蚈Israeli authorities say Palestinian militants from Fatah and Hamas in Nablus are
behind a series of attacks against Israelis over the past few months.
羄The latest violence comes as US envoy* David Satterfield begins a visit to the
region to work on a peace plan. He arrived in Israel Monday for separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials.
蚅A: Directions: Listen to the news item and complete the summary.
薁This news item is about a recent conflict between Palestine and Israel.
螈B: Directions: Listen to the news again and complete the following passage.
莅Palestinian witnesses and security sources said some 30 tanks and armored
personnel carriers drove into the Tulkarem refugee camp around 3 a.m. The army did not say whether the gunman responsible for the attack on the kibbutz was among those detained.
肂In Tuesday's action, the Israeli military also demolished the home of a
Palestinian militant (Mohammed Naifan) they say is responsible for sending the gunman into Kibbutz Metzer.
蚄The latest violence comes as US envoy David Satterfield begins a visit to the
region to work on a peace plan. He arrived in Israel Monday for separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials.
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罿Officials say there are no easy, quick or purely military solutions to the Somali
piracy problem. But the top U.S. military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, told ABC's Good Morning America television program Tuesday the taking and rescue of the American cargo ship captain led him to order a new effort to find ways to effectively deal with the pirates.
肈Admiral Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates say there is no purely
military solution to the Somali piracy problem. Piracy continues to rise, even as navy ships from 16 nations patrol the area. And Gates said Monday that the problem is \going to get worse%until the international community can, in his words, \of poor people\
蒂Efforts by some ship owners to secure their ships have had some success. They
have installed barbed wire, removed ladders and changed their routes, among other
steps. But there has been resistance to proposals to put armed guards on commercial ships.
膂Corporations have paid tens of millions of dollars for the safe return of ships and
their crews in the area in recent years. Last year, there were 111 piracy incidents in the region, triple the number the previous year. And this year, there have already been nearly 70 incidents.
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蒅This news item is about the US looking for new approaches to Somali piracy.
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statements are true (T) or false (F).
薁1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.F 6. F 7. T 8. T
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薅Supplementary Exercise
芁Part1 Feature Report
罿New Iranian nuclear head urges mutual trust with west
芆 Iranian government TV says that the country's new nuclear energy chief, Ali
Akbar Salehi is urging the West to end hostilities with Tehran and to start building trust.
蚅\and technical discussions about Iran's nuclear case have finished,\he
insists, \
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mutual confidence, instead of the last six years of hostility.\
蚁They were Salehi's first comments to the media, since being appointed by
President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Friday, following the resignation of veteran nuclear negotiator Gholam Reza Aghazadeh.
艿The soft-spoken Salehi was educated at the American University of Beirut and
holds a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Salehi is Iran's former envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency and signed a protocol allowing for freer inspections of Iran's nuclear sites. His appointment appears to be something of a gesture to the U.S.
螄Neither the U.S., nor the other members of the so-called Group of five-plus-one,
including the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany, however, is likely to agree with Salehi about the closure of Tehran's nuclear file.
肃U.S. President Barack Obama warned Tehran, during the G-8 summit in Italy,
that the world is giving it until September to comply with U.N. resolutions over its controversial nuclear program.
腿Iran has persistently refused to stop enriching uranium, and the West fears that
it will use highly enriched uranium to build atomic weapons.
肈The Iranian government, however, continues to insist that its nuclear program is
intended for peaceful, civilian purposes, alone.
袄Iran analyst Meir Javedanfar of the MEEPAS (Middle East Economic and
Political Analysis) center in Tel Aviv argues that Tehran is hardening its position
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