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I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

 

Cuban officials have selected Raul Castro to replace his brother Fidel as president. The 81-year-old Fidel Castro who is in poor health is stepping down after nearly half a century in power. Raul Castro has been acting1 president since 2006.

 

More deadly clashes in northern Iraq, Turkey's military reports that at least 8 of its soldiers and 33 Kurdish rebels were killed today. The Turkish military began a ground operation against the rebels on Thursday. The PKK rebels have been launching cross-border attacks into Turkey. Iraq's government is calling on Turkey to pull troops out as soon as possible.

 

There is word of a ceasefire in the African country of Uganda. The government comes to terms with rebels in the latest step to end an insurgency2 that has lasted more than 20 years. After this longest conflict involving the Lord's Resistance's Army has killed thousands and displaced more than a million people.

 

Thousands of Serbs protesting today in a divided city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo, they are furious over the region's declaration of independence from Serbia. Demonstrators faced off with riot police. They tried to cross the bridge into the ethnic3 Albanian side of the city.

 

And huge grassfires in west Texas have burned more than 5,000 acres so far. Fire officials say a transformer explosion started one of the larger ones and power lines are to blame for another fire. Dry windy conditions have fanned the flame and at least 3 buildings have been damaged. Western Texas College in Schneider and a nearby nursing home have been evacuated4.

 

And the last-minute preps are in full swing for the 80th Annual Academy Awards. "Atonement", "There Will Be Blood", "No Country For Old Men", "Juno and Michael Clayton" are vying5 for Best Picture. And 21-year-old Ellen Page could make history if she wins the Oscar for Best Actress. She will be the youngest person ever to win that award. Page and her film Juno took home some major trophies6 on Saturday at the Independent Spirit Awards.

 

And those are the headlines at this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source online, on TV or when you're on the go.

 


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1 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
2 insurgency dqdzEb     
n.起义;暴动;叛变
参考例句:
  • And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
  • Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
3 ethnic jiAz3     
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
参考例句:
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
4 evacuated b2adcc11308c78e262805bbcd7da1669     
撤退者的
参考例句:
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
5 vying MHZyS     
adj.竞争的;比赛的
参考例句:
  • California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹,加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
  • Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。
6 trophies e5e690ffd5b76ced5606f229288652f6     
n.(为竞赛获胜者颁发的)奖品( trophy的名词复数 );奖杯;(尤指狩猎或战争中获得的)纪念品;(用于比赛或赛跑名称)奖
参考例句:
  • His football trophies were prominently displayed in the kitchen. 他的足球奖杯陈列在厨房里显眼的位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The hunter kept the lion's skin and head as trophies. 这猎人保存狮子的皮和头作为纪念品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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