2006年VOA标准英语-Nigeria Transfers Taylor to Liberia

By Gilbert da Costa
Abuja
29 March 2006

Nigeria directed the immediate¹ extradition² of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, to Liberia shortly after he was detained while trying to flee into Cameroon. United Nations officials in Monrovia have taken custody³ of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and sent him to a war crimes court in Sierra Leone. Taylor was transferred to a U.N. helicopter in the Liberian capital Wednesday shortly after arriving from Nigeria. The transfer was ordered by President Olusegun Obasanjo who is visiting the United States.

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Charles Taylor (file photo)   
  

Nigeria's Information Minister Frank Nweke, who confirmed Taylor's arrest, said President Obasanjo had directed the immediate handover of Taylor to the Liberian authorities.
 
"Nigerian security forces, on the orders of President Olusegun Obasanjo, last night apprehended⁴ former Liberian president Charles Taylor in Gamboru, a Nigerian border town," Nweke said. "President Obasanjo has directed the immediate repatriation⁵ of Charles Taylor to Liberia, to be placed in the custody of the government of Liberia to help the government of Liberia, which had requested custody of the former president."
 
Several civil society groups in Nigeria have welcomed Taylor's arrest, but rejected plans to hand him over to Liberia instead of the U.N. Special Court in Sierra Leone.
 
Human rights activitist Musa Rafsanjani had long campaigned for Taylor to be delivered  to the U.N. court that had indicted⁶ him for his alleged⁷ role in the armed conflict in Sierra Leone.
 
"The civil society groups, both in Liberia and others in the sub-region including Nigeria, what we demanded and what we are demanding still is that Charles Taylor be handed over to the court in Sierra Leone," Rafsanjani said. "That is the primary agitation⁸ and demand that Nigeria's civil society organizations and their colleagues across the sub-region are making.  Charles Taylor must be handed over to the courts to face trial."
 
News of Taylor's arrest has come as a huge relief to many Nigerians who felt deeply embarrassed by his disappearance⁹.
 
Security officials in Abuja told VOA that the former Liberian leader was arrested by immigration officials in northern Nigeria, on the border with Cameroon.  He was said to be riding in a jeep with diplomatic registration¹⁰, accompanied by a lady and the driver.  He was not disguised and did not resist arrest.

1 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。

2 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

3 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

4 apprehended   

逮捕，拘押( apprehend的过去式和过去分词 )； 理解

参考例句：

• She apprehended the complicated law very quickly. 她很快理解了复杂的法律。
• The police apprehended the criminal. 警察逮捕了罪犯。

5 repatriation   

n.遣送回国，归国

参考例句：

• The Volrep programme is the preferred means of repatriation. 政府认为自愿遣返计划的遣返方法较为可取。 来自互联网
• Arrange the cargo claiming and maritime affairs,crews repatriation,medical treatment,traveling so on. （六）洽办货物理赔，船舶海事处理，办理船员遣返，就医，旅游等。 来自互联网

6 indicted   

控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
• He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

7 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

8 agitation   

n.搅动；搅拌；鼓动，煽动

参考例句：

• Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
• These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。

9 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

10 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？