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Edward Snowden still in transit1

Summary

12 July 2013

Edward Snowden, the man who leaked information about US intelligence, is expected to meet with human rights groups in Moscow today. The former CIA contractor2 is wanted by the US on charges of giving away secrets about US spying schemes. 

Reporter:

Steven Rosenberg

Report

He's been stuck in the transit zone of Moscow airport for nearly three weeks - unable to enter Russia or to fly out. Now it appears that Edward Snowden has called a meeting at the airport to discuss his predicament. 

Among those he has reportedly emailed invitations to are representatives of human rights organisations and prominent3 Russian lawyers. In one email, allegedly from Mr Snowden, which has been made public by the group Human Rights Watch, the 30-year-old American complained that the US government was waging an "unlawful campaign" to prevent him from securing4 asylum5.

The head of the press office at Sheremetevo airport confirmed a meeting would take place in the transit area. It's scheduled for 5 o'clock this afternoon Moscow time.


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1 transit MglzVT     
n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过
参考例句：
  • His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
  • The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
2 contractor GnZyO     
n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌
参考例句：
  • The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
  • The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。
3 prominent 407zv     
adj.突出的；显著的；杰出的；重要的
参考例句：
  • He is prominent in science.他是科学界杰出的人物。
  • That school is prominent in baseball.那个学校以棒球著称。
4 securing 88880332be28bd079471e66cde000520     
保护( secure的现在分词 )； （使）获得； 使安全； 担保
参考例句：
  • She did not take into account how much liberty she was securing. 她并不考虑自己已获得了多少自由。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Longfellow was lucky in securing a professorship of modern languages at Harvard. 朗费罗能够在哈佛大学当上现代语言教授是出于幸运。
5 asylum DobyD     
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
参考例句：
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

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