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 The United States is sending up to 300 additional military advisers1 to help Iraq's government fight the Islamist insurgency2. U.S. President Barack Obama says America is ready to act, but he has stressed the country will not be sending combat troops. 

 
“Going forward we will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires them. And if we do, I will consult course with congress and later in Iraq and in the region.”
 
Barack Obama there.
 
Now Finance Minister Mortier Commer is trying to quell3 concerns over the government's planned changes to laws that govern financial advisers. He says the requirements for advisers to act in the best interests of their client will remain and commissions will still be banned. 
 
Two hundred Ford4 workers in Victoria look set to lose their jobs today. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union says the forced redundancies are part of the carmaker's plan to fast track job losses. Twelve hundred jobs will go when Ford stops making cars locally in 2016.
 
The jury in the Rof Harris sexual abuse trial in London has retired5 in sedentary verdict.  The Australian entertainer is facing 12 charges for indecently insulting four girls. The judge has asked them to return unanimous verdicts on all counts. 
 
The search resumes this morning for a fisherman missing in Victoria. The 65-year-old failed to return from a fishing trip off port Ferry in the state's southwest on Wednesday night.
 

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1 advisers d4866a794d72d2a666da4e4803fdbf2e     
顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授
参考例句：
  • a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
  • She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。
2 insurgency dqdzEb     
n.起义；暴动；叛变
参考例句：
  • And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
  • Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
3 quell J02zP     
v.压制，平息，减轻
参考例句：
  • Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
  • The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。
4 Ford KiIxx     
n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过
参考例句：
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
5 retired Njhzyv     
adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的
参考例句：
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

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