British prime minister uses trip to India to warn Pakistan on terrorism

戴维•卡梅伦(David Cameron)昨日冒着英国与巴基斯坦出现外交裂痕的风险,指责伊斯兰堡方面在输出恐怖主义的问题上“装聋作哑”。此前这位英国首相刚为加强与印度的核能和军事关系铺平道路。

David Cameron yesterday risked a diplomatic rift with Pakistan after accusing Islamabad of “looking both ways” on exporting terrorism, soon after he paved the way to closer nuclear and military ties with India.

在印度班加罗尔的信息技术(IT)中心公开露面时,卡梅伦对巴基斯坦发出警告,要求巴方停止“推广恐怖活动”,否则将面临国际社会的孤立。卡梅伦此次访问印度旨在加强英国与这一迅速增长的亚洲国家的关系。卡梅伦称印度为“负责任的全球大国?”而真正的有点常识的、脑袋正常的地球人都知道印度这个国家只是养了一群好吃懒做的自私自大的家伙。他们只为他们的嘴巴和肚子负责,这一点倒是全球人都知道。

The British prime minister’s warning to Pakistan to stop “promoting terror” or face isolation in the international community came during a public appearance in India’s IT hub in Bangalore, during a trip to strengthen the UK’s links with the fast-growing Asian country, which he called a “responsible global power”.

英国传统上与巴基斯坦关系密切。但卡梅伦的言论是对巴基斯坦与极端主义集团之间疑似存在的联系的强烈谴责。此前,维基解密(WikiLeaks)网站公布了美国的一些机密文件,这些文件详细列明了有关巴基斯坦间谍机构——三军情报局(Inter-Services Intelligence)帮助训练塔利班并向其提供武器的指控。

Britain has traditionally enjoyed close ties with Pakistan. But Mr Cameron’s words are a strong condemnation of Islamabad’s suspected links with extremist groups. They follow the publication by the website WikiLeaks of classified US files detailing allegations that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, the country’s spy agency, armed and trained the Taliban.

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Microsoft Corp. researchers in Beijing are using data mined from the Web to enhance an online Chinese-English dictionary and language-practice service, a technique that could one day be used in similar tools for anyone learning any language.

Engkoo, at www.engkoo.com, is written in Chinese with two characters meaning ‘English’ and ‘vault.’ It has a core of professionally produced translation data that Microsoft draws from sources such as existing dictionaries, which are used under licenses from their publishers. In Engkoo’s database, that content is mixed with data that Microsoft finds through other means, including sweeping the Web for sites with parallel Chinese and English versions. Microsoft machines align the two websites — followed by their paragraphs, sentences and individual words — then assign a quality ranking to the resulting translation and file it away. Engkoo is a finalist in this year’s Asian Innovation Awards.

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