澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-10-26

The double bomb blast in Iraq has increased fears there'll be more violence ahead of elections in January. At least one hundred people are dead and more than five hundred injured after two car bombs exploded only minutes apart near government buildings in Baghdad. The buildings were destroyed and cars on the street were incinerated. So far, no group has claimed credit for the attack.

The opposition¹ is pushing the government to reveal the details of any deal with the Indonesian government on asylum² seekers. Seventy-eight Sri Lankan asylum seekers on an Australian customs ship are expected to arrive at an Australian funded detention³ center in Indonesia today. The government is being called on to reveal how much money it's planning to give Indonesia for such centers.

There's been violence in the area of the Al-Aqsa Mosque⁴ in Jerusalem after clashes between Israeli Police and Palestinians. The Palestinians mostly threw rocks and the police replied with stun⁵ grenades. Twenty-one people were hurt and at least fifteen were arrested.

And Australia has taken a one nil⁶ lead in the seven-match one-day cricket series against India. The Australians won game one in Vadodara by four runs. India scored 8 for 288 in reply to Australia's 8 for 292.

More news later.

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 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。

3 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

4 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

5 stun   

vt.打昏，使昏迷，使震惊，使惊叹

参考例句：

• When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.他们告诉我她不见了时，我当时完全惊呆了。
• Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.萨姆站在原地，被一下打昏了。

6 nil   

n.无，全无，零

参考例句：

• My knowledge of the subject is practically nil.我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。
• Their legal rights are virtually nil.他们实际上毫无法律权利。