澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-08-20

 Julian Assange is calling on the United States to "end its witch hunt" against Wikileaks. The Wikileaks founder¹ has made his first public statement since taking refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London two months ago. He's also called for the release of Bradley Manning, he's the man accused of leaking classified documents to Wikileaks.

 

The Taliban is claiming responsibility for a roadside bomb that's killed three New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan. They were on patrol in the northeast of Bamyan Province when their convoy² was hit by the blast. Two other New Zealand soldiers were killed in a gunfight in Bamyan in early August.

 

The prime minister is expected to announce more money for private schools. Julia Gillard will outline the government's plans for a new funding model for school students in a speech later this morning. It's all part of the government's former response to the Gonski Review into school funding.

 

Firefighters in Brisbane have worked throughout the night to bring a bushfire in the city's northwest under control. It started as a controlled burn near the army base at Enoggera, but quickly jumped containment³ lines yesterday afternoon. Back burning saved several homes that were being threatened by that blaze.

 

And Gaddafi loyalists are being blamed for two car bombs that killed at least two people in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. At least four others were injured in the blasts. One bomb exploded near the Interior Ministry⁴, the other was close to a military academy.

1 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

2 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

3 containment   

n.阻止，遏制；容量

参考例句：

• Your list might include such things as cost containment,quality,or customer satisfaction.你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制、产品质量、客户满意程度等内容。
• Insularity and self-containment,it is argued,go hand in hand.他们争论说，心胸狭窄和自我封闭是并存的。

4 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。