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Officials in the Afghan capital Kabul said / the special US envoy¹ Richard Holbrooke has been involved in a serious row with President Hamid Karzai. The BBC has learned that Mr. Holbrooke raised concern about irregularities in the recent presidential election and said that a second round run-off could make the process more credible². From Kabul, Ian Pannell reports.

A number of senior sources have confirmed the details of a meeting between Richard Holbrooke and President Karzai the day after the election. It was described as "explosive" and "a dramatic bust³ up". Richard Holbrooke is said to have twice raised the idea of a second round run-off because of concerns about the voting process. He is believed to have complained about the use of fraud and ballot-stuffing by some members of the president's campaign team as well as other candidates. The sources say that president Karzai reacted very angrily and that the meeting ended shortly afterwards. Afghan officials denied the reports of the meeting, while the US Embassy in Kabul said only that Mr. Holbrooke had not stormed out.

A suicide bomber⁴ has attacked a Pakistani checkpoint in the Khyber Pass on the border with Afghanistan, killing⁵ at least 22 people. The Pass has been a frequent target for Taliban militants⁶. More from Orla Guerin, in Islamabad.

The Bomber struck at sunset as border guards gathered for Iftar, the traditional meal which breaks the Ramadan fast. There are unconfirmed reports that a teenage boy, carrying a soft drink walked towards them and blew himself up. Witnesses say there was a massive blast which destroyed the check point. Hundreds of NATO vehicles pass through the area every day, carrying essential supplies to troops in Afghanistan.

The outgoing commander of the Darfur peace keeping force in Sudan says that after six years of conflict, the war is probably over. But General Martin Agwai said low-level skirmishes and banditry would continue, and it was vital to get a proper diplomatic settlement in Darfur.

An independent scientific review says the projected costs of coping with the impact of climate change are likely to be two or three times greater than the current United Nation's estimate. The researchers put the probable annual bill of dealing⁷ with worsening floods, droughts and storms at two or three hundred billion dollars. Richard Black reports.

There is a large amount of what you might call “guestimation” involved in all these assessments⁸. We don't know for sure the scale of climate threats, how much sea level will rise, how much were the changes will affect crop fields and so on. And we don't know for sure how much combating these impacts would cost. The UN admits its estimates were cautious. The numbers are very important politically. Developing countries say Western economies have caused climate change and Western economies must pay for these protection measures. Without the money, there won't be a deal at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen later this year.

The anti-corruption commission in Nigeria says it has so far recovered 170 million dollars in bad debts from five major banks which were bailed⁹ out by the Central Bank earlier this month. Billions of dollars remain outstanding. The bad loans have brought Nigeria's banking¹⁰ system to the brink¹¹ of collapse¹² and 68 top business executives are in custody¹³.

Eighteen years after an 11-year-old girl was abducted¹⁴ in California, a woman has walked into a police station near San Francisco, saying that she is the missing person. Police say they are almost certain that the woman is Jaycee Lee Dugard. From California, Rajesh Mirchandani.

The last time Jaycee Lee Dugard was seen in public was in 1991. The 11-year-old was walking to school near her home in the east of California. Her stepfather watched helplessly as two people drove up to the girl and forced her into their car. Now 18 years later a woman has walked into a police station near San Francisco, claiming she is the missing person. A spokesman from the local sheriff department said DNA¹⁵ tests were being conducted, but they were 99% sure the woman is Jaycee Dugard.

A motorcade carrying the body of Senator Edward Kennedy has arrived in Boston, where dignitaries led by President Obama will attend funeral services on Saturday. Hundreds of people lined the road as the coffin¹⁶, wrapped in the American flag, left the family compound at Cape¹⁷ Cod¹⁸. Senator Kennedy will be buried near his assassinated¹⁹ brothers at Arlington National Cemetery²⁰ in Virginia.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who's held talks in Germany with the German Chancellor²¹ Angela Merkel has received a rare original set of plants for the Nazi²² concentration camp at Auschwitz. More than a million people, mostly Jews were gassed to death or died from hunger or disease there. Mr. Netanyahu said that those who doubt the holocaust²³ should come to Jerusalem to see the drawings.

阿富汗首都喀布尔官员称，美国特使霍尔布鲁克密会总统卡尔扎伊。BBC获悉，霍尔布鲁克对最近的总统选举违规情况表示担忧，称如果进行第二轮选举会使选举过程更加可信。喀布尔，Ian Pannell报道。

一些高层消息来源证实选举第二天霍尔布鲁克密会总统卡尔扎伊。此次会面被描述为“爆炸性的”和“戏剧性的寒冬”。据称，由于对投票过程表示担忧，霍尔布鲁克曾两次提到进行第二轮选举。据称，他曾抱怨总统的竞选团队和其他候选人使用欺诈和虚假选票。消息来源称，卡尔扎伊非常愤怒，会面很快结束。阿富汗官员对会面的报道予以否认，而美国驻喀布尔大使馆称霍尔布鲁克不可能单独行动。

在巴基斯坦与阿富汗边境，自杀式炸弹爆炸袭击了开柏隘口一个巴基斯坦检查点，造成至少22人死亡。该隘口经常成为塔利班分子的袭击目标。Orla Guerin在伊斯兰堡为我们报道更详细信息。

爆炸发生在日落时分，当时边境守卫集合准备享用传统的斋月节的开斋饭。未经证实的报道称，一名十几岁的男孩拿着软饮料走向他们，随后将自己引爆。目击者称，爆炸威力非常巨大，摧毁了检查点。每天有数百辆北约车辆经过该检查点，为驻阿富汗军队运送必需品。

苏丹达尔富尔地区维和部队离任指挥官称，经过六年的冲突之后，战争可能结束。但是Martin Agwai将军称，低水平的小规模冲突和土匪斗争仍将继续，所以，以外交手段解决达尔富尔地区的问题非常重要。

一篇独立的科学评论称，应对气候变化影响的预计费用将比目前联合国估计的高出两到三倍。研究人员称，每年用于处理不断恶化的洪水，干旱和风暴的费用高达2000或3000亿美元。Richard Black报道。

这些评估中包括大量你可能成为“guestimation”的方面。我们不能确定气候威胁的规模，海平面会上升多少，农田会在多大程度上受到气候变化的影响等等问题。我们不能确认这些影响会带来多大代价。联合国承认，他们的评估非常保守。这些数字在政治上非常重要。发展中国家称，是西方国家造成了气候变化，西方国家必须为这些保护措施买单。如果他们不提供资金，今年年末哥本哈根的联合国气候会谈上就不会达成协议。

尼日利亚反腐委员会称，目前为止他们已经在接受中央银行援助的五家银行发现了高达1.7亿美元的坏账。仍有数十亿美元为偿还。不良贷款导致尼日利亚银行系统处于崩溃的边缘，68名高层管理人员身陷囹圄。

加利福尼亚一名11岁的女孩被绑架18年之后，一名女子走进旧金山附近一所警察局，称她就是失踪的女孩。警方称，他们几乎确定这名女子就是失踪的Jaycee Lee Dugard。加利福尼亚，Rajesh Mirchandani报道。

人们最后一次在公共场合见到Jaycee Lee Dugard是在1991年。这个女孩不幸前往加利福尼亚东部家附近的学校。当两人驶进这个女孩，强迫她上车时，她的继父束手无策。现在，十八年后，这名女子走进旧金山附近的警察局，声称她就是失踪的女孩。当地治安部门发言人称目前正在进行DNA测验，但是他们99%的确认这名女子就是Jaycee Dugard。

载着参议员爱德华-肯尼迪的车队抵达波士顿，由奥巴马总统领导的贵宾将于周六在这里参加他的葬礼。当覆盖着美国国旗的灵柩离开位于科德的别墅时，数百人列队路旁。参议员肯尼迪将被葬在佛吉尼亚阿灵顿国家公墓被暗杀的兄长附近。

以色列总理内塔尼亚胡在德国与德国总理安格拉·默克尔举行会谈。内塔尼亚胡接受了前纳粹奥斯威辛（Auschwitz）集中营的设计蓝图。100多万人，其中大部分是犹太人被虐待至死，或者死于饥饿或疾病。内塔尼亚胡称，任何怀疑这次大屠杀的人都应该到耶路撒冷来看一下这份蓝图。

1 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

2 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

3 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

4 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

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 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。

8 assessments   

n.评估( assessment的名词复数 )；评价；（应偿付金额的）估定；（为征税对财产所作的）估价

参考例句：

• He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句

9 bailed   

保释，帮助脱离困境( bail的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Fortunately the pilot bailed out before the plane crashed. 飞机坠毁之前，驾驶员幸运地跳伞了。
• Some water had been shipped and the cook bailed it out. 船里进了些水，厨师把水舀了出去。

10 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

11 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。

12 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。

13 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

14 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

15 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

16 coffin   

n.棺材，灵柩

参考例句：

• When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
• The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。

17 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

18 cod   

n.鳕鱼；v.愚弄；哄骗

参考例句：

• They salt down cod for winter use.他们腌鳕鱼留着冬天吃。
• Cod are found in the North Atlantic and the North Sea.北大西洋和北海有鳕鱼。

19 assassinated   

v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏

参考例句：

• The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
• Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句

20 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

21 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

22 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

23 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。