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Shia rebels in Yemen say they've taken over the government, dissolving parliament and replacing the president with an interim council. The announcement came after UN-brokered talks to resolve the political crisis broke down. The government resigned last month after the Houthi rebels tightened their military control of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Speaking at a gathering of political, military and tribal figures, Houthi rebel member Jamal al-Swdi explained the reason for the takeover.
"The aim is to get the country out of the vacuum that was created by the sudden and unjustified resignation of the president of the republic and the government. We are committed to using sound and peaceful means to resolve disputes and cooperation to realise common interests, which preserve the sovereignty of the nation and its independence, security and highest interests."
The United States says it hasn't seen any evidence to corroborate a claim by the Islamic State group that an American hostage has been killed in an air strike in Syria. A statement from IS alleged the Jordanian fighter jets had bombed a house on the outskirts of Raqqa where the female hostage Kayla Jean Mueller was being held. Jordanian officials have dismissed the claim as propaganda.
The leaders of France and Germany are meeting President Putin in Moscow in the latest diplomatic effort the end the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Before the meeting Chancellor Angela Mekel said there was no guarantee the talks would lead to a ceasefire between pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian government of Petro Poroshenko. The US National Security Advisor Susan Rice said the initiative did not involve ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia.
"What they are bringing with them to Moscow reflects their agreement with President Poroshenko yesterday in Keiv. So they are not out there unilaterally cutting a deal with Putin at Ukraine's expense. And I think we need to see how this evolves, and certainly not either anticipate prematurely a success or pain on a certain outcome."
Morocco, which pulled out of hosting this year's Africa Cup of Nations, has been fined $1m and thrown out of the next two tournaments. The Confederation of African Football, the CAF, said Morocco would also have to pay substantial damages. Alex Capstick reports.
Morocco had asked for the tournament, Africa's biggest sports event, to be postponed because of the Ebola crisis. The request was refused, and with less than seven weeks to prepare it was switched to Equatorial Guinea. On top of the fine and being banned from the next two Cup of Nations, Morocco's football federation has also been ordered to pay $9m in damages. CAF has always maintained Morocco's concerns over Ebola were alarmist, especially fears the competition would attract tens of thousands of visitors which would increase the risk of the disease's spreading.
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The Canadian Supreme Court has ruled that doctors can provide medical help to seriously ill people who want to end their lives. The decision reverses a ban imposed in 1993. Nick Bryant sent this report.
Doctors will now be allowed to help in specific situations and even in cases where the illness isn't terminal. The ruling centred on two women with debilitating conditions, both of whom died before it was handed down. Gloria Taylor, a campaigner for the Right to Die, had suffered from motor neuron disease. The second woman Kay Carter had travelled to Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal, to end her life. They were posed by religious groups as Civil Liberties Association that brought the challenge has welcomed the Supreme Court ruling. They said it recognised that assisted suicide was a medical service, which brought unbearable suffering to an end.
The Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has appointed a banker who has worked closely with her in the past as the new boss of the scandal-torn state oil company Petrobras. Aldemir Bendine was previously head of the state-run Bank of Brazil. Petrobras is being investigated over allegations of massive illegal payments to directors and political parties, including the governing Workers' Party.
Mexican police have found 60 dead bodies in an abandoned crematorium in the coastal resort Acapulco. Prosecutors said the bodies of men, women and children had been left to decompose after the business closed. They've opened an investigation into crimes, including the desecration of corpses and breach of burial regulations. Police were alerted by residents who complained of the smell.
A very rare Ferrari sports car that was found rusting under a pile of old magazines last year has sold for nearly $16m at an auction in Paris. The blue Ferrari California Spider, one of only 37 ever made, had been lying forgotten for half a century with around 60 other vintage cars in the grounds of a country house in western France.
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詞匯解析
split
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
v.分裂；將…分成若干部分；分?jǐn)偅环蛛x；劈開；裂開；<俚>離開
n.劈開；裂口；分裂；一份；水果冰淇淋
adj.分裂的；意見分歧的
參考例句
用作動詞 (v.)
The party split into petty factions.
該黨分裂成若干小派系。
用作名詞 (n.)
Frost caused the split in the rock.
霜凍使巖石裂了一條縫。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
They believe the killer has a split personality.
他們認(rèn)為這個(gè)兇手人格分裂。
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personnel
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
n.職員；人事部門
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
The personnel are not happy to change these rules.
全體工作人員對改變這些規(guī)定很不高興。
For more information about the job, please contact the personnel manager.
要了解更多工作詳情,請和人事部經(jīng)理聯(lián)系。
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promote
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
vt.促進(jìn)；提升；升遷；發(fā)起；促銷，推銷
參考例句
用作及物動詞 (vt.)
He failed to get promoted for lack of resolution.
他因缺乏果斷力而未能得到升遷。
They now need to put some real elbow grease into promoting the products.
他們現(xiàn)在推銷產(chǎn)品確實(shí)需要化大力氣。
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multiple
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
adj.多種多樣的；許多的
n.倍數(shù)；并聯(lián)
參考例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
He is the person with multiple injuries.
他就是那個(gè)多處受傷的人。
用作名詞 (n.)
10 is a multiple of 5.
10是5的倍數(shù)。
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critic
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
n.評論家；批評家
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
She is a very discerning art critic.
她是位眼光敏銳的藝術(shù)評論家。
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framework
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
n.框架；體系；結(jié)構(gòu)
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
They established a basic framework of ground rules for discussions.
他們建立了討論的基本準(zhǔn)則的基本框架。
All the cases can be considered within the framework of the existing rules.
一切情況都可依據(jù)現(xiàn)行章程的結(jié)構(gòu)加以考慮。
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governor
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
n.統(tǒng)治者；管理者；理事；州長；總督；調(diào)節(jié)器
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
The mob revolted against the governor.
暴民起來反抗統(tǒng)治者。
Heron's regulator, Drebbel's thermostat, and Watt's governor bestowed on their vessels a wisp of self-control, sensory awareness, and the awakening of anticipation.
海倫的調(diào)節(jié)器，德雷貝爾的恒溫器，還有瓦特的調(diào)控器所給予他們的機(jī)器的，是一小束自我控制能力，感官上的醒覺狀態(tài)，以及對預(yù)期能力的喚醒。
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