澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-04-27
时间：2011-08-19 02:18:29
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As Michael just mentioned, trade and human rights have dominated Julia Gillard’s talks with China’s Premier1 Wen Jiabao. The Prime Minister raised the detention2 of Australian businessmen Stern Hu and Matthew Ng. She expressed concerns about a recent crackdown on human rights in China. Ms Gillard was also keen to push along negotiations3 for a free trade agreement between the two countries.
A UN report has found that both sides in Sri Lanka’s civil war might be guilty of war crimes. The UN says heavy shelling by the Sri Lankan government may have killed tens of thousands of
civilians4. It also accuses the Tamil Tigers of using civilians as human shields.
Britain and the US are considering sanctions against Syria in an effort to stop the violence there. France and Italy are also calling for international action. And there’ve been fresh reports of violence in the city of Deraa where the government has sent in the army to quash those protests.
The Federal Government is struggling to
regain5 control at the nation’s detention centres. Another rooftop protest has now begun--this time at the Christmas Island Detention Centre. And there are similar protests at Villawood and Curtin. It also emerged an
asylum6 seeker at Villawood has been assaulted by fellow
inmates7.
And 5,000 uniformed and undercover police have been assigned to the royal wedding in one of Britain’s biggest ever security operations. The country has lifted its threat level to “severe” and that’s the second highest on the five-point scale. Police have also appealed to the public to be their eyes and their ears at the big event.
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