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Western leaders have stepped up pressure on Russia to abandon efforts to annex¹ Ukraine'sCrimea region or face sanctions. President Obama spoke² at the White House after talks withthe interim³ Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

“We will continue to say to the Russian government that if it continues on the path that it is on,then not only us, but the international community, the European Union and others will beforced to apply a cost to Russia's violations⁴ of international law.”

Earlier, the European Union and the G7 Group of industrialized nations spoke that they wouldtake action against Russia if the referendum went ahead. The American Secretary of State JohnKerry will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in London on Friday to present a seriesof options for resolving the crisis.

Palestinian militants⁶ in the Gaza Strip have fired rockets into southern Israel, the heaviestbarrage since 2012. The Israeli military responded with artillery⁷ fire into the north and south ofGaza. Quentin Sommerville reports from Jerusalem.

Dozens of rockets could be seen being fired from the southern outskirts⁸ of Gaza city accordingto an eyewitness⁹. In southern Israel, siren sounded and those in range were told to takeshelter. One rocket landed near a library, another beside a petrol station. The militant⁵ groupIslamic Jihad said it carried out the attack in response to an Israeli raid on Tuesday which killedthree of its fighters.

The militant group Islamic Jihad said it fired the rockets to avenge¹⁰ the deaths of three of itsmembers killed in an Israeli air strike.

Riot police in Turkey have fired water cannon¹¹ and teargas at thousands of demonstrators inIstanbul. Mass protests broke out after the funeral of a teenage boy Berkin Elvan who died onTuesday from injuries caused by a teargas canister during unrest last year. The boy's fatherSemi told the BBC he wanted his son to be remembered as a child who was killed by the state.But he said he shouldn't be seen as a political symbol, because he wasn't part of any protest,he'd only gone out buy bread. One of the protesters A explained why he was taking part.

“Today we are here to protest the government's, their fascist¹² behavior, actually to mourn thedeath of a young boy, a younger adult, all his guilt¹³ was to buy a lot of bread, and we are hereso this doesn't repeat.”

The Chinese authorities have published images of what they suggest maybe three pieces ofwreckage from a Malaysian airliner¹⁴ that vanished on Saturday on its way to Beijing. The websiteof China's State Administration of Science carries three satellite images taken a day after theplane went missing. Coordinates¹⁵ alongside them will place the objects in the South China Sea.

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Supporters and opponents of the Venezuelan government have filled the streets of Caracas inrival marches, marking one month since the current protests movement began. At least 22people from both sides of the political divide have been killed in the unrest. One oppositionleader Maria Corina Machado told the BBC that most Venezuelans wanted an immediate¹⁶ changeof leadership albeit¹⁷ through peaceful means. But a government minister..criticized theopposition's tactics.

“We're seeing a scheme, that we've in the past, it's the effort to destabilize our country, thisis a democratic country, we just came out of an election this last December which we wonmay over 10%, we had four elections in the last two years before that we had presidentialelections in April， before that we have Chavez we elected in October. So we've won by animportant majority for the last four elections. ”

The mayor of New York Bill de Blasio says an explosion that destroyed two five-storeybuildings in the city was caused by a gas leak. Two women died, and a number of people areunaccounted for following the blast.

And the Italian parliament has backed plans by the new Prime Minister Metteo Renzi for electoralreforms designed to ensure a more stable and long-lasting government. After securing acomfortable victory in the lower house of parliament, he twittered the message politics one,defeatism? Nill. As Alan Johnston reports from Rome. Mr. Renzi has also announced hiseconomic plans.

He's ordered a tax cut for the poorest Italians. The tax burden will also be eased onbusinesses. They'll pay less for their electricity and huge debts owed to private companies bygovernment agencies will be settled. So how will all these be funded? Well, Mr. Renzi insistedthat much of it can be covered by spending cuts. There will also be a rise in capital gains tax.

1 annex   

vt.兼并，吞并；n.附属建筑物

参考例句：

• It plans to annex an England company in order to enlarge the market.它计划兼并一家英国公司以扩大市场。
• The annex has been built on to the main building.主楼配建有附属的建筑物。

2 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。

3 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

4 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

5 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

6 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

7 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

8 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

9 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。

10 avenge   

v.为...复仇，为...报仇

参考例句：

• He swore to avenge himself on the mafia.他发誓说要向黑手党报仇。
• He will avenge the people on their oppressor.他将为人民向压迫者报仇。

11 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。

12 fascist   

adj.法西斯主义的；法西斯党的；n.法西斯主义者，法西斯分子

参考例句：

• The strikers were roughed up by the fascist cops.罢工工人遭到法西斯警察的殴打。
• They succeeded in overthrowing the fascist dictatorship.他们成功推翻了法西斯独裁统治。

13 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

14 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。

15 coordinates   

n.相配之衣物；坐标( coordinate的名词复数 )；（颜色协调的）配套服装；[复数]女套服；同等重要的人（或物）v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的第三人称单数 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• The town coordinates on this map are 695037. 该镇在这幅地图上的坐标是695037。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

17 albeit   

conj.即使；纵使；虽然

参考例句：

• Albeit fictional,she seemed to have resolved the problem.虽然是虚构的，但是在她看来好象是解决了问题。
• Albeit he has failed twice,he is not discouraged.虽然失败了两次，但他并没有气馁。