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1. According to a statement issued by the president's office in the Ghanaian capital Accra, the president was taken ill earlier today, and died a few hours later at a military hospital.

according to 根据;按照
例句：They divided themselves into three groups according to age.
他们按年龄分成三组。

2. He'd been suffering from throat cancer. Here's our West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy.

suffer from 因(疾病)而痛或不舒服;因...而更糟;受...之苦
例句：She often suffers from headaches.
她常常头痛。

3. As Vice-President John Dramani Mahama steps in as interim head of state, the question people are asking in the Ghanaian capital Accra is "Who is going to run for president with the ruling party in December?

run for 竞选
例句：Going to run for mayor again? 
还去竞选市长吗? 

4. Mr Atta Mills had just been nominated by the National Democratic Congress to stand for a second term.

stand for 代表;象征
例句：The American flag stands for freedom and justice.
美国国旗代表自由及公平。

5. Dead and wounded civilians and fighters were taken to hospitals and makeshift clinics as the human cost of this conflict continues to grow.

continue to 继续
例句：Property values continue to advance rapidly. 
房地产价值继续急速上涨. 

6. The communications in question are the voicemail messages of well-known people and those associated with them.

associate with 与…联系在一起
例句：I only associate with good decent fellows. 
我只和正派的好人交往。 

7. At least 12 government soldiers have been killed in Tajikistan during a major military operation against the former opposition warlord.

at least 至少
例句：At least, I sincerely hope so. 
至少我是真诚地这样希望的。 

8. Pope Benedict's former butler, who was arrested two months ago on charges of stealing confidential Vatican documents, has written to the Pope to ask for forgiveness.

ask for 要求，请求
例句：He went to the office to ask for leave. 
他到办公室去请假。