美国众议院议长佩洛西会晤叙利亚总统

美国众议院议长佩洛西会晤叙利亚总统 (US House Speaker Pelosi Meets Syrian President)

美国众议院议长南希.佩洛西说，叙利亚总统阿萨德向她承诺愿意和以色列举行和平会谈。尽管布什总统批评佩罗西这次访问，但是佩洛西星期三还是在大马士革会晤了阿萨德。佩洛西说，她向阿萨德总统转达了以色列总理奥尔默特愿意谈判的信息。

布什总统星期二表示，同阿萨德的会晤使叙利亚认为自己是主流社会的组成部分。布什说，叙利亚允许外籍武装人员进入伊拉克是在支持恐怖主义。

不过佩洛西表示，重要的是和叙利亚进行对话。来自加州的民主党议员佩洛西是近年来到访叙利亚的最高级别美国官员。

The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has assured her he is willing to hold peace talks with Israel. Pelosi met Wednesday in Damascus with Mr. Assad -- despite President Bush's criticism of the visit. Pelosi says she delivered a message from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Mr. Assad that Israel was ready for talks.

Tuesday, President Bush said meetings with President Assad lead Syria to believe it is part of the mainstream. Mr. Bush said Syria is sponsoring terrorism by allowing foreign fighters into Iraq.

But Pelosi has said it is important to hold a dialogue with Syria. Pelosi -- a Democrat from California -- is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Syria in years.

美国指控男子走私武器技术 (US Charges Indian Man With Smuggling Weapons Technology)

美国政府检察官指控一名商人违反出口管制条例，将敏感的美国武器技术产品运往印度。CIRRUS电子公司的主管苏达山星期二在美国首都华盛顿的一个联邦法院提出无罪申辩。

美国检察官指控苏达山和三名同事将抗热记忆芯片和微处理器经由新加坡运给了印度3个政府机构。这些印度政府部门参与宇宙飞船、弹道导弹和喷气式战斗机的研制。

美国司法部助理部长温斯泰因表示，逮捕行动切断了一个破坏美国国家安全的技术走私网络。

美国联邦特工3月23号逮捕了苏达山和他手下的全球销售经理。这名经理也是印度人。CIRRUS公司驻印度班加罗尔的一名公司官员和驻新加坡的另外一名公司人员也因涉案而受到起诉。

U.S. government prosecutors have charged a businessman with shipping sensitive U.S. weapons technology to India in violation of export controls. Parthasarathy Sudarshan, chief executive of Cirrus Electronics, pleaded not guilty Tuesday at a U.S. federal court in Washington.

Prosecutors accuse him and three colleagues with shipping heat-resistant memory chips and microprocessors to three Indian government agencies, via Singapore. The Indian agencies are involved in the research and production of spacecraft, ballistic missiles, and fighter jets.

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein says the arrests have shut down a network of technology smugglers that undermined U.S. national security.

U.S. federal agents arrested Sudarshan and his global sales manager on March 23rd. A company official based in Bangalore and another based in Singapore have also been indicted in connection with the charges.