News with Mike Cooper

Lawyers representing two same sex couples from California have been arguing in the U.S. Supreme Court for California’s ban on same sex marriage to be overturned. One of the lawyers Theodore Orson compared the ban to that on interracial marriages which was overturned by the court in the 1960s. Jonny Dymond reports.

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加利福尼亞州兩對同性戀夫婦的代理律師敦促美國最高法院推翻加州對同性婚姻的禁令，其中一位律師西奧多·奧森將該禁令比作20世紀(jì)60年代被最高法院推翻的異族通婚禁令。約翰尼·戴蒙德報道。

There will be no ruling for three or so months. But the transcript of Tuesday’s proceedings gives an indication of which way the justices are leaning. Justice Anthony Kennedy described the issue of same sex marriage as uncharted waters. He asked openly if the case should have come to court at all. Chief Justice Roberts, a Conservative, cast doubt on the standing of those who brought the case whilst Justice Samuel Alito compared the issue to emerging technologies like mobile phones and the internet. The suggestion from all three is that the court is shying away from a groundbreaking decision one way or another.

三個多月來最高法院都沒有對此表決，但周二的訴訟文件表明法官的傾向。大法官安東尼·肯尼迪將同性婚姻比作未知的水域，他公開詢問可否受理這件案子。保守派大法官羅伯斯懷疑原告的傾向，而法官塞繆爾·阿利托將這起案子與諸如手機和網(wǎng)絡(luò)這樣的新興科技作比較。三位法官的表現(xiàn)說明法官不愿做出開創(chuàng)性的決定。

The governor of the Cypriot Central Bank Panicos Demetriades has promised what he called a superhuman effort to reopen the country’s banks on Thursday. They have been closed for nearly two weeks to prevent a bank-run while an international bailout was being negotiated. A draft of the deal seen by the BBC proposes capital controls including a weekly limit on withdrawals and an export limit on Euros. The Cypriot finance minister Michael Sarris said the measures would be temporary.

塞浦路斯央行行長帕尼克斯·德米崔德斯承諾周四將做出“驚人的努力”來使該國的銀行重新營業(yè)。各銀行為避免擠兌已經(jīng)關(guān)門近兩周，而同時一項國際援助仍在協(xié)商之中。BBC了解到協(xié)議的草案提出進行資本管制，包括對每周的取款進行限制，以及對歐元實施出口限制。塞浦路斯財長Michael Sarris稱這些措施是暫時的。

“There will be some bleeding, some outflow. We believe that’ll be controlled. And once we get the message that things begin to get back to normal I think we will be able to lift those controls. I think we are talking a matter of weeks.”

“這樣會出現(xiàn)資金流出現(xiàn)象，但我們相信能控制住的。我們再次得到情況好轉(zhuǎn)的信息，我認為我們能取消這些管制，我相信這只是幾周的時間而已。”

Pope Francis has announced that he won’t move into the official papal apartments but will instead remain in a Vatican guesthouse. The Pope’s spokesman said he wanted to live in community with others. He will be the first pontiff for more than a century not to occupy the Pope’s official apartment. David Willey reports.

弗朗西斯教皇宣稱不會搬進官方的教皇公寓，愿意繼續(xù)住在梵蒂岡的客房。教皇發(fā)言人稱他想和別人住在一起，他將是一個多世紀(jì)以來首位不住在教皇官方公寓的教皇。大衛(wèi)·維利報道。

Pope Francis has been living since his election in a simple two-room suite and intends to go on living there for the foreseeable future according to the Vatican spokesman. He will take his meals in the common dining room together with other visiting clerics and permanent residents. About half of the 105 suites in the residence are occupied by Vatican staff. Pope Francis’ simple new communal home contrasts with a much larger accommodation currently being renovated inside the walls of the Vatican for the future use of the now retired former Pope Benedict.

梵蒂岡發(fā)言人稱，弗朗西斯教皇自當(dāng)選之后一直住在一座簡單的兩層公寓，他希望以后繼續(xù)住在那里。他將在公共餐廳里同其他來訪的神職人員和長期居住者一起就餐。梵蒂岡的105套公寓現(xiàn)在有一半住著梵蒂岡的員工，弗朗西斯教皇的住所非常簡單，而梵蒂岡墻內(nèi)還有一處較大的房子正在翻新，為現(xiàn)已退休的班尼迪克教皇未來之用。

Amanda Knox, the American student who was acquitted two years ago of murdering her British flatmate in Italy has said it’s painful that Italy’s Highest Criminal Court has ordered a retrial. Miss. Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were originally jailed for killing Meredith Kercher in 2007 but their conviction was then overturned on appeal.

兩年前被控在意大利謀殺英國室友的美國學(xué)生阿曼達·諾克斯先是被判無罪，現(xiàn)在意大利最高法院下令對此案進行復(fù)審，阿曼達·諾克斯說這讓她很痛苦。諾克斯和其前男友索勒西圖2007年因謀殺克爾徹被囚，但其罪名在上訴后被推翻。

World News from the BBC

President Obama has appointed the first female head of the Secret Service after a scandal last year in which employees were accused of hiring prostitutes ahead of a presidential visit to Colombia. Julia Pierson has been with the agency which looks after the president’s personal security for about three decades. She replaces Mark Sullivan who resigned last month after apologizing for the scandal.

去年美國特勤局員工被控在總統(tǒng)訪問哥倫比亞之前招妓，現(xiàn)在總統(tǒng)奧巴馬任命特勤局首位女性局長。茱莉亞·皮爾森在這個負責(zé)總統(tǒng)安全的機構(gòu)工作近三十年，她接替上月為丑聞道歉并辭職的馬克·蘇利凡。

The United States says it takes the latest threat by North Korea to strike U.S. bases in the Pacific very seriously. A Pentagon spokesman George Little said that Washington was ready to respond to any contingency and urged North Korea to stop making threats. He said the behavior of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was predictable and damaging to its own interests.

朝鮮最近威脅要襲擊美國在太平洋上的基地，美國稱將嚴(yán)肅對待此事。五角大樓發(fā)言人喬治·利特爾說華盛頓將隨時應(yīng)對意外事件，并敦促朝鮮停止威脅。他說朝鮮人民民主共和國的行為是可以預(yù)料的，威脅只會損害其自身的利益。

“The DPRK will achieve nothing by these threats of provocations which will only further isolate North Korea and undermine international efforts to ensure peace and stability in Northeast Asia.”

The North Korean high command said earlier it was placing its long-range artillery and strategic rocket forces on high alert to launch a possible attack on U.S. bases in the Pacific region.

“朝鮮挑起威脅將一無所獲，只會進一步陷入孤立境地，并影響國際上為確保東亞和平與穩(wěn)定所做的努力。”

朝鮮最高指揮官稱早些時候部署了遠程追擊炮和戰(zhàn)略火箭部隊并進入警戒狀態(tài)，可能會向美國在太平洋地區(qū)的基地發(fā)動可能的襲擊。

The Brazilian Senate is debating a bill which if approved would for the first time give domestic servants the same rights as other workers in the country. The reform seeks to limit the working hours of housemaids and cooks in Brazil to eight hours a day and 44 hours a week. The constitutional amendment has already been approved by the Lower House.

巴西參議院正對一項法案進行辯論，如果法案通過，將首次給該國的家政工人以其他工人同樣的權(quán)利。此次改革意在限制巴西女仆和廚師的工作時間到每天8小時，每周44小時。該憲法修正案已達到下議院的批準(zhǔn)。

The BBC says it’s suspending its FM radio broadcasts to Sri Lanka because of continued interruption and interference in its Tamil Language programming. The BBC World Service director Peter Horrocks said Sri Lanka’s state broadcast was warned last week about interference in breach of its broadcasting agreement with the BBC. The suspension came after further disruption to programmes on Monday. Audiences in Sri Lanka can still access the BBC on shortwave and through the internet.

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BBC稱將暫停在斯里蘭卡的調(diào)頻廣播，原因是其泰米爾語節(jié)目經(jīng)常遭到打斷和干預(yù)。英國廣播公司負責(zé)人彼得·赫魯克斯稱斯里蘭卡的國家廣播因違反與BBC的廣播協(xié)議而得到干預(yù)的警告。周一的節(jié)目也遭到進一步的干擾，斯里蘭卡聽眾目前仍可通過短波和網(wǎng)絡(luò)收聽BBC的節(jié)目。