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 Bank customers are likely to be the one who pay for the Federal Government’s planned deposits levy1. The government says the money is needed to guarantee deposits in the event of a bank collapse2. The levy will be imposed on deposits of up to 250,000 dollars. 

 
The United States says it’s disappointed by Russia’s decision to grant Edward Snowden temporary asylum3. The fugitive4 intelligence worker has gone into hiding after leaving Moscow Airport where he’s been hold up for more than a month. Mr Snowden is wanted in the United States for leaking information about surveillance programs.
 
Cleveland kidnapper5 Ariel Castro will spend the rest of his life in jail. A judge sentenced him to life plus 1,000 years for holding three women kept in his Ohio home for a decade. Castro is convicted of more than 900 charges including murder, rape6 and kidnapping. 
 
Zimbabwe’s opposition7 leader Morgan Tsvangirai has dismissed the country’s presidential election as a huge farce8. President Robert Mugabe’s party is claiming victory amid claims of a serious vote rigging. Election observers say up to a million people were prevented from casting a vote.
 
And police are investigating another shooting in Sydney’s west. They were called to a house at Eagleville just after midnight after reports of gunfire. Several bullet holes were found in the exterior9 of the house. Police say it appears to be a targeted shooting.

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1 levy Z9fzR     
n.征收税或其他款项，征收额
参考例句：
  • They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
  • A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。
2 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
3 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。
4 fugitive bhHxh     
adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者
参考例句：
  • The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
  • The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。
5 kidnapper ApAzj1     
n.绑架者，拐骗者
参考例句：
  • The kidnapper was shot dead then and there by the armed policeman.绑架者被武装警察当时当地击毙。
  • The kidnapper strangled the child with a piece of string.绑票的人用一根绳子把这孩子勒死了。
6 rape PAQzh     
n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸
参考例句：
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
7 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。
8 farce HhlzS     
n.闹剧，笑剧，滑稽戏；胡闹
参考例句：
  • They played a shameful role in this farce.他们在这场闹剧中扮演了可耻的角色。
  • The audience roared at the farce.闹剧使观众哄堂大笑。
9 exterior LlYyr     
adj.外部的，外在的；表面的
参考例句：
  • The seed has a hard exterior covering.这种子外壳很硬。
  • We are painting the exterior wall of the house.我们正在给房子的外墙涂漆。

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