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One of Pakistan's best-known liberal politicians, the governor of Punjab province Salman Taseer, has been shot dead in Islamabad. Mr Taseer was in a busy market when one of his bodyguards¹ opened fire on him. Orla Guerin reports from Islamabad.

Police say the Punjab Governor Salman Taseer was shot repeatedly at close range by one of those supposed to protect him, an elite² commando who was part of his security team. The reason, according to Pakistan's interior minister, was the governor's opposition³ to the country's controversial blasphemy⁴ laws. The loss of one of Pakistan's best-known politicians will deepen the profound sense of crisis here. The killing⁵ comes at a time when the government is hanging by a threat.

African diplomats⁶ say Laurent Gbagbo is ready to negotiate a peaceful end to the political crisis in Ivory Coast without preconditions, but there's still no sign that he's willing to relinquish⁷ the presidency⁸. A spokesman for his rival Alassane Ouattara, the man recognised internationally as the winner of November's election, meanwhile said his supporters weren't interested in further negotiations⁹; they just wanted Mr Gbagbo to leave office. John James reports.

On face value, this announcement is being interpreted as the first sign of progress in negotiations with Laurent Gbagbo, but on second glance, it's clear that he's not actually giving very much away. Mr Gbagbo has said from the start of this crisis that he'd be willing to talk with his rival while insisting that he isn't prepared to cede¹⁰ power. The head of the Ecowas commission, James Victor Gbeho, said that the option of military force was still being considered if the negotiations came to nothing.

A man who spent 30 years in an American prison has had his conviction overturned after DNA¹¹ evidence showed he was innocent. Cornelius Dupree Jr was just 21 when he was convicted of rape¹² and robbery. Here's Vanessa Buschschluter.

The case of Cornelius Dupree goes back 30 years when two men forced their way into the car of a young woman and her companion at a liquor store in Dallas. The male driver was robbed and left at the side of the road. The woman was raped¹³. She later picked out two men from a set of photographs shown to her by the police. Mr Dupree was one of them. He was sentenced to 75 years in prison and spent three decades appealing against the verdict. He was finally released on parole last July. Only a week later, DNA tests came back showing he was innocent.

The youngest son of the late Shah of Iran has committed suicide in the United States. A statement on the website of Iran's former crown prince Reza Pahlavi said his younger brother Alireza took his own life in his home in the city of Boston. He was 44 years old. The former Shah Mohammad Reza was ousted¹⁴ in the 1979 revolution in Iran. Members of his family moved to live in United States.

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A court in the United States has sentenced a Cuban-American man who'd pleaded guilty to hijacking¹⁵ a plane in 1968 to 15 years in prison. The man, Luis Armando Pena Soltren, had forced the pilot of the plane, which was flying from New York to Puerto Rico, to land in Cuba instead. He said he had hijacked¹⁶ the plane to be able to see his father, who was ill. Mr Soltren turned himself into the US authorities last year after spending more than four decades in Cuba.

A preliminary hearing to determine whether Michael Jackson's doctor should stand trial for manslaughter has opened in Los Angeles. Dr Conrad Murray has pleaded not guilty but faces up to four years in prison if convicted. Rajesh Mirchandani reports.

Prosecutors¹⁷ are setting out some of their case against Dr Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal physician who's charged with his manslaughter. They say Dr Murray had been treating the singer's insomnia¹⁸ with the powerful anaesthetic propofol nearly every day for roughly two months up to and including the day he died in 2009. They say evidence will show the star died in his bedroom and that Dr Murray waited as long as 21 minutes before calling for help.

It's thought Dr Murray's lawyers may argue that Michael Jackson injected himself with the lethal¹⁹ dose in June 2009.

Ten days after his death in Miami, a dispute over where to bury the former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez has been rekindled²⁰ after some of his relatives denied agreeing to have the body transferred to Caracas. Other members of his family still want him buried there.

Prosecutors in Germany have dropped an investigation²¹ into claims by a Russian dissident couple that they had been poisoned on orders from Moscow. Viktor Kalashnikov and his wife Marina were reported to have 50 times the safe level of mercury in their blood and be losing hair and weight. An investigation was launched last month, but prosecutors say there's no evidence they were deliberately²² poisoned in Germany.

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1 bodyguards   

n.保镖，卫士，警卫员( bodyguard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks came to Jim's office accompanied—like always—by his two bodyguards. 和往常一样，在两名保镖的陪同下，布鲁克斯去吉姆的办公室。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Three of his bodyguards were injured in the attack. 在这次袭击事件中，他有3名保镖受了伤。 来自辞典例句

2 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

3 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。

4 blasphemy   

n.亵渎，渎神

参考例句：

• His writings were branded as obscene and a blasphemy against God.他的著作被定为淫秽作品，是对上帝的亵渎。
• You have just heard his blasphemy!你刚刚听到他那番亵渎上帝的话了！

5 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。

6 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 relinquish   

v.放弃，撤回，让与，放手

参考例句：

• He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
• They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。

8 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。

9 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。

10 cede   

v.割让，放弃

参考例句：

• The debater refused to cede the point to her opponent.辩论者拒绝向她的对手放弃其主张。
• Not because I'm proud.In fact,in front of you I cede all my pride.这不是因为骄傲，事实上我在你面前毫无骄傲可言。

11 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

12 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

13 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

14 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

15 hijacking   

n. 劫持, 抢劫 动词hijack的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• I have been told about the hijacking . 我已听说了那次劫机事件。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语
• They are taking measures to guarantee against the occurrence of hijacking. 他们正采取措施防止劫机事件的发生。

16 hijacked   

劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 )； 绑架； 拦路抢劫； 操纵（会议等，以推销自己的意图）

参考例句：

• The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
• The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。

17 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。

18 insomnia   

n.失眠，失眠症

参考例句：

• Worries and tenseness can lead to insomnia.忧虑和紧张会导致失眠。
• He is suffering from insomnia.他患失眠症。

19 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

20 rekindled   

v.使再燃( rekindle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• As soon as they met again his dormant love for her was rekindled. 他们一见面，他对她的旧情如乾柴烈火般又重新燃起。 来自辞典例句
• Ive found rekindled my interest in re-reading the books. 我发觉这提起了我再次阅读这些书的兴趣。 来自互联网

21 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。

22 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。