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Sudan has ordered at least six aid agencies out of the country after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of President Omar al-Bashir over his government's treatment of civilians¹ in the western region of Darfur. The agencies have been running the world's biggest humanitarian² operation there, and an OXFAM spokeswoman said the move would have a devastating³ effect on hundreds of thousands of people. The Chief Prosecutor⁴ of the ICC, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, said the Sudanese leader could be arrested the next time he left the country.

"As soon [as] Omar al-Bashir travels through international air space, he can be arrested like Slobodan Milosevic, or Charles Taylor. Omar al-Bashir's destiny is to face justice. It will be in two months or in two years. But he will face justice."

The International Criminal Court in The Hague ruled that President Omar al-Bashir should answer seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The British government says it's seeking ways to reestablish contact with the Lebanese Hezbollah Movement. Britain's had no official contact with the Islamist organization for four years. Our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams reports.

The government has had no contact with Hezbollah since 2005, and only last year put the organization's military wing on a list of proscribed⁵ organizations over its alleged⁶ training of insurgents⁷ in Iraq. But speaking to members of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, the Foreign Office Minister, Bill Rammell, confirmed that the government is now looking for ways to establish contact with Hezbollah's political wing. Since last summer, the party has been a member of Lebanon's national unity⁸ government, and officials admit that contacts are hard to avoid.

The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told a joint⁹ session of Congress in Washington that the United States should seize the moment for international cooperation to resolve the global financial crisis. He called for cooperation in establishing new banking¹⁰ rules.

"So just think how each of our actions, if combined, could mean a whole much greater than the sum of its parts. All and not just some banks stabilized¹¹. Our fiscal¹² stimulus¹³, the impact multiplied because everybody is doing it. Rising demand in all our countries, creating jobs in each of our countries, and trade, once again, the engine of prosperity, the wealth of nations restored."

A BBC political correspondent says Mr. Brown was warmly applauded by the members of the Congress when he talked about the long friendship between the two countries. But his warnings against economic protectionism were met with a more muted response.

Colombia has extradited one of its most powerful drug traffickers to the United States, the latest in a series of extraditions aimed at breaking the power of the country's drug gangs. Miguel Angel Mejia, known as the twin, was put on board a plane belonging to the US Drug Enforcement Administration and was flown to Miami.

At least 19 inmates¹⁴ are reported to have been killed in battles between drug gangs at a prison in Northern Mexico. Officials said many others were injured as prisoners fought with knives and set fire to cell blocks. Police backed by soldiers later regained¹⁵ control of the desert prison, south of Ciudad Juarez on the border with the United States.

German police have been carrying out coordinated¹⁶ raids across the country as part of an investigation¹⁷ into the promotion¹⁸ of neo-Nazi music. The production and sale of music that promotes an extremist agenda or racial hatred¹⁹ is illegal in Germany. Kate Clark has the details.

The German authorities have been carrying out a monitoring operation since 2007 to track down the distribution of recordings²⁰ on the internet. The raids covered every state in Germany, and the police seized more than 45,000 suspect recordings and dozens of computers and weapons. They suspect more than 200 people of involvement but have not yet issued any arrest warrants. Government figures show that more than 60 years after the Holocaust²¹, anti-Semitic crimes are on the rise again. Neo-Nazism is a particular problem in the former Communist eastern part of Germany where unemployment is nearly double the western level.

A man who's been blind for three decades has told the BBC he now has limited vision after being fitted with a bionic eye. The 73-year-old man was fitted with the experimental device called Argus II seven months ago at a London hospital. It uses a miniature camera mounted on sunglasses to transmit images to the back of the eye. From there, they are sent to the brain with the help of an artificial retina.

1 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

2 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

3 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

4 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

5 proscribed   

v.正式宣布（某事物）有危险或被禁止( proscribe的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They are proscribed by federal law from owning guns. 根据联邦法律的规定，他们不准拥有枪支。 来自辞典例句
• In earlier days, the church proscribed dancing and cardplaying. 从前，教会禁止跳舞和玩牌。 来自辞典例句

6 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

7 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

8 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。

9 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。

10 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

11 stabilized   

v.（使）稳定， （使）稳固( stabilize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The patient's condition stabilized. 患者的病情稳定下来。
• His blood pressure has stabilized. 他的血压已经稳定下来了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

12 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

13 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

14 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 regained   

复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 )； 赢回； 重回； 复至某地

参考例句：

• The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。
• She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻，但很快恢复了镇静。

16 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

17 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

18 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

19 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

20 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

21 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。