时事经纬
30-05-09
亚洲安全峰会在新加坡举行
陆克文说，北韩的核野心对地区的和平与稳定构成威胁。“北韩的核试验，
再加上它正在执行的导弹开发计划也是挑衅性举动。对此，国际社会必须做出一致的回应，必须制定对付平壤的统一行动纲领。联合国安理会必须拿出针对这个政权的总体方案，这个政权对我们的共同安全毫不顾及。”陆克文表示，美国是亚太地区起稳定作用的力量，而在今后至少二十年将会继续是主要大国。
日美防长举行会谈 不承认朝鲜是有核国家
双方就不承认实施第二次核试验的朝鲜是有核国家一事达成一致，再次确认，如果朝鲜武力攻击日本和韩国，美国将“抑制事态扩大”。同时双方还商定将加强弹道导弹防御能力等，并确认为实现朝鲜无核化，将通过六方会谈和联合国继续进行外交努力。盖茨指出“朝鲜的行为造成了整个地区的不安定”，并表示“必须让朝鲜结束游戏。被迫参与游戏让人感到很厌烦”。
韩国国防部长官李相喜随后也加入会谈，进行了三国国防部长的首次会谈。三方认为朝鲜再次进行核试验、发射远程弹道导弹是对国际社会安全的严重威胁，确认在此问题上保持合作。三方还就要求朝鲜放弃核、弹道导弹计划、重新加入《不扩散核武器条约》（NPT）的方针达成一致。
日美提议加强对朝鲜金融制裁
关于朝鲜第二次核试验的联合国安理会磋商中，作为新的制裁决议，日本和美国提议写入大规模加强金融制裁措施。内容包括全面停止与朝鲜的贸易结算银行“朝鲜贸易银行”和“朝鲜大圣银行”的交易；扩大资产冻结范围，冻结包括政府高官资
金在内的朝鲜资金等。因措施涉及对象过多，中、俄表示为难。
美军F-22A战斗机再次临时部署日本冲绳
四架美国空军最先进的隐形战斗机F-22A“猛禽”30日抵达日本冲绳县嘉手纳基地进
行临时部署。这是继1月-4月之后，美军第3次在该基地临时部署F-22A战斗机。此次将为期四个月左右。该基地解释称：“部署行动强调了美国对日本的责任，表明了美国确保整个太平洋地区稳定和安全的决心。”
有迹象表明朝鲜有再次发射远程弹道导弹的征兆
朝鲜正在准备发射改良型“大浦洞2号”--与4月5日从舞水端里用“发射人造卫星的
火箭”相同，射程在4000公里以上。信息可能来自美国侦查卫星的情报。美国情报
部门称：“最近侦查到在兵器研究所内把远程弹道导弹装入货物列车”。韩国政府
消息人士表示“下月初发射的可能性很大”。
滨田就率先打击朝鲜表示日本立场
日本防卫相滨田说，“我们已经根据过去发生的一些事说过朝鲜是一个威胁，但是，除非有其他国家把目标对准我们，否则我们永远也不会率先采取这样的行动。”
“在国内，日本有大量不同的限制；在国际上，我们也已经清楚地表示，我们不会
动用武力来解决冲突。”滨田说，日本正在寻求获得包括F-22第五代战斗机等武器，这样做仅仅是出于防御目的。“我们将表明我们的意图，不给误解留下空间。我们还会保证向其他国家非常清楚地解释我们的意图。”
朝可能永不会放弃核武
朝鲜近日两度进行核试炸，美国现任及前任官员们认为，美国逼得要斟酌：是否接受朝鲜永远不会放弃核武器这样的一个现实。后患包括：提高全球核武器扩散风险、导致该地区出现核军备竞赛、甚至是使得美国的盟友日本及韩国直接受威胁。“这是一场全新的较量，会更加深入、更为黑暗、更为恐怖。”
《纽约时报》27日在社论：安理会制裁效果不大 西方盼中国施压北韩
社论表示：“作为对北韩提供石油和粮食的当事人，中国对北韩的影响力比任何国
家都大。现在，中国不应该像过去那样一直回避，应该发挥作为六方会谈主席国的领导力。”西方国家希望中国施压北韩，是因为他们认为仅仅依靠联合国安理会制裁很难对北韩带来巨大打击。北韩石油需求的90%、普通消费品的80%、粮食的45%都是从中国进口，因此对中国的依赖度非常高。西方认为，只有中国出面，才能找到第二次核试验造成的韩半岛紧张局势的解决途径。
中俄认为将临检朝鲜船只义务化过于强硬
就日美提出的应将临检船只义务化并写入新决议案一事，中俄表示“过于强硬”。7国将于下周初召开大使级会谈并希望达成最终一致，但由于现在尚存在分歧，新决议案也有可能要拖到下周末才能通过。追加制裁措施是协商的焦点。据联合国外交人士透露称，除强化船只临检外，还有意见认为日美所出示的资产冻结表中的冻结对象“过多”进行反对。
澳大利亚考虑接收在押维族人
澳大利亚外长史密斯证实，奥巴马政府请求澳大利亚接收一些被关押者，他说，澳大利亚政府将对这些被关押者进行“逐一”考虑。澳大利亚此前曾拒绝了美国前总统布什提出的类似请求。
奥巴马促澳洲接受17名维族囚犯
美国总统奥巴马敦促澳大利亚政府接收关塔那摩监狱的一批中国维吾尔族囚犯。美国政府拒绝让他们在美国定居，却希望第三国接受这些囚犯，并已请求澳大利亚政府协助。中国政府一直要求美国将这些维吾尔人交给中国。 美方认为这些人回到中国后会受到迫害，因此拒绝将他们交给中国政府。中国表示，这些维族人是恐怖分子。
美不希望在押维族人进入美国
美国司法部星期五向最高法院提出申诉，要求禁止关押在关塔那摩湾的维吾尔族人进入美国。申诉书说，美国政府仍在力图寻找能够接收这些维吾尔族人的国家。17名中国穆斯林在经过法律程序试图离开关塔那摩湾拘押中心。布什政府曾反对让他们进入美国。这些人早在2003年就被确认可以从关塔监狱释放。但是他们不能回到中国，担心他们在那里会受到酷刑。中国说，这些人属于一个被中国、美国和联合国都认为是恐怖组织的分离组织。他们希望把这些维吾尔族人交给中国并警告其他国家不要接收他们。
伊朗因清真寺爆炸案绞死三人
伊朗当局宣布，已经把卷入星期四伊朗东南部一座清真寺的自杀爆炸案的三名男子处死。伊朗的几家通讯社报道说，这三名男子星期六早晨在扎黑丹发生爆炸的清真寺附近被当众绞死。两天前的那次爆炸导致25人死亡。当地一名司法官员对伊朗通讯社说，这三个人的罪名是向制造爆炸案的人提供爆炸物。这名官员说，实际上，这三个人在爆炸发生之前就被捕了，并且供认把炸药带进伊朗交给爆炸案得主谋。一个逊尼派激进组织宣称对扎黑丹的清真寺爆炸负责。
日《读卖新闻》：中国是日本潜在威胁
文章指出，中国目前拥有至少26个射程7000公里到1万3000公里的洲际导弹，以及55个射程1700公里到5000公里的中程导弹。该文章也说，中国正给一些潜水艇，配置射程7200公里的导弹。估计，中国目前有120至200个核弹头。中国“核战力”的主要对象是美国和日本，“除了是要用来对付拥有航空母舰的美国第7舰队队外，中国一些‘东风21’中程导弹对准的就是冲绳的美军基地以及日本的大都市。它们的具体设置地点就在离开中朝国界不远处的吉林省。
4月中国用电量同比降3.63% 降幅扩大
较3月份这一数据为2.01%,降幅有所扩大。专家指出，占全社会用电量超过75%的工业生产用电量减少是主要原因，工业增速放慢是否还将继续，影响著未来的经济走势。
美国一季度GDP修正后下降5.7%
周五公布的修正后数据显示，经季节性因素调整后，1-3月国内生产总值(GDP)折合成年率为下降5.7%--降幅小于去年第四季度6.3%的降幅，表明经济在2007年12月份首现衰退之后已触底。第一季度企业税后利润增长12.9%，至1.052万亿美元，去年第四季度减少28.4%。第一季度企业税后利润较上年同期减少22.0%。第一季度消费支出增长1.5%，而去年第四季度则为4.3%的降幅--为GDP贡献了1.08个百分点的增幅。
Pakistan Army Claims Control of Main Town in Swat Valley
Pakistani troops have retaken the largest town in the Swat Valley from the Taliban as the army presses its offensive against militants in the country's northwest, the army spokesman said Saturday.
The military launched the offensive one month ago in the Swat Valley and neighboring areas to oust Taliban militants who were extending their control over the northwestern region, near the border with Afghanistan. Government troops had been advancing steadily into the Swat region, bombarding towns from the air and fighting house-to-house with Taliban gunmen. Many militants had fled the town instead of confronting troops in a final battle, despite the military saying earlier that escape routes had been closed.
Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said the number of people uprooted from their homes by the fighting had reached ''around 3 million,'' and that more than 190,000 of them were living in refugee camps. The rest are staying with relatives or relying on goodwill from local residents.
North Korea 'may' launch more long-range missiles
The signs indicate that the North is preparing to transport a long-range missile at a site which Pyongyang used to fire long-range missiles last month, two defense officials in Washington told AFP on Saturday. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that the size of the missile was similar to a long-range rocket the North tested in April.
Jundullah claim responsibility for Iran blast
The Jundullah terror group has claimed responsibility for a terrorist attack that killed at least 25 people in southeastern of Iran. The group's spokesman Abdolrauf Rigi contacted the Pakistan-based office of the al-Arabiya television network to report a bombing in a mosque in the Sistan-Balouchestan province. The group reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack.
In a Friday statement, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, expressed his deepest condolences and warned against such seditious acts. Blaming Iran's enemies and their intelligence services for trying to sow discord among Muslims, the Leader said the terrorist attack was designed to destabilize the country. Tehran's Interim Friday Prayers Leader, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, put the finger of blame on the US and Israel, calling the attack "a scheme to drive a wedge between the Shia population and the Sunni minority in Iran."
The Pakistan-based terrorist organization denies having any link to Washington but ABC news reported in 2007, citing US and Pakistani intelligence sources, that the terrorist group "has been secretly encouraged and advised by American officials" to destabilize the government in Iran.
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh revealed another report in July 2008 that US congressional leaders had secretly agreed to former president George W. Bush's USD 400 million funding request, which gives the US a free hand in arming and funding terrorist groups such as Jundullah militants.
Iran calls in Pakistan envoy over mosque bomb
Mohammad Bakhsh Abbasi was summoned after Iran’s state television quoted the pan-Arab channel Al-Arabiya as saying that the Jandullah (Soldiers of God) group said it was behind Thursday’s mosque attack which killed 25 people. According to state television, the chief of the Iranian armed forces, General Hassan Firouzabadi, said on Saturday that Iran ‘has located the base of the group’s head and informed Pakistan’s government of his arrest.’
The Iranian authorities said they immediately arrested three men involved in the bombing. The trio were executed on Saturday morning near the mosque in Zahedan city, the capital of Sistan-Baluchestan province.
In recent years, the restive province has been the scene of a deadly insurgency by Jundallah, which is strongly opposed to the government of predominantly Shiite Iran.
The province has a substantial Sunni minority and lies on a major narcotics-smuggling route from Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Hezbollah on 'high alert' as Israel prepares drill
Unnamed army sources said Saturday that the Lebanese Army has heightened its security measures along the southern border with Israel to repel possible threats during Israel's 'Turning Point 3' military exercise which will last for five days, Al Manar reported Saturday.
In addition to the military patrols, Hezbollah forces will be on full alert "to respond to any possible aggression", according to the report.
Israel's National Emergency Authority Chief, Brig. Gen. (res.) Ze'ev Zuk-Rom, said formerly that the drill is to be held based on the lessons Israel learnt during its war against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006.
Iran starts Persian gas pipeline construction
Iran says it has begun construction of the 1,740 kilometer Persian Pipeline to ship Iranian natural gas from the Persian Gulf to the European market.
"The Pars [Persian] Pipeline will go from Turkey to Greece, through Italy and on to other European countries," said Ahmad Noorani, the head of economic affairs at the Iranian embassy in Turkey on Friday.
In 2008, Tehran and Ankara reached a deal on the development of the South Pars gas field and the transfer of Iranian gas to consumers in Europe.
According to the deal, Turkey plans to help Iran produce 20.4 billion cubic meters of gas annually and export it over Turkish territory.
Ankara currently imports 28 million cubic meters of gas daily from Iran through a gas pipeline. Noorani says Iran also plans to send its gas through the Nabucco pipeline.
The proposed 3,300-kilometer Nabucco pipeline aims to carry natural gas from Central Asia via Turkey and the Balkan states to Austria, bypassing Russia and Ukraine.
"Current talks are ongoing regarding the development of Assaluyeh phases 22, 23, and 24 in the South Pars field. Construction is continuing on the 1,740 kilometer pipeline with participation of [Turkey and Iran's] private sectors," Reuters quoted Noorani as saying.
He suggested "Another route could go through Iraq and Syria and then go through the Mediterranean to Greece and Italy."
If Tehran's plans are put into play, Iran may emerge as an alternative to European reliance on Russian supplies.
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