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The United Nations humanitarian chief has said that the situation in Syria is a stain on the international community, as the U.N. launches its biggest-ever humanitarian appeal. XX said more than 16 billion dollars was needed to fund U.N. humanitarian operations around the world next year, with nearly half of it for Syria. XX reports.

This year's record appeal underlines that what's needed most of all to end major humanitarian crises are political solutions. Most of the aid is for people struggling to survive in areas of conflict. At the top of the list are Iraq, South Sudan, Central African Republic. But UN Envoy, XX, said the biggest test continues to be Syria, where these is no end in sight to a punishing war.

The U.S. government says it reinforced security for its staff and facilities around the world ahead of the release of a Senate report which is expected to criticize the CIA's controversial interrogation methods. A White House spokesman, Josh Earnest, said the contents of the report, due out on Tuesday, could provoke an angry response.

There are some indications that this, that the release of the report could lead to a greater risk that is posed to U.S. facilities and individuals all round the world. So the administration has taken the prudent steps to ensure that the proper security precautions are in place at U.S. facilities around the globe. The report, which is being heavily redacted, is expected to detail the CIA's use of torture on suspected Al-Qaeda detainees as part of a secret program launched by President Bush after the Sep.11 attacks of 2001.

The Uruguayan Defense Minister says six men released from the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center on Saturday would enjoy complete freedom and a normal life in the South American nation. The Minister Eleuterio Huidobro told Reuters News Agency that Uruguay hadn't accepted any conditions from the United States when it agreed to receive the former detainees.

The World Health Organisation says Sierra Leone has overtaken its West African neighbor, Liberia, as the country with the highest number of cases of Ebola. The U.N. agency said more than 6,300 people were now known to have died in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Our Africa editor, Richard, has more.

This latest data reflects the fact that the disease is now spreading faster in Sierra Leone, while infection rates appear to be stabilizing in Liberia and Guinea. The total number of Ebola cases in the three West African countries is now around 17,800, of these nearly 7,800 cases are in Sierra Leone, slightly more than in neighboring Liberia. But medial experts are warning that the total number of deaths in Sierra Leone could be far higher than the official figures, as the country has an estimated fatality rate of 70%. Richard Hamilton.

World news from the BBC.

Greece's conservative-led parliament has announced that a vote to elect the country's president will be brought forward by more than two months to the 17th of December. The announcement came after Euro Zone ministers agreed a two-month extension to Greece's bailout program that was to end later this month. The vote will be a key test for the government of the Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras which has a narrow majority in parliament.

The Egyptian authorities said that after raid in Cairo, at least 26 men are facing allegations of what was described as debauchery. Homosexuality is not officially banned in Egypt, but gay men are often accused of other crimes. Here is our Arab affairs editor Allen Johnston.

This raid was carried out at night and it targeted a bath house Cairo. The men were arrested and then herded out, naked, into a city center street. This was seen to be the largest raid of its kind for a number of years, but gay men in Egypt are always at risk of being punished under the country's immorality laws. Just last month, several were given three-year jail sentences after they appeared in a video over alleged gay marriage, which then went viral on the Internet.

Members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamist State group are ready to deploy more forces to Iraq. The alliance's commander, U.S. General James Terry has said that around 1,500 security personnel would be sent to advise and train local soldiers who are confronting the militants. These advisers would be an addition to the more than 3,000 U.S. troops, whose deployment to Iraq has already been authorized. It's not yet clear which of the coalition nations will provide the extra personnel.

A group of female students of the Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital, have Islamabad, have appeared in a video, pledging their allegiance to Islamic State and called on Pakistanis to join it. Their principal told the BBC that she was aware of the video and approved of it.

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词汇解析

funeral

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.葬礼(的)

n.葬礼

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

Their cars headed the funeral procession.

他们的车队在葬礼队伍的最前面。

用作名词 (n.)

They held a state funeral in honour of the statesman.

他们为这位政治家举行了国葬。

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federal

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.联邦制的；联邦政府的；同盟的

n.联邦主义者；同盟盟友

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

Switzerland is a federal republic.

瑞士是联邦制的共和国。

Expenditures by the Federal Government have been steadily pared.

联邦政府的开支正在逐渐削减。

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incident

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.事变；事件；插曲

adj.难免的；附带的

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

The police are connecting this incident with last week's terrorist bombing.

警方认为这次事件和上周的恐怖分子爆炸事件有关。

用作形容词 (adj.)

There are many evils incident to human society.

人类社会有很多罪恶。

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personnel

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

n.职员；人事部门

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

The personnel are not happy to change these rules.

全体工作人员对改变这些规定很不高兴。

For more information about the job, please contact the personnel manager.

要了解更多工作详情,请和人事部经理联系。

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involve

难度：5星基本词汇，属常用1000词

英汉解释

vt.包含；使忙于；牵涉；使卷入；使陷入

参考例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

A letter of credit will involve unnecessary extra charges.

信用证包含有不必要的额外开支。

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advanced

难度：5星基本词汇，属常用1000词

英汉解释

adj.先进的；高级的

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

England is an advanced industrial country.

英国是一个发达的工业国家。

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poverty

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.贫困；贫乏；劣质

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

They were handicapped by (a) poverty of resources.

他们因资源短缺处境窘迫。

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