英语短篇新闻报道.doc

英语短篇新闻报道 篇一：英语短新闻 英语短新闻:UN Security Council to meet on Ukraine The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency closed-door meeting to discuss the rising tension in Ukraine. Tension in the country increased over the weekend after the Ukrainian government gave pro-Russian demonstrators an ultimatum to disarm or face a full-scale anti-terrorist operation. A security officer and a pro-Russian demonstrator died on Sunday following a confrontation in eastern Ukraine, where demonstrators have seized police and security buildings. Moscow reacted strongly following the deaths, with the country#39;s foreign ministry saying it is outrageous that the Ukrainian government is using armed forces for quelling protests. Russia has called for an end to the use of the military against the Ukrainian people and the start of a national dialogue for the sake of early and radical constitutional reform in Ukraine. 英语短新闻:Armed groups gun down eight government troops in northern Syria The official news agency in Syria says at least 8 law-enforcement officers have been killed in a single attack in the northern part of the country. The SANA news agency says the 8 were on a bus to the restive province of Idlib when it was ambushed. The violence is the latest in a string of fighting that has been taking place in Syria the past few weeks, despite the presence of international observers from the Arab League 英语短新闻: China doubles reward for wanted robber, serial killer Chinese authorities have doubled the reward for clues leading to the arrest of a man suspected in a series of high-profile armed robberies and murders. A total of 2.25 million yuan or 357,000 US dollars has been offered for information that leads to the arrest of the person who gunned down a man in front of a bank in a busy street in the eastern city of Nanjing last Friday. The man was murdered after withdrawing 200-thousand yuan from the bank. The suspect was allegedly involved in 6 other murders and robberies