| N.Korea fires artillery at the South |
朝鲜向韩国发射炮弹 |
| North Korea Tuesday fired dozens of artillery shells at Yeonpyeong Island in the West Sea near the country's border with South Korea. The South Korean military returned fire at 2:34 p.m., the South Korean paper Chosun Ilbo reports. The South Korean air force also scrambled F-15 and F-16 fighter jets. The shelling killed at least one South Korean marine and seriously wounded another 14, according to Reuters, citing South Korean military sources. Two civilians were also injured. |
据韩国媒体《朝鲜日报》消息，当地时间周二下午2时34分，朝鲜向西海（中国黄海）朝韩边境上的延坪岛发射了数十枚炮弹，韩国随即进行还击，并紧急升空F-15、F-16战机警戒。据英国路透社援引韩国军方消息，炮击事件至少造成韩国一名海军陆战队员死亡、14人受伤，该事件还伤及2名平民。 |
| China re-appraises Ph.D. candidates |
论文不合格学位点将撤 |
| The Ministry of Education is beginning to re-examine doctoral theses from the last academic year in an effort to maintain the quality of the country's doctoral graduates, People's Daily reports. Papers for re-examination will be chosen at random from the National Library database, and disciplines that are found to have approved too many sub-standard theses will be suspended from awarding degrees. The number of doctoral candidates has drastically risen over the last decade, from 54,000 in 1999 to 246,300 last year. |
据《人民日报》消息，我国教育部已经开始抽检上一学年博士论文，旨在确保博士毕业生的质量。随机抽检的论文将直接从国家图书馆数据库中提取，博士点如发现多篇论文抽检不合格，将被取消学位授予资格。另悉，从1999至2009的10年间，中国的博士研究生数量从5.4万人激增至24.63万人。 |
| China's R&D spending accounts for 1.7% of GDP |
我国研发经费达GDP的1.7% |
| China National Statistics Bureau and five other state departments released statistics on Nov. 22 show China's research and development (R&D) spending in 2009 accounts for 1.7% of its GDP, an increase of 0.8 percentage points from 2000. The ratio of GDP to spending on R&D gives an indication of a country's investment in independent innovation. Developed countries spend over 2% of their GDP on R&D. |
新华社消息，中国国家统计局等六部门22日联合发布的数据显示，2009年全国科学研究与试验发展经费与当年国内生产总值之比为1.7％，比2000年提高了0.8个百分点。研发经费与GDP之比反映出一国在推动自主创新方面的投入，发达国家普遍在2%以上。 |
| WikiLeaks to release 3 million secret US documents |
维基解密再揭美国密文 |
| The WikiLeaks website has announced plans to publish nearly 3 million more secret US documents, the Telegraph reports. It would be WikiLeaks' third mass release of classified documents after it published 77,000 secret US files on the Afghan conflict in July and 400,000 secret documents about the war in Iraq last month. "The coming months will see a new world, where global history is redefined," it said in a later message. US authorities fear the forthcoming leaks could include substantial information about the secret cables that were sent to Washington by US ambassadors and diplomats in the Middle East. Disclosing this kind of information could reveal the "source and methods" used by the US to gather intelligence overseas. |
英国《每日电讯报》消息，维基解密网站宣布他们将再公布近300万份美国机密文件。这将是该网站第三次大规模披露美国的机要文件，第一次是今年七月发布了77000份美国在阿富汗冲突中的秘密文件，第二次是上个月发布了40万份伊拉克战争的机要文件。维基解密在之后的另一条消息中还补充说，“未来的几个月我们将看到一个全新的世界，全球的历史将被重新定义。”美国官方惧怕下一次揭密将涉及美国在中东的大使和外交官们发回华盛顿的电报内容，这些电报将揭示美国在海外的消息来源以及取得情报的方式。 |
| 70% of men unsatisfied with sex lives |
七成男性性生活不及格 |
| In a survey published by Chinese Medical Development Research Council, 70% of Chinese men marked their satisfaction with their sexual life below the "pass score" of 60 points, China.org.cn reports. The survey polled more than 30,000 men. Pressure from work is the largely to blame, 47% of participants cited this as the main reason. Lack of exercise is also an issue. Less than 1% of young people work out once a week. |
中国网消息，中华医学发展研究会发布的一项调查显示，在超过3万个调查对象中，有70%的男性给自己的“性福”指数打分低于60分。造成这一状况的首要原因当属工作压力太大，有47%的受访男性称这是主要原因。缺乏锻炼也是原因之一，年轻人每周锻炼1次的不足1%。 |
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