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More Than 70 Arrests in Missouri Protests 70多人在密苏里抗议中被捕

Police arrested more than 70 protestors and reporters Monday night and early Tuesday in the central U.S. town of Ferguson, Missouri. The demonstrators were protesting the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer on August 9.

A police official said protesters attacked police early Tuesday. He said police did not fire their guns.  He said two people were wounded by shots fired from within the crowd of protesters.  Many in the crowds reportedly rejected police orders to leave the area.

The police official said most of the protesters were peaceful.  But he said a small minority turned violent.  He said officials will not let what he called "criminals" define the community of Ferguson.

The protests have been taking place almost nightly since the shooting. The Missouri National Guard is deployed¹ in Ferguson.  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder² is leading a civil rights investigation³ into the shooting.

The violence has captured headlines around the world. It has raised questions about race relations in the United States.

In Cairo, the Egyptian foreign ministry⁴ urged U.S. officials to exercise restraint in dealing⁵ with the protest. Last year, the U.S. sent a similarly worded message to Egypt when that country was dealing with protesters.

Iraqi Forces Fight Back

Iraq's military continues to fight Islamic State militants⁶ with support from U.S. air strikes.  Iraqi forces recaptured control of Mosul Dam Monday.

Early Tuesday, Iraqi forces opened an offensive north of Baghdad.  They are trying to recapture control of Tikrit, the hometown of Iraq’s former Sunni president Saddam Hussein.  Militants resisted the offensive with shelling and machine gun fire.

People in Tikrit reported by telephone that Islamic State fighters were firmly in control of their positions.

In a separate development, the Islamic State group claimed on Tuesday to have cut off the head of an American journalist who has been missing since 2012.  Militants linked the execution to the U.S. air strikes in the area.

Ebola Deaths Increase Again

The World Health Organization said the Ebola virus has killed another 84 people in West Africa. More than 1,200 people now have died in the outbreak.

The U.N. health agency on Tuesday announced that the number of confirmed and probable infections has risen to 2,240.  

US May Drop Ban on Arms Sales to Vietnam

General Martin Dempsey, the top U.S. military official, said the U.S. may soon end its ban on the sale of deadly weapons to Vietnam.

General Dempsey spoke⁷ at the American Center in Ho Chi Minh City.  He said, “there’s a growing sense among our elected officials by our administration, by non-governmental organizations, that Vietnam has made progress against the limitations that led to the lethal⁸ weapon ban.”

1 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

2 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 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。

5 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。

6 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。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。