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It was one of the attacks in the past six months aimed at

A anyone backed by Islamist militants

B anyone involved in the campaign against Western Governments

C anyone involved in the campaign against Islamist militants

 

Husain Haqqani, a former political adviser in Pakistan said that

A militants enjoy support only in the remote tribal areas

B militants are widely supported even in the remote tribal areas

C apart from remote tribal areas militants are widely supported

5. Husain Haqqani believes that Pakistan's security services saw militants as

A allies in trying to gain influence in Afghanistan

B enemies in their war against India

C allies in trying to gain influence in Pakistan

 

Europe correspondent Jane Hutcheon that al-Qaeda and pro-Taliban militants

Aunleashed a stream of suicide bombings and violence in Afghanistan

B initiated a great number of terrorist acts from bases in border regions

C responsible for more than 500 deaths in the past half year.


7. Husain Haqqani ‘s advice for Pakistan's Western backers of Pakistan is to recognise that

A the Pakistani military and the intelligence services are the solution to Pakistan's problems,

B the Pakistani military and the intelligence services are the cause of Pakistan's problems

C the Pakistani military and the intelligence services require financial support

 

John Bolton believes that situation in Pakistan is

A critical and it’s time to act

B critical but interference is inadmissible

C neither


Western powers started the multi-pronged battle against Islamist militants

A 6 years ago

B 16 years ago

C 60 years ago

The correspondent concludes that the progress in the war against Islamist militants is

A considerable

B insignificant

C painful

 


REVISION SECTION

This section is for you to help to acquire the vocabulary used in these news reports. Every table has a list of useful expressions and three empty columns.

 

We suggest that you should revise the vocabulary in a week (1), in a month (2), and in the end of the course (3).

 

Tick the expressions you fail to reproduce immediately and look them up in the tapescripts. Then use in the exercises below the relevant table.

 

Vocabulary 1

 
1) a bloody civil war      
2) plunge one’s country into economic ruin      
3) set a new mark      
4) appear before a court      
5) an international war crimes tribunal      
6) back the rebels      
7) face charges of      
8) conscript child soldiers      
9) pleaded guilty/ not guilty charges      
10) (be) forced to resign      
11) under international pressure      
12) see smb suffer      
13) from the bottom of one’s heart      
14) terrorise people      
15) orchestrate atrocities      
16) militias      
17) hack off the limbs      
18) chop one’s hand off      
19) allege      
20) train rebels      
21) in exchange for      
22) privy to orders      

1. What is the current state of affairs in Liberia? Where is Charles Taylor now?



2.Think about a norm of International war crimes tribunal that can prevent Liberia-like situations.

Vocabulary 2

 

 
23) asylum seekers      
24) force boats back to somewhere      
25) asylum seekers      
26) intercept people      
27) at illegal entrance into some country      
28) put in place measures for dealing with      
29) people smuggling issues      
30) verify      
31) subsequently      
32) benefit of knowing one’s background      
33) maintain a policy      
34) refugee      
35) a breach of international law      
36) a place of persecution      
37) uphold one’s sovereignty      
38) maintaining one’s borders      
39) Minister for Customs and Justice      
40) safeguard our borders against smb      
41) illegal fishing/ entrance      
42) security risks      
43) pose a risk      
44) quarantine
45) signatory to some document      
46) breach a convention      
47) a boatload of people      
48) (be) presented with a situation      
49) (be) charged with      
50) determine measures      

1. Is the illegal entrance to Australia still an acute problem?

2. Were the Australian authorities right to have taken measures like the one presented in the news report?

Vocabulary 3

 
51) tensions are rising      
52) tensions over      
53) expulsion of officials      
54) high-ranking foreign      
55) insurgents      
56) acting head of a mission      
57) senior UN official      
58) a former diplomat      
59) regenerate parts of Afghanistan      
60) the very best known      
61) travel freely      
62) relationship, built up over 10 years      
63) expel smb      
64) associate with the Soviet Union      
65) raise the question      
66) target smb deliberately      
67) the row comes as      
68) prove embarrassing for      
69) at the outset      
70) isolate and eliminate the leadership      
71) analysts on the ground      
72) religious extremists      
73) tribal chiefs      
74) mediator      
75) engage in dialogue      
76) factions within the Taliban      
77) have a say      
78) governance of Afghanistan      
79) power sharing arrangement      
80) at least      
81) a more inclusive government      
82) to stabilise a country      
83) for the longer term      

1. How often is the extradition practiced in politics? What can be a reason for this?

2. Work out a list of reasons for extradition which can be internationally accepted. Work in groups.

Vocabulary 4

 

 
84) defiant      
85) shrug off claims      
86) exaggerating Iran's nuclear threat      
87) pose a danger      
88) raise the spectre of World War Three      
89) a nuclear holocaust      
90) an intelligence assessment/ estimate      
91) ( be)dormant      
92) a "warning signal      
93) strident rhetoric      
94) friends and foes      
95) a damage control media conference      
96) quite the contrary      
97) ambiguities have been clarified      
98) under the supervision      
99) cripple its drive for      
100) repeatedly      
101) vital      
102) concerted efforts      
103) defuse the current crisis      

1. What is the current state of affairs of Iran’s nuclear program?


Date: 2015-12-17; view: 822


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