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From the VOA center in Washington and I am Francis Lanzo

Officals in New Orleans say recover teams have found far fewer body as expected so far and the actual death toll may not be as catastrophic is wildly reported. At a news conference with various city agencies today, Colonel Terry Ebbert the city's homeland security director said to protect the dignity of the dead, no pictures will be allowed of body recoveries. Meanwhile, the whitehouse says president Bush will return to the striken Gulf Coast on Sunday, this time for an overnight in Lousiana. Mr. Bush thanked one hundred countries around the world for their offers of assistance and support, singling out Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. " The every nation, and every province and every local community across the gulf, that is standing with the american people and with those who hurt in the gulf coast, our entire nation, thanks you for your support." Meanwhile president Bush's federal emergency management chief, Michael Brown is facing mounting criticism over his agency's response to hurricane Katrina. A whitehouse spokeman today refused to answer the questions as to whether Mr. Brown's still enjoy the president's full confidence.


Pakistani President Perves Musharraf says Pakistan and India are both optimistic about resolving the dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which both countries claim. A exclusive interview with the associated press, General Musharraf says he hopes to solve the issue with indian prime minister Manmohan Singh while they are both in power. Mr. Singh and General Masharraf are expected to try to move their peace dialog forward when they meet next week in New York at United Nation's General Assembling Meeting.


Iraqi president Jalal Talabani says he believes the voters will approve the new country's constitution and nation wide referendum next month. At a new conference today, here in the Voice of America in Washington, Mr. Talabani said he did not think the Sunni-Arab's rejection will prevent the document's approval. "And even if u accept some of their demands which were accepted by a lot of them by our Arab Shiite brothers. Then next day they came and put more and more. For that some of them came to obstruct, some of them who are exposits when th eMr.K outside, they came to disturb the situation. They came to obstruct an dprevent the constitution." However Mr. Talabani says if it is rejected, he said the election would be held for a new national assembly which will then draft a new document.

The United Nations World Food Program says at least 8.5 million people in Southern Africa were required food assistance by the beginning of next year unless urgent needed funds are made available. WFP says food problems in the area are being made worse by the high rate of HIV/AIDS in the region. Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Rome. "The World Food Program has concerned about the situation in Southern Africa since June when it carried out its last assessment of the food situation of the countries in the region. It appeared clear then the region was headed towards another food shortage by the end of the year." WFP spokesman Mike Huggins who is based in Johannesburg and regularly visits the countries involved says several million people are already receiving WFP food aid at the moment but the number he says is expected to reach at least 8.5 million by early next year. "Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia are all right now experiencing food shortage." Mr. Huggins says some donors have shown interest in the plight of people in southern Africa, for this is not materializd into the money required to keep the programs in the region moving forward. Sabina Castelfranco VOA news, Rome.


plight   n.情况, 状态, 困境, 盟誓(婚姻)
        vt.保证, 约定


Warring parties in Ivory Coast say they agree with the UN secretary General Kofi Annan's assessment: there will be possible to hold election scheduled for next month. Rebels as well as opposition members welcome Mr. Annan's decision, saying it confirm what they've been saying for weeks. Even the ruling party which insisted until recently that it will still possible to hold election is now acknowedging that the scheduled date of October 30th will have to be pushed back. Mr. Annan said Thursday that the country is not prepared for the elections.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed a decree formally giving control of the evacuated Israeli settlements to the Palestinian authority. Israeli forces meanwhile began digging an eight-meter-deep trench to Gaza to keep Palestinian from entering the evacuated areas. VOA's Larry James reports from Jerusalem. "The decree states that no one may make personally use the land in the evacuated settlement areas until ownership claims have been resolved. President Abbas says Palestinian must protect the rebuild Gaza Strip to set an example to the world now the Israel is pulling out after 38 years' occupation. President Abbas told hundreds of E. flags waving Palestinians Friday their sacrifice brought about what he called joyous occasion. Mr. Abbas promised people freedom, jobs and home and encourage them to refrain for violence. Israeli troops completed the evacuation of Gaza Strip settlement of Gadid Friday removing about 90 people from the last pocket resistance to the government ordered withdrawal from the Palestian territory. No evacuation is scheduled for Saturday the Jewish Sabbath but the Atzmona, Slav and Katif are to be cleared on Sunday. Israeli authorities estimate all settlement in Gaza and four small enclaves of northern west of the bank will be emptied by the end of the week. Larry James, VOA news, Jerusalem."

trench 战壕；壕沟
enclave 被包围的领土


Monday is the deadline for Iraqi negotiators to agree to draft constitution and are conflicting reports on any progress.  One major prompt attention is the role Islam will play, an Iraqi official said Saturday United States apparently will no long oppose Islam being the sole source of legislation but the Kurdish negotiators still strongly object. Meanwhile hundreds of Sunni Abrabs in Ramardi and Kirkuk demonstrated against the possiblity of a federal Iraq saying they want a unified country. President Bush is hoping to revive falling public support for the war in Iraq but convincing Americans that the troop fighting abroad are making them safer at home. VOA white house correspondent S.S. reports our opposition democrats say the President's approach to Iraq will only lead to more US casualty. "President Bush says US troops fighting overseas are laying the foundation of peace for generations to come. "Our troops know they are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere to protest the fellow Americans from the sabotage of enemy. They know that if we do not confront these evil me abroad we have to face them one day in our own citizen streets." The president has a series of events in the coming week meant to regain support for the war in Iraq at the time when the public opinion polls shows less than 40% approve of the way he's handling the war. In a democratic radio address former George Senator M.C. says Iraq is not secure and American does not have the efficient forces there to make it secure. "We are running out of time, we need strategy to win in Iraq or an exit strategy to leave. The president course will lead us to disaster." President Bush says there will be no timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq because that will signal that the United States is weak. Scott Stern, VOA news at white house.

sabotage 破坏


Pope Benedict told thousands of young Catholics that there is much to criticize in catholic church and remind them that his predecessor Pope John Paul had asked for forgiveness from the mistakes made during the church's history. the Pope spoke in Marienfeld Germany as part of the church's "World Youth Day" observance. Early in the day the pontiff called on Germany Muslim leaders to work against hatred and intolerance which he said is the root of terrist violence that is seeking to poison the relations between Christians and Muslim. The Pope returned to the open air stage Sunday morning to celebrate mass, he is scheduled to return to Rome Sunday night.



Ivory Coast former army chief has threatened to remove president ??? from power. General M. told Radio France International that the of the international community does not commit themselves to get rid of the president peacefully, he will do it himself. He says the president's departure is the only way end the three year conflict between rebels and the government.


The body of Pakistanian soldier put to death Saturday for conspiring to assassinate President P. M. has been handed over to his family for burial. Islam S. was hanged before dawn at Pakistan's small town Prison after his appeal for mercy was rejected by the president. S. was convicted last year for his role in a fail attempt to kill General Musharraff in R in December of 2003.

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Israeli troops have completed the evacuation in the Gaza Strip settlement in the Gadid, one of the last pockets of resistance to the government's order of withdrawal from Palestinian territory. Officials say, unarmed troops moved about 90 people Friday, the operation went off in a relative peace when compared with the Thursday's evictions at two other settlements where resisters threw objects and chemicals at Israeli soldiers. Still, Israeli southern forces commander Major Dan.H. was pleased with the way the removal was done. "The confrontations in such levels is something that i could only wish for before we started these operations" After Gadid was evacuated, this Israeli force suspended the withdrawal operations for Jewish Sabbath, they are to resume on Sunday. Military officials say 17 of 21 Gaza settlements have now been emptied. Palestinian leader Mohamoud Abbas told hundreds of joyous Palestinian Israeli's withdrawal from Gaza Strip after 38 year occupation is the result of their sacrifices.


Sabbath 安息日


Jordanian security forces have launched a massive fund for four individual suspected firing rockets that narrowly missed two American naval ships docked at Red Sea ports of Aquba. VOA Middle East correspondent C.McDonald has more from our bureau in Cairo. "One Kachusha rocket sailed over the bow of the US navy ship in the Red Sea port of Aquba and slammed into a Jordanian warehouse nearby, killing a Jordanian soldier A.J.N. and seriously wounding another Jordanian. A Jordanian official told the state run petrol news agency that the second rocket exploded near the Aquaba military hospital and the third landed across the border near the Israeli town of Ellot. Petrol said an initial investigation indicates that the rockets were fired from a warehouse in Aquba that was rented a few days ago by four Iraqi and Egyptian men. A US navy statement said a rocket flow over the bow of the USS Ashland and hit a warehouse nearby pier leaving a two and half meter hole in the roof of building. The statement issued by the US Sixth Fleet in Bahrain said 2 US navy amphibian ships were in the port of Aquaba at the time of the attack. The statement said no American service members were injured. Both ships left the port immediately after the attack. C.Mcdonald, VOA News, Cairo."


correspondent  通讯记者
bow 船首
pier 码头


A German court has convicted a Moroccan man accused of aiding the hijackers who carried out the September 11th, 2001 terrist attacks in the United States but acquitted him from direct involvement in the attacks. Court's spokeswoman S. W. thru an interpreter announced the verdict. "The defendant has been sentenced for 7 years imprisonment for the membership of a terrist organization." Lawyers for the Moroccan say he will appeal. A Hamburg Court had convicted the man in 2003 of aiding and abetting the attacks. But in the appeal court overturned that verdict because the court was denied evidence from Al-Qaeda suspects held in the United States. US authorities later presented the court with summaries of interrogations of the detainees.

hijackers 强盗, 劫盗, 劫持犯（尤指劫持飞机）
verdict （陪审团的）判决
interrogations 讯问；审问；质问
detainees 被拘留的人


Three members of Iraq's largest Sunni-Arab political party were kidnapped and killed in a Mosul street in broad daylight. The spokeswoman for the Iraqi Islamic party said the men were hanging posters urging people to vote the October's scheduled constitutional  referendum when they were abducted. They were driven to the different part of the city, made a standing against wall in front of a mosque and sprayed with gunfire. Some insurgent groups have frightened to kill anyone who participates in the constitutional referendum.

referendum 公民投票
mosque 清真寺


Pope Benedict has urged Christians and Jews to join forces to make sure that what he called insane racist ideology that led to holocaust never resurfaces. The pontiff warned of a new threats of a racism and anti-semitism and urged renewed dialog between Christians and Jews. The German born pope spoke at the Synagogue in Cologne Germany once destroyed by the Nazis. He became the second Roman Catholic lead ever to visite a Jewish house of worship.

holocaust 大屠杀
pontiff  罗马教皇
Synagogue 犹太人集会


Environment Ministers and officials from more than 20 countries ended the four days informal talks in Greenland in effort to deal with global warming. Danish environment minister Connie Hedegaard, the meeting's host called on participants to stop blaming one another for global warming and take concerted action. Participants of the meeting in Greenland's Axx Town of Exx included the United States, China and several European countries. They focused on possible actions after the first phase of the Kyoto protocol and called on reducing global warming, it expires in 2012. US study shows that global warming could melt polar icecaps to push thousands of species close to extinction.