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Indonesians Welcome New President 印尼人欢迎新总统

Now, the day's news, from the Voice of America. 

Indonesia has a new president. Joko Widodo was sworn in as president on Monday at the national parliament building in Jakarta. Leaders of Australia, Malaysia and Singapore attended the swearing-in ceremony. So did America’s top diplomat1, Secretary of State John Kerry.

Turkey and US help Kurds to stop Islamic State

A Turkish official said on Monday the country is helping2 Iraqi Kurds cross into Syria to aid Kurdish fighters in Kobani, as they try to stop an advance by Islamic State militants3.

The country’s foreign minister made the announcement as the U.S. dropped weapons, ammunition4 and medical supplies from airplanes to help Kurdish forces defending Kobani.

More good news on the fight against Ebola

The World Health Organization said Nigeria is free from Ebola after 42 days with no new cases of the deadly virus reported.

A WHO spokesman5 said the development is a “spectacular success story."

Last week, the WHO also declared Senegal Ebola-free.


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1 diplomat Pu0xk     
n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人
参考例句：
  • The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
  • He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
2 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
3 militants 3fa50c1e4338320d8495907fdc5bdbaf     
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。
4 ammunition GwVzz     
n.军火，弹药
参考例句：
  • A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
  • They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。
5 spokesman hvrwH     
n.发言人，代言人
参考例句：
  • The government spokesman gave a quick briefing to the reporters.政府发言人向记者们作了情况简介。
  • They drew lots to decide who should be their spokesman.他们抽签决定谁是他们的发言人。

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