Obama sex doll for sale in China |
奧巴馬吹氣公仔熱賣 |
Americans may have fallen out of love with Barack Obama, but the US president is still an object of affection for the Chinese, who have remodeled him as a blow-up sex doll, the Daily Telegraph reports. A doll wearing a dark blue suit and red tie, and with Obama's face carefully screen-printed onto its head, was exhibited at the recent 8th Sex Culture Festival in Guangzhou. |
英國《每日電訊報》消息,盡管美國人不再熱愛奧巴馬,但這位在中國依舊受追捧的美國總統已被中國人改造成一個充氣公仔。近期在廣州舉辦的第八屆性文化節上展出的一個公仔身穿深藍色西裝,系著紅色領帶,奧巴馬的臉被精心網版印刷到這個公仔頭部。 |
US uncovers 30 tons of marijuana |
美警方繳獲30噸大麻 |
US authorities have discovered about 30 tons of marijuana that were part of a smuggling operation using a tunnel under the California-Mexico border, CNN reports. The 600-yard tunnel -- which features a rail system, lighting and ventilation -- connects a warehouse in Mexico's Tijuana with one in the Otay Mesa industrial area of San Diego, said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lauren Mack. |
美國有線電視新聞網消息,美國警方日前在加利福尼亞州與墨西哥交界地區發現一條走私毒品的秘密隧道,繳獲大約30噸的大麻。美國移民和海關執法女發言人勞倫?麥克稱,這條連接圣地亞哥奧塔伊梅薩工業區和墨西哥蒂華納一座倉庫的通道長約600碼(549米),里面配備了鐵軌、通風和照明系統。 |
Footage shows chick 'massacre' |
公雞不會下蛋成批被殺 |
Campaigners have released undercover footage of a "conveyor belt to death" for millions of male baby chicks killed as part of the egg production industry, UKPA reports. Vegetarian organization Viva! says 30 million to 40 million male chicks are killed in the UK each year by gassing or being thrown into electric mincers shortly after they hatch. |
英國通訊社消息,素食主義活動家們近日披露了大批剛出生的小公雞被殺的短片,片中揭示了雞蛋生產線上一條將數百萬小公雞送上刑場的“死亡傳輸帶”。素食主義組織“萬歲”說,每年有三百萬到四百萬的小公雞剛孵化出來就被毒死或扔進電動碎肉機里,因為他們不能下蛋。 |
Singapore best country for business |
新加坡經商環境最優 |
Singapore remains the best country in which to run a business, according to the Doing Business report from the World Bank, the BBC reports. The annual report rates 183 countries on the ease with which they allow firms to operate. Singapore has topped the report's rankings for the past five years. |
據英國廣播公司報道,世界銀行發布2010全球經商環境報告,新加坡冠連全球最宜經商國家名單。這份報告對全球183個國家進行了公司運行環境的評估。新加坡已連續五年冠領此排名。 |
Indonesian volcano deaths reach 40 |
印尼火山遇難人數升至40人 |
Hospital officials say the death toll from Indonesia's volcano eruption has reached 40, AP reports. After more than a week of eruptions and warnings that pressure in the volcano is still building, local officials say they are running out of funds to help more than 70,000 people who have been forced from their homes. |
據美聯社報道,醫院官方統計,印尼火山噴發的死亡人數目前已攀升至40人。在持續一周的噴發后,有關部門警告,火山仍會繼續噴發。當地官員稱,他們目前缺乏資金來幫助7萬多民眾撤離家園。
(China.org.cn)
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