The provincial police chief told the local news agency that there were three other police officers who had been wounded. The Taliban said it carried out the attack.
London, UK:
The first service that allows users to pay for purchases via their mobile phone has been launched in the UK.
Users wishing to use the system - dubbed Quick Tap - will need Orange and Barclaycard accounts as well as a handset set up for contactless payments.
The idea of the mobile wallet is gaining popularity around Europe.
“Having a wallet on my phone has made it much more convenient to make purchases on the move and I like that it allows me to keep track of what I’m spending as I go," said David Chan, chief executive of Barclaycard Consumer.
Later this summer, users will also be able to use the service to pay the toll on the M6 motorway.
Richyvic Iceland:
The Icelandic authorities have imposed a local flight ban after the country’s most active volcano, Grimsvotn, began erupting. A plume of smoke has risen 12 miles into the sky from
the volcano. But Iceland’s Meteorological Office says the eruption should not cause widespread disruption to air traffic. Last year, ash clouds from another Icelandic volcano, led to the closure of a large section of European airspace.
Governments feared that ash particles could cause aircraft engines to fail, and the closure caused chaos to air travelers. The Icelandic civil aviation authority has imposed a flight ban of 120 nautical miles around Grimsvotn. The authority spokeswoman said: "We have closed the area until we know better what effect the ash will have." "The ash in Grimsvotn is more coarse and not as likely to cause danger as it falls to the ground faster and doesn’t stay as long in the air as the eruption last year."
Domestic airline Icelandair said no traffic had been affected.
Question 6, the US federal authorities shut down 82 web sites trafficking and counterfeit goods, in which part of the world are most of these sites based?
Question 7 On which of the following factors should IMF boss be appointed according to Austria and South African officials?
Question 8 At least how many people are reported to have been killed when suicide bombers storm an Afghan police base on Sunday?
Question 9 What new service has recently been offered to UK shoppers?
Question 10 Which of the following is true about the latest eruption of Iceland’s most active volcano?
Listening Comprehension 3
Questions 11-15 are based on the following interview.
W: Remember the setting for the movie the Truman show？ It looked like a nice place to live. Well, for the most part, it wasn’t a set .The town actually exists and it was built on the concept of new Urbanism, the idea of using architecture and planning to nurture civic ties and to encourage interaction between neighbors. In central Florida, the World Disney Company is running its own experiment in new urbanism, a town called Celebration. Andrew Ross is a professor of American studies at New York University. He spent a year living in Celebration, getting to know the town and its people. Now Professor Ross, could you say something about this?
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