时事经纬
01-06-09

巴格达南部菜市场炸弹爆炸4人丧生

伊拉克警方说，星期一清晨在首都一个菜市场发生炸弹爆炸，造成4人死亡，至少13人 受伤。这个菜市场位于巴格达南部的多拉城区，5月21号曾经发生炸弹爆炸，炸死3名 美国军人和12名平民。伊拉克政府说，5月有134名平民丧生，而4月则有355名平民 丧生。自从伊拉克政府开始记录平民死亡人数以来，5月的死亡人数是最少的。伊拉克目前面临压力，要在美国战斗部队6月30号撤回基地的最后期限到来之前显示有能 力保障本国的安全。

美军伊拉克阵亡人数5月份猛增

5月份共有22名美军士兵在伊拉克阵亡，是去年9月以来阵亡人数最多的月份。
根据最新统计，自2003年美军进入伊拉克以来，在伊拉克阵亡的美军总数已经超过 4300人。 根据美军最新行动计划，所有美军士兵本月之后将不会继续在伊拉克街头 执行任务。而根据这份由奥巴马批准的撤军计划，美军在伊拉克的所有作战行动都 将在明年9月底之前结束。 奥巴马承诺在2011年之前完成美军从伊拉克的撤军。未来将只有小部分美军在伊拉克承担训练伊拉克军人任务。

美国意图构筑“朝鲜包围网”

美国副国务卿斯坦伯格率领的代表团1日与日本外务事务次官薮中三十二等围绕应对朝鲜问题举行了磋商，与参加朝核六方会谈的国家一起构建“朝鲜包围网”。此次
代表团的构成突破常规，除国务院的外交官外，还包括国防部、国家安保会议和财务部的高官。可见，美国对继核试验后又有进行远程弹道导弹发射准备的朝鲜，是抱有危机感的。有意见认为，朝鲜态度强硬是因为其体制内部围绕权力继承问题的活动正在加速。人们预计今后朝鲜局势还将继续紧张下去。美国此次代表团正是为了“摸索各种应对方式”而被匆忙派出的。

日本对朝已无良策

麻生把在联合国安理会进行关于新制裁决议的磋商几乎完全委托给了外务省。麻生也没有积极向掌握著问题关键的中国领导人呼吁。表明日本并无有效的对朝“底牌”。虽然日本政府做好了全面禁止进出口等日本单独强化制裁的准备，但麻生称“首先是联合国的决议。在此基础上，才是各国应该怎样做”，避免明确表态。朝鲜进行第二次核试验后，麻生与六方会谈中的韩国总统李明博、美国总统奥巴马、俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫分别举行了电话会谈，确认将为促使新决议得以表决而合作。麻生正在等待中国领导人对进行电话会谈的回复，但据悉首相官邸并没有强烈要求外务省方面力争促成会谈实现。

麻生决定将本届国会延期至7月28日

延长天数达55日。由于本届众院议员任期于9月10日结束，按照日本相关法律规定，到任期结束之前的周日即9月6日，都是众院可以进行选举的时期。

朝鲜或在东仓里组装厂组装弹道导弹

政府消息人士1日在此间透露说：“从平壤兵器研究所利用货车移往东仓里导弹基地的ICBM，在没有揭去覆盖物的情况下挪到被推测为组装车间的建筑物内。”
“ICBM被覆盖物遮盖，还不能判断准确的形体。目前，只能推测该物体同4月5日发射的远程火箭外形相类似。”“据我们所知，朝鲜往往要同时制作3枚远程火箭。其中，1枚已经于4月5日发射，另一枚被移往东仓里正在准备发射，剩下的一枚还在兵器研究所内。”

中国决定暂时中断对朝交流

中国政府作为对朝鲜第2次核试验和强硬政策的应对措施之一，决定暂时中断与朝鲜的交流。中国当局取消了原计划于当天访问朝鲜的全国人民代表大会常务委员会副委员长陈至立的访朝日程，决定暂时不向朝鲜派遣代表团，并拒绝朝鲜于23日的对中访问。

巴基斯坦运送见习警察的4辆客车1日晚间遭劫持

巴基斯坦北瓦济里斯坦部落地区重镇米兰沙阿４辆运送见习警察的客车１日晚间遭劫持，当时车上共有４００人。

巴政府军向塔利班据点逼近

巴基斯坦政府军向北部斯瓦特山谷地区一个塔利班的重要据点挺进。在那之前，政府军星期天控制了斯瓦特地区首府明戈拉。巴基斯坦军队星期天晚间向查巴镇挺进。这里的宵禁已经解除，使平民可以逃离。巴基斯坦军队星期天向这一地区散发了传单，警告这里的居民在政府军对塔利班力量可能发动进攻之前撤离。巴基斯坦国防部长赛义德 阿塔尔 阿里星期天表示，在斯瓦特和周边地区的攻势可能在几天之内结束。星期一，巴基斯坦总统扎尔达里下令紧急拨款600万美元，救助在最近的冲突中流离失所的大约250万平民。

中国担忧巴基斯坦局势

印度可能6月中旬在东北边境基地部署最精锐战机

滨临雅鲁藏布江的提兹普尔空军基地，位于阿萨姆边境地区，靠近“麦克马洪线”，
将是印度第三个派驻苏恺30-MK1型战机的基地，也是印度空军首次在东北地区派驻苏30-MKI型战机。印度在2000年与俄罗斯签署价值约30亿美元的军购合约，向俄罗斯直接购买40多架苏30-MKI型战机，并获授权由俄罗斯协助，为期10年，在印度本土组装140多架同型战机，计划总数190架。苏30-MKI型多功能战机的作战半径范围达1500公里。

以总理称将不冻结定居点扩建

以色列总理内塔尼亚胡星期一对一个议会委员会说，他将不会停止现有约旦河西岸定居点的扩建。出席了这次闭门会议的官员说，内塔尼亚胡总理说，他不能冻结现有定居点的生活 。他重申了与美国总统奥巴马举行会谈后5月份对内阁的讲话。奥巴马总统要求以色列停止所有定居点建设，以此作为与巴勒斯坦人和平谈判的一个步骤。内塔尼亚胡承诺拆除一些所谓“前哨”定居站。这些地方的兴建没有得到以色列批准。但是，有数十万居民居住的约旦河西岸社区被以色列视为合法。

南奥塞梯统一党赢得议会选举

南奥塞梯官员说，执政党统一党和其它两个支持长期分离主义领导人爱德华 科科伊特的政党以压倒优势赢得了议会选举。这是南奥塞梯自去年战争以来的第一次议会选举。这个从格鲁吉亚分离出去的地区的初步计票结果显示，统一党赢得了将近一半的议席。统一党将与共产党共同主导拥有34个席位的议会。共产党赢得将近四分之一选票，人民党赢得将近20%选票。反对党祖国社会主义党获得的选票不到7%。反对派领导人呼吁抵制星期天的选举，并指责科科伊特压制不同政见以及恐吓批评者。俄罗斯在挫败格鲁吉亚试图以武力重新控制南奥塞梯的努力后，承认南奥塞梯和从格鲁吉亚分离的阿布哈兹为独立国家。

通用汽车将申请破产 开启汽车业新时代

具有百年历史的美国通用汽车公司星期一提出了免于债权人追究责任的破产保护申请。通用汽车公司几个月来一直试图调整其业务计划以扭亏为盈。尽管获得数百亿美元的政府援助，通用汽车仍未能从汽车销售大幅度下跌的局面中恢复过来。美国政府预计将额外提供300亿美元帮助通用汽车公司进行重组。奥巴马政府高级官员说，公司可能在60至90天内进行重组，美国政府将成为新公司的主要股东，但政府不希望参与这家汽车制造公司的日常业务。

盖特纳：美国经济在复苏

中国官员解释GDP和电力消费数据间不同步现象

中国国家能源局(National Energy Administration)局长张国宝周一表示，中国经
济实现增长，但电力消费却在下降，出现这一现象的部分原因是能源效率上升以及高耗能产业增长放缓。截至3月31日的三个月，中国国内生产总值(GDP)较上年同期增长6.1%，而第一季度电力消费却较上年同期下降了4%。

Bankrupt G.M. Says It Owes $172 Billion

General Motors filed for bankruptcy on Monday morning, submitting its reorganization papers to a federal clerk in Lower Manhattan in a move that President Obama said marked “the end of an old General Motors and the beginning of a new General Motors.”The bankruptcy of a once-proud auto giant that helped to define the nation’s car culture and played a part in creating the American middle class immediately rippled across the country, part of a process that the president said would take “a painful toll on many Americans” but lead ultimately to a strong company ready to compete in the 21st century.

In its bankruptcy petition, G.M. said it had $82.3 billion in assets and $172.8 billion in debts. Its largest creditors were the Wilmington Trust Company, representing a group of bondholders holding $22.8 billion in debts, and affiliates of the United Auto Workers union, representing nearly $20.6 billion in employee obligations.

In a court affidavit, Fritz Henderson, G.M.’s chief executive, said that bankruptcy and a Treasury-sponsored sale of General Motors’ assets to a so-called “New G.M.” were the automaker’s only option to move forward. Failing that, he said, the company faced liquidation. The company was forced into the filing by President Obama, who is betting that by temporarily nationalizing the onetime icon of American capitalism, he can save at least a diminished automaker that is competitive.

North Korea May Test Another Missile

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday that North Korea may be preparing to launch another long-range missile that would be theoretically capable of reaching Alaska and Hawaii as well as American military targets in Japan and Guam. But North Korea’s two most recent launchings of long-range missiles, including one in April, were failures, and Mr. Gates spoke with little sense of urgency. “We have seen some signs that they may be doing something with another Taepodong-2 missile, but at this point it’s not clear what they’re going to do,” Mr. Gates said, referring to North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile. He made his remarks during a joint news conference in Manila with Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr., the Philippine secretary of national defense.

U.S. Weighs Tactics on Israeli Settlement

As President Obama prepares to head to the Middle East this week, administration officials are debating how to toughen their stance against any expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The measures under discussion — all largely symbolic — include stepping back from America’s near-uniform support for Israel in the United Nations if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel does not agree to a settlement freeze, administration officials said.

Other measures include refraining from the instant Security Council veto of United Nations resolutions that Israel opposes and making use of Mr. Obama’s bully pulpit to criticize the settlements, officials said. Placing conditions on loan guarantees to Israel, as the first President Bush did nearly 20 years ago, is not under discussion, officials said.

Still, talk of even symbolic actions that would publicly show the United States’ ire with Israel, its longtime ally, would be a sharp departure from the previous administration, which limited its distaste with Israel’s settlement expansions to carefully worded diplomatic statements that called them “unhelpful.”

Mr. Obama is to give a much-anticipated speech to the Muslim world from Egypt on Thursday. “There are things that could get the attention of the Israeli public,” a senior administration official said, touching on the widespread belief within the administration that any Israeli prime minister risks political peril if the Israeli electorate views him as endangering the country’s relationship with the United States.

But, the official added, “Israel is a critical United States ally, and no one in this administration expects that not to continue.” He spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly.

White House officials said Mr. Obama would not make the Cairo speech entirely about the Arab-Israeli conflict, but would instead seek to engage Muslims on the panoply of issues facing Islam and the West, including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.

But the core issue, administration officials said, is the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. “I want to use the occasion to deliver a broader message about how the United States can change for the better its relationship with the Muslim world,” Mr. Obama told reporters last week. “But certainly, the issue of Middle East peace is something that is going to need to be addressed. It is a critical factor in the minds of many Arabs in countries throughout the region and beyond the region.”

'US may use UN to pressure Israel on W. Bank building'

President Barack Obama is considering using its influence in the United Nations to pressure Israel into halting construction in the West Bank, the New York Times reported on Monday.
According to the report, should Jerusalem refuse to stop expanding existing settlements, the United States would no longer automatically veto resolutions targeting Israel in the UN general assembly. Government officials told the paper, however, that the president would not place conditions on loan guarantees to further up the pressure.

UN begins Israeli war crimes inquiry

A UN team headed by South African judge Richard Goldstone has begun its fact-finding mission to probe "war crimes" committed by Israel during the war on Gaza. The four-member committee is tasked with investigating reports on war crimes committed by Israeli troops during the last December military operation in the Gaza Strip.

More alleged Israeli spies detained

Lebanese security officials announce the arrest of an army colonel and a senior retired customs officer on suspicion of espionage on behalf of Israel.

In the ongoing espionage investigation, the army officer was the second colonel arrested in less than a week, the officials said on Sunday. They added that at least 21 suspects have been charged and several confessions have been obtained.

Lebanese authorities have called on Israel to repatriate the two spies that fled to that country last week. Senior Lebanese security officials say the arrests have dealt a major blow to Israel's spying network in Lebanon. They have said that many of the suspects played key roles in identifying Hezbollah targets that were bombed during the 34-day war, in which Israel suffered a severe blow.

Other suspects have been charged with monitoring senior Hezbollah officials and at least one is alleged to have played a role in the 2004 assassination of a commander of the group.

US fatalities in Iraq highest in 8 months

The 24 US deaths in May included 12 soldiers who died in non-combat incidents, comparing with 25 deaths in September. Last month, several attacks targeted US soldiers, including a roadside bomb near a market in southern Baghdad on May 21 that killed three American troops.

'Ahamdinejad leading polls in major cities'

A recent poll conducted in Iran's major cities suggests that incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is leading the other four contenders. According to the poll, published on Monday by Rajanews which has close links to the president, nearly 53 percent of those surveyed support Ahmadinejad's bid for a second-term in office.

Another hopeful Mir-Hossein Mousavi, viewed as the incumbent president's main rival, has seen a sudden decline in popularity with only 36 percent favoring him as the next president, the poll revealed.

"Recent studies indicate that following an unprecedented increase; 70 percent of the eligible voters say they would cast ballot on the Election Day," Rajanews reported, suggesting that those who have recently decided to partake in the election mostly support Ahmadinejad.

On June 12, Iran will hold the 10th presidential elections since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.