化為六月息

  

INTRO: Suspected suicide bombing kills 11 in Pakistan(巴基斯坦).


STORY: A suspected suicide bomb attack near a mosque(清真寺) in the Pakistani city of Peshawar(柏夏瓦) killed at least 11 people on Saturday (January 27), most of them police officers, a senior(高級的) provincial(省的) government official said. 

Blood and flesh were splattered(潑濺) over the narrow lane where the blast took place, and there was broken glass from shop fronts underfoot(在腳底下) as police scoured(清理) the site.

City administrator Ghulam Ali said 11 people were killed and 20 wounded in the blast near the city's largest mosque. North West Frontier(邊境) Province Chief Minister Mohammad Akram Khan Durrani, said he feared the death toll would rise.

The Peshawar blast came a day after one in the capital Islamabad(伊斯蘭馬巴德). A suicide bomber killed himself and a security guard when he was stopped at the side entrance of Islamabad's Marriott hotel, which is frequented by foreign diplomats and businessmen.

  

INTRO: Norovirus has sickened 276 people on board the Queen Elizabeth 2.


STORY: The dreaded (可怕的) norovirus (諾羅病毒) has struck the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship. The ship docked(靠近碼頭) on Wednesday (January 24) in San Francisco, California with dozens of sick passengers on board.

So far, some 276 passengers and 28 crew members had shown signs of norovirus. That is about 16 percent of all the people on the ship.

Norovirus is a common ailment(疾病) that causes vomiting(嘔吐) and diarrhea(腹瀉) for 48 to 72 hours. A team from the United States Center for Disease Control boarded the ship late last week in Acapulco(阿卡普爾科), Mexico to investigate the outbreak.

  

INTRO: Severe winter weather knocks out(毀壞) power and causes havoc(大混亂) from Missouri to Oklahoma.


STORY: A major(較大範圍的) winter blast that's bearing down in the Northeast United States left a trail of(一系列的) ice, snow and power outages(中斷供應) on Tuesday (January 16) and has been blamed for up to 40 deaths in half a dozen states.

After it thaws(天氣變暖和), the cleanup(大掃除) could take days, even weeks. Utility(公共事業的) crews(工作人員) in Missouri(密蘇里州) have been working around the clock to restore power. The icy scene is being replayed across several states. In Wagnoner, Oklahoma(俄克拉何馬州的華格納), a coat of ice up to three inches thick left Delores Scott and her family with broken power lines and a yard full of frozen tree limbs.

From Texas(德州) to Maine(緬因州), where the winter blast left more than a half million people without power. "I've never been in anything like this. Worried about keeping my family warm," said storm victim, Sara Barnes. In Oregon(波特蘭俄勒岡州) icy(覆蓋著冰的) streets led to dozens of accidents as drivers could not control their vehicles on the slippery(容易滑的) roads

• 甜點：刨冰

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INTRO : Hundreds take plunge into frigid Lake Michigan. 


STORY: The Milwaukee Polar Bear Club has its own tradition to usher in the New Year, and it's not for everyone. Hundreds of cold weather enthusiasts stripped down to their bathing suits Sunday (December 31) afternoon and jumped into Lake Michigan. 

The annual Milwaukee event boasts a history of more than 50 years. The highest temperature reached on Sunday was 42 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees
Celsius).

INTRO : Boats, planes seek hundreds missing in ferry sinking. 

• 麻糬類：黑糖雪菓、玉樣雪菓

  

INTRO: U.S. Marines and U.S personnel serving in Kosovo, gave gifts to war orphans and other children of Kosovo.

STORY: In the war torn(摧殘) city of Djakovica(賈科維察) the US marines(海軍陸戰隊員) brought a smile to the faces of orphaned(失去親人的) children. Hundreds of toys were given to children who lost there parents during the war of 1999. Djakovica, a town of some 80,000 people, was badly targeted by Serb forces during the war, with many Albanians still missing after almost eight years. A warm welcome by an American Santa Claus speaking Albanian was a special gift for the children. Some children were anxious to try their new toys.

"I like my little girls more that anything and it's hard to be away for me. Although it's an honour to be here and serve my country, especially this time of year to share in a holiday season with a children of Kosovo," said father of two girls, Gary Jensen, or Santa Claus to the children. Kosovo Albanians were bombed by Serbia for 78 days in 1999 until US and NATO came to force out Serb forces.

Ten thousand Albanian civilians died and almost a million were expelled by the Serbs they accuse of causing a bloodbath(大屠殺) in a two-year conflict with separatist(分離主義的) guerrillas(游擊隊員). . The United States has more than 1500 soldiers serving in a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.