台湾一项民调显示，反对党领导人马英九被官方检察人员以贪污罪起诉后，民众支持率增加。台湾联合日报的受访者中，61%的人认为马英九是清白和诚实的，比去年11月上升了至少5个百分点。
马英九星期二辞去了台湾国民党主席的职务，但表示将参加台湾2008年总统大选的角逐。马英九一直被认为在这次大选中处于领先地位。观察人士说，马英九可能会在得到国民党非正式的支持下，以独立候选人的身份参选。
台北地方检察官指控马英九任台北市长期间诈领了33万3千美元。检察官说，如果马英九被认定有罪，他们将请求法庭宽大处理。
An opinion poll in Taiwan shows an increase in the popularity of opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou after state prosecutors indicted him on corruption charges. Sixty-one percent of those surveyed by Taiwan's Daily News believe Ma is clean and honest, up at least five percentage points from last November.
On Tuesday, Ma resigned as chairman of Taiwan's Nationalist Party, but said he will still compete in Taiwan's 2008 presidential election. Ma has been considered a front-runner in the contest, and observers say he may stand as an independent candidate with informal backing from the Nationalist Party.
Taipei's prosecutor charged Ma with embezzling 333-thousand dollars while he was mayor of Taipei. Prosecutors say they will ask the court for leniency if Ma is convicted.
英美儿童福利富裕国家中最差 (Britain, United States Rank Lowest for Child Well-Being Among Wealthy Nations)
联合国儿童基金会发表的最新报告将英国和美国列为富裕国家中儿童福利最差的国家。联合国儿童基金会星期三发表报告，通过大约40项指标来衡量21个经济发达国家的儿童生活。美国排在第20位，英国排在最后。
英国和美国在六类指标中的五类里都排在最后三分之一的国家里。这五类指标分别是：健康和安全、风险承担、与他人的关系，儿童自己对福利的感受以及儿童的物质福利。教育是英美两国排名唯一没有列入最后三分之一的一类指标。
报告发现，北欧国家儿童福利最好，荷兰和瑞典名列前茅。报告说，国内生产总值和儿童福利之间没有直接联系。例如，捷克共和国得到的综合评级高于法国。
A new report by the United Nations Children's Fund ranks Britain and the United States as the worst among wealthy countries for the well-being of children. The U.N. agency's report, released Wednesday, looked at around 40 indicators to gauge the lives of children in 21 economically advanced nations. The United States was ranked 20th, while Britain was last.
Britain and the United States were in the bottom third of the rankings for five of the six categories -- health and safety, risk-taking, relationships, young people's own sense of well-being and children's material well-being. Education was the only category where both countries remained above the bottom third.
Child well-being was rated highest in Northern Europe, with the Netherlands and Sweden leading the way. The report said no direct link was found between gross domestic product and children's well-being. The Czech Republic, for example, received a higher overall ranking than France.
