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The European Union has named 12 Russians who willbe targeted by new sanctions aimed at PresidentPutin's inner circle following the crisis in Ukraine. Themove comes on the day President Putin signed a lawformalizing Russia's annexation¹ of Crimea from Ukraine. EU ministers meeting in Brusselssigned an agreement on closer political cooperation with Kiev. Gavin Hewitt reports fromBrussels.

Twelve new names were added to the list of those facing travel restrictions² and an assetfreeze. Among the names is the Russian deputy prime minister, 2 presidential advisers³ andspeakers of both houses of parliament. At a summit in Brussels,the leaders also agreed thatthey would progress to economic sanctions if the crisis escalated⁴ although divisions remain.

Some countries like the Baltic states and Poland wanted a much firmer response to Russia.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe which includes both Russia and the EUhas agreed to send an international monitoring mission to Ukraine. To start with, 100 hundredmonitors will be deployed⁵ around the country. The mission could be expanded by an additional400 monitors. Bethany Bell reports from Vienna.

The international monitors will be deployed in 9 regions of Ukraine, including areas in the eastwhere there has been violence between pro-Ukraine and pro-Russian activists⁶. They will beworking to reduce tensions on the ground. However, the OSCE mandate⁷ doesn't mentionCrimea. Russia's ambassador to the OSCE says the observers won't be going there becauseCrimea is no longer part of Ukraine. But the US ambassador says Crimea is Ukraine and themonitors have a mandate to go there.

Rebel fighters in Syria are trying to win control of a border-crossing from Turkey that leadsinto Latakia province, one of President Bashar al-Assad's key strongholds. There are conflictingreports over the clashes with rebels claiming they've taken the crossing while governmentforces say they have been repulsed⁸. Our Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher⁹ reports.

Three radical¹⁰ Islamist groups including the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra-Front have announced anew campaign against President Assad's Alawite heartland. The province of Latakia on Syria'scoast has long been seen as the last bastion the president and his inner circle would retreat toif necessary. It's been left relatively¹¹ unscarred by the conflict so far, but latest,fighting isfocused on the Kasab border-crossing with Turkey. Rebel fighters have taken up positionsaround it but do not yet appear to have taken it.

The government of Brazil says it will send troops to Rio de Janeiro.

1 annexation   

n.吞并，合并

参考例句：

• He mentioned the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 .他提及1910年日本对朝鲜的吞并。
• I regard the question of annexation as belonging exclusively to the United States and Texas.我认为合并的问题，完全属于德克萨斯和美国之间的事。

2 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

3 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。

4 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。

5 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

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 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

8 repulsed   

v.击退( repulse的过去式和过去分词 )；驳斥；拒绝

参考例句：

• I was repulsed by the horrible smell. 这种可怕的气味让我恶心。
• At the first brush,the enemy was repulsed. 敌人在第一次交火时就被击退了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 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。

10 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。

11 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。