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It was one of the attacks in the past six months aimed atA 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. 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
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
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
1. What is the current state of affairs of Iran’s nuclear program? Date: 2015-12-17; view: 1002
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