澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-05-26

The Thai government’s cracking down on those that it blames for causing the recent unrest in Bangkok. A Thai court has approved an arrest warrant for ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra, accusing him of inciting¹ last week's protests. His lawyer Robert Amsterdam says the warrant is absurd and baseless. Meanwhile, Australian man Conor David Purcell has been arrested and may be charged with inciting violence.

 

It’s been revealed that former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser has resigned from the Party that he once led. Mr. Fraser confirmed his decision to the Financial Review newspaper indicating he believes the Party is no longer a true Liberal Party but a conservative one. The newspaper says Mr. Fraser quit the Liberals in December.

 

Six Chinese nationals are still on the run from the Villawood Detention² Centre in Sydney. The Government’s criticized the private company Serco which runs the centre and says it may be fined over the escape.

 

There're concerns that the Australian share market could drop even further today. There were large falls across Europe overnight. London's FTSE fell by around 2.5 per cent. Wall Street also closed down. Yesterday, the All Ordinaries hit its lowest finish since August last year.

 

And North Korea says it will cut all relations with the South. That decision follows the release of an international report that blamed North Korea for sinking a South Korean warship³, killing⁴ 46 sailors. Pyongyang denies it torpedoed⁵ that ship.

1 inciting   

刺激的，煽动的

参考例句：

• What are you up to inciting mutiny and insubordination? 你们干吗在这里煽动骚动的叛乱呀。
• He was charged with inciting people to rebel. 他被控煽动民众起来叛乱。

2 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

3 warship   

n.军舰，战舰

参考例句：

• He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。
• The warship was making towards the pier.军舰正驶向码头。

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

5 torpedoed   

用鱼雷袭击（torpedo的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Her comments had torpedoed the deal. 她的一番话使得那笔交易彻底告吹。
• The battle ship was torpedoed. 该战列舰遭到了鱼雷的袭击。