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美联社,新闻一分钟,Rita,hurricane,rain,1.Strengthening rapidly to a category 2 storm, Hurricane Rita lashes the Florida Keys with flooding rain and winds of 100 miles an hour. 2.With Rita bound for the Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans' mayor su
1. Explosions rocked Beirut. Lebanese security officials say Israeli warships have been firing on the city southern suburbs. Local police reported at least five deaths. This after an Israeli raid that
1. Israel's Security Cabinet decided Wednesday to send troops deeper into Lebanon in an attempt to further damage Hezbollah forces before a ceasefire is imposed. 2. US troops have arrested four Iraqi
1. British police have arrested another suspect in that plot to blow up jetliners over the Atlantic. Twenty-four other people have already been taken into custody. Meanwhile travelers are still facing
1. In a stunning admission , this former American teacher says he was with JonBenet Ramsey when she died. John Karr says he loves the six-year-old beauty pageant contestant and says her death was an a
1. Israel was defending its morning raid deep into Lebanon. The prime minister told the UN secretary general it was stopping arms shipment s to Hezbollah. Lebanon says it violated the ceasefire and is
1. The East Coast was blanketed by as much as 2 feet of snow over the weekend. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, and thousands were left without electricity. 2. While on a quail hunting trip in Texa
1. Osama bin Laden’s top deputy is calling President Bush a butcher in a new videotape airing on Al-Jazeera. It’s the first video from Ayman al-Zawahri since a US air strike in Pakistan missed him
1. An Egyptian security official says rescue ships are continuing to pull the dead from the Red Sea, following the sinking of a passenger ship Friday. Of the 1,500 people on board more than 200 escape
1. The International Police Agency Interpol says 1 of the 23 people who escaped from a Yemen jail last week is believed to be the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing that killed 17 sailors in 2000. Yem
1. The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding hearings on the controversial domestic spying program approved by President Bush. The Bush administration has defended the program, saying it's crucial in
1. President Bush says the US and its allies foiled a plot by terrorists to hijack an airliner, and fly it into the tallest skyscraper in Los Angeles in 2002. But the mayor of Los Angeles tells the As
1.Pakistan condemns a deadly attack in which a purported CIA airstrike unsucessfully targets al Qaeda’s No.2 man in a border village. 2.In Iraq, a court official says the chief judge in Saddam Husse
1. After more than 24 hours of searching, rescuers in West Virginia still haven't been able to make contact with two missing miners. Rescue crews have been working since an underground conveyer belt c
1. Rev. Jerry Falwell has died. He was found unconscious in his office at Liberty University in Virginia. The television evangelist became the face of the religious right in the 1980s. He also founded Liberty and served as its president. Jerry Falwe
1. President Bush opened the Memorial Day weekend with a call for Americans to rededicate themselves to the war on terror. He's also asking everyone to pray for the troops overseas and remember those who lost their lives on the battlefield. 2. Meant
1. Millions of Americans on the go this Memorial Day weekend are taking a hit at the gas pumps. Gas prices are above the 3.20 level. However, experts say so far the prices aren't preventing a majority of Americans from traveling. 2. School children
1. President Barack Obama hasn't been on the job long, but a new poll reports about two-thirds approve of what he is doing. The Gallup Organization says 68% of Americans surveyed approve of Obama's first three full days as chief executive. 2. Pakist
1. Israel assassinates a top figure in Hamas, one of the first assaults on the leadership of Gaza's rulers. The airstrike targeted an apartment building. Palestinian officials say 18 others were killed. Israel is escalating its air offensive and see
1. A US Airways jet has crashed into the Hudson River right next to Manhattan. Passengers were forced out into the freezing waters to escape. Officials say it went down right after taking off. 2. Roland Burris is officially a US senator. He was swor