Gaddafi Killed in Libya

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died from wounds suffered on October 20, 2011 as rebel fighters battling to complete an eight-month-old uprising against his rule overran his hometown of Sirte. "He (Gaddafi) was also hit in the head," National Transitional Council (NTC) official Abdel Majid Mlegta said. "There was a lot of firing against his group and he died."

Mlegta said earlier that Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs at dawn as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked. The capture of Sirte and the death of Gaddafi mean Libya's ruling NTC will now begin the task of forging a new democratic system.

2011年 10 月 20 日伤重身亡，当时反抗军在长达 8个月反抗其统治的战役中，攻占其家乡苏尔特。利比亚国家过渡委员会官员马基德说：『格达费的头部也中枪了。格达费的部队遭到猛烈的炮火攻击，而他也被击毙了。』

　　马基德稍早曾表示，格达费在黎明时被捕，双腿受伤，当时他试图从遭受北约空袭的车队护卫中逃跑。苏尔特的沦陷及格达费的死意味着执政的利比亚国家过渡委员会，现在将着手建立新的民主系统。

前利比亚强人格达费之死，使得叙利亚反对阵营大受鼓舞，现在已有反对派人士呼吁发动反政府示威，警告独裁者阿塞德（Bashar al-Assad）可能遭遇和格达费相同的下场。反对派人士在脸书贴文说：『现在轮到你了。』他们并且取笑阿拉伯联盟要给阿塞德政权 2 个星期时间与反对派协商。贴文并说：『无论你想用什么缓兵之计，我们都会继续鼓舞人民推翻政府，并告诉全世界，叙利亚人民绝不投降。』（数据源：奇摩新闻）

Nobel Winner Passes Away

Canadian scientist Ralph Steinman, who was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Medicine with two others on October 3, 2011, died three days before the announcement. An official at the Nobel Committee of the Karolinska Institute, Anna Dumanski, said, "I can confirm that Professor Steinman has passed away." She could not give any more details. Rockefeller University said in a statement that 68-year-old Steinman died on Friday, September 30.

"He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer four years ago, and his life was extended using a dendritic cell-based immunotherapy of his own design," the New York-based university said in a statement posted on its website. Steinman was awarded the prize, along with American Bruce Beutler and French biologist Jules Hoffmann.

无缘享诺贝尔荣耀，史坦曼病逝

　　加拿大科学家瑞夫‧史坦曼以及其他 2 位科学家于 2011 年 10 月 3 日荣获 2011 年诺贝尔医学奖，但史坦曼在消息公布的前 3 天不幸过世。卡罗林斯卡学院的诺贝尔委员会官员安娜‧杜曼斯基说：『我可以证实，史坦曼教授已经过世。』她不能提供更多细节。洛克斐勒大学则在声明中表示，史坦曼于 9 月 30 日星期五过世，享年 68 岁。

　　位于纽约的洛克斐勒大学在官网发布声明：『史坦曼教授 4 年前被诊断出罹患胰脏癌，他利用自己设计的以树突细胞为基础的免疫疗法，来延长自己的寿命。』史坦曼和美国的比尤特勒及法国的生物学家霍夫曼共同荣获这个奖项。