VOA新聞聽(tīng)力教程N(yùn)ews No.9

[00:00.00] News No. 9 [00:06.69]At 15 hours universal time. Here is the news on the Voice of America. [00:18.08]I'm Frank Whitis in Washington. [00:21.16]9.1 Indonesia's military has sent reinforcements into the northwestern city of Medan [00:25.29]after three days of rioting in which six people were reported to have been killed. [00:29.73]Troop convoys patrolled Medan today as tense calm hung over the city. [00:34.12]The head of Indonesia's armed forces urged protesters to stop their antigovernment rallies. [00:39.55]More from Lisa Weaver in Jakarta. [00:42.06]Commander of the Indonesia Armed Forces General Wiranto says his army is willing to meet nationwide calls for reform, [00:48.64]but at the same time,urges students to stop their protests. [00:51.80]The general's remarks were short on detail, [00:54.23]but seemed to aim at trying to defuse increasingly volatile situation as crisis between armed police [00:59.64]and demonstrators have broken out in scores of cities. [01:02.41]The commander's comments echoed efforts President Suharto made last week to build consensus among legislators on how to implement reform. [01:09.98]Government officials and the students are at odds at the pace and method of political reform. [01:14.89]The government said the appropriate guidelines already exist. [01:18.03]While students and other protesters are now demanding that Suharto step down from power. [01:22.36]Despite efforts to come to an agreement with the students,serious divides remain between the movement and the military. [01:28.74]Lisa Weaver for VOA news,Jakarta. [01:31.53]9.2 Indonesia's currency had plunged sharply against the dollar because of fears that unrest in the country may spread. [01:38.27]Fears about the increasing social unrest in Indonesia hurt Asian stock markets today. [01:43.60]The key index in Hong Kong plunged below the critical10,000 mark,ending at its lowest level since January. [01:50.05]9.3 US auto manufacturer Chrysler and German luxury carmaker Daimler Benz have agreed to join forces in one of the largest industrial mergers ever. [01:58.57]The two firms formally announce the deal at a news conference in London. [02:02.17]Daimler Chairman Yegan Swem says the deal involves some big numbers. [02:06.38]"This is the world's largest,as I said,industrial merger. [02:11.97]It creates a company with a market capitalization of 92 billion dollars, [02:19.08]revenues of 130 billion dollars and earnings,before interest and tax depreciation,of 50 billion dollars. [02:29.47]If you take what the companies combine the new company Daimler-Chrysler will do in order to look for the future meaning capital expenditure and research [02:40.47]and development it's a staggering 16 billion dollars." [02:44.00]Under the agreement,Daimler will hold 57% majority stake in the new company to be named Daimler-Chrysler. [02:52.54]9.4 At Israel's request,the Clinton administration is sending special envoy Dennis Ross to Israel [02:59.33]for more talks on US proposals for an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank. [03:04.66]The last-minute talks will be ended clearing obstacles to a proposed Israeli Palestinian summit in Washington Monday. [03:11.19]Israeli is trying to extend UN deadline for a decision on the next phase of the West Bank withdrawal,saying some adjustments are needed. [03:19.24]VOA's Al Pessin reports from Jerusalem. [03:21.87]Israel says it has some creative ideas to discuss with the senior US Middle East mediator Dennis Ross. [03:27.73]Israeli spokesman David Byland would not say what those ideas are. [03:31.44]But on Wednesday he said Israel wants a series of steps by the Palestinian authorities to make Israel feel secure in surrendering [03:37.36]more than the additional 9% of the West Bank it has already agreed to give up. [03:41.86]Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated Thursday unless that happens he will not ask his cabinet to approve the US plan for a 13% withdrawal. [03:50.30]But even with another visit by Dennis Ross before Sunday's scheduled cabinet meeting, [03:54.40]Israeli officials say it will be difficult to get any new plan approved this week because two key ministers are travelling abroad. [04:01.11]President Clinton wants the agreement signed at the White House on Monday,Al Pessin, VOA hews,Jerusalem. [04:06.80]Palestinian leader Yasser Ararat says he hopes US mediation in the Mideast peace process will bear fruit, [04:12.87]but he accuses Israel's prime minister of resorting to old tricks to avoid carrying out peace deals. [04:18.82]Mr.Ararat now in Cairo has been briefing Arab leaders on the results of this week's London talks on the peace process. [04:25.98]9.5A Palestinian has been stabbed and wounded in a Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem. [04:30.55]Police say the Arab man was on his way to work this morning when he was attacked in Nibey Israel neighborhood that borders Arab East Jerusalem. [04:37.66]Wednesday a series of violent incidents in Jerusalem and the West Bank left one Israeli and one Palestinian dead and two Palestinians seriously wounded. [04:46.41]9.6 Cambodian leader Hun Sen has ruled out the possibility of delaying national elections scheduled for July. Speaking in Bangkok, [04:53.77]Hun Sen said that if the vote is not held on July 26,his government will stay in power until new polls are held in the year 2003. Hun [05:03.33]Sen,who staged a coup last year to become Cambodia's sole ruler, [05:06.94]has been under pressure from the United States and others to hold free and fair elections. [05:11.51]9.7 United Nations Chief Kofi Annan is visiting Burundi, [05:15.22]where he is expected to pressure the ruling regime to join peace talks aimed at ending 5 years of civil strife in the country. [05:21.33]Mr. Annan is scheduled to talk with military ruler Pierre Buyoya. [05:25.46]He is also to meet with two influential former presidents and Buyoya opponents. [05:30.37]Later in the day,the UN chief visits Rwanda,where he is to apologies for UN's failure to stop the 1994 genocide. [05:38.21]This is VOA news. [05:41.00]9.8 The Sudanese government says an agreement to hold a referendum on self-determination for southern Sudan [05:48.21]has effectively resolved the country's 15-year-old civil war. [05:51.56]The government and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army agreed on Wednesday in Nairobi on a referendum for unity or outright secession of the South. [06:00.39]But the French press agency quotes a rebel spokesman in Cairo as branding the talks a failure. [06:06.68]9.9 Thousands of rescuers in southern Italy are searching for survivors after mudslides tore through mountain villages near Naples Wednesday killing at least 45 people. [06:17.08]Several days of torrential rains sent fast flowing two-meter-deep rivers of mud through small villages,snapping bridges, [06:23.84]wrecking houses and leaving residents stranded. [06:26.56]An estimated 2,000 people are reported homeless. [06:29.30]The country's civil protection agency says at least 70 people are missing. [06:34.06]9.10 French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl have concluded a 2-day summit insisting there is no rift between their two countries. [06:42.16]They acknowledged occasional differences,but did not say what they are. [06:46.00]France and Germany have disagreed sharply over the leadership of the new European Central Bank. [06:50.91]At the recent EU summit,France insisted that German backed Dutchman Win Disinberg quit the bank presidency midway through his 8-year term [06:59.27]in favor of France's Jean-Claude Slijay. [07:02.69]9.11 President Clinton has decided not to visit Northern Ireland before a peace referendum later this month. [07:08.96]VOA correspondent David Gollust reports from the White House. [07:12.40]Mr.Clinton through his special envoy George Mitchel's help broke off the settlement plan reached last month in Belfast. [07:18.36]And he had hoped to visit Northern Ireland in advance of May 22 referendum to underscore his support for the power sharing arrangement. [07:25.31]But White House spokesman Michael Kerry says the president has now put aside the idea of an early visit believing that his presence [07:31.63]would have affected the political dynamic in the final days of the campaign. [07:35.31]He says that Mr.Clinton believes there is a normal public support for the plan and that he in no way wants to detract [07:40.75]from efforts of the people of the Irish Republic [07:43.10]and Northern Ireland to judge for themselves the opportunity it brings. [07:47.30]A number of Belfast politicians had expressed concern the visit would been seen as meddling in Irish affairs. [07:53.26]Mr.Clinton goes to Europe next week for an official visit to Germany and to attend the big power economic summit in Birmingham,England. [07:59.95]David Gollust,VOA news,the White House. [08:02.69]9.12 Russia's new Prime Minister says his new reform oriented government will be finalized by Friday. [08:08.39]Sergei Kiriyenko met with President Boris Yeltsin today to fill the few remaining seats. [08:13.45]Major posts have already been handed out. [08:15.91]Mr.Kiriyenko met with new cabinet ministers today to urge quick economic reform. [08:21.26]He told officials Russia must reduce its debt burden now or face a financial crisis. [08:27.61]9.13 The top international mediator in Bosnia-Herzegovina says new Serb readiness to co-operate in peace efforts [08:35.34]has launched the country to a new phase of reconstruction. [08:38.61]Karohs Westindor says the Serbs should be rewarded and receive a large share of future international aid. [08:45.09]He spoke at a meeting in Brussels of delegates from about 50 countries and international organizations expected to pledge about one billion dollars in aid to Bosnia. [08:54.39]9.14 These are the hour's news headlines. [08:56.56]Indonesia's military sends reinforcements into the northwestern city of Medan after 3 days of rioting in which six people were reported to have been killed. [09:05.10]Cambodian leader Hun Sen rules out the possibility of delaying national elections. [09:09.83]And Germany Daimler Benz,maker of Mercedes Benz cars has agreed to buy Chrysler,the third largest US auto maker in the biggest takeover ever of a US industrial company.

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