澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-07-20

on Caixiqiang, by homeway2000

Making world news, the United States has identified the soldier kidnapped in Afghanistan. The Taliban released a video footage of the 23-year-old Private Bowe Bergdahl yesterday. He went missing from his base in the eastern Afghanistan on June 30th. In the video, Private Bowe Bergdahl calls for US troops to be sent home.

Iran has released the last British embassy worker arrested in the aftermath of the disputed presidential election. Hossein Rassam was released on bail¹. He was one of the nine embassy employees detained during the political protests. He's charged with inciting² unrest after the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Honduras interim³ government says ousted⁴ President Manuel Zelaya can return to the country, but only to go on trial for treason not to reclaim⁵ power as he has proclaimed. The new regime has leveled 18 charges against Zelaya including high treason. Authorities have threatened to arrest him if he returns from Nicaragua, but say he will be allowed to exercise his judicial⁶ rights.

A Mauritania's military leader has been declared winner of the country's presidential elections. General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz seized power in a military coup⁷ last year. The opposition⁸ says the outcome was prefabricated.

And that's ABC world news.

1 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

2 inciting   

刺激的，煽动的

参考例句：

• What are you up to inciting mutiny and insubordination? 你们干吗在这里煽动骚动的叛乱呀。
• He was charged with inciting people to rebel. 他被控煽动民众起来叛乱。

3 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

4 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

5 reclaim   

v.要求归还，收回；开垦

参考例句：

• I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
• You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时，必须出示这张票子。

6 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

7 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

8 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。