The US Central Intelligence Agency was facing a fresh crisis for its failure
to stop attacks in Baghdad and Karbala on Tuesday. 美国中央情报局由于未能阻止
周二在巴格达和卡尔巴拉的袭击，而面临新的危机。

In an interview with The Independent, Former chief UN weapons inspector Hans
Blix claimed that the Iraq war was illegal. 前联合国首席武器核查官汉斯?
布利克斯在接受《独立报》采访时声称，伊拉克战争是非法的。

The enlargement of the European Union will not have serious economic
consequences for Russia, acting foreign minister Igor Ivanov said at a
Thursday press conference in Madrid. 俄罗斯代外长伊戈尔?伊万诺夫周四在马
德里的记者招待会上说，欧盟扩大不会对俄罗斯造成严重的经济影响。