美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-21

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1. The suspect in JonBenet Ramsey's murder is on his way back to the United States. John Karr is aboard a Thai Airways¹ International flight bound for Los Angeles. He'll then head to Boulder², Colorado where he faces charges in connection with the young beauty queen's 1996 killing³.

2. Israel’s ideas about which country should send peacekeepers to Lebanon are complicating⁴ efforts to put together an international peacekeeping force. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says countries that don't have diplomatic relations with Israel should not participate. That's a problem because the Muslim countries that have offered to send troops do not have diplomatic ties with Israel.

3. There isn't a verdict yet in the first trial, but Saddam Hussein goes on trial again tomorrow. The ousted⁵ Iraqi leader faces charges of genocide and war crimes from his scorched⁶ earth offensive against Kurds nearly two decades ago.

4. In New Orleans, they are rebuilding homes and lives. The keys to 30 new homes were given out to residents who lost everything when Hurricane Katrina hit.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. be bound for : phrase
If a vehicle or person is bound for a particular place, they are travelling towards it.

2. in connection with : phrase
If you write or talk to someone in connection with something, you write or talk to them about that thing.

3. put together : phrasal verb
If you put together a group of people or things, you form them into a team or collection.

4. verdict : n-count
In a court of law, the verdict is the decision that is given by the jury or judge at the end of a trial.

5. scorched earth : n-uncount
A scorched earth policy is the deliberate burning, destruction, and removal by an army of everything that would be useful to an enemy coming into the area.