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1. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is appealing to President Barack Obama to end the air war in a letter calling it an unjust war against a small people of a developing country.

2. In Ivory Coast, fighters trying to force strongman Laurent Gbagbo out of power get as far as the gates of his presidential palace before heavy arms fire forces them back. The armed group is trying to install the democratically elected president as the African country's head.

3. Personality Glenn Beck is leaving his show on the Fox News channel with ratings on the decline and advertisers boycotting¹ the program. Beck and Fox say they will develop new programming for television and the digital realm.

4. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie travels from Hollywood to the border of Libya and Tunisia, calling attention to the plight² of Libyan refugees. Jolie is also a goodwill³ ambassador for the UN High Commissioner⁴ for Refugees.

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1 boycotting
抵制，拒绝参加( boycott的现在分词 )
参考例句：
They're boycotting the shop because the people there are on strike. 他们抵制那家商店，因为那里的店员在罢工。 The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections. 主要反对党都抵制此次选举。

2 plight
n.困境，境况，誓约，艰难；vt.宣誓，保证，约定
参考例句：
The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。 She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。

3 goodwill
n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉
参考例句：
His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。 We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。

4 commissioner
n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
参考例句：
The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。 He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。