时事经纬
08-06-09

朝鲜划定日本海域禁航区 或拟再次发射导弹

日本海上保安厅接听到朝鲜向沿岸船只发出的航行警报。禁航时间为本月10日至30日的每天上午8点至晚上8点。上月朝鲜也曾在东部的元山与金策海域划定禁航区，韩国政府后证实朝鲜在5月25至29日期间向日本海发射了6枚导弹。

朝鲜判两名美国女记者重刑 劳教12年

朝鲜民主主义人民共和国中央法院于6月4日至8日对美国记者劳拉 玲和尤娜李进行了审理。法院认为，两人的朝鲜民族敌对罪和非法出入境罪罪名成立，分别判处两人劳教12年。

希拉里就美国女记者越境进入朝鲜向朝表示道歉

在ABC电视台对话节目中希拉里就主持人提出的是否致信要求释放女记者的提问时说：“我们一直在采取一切我们认为有可能取得成果的措施。”该电视台称，希拉里在信中代替两名女记者就越境进入朝鲜表示道歉，并要求予以释放。

韩国拟定计划 反击朝鲜导弹

国参谋长联席会议主席星期六将计划提呈给李明博总统；有关计划就朝鲜可能发射
导弹，攻击西部海域的韩国舰艇，拟定了反击行动。韩国海军本月初在西部，靠近
朝鲜边界的海域部署导弹舰艇。

金正日长子暗示父亲已内定幼弟接班

北韩国防委员长金正日的长子金正男在7日播放的《日本电视》中表示，小弟金正云很可能成为父亲的接班人，同时还否认自己流亡的传言。 报道说，金正男说接班人问题完全是由金正日决定的事情，因此没有必要向包括他在内的其他人通知决定，并说他将和过去一样，今后也不干预此事。金正男就最近与他亲近的人士开始被肃清的媒体报道表示：“那种报道完全是编造的，我目前拥有北韩市民权居住在中国大陆和澳门。绝没有从北韩流亡的事情。”

金正日之子金正云崇拜施瓦辛格 爱看《终结者》

朝鲜最高领导人金正日的三儿子金正云昔日同窗好友7日透露，在瑞士伯尔尼国际学院求学期间，金正云是“世界上最强壮的男人”阿诺德 施瓦辛格的粉丝，爱看好莱
坞大片《终结者》。金正云还看日本的卡通片。

安理会对北决议欲列入搜船 中俄反对

方案包括联合国成员国可以在公海上搜查可疑的北韩船只。现有1718号决议限于导弹和核武器等大规模杀伤性武器视为问题，而此次决议案则将对象扩大到“所有武器、所有相关物资” 。 中国和俄罗斯称，在公海上搜查主权国家船只违反国际法。

巴格达炸弹爆炸7人丧生

伊拉克官员说，巴格达发生炸弹爆炸，7人死24人伤。警方说，星期二清晨有人把炸弹放置在阿布德什尔的一辆小型公共汽车下面。阿布德什尔是一个什叶派居民的飞地。没有人宣称对这次袭击负责。

黎亲西方联盟称获得议会选举胜利

巴嫩亲西方联盟声称赢得星期天议会选举的胜利。黎巴嫩议会中多数派领导人萨阿
德.哈里里在向支持者发表讲话时宣称在选举中战胜了叙利亚和伊朗支持的以真主党为首的联盟。黎巴嫩内政部长巴鲁德说，星期天选举的投票率至少达到52%，而2005年举行上届议会选举时的投票率是45%。

美新奥尔良市长在中国被隔离

美国南部城市新奥尔良市的市长纳金在中国受到隔离，原因是与他乘同一架飞机前往中国的一名乘客有类似流感症状。纳金夫妇以及纳金的一名工作人员目前在上海受到隔离。纳金的办公室星期天宣布，出于谨慎考虑，他们3人受到隔离，因为与他们3人同乘飞机的一名乘客被怀疑患有甲型H1N1流感。纳金此次前往中国是要讨论经济发展机会问题，此外还计划访问澳大利亚。

中国收紧互联网控制

中国计划要求7月1日之后在华销售的所有个人电脑出厂时装有阻止电脑访问某些网站的软件，此举可能会给政府互联网内容审查机构对中国网民访问互联网的方式施以前所未有的控制。这项规定可能会迫使个人电脑制造商要么选择在一个重要市场拒绝政府的命令，要么选择让自己暴露于为审查推波助澜的指控中。

美称敏感技术多外泄给中国

美国政府问责局通过一项秘密调查发现，在美国可以轻易购得用于制造核武器和导弹的敏感军事技术，然后顺利出口到其他国家。 据美国司法部介绍，已有超过145名被告遭到违反出口管理法令的有罪指控，其中约43%的案件涉及将这些部件非法转移到中国或者伊朗。美国国务院、商务部和司法机构的多名官员还表示，他们对美国政府问责局发现的情况并不感到惊奇。

国連安保理 決議採択へ足踏み

安保理では、北朝鮮の船舶への検査の強化や、制裁の根拠となる国連憲章第７章
をどう明記するかなどで依然調整が難航しています。決議案作りは５つの常任理
事国に日本と韓国を加えた７か国で進められており、最新の作業文書では、中国
の支持を得られやすいように、船舶への検査にしても強制的なものではなく、あ
くまで船籍のある国の同意を得るなどの条件を付けることも提案されています。
しかし、外交筋は「中国は北朝鮮の核実験を許せないとしているが、いざ実質的
な制裁措置となると対応に迷っているようだ」と述べたほか、別の外交筋は「中
国の国連大使も北京からの指示がないことに苦慮しているようだ」と指摘してお
り、ニューヨークの安保理での協議は中国本国の立場が明確になるのを待つ形で
足踏みを余儀なくされています。

航行禁止 韓国も情報収集急ぐ

北朝鮮は、先月２５日に核実験を行ったと発表したのに続いて、東海岸から日本
海に向けて短距離ミサイルを相次いで発射したり、ウォンサンに近いキッテリョ
ンの基地から中距離弾道ミサイル発射の準備とも受け止められる動きを見せてい
ます。今回、北朝鮮が船舶の航行を禁止するとした期間中の今月１６日には、イ・
ミョンバク大統領がアメリカを訪問してオバマ大統領と会談する予定となってお
り、韓国政府は、北朝鮮が米韓首脳会談などに合わせる形でミサイル発射に踏み
切るおそれもあるとして、航行禁止に関する情報の収集を急いでいます。

S.Korea: N.Korea shipping ban not confirmed

South Korea says it has not confirmed whether North Korea intends to ban navigation in waters off its eastern coast. But it says North Korea may be preparing for more missile tests.

Officials say the missile launch could be timed for a meeting in Washington between South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and US President Barack Obama on June 16th.

North Korea launched 2 short-range missiles over the Sea of Japan on May 25th on the same day it announced its second nuclear test. It fired 3 more missiles on the following day and one on May 29th.

South Korea has recently observed what appear to be moves to prepare for a medium-range ballistic missile launch from a base in Kittaeryong in eastern North Korea.

U.S. Weighs Intercepting North Korean Shipments

The Obama administration signaled Sunday that it was seeking a way to interdict, possibly with China’s help, North Korean sea and air shipments suspected of carrying weapons or nuclear technology.

The reference to interdictions — preferably at ports or airfields in countries like China, but possibly involving riskier confrontations on the high seas — was made by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. She was the highest-ranking official to talk publicly about such a potentially provocative step as a response to North Korea’s second nuclear test, conducted two weeks ago.

While Mrs. Clinton did not specifically mention assistance from China, other administration officials have been pressing Beijing to take such action under Chinese law.

Deadly Baghdad blast strikes bus

A bomb explosion on a minibus has killed seven people and wounded dozens more at a bus terminal in southern Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.

The attack took place on Monday in a majority Shia neighbourhood of Dora--a mixed district, has been one of the Iraqi capital's most dangerous areas.

"Seven people were killed and 24 wounded after an IED (improvised explosive device) was attached to the bus," an interior ministry official said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

Israel declares settlement war against US

Israel is not only ignoring international calls to halt its illegal settlement expansion but it has also declared that it will support the activity even stronger then before.

Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai declared on Sunday that he would use all resources in the Interior Ministry, "its branches and its influences over local government" to expand Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Yishai, who is chairman of the Shas Party, has also voiced concern over freeze on construction of settlements in some areas that has been put into effect since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office.

The Israeli minister said that such a freeze is "dying out" the settlements.

Yishai has instructed officials in his ministry to lend full support to settlers, by allowing them to continuously erect new buildings in the major West Bank settlements, Haaretz reported.

"There were understandings with previous administrations in the United States that allowed us to build in keeping with natural population increase and certainly within the limits of the settlements." Yishai said. "Any steps the United States intends to take in the Middle East will have to be equitable. It is not right to start to enforce the issue of construction and not to make it equitable," he added.

Netanyahu to lay out 'peace plans'

At the start of his weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said "it must be understood, we seek peace with the Palestinians and with the states of the Arab world while trying to reach maximum understanding with the United States and our friends abroad".

While Netanyahu has declared his commitment to peace before, he has avoided directly addressing how he plans to reach any agreement while remaining unwilling to give up control of most of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

The Palestinians demand that the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem be part of their future state and refuse to engage in peace talks until Israel agrees to freeze settlement construction and endorse a Palestinian state.

Half a million Jews currently live in settlement blocks in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Senior Israeli officials accuse Obama of not respecting an understanding Israel had with the Bush administration that included an exception for so-called "natural growth" of families already living in settlements.

But Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, told ABC news in an interview on Sunday that there was no official record of any such agreement.

Under the Bush administration, Israel had enjoyed near unwavering support from Washington on many contentious issues, including settlement expansion.

But in speeches in Egypt and Europe this past week, Obama continued to press for a settlement freeze and for the pursuit of a two-state solution.

Obama said that Washington "does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements" in his speech in Egypt.

But Netanyahu's right-wing coalition is committed to Israel's settlements and any shift on that position risks the collapse of the coalition.

Obama plans to dispatch George Mitchell, his envoy to the Middle East, to the region this week in an attempt to persuade Israelis and Palestinians to resume talks.

Mitchell has long advocated the need for a settlement freeze as mandatory for any tangible progress on peacemaking.

Israel’s Premier Promises Major Peace Plan

All Hezbollah candidates go to parliament

Lebanon's elections results show that the ruling pro-Western coalition has won 69 seats in the 128-seat parliament while the Hezbollah-led bloc has won 57 seats. Two seats are still undecided. Hezbollah managed to get all of its eleven candidates elected.

There are a number of controversial issues surrounded the Lebanese elections. Reports said that a big number of Sunni expatriates have been flown in to the country to go mainly to the Christian districts of Lebanon which were the main battle ground to vote for the ruling pro-Western coalition. There are also reports that Saudi Arabia has spent a big money to buy votes in Lebanon to increase the chances for March 14 to win the elections.

Fraud halts India, Israeli arms deals

New Delhi has suspended all arms trade with Tel Aviv after blacklisting Israel Military Industries (IMI) over corruption allegations.

The Indian government says the contracts were halted for alleged 'illicit trading and bribery'.

The move, which came after the former head of India's Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) Sudipto Ghosh was arrested on corruption charges, puts billions of dollars worth of defense contracts at risk.

Ghosh is accused of receiving bribes from the arms manufacturers to favor them in arms purchase projects with OFB.

IMI had signed a $24 million contract with OFB under which it was about to set up an ordnance complex of five plants in northern India to manufacture 155mm Bi-Modular Charge Systems (BMCS) and other propellant charges for heavy caliber artillery ammunition for the army.

Arms trading between New Delhi and Tel Aviv, which is India's second biggest arm supplier after Russia, dates back to early 1990s, so far they have inked deals amounting to $8 billion.

Last month, India received the first of three Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) planes from Israel it purchased for $1.1 billion in 2004.