澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-12

 A suicide bomb has killed at least fifteen people and wounded more than thirty others in north west Pakistan.The attack took place at a funeral on the outskirts¹ of the city of Peshawar.Police say the bombers² appears to have targeted an anti-Taliban politician from the governing,Awami National Party.No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

 

Bob Katter's Australian Party says it won't be dropping it gay marriage TV commercial despite an angry backlash from the public.The ad which features Green's leader,Bob Brown and Queensland's LNP leader Campbell Newman appeared on several commercial TV networks last night.The party says its Twitter,Email and Facebook accounts have been bombarded and people have made threatening calls,but the ad will stay on air.

 

Mining magnate,Gina Rinehart,is expected to make another attempt today to stop media coverage³ of her dispute over a family trust.Ms.Rinehart lost her high court attempt to have the case heard behind closed doors.Her lawyers intend argue that the documents related to the case shouldn't be released because they contain commercially sensitive information.

1 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

2 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。