1.Washington (Agencies via Xinhua)---US and Latin American officials are close to agreement on a communique for next week’s drug summit pledging US help to revamp the drug-dependent economies of Peru, Bolivia and Columbia, sources say.

华盛顿(新华社报道)-消息人士称,美国和拉美的官员在一份公报上达成共识,在下周的药物峰会上保证美国帮助秘鲁,玻利维亚,哥伦比亚改善吸毒者经济.

2.The Clinton administration proposed today to reduce the government’s role as traffic cop for the internet, a medium born as a research tool that has grown into a freewheeling means of mass communication.

柯林顿政府今天计划减少政府网络警察的作用,媒体的诞生是作为一种研究工具,其逐渐成长为公众交流一种随心所欲的手段.

3.Turkey acted yesterday to repair ties with Washington after its parliament blocked any US attack on Iraq through Turkey territory.

昨天土耳其采取行动来缓解由于议会阻止美国通过其领土进攻伊拉克而与华盛顿的紧张关系.