在线国产一区二区_成人黄色片在线观看_国产成人免费_日韩精品免费在线视频_亚洲精品美女久久_欧美一级免费在线观看

您現(xiàn)在的位置: > Language Tips > Easy English > Today in History  
 





 
October 25
[ 2006-10-25 08:00 ]

Up to 10 million people are facing starvation
1984: Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia

England have

The EEC is donating 5.8 million to help combat the famine in Ethiopia.

Officials from Oxfam, Save the Children, Christian Aid and the Red Cross believe that up to 10 million people are facing starvation unless the flow of aid is increased.

Aid agencies lobbied EEC ministers in Brussels in response to the latest drought to hit the country.

Hugh McKay from the Save the Children Fund said: "This is an excellent start and will buy us a little time to develop a long term strategy to deal with this tragedy".

The Community has also ordered the immediate shipment of 5,000 tons of food with more to be delivered soon.

The worst affected areas are the northern provinces of Tigre, Wollo and Eritrea, where a 10-year drought and a succession of wars have produced the worst famine in Ethiopia's modern history.

As the announcement was made the Ethiopian Relief and Rehabilitation Commission said it would hold an emergency meeting with Western governments to discuss ways to improve airlifting food to the region.

Local officials are said to be trying to clear congestion at ports to get more food to the rest of the country. Up to 1,000 tons of food a day are now being handled, up from 500 a few weeks ago.

A recent report shown on the BBC highlighted the harrowing problems being faced in Ethiopia and led to an overwhelming public response.

Overseas director of Oxfam Michael Harris said: "On one day alone we received 1,000 calls from people offering help, including three who offered transport aircraft." 

American soldiers arrested several Cuban workers at the airport

1983: US troops invade Grenada

Artificially 1969: FilmTheTheAA   United States marines and army rangers have invaded the Caribbean island of Grenada, seized the country's two airports and taken Cuban and Soviet prisoners.

The action, which has shocked the world, was ordered by President Ronald Reagan following a bloody coup by Cuban-trained military who executed Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, and at least 13 of his associates.

Backed by helicopter gunships, 1,900 US troops were airlifted to Pearls airport in the north of the island at dawn. They were followed a few hours later by 300 soldiers from six other Caribbean countries.

The invasion of this former British colony has angered British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who spoke with President Reagan last night to try to dissuade him from military action.

But the Pentagon has expressed a "sense of outrage" that she refused to participate in the invasion despite America's support during the Falklands conflict last year.

The US Secretary of Defense, Caspar Weinberger, said three US soldiers were killed as they fought members of a Cuban work force building a runway at Point Salinas Airport.

Other US officials said 30 Soviet advisers and 600 Cubans had been arrested. The Caribbean Broadcasting Corp owned by the Barbados government reported four Cubans dead.

President Reagan announced the attack at a news conference in the White House four hours after his troops had landed.

At his side was the prime minister of Dominica, Eugenia Charles, who is also chair of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

The president said the US had taken military action after an appeal by the OECS, Jamaica and Barbados who were worried about the security of the region following last week's coup.

He also wanted to ensure the safety of a thousand Americans living in Grenada, including about 600 students and teachers at St George's University medical school.

Grenada gained its independence in 1974 and five years later there was a popular revolution led by the New Jewel Movement which brought the charismatic Marxist leader, Maurice Bishop, to power.

The coup leaders - Hudson Austin and Bernard Coard, Mr Bishop's former deputy - objected to the prime minister's policy of developing closer ties with the United States.

Vocabulary:
 

famine: a severe shortage of food(饑荒)





 
 

 

 

 
 

48小時內(nèi)最熱門

     

本頻道最新推薦

     
  International Day of Peace(國際和平日)
  September 11
  An interview
  When is a bug not a bug?
  Professor and the editor






主站蜘蛛池模板: 日韩精品久久一区二区三区 | 日韩在线免费 | 亚洲协和影视 | 中文字幕 欧美 日韩 | 午夜一本 | 亚洲黄色在线免费观看 | 日韩免费观看 | 国产精品久久久久久久久久妇女 | 亚洲欧美一级 | 久久网站热最新地址 | 五月婷婷在线视频 | 中文字幕在线观看精品视频 | 黄色91在线 | 久久亚洲成人 | 欧美国产日韩在线观看 | 黄色片免费看 | 久草在线在线精品观看 | 伊人激情av一区二区三区 | 四虎在线看片 | 女国产精品视频一区二区三区 | 亚洲精品久久久久久久久久久 | 欧美成人一区二区三区片免费 | 九九精品视频在线观看 | 爱爱视频免费在线观看 | 久久久久久久久久久久久久av | 日本精品在线播放 | 国产精品夜夜爽 | 高清一区二区三区 | 五月天婷婷综合 | 国产精品九九 | 国产福利91精品一区二区三区 | 久久久久久午夜 | 成人激情视频在线免费观看 | 亚洲精品一 | 国产高清一级毛片在线不卡 | 99久久精品国产一区二区成人 | 五月婷婷av | 欧洲精品久久久 | 羞羞午夜| 久久99精品久久久久久园产越南 | 天天干天天谢 |