澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-10-28

An Indonesian governor says he'll let 78 Sri Lankan asylum¹ seekers be taken off from an Australian customs ship only if he's given a guarantee they won't stay longer than a month. The asylum seekers were due to be moved to an Indonesian detention² facility on Monday.

 October has become the deadliest month for US troops in Afghanistan since the war began. Eight soldiers have been killed in multiple bomb attacks in the south of the country. Fifty-five American soldiers have died in Afghanistan this month.

 The Prime Minister is proposing new rules for strategic planning in Australia's major cities. Speaking in Sydney last night, Kevin Rudd outlined plans to meet future housing needs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions³.

 The second day of the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has resumed in Hague without the defendant⁴. Karadzic has refused to attend, saying he hasn't had long enough to prepare his defense⁵, he denies 11 charges of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. All charges relate to the Bosnian War in the 1990s.

 And Champion Wallabies flanker George Smith has been demoted to the bench, ahead of Australia's Bledisloe Cup encounter with New Zealand on Saturday.

1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

2 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

3 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

4 defendant   

n.被告；adj.处于被告地位的

参考例句：

• The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
• The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。

5 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。