乌克兰政治危机继续总统见总理

乌克兰政治危机继续总统见总理 (Ukraine's President Meets Prime Minister as Political Crisis Continues)

乌克兰总统尤先科再次对总理亚努科维奇说，走出全国政治危机的唯一道路就是举行新的议会选举。尤先科总统在基辅跟亚努科维奇总理会谈时做出以上表示。

与此同时，成千上万亚努科维奇的支持者在基辅独立广场游行，抗议总统解散议会和决定5月举行选举。

乌克兰宪法法院将于星期三举行听证，审查总统命令的合法性。亚努科维奇的支持者拒绝接受尤先科的命令。宪法法院18名法官中有5位抱怨说受到巨大压力，要求有关当局为他们提供更多的安全保护措施。

欧洲联盟、俄罗斯和美国都对乌克兰的僵局表示关注，但是都没有明确表态到底是支持改革派总统尤先科，还是支持主张与俄罗斯保持更密切关系的总理亚努科维奇。

Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has again told the country's prime minister the only way out of the nation's political crisis is to hold new parliamentary elections. The Ukrainian president made his comments during talks in Kiev with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

Meanwhile, thousands of Yanukovych supporters demonstrated in the city's Independence Square protesting the president's dissolution of parliament and call for May elections.

Ukraine's Constitutional Court is to open hearings Wednesday on the legality of Mr. Yushchenko's order, which the prime minister's supporters have rejected. Five of the court's 18 judges have complained of pressure against them and urged authorities to provide them with additional security.

The European Union, Russia, and the United States have all voiced concern over the stand-off, without explicitly taking sides for or against the pro-reform Mr. Yushchenko or Mr. Yanukovych, who supports closer ties with Russia.

中国三月贸易顺差大幅下降 (China's March Trade Surplus Falls Sharply)

中国3月份贸易顺差出乎意料地比去年同期下降了38%。中国海关总署星期二公布，上个月贸易顺差总额为69亿美元，比预计的200亿美元要低很多。2月贸易顺差为238亿美元，接近历史记录。

尽管3月贸易顺差大幅收窄，中国2007年第一季度的贸易顺差总额仍达到去年同期的两倍，总计460亿美元左右。

3月出口增长将近7%，总额为830亿美元左右。不过，进口增长额超过出口，增幅达15%，为766亿美元 。

China has reported an unexpectedly low trade surplus for March, falling 38-percent from a year earlier. China's General Administration of Customs Tuesday reported last month's trade surplus was six-point-nine billion dollars, well below forecasts of 20 billion dollars. February's trade surplus was a near-record 23-point-eight billion dollars.

Despite the lower March figures, China's trade surplus for the first quarter of 2007 has doubled from the same period last year - to around 46-billion dollars.

Exports in March rose nearly seven percent to around 83-billion dollars. However, they were outpaced by imports, which climbed around 15-percent to 76-point-six billion dollars.