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An international effort is continuing throughout the night to try to locate an airliner¹ thatdisappeared on a flight from Malaysia to China. A Vietnamese plane has reportedly seen atleast one object in the South China Sea off the country's coastline. But there is noconfirmation that it is wreckage² from the missing flight. Johnathan head reports from KualaLumpur.

Two days after flight MH370 vanished from radar³ screens, the Malaysian authorities still havevery little information about its fate. The Boeing 777 was flying at cruising altitude in goodweather, and was no radio communication from the pilot to suggest anything had gonewrong. The possibility that the plane may have turned back before it disappeared hasprompted them to extend the search area. But no wreckage has yet been found. The focus ofthe investigation⁴ has turned instead to the discovery that two of the passengers were travellingon stolen passports, according to Malaysia's transport minister Hishamudin Hussein.

The International Police Organization Interpol said it was too early to speculate about apossible link between the stolen passports and the plane's disappearance⁵.

The German Chancellor⁶ Angela Merkel has told the Russian President Vladimir Putin that sheconsiders the forthcoming referendum in Crimea illegal. The vote scheduled for the 16th ofMarch will be on whether Crimea should join Russia. She made the comments to Mr.Putin in atelephone conversation involving the two leaders and the British Prime Minister DavidCameron.

The former jailed Russian oil tycoon⁷ in critic of President Putin Mikhail Khodorkovsky hasaddressed a rally in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. He told the tens of thousands of people gatheredin Independence Square that the Kremlin was lying to its own people by portraying⁸ theprotesters in Kiev as near fascists⁹. There were rallies in several cities across Ukraine throughoutthe day, most parts are peacefully. But in Sevastopol in Crimea, ethnic¹⁰ Russians beat up somepro-Ukrainian demonstrators. Ben Brown was there.

First, they attacked the driver of a white van, smashing his windscreen. He tried to drivethrough the mob to get away but crashed and was attacked again. Another Ukrainian wasdragged into some bushes, kicked, beaten and lashed¹¹ with a Cossack's whip, we werethreatened too by the Russians but managed to run away before they attacked us as well. Itwas a terrifying moment, and a glimpse of the abyss that Crimea now teeters over.

The Pakistani army has set an urgent relief team to the drought-stricken dessert region ofThar in the country's southern province of Sindh. Doctors of the district's main hospital sayalmost 30 children have did from malnutrition¹² just this month. Thousands of families have leftthe area in search for food and water. The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has assuredthe provincial¹³ authorities the Federal Government's full support.

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The Maldives Supreme¹⁴ Court has sentenced all the members of the country's electioncommission to six months in prison for disobeying orders. The sentences come at a time whenthe commission is supported to be organizing parliamentary elections. From Colombo here'sCharles Haviland.

The four members of the Maldives elections commission were given six months' jail sentencessuspended for three years for disobeying orders. The commission's president Fuwad Thowfeekand his deputy have been stripped of their membership of the body. Mr. Thowfeek hadcriticized the supreme court last October after it annulled¹⁵ a presidential election deemed freeand fair by hundreds of observers. The commissioners¹⁶ were brought to trial a few days agounder new rules that allow the supreme court to initiate¹⁷ proceedings¹⁸, prosecute¹⁹ and passjudgement.

Pope Francis has taken more than 18 members of the Vatican's bureaucracy to a modestcountryside retreat for a week of pray for Lent. Before setting off, the Pope said Lent was atime to resist worldly temptations like economic comfort and concentrate on life essentials.From Rome here's David Willey.

It's Lent, a time of prayer and fast in preparation for Easter. And each year, the Pope and histop advisers²⁰ normally cancelled all their public engagements and spent a week in.. inside theVatican. But this year, Pope Francis decided²¹ to move the whole Roman leadership of the CatholicChurch out of the open hills near Rome for their week of what they called spiritual exercises.They traveled on an ordinary pilgrim coach and another mini bus.

There are reports that a group of Syrian nuns²² kidnapped last year have been released. Thenuns were taken by unidentified gunmen from their convent in an ancient town of Maaloula lastDecember after it was taken over by Islamist rebels. It's not clear where the nuns are at themoment, but it's reported that a convoy²³ is taking them to Damascus.

1 airliner   

n.客机，班机

参考例句：

• The pilot landed the airliner safely.驾驶员使客机安全着陆。
• The passengers were shepherded across the tarmac to the airliner.旅客们被引导走过跑道去上飞机。

2 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

3 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

4 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。

5 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

6 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

7 tycoon   

n.有钱有势的企业家，大亨

参考例句：

• The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.那名大亨濒临破产的边缘。
• The tycoon has many servants to minister to his needs.那位大亨有很多人服侍他。

8 portraying   

v.画像( portray的现在分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• The artist has succeeded in portraying my father to the life. 那位画家把我的父亲画得惟妙惟肖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ding Ling was good at portraying figures through careful and refined description of human psychology. 《莎菲女士的日记》是丁玲的成名作，曾引起强烈的社会反响。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

9 fascists   

n.法西斯主义的支持者( fascist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 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。

11 lashed   

adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
• The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 malnutrition   

n.营养不良

参考例句：

• In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
• It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。

13 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

14 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

15 annulled   

v.宣告无效( annul的过去式和过去分词 )；取消；使消失；抹去

参考例句：

• Their marriage was annulled after just six months. 他们的婚姻仅过半年就宣告取消。
• Many laws made by the former regime have been annulled. 前政权制定的许多法律被宣布无效。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 commissioners   

n.专员( commissioner的名词复数 )；长官；委员；政府部门的长官

参考例句：

• The Commissioners of Inland Revenue control British national taxes. 国家税收委员管理英国全国的税收。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The SEC has five commissioners who are appointed by the president. 证券交易委员会有５名委员，是由总统任命的。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

17 initiate   

vt.开始，创始，发动；启蒙，使入门；引入

参考例句：

• A language teacher should initiate pupils into the elements of grammar.语言老师应该把基本语法教给学生。
• They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics.他们想启动一次经济学讨论。

18 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

19 prosecute   

vt.告发；进行；vi.告发，起诉，作检察官

参考例句：

• I am trying my best to prosecute my duties.我正在尽力履行我的职责。
• Is there enough evidence to prosecute?有没有起诉的足够证据？

20 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

21 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

22 nuns   

n.（通常指基督教的）修女， （佛教的）尼姑( nun的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Ah Q had always had the greatest contempt for such people as little nuns. 小尼姑之流是阿Q本来视如草芥的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Nuns are under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. 修女须立誓保持清贫、贞洁、顺从。 来自辞典例句

23 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。