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The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned world leaders not to use the economic downturn as an excuse for missing targets on reducing poverty. At a summit in New York to review the Millennium Development Goals, he said they could still be achieved by the target date of 2015, but the progress wasfragile. Our diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall reports.
The mood here is both positive and anxious. The top goal to cut by half the number of people living in hunger and abject poverty by 2015 does look as though it will be metpartlydue toextraordinarygrowth rates in China, India and Brazil. There has been encouraging progress on getting all children access to primary schooling, and in tackling diseases like HIV, Aids infection and malaria, but other goals are wayoff track, especially reducing infant and maternal deaths, and progress has been uneven. In places, the very poorest have got poorer still, as aid has failed to reach them.
An influential separatist leader in Indian-administered Kashmir says protests against Indian rule, in which more than 100 people have died, will continue unless the government meets his core demands. Speaking to the BBC, the leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who's viewed as a hardliner,outlined the separatists' terms.
"India should accept the disputed nature of Jammu and Kashmir as it is internationally accepted as a dispute, and then to start the withdrawal of the occupying forces, and then thedraconianlaws which are still imposed in Jammu and Kashmir."
President Obama has acknowledged that times are still very hard for many Americansin the wake ofthe global financial crisis. He was speaking at a town hall-style meeting on American television.
"Even though economists may say that the recession officially ended last year, obviously for the millions of people who are still out of work, people who have seen their home values decline, people who are struggling to pay the home bills day to day, it's still very real for them."
Mr Obama's comments came as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development forecast in a report that the US would experience high unemployment until at least 2013.
The Iraqi National Museum has found that more than 600 missing ancientartefacts in a storeroom in Baghdad. The pieces include clay tablets, spearheads, glass cups, beads and statues from different periods of Iraqi history. The items were originally found two years ago by US forces and handed over to the Iraqi government. They were then lost andresurfaced in the storeroom at the Iraqi prime minister's office.
Officials in Somalia say a suicide bomber has blown himself up at the gates of the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu. They say the attack took place as aconvoyof African Union peacekeepers was entering the compound. The officials suspect the bombing was carried out by al-Shabab insurgents.
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President Raul Castro of Cuba has sacked the cabinet ministerresponsible forbasic industry including oil and nickel production. A statement said the minister, Yadira Garcia, had been removed from her post because of shortcomings of the ministry and weak management of production and investment. It's the latest in a series of changes to Cuba's leadership since Raul Castro replaced his brother Fidel as president.
France has sent dozens of soldiers to the West African country of Niger to try to find seven hostages, five of them French. The soldiers are usingreconnaissanceplanes to search the Sahara Desert for the captives, who were seized from their homes in northern Niger on Thursday. The French government believes they were probably abducted by gunmen from al-Qaeda's North Africa branch.
The former head coach of Togo's national football squad has been suspended for three years for allegedly taking a team ofimposters to play in Bahrain two weeks ago. The Togolese football federation said the match had been organized without its knowledge. Roger Walker reports.
The crowd in Bahrain on 7 September was puzzled and disappointed that the team purporting to be Togo played so poorly, losing the match 3-0. When news reached Lome, the Togolese football federation wasperplexedsince at the time of the bogus international in the Middle East, the real Togo team was returning from a match in Botswana. In a statement on Monday, the federation put the blame for organizing the fake fixture squarely on the ex-national coach Tchanile Bana and banned him for three years.
And a controversial Republican candidate for the US Senate has caused a new stir with the surprise revelation that she once experimented with witchcraft. The candidate Christine O'Donnell is from the right-wing grassroots Tea Party and known for herstaunchlyconservative Christian views. She made the admission in a TV show 11 years ago, and the tape resurfaced over the weekend. Her views on sexuality have also comeunder heavy scrutiny.
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联合国秘书长潘基文警告世界各国领袖,不要将经济低迷作为达不到脱贫目标的借口。在纽约举行的审查千年发展目标的峰会上,他表示,在2015年之前,这个目标仍然能够完成,但是进展非常微弱。我们的外交通讯员Bridget Kendall报道。
会议上的气氛是既积极又焦虑的。由于中国,印度和巴西经济的快速增长,2015年之前将饥饿和极端贫困人口减少一半的最高目标似乎仍然能够实现。在使所有学龄儿童能够接受教育,应对艾滋,疟疾等疾病方面也取得了令人鼓舞的进展,但是距离其他方面的目标仍然非常遥远,尤其是减少母婴死亡方面,而且进展非常不均衡。在某些地方,最贫困的人口越来越贫困,而且救援也难以到达。
印度管辖的克什米尔地区一名有影响力的分裂主义领袖表示,反对印度统治的抗议活动将会继续进行,除非政府满足他们的核心要求。这次抗议活动已经造成100多人死亡。在接受BBC采访时,被认为是强硬派的领袖Syed Ali Shah Geelani讲述了分裂主义分子的条件。
“印度应该接受查摩-克什米尔省有争议的本质,因为国际社会认同这是一个争议,印度应该首先撤出占领该地区的军队,然后取消统治着查摩和克什米尔地区的严峻法律。”
奥巴马总统承认,全球经济危机过后,许多美国人的生活依然非常艰难。他在美国电视台市政风格的会议中发表了讲话。
“尽管经济学家可能说,去年经济衰退已经正式结束,但是,很显然,对于仍然失业,仍然发现自己的家产琐碎,仍然难以支付日常生活费用的数百万人来说,这仍然是切实存在的困难。”
奥巴马发表讲话之时,经济合作和发展组织在一份报告中指出,至少到2013年,美国仍将保持非常高的失业率。
伊拉克国家博物馆在巴格达一座库房发现了丢失的600多件文物。包括伊拉克历史上不同时期的粘土匾,矛头,玻璃杯,珠饰和塑像。这些物品于两年前首次被美国军队发现,移交给伊拉克政府。后来神秘失踪,在伊拉克总理办公室的库房再次出现。
索马里官员表示,一名自杀式爆炸者在首都摩加迪沙总统府门口引爆自己。他们说,袭击发生时,非洲联盟维和部队正在进入总统府。官员们怀疑这次爆炸由青年党反叛分子实施。
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古巴总统罗尔·卡斯特罗解雇了负责石油和镍生产等基础工业的内阁部长。一份声明称,由于该部门的缺陷,以及管理和投资不善,部长Yadira Garcia被解雇。这是自罗尔·卡斯特罗取代菲德尔·卡斯特罗成为总统以来古巴领导曾一系列变化中最新的变更。
法国派遣数十名士兵前往西非国家尼日尔,寻找7名人质,其中5人是法国人。士兵们使用侦察机在撒哈拉沙漠中寻找俘虏。这些俘虏于周四从尼日尔北部的家中被劫持。法国政府相信,他们可能是被基地组织北非分支机构的持枪分子绑架。
多哥国家足球队前主教练因两周前带领冒名顶替队员参加巴林岛的比赛而被停职三年。多哥足球联盟表示,这次比赛的组织他们并不知情。Roger Walker报道。
9月7日巴林岛的观众非常迷惑,也非常失望,多哥队的技术如此之差,居然以0:3输掉比赛。消息传到洛美之后,多哥足球联盟非常困惑,因为假冒的球队在中东的时候,真正的多哥队刚刚结束博茨瓦纳的比赛回国。在周一发表的声明中,足联谴责前国家队主教练组织虚假的球队,禁止他三年之内参加比赛。
竞选美国参议员的一名有争议的共和党候选人掀起了新的风波,因为据披露,她以前曾施过巫术。Christine O'Donnell来自右翼茶党,因为坚定的保守派基督教观点而为人所知。11年前,她曾在电视节目中承认。周末期间,相关的录音带再次出现。她的性取向也受到人们的关注。
1.fragile adj.虚弱的, 脆弱的; 经不起折腾的
例句:The old lady was increasingly fragile after her operation.
那位老太太手术后身体越来越虚弱。
2.partly adv.部分地, 不完全地
例句:This is partly a political and partly a legal question.
这个问题部分是政治问题, 部分是法律问题。
3.extraordinary adj.不平常的;不一般的;非凡的;卓越的
例句:She was a truly extraordinary woman.
他是位非常杰出的女性。
They went to extraordinary lengths to explain their behaviour.
他们竭力为自己的行为辩解。
4.outline v.描画轮廓,描述要点
5.draconian adj.非常严厉的;非常严酷的
例句:There has been an overall growth in population,despite some draconian efforts to contain it.
尽管有严厉的遏制措施,人口还是在全面增长。
6.artefact n.人工品;史前古器物
7.resurface vi.重新露面
8.convoy n.(有护航的)船队,车队;护航(队);护送队
例句:A convoy of heavy trucks rumbled past.
一队重型卡车轰隆隆地驶过。
9.reconnaissance n.侦察,搜察,勘察队
例句:We set up reconnaissance of enemy movements.
我们加强了对敌军活动的侦察。
10.imposter n.冒名顶替者;江湖骗子(impostor)
例句:We discovered him to be an imposter.
我们发现他是个冒名顶替的骗子。
The two imposters tried to appear at their ease.
两个骗子装出安然无事的样子。
11.perplexed adj.困惑的;糊涂的
例句:Gary looked rather perplexed.
加里看起来相当困惑。
I am perplexed to know what to do.
我不知道怎么做才好。
12.staunchly ad.坚定地;忠实地
1.There has been encouraging progress on getting all children access to primary schooling, and in tackling diseases like HIV, Aids infection and malaria, but other goals are way off track.
off track远离
例句:His explanation of this problem threw all the students off track.
他对这道题的讲解使所有的学生摸不着头脑。
What you just said is completely off the track
你刚才讲的话彻底离题了。
2.President Obama has acknowledged that times are still very hard for many Americans in the wake of the global financial crisis.
in the wake of尾随,紧跟,仿效
例句:Traders came in the wake of the explorers.
商人紧跟着探险者而至。
3.President Raul Castro of Cuba has sacked the cabinet minister responsible for basic industry including oil and nickel production.
be responsible for为...负责,形成...的原因
例句:He is responsible for the assignment of jobs.
他负责分派工作。
4.She made the admission in a TV show 11 years ago, and the tape resurfaced over the weekend. Her views on sexuality have also come under heavy scrutiny.
under scrutiny受到密切注意
例句:That is not the only bit of the accord under scrutiny.
这不是协议唯一遭受仔细检查的部分。