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West African leaders have warned the incumbent President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, that force will be used if he doesn't step down. The statement was issued after an emergency summit in Nigeria of the regional group Ecowas. John James reports from Abidjan.

The international pressure on Mr Gbagbo to leave office has stepped up a fewnotches in the last 24 hours, but in acommuniqueread on state television he remains defiant. If he rejects the final chance offered by West Africa's regional bloc Ecowas to hand over power peacefully, then he faces a very real risk of militaryintervention, almost certainly led by Nigeria. Army chiefs in the region will be instructed to start planning. Several hours earlier, the man Ecowas recognised as the winner of last month's poll, Alassane Ouattara, appealed to the Ivorian army to play a republican role and to protect the civilian population against armed attacks.

France has confirmed that Russia is to buy at least two French warships. The Mistral-class assault vessels can carry up to 16 helicopters and will be the first such purchase by Russia from a Nato member country. The deal has caused unease in other Nato countries, especially the United States. Marcus George reports.

The statement from the office of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that a French consortium had been selected to supply the Russian navy with two Mistral-class warships. The consortium will work with a Russian naval yard to build what are known as projection and command vessels, with the possibility of two more to follow.According to reports, the French consortium was chosen following assurances it would include the transfer of military technology.It's expected that French shipyards will provide the design and build the hull with the weapons systems being fitted in Russia.

The French aviation authorities say flights into and out of the main airport in Paris should return to normal on Saturday after several days of severe weather disruption. Officials said they cancelled 400 flights at Roissy airport on Friday. At Brussels airport, no flights were allowed to land for much of the day. Here in Britain, international flights are getting back to normal after days of delays and cancellations.

Some 2,000 people have staged a protest in Tel Aviv against Israeli government plans to build a detention centre for African migrants. The protestersdenounced the project as racist. The Israeli government approved plans for the centre last month, but a member of the Israeli parliament from the Arab Israeli Hadash party, Dov Khenin, said Israel needs a different approach to immigration.

"We need a different policy. We needrecognitionof refugees that will give them a true and humane response, that it is our duty under international law, it is our duty under human morals and is also our duty due to the history of the Jewish people."

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An Iraqi man has told police he killed his teenage daughter after finding out she'd been recruited by al-Qaeda as a suicide bomber. Police said the manconfessed tothe killing after they raided his home. There are reports that the man previously killed one of his sisters in the 1980s in what's described as an honour killing.

Reports from Tunisia say one person has been killed during new clashes between police and protesters in the province of Sidi Bouzid. A student union leader said protestersset fire topolice cars and the headquarters of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's party. There's been no official confirmation. Magdi Abdelhadi reports from Cairo.

The trouble began last week whensimmering anger over lack of jobsboiled over. A young man despairing of finding employment committed suicide. Another tried to set fire to himself when local officials prevented him from setting up a vegetable stall without permission. The incidents sparked violent unrest which seems to have continued, despite government promises of more investment in the region. Public protests in Tunisia are rare, where political dissent isrepressed and the government is often criticised for its human rights record.

At least 12 people in Colombia have been killed and about 30 others injured in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the southwestern town of La Cruz. It's unclear if any survivors were trapped in the landslide. The mayor of La Cruz, Alexander Realpe, said relief workers had heard cries for help from inside a buried building, but other reports suggest the noise might have come from an animal.

The Brazilian football star Leonardo has been named as the new manager of the current European champions Inter Milan. He replaces Rafael Benitez, whose contract wasterminated after just six months. Last season, Leonardo was manager of Inter's local rival AC Milan, but his contract ended abruptly after reported clashes with the club's owner, the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

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1.notch n.水平,等级;档次；位阶

2.communique n.公报,官报

3.intervention n.介入, 干涉, 干预

例句：The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.

政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。

4.denounce vt.公开指责，谴责，斥责

例句：We should denounce a heresy.

我们应该公开指责异端邪说。

He denounced her as traitor.

他指责她是叛徒。

5.recognition n.认识; 认出; 识别; 承认; 认可

例句：She hoped she would avoid recognition by wearing dark glasses and a hat.

她戴上墨镜和帽子, 希望人们认不出她来。

Their recognition of the new law is unlikely.

这项新法律不大可能获得他们的承认。

6.simmer v.充满势将爆发的(怒气等)

7.repress v.镇压,平息;制止

例句：The military government repressed the striking workers.

军政府镇压了罢工的工人。

8.terminate vt.vi.结束; 使终结;解雇

例句：The conference terminated yesterday.

会议昨天结束了。

You have no right to terminate the contract.

你无权终止合同。

1.The statement from the office of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that a French consortium had been selected to supply the Russian navy with two Mistral-class warships.

supply with把…提供〔供应给〕…

例句：They supply us with latest equipment.

他们向我们提供最新的装备。

The town is supplied with water from a reservoir.

该城镇由小山中的一座水库供水。

equip，furnish，supply，provide，affordequip侧重提供与技术有关的装备或设备等。

这些动词都含有“提供、供给”之意。

furnish多指添置家具等供给生活的必需品或为生活舒适提供所需的服务设施。

supply普通用词，指提供任何所需求的东西。

provide与supply近义，但强调人的深谋远虑，侧重用贮备等方法作充分准备。

afford一般只用于对抽象事物提供，也可指经济能力上的供给或支付。

2.Police said the man confessed to the killing after they raided his home.

confess to承认, 坦白

例句：I confess to some suspicion of your honesty.

我承认对你的诚实有所怀疑。

She confessed to stealing the jewels.

她承认偷了宝石。

3.A student union leader said protesters set fire to police cars and the headquarters of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's party.

set fire to放火烧, 点着了…

例句：The police hasn't found out who set fire to the storehouse.

警方还没查出是谁放火烧了仓库。

Setting fire to the letter, he made her watch it burn.

他点火烧那些信时让她看着那信燃烧。

4.The trouble began last week when simmering anger over lack of jobs boiled over.

boil over到了爆发点

例句：The small argument boiled over into a serious quarrel.

小小的争论酿成一场激烈的争吵。

1.According to reports, the French consortium was chosen following assurances it would include the transfer of military technology.

assurances后面是同位语从句。

同位语从句和定语从句区别

1)同位语从句与定语从句一样，都是用在名词后面。所不的就是：定语从句是修饰限制它前面的名词，因此，它是属于形容词从句。而同位语从句属于名词性从句，它是用来说明它前面的名词内容的，或者说是解释前面名词的内容。

2)同位语从句只用that作为开头（I have no idea除外），属于连词，在从句中不起成分作用，但不可省略。而定语从句是以关系代词、关系副词开头，它们在从句中起句子成分作用（作主语、宾语、表语、定语或状语），作宾语时可以省略。

3)只有在内容方面可以进一步阐明的名词（一般为抽象名词）才能带同位语从句，而几乎任何名词都可以带定语从句。

比较：

(1)The suggestion (that) she has given at the meeting is good.

(2)The suggestion that she should stay in the room is good.

(1)句中that she has given at the meeting这个从句说明了是她提出的建议，不是别人的建议，也就是限定了the suggestion的范围，但并没有说明建议的内容。从结构上分析，that是give的宾语，所以这个从句是定语从句。

(2)句的that she should stay in the room这个从句说明了建议的内容，同时，that只起连词作用，在从句中既不是主语，也不是宾语，但不能省略，所以它是同位语从句。