BBC新闻试题(样题)
Item 1. T rue or False.
1.( ) Military strikes on the Islamic State extremists began a campaign against the Islamic
State jihadists.
2.( ) Last night, four nations including the United States attacked on IS positions in Syria.
3.( ) The airstrikes in Syria was very successful in targeting militant training centers,
commander control facilities and storage hubs.
4.( )The people that were killed last night were militants from Islamic State and an al-Qaeda
affiliate.
5.( )This campaign would end very soon.
Item 2. Blank-filling.
The United Nations Refugee Agency says it's preparing for 6. several hundred thousands Syrian refugees in Turkey as the Islamic State militants are 7. the border town of Kubani.Imogen Foulkes has more. Dozens of villages across Syria's Kurdish north are already 8. . Now Islamic State has approaching the major border town of Kabani, population 400,000. The UN is preparing for all of those people to flee into Turkey. Amid widespread reports of serious 9. including the deliberate killing of women and children, no one wants to risk waiting for Islamic States to arrive. Syria's refugees already number a 10. , now that could rise by another half a million.
Item 3. T rue or False
11.( )Enough efforts have been made to curb the change of the climate.
12.( ) the United States will take more responsibility to reduce carbon emissions.
Item 4. Questions.
13.Why have the former papal ambassador been arrested inside the V atican City?
14.Whom was the senior V atican diplomat charged by?
15When will Josef Wesolowski be tried by a V atican tribunal?
16.What did the conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy wanted heavy restrictions on?
17.In Mariano Rajoy’s opinion,in what case women are allowed have the rights to abortion ?
Item 5. Multiple choices
18. ( ) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said concluding with Western powers would expand the possibility of cooperation in different areas.
A. a nuclear deal
B.a clear deal
C. a dear deal
D.a deal
19.( ) Teheran and Western powers have until Nov to seal a long term agreement that would end sanctions on .
A. 6 25th Iraq
B. 5 24th Iran
C. 6 24th Iran
D. 5 25th Iraq
20( ) The army in has said the country's borders with and have been sealed off in a bid to control the spread of Ebola.
A. Sierra Leone Guinea Liberia
B. Liberia Guinea Sierra Leone
C. Guinea Liberia Sierra Leone
D. Sierra Leone Liberia Guinea
Item 6 Blank-filling.
Television microphones have picked up the 21. David Cameron saying that Queen Elizabeth was 'purring down the telephone line' when he told her that Scotland
22. from the United Kingdom in last week's referendum. Ben Wright has more. It's an unwritten rule of the Constitution conversations with the monarch should remain23. . But as David Cameron strolled through the Bloomberg New Y ork talking to the company's founder, he provided 24. felt by the Prime Minister and the Palace when Scotland voted 'No.'Recalling that he had called the Queen to say 'it's all right,'Mr. Cameron then seemed to say she purred down the line, 'I have never heard someone so happy.'The audio was caught on a TV microphone as a camera followed the pair. Downing Street said it would not 25. the suggestion of 'purring.'Buckingham Palace has made it clear that the queen would not comment on the question of the Scotish independence.
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Item 1. T rue or False.
1.T
2.F
3.T
4.F
5.F
Item 2. Blank-filling.
6. the arrival of
7. advancing on
8. deserted
9. violations 10. more than three million Item 3. T rue or False
11. F 12.T
Item 4. Questions.
13. Because he was on suspicion of child abuse.
14.The V atican's chief prosecutor.
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16. Abortion.
17.In case of rape and when there was a risk to the mother's health.
Item 5. Multiple choices
18.A19.C 20.D
Item 6 Blank-filling.
21.British Prime Minister 22.had voted against independence 23private and discreet
23.a glimpse of the relief 24.be commenting on
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Item 1
America has said military strikes on the Islamic State extremists marked the beginning of a sustainable and persistent campaign against the Islamic State https://www.360docs.net/doc/2916881483.html,st night, five Arab nations were involved with the United States in waves of attacks on IS positions in Syria. President Obama said the Islamic militants would be denied a safe heaven anywhere. Ali McBull reports from Washington. The Pentagon described the airstrikes in Syria as very successful, saying they targeted militant training centers, commander control facilities and storage hubs. Unverified reports from a Syrian rights group says at least 120 militants were killed, both from Islamic State and an al-Qaeda affiliate, but also said there've been some civilian deaths. President Obama has been keen to stress it's not America's fight alone, and Arab States actively carried out some of the airstrikes in Syria. When asked how long this campaign could last, one American official said 'we should be thinking in terms of years.'
Item 2
The United Nations Refugee Agency says it's preparing for the arrival of several hundred thousands Syrian refugees in Turkey as the Islamic State militants are advancing on the border town of Kubani.Imogen Foulkes has more. Dozens of villages across Syria's Kurdish north are already deserted. Now Islamic State has approaching the major border town of Kabani, population 400,000. The UN is preparing for all of those people to flee into Turkey. Amid widespread reports of serious violations including the deliberate killing of women and children, no one wants to risk waiting for Islamic States to arrive. Syria's refugees already number a more than three million, now that could rise by another half a million.
Item 3
President Obama has warned that the climate has changed faster than efforts have been made to address the problem. Speaking at a UN summit, he said the United States acknowledged its part in causing climate change and promised to do more to reduce carbon emissions. He said he had agreed with a Chinese vice premier that the two biggest polluters have the responsibility to lead the fight
Item 4
The V atican says it has arrested a former papal ambassador on suspicion of child abuse. It said Josef Wesolowski is under house arrest inside the V atican City. Here is David Willey. The senior V atican diplomat who was recalled to Rome last year was formerly charged by the V atican's chief prosecutor with the sex abuse of children in the Dominican Republic between 2008 and 2013. It's the first time that such a senior predator has been arrested inside the V atican. A V atican spokesman said that for health reasons he is not being held in the V atican's police cell but he has been granted a house arrest. He is expected to be tried late this year by a V atican tribunal. The Spanish government has withdrawn its controversial plans to limit the rights to abortion. The conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy had wanted heavy restrictions, making it available only in case of rape and when there was a risk to the mother's health. But he said the governing Popular Party had not been able to reach an agreement on the proposals. Abortion is currently freely available up to
the 14th week of pregnancy.
Item 5
The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said concluding a nuclear deal with Western powers would expand the possibility of cooperation in different areas, such as regional stability and the fight against terrorism. Teheran and six Western powers have until Nov 24th to seal a long term agreement that would end sanctions on Iran. The army in Sierra Leone has said the country's borders with Liberia and Guinea have been sealed off in a bid to control the spread of Ebola. Troops have been stationed at all crossing points.
Item 6
Television microphones have picked up the British Prime Minister David Cameron saying that Queen Elizabeth was 'purring down the telephone line' when he told her that Scotland had voted against independence from the United Kingdom in last week's referendum. Ben Wright has more. It's an unwritten rule of the Constitution conversations with the monarch should remain private and discreet.But as David Cameron strolled through the Bloomberg New Y ork talking to the company's founder, he provided a glimpse of the relief felt by the Prime Minister and the Palace when Scotland voted 'No.'Recalling that he had called the Queen to say 'it's all right,'Mr. Cameron then seemed to say she purred down the line, 'I have never heard someone so happy.'The audio was caught on a TV microphone as a camera followed the pair. Downing Street said it would not be commenting on the suggestion of 'purring.'Buckingham Palace has made it clear that the queen would not comment on the question of the Scotish independence.
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BBC新闻10篇 BBC News Item1政治：吉尔吉斯斯坦总统逃亡国外 The President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev has left the country and flown to neighboring Kazakhstan almost a week after his political opponents seized power.The authorities in Kazakhstan said his departure had been organized with the help of Russia and the United States. Rayhan Demytrie reports. A plane carrying the ousted Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev took off from Jalalabad Airport on Thursday evening.Within an hour,the foreign ministry of Kazakhstan issued a statement,saying Mr Bakiyev landed in the Kazakh city of Taraz.His departure,the statement said,was a result of negotiations between the US,Russia,Kazakhstan and a number of other international diplomats.And it was done for the prevention of civil war and further unrest in the country. BBC News Item2灾难：哀悼遇难波兰总统 The pavement in front of President Kaczynski’s palace in central Warsaw has nearly disappeared from sight,covered now with thousands of small glass pots containing candles laid as a mark of respect.The president’s body has been brought back from Russia and is due to lie in state later today.More details of the funeral arrangements are expected over the next day or so. Poland’s health minister has said that only14of the96victims of Saturday’s air crash in Russia are identifiable.Crash investigators say data from the flight recorders appear to show there was no technical fault on the plane,suggesting pilot error may have been a factor in the crash. BBC News Item3灾难：莫斯科地铁连环爆炸案 The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and the Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have vowed to track down those behind the suicide bombings on the Moscow underground.The attacks by two female suicide bombers killed at least37people.President Medvedev spoke to reporters outside the Lubyanka underground station where one of the bombs exploded. “These were simply beasts and regardless of their motives,what they did is a crime under any law and in accordance with any morals.You know I have no doubt that we will find them and destroy them all.” Russia officials believed the bombs were the work of Muslim groups from the Northern Caucasus where rebels in a number of regions including Chechnya and Ingushetia have been waging violent campaigns for independence from Moscow. BBC News Item4健康：亚马逊土著部落受HINI袭击 An outbreak of swine flu among the relatively isolated tribes of the Amazon is of particular concern to the authorities because of the potential speed with which it could spread among the indigenous population. Now the London-based international organisation,Survival,says that is already happening among the Yanomami Indians in the border region between Venezuela and Brazil. The NGO claims that seven members of the Yanomami in Venezuela have died from the
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1分钟短篇英语新闻[英语新闻报道短篇] 中至少包括其中三个要素:who,what和when,这些是新闻报道中最具价值的三要素. (二) 倒金字塔结构所谓倒金字塔结构,也称为倒叙法,即按新闻事实重要程度由要点到细节逐步扩展,安排全文.倒金字塔结构 英语考试的时候,最让我们的同学们头疼的事情就是短文阅读了.我们要想在英语考试中拿到一个比较高的分数,我们就需要在阅读方面尽可能的不要失分.所以,为了帮助大家能够得到更高的分数,为大家了做阅读的一些技巧,大家自己看看. (一)整体阅读,预测主旨通过预测文章的主旨,学生能迅速有效地整体理解全文,教学中我们要帮助学生学会运用不同的策略预测文章主旨.学生可以借助修辞图式来顺利地完成预测主旨的任务,因为一般阅读材料文章体裁、篇章结构都有一定的规律可循.例如有标题文章,学生要学会从标题入手进行预测.新闻报道文章大多有标题,标题又常常是全文的中心、主题,是文章内容的高度浓缩的精华,学生可通过阅读 8 题,每小题 1 分,对话长度不变. 5. 短文理解 ( 3 段 ) 题型不变,分值由原来的每小题 1 分调整为每小题 2 分.6. 考试时间由原来的 35 分钟减为 25 分钟. 二、新闻听力解题技巧新闻听力为六级听力考试新加题型,本部分新闻内容一般 voa、bbc 或 n 等国外知名传媒节目中为学生所熟悉的新闻报道或短评等,题材多样化,涉
及文化、教育、体育、人物、经济、自然、科技、生活等方面.考生在备考时,可以有针对性地拓宽自己的知识面和新闻敏感度. 新题型的加入增加了听力的难度,很多学生反应听不懂,其实,不管题型如何变,考查的知识点还是一样的,还是那句话,听力就是要多听多练,没有一定的量,很难有质的变化,所以,对于新题型同学们只有选择尽快适应,加紧练习. 对于要考四级的小伙伴们来说,了解出题的类型是很重要的.下面是我为大家准备的关于大学英语四级考试新闻听力的两大命题特点,希望可以帮到你们. 大学英语四级考试改革以后,在听力部分删除了短对话,增加了3篇新闻听力,而这3篇新闻短文一般国外知名传媒节目,一般新闻题材十分多样,涉及政治、经济、文化、教育、体育、灾难、自然、科技等方方面面.对考生的知识面和词汇的要求很高.因此建议广大考生,在备考时,可以有针对性地拓宽自己的知识面和新闻敏感度,在最后的冲刺阶段,每天坚持精听两到三篇新闻报道,多坚持多积累一些新闻词汇. (一)从题材上看,“坏事”考得尤其多.往往不好的事件更容易引起人们的关注,所以 .特别是对于一些常见的词汇要做到记准记牢,而对于一些词组要充分了解其使用要求和准确的含义,确保在考试过程中不出现歧 义.(3)要注重文化背景的学习,掌握西方文化的基本知识,在考试过程中能够有的放矢.特别是在新闻听力部分的考试中,要掌握西方文
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Paris attacks: France calls on EU to 'wake up' to threat 2015-11-20 French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said European countries must "wake up" to terror threats, following the attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead. He spoke after it emerged that the suspected Belgian ringleader of the attacks had entered France undetected. Belgian PM Charles Michel has defended Belgium's security services amid claims the attacks were organised there. It comes as EU interior ministers are due to hold emergency talks. The meeting in Brussels is expected to tighten checks at the external borders of the EU's passport-free Schengen area. Key questions remain after attacks On Thursday, French prosecutors confirmed that Islamic State (IS) militant AbdelhamidAbaaoud was among those killed in a police raid the previous day. His bullet-riddled body was found in the wreckage of a flat in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis. Investigators had identified him as the most likely organiser of last Friday's attacks, but it was initially thought he was in Syria. At a news conference, Mr Cazeneuve said "no information" had been received from other European countries about his arrival on the continent. But he said he had received intelligence that Abaaoud had passed through Greece on his return from Syria. "It is urgent that Europe wakes up, organises itself and defends itself against the terrorist threat," Mr Cazeneuve told reporters. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said some of those involved in the attacks had taken advantage of the migration crisis in Europe - which has seen thousands of asylum seekers arrive on the continent - to "slip into" France unnoticed.
英语新闻报道写作的主要技巧
英语新闻报道写作的主要技巧 新闻报道的结构一般分为四个部分：（一）标题、（二）导语、（三）主体、（四）结语。 标题是新闻的题目，是编辑对最有新闻价值内容的浓缩、概括、提炼和再创造。撰写标题是为了撷取新闻要点、诠释新闻意义、吸引读者阅读。在今天繁忙的现代社会中，报纸的读者大多是标题浏览者。导语是消息开头的第一段或第一句话，它扼要地揭示出消息的核心内容。主体是消息的主要部分，它用充足的事实表现主题，是对导语内容的进一步开展和阐释。新闻报道的结语一般是最后一句话或者一段话，通常对全文内容作概括性的总结，或对新闻事件的发展趋势作出预测。有时，作者根据报道的事实在结语中提出令人深思的问题。 一般来说，标题、导语和主体是构成新闻报道的必不可少的三部分。可根据新闻报道的内容而确定是否要结语或其它内容（如事件和历史背景等），有时，还可将它们暗含在主体中。 在写新闻报道时，首先要注意新闻的标题具有语言幽默风趣的特点，有较强的吸引力。同时，写作依据的材料要充分，要用事实来说话，语言力求简洁。最后，报道中要有亮点，能引人深思或能让人产生强烈的兴趣。 请阅读下面一则关于刘翔获得奥运金牌的体育报道,并试着找出这则新闻报道的标题、导语和主体：
Liu Xiang：Dark Horse in the Athens Olympics Liu Xiang , born on July 13, 1983 in Shanghai, China, is a Chinese hurdling athlete. In 2002, Liu launched his career in fine style by winning the first IAAF (国际业余田径联合会) Grand Prix in Lausanne with a world youth and Asian record time of 13.12 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles. He has since made the finals at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. Two of the three cases has seen American hurdling great Allen Johnson take the major prize, but in the last in May at Osaka, Liu managed to beat Johnson with an Asian-record time of 13.2014 seconds. Still young, Liu has improved steadily, and won a gold medal at the 2014 Summer Olympics in the 110 meters hurdles event. In the final, he equaled the world record of 12.91 seconds held since 1993 by Colin Jackson of Wales. This is the first time an athlete of non-African descent (后裔) has dipped under 13 seconds for the 110 meter hurdles.
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英语新闻报道范例 看别人是如何写新闻报道的，你用英语是否也能够写的出来呢?下面是给大家整理的英语新闻报道范例，供大家参阅! Hillary Clinton, reentering the political fray months after her 2016 campaign loss, will soon launch a political organization aimed at funding "resistance" groups that are standing up to President Donald Trump, sources with knowledge of the plans tell CNN. 据熟知内情的消息来源向CNN透露，在2016年竞选败北数月后，希拉里;克林顿再度参与到了政治斗争中来，她将马上成立一个政治组织，旨在资助那些对抗唐纳德;特朗普总统的“抵抗”团体。 Clinton, according to the sources, is currently working with former aides and donors to build an organization that will look to fund and invest in groups that have impressed her since her 2016 election loss. 据消息来源表示，希拉里目前正在与前助手们和捐赠者们协力成立一个组织，该组织将会寻求资助及投资那些在她2016年败选后给她留下深刻印象的团体。 Clinton identified herself as part of the so-called resistance earlier last week, and that was not in passing.
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BBC news 2014-05-07--------- Police in the Philippines have arrested 58 people involved in an Internet extortion network. They are accused of posting fake profiles to social network sites, luring mostly elderly men into exposing themselves in video chats which then filmed and used to blackmail them for money. Basically what's been going on here is that criminals have now taken advantage of technology and in particularly, social networking site where they are creating multiple fake profiles to befriend as many people as possible. And the aim was of this is to encourage the person that befriended into having sex over the Internet in front of the webcam and unknown to the person this is filmed and recorded it. And then she used a blackmail further on. Many of these firms are so well-organized like a traditional business with the staff that they have got. So they really are very well-organized. And it enables them to commit crime all over the world rather than traditionally where they may have been confined to their own country. And these are mostly men, it seems, to think they are striking up kind of interval relationship over the Internet with a woman. It turns out that they are not. What kind of money is extorted from them? It varies anything from a few hundred pounds through to few thousand dollars. And it's whatever they think that they can afford. It's very similar and very specialized to some of the other form we've seen in particular countries, some countries where teams have got together and they are specialized in skimming cards. Others have specialized in other types of fraud. I guess it's possibly also the fact that Philippines does well in tourist from westernized countries to the Philippines. The US Secretary of States John Kerry says the South Sudan President Salva Kiir has agreed to peace talks aimed at ending the conflict there. Mr. Kerry was speaking after the talks with the president in the capital Juba. I've told President Kiir that the choices that both he and the opposition face are stark and clear and that the unspeakable human costs that we have seen over the course of last month and which could even grow if they fail to sit down are unacceptable to the global community.
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新闻报道范文300字[英语作文的优秀范文] 范文一：Fall Fall is the third season of a year . There are three months in fall : July , August and september . The weather in fall is cool , Sometimes it’s windy . I can wear my jackets and jeans . I often fly kites and go hiking with my good friends. And there are many fruits in fall , Just like : apples , bananas , oranges… And the Mid Autuain Festival is in fall , too . So I like fall very much . 范文二：ilikefallbest Of the all the season, I like autumn best, it is a beautiful and harvest season. In autumn, the weather is warm and windy, and the sky is beautiful. Some people are going to have picnic. The little children can fly kite in the weekend and in the windy day. So many many kites are flying in the sky .Don’t you think it is fine1? Leaves start falling from the trees, some leaves become red、yellow、gray … The weather gets cooler, some birds begin to fly to the warm place. ,such as the lovely swallows. Some animals are getting ready for the winter. They move food to their holes, because they will not come out until spring comes. In the field, crop was gold, it so beautiful, if you walk in the field, you have got very great to this! In autumn, there had a festival—Mid autumn days, on this day, all the members of the family will have a family get together, people eat moon cake, and look the moon, some family were very happy on this day.------Of couse somebody would be missing their family.For my old grandpa and ma grand ma ,they were often missing my uncle at that time. And they would say the story about my uncle.-----So, the autumn is a special season. It is a missing season! 感谢您的阅读！
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心痛与身痛,孰更痛? You've broken up with your girlfriend or boyfriend, your wife or husband has left you and you feel rejected, dejected, broken-hearted. Well, new research suggests that intense feelings of rejection are as hurtful as physical pain. The lead author of the study Ethan Kross said the reason is because the same regions of the brain that become active in response to painful sensory experiences are also activated during intense experiences of social rejection. The researchers hope their findings will offer new insigh t into how the experience of intense social loss may lead to various physical pain symptoms and disorders. They also confirmed the notion the people from different cultures all around the world use the same language, words like "hurt" and "pain", to describe the experience of both physical pain and social rejection. Glossary 词汇表 to break up with someone （情侣）分手 dejected 感到沮丧的 hurtful 令人感到伤痛的 sensory 感官的 findings 研究结果 insight 对事情的了解 loss 丧失 symptom 症状 disorder 紊乱 notion 概念
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https://www.360docs.net/doc/2916881483.html,/article/dn22240-organic-food-no-better-for-you-or-the-planet.html Organic food: no better for you, or the planet For organic farmers, bad news comes in twos this week. Organic crops seem to be no more nutritious than conventional ones, and are not necessarily great for the planet either. Organic farming eschews synthetic pesticides and fertilisers, and supposedly produces more nutritious food containing fewer harmful contaminants. Crystal Smith-Spangler of S tanford University in California and colleagues put together 237 studies comparing organic and non-organic food. They found little evidence that organic food was more nutritious. Conventional foods contained more pesticides but were within permitted limits (Annals of Internal Medicine, vol 157, p 348). Meanwhile, organic farming's green credentials have been questioned by Hanna Tuomisto of the University of Oxford and colleagues, who reviewed 109 papers. Organic farms were less polluting for a given area of land, but were often more polluting per unit of food produced. They did have better soil, though, and housed more species (Journal of Environmental Management, https://www.360docs.net/doc/2916881483.html,/h8v). "An 'organic' label is not a straightforward guarantee of the most environmentally friendly product," says Tuomisto. She advocates integrated farming, combining a range of existing systems. "Advanced breeding technologies, combined with the best farming practices from organic and conventional systems, could have the best overall impact in terms of improving crop yield and sustainability," says Dale Sanders, director of the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK https://www.360docs.net/doc/2916881483.html,/world/2012/sep/07/syria-daraya-massacre-ghost-town Syria crisis: Daraya massacre leaves a ghost town still counting its dead
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警方击毙法国杀人男子 BBC News with Jonathan Izard The man who said he killed seven people in al-Qaeda-inspired attacks in France has been shot dead by a police marksman. Mohammed Merah was hiding in the bathroom of his apartment in Toulouse when commandos broke in after a 30-hour siege. A French prosecutor said he fired more than 30 bullets at them before being killed. Our correspondent Christian Fraser reports from Toulouse. The final acts of the most dramatic siege that had lasted over 30 hours. It was thought Mohammed Merah had taken his own life in the early hours of this morning. But as elite commandos moved in to clear the apartment, picking their way through each room with fibre-optic cameras, the gunman suddenly appeared at the bathroom door. There was an intense shoot-out. Merah advanced wearing a bullet-proof vest, firing wildly before he jumped out of the window. But outside was a police marksman who shot him dead. 国际社会纷纷谴责马里军队 President Sarkozy said French Muslims must not be stigmatised because of the gunman's actions. There's been international condemnation of Malian troops who've overthrown the government of President Amadou Toumani Toure. A rebel spokesman said the soldiers would return the country to democracy as soon as national unity and integrity were assured. The United States joined France and the African Union in denouncing the coup. The American position was expressed by the State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. "The United States condemns the military seizure of power in Mali. We echo the statements of the African Union, of Ecowas and of other international partners in denouncing these actions. We've called for calm; we've called for restoration of the civilian government under constitutional rule without delay so that the elections can proceed as scheduled."