俄乌斗气，最终和解  Russia, Ukraine sign 10-year gas deal      2009-1-20

　　Russia and Ukraine signed a 10-year gas supply deal Monday to clear the way for a prompt resumption（重启）of supplies to a freezing Europe, cut off for nearly two weeks by a dispute between the ex-Soviet states（前苏联国家）. Under the deal, Ukraine will buy Russian gas at a 20 percent discount to European market prices in 2009, while Kiev（基辅，乌克兰首都） agreed to retain preferential transit fees for Russia this year before both sides switch to a market-based price formula from 2010. A higher gas price could cripple Ukraine's economy, already hit hard by the slowdown. But analysts and officials said a substantial drop in market prices expected this year would bring down the average 2009 price to levels more affordable for Kiev.

　　巴以冲突     Conflicts Between Israel and Palestine          2008-5-2

　　这个地区的是一个敏感地区。2008年12月份，以色列对加沙地带发动了最大规模的地面进攻。死伤千余。此新闻完全可以看成是12月进攻的翻版新闻。进攻-口水仗-谈判-外界干预。

　　Tension in Mideast continues as Israeli missiles struck on Gaza Strip for the sixth straight day on Monday. A Palestinian militant of al-Aqsa Brigades（阿尔阿克萨旅，是指巴勒斯坦民族解放运动--法塔赫/FATEH的一个分支） was killed. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told members of his Party that overall offensive will be continued. On the other side, Hamas senior leader Mahmoud Zahar said his group has been in touch with an unidentified third party to discuss all the issue. Early Monday morning, Israel Defense Forces withdrew its ground troops from the Gaza Strip. The recent offensive in the region has killed more than 100 Palestinians. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice kicked off a new Middle East visit on Tuesday, in a bid to help revive the halted Palestinian-Israeli talks.

　　朝核问题    DPRK Nuclear Issue        2008-5

　　The United States says it expects North Korea will submit its nuclear declaration to China on June 26. （递交核清单）

　　White House spokeswoman Dana Perino says North Korea fulfilling its declaration obligations will pave the way for President George W. Bush to inform Congress of plans to remove the country from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, （把它从“支持恐怖注意国家名单”上除去） and waive penalizing it under the U.S. Trading with the Enemy Act.（与敌国贸易法）

　　North Korea missed the deadline to abandon all nuclear weapons programs and declare all its nuclear programs and facilities by the end of 2007.

　　韩美牛肉争端   beef disputes between US and ROK              2008-5

　　韩美牛肉争端的表面是民众对于疯牛病的担忧，深层次是全球贸易和本国保护主义的冲突。请主义本条新闻的大意。

　　U.S and South Korean officials have agreed to continue talks over the resumption of American beef imports in spite of no progress in the current round of negotiations.

　　Last-minute schedule changes mean U.S. Trade Representative Spokeswoman Gretchen Hamel and South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon will have the more time need to find a mutually acceptable solution.

　　South Korea lifted its intermittent ban on American beef imports early this month as it struggles to ratify a sweeping free trade agreement with Washington. However, following recent large-scale protests against the import of U.S. beef, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak suggests his country postpone the restart of U.S. beef import.

　　国内民生

　　油价变化   Oil Price Change

　　油价今年主要以跌为主。这是去年发改委在上涨最高峰时的一次动作，请注意不同油品的数据。

　　China's top economic planner has announced the country will raise the prices of gasoline, diesel oil, aviation kerosene and electricity, revealing an unprecedented broad plan to raise energy prices.Beginning Friday, the benchmark gasoline and diesel oil retail prices will be marked up by 1,000 Yuan (144.9 U.S. dollars) per ton, with the price of aviation kerosene up by 1,500 Yuan per ton. The prices of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas, however, would be left unchanged, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)(发改委).

　　The price rises also translate into mark-ups of 0.8 yuan and 0.92 yuan per liter, the measurement used at service stations in China, for gasoline and diesel oil respectively.