The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, appears to have suffered a political setback in northeastern state of x.
Exit polls from regional elections indicate the anti-immigrant AFD Party has beaten Mrs. Merkel's Christian Democratic Union into third place.
The centre-left SPD seems likely to top the poll. Mrs. Merkel's popularity has been under pressure, since she allowed more than a million refugees into Germany over the past year.
Syrian pro-government forces have recaptured several strategic areas in Aleppo from rebel fighters. The rebels took the x District on the southwestern outskirts of the city last month in a major offensive that broke a government siege. The battle for control of the area is reported to be continuing.
The daughter of a former Hungarian-born American Congressman said she's returning a Hungarian state honour, because it's now been given to a journalist criticised for his anti-semitic output. x is joining nearly a hundred other recipients also returning their awards.
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semitic：[si'mitik; se-]
adj. 闪米特人的；闪族语系的
n. 闪族人；闪语族
recipient：[rɪ'sɪpɪənt]
n. 容器，接受者；容纳者
adj. 容易接受的，感受性强的
Celebrations have taken place in the Indian city of Calcutta, after Pope Francis declared the Roman Catholic nun, Mother Teresa, a saint. The ethnic Albanian, who died in 1997, founded her Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta. Hundreds of nuns at the Charity's headquarters burst into applause at the proclamation.
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nun：[nʌn]
n. 修女，尼姑
n. (Nun)人名；(中)能(广东话•威妥玛)；(朝)嫩；(匈、以)努恩
South Sudan's President has agreed to the deployment of extra foreign troops in the country, after a visit by a U.N. Security Council delegation. x had previously rejected the force, saying it was a violation of South Sudan's sovereignty.
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sovereignty：['sɒvrɪntɪ]
n. 主权；主权国家；君主；独立国
Poland says it will dispatch three senior government ministers on an urgent trip to Britain, following attacks on Polish nationals in a town northeast of London. The announcement came hours after two Polish men were assaulted in x, while another Pole was attacked and killed a week ago.
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dispatch：[dɪˈspætʃ]
n. 派遣；急件
vt. 派遣；分派
And the Ugandan football team has qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 39 years. The Cranes beat the x 1-0 in a packed stadium in the Ugandan capital, x.
