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 There are reports about at least 31 deaths in Ukraine’s southern port city of Odessa today. A regional police department issued the statement saying the death as a result of fire that broke out at their tread union building in the center of the city. Some the deaths were due to smoke but others apparently¹ died when they jumped from the burning building. The build fire apparently broke out as a result of clash between pro-Russian demonstrators and the supporters of Ukraine central government. Police earlier today announce the deaths of three people in the clash between the two sides. 

 

Meanwhile President Obama and German Chancellor² Angela Merkel are warning Russia could face further economic sanction if the situation in Ukraine does not improve. NPR’s Scott Horsley reports the leaders are focusing their attention on plan Ukrainian election later this month. 

 

Governments in the US and especially Europe have been worried about sanction in whole section in the Russian economy for fear that could rebound³ and hit their own citizens in the pocket book. But after White House meeting with Merkel, Obama said they may have no choice. 

 

Russian leadership must know that if it continues to destabilize eastern Ukraine and disrupt this month’s presidential election, we will move quickly on additional steps, including further sanctions that will impose greater cost.

 

While largely united on Ukraine, Merkel said she and Obama still have differences to work out over US surveillance tactics. US-German ties were freed by reports that American spies had listened in on Merkel’s own telephone.  Scott Horsley, NPR News, the White House. 

 

President Obama says this week’s botched execution of inmate⁴ in Oklahoma is deeply troubling.  NPR’s Carrie Johnson reports he asks the Justice Department to study problems with capital punishment. 

 

The Perez says the death penalty is appropriated for certain terrible crime including mass killings⁵ and murder of children but he says he worries about racial bias⁶ and situation where inmates⁷ on death roll have later been proving innocent. He says the growth of execution of Oklahoma prisoner raises significant questions about how capital punishment is applied⁸ and carried out. The president has asked Attorney General Eric Holder⁹ to prepare analysis of the death penalty and confront some difficult question about uneven¹⁰ justice. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

 

Partial victory for both parties in a legal fight between the device makers¹² Apple and Samsung after the liberation has began this week the four men, four women join the determine, Samsung infringed¹³ on Apple smartphone patents in order to pay 120 million dollars in damages still that well below the 2.2 billion Apple has been seeking. The NNNNN even more importantly the judge did not granted Apple to permanent injunction they sought against the sale of Samsung phones. Jury also ruled against Apple at least one instance order they paid to the Korean smartphone maker¹¹ 148,000 dollars in damages. 

 

A down into the week on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 45 points, end the session 16,512. The NASDAQ lost three points today to close at 4,123. The S&P 500 dropped two points. 

 

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An apparent ceasefire in the Syrian city of Homos where government and rebel troops now agreed to 48-hour cooling off period aimed to allow hundreds of fighters hold up in the city’s old quarters to evacuate¹⁴. The move likely mean the city once held as the capital of the revolution named NNN Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will fell back into government control. The ceasefire follows an intense pounding of rebel-held district by government forces. Evacuation is expected to begin tomorrow.

 

House Speaker John Boehner says he will create a select committee to investigate the attack on American diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. NPR’s Esphy Dultei reports the move keeps issue alive through the coming midterm election.

 

Four Americans including the ambassador to Libya died in the September 11th 2012 attack on the US compound in Benghazi. The incident has since become the major issue for conservative politicians in media who charge cover up by the Obama administration. In a statement, Boehner says he will bring the creation of select committee to the floor for a vote to build on the work of other houses committee over the past two years. In his own statement, democratic senate majority leader Harry¹⁵ Reid says multiple investigation¹⁶ into the attacks have not found malfeasance and that Republicans are trying to gin up for political food fight. Esphy Dultei, NPR News, Washington.

 

Californian congressman¹⁷ says a teen stowaway¹⁸ in airplane wheel well winding¹⁹ up in Hawaii should never be able to access the plane. Congressman Eric Swalwell announcing today plans to ask the transportation security administration to test its perimeter²⁰ alert systems at several US airports on the heels of the incident. The team from Santa Clara, California said he jumped a fence to get into the airports surviving the 5.5-hour flight, in spite of frigid²¹ temperatures where apparently embarking²² on the journey to see his mother who is in refugee camp in eastern Ethiopia. 

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

3 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。

4 inmate   

n.被收容者；(房屋等的)居住人；住院人

参考例句：

• I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
• The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。

5 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

6 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

7 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 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。

9 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

10 uneven   

adj.不平坦的，不规则的，不均匀的

参考例句：

• The sidewalk is very uneven—be careful where you walk.这人行道凹凸不平—走路时请小心。
• The country was noted for its uneven distribution of land resources.这个国家以土地资源分布不均匀出名。

11 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

12 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 infringed   

v.违反（规章等）( infringe的过去式和过去分词 )；侵犯（某人的权利）；侵害（某人的自由、权益等）

参考例句：

• Wherever the troops went, they never infringed on the people's interests. 大军过处，秋毫无犯。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He was arrested on a charge of having infringed the Election Law. 他因被指控触犯选举法而被拘捕。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

15 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

16 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

17 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

18 stowaway   

n.（藏于轮船，飞机中的）偷乘者

参考例句：

• The stowaway masqueraded as a crew member.偷渡者假扮成乘务员。
• The crew discovered the stowaway about two days into their voyage.船员在开船约两天后发现了那名偷乘者。

19 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

20 perimeter   

n.周边，周长，周界

参考例句：

• The river marks the eastern perimeter of our land.这条河标示我们的土地东面的边界。
• Drinks in hands,they wandered around the perimeter of the ball field.他们手里拿着饮料在球场周围漫不经心地遛跶。

21 frigid   

adj.寒冷的，凛冽的；冷淡的；拘禁的

参考例句：

• The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long.水冰冷彻骨，他在下面呆不了太长时间。
• She returned his smile with a frigid glance.对他的微笑她报以冷冷的一瞥。

22 embarking   

乘船( embark的现在分词 )； 装载； 从事

参考例句：

• He's embarking on a new career as a writer. 他即将开始新的职业生涯——当一名作家。
• The campaign on which were embarking was backed up by such intricate and detailed maintenance arrangemets. 我们实施的战争，须要如此复杂及详细的维护准备。