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Egypt’s long time leader Hosni Mubarak could be freed from prison and placed under house arrest today. He has been detained for almost three years since the uprising that deposed¹ him in 2011. The 85-year-old Mubarak still faces a retrial on charges of complicity in the killing² protesters during the uprising.

United State, Britain and France are demanding a team of UN inspectors³ already in Syria be granted immediate⁴ access to investigate the site near Damascus where activists⁵ say government forces unleashed⁶ a chemical weapon attack on civilians⁷. Meanwhile, France’s Foreign Minister is raising the possibility of use of force in Syria to prevent the Bashar al-Assad regime’s use chemical weapons.

? Bradley Manning has still asked the military ? to Washington to reduce the punishment, recommended by a court ? judge. Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to LeakiWiks. Manning ? also asked the White House to pardon him.

And most Haitians have never seen anything like it. After a year of delay, Haiti On Ice appears to be a goal in Port-au-Prince. The show ? several challenges including run generators⁸ that cost 1600 dollars an hour to keep the ice from melting.

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1 deposed
v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证
参考例句：
The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。 The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 inspectors
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官
参考例句：
They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。来自《简明英汉词典》 Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 immediate
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
参考例句：
His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。 We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

5 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 unleashed
v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。 The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓
参考例句：
the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀 At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

8 generators
n.发电机，发生器( generator的名词复数 )；电力公司
参考例句：
The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。 Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。来自《简明英汉词典》

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