美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-23

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1.Traffic is bumper¹-to-bumper and gasoline is in short supply around Houston, as hundreds of thousands leave the Texas city to escape the approaching category 5 Hurricane Rita.

2.Rain from Hurricane Rita begins falling in New Orleans with forecasts of up to five inches, raising fears the city's patched levee system could fail and flood the city all over again.

3.The European Union offers to delay its drive to have Iran face possible UN Security Council sanctions, if Russia and China agree to criticize Tehran for violating nuclear commitments.

4.Hussain Osman, the suspect in the July 21st bombing attempts in the London transit² system returns to Britain and is charged with attempted murder after being extradited from Italy.

5.And the Rimmel London cosmetics³ firm says it's reviewing its contract with Kate Moss⁴ after newspaper photos apparently⁵ show the model snorting cocaine⁶.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. bumper
1 bumper bumpers⁷
If traffic is bumper to bumper, the vehicles are so close to one another that they are almost touching⁸ and are moving very slowly.
...bumper to bumper traffic jams.
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2. extradite
extradite extradites extraditing extradited
If someone is extradited, they are officially sent back to their own or another country to be tried for a crime that they have been accused of. (FORMAL)
He was extradited to Britain from the Irish Republic to face explosives charges.
The authorities refused to extradite him.
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· extradition⁹ extraditions
A New York court turned down the British government's request for his extradition.
There were no plans to reopen extradition proceedings¹⁰ against him.
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