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 Before the Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr has brushed aside a formal complaint from a man who launched a sexual harassment1 case against the speaker Peter Slipper2. James Ashby's lawyers lodged3 a formal complaint to victimisation yesterday with the Human Rights Commission over remarks made by Senator Carr and the Queensland National Senator Barnaby Joyce. 

 
New South Wales Public School teachers will stop work for two hours this morning. 750,000 students across the state will be affected4 by the stopped work. The teachers are strikig over the state government's moves to give schools greater control over budgets ad staffing. 
 
Greece's caretaker govermet has been officially sworn in to take the country to its second election this year. The nation's political leaders are being urged to do everything they can to stay in the eurozone. 
 
Overnight European shares were hit hard once again, with markets in Paris, Frankfurt and London all down more than 1%. 
 
Facebook is launching itself onto the U.S. stock market today, and has just been officially valued on at $104 billion. The company's initial public offering is expected to raise more than $15 billion, making it one of the biggest stock market launches in U.S. history. 
 
And U.S. singer Donna Summer has died at the age of 63. Summer had a string of hits throughout the 70s and 80s, including disco classic Love to Love You Baby. She died in Florida after a battle with cancer. 

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1 harassment weNxI     
n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱
参考例句：
  • She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
  • The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
2 slipper px9w0     
n.拖鞋
参考例句：
  • I rescued the remains of my slipper from the dog.我从那狗的口中夺回了我拖鞋的残留部分。
  • The puppy chewed a hole in the slipper.小狗在拖鞋上啃了一个洞。
3 lodged cbdc6941d382cc0a87d97853536fcd8d     
v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 )；暂住；埋入；（权利、权威等）归属
参考例句：
  • The certificate will have to be lodged at the registry. 证书必须存放在登记处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police. 我们的邻居向警方控告我们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 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。

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