The sovereign council that will oversee Sudan's transition to democracy is taking office. Generals and protest leaders agreed on its final composition late on tuesday, four months after Sudan's longtime ruler President Omar al Bashir was forced from power. The council consists of five military officers and six civilians, two of them women, one from Sudan's Christian minority. Selina Bill is in Khartoum. The council will be headed by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the current leader of the transitional military council. According to the constitutional declaration, the sovereign council will be headed by a military person for twenty-one months. A civilian will then take over for eighteen months until fresh elections are held in 2022.
在苏丹长期执政的总统巴希尔被迫下台四个月后,军方将领和抗议活动领导人于周二晚间就委员会最终组成达成一致。该委员会由五名军官和六名文职人员组成,其中两名是妇女,一名来自苏丹的基督教少数民族。以下是赛琳娜•贝尔在喀土穆的报道。该委员会将由过渡军事委员会现任领导人阿卜杜勒•法塔赫•布尔汉领导。根据宪法声明,主权委员会将由一名军人领导21个月。然后在2022年举行新的选举之前,将由一名文职人员将接管18个月。
An Iranian news agency has swiftly corrected its own report that the oil tanker at the centre of a row with the United States is being rented by the elite Revolutionary Guards. ILNA nows says it leased to an Iranian shipping company. It would have been the first time a mainstream Iranian news outlet had established a connection between the Guards and the tanker.
伊朗一家新闻机构迅速更正了自己的报道,即与美国发生争端的油轮正被伊朗革命卫队精英租用。ILNA新闻社现在表示,这艘船租给了一家伊朗航运公司。这将是伊朗主流新闻机构首次在警卫和油轮之间建立联系。
The highest ranking Catholic cleric to be found guilty of child sex abuse Cardinal George Pell has lost his appeal against his conviction in Australia. The former Vatican treasurer was found guilty last December of abusing two boys while as Bishop of Melbourne in the late 1990s. He is serving a six-year jail term. The Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the Cardinal has a right to another appeal. The Holy See acknowledges the court's decision to dismiss Cardinal Pell's appeal. As the proceedings continue to develop, the Holy See recalls that the Cardinal has always maintained his innocence throughout the judicial process and it is his right to appeal to the high court. At this time, the Holy See confirms its closeness to the victims of sexual abuse and its commitment to pursue those members of the clergy who commit such abuse.
在澳大利亚,被判儿童性侵罪的最高级别天主教牧师红衣主教乔治•佩尔在上诉中败诉。这位前梵蒂冈财政部长去年12月被判有罪,他曾在上世纪90年代末担任墨尔本主教期间虐待两名男孩。现在,他正在服6年刑期。梵蒂冈发言人马特奥•布鲁尼称红衣主教有权再次上诉。罗马教廷认可法院驳回红衣主教佩尔上诉的决定。随着诉讼程序的继续发展,罗马教廷认为,红衣主教在整个司法程序中始终坚持无罪,他有权向高级法院提出上诉。此时,罗马教廷确认神职人员与性虐待受害者存在密切联系,并承诺追查犯下这种虐待行为的神职人员。
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