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Throngs of mourners gathered in Mecca early Friday, just hours after Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud died. He was 90. |
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沙烏地阿拉伯的阿不都拉國王駕崩之後幾個小時，週五一早麥加就聚集了成群的哀悼者。他享壽九十歲。 |
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Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz was appointed as the new king, state television reported. |
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王儲沙爾曼被任命為新國王，國營電視台報導指出。 |
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The announcement of Abdullah's death comes several weeks after the state-run Saudi Press Agency said he was suffering from pneumonia and had been admitted to the hospital. |
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在阿不都拉駕崩的消息發布之前幾週，國營的沙烏地新聞社曾報導他罹患肺炎，並因此住院。 |
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Services will be held Friday afternoon at the Imam Turki Bin Abdullah Grand Mosque in Riyadh, and many world leaders are likely to pay their respects. |
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喪禮將在週五下午於利雅德的伊曼圖爾基．本．阿不都拉大清真寺舉行，許多世界領袖都可能出席致哀。 |
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Jordan's King Abdullah cut short his visit to Davos and is heading to Riyadh, according to a Jordanian government source. |
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約旦國王阿布杜拉提前結束造訪達佛斯的行程，正趕往利雅德，約旦政府消息來源指出。 |
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"King Abdullah's life spanned from before the birth of modern Saudi Arabia through its emergence as a critical force within the global economy and a leader among Arab and Islamic nations," U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement. |
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「阿不都拉國王的一生涵蓋自現代沙烏地阿拉伯誕生之前的時期，到該國興起成為全球經濟的關鍵勢力以及阿拉伯與伊斯蘭國家的領袖，」美國總統歐巴馬在一份聲明中指出。 |
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He praised Abdullah's role in sponsoring the Arab Peace Initiative, which attempts to solve the long-simmering conflict between Israel and Palestine. |
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他盛讚阿不都拉對阿拉伯和平倡議的支持，這項倡議試圖化解以色列與巴勒斯坦之間長久以來的緊繃衝突。 |
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"This is a sad day. |
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The United States has lost a friend, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and the world has lost a revered leader," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement. |
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"He was so proud of the kingdom's journey, a brave partner in fighting violent extremism who proved just as important as a proponent of peace." |
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「這是個令人難過的一天。美國喪失了一位朋友，沙烏地阿拉伯、中東與全世界也喪失了一位備受崇敬的領袖，」美國國務卿凱瑞在一份聲明中指出：「他對這個王國的發展深感自豪，也是對抗暴力極端主義的一位英勇夥伴，同時也是一位重要的和平擁護者。」 |
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King Abdullah became king of the oil-rich nation, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, in August 2005, but he had been running Saudi Arabia since 1996, after his half-brother King Fahd's stroke. |
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這個儲油量豐富的國家是美國在中東的一個關鍵盟友，阿不都拉國王在二００五年八月登基為王，但早在他的同父異母兄長法赫德國王於一九九六年中風以來就執掌了國家大權。 |
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In the context of the kingdom's conservative circles, Abdullah was seen as a reformer and often came up against the more hard-line clerics. |
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在這個王國的保守圈子裡，阿不都拉被視為一位改革者，經常與較為強硬的教士對立。 |
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