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By Stephanie Ho
Washington
23 July 2006


Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora says Israeli bombing of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon is forcing his country to its knees. In a television interview, the Lebanese leader said the first crucial step toward any comprehensive solution to the Middle East crisis is an immediate 1 ceasefire.


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Israeli soldiers shell northern Lebanon from a position near the town of Kiryat Shmona    
  
Nearly two weeks of intense shelling between Israel and the Hezbollah militant 2 group in Lebanon has led to the deaths of more than 350 Lebanese and more than 35 Israelis.


Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora spoke 3 out strongly against Israel's military actions, saying it is the Lebanese people who are suffering. "They said they want to break the neck of Hezbollah. In fact, they are breaking the neck of the Lebanese. They are putting the whole country to its knees," he said.


The Lebanese prime minister told CNN's "Late Edition" program that he feels at root, the latest dispute can be traced to the Shebaa Farms, a disputed territory on the border with Israel, Lebanon and Syria. "What is the problem? The problem is the occupied territories in the Shebaa Farms. And once we really address this issue, then everything else will start to really get the solution for it," he said.


Speaking on the CBS television program "Face the Nation," Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Daniel Ayalon, blamed Syria for not doing enough to rein 4 in the activities of Hezbollah. He added that there are several conditions Israel wants met before it will agree to observe a ceasefire. "If they want a ceasefire, they would just bring about the safe release, unconditionally 5, of our two soldiers, which are hostages, and they would bring about stopping all the shelling of Hezbollah, and they would stop shipping 6 all this armaments to Hezbollah," he said.


He said Israel believes it has killed hundreds of Hezbollah militants 7 and destroyed much of the group's arsenal 8. But he wouldn't say how much longer the Israeli bombing would continue. "It's not a matter of timing 9. It's a matter of getting results," he said.


Meanwhile, on the same program, Syria's ambassador to the United States, Imad Moustapha, called for direct talks on the issue between Damascus and Washington. "If the United States wants to involve in serious diplomacy 10, then of course Damascus is more than willing to engage," he said.


But White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten told NBC's "Meet the Press" Washington's recent experience with Damascus has not been promising 11. "The truth is that over the course of this entire administration, especially during the entirety of the first term, the administration had a number of very close, direct contacts with the Syrian government, which didn't do any good. They continued to allow terrorism to flourish. They supported it. They supported Hezbollah," he said.


He didn't completely shut the door on Syria, though, pointing out that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is tasked with conducting any diplomatic negotiating.



adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • 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。
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
n.疆绳,统治,支配;vt.以僵绳控制,统治
  • The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应。
  • He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river.他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。
adv.无条件地
  • All foreign troops must be withdrawn immediately and unconditionally. 所有外国军队必须立即无条件地撤出。
  • It makes things very awkward to have your girls going back unconditionally just now! 你们现在是无条件上工,真糟糕! 来自子夜部分
n.船运(发货,运输,乘船)
  • We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
  • There's a shipping charge of £5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
n.兵工厂,军械库
  • Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
  • We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。
n.时间安排,时间选择
  • The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
  • The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。
n.外交;外交手腕,交际手腕
  • The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
  • This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
adj.有希望的,有前途的
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
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acoustic damping parameter
actual sin
alternative depth
Barber, Samuel
beyonces
bruichladdich
budget study
Cajnice
Cayley graph
cextract
collapse model of corporate image
commutative primitive
concrete bathing and mixing plant
contray
coping style
crawler width
dcASM
deciseconds
demme
deslime
dextrinizing
distillate hold-up tank
divvies
edeagra
electronical integration assembly
eloping
eurotra
eutopium chelate laser
flexible polymer
free setting ratio
frictionary
g-cal,g-cal.
Gaius Cassius Longinus
giant oarfish
graphic symbol
Great Abaco
guaethol
heartachingly
hexosemonophosphate pathway
ideation management
information group seperator
internetize
inworks
ISDS
Islamophile
kamimuria lepida
labour saving device
lexical redundancy rule
main patent
mantel-tree
material requested
maturation zone
maximum water holding capacity
MEAP
merchandise inventory initial
mode simulator
mpri
n-resonance
NAPG
nazek
NPRINT
oil gaging tape
olazbal
operating system service
ototoxicology
paddy field
pail for used dressings
pepsinogen-ii
picture synchronization transmission system
platinum-wire ring
PMS
popistry
Presumed Choice of Law
radial armature
rammer
recompensers
reinventive
renipelvic
resin catcher
right most terminal set
rudder-head shaft
self-cleaning contacts
Serratia marcescens
sexual harassment in the workplace
sit for the examination
skill worker
stand someone up
steinhorn
stratocumuli
Strömfors
study hall
subsultive
talent introduction
tertiary constriction
tie something up
tolui
torpedo testing barge
unaddicted
Valley Stream
variable geometry aircraft
whitemetal lining
wrastle