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Ukraine's ministry¹ of defense² says seven soldiershave been killed in an ambush³ by separatists nearthe eastern city of Kramatorsk seven others wereinjured.Our reporter Richard Galpin is in the regionalcapital Donetsk.

The ministry said a rocket prepared grenade hits an armoured personnel carrier and a vehicleexploded. There was then a prolonged fire fight in which more soldiers were killed andinjured.The ministry said the attack had been carried out by about 30 men who'd hidden inbushes nearby.On Monday the pro-Russian separatist leaders in Donetsk who declaredindependence said that all Ukrainian troops in the region would be viewed as occupying forcesand should leave.

Russian has announced it will no longer let the United States use Russian-made rocket motorsfor military space launches. The Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin said the decision was aresponse to US sanctions against Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine. Separately Mr. Rogozinsaid Moscow would not prolong the use of the international space station after 2020 goingagainst a US request.

The governor of the Bono state in northeastern Nigeria has said all the school girls in a videoreleased by the Islamist group Boko Haram have been identified as those were abducted⁴ lastmonth.Boko Haram said it's willing to free some of them in exchange for militants⁵ held byauthorities.The Nigerian government said it's ready to talk to the militants and ask them tosend out a negotiating team.Here's Mark Doyle.

The plight⁶ of the girls has forced the Nigerian government into talks with the Islamists but thisis a very long term problem.The militants dream of a day thousand years ago when IslamicCaliphates were powerful here when the British colonialists later to conquer the southerncoastal regions of this country they introduced western education.As a result inevitably⁷ theChristian south the Nigeria advanced the expanse of the Muslim north.This long term issue willnot be resolved by a quick round of negotiations⁹.

International Criminal Court in the Hague says new information has led it to start a preliminaryexamination into allegations of abuse by British Military personnel in Iraq. Human Rightslawyers presented to ICC with a dossier containing what they said was a evidence of morethan 400 cases of mistreatment or unlawful killings¹⁰.Anna Holligan in the Hague has seen thedossier.

Some of the allegations needs allegations that British forces were involved in torture technicsincluding holding burning, electric shocks, mock executions, sexual abuse and religioushumiliation.If this goes right the top that could be the first time that we ever see westernleaders appear here at the Hague and further judges at the international Criminal Court.

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A French photo journalist has been killed in the Central African Republic.The French presidencysaid it will do everything possible to find the killers¹¹ of Camille Lepage.She was 26.Sources fromthe French intervention¹² force in base CAR said her body had been found along with fourothers in a truck driven by Christian⁸ militiamen.Ten people have been detained forquestioning.Camille Lepage's work had been published by the BBC as well as leadingnewspapers.

Turkish officials say at least 17 miners have been killed in an explosion and a fire at a mine inthe west of the counrty and rescue operation is under way to bring out more than 200 othersbelieved to be trapped on the ground.Oxygen has been pumped into the mine to help thembreathe.Large crowds of people have gathered near the site outside the town of Soma and thehospital where more than 25 rescued miners have been taken.

An underwater investigator¹³ says he believes he has found the wreck¹⁴ of the flagship ofChristopher Columbus which sunk during his expedition to the Americas. Barry Clifford saysthe evidence he collected strongly suggested a ship wreck for coast of Haiti was to SantaMaria.More in this report from Nick Davis.

Around Christmas of 1492 the large ship in Christopher Columbus' three vessel¹⁵ expedition tothe Americas sunk after hitting reefs.According to accounts from the time, timbers from theSanta Maria were used to construct a fortification close to shore and this has claimedprovided key evidence in finding what explorer Barry Clifford says is the historic ship. His teamfirst found the vessel in 2003 but misidentified a vital clue, a cannon¹⁶ on the sea floor. Only twoyears ago was the mistake discovered and using additional information from Columbus'sdiary, Clifford realized the location matched his description.

1 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。

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

4 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。

5 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。

6 plight   

n.困境，境况，誓约，艰难；vt.宣誓，保证，约定

参考例句：

• The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
• She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。

7 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

8 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

9 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

10 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

11 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

12 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

13 investigator   

n.研究者，调查者，审查者

参考例句：

• He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
• The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。

14 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

15 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

16 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。