battle corruption, was adopted by the un general assembly in october 2003.
nearly 150 countries have signed the convention but only 80 have ratified it so far, according to
the office.
moscow: nine patients of a clinic for the mentally ill in siberia died in a fire yesterday, a day after
a blaze at a moscow drug treatment centre killed 45, officials said.
the fire in the psychiatric hospital in the town of taiga in the kemerovo region in central siberia,
about 3,500 kilometers east of moscow, erupted shortly after midnight local time.
nine patients of the clinic died and 15 were hospitalized, said valery korchagin, a spokesman for
the regional branch of russia’s emergency situations ministry.
in the fire in moscow early saturday, 45 women died in a fire at a drug treatment centre when they
were trapped behind locked gates and barred windows.
the fire was likely caused by arson, a senior firefighter said.
hamburg germany: traces of radiation found at two sites in germany linked to a contact of
poisoned former russian spy alexander litvinenko are likely the rare radioactive substance
polonium-210, authorities said yesterday.
police said on saturday that traces of alpha radiation had been found at properties in and near
hamburg used by the ex-wife and former mother-in-law of dmitry kovtun.
the russian businessman met litvinenko in london on november 1, the day the former spy is
believed to have fallen ill. litvinenko was killed by polonium-210.
germany’s federal office for radiation protection said in a statement yesterday that "small traces
of radioactive substances were detected, and there is a high degree of probability that this is
polonium."
question 6: what can we find about the stock market in the us from the news report?
question 7: what is the major mission of space shuttle discovery during this trip?
question 8: how many countries have ratified the united nations’ convention against corruption
so far?
question 9: which of the following statements is true about the fire in a town in central siberia,
russia?
question 10: what did the german authorities find about the case of the former russian spy being
poisoned?
questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview.
this is norah white reporting for station ktfh in florida
the sky is clear blue and the ocean is deceptively calm here in southern florida. it’s the kind of
the day when you would expect the beaches to be packed with tourists, enjoying the surf and SUN.
but the beaches are eerily silent except for a few seagulls circling the waves. traveling inland,
though, you’ll find a totally different mood. parking spaces are hard to find and there are long
lines at every check-out counter as people stock up on batteries, water bottle and flash lights. you
see, despite the calm weather now, people here are getting ready for a hurricane, the first of this hurricane season.