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The Syrian rebel forces have pushed militants¹ of IS group out of a strategic town in northern Syria after days of heavy fighting. Lina Sinjab is in neighboring Lebanon. Moderate rebel fighters from the Free Syrian Army have succeeded pushing IS militants out of the town of al-Rai in northern Aleppo province after days of heavy fighting. The town has been a crucial stronghold for IS as it sits on the crossing linking Syria to Turkey. This victory will be a morale-booster for the moderate opposition² in their battle for Aleppo city as al-Rai secures a supply line for them from Turkey.

Prosecutors³ in Belgium have made a fresh appeal of help in the hunt for prime surviving suspect in last month's Brussels airport attack. He was seen on CCTV footage alongside two suicide bombers⁴. The spokesman Eric Van der Sypt gave more details about the appeal. Its concerns that the third person present on the scene during the attacks in the Brussels airport, the so-called 'man with the hat' as well as the vest he was wearing at the time, especially appeal to people who might have filmed or taken a photograph of the suspect or link they can provide extra information on this issue. The suspect was seen, after the blasts, running among people trying to escape from the scene.

Politicians and relatives of mafia victims expressed outrage⁶ after the convicted son of the notorious Sicilian gangster⁷ Toto Riina appeared on prime time Italian television to promote his book. Hulia is in Rome. Salvatore Riina, a convicted mobster, was interviewed for half an hour, not once did he distanced himself from the violence his father was involved in during the mafia war of the 1980s which left more than 1000 died. Instead he spoke⁵ of the happy childhood with a family that had taught him important values. His father, Salvatore Toto Riina, spent years on the run before being captured in 1993. He was found guilty of several murders including the high-profile assassination⁸ of two anti-mafia judges in bomb attacks. Executives from the Italian state broadcast Rai have been summoned by members of the Italian parliament's anti-mafia commission to explain the decision to broadcast the interview.

A former head of the Italian defense⁹ group Finmeccanica Giuseppe Orsi has been sentenced to four years and six months in prison for false accounting¹⁰ in corruption¹¹. The case resulted from an investigating into the sale of 22 helicopters to India. World news from the BBC.

A court in Guatemala has convicted and sentenced five men to prison for the murder in 2011 of the Argentine musician Facundo Cabral who was hugely popular across Latin America. Prosecutors said he was an unintended vicim of an attack on a Nicaraguan nightclub owner Henry Farinas whose car he was in when it was riddled¹² with bullets in an ambush¹³.

Colombia has taken a step closer to allowing gay couples to marry. Constitutional court has given its general sanction to same-sex marriage though details are still to be worked out. Gay rights activists¹⁴, with the support of president Juan Manuel Santos, argued that denying marriage to same-sex couples is discriminatory.

A South African court has ruled that Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has no rights to the late president's rural home. It's unclear if she'll appeal. Newton reports from Johannesburg. Judge was swift in his judgement. He spent just a couple of minutes to dismiss Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's application with costs. The anti-aprtheid struggle hero had argued that under customary law, the house in Qunu village where the former president spent much of his time until his death in 2013 belonged to her. Mr Mandela divorced Mrs Madikizela-Mandela in 1996 after 38 years of marriage. He left her out of his will. They were regarded as South Africa's first couple until their marriage collapsed¹⁵ 6 years after his release from 27 years in prison for fighting apartheid.

A successful Nigerian publishing house Cassava Republic has launched a branch in Britain. The founder¹⁶ told the BBC it was high time for a Nigerian publisher to set up in London. Cassava Republic will publish fiction and non-fiction as well as children's books and romance novels written by Africans and largely set on the continent. BBC news.

经过数天激战，叙反叛军将“伊斯兰国”赶出北部战略重地。请听莉娜·新加为您从黎巴嫩附近发回的报道。历经数天鏖战，“自由叙利亚军”将“伊斯兰国”赶出北部省份阿勒波重镇“al-Rai”。由于al-Rai为“土叙”岔路口，并一直是“伊斯兰国”重要大本营。通过al-Rai，“伊斯兰国”可通过土耳其获得补给，对于阿勒颇战役而言，此次胜利定将鼓舞士兵士气。

上个月，布鲁塞尔飞机场发生爆炸案，一名主犯仍然在逃，比利时检方呼吁公众帮助寻找。通过监控视频显示，该嫌犯与其他两名自杀式袭击者一同出现。请听发言人范德·席普特的讲话。在布鲁塞尔飞机场，我们发现了第三名嫌疑人，这名男子头戴帽子，身穿夹克，检方向可能拍到嫌犯民众寻求帮助，或其它与之有关的讯息。爆炸过后，有人看见该男子与他人一同逃离现场。

黑手党首领图托·瑞纳儿子现身电视黄金时段，宣传新书，此举引发政界和遇难者强烈不满，请听胡里亚为您从罗马发回的报道。暴徒塞尔瓦托·里伊纳接受半小时电视采访，19世纪80年代，他的父亲曾涉嫌黑手党之战，并致一千多人死亡，对此里伊纳闭口不提。而是讲述了他快乐的童年时光，以及他所学到的重要价值观。父亲瑞纳曾逃亡多年，并于1993年被捕。瑞纳涉嫌多起谋杀案，包括备受瞩目的爆炸案，两名“反黑”法官遇刺身亡。就报道原因，意议会“反黑”委员会召唤多名Rai电台行政人员。

因伪造账目行贿，前意大利国防巨头“芬梅卡尼卡”集团CEO乌塞佩·奥锡被判有期徒刑4年零6个月。此前，警方对印度22架直升机采购订单进行了调查。BBC全球新闻。

2011年，享誉拉美的阿根廷音乐家法昆多·卡布拉尔被害，危地马拉法院以谋杀罪判处五人。据检方表示，卡布拉尔并非袭击目标，嫌犯的袭击对象是尼加拉瓜夜店店主亨利·法里纳斯，案发当时，法里纳斯人在车中，汽车被子弹打成了筛子。

就同性婚姻合法化，哥伦比亚又进一步。虽然具体细节还有待进一步落实，但哥宪法法院已对此表示认可。在总统桑托斯的支持下，同性权益活动人士表示称，否决同性婚姻为歧视行为。

南非法院做出判决，曼德拉前妻温尼·曼德拉无权获得曼德拉名下村庄房产。温尼是否上诉仍不清楚。请听尼尔顿为您从约翰内斯堡发回的报道。法官迅速做出判断。不到几分钟之内，法官就驳回了温尼的申诉请求。温尼认为按“不成文法”规定，已故总统在古努的房产应属于她，2013年去世之前，曼德拉的大部分时间均在此度过。1996年，两人结束38年婚姻宣告离婚。并没有留下任何财产说明。因反对宗族隔离，曼德拉曾遭27年监禁，但就在6年后的1996年，两人婚姻破裂，此前，他们被誉为南非“第一夫妻”。

尼日利亚出版商“Cassava Republic”在英国建立分支。“Cassava Republic”创始人在接受BBC采访时表示，在伦敦建立分支正是时候。该出版社将出版科幻以及非科幻，儿童读物以及非洲浪漫小说，大部分将在欧洲本土出版。BBC新闻。

1 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

2 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。

3 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

4 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

7 gangster   

n.匪徒，歹徒，暴徒

参考例句：

• The gangster's friends bought off the police witness.那匪徒的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
• He is obviously a gangster,but he pretends to be a saint.分明是强盗，却要装圣贤。

8 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

9 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

10 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

11 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

12 riddled   

adj.布满的；充斥的；泛滥的v.解谜，出谜题(riddle的过去分词形式)

参考例句：

• The beams are riddled with woodworm. 这些木梁被蛀虫蛀得都是洞。
• The bodies of the hostages were found riddled with bullets. 在人质的尸体上发现了很多弹孔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

14 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》

15 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

16 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。