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Thailand's king on Friday guaranteed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra a pardon and reduced his eight-year prison sentence to one year just over a week after the business tycoon-turned politician returned from 15 years of self-imposed exile.[qh]
泰国国王周五将前总理塔克辛·钦那瓦的赦免期减至一年。一个多星期前，这位商界大亨出身的政界人士结束了15年的自我流放，返回泰国。[qh]
More from VOA ways Kim Lewis.[qh]
美国之音记者金·刘易斯报道。[qh]
The pardon granted by King Maha Vajiralongkorn was published on Friday in the Royal Gazette, making it effective immediately.[qh]
泰国国王玛哈·哇集拉隆功周五在《皇家公报》上公布了赦免令，立即生效。[qh]
Thaksin was prime minister from 2001 through 2006, when he was ousted by a military.[qh]
塔克辛从2001年到2006年担任泰国总理，后来被军方赶下台。[qh]
He fled Thailand in 2008 when he was faced with serving prison time for an abuse of power conviction that he had described as politically motivated.[qh]
他2008年逃离泰国，当时他因滥用职权罪面临服刑，并且称这是出于政治动机。[qh]
He returned to Thailand last week and was immediately sent to prison, but was quickly transferred to a state hospital because of what was described as frail health.[qh]
他上周回到泰国后，立即被送进监狱，但很快就被转移到一家国立医院，原因是身体虚弱。[qh]
Kim Lewis, VOA News.[qh]
美国之音新闻，金·刘易斯报道。[qh]
Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday, the first ever papal visit to the country, which has less than 1,500 Catholics.[qh]
教宗方济各星期五抵达蒙古，这是教宗首次访问这个天主教徒不足1500人的国家。[qh]
More from Reuters correspondent Gabe Singer.[qh]
路透社记者盖比·辛格报道。[qh]
Though Francis is often received as a superstar on his trips abroad, there were few signs the pope had arrived in the predominantly Buddhist country apart from a joyous reception along his motorcade route.[qh]
尽管方济各在出访期间经常受到巨星般的接待，但除了车队沿途受到的热烈欢迎外，几乎没有迹象表明教皇已经抵达这个以佛教为主的国家。[qh]
"I'm so happy to see the pope! I'm very thankful for his visit.[qh]
“我很高兴能见到教皇！ 我非常感谢他的来访。[qh]
We have been waiting for this moment for such a long time.[qh]
我们等待这一刻已经很久了。[qh]
He shook my hand twice! I'm so excited, so excited."[qh]
他和我握了两次手！ 我太兴奋了，太兴奋了。”[qh]
Francis is set to attend an official welcome ceremony and address government leaders and diplomats on Saturday.[qh]
方济各星期六将出席一个正式的欢迎仪式，并向政府领导人和外交官发表讲话。[qh]
On Sunday, he plans to preside over a Mass and several other religious events before his Monday departure.[qh]
周日，他计划在周一离开之前主持弥撒和其他几项宗教活动。[qh]
Reuters correspondent Gabe Singer.[qh]
路透社记者盖比·辛格报道。[qh]
You can get more information on our website voanews.com and download our mobile apps from Apple and Google.[qh]
您可以在我们的网站voanews.com上获得更多信息，并从苹果和谷歌下载我们的移动应用程序。[qh]
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我是斯科特·沃尔特曼。[qh]
