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Hi there, I'm Ore from the BBC World News for Schools. It's Thursday the seventh of April. 

?Coming up -- people power against drug crime in Mexico 

?And Wayne Rooney LOSES his appeal against his two match ban. 

First up -- there's no let up in the fierce fighting in the African country of Ivory Coast. It's mainly around the the hide-out of the country's leader -- who lost an election last year and is now REFUSING to surrender despite being completely surrounded. Desperate civilians¹ have been fleeing the violence with their children. Charity worker Diaby Mohamed says it's because their lives are being made a misery: 

CLIP People are receiving militias² entering their house, shooting people, taking what they can take. Nobody can go in the streets, everything is closed, people don't have food, water, nothing. And we can't even send people to some areas, because... even this morning when we sent somebody to deliver drugs for a young baby, the car was shot. 

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Mexico about the country's problems with drug criminals. They're angry about the way the government's dealing³ with the problem and say ordinary people's lives are being ruined. One of the protestors, Javier, said it was important to make their voices heard: 

CLIP:For our government to listen we have to get together and..I mean -- strength is in numbers. The only way to change things is to raise our voice together and now we can see that civilians are getting hurt. Many of us don't agree with the way they fine drug dealers⁴. 

A well known artist's been arrested by the authorities in China. Ai Weiwei's been very critiical of the government in the past and his wife said he'd expected to be detained by police at any time. 

Wayne Rooney's two match ban has been upheld for swearing in front of TV cameras -- sports reporter James Pearce told us the player wouldn't be surprised: 

CLIP: The FA -- always fairly unlikely to back down. So it means he'll miss the game against Fulham in the League this weekend and then, perhaps more importantly for him, the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City the week after. The FA are trying to send out a message, the Football Association, as you say, has got this big "Respect" campaign, respect to referees⁵. The last thing they want is the highest profile player at the moment in the Premier⁶ League, doing what he did, shouting abuse into a television cameras at the weekend 

Another European country's in so much financial trouble it's had to ask for a big money bail-out. Portugal has followed Greece and Ireland in admitting it needs emergency help worth billions of pounds from the rest of Europe put together. 

Now, it's just over three weeks to Kate and Will's royal wedding when tens of thousands of people are expected to fly to London to see them tie the knot. There've been worries that people would MISS OUT on a good view of the royal procession -- so it's been announced that giant screens will be put up in Hyde Park to help the party atmosphere. And it's not just Britain that's getting excited -- one other country is Canada, which has just unveiled two new collector coins for the big event. 

And now for today's question -- what was the exact date of the last Royal Wedding thirty years ago? 

Yesterday we asked you -- what's the Italian name for the Mona Lisa? And the answer is .. La Gioconda. 

OK, that's all from the World News for Schools team. We're back tomorrow!

1 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。

2 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

3 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

4 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

5 referees   

n.裁判员( referee的名词复数 )；证明人；公断人；（专业性强的文章的）审阅人

参考例句：

• The fiery player has had numerous run-ins with referees. 这位脾气暴躁的队员曾和裁判员发生过无数次争吵。
• If you want to appeal, the Court of Referees will decide. 如果你要上诉，可以由仲裁法庭去判决。 来自辞典例句

6 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。