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The Chinese government has demanded to see the satellite data that led Malaysia to concludethat the missing Malaysia Airlines' flight had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean. Chinesedeputy foreign minister asked Malaysia's ambassador to China to provide detailed¹ evidence.Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said earlier on Monday that satellite data showed theaircraft had ended its journey in the remote seas west of Australia.

This is a remote location, far from any possible landing site. It is therefore with deep sadnessand regret that I must inform you that according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in thesouthern Indian Ocean.

But some relatives of the Chinese passengers said they were sceptical of Malaysia's conclusionsas the plane had not been found yet. Most of the people onboard were Chinese. Wan² Yonglei'sparents were aboard the plane when it vanished from radar³ screens more than 2 weeks ago.

For me now, it's disaster until now. All the information, they just confused all the family.Surely we already don't trust the Malaysia.

The German Chancellor⁴ Angela Merkel has said the G8 summit in Russia in June has beencanceled following its annexation⁵ of Crimea. Speaking at a G7 meeting in the Hague, she saidthat while the political environment was lacking, the G8 did not exist either. The Prime MinisterDavid Cameron had a similar view.

We should be clear there is not gonna be a G8 summit this year in Russia. That's absolutelyclear. We'll be meeting tonight, the 7 other countries of the G8 to determine the way forward,but frankly⁶, it is Russia that needs to change course.

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said it would be no great tragedy if Russia was expelledfrom the G8. Mr. Lavrov who is in the Hague for a nuclear security summit has met hisUkrainian counterpart Andriy Deshchytsia on the sidelines.

The Muslim Brotherhood⁷ in Egypt has denounced death sentences given to more than 500 ofits supporters as politically motivated. A Brotherhood spokesman told the BBC that the armychief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has used the judiciary as a tool against the banned organization.There has been widespread condemnation⁸ of the sentences which were delivered during onlythe second session of the trial of Brotherhood supporters charged with killing⁹ a policeman anddestroying property last year. The US has expressed its deep concern.

World News from the BBC.

A jury in New York has convicted 5 former employees of the disgraced financier Bernard Madofffor conspiracy¹⁰ to defraud¹¹. They were found guilty of defrauding¹² clients, securities fraud andfalsification of books and records. The 5 helped Madoff cover up the true nature of what'sthought to be the biggest financial fraud in US history which lost investors¹³ more than 17 billiondollars. It's the first related case to reach trial since Madoff was jailed back in 2009.

There are fears that an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus may have spread into Liberia fromneighboring Guinea after 5 patients died in Monrovia. The Liberian health minister said they wereinvestigating the exact cause of the deaths. The BBC's global health correspondent TulipMazumdar reports.

An emergency response is underway by the country's ministry¹⁴ of health to control theoutbreak. Since the end of January, the virus has killed around 60% of people infected. There isno known cure or vaccine¹⁵ for the virus, so the focus is on stopping more people catching¹⁶ it.It's highly contagious¹⁷ and spreads through close contact with infected people and animals.Symptoms include fever, vomiting¹⁸, diarrhea and internal and external bleeding. Emergencyisolation units have been set up in the affected¹⁹ areas.

Officials in the United States are continuing their search for victims of the massive landslidethat hit a small village in Washington state on Saturday. They say there are 108 reports ofpeople missing or unaccounted for. Officials said many of the reports could refer to the samepeople. So far, 8 bodies have been recovered. Heather Graf is a reporter for King 5 News, alocal TV station. She says the situation is incredibly difficult for the rescue crew.

They have been out there all night. They have been on there much of this morning, and in thelast half hour, they have been pulled from the scene temporarily because they were worriedthat the ground is going to start moving again.

1 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

2 wan   

(wide area network)广域网

参考例句：

• The shared connection can be an Ethernet,wireless LAN,or wireless WAN connection.提供共享的网络连接可以是以太网、无线局域网或无线广域网。

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 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。

5 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。

6 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

7 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

8 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

9 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。

10 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

11 defraud   

vt.欺骗，欺诈

参考例句：

• He passed himself off as the managing director to defraud the bank.他假冒总经理的名义诈骗银行。
• He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government.他卷入了这起欺骗政府的阴谋。

12 defrauding   

v.诈取，骗取( defraud的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Second is the actor regards defrauding of the wealth as object. 第二，行为人以骗取钱财为目的。 来自互联网
• Therefore, DELL has the motive and economic purpose of intentionally defrauding the Chinese consumers. 因此，戴尔公司存在故意欺诈中国消费者的动机和经济目的。 来自互联网

13 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

14 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

15 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

16 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

17 contagious   

adj.传染性的，有感染力的

参考例句：

• It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
• He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。

18 vomiting   

吐

参考例句：

• Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
• Especially when I feel seasick, I can't stand watching someone else vomiting." 尤其晕船的时候，看不得人家呕。”

19 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。