新闻集锦

Phone Hacking Scandals Force Murdoch to

End News of the World

Rupert Murdoch, the 80-year-old, Australian-born billionaire, ordered that July 10th's News of the World be the last after 168 years. The paper is ending amid an expanding police investigation of phone hacking and alleged bribery of police officers.

The News of the World's defenses against simmering questions about its activities collapsed soon after it was reported that it had hacked the mobile phone of 13-year-old murder victim Milly Dowler in 2002 while her family and police were desperately searching for her. News of the World operatives reportedly deleted some messages from the phone's voicemail, giving the girl's parents false hope that she was still alive. The report provoked a level of public outrage far above any reaction to the intrusion into the lives of celebrities.

80岁、出身澳洲的亿万富豪鲁伯特‧梅铎下令 7 月 10 日发行最后一期的《世界新闻报》，该报 168 年的出版历史也随之划下句点。《世界新闻报》在警方扩大侦办电话窃听以及警员涉嫌收受贿赂等案件中宣告关门大吉。

　　《世界新闻报》被踢爆在 2002 年窃听 13 岁谋杀案被害人 Milly Dowler 的电话，当时女童的家人和警方正全力搜寻其下落，该报对于其行动所引发沸沸扬扬的质疑问题所做的辩护说词，随着此消息一出立即被推翻。报导指出，《世界新闻报》所雇用的侦探删除女童电话语音信箱的部分讯息，导致她的双亲误以为她还活着。这项报导引发大众愤慨的程度，远高于任何对于刺探名人生活的反应。

Dirty Socks Could Help

in the Fight against Malaria

Is there life-saving technology lurking in your laundry basket? The odor of dirty socks can be used to lure mosquitoes into a deadly trap before they can spread malaria. Dr. Fredros Okumu of the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania discovered that mosquitoes were more attracted to the odor of filthy feet than to live humans sleeping in the same area.

"We had an experimental house with a human being sleeping inside and a second experimental house with a synthetic mixture," Okumu said. "We realized that we were getting four times more mosquitoes going into the house with (the) synthetic mixture," which killed the bugs when doused with insecticide. His findings have earned him a US$775,000 grant to install the devices in a number of Tanzanian villages.

臭袜引蚊子　防疟新利器

　　洗衣篮里藏有拯救性命的科技吗？脏袜子的臭味能用来吸引蚊子进入致命的陷阱中，早一步防止蚊子传播疟疾。坦尚尼亚伊法克拉卫生研究所的 Fredros Okumu 博士发现，和在同一个地方睡觉的人模拟起来，蚊群比较容易被人类的脏脚臭味吸引。

Okumu说：『我们在 1 间实验屋安排 1 人在里面睡觉，另一间则是放置混合合成物。结果发现，飞进有混合合成物实验屋的蚊群多了 4 倍。』这些混合合成物浸泡过杀虫剂后，便能杀死蚊虫。他的研究结果让他获得 77 万 5,000 美元的补助金，可在坦尚尼亚的一些村落装设相关装置。