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Police officials in Ireland and Northern Ireland have publicly blamed theI.R.A.for the cash robbery,Britain’s biggest.The I.R.A.‘s political party,Sinn Fein,has denied any involvement by the paramilitary group.Brian Lavery(NYT)justify [5dVQstI9fai]证实justification [9dVQstIfI5keiF[n]辩护;正当的理由Democrats force the US Senate into a closed session to debateintelligence used to justify the Iraq war.

Rumsfeld said he does not recall talking to Vice President Dick Cheney about undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame whose diplomat husband,Joseph Wilson,publicly questioned the Bush administration’s justificationfor going to war in Iraq.

mediate [5mI:dIeit]调停、调解mediation[9mI:dI5eiF[n]调停、调解Suleiman,a close adviser to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,has frequently helped mediate security issues between the Palestinians and Israelis.He is scheduled to hold more meetings with Palestinian leaders andmilitant officials,as well as to give a speech to the Palestinian parliament,before holding talks with Israeli leaders Wednesday.

Spencer said the bloc,known as Caricom,planned to announcea plan of action soon that could include appealing to the U.N.Law of the SeaConvention for mediation.

message [5mesIdV]讯息、消息

As diplomats wrangled over who should control the net,other messagesat the summit in Tunisia were more positive.

negotiate[nI5g[UFIeit]谈判、协商negotiation [nI9g[UFI5eiF[n]谈判、协商U.S.and Bosnian officials have been negotiating ways to revise the unwieldy constitution created at peace talks in Dayton,Ohio.Their effortscoincide with Monday‘s 10th anniversary of that pact,which endedBosnia’s war.

Germany‘s main parties announce a coalition deal involving tax hikesafter weeks of negotiations.

news agency [5eidV[nsI]新闻社The Shanghai government blamed Japan,saying the protest was prompted by“Japan’s wrong attitudes and actions on a series of issues such as its history of aggression,”the official Xinhua news agency quotedgovernment spokeswoman Jiao Yang as saying.

officer [5CfIs[]官员(武)Basra police officers were among 12people detained by coalition forces in a raid targeting terrorists in the southeastern city,according to the Britishmilitary.

official [[5fIFl]官员(文)Ten bone fragments discovered more than four years after the World Trade Center attacks on the rooftop of a nearby skyscraper are human,officials said Friday.

passport [9pAspC:t]护照“I think every Palestinian now has his passport ready in his pocket.Let them come to cross at this terminal whenever they want,”said PalestinianPresident Mahmoud Abbas.

penalty [5pen[ltI]惩罚

A double murderer facing the death penalty is recaptured in Louisianaafter three days on the run.

pledge [pledV]誓言、保证

President Assad pledges to co-operate with a UN into the murder of RafikHariri,but insists Syria is innocent.

postpone [5p[Ust5p[Un]延期、推迟

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday postponed his official visit to Washington next week due to Hurricane Katrina.predict [prI5dIkt]预言prediction [prI5dIkF[n]预言、预报Japan‘s central bank predicts a seven-year period of deflation is due toend and it may shift its zero interest-rate policy.

Greenland’s ice cap has thickened slightly in recent years despite wide predictions of a thaw triggered by global warming,a team of scientists saidon Thursday.

promote [pr[5m[Ut]促进、提升、发展promotion [pr[5m[UF[n]提升Prince Charles,his wife and a wardrobe full of dresses jet off to the United States Tuesday on a tour designed to celebrate trans-Atlantic ties,promote Charles‘environmentalist causes -and test reaction to his newbride in a nation still smitten with the late Princess Diana.

A federal judge in New York likely will not rule until 2006on whethera case that would let smokers sue the tobacco industry over the promotion of “light”cigarettes can move forward as a class action,attorneys saidWednesday.

propose [pr[5p[Uz]提议proposal [pr[5p[Uz[l]提议European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso proposed that the European Union give $58million to France for helping riot-hit towns recover.He said the EU could make up to $1.2billion available in longer-term support.

A Senate Democrat has offered national intelligence officials a proposal in the dispute over obtaining classified information about John R.Bolton,President Bush’s nominee to be U.N.ambassador.

protest against v.[pr[5test]对……表示抗议Opposition supporters in Azerbaijan protest against the results ofparliamentary elections.

protest n.[5pr[Utest]抗议Indian police say they have shot dead 12students during protests in north-easternMeghalaya state.

quote [kw[Ut]引证、引用quotation [kw[U5teiF[n]引语、引文“I still feel like a tennis player and want to carry on playing as long a s I keep getting invitations to play in tournaments,”the 30-year-old Spaniardwas quoted as saying by sports daily Marca on Friday.

“He had a gift for presenting vivid portraits of personalities,from privates in the ranks to generals and politicians.And he had a gift for character,for the apt quotation,for the dramatic event,for the story behind the story,”said James M.McPherson,a Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian.“He could also write a crackling good narrative of a campaign ora battle.”(FOX NEWS)rebuke [rI5bjU:k]指责、非难The Washington Post‘s ombudsman rebuked journalist Bob Woodward on Sunday for withholding what he knew about the CIA leak probe from his editor and for making public statements that were dismissive of theinvestigation without disclosing his own involvement.

refugee [9refjU5dVI:]难民As the last weary refugees evacuated from New Orleans,the shattered city drew closer to dealing with its dead,confronting a gruesome landscapeof scattered corpses that were expected to number in the thousands(.

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