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The United States says the release of international observers abducted¹ by pro-Russian militants² in Ukraine is a step in the right direction, but that the Kremlin needs to do much more to deescalate the situation. Secretary of State John Kerry said Moscow should now withdraw its support for the militants and help remove them from the official buildings they occupy. The observers who've now arrived safely in Berlin were freed less than a day after a Russian envoy³ Vladimir Lukin arrived in Slaviansk where they have been detained more than a week. After their release, Mr. Lukin said he expected reciprocal actions.

They were not in exchange for anyone else. This is a voluntary act and I would very much like to believe that this voluntary and noble act will be followed by reciprocal voluntary, noble actions from those of the other side of this confrontation⁴. I would very much like military actions to end.

Fighting has been intensifying⁵ in eastern Ukraine, there have been more clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militants in and around the town of Kramatorsk, where at least two people are said to have been killed. The Ukrainian Interior Minister, Arsen Avakov, said troops had recaptured a security services building and a television tower. Elsewhere, pro-Russian militants have reported to attack an army recruitment center in Luhansk wounding two Ukrainian soldiers.

Security officials in Kenya say at least three people have been killed in two explosions in the city of Mombasa. There are reports a third device left in a cinema which failed to explode. Mohamud Ali from the BBC’s Somali Service reports.

According to the police boss in Mombasa Robert Kitur, one person tried to get access to a bus in the evening, the explosives exploded killing⁷ three people in a busy market in the coastal⁸ town of Mombasa. There was also a simultaneous attack on a resort hotel that frequented at by tourists in N* beach, nobody was inside are killed in that blast and the police at the scene.

Hundreds of illegal migrants have arrived in the northern Sudanese town of Dongola after being rescued from the dessert by the Sudanese army. Most are said to be Ethiopian and Eritrean while others are South Asian. Mary Harper reports.

Six army trucks drove the migrants hundreds of kilometer through the Sahara desert to the town of Dongola. They were found earlier this week near the border with Libya, where they have been abandoned by traffickers. They lacked food and water and at least nine of them died. Every year, tens of thousands of migrants cross the Sahara trying to make their way to Europe. Many of them pay significant amounts to traffickers. Last year, dozens of migrants from Niger died from thirst in the desert after their vehicle broke down.

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Afghan officials has said they've ended the search for more victims of a landslide⁹ in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, and the area will now stand a mass grave yard. One of the Afghanistan Vice⁶ Presidents visited the scene and said it was not possible to bring out anymore bodies. David Loyn sent this report from valley.

The ridden area desolated¹⁰ feel at the bottom of the valley where thousands of people are now buried under mud that is about 17 meters deep, the landscape has been altered a stream is rapidly threatening to flood remaining houses since this course have been dug up. Several government ministers came with Vice President to look at the devastation¹¹. Food and basics helter including tents have arrived. International agencies drawing on stock stored in the northeast of Afghanistan, but there are not many survivors¹², not many people left alive from the house at the bottom of the valley.

A panel advising Pope Francis has called for Roman Catholic bishops¹³ to be held accountable if they failed to report suspected sexual abuse or failed to protect children from pedophilepriests. After holding its first meeting, the new Vatican advisory¹⁴ border said current Church laws were out of the date and it would develop clear and effective rules to deal with the problem.

An Indian regional politician in the state of Uttar Pradesh has died of his injuries after been seized by a man who'd set himself blaze. The local leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Kamruzzama Fauji suffered the injures during a television debate early in the week, when a member of the audience doused¹⁵ himself in petrol, set himself alight and grabbed Mr. Fauji.

Brazil's Football Association has banned matches in a stadium in the northeastern city of Recife after a man was killed by a toilet bowl hurled¹⁶ by rival fans. The clashes on a second division match on Friday night, led the authorities to closed down the Arruda stadium. Recife is hosting five World Cup matches but they will be played at the newly built Arena¹⁷ Pernambuco.

1 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。

2 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。

3 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

4 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

5 intensifying   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的现在分词 )；增辉

参考例句：

• The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
• The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 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。

8 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

9 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

10 desolated   

adj.荒凉的，荒废的

参考例句：

• Her death desolated him. 她的死使他很痛苦。
• War has desolated that city. 战争毁坏了那个城市。

11 devastation   

n.毁坏；荒废；极度震惊或悲伤

参考例句：

• The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
• There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

13 bishops   

（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )； （国际象棋的）象

参考例句：

• Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
• "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。

14 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

15 doused   

v.浇水在…上( douse的过去式和过去分词 )；熄灯[火]

参考例句：

• The car was doused in petrol and set alight. 这辆汽车被浇上汽油点燃了。
• He doused the lamp,and we made our way back to the house. 他把灯熄掉，我们就回到屋子里去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 hurled   

v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 )；大声叫骂

参考例句：

• He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
• The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。