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Police in Papua New Guinea has moved about 40 refugees and asylum¹ seekers from a closed Australian detention² center on Manus island. But more than 300 others remained. The center was shut down last month. But the refugees have refused to go to a new immigration center on the island, saying they feared attacks from local people.

巴布新几内亚警方从曼纳斯岛一个关闭的澳大利亚收留中心转移了大约40名难民和寻求收容者。但是仍有300多人留在那里。该中心于上月关闭。但是难民拒绝搬到岛上新的移民中心，称他们害怕被当地居民袭击。

The Saudi-led coalition³ fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen is due to allow renewed human itarian access to the country's main port airport, and sea port today. Traffic was cut off early this month, after a Houthi missile attack on Riyadh.

沙特领导的打击也门胡塞叛军的盟军将允许人道主义救援进入该国主要的港口，机场和海港。本月初胡塞叛军的导弹袭击利雅得之后，这个国家的交通被封闭。

The Argentine navy is investigating reports of a loud noise detected few hours after one of its submarine vanished last week. A spokesman refused to confirm reports of an explosion.

阿根廷海军正在调查上周一艘潜艇消失后检测到的巨大噪音。一名发言人拒绝证实关于爆炸的报道。

Preparations are getting underway in Zimbabwe for the inauguration⁴ on Friday of the country's new leader Emmerson Mnangagwa. He thanks supporters after his return to the country.

周五，津巴布韦正在进行新领导埃默森·姆南加古瓦就职的准备工作。他返回津巴布韦后感谢了支持者。

The U.S attorney of general Jeff Sessions has ordered a review of the database used to check the background of people who want to buy guns. Investigations⁵ will examine the key information about the man who carried out the recent mass shooting in Texas, apparently⁶ failed to appear on the system.

美国司法部长杰夫·塞申斯下令重新审查用来查看枪支意向买主背景的数据库。调查工作将查看最近在得克萨斯州实施重大枪杀案的男子的信息。很明显此人的信息并不在系统中。

The national election committee in Cambodia has assigned a 3rd seat in Parliament to a party which failed to annul⁷ them in last election. The seat will be redistributed after the main opposition⁸ party was banned.

哥伦比亚全国选举委员会在议会为在上次选举中失利的党派设立了第三个席位。主要的反对党被禁止后，该席位将进行重新分配。

The Iraqi army says it has launched a major offensive to drive Islamic militants⁹ out of western desert region bordering Syria. A statement said the army, police and paramilitary unit were focusing on the certain districts of the Sala Hudin Niniwa and Armbar provinces.

伊拉克军方表示，他们发动了重大进攻，将伊斯兰国激进分子驱赶出与叙利亚接壤处的西部沙漠地区。一份声明表示，军方、警察和预备部队将集中精力攻打几个省份。

And Germany president Frank-Walter Steinmeier is due to hold talks with the leader of social democratic party Martin Schulz today. It's the latest meeting designed to avoid a snap poll following inconclusive elections.

德国总统Frank-Walter Steinmeier今天将和社会民主党领袖舒尔茨会谈。这是为了避免不确定性的选举过后再举行临时选举的最新一次会议。

1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

2 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

3 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

4 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

5 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

6 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

7 annul   

v.宣告…无效，取消，废止

参考例句：

• They have the power to alter or annul inappropriate decisions of their own standing committees.他们有权改变或者撤销本级人民代表大会常务委员会不适当的决定。
• The courts later found grounds to annul the results,after the king urged them to sort out the "mess".在国王敦促法庭收拾烂摊子后，法庭随后宣布废除选举结果。

8 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。

9 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。