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Mr. Holder said the video of the killing of the 16-year-old Derrion Albert who was kicked and battered with wooden planks by other teenagers have left an indelible mark on every American whos seen it.Key: 1.A 2.BNews Item 2 (3-4) Pakinstans Interior Minister Rehman Malik has blamed a lapse in security for a deadly explosion detonated by a suicide bomber at a United Nations compound in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. Mr. Malik said the bomber had been dressed as a member of the security forces and was allowed into the World Food Program compound when he asked to use the toilet. Five WFP employees were killed in the blast and a number of people injured. No group has said it carried out the attack, but Mr. Malik blamed the Taliban. He said the Pakistani people had a message of defiance for them.Key: 3.B 4.C News Item 3 (5) Negotiations between Iran and other nations have picked up recently, with talks last week in Geneva, and more, announced Sunday, set for October 19 in Vienna. Officials say the Vienna talks will focus on possibly sending Irans uranium overseas for enrichment. Third party processing could ensure the material is enriched only to the point needed for civilian purposes, and below the level called for in nuclear weapons.Key: 5. BNews Item 4 (6-7) The last award in this years Nobel series, the Economics Prize, has been awarded to Elinor Ostrom from Indiana University and to Oliver Williamson from the University of California at Berkeley. The two won for their analysis of how authority is exercised in economic system and in companies. Nobel Economics Committee Chairman Bertil Holmlund said their work was enlightening. “Elinor Ostroms research has provided novel lessons about the mechanisms that sustain human cooperation,” he said. “Oliver Williamsons research has offered new insights on how transaction costs determine the boundaries of the firm. Both laureates have profoundly enhanced our understanding of economic governance.”Key: 6.D 7.ANews Item 5 (8-10) Volunteers from Indonesias Aceh province have headed to Padang, the hardest-hit city in the September 30 quake, which killed hundreds and destroyed as many as 180,000 buildings. A coalition called the Aceh Humanitarian Axis is raising money, collecting donations called the Aceh Humanitarian Axis is raising money, collecting donations and sending volunteers. So far the group has sent 40 volunteers, some of whom are specialists like doctors and disaster management experts. Lilianne Fan, an advisor to the governor of Aceh, says the volunteers bring something to Padang that other volunteers may not have. “There organizations are made up of people who are directly affected by the terrible disaster of 2004.” Fan said. “So they have themselves experienced what it likes to be survivors of a devastating natural disaster.”Key: 8.D 9.C 10.AUnit 2News BroadcastsNews Item 1 (1-3) The United States and China are each responsible for about one-fifth of carbon emissions worldwide,so it came as good news when Chinas President Hu Jintao announced plans to cut emissions significantly by 2020, and to vigorously develop renewable and nuclear energy. Japans new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama reaffirmed his campaign pledge for Japan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020. African nations have contributed the least to global warming but are at greater risk from its effects and are without adequate reasources to respond to its changes. Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change warned that without significant progress to lessen the impact of climate change, Africa would be disproportionately affected.Key: 1.A 2.B 3.CNews Item 2 (4-5) US job losses continue, but at a slower pace. The Labor Department reports the number of newly laid off workers seeking unemplyment benefits fell for the third consecutive week. Global Insight Chief Economist Nariman Behravesh: “The labor market is improving but these numbers are still high. The jobs market always lags the recovery by at least 6 months, and there is a very simple reason for that. Business are reluctant to rehire until they are sure that the recovery is sustainable,” Behravesh said. Americas unemployment rate stands at 9.7 percent and is widely expected to top 10 percent by the end of the year, even if economic contraction ends before then.Key: 4.D 5.B News Item (6) The work of the three Nobel laureates sheds light on the tiny building blocks of life-cells. Our DNA is carrying chromosomes and at each end of these, a sort of protective caps called telomeres. The scientists found that these caps and the enzyme they are made of plays a crucial role in the life of the cell. If the telmeres are shortened, the cell ages short. If too active, it can cause the rampant reproduction seen in cancer cells. The discoveries are already being applied in research into new therapies against the host of diseases and conditions.Key: 6.CNews Item 4 (7-8) Officials in Pakistan have blamed the Taliban for a suiside car bomb attack in which nearly 50 people died. It happened beside a bazaar near government buildings in Peshawar. From Islamabad, Aleem Maqbool has more. It is the deadliest attack in Pakistan for months. Police say a car bomb went off beside the crowded Khyber Bazaar in the center of Peshawar. School children on their way home are among the dead. A bus filled with passengers was also close to the explosion. Officials are blaming the Taliban. The militant group had been threatening such bombings unless Pakistans army operations against it came to an end, but there has been much speculation that far from stopping. The armys offensive is soon to be intensified.Key: 7.D 8.A News Item 5(9-10) The troubled American Carmaker General Motors has signed an agreement to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese firm, the Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company. It follows months of negotiations. Caroline Hepker reports from New York. The price tag of 150 million dollars for hummer is considerably lower than the 500 million dollars GM had hoped for, but it is a deal done, just a week after the plan to sell GMs Saturn fell through. The agreement will mean the gas-guzzling attention-grabbing lineup will continue to be made in the United States at least until 2011, but the new Chinese owners say they want more fuel-efficient models.Key: 9.B 10.A Unit 3News BroadcastsNews Item 1 (1-2) Scientists have warned of an alarming increase in the extinction of animal species because of the threats to biodiversity and ecosystems posed by pollution, climate change and the spread of cities. The Diversites Group, rather, of global experts on biodiversity said its appeared increasingly likely that reduction targets set by the world leaders for 2010 would not be met. Dozens of environmental protesters are on the roof of the Houses of Parliament in London after climbing up and unfurling banners calling for action to prevent climate change. The spokeswoman for the environmental pressure group Greenpeace said the action was timed to coincide with the return of members of parliament after the summer recess. Greenpeace has said at least 20 people would remain overnight and throughput Monday.Key: 1.C 2.B News Item 2 (3-4) Reports from Somalia say the Islamist group Al-Shabaab has now taken control of the strategic port of Kismayo, al-Shabaab following clashes with another Islamist militia hizbul-Islam. At least 12 people were killed and nearly 60 injured in the fighting. The two factions used to share control of Kismayo, but relations have deteriorated in recent weeks. Police in Bangladesh say theyve arrested a senior member of the banned pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taliba suspevted of planning attacks in India. Mohammad Emdadullah was captures in Dhaka following a tip-off.Key: 3.A 4.D News Item 3 (5-6) Scientists say the remains of a 4.5 million-year-old creature formed the earliest known skeleton of a human ancestor. The research reported in the Journal Science says the 1.2-meter-tall skeleton found in Ethiopia in 1994 show signs of the first stage of human evolution better than anything seen to date. Dr. Owen Lovejoy was one of the scientists involved in the discovery. “Part of the tooth led to a finger bone, and a finger bone led to the size of a portion of skeleton that is 4.4 million years old. She has a pelvis that allows her to negotiate tree branches rather well, so half her life is spent in the trees. She would have nested in trees and occasionally fed in trees, but when she was on the ground, she walked upright pretty close to how you and I walk.”Key: 5.A 6.C News Item 4 (7-8) There has been good news in recent weeks for investors who watched stock markets decline sharply amid the global financial crisis. Indias benchmark stock indexes have more than doubled in the last 6 months, driven in part by foreign investors who are returning to the country. Foreign investors had pulled out billions of dollars last year as credit dried up. But the trend has reversed. From April to June, India received about $15 billion in foreign direct investment, the highest since 2007. Analysts say foreign investors are motivated by growing confidence that the global recovery will be driven by countries like India and China.Key: 7.A 8.D News Item 5 (9-10) The governors of the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its benchmark interest rate 3.25 percent, Tuesday, up from three percent. They say, with Australias economic growth on track and the risk of a serious contraction past, it is time to gradually raise rates from their lowest level in 49 years. The central bank began cutting rates in September 2008, when they stood at 7.25 percent. At the time, the world was rapidly sinking into a crisis, with banks cutting off lending and several international financial institutions on the verge of collapse.Key: 9.C 10.B Unit 4News BroadcastsNews Item 1 (1-3) President Barack Obama has announced that hes shelving the former President Bushs plans for a missle defense system in Europe, a project that had become a major irritant in the relations between the United States and Russia. From Washington, here is Paul Adams. President Obama says the new missle defense system will be stronger, smarter and swifter than its predecessor. The latest intelligence assessment suggested that Iran was concentrating its efforts on developing short and medium-range missiles, not ones capable of hitting the United States. But faced with criticism that the administration is turning its back on missile defense in Europe and caving in to Russia. The Defense Secretary Robert Gates said such fears were misguided. The Ushad already held talks, he said, with Poland, and the Czech Republic about stationing land-based interceotors in Eastern Europe in the future.Key: 1.B 2.A 3.CNews Item 2 (4-5) A United Nations investigator says theres strong evidence to link the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast three years ago with the subsequent illness of tens of thousands of local people and the deaths of 15 of them. The investigator said that people were still suffering sickness and the long-term consequences of the dumping near Abidjan have yet to be fully determined. The company responsible for the waste, Trafigura, denies any link between the dumping and the illness. But earlier lawyers representing some of those taken ill, said Trafigura was close to an agreement offering compensation for their suffering.Key: 4.D 5.B News Item 3 (6-7) The British driver Jenson Button has won the 2009 Formula 1 title.he came 5th in the Brazilian Grand Prix, and that gave him enough points for the championship title. The race was won by the Australian driver Mark Webber. Gary Duffy reports. Jenson Button has started 14th on the grid after a disappointing qualifying run. But when the day was over he was world champion. By contrast, the Brazilian driver Rubens Barrichello had started the race in poor position but finished in the disappointing 8th place. There was an element of luck and a lot of skill involved in Buttons victory. An early colission between 2 other drivers is lightened to move quickly up the field while a punctured tire helped to thwart the hopes of Rubens Barrichello.Key: 6.B 7.D News Item 4 (8) Iceland has agreed to repay Britain and the Netherlands more than 5.5 billion dollars they paid to compensate savers who lost money when the Ice save bank collapsed last year. Iceland had passed a law in August to repay the money but the Netherlands and Britain rejected the deal. The failure to agree has blocked Iceland from getting access to billions of dollars in aid from the IMF.Key: 8.A News Item 5 (9-10) 2 Brazilian policemen were killed when their helicopter came under fire as they responded to an outbreak of violence in a shanty town in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The pilot managed to land, but the helicopter then exploded in flames, trapping the two policemen. Jerry Duffield reports. The police helicopter is believed to have crashed after the pilot was struck in the leg by a bullet and attempted to make an emergency landing on a football ground. The helicopter burst into flames and television pictures from the scene show to confirm if this was the first time that one of their helicopters had been brought down by gunfire.Key: 9.C 10.D Unit 5News BroadcastsNews Item 1 (1-2) Trade between China and Africa has grown rapidly. It now stands at well over 100 billion dollars a year. Some critics say the Chinese have done little to promote human rights and good governance in Africa. But Rwandas President Paul Kagame has now launched a robust defense of Chinas interests in Africa. He said it was the Chinese not the Europeans and North Americans who were driving the continent forward. He blamed the western companies for dumping their waste in Africa, for taking natural resourses and for not treating African films as equal business partners. Key: 1.A 2.C News Item 2 (3-4) Turkey closed the border with Armenia 16 years ago because of the conflict in Azerbaijian over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. At the time, Armenia signed in Zurich this week to establish diplomatic relations with Armenia was made possible only because the current government takes a more pragmatic and less nationalistic approach towards foreign policy than its predecessors. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly promised not to open the border with Armenia until its troops pull back in Azerbaijian.Key: 3.B 4.D News Item 3 (5-7) The chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry has said that with the political crisis in Afghanistan getting worse, it would be irresponsible to send more US troops. Speaking from the Afghan capital into an American broadcaster, Senator John Kerry cautioned President Obama against raising troop levels in Afghanistan. Mr. Kerry said it would be entirely irresponsible to commit more troops to the country until its election crisis was resolved and the US knew exactly what kind of Afghan government it was working with. The Massachusetts Senators comments come at a time when the Afghan President Hamid Karzai resisted international pressure to accept fraud rulings that could force him into a runoff with his main rival, Abdullah.Key: 5.D 6.C 7. A News Item 4 (8-10) Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States. The result: there are 13 % fewer heart attacks, 8 % fewer strokes, 4% fewer deaths, 11% fewer new cases of heart disease, and 240 billion dollars in health care savings. Researchers found it could prevent 100,000 heart attacks and 92,000 deaths every year. Each gram of salt contains 400 milligrams of sodium, which is how foods may list their salt content. Key: 8.B 9.C 10.D Unit 6News BroadcastsNews Item 1 (1-3) A key committee of Euro MPs has moved to block the renewal of an agreemant which allows US anti-terror officials to access Europeans bank data. The European Parliaments civil liberties committee recommended that the full parliament reject the interim 9-month deal between the EU and US. MEPs said the deal negotizted by EU governments provided insufficient privacy safeguards. The US can access the Swift money transfer system, based in Brussels. The European Parliament plans to vote on the EU-US data agreement next Thursday. The parliaments press service says that if MEPs block it, th