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Police are out in force again in London and other cities across England to try to prevent any repeat of the violence and looting of the last four nights. The Prime Minister David Cameron has promised that the police will get all the resources they need, including water cannon¹ if necessary. Rob Watson reports.

Mr Cameron said the government would not allow a culture of fear on Britain's streets and that whatever resources the police needed they would get. He said contingency² plans were in place for the use of water cannon and other measures had not been ruled out. Mr Cameron insisted a fightback was now underway, but that there were parts of British society that were sick and suffered from a complete lack of responsibility.

More than 800 suspects have been arrested in London, and hundreds more elsewhere. People charged with taking part in the disorder³ have begun appearing in court. Some courts sat through the night on Tuesday and are scheduled to do so again on Wednesday. Most of the offences relate to looting. Some of those appearing are as young as 11 years old. The majority of defendants⁴ have been pleading guilty. Many have been committed for sentence to higher courts, which can impose longer jail sentences.

Opposition⁵ activists⁶ in Syria say 18 people have been shot dead by government forces in the city of Homs. There are reports of security forces carrying out a huge operation there. Jim Muir reports from neighbouring Lebanon.

Activists report renewed violence with loud explosions shaking the area of Baba Amr and intensive machine gun fire reported there and in other quarters. Tanks were said to be involved in the bombardments, implying that Syrian army units were involved. But in other areas, the authorities seem to be eager to demonstrate that the military are being stood down. A number of foreign journalists were taken to the city of Hama, further north, where they saw columns of tanks and armoured personnel carriers as well as truckloads of troops being driven out of the area.

Share prices in the United States have fallen sharply. The Dow Jones index in New York ended the day 4% down, wiping out the recovery it made from falls earlier in the week. Here's our business reporter Duncan Bartlett.

Share price values have been swinging violently in recent days, but the primary direction is downward. Traders don't seem convinced that the US government or the central bank have anything left that they can do to turn the economy round. On Tuesday, the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, promised it would keep interest rates at near zero for two years. That led to a rally, but the gains were largely wiped out on Wednesday.

Earlier in Europe, stock markets also fell sharply with bank shares taking the most severe battering⁷. Shares in French banks fell the furthest as rumours⁸ circulated that France could lose its AAA credit rating. This was later contradicted by the French government and major credit rating agencies.

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Twelve allies of the former President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, have been charged with armed insurrection and plotting against the state. They include the head of the former ruling party and the former president's son. They were arrested in April after months of turmoil⁹ following Mr Gbagbo's refusal to accept the outcome of November's elections, which were won by President Alassane Ouattara. Around 3,000 people were killed in the brutal¹⁰ conflict.

A campaign to vaccinate¹¹ refugee children from Somalia against measles¹² is beginning in southeastern Ethiopia, where many have fled to escape drought and conflict. Forty thousand measles vaccinations¹⁴ have been airlifted into the town of Dollo Ado, near the Kobe refugee camp. Here's our world affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge.

Officials of the UN refugee agency say the situation is alarming. The refugee influx¹⁵ into Ethiopia mirrors that into Kenya - many of the children are acutely malnourished and weak. Vaccination¹³ of all children between six months and 15 years in the Kobe camp is due to begin today. Children will also be vaccinated¹⁶ in other camps in the area that are for now seeing fewer cases and in the surrounding communities in the hope of containing the measles threat.

Police in Colombia have arrested a woman they say laundered¹⁷ money for the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico. The woman, Dolly Cifuentes Villa¹⁸, was detained in a wealthy neighbourhood of Medellin. Police say she took over the money laundering¹⁹ business from her late brother Francisco, the personal pilot of the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.

A jury in the United States has recommended the death sentence be imposed on a 51-year-old man found guilty of killing²⁰ 11 women. Anthony Sowell hid their remains²¹ at his home in Cleveland. The judge will have the final say on his sentence. Prosecutors²² accuse Sowell of luring²³ drug-addicted women into his home with alcohol or narcotics²⁴.

1 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

2 contingency   

n.意外事件，可能性

参考例句：

• We should be prepared for any contingency.我们应该对任何应急情况有所准备。
• A fire in our warehouse was a contingency that we had not expected.库房的一场大火是我们始料未及的。

3 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

4 defendants   

被告( defendant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
• As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

5 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。

6 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》

7 battering   

n.用坏，损坏v.连续猛击( batter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。
• He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 rumours   

n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传

参考例句：

• The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。

9 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

10 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

11 vaccinate   

vt.给…接种疫苗；种牛痘

参考例句：

• Local health officials then can plan the best times to vaccinate people.这样，当地的卫生官员就可以安排最佳时间给人们接种疫苗。
• Doctors vaccinate us so that we do not catch smallpox.医生给我们打预防针使我们不会得天花。

12 measles   

n.麻疹，风疹，包虫病，痧子

参考例句：

• The doctor is quite definite about Tom having measles.医生十分肯定汤姆得了麻疹。
• The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles.医生叫她注意麻疹出现的症状。

13 vaccination   

n.接种疫苗，种痘

参考例句：

• Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
• Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。

14 vaccinations   

n.种痘，接种( vaccination的名词复数 )；牛痘疤

参考例句：

• Vaccinations ensure one against diseases. 接种疫苗可以预防疾病。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting my turn at the doctor's. 在医生那儿候诊时，我读了一些关于接种疫苗的宣传。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 influx   

n.流入，注入

参考例句：

• The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
• Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。

16 vaccinated   

[医]已接种的，种痘的，接种过疫菌的

参考例句：

• I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
• Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？

17 laundered   

v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的过去式和过去分词 )；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：

• Send these sheets to be laundered. 把这些床单送去洗熨。 来自辞典例句
• The air seems freshly laundered. Sydney thinks of good drying weather. 空气似乎被清洗过，让悉妮想起晴朗干爽适合晒衣服的好天气。 来自互联网

18 villa   

n.别墅，城郊小屋

参考例句：

• We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。
• We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。

19 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》

20 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。

21 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

22 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。

23 luring   

吸引，引诱（lure的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap. 奶酪是引诱老鼠上钩的极好的东西。
• Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring. 她的教养警告她：有危险，要出错儿，这是微妙、神秘而又诱人的。

24 narcotics   

n.麻醉药( narcotic的名词复数 )；毒品；毒

参考例句：

• The use of narcotics by teenagers is a problem in many countries. 青少年服用麻醉药在许多国家中都是一个问题。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Police shook down the club, looking for narcotics. 警方彻底搜查了这个俱乐部，寻找麻醉品。 来自《简明英汉词典》