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 Australian skipper Jimmy Spithill has led the team USA  to victory in the America's Cup.  The American team won the last eight races to snatch victory from New Zealand. Today also happens to mark the 30th anniversary of Australia's historic America's Cup win. 

 
Green's leader Christine Milne insists her leadership is not in doubt after six of her senior staff quit. One of them has blamed fundamental differences of opinion over strategy, but senator Milne says their differences were only about office matters.
 
The death toll1 from a powerful earthquake in Pakistan has passed 320 and is expected to keep rising. Rescuers have been searching for survivors2 in the southern provice of Baluchistan. The 7.7 magnitude quake was so powerful, It caused a small island to emerge from the sea just off the Pakistani coast.
 
Kenya begun three days of national mourning overnight in the wake of the Nairobi mall siege. At least 67 people were killed in the four-day siege, including Tasmanian architect Ross Langdon and his pregnant partner. Forensic3 experts are combing the Westgate mall complex and several bodies are still thought to be trapped under rubble4.
 
And lawyers acting5 for the man who raped6 and murdered Melbourne woman Jill Meagher will return to court today in a bid to reduce his sentence. In June, 41-year-old Adrian Ernest Bayley was given life with a non-parole period of 35 years.
 

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1 toll LJpzo     
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
2 survivors 02ddbdca4c6dba0b46d9d823ed2b4b62     
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
3 forensic 96zyv     
adj.法庭的，雄辩的
参考例句：
  • The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
  • The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。
4 rubble 8XjxP     
n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾
参考例句：
  • After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
  • After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
5 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的
参考例句：
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
6 raped 7a6e3e7dd30eb1e3b61716af0e54d4a2     
v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸
参考例句：
  • A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
  • We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

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