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The head of United Nations panel has said the crimes against humanity as it is uncovered inNorth Korea are strikingly similar to the atrocities¹ committed by the Nazis² during the SecondWorld War. The Commission of Inquiry³ said it'd heard evidence of murder, torture, starvationand enslavement on the scale unparalleled in the contemporary world. Its chairman, MichaelKirby, said they had identified hundreds of North Korean officials, including the supremeleader Kim Jong Un who should face international justice.

“I hope that the international community will be moved by the detail, the amount, the longduration, the great suffering that have existed in North Korea to act on the crimes againsthumanity which the Commission of Inquiry has found. And action will be taken too many timesin this building. There are reports and no action. Well, this is a time for action. ”

African peacekeepers have managed to evacuate⁴ up to 2,000 Muslims fleeing the Central AfricaRepublic to Cameroon, fighting off attacks by Christian⁵ militia⁶. Kassim Kayira was travelling withthe Rwandan troops escorting the refugees.

It was just after dark when a convoy⁷ of more than 100 trucks, cars and motorcycles made itsway into the border town of Garoua-Boulai. Anti-Balaka militia using guns, bows and arrows,swords, stones and machetes battled Rwandan peacekeepers as they tried to kill any fleeingrefugee they caught. Within an hour, it was all over. Seven anti-Balaka died and two fleeingMuslims and a truck driver were also killed. The injured have been taken to a hospital across theborder. Thousands of Muslims are still stuck across the country, many under a threat of animminent attack by milita.

The man nominated to be Italy's youngest ever prime minister has said he needs a few days toput together a viable⁸ government. Matteo Renzi has promised radical⁹ reforms to revive Italy'sfortunes. Here's our Europe editor, Gavin Hewitt.

In the view of many, Italy is embarking¹⁰ on a gamble. In amidst through economic crisis, acountry is turning to a young, untried, untested politician. Matteo Renzi drove himself to theQuirinale, the presidential palace today and was asked with forming a new government. He is 39years old. He is not even an MP and has no experience in national government. He is the mayorof Florence. Some are calling him Italy's Tony Blair, a center-left politician with little time forideology.

The United States has rejected accusations¹¹ by Venezuela that it's been helping¹² to organizeanti-government protests. On Sunday, Venezuela said it was expelling three United Statesdiplomats for meeting students who have been leading the demonstrations¹³. But the US said theallegation it was behind the unrest was baseless and false.

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At least 8 South Korean college students are reported to have been killed and others missingafter a roof collapsed¹⁴ at a resort building in the southern city of Gyeongju. Rescue workers arecontinuing to search for survivors¹⁵ and they fear the number of casualties could rise. CharlesScanlon reports.

About 500 newly enrolled¹⁶ students were attending a welcome event at a resort complex whenthe roof collapsed. The mountain at this area has received exceptionally heavy snowfall inrecent days. And the authorities suspected it was the weight of the snow that caused thebuilding to buckle¹⁷. Survivors spoke¹⁸ of chaos¹⁹ and panic as students rushed for the exits.Rescue teams were hampered²⁰ by ice-covered mountain roads. But heavy equiment was laterbrought to the scene to help lift the twisted metal from the roof that has crashed to the floor.

Russia says that it will release another portion of an aid package it'd promised to Ukraine butwhich it froze when anti-government protests escalated²¹ in Kiev last month. The Russian financeminister said $2bn of the $15bn in loans will be issued this week. Ukraine is the centre of acompetition between Russia and the European Union over which will have more influence.Protests began in November.

The first woman to become the editor of a daily newspaper in Soudi Arabia has told the BBC ofher surprise at getting the job that she didn't think for deeply conservative kingdom was yetready. Somayya Jabarti said she believed her appointment had broken very important ground.

“I honestly didn't see it coming. I know things have been forward in kingdom and things areopening up for Saudi women in general. But, I really thought there was a lot yet to go untilwoman are treated the very much now dominated. That's anybody dream sheerest.”

She said that she wanted her newspaper, the English-language Saudi Gazette to reflect theviews on the aspirations²² of the young who are the majority in the country and to draw on theirenthusiastic use of social networks like Twitter.

1 atrocities   

n.邪恶，暴行( atrocity的名词复数 )；滔天大罪

参考例句：

• They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

4 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

5 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

6 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

7 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

8 viable   

adj.可行的，切实可行的，能活下去的

参考例句：

• The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
• The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。

9 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

10 embarking   

乘船( embark的现在分词 )； 装载； 从事

参考例句：

• He's embarking on a new career as a writer. 他即将开始新的职业生涯——当一名作家。
• The campaign on which were embarking was backed up by such intricate and detailed maintenance arrangemets. 我们实施的战争，须要如此复杂及详细的维护准备。

11 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。

12 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

13 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

14 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。

15 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

16 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 buckle   

n.扣子，带扣；v.把...扣住，由于压力而弯曲

参考例句：

• The two ends buckle at the back.带子两端在背后扣起来。
• She found it hard to buckle down.她很难专心做一件事情。

18 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。

19 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

20 hampered   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

21 escalated   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
• The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。

22 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。