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	2	3
1) a bloody civil war
2) plunge one’s country into economic ruin
3) set a new mark
4) appear before a court
5) an international war crimes tribunal
6) back the rebels
7) face charges of
8) conscript child soldiers
9) pleaded guilty/ not guilty charges
10) (be) forced to resign
11) under international pressure
12) see smb suffer
13) from the bottom of one’s heart
14) terrorise people
15) orchestrate atrocities
16) militias
17) hack off the limbs
18) chop one’s hand off
19) allege
20) train rebels
21) in exchange for
22) privy to orders

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	2	3
23) asylum seekers
24) force boats back to somewhere
25) asylum seekers
26) intercept people
27) at illegal entrance into some country
28) put in place measures for dealing with
29) people smuggling issues
30) verify
31) subsequently
32) benefit of knowing one’s background
33) maintain a policy
34) refugee
35) a breach of international law
36) a place of persecution
37) uphold one’s sovereignty
38) maintaining one’s borders
39) Minister for Customs and Justice
40) safeguard our borders against smb
41) illegal fishing/ entrance
42) security risks
43) pose a risk
44) quarantine
45)  signatory to some document
46) breach a convention
47)  a boatload of people
48) (be) presented with a situation
49)  (be) charged with
50) determine measures

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	2	3
51) tensions are rising
52) tensions over
53) expulsion of officials
54) high-ranking foreign
55) insurgents
56) acting head of  a mission
57) senior UN official
58) a former diplomat
59) regenerate parts of Afghanistan
60) the very best known
61) travel freely
62) relationship, built up over 10 years
63) expel smb
64) associate with the Soviet Union
65) raise the question
66) target smb deliberately
67) the row comes as
68) prove embarrassing for
69) at the outset
70) isolate and eliminate the leadership
71) analysts on the ground
72) religious extremists
73) tribal chiefs
74) mediator
75) engage in dialogue
76) factions within the Taliban
77) have a say
78) governance of Afghanistan
79) power sharing arrangement
80) at least
81) a more inclusive government
82) to stabilise a country
83) for the longer term

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	2	3
84) defiant
85) shrug off claims
86)  exaggerating Iran's nuclear threat
87) pose a danger
88) raise the spectre of World War Three
89) a nuclear holocaust
90) an intelligence assessment/ estimate
91) (be)dormant
92)  a "warning signal
93) strident rhetoric
94) friends and foes
95) a damage control media conference
96) quite the contrary
97) ambiguities have been clarified
98) under the supervision
99) cripple its drive for
100) repeatedly
101) vital
102) concerted efforts
103) defuse the current crisis