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The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution, declaring that theRussian-backed referendum in Crimea was illegal, and supporting Ukraine's territorial¹ integrity.One hundred nations in the UN chamber² approved the revolution with 11 against and 58abstentions. The BBC correspondent at the UN Nick Bryant says the resolution will have littlepractical effect.

It's a non-binding resolution, so really is a symbolic³ value more than anything meaningful.There is nothing in it that can be enforced to legally, that it is really a key decision-makingbody, the United Nations Security Council. And Russia always uses its veto to protect itself andsome of its allies from punitive⁴ measures from UN and it's done that already in an insistence⁵ toserve Ukraine.

An angry crowd of about 2,000 far-right protesters have marched on the Ukrainian parliament,demanding the resignation of the Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. The protesters from thenationalist group Right Sector⁶ blamed Mr. Avakov for the death of one of their senior membersearlier this week. A BBC correspondent at the scenes says the crowd's mood as aggressivewith shouts of “shame! shame! ”

Turkey has blocked access to the video-sharing website Youtube after the posting of an allegedaudio recording⁸ of senior ministers discussing a possible military operation in Syria. TheTurkish foreign ministry⁹ described the video as an attack on national security, and said somesections of it had been manipulated. James Reynolds reports from Istanbul.

In recent months in Turkey, an anonymous¹⁰ internet user with apparent high-level access hasposted online a series of wiretap recordings¹¹. The recordings include private phone calls made bythis country's most senior officials. This afternoon, the user posted on Youtube a recordingwhich appeared to show National Security officials recently discussing their options inneighbouring Syria. Almost as soon as the recording was posted, the Turkish government wona court order to block Youbute.

And purports¹² are coming in that the ban on Youtube has just been removed.

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva has voted in favor of a resolution tolaunch an international inquiry¹³ into alleged⁷ war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan CivilWar. The Sri Lankan president rejected the resolution , saying it would hurt the government'sown reconciliation¹⁴ efforts. Charles Haviland reports.

The document expresses serious concern as things alleged to be still going on in Sri Lanka,including the intimidation¹⁵ of the civil society, disappearances¹⁶ and torture. But the call forconcrete action comes in a request to the office of Navi Pillay, the UN's Human Rights chief.The resolution asks it to conduct an investigation¹⁷ into what it calls alleged serious violationsand abuses of human rights by both the government and the Tamil Tigers in the seven yearsthat led up to the end of the war. It also refers to related crimes, an apparent reference toalleged war crimes. The Sri Lankan representative called the resolution biased¹⁸.

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A British court has recorded an open verdict to the inquest into the death of the formerRussian oligarch Boris Berezovsky. The coroner said that contradictory¹⁹ evidence meant hewas unable to conclude whether the businessman took his own life or was killed. Mr.Berezovsky was found dead near London a year ago. A friend expert hired by Mr. Berezovsky'sfamily said marks on his neck and face suggested he was murdered.

The main opposition²⁰ party in EI Salvador has said it accepts defeat in a tightly-foughtpresidential election held earlier this month after losing several appeals to get a vote recount.The opposition candidate Norman Quijano narrowly lost the vote by less than one percentagepoint. He alleged that the votes to his rival, the former Mexist rebel Salvador Sanchez Cerenhad been counted twice.

The health authorities in Guinea have for the first time confirmed four cases of the deadlyEbola virus in the capital Conakry. Until now, the 62 confirmed deaths from Ebola have onlybeen in rural areas. There have also been suspected cases in neighbouring Liberia and SierraLeone. Thomas Fessy reports from the region.

These latest cases mean the deadly virus has reached Conakry for the first time. The newscomes a day after health authorities in Guinea suggested that the deadly fever had beenconfirmed to a southern region. But the spread to Conakry highlights how difficult it can be tofind such a virus when there is so much human movement around the country. Neighbouringstates have all put their health services on high alert, and say they've reinforced health checkson border points.

A new study of data from Europe and North America has linked the banning of smoking in publicplaces with the 10% fall in premature²¹ birth. The number of children admitted to hospital withasthma also dropped by the same amount in places with the smoking ban according toscientists from Scotland. Anti-smoking legislation currently effects less than 1/6 of the world'spopulation.

1 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

2 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

3 symbolic   

adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的

参考例句：

• It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
• The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

4 punitive   

adj.惩罚的，刑罚的

参考例句：

• They took punitive measures against the whole gang.他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施。
• The punitive tariff was imposed to discourage tire imports from China.该惩罚性关税的征收是用以限制中国轮胎进口的措施。

5 insistence   

n.坚持；强调；坚决主张

参考例句：

• They were united in their insistence that she should go to college.他们一致坚持她应上大学。
• His insistence upon strict obedience is correct.他坚持绝对服从是对的。

6 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

7 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

8 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

9 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。

10 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

11 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

12 purports   

v.声称是…，（装得）像是…的样子( purport的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She purports to represent the whole group. 她自称代表整个团体。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The document purports to be official but is really private. 那份文件据称是官方的，但实际上是私人的。 来自辞典例句

13 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

14 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

15 intimidation   

n.恐吓，威胁

参考例句：

• The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
• The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。

16 disappearances   

n.消失( disappearance的名词复数 )；丢失；失踪；失踪案

参考例句：

• Most disappearances are the result of the terrorist activity. 大多数的失踪案都是恐怖分子造成的。 来自辞典例句
• The espionage, the betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions, the disappearances will never cease. 间谍活动、叛党卖国、逮捕拷打、处决灭迹，这种事情永远不会完。 来自英汉文学

17 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。

18 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

19 contradictory   

adj.反驳的，反对的，抗辩的；n.正反对，矛盾对立

参考例句：

• The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
• What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。

20 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。

21 premature   

adj.比预期时间早的；不成熟的，仓促的

参考例句：

• It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
• The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。