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Family members of the 12 murdered sailors now arrived in Thailand
29 family members of the 12 sailors who were murdered during a hijacking1 of their cargo2 ships in on the Mekong River have now arrived in Thailand.
A memorial service has been held at the scene where the attack took place.
The victims' families are now undergoing the process of identifying their loved-ones.
Those boats have been dispatched to escort another 164 stranded4 Chinese sailors and their 28 cargo ships back home.
Meanwhile, one of the 13 Chinese sailors on board the two boats attacked last week remains5 missing.
An appeals court has now re-instated the earlier conviction of former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian.
Chen has been sentenced to 18-years in prison on the restored conviction of taking bribes8 in connection with bank mergers.
His wife's previous conviction has also been restored.
She's been sentenced to 11-years in prison by the high court.
The pair was originally convicted in 2009 of taking bribes worth some 600-million New Taiwan Dollars.
Around a year ago, a district court overturned their convictions.
The pair can appeal this latest verdict.
US President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-Bak have met in Washington.
The meeting comes just hours after the U.S. congress approved a long-delayed free trade deal between the two countries.
(Male English soundbites/1014 Obama)
"Our alliance reflects a broader truth. The United States is a Pacific nation and America is leading once more in the Asia-Pacific and with our landmark10 trade agreement, we will bring our nations even closer, creating new jobs for both our people and preserving our edge as two of the most dynamic economies in the world."
Both Obama and Lee are hailing the new FTA as a win for both countries.
Slovakia approves the EFSF
Slovakia's parliament has now approved expanding the size and power of the EU bailout fund.
The approval comes after the parliament rejected the proposal in the first vote earlier this week.
Slovakia is the last of the 17 eurozone nations to approve adding to the 440 billion euro bailout fund.
The expanded fund is empowered to buy eurozone government debt and offer lines of credit to both member states and their banks.
The man convicted in one of the world's biggest hedge fund scams has now been sentenced to 11-years in prison.
A court in New York has also fined Raj Rajaratnam 10-million dollars.
The co-founder of the Galleon12 Group was arrested in late 2009, after police discovered Rajaratnam gained close to 64-million dollars in insider trading.
He was later convicted on 14-counts of conspiracy13 and securities fraud.
The Sri Lanka-born Rajaratnam ran Galleon, worth some 7-billion US dollars at one point, until his arrest, which was part of the largest crackdown on hedge fund insider trading in US history.
The courts in the Hague have decided15 not to split the trial of former Bosnian-Serb commander Ratko Mladic into two parts.
The trial chamber16 has turned down that request by the prosecution17, suggesting that making the move because of "speculative18 and unsubstantiated" reports about Mladic's health aren't enough reason to split the trial.
Prosecutors19 had asked for the trial to be divided into two parts: The first dealing20 with the death of some 7-thousand muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, and the second into the 43-month seige of Sarajevo.
Splitting the trial into two parts would expodite the potential conviction of Mladic on at least one of the charges.
Johnson-Sirleaf leads with 44.5 pct votes in preliminary results of Liberian polls
Liberia's elections commission has now released the official preliminary results of this week's voting.
Incumbent21 President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf holds a significant lead, garnering22 44.5-percent of the vote so far.
Her closest compeditor, Winston Tubman, holds 26.5-percent of the votes cast.
A former warlord, Senator Prince Y. Johnson sits in 3rd in the presidential voting with 13.5-percent of the vote.
Johnson-Sirleaf is hoping to secure her second-straight victory in Liberia's presidental election, which would put her in office for another 6-years.
Berlusconi calls for confidence vote
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has now formally called for a confidence vote in his government.
Berlusconi has been forced to ask for the approval of the Italian parliament in his government, following his coalition24's failure to have a budget report passed this week.
In issuing the call, Berlusconi has ruled out the idea of an early election, saying it would hurt the country at a critical moment.
While Berlusconi's coalition government is expected to survive the confidence vote, frustrations25 over austerity cuts in the country are leading to significant political discord26 in Italy.
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1 hijacking | |
n. 劫持, 抢劫 动词hijack的现在分词形式 | |
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2 cargo | |
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物 | |
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3 vessels | |
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人 | |
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4 stranded | |
a.搁浅的,进退两难的 | |
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5 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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6 bribe | |
n.贿赂;v.向…行贿,买通 | |
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7 mergers | |
n.(两个公司的)合并( merger的名词复数 ) | |
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8 bribes | |
n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 );向(某人)行贿,贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 );向(某人)行贿,贿赂 | |
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9 reassure | |
v.使放心,使消除疑虑 | |
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10 landmark | |
n.陆标,划时代的事,地界标 | |
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11 tycoon | |
n.有钱有势的企业家,大亨 | |
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12 galleon | |
n.大帆船 | |
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13 conspiracy | |
n.阴谋,密谋,共谋 | |
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14 sever | |
v.切开,割开;断绝,中断 | |
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15 decided | |
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n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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17 prosecution | |
n.起诉,告发,检举,执行,经营 | |
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18 speculative | |
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19 prosecutors | |
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人 | |
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20 dealing | |
n.经商方法,待人态度 | |
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21 incumbent | |
adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的 | |
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22 garnering | |
v.收集并(通常)贮藏(某物),取得,获得( garner的现在分词 ) | |
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23 tally | |
n.计数器,记分,一致,测量;vt.计算,记录,使一致;vi.计算,记分,一致 | |
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24 coalition | |
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合 | |
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25 frustrations | |
挫折( frustration的名词复数 ); 失败; 挫败; 失意 | |
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26 discord | |
n.不和,意见不合,争论,(音乐)不和谐 | |
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