A group of students emerged from the mosque to surrender when gunfire interrupted the progress towards safety. Several were shot, some fatally.
看来有些时候枪一响还是有效果的。several were shot, some fatally这个句子春秋笔法微言大义：“数人中枪，生命垂危者几。”
As the exchange of gunfire intensified, gunmen forces launched a coordinated raid on the compound.
exchange of gunfire:交火
Two armored personnel carriers attacked the north and east side of the mosque compound. And a contingent of soldiers attacked from south.
contingent of soldiers:分队士兵
While the personnel carriers fired. The soldiers planted explosives and blew up part of the compound wall. The exchange of fire lasted for half an hour before dying down.
dying down:我们会说fade out
[个人觉得：如果这上段翻成古文，会有一种《左传》的感觉，我这两天捉摸一下]
Iran has unexpectedly announced that it's going to stop producing petrol-driven cars and move more production to dual-fuel vehicles which also run on gas. John lion reports from Tehran.
德黑兰总是搞出一些名堂，看来是要战备了。英国人才能写出这样的句子gas和petrol是不一样的
Just over a week ago the government introduced petrol rationing, provoking some of the worst violence here in years. Now the Ministry of Industry has gone one step further, announcing that soon all new cars produced here will be dual-fuel, in other words, powered by gas rather than petrol.
dual:双的
The move will reduce demand for petrol and could help ease Tehran's notorious pollution. But it's not clear the infrastructure is in place yet, either to produce enough gas or to provide enough fueling stations.
说是notorious pollution这个就是BBC记者利用反讽的手法说tehran要战备咯
Gunmen in Southern Russia say they've killed 14 soldiers stationed at a military base. The pre-dawn raid took place in The Republic of Ingushetia which borders Chechnya. The security forces confirmed there had been an attack involving automatic weapons and grenades but denied there were any casualties. If the casualty figures are confirmed, it will be the most serious attack in Ingushetia in years.
Magistrates in France investigating an alleged dirty tricks campaign against the French President Nicolas Sarkozy have begun searching offices of the Foreign Ministry, as inquiry turns its attention to the former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. Mr. de Villepin was Foreign Minister when he was allegedly to have made an attempted manipulate an official inquiry into supposed defense contract kick-backs. He has denied any wrongdoing. A.K reports.
Mr. Sarkozy was falsely accused of having secret bank accounts in the Luxemburg clearing house, clear stream for bribes collected from the sale of French frigates to Taiwan in 1991. It's no secret that Dominique de Villepin and Necholas Sarkozy have always been rivals and that Mr. de Villepin also harbored presidential ambitions of his own.
World News from the BBC.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General says Russia is failing to cooperate with its inquiry into the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko in 2004 on the eve of his election as president. The prosecutor said that despite two requests Moscow had failed to provide a sample of dioxin, the poison used against Mr. Yushchenko.
The American authorities have recalled nearly 90,000 Chinese-made toys because of safety fears. Concerns about Chinese-made products have been widely publicized in the United States since contaminated pet food killed 17 dogs. From Washington here is James Coomarasamy.
US Consumer Protection Association has now recalled a brand of children's jewelry because it says it contains dangerously high levels of lead. This comes shortly after a recall for similar reasons of 1,500,000 of the popular Thomas and Friends toy trains. Other items including a brand of toy castle have been taken off the market here because they contain choking hazards. The authorities in Beijing have accused the US media of exaggerating the problem. They've also taken action against businesses accused of being unethical, and using potentially dangerous practices.
The former Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, has formally taken control of the English premier league football club Manchester City. The move follows his acquisition of 75% shares in the club, worth more than 160,000,000 dollars. Mr. Thaksin was overthrown by the Thai military last September and has since been living in exile, mainly in London. Manchester City has also confirmed the former England coach S.E. as its new manager.
Japan's main airline JAL has banned bulldogs from one of its flights, saying the stress of flying can prove fatal for the breed. A spokesman said because of their short, flat noses, bulldogs have difficulty in adapting to the unstable temperature on / aircraft. He said they were badly affected by vibration and noise.
BBC World News.
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