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America's top military officer Admiral Mike Mullen has announced plans to send up to 30,000 extra U.S. troops to Afghanistan and said they could be deployed¹ by next summer the latest. The figure is the highest yet quoted by a senior American figure and if approved,/will almost double the number of US troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan .Earlier announcement has suggested that the figure would be about 20,000. US commanders have long requested additional forces to fight the growing Taliban insurgency². Admiral Mullen said the US forces were determined³ to help build a better future for the people of Afghanistan.

"I wanna take a second to reiterate⁴ the very strong commitment to the Afghan people, the mission here, really is focused on that. We know the fight is real. We are very committed; this isn't just about a fight against Taliban extremists, but for the future of Afghanistan."

The Iraqi Parliament has rejected a draft law allowing troops from Britain, Australia and some other countries to stay beyond the end of this year. Many members of Parliament have said to have wanted a deal more like that already approved covering US forces in Iraq. Carole Walker reports.

The agreement is vital in order to give British and other foreign forces the legal basis for staying on in Iraq beyond the end of the year .The current UN mandate⁵ runs out in just under two weeks, and it was hoped that the Iraqi Parliament would pass this new draft law. However, in a vote in the Iraqi Parliament the draft law was rejected by 80 votes with only 68 MPs in favor. The draft law may now be sent back to the Iraqi cabinet before being put to parliament again.

The Canadian government is to provide 3 billion dollars in emergency loans for American carmakers with operations in Canada. The Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the loans which will go to General Motors and Chrysler were a necessary step to protect the Canadian economy .The money will help the two companies to keep operating while they restructure their businesses. Mr. Harper also announced government measures to help motor industry suppliers and car buyers.

The Defense⁶ Ministry⁷ of Mali says 20 people were killed in an attack by Tuareg rebels on an army barracks in the north of the country. It’s the first major clash since a peace deal was signed in July. Military sources said a rebel column of more than 20 vehicles had raided the town of Nampala. The fighting came days after Mali’s President Amadou Toumani Toure reiterated⁸ his call for further peace talks. The Tuareg’s won more resources to be spent in their homeland in the Sahara Desert in northern Mali.

Protestors have again clashed with riot police in Greece two weeks after the fatal shooting of a teenager by a policeman sparked nationwide unrest. Dozens of demonstrators threw rubbish and tried to set fire to a Christmas tree in the main square in the capital Athens. Later, stones and petrol bombs were thrown at police.

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The Chinese government has been giving details of a naval⁹ task force it’s sending to the Gulf¹⁰ of Aden to help the international effort to combat piracy¹¹ there. It says two navy destroyers and a support vessel¹² will leave in a week’s time in what is thought to be China’s first naval deployment¹³ outside its immediate¹⁴ waters.

The American Space Agency NASA has made an appeal for public help with one of its strange experiments. NASA wants information on the fate of 90 rubber ducks deployed on a special mission to pinpoint¹⁵ where melt waters go under the Greenland ice shelf in summer months. The bathroom toys are put into one of the crevasses¹⁶ which drain vast amounts of Greenland's melt waters in the hope / they would pop out eventually and reveal the route taken by the water. NASA’s scientist Albert Behar says the agency is still hopeful of seeing its ducks again.

“We are always sort of thinking of different ways to get experiments out there. And we thought why don’t we try a cheap way of getting it out there and seeing what comes out. And so we have an e-mail address, and every day we check to see if anybody has found one of these rubber ducks, maybe a fisherman or a local hiker near one of the lakes. If anybody sees one and gives us a signal, we’ll be very happy.

Technicians are trying to restore full Internet and phone services between Europe, the Middle East and Asia which were seriously disrupted after undersea cables were severed¹⁷. A ship has been sent to the site in the Mediterranean¹⁸ so that repair work on the cables can begin. Officials think a ship’s anchor was the cause of the damage. Egypt was one of the countries worst hit by the disruption.

The American boxer¹⁹ Evander Holyfield has failed in his attempt to become the oldest world heavy-weight champion in history. Holyfield who is 46 was beaten on points by the Russian Nikolai Valuev in Switzerland. Valuev is 11 years Holyfield's junior as well as taller and more than 40 kilograms heavier.

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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 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

4 reiterate   

v.重申，反复地说

参考例句：

• Let me reiterate that we have absolutely no plans to increase taxation.让我再一次重申我们绝对没有增税的计划。
• I must reiterate that our position on this issue is very clear.我必须重申我们对这一项议题的立场很清楚。

5 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

6 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

7 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。

8 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

9 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

10 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

11 piracy   

n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害

参考例句：

• The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
• They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。

12 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

13 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

14 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

15 pinpoint   

vt.准确地确定；用针标出…的精确位置

参考例句：

• It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
• I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。

16 crevasses   

n.破口，崩溃处，裂缝( crevasse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Splays are commonly formed by currents from crevasses in levees. 嗽叭形堆积通常由堤防决口的洪流所形成。 来自辞典例句
• The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses. 冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。 来自辞典例句

17 severed   

v.切断，断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 )；断，裂

参考例句：

• The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

19 boxer   

n.制箱者，拳击手

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。