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The bodies of two Australian airmen killed in the Vietnam War will arrive back in Sydney this morning. Pilot Officer Robert Carver and Flying Officer Michael Herbert were Australia’s last two servicemen missing in action from the Vietnam War. Their remains1 were found in the Laotian border in June, more than 30 years after their plane went down.

 

Police have confirmed that Victorian Water Minister Tim Holding is missing in bush land. The 37-year-old Labor2 Minister went walking on Mount Feathertop in Melbourne’s northeast. He was expected back at 4:00 yesterday afternoon.

 

Japan has a new Prime Minister after a landslide3 election. That’s all the governments suffer a historic election defeat. Opposition4 Leader Yukio Hatoyama’s Democratic Party of Japan won more than 300 of 480 seats in Parliament. The Prime Minister Tara Aso has resigned as the head of Liberal Democratic Party.

 

And residents in New South Wales have been warned to prepare for a difficult fire season with fires already burning on the north and the south coast. The Rural Fire Service says it expects strong winds to pick up again today.

 

In Los Angeles’ bushfires there are burning out of control, more than 4,000 homes have been evacuated5, and a further 10,000 homes are under threat.

 

I’ll have more news in an hour, see you then.


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1 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
2 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
3 landslide XxyyG     
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利
参考例句：
  • Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
  • An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
4 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
5 evacuated b2adcc11308c78e262805bbcd7da1669     
撤退者的
参考例句：
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

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