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1、BBCNewswithMarionMarshallAtatimeofbudgetausterity,PresidentObamahasunveiledareviseddefencestrategy,whichhesayswouldcutUSmilitaryspendingby$450bnover10years.HeinsistedtheUnitedStateswouldmaintainitsmilitarysuperiority.OursecuritycorrespondentGordonCorerahasthedetails.PresidentObam

2、amadeclearthatthecurrenttideofwarwasrecedingandthiswasthemomenttodecidewhatcomesnext.Hemayhaveendedhisannouncementbyremindingpeoplethatevenafterproposedreductions,theUSmilitarybudgetwillstillbelargerthanthenext10countriescombined,buttherewasmorethanbelt-tighteningtothisexercise.A

3、movetoasmallerarmyispartoftheshiftawayfromthekindofmanpower-intensivecounter-insurgencyandnation-buildingcampaignsthatdefinethelongwarsinIraqandAfghanistan.AseriesofbombattacksinIraqtargetingShiaMuslimshaskilledatleast73people.Intheworstviolence,asuicideattackonShiapilgrimsinNasi

4、riyahkilledatleast44.ThatattackcamejusthoursafteranumberofbombsinBaghdadkilledatleast29people.RafidJabboorireports.TheattacksstruckShiaareasinsouthernIraqandBaghdad,andleftdozensdeadandinjured.Carandroadsidebombswereused.AccordingtotheIraqiMinistryofInterior,thetargetswereallcivi

5、lian[s].ThedeadliestexplosionhitShiapilgrimswhowerepassingthroughapolicecheckpointnearthesoutherncityofNasiriyah.Althoughtherewasnoimmediateclaimofresponsibility,(but)Shiapilgrimsandthepolicehavebeenfrequentlytargetedbyal-QaedainIraq,aSunniextremistgroup.AmilitiagroupinIraqhassai

6、dit'sreadytohandbackthebodyofthelastoffourBritishsecurityguardswhowerekidnappedin2007.AlanMcMenemyandthreeotherguardswereseizedinBaghdadalongwithacomputerexpert,PeterMoore.MrMoorewastheonlyonetobereleasedalive,andthislatestannouncementputsanendtospeculationaboutthefateofMrMcMenem

7、y.TheprosecutioninthetrialofHosniMubarakhasdemandedthedeathsentencefortheoustedEgyptianleader.OneoftheprosecutorssaidthatMrMubarakwasdirectlyresponsibleforthekillingofanti-governmentprotestersduringthemassproteststhatdrovehimfrompower.JonLeynereports.Thecallbytheprosecutionshould

8、benosurprise,andyetmanyEgyptianswillbesh