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Opposition protesters in the Belarusian capital Minsk have attacked the main government buildings, smashing windows and kicking doors. They are accusing the authorities of widespread vote-rigging in Sunday's presidential election. Police have been attempting to disperse the tens of thousands of demonstrators, and an opposition presidential candidate, Vladimir Neklyaev, was beaten up shortly before the polls closed. Exit polls suggest that President Alexander Lukashenko will win a fourth term by a wide margin. David Stern is in Minsk.

The protests are continuing. They started on one square, October Square, and then they were broken up and they moved down to go on at the other end of the main street, and they are now at Independence Square, and there's a fear that the riot police may move in and break that one up. They are trying to get rid of Mr Lukashenko. Their main claim is that the elections were rigged well before the actual voting, but now they've moved on and are demanding his impeachment or immediate removal.

The President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, has said the north of the country will reinforce its Islamic laws if South Sudan votes for independence in a referendum next month. Mr Bashir said if the country split, the Sudanese constitution would be changed. Arabic would be the only language, Islam the only religion and Sharia the only law. The BBC correspondent in Khartoum James Copnall says many non-Muslim southerners in northern Sudan will be worried.

I think the tone was the thing that would surprise some. Just a couple of days earlier, President Bashir put him in a considerate mode, and he'd certainly made comments reassuring southerners living in the north that they would be fine if the south became independent. This was totally the opposite. He said that there would be no space effectively for cultural or ethnic diversity in the new constitution that would come in if the south did separate.

The United Nations says it's deeply concerned about the growing evidence of massive human rights violations in Ivory Coast. The human rights commissioner Navi Pillay said that since Thursday's clashes in Abidjan, more than 50 people have been killed. Laurent Gbagbo, who's refusing to step down as president, has called for UN peacekeeping troops to leave the country.

But a UN spokesman in Abidjan, Hamadoun Toure, insists UN forces will stay.

"We will continue implementing our mandate, carrying out our usual tasks, mainly supporting Ivorian population to find a peaceful solution to the current political impasse."

Police in Austria have charged more than 100 men suspected of downloading child pornography. Five are school teachers. One of those under investigation is alleged to have collected more than 20,000 images depicting child sex acts.

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Officials in Mexico say at least 22 people have been killed in a big explosion at an oil pipeline near Puebla, in the centre of the country. The secretary of state for Puebla says the explosion was triggered by thieves trying to siphon off oil from the pipeline. He said there were rivers of fire in the streets and that more than 100 houses had been damaged by the blast.

The extreme tension on the Korean peninsula is being discussed in an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. The meeting was organised at the request of Russia. South Korea insists that whether permitting, it will go ahead with a military exercise this week on an island near the disputed maritime border with North Korea. The North has spoken of potential disaster if the artillery drill takes place. Our Washington correspondent is Jane O'Brien.

All sides are publicly calling for a strongly-worded resolution, calling on restraint on both sides with a view to them being able to resolve this peacefully and diplomatically. However, there are divisions within the camp. Russia and China are also saying that the South should cancel its exercise, while the United States and South Korea say no, they should go ahead because every country has a right to carry out military exercises to improve its self-defence.

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, near London, have unveiled their top 10 discoveries of the year, including a tree standing 40m tall in the rainforests of Cameroon in West Africa. Other finds include a wild aubergine from Kenya and tropical mistletoe in Mozambique.

The football manager Alex Ferguson has become the longest-serving boss of Manchester United, surpassing the record set after the Second World War by the legendary Matt Busby. Sir Alex has now been at the helm at Old Trafford for just over 24 years, winning 26 major trophies, including the English Premier League 11 times.

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1.smash vt.vi.打碎; 捣烂

例句：The cup fell and smashed.

杯子落下来摔碎了。

She dropped the plate and smashed it.

她失手把盘子掉在地上打碎了。

2.disperse vt.vi.（使）分散，散开；疏散；驱散

例句：After school the children dispersed to their homes.

放学后, 孩子们四散回家了。

The police dispersed the crowd.

警察驱散了群众。

3.rig v.(用不正当手段)操纵, 垄断

例句：They complained that the election had been rigged.

他们投诉这次选举被人操纵。

4.impeachment n.弹劾

例句：The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.

他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。

5.considerate adj.体贴的, 体谅的, 考虑周到的；为（他人）着想的

例句：We think that he is the most considerate person we have ever met.

我们认为他在我们碰到的人中间是最能体谅人的。

6.reassure vt.消除恐惧或疑虑; 恢复信心;使…安心;打消…的疑虑

例句：The doctor reassured the old lady.

医生叫那位老妇人放心。

7.impasse n.<法>绝境, 僵局, 停顿

例句：Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse.

谈判似乎已经陷入僵局。

8.trigger vt.引发, 引起(连锁反应)

例句：The incident triggered an armed clash.

这起事件触发了一场武装冲突。

9.restraint n.抑制, 遏制, 管制, 约束

例句：His affections were kept under continual restraint.

他的感情一直受到压抑。

10.unveil v.使公之于众;揭露

例句：The plan was unveiled with the approval from the Minister.

经部长同意该计划被公之于众。

11.surpass vt.超过; 优于; 多于; 非…所能办到

例句：He surpassed all his rivals.

他比他的所有对手都强。

1.and an opposition presidential candidate, Vladimir Neklyaev, was beaten up shortly before the polls closed.

beat up〈美俚〉痛殴, 毒打(某人)

例句：The boys robbed the old man and beat him up.

那几个家伙抢了那老人的东西, 而且还痛打了他一顿。

Be careful not to be beaten up by the enemy.

当心别遭敌人暗算。

2.They are trying to get rid of Mr Lukashenko.

get rid of除掉, 去掉；摆脱

例句：It is difficult to get rid of insects.

除掉虫子可不容易。

How to get rid of these things is a big problem.

如何清除这些东西是个大问题。

3.Laurent Gbagbo, who's refusing to step down as president, has called for UN peacekeeping troops to leave the country.

step down退休, 辞职

例句：The manager had to step down on account of poor health.

那位经理由于身体不好, 只能辞职不干。

4.The secretary of state for Puebla says the explosion was triggered by thieves trying to siphon off oil from the pipeline.

siphon off用虹吸管吸出（抽干）

例句：Heavy taxes siphon off the huge profits.

重税吸走巨额利润。

1.South Korea insists that whether permitting, it will go ahead with a military exercise this week on an island near the disputed maritime border with North Korea.

insist用法

insist【用法一】 v. 坚决要求；坚持要；一定要

例1：we insisted on his apology.

我们要他赔礼道歉。

例2： she insisted on seeing us home.

她坚持要送我们回家。

例3： i insisted on their arriving there ahead of time.

我坚持要他们提前赶到那。

注：1）insist on 后面不能接由“名词或代词 动词不定式”构成的复合宾语。不能说：the teacher insisted on all the compositions to be handed in on monday.

2）insist 宾语从句（从句中的谓语动词常用虚拟语气，即should 动词原形或

省去should）。例如： the young men insisted that they （should） be sent to the front.

那些年轻人坚持要求被派往前线去。

【用法二】v. 坚持认为，坚持说，强调

1） insist on 名词。

例如： he insisted on his innocence.

他坚持说自己无罪。

2）insist on 宾语从句在表示一个客观事实时（谓语动词不用虚拟语气，而应用陈述语气）。

例如： the boy insisted that he hadn’t broken the glass.

那小男孩坚持说他没有打烂玻璃杯。

insist，persist，persevere，adhere，cling

这些动词均有“坚持”之意。

insist通常用于对意见、主张等的坚持。

persist用于褒义指坚持继续做某事，但更常用于贬义，指不听劝告，顽固坚持。

persevere含褒义，强调坚持不懈的努力。

adhere与to连用，指坚持意见、计划或承诺等，含坚持不懈之意。

cling和to连用，指对信仰、意见、习惯等的坚持。