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 China to contribute more to promoting food security in Africa: FM

China says it will continue to work with the international community to make greater contributions to improving food security in African countries and sustainable development.

While addressing the Ministerial Mini-Summit on the Humanitarian¹ Response to the Horn of Africa at the United Nations,. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said that China is gravely concerned with the most severe drought and famine in 60 years that have occurred in Northeast Africa, also known as Horn of Africa. 

He said the Chinese government has announced to provide the African region with emergency grain aid and money donation, which is worth about 70 million US dollars.

Yang Jiechi said the international community should actively² support African nations in their efforts to achieve food security and development, and increase assistance to agricultural development in Africa and offer a favorable environment for the development of African nations.

 

IMF calls for action to tackle global crisis

Managing Director of the International Monetary³ Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde has urged world leaders to implement⁴ measures available to deal with the "dangers confronting the global economy." 

He told reporters after the International Monetary and Financial Committee that there was a "clear common recognition" of the current financial crisis, especially in euro area.

Lagarde said the world is "half way through" the work that needed to be done to deal with the crisis.

 

25 protesters, 11 dissident soldiers killed in Yemen capital clashes

At least 36 people were killed, including 11 defected soldiers, and more than 100 others were wounded when troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh shelled a camp of protesters and a base of a defected military unit in Yemen's capital Saturday.

Medics and defected officials say more than 200 mortar⁵ shells, rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and Katyusha Rockets hit the protesters' Change Square and the military base of the defected First Armored Division.

 

Putin to run for Russian president in 2012 

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he will run for president in 2012.

He announced the long-awaited decision after President Dmitry Medvedev proposed Putin run for the post at the ruling United Russia party's congress.

Putin also said he was confident that Medvedev would become prime minister after the 2012 election and the ruling party would win in the parliamentary elections in December.

 

NASA says defunct⁶ satellite falls back to Earth 

The U.S. space agency NASA says a decommissioned U.S. satellite fell back to Earth but its precise re-entry time and location remained unknown.

The NASA stresses the risk to public safety or property is extremely small.

The UARS satellite, launched in 1991 from a space shuttle, was the first multi-instrumented satellite to observe numerous chemical constituents⁷ of the atmosphere with a goal of better understanding atmospheric⁸ photochemistry and transport.

 

First Chinese cargo⁹ flight lands in St. Louis, U.S. 

The first cargo flight from China which departed from Shanghai has landed in Missouri state's St. Louis Lambert International Airport, marking the establishment of a link between China's financial hub and the U.S. heartlands.

Both American and Chinese notables including Chinese Consul¹⁰ General to Chicago Yang Guoqiang and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay¹¹ attended the welcoming ceremony and expressed their confidence that the two countries would both benefit from the new aviation connection. 

China Cargo, the airline managing the trans-Pacific aviation route, currently plans to run weekly flights between Shanghai and St. Louis, with officials seeking to boost the frequency to three shipments a week before the U.S. holiday season.

 

China promotes use of agricultural machinery¹² for autumn production 

China's ministry¹³ of Agriculture says as the nation's grain production is heavily reliant on autumn crops, agricultural authorities should coordinate¹⁴ their efforts to maximize mechanical advantages in production of crops harvested during this season.

The ministry urges local authorities to send technicians to help the use of agricultural machines and promote technologies for agricultural mechanization.

 

China plans to give more entitlements to parents moving to cities to be with children 

As many aged¹⁵ Chinese parents are likely to migrate to cities where their children live, the government plans to give them the same entitlements as local citizens.

The plan for senior citizens' development in the 12th Five-Year Program period (2011-2015) was posted on the website of the State Council, or Cabinet. 

An official with China's National Working Commission on Aging says as many Chinese young people leave their hometown for work, policies must be made to facilitate migration¹⁶ of their aged parents, to encourage family support of the elderly.

He says among others, household registration¹⁷ (hukou) restraints should be eased so that migrant parents can enjoy the same social welfare as local citizens.

 

Beijing urged to expand chip implants¹⁹ in dogs to keep rabies in check 

Beijing lawmakers have urged the municipal government to implant¹⁸ digital identification chips in the city's roughly 2 million pet dogs to prevent unvaccinated dogs spreading rabies.

An official with the rural affairs committee of the Beijing municipal people's congress, says Beijing's dog registration rate is too low, giving the authorities too little information about pet dogs' vaccination²⁰ situation. 

Beijing has 950,000 registered dogs and about 1 million unregistered dogs whose vaccination is hard to check. 

More than 30,000 people were bitten by dogs in Beijing last year, with nine deaths linked to rabies.

1 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

2 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

3 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

4 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

5 mortar   

n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合

参考例句：

• The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
• The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。

6 defunct   

adj.死亡的；已倒闭的

参考例句：

• The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.建造新机场的计划看来整个完蛋了。
• This schema object is defunct.No modifications are allowed until it is made active again.此架构对象不起作用。在重新激活之前，不能进行任何改动。

7 constituents   

n.选民( constituent的名词复数 )；成分；构成部分；要素

参考例句：

• She has the full support of her constituents. 她得到本区选民的全力支持。
• Hydrogen and oxygen are the constituents of water. 氢和氧是水的主要成分。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 atmospheric   

adj.大气的，空气的；大气层的；大气所引起的

参考例句：

• Sea surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation are strongly coupled.海洋表面温度与大气环流是密切相关的。
• Clouds return radiant energy to the surface primarily via the atmospheric window.云主要通过大气窗区向地表辐射能量。

9 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

10 consul   

n.领事；执政官

参考例句：

• A consul's duty is to help his own nationals.领事的职责是帮助自己的同胞。
• He'll hold the post of consul general for the United States at Shanghai.他将就任美国驻上海总领事(的职务)。

11 slay   

v.杀死，宰杀，杀戮

参考例句：

• He intended to slay his father's murderer.他意图杀死杀父仇人。
• She has ordered me to slay you.她命令我把你杀了。

12 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

13 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

14 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

15 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

16 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

17 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

18 implant   

vt.注入，植入，灌输

参考例句：

• A good teacher should implant high ideals in children.好教师应该把高尚理想灌输给孩子们。
• The operation to implant the artificial heart took two hours.人工心脏植入手术花费了两小时。

19 implants   

n.（植入身体中的）移植物( implant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Hormone implants are used as growth boosters. 激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Perhaps the most far-reaching project is an initiative called Living Implants From Engineering (LIFE). 也许最具深远意义的项目，是刚刚启动的建造活体移植工程 (LIFE)。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命

20 vaccination   

n.接种疫苗，种痘

参考例句：

• Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
• Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。