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Iran has accused western powers of stirring up Sunday’s violent protest in Tehran that left at least eight people dead. The Iranian authorities have summoned the British ambassador in Iran following comments by the Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who said that the protesters had courage and urged Tehran to respect their rights. Marcus George has this report.

In comments published by the state news agency, the Iranian president vented¹ his anger at the United States, which he said had staged a nauseating³ performance on Iranian streets. The message from the Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was even bolder. Britain, he said, would get a slap in the face if it didn’t stop playing games. With large pro-government rallies expected in the capital on Wednesday, Iranian leadership is trying to present

a country united against what it views as foreign meddling⁴.

The US State Department has rejected calls by the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for the US to share detailed⁵ data about its plans for a missile shield in the region as the two countries negotiate an arms reduction treaty. Imtiaz Tyab has this report from Washington.

The US State Department has told the BBC that the United States does not believe that the nuclear disarmament negotiations⁶ taking place between the two countries in Geneva are the appropriate vehicle for addressing Russia’s concerns over Washington’s plans for a missile defense⁷ shield. The two largest global nuclear powers are currently trying to come up with a successor to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expired in December. Speaking to Russian media, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the main obstacle to reaching a new deal was the lack of information provided by the US on its missile shield plans, adding that if the information was not shared, Russia would develop its own offensive weapon system.

The European Union has strongly condemned⁸ the execution by China of a British man, Akmal Shaikh, for drug smuggling⁹. The EU said it’s deeply regretted that China had not heeded¹⁰ repeated calls by Britain and the EU for clemency¹¹ because of reports that Mr. Shaikh was mentally ill. In London, a British Foreign Office minister, Ivan Lewis, said he summoned the Chinese ambassador to complain that China had failed in its basic human right responsibilities. But China’s Foreign Ministry¹² spokesperson Jiang Yu denied that Mr Shaikh had a record of mental illness and rejected the British criticism.

“I want to stress that China is a country ruled by law. The Chinese judiciary department deal with cases strictly¹³ according to law. The independence of the Chinese judiciary department can’t be interfered¹⁴ with. No one has the right to interfere¹⁵ with the judicial¹⁶ sovereignty of China.”

China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has warned that peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians can’t restart as long as Israel continues its settlement activity. He was speaking after talks in Cairo between the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The foreign minister said the talks had been positive, but that there would be no negotiations while settlement went on.

The Red Cross in Nigeria says many of those killed during clashes on Monday between the security forces and members of an Islamist sect¹⁷ in the northern city of Bauchi were children. The Red Cross representative in the city said 39 people had died, most of them children aged² between 9 and 15.

A German computer scientist says he has cracked and has published details of the code which keeps most mobile phone conversations private. Karsten Nohl said he and other experts had spent the past five months working out the code used to encrypt calls that use GSM technology.

“If you’re just using your normal gaming computer, it’ll take you a few minutes to decrypt the call. It is clearly legal to do so. It is not illegal to say that this is already happening. What we are trying to do is make information accessible to much audience, perhaps to many more of the victims of such attacks that are already going on every day.”

The World Health Organization has warned that the swine flu pandemic may not be over. Despite signs that the disease has peaked in North America and some European countries, WHO’s head, Dr Margaret Chan, said it was important to guard against complacency as the virus could still mutate into a more dangerous strain. At least 11,000 people are believed to have died as a result of swine flu, which has now reached more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.

1 vented   

表达，发泄（感情，尤指愤怒）( vent的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He vented his frustration on his wife. 他受到挫折却把气发泄到妻子身上。
• He vented his anger on his secretary. 他朝秘书发泄怒气。

2 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

3 nauseating   

adj.令人恶心的，使人厌恶的v.使恶心，作呕( nauseate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I had to listen to the whole nauseating story. 我不得不从头到尾听那令人作呕的故事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• There is a nauseating smell of rotten food. 有一股令人恶心的腐烂食物的气味。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 meddling   

v.干涉，干预（他人事务）( meddle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He denounced all "meddling" attempts to promote a negotiation. 他斥责了一切“干预”促成谈判的企图。 来自辞典例句
• They liked this field because it was never visited by meddling strangers. 她们喜欢这块田野，因为好事的陌生人从来不到那里去。 来自辞典例句

5 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

6 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

7 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。

8 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

9 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。

10 heeded   

v.听某人的劝告，听从( heed的过去式和过去分词 )；变平，使（某物）变平( flatten的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She countered that her advice had not been heeded. 她反驳说她的建议未被重视。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I heeded my doctor's advice and stopped smoking. 我听从医生的劝告，把烟戒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 clemency   

n.温和，仁慈，宽厚

参考例句：

• The question of clemency would rest with the King.宽大处理问题，将由国王决定。
• They addressed to the governor a plea for clemency.他们向州长提交了宽刑的申辨书。

12 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。

13 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

14 interfered   

v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 )；调停；妨碍；干涉

参考例句：

• Complete absorption in sports interfered with his studies. 专注于运动妨碍了他的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I am not going to be interfered with. 我不想别人干扰我的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

16 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

17 sect   

n.派别，宗教，学派，派系

参考例句：

• When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect.他16岁的时候加入了一个宗教教派。
• Each religious sect in the town had its own church.该城每一个宗教教派都有自己的教堂。