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Survivors¹ of the Nazi² death camp at Auschwitz in Poland have urged the world not to allow a repeat of the crimes of the holocaust³ as they marked the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation by Soviet⁴ troops. More than a million people, mainly Jews, were murdered at Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945. Kevin Connolly reports.

Three hundred survivors gathered, many in scarfs made from the blue-and-white stripes of the same prison uniforms they once wore on freezing winter days like today. If Auschwitz is a symbol of the worst that men can inflict⁵, then they are a symbol of the human capacity to endure. The day belongs to the living eyewitnesses⁶ to some of the worst history's horror. But they were prayers for the many dead too, echoing in the grayish sunset.

Rebels in South Sudan have freed the first of several thousand child soldiers who are expected to be released in the coming weeks. The UN children's agency said 280 children, some as young as 11, were handed over in Jonglei state. From there Ed Thomas reports.

Today they are all free. The militia⁷, the Cobra Faction⁸, has signed a peace deal. It means the children can finally put down their weapons. It's a promise child soldiers like Peter depend on.

Despite the brutality⁹ they have the chance to begin again.

A Spanish judge has charged 10 Roman Catholic priests with child sex abuse in a case that prompted Pope Francis to telephone one of the alleged¹⁰ victims to offer his apologies. The priests are accused of abusing four teenage boys in Granada in southern Spain. Tom Burridge reports.

This case of alleged pedophilia within the Catholic Church in Spain came to light last October when a 24-year-old man went to the police. The allegations centre on events which began 10 years ago when he was a 14-year-old altar boy at a church in the city of Granada. In the court documents which have now been published he claims he was forced to masturbate a priest at the church called Roman Martinez. Pope Francis, who promised a zero tolerance¹¹ approach to sexual abuse cases in the Catholic Church, launched an investigation¹² into the case back in November.

The authorities in New York have been defending their decision to shut down the city's transport system after what was forecast to be a potentially historic blizzard¹³ turned out to be only moderate snow fall. The city's mayor said he'd taken a better-save-than-sorry approach.

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Libyan security sources say at least eight people were killed when gunmen stormed a top hotel in the capital Tripoli and set off a car bomb outside. Libyan officials said the gunmen killed three security guards and five foreigners including an American, a Frenchman and three people from Asia. They say siege ended with the gunmen blowing themselves up.

The Ukrainian military says nine of its soldiers have been killed in the past 24 hours amid intense fighting with pro-Russian rebels at several places in eastern Ukraine. Our correspondent Sarah Rainsford is in the region.

In the corridor of a small town hospital in eastern Ukraine, volunteered fighters bring in their wounded. The flow of military and civilian¹⁴ casualty has increased here in recent days as clashes along the front line have escalated¹⁵. The fighting has been particular heavy in Debaltseve, and now its two nearest towns are under fire too. Nato, Ukraine's government in Kiev and EU leaders all accuse Russia of stoking this conflict, sending weapons and fighters across the border to support the separatists. Moscow always denies that. But there's now talk of new economic sanctions to pressure Russia to back down.

The head of the water authority in Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo says if a prolonged drought continues the city may have to resort to adjusted water rationing¹⁶ plan. Paulo Massato said Sao Paulo would have to go down to two days of water and five without if it didn't rain soon. The main reservoir system is 95% empty.

The favourites to win the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament, Algeria, are through to the quarterfinals with their comfortable 2-0 victory over Senegal. The other team to qualify, Ghana, had a bumpier¹⁷ ride. They were on the verge¹⁸ of crashing out against South Africa but came back from behind with two gaols¹⁹ in the last 17 minutes.

波兰奥斯维辛纳粹集中营的幸存者纪念集中营被苏联军队解放70周年，他们敦促全世界不要让大屠杀的罪行重演。1940年到1945年间有100多万人在奥斯维辛被杀，其中主要是犹太人。凯文·康诺利报道。

300多名幸存者聚集在一起，很多人戴着蓝白条纹的头巾，他们曾在今天这样的寒冬穿过这种条纹的囚服。如果说奥斯维辛象征着人类所能早就的最大灾难，那么这些人就象征着人类所能承受的极限。今天属于这些活着的目击者，他们目睹过人类历史上最黑暗的恐怖。但他们也在为很多死者祈祷，祈祷声回荡在浅灰色的暮色中。

南苏丹叛军释放了几百名童子军中的第一批人，全部儿童有望在未来几周得到释放。联合国儿童机构称这280名儿童在琼莱州获释，其中最小的只有11岁。艾德·托马斯报道。

今天他们获释了，民兵“眼镜蛇派”签署了和平协议，这意味着这些孩子终于能放下武器了，这是皮特这样的童子军所希望的。

尽管经历了暴行，但他们终于有机会获得新生。

一名西班牙法官指控10名罗马天主教牧师以儿童性侵罪，此案使得方济各教皇致电一名受害者并表示歉意。这些牧师被控在西班牙南部格拉纳达性侵4名少年。汤姆·玻璃器报道。

西班牙天主教堂恋童癖案得以曝光，是因为去年10月份一名24岁的男子去警察局报案，据悉案情开始于10年前，当时他14岁，在格拉纳达一座教堂做祭台助手。在如今公布的法庭卷宗中，这名男子声称他被迫在名为马丁内兹的教堂为一名牧师手淫。曾承诺对天主教堂性虐案件零容忍的方济各教皇于去年11月对此案进行了调查。

由于预报称纽约可能出现历史上罕见的暴风雪，该市当局决定关闭交通系统，结果没有出现暴风雪，只是小规模的降雪，目前纽约当局为当初的决定辩护。市长称采取的策略是“做事稳健胜过事后遗憾”。

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来自利比亚安全部门的消息称，武装分子冲进首都的黎波里一家高级酒店并在酒店外引爆了汽车炸弹，导致至少8人丧生。利比亚官方称武装分子杀害了3名保安和5名外国人，包括一名美国人、一名法国人和三名亚洲人。他们称包围行动的最后武装分子引爆了自己。

乌克兰军方称过去24小时内与亲俄叛军在乌克兰东部几个地区发生激战，有9名乌克兰士兵丧生。记者萨拉报道。

在乌克兰东部一座小城医院的走廊上，支援武装人员将伤者送来。最近几天，由于前线的冲突加剧，送来的军人和平民伤亡人数增多。战斗尤其激烈的地点是杰巴利采韦，现在这里两座最近的城镇也在交火。北约、乌克兰在基辅的政府和欧盟领导人纷纷指责俄罗斯煽动这场冲突，越过边境输送武器和转斗人员来支持分类分子。莫斯科一直对此否认，但现在已经有对话希望采取新的经济制裁来给对俄罗斯施压。

巴西最大城市圣保罗供水当局负责人称，如果旷日持久的干旱继续下去，该市可能必须调整水定量供给计划了。保罗·马萨拓说如果不马上下雨，圣保罗就陷入一周只有两天有水，其他5天没有水的境地。主要的水库系统现在已95%干涸。

最有希望赢得非洲国家杯足球锦标赛的阿尔及利亚以2:0胜塞内加尔的成绩轻松进入四分之一决赛，另一个进入决赛的国家加纳则步履维艰，该国原本即将被南非打败，但在最后17分钟踢进了两球。

1 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 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。

3 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。

4 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

5 inflict   

vt.(on)把…强加给，使遭受，使承担

参考例句：

• Don't inflict your ideas on me.不要把你的想法强加于我。
• Don't inflict damage on any person.不要伤害任何人。

6 eyewitnesses   

目击者( eyewitness的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The examination of all the eyewitnesses took a week. 对所有证人的质询用了一周的时间。
• Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face. 几位目击证人证明他们看见那几个警官打了米勒的脸。

7 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

8 faction   

n.宗派，小集团；派别；派系斗争

参考例句：

• Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
• I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。

9 brutality   

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军

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 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

12 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

13 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

14 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

15 escalated   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
• The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。

16 rationing   

n.定量供应

参考例句：

• Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel. 战时的艰苦包括食物配给和燃料短缺。
• Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago. 那个国家早就取消了粮食配给制。

17 bumpier   

adj.困难重重的( bumpy的比较级 )；崎岖的；（使） 处境艰难；气流不稳的

参考例句：

18 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

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。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

19 gaols   

监狱，拘留所( gaol的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The farmed the gaols out to private persons. 当局把监所出租给私人。
• Strikes by prison officers underline the need for reform in our gaols. 监狱工作人员罢工一事，突出地表明我们的监狱制度需要改革。