Hong Kong police arrest nine people suspected of planning bomb attacks across the city. Six of the group are school-age young people.
In Afghanistan, government forces say they are preparing to strike back against Taliban rebels in Takhar province.
In Ivory Coast, the government sends health workers around Abidjan in an effort to vaccinate one million people in the city over the next 10 days.
And in Japan, emergency workers continue rescue efforts after a landslide Saturday killed four people southwest of Tokyo. Twenty-four people are missing.
Word List
across: prep. 遍及……各處
rebel: n. 造反者；反抗者；反叛者
province: n. 省，州
ivory: n. 象牙；(海象等的) 長牙
around: prep. 在……附近
effort: n. 努力，盡力
rescue: vt. 援救；營救；挽救
rescue efforts: 救援工作