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The retrial has begun of Guatemala’s former military ruler, General Efrain Rios Montt who was accused of genocide. In a dramatic start of the retrial, the General Rios Montt’s lawyer first said he couldn’t attend on health grounds. But after the judge ordered that he had to attend within the hour, the 88-years-old had wielded¹ on the stretcher. Our American desk correspondent Candes Peart reports.

对危地马拉前军事统治者、被控大屠杀罪的埃弗拉因·里奥斯·蒙特将军的审判再次开始，这次复审有个戏剧性的开始，当时里奥斯·蒙特将军的律师先是表示将军因健康状况无法出庭，但在法官下令他必须在一小时内出庭后，这位88岁的老将军躺在担架上出现了。BBC驻非洲记者报道。

General Rios Montt and General Rodriguez were trialed on 2013 on charges of ordering the army to carry out a series of massacres². Over three days in the early 1980s, soldiers systematically³ killed hundreds of men, women, and children, shooting or bludgeoning them to death, and throwing bodies down a well. General Rodriguez was acquitted⁴ but his boss was found guilty and sentenced to eight years in prison. The conviction was later thrown out on procedural grounds and a retrial ordered. The case is the first ever in the world that the former head of state has faced with genocide charges in a court in his own country. The General’s former intelligence chief, General Hussein Maris Rodriguez, is also on trial.

里奥斯·蒙特将军和罗德里格斯将军2013年受审，他们被控下令军队实施系列大屠杀。20世纪80年代初，三天内士兵们有组织地杀害数百名男女老少，开枪或用棍棒将他们打死，然后将尸体扔进井里。罗德里格斯将军被宣布无罪，但他的上司被判有罪，判处8年徒刑。后来因程序问题该判决被推翻，并下令进行复审。这是是全世界第一起前国家元首在本国被控以大屠杀罪的案件，这位将军的前情报部长侯赛因·马立斯·罗德里格斯也在受审。

Two men are being charged in the United States with the involvement in an attempt last week to overthrow⁵ the Gambia government, the US Justice Department said they were being charged of conspiring⁶ against a friendly nation. Both men were of Gambian descent. Our African editor Mary Happer reported on the documents presented in court.

两名男子因上周企图推翻冈比亚政府而在美国被控，美国司法部称他们被控阴谋推翻友邦罪，两人都是冈比亚血统，非洲编辑玛丽·哈伯根据法庭上公布的文件报道。

The men had cloaked names of Fox and Dave. They had bought substantial quantities of weapons in the United States, stuffed them into barrels, wrapped closing around them, shipped them off to Gambia and various documents were found with hand-written "top secret", all of their plans for the future of the Gambia once they had taken it over. And in effect these men ended up coming back to the United States and being arrested on arrival.

这两人分别使用福克斯和戴夫的化名，在美国购买大量武器，将武器放进桶内，包裹在自己周围，然后运送到冈比亚，还有手写着“高级机密”的各种文件，里面有夺取冈比亚政权后的全部计划。事实上两名男子最后回到美国，刚抵达就被逮捕。

The Euro has fallen sharply in trading at one point falling to a 9-year low against the dollar. The BBC Brussels correspondent says that the fall has been triggered by speculation⁷ that the Greece may leave the Euro Zone’s single currency if the left-wing series party wins the general election later this month. Speaking to reporters, the spokesperson of the European Commission Annaka Brideharb dismissed concern over the long-term viability⁸ of the Euro.

欧元对美元的交易价格一度急剧跌至9年来的最低点，BBC驻布鲁塞尔记者称之所以下跌，是因为人们猜测，一旦希腊左翼政党在本月晚些时候赢得大选，那么希腊可能会离开欧元区单一货币。欧洲委员会发言人布赖特哈特在接受记者采访时打消了人们对欧元长期可行性的担忧。

The Euro is here to stay. The Euro has proved its resilience. Further than that, as we agree that we will know from the statement from the commission. We are waiting for the vote by the group of voters on the 25th.

欧元会继续使用的，欧元已经表现出适应能力。不仅如此，根据委员会即将发布的声明，我们在等待25号选民团体的投票。

Two American skiers have been killed in an avalanche⁹ while skiing near the European training base in the Austrian Alps. 20-years-old Ronnie Berlack and 19-years-old Bryce Astle were junior members of the US ski team. They were part of a group of six skiers who would descend¹⁰ from the mountain. It’s believed that they triggered an avalanche and were buried under the snow.

两名美国滑雪者在奥地利阿尔卑斯山欧洲训练基地附近滑雪时遭遇雪崩而身亡，20岁的罗尼和19岁的布莱斯都是美国滑雪队的初级队员。他们是一个六人滑雪组的成员，准备从山上滑下。据悉他们引发了雪崩并被埋在雪下。

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In the United States, the surviving suspect accused of carrying out Boston Marathon Bombings has appeared in court at the beginning of his trial. Wearing a dark jumper and khaki trousers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a US citizen of Chechen origin, stood before the first batch¹¹ of potential jurists. Nana Taphik reports.

The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be one of the most closely watched in the American history. The jury will decide whether Sir Tsarnaev planned and planted two bombs that killed three and injured more than 260 at the 2013 Boston Marathon finish line, the worst terrorist attack on the American soil since September 11th 2001.

Sir Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges against him and faces the death penalty if convicted.

A juror in the grand jury that decided¹² not to indict¹³ a white police officer in the US State of Missouri after shooting dead an unarmed black man has sued the prosecutor¹⁴ in the case. The unidentified juror is seeking court permission to speak publicly about the way the case was handled, something which was banned by the state law.

The United States has said it deposes¹⁵ a move by Israel to freeze a transfer of tax revenue to the Palestinian authority. Israeli official said on Saturday that the country had frozen a transfer of about 125 million dollars in tax revenues, which collects on behalf of the Palestinians. Israel took the step in retaliation¹⁶ to the Palestinian’s bid to join in the International Criminal Court.

A parliamentary commission in Turkey has ruled that four ex-ministers won’t have to stand on trial on corruption¹⁷ charges. They resigned their government posts in 2013 after illegal wiretaps appeared to show that they were linked to taking bribes¹⁸. All four are allies of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who was Prime Minister at the time. The Commission that exempted¹⁹ them for prosecution²⁰ is dominated by members of President Erdogan’s party.

1 wielded   

手持着使用（武器、工具等）( wield的过去式和过去分词 )； 具有； 运用（权力）； 施加（影响）

参考例句：

• The bad eggs wielded power, while the good people were oppressed. 坏人当道，好人受气
• He was nominally the leader, but others actually wielded the power. 名义上他是领导者，但实际上是别人掌握实权。

2 massacres   

大屠杀( massacre的名词复数 )； 惨败

参考例句：

• The time is past for guns and killings and massacres. 动不动就用枪、动不动就杀、大规模屠杀的时代已经过去了。 来自教父部分
• Numberless recent massacres were still vivid in their recollection. 近来那些不可胜数的屠杀，在他们的头脑中记忆犹新。

3 systematically   

adv.有系统地

参考例句：

• This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.这一屆政府自上台以来系统地削减了公共服务。
• The rainforest is being systematically destroyed.雨林正被系统地毀灭。

4 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

5 overthrow   

v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆

参考例句：

• After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
• The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。

6 conspiring   

密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。

7 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

8 viability   

n.存活(能力)

参考例句：

• What is required to achieve or maintain such viability? 要达到或维持这种生存能力需要什么？
• Scientists are experimenting to find ways to ensure the viability of seeds for even longer periods of time. 正如我们所说，科学家正在试验努力寻找让种子的生命力更加延长的方法。

9 avalanche   

n.雪崩，大量涌来

参考例句：

• They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
• Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。

10 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

11 batch   

n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量

参考例句：

• The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
• I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。

12 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

13 indict   

v.起诉，控告，指控

参考例句：

• You can't indict whole people for the crudeness of a few.您不能因少数人的粗暴行为就控诉整个民族。
• I can indict you for abducting high school student.我可以告你诱拐中学生。

14 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

15 deposes   

v.罢免( depose的第三人称单数 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The gens deposes the sachem and war-chief at will. 氏族可以任意罢免酋长和酋帅。 来自互联网

16 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 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。

18 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

19 exempted   

使免除[豁免]( exempt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His bad eyesight exempted him from military service. 他因视力不好而免服兵役。
• Her illness exempted her from the examination. 她因病而免试。

20 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。