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A bomb has exploded in a market close to a militarybarracks in the Nigerian capital Abuja, killing a number of people. Our correspondent Tomi Oladipo has the latest details.

It's in an area which is a market, which has a bar, an open-air bar, where people come to drink. And I've spoken to witnesses who were at the scene, and they say they've seen bodies being carried out. So far, the sources within the ministry are telling me 11 people have been killed in the attack, but I still can't confirm that because the place has beencordoned off by police and the ambulance services which are there.

The man who's refusing to step down as president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, has said the country could face greater violence if he were removed from office. The international community is demanding that he hand over power to his rival Alassane Ouattara, who's believed to have won the election. Speaking to the Euronews television channel, Mr Gbagbo indicated he might consider resigning if the regional group Ecowas were tointervenemilitarily to try to remove him.

"I will see, but it's not on the agenda for the moment. What's on the agenda is to negotiate, so we are negotiating. I ask myself why those whopretend tohave beaten me oppose a recount of votes. That's what I want to know. I ask those people to support a recount."

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says she has warned senior Ivorian officials including Mr Gbagbo that they could be held criminallyaccountablefor human rights violations in Ivory Coast. The UN has accused security forcesloyal toMr Gbagbo of killing and abducting people associated with the opposition. It says officials have been unable to investigate allegations of atrocities including at least two mass graves.

In Australia, thousands more people are getting ready toevacuatetheir homes in the northeastern state of Queensland, where some of the worst flooding in half a century has affected more than a million square metres of territory. In the town of Rockhampton, the Mayor Brad Carter described what the emergency services were facing.

"We are going to have a very tough situationwherebywe may have to use only in disaster, processes of forced evacuations, and this is a very difficult issue. As you canappreciate, you can have, for example, some very elderly people that are very reluctant to leave their home, and for their own safety and goodwill, we will have to look at ways and means of relocating them, and we hope that that these are isolated and extreme cases."

Rescue workers in southern Egypt say they've recovered the bodies of 11 children who were on board a bus swept away by floods on Wednesday. The bus was carrying 75 children and teachers returning home after dark from a school outing when it was dragged into a sand-filled trench by the water. More than 60managed toescape with minor injuries, but an ambulance driver who'd helped rescue some of the girls was killed.

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On his last full day in office, the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has decided not to extradite a former left-wing militant to Italy. Cesare Battisti escaped from an Italian jail nearly 30 years ago while awaiting trial and eventually fled to Brazil. In his absence, he was convicted of four murders. Italy has recalled its ambassador to Brazil in protest at President Lula's decision.

The former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has appeared for further questioning by prosecutors investigating allegations of abuse of power. In a BBC interview, she again accused President Viktor Yanukovych of being behind the chargesso as todestroy political opponents.

The army in Bolivia has begun selling bread in response to a strike by bakers angry at the government's decision toscrapfuel subsidies. Loaves baked in military ovens are being sold by troops from 12 locations in the city of La Paz and El Alto. The Bolivian government says the aim is to prevent shortages and counter a threat by bakers to raise bread prices. Mass protests against the fuel price hike, suspended for the New Year's weekend, are expected to resume on Monday.

And the 19th century Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid has been denied a pardon 130 years after his death. The possibility was first suggested when historical documents appeared to show that Billy the Kid had been promised a pardon in return for testifying in a murder case. Ann Busby reports.

Billy the Kid, whose real name was William Bonney, was only 21 when he was shot dead, but his brief life inspired dozens of books and films. It's not clear how many people he killed; some say more than 20. But his undoubted skill with a gun and his personal charm made himmore of a folk hero thana notorious criminal. Supporters campaigned for a pardon, but the Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson has refused one after extensive research. "The romanticism appealed to me," he said, "but the evidence didn't support the idea."

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1.barrack n.营房,兵营

2.cordon vt.封锁;用警戒线围住

例句：The roads were cordoned off.

这些道路被封锁了。

Police cordoned off the area until the bomb was defused.

警方封锁了这个地区直到炸弹被拆除为止。

3.intervene vi.出面; 介入

例句：The President intervened personally in the crisis.

总统亲自出面处理这场危机。

She might have been killed if the neighbours hadn't intervened.

要不是邻居介入，她可能会没命了。

4.accountable adj.负有责任的, 应对自己的行为做出说明的,（对自己的决定、行为）负有责任,有说明义务

例句：I am accountable to my superiors for my actions.

我应该为自己的行为对上司负责。

5.evacuate vt.vi.撤离, 疏散

例句：They all evacuated when the enemy approached the city.

敌人逼近这个城市时他们已撤退了。

6.whereby adv.靠那个; 凭那个; 借以

例句：Whereby shall we know her?

我们靠什么认出她呢？

7.appreciate v.(充分)意识到，觉察，察知，注意到；懂得，体会，领会，理解

例句：I really appreciate the danger of this job.

我真的认识到了这份工作的危险。

8.scrap vt.废弃,丢弃; 取消; 抛弃; 报废

例句：In the end, the decision to scrap the project was unanimous.

最后，大家一致决定放弃这一项目。

1.I ask myself why those who pretend to have beaten me oppose a recount of votes.

pretend to〈正〉自称〔命〕

例句：He pretended to learning.

他自称有学识。

There are not many persons who pretend to exact knowledge of the subject.

自认对题目有确切了解的人不多。

2.The UN has accused security forces loyal to Mr Gbagbo of killing and abducting people associated with the opposition.

loyal to效忠于

例句：She was loyal to her faith.

她忠于自己的信念。

3.More than 60 managed to escape with minor injuries, but an ambulance driver who'd helped rescue some of the girls was killed.

manage to达成, 设法

例句：Can you manage to eat with chopsticks?

你用筷子吃行吗？

4.In a BBC interview, she again accused President Viktor Yanukovych of being behind the charges so as to destroy political opponents.

so as to为了…

例句：The test questions are kept secret so as to prevent cheating.

考试题保密以防作弊。

5.But his undoubted skill with a gun and his personal charm made him more of a folk hero than a notorious criminal.

more than很, 非常

例句：I was more than a little angry when I saw how they'd ruined it.

当我见到他们是怎样把它破坏时, 我不禁大为愤慨。

She was dressed more than simply.

她穿着十分朴素。

more...than与其，不如

This house is more like a school than a church. 这所房子与其说它像教堂,不如说它像学校.

more...than是表达"与其……不如……"的一种较普通的方式,往往是比较同一种事物的两种不同性质.more后分句含肯定之意,而than后分句含否定之意.这种句式肯定前者,否定后者.He is not more a teacher than a doctor. 与其说他是教师,不如说他是医生.