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【原文連接】http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7339943.stm
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【原文】Obama calls for Beijing boycott
The torch has been taken on a
surprise route through San Francisco
Barack Obama has called on US President George W Bush to boycott the opening of the Beijing Olympics if China fails to improve its human rights record.
The Democratic presidential hopeful made his call a day after a similar appeal by his rival, Hillary Clinton.
The US stage of the Olympic torch relay passed off amid confusion and tight security in San Francisco on Wednesday.
The route was totally changed at the last minute and the closing ceremony took place on a motorway fly-over.
Throughout the route, the torch-bearers were immersed in a cocoon of security, surrounded by dozens of police officers and track-suited Chinese guards.
The Olympic flame was lit in Greece on 24 March and is being relayed through 20 countries before being carried into the opening ceremony in Beijing on 8 August.
Demonstrators sought to disrupt the torch relay in Athens, Istanbul, Paris and London, while it passed successfully through Almaty, in Kazakhstan, and St Petersburg, in Russia.
It is due to arrive in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, later this week.
However, the International Olympic Committee is meeting in Beijing to consider calling off the rest of the torch's 136,788-km (85,000-mile) journey.
Dalai Lama to speak
Mr Obama said President Bush should boycott the opening ceremony if China failed to take steps to improve human rights in Tibet or help to end the alleged genocide in Darfur, in Sudan.
"A boycott of the opening ceremonies should be firmly on the table but this decision should be made closer to the Games [in August]," he said in a statement.
Speaking on Tuesday, Mrs Clinton said Mr Bush should not attend the ceremony without "major changes by the Chinese government" over Tibet and Darfur.
The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a motion condemning China's "extreme" response to protests in Tibet.
Mr Bush himself called on the Chinese government to begin a dialogue with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama, who is due in Tokyo en route to the US, is expected to give his reaction to the torch protests at a news conference shortly.
A spokeswoman for UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would not be attending the opening ceremonies, and had never intended to do so. However, he will be at the closing ceremony.
Whisked away
Thousands of spectators had been waiting hours to see the torch pass through San Francisco and demonstrators were out in force along the waterfront relay route.
But immediately after the torch was lit, the torch-bearers turned into a warehouse building, disappearing for an hour.
They reappeared at a new starting-point across the city where it was handed to two runners, away from the protesters.
The planned waterfront closing ceremony in Justin Herman Plaza was moved to a motorway fly-over.
"We assessed the situation and felt that we could not secure the torch and protect the protesters and supporters to the degree that we wished," San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom told Reuters news agency.
In Paris, the torch had to be extinguished three times, while in London there were 37 arrests.
【中文翻譯】
奥巴马呼吁联合抵制北京奥运会
配图:在旧金山火炬沿着出人意料的路线行进.
巴拉克·奥巴马(译者:奥巴马目前在宣布参加总统竞选的民主党人中，支持率排在第二位，仅次于前第一夫人、纽约州联邦参议员希拉里·克林顿)呼吁,如果中国未能提升其人权状况,美国总统乔治·W·布什应该抵制北京奥运会开幕式.
其对手希拉里·克林顿做了类似的呼吁之后,该民主党总统候选人一天后做了此呼吁.
于周三开始的美国站奥运会火炬传递在不确定性中开始,伴随有旧金山严密的安全防卫.
路线在最后一刻被完全改变,闭幕式在一条高速公路的立交桥上进行.
在整个进程中,火炬手被安全防卫包裹着,他们被数十位警察和穿着径赛服的中国保安包围着.
奥运会圣火于3月24日在希腊点燃,在8月8日带入北京奥运会开幕式之前正在20个国家传递.
尽管在哈萨克斯坦的阿拉木图和俄罗斯的圣彼德堡火炬得以成功传递,示威者在雅典,伊斯坦布尔,巴黎和伦敦都尝试破坏火炬传递.
在本周火炬还将预计到达阿根廷首都布宜诺斯艾利斯.
然而,国际奥委会在北京开会考虑要取消火炬长达136,788公里(85,000英里)的传递路程.
dl喇嘛表态
奥巴马说,如果中国未能采取措施改善西藏的人权状况并且结束所谓苏丹达尔福尔地区的屠杀,布什总统应该抵制奥运开幕式.
在一次讲话中他说,"关于奥运开幕式的抵制肯定会被提出,但是应该等到临近奥运会开幕的时候再作出此决定[八月份]".
克林顿夫人在周二的时候表示,如果在西藏和达尔福尔没有"中国政府的重大变化",布什不应该出席奥运会开幕式.
美国众议院压倒性地通过了一个谴责中国对西藏抗议者的"极端"反应的行动.
布什自己呼吁中国政府跟西藏精神领袖dl喇嘛展开对话.
在一个简短的新闻发布会上,计划在东京去美国的dl喇嘛希望在将他的行动付诸在火炬抗议上.
英国首相戈登·布朗的发言人说他将不会出席奥运会开幕式,而且从未计划要去.不过,他将在闭幕式上出席.
飞奔而去
数以千计的观众为了看旧金山的火炬传递等了数个小时,大规模的示威者也在滨海地区的传递路线上出现.
但是在火炬点燃之后,火炬手立即转入一个仓库建筑,消失了一个小时.
他们在穿过城市,在一个远离抗议者的新起点出现,火炬被传递给两个火炬手.
计划在滨海地区加斯汀·赫曼广场举行的闭幕式也被转移到了一条高速公路的立交桥上.
"我们评估了那里的状况,感到我们无能保护火炬的安全,而且我们不能将抗议者和支持者控制到我们希望的程度".旧金山市长加文·纽森对路透社说道.
在巴黎,火炬被迫熄灭三次;在伦敦,有37人被捕.
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