澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-12-23
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Indonesian police have arrested eight men in connection with that asylum 1 seekerboat that capsized off Java on the weekend. Police say they include foursoldiers, the two owners of the sunken boat and two crew members. The boat wascarrying more than 200 people when it sank. The confirmed death toll 2 has nowreached 90.
New South Wales police believe that they have had another brush with thestate's most-wanted man. They were confronted by a man they believe wasfugitive Malcolm Naden while investigating a break-in at a property in thestate's north on Wednesday. The man managed to escape. And police say Naden'sfingerprints have been found in the house. Naden is accused of murdering awoman in Dubbo six years ago.
Sixty-seven people have died and around 200 have been wounded in a series ofcoordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad. Fourteen explosions hit various partsof the Iraqi capital during the morning rush hour. The attacks are the worst inmonths and coincide with the worsening political crisis. No one has claimedresponsibility for those attacks.
Pakistani’s（口误，应为Pakistan’s） prime minister has delivered an unprecedented 3 attack on thecountry's powerful military. Yousuf Raza Gilani says the military must notbecome a state within a state, and must be accountable to parliament.
France's lower house has passed a bill making it a crime to deny the1915 mass killings 4 of Armenians in Turkey was genocide. Turkey has reactedangrily to the bill. It's withdrawn 5 its ambassador to France and says there'llbe serious consequences if the bill becomes a law.
1 asylum
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
2 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
3 unprecedented
adj.无前例的，新奇的
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。