听力原文：PALESTINE Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has renewed his call for a ceasefire w

听力原文： PALESTINE

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has renewed his call for a ceasefire with Israel and he has criticized militants for rocket attacks that, he said, are counterproductive. Abbas, who is the front-runner in the January 9th Palestinian elections, said the rocket attacks are quoted "useless" because they provoke what he called a very grave Israeli escalation. He also accused Israel of hindering the Palestinian election campaign. Early today, Israel launched a new incursion into northern Gaza after a Qassam rocket wounded an Israeli woman. Palestinian witnesses says fifty Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers moved into Belt Hanoun in the Jabalia refugee camp.

IRAQ

The Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has said his patience over the situation in the insurgent-held city of Fallujah is wearing thin and negotiations to restore his government control there must come to an end soon. He said the government was in the final phase of efforts to secure the city without what he called a major military confrontation. US forces have carrying out repeated strikes against insurgents in Fallujah.

CHINA

The first international Tibetan traditional medicine conference will be held July 15th to 17th in Lhasa, capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region. China's Ethnic Medicine Institute, Tibetan Health Bureau and Tibetan Medical College will co-host the conference. The conference has received more than 500 research papers from China and abroad. The organizing committee primarily selected 290 articles to be discussed at the conference. More than 50 foreign guests from the US, Russia, Britain, India, Germany, France, Italy and Nepal will attend the meeting. The Chinese mainland will send a delegation consisting of 250 Tibetan medicine experts to the conference.

NORTH KOREA

North Korea is warning the United Nations Security Council not to consider sanctions against it and says it will not recognize any resolutions on its nuclear program that the world body might approve. Four days before the UN Security Council is scheduled to discuss North Korea's nuclear program, Pyongyang is clarifying its views on the matter. A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman, quoted by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, says just bringing up the issue is "a prelude to war".

SPAIN

The Galileo system will be made up of 30 satellites beaming navigation signals to ground-control centers in the EU. Spain has been blocking a deal on how the system would be run, demanding to host one of the centers, but a compromise has now been reached allowing the multi-billion-dollar project to move ahead. But it's already running five years behind schedule. It's meant to be made up and running by 2013, but analysts say by then the American global positioning system may have already established an unassailable grip on the satellite navigation industry.

Questions:

6. According to the news, besides Israel's rocket attacks, what else did Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas also accuse Israel of？

7.What does the news indicate about the Iraqi Interim Prime Minister？

8.What is the news mainly about？

9.According to the news, what is North Korea's attitude toward the issue？

10.Why is the Galileo system already running five years behind the original schedule？

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A．Attacking the Palestinian government.

B．Launching a new incursion.

C．Opposing the Palestinian election.

D．Holding back the Palestinian election.