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1、0131TheInternationalMonetaryFundsaysitneedstoraisehundredsofbillionsofdollarssoitcangiveoutnewloanstocountriesinurgentneedoffinancialsupport.TheIMFsaiditwasexploringoptionsforraisingtheextramoney.FromBrussels,ChrisMorrisreports.国际货币基金组织称需筹集数千亿美元，为急需财政支持的国家提供新贷款。IMF称目前正寻找筹集额外资金的途径，Ch

2、risMorris在布鲁塞尔报道。TheIMFestimatesthatitneedsabout$500bninadditionalfundingtotrytoensurethattheinstabilityswirlingaroundtheeurozonedoesn'tcreatefurtherproblemsfortheglobaleconomy.Countrieswhichusetheeurohavepinnedtheirhopesforsometimeonabuild-upinIMFresources.Theywantittohelpcreateamu

3、chlargerfinancialfirewalltopreventtheeurozonedebtcrisisengulfinglargereconomies,suchasItalyandSpain.EUcountries-notincludingBritain-havealreadyagreedtocontributeabout$200bntotheIMF,butthatleavesaconsiderablegaptobefilled.IMF估计，为使欧元区的动荡不对全球经济造成更多危害，还需5000亿美元资金。欧元国家把希望寄托在IMF上，希望IMF能加强

4、自身资源，希望建立更强大的金融防火墙，防止欧洲危机波及诸如意大利和西班牙的其他经济体。不包括英国在内的欧盟各国一致同意向IMF提供2000亿美元，但资金缺口仍很大。AprotestbyleadingInternetsiteshaspromptedseniormembersoftheUSCongresstowithdrawtheirsupportforproposedlawsagainstonlinepiracy.Wikipedia,theonlineencyclopedia,arguesthattheproposalswoulddamageInternetfr

5、eedom,anditcloseditsEnglishlanguagepagesfor24hoursinprotest.FromWashington,JonnyDymondreports.由于主要网站一直反对，美国国会只得撤回对反网络盗版提案的支持。在线百科维基网站称，提案将损害互联网的自由，并关闭其英文网站24小时以示抗议。JonnyDymond在华盛顿报道。USlegislatorssoughttocurbthedistributionofpiratedandcounterfeitproductsbygivingthecourtsthepowertofor

6、cesearchenginestodelistpiratesites.ButintheSenate,abillthatlookedclosetopassagenowappearstobeintrouble.FloridaSenatorMarcoRubio,arisingstarintheRepublicanPartyandoneofthebill'ssponsors,haswithdrawnhissupport.TexasSenatorJohnCornynhasalsoindicatedconcerns.AndintheHouseofRepresentativ

7、es,theSpeakerJohnBoehnerhassaidthatthereisnowalackofconsensusabouttheproposedlaw.美国立法者希望通过给法院迫使搜索引擎撤销盗版网站的做法，来控制盗版和伪造品的发行。这项法案原本要通过参议院，但如今看来有麻烦。共和党新星、佛罗里达参议员MarcoRubio是该法案的提议者之一，现已撤销该提议。德州参议员JohnCornyn也对此表示担忧，下议院发言人JohnBoehner称，这项提议法律未能得到全体支持。TheBritishPrimeMinisterDavidCameronhasac

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