A mass for peace is being taken place in the Cathedral of the Columbian city of Cartagena where a historic peace accord between the government and the Farc rebels is due to be signed in a few hours.It marks the end of a 50-year conflict in which more than 200,000 peple died.
Italians are voting a referendum on constitutional reform on December 4th, if it is rejected the prime minister Matteo Renzi says he will resign, he says the changes would streamline Italy's political system and avoid grid lock but opponents argued they will give the government too much power.
More than 14,000 women in Saudi Arabia have signed a petition which calls for the government to end the male guardianship system. Saudi women currently need consent from a male guardian to travel, marry and often to work or study.
Iran's official news agency says a female Canadian Iranian academic has been released from prison on humanitarian grounds. Homa Hoodfar, a retired university professor, was detained in Tehran in June.
The US Justice Department has filed criminal charges against a China based firm and four Chinese nationals, it says they are conected to North Korea's nuclear programme. It accuses them of conspiring to violate US sanctions against North Korea and to engage in international money laundering.
The electoral commissionin Somalia says an election which meant to start on Saturday have been delayed for a month. The process to choose a new parliament and a president will take several weeks.
Scientists say they found further evidence that Jupiter's icy moon Europa is spurting out jets of water into space which could one day be tested for microbial life. The US space agency NASA spotted the dark fingers of water using the Hubble telescope. Researchers believe they can test the water for signs of life by flying a spacecraft through the jets and catching samples.
Its historic buildings are being slowly and splendidly renovated.
此处的历史建筑正被缓慢且精心地修复着。
2.reject vt.拒绝；抛弃，扔掉；排斥
We reject any suggestion that the law needs amending.
对于任何暗示该法律需要修改的观点我们都拒绝接受。
3.streamline vt.把…做成流线型；使现代化；组织；使简单化
They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.
他们正努力精简本来繁冗复杂的官僚体制。
4.petition n.请愿书
We recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people.
最近我们向政府递交了有4,500人签名的请愿书。
5.consent n.准许，赞同；同意
He should not commit American troops without the full consent of Congress.
没有国会的完全同意，他不应该调遣美国军队。
6.conspire vt.阴谋策划
They'd conspired to overthrow the government.
他们曾经密谋推翻政府。
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1.a historic peace accord between the government and the Farc rebels is due to be signed in a few hours.
due to定于，应该
Council members are due to have informal discussions later on today.
委员会成员定于今日晚些时候进行非正式讨论。
2.Scientists say they found further evidence that Jupiter's icy moon Europa is spurting out jets of water into space which could one day be tested for microbial life.
