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Four dead after car rolls into New York City waterway
纽约汽车翻入小溪四人受伤
Rescue crews on scene of a tragic accident in Queens. Officials say four passengers were killed after their car plunged into a waterway that flows into New York City's East River late Friday night. Rescue divers pulled two men and two women from the vehicle submerged in Steinway Creek. The fifth occupant managed to escape with minor injuries. A breathalyzer test found him sober. All four victims - between the ages of 19 and 21 - lived in a middle-class neighborhood in Queens. Police say they're still investigating, but suspect the car hit a curb in a dead-end street around 10:30pm,before rolling into the creek.
救援人员正在纽约皇后区一宗交通事故现场。官员们表示，周五深夜，一辆汽车坠入汇入纽约市东河的一条小溪，4名乘客受伤。潜水员从坠入施坦威小溪的车辆中拖出2男2女。第5名乘客得以成功逃生，仅受轻伤。呼吸测醉器检测发现他是清醒的。所有4名受害者年龄介于19岁至21岁，居住在皇后区一个中产阶级社区。警方表示，他们仍在调查，但是怀疑车辆在晚上10:30分左右撞到路尽头的栏杆，然后跌入小溪中。
EU hopeful but cautious over Afghan election
欧盟对阿富汗选举持希望而谨慎的态度
In the dark of night, Afghan election workers wrap up what had been a historic day. Afghans cast their ballot for a new president on Saturday. The first ever democratic transfer of power in their country's violent history. Voter turnout was higher than expected and polls stayed open much later than planned. A world away in Athens, Greece, foreign ministers of the European Union had gathered for meetings. They're hopeful, but also cautious, about this moment in Afghan history. EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton.
在夜晚的黑暗中，阿富汗选举工作人员结束了历史性的一天。周六，阿富汗人投票选举新总统。这是阿富汗暴力的历史上首次进行民主的权力过渡。投票率高于预期，投票站开放的时间远远超过原计划。在希腊雅典，欧盟各国外交部长召开会议。他们对阿富汗历史性的一刻抱有希望，但是非常谨慎。欧盟外交政策首席执行官阿什顿(Catherine Ashton)：
(SOUNDBITE) (English) EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF CATHERINE ASHTON, SPEAKING ABOUT AFGHANISTAN, SAYING: "This will be a historic moment, if we get this right, this democratic transition...The latest information I have has been that things are going forward and we wait to see now what the results will bring."
欧盟外交政策首席执行官阿什顿(Catherine Ashton)就阿富汗问题发表讲话：“这将是历史性的一刻，如果我们正确对待这次民主过渡。我获得的最新消息是，事情进展得比较顺利，我们现在对结果拭目以待。”
Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans.
荷兰外交部长蒂默曼斯(Frans Timmermans)也发表了讲话。
(SOUNDBITE) (English) DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER, FRANS TIMMERMANS, SAYING: "It is encouraging to see so many young people saying, regardless of the violence, I want to cast my vote. So it's a bit hot and cold, on the one hand you can be encouraged by the fact that so many people want to use their democratic right to vote, and on the other hand it is still impossible to have a meaningful observer mission in Afghanistan because it is too dangerous."
荷兰外交部长蒂默曼斯(Frans Timmermans)：“看到许多年轻人说，无论暴力形势多么严峻，我都想投票，这非常令人鼓舞。所以，这是双面的。一方面，许多人希望行使自己投票的民主权力，另一方面，由于太过危险，向阿富汗派遣有意义的观察团仍然是不可能的。”
Saturday's voting was largely peaceful. There were only isolated attacks on polling stations. This, in a country racked by decades of war and during an election Taliban insurgents had vowed to derail.
周六的投票大体来说是和平的。只有几个投票站发生了孤立的袭击事件。这个国家几十年来一直饱受战争之苦。选举期间，塔利班反叛分子曾誓言发起破坏活动。
Plane search goes underwater
失踪MH370航班水下搜索工作启动
With time running out to find the flight recorder of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 Saturday's search was the most intensive so far. The Australian navy vessel Ocean Shield has joined the hunt. It's being used to tow specialist sonar equipment that could trace locator signals from the plane's black box flight recorder. The ship's on a converging 240-kilometre course with a British vessel in the southern Indian Ocean. Royal Australian Navy Commander James Lybrand says they're hoping for a result.
随着搜索失踪马来西亚航空MH370航班的时间逐渐流逝，周六的搜索是目前为止最为集中的。澳大利亚海军舰船海盾号(Ocean Shield)加入了搜索行列，用来牵引专业的声纳设备，追踪定位失踪飞机黑匣子的信号。这艘舰船在240千米的范围内搜索，而一艘英国船只在南印度洋搜索。澳大利亚皇家海军指挥官James Lybrand表示，他们希望能够获得结果。
(SOUNDBITE)(English) ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY COMMANDER JAMES LYBRAND SAYING: "On board the Ocean Shield at the moment we're certainly doing all we can in the location we're at. We're running a series of parallel legs over best constructed location of MH370's last position."
澳大利亚皇家海军指挥官James Lybrand：“在海盾号上，此时此刻，我们正在现在的位置尽一切努力。我们正在MH370航班最后的位置采取一系列平行的活动。”
Also taking part are 10 military aircraft, three civilian ones, and 11 ships. A British nuclear submarine and a Malaysian frigate were also due to join the search. Flight Lieutenant Todd Montgomery, and Australian Air Force air traffic controller, says it's important for everyone to get answers.
同时还有10架军用飞机，3架民用飞机和11艘船只参加搜救行动。一艘英国核潜艇和一艘马来西亚护卫舰也即将加入搜索行列。空军上尉，澳大利亚空军航空管制员Todd Montgomery表示，每个人都需要答案，这非常重要。
(SOUNDBITE)(English) ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT TODD MONTGOMERY SAYING: "There's a lot of people who have friends and family that are involved and they obviously have personal reasons to want some closure on what has happened."
空军上尉，澳大利亚空军航空管制员Todd Montgomery：“许多人的朋友和家人都牵涉其中，很明显，他们都有了解事实真相的个人理由。”
Flight MH370 vanished on March 8th with 239 passengers and crew on board. Despite the huge international search now going into its fifth week no trace has yet been found of the people or the plane.
3月8日，MH370航班失踪，机上共有239名乘客。尽管国际范围开展了大规模的搜救行动，目前为止已经进入第五周，仍然没有发现飞机或乘客的任何踪迹。
