| Somalia named most corrupt country |
全球腐敗榜索馬里墊底 |
| Somalia is viewed as the most corrupt country in the world, according to the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) published annually by Transparency International, while Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore are seen as the least corrupt, CNN reports. Countries with the highest scores on the index are the least corrupt; countries with the lowest scores, the most. Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore each scored 9.3 out of a possible 10. The rest of the top 10 scores were Finland and Sweden, 9.2; Canada, 8.9; Netherlands, 8.8; Australia and Switzerland, 8.7; and Norway, 8.6. At the bottom of the list of 178 countries Somalia scored 1.1, just below Afghanistan and Myanmar (1.4), and Iraq (1.5). |
據(jù)美國有線新聞網(wǎng)報道，“透明國際”發(fā)布的年度腐敗指數(shù)排行顯示，索馬里是世界上最腐敗的國家，而丹麥﹑新西蘭和新加坡最廉潔。若得分最高，說明該國腐敗現(xiàn)象最少；得分最低，則是腐敗現(xiàn)象最嚴(yán)重。最高分設(shè)為10分，丹麥，新西蘭和新加坡均得了9.3，其后依次是：芬蘭和瑞典各9.2分，加拿大8.9分，荷蘭8.8分，澳大利亞和瑞士各8.7分，挪威8.6分。在178個國家中墊底的依次是索馬里、阿富汗、緬甸和伊拉克，其中索馬里1.1分，阿富汗和緬甸各1.4分，伊拉克1.5分。 |
| Plagiarism accusations at Hebei U |
河北大學(xué)校長涉嫌抄襲 |
| The recent car accident at Hebei University has revealed another scandal there. According to the Oriental Morning Post, during March, an online posting accused university president Wang Hongrui of plagiarism. The post said that most of the seventh part of Wang's doctoral dissertation is quite similar with Wu Jianzhen's master's thesis. Wu is a graduate from the School of Electrical Engineering at Yanshan University. |
據(jù)《東方早報》報道，“河北大學(xué)校園車禍案”意外牽扯出了“河大校長抄襲門”。今年3月中旬，署名“求是”的網(wǎng)友刊文稱，河北大學(xué)黨委書記、校長王洪瑞教授涉嫌論文與著作抄襲。王洪瑞博士論文第七章絕大部分內(nèi)容與燕山大學(xué)電氣工程學(xué)院畢業(yè)生吳健珍的碩士學(xué)位論文相關(guān)部分幾乎完全一致。 |
| Indonesia tsunami death toll rises |
印尼24小時遭遇三重災(zāi) |
| At least 154 people are dead and up to 500 are missing after an earthquake triggered a tsunami that hit the Indonesian coast, the Guardian reports. Meanwhile, 800 miles away on the island of Java, Indonesia's most volatile volcano erupted Tuesday morning, spewing out clouds of hot ash and killing at least 25 people. Indonesia is struggling to cope with three natural disasters after an earthquake, a tsunami and a volcanic eruption took place in the space of 24 hours. |
據(jù)英國《衛(wèi)報》報道，印度尼西亞發(fā)生強(qiáng)烈地震并引發(fā)海嘯，目前已造成至少154人死亡，500人失蹤。此外，周二上午，遠(yuǎn)在800英里（1287公里）外的爪哇島上，印尼最不穩(wěn)定的火山噴發(fā)火山灰，目前已導(dǎo)致25人死亡。印尼正在應(yīng)對這24小時內(nèi)連發(fā)的三大自然災(zāi)害——地震、海嘯和火山爆發(fā)。 |
| Fuel charge up on domestic flights |
國內(nèi)航線燃油費(fèi)今上調(diào) |
| The fuel surcharge for domestic flights in China will rise on Oct. 27, the Beijing Daily reports. The surcharge for flights up to 800 km is to double to 40 yuan. For flights longer than 800 km, the surcharge will rise from 40 yuan to 70 yuan. |
據(jù)《北京日報》消息，國內(nèi)航線燃油附加費(fèi)自10月27日起上調(diào)。800公里（含）以下由20元上調(diào)至40元，800公里以上由40元上調(diào)至70元。 |
