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The world's leading industrial nations together with some of the most influential¹ developing countries going to their crucial G20 meeting in London on Thursday , with marked differences about the best way of tackling the global financial crisis. After a day of intense meetings, President Barack Obama stressed that the world leaders were not going to agree on every point. He said he had come to London to put forward ideas but also to listen. At the same time, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy said there were goals on which there could be no compromise.

"France and Germany both want the result of the summit to include the principle of new regulation as a major objective. Without new regulation, there can be no confidence, and without confidence there can be no recovery. It's a major objective that's non-negotiable."

Ahead of the G20 summit, scuffles have taken place in London where thousands of protestors against capitalism², climate change and war have been demonstrating. At least 19 people have been arrested. Jean Peel was at the scene.

A hardcore of a few hundred protestors turned on the Royal Bank of Scotland Building next to the Bank of England. They breached³ police lines and used golf clubs and other weapons to break the windows. A few got into the offices which had been closed for the day, and smashed the equipments. Two people had to be removed from the roof. Overall around 4000 people were involved in the protest at its height. The vast majority were peaceful.

President Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev also meeting in London have agreed to reopen negotiations⁴ about reducing nuclear warheads. That will be the first such talks for more than a decade. In a joint⁵ statement, they said they hope to complete a new deal before the current treaty expires in December. Justin Webb reports.

It is an extraordinary fact that a major development in American-Russian relations may have come in the margins⁶ of the G20 economic summit, not exactly unnoticed but not much heralded⁷ either. A senior White House official told reporters travelling with the president that there had been a very significant breakthrough in the field of arms control. The presidents had agreed to give instructions to negotiators to begin talks on a new strategic arms treaty which could see big reductions in nuclear weapons held on both sides. Speaking after the meeting, Mr. Obama said it had been the beginning of a new process in US-Russian relations.

Albania and Croatia have officially become the newest members of NATO. They joined at a ceremony hosted by US State Department in Washington during which representatives from both countries presented their accession documents. Albania and Croatia delegates will take their seats alongside the 26 existing NATO members at their summit in the French and German cities of Strasbourg and Kehl on Friday and Saturday. The gathering⁸ will mark the alliance's 60th anniversary.

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The former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has taken the stand in his own defense⁹ at the end of his 15-month-long trial for alleged¹⁰ human rights abuses during his time in power in the 1990s. He's accused of having authorized¹¹ two massacres¹² in which 25 people were killed at the height of the conflict with the Maoist Shining Path movement. If found guilty, Mr. Fujimori faces up to 30 years in prison. The former president argued in court that he pulled Peru back from the brink¹³ during his time in office.

A helicopter carrying 16 people from an offshore¹⁴ oil rigs crashed into the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. Police say rescue teams have recovered eight bodies. James Cook reports.

The Bond Super Puma¹⁵ was heading to Aberdeen when it came down fast and hard. A support vessel¹⁶ saw the crash and immediately put a boat in the water, but could only find wreckage¹⁷. Eight bodies were recovered and a search for the remaining eight on board is continuing through the night, although it has been scaled back. This is the second Super Puma operated by BP to crash in the North Sea in just six weeks.

The Chinese authorities are allowing limited access to most of the southwestern county of BeiChuan for the first time since it was devastated¹⁸ by an earthquake last May, in which more than 80,000 people died. Former residents can enter the area in China's Sichuan province for just four days for the annual Tomb Sweeping¹⁹ Festival to honour and mourn the dead. Correspondents say there is still widespread public anger over the collapse²⁰ of many schools during the quake and the authorities have still not listed the number of child victims.

Missiles fired by what's thought to have been a pilotless American aircraft have killed at least 14 people in northwestern Pakistan. It's thought to be the first time the US military has attacked targets in the Orakzai tribal²¹ area near the Afghan border. A local resident said the missile has hit a house used by the Taliban.

1 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

2 capitalism   

n.资本主义

参考例句：

• The essence of his argument is that capitalism cannot succeed.他的论点的核心是资本主义不能成功。
• Capitalism began to develop in Russia in the 19th century.十九世纪资本主义在俄国开始发展。

3 breached   

攻破( breach的现在分词 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
• Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。

4 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

5 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

6 margins   

边( margin的名词复数 )； 利润； 页边空白； 差数

参考例句：

• They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins. 他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。
• To create more space between the navigation items, add left and right margins to the links. 在每个项目间留更多的空隙，加左或者右的margins来定义链接。

7 heralded   

v.预示( herald的过去式和过去分词 )；宣布（好或重要）

参考例句：

• The singing of the birds heralded in the day. 鸟鸣报晓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

9 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。

10 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

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。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

11 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

12 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。

13 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

14 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

15 puma   

美洲豹

参考例句：

• The police and the volunteers combed the forest for the lost puma from the zoo.警察和志愿者们在森林里到处寻找动物园迷失的美洲狮。
• A businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。

16 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。

17 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

18 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

19 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

20 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

21 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。