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 Kevin Rudd says Australia will not back away from closing military ties with America. The decision to allow US troops, ships and aircraft to use Australian bases has ruffled1 feathers in Beijing. The US President Barack Obama has now arrived in Bali for the East Asia Summit. America's role in the region is likely to dominate his talks with Chinese Premier2 Wen Jiabao. 

 
There've been scuffles between police and Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York. Police blocked streets as hundreds of protesters were tending to march on the New York Stock Exchange. Dozens of protesters were arrested. Early this week, police evicted3 protesters who had been camping in the Manhattan Park for two months. 
 
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti has outlined his plans to tackle the country's debt problems. They include overhauling4 the pension system and a crackdown on tax evasion5. There've been large student protests in several Italian cities against the government's budget cuts. 
 
The United Nations nuclear watchdog wants to send a mission to Iran to address fears about the country's nuclear programme. A recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency found evidence that Iran was developing nuclear weapons. But Tehran insists that its nuclear programme is only for peaceful purposes. 
 
Victorian nurses have defied an order by Fair Work Australia to end their industrial action. Hundreds of public hospital beds remain closed. Fair Work Australia ordered nurses to lift their bans for 90 days.

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1 ruffled e4a3deb720feef0786be7d86b0004e86     
adj. 有褶饰边的, 起皱的 动词ruffle的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • She ruffled his hair affectionately. 她情意绵绵地拨弄着他的头发。
  • All this talk of a strike has clearly ruffled the management's feathers. 所有这些关于罢工的闲言碎语显然让管理层很不高兴。
2 premier R19z3     
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
参考例句：
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
3 evicted 17682d2fe623013fd1839f09251d20cf     
v.（依法从房屋里或土地上）驱逐，赶出( evict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。
  • They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent. 他们赶走了未交房租的房客。
4 overhauling c335839deaeda81ce0dd680301931584     
n.大修；拆修；卸修；翻修v.彻底检查( overhaul的现在分词 )；大修；赶上；超越
参考例句：
  • I had no chance of overhauling him. 我没有赶上他的可能。 来自辞典例句
  • Some sites need little alterations but some need total overhauling. 有些网站需要做出细微修改，而有些网站就需要整体改版。 来自互联网
5 evasion 9nbxb     
n.逃避，偷漏(税)
参考例句：
  • The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
  • The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。

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