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 Syria has met today's deadline to provide details of its chemical weapons program that's according to international inspectors¹. Still, former vice² president Dick Cheney says he doubts US policy seeking a negotiated settlement to end Syria's civil war will be successful. 

 

I'm a skeptic³, I think like a lot of other people are,  and I know that our friends in the region are worried. 

 

Cheney spoke⁴ on ABC's This Week. 

 

Jury selection begins tomorrow in the first trial linked to the phone hacking⁵ scandal, that brought down  Rupert Murdoch News of the world in 2011. From London, Larry Miller⁶ defendants⁷ face charges that include hacking into more than 600 people's vioce mails and bribing⁸ police. 

 

In the dock at the old Beiley criminal court, Rebekah Brooks⁹, the former editor of Murdoch's News of the world and the SUN, she used to become a Murdoch confronter, and CEO of its British operation, with her, is Andy Coulson, a former News of the World editor, subsequently hired by prime minister Cameron to be downing street's communications chief. Other defendants include Brooks' husband and personnel assistant, and the tabloid's royal editor. That defendants deny the charges, as the results of the scandal public inquiry¹⁰ into media practices was held. Parliament is now seeking an overhaul¹¹ of press accountability which critics warn would be the end of the press freedom in Britain. For NPR NEws, I'm Larry Miller in London. 

 

Hawaii's governor is calling state lawmakers into special session tomorrow. NPR's Nathan Rott reports they will consider a bill that would allow marriage rights to same sex couples. 

 

The same sex marriage debate is nothing new to Hawaii. In 1990, a gay couple that applied¹² for a marriage license¹³ there, help start the national debate to result in the defence of marriage act, along that was struck down by the US supreme¹⁴ court earlier this year. Proponents¹⁵ of same sex marriage, including Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie, are trying to ride that national momentum¹⁶ pushing for legislation that will make Hawaii the 15th state to legalize gay marriage. They argue that the the bill extends states aloha spirit of a quality and that will spur tourism. Opponents of the bill have organized protest cell, saying that Hawaii voter should decide not the state's lawmakers. Nathan Rott NPR News. 

 

Rock n'roll poet and singer Lou Reed has died. Reed's dirty Blvd, typical of his music, lyrics¹⁷ and style, and someone monotone delivery over basically three courts contrasting the rich and poor in New York city. We never gain the commercial success of Bob Dylan, or the Beatles, but he and his band, the Velvet¹⁸ Underground, introduced new dimensions into rock music and he's influenced other artists since the 1960s. His literary agency says Reed died of complications from a recent liver transplant. Lou Reed was 71. 

 

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Exit polls and early results from Georgia's presidential election show the candidate backed by the country's billionaire prime minister has easily won. From Tbilisi, the BBC's Rayhan Demytrie reports the candidate for the party of the outgoing president is admitting defeat. 

 

Although we are still waiting for official results, who be announced. We can already hear a sense of celebration here in the streets of Fabilisixx.  Giorgi Margvelashvili is the 44-year-old, former education minister. He was appointed as education minister this year and also later he became the vice premier¹⁹. He was backed by the most powerful and dominant²⁰ figure in Georgia, that's the prime minister, Bidzina Ivanishvili. Now the candidates from the party of the outgoing president Mikheil Saakashvili, David Bakradze has already congratulated Giorgi Margvelashvili. 

 

The BBC's Rayhan Demytrie in Tbilisi. 

 

In eastern India, five people were killed when several crude bombs exploded at a political rally in Baha state, where tens of thousands of people were gathered to hear a speech by an opposition²¹ candidate. Narendra Modi is a Hindu nationalist and highly polarizing figure, who's waging a national campaign to oust²² India's coalition-led government in next year's election. 

 

Activists²³ in Saudi Arabia say 13 women were detained yesterday for driving, defying a ban on female drivers. The women were told that to be release they had to pledge not to drive again until they have a license. Women in Saudi Arabia can't currently get a license. But activists are interpreting this as a sign that the license restriction²⁴ could soon be lifted. 

 

1 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 skeptic   

n.怀疑者，怀疑论者，无神论者

参考例句：

• She is a skeptic about the dangers of global warming.她是全球变暖危险的怀疑论者。
• How am I going to convince this skeptic that she should attention to my research?我将如何使怀疑论者确信她应该关注我的研究呢？

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

6 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

7 defendants   

被告( defendant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
• As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

8 bribing   

贿赂

参考例句：

• He tried to escape by bribing the guard. 他企图贿赂警卫而逃走。
• Always a new way of bribing unknown and maybe nonexistent forces. 总是用诸如此类的新方法来讨好那不知名的、甚或根本不存在的魔力。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻

9 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

11 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

12 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

13 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

14 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

15 proponents   

n.（某事业、理论等的）支持者，拥护者( proponent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Reviewing courts were among the most active proponents of hybrid rulemaking procedures. 复审法院是最积极的混合型规则制定程序的建议者。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• Proponents of such opinions were arrested as 'traitors. ' 提倡这种主张的人马上作为“卖国贼”逮捕起来。 来自辞典例句

16 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

17 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

18 velvet   

n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的

参考例句：

• This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
• The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

19 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

20 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

21 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。

22 oust   

vt.剥夺，取代，驱逐

参考例句：

• The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
• The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。

23 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》

24 restriction   

n.限制，约束

参考例句：

• The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
• The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。