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Police have arrested one of northern Ireland's most prominent politicians the Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in connection with a murder that took place more than 40 years ago. He's been questioned about the killing¹ of Jean McConville who was abducted² by the IRA in 1972.Mark Devenport reports.

Even by the standards of Northern Ireland's troubles the murder of Jean McConville is one of the most appalling³ not only the Mrs.McConville's children witnessed their mother being dragged from their family home they were then lie too about her fate whilst her body was secretly buried.The three decades Mrs.McConville was one of the disappeared until her remains⁴ were uncovered from a beach in 2003.Detectors⁵ have been studying take record to counts from ex-IRA members some dead who claimed to have knowledge of the case. Today Gerry Adams presented himself at Antrim police station. In a statement he said the McConvilles had suffered grievous injustice⁶ and reiterated⁷ he is innocent of any involvement.

The White House has said the botched execution of a prisoner in Oklahoma on Tuesday fellshot of humane⁸ standards. Officials stopped the listening jection being administered to Clayton Lockett when he started to shake uncontrollably From Washington David Willis reports.

Clayton Lockett was sentenced to death for shooting a 19 year old woman in 1999 a combination of three drugs shoot have ended his life but the execution was aborted⁹ after 20minutes when he started writhing¹⁰ and shaking on the gurney. Lockett subsequently died of a heart attack 43 minutes after his execution began Oklahoma was using a new combination of drugs and the state's governor Mary said an independent review would look into what went wrong and how the system could be improved.

An explosion at a crowded train station in Urumchi in the troubled Chinese region of Xinjiang has killed three people and wounded nearly 80 others. Patrick reports.

Official Chinese media said an explosion at the station exit triggered panic as people fled they were attacked by what was described as knife wielding¹¹ gang. The violence took place as President Xi Jinping ended a visit to the region in which he promised decisive action against terrorists. Last month at the Kunming train station in southwest China 33 people were stabbed to death in an attack which the government blamed on Uygur separatists.  Xinjiang is home to the country's Uygur Muslim minority who complain of repression¹³ under Chinese rule an accusation¹⁴ Beijing denies.

The World Health Organization has warned the resistance to anti-biotics poses a major global threat to public health. It says the world is heading to worsened era when people could once again die from common infections and minor¹² injuries because some of the key drugs no longer work.

World News from the BBC.

Hundreds of Nigerians mainly women have marched to the national assembly in the capital Abujato deliever a letter to the government asking it to do more to secure the release of 200abducted school girls they were taken two weeks ago by suspected Islamist militants¹⁵ from their boarding school in the northeast of the country. The president of the Senate who received the letter from the protesters said the military must do everything within its means to rescue the students.

The UN's humanitarian¹⁶ chief Valerie Amos has said the Security Council resolution passed two month ago to urgently boost aid to thousands of people in war torn Syria is not working. Far from getting better Mrs. Amos said the situation is getting worse with less than 10% of those living in besieged¹⁷ areas perceiving much needed aid.

I told the Council that in my reports I have demonstrated time and time again the minimal¹⁸ impact of the approach being taken so far and the public pressure and private diplomacy¹⁹ has yielded very little.

Mrs.Amos called on the Security Council to take further action.

The United States Federal Reserve has decided²⁰ to further reduce the money it's pumping into the financial markets to stimulate²¹ the United States economy. A policy known as the quantitiveeasing. The Central Bank is reducing the ammount spends on buying bonds each month by 10billion dollars bringing it down to 45 billion dollars. The FED's decision comes despite new official figures showing that the economic growth slow very sharply early in the year.

The final of football's champions league will for the first time ever be played between two teams from the same city Madrid. Atletico Madrid secured its place in the final after beating Chelsea 3-1in London after a goal is dropped home. On Tuesday Real Madrid slashed²² the title holders²³ Bayern Munich 2-0.The final would be played in the Lisbon on the 2014 of May.

1 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。

2 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

3 appalling   

adj.骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 detectors   

探测器( detector的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors. 报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
• This is heady wine for experimenters using these neutrino detectors. 对于使用中微子探测器的实验工作者，这是令人兴奋的美酒。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技

6 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

7 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

8 humane   

adj.人道的，富有同情心的

参考例句：

• Is it humane to kill animals for food?宰杀牲畜来吃合乎人道吗？
• Their aim is for a more just and humane society.他们的目标是建立一个更加公正、博爱的社会。

9 aborted   

adj.流产的，失败的v.（使）流产( abort的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）（某事物）中止；（因故障等而）（使）（飞机、宇宙飞船、导弹等）中断飞行；（使）（飞行任务等）中途失败

参考例句：

• The rocket flight had to be aborted because of difficulties with computer. 因电脑出故障，这次火箭飞行只好中辍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They aborted the space flight finally. 他们最后中止了这次宇航飞行。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 writhing   

（因极度痛苦而）扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She was writhing around on the floor in agony. 她痛得在地板上直打滚。
• He was writhing on the ground in agony. 他痛苦地在地上打滚。

11 wielding   

手持着使用（武器、工具等）( wield的现在分词 )； 具有； 运用（权力）； 施加（影响）

参考例句：

• The rebels were wielding sticks of dynamite. 叛乱分子舞动着棒状炸药。
• He is wielding a knife. 他在挥舞着一把刀。

12 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

13 repression   

n.镇压，抑制，抑压

参考例句：

• The repression of your true feelings is harmful to your health.压抑你的真实感情有害健康。
• This touched off a new storm against violent repression.这引起了反对暴力镇压的新风暴。

14 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。

15 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。

16 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

17 besieged   

包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
• The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。

18 minimal   

adj.尽可能少的，最小的

参考例句：

• They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
• I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。

19 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

20 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

21 stimulate   

vt.刺激，使兴奋；激励，使…振奋

参考例句：

• Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
• Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。

22 slashed   

v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
• He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》

23 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。