澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-12-28

A second Nigerian man has been taken into custody¹ after locking himself in a toilet on a plane in Detroit. It was the same flight number with the plane involved in the Christmas day incident, in which a different Nigerian man was charged with attempting to blow up a transatlantic jet. Australians travelling to the United States will now face extra security checks. 

At least eight protesters have reportedly been killed in Iran in violent clashes between anti-government crowds and police. The nephew of former opposition² candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was among four killed in Tehran. All the others died in the northern city of Tabriz. Iranian state television is reporting police arrested 300 people during the protests.

In New South Wales, several properties are expected to be cut off today as heavy rain continues across the state. Flood warnings are in place for Castlereagh and the Hastings River on the state's mid³ coast. Rising waters have already isolated⁴ a number of properties. Yesterday a 70-year-old woman was rescued from her car when it was washed into the Hastings River near the town of Pipeclay.

And in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, leader Alfa Romeo is expected to sail into Hobart early this evening. Race favourite Wild Oats is trailing in third place. 

I will be back with more news later.

1 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

4 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。