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The Egyptian government has formally announced plans to build a new capital east of the present one Cairo. This will involve moving the country's parliament, its ministries¹ and foreign embassies. A city the size of Singapore is in vision with a population of 7 million people. Dubai based businessman Mohammed Alaba is one of the main developers involved in the project.

I think we have to deploy² the most advanced design techniques, technology and sustainability, human needs which is more important than anything else. And human needs of people of Cairo,people of Egypt to make sure that you create an environment that's accommodating all type of lives and all level of incomes but still in a very affordable³, sizeable, sustainable way for the many many years to come.

A former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has been jailed for 13 years after being found guilty of ordering the arrest of a judge while in office. MrNasheed, the first democratically-elected president of the Islands was cleared of the charges last month, but was subsequently rearrested in charge on anti-terrorism laws. Richard reports.

Mr Nasheed's lawyers quit during his latest trial which they said it was biased⁴ and intented to end his political career. It could be the common notion of Mr Nasheed's struggle against the current president Abdulla Yameen and his elder brother who also rule the Indian Ocean nation. Mr Nasheed has always maintained his innocence⁵. He says he was forced from office at gun point when he tried to tackle corruption⁶. The incumbent⁷ and his brother say Mr Nasheed is guilty of terrorism. Both the United States and India have voiced concerns over the charge against MrNasheed.

Global emissions⁹ of carbon dioxide, the main green house gas, stabilized¹⁰ last year, according to new data by the international energy agency,the IEA, it's the first time in 40 years that halting emission⁸ has be caused by economic downturn. Hellen Brics reports.

The IEA said global carbon emission in 2014 remained unchanged from the previous year at 32 billion tons. Analysts¹¹ attribute the slowdown to falling coal consumption in China and a shift towards more renewable energy and random¹² effect such as the weather and changes on oil and gas prices. But the Paris-based organization said while the results were encouraging; there is no time for complacency as the world looks to the signing of global climate deal in December.

The Romanian authorities say the country's finance minister Derick is being investigated for corruption. The trial will be focus on contacts awarded to the private company during his time as mayor of S. It's the latest in a series of high profile anti-corruption investigations¹³.

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The Nigerian military says it has uncovered Boko Haram bomb making factory in the northeastern town of Buneyadi. The militants¹⁴ captured the town in Yobe State in August, but the army re-took it on Saturday. The defense¹⁵ ministry¹⁶ spokesman said suicide vests and improvised¹⁷ explosive devices often used in suicide bombings were discovered.

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo says it's looking to redraw the boundaries of the Virunga national park, a world heritage site, in order to allow oil exploitation. The Virunga is Africa's oldest national park and home to some of the world's last remaining mountain gorillas¹⁸.More Jilin reports.

When asked whether the government was considering the classifying parts of the Virunga national park to allow oil exploitation to go ahead, the Congolese Prime Minister Mada Dapunew said that they were headed in that direction. He said he has held several talks with the head of UNESCO on the issue. In June following international criticism from environment groups who say potential oil leaks would destroy the park's fragile ecosystem¹⁹ and threaten its rare wildlife. The company said it would leave the park once it had completed its tests, it said it would not pursue its activities on the site unless the Congolese government and UNESCO came to an agreement.

Thousands of government supporters across Brazil have been taking part in marches to show their backing for president Dilma Rousseff following a huge corruption scandal in the state-owned oil company Petrol Bras.The opposition²⁰ has called for Mrs Rousseff impeachment²¹ as the most of the politicians accused of taking bribes²² from Brazil governing coalition²³.

A Venezuelan opposition activist²⁴ arrested during last year's anti-government rallies has died in custody²⁵. Rodolfo Gonzalez hanged himself in cell of the headquarters of the country's secret service. His lawyer told the BBC Mr Gonzalez took his life after learning he would be transferred to one of Venezuelan notoriously dangerous prisons.

埃及政府正式宣布将在现有首都开罗东部建造一座新首都，这将包括搬走该国的议会、各部和外国使馆。计划中的新首都面积有新加坡大小，人口将有700万。来自迪拜的商人穆罕默德·阿拉巴是参与该项目的主要开发商之一。

我想我们必须使用最先进的设计技术、科技，使其具备可持久性，并满足人类需要，这比其他都更重要。要满足开罗人、埃及人的需要，确保能创造一个能接纳各种生活方式和各种收入的环境，而且未来多年还能负担得起、规模相当大且能够持续。

马尔代夫前总统穆罕默德·纳希德因在位期间下令逮捕一名法官而获罪，并被判13年徒刑。纳希德是这个岛国第一位民选总统，上月已被免除这些指控，但后来根据反恐法再次被捕。理查德报道。

在最近的审判中，纳希德的律师们离开了法庭，称指控有偏见，其目的是想终结纳希德的政治生涯。纳希德可能想以此来与现任总统阿卜杜勒·亚米恩和他同样统治这个印度洋国家的兄长作斗争。纳希德一直声称自己无辜，他说自己是在枪口下被迫离职的，当时正在处理腐败问题。现任总统及其兄长称纳希德涉嫌恐怖主义。美国和印度都对针对纳希德的指控表示担忧。

根据国际能源署的数据，全球温室气体中的主要成分二氧化碳排放量在去年变稳定，这是40年来首次由经济衰退导致的排放量减少。海伦报道。

国际能源署称与前一年相比2014年的全球碳排放没有改变，仍是320亿吨。分析家将这归因于中国煤炭消耗量的减少，更多可再生能源的使用，以及诸如天气、石油和天然气价格改变等随机因素。但这个总部在巴黎的组织称尽管该结果很鼓舞人心，但我们没有自满的时间了，因为全世界都在期待12月签署的全球气候协议。

罗马尼亚当局称该国财长因腐败接受调查，审判将关注他担任市长期间与一家私企的接触，这是一系列高调反腐调查中的最新一起案件。

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尼日利亚军方称在某东北部城市发现博科圣地组织用来生产炸弹的工厂，该组织去年8月份占领了该镇，但军队周六将之重新夺走。国防部发言人称在工厂里发现了通常用在自杀式爆炸中的自杀背心和简易爆炸装置。

刚果民主共和国政府称将重划世界遗产地维龙加国家公园的边界来允许进行石油开采，这是非洲最古老的国家公园，有着全世界最后仅存的山地大猩猩。

当被问及政府是否在考虑将维龙加国家公园部分地区分类以允许进行石油开采时，该国总理称准备朝这个方向努力。他说他与联合国教科文组织负责人就该问题进行了几次会谈。去年6月国际上的环境组织表示批评，称潜在的石油泄漏会毁坏公园脆弱的生态系统，并危及其稀有物种的生命。该公司称一旦完成测试就会离开公园，称除非刚果政府和联合国教科文组织达成协议，否则不会在公园内进行活动。

巴西各地数千名政府支持者参加游行表示对总统迪尔玛·罗塞夫的支持，这与国有巴西石油公司发生大规模腐败丑闻有关。反对派要求弹劾罗塞夫，因为大多数政客都被控从巴西执政联盟那里收取贿赂。

在去年反政府集会中被捕的委内瑞拉反对派活动人士冈萨雷兹在狱中死亡，他是在该国特工局总部监狱中悬梁自尽的。他的律师告诉BBC，冈萨雷兹是在听说自己将被转移到委内瑞拉因危险而臭名昭著的监狱后自杀的。

1 ministries   

（政府的）部( ministry的名词复数 )； 神职； 牧师职位； 神职任期

参考例句：

• Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。

2 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

3 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

4 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

5 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

6 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。

7 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

8 emission   

n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发

参考例句：

• Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
• Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。

9 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

10 stabilized   

v.（使）稳定， （使）稳固( stabilize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The patient's condition stabilized. 患者的病情稳定下来。
• His blood pressure has stabilized. 他的血压已经稳定下来了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

11 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

12 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

13 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

14 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。

15 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。

16 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。

17 improvised   

a.即席而作的,即兴的

参考例句：

• He improvised a song about the football team's victory. 他即席创作了一首足球队胜利之歌。
• We improvised a tent out of two blankets and some long poles. 我们用两条毛毯和几根长竿搭成一个临时帐蓬。

18 gorillas   

n.大猩猩( gorilla的名词复数 )；暴徒，打手

参考例句：

• the similitude between humans and gorillas 人类和大猩猩的相像
• Each family of gorillas is led by a great silverbacked patriarch. 每个大星星家族都由一个魁梧的、长着银色被毛的族长带领着。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 ecosystem   

n.生态系统

参考例句：

• This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
• We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。

20 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

21 impeachment   

n.弹劾；控告；怀疑

参考例句：

• Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
• The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。

22 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

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。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

23 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

24 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

25 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。