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The Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has announced the creation of an independent commission to look into the events surrounding Friday's bomb attack and mass shooting. The panel will examine the killing¹ of more than 70 people and the role of the police, who've been accused of responding too slowly. Jon Brain reports.

Although the officers who were on the island have been praised for the way they came to the aid of survivors², the overall police operation has been criticised. Questions are being asked as to why it took officers so long to reach the island and why the police's only helicopter wasn't available. This afternoon the Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said a commission would be established to investigate both the killings³ and the police response. However, it appears the government won't be waiting for the commission's report before taking action. It's announced 100 new police jobs are to be created in the two areas targeted in the attacks.

The United Nations World Food Programme has begun airlifting food into the Somali capital Mogadishu. It flew 10 tonnes of nutritional⁴ supplements from Kenya. Our East Africa correspondent Will Ross reports.

The cargo⁵ is 10 tonnes of a peanut-based therapeutic⁶ paste, a lifeline for severely⁷ malnourished children. The UN's World Food Programme says this will feed 3,500 children for a month and is the first of 10 similar airlifts. The Somali prime minister has complained that the UN is being too slow with the delivery of food. The challenge facing all aid agencies is immense, but some analysts⁸ are questioning why this emergency was not prevented.

Libya has condemned⁹ Britain's decision to recognise the rebels as the sole legitimate¹⁰ governing authority. The Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim described the decision along with the expulsion from Britain of all remaining diplomats¹¹ appointed by Colonel Gaddafi as irresponsible and illegal. Britain's recognition of the rebel Transitional National Council follows similar moves by the US and France. James Reynolds was at the news conference.

Eight Libyan diplomats now have a one-way ticket back here to Tripoli. Libya's deputy foreign minister made it clear how unhappy this makes Colonel Gaddafi's government. Khaled Kaim told a news conference that his government considers Britain's move unprecedented¹², irresponsible and illegal. "I personally consider it a stain on the forehead of Britain," he said. Mr Kaim added that Libya would try to reverse the decision by taking legal action in both British courts and also the International Court of Justice. And he condemned Britain and France for supporting the rebels in eastern Libya.

Russia has criticised the United States for imposing¹³ a travel ban on 60 officials linked to the death in prison of a young Russian lawyer working for a US company. A Russian foreign ministry¹⁴ statement said that Moscow was already investigating the death of the lawyer and any attempt to interfere¹⁵ was unacceptable and risked damaging relations.

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Ethnic¹⁶ Serbs in Kosovo have attacked and set ablaze¹⁷ a border post with Serbia hours after a dispute with the Kosovo police appeared to have been resolved. Earlier in the week, Kosovo police had attempted to take control of two crossings from a European Union mission, but eventually agreed to hand them back after skirmishes with ethnic Serbs. The Kosovo government had wanted to enforce a ban on imports from Serbia.

Police in Britain have arrested an 18-year-old man as part of an international investigation¹⁸ into two groups which have allegedly carried out cyber attacks on businesses and intelligence agencies. The man was arrested in the far north of the country and taken to London for questioning. The arrest comes during a crackdown on the so-called hacktivist groups Anonymous¹⁹ and LulzSec.

Aids activists²⁰ in Swaziland say HIV patients are so poor they are resorting to eating cow dung to fill their stomachs before taking antiretroviral drugs. Doctors say the drugs do not work on an empty stomach. Richard Hamilton reports.

Aids campaigners have cited the incidents of Swazis having to eat cow dung as an example of just how desperate they'd become. Swaziland has one of the world's highest rates of HIV and Aids infection, and its healthcare system is reported to be in ruins. Protests were held in the Swazi capital calling on King Mswati's government to spend more on combating the pandemic.

Sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch²¹ has been criticised for his lavish²² lifestyle while much of the population lives in abject²³ poverty. He has an estimated personal wealth of $200m, and each of his 13 wives has a palace paid for by the state.

The head of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, has officially invited athletes from around the world to the 2012 Olympics in London. At a ceremony marking exactly one year until the start of the games, he hailed Britain as the country which had invented modern sport.

1 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。

2 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

3 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

4 nutritional   

adj.营养的，滋养的

参考例句：

• A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
• The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。

5 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

6 therapeutic   

adj.治疗的，起治疗作用的；对身心健康有益的

参考例句：

• Therapeutic measures were selected to fit the patient.选择治疗措施以适应病人的需要。
• When I was sad,music had a therapeutic effect.我悲伤的时候，音乐有治疗效力。

7 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。

8 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

9 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

10 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

11 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》

12 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

13 imposing   

adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的

参考例句：

• The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
• He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。

14 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

15 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

16 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

17 ablaze   

adj.着火的，燃烧的；闪耀的，灯火辉煌的

参考例句：

• The main street was ablaze with lights in the evening.晚上，那条主要街道灯火辉煌。
• Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.森林有时因雷击而起火。

18 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。

19 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

20 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》

21 monarch   

n.帝王，君主，最高统治者

参考例句：

• The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
• I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。

22 lavish   

adj.无节制的；浪费的；vt.慷慨地给予，挥霍

参考例句：

• He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
• The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。

23 abject   

adj.极可怜的，卑屈的

参考例句：

• This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.这一政策最后以惨败而告终。
• He had been obliged to offer an abject apology to Mr.Alleyne for his impertinence.他不得不低声下气，为他的无礼举动向艾莱恩先生请罪。