Haiti police detains former president "Baby Doc"

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Former Haitian President Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, who returned from France to the country on Sunday, was detained on Tuesday, police said.
    "Baby Doc", who was deposed¹ in 1986 after popular uprisings, governed Haiti for 15 years with an iron fist.
    He was detained by police agents in the Hotel Karibe, where he was staying with 15 of his inner circle, including security guards（保安,警卫）.
    "Baby Doc" was interrogated² for several hours in his hotel, and was escorted in a 4x4 van to the Port-au-Prince Police Station.
    Around 200 of his supporters gathered outside the station, waving the National Unity³ Party (NUP) red-black flag and threw stones despite the security operative.
    Police arrived Tuesday morning at the Hotel Karibe just before a scheduled press conference(记者招待会) by Duvalier to national and international media. His lawyer Reinold Georges also arrived and said there are no reasons to detained his client, the government commented on this that "Baby Doc" is being interrogated for funds misappropriation during his mandate⁴.
    Since his arrival to Haiti several Human Rights organizations, like Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International (AI) requested his detention⁵ for killing⁶ over 60,000 people during his rule.
    The return was surprising due to the situation the country is going through: the political crisis, the consequences of the Jan. 2010 earthquake and the cholera⁷ epidemic⁸ that started in October and has killed more than 4,000.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 deposed   

v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
• The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 interrogated   

v.询问( interrogate的过去式和过去分词 )；审问；（在计算机或其他机器上）查询

参考例句：

• He was interrogated by the police for over 12 hours. 他被警察审问了12个多小时。
• Two suspects are now being interrogated in connection with the killing. 与杀人案有关的两名嫌疑犯正在接受审讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

4 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

5 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

8 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。