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Still too many official cars
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车改16载 成效甚微
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China still spends 150-200 billion yuan annually to maintain a colossal fleet of official cars nationwide, some 16 years after the State Council decided to cut the number of official cars, the People's Daily reports. High maintenance costs, official cars for private use, rare use, and excessiveness are four major problems in the current official car fleet.
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据《人民日报》报道，自从1994年国务院宣布公务车改革、削减公务车数量，至今已有16年，但是全国每年在公务车方面的花销仍达到惊人的1500至2000亿元。公务用车维护费用高、公车私用现象严重、使用效率低下、超编屡禁不止是目前中国公务用车的主要问题。
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10 missing after shipwreck
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我货轮在巴士海峡沉没
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Ten Chinese sailors were missing after their vessel that was flying a Panamanian flag sank near the waters of Bashi Channel on Dec. 3, Xinhua reports. The ship went down in waters 240 nautical miles south of Shantou, Guangdong Province, bringing 24 crew members into the water; 14 have been rescued. Causes of the sinking are still unknown.
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据新华社消息，一艘搭载中国船员的巴拿马籍货轮3日在巴士海峡附近沉没，至今10人下落不明。沉船地点在位于广东汕头市以南240海里的海域，货轮载有24名船员，14人已经获救。沉船的原因暂未查明。
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Spain resumes flights
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西班牙航班恢复运营
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Spanish airspace reopened Saturday after a strike by air traffic controllers paralyzed airports for a second day, Reuters reports. The controllers gave no warning before starting their walkout by claiming sick leave and leaving their posts Friday, effectively closing the whole of Spanish airspace except the southern region of Andalucia, and more than 250,000 people's weekend travel plans were affected.
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据路透社消息，西班牙领空在空管人员罢工后的第二日终于恢复。当地时间周五，罢工人员在未发布任何事先警告的情况下均以病假为由，离开岗位。因罢工事件，西班牙除南部安达卢西亚地区的所有领空被迫关闭，25万人的周末出行计划受到影响。
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PayPal cuts WikiLeaks access
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维基解密被断财源
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The online payments platform PayPal announced it had cut access for donations to whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, the BBC reports. PayPal said its payment service cannot be used for "illegal activities." Previously, Amazon had decided not to host WikiLeaks on its server on the grounds of the latter's failure to adhere to its terms of services.
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据英国广播公司报道，网络支付平台"贝宝"近日宣布，将断开为泄密网站—维基解密进行捐赠的链接；贝宝表示无法为"违法活动"提供服务。此前亚马逊网站也决定停止为维基解密提供服务器，理由是后者违反了亚马逊的服务条款。
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Son hits father in hit-and-run
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男子撞父逃逸父阻报警
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A male motorcycle rider in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province ran away after hitting and injuring his father and another elderly man due to the dim light at night, the Yangtze Evening News reports. He didn't realize that one of the men hit was his father. But his father, who was less seriously injured, saw it was his son. In order to help him escape, his father stopped witnesses from calling police. The son has now surrendered to the police, and his father's actions was also recorded in police files.
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《扬子晚报》5日报道，江苏省仪征市一男子驾车撞伤自己的父亲及父亲身边的一位长辈后，因晚间光线差，没看清是自己的老父，当即驾车逃逸。其受伤较轻的父亲在看出是儿子"惹祸"的情况下，为了帮助儿子逃避经济赔偿和法律制裁，竟一路阻止目击群众报警。目前，肇事儿子向警方投案自首，糊涂父亲也被警方立案调查。
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2 mln Britons wear 10-year-old underwear
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200万英国人内裤穿十年
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According to a study published yesterday by shopping website Kelkoo, 1.7 million Britons still wear underwear they bought more than 10 years ago, the Mail Online reported. Almost a quarter of those admitted wearing the offending items more than 250 times before finally buying new ones. More than a quarter of men admitted wearing the same underwear two days in a row, without washing, compared to just 7% of women. A further 14% of men and 3% of women admitted wearing the same drawers for three days or longer. Laboratory tests detected bacteria on 83% of all tested underwear samples over a year old, and in some cases, they even discovered E. coli. The most popular reason given for hanging on to old briefs was comfort (68%) while others were reluctant to part with them for "sentimental reasons" (7%).
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英国《每日邮报》网站消息，购物网站Kelkoo昨天发布的一项研究表明，170万英国人一条内裤穿十年，其中四分之一的人说他们一条内裤要穿250多次后才买新的。超过四分之一的受访男性说他们两天才换一次内裤，而女性的这一比例才7%。14%的男性和3%的女性说他们三天或以上才换一次内裤。研究人员从83%穿过一年以上的内裤样本上检出了细菌，甚至有的检出了大肠杆菌。之所以一条内裤穿很久，68%的受访人说是因为舒服，有7%的人说是有情感上的原因。
（China.org.cn）
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