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　　LA PAZ, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca Tuesday denied U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden was on the plane flying Bolivia's president out of Europe, after the plane was diverted on suspicions it was carrying both men.

　　In a televised announcement, the minister said "we don't know who invented the lie, but we want to denounce the injustice¹ of ( diverting) President Evo Morales' plane to the international community."

　　The plane carrying Morales from Moscow, where he was attending a meeting of natural gas-producing nations, was diverted to Vienna, Austria after France and Portugal refused to allow it to enter their airspace.

　　Earlier Tuesday, Bolivia's government said it had not officially received an asylum² request from Snowden, but was willing to consider such a petition.

　　"Officially no request has arrived, but if it arrives, the president (Evo Morales) has said we will consider it," Bolivian Vice³ President Alvaro Garcia Linera told reporters at a press conference.

　　Garcia referred to President Morales' statements made Tuesday in Moscow that "if there is a petition, of course we are willing to discuss, to analyze⁴ the issue."

　　Also on Tuesday, the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks revealed Bolivia was among some 20 countries Snowden had requested political asylum from, after withdrawing his asylum request from Russia, because of the conditions imposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

　　Putin publicly offered Snowden asylum on the condition that he stop affecting the United States with his disclosures.

　　Snowden, a former contractor⁵ with the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), blew the lid off the agency's secret global surveillance program, angering Washington, which has charged him with espionage⁶.

　　Snowden first fled to Hong Kong, but is now reportedly at a Moscow airport transit⁷ zone awaiting word on asylum.

　　U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has been asking countries to refuse Snowden asylum, as Ecuador's president recently revealed.

1 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

2 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• 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。

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

5 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

6 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

7 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。