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The interim¹ Prime Minister of Ukraine ArseniyYatsenyuk has told the UN security council that hiscountry is the victim of aggression² from Russia.Mr. Yatsenyuk said it was unacceptable in the 21stcentury to resolve any situation with military force. And he urged Russia to pull back itstroops from Crimea and start real negotiations³. Addressing the Russian delegate directly, heasked him to clarify whether or not Moscow wanted war. Vitaly Churkin gave this reply.

“I'm going to respond directly to a direct question to me by Mr. Yatsenyuk. Russia does notwant war and nor do the Russians, and I'm convinced that Ukrainians don't want this either.”

There have been violent clashes between rival groups of protesters in the eastern Ukrainiancity of Donetsk. One person was killed and a number were wounded when hundreds ofdemonstrators chanting pro-Russian slogans are said to have confronted a rival rally by peopleopposed to the Russian military intervention⁴ in Crimea. It’s thought the protesters brokethrough a police cordon⁵. Ukrainian television reported that some people were carrying knivesand metal rods.

The White House says the search for a Malaysian airliner⁶ that disappeared on its way to Beijingon Saturday maybe moving to a new area in the Indian Ocean. The US navy is deploying⁷ adestroyer there in response to new information. Rajini Vaidyanathan reports.

“As a mystery around the disappearance⁸ of Flight 370 continues, the search for the aircrafthas been expanded. The US naval⁹ ship, the USS Kidd, has been moved from its search positionon the Gulf¹⁰ of Thailand to the west coast of Malaysia. And the Indian navy, air force and coastguard say they've been asked to assist. Officials say they received the request for help fromthe Malaysian government and that the focus of the search has now moved to west towardsthe Andaman Sea.”

At least 69 people have been killed in an attack in northwestern Nigeria. Witnesses said theattackers went into villages and started killing¹¹ people indiscriminately. Will Ross reports.

“According to witnesses, the men targeted several villages in the Faskari area of Katsina state.They rode in on motorbikes and started shooting sporadically¹². They didn't go into people'shomes, but anyone they came across was killed. The attackers are believed to be from theFulani cattle herding¹³ community and they've been in dispute with farmers in the area overgrazing rights. Security forces were not there to protect the civilians¹⁴ and appeared unable tostop the violence whenever it flares¹⁵ up.”

The American Secretary of State John Kerry has said the government of Venezuela must end,what he called, its terror campaign against its own citizens. Addressing the US Congress, Mr.Kerry said it was time the organization of American States, allies and neighbours of Venezuelademanded proper accountability over its response to opposition¹⁶ protests. Twenty-eightpeople have died since the unrest began a month ago.

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The founder¹⁷ of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has accused the United States government ofdamaging the future of the internet. Mr. Zuckerberg said the government should be achampion of the internet, not a threat. He said he had called President Obama to express hisfrustration and appeal for more transparency. Mr. Zuckerberg's remarks follow revelations ofmass surveillance by the US National Security Agency. He said Facebook engineers working toimprove security, imagine they were protecting people from criminals, not from their owngovernment.

The human rights groups have welcomed the decision by the judicial¹⁸ authorities in Egypt to puta doctor on trial for allegedly performing a circumcision on a 13-year-old girl, she subsequentlydied. Sebastian Usher¹⁹ reports.

“There are differing accounts of how Suhair al Bata'a died. A forensic²⁰ report blamed an allergyreaction to penicillin²¹. The doctor who performed the operation said she was being treated forgenital warts²², but the activist²³ group Equality Now believes the official version may have beenhiding the fact which she was actually being circumcised. They launched a campaign for thecase to be fully²⁴ investigated which has now led the charges against the doctor and her father.Equality Now says that even though female genital mutilations has been a crime in Egypt forseveral years, it’s still prevalent and increasingly carried out at private clinics.”

One of the most powerful figures in football, the Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness, has beensentenced to 3.5 years in prison in Germany for tax evasion²⁵. Mr Hoeness was a World Cup-winning player in his youth and turned Bayern Munich into European Football champions.

The former President of Sierra Leone Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has died at the age of 82. Mr.Kabbah was widely regarded as the man who led the nation to peace after a brutal²⁶ civil war, inwhich thousands of people had their limbs hacked²⁷ off and 120,000 died. The conflicts officiallyended in 2002.

1 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。

2 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

3 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

4 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

5 cordon   

n.警戒线，哨兵线

参考例句：

• Police officers threw a cordon around his car to protect him.警察在他汽车周围设置了防卫圈以保护他。
• There is a tight security cordon around the area.这一地区周围设有严密的安全警戒圈。

6 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。

7 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

8 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。

9 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

10 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

11 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。

12 sporadically   

adv.偶发地，零星地

参考例句：

• There are some trees sporadically around his house. 他的房子周围零星地有点树木。 来自辞典例句
• As for other aspects, we will sporadically hand out questionnaires. 在其他方面，我们会偶尔发送调查问卷。 来自互联网

13 herding   

中畜群

参考例句：

• The little boy is herding the cattle. 这个小男孩在放牛。
• They have been herding cattle on the tableland for generations. 他们世世代代在这高原上放牧。

14 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

15 flares   

n.喇叭裤v.（使）闪耀( flare的第三人称单数 )；（使）（船舷）外倾；（使）鼻孔张大；（使）（衣裙、酒杯等）呈喇叭形展开

参考例句：

• The side of a ship flares from the keel to the deck. 船舷从龙骨向甲板外倾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation. 他是火爆性子，一点就着。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16 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。

17 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

18 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

19 usher   

n.带位员，招待员；vt.引导，护送；vi.做招待，担任引座员

参考例句：

• The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
• They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。

20 forensic   

adj.法庭的，雄辩的

参考例句：

• The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
• The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。

21 penicillin   

n.青霉素，盘尼西林

参考例句：

• I should have asked him for a shot of penicillin.我应当让他给我打一针青霉素的。
• Penicillin was an extremely significant medical discovery.青霉素是极其重要的医学发现。

22 warts   

n.疣( wart的名词复数 )；肉赘；树瘤；缺点

参考例句：

• You agreed to marry me, warts and all! 是你同意和我结婚的，我又没掩饰缺陷。 来自辞典例句
• Talk about trying to cure warts with spunk-water such a blame fool way as that! 用那样糊涂蛋的方法还谈什么仙水治疣子！ 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

23 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

24 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

25 evasion   

n.逃避，偷漏(税)

参考例句：

• The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
• The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。

26 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。

27 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。