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 Secretary Kerry said firm evidence of gassing found in samples

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has asked the head of the UN chemical weapons inspection1 team to speed up the analysis of tests from samples collected from Syria.
It comes after the US secretary of State John Kerry said the US has found firm evidence of gassing in samples collected by first responders to the attack.
US President Barack Obama has announced that he had decided2 to defer3 any immediate4 action in Syria in order to seek authorisation from congress. 
Meantime, the Arab League has toughened its tone and called for punitive5 action against the Syrian government after an emergency meeting in Cairo.
 
Egypt to try ex-President Morsi for inciting6 murder
Egypt's state prosecutor7 has referred ousted8 President Mohammed Morsi for trial on charges of inciting the murder of protesters.
The accusations9 relate to violence last December when at least seven people were killed in clashes outside his presidential palace.
The date for the trial is yet to be announced.
Mr Morsi has been held at a secret location since he was ousted in early July.
Since then the military-backed interim10 government has cracked down on Brotherhood11 supporters, who are demanding Mr Morsi's reinstatement.
Last month, hundreds of protesters died when security forces stormed pro-Morsi camps in the capital. 
Fourteen other members of the Muslim Brotherhood are to stand trial on the same charges.
 
Xi Jinping: Thriving Industries to Breathe Life Into Old Bases
Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed that newly-emerging and manufacturing industries can both work to resurrect old industrial bases and spur innovation in northeastern China during his inspection tour in Liaoning Province over the past few days.
During a visit to the Dalian high-tech12 zone, President Xi Jinping pointed13 out that the facility would serve as an incubator that nurtures14 progress, utilizing15 the development strategy's potential in rejuvenating16 old industrial bases.
The northeastern Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning served as the industrial engine for the country's national reconstruction17 in the 1950s.
 
Relief efforts continue in SW China quake zone
Relief supplies are being transported into southwestern Yunnan Province after a 5.9-magnitude quake struck the region over the weekend, killing18 3 with 50 others still missing.
Local officials say goods can be guaranteed in regions around the most-hit area of Deqen County.
The quake struck the juncture19 area of Deqen and Shangri-La counties in Yunnan Province and Derong County in Sichuan Province Saturday morning.
Earlier on Wednesday, a 5.1-magnitude quake hit the same area.
Some 100 schools with nearly 60,000 students have been affected20. 
Schhols in the region are now closed until the opening of the autumn semester.
 
1 dead, 8 trapped in SW China mining accident
One miner was killed and another eight trapped in a coal and gas outburst at a coal mine early Sunday in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
A spokesman with the city's emergency response office says the accident happened Sunday morning when 12 miners were tunneling a mine shaft21 at the Bailongshan Coal Mine in the city of Qujing. Three of them were lifted out of the shaft.. 
Rescuers are trying to reduce the gas density22 to save the trapped miners, and the cause of the accident is being investigated.
The coal mine is operated by the Diandong Energy Co., Ltd. under the China Huaneng Group, a major state-owned energy company.
 
Shanghai liquid ammonia leak caused by detached pipe cap
Initial investigations23 are showing that the liquid ammonia leak which killed 15 in Shanghai was caused by a detached pipe cap.
A cap on a pipe carrying liquid ammonia reportedly fell off, releasing the chemical Saturday morning.
All of the 25 injured are receiving hospital treatment and are said to be in a stable condition. 
Local authorities have sent environmental monitoring vehicles to test the impact of the leak. 
No pollution was detected as of Sunday. 
The liquid ammonia was used in food refrigeration units at Shanghai Weng's Cold Storage Industrial Company Limited. 
Further investigations into the accident is under way.
 
China's manufacturing sees hefty rebound24 in Aug.
New data suggests China's manufacturing sector25 saw a strong recovery in August.
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector rose to 51 percent in August from 50.3 percent in July.
The figure marks the second monthly expansion in a row.
It is also the highest reading this year.
A reading below 50 indicates contraction26, while anything above signals expansion.
The 70 basis point expansion also represents the biggest increase since January. In the months prior to August, the data had fluctuated.
Analysts27 suggest the new data shows that manufacturing activities have a stronger growth impetus28 and the economy is firming in a more evident way.
China's economy has been stuck in a consistent slowdown, easing to 7.5percent growth in the second quarter from 7.7 percent in the first three months.

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1 inspection y6TxG     
n.检查，审查，检阅
参考例句：
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
2 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
3 defer KnYzZ     
vt.推迟，拖延；vi.(to)遵从，听从，服从
参考例句：
  • We wish to defer our decision until next week.我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。
  • We will defer to whatever the committee decides.我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。
4 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
参考例句：
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
5 punitive utey6     
adj.惩罚的，刑罚的
参考例句：
  • They took punitive measures against the whole gang.他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施。
  • The punitive tariff was imposed to discourage tire imports from China.该惩罚性关税的征收是用以限制中国轮胎进口的措施。
6 inciting 400c07a996057ecbd0e695a596404e52     
刺激的，煽动的
参考例句：
  • What are you up to inciting mutiny and insubordination? 你们干吗在这里煽动骚动的叛乱呀。
  • He was charged with inciting people to rebel. 他被控煽动民众起来叛乱。
7 prosecutor 6RXx1     
n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人
参考例句：
  • The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
  • The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
8 ousted 1c8f4f95f3bcc86657d7ec7543491ed6     
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺
参考例句：
  • He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
  • He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
9 accusations 3e7158a2ffc2cb3d02e77822c38c959b     
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名
参考例句：
  • There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
  • He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
10 interim z5wxB     
adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间
参考例句：
  • The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
  • It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
11 brotherhood 1xfz3o     
n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊
参考例句：
  • They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
  • They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
12 high-tech high-tech     
adj.高科技的
参考例句：
  • The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
  • The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
13 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
14 nurtures c36e4e776b23330d841489a3f5052317     
教养，培育( nurture的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Art nurtures the soul and culture cultivates the mind. 艺术滋润心灵，文化陶冶情操。
  • Who first loves and nurtures us and takes care of every need. 是谁先爱上我们，哺育我们，对我们无微不至。
15 utilizing fbe1505f632dff25652a1730952a6464     
v.利用，使用( utilize的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • Utilizing an assembler to produce a machine-language program. 用汇编程序产生机器语言的过程。 来自辞典例句
  • The study and use of devices utilizing properties of materials near absolute zero in temperature. 对材料在接近绝对零度时的特性进行研究和利用的学科。 来自辞典例句
16 rejuvenating a7abb8ef3d5eaee8635ed4ad7e718bed     
使变得年轻，使恢复活力( rejuvenate的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • The rejuvenating ambience of autumn is immeasurably more ancient than even the calendar. 秋天那让人恢复青春活力的气氛远比历法还要古老。 来自名作英译部分
  • Rhoda says that it's embarrassing to be so idolized, but also very sweet and rejuvenating. 罗达说，给人这样过份地崇拜是很发窘的，不过也是愉快惬意使人年轻的。
17 reconstruction 3U6xb     
n.重建，再现，复原
参考例句：
  • The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
  • In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。
18 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。
19 juncture e3exI     
n.时刻，关键时刻，紧要关头
参考例句：
  • The project is situated at the juncture of the new and old urban districts.该项目位于新老城区交界处。
  • It is very difficult at this juncture to predict the company's future.此时很难预料公司的前景。
20 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
21 shaft YEtzp     
n.(工具的)柄，杆状物
参考例句：
  • He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。
  • This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。
22 density rOdzZ     
n.密集，密度，浓度
参考例句：
  • The population density of that country is 685 per square mile.那个国家的人口密度为每平方英里685人。
  • The region has a very high population density.该地区的人口密度很高。
23 investigations 02de25420938593f7db7bd4052010b32     
（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究
参考例句：
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
24 rebound YAtz1     
v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回
参考例句：
  • The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
  • Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。
25 sector yjczYn     
n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形
参考例句：
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
26 contraction sn6yO     
n.缩略词，缩写式，害病
参考例句：
  • The contraction of this muscle raises the lower arm.肌肉的收缩使前臂抬起。
  • The forces of expansion are balanced by forces of contraction.扩张力和收缩力相互平衡。
27 analysts 167ff30c5034ca70abe2d60a6e760448     
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
28 impetus L4uyj     
n.推动，促进，刺激；推动力
参考例句：
  • This is the primary impetus behind the economic recovery.这是促使经济复苏的主要动力。
  • Her speech gave an impetus to my ideas.她的讲话激发了我的思绪。

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