[BBC一分钟新闻]5月14日 巴西环境部长辞职

Brazil's Brazil’s Environment Minister Marina Silvahas stodged defend , a staunch defender of the Amazon rain forest rainforest, has resign resigned from the government. The respected Environmental campaign there expected environmental campaigner was known to be have been at odds with some of the government government’s own infrastructure projects for the Amazon. From the Amazonia Amazonian state of Bala Para, our brazil Brazil correspondent Gary Daffee reports. Marina Silva is a highly regarded figure among environmental campaign as campaigners across the world, and her resignation has undightly is undoubtedly a significant blue blow to the government of governmental president Luiz Inacio Lula Da da Silvathe . The former rubber tup rubber-tapper and activist, had offen often seen decent to set on comfortly uncomfortably within the tightly controlled control the world of the government ministry. But the reasons for her resignation were not immediately clear. In recent month months she had appear to defer with others who is who’s in the government, including the presidentof , over what lay behind the problems of the Amazon region.



[BBC新闻听写]5月13日 四川汶川地震

BBC News with Neil Nunes. A powerful earthquake in china held China is feared to have killed thousands of people in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The official news agency XinHua Xihua says nearly 10 thousands ten thousand people near may have died, with many more buried and injuredin . In one counting county, most of the building buildings are reported to has have collapsed. Michael Bristow in sent this report from western chinaChina. "This is the biggest earthquake to hit china China in more than 30 years,thousands . Thousands are already confirm confirmed dead. Chinese state media are reporting that 9000 900 middle school children were buried when that their school collapsedat . At least 50 are known to die have died. 80percent % of the building buildings in one town county alone have collapsed, and about up to 5000 people there are feared dead. the The earthquake struck just before 2:30 this aUN Says People Smuggling Across Gulf of Aden Doubles, Deaths Go Down(1/2)
fternoon. The epicenter was in the api center is among Wenchuang mountainous Wenchuan county in Sichuan province. province."







UN Says People Smuggling Across Gulf of Aden Doubles, Deaths Go Down(1/2)

The United Nation high commission of refugee Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says that by the late latter part of April, more than 15300 15,300 people reportedly arrived in the Yemenabout 364 . About 360 were reported killed or missing during the hazard dis hazardous voyage. UN refugee agency spokeswoman genifer Jennifer Pagonis says records show that during the same period last year more than 7000 7,000 people had arrived in Yemen and about the same number had perished. I mean in the "Any reduction in the tone this tone death toll is incredibly welcomeand we don't . We do not really known know whether this is a new phenomena this that is going to continue or notbut . But, some new arrivals have mention receiven mentioned receiving water and food during the crossing, which is quite newand both . And, the boats seem to be lease credited less crowded than unprivilse years. the UN ACR in previous years." The UNHCR says the surgon surge in arrivals early this year was largely due to the continuing conflict in Somalia and the use of new smuggling rules routes from Somalia to Yemen and across the red sea Red Sea from g many Djibouti. Many of the ali secrets asylum seekers also said they were force forced to leave because a clop of crop losses due to drought. for For years, the death torler toll has been mountain mounting among Somalia Somalis and Ethiopians crossing the Gulf of Aden in smuggler's rickety smugglers boats.



UN Says People Smuggling Across Gulf of Aden Doubles, Deaths Go Down(2/2)

People Pace might grow pay smugglers up to 115 dollars $150 to make the churches treacherous journey, which usually ends up being a nightmare and often fatal. said survivor Pagonis says survivors tell her refertails horrific tales of blutality brutality, about passengers being beatenstabled , stabbed, and rat raped. She says many people are drought have drowned after smugglers are force have forced them to jumping to jump into the sea before arriving on the coast of Yemen. "What we have been try trying to point out to people are the dangerous dangers of crossingwhen . When you have refugees who are flee in it's fleeing, it is one of these tuck in tricky situations; you can't cannot say we don't do not encourage you to leave your , you know own country because the risk is risks are really great. People who are flee fleeing for their lives are going to take what even whatever means they can't can to get out of there. And But, we just need to point out the rest of risk to them the running that they may well lose their lives . lives." Pagonis says the UN aid CAR UNHCR has been calling for increased action to save lives in the Gulf of Aden and other waters. She said says the agency is stepping up an information campaign to inform refugees of the dangerous dangers of traveling in smuggler's smugglers' boats.