Israel Helped Organize Aid Convoy That Ended in Disaster
It was one of four convoys organized by local Palestinian businessmen this week at the behest of Israeli officials, who promised to provide security.
Israel Helped Organize Aid Convoy That Ended in Disaster
It was one of four convoys organized by local Palestinian businessmen this week at the behest of Israeli officials, who promised to provide security.
U.S. Sees High Probability That Russians Bombed Convoy
- U.S. officials say Russian forces may have been behind a strike on trucks delivering aid in Syria. Calling the bombers cowards, United Nations officials have suspended the convoys.
Russian Aid Convoy to Ukraine Is Dogged by Suspicion
A gift horse or a Trojan horse? That about summed up the latest, almost farcical encounter between Moscow and Kiev, as a mammoth convoy thundered across Russia toward Ukraine.
Israeli Airstrike in Syria Targets Arms Convoy, U.S. Says
By ISABEL KERSHNER and MICHAEL R. GORDON
Israel carried out a strike deep inside Syria, American officials reported, saying they believed the target was a shipment of antiaircraft weapons meant for Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Capping U.S. Withdrawal, Final Convoy Leaves Iraq
By TIM ARANGO and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
The last American military convoy crossed into Kuwait three days after a ceremony in which the United States marked the end of its nearly nine-year war in Iraq.
A Pakistani woman gave birth to a baby girl in an auto-rickshaw stuck in a traffic jam when police closed roads to let President Asif Ali Zardari’s motorcade drive by.
一名巴基斯坦婦女在一部機動三輪車內產下一名女嬰，這部三輪車在警察封閉道路，以便讓總統札達里的車隊行經時陷於塞車車陣中。
The woman was being driven to hospital in the city of Quetta on Thursday evening when police blocked roads for Zardari and his convoy to pass.
這名婦女於週四晚間被載往奎塔市的醫院時，正逢警察為讓札達里與其隨行車隊通行而封鎖道路。
"We pleaded with the policemen as it was an emergency but they refused citing orders that no one should be allowed to move until the president passed," the woman’s bother, Mohammad Zafar, told reporters.
「我們懇求警察，因為這是緊急情況，但他們引用除非總統通過，否則不可放行任何人的命令，加以拒絕，」該名婦女的兄弟札法告訴記者說。
"It’s outrageous. People suffer unduly whenever a top government official moves," he said.
「這令人無法容忍，每當政府首長行動時，人民就承受過分折騰。」
Security for government leaders is tight in Pakistan where Islamist militants have carried out numerous bomb attacks. Former president Pervez Musharraf survived two bomb attacks on his convoy.
在伊斯蘭民兵已執行數起炸彈攻擊的巴基斯坦，政府領袖的維安十分嚴密。前總統穆沙拉夫兩度逃過對其車隊進行的炸彈攻擊。
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plead with︰片語，懇求。例句︰She pleaded with me to give up the plan.（她懇求我放棄這個計畫。）
unduly︰副詞，不適當地、過分地。例句︰This attitude seems to me unduly fussy.（在我看來這個態度過度大驚小怪。）
carry out︰片語，執行、實現、完成。例句︰We all have certain jobs to carry out.（我們都有一些工作要完成。）
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motorcade
(mō'tər-kād')
A motorcade is a procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.
Usually motorcades consist of several vehicles, sometimes accompanied by police escort. When it comes to politicians, presidents and state heads, the motorcade consists of anywhere from 4 to 6 armored cars/SUVs, with police motorcycles and cars leading the way and closing as well.
The President of the United States motorcade has at least 20 to 30 vehicles to carry all the security staff, White House officials, journalists and VIP guests.
John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated within a motorcade in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
References
- http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/kids/inside/html/fall98-4.html
- http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1135.html
convoy
Line breaks: con¦voy
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnvɔɪ /
NOUN
VERB
Origin
late Middle English (originally Scots, as a verb in the senses 'convey', 'conduct', and 'act as escort'): from French convoyer, from medieval Latin conviare (seeconvey).
convoy[con・voy]発音記号[kɑ'nvɔi | kɔ'n-]
[動](他)〈軍艦などが〉〈商船・客船などを〉護送［護衛］する.
━━[名]
1 [U]護送, 護衛, 警護
under convoy
（戦艦などに）護衛されて.
（戦艦などに）護衛されて.
2 護衛［護送］隊；護衛艦.
3 護衛されている船団［輸送車隊, 軍隊など］
in convoy
（護衛のため）大船団を組んで.
（護衛のため）大船団を組んで.
4 （同一命令を受けて行動する）軍用車隊.
5 （スピード取り締まりを避けるための）トラックやトレーラーの集団.motorcade
Syllabification: (mo·tor·cade)
Pronunciation: /ˈmōtərˌkād/
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