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 The White House now says that Osama Bin1 Laden2 was not armed when American soldiers shot him dead. The government’s also backtracked on its claim that Bin Laden’s wife was used as a human shield. And it marks all the contradictions and finger-pointing. The head of the CIA has revealed that America didn’t tell Pakistan about the operation because it feared it might get back to the terrorist leader. 

 
Sony has admitted up to another 25 million of its customers may have had their personal details stolen. The company has found a second security breach3 in its Online Entertainment network, which it’s also shut down. Hackers4 had earlier broken into its PlayStation Network and that affected5 77 million users. Sony shares have dropped four per cent since the crisis began. 
 
Auckland continues to mop up after a tornado6 swept through the city. At least two people died and dozens of people were injured there. The twister tore through the suburb of Albany, tossing cars aside, uprooting7 trees and tearing rooves of houses and a shopping centre. 
 
The Federal Government is still struggling to convince voters of the merits of its carbon tax. The latest Newspoll shows 60 per cent of them are opposed to the tax. Just 30 per cent say that they will support it. 
 
And British counter-terrorism police said they’d arrested five men in the north-west of the country. The men were taken into custody8 near a nuclear power plant. Earlier reports suggested the men were filming the area, but authorities say it doesn’t appear that an attack was imminent9.

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1 bin yR2yz     
n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
参考例句：
  • He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
  • He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
2 laden P2gx5     
adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的
参考例句：
  • He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
  • Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
3 breach 2sgzw     
n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破
参考例句：
  • We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
  • He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。
4 hackers dc5d6e5c0ffd6d1cd249286ced098382     
n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”
参考例句：
  • They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网
5 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
6 tornado inowl     
n.飓风，龙卷风
参考例句：
  • A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
7 uprooting 9889e1175aa6c91384bf739d6a25e666     
n.倒根，挖除伐根v.把（某物）连根拔起( uproot的现在分词 )；根除；赶走；把…赶出家园
参考例句：
  • He is hard at work uprooting wild grass in the field. 他正在田里辛苦地芟夷呢。 来自互联网
  • A storm raged through the village, uprooting trees and flattening crops. 暴风雨袭击了村庄，拔起了树木，吹倒了庄稼。 来自互联网
8 custody Qntzd     
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
9 imminent zc9z2     
adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的
参考例句：
  • The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
  • The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

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