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VOA news for Monday, December 3rd, 2018

VOA news. I'm Christopher Cruise reporting. Israeli police on Sunday recommended indictments기소, 고소, 고발; for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, on bribery뇌물 수수 and other charges. The recommended indictments are a result of police investigation. They are looking into whether regulatory benefits were granted to a large Israeli telecommunications company in exchange for positive news stories about the prime minister. Police say there is evidence to charge기소하다, 고소하다 the couple with bribery, fraud사기, 기만 and breach어김, 위반, 불이행 of trust. The attorney general법무 장관 will now decide whether the Netanyahus will be indicted…을 기소하다, 고발하다. Police had already recommended indicting the prime minister on corruption charges in two other cases.

Former President George H. W. Bush will make his final trip to Washington on Monday. Trump's spokeswoman Sarah Sanders says the late president will be honored at Washington National Cathedral워싱턴 국립 성당 though details have not yet been announced. And even though president Trump had a tense relationship with the Bush family, Sanders says he and Mrs. Trump will attend. He'll also designate지정[지적]하다 Wednesday as a national day of mourning비탄, 애도 after tweeting the 41st president was a "truly wonderful man" whose "accomplishments were great from beginning to end.” The other ex-presidents are also praising him, with President Obama saying George H. W. Bush's legacy of service may never be matched though he'll want all of us to try. Associated Press [correspondent] White House correspondent Sagar Meghani. President Trump says he will approve a two-week extension of government funding to avoid conflicts with ceremonies honoring예우하다, 존중하다 the late President Bush. Funding for some government operations will run out on Friday although much of the U.S. government's functions have been funded through next September. Trump and lawmakers have argued in recent days over his demand for $5 billion in funding for a border wall. This is VOA news.

French President Emmanuel Macron held an emergency security meeting Sunday to talk about how to deal with the protesters who have mounted(…을 조직하여) 시작하다  demonstrations in Paris for three straight weekends. They are upset with new taxes and with Macron's leadership. The demonstration in Paris this weekend evolved into a riot폭동, 난동, 소요. It's the worst urban rioting in Paris in at least 10 years, possibly much longer.

Pope Francis has lit a candle to signal the start of a global campaign to push for peace in Syria. Associated Press correspondent Charles De Ledesma reports. The pope's lighting of the candle with the images of some 40 Syrian children, mostly from Aleppo, launches a global campaign for Syria, which the organization Aid to the Church in Need교황청재단 고통받는 교회 돕기 says involves some 50,000 children of different religions from war-torn전쟁에 짓밟힌, 전쟁으로 피폐해진 Syrian cities. Francis wants a movement of peace in the war-torn country, which has been "martyred by a war," he says, which has lasted for nearly eight years. He's told believers gathering in St. Peter's Square on the first Sunday of the Advent재림절 일요일(재림절 기간 중 첫 일요일, 11월 30일 무렵) season leading up to Christmas that "Advent is a time of hope.”

Tens of thousands of people protested in Georgia Sunday against last week's run-off(동점자의) 결승전; 결승 투표 presidential election. They believe it was rigged부정 조작된, 부정의.

The trial of a Mexican drug lord "El Chapo" is offering a vivid look at the lawlessness and excesses지나침, 과도, 과잉 of his cartel's기업 연합, 카르텔 smuggling밀수하다, 밀반입[밀반출]하다 of tons of cocaine into the U.S. Associated Press correspondent Julie Walker reports. Some incredible testimony증거, 증언, 진술[구술]서 coming out of federal court연방 법원 in Brooklyn, including jets stopped with millions in cash, factory workers accidentally getting high(술·마약 따위)에 취하다. while stuffing jalapeno할라피뇨 (멕시코의 매운 고추) cans-full of cocaine, secret tunnels - El Chapo used one to escape from prison, diamond-encrusted외피로 덮인; 껍데기가 있는 pistols, bribed police officials and a drug smuggler who got radical plastic surgery성형수술 to alter his appearance. That's all according to the cast of characters who have taken the witness stand so far in Joaquin Guzman's trial.

The World Health Organization세계보건기구 is warning that Pakistan is registering approximately 20,000 new HIV에이즈[HIV] 바이러스 infections every year. That's the highest rate of increase among all countries in the region. The WHO says mortality사망자 수[사망률] among Pakistanis living with the virus, which causes the deadly AIDS disease, is also rising in spite of…에도 불구하고. the availability of lifesaving medicines. Officials say the HIV epidemic(병·사상 등의) 유행, 만연 in Pakistan remains largely concentrated among those who inject주사하다, 주입하다. drugs, the transgender성전환을 한 사람, 트렌스젠더 community, sex workers and their clients and men who have sex with men.

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