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Police in Australia say two hostages and a gunman were killed when armed security forces stormed a cafe in the heart of Sydney to end a sixteen-hour siege. The known gunman, a fifty-year-old Iranian-born refugee Man Haron Monis, held a number of hostages at the cafe throughout Monday. The New South Wales police commissioner Andrew Scipione told journalists why he believed the security forces decided to storm the cafe.

I think that the events were unfolding inside the premises led them to the belief that now was the time to actually deploy and they did. I understand that there was a number of gunshots that were heard, which caused officers to move straight to what we call an MPI, an emergency action plan, that caused them to enter.

The gunman was shot dead and two hostages were also killed, a 34-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman. More from XX in Sydney.

When the end of this sixteen-hour siege came, it was swift and decisive and unfortunately tragic too. Andrew Scipione was saying earlier that had police not acted when they did, and in the fashion that they did, more lives may have been lost or more lives may have been put in jeopardy. So when it happens, there was a flurry of explosions and gunfire could be heard through the air too, but that flurry of activity lasted for about 15 to 20 seconds and then there was all over.

Commissioner Scipione also said the cafe siege had been an isolated incident that shouldn’t change of the lives of people in Sydney.

A United Nations report has asked international creditors to cancel the debts of the three countries worst affected by Ebola. The report, by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, said canceling the combined debts of about 2.6 billion dollars would allow Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea to start afresh once the outbreak was under control. It said the outbreak had a significant impact on their economies, hitting tourism, investment, public spending and labor supply. The World Health Organization says more than 6,800 people have died in this outbreak of Ebola.

Spain Anti-corruption Prosecutor has asked the court to investigate Real Saragossa Football Club, its former manager and a number of players for allegedly fixing a match. The prosecution claims the club channeled 1.2 million dollars in bribe to Levante’s players for throwing the game. Ben Smith reports.

These inquiries could have wide-ranging significance for the game of football in European. The match in question took place on the final day of the 2010-11 season. Real Saragossa’s 2-1 winning Levante meant they avoided relegation to Spain’s second tier. The Manchester United mid-field Ander Herrera was playing for the club that time and has been named in this case as has coach Javier Aguirre. The Spanish club has(have) refused to comment.

World news from the BBC.

Reports from eastern Afghanistan say fierce fighting has continued for a second day between hundreds of Taliban militants and local villagers who were supported by some Afghan security forces. The battle has spread across two or three valleys at a remote mountainous district of Kona Province on the border with Pakistan.

The families of nine people killed in an attack on the Sandy Hook primary school in the United States have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that manufactured the gun used in the attack, the distributor and a local retailer. 20 children and 6 staff of the school in Newtown, Connecticut were killed when a former pupil, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, ran a mark. The families said the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle was designed to be a military weapon and shouldn’t be made available to Lanza.

Russia’s Central Bank has warned the country’s economy could contract by as much as 4.8 percent next year if oil prices remain at current levels. The prediction comes as the Ruble hit a new level on Monday, trading at more than 60 to the US dollar. Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow.

The Ruble is down 49 percent against the dollar this year. There were two main problems putting pressure on the currency and the economy. The first is low oil prices. The second, western sanctions, because they make it much harder for big Russian companies and banks to raise capital on international money markets and service their debts. And while the Ruble tumbles, prices continue to rise. Inflation here is expected to end the year at 10 percent.

Denmark is submitting a claim to territory a rather North Pole to a United Nations panel which is gathering evidence to determine control of the region. Copenhagen says statics show that the continental shelf of the Greenland, a Danish territory, is connected to an underwater mountain range that runs beneath the Pole.

BBC World Service News.

詞匯解析

desperate

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

adj.絕望的；不顧一切的；極其想要的

參考例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

The man lost in the desert was desperate for water.

在沙漠中迷失方向的人極度渴望得到水。

He is desperate to get a job.

他非?？是蟮靡宦殹?/span>

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substance

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.實(shí)質(zhì)；物質(zhì)；財(cái)產(chǎn)；內(nèi)容；重要性

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

Later he became a man of substance.

后來，他成為頗具資產(chǎn)的人。

This argument has some substance.

這項(xiàng)爭(zhēng)論具有一定的重要性。

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heading

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

n.標(biāo)題；題目；航向

動(dòng)詞head的現(xiàn)在分詞.

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

See sections Section and Heading for more info.

更多信息請(qǐng)見章節(jié)和標(biāo)題。

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handful

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.一把；少數(shù)；<非>難控制的人；棘手之事

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

He dipped into the bag and brought out a handful of sample wheat.

他把手伸進(jìn)袋里，取出一把小麥樣品。

We invited twenty people, but only a handful of them came.

我們邀請(qǐng)了20 個(gè)人，但只來了寥寥數(shù)人。

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suspend

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

v.暫停；懸??；中止；勒令停職

參考例句

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

As the workers went on strike, the company was obliged to suspend its operations.

由于工人罷工,該公司被迫暫停營(yíng)運(yùn)。

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adjust

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

v.調(diào)整；校準(zhǔn)；調(diào)節(jié)；使適應(yīng)

參考例句

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

Could you teach me how to adjust the iris of the camera?

你能教我怎么調(diào)照相機(jī)的光圈嗎？

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suburb

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.郊區(qū)

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

They proposed setting up a school in the suburb.

他們建議在這個(gè)郊區(qū)成立一所學(xué)校。

Do not you think it would be nice to live in the suburb?

難道你不認(rèn)為住在郊區(qū)是件好事嗎？

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