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Less than a week after his arrest in Serbia, the former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic has arrived in The Hague to face charges of genocide in an international war crimes tribunal. General Mladic has been taken to a UN detention¹ unit where he joins more than 30 other inmates² indicted³ for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. Chris Morris is in The Hague.

Two helicopters circled the prison on the outskirts⁴ of The Hague - one swooped⁵ down while the other hovered⁶ overhead. A few minutes later, a convoy⁷ of cars with blue flashing lights swept in through the prison gates. Sixteen years after the end of the Bosnian war, Ratko Mladic is finally here in The Hague under the jurisdiction⁸ of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He will receive a full medical examination before appearing in court in the next few days, charged with 11 counts of genocide and crimes against humanity.

The English and Scottish football associations have called on the sport's world governing body Fifa to postpone⁹ its presidential election amid a row over corruption¹⁰ allegations. Fifa's incumbent¹¹ president Sepp Blatter is standing¹² unopposed in the election due on Wednesday. The English FA says it's essential an alternative candidate comes forward.

A panel advising the World Health Organisation¹³ on cancer says using a mobile phone may increase the risk of certain types of brain tumor¹⁴. However, they say more research is needed into the effects of what is still a new technology. Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva.

There are an estimated five billion mobile phones worldwide; three quarters of the world's population uses one. Today, the World Health Organisation's cancer experts said some evidence linking mobile phones to an increase in some forms of brain cancer means that mobile phone use is "possibly carcinogenic". So what should users do? Using a hands-free set does reduce exposure, they said. But they added mobile phones are still a new technology and the work of accurately¹⁵ assessing their possible health risks is only just beginning.

The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued a decree granting a general amnesty to political prisoners including members of the Muslim Brotherhood¹⁶. More than 1,000 people have died in anti-government protests and countermeasures by the security forces. Jim Muir reports.

The announcement of a general amnesty was flashed repeatedly as an urgent item on Syrian state TV. It said President Assad had ordered forgiveness for all crimes committed before 31 May by people belonging to any political movement, including the Muslim Brotherhood. It's a banned organisation which was behind an uprising in the town of Hama in 1982, which was ruthlessly repressed. It's also been expected that the authorities will launch an attempt at national dialogue in the next few days.

This is the World News from the BBC.

There's been international condemnation¹⁷ of the violent suppression of dissent¹⁸ by security forces in Yemen. The United States accused the Yemeni government of indiscriminate attacks in the city of Taiz, where at least 12 protesters have been shot dead. In the capital Sanaa, fighting has continued between government troops and tribesmen who back the revolt against President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Lina Sinjab reports from Sanaa.

Tension is felt all around the country. People are worried the situation could turn into a civil war. Opposition¹⁹ groups accuse the president of arming civilians²⁰ to turn the peaceful protest into one of force. Moderate voices in Yemen are concerned and fear they might use arms at some point to defend themselves if violence continues. But the government say it is launching these attacks against those who broke the law. Pro-democracy activists²¹ are calling on the international community to be the guardian²² of their peaceful demands for change.

German officials say [an] E. coli outbreak that has killed 16 people was not caused by contaminated cucumbers from Spain as they initially²³ reported. The health minister of the city of Hamburg said bacteria found on the imported cucumbers had not caused the infections. Spain says the allegations have severely²⁴ damaged its agricultural exports. 

A draft report commissioned by the United States government suggests far fewer people died in last year's earthquake in Haiti than the Haitian government reported. The report says between 46,000 and 85,000 people were killed. The Haitian government says 316,000 died, and it's standing by its figures.

The International Monetary²⁵ Fund has reached agreement with Ivory Coast on a $130m loan to help rebuild the country after the violence following last year's disputed election. The IMF predicts that Ivory Coast will continue to feel the after-effects of the conflict.

1 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。

2 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 indicted   

控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
• He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

4 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

5 swooped   

俯冲，猛冲( swoop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The aircraft swooped down over the buildings. 飞机俯冲到那些建筑物上方。
• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it. 鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来，并把它杀死。

6 hovered   

鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫

参考例句：

• A hawk hovered over the hill. 一只鹰在小山的上空翱翔。
• A hawk hovered in the blue sky. 一只老鹰在蓝色的天空中翱翔。

7 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

8 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。

9 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

10 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

11 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

12 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

13 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

14 tumor   

n.（肿）瘤，肿块(英)tumour

参考例句：

• He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
• The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。

15 accurately   

adv.准确地，精确地

参考例句：

• It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
• Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。

16 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

17 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

18 dissent   

n./v.不同意，持异议

参考例句：

• It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
• He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。

19 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。

20 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

21 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》

22 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

23 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

24 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

25 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。