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 The prosecution1 hasn detailed2 its case against Oscar Pistorius on the second day of his bail3 hearing. Police say a witness heard gunshots, screaming and then more shots the night Reeva Steenkamp was killed. The champion athletes claims he accidentally shot his girlfriend after mistaken her for an intruder.

 
Anti-whaling activists4 are claiming a victory in their fight aginst Japanese whalers. Japan has called off its whale hunts in the southern ocean because it says activists are stopping its fleet from refueling. Earlier, the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd accused whalers of attacking its boats.
 
The federal government has backed down on its hospital funding row with Victoria. It's agreed to reinstate more than 100 million dollars it had cut from that state's health funding. The Greens are warning it could have implications now for other states.
 
An Indonesian court has jailed a 19-year-old Afghanistan man for 6 years for his part in a people smuggling5 operation that ended in tragedy. Police say the man admitted to helping6 organize a boat that sank near Christmas Island last year, killing7 19 asylum8 seekers. They say the man confessed of being involved in organizing three other trips.
 
And that fishing trawler that's been stranded9 on rocks at Cronulla, south of Sydney has been salvaged10. The speed of this morning's operation took everyone by surprise. The 50-meter trawler was lifted by the tide, it floated free on its own just after 4 this morning.

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1 prosecution uBWyL     
n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营
参考例句：
  • The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
  • He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
2 detailed xuNzms     
adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的
参考例句：
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
3 bail Aupz4     
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
参考例句：
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
4 activists 90fd83cc3f53a40df93866d9c91bcca4     
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 smuggling xx8wQ     
n.走私
参考例句：
  • Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
  • The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
6 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
7 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
8 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。
9 stranded thfz18     
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
10 salvaged 38c5bbbb23af5841708243ca20b38dce     
（从火灾、海难等中）抢救（某物）( salvage的过去式和过去分词 )； 回收利用（某物）
参考例句：
  • The investigators studied flight recorders salvaged from the wreckage. 调查者研究了从飞机残骸中找到的黑匣子。
  • The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged. 该队的首要任务是决定可以抢救哪些设备。

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