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 Emily Seebolm has missed out on a gold medal in the women's 100m backstroke at the London Olympics. The gold medal favourite was leading in the final stage of the race but she couldn't hold off on a determined1 challenge by American, Missy Franklin. 

The man who's accused the speaker Peter Slipper2 of sexual harassment3 is facing allegations he had sex with underage boys. Queensland police are investigating claims James Ashby had sexual relationships with two 15-year-old boys when he was in his mid-twenties. 
U.S. prosecutors4 have now formally charged the man accused of a mass shooting at a cinema in Denver. James Holmes is facing 142 charges including 12 of first degree murder. The prosecution5 is yet to decide whether it turns to seek the death penalty. 
Australia and New Zealand are planning to restore full diplomatic relations with Fiji. Foreign Minister Bob Carr says a permanent high commissioner6 will be appointed to Fiji for the first time since the 2009 constitutional crisis.Both countries have also agreed to relax travel bans against Fiji government officials.  
And Julian Assange's mother says her son's health is suffering after more than a month in Ecuador's embassy in London. Christine Assange has met Ecuador's foreign minister to plead her son's case for asylum7. 
The Wikileaks founder8 is facing extradition9 to Sweden to be questioned over sexual assault allegations. 

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1 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的；有决心的
参考例句：
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
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 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。
4 prosecutors a638e6811c029cb82f180298861e21e9     
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
参考例句：
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
5 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。
6 commissioner gq3zX     
n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
参考例句：
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
7 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。
8 Founder wigxF     
n.创始者，缔造者
参考例句：
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
9 extradition R7Eyc     
n.引渡（逃犯）
参考例句：
  • The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
  • He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

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