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The">The former South African leader Thabo Mbeki has spent a day in Ivory Coast meeting the two men who are claiming to have won the country's presidency after a disputed election. He met the incumbent Laurent Gbagbo at the presidential palace beforeleaving fortalks with Mr Gbagbo's rival Alassane Ouattara at the hotel where he's being protected by United Nations troops. From Abidjan, John James reports.
Thabo Mbeki was guarded in his comments after meeting with Laurent Gbagbo at the presidential residence.Theopulentsurroundings of the state house were as clear a sign as any that Mr Gbagbo is still very much the man in charge in Abidjan, backed by the army, police and state television.Mr Mbeki said he'd only comment when he finishes a round of visits that started with the head of the United Nations mission, Young Jin-choi, and will continue with the heads of the Constitutional Council and the Independent Electoral Commission. The council said Mr Gbagbo won last weekend's presidential election,overturning an earlier announcement by the head of the commission that Mr Ouattara had won.
Some of the latest classified diplomatic documents released by the website Wikileaks reveal American concern about the ease with which militant Islamic groups raise money in the Middle East. Wikileaks has published a secret memo from the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Mike Wooldridge reports.
It's been anongoingchallenge, the cable sent by Hillary Clinton says, to persuade Saudi officials to treat terrorist financing emanating from Saudi Arabia as a strategic priority. It acknowledges that the Saudis have begun to make important progress on the issue, but, it goes on, still donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide. The Clinton memo suggests that the greatest challenge in policing the transfer of money to militant groups occurs during the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages.
The United States says Iran's announcement that it's usingdomesticallyproduced uranium for processing into nuclear fuel calls into further question Iran's controversial nuclear programme. The US National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer told the BBC the Iranian move raised additional concerns. On Monday, Iran is due to attend a new round of international talks over its nuclear programme after a gap of more than a year.
A member of the British parliament, Mike Hancock, has given complete backing to one of his researchers after she was arrestedon suspicion ofbeing a Russian spy. Mr Hancock said he'd seen no evidence to support the allegation against Katia Zatuliveter, who's a Russian national. The Liberal Democrat MP sits on the defence committee in parliament, but he insisted the material he handled wasn't sensitive.
"The papers are not marked secret, and they go to, you know, Defence Select Committee papers have been leaked to newspapers before now, and I've never read anything in a Defence Select Committee paper or report which was worth anyone believing they had something that they couldn't get from another source."
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Egypt has held a second round of parliamentary elections a week after a first round that was marked by allegations of widespread fraud. From Cairo, Jon Leyne.
With most opposition candidates boycotting, the second round of voting seems to have gone much more smoothly than the first. Most of the run-off votes were between rival candidates from the ruling party of President Mubarak. It's not clear yet what theturnoutwas, but it's widely expected to be very low. Many Egyptians have long since lost faith in the democratic process. An overwhelming victory for the ruling party is already assured. The question now is what this result means for the presidential election next year, in which President Mubarak will either stand for re-election, aged 83, or look toinstalla successor.
Shipping officials in Bangladesh say a vessel sailing under their flag has been hijacked by pirates off southern India. They say the ship was attacked after a long pursuit by suspected Somali pirates near the Lakshadweep group of islands, 200-300km from the Indian coast.
A rocket carrying three Russian satellites has crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The Proton-Mstrayed off course after being launched from Kazakhstan. Iain MacKenzie reports.
The rocket took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome on Sunday but crashed into the Pacific Ocean, around 1,500km northwest of Hawaii. Its cargo was three Glonass-M navigation satellites, each weighing 1.4 tonnes. They were intended asreplacements for the Glonass global positioning system, a network of 24 satellites providing location information,similar tothe US-run GPS network.
Police in Italy have arrested a Moroccan man after a car ploughed into a group of amateur cyclists, killing seven of them and injuring others. The accident happened in Calabria in southern Italy. Police say the car was going too fast and wasovertakingwhen it hit the cyclists head-on.
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1.opulent adj.富裕的,豪华的
例句:Jones, apparently feeling rather opulent that day, lit up a second cigar as soon as he had finished the first.
那一天,琼斯显然认为自己相当阔掉,刚抽完第一支雪茄,马上就点燃了第二支。
2.overturn vt.使垮台; 推翻
例句:The rebels overturned the government.
反叛者们推翻了政府。
3.ongoing adj.继续进行的;不断前进〔发展〕中的
例句:The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern’s ongoing work in this area.
报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
4.domestically adv.家庭式地,合乎国内地
5.turnout n.一项活动的到场人数
例句:The concert attracted a large turnout.
音乐会吸引了大批的观众。
6.install vt.安装,安置,使就职
例句:He was installed as president yesterday.
他昨天正式就任校长。
7.stray vi.迷路,彷徨,流浪
例句:Some of his followers may stray into other camps.
他的一些追随者可能会离他而去投入别的阵营。
8.replacement n.替换的人[物],(尤指工作中的)接替者,替代者
例句:As Jack is ill, we have to get a replacement for him.
杰克生病了, 我们必须找一个人代替他。
9.overtake vt.vi.追上, 赶上, 超过
例句:It's dangerous to overtake at a corner.
转弯时超车危险。
No one could overtake him.
没有人能超过他。
1.He met the incumbent Laurent Gbagbo at the presidential palace before leaving for talks with Mr Gbagbo's rival Alassane Ouattara at the hotel where he's being protected by United Nations troops.
leave for离开(某人)以同(他人)生活在一起; 离开(某职位)以寻求
例句:He left his wife for a worthless actress.
他离开了妻子同一位不值一提的女演员生活在一起。
The director is thinking of leaving the firm for a better position elsewhere.
经理正在考虑离开这个公司, 到其他地方找个更好的职位。
2.A member of the British parliament, Mike Hancock, has given complete backing to one of his researchers after she was arrested on suspicion of being a Russian spy.
on suspicion of因有…嫌疑,因受到…怀疑
例句:He was arrested on suspicion of harbouring terrorists.
他因被怀疑庇护恐怖分子而遭逮捕。
3.They were intended as replacements for the Glonass global positioning system, a network of 24 satellites providing location information, similar to the US-run GPS network.
similar to类似于...的,与...相似
例句:An odor similar to musk
一种类似麝香的气味
1.The opulent surroundings of the state house were as clear a sign as any that Mr Gbagbo is still very much the man in charge in Abidjan, backed by the army, police and state television.
参考翻译:总统府外的大量守卫表明,巴波仍然是阿比让的负责人,受到军队,警察和国家媒体的支持。
结构分析:这句话的主干是:The opulent surroundings of the state house were as clear a sign....that引导同位语从句,指代的是sign。
as…as结构的一变体形式是“as+形容词原级+名词词组+as”
I don't want as expensive a car as this.=I don't want a car as expensive as this.
我不要这么贵的汽车。
Tony is as clever a boy as his brother.
托尼是一个和他兄弟一样聪明的男孩。
2.The papers are not marked secret, and they go to, you know, Defence Select Committee papers have been leaked to newspapers before now, and I've never read anything in a Defence Select Committee paper or report which was worth anyone believing they had something that they couldn't get from another source.
参考翻译:这些文件并没有被标注为机密信息,你知道,此前,国防委员会的文件也曾经泄露给报纸,我从来没有在国防委员会的文件或报告中读到任何人们不可能从其他渠道得到的信息。
结构分析:and I've never read anything是这句话的主干,which was worth是定语从句,修饰paper or report。be worth doing sth值得做某事。they had something是believe的宾语从句。that they couldn't get from another source是定语从句,修饰something。