澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-07-17

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India says it won’t start peace talks with Pakistan until the Mumbai attack suspects are brought to justice. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made the remarks after meeting his Pakistani counterpart at a summit in Egypt. They issued a joint² statement, saying the two countries would cooperate to fight terrorism, but say that isn’t necessarily linked to wider peace talks.

A United Nations committee has drawn³ up a list of those to be targeted in the latest round of sanctions against North Korea. The Security Council has blacklisted five firms and five individuals linked to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

Russian officials are continuing investigations⁴ into the murder of prominent human rights activist⁵ Natalia Estemirova. Her body was discovered just hours after she was kidnapped in the Chechen capital Grozny and shot execution-style. Estemirova is the latest activists⁶ who have been killed while investigating kidnappings and disappearances⁷ in Chechnya.

And a former security guard has testified in a genocide trial of the S-21 Prison head, known as Duch. Up to 16,000 people were tortured and killed under Duch’s command during the Khmer Rouge’s four-year rule. The former guard told the United Nations-backed court that he was assigned to protect executioners while they killed up to 100 prisoners per day.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

4 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

5 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

6 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 disappearances   

n.消失( disappearance的名词复数 )；丢失；失踪；失踪案

参考例句：

• Most disappearances are the result of the terrorist activity. 大多数的失踪案都是恐怖分子造成的。 来自辞典例句
• The espionage, the betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions, the disappearances will never cease. 间谍活动、叛党卖国、逮捕拷打、处决灭迹，这种事情永远不会完。 来自英汉文学