世卫促中国释禽流感死亡病例、伊反叛分子打死五名美国军人

*世卫促中国释禽流感死亡病例

世界卫生组织要求中国解释在中国报告人体感染禽流感病例两年前就有一名中国
男子可能死于禽流感的消息。世界卫生组织一位发言人星期四在北京说，世卫组
织希望对北京的一组科学家发表在美国的《新英格兰医学杂志》上的一封信进行
更多的了解。

这些科学家说，一名24岁的男子2003年死于症状类似肺炎的疾病，他最初定为死
于当时流行的萨斯病。这些科学家在信中说，对这名男子的组织样本的化验证实
他感染了H5N1型禽流感病毒。他们没有解释为什么到现在才报告这一错误。中国
外交部官员尚未就此事做出评论。   

WHO Urges China to Explain Case of Bird Flu Death

The World Health Organization is asking China to explain reports that a
man may have died of bird flu two years before Chinese officials reported
human infections of the virus in their country. A spokesman for the W.H.O.
in Beijing Wednesday said the agency wants more information about a letter
written by a group of Beijing scientists that was published in the magazine
of the New England Journal of Medicine.

The scientists said a 24-year-old man who died of pneumonia-like symptoms
in 2003 was initially counted among the victims of the then-prevalent SARS.
Their letter says the man's tissue tested positive for the H5N1 strain of
the bird flu virus. They do not explain why the mix-up is only now being
reported. Chinese foreign ministry officials had no immediate comment on
the issue .


*伊反叛分子打死五名美国军人

伊拉克反叛分子打死五名美国军人。美国官员说，四名海军陆战队员星期二巴格
达以西的安巴尔省发生的两起不同袭击事件中死亡。还有一名美国士兵星期三在
巴格达以南的路边炸弹爆炸中丧生。

另一方面，萨达姆.侯赛因的首席辩护律师说，萨达姆和七名同案被告开始绝食，
抗议他们的辩护律师缺乏安全保障。星期三，枪手绑架了萨达姆律师团的高级成
员奥贝迪，将他杀死。美国国务院的一名发言人谴责这起谋杀事件，但是表示这
名被杀律师拒绝美国提供安全保护的提议。

在巴格达以北的塔吉，星期三晚上被枪手绑架并一直扣押的工厂工人数目仍然不
清楚。星期三的媒体报导说，一个前军方工厂的85名工人被绑架，但是一些伊拉
克官员说，被绑架的人数更接近30，许多人已经被释放。

Iraq Insurgents Kill 5 US Service Members

Insurgents in Iraq have killed five U.S. service members. U.S. officials
say four Marines died in two separate attacks on Tuesday in Anbar province,
west of Baghdad. The fifth American victim died in a roadside-bomb south
of Baghdad on Wednesday.

In another development, the chief lawyer for Saddam Hussein says Saddam
and several other defendants have begun a hunger strike to protest the lack
of security for their defense lawyers. On Wednesday, gunmen kidnapped
Khamis
al-Obaidi, a top member of Saddam's legal team, and killed him. A U.S.
State
Department spokesman condemned the murder, but said the slain lawyer had
turned down American offers of protection.

in Taji, north of Baghdad, the number of factory workers still being held
by gunmen who seized them Wednesday  is unclear. Media reports on Wednesday
said about 85 workers at a former military plant were abducted. But some
Iraqi officials say the number was closer to 30 and that many have been
released.