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Fossa occisorum in Lappeenranta Pit|of the killers||Lappeenranta The grave of the slain in Lappeenranta

20.10.2006, klo 10.29

In urbe Finniae Lappeenranta fossa communis occisorum reperta est, in qua corpora undecim hominum terra obruta erant. |||||||found|||||eleven|||buried| In the Finnish city of Lappeenranta, a mass grave was found, in which the bodies of eleven people had been buried.

Ex quo tempore ossa ibi iacuerint, nondum liquido constat. |||bones||have lain||clearly, distinctly|it is clear From what time the bones lay there is not yet clear. Sepulcretum in campo tentorio nomine Huhtiniemi, ubi investigatores Instituti archaeologici Universitatis Helsinkiensis hoc autumno effossiones faciunt, in lucem venit. |||tentorium|||||||||||excavations|||| The tomb has come to light in the tent field called Huhtiniemi, where researchers from the Archaeological Institute of the University of Helsinki are doing excavations this autumn.

Hic locus ideo examinari coeptus est, ut cognosceretur, essetne aliquid veri in rumore apud populum inveterato, ex quo in Huhtiniemi inter bellum cum Russis gestum magnus numerus militum fugitivorum Finnorum morte multatus est. ||therefore|||||||||||||deep-rooted|||||||||done||||fugitives|||punished by death| This place was therefore begun to be examined, that it might be ascertained whether there was any truth in the old rumor among the people, that a great number of fugitive soldiers of the Finns were put to death in Huhtiniem during the war with the Russians.

(Reijo Pitkäranta)

Ban Ki-Moon novus secretarius |Ban|||

20.10.2006, klo 10.28

Novus secretarius generalis Nationum Unitarum designatus est Ban Ki-Moon, minister a rebus exteris Coreae Meridianae. |||||||||||||foreign affairs|| Ban Ki-Moon, the foreign minister of South Korea, has been appointed as the new secretary-general of the United Nations.

Qui vir sexaginta duos annos natus in locum secretarii generalis hodierni Kofi Annan succedit, cuius principatus mense Decembri exeunte finem capiet. ||sixty|||||position|secretary||||||whose|principate|||exiting|end| The 62-year-old succeeds current Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose presidency will end at the end of December.

Ban Ki-Moon, dum conventui generali gratias pro honore sibi allato agit, ait dignitatem Nationum Unitarum ex eo aestimari, quantum pauperrimus quisque ab illo ordine adiuvaretur. ||||assembly|general assembly|||||brought to him|||||||||||every one|||order|be helped Ban Ki-Moon, while thanking the General Assembly for the honor brought to him, said that the dignity of the United Nations was estimated from the extent to which the poorest people were helped by that organization.

Sibi propositum esse coetui Nationum Unitarum suo proprio exemplo praesidere. |||group||||||preside It is his intention to preside over the United Nations group by his own example.

(Reijo Pitkäranta)

Reinfeldt iter in Finniam fecit Reinfeldt traveled to Finland

20.10.2006, klo 10.28

Fredrik Reinfeldt, primus minister Suetiae recens creatus, Idibus Octobribus iter in Finniam suscepit, ut praesidentem Tarja Halonen et collegam suum Matti Vanhanen conveniret. |||||recently appointed||||||||||||||||| Fredrik Reinfeldt, the newly created prime minister of Sweden, took a trip to Finland in October to meet the president Tarja Halonen and his colleague Matti Vanhanen.

Diurnariis, qui ex eo de scandalis novum regimen Suetiae vexantibus quaerebant, nihil respondere voluit sed ait se sperare fore, ut sibi tandem occasio daretur vera argumenta politica tractandi. the journalists|||||scandals||||vexing|||||||||to be||||||||| He did not want to answer the press, who asked him about the scandals plaguing the new government in Sweden, but he said that he hoped that he would finally be given the opportunity to discuss real political issues.

Constat iam duas ministras in regimen Suetiae lectas propter res privatas munus deponere coactas esse. |||||||elected||||||coerced|to be It is now known that two ministers elected to the government of Sweden were forced to resign because of private affairs.

(Reijo Pitkäranta)

Praemium Nobelianum pacis Nobel Peace Prize

20.10.2006, klo 10.27

Praemium Nobelianum pacis accipit hoc anno Muhammad Yunus, vir Bangladesanus, qui argentarius pauperum dicitur. |||||||Muhammad Yunus||||banker|| The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded this year to Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi man who is known as the banker of the poor.

Is enim, cum paupertatem ex orbe terrarum auferre vellet, annis septuagesimis sedem nummariam instituit, quae pecuniam hominibus omnium miserrimis et mendicissimis commodaret. |||poverty|||||||seventy|seat|money lending||||||||most destitute|provide For when he wished to remove poverty from the world, in the seventies he established a financial institution, which would lend money to the most miserable and beggarly people of all.

In clientibus suis eligendis talem rationem sequi solet, ut, quo quisque sit egentior, eo dignior habeatur, cui pecunia credatur. |||||reason|||||||poorer|||||| In choosing his clients he usually follows such a system that the more needy each person is, the more worthy he is to whom the money is entrusted.

(Reijo Pitkäranta)

Ara Pacis Augustae renovata Ara Pacis Augusta renewed

20.10.2006, klo 10.26

Ara Pacis Augustae, monumentum Romanum anno a.Chr. Altar||||||| Ara Pacis Augusta, a Roman monument in the year B.Chr. n. nono victoriis Augusti consecratum, in conspectu populi rursus posita est. ||||consecrated|||||| no. On the ninth of the victories of Augustus, it was again placed in the sight of the people.

Diu enim in usu publico non erat propter labores reficiendi, quibus illud aedificium marmoreum variis ornamentis decoratum ab emissionibus gasalibus protegeretur. |||||||||of repairing|||||||decorated||emissions|gas emissions|protected from emissions In fact, it was not in public use for a long time because of the efforts to restore that marble building, decorated with various ornaments, to protect it from gas emissions.

Itaque architectus Richardus Meier, cui haec opera perficienda commissa erat, Aram Pacis claustris vitreis circumdedit, quod multam disceptationem apud vulgus movit. ||||||||||Altar|||glass||||debate||| Therefore, the architect Richard Meier, who was commissioned to complete these works, surrounded Aram Pacis with glass barriers, which caused much discussion among the public.

(Tom Bergman)