澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-10-16

There is no sign of a young boy who was thought to have been stuck in a home-made balloon that floated thousands of meters above the US state of Colorado. It's believed the boy got into the contraption in his backyard and it floated away with the six-year-old still inside. Authorities thought they may have to shoot the balloon down but it eventually ran out of gas and floated back down to earth. The boy was not in the balloon though when it landed. It's thought he may have jumped out not long after / became airborne or not got into it at all.

 The Taliban has claimed responsibility for five terrorist attacks in Pakistan in less than 24 hours. At least 40 people are dead. Dozens were killed in simultaneous attacks on three police compounds in the hall. There were also two car-bomb blasts in the northwest of the country. 

And 255 Sri Lankan asylum¹ seekers are still refusing to be moved from their wooden boat moored² in western Java. They are now on a hunger strike. And they say only the children will be taking food. The Tamil say returning to Sri Lanka is not an option. 

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1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

2 moored   

adj. 系泊的 动词moor的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. 该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
• We shipped (the) oars and moored alongside the bank. 我们收起桨，把船泊在岸边。