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Scientists to the world's largest particle accelerator have successfully collided beams of protons at the highest energy levels ever seen. There was cheering in the control room at CERN, the European nuclear research center in Switzerland as one of the biggest and most complicated scientific experiments got fully¹ underway. The experiment is seen as a major breakthrough in efforts to understand the fundamental nature of the universe. Doctor Martin White is a research fellow at CERN.

"One of the great mysteries of the universe is that most of the mass in the universe is some kind of dark matter. It's some kind of particle that doesn't match anything we've seen before. And if you look into space, you can see this because you can see its gravitational pull. So one of the things is that we hope to get, recent and earlier, an effective scene in next two years of some idea of what this dark matter is."

The Supreme² Court in Pakistan has threatened to jail the head of the country's anti-corruption³ agency if it fails to reopen hundreds of corruption cases including those against President Asif Zardari. Elettra Neysmith reports from Islamabad.

The Supreme Court ruled in December that an amnesty protecting thousands of Pakistani politicians and bureaucrats⁴ from corruption charges be overturned, included among them one in which President Zardari is alleged⁵ to have stolen 60 million dollars and deposited it in Swiss bank accounts. But the government has responded slowly and that's angered the chief justice. He told the head of the National Accountability Bureau Naveed Ahsan that the delay was unsatisfactory and that it was his duty to chase the money. He's given him 24 hours to act or face jail.

The man who narrowly won the most seats in the recent general election in Iraq Ayad Allawi has accused neighboring Iran of trying to prevent him from becoming prime minister. Mr Allawi's party is supported by Iraq's Sunni minority, but the Shiite-backed party of his rival the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has close ties with Iran. From Baghdad, here is Andrew North.

Dr Allawi accused the Iranian government of interfering⁶ by inviting⁷ all the major parties to Tehran for talks except his own Iraqiyya bloc⁸ because he says "Tehran doesn't like us". Asked if he was accusing Iran of trying to stop him becoming prime minister, he said "yes. They were not respecting the will of the Iraqi people," and warned of the risk of renewed instability. Some are likely to see Dr Allawi's comments as an excuse for the possibility - he may not be able to form a government.

There've been sharp exchanges in the Serbian parliament as members held a debate late into the evening on a resolution that would offer an apology for the massacre⁹ of thousands of Muslims by Serb forces at the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995. Members clashed over what precisely¹⁰ happened, over how many people have been killed and why. The Serbian government says a declaration on Srebrenica would be a crucial step in its attempts to present itself as a changed society, democratic, multi-ethnic and with hopes of future European Union membership.

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The international Red Cross says the left-wing FARC rebels in Colombia have released their second kidnap victim in three days. He is a Colombian army sergeant¹¹, Pablo Emilio Moncayo who had been held by the rebels for more than 12 years. He was handed over to Red Cross officials at an undisclosed rendezvous¹² deep in the southern jungle.

The authorities in China say that two hospital workers have been detained by police after the discovery of 21 fetuses¹³ and babies' bodies in a river in the east of the country. The two mortuary attendants at Jining University Hospital are alleged to have taken money from the babies' families to dispose of the bodies, but instead dumped them in the river.

The South African runner Caster Semenya has announced her return to competitive athletics¹⁵. Semenya, who's not raced since winning the world 800m title last year, said she would prepare for a limited number of athletics meetings this season. From Johannesburg, here is Karen Allen.

In a statement released by her agent, Caster Semenya's irritation¹⁶ at the delays in getting the matter of the gender¹⁷ test result is clear. Although she's not been formally suspended or banned from competing, it's understood she'd agreed not to race until the sports governing body, the IAAF, released the results. Amid widespread criticism that Caster Semenya had been duped about the test, the IAAF have refused to confirm or deny reports that the athlete has both male and female sex organs. Seven months after her dramatic win at the Berlin World Championships, Semenya has argued that her athletic¹⁴ capabilities¹⁸ and earning potential are being severely¹⁹ compromised.

An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has issued a permanent ban on a local civil rights group holding an Internet discussion of the country's first amputation²⁰ under Sharia law. This follows a temporary order last week preventing Facebook and Twitter being used to raise the case of Buba Bello Jangebe on the 10th anniversary of the amputation of his hand for theft.

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 bureaucrats   

n.官僚( bureaucrat的名词复数 )；官僚主义；官僚主义者；官僚语言

参考例句：

• That is the fate of the bureaucrats, not the inspiration of statesmen. 那是官僚主义者的命运，而不是政治家的灵感。 来自辞典例句
• Big business and dozens of anonymous bureaucrats have as much power as Japan's top elected leaders. 大企业和许多不知名的官僚同日本选举出来的最高层领导者们的权力一样大。 来自辞典例句

5 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

6 interfering   

adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词

参考例句：

• He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！
• I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

7 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

8 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

9 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

10 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

11 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

12 rendezvous   

n.约会，约会地点，汇合点；vi.汇合，集合；vt.使汇合，使在汇合地点相遇

参考例句：

• She made the rendezvous with only minutes to spare.她还差几分钟时才来赴约。
• I have a rendezvous with Peter at a restaurant on the harbour.我和彼得在海港的一个餐馆有个约会。

13 fetuses   

n.胎，胎儿( fetus的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• DNA was extracted from fetuses at mid-gestation, about 10 days past conception. DNA从受孕大约10天后的中期妊娠胚胎中提取。 来自互联网
• Brucellosis is a disease that causes fetuses to abort in cattle. 普鲁士菌病是一种可以导致牲畜胎儿夭折的疾病。 来自互联网

14 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

15 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

16 irritation   

n.激怒，恼怒，生气

参考例句：

• He could not hide his irritation that he had not been invited.他无法掩饰因未被邀请而生的气恼。
• Barbicane said nothing,but his silence covered serious irritation.巴比康什么也不说，但是他的沉默里潜伏着阴郁的怒火。

17 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

18 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

19 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

20 amputation   

n.截肢

参考例句：

• In ancient India,adultery was punished by amputation of the nose.在古代印度，通奸要受到剖鼻的处罚。
• He lived only hours after the amputation.截肢后，他只活了几个小时。