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Unit 2 Visits and TalksSection A1.Japan’s Foreign Minister has arrived in Baghdad for an unannounced visit---the first to theIraqi capital by a Japanese minister since U.S.-led invasion in 2003.2.President Bush is en route back to Washington after a final stop in Eastern Europe.3.V enezuelan President Hugo Chavez got a standing ovation with a speech against PresidentBush at Cooper Union in New Y ork City last night.4.Diplomats say a measure of progress has been made at talks in London to end the borderdispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea.5.Diplomats say negotiators will return to their capitals for three weeks to confer with theirgovernments after they failed to reach an agreement on a joint statement.6.European leaders have concluded their first session of negotiations to try to break politicaldeadlock over the Union’s long-term budget.7.The Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army, the LRA, says it’s walked out of peace talks withthe government aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the north of the country.8.Russian and American officials say they’ve reached agreement on Russia’s entry into theWorld Trade Organizaiton. They plan to sign the agreement in Hanoi next week.9.U.S. and Russian negotiators remained at odds Wednesday in a growing diplomatic standoffover Iran’s suspected nuclear program.10.NA TO foreign ministers have wrapped up two days of talks focusing on the future of missionsin Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo as well as prospect for peace in the Middle East and the situation in Sudan’s Darfur region.Section B1.President Bush is due in Mongolia in the next few hours, the first American leader to visit thecountry.2.The American Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has left China after his first visit theresince taking office in 2001.3.The Russian president Vladimir Putin is due to arrive in Japan shortly for talks aboutexpanding economic ties, and particularly increasing cooperation in the energy sector.4.South Asian leaders are holding final talks on the closing day of their summit in theBangladeshi capital Dhaka.5.President Bush has ended a visit to Brazil with a speech outlining his ideas for democracy andeconomic development in Latin America.Section CItem 1President Bush has met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at the White House to discuss a wide range of international and regional issues. The two leaders told a jiont news conference that the talks were candid and reinforced trust and confidence in each other. Aahead of the meeting, a controversy developed when President Musharraf told a television interviewer that an American official had threatened to bomb Pakistan if it did not cooperate in the U.S.-led war on terrorism. That issue was raised in an exchange with reporters.Item 2And a meeting in New Y ork between the foreign ministers of Guatemala andV enezuela has failed to resolve the deadlock over which country will represent Latin America and the Caribbean as a non-permanent member on the United Nations Security Council. In a BBC interview after the meeting, the V enezuelan Foreign Minister Micolas Maduro blamed Guatemala for the ongoing impasse. He said it has shown no interest in agreeing to a compromised candidate.Item 3Africa’s first female elected leader met with President Bush at the White House today. Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf met with Mr. Bush in the Oval Office and then the two had lunch together in the White House’s East Room. Among the issues the two discussed, there is a request for Nigeria to hand over former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who is wanted on war crimes charges. She told reporters today that she asked Mr. Bush for help. Taylor has been living in exile in Nigeria. Many Liberians blamed him for fueling a civil war that ravaged the country.Section DItem 1The president of Kazakhstan has started a U.S. visit. Nursultan Nazarbayev spent part of Tuesday and yesterday in Maine. A guest of former President George H. W. Bush, he‘s to meet with Mr. Bush’s son President Bush at the White House tomorrow. Today, he’s to unveil a monument to his country‘s independence from the Soviet Union in Washington DC. Kazakhstan is important to the U.S. for its oil supplies. It‘s also a focus of human rights advocates who say that it has a poor record of protecting the rights of individuals. And that topic is likely to be on the White House agenda tomorrow. Nazarbayev has been Kazakhstan‘s only leader since it gained independence in 1991.Item 2Environment ministers and officials from more than 20 countries have ended four days of informal talks in Greenland in efforts to deal with global warming. Danish Environment Minister Connie Hedegaard, the meeting’s host, called on participants to stop blaming one another for global warming and take concerted action. Participants of the meeting in Greenland’s Arctic town of Eluc igot included the United States, China and several European countries. They focused on possible action after the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol, an accord on reducing global warningIt expires until 2012. U.N. studies show that global warming could melt polar icecaps and push thousands of species close to extinction.Item 3G-8 leaders are gathering near Edinburgh, Scotland at this hour for a summit that will focus on aid to Africa and protecting the environment. They are expected to endorse a write-off of more than 40 billion dollars in debt owed by 18 African countries mainly in the sub-Saharan region. On a stop in Denmark en route to Scotland, President Bush said he would emphasize the need for African nations to commit to good government to get the increased aid. In villages near the G-8 conference site demonstrators smashed car windows and fought with riot police. Some tried to storm barricades surrounding the conference site and dozens were arrested.Keys:Section A 1-4 BDBCSection B 1-5 BADACSection CItem1 2.5.7.8Item2 Task1 FFFTFTask2 1.failed deadlock non-permanent member2 the ongoing impasse3 no interest compromised candidateItem3 1. Africa's first female elected leader/Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Dirleaf.2. INthe Oval Office.3. The two had lunch together.4. Hand over Liberia's former president.5. War crimes charges.6. Fueling a civil war in Liberia.Section DItem 1 1.President of Kazakhstan2.only leader3.in 19914.Maine5.guest6.unveil a monument7.Washington D.C.8.meet with9.poor record10.rightsItem2 Task 1 ACTask 2 FFTTFItem3 1. Aid to African and environment protection.2. They are expected to endorse a write-off of more than 40 billion dollars in debt owed by 18 African country mainly in the sub-Saharan region.3. President Bush said he would emphasize the need for African nation to commit to good government to get the increased aid.4. In Denmark en route to Scotland.5. Demonstrators smashed car windows and fought with riot police.Some tried to storm barricades surrounding the conference site and dozens were arrested.。
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Unit 13 Terrorism and CounterterrorismSection A1.homemade bombs2.roadside bomb3.antiterrorism4.suicide bomb5.hostage6.explosives; car bomb7.on high alert; aftermath8.hijacked bat 10.explosive devicesSection B1.India has gone on high alert following intelligence reports that militants are planning to carry out terrorist attacks leading up to the country’s Independence Day celebrations on Monday.2. An American air marshal has shot and killed a passenger at Miami airport in Florida. Officials said the shooting happened in the area between departure gate and a recently arrived American Airline’s plane.3. A passenger jet on its way from Paris to Dublin, Ireland was diverted to an airport in Scotland today after its crew found a note claiming there was a bomb on board. British Royal Air force jets escorted the plane to an airport where it landed safely.4. Pakistan’s ambassador to Sri Lanka has narrowly escaped a powerful explosion that hit his convoy in Colombo. Seven people were killed and about eight wounded whena claymore mine went off today as the convoy passed in the Sri Lankan capital.5. U.S. intelligence agencies have reportedly concluded that the Iraq war has helped inspire a new generation of Islamic radicals and increased the threat of global terrorism.Key: A D B B CSection CItem 1A series of early morning bomb blasts has killed at least 83 people at the popular Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm el –Sheikh. Three explosions tore through the lobby of a luxury hotel, a parking lot and a market minutes apart. At least two of the explosions are believed to be car bombs. Officials say most of the dead are Egyptians but at least eight foreigners have been confirmed killed. More than 100 people were injured, many of them seriously. Egypt’s interior minister said there’s some information linking the blasts with the October bombings in the Sinai resort town of Taba. A claim of responsibility from a group calling itself the Abdullah Azzam Brigades of al-Qaeda in the Levant and Egypt has not been verified.Key: 1. C 2. A 3. B; I 4. E 5. G, K 6. JItem 2British government officials say a huge intelligence operation is underway to find those responsible for the bomb attacks on London’s transport system during Thursday morning’s rush hour. The attacks, three on underground trains and one on a bus , claimed the lives of at least 38 people and injured around 700 more. Police said the number of dead could rise further. The first attack came just before nine in the morning on a train lose to the main station in the city’s financial district. Minutes later the worst incident occurred, a bomb exploded in a deep underground line, killing more than 20 people. Another train bomb tore a hole through a tunnel wall, hurling debris onto adjacent track involving a further two trains. The fourth blast ripped the roof of a bus. A BBC journalist who just left it, told that he saw it explode, sending seats flying, and leaving many people badly injured.Task 1: T F F T TTask 2:1. intelligence operation; underway; responsible; transport; rush hour2. deep underground line; tore a hole; hurling debris; further3. ripped the roof; flying; baldy injuredItem 3The Indian capital Delhi has been placed on high security alert after three explosions rocked the city, killing more than 50 people and injuring many others . The government has called on people to stay indoors. Across the city armed police have taken up positions outside key buildings and the main public areas . The blasts came within minutes on the day when many people were out shopping ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali and the Muslim Eid celebration.Key:1. Three explosions rocked the city2. Fifty were killed and many others injured3. To stay indoors4. They’ve taken up positions outside key buildings and the main public areas5. They were planned ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali and the Muslim Eid celebration.Section DA woman has appeared on Jordanian television and confessed to taking part in suicide attacks last Wednesday in the capital Amman. She said she’d gone into the Radisson SAS Hotel where there was a wedding party wither husband, but although he had managed to blow himself up, she had failed. Reporting from Amman, here is John Leyne.Jordan television showed pictures of the woman with the explosive belt still strapped to her waist, she was wearing a traditional black Islamic gown and white headscarf, Then the woman gave her confession. She had come to Jordan from Iraq with her husband four days before the attack , she said. On the day of the bombing , her husband gave her the suicide belt and showed her how to use it. They went in together to attack the wedding in the Radisson Hotel. Then she said to her husband succeeded in setting off his bomb but she did not. So she ran out with the guests. Key:1. Suicide2. appeared on3. confessed4. wedding party5. black Islamic gown6. white headscarf7. strapped to8. husband9. blow himself up 10. from IraqItem 2British authorities say they have foiled a plan to blow up aircraft flying from Britain to the United States. Air traffic has been disrupted as new security measures were put in place and flights in and out of Britain were canceled. VOA correspondent Gary Thomas has a report from London.Police and security service agents raided homes in Greater London and Birmingham overnight to break up a terrorist ring planning to blow up U.S. –bound aircraft with explosives. 21 people were arrested . Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson said the plot was a significant one.“We cannot stress too highly the severity that this plot represented. Put simply., this was intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale.”Authorities would not say how close the plotters were to acting. But U.S.Security of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said the scheme was well-advanced and in its final stages. U.S. officials described it as suggestive of an al-Qaeda plot. British and U.S. authorities have raised the threat level on some airline flights to its highest level and banned virtually all hand baggage from airplane cabins. Passengers at British airports found themselves in long lines at security checkpoints and many have been stranded as incoming and outgoing flights were canceled . Gary Thomas , VOA News, London.Key:Task 1: B C Task 2: T F F T F T T TItem 3Reports are coming in of a series of explosions on the Indonesian island of Bali.There are some reports of casualties but it’s not clear how many. Bomb attacks in Bali in 2002 attributed to Islamist radicals killed more than 200 people. Tim Johnston reports from Jakarta .According to local media the explosions went off just before eight o’clock in the evening, two in the village of Jimbaran, a beachside area packed with hotels and tourist restaurants, and another 10 minutes later in a restaurant in Kuta square, one of Bali’s most popular shopping area. Reports from Bali say the emergency services are attending to the injured, phone lines between the island and other part of the country were overloaded as people struggled to contact friends and relatives in the area. It’s still too early to say with any certainty if these explosions were bombs, but the blasts come almost three years after a devastating car bomb planted by Islamic extremists killed over 200 people at a night club in Bali.Key:1. The explosions went off just before eight o’clock in the evening.2. There are some reports of casualties but it’s not clear how many.3. Three. Two were in a beachside village packed with hotels and tourists restaurants and one in a restaurant in Kuta square, one of Bali’s most popular shopping areas.4. The emergency services are attending to the injured, phone lines between the island and other part of the country were overloaded as people struggled to contact friends and relatives in the area.5. A devastating car bomb planted by Islamic extremists killed over 200 people at a night club in Bali.。
人教版高二英语听力新闻听力练习题30题含答案解析1. What is the main topic of the recent news about the international summit?A. Economic cooperationB. Climate changeC. Political conflictsD. Cultural exchanges答案：A。
解析：在这则新闻中，重点强调了各国在经济方面的合作，B 选项气候变化并非此次峰会的主要议题；C 选项政治冲突在新闻中未被着重提及；D 选项文化交流也不是重点。
2. Which country has proposed a new initiative in the field of international trade?A. The United StatesB. ChinaC. GermanyD. Japan答案：B。
解析：根据新闻内容，中国在国际贸易领域提出了新的倡议，A 选项美国、C 选项德国和 D 选项日本在该新闻中未提出相关倡议。
3. The recent international sports event was affected by which factor?A. Weather conditionsB. Security concernsC. Budget issuesD. Player injuries答案：A。
解析：这则新闻提到近期的国际体育赛事主要受天气状况影响，B 选项安全问题、C 选项预算问题和D 选项运动员受伤并非主要影响因素。
4. What was the outcome of the latest meeting between major powers on nuclear disarmament?A. An agreement was reachedB. No consensus was achievedC. The issue was postponedD. Further discussions were planned答案：B。
Unit 6Public HealthSection A warming up1. life expectancy2. regulators abortion3. rabies4. infected withcases 5. bird flu immune 6. outbreaks-borne 7. prescription medicines 8. AIDS 9. antiviral10. MedicareSection B 1. BTapescript: 1. The problem of obesity is spreading into many different aspects of Americans ’ lives. Now researchers have confirmed that some children are so fat they can’ t fit into car safety seats designed fordski.2. Two more Indian states have banned the sale of soft drinks produced by . giantsCoca-cola and Pepsi-cola after a test by an environmental group showed highpesticide levels. This brings the total number of states to six where there is a partialor full ban of the soft drinks.3.An Asian expert says disease and natural disasters may pose a great securitythreat to the region than conventional political conflicts.4.The United Nations say opium cultivation in Afghanistan has declined for the firsttime since 2001 as tens of thousands of farmers have given up opium poppies forlegal crops.5.The authorities in Iran have warned that if the dangerously high level of airpollution in the capital‘’ Teheran continues, there could be thousandsiesof. casualt Section CItem 1 1. ATapescript: The number of people infected with HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS,is still rising and has passed 14 million worldwide for the first time. The UnitedNations said there had been five million new infections this year and warned thatAIDS was outstripping global and national efforts to contain it. Sub-Saharan Africaremains the worst affected region. In Asia, where more than eight million people are infected, the UN says infection rates are rising sharply. It warned that Pakistan, in particular, was on the verge of a serious epidemic.Item 2 Task 11. TTask 2 1. international conference malaria West African state scientific findingsin lost GDP3. world population’s is transmittedTapescript: The biggest ever international conference on malaria has begun in theWest African state of Cameroon to discuss the latest scientific findings on the disease which kills more than million people worldwide each year. 75 percent of those victimsare African children. Of the 2,000 delegates meeting in the capital Yaounde, 80% arefrom Africa. The disease costs the continent more than 12 billion dollars in lost GDPeach year. The latest research suggests that 41% ofthe world ’ s population live inareas where malaria is transmitted.Item 3 1. Whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of E.coli bacteria. 2. Bad spinach from Natural Selection foods 3. Earth Bound Farm 4. It has recalled the spinach. 5. get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers. 6.One person died and dozens were sick in 19 states.Tapescript: The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether more thanone food company is responsible for an outbreak of bacteria. Officials have linkedbad spinach from natural Selection Foods as one source of the . the company saysthe products are sold under the brand name Earth Bound Farm. Doctor DavidAtchison with the FDA says Natural Selection Foods has voluntarily recalled thespinach. The FDA advises shoppers to get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or othercontainers. At least one person has died. Dozens of others have gotten sick in atleast 19 states.Section D EU Health Experts Meet to (1) Formulate Measures to contain the (2)Bird FluRecent outbreaks (3)German authorities confirmed the (4) presence of the H5N1virus in (5) wild swans. Outbreaks have also been reported in (6) the Balkans, (7)Turkey, the Caspian Sea areascountermeasures Increase surveillance and (8) toughen import bans (9) dedicatean additional million dollars for surveillance and (10) testing programsorder farmers to keep poultries indoors (11) to prevent transmission of the disease.Tapescript: European health experts have gathered in Bussel to formulate a responseto recent bird flu outbreaks among migratory birds. The Panel today endorsedmeasures that would increase surveillance and toughen import bans, such as theEuropean Union ’plan,s suspending the imports of untreated feathe rs from non-EUcountries. The European Commission has dedicated an additional million dollars forbird surveillance and testing programs. German authorities today confirmed thepresence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in wild swans on an island in the Baltic Sea.Outbreaks have been confirmed in the Balkans, Turkey, the Caspian Seas andelsewhere. Several EUcountries have ordered farmers to keep poultries indoors toprevent transmission of the disease. But the World Organization for Animal Health inParis says this is not necessary at the present time.Item 2Task 11. DTask 21. F 3. TTapescript: A week after a toxic waste scandal brought down the government ofIvory Coast teams of Ivorian and French experts are still trying to establish exactlywhat the material was composed of. Tons of waste from a ship were dumped inleaking drums in at least 11 open air locations in Ivory Coast’ s biggest city Abidja Our correspondent James Copnall is there. The latest health ministry figures showthat nearly 16,000 people have sought treatment and 6 have died as a result of thetoxic waste. The numbers increased dramatically each day. This does notnecessarily mean that the health situation is deteriorating just as rapidly, however, astate of panic seems to have set in. meanwhile, teams of French and Ivorian expertswere attempting to find out what exactly the toxic waste was composed of.Item 31.It has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possibleinfluence pandemic.2.The updated strategy needs cities, states, and businesses to prepare now tokeep operating on their own and not on federal help.3.It could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time. The infection could remain active in a community for up to two months.4.The pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States.5.it tends to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus startspassing from person to person.Tapescript: The White House has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. The plan warns cities, states and businesses that they should prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help, and says that a flu pandemic could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time and that the infection could remain active in a community for up to two months. In the worst place, the report says, a pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States. Influenza pandemic tend to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person. Scientists are currently worried that the Asian bird flu might mutate into that kind of virus.Section E1.The move is expected to reduce expenses involved in the drug that has been hailed as a life-saving treatment.2.in the study patients who cut their smoking in half also cut their risk of lungcancer by 27%.3.European Union officials continue to reassure the public that the apparentspread of the avian flu virus is at this point a threat to animals not humans.4. One hundred and twenty-three identification cards had been issued to patients who need them to prove to law enforcement personnel that they used marijuana for medical purposes.5.Analysts say total spending on research into malaria last year accounted for only about one third of one percent of total medical research and development funding.。
大学英语新闻听力教程答案杨金才第一部分(共计10分，每小题2分)1―5题：阅读下面的小对话，判断答语是否恰当，恰当的选A(Right)，不恰当的选B(Wrong)，并将答案写在答题纸上。
1. Is there a bank near here?Yes. I saw him this morning.A. RightB. Wrong2.What does he look like?He is tall and thin.A. RightB. Wrong3.Where did you go for your holiday?Two years ago.A. RightB. Wrong4.What are you going to do this evening?I went there with some friends.A. RightB. Wrong5.How can I book a cheap hotel?If I were you, I'd phone a travel agent.A. RightB. Wrong第二部分词汇与结构(共计40分，每小题2分)6―25题：写作下面的句子，从A、B、C三个选项中挑选出一个能够插入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上写下选好的字母符号。
6. A: you watch television last night?B. No, I didn't.A. DoB. Did7. I went to see a film yesterday. The film was great.A. reallyB. veryC. too8. A. is at the door?B. It must be our new neighbour, Mrs Jones.A. WhatB. WhichC. Who9. He answer my phone call yesterday.A. doesn'tB. didn'tC. wasn't10. She our car to go to Bristol yesterday.A. borrowedB. returnedC. lent11. I was watching TV the telephone rang.A. whileB. whenC. since12. They finished tennis at seven.A. to playB. playingC. on playing13. It was cold to go for a walk.A. veryB. tooC. enough14. The young girl fluent French.A. saysB. speaks15. I went shopping I needed a new pair of shoes.A. althoughB. becauseC. so16. I have no idea who stole his wallet. It anyone.A. could have beenB. should have beenC. must have been17. stole my purse when I was on the train.A. AnyoneB. SomeoneC. Something18. The computer doesn't work. You should get itA. to repairB. repairingC. repaired19. A: Which of these newspapers have you read?B: I’ve read them.A. bothB. both ofC. any of20. I can't arrive before 6.00. I'll try to be there 6.30.A. untilB. tillC. by21. a problem with the laptop yesterday, but it wasn't very serious.A. It wasB. There wasC. There is22. I smoke before, but I do now.A. didn't use toB. used toC. am used to23. It was raining and we went home.A. thatB. becauseC, so24. Kunming is the southwest of China.A. onB. inC. to25. She is very patient the children. She never shouts at them.A. inB. withC. on第三部分句型转换(总计15分后，每小题3分后)26―30题：根据括号里的提示或利用括号里的词语改写下列句子，并将答案写在答题纸上。
Unit 6 Public HealthSection A warming up1. life expectancy2. regulators abortion3. rabies4. infected with cases5. bird flu immune6. outbreaks -borne7. prescription medicines8. AIDS9. antiviral 10. MedicareSection B 1. B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.BTapescript: 1. The problem of obesity is spreading into many different aspects of Americans’ lives. Now researchers have confirmed that some children are so fat they can’t fit into car safety seats d esigned for kids.2. Two more Indian states have banned the sale of soft drinks produced by U.S. giants Coca-cola and Pepsi-cola after a test by an environmental group showed high pesticide levels. This brings the total number of states to six where there is a partial or full ban of the soft drinks.3. An Asian expert says disease and natural disasters may pose a great security threat to the region than conventional political conflicts.4. The United Nations say opium cultivation in Afghanistan has declined for the first time since 2001 as tens of thousands of farmers have given up opium poppies for legal crops.5. The authorities in Iran have warned that if the dangerously high level of air pollution in the capital ‘’Teheran continues, there could be tho usands of casualties. Section CItem 1 1. A 2.C 3.CTapescript: The number of people infected with HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS, is still rising and has passed 14 million worldwide for the first time. The United Nations said there had been five million new infections this year and warned that AIDS was outstripping global and national efforts to contain it. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the worst affected region. In Asia, where more than eight million people are infected, the UN says infection rates are rising sharply. It warned that Pakistan, in particular, was on the verge of a serious epidemic.Item 2 Task 1 1. T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.TTask 2 1. international conference malaria West African state scientific findings2.costs in lost GDP3. world’s population is transmittedTapescript:The biggest ever international conference on malaria has begun in the West African state of Cameroon to discuss the latest scientific findings on the disease which kills more than 1.5 million people worldwide each year. 75 percent of those victims are African children. Of the 2,000 delegates meeting in the capital Yaounde, 80% are from Africa. The disease costs the continent more than 12 billion dollars in lost GDP each y ear. The latest research suggests that 41% of the world’s population live in areas where malaria is transmitted.Item 3 1. Whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of E. coli bacteria. 2. Bad spinach from Natural Selection foods 3. Earth Bound Farm 4. It has recalled the spinach. 5. get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers. 6.One person died and dozens were sick in 19 states.Tapescript:The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of E.coli bacteria. Officials have linked bad spinach from natural Selection Foods as one source of the E.coli. the company says the products are sold under the brand name Earth Bound Farm. Doctor David Atchison with the FDA says Natural Selection Foods has voluntarily recalled the spinach. The FDA advises shoppers to get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers. At least one person has died. Dozens of others have gotten sick in at least 19 states.Section D EU Health Experts Meet to (1) Formulate Measures to contain the (2) Bird FluRecent outbreaks(3)German authorities confirmed the (4) presence of the H5N1 virus in (5) wild swans. Outbreaks have also been reported in (6) the Balkans, (7) Turkey, the Caspian Sea areascountermeasures Increase surveillance and (8) toughen import bans (9) dedicate an additional 2.2 million dollars for surveillance and (10) testing programsorder farmers to keep poultries indoors (11) to prevent transmission of the disease. Tapescript: European health experts have gathered in Bussel to formulate a response to recent bird flu outbreaks among migratory birds. The Panel today endorsed measures that would increase surveillance and toughen import bans, such as the European Union’s plan, suspending the imports of untreated feathers from non-EU countries. The European Commission has dedicated an additional 2.2 million dollars for bird surveillance and testing programs. German authorities today confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in wild swans on an island in the Baltic Sea. Outbreaks have been confirmed in the Balkans, Turkey, the Caspian Seas and elsewhere. Several EU countries have ordered farmers to keep poultries indoors to prevent transmission of the disease. But the World Organization for Animal Health in Paris says this is not necessary at the present time.Item 2Task 1 1. D 2.ATask 2 1. F 2.T 3. T 4.F 5.TTapescript:A week after a toxic waste scandal brought down the government of Ivory Coast teams of Ivorian and French experts are still trying to establish exactly what the material was composed of. Tons of waste from a ship were dumped in leaking drums in at least 11 open air locations in Ivory Coast’s biggest city Abidjan. Our correspondent James Copnall is there. The latest health ministry figures show that nearly 16,000 people have sought treatment and 6 have died as a result of the toxic waste. The numbers increased dramatically each day. This does not necessarily mean that the health situation is deteriorating just as rapidly, however, a state of panic seems to have set in. meanwhile, teams of French and Ivorian experts were attempting to find out what exactly the toxic waste was composed of.Item 31. It has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influence pandemic.2. The updated strategy needs cities, states, and businesses to prepare now to keep operating on their own and not on federal help.3. It could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time. The infection could remain active in a community for up to two months.4. The pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States.5. it tends to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person.Tapescript: The White House has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. The plan warns cities, states and businesses that they should prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help, and says that a flu pandemic could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time and that the infection could remain active in a community for up to two months. In the worst place, the report says, a pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States. Influenza pandemic tend to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person. Scientists are currently worried that the Asian bird flu might mutate into that kind of virus. Section E1. The move is expected to reduce expenses involved in the drug that has been hailed as a life-saving treatment.2. in the study patients who cut their smoking in half also cut their risk of lung cancer by 27%.3. European Union officials continue to reassure the public that the apparent spread of the avian flu virus is at this point a threat to animals not humans.4. One hundred and twenty-three identification cards had been issued to patients who need them to prove to law enforcement personnel that they used marijuana for medical purposes.5. Analysts say total spending on research into malaria last year accounted for only about one third of one percent of total medical research and development funding.。
Unit 15 Legal EventsSection A1. appeal; overturn2. arrest warrant3. Jury; sentenced4. ruled5. lawsuit6. trying; in custody7. filed; request8. standing trial; for; testimony9. pleaded not guilty 10. handed downSection B1. The Supreme Court inn Libya is due to hear an appeal today against the death sentence i mposed on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who were found guilty of deliberately infecting children with HIV at a hospital in Benghazi.2. A German court has convicted a Moroccan man accused of aiding the hijackers who carried out the September 11th , 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States , but acquitted him from direct involvement in the attacks.3. The Chilean Supreme Court has once again stripped the country’s former military ruler General Augusta Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution. General Pinochet can now be charged in a human rights case involving torture and kidnapping.4. A court in San Francisco in the United States has jailed the former Ukrainian Prime Miniser Pavlo Lazarenko for money laundering, fraud and corruption while in office. Mr. Lazarenko was sentenced to nine years and a fine of 10. million dollars.5. U.S. and international authorities have charged more than two dozen people in an online child pornography ring.Key: C B A B DSection CItem 1Most of the 17 people arrested in Canada on Saturday under antiterrorism legislation have appeared in court near Toronto to hear details of the charges against them. Lawyers say some of the group are accused of involvement in an alleged plot to blow up the Canadian Parliament with home-made explosives, taking ministers hostage and even behead them if Muslim prisoners were not released. Others are accused of plotting to take over the headquarters of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. All those named appeared to be of South Asian or Middle Eastern origin, five were aged under 18. Tight security was imposed in the area around the courthouse in the Toronto suburb of Bramboton with police snipers posted on nearby roofs.Key:Task 1: T T F F F TTask 2:1.17; on Saturday; anti-terrorism legislation; in court2.South Asian; origin; aged under 183. Tight security; courthouse; police snipersItem 2A federal judge in the United States has ruled that a confession by a man accused of plotting to kill President Bush is admissible in court, even though his lawyers argue that it was obtained through torture by the Saudi security forces. The defendant Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, who is a U.S. citizen, is also accused of having links to al-Qaeda. He’s pleaded not guilty to all charges. Mr.Abu Ali was arrested in 2003 while taking a final exam at a Saudi university. He says he was chained to the floor, blindfolded and whipped until he agreed to talk. The Saudi authorities have denied torturing him.Key: T F F T F T T T T FItem 3The American state of California is suing six of the world’s biggest carmakers over greenhouse gas emissions. The State Attorney General Bill Lockyer said he’d seek millions of dollars in compensation for the impact cars have on California’s resources, infrastructure and environment. The case is the first of its kind in the United States, and the companies which include Ford, General Motors and Toyota, accused of Mr.Lockyer of frivolous politics. But speaking on the BBC,Mr.lockyer said they have been forced to act by the federal government’s lack of action to tackle emissions.Key:1.The state of California2. The state attorney general of California3. The impact cars have on California’s resources, infrastructure and environment.4. Ford, General Motors, Toyota5. Frivolous politics.6. Lack of action to tackle emissionsSection DItem 1The former South African Vice President Jacob Zuma ,once widely seen as a future president of the country, has been acquitted of the rape of a woman with HIV. The judge ruled that sex between Mr. Zuma and his accuser was consensual. The legal action against Mr.Zuma created deep rifts within the governing African National Congress. He faces another trial later this year on corruption charges. Our correspondent in Johannesburg , Peter Biles reports.Jacob Zuma’s supporters reacted with jubilation when the not-guilty verdict was announced. His most loyal followers still believed that he could become the nextprevention. At the end of his judgment, Judge Willem van der Merwe said it’s been unacceptable for Mr.Zuma to have had unprotected sex with a women who was HIV positive.Key:1.Rape2. former3. verdict4. with HIV5.his accuser6. consensual 5.unacceptable 8. unprotected sex 9. positive 10. created deep riftserning 12.dwindling political support 13. in tatters14. on corruption chargesItem 2Sudanam Hussein was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity by a court in Baghdad. The charges relate to the killing of 148 Shiite villagers and the torture and deportation of others following an assassination attempt on him in 1982. As the judgment was delivered, the deposed president shouted out “God is great, and down with the invaders”. Reaction to the verdict across Iraq has been mixed. In many parts of the country, there were celebrations among Shiite Muslims and Kurds, long oppressed by Saddam Hussein, but in Sunni areas there were protests and some clashes. The Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said the deposed president was a criminal who deserved the punishment he’d been given.Now with a look at reaction elsewhere in the Middle East, here is the BBC’s Ian Panel.This verdict comes as no surprise in the region. Most governments had little time for Saddam Hussein. Although they didn’t support the invasion of his country, few mourned his downfall. For tow countries this verdict has been welcome news. In Iran, a country that fought a long and bloody war with Iraq, a government spokesman said it was a just punishment for his inhuman crime. In Kuwait, a country Saddam invaded, the speaker of Parliament called for Saddam to be hanged without delay. But there has been criticism, especially of the process which many feel has been a one-sided American-controlled trial.Key:Task 1: B D CTask 2: T T T F T T FItem 3By a narrow margin, the U.S. Surpreme Court has struck down the death penalty for murderers under the age of 18. Story from VOA’S Jim Malone.The majority opinion, striking down juvenile death sentences, was written by Justice Anthony Kennedy. He noted what he called “the overwhelming weight of international opinion “that has moved against the juvenile death penalty in recent years. Justice Kennedy also wrote that American society views juvenile as in his“We cannot impose capital punishment on offenders who do not demonstrate the same degree of adult blameworthiness, adult culpability and mature judgment as adult offenders do.”The narrow five to four decision affects 19 states that had allowed offenders under the age of 18 to be put to death. Jim Malone, VOA News, Washington.Key :1. The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the death penalty for murderers under the age of 18.2. The international opinion has moved against the juvenile death penalty in recent years.3. American society views juvenile as categorically less culpable than the average criminal due to their lack of maturity and emotional stability.4. Reaction from death penalty opponents was swift and positive.5. The decision won five votes and will affect 19 states.。
UNIT 1Part 3 NewsNews Item 1In Houston Texas，a federal investigating jury has charged the Arthur Andersen Company with blocking efforts to seek justice in the Enron case. Arthur Andersen employees kept financial records and provided advice to the failed energy company Enron. The charges say Arthur Andersen destroyed tons of documents while an investigation was taking place after Enron's failure. The Arthur Andersen Company condemned the charges as a serious misuse of government power.Arthur Andersen Company is charged with blocking investigation in the Enron case.News Item 2This item is about NATO Secretary General’s visit to Moscow for talks aimed at calming Russian fears about NATO’s future plans.Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and complete the following blanks.Talks between NATO Secretary General and Russian officials: Participants: NATO Secretary General George Robertson,President Vladimir Putin and other officialsPlace of talks: MoscowPurpose of talks: to calm Russian fears about NATO’s future plansSituation: NATO’S continues to expand to the eastRussia’s opinion: 1. Russia strongly opposes NATO membership for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.2. Russia will take extra security measures if they(3, LLE) join the alliance.NATO Secretary General George Robertson has arrived in Moscow for talks aimed at calming Russian fears about NATO’s future plans. He is expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin and other officials. Mr Robertson says NATO’S expansion to the east will not harm the balance in Europe. Russia strongly opposes NATO membership for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. A Defense Ministry spokesman reportedly said the entry of these countries would threaten Russia’s security interests. He says Russia will take extra security measures if they join the alliance. NATO will consider their membership next year.News Item 3An official of the Federal Security Service has linked (1) an American student arrested this month to 2) American Intelligence. The Federal Security Service says John Edward Tarbin (3) was arrested Feb.1st for possessing the drug marijuana. The Russian official says (4) Mr Tarbin has not been charged with (5)spying. However, he told the Interfax News Agency that (6) the American may have been preparing (7) to spy for the United States. The spokesman for the American State Department dismissed (8) the Russian accusation.This news item is about the arrest of an American student.Section 3 Oral Work1. What is Peter looking for? (He is looking for his door key.)2. Is Ann at home? (No, she is not at home.)3. What is William worrying about? (He is worrying about the weather.)4. What does Peter want to do? (He wants to get into the house through the pantry window.)5. Why can't he get in through the window? (Because the window is not wide enough.)6. Peter's father won't mind if Peter breaks one of the windows, will he'? (Yes, he will.)7. Where is the door key'? (It's in the grass.)g. What does William think of Peter? (He thinks he is really careless.)Section Four Supplementary ExercisesGreeting and IntroductionsGreetings and introductions are an essential aspect of US culture. The importance of which can never be overemphasized.In social situations, a man is traditionally introduced to a woman. However, in the business world introductions are based on a person's rank or position in a company. Whoever is the highest-ranking person is introduced to everyone else in order of their position. If you introduce two people of equal rank to each other, introduce the one you know less well lo the one you know better.There might be occasions wherein you will have to introduce yourself. For example, if you are meeting a new colleague or an associate, you might start off by extending your hand and saying "Hello! I am ... ' If you have been introduced earlier to someone, do not assume that the person would remember you and be prepared to reintroduce yourself should it be necessary.Americans shake their hands when first introduced to a new people. Rarely they shake hands while parting, As a part of greeting, sometimes, social kissing is acceptable between men and women and also between women who know each other very well.If you are with a group of English-speaking people and the conversation is going on in English, do not use your native or any foreign language for more than a few sentences, as it is not considered to be polite. Try to avoid using any filthy, sexually explicit stories or jokes. When you are in a theatre, it's not polite to talk or whisper during the performance.Exercise: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.I.B 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. BAmerican IndiansThe native people of North and South America were given the name "Indians" by the explorer Christopher Columbus. He thought he had reached a place called the Indies. In time, the terms American Indian and Indian became widely used. About 2,000,000 native Americans live in the United States today. Some Indians live on government lands called reservations, or on tribal lands. Others live in cities.Traditional culture remains strong in areas where large numbers of Indians live. But many native Americans worry that their cultural traditions will be lost as young people leave these areas for economic reasons.The economic situation of American Indians as a group is not good. About 50% of those who live on reservations have no jobs. Those who do have jobs earn less than other Americans. Most Indians hold low-paying unskilled jobs. Indians have many health problems and do not live as longas other Americans. But the situation is improving as more Indians are becoming educated. Today, most native Americans graduate from high school. At least 9% of all Indians 25 years old or older have finished college.The economic situation also has improved as native American tribes create businesses on their lands. One example is the Pequot tribe of the northeast. The tribe owns and operates a hotel, gambling casino, and a museum of its culture and history. Today, American Indians are trying to control their land without interference from the government. This includes control over hunting and fishing rights, and mining operations. They are trying to protect their land from pollution. And they are taking legal action to regain lost lands or to receive payment for them. American Indians are trying to change their economic situation, improve their lives and honor their culture.Exercise: Listen to the passage about the American Indians and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.1.C2. C3. D4. A5. C6. B。
1.Britain says Turkey’s dispute with Cyprus should not hold up the opening of negotiations next month onTurkey’s eventual membership in the European Union.2.The Bush Administration said Monday that progress is being made toward normal relations with Libya,thought it discouraged talk of an imminent breakthough.3.Russia has deported a planeload of Georgians it accused of being illegal migrants, and continued acrackdown on Georgian-owned business.4.The leaders of Brazil, India and South Africa have called for greater unity between the world’sdeveloping countries.5.The United States has expressed gratitude to Syria for preventing an attack on the U.S. embassy inDamascus in which three gunmen were killed and a fourth man was captured.6.Chadian President Idriss Derby cut diplomatic ties with Sudan Friday after what he said was a“Sudanese-backed rebel attack”on Chad’s capital N’djamena. Mr. Derby also has threateded to expel 200,000 refugees in Chad.7.Chad and Sudan have opened their common border and reestablished diplomatic relations only a fewmonths after the two countries nearly went to war over alleged Sudanese support for Chadian rebels. 8.Relations between India and Pakistan have cooled with a mutual expulsion of diplomats. Officials inIndia said they’d given a pakistani diplomat 48 hours to leave the country after Pakistan ordered the expulsion of an Indian diplomat.9.Lebanon’s Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has challenged Syria to establish diplomatic relations anddemarcate their border.10.Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he is preparing a formal request to President Bush for a long-termsecurity partnership that would include a permanent U.S. military presence.1.Japan’s Foreign Minister has arrived in Baghdad for an unannounced visit---the first to the Iraqi capitalby a Japanese minister since U.S.-led invasion in 2003.2.President Bush is en route back to Washington after a final stop in Eastern Europe.3.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez got a standing ovation with a speech against President Bush atCooper Union in New York City last night.4.Diplomats say a measure of progress has been made at talks in London to end the border disputebetween Ethiopia and Eritrea.5.Diplomats say negotiators will return to their capitals for three weeks to confer with their governmentsafter they failed to reach an agreement on a joint statement.6.European leaders have concluded their first session of negotiations to try to break political deadlockover the Union’s long-term budget.7.The Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army, the LRA, says it’s walked out of peace talks with thegovernment aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the north of the country.8.Russian and American officials say they’ve reached agreement on Russia’s entry into the World TradeOrganizaiton. They plan to sign the agreement in Hanoi next week.9.U.S. and Russian negotiators remained at odds Wednesday in a growing diplomatic standoff over Iran’ssuspected nuclear program.10.NATO foreign ministers have wrapped up two days of talks focusing on the future of missions inAfghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo as well as prospect for peace in the Middle East and the situation in Sudan’s Darfur region.1. A summit-level meeting of the UN Security Council has formally urged all member nations to outlawincitement to terrorism.2.The United Nations is setting up a special fund to help it deal with some of the biggest natural orman-made disasters as soon as possible after they happen.3.Senior diplomats from the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germanygathered in New York today to map out a strategy to deal with Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program.4.The UN Security Council is expected to hold closed-door consultations today on a British-U.S.peacekeeping plan for Sudan’s Darfur region.5.Hollywood movie star and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie is appealing forinternational help in repatriating millions of Afghan refugees now living in Pakistan.6.Meanwhile the United Nations Security Council is to hold an urgent meeting at the request of Lebanontoday on the crisis.7.(The) United Nations General Assembly has opened in New York with forceful calls for action in theSudanese region of Darfur.8.The United Nations is reporting signs of some progress in meeting global antipoverty goals set in 2000.9.The United Nations Human Rights Committee has called on the American government to immediatelyclose all secret detention facilities and grant access to the Red Cross to anybody detained in connection with an armed conflict. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United Nations’resolutions against North Korea leavePyongyang to choice but to return to the negotiating table.1.The US has expressed concern following the completion of a two-billion-dollar arms deal betweenVenezuela and Spain.2.The former American presidential candidate John Kerry has apologized for controversial remarks hemade about US troops in Iraq. On Monday Senator Kerry warned students at a university in California that if they neglected their education they might get stuck in Iraq.3.An Iranian government spokesman has denied charges that Iran is aiding the Lebanon-based Shiitegroup Hezbollah. He also warned Isreal of dire consequences if it attacks Syria.4.The US has condemned Tuesday’s military coup in Thailand and called for the restoration of democracyas quickly as possible.5.The US anti-drug chief has called for a strong military action by NATO forces to destroy the opiumindustry in southern Afghanistan.6.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has threatened to cut off oil exports to the US. Speaking at a youthfestival in Caracas, Mr. Chavez accused the US government of aggression against Venezuela.7.The US says it’s deeply troubled by Iran’s Guardian Council decision to bar more than 1000 presidentialcandidates form running in next month’s elections.8.Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told reporters Tuesday the allegations thatmoney was diverted from charities to terror groups are completely baseless.9.Iran has reiterated its determination to develop nuclear technology for peaceful uses.10.The British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel have stressed theimportance of raising international awareness of the threat posed by climate change.1.The heaviest snowfalls in Japan for decades have killed at least five people. Blizzards in the north of thecountry cut power supplies, disrupted road and rail links, and led to the cancellation of many domesticflights.2.Officials in Brazil have now extended an emergency to the entire Amazonas State in the Amazon Basinbecause of worsening drought.3.Officials in Indonesia say the number of people now known to have been killed by a powerfulearthquake that struck Java on Saturday morning has risen to more than 3,000. Many residents have spent the life outdoors, fearing more aftershocks.4. A merry-go-round collapsed Saturday at a zoo in southern Spain, injuring 15 children and three adults.5.Near Montreal workers are digging through debris, searching for people trapped by the collapse of ahighway overpass yesterday. Tons of concrete crushed at least two cars.6.Relief supplies are beginning to arrive in some of the towns worst-affected by the devastating SouthAsian earthquake five days ago, but its distribution is failing to reach all areas.7.Severe storms and at least one tornado left a trail of damage through parts of Indiana last night.Forecasters say more storms are expected tonight and tomorrow.8.Swarms of desert locusts are threatening crops in northern Ethiopia.9.And a tropical storm that has already killed more than 30 people in El Salvador has become a hurricaneas it heads towards Mexico.10.Spanish officials are battling to reduce the impact of a highly toxic chemical spill into the Umia Riverin the northwestern region of Galicia. A fire at a chemical plant caused the spill. The three-kilometer slick is slowly heading towards the Atlantic Ocean, killing fish and plants in its path.1.Life expectancy in the US has reached a record high. That’s according to statistics released today by thefederal government.2.Federal health regulators say two more women have died after using the abortion pill RU-486.3.Officials in Leesburg, Virginia say nearly a thousand girl scouts may have been exposed to rabies.4.The number of Indonesian children infected with the crippling polio virus has risen to 155 with adiscovery of 33 new cases in the last two weeks.5.Researchers investigating the H5N1 strain of bird flu say it provokes an excessive immune reaction.6.India is struggling to cope with outbreaks of mosquito-borne disease that have killed more than 100people and infected thousands of others in recent weeks.7.More than 5,000,000 Californians will receive significant discounts on prescription medicines under adeal reached with the governor and legislative leaders.8.The UN is launching a global campaign today to help millions of children affected by AIDS.9.Taiwan says it’s making its own version of the best-selling antiviral drug Tamiflu whether its originalmanufacturers ultimately agree or not.10.Medicare officials say enrollment in the new prescription drug benefit has reached its target even beforenext month’s deadline.1.An interim prime minister has finally been chosen to lead Ivory Coast to presidential elections nextyear.2.Six British officials have quit their government post over the refusal of Prime Minister Tony Blair toname a date for resigning as the leader of the Labor Party.3.The United States’ first National Intelligence Director John Negroponte was sworn in Wednesday.4.Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali says he will step down to resume his academic careerin the United States.5.The president has named U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman to be his new budget chief.6.Indigenous Maori leaders in New Zealand have named a new king. Fifty-one-year-old Tuheitia Paki isthe elder son of the previous monarch who died last week at the age of 75 after a reign of 40 years.7. A Republican congressman in the US has resigned after admitting he took nearly 2.5 million dollars inbribes from a defense contractor.8.President Bush has tapped lawmaker Robert Portman to be the nation’s new top trade negotiator.9.Sweden’s new Trade Minister Maria Borelius is resigning over allegations of tax evasion after just oneweek in office.10.President Bush has responded to a severe setback in mid-term elections by replacing Donald Rumsfeldas defense secretary after some six years in the job. Mr. Bush said Mr. Rumsfeld had agreed it was time for a fresh perspective. A former director of the CIA Robert Gates has been nominated to take over the Pentagon.1.In India, five million news subscribers are signing up for mobile phone connections every month as thewireless telecommunication market booms.2.General Motors has started the white-collar layoffs it’s promised as it struggles to become morecompetitive.3.The Commerce Department says consumer spending weakened in February after an upsurge inJanuary.4. A Dubai company says it’s ready to give up its attempt to take over some management operations at sixUS seaports.5.Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree opening up the country’s biggest company, theenergy giant Gazprom, to foreign investors.6. A strong set of jobs numbers from the Labor Department has raised inflation concerns and caused anupsurge in interest rates.7.The US has proposed cutting by 60% those subsidies to its farmers that distort world trade.8.The world’s biggest retailer, the American company Wal-Mart, has reported its first drop in profits formore than 10 years. They’ve fallen by 26% in the past three months mainly because of costs linked to the sale of its businesses in Germany.9.General Motors is selling most of its stake in Japanese automaker Suzuki.10.AT&T says it will buy BellSouth for 67 billion dollars in stock, a move the company says will offersubstantial financial benefits for stockholders of both companies.1. A fire at a US ammunitions depot in southern Baghdad last night ignited ordnance and set offexplosions that rocked the Iraqi capital for hours.2.The US military has launched a new offensive in western Iraq against what they say are “insurgentslinked to al-Qaeda”, the latest in a series of such operations.3.Two US navy warships exchanged gunfire with suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia today.4.India has arrested a soldier for allegedly handing secret military documents to a Pakistani official,sparking a new diplomatic controversy between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.5.Meanwhile a senior US State Department official says any further NATO expansion should wait until atleast 2008.6.In Afghanistan, a US military spokesman has denied Taliban claims that guerillas captured and executeda US Special Forces commando.7.The British Army has pulled out of one of its biggest bases in southern Iraq. Officers said the movefollowed an assessment that Iraqi police were capable of dealing with any continuing security problems in the area in Maysan province.8.Pakistani forces battled with insurgents along the Afghan border today, killing nearly 50 people.9. A member of the US Navy has testified at his court marshal in California that he watched as twoAmerican marines shot an Iraqi civilian in the head.10.Parliament in Canada is deciding whether the Canadian military presence in Afghanistan should beextended by another two years.。
