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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
Sydney
21 February 2008
The East Timorese President, Jose Ramos-Horta, has regained1 consciousness from a drug-induced coma2 10 days after he was shot in an assassination3 attempt. Doctors at the Australian hospital where Mr. Ramos-Horta is being treated say he has made good progress, although he remains4 in a serious condition. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports.
Jose Ramos-Horta is finally emerging from the fog of heavy sedation at the Royal Darwin Hospital.
The East Timorese president has already had five operations in the past week and a half, and medical staff in Darwin say he will have to undergo more minor5 surgery.
The doctors say the president has been responding well to treatment, but he remains in intensive care, and it is not clear when he will be fit enough to leave hospital.
Dr. Len Notaras says Mr. Ramos-Horta is being brought back to consciousness in stages.
"He is now gradually waking up and the sedation is being reduced and has been gradually speaking to the senior clinical staff around him and to a number of very close family members as well," said Dr. Notaras. "His condition at this stage is still serious."
President Ramos-Horta was shot twice in the back and chest on February 11 in an attack by rebels in the East Timorese capital, Dili. The country's prime minister, Xanana Gusmao, was targeted in a separate ambush6 the same day, but escaped unharmed.
Both attacks are believed to have been carried out by followers7 of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado, who was killed during the assault on Mr. Ramos-Horta.
Arrest warrants have been issued against 17 people suspected of being involved in the attempted assassinations8.
Australian peacekeepers, along with reinforcements from Portugal, Malaysia and New Zealand, were deployed9 to East Timor in 2006.
They were sent to quell10 fighting between renegade elements of the East Timorese security forces - also led by Alfredo Reinado - and units loyal to the government.
Last week's assassination attempts prompted Australia to send an addition 200 troops and police officers to Dili amid fears of more unrest. International troops are now combing the area around Dili in search of the would-be assassins.
1 regained | |
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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n.昏迷,昏迷状态 | |
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3 assassination | |
n.暗杀;暗杀事件 | |
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4 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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6 ambush | |
n.埋伏(地点);伏兵;v.埋伏;伏击 | |
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追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件 | |
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8 assassinations | |
n.暗杀( assassination的名词复数 ) | |
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9 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 | |
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10 quell | |
v.压制,平息,减轻 | |
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