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物价上涨 莫桑比克发生致命暴动
文章来源:未知 文章作者:meng 发布时间:2010-09-02 06:29 字体: [ ] 
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six people, including two children, are reported to have been killed during riots in mozambique's capital, maputo, over rising food and fuel prices.

受不断上涨的食物和燃油价格影响,莫桑比克首都马普托发生一起暴乱,包括两名儿童在内六人死亡。

protesters blocked maputo's roads with burning tyres
protesters blocked maputo's roads with burning tyres

but police spokesman pedro cossa told the afp news agency only four people had died, and denied police had fired live rounds at the demonstrators after they blocked roads and threw stones.

the country's interior minister, jose pacheco, has appealed for(恳求,请求) calm.

the authorities had earlier warned that 1 would not be tolerated(容忍,忍受) .

the violence was the worst in the 2(穷困的) african state since 2008.

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mozambique's private s-tv television station and portugal's lusa news agency said six people had been killed in wednesday's riots(暴动) across the capital and the suburbs(郊外) .

but the police confirmed only four deaths, and said 142 people had been arrested and 27 wounded, including two police officers.

"the police will continue to patrol the streets," police spokesman mr cossa said.

he also denied that police had fired live rounds(实弹) , saying: "our officers always use rubber bullets."

earlier, police told the reuters news agency that two children had been among the dead, and that live rounds had been used when the police ran out of rubber bullets.

one of those killed was a 12-year-old boy who was shot in the head, according to afp. witnesses said he had been walking towards one of the protests when police opened fire.

"we all saw it, all of us participating in the strike. we want justice here," said eunici antonia kiove.

the demonstrators chanted slogans(口号) against president armando guebuza, whose frelimo party has been in power since independence in 1975.

mr pacheco called the demonstrators "outlaws(歹徒,罪犯) and criminals", and urged maputo residents to be calm.

the main 4 party, renamo, 5 the government's response.

mozambicans have seen the price of a loaf of bread rise by as much as 30% as the value of the national currency, the metical, has fallen against the south african rand.

the increase also comes as wheat prices have shot up around the world.

"the rise in bread prices and other essential goods is not the reason for the protest, but only the drop of water that spilled the cup," alice mabota, head of the mozambican league of human rights, told lusa.

mozambique's per capita gdp is only $802, compared with $9,757 in south africa, and an estimated 70% of the population live below the poverty line. the country is ranked 175th out of 179 countries on the un human development index.

in 2008, clashes between police and rioters(暴徒,暴民) over rising prices left at least four people dead and more than 100 injured.

the riots then forced the government to cancel plans to increase fuel prices.



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1 0922be6a2a3be4bdbebd28c620ab8f2d     
证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威
参考例句:
  • lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
  • the new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
2 1qnzcl     
adj.穷困的,无力的,用尽了的v.使(某人)贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 );使(某物)贫瘠或恶化
参考例句:
  • the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
  • they were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 7eb8a8faa85063e1e8425968c2a222fe     
歹徒,亡命之徒( outlaw的名词复数 ); 逃犯
参考例句:
  • during his year in the forest, robin met many other outlaws. 在森林里的一年,罗宾遇见其他许多绿林大盗。
  • i didn't have to leave the country or fight outlaws. 我不必离开自己的国家,也不必与不法分子斗争。
4 eiuxu     
n.反对,敌对
参考例句:
  • the party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • the police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
5 condemned     
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • he condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
  • the policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。
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