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BBC News with David Austin

Police in Denmark and Sweden have arrested five people suspected of planning to launch what the authorities described as a Mumbai-style attack designed to kill as many people as possible. The Danish intelligence agency says the target was to have been the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, which five years ago outraged¹ many Muslims by printing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The head of the Danish security service, Jakob Scharf, said they'd been working closely with their Swedish counterparts.

"We have been following them very closely until the arrests were made today. We believe that the situation has been under control, but we also found that it was necessary to intervene now in order to prevent a specific terrorist attack in Copenhagen."

The Danish authorities say some of the suspects crossed into Denmark from Sweden.

The head of the United Nations mission in Ivory Coast, Alain Le Roy, has accused state television there of stirring up hatred² against UN peacekeepers. He said the broadcasts by a station controlled by the incumbent³ President Laurent Gbagbo were shocking. UN forces are guarding the hotel housing Mr Gbagbo's rival Alassane Ouattara.

The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has banned aviation officials from taking their New Year holiday after bad weather severely⁴ disrupted air traffic at major airports in Moscow. A majority of Russians go on a 10-day-long holiday over New Year. Adiba Ataeva reports.

Vladimir Putin told a government meeting that everyone in charge of the situation should stay at work until special notice. He said no one should, as he put it, whine⁵ about his decision. On Tuesday, angry passengers beat up staff at Moscow's Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports, where they had been stranded⁶ for several days with little food or information. The airports were closed due to power cuts caused by freezing rain, and tens of thousands of homes were left without electricity.

Pope Benedict is to issue a decree intended to make the Vatican's financial affairs more transparent⁷ and fight money laundering⁸. Three months ago, Italian prosecutors⁹ seized $30m from the Vatican Bank and placed two of its top officials under investigation¹⁰. They were accused of contravening¹¹ laws against money laundering. The Vatican insisted that was a misunderstanding and said then it would put its house in order. David Willey has this report from Rome.

The Vatican is implementing¹² a 31 December EU deadline to create a compliance¹³ authority to oversee¹⁴ all its financial operations. This is required by the EU and by other international organisations involved in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism. I understand that the new compliance authority will monitor transactions not only of the Vatican Bank but of all the other Vatican entities¹⁵ which handle money, including the Vatican museums, Vatican Radio and the administration of the Vatican City State.

David Willey

World News from the BBC

The Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness, has described the disruption to its water supplies that followed the recent extreme cold as a "grave crisis". Nearly 40,000 people have been left without supplies since temperatures started to rise with water draining away through mains that had been damaged by ice. Some homes have had no water for more than a week and face further disruption.

A judge in the American state of Florida has delayed the funeral of the former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez because of a family dispute over where he should be buried. Some family members want to bury him in Florida, but other relatives want his body returned to Venezuela. John McManus reports.

Despite leading Venezuela during the 70s and early 90s, Mr Perez relocated to the US more than 10 years ago, where he lived with his former secretary and two children. Now their attempts to bury him have been halted by his wife Blanca Perez, who still lives in Venezuela and wants to see him buried there. The dispute over his final resting place mirrors Mr Perez's turbulent political life, where he held the presidency¹⁶ twice, survived a coup¹⁷ attempt and was then later convicted for fraud.

Officials in eastern Sri Lanka say 65,000 hectares of agricultural land have been damaged by floods. On Tuesday, two people died in heavy rain that's been affecting over 200,000 people. The worst-hit has been Batticaloa district, a predominantly Tamil area where many people have been unable to return home after the military defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels last year.

The President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, has said his government will withdraw from peace negotiations¹⁸ on Darfur if no agreement is reached on Thursday. Mediators in Qatar are currently in discussion with representatives of the Sudanese government and the main Darfur rebel groups. President Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court on accusations¹⁹ of war crimes and genocide in Darfur.

That's the BBC News.

1 outraged   

a.震惊的，义愤填膺的

参考例句：

• Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
• He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。

2 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

3 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

4 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

5 whine   

v.哀号，号哭；n.哀鸣

参考例句：

• You are getting paid to think,not to whine.支付给你工资是让你思考而不是哀怨的。
• The bullet hit a rock and rocketed with a sharp whine.子弹打在一块岩石上，一声尖厉的呼啸，跳飞开去。

6 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

7 transparent   

adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的

参考例句：

• The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
• The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。

8 laundering   

n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）

参考例句：

• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 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。

10 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

11 contravening   

v.取消，违反( contravene的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The company was found guilty of contravening safety regulations. 那家公司被判违反了安全条例。
• You are contravening the regulations. 你违反了规定。 来自辞典例句

12 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

13 compliance   

n.顺从；服从；附和；屈从

参考例句：

• I was surprised by his compliance with these terms.我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
• She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire.她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。

14 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。

15 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

16 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

17 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

18 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

19 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。