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The Egyptian police have fired teargas at a crowd of protestors at Tahrir Square in the heart of Cairo. The demonstrators are angry at a court decision to drop all charges against the country's ex-president Hosni Mubarak in connection with the killing of hundreds of people during the Arab Spring Uprising. Orla Guerin reports from Cairo.
Within hours, anger of the verdict produced a reaction on the streets. In a rare and risky act of defiance, crowds gathered close to Tahrir Square, birthplace of the 2011 revolution. It was a relatively small protest, but hugely symbolic. Both liberals and Islamists called for freedom. For some, it felt briefly like an echo of the revolution. The security forces moved in after a few hours, causing mayhem with tear gas. We heard the crackle of live ammunition in the night air. The former president remains in detention on account of a conviction for embezzlement.
There's been a flareup in the fight for control of the Syrian city of Kobani. Islamic State militants, using a vehicle packed with explosives and driven by a suicide bomber, attacked a Kurdish position on the nearby border with Turkey. Jim Muir has been monitoring the event from Beirut.
It's believed to be the first time that clashes have hit the area immediately adjacent to the border, where a Kurdish position was targeted by an IS suicide vehicle bomb at dawn. In subsequent clashes there and on the southwest side of Kobani, a monitoring group said there were at least 3 more suicide attacks. As the clashes intensified, reports said Islamic State brought up tanks to join the fighting. While Americans rode allies’ jets, carried out 2 strikes on IS positions in the eastern part of town.
2 people, including at least one foreign national have been killed in the Afghan capital Kabul after militants attacked a guesthouse in the west of the city. The security forces say 6 other people who had been taken hostage were rescued. It's believed they were all working for a foreign aid organization. Richard Galpin reports from Kabul.
A group of Taliban's suicide bombers attacked the compounds near the Afghan parliaments on Saturday evening local time. People in the area said they heard explosions and sustained gunfire. One of the militants blew himself up, while officials say the security forces shot dead the others after gun battle lasting hours. 2 bodies were found inside the building, one of them was an Afghan, the other a foreigner. It's not yet known what organization they were working for.
The governor of Kano state in Nigeria has given an official casualty figure for Friday's attack on Kano central mosque, saying 100 people were killed, 135 wounded. In the statement, President Goodluck Jonathan vowed to find those responsible for the assault. World news from the BBC.
New figures on the Ebola outbreak released by the World Health Organization showed that nearly 7,000 people have now died of the disease, mostly in West Africa. It's a jump of more than 1,000 deaths since the last WHO update 4 days ago.
Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, has apologized for his party's poor performance in local elections. They were seen as a referendum on his poor China policies. The Nationalist Party lost control of towns and cities across Taiwan, leading to the resignation of the island's premier, Jiang Yi-huah. Cindy Su reports from Taipei.
The premier said the election results reflected people's dissatisfaction with the government and therefore he should resign to take responsibility. In the past few years, the governing Nationalist Party had focused on reducing tensions with China and building closer economic ties. It has argued more economic and trade deals were needed to help Taiwan's economy grow. Some people now fear the opposition party DPP's victory could help it win the 2016 presidential race. And if it won, it would change the course of China-Taiwan relations.
The Arab League’s endorsed a plan to ask the United Nations to set a deadline for an end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. This came after the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, told the gathering of the league that he intends to call on the UN Security Council to support his demand for an Israeli withdraw within 2 years. He said the state of this cause is unsustainable, especially at a time when the Israelis continued to build settlements in occupied territory. However it's thought that the Americans would almost certainly vetoed Mr. Abbas's deadline, proposal at the UN.
Pope Francis is meeting the patriarch of the Orthodox Church by XX on the second leg of the 3-day visit to Turkey. The XX patriarch, who was a spiritual leader of the world's 300 million orthodox Christians, welcomed the pope.
BBC news.
词汇解析
tender
难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词
英汉解释
adj.温柔的；脆弱的；敏感的；亲切的；嫩的；痛的
v.提出；投标
n.投标；照管人；补给船；煤水车
参考例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
She is always tender and soft-spoken.
她总是那么温柔,轻声细语。
用作动词 (v.)
I'll tender my resignation.
我要提出辞职。
用作名词 (n.)
His tender for building a mansion has been accepted.
他承办大厦筑的投标被接受了。
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hollow
难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词
英汉解释
adj.空的；空洞的；凹陷的；虚伪的；(声音)沉闷的
n.山谷；洞；窟窿
vt.挖空
vi.形成空洞
adv.完全地；彻底
参考例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
She could hear nothing but the hollow echo of his steps.
除了他的脚步的低沉回音，她什么声音都听不到。
用作名词 (n.)
I crawled under the house and crept into a dark hollow of a brick chimney.
我爬到屋子底下，钻进了砖烟囱的黑窟窿里。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
The Indians used to hollow out a log to make a canoe.
印第安人过去常挖空圆木制成独木舟。
用作副词 (adv.)
I played Max at chess yesterday and beat him hollow.
昨天我跟麦克斯下棋，杀得他一败涂地。
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restraint
难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词
英汉解释
n.克制；抑制；束缚
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
The police appealed to the crowd for restraint.
警方呼吁群众保持克制。
He is a man always speaking with restraint.
他是个说话拘谨的人。
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security
难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词
英汉解释
n.安全；保证；证券；债券；抵押；防护措施
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
I'll undertake for your security.
我将保证你的安全。
The value of a derivative is based on another security.
金融衍生工具的价值以另一种债券为基准。
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hence
难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词
英汉解释
adv.因此；从此以后
参考例句
用作副词 (adv.)
It is very late; hence you must go to bed.
时间已经很晚了，因此你必须睡觉去。
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legislation
难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词
英汉解释
n.法律；法规；立法
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
The government will introduce legislation to restrict the sale of firearms.
政府将制定法规限制枪支出售。
The conservationists will not take kindly to the legislation.
自然资源保护论者对这项立法不会做出善意的反应。
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noticeable
难度：2星扩展词汇，属常用10000词
英汉解释
adj.显而易见的；显著的；值得注意的
参考例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
The scar on her forehead is hardly noticeable.
她额头上的伤疤不太明显。
The specialists did not uncover any noticeable deviations from the norm.
专科医师并未发现任何值得注意的异状。
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