Beijing, Washingtonremain"veryclosecontact" onNorthKorea: Campbell
AtopUSdiplomatsaysChinaandtheUnitedStatesaremaintaining"veryclosecontact" concerningdevelopmentsinNorthKorea, followingthedeathofleaderKimJongil.
KurtCampbell, USAssistantSecretaryofStateforAsianandPacificAffairs, madethecommentsfollowingmeetingswithChineseviceForeignMinisterCuiTiankaiandotherseniorChineseofficials.
"OnNorthKorea, IthinktheUnitedStatesandChinashareastrongdeterminationtomaintainpeaceandstability. IthinkwebothunderscoredhowimportantitwillbeoverthecourseofthecomingmonthstomaintainveryclosecontactbetweenWashingtonandBeijing."
CampbellisnowinSeoulwhereheisexpectedtomeetSouthKorea'schiefenvoytothesix-partytalksbeforeleavingforJapan.
Thesix-partynucleartalks, whichinvolvethetwoKoreas, China, Japan, RussiaandtheUnitedStates, havebeenstalledsincelate2008.

ChineseFMholdstalkswithNigerienministeronbilateralties
VisitingChineseForeignMinisterYangJiechihasheldtalkswithhiscounterpartinNiger.
Thetwosideshavesignedagreementsoneconomicandtechnicalcooperation.
YangJiechihasalsometwithNiger'sPresident, MahamadouIssoufou.
YangJiechi'striptoNigerfollowsastopinCoted'Ivoire.
HeisalsoduetovisitNamibia.

FireinnorthernMexicoleaves6 deadand35 injured
墨西哥北部火灾致使6人死亡,35人受伤
Atleast6 peoplearedeadandmorethan35 hurtinafireinnorthernMexico.
ThefirerolledthroughacommercialbuildinginthecityofMonterreymid-dayonWednesday.
It'sbelievedasparkfromweldingonthesitesettheblazeoff.
Therewereabout400 peopleinthebuildingatthetime.
Monterreyisthesamecitywheremorethan50 peoplediedinafireatacasino, whichwassetbylocalgangsterswhowerepunishingthecasinofornotpayingprotectionmoney.

Perrycontinuingpresidentialcampaign; Bachmannout
佩里继续总统竞选
DespitehispoorshowinginIowa, TexasGovernorRickPerrynowsaysheisgoingtocontinueonwithhiscampaignfortheRepublicanPresidentialnomination.
Followinghis5thplaceshowinginIowa, Perrytoldsupportersthathewasheadinghometo'reassess'hiscampaign.
Buthenowsaysthatfollowingsomereflection, heplanstotakehiscampaignintoSouthCarolina, whichisthenextRepublicanprimary.
Perry'sdecisiontostayintheracemayimpactRickSantorum'smomentum, asSantorumandPerryhavebeenbattlingforultra-conservativesupportersamongRepublicans.
Santorum, theformerSenatorfromPennsylvania, narrowlylosttoMittRomneyinTuesday'sIowacaucuses, losingbyonly8 votes.
Meanwhile, MinnesotacongresswomanMichelleBachmannhasdecidedtoendherPresidentialrun, aftercominginlastintheIowapolls.

EUcoulddecideonIranoilembargoonJan. 30: FrenchFM
FrenchForeignMinisterAlainJuppesaystheEuropeanUnionmaybesettomakeadecisiononwhethertoimposeanembargoofIranianoilonJanuary30th.
That'swhenEUforeignministersaresettomeetagain.
JuppealsosaysEUforeignministershavebeenworkingontheissueintheinterim, andsays-- quote-- "thingsareontrack."
ButhealsoadmitsthatthereisstillworktobedonetoconvincesomeEUmemberstatestovoteinfavorofanyembargo, giventhatmanyofthemaredependentonIranianoilimports.
ApreviousattemptbyEuropeanleaderstoslapsanctionsonIranianoilexportsfailedbecauseofthatissue.
IranianauthoritieshavebeenthreateningtoclosetheStraitofHormuztoshippingtrafficifanyinternationalembargoonitsoilisbroughtin-- athreattheUSgovernmenthassignaleditwillnotallowtobecomereality, suggestingtheStraitofHormuzisinternationalwaters.
Upto20-percentoftheworld'sship-boundoilpassesthroughthatStrait, thislinksthePersianGulfandtheIndianOcean.

Tunisianstudents, professorslaunchprotestagainstsit-inbySalafists
突尼斯学生、教授参与暴力抗议活动
HundredsofuniversitystudentsandprofessorshavegatheredattheseatoftheministryofHigherEducationintheTunisiancapitalTunis, protestingaprotest.
ThestudentsandprofessorswanttheauthoritiestodispurseagroupofSalafiststhathavebeenblockingaccessanddisruptingclassesattheUniversityofManouba.
TheSalafists-- anultra-conservativesectofIslam-- aredemandingtheuniversityallowfemalestudentstoweartheNiqab, theIslamicfaceveil.
Tunisianuniversitiesdon'tallowfemalestudentstoweartheNiqab.
ThenewgroupofuniversitystudentsisdemandingthebreakupoftheSalafistprotest, sayingitneedstobedispersedtosavetheremainderoftheacademicyear.

Argentinepresidentreceivesthyroidcancersurgery
阿根廷总统癌变组织摘除手术成功
ArgentinePresidentCristinaFernandezhasundergoneasuccessfuloperationtotreatherrecently-diagnosedthyroidcancer.
The4-hoursurgeryissaidtohavegoneoffsmoothly, withtheannouncementdrawingcheersfromFernandez'supportersgatheredoutsidethehospitalnorthofBuenosAires.
DoctorssayFernandez'hasa90-percentchanceoffullrecovery.
HerthyroidcancerwasdiscoveredinlateDecember, justdaysafterherinnaugurationforher2ndtermasthePresidentofArgentina.