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The Bangladeshi government says paramilitary guards in Dhaka have surrendered after a two-day mutiny. The bodies of nine army officers have been recovered apparently¹ killed by the mutineers. Military officials say many more officers are unaccounted for. The Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, earlier promised an amnesty for those who put down their weapons. Mark Dummett has more.

Speaking from the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles in Dhaka, a government negotiator, /, told the BBC that the crisis which had engulfed² Bangladesh since Wednesday morning had indeed ended. The search is now on for the whereabouts of more than 130 army officers who it's feared were killed in the mutiny. It's already certain that about ten officers did die including the border forces commander.

The revolt spread to other towns, and it's not yet clear whether those mutinies are continuing.

The US President Barack Obama has outlined a spending plan of three and a half trillion dollars in his first federal budget. The plans outline an additional 250 billion dollars to support the ailing³ US financial system, and a fund of 600 billion to reform and expand the US healthcare system. Mr. Obama hopes to save money by cutting subsidies⁴ and tax breaks. He said the budget would include for the first time the true costs of the war started by the Bush administration.

"Large sums have been left off the books, including the true cost of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. And that kind of dishonest accounting⁵ is not how you run your family budgets at home, it's not how your government should run its budgets either. We need to be honest with ourselves about what costs are being racked up, because that's how we'll come to grips with the hard choices that lie ahead."

The former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic has been acquitted⁶ by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He'd been accused of ordering a systematic⁷ campaign of terror and violence against Kosovo Albanians in the 1990s. Five other senior Serbian officials were found guilty and given prison sentences of up to 22 years. This is the tribunal's first ruling on alleged⁹ crimes by Serb forces during the Kosovo conflict.

Spanish police have arrested 11 people, including several footballers and those connected with the game on suspicion of drug smuggling¹⁰. It follows the discovery of 600 kilos of cocaine¹¹ hidden in a freight container which came by boat to Spain from Argentina. Danny Wood reports from Madrid.

The Spanish authorities believe the suspects were using their football connections as a cover for drugs trafficking. The police say two recruiting agents from the international football federation¹², FIFA, together with former and current professional footballers, are among 11 people arrested in cities across Spain. Spanish news reports claim one of the former players detained was with first division club Atletico Madrid. The same reports allege⁸ the leader of the drug smugglers is an ex-manager with a French first division team.

The main rival Palestinian factions¹³ Hamas and Fatah say that they've started a new era of reconciliation¹⁴ after talks in Cairo, but there was no immediate¹⁵ breakthrough to end their long running feud¹⁶. A senior Fatah official, Ahmed Qurei, said five joint¹⁷ committees had been set up. They'll work towards forming a national unity¹⁸ government, rebuilding security institutions and preparing for presidential and legislative¹⁹ elections. They'd also look at reforming the PLO.

For the first time the British government has admitted to taking part in rendition when five years ago the British military handed over to US forces two suspected insurgents²⁰ detained in Iraq. Until now, the British authorities had always denied ever taking part in the practice in which detainees are taken from one country to another without following the usual legal procedures.

The US Secretary of Defense²¹ Robert Gates has lifted a ban on news organizations showing pictures of the coffins²² of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The move overturns a ban put in place by President Bush in 1991. Kim Ghattas has more.

It will be up to each family to decide whether they want to allow news organizations to take pictures of the flag-draped caskets returning from combat zones. Robert Gates said the fallen troops had to be honoured as much as possible but that the privacy concerns of the families had to be met. Some support groups for military families have already reacted saying the decision showed disregard for privacy during a solemn moment. But critics of the ban had accused US government of trying to hide the human cost of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Foreign diplomats²³ in Kenya have urged the government not to discount a report which accused the country's police force of carrying out systematic extra-judicial killings²⁴. The UN report said hundreds of people had been killed by the police that then claimed the victims were criminals. The government has accused the UN investigator²⁵ of exceeding his mandate²⁶.

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 engulfed   

v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
• The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 ailing   

v.生病

参考例句：

• They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
• She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。

4 subsidies   

n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
• Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

6 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

7 systematic   

adj.有系统的，有计划的，有方法的

参考例句：

• The way he works isn't very systematic.他的工作不是很有条理。
• The teacher made a systematic work of teaching.这个教师进行系统的教学工作。

8 allege   

vt.宣称，申述，主张，断言

参考例句：

• The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的，但他们没提出证据。
• Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.学生时不时会称病缺课。

9 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

10 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

11 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

12 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

13 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

14 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

15 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

16 feud   

n.长期不和；世仇；v.长期争斗；世代结仇

参考例句：

• How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的？
• The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。

17 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

18 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

19 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

20 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

21 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

22 coffins   

n.棺材( coffin的名词复数 )；使某人早亡[死，完蛋，垮台等]之物

参考例句：

• The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. 店堂里相当闷热，空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了。 来自辞典例句
• Donate some coffins to the temple, equal to the number of deaths. 到寺庙里，捐赠棺材盒给这些死者吧。 来自电影对白

23 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

24 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

25 investigator   

n.研究者，调查者，审查者

参考例句：

• He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
• The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。

26 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。