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1、BBC NewsBBC News, this is Mike Cooper.President Nicolas Sarkozy has secured final approval by parliament for his controversial pension reforms. The National Assembly has followed the Senate in voting to change the retirement age from 60 to 62 after the law was fast-tracked through parliament to try

2、to end a wave of strikes and demonstrations. Frances labour minister is Eric Woerth.This was difficult to do and not necessarily popular. People dont come to you and say Fantastic. I really want to work longer. Thanks. Its a lot more complicated than that, but we did it. Most people were remarkably

3、united behind the president of the republic, and we proved that we can carry out reforms in France.The trades unions have called another day of action on Thursday. Jean-Luc Hacquart of the General Federation of Labour union explained why.This bill is unfair. I dont want to work until Im 67 years old

4、, and I dont want my son to be unemployed. Thats it. Thats why Im here. No way. Its not legitimate. Its not fair. They do what they want. We knew that this bill would be approved, but democracy is not a carte blanche given to people who do what they want in-between each election. It doesnt work like

5、 that.The former president of Argentina, Nestor Kirchner, has died of a heart attack. Mr Kirchner, the 60-year-old husband of the current President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, died suddenly in hospital. She took over from her husband as president in 2007 after hed overseen the countrys recovery

6、from a severe economic crisis. Hed been expected to stand for the presidency again. In Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez praised Mr Kirchner as someone who fought for international justice.We have already announced three days of national mourning. I think the bells should chime in Venezuela, in all o

7、f Latin America and in all the places where they struggle for a world of equals, for a world of peace. A great man has died. A patriot has died, a great patriot.The American Justice Department says a man has been arrested over an alleged plot to attack subway stations in the Washington area. It name

8、d him as Farooque Ahmed, a 34-year-old Pakistani-American living in Virginia. Iain MacKenzie reports from Washington.According to the Department of Justice, Farooque Ahmed engaged in a six-month reconnaissance exercise, taking photographs, making videos and drawing maps of possible targets on the DC

9、 Metro. Among them was the underground station serving the Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Defence Department. Its alleged that Mr Ahmed would regularly pass on the information to a contact, who he believed worked for al-Qaeda. Although not officially confirmed, its likely that individual was i

10、n fact an FBI agent.Officials said members of the public were at no time at risk as law enforcement agencies were aware of the plot from the beginning.This is Mike Cooper in London with World News from the BBC.Officials in Indonesia say an early warning system put in place after the deadly Indian Oc

11、ean tsunami six years ago wasnt working when Mondays tsunami struck the Mentawai Islands off Sumatra. An official said two devices that measure waves had been vandalized. More than 270 people were killed, and another 400 are missing. Meanwhile, survivors of Tuesdays volcanic eruption in central Java

12、 are returning to their villages to find their homes destroyed by volcanic ash. More than 20 people died in the eruption.Armed men have killed at least 15 people at a car wash in Mexico. Most of the victims were young people who worked at the facility in the western coastal town of Tepic. And a Mexi

13、can newspaper says the youngsters lived in a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts. Its the third shooting of this kind since last Friday when 14 were killed at a party in Ciudad Juarez. On Saturday, 14 people were shot dead.The Rwandan hotel manager, whose efforts to save thousands of Tutsis durin

14、g the genocide were portrayed in the film Hotel Rwanda, has denied government allegations that hes sending funds to the main Rwandan opposition leader. In an interview with the BBC, Paul Rusesabagina said the Rwandan President Paul Kagame was attempting to silence all his critics.His plan is more th

15、an clear. Hes clearing all the bushes around him. He wants to be the only leader without opposition, without anyone being a Hutu or a Tutsi who, one day, might raise voice and say no to whatever he states or does.The World Cup medal won by the England footballer Nobby Stiles as a member of the victo

16、rious 1966 national side has been bought at auction by his former club Manchester United. The price paid, nearly $300,000, is the highest so far for a World Cup winners medal. This small gold item will be put in the Manchester United museum.BBC News由latonars在7小时前整理的生词：carte blanche u.n. 自由行使权 permis

17、sion or freedom to do whatever you wantchime v. 鸣下载LRC文件由latonars在昨天22:56整理的原文：BBC News with Fiona MacDonaldA series of natural disasters has struck Indonesia. More than 100 people were reported to have been killed by an earthquake and tsunami in a remote group of islands west of Sumatra. Shortly af

18、terwards, the countrys most active volcano Mount Merapi in central Java erupted, killing 13 people. Karishma Vaswani reports from Jakarta.Officials in West Sumatra said the three-metre-high tsunami washed away at least 10 villages in the Mentawai islands, but getting information from the worst-affec

19、ted parts of the islands has been challenging. Bad weather has meant no search and rescue teams have been able to arrive in the area as yet. Meanwhile, black ash and soot has been spewing out of Mount Merapi ever since it erupted. Officials say more than 13,000 people have to be moved away from the

20、volcano to refugee camps nearby.The former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz has been sentenced to death by a court in Baghdad. He was convicted of persecuting Iraq Shia parties during the 1980s and 1990s. Mr Aziz was jailed after the US-led invasion of Iraq. His son Ziad d

21、escribed the verdict as disgraceful.The UNs top human rights official Navi Pillay has called on Iraq and the United States to investigate allegations of detainee abuse revealed in the release of confidential American military documents by Wikileaks last week. The UN special rapporteur Manfred Nowak

22、went further, calling for a full investigation into any torture practices carried out by US military and intelligence officials. Barbara Plett reports.Navi Pillay said the leak of American field reports added to her concerns that serious breaches of international human rights law occurred in Iraq. S

23、he said the documents indicated that the US continued to transfer detainees to Iraqi forces, despite knowledge of widespread abuse. But the UNs point man on torture, Manfred Nowak, said it wasnt enough to investigate just what happened in Iraq. He urged President Barack Obama to launch a full invest

24、igation into any torture practices carried out by US military and intelligence officials, including those who handed detainees to states such as Egypt, Morocco and Syria, knowing they would be ill-treated there.The authorities in Pakistan have allowed journalists to interview a 14-year-old boy being

25、 held in detention, who says he was trained as a suicide bomber by the Taliban. The boy told the BBC hed been recruited by a friend whod fought in Afghanistan. He said members of the Taliban had visited him once or twice a week to explain how to carry out attacks.Leaders of three Latin American coun

26、tries at the centre of the battle against the drugs trade have called on voters in California to reject the legalisation of marijuana. The presidents of Mexico, Costa Rica and Colombia said legalising marijuana would send a contradictory message.World News from the BBCThe French Senate has given its

27、 final approval to plans to raise the retirement age in France from 60 to 62. The reforms have sparked weeks of protests and industrial action. Here is Christian Fraser.After 143 hours of debate, the French Senate has finally approved Nicolas Sarkozys controversial pension reforms. In the end, 177 v

28、oted in favour, 151 against, 2 abstained, perhaps unsure what it might all mean to the French way of life. The unions are more certain. Its the first assault on hard-earned welfare provision. On Thursday, therell be another day of demonstrations. But the momentum is draining away - 59% of people say

29、 they are now opposed to the blockades of roads, refineries or depots.Candidates running for the United States Congress have spent more money on their campaigns than in any previous mid-term election. Reports suggest that with one week to go, candidates are on the way to spending more than $2billion

30、. On average, $4million have been spent for every congressional seat up for election. Most of the money has been spent on about 90 marginal seats in the House of Representatives.The team managing Englands bid to host the 2018 football World Cup has made an official complaint to the world governing b

31、ody Fifa against the head of the rival Russian bid. It concerns remarks hes alleged to have made about crime and alcohol in London. Alex Capstick reports.Criticising rival candidates is against Fifa rules, but Alexei Sorokin, the head of Russias bid for the 2018 World Cup, said theres been a misunde

32、rstanding. His remarks, which were published in a Russian newspaper, were translated as saying London suffered from a high crime rate and had problems with young people drinking alcohol. Fifa will now have to decide whether theres a case to answer. But a spokesman for the Russian bid, Andreas Herren, said Alexei Sorokin was misquoted.BBC News由latonars在昨天23:09整理的生词：soot u.n. 烟灰 black powder that is produced when something is burnedrapporteur n. 特派调查员marijuana u.n. 大麻contradictory adj. 相互