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China's official news agency Xinhua says the government in Beijing has begun evacuatingthousands of its citizens from Vietnam.It follows a wave of anti-Chinese riots triggered by amaritime row. XX reports.

Xinhua said it had learned from the foreign ministry¹ that 3,000 Chinese personnel had beenevacuated from Vietnam by Saturday afternoon local time.It said the Chinese government wasorganizing chartered flights and ships to help more Chinese people to leave.Beijing says at leasttwo Chinese nationals have been killed and 100 injured in days of violent protests over China'sdeployment of an oil rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea.

The French president Francois Hollande has been hosting an emergency summit with westAfrican leaders to discuss the threat posed by the Nigerian Islamist militant³ group BokoHaram.Mr Hollande said that at the time when over 200 school girls had been held in barbaricconditions, actions had to be taken.There were two attacks by suspected Boko Haram fightersin Nigeria and Cameroon hours before the summit began.Hugh Schofield reports from Paris.

The talks produced agreements there will be greater coordination⁴ in particular betweenNigeria and Cameroon,two countries that have not always got on and across whose commonfrontier Boko Haram has been able to escape pursuit. There will be joint⁵ borderpatrols,intelligence sharing and some kind of rapid reaction capability⁶.Whether thearrangement agreed here in Paris will do anything to bring back the more than 200 missingNigerian girls is maybe too much to expect.But looking ahead,everyone agrees that the answerto the Boko Haram threat lies with a regional more than national response.

A region in eastern Ukraine that says it's voted to break away has appointed a prime ministerAlexander Borodai.Mr Borodai said that what he called the People of Republic of Donetsk wouldapply to join Russia and would merge² with Luhansk,another breakaway region.In the nearbycity of Kharkiv,leaders supporting Ukrainian unity⁷ held talks.

The man who will become India's next Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi has offered prayers on thebanks of river Ganges in Varanasi,regarded as sacred by India's majority Hindus. Mr Modi wholed the BJP to a landslide⁸ victory in the general elections prayed at a Hindu temple and thenperformed a series of rituals. XX reports.

Hundreds and thousands of people have been waiting here in blistering⁹ heat to hear and have aglimpse of their newly elected member of parliament who did not disappoint them actually.Hedid give a speech and talked about why he had come to Varanasi this holy city which wasconsidered a place for Hindus and he said that it was River Ganges flowing right behind uswhich actually invited him to come here and do work and to help the people of the city.

World news from the BBC.

Graphic¹⁰ pictures have been posted online showing an extreme Jihadist group in Syriabeheading a leading member of another Islamist rebel group.Activists¹¹ say the Islamic State ofIraq and Levant or ISIS carried out the execution of XX,known as the Tank Sniper,because ofhis attacks on government tanks.It's the latest evidence of the battle between ISIS and otherIslamist rebel groups which denounce its excessive brutality¹².

Protests over perceived inadequate¹³ safety measures have taken place in several major cities inTurkey four days after a mining accident in Soma which killed 301 people.XX has more.

Here in central XX several hundred people are marching through the city centre.Some peopleare wearing miner's hats,in remembrance of the victims of the Soma mine.And they arechanting slogans against the Turkish government who they blame for not preventing thedisaster.Tonight in Turkey's two other main cities of Ankara and Istanbul,there are also reportsof protests. And earlier today for a while, there was tension between Turkish riot police andprotesters in the town of Soma,near the site of the now infamous¹⁴ Soma mine.

The former financial trader Jerome Kerviel who faces three years in jail for fraud has said hewon't return to France from Italy until he receives a response from president FrancoisHollande.Mr Kerviel wants immunity¹⁵ for potential witnesses who could testify in his favor overthe near collapse¹⁶ of his former employer Societe Generale.

Atletico Madrid have won the Spanish Football League by drawing 1:0 with Barcelona.It's the10th time the club has won the league and the first time for ten years as a team other thanBarcelona or Real Madrid has taken the title. In England,Arsenal have won the FA cup.TheLondon club beat Hull¹⁷ City 3:2 after extra time.

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 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

3 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

4 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

5 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

6 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

7 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

8 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。

9 blistering   

adj.酷热的；猛烈的；使起疱的；可恶的v.起水疱；起气泡；使受暴晒n.[涂料] 起泡

参考例句：

• The runners set off at a blistering pace. 赛跑运动员如脱缰野马般起跑了。
• This failure is known as preferential wetting and is responsible for blistering. 这种故障称为优先吸湿，是产生气泡的原因。 来自辞典例句

10 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

11 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 brutality   

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军

13 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。

14 infamous   

adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的

参考例句：

• He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
• I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。

15 immunity   

n.优惠；免除；豁免，豁免权

参考例句：

• The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
• He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。

16 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

17 hull   

n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳

参考例句：

• The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
• The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。