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1. A nine-year-old girl who was missing in Fort Wayne, Indiana has been found dead. A family friend who was babysitting Aliahna Lemmon has been charged with her murder.

2. Police in Maine are now offering a $30,000 reward as they search for missing toddler Ayla Reynolds. Police now say they believe someone took the 20-month-old from her father's home a week before Christmas.

3. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he wants the presidential election planned for this March to be absolutely transparent¹. There are widespread accusations² of vote rigging in favor of Putin's party in the recent Russian parliamentary election. Tens of thousands of protesters have called for Putin to leave office.

4. And opposition³ activists⁴ say Syria is pulling tanks from the city of Homs following battles there. Arab League observers are on their way to the city to ensure the government stops offensive against opposition forces.

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1 transparent
adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的
参考例句：
The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。 The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。

2 accusations
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名
参考例句：
There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。 He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

3 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。

4 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》