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2010英语专业四级新闻素材2009年全年重点新闻 2009-3-23 类型：灾难——日本货机爆炸 A FedEx cargo plane（货机）, crash-lands（迫降）, at Japans Narita International Airport（日本成田国际机场）.. Red Cross officials say both pilots were killed. Television footage showed the plane explode, shortly after one of its wings, clipped the ground. Reports say the flight from Guangzhou, China, was trying to land in windy conditions. 2009-4-13 类型：国际政治——美古关系改善 U.S. President Barack Obama has lifted restrictions on travel and money transfers by Cuban- Americans to Cuba.A statement said supporting the Cuban peoples desire to freely determine their future and that of their country is in the national interest of the United States. Former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro says U.S. measures to ease restrictions on trips by Cuban-Americans to Cuba were positive, but minimum they could do. Castro says many other measures are missing, including the elimination of the Law of Cuban Adjustment. The 1966 law, which the U.S. exclusively applies to Cuba, grants Cubans who reach US soil automatic residency 2009-4-20 类型：国际政治——西班牙埃塔组织领导人被捕 The military leader of the Basque separatist group, ETA, has been arrested in France. Spains Interior Ministry says Jurdan Martitegi Lizaso was captured by the French police in southeast France as part of joint cross-border operation with Spain. He was the third leader of ETA to be arrested in less than six months. 2009-4-29 类型：灾难——H1N1 flu（Swine flu ）开始流行 Mexicos Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said late Tuesday that the probable death toll from swine flu in Mexico has risen to 159, up from the 152 suspected cases announced earlier Tuesday. Meanwhile, the swine flu crisis continues to spread worldwide. At least 16 countries have confirmed or suspected infections. This comes, as the World Health Organization admits the virus is too widespread to be contained. It has raised its global alert level, but stopped short of declaring a full-blown pandemic. There are 64 confirmed cases in the United States and eight cases