from today's Nikkei

赤字地方債　解禁を検討　総務省　国主導の改革計画条件　地方自治体の再建策

図で、自治体財政　再建策のイメージ

The outline of schemes the Ministry of Internal Affairs and communiocations is now deliberating on for preventing the local governments from collapsing in terms of their finances has recentlt made clear.According to the plan, The ministry intends to lift the ban that if local governments are in the deficit in their finances , they will not be able to issue their bonds. Even so, the condition that a state -oriented restructuring efforts are carried out, is to be attatched to the local government each.

in a figure,
Image of Autonomous Bodies' Financial Restructuring

参考：赤字地方債という地方債があるわけではなくて、ここでは、財政赤字の地方自治体が発行する地方債のことをそのようにいっているに過ぎない。

native English speakers' expression

gooleのニュースを見ていて、自分になじみの無い表現をチェックした：

President George W. Bush opened the day with breakfast at a historic firehouse on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, mingling with firefighters and police officers who were among the first to rush to the burning skyscrapers.

mingle with :一緒になる


The president later stood in front of a door salvaged from a fire truck destroyed that day, a flag at half-staff above him. Bush was to visit the attack sites in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon later in the day before giving a prime-time address from the Oval Office.

at half-staff：半旗で、の

from other articles

次期政権が取り組むべき課題への共通認識が、かなり深まってきたのではないか。
日本記者クラブ主催の自民党総裁選討論会で、３人の候補者が初めて、本格的な論議を戦わせた。例えば、政府の憲法解釈では、持っているが、行使は許されない、とされる集団的自衛権の問題である。
It is likely that the common recognition of the issues which the next administration shoule tackle has been deepened.At a panel discussion on the Liberal Deomocratic Party presidency election ,sponsored by the Japanese Press Club,the three candidates, for the first time ,held a debate in detail on such topics ,for example, as a right of collective self-defense of the country, which has been referred to "not being able to exercise" in spite of having it,according to the interpretation of the constitution by the government so far.

(The three candidates for the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership seem to have greatly broadened their common understanding of issues the post-Koizumi administration should tackle.During a campaign debate sponsored by and held at the Japan National Press Club, the three candidates standing in the Sept.20 election held their first full-fledged three-way public disccusion.Among the issues discussed was the nation's right to collective self-defense,which according to the government's interpretation of the Constitution,Japan posesses,but is not allowed to use.)


安倍晋三官房長官は、日米の艦船が公海上でシーレーン（海上輸送）のパトロールにあたる状況を例示した。中東に原油輸入の９割近くを依存する日本にとって、輸送路であるシーレーンの安全は死活的に重要だ。
Chief Cabinet Secretary exemplified the case where the Japanese and U.S. marines are engaged in the patrol of the sea lane(marine transport). Ensuring the security of the sea lane is critically important for Japan depending on the Middle East, with nearly 90 % of its crude oil imports coming from there .

(One candidate,Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe,presented a hypothetical situation in discussing the issue:If U.S. and Japanese warships were patrolling the sea-lanes in international waters and the U.S.vessels were attacked,Japan's forces could not strike back in their defense.For Japan,which relies on the Middle East for nearly 90 percent of its crude oil imports, the safety of its sea-lanes is vitally important.)

注：（　　）の英文は、The Daily Yomiuri のもの。日本文は読売新聞の社説。一日遅れで、The Daily Yomiuriが英文に翻訳する。カッコでないものは、私の翻訳。

from today's Nikkei

地上デジタル放送　ネット配信規格統一へ　総務省など　来春にも実験
図で、ネットでの放送配信の流れ

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications intends to unify the standards by which the terrestrial digital broadcasting will be delivered on the Internet. According to the sources, companies involeved in this including NHK will start the experiment next spring.

in a figure,
Broadcast Delivery Through The Internet

from articles in some newspapers-修正点あり

Today is a newspaper holiday. Then I translate some articles of Saturday and Sunday newspapers.

２００１年９月１１日の米同時テロから５年。テロの衝撃は甚大であり、その後に米国が主導した「テロとの戦い」の過程で国際情勢も大きく変わった。米国はイラクの泥沼にはまって身動きが取れない状態になり、世界的な「パワーの空白」が新たな紛争の連鎖を招く。
It has been five years since the simultaneous terrorist attacks on September 11 in 2001. The shock of the attacks was extremely great.The international situation has changed significantly in the process of the battle against terrorism initiated by the U.S. The U.S has become stricken in the mud of the Iraq,which has cuased the U.S not to move forward, and so-called "worldwide vacancy of power" has invoked a series of new disputes.

参考：has invoked はどうやらおかしいみたいです。招来する＝invoke かと思ったら、懇請するの意味らしい。で、ここはhas caused かhas brought aboutがいいのではないでしょうか。
追記：has become stricken はhas become stuck にすべきを間違ったものです。the mud of the Iraq でIraqの前にtheを附けたのはそれなりの気持ちを込めたのですが、ふつうにはないのが自然でしょうか。なので、ここは、has become stuck in the mud of Iraqがいいのではないでしょうか。

アルカイダ自体は弱体化しても、イスラム過激派のテロは欧州やアジアを含め世界に広く拡散するようになった。
Although Al-Quaida itselfhas been weakened, terrorist violences by Islam extremists have been spreading wide across the world including Europe and Asia.

９．１１以後もグローバル経済の機能は保たれ原油価格高騰下でも世界経済はおおむね順調だが、国際情勢にはさまざまな不安の目が吹き出している。
While the function of global economy has been maintained after the 9.11,and world economy has been generally proceeding well in spite of the crude oil high prices, there are various kinds of concerns sprouting out in the world situation.