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Mandela turns 95
曼德拉迎来95岁生日
Well-wishers and media were gathering early as the 95th birthday of South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela dawned. He's been at this hospital in Pretoria for more than five weeks undergoing treatment for a lung infection. A statement from South Africa's current president, issued on the anti-apartheid hero's big day, says his condition is improving. On the eve of the event old friends Mac Maharaj and Epainette Mbeki, mother of Mandela's successor as president, offered their birthday greetings.
南非前总统纳尔逊·曼德拉(Nelson Mandela)95岁生日来临之际，祝福者和媒体一大早就来到这里。曼德拉已经在比勒陀利亚这家医院度过五周多的时间，接受肺部感染治疗。南非现任总统在这位反种族隔离英雄生辰当天发表声明，称曼德拉的身体状况正在改善。此前，他的老朋友迈克·马哈拉杰(Mac Maharaj)和曼德拉的继任者姆贝基总统的母亲艾潘妮特·姆贝基(Epainette Mbeki)送上了生日问候。
MAC MAHARAJ, PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN AND FRIEND OF NELSON MANDELA, SAYING: Nelson Mandela. I would like to take this opportunity to wish him everything of the best on his 95th birthday. Get well, get better. We need you, and stay forever young at heart."
迈克·马哈拉杰(Mac Maharaj)，总统发言人和曼德拉的朋友，说：“纳尔逊·曼德拉。我希望借此机会，在他95岁生辰之际送上最真挚的祝福。希望他的身体好起来，越来越好。我们需要你，希望你的心态永远年轻。”
EPAINETTE MBEKI, MOTHER OF FORMER PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI, SAYING: "I am wishing you a happy birthday and many more returns."
艾潘妮特·姆贝基(Epainette Mbeki)，前总统姆贝基的母亲，说：“我祝你生日快乐，尽快恢复健康。”
July 18th was named Nelson Mandela International Day by the United Nations in 2009. It's commemorated in South Africa and abroad by people carrying out 67 minutes of charitable acts to mark the time Mandela actively fought to end apartheid. Mandela's expected to spend the day receiving visits from close family.
2009年，联合国确立每年的7月18日为曼德拉国际日。南非和国外许多民众都会举行67分钟的慈善演出来庆祝，纪念曼德拉积极结束种族隔离的努力。预期曼德拉将在医院接受亲人的探访。
UK retail sales point to recovery
英国零售业开始复苏
The latest sign of recovery in the UK economy. Retail sales rose in June, helped on their way by an unusually high level of discounts and promotions at department stores. Sales volumes increased 0.2% on the month. It was a slight slowdown after a very strong May, but is still means they'll show growth of 2.2% on the year, according to the Office for National Statistics. Carsten Brzeski is from ING.
英国经济出现复苏的新迹象。六月份，零售额出现上涨，主要是由于商场推出了非同寻常的折扣和促销活动。当月销售量增加了0.2个百分点。根据国家统计办公室的数据，这相对销量强劲的五月份有轻微的下降，但是仍然意味着今年将出现2.2个百分点的增长。
Carsten Brzeski, Senior Economist, ING, saying (English): "We do see a recovery starting to unfold, still not a strong recovery, we still need I would say accommodative monetary policy, but compared with the euro zone I would say the glass is half full." The retail sales data echoes other economic readings, which suggest Britain's recovery gained some speed in the second quarter, after growing 0.3 per cent between January and March. But consumer spending in the UK is still under pressure from inflation, which is outstripping growth in wages. The Bank of England and policymakers are looking at ways to reassure households, businesses and the markets, that interest rates won't rise any time soon - and that may also encourage Brits tospend.
荷兰国际集团(ING)资深经济学家Carsten Brzeski表示：“我们确实看到经济复苏开始出现，不过仍然不是很强劲的复苏，我们仍然需要相应的货币政策，但是与欧元区相比，已经进入正轨。”零售行业数据也可以反映出其他经济指标，这表明第二季度英国的经济复苏已经获得了一些势头，第一季度增长了0.3个百分点。但是由于通货膨胀超过了薪资增长，英国的消费者支出仍然承受着压力。英格兰银行和政策制定者正在寻找方法来向业主，企业和市场保证，利率不会很快上涨——这或许可以鼓励国民消费。
Homs under attack as sources say Britain will not arm Syrian rebels
消息来源称英国放弃武器支援叙利亚叛军 霍姆斯遭遇袭击
The city of Homs under attack in Syria, in a government campaign that has lasted some three weeks. This video, which can not be independently verified, comes as sources familiar with the government thinking say Britain has abandoned plans to arm Syrian rebels. They tell Reuters President Bashar al-Assad might survive in office for years. The reported British position amounts to one of the gloomiest assessments of the rebels' prospects yet. More footage shows a historic home that is a portrait of destruction. There is no sign of help on the way. Russia and the United States had wanted to try to organize peace talks. The hope was to try to agree to a ceasefire and the makeup of a transitional government. But sources say the initiative has stalled and there is a risk such talks will never happen. Syria's top rebel commander is likely to visit the U.S. next week, -- he is expected to make a plea for speedy U.S. arms shipments. Those plans for shipments have been delayed by Congress. There is no way to measure the cost of destruction in the country -- in a war where more than 90,000 people have lost their lives.
在一场持续了接近三周的政府运动期间，叙利亚城市霍姆斯遭遇袭击。这段视频并未得到独立的证实，发生在熟悉政府思路的消息来源称英国放弃武装叙利亚叛军的计划之际。他们告诉路透社，总统阿萨德仍然可以在任几年的时间。传闻的英国立场是叙利亚叛军遭遇的最阴暗的前景之一。更多镜头显示一座著名的房屋遭遇毁灭。没有任何迹象显示救援正在途中。俄罗斯和美国曾试图阻止和平会谈，希望达成停火协议，组建过渡政府。但是消息来源称，该项目已经停滞，或许和平会谈永远不会进行。叙利亚高级叛军指挥官下周可能访问美国，期望请求美国尽快运送武器。运送武器的计划被国会延误。没有办法衡量叙利亚遭遇毁坏的程度——这场战争已经导致90,000多人丧失生命。
