Germany has inaugurated a 600,000 euro concrete memorial to honour the thousands of homosexuals persecuted by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945.

The four-metre high monument, which has a window showing a film of two men kissing, was unveiled in Berlin.

The Nazis branded homosexuality an aberration threatening their perception of Germans as the master race, and 55,000 gay men were deemed criminals.

As many as 15,000 of those were killed in Nazi concentration camps.

Very few who survived ever received compensation from post-war German governments for the persecution they suffered.

The new memorial - which was inaugurated by Berlin's gay mayor, Klaus Wowereit, and Germany's Culture Minister, Bernd Neumann - is situated close to that for the six million victims of the Holocaust.

Mr Wowereit said it was typical of post-war Germany that the victims had not been honoured until now.

"This is symptomatic for a society... that did not abolish unjust verdicts, but partially continued to implement them; a society which did not acknowledge a group of people as victims, only because they chose another way of life," he said.

柏林纪念遭迫害的同性恋者
德国建立60万欧元的纪念碑以悼念在1933到1945年间被纳粹迫害的数千个同性恋者.
四米高的纪念碑在柏林公开,上面有个窗口显示两个男人接吻的电影.
纳粹把同性恋当成德国民族的侮辱,5千5百个同性恋被定罪.
15000的同性恋在集中营中被杀.
极少有幸存者得到战后的德国政府为他们所受迫害的补偿.
柏林市长沃维莱特和德国文化部长诺伊曼是站在大屠杀受害者的立场上建立的纪念碑.
沃维莱特先生说直致现丰都没有纪念受害,是战后德国的典型做法.
他说:"这是对社会的同情..这个社会没有废除不公平判决,还在一定程度上继续执行它们,这个社会对受害群体毫无意识,只因为他们远离了另外一种生活方式."

It is a tale of two peoples. In one version of the story, a country with a lot of poor people suddenly experiences fast economic expansion, but only half of the people share in the new prosperity. The favored ones spend a lot of their new income on food, and unless supply expands very quickly, prices shoot up. The rest of the poor now face higher food prices but no greater income, and begin to starve. Tragedies like this happen repeatedly in the world.

富人也会变饿

威胁着数百万人的食物危机,将得到缓解还是随着时间更加严重?都有可能.最近,像澳大利亚,乌克兰和其他地方出现干旱这样的临时问题,引起食物价格的上升.虽然紧急需要大量的救援,目前这些尖锐的危机会过去.但随之而来的基本问题是,它只会加剧,除非我们意识到并努力补救它.

这是两群不同人们的故事.其中一个版本是,一个穷国突然经历快速的经济增长,只有一半人得到新资产.幸运的人们把新资产的大部分花在食物上,除非经济增长够快,价格攀升.剩下的穷人则面对更昂贵的食物,但收入没增加,开始挨饿.世界上常发生这样的悲剧.

Medvedev, a 42-year-old former corporate lawyer and longtime Putin ally, stressed freedom and the rule of law in his first remarks after taking the oath of office in a solemn, emotional ceremony in the Kremlin's glittering St Andrew's Hall.

"I believe my most important aims will be to protect civil and economic freedoms," he told guests at the inauguration, broadcast live on state television."We must fight for a true respect of the law and overcome legal nihilism, which seriously hampers modern development."

Shortly afterwards, the government led by Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov followed protocol by resigning. This cleared the way for Medvedev to nominate Putin as prime minister as the carefully choreographed transition unfolded.

俄当选总统梅德维杰夫宣誓就职
莫斯科报道（路透社）－－梅德韦杰夫周三宣誓成为俄罗斯总统，根据空前的双重规则，两小时后，任命他的前任弗拉基米尔·普京为首相。

42岁的梅德韦杰夫是先前是位公司律师，也是普京的长期合作伙伴。在克里姆林宫中金碧辉煌的圣安德鲁大厅中， 梅德韦杰夫在庄严的热情洋溢的就职宣誓后，在首次言论中强调自由和法律。

“我相信我最重要的目标将是保护公民和经济的自由，”他在开幕典礼中对客人说，并由电视直播。“我们必须为了对法律的真正尊重斗争，战胜法律虚无主义，它严重阻碍了现代化发展。”

不久，祖布科夫领导的政府签字同意跟随此协议。这清除了梅德韦杰夫任命普京为首相的障碍，也使谨慎地设计安排的转变得以展开。

And Fukuda raised his glass several times toasting to a successful Olympic Games.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said the two leaders enjoyed a relaxed dinner.
At his first dinner in Japan, Hu got a taste of the old friendship between the two countries. This was the theme for the first day of his visit - he talked with the descendents of several deceased Japanese political figures including late prime ministers Tanaka Kakuei and Masayoshi Ohira.
China is grateful to the Japanese who contributed to a friendly relationship between the two countries, Hu said.

胡锦涛主席在餐桌上回忆过去，述友情

胡锦涛主席昨日抵达东京，开始探讨两国关系发展问题的五天之旅，这是十年来中国领导人首次访日。
胡锦涛同志曾在1980年作为共青团代表访日，当时对日本最年长的熊猫Ling Ling的死表示遗憾，并承诺会再送东京的Ueno动物园一对熊猫。

福田为中国申奥成功多次举杯。
外交部发言人刘建超说道，两个领导人享用了轻松愉快的晚餐。
在日本的第一个晚餐，胡锦涛主席很欣赏两国过去的友谊。这是访日第一天的主题目--与已故日本政治人物包括田中角荣和大平正芳的接班人谈话。

胡锦涛同志表示，中国很感谢为两国友好关系做出贡献的日本人民。

SAN'A, Yemen (AP) -- A bomb rigged to a motorcycle blew up amid a crowd of worshippers leaving Friday prayers at a mosque in a rebel stronghold of northern Yemen, killing at least 18 people and wounding about four dozen, officials said.

The attack occurred in Saada, a city in a mountainous Shiite Muslim area on the border with Saudi Arabia where a rebellion by members of the al-Zaydi sect erupted in 2004. Thousands have died in violence between the rebels and the government of this predominantly Sunni country.

Both sides blamed each other for the attack in Saada, where officials said most of the 18 dead and approximately 45 injured were worshippers filing out of the Bin Salman mosque.

摩托车炸弹在也门清真寺外引爆，18人丧命

萨那也门报到（美联社）－－有关官员说，在叛变者要塞的也门北部，针对刚做完周五祈祷的礼拜者的非法摩托车炸弹被引爆，至少18人死亡，40人受伤。
此袭击发生在萨那，这个城市位于穆斯林什叶教徒多山地区，处于2004年发生al-Zaydi教徒叛变的沙特阿拉伯边境。在叛变者和这个以伊斯兰都为主的国家之间发生的此次暴力事件中，已有上千人死亡。

双边都在萨那的袭击中向对方投炸弹，这儿的官员说，18个死者和大约45人的伤者中，大多数是从王子萨尔曼清真寺中走出来的。