美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-12

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1. Heavy rain and hail force the cancellation¹ of some relief flights to earthquake-stricken regions in Pakistan as survivors² scuffle over badly needed food.

2. President Bush says lots of work remains³ to be done to rebuild the Gulf⁴ Coast after Hurricane Katrina as he visits the hurricane recovery zone.

3. Insurgents⁵ determined⁶ to wreck⁷ Iraq's constitutional referendum, kill more than 40 people in attacks including a suicide car bomb in a town market near the Syrian border.

4. A retired⁸ elementary teacher seen on videotape being repeatedly punched by New Orleans police says he was not drunk, put up no resistance when was baffled by the incident.

5. A US millionaire and a two-man, Russian-American crew return from the International Space Sation to earth. . .

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. scuffle
2 scuffle scuffles scuffling scuffled
If people scuffle, they fight for a short time in a disorganized way.
Police scuffled with some of the protesters.
He and Hannah had been scuffling in the yard outside his house.
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2. baffle
baffle baffles baffling baffled
If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
An apple tree producing square fruit is baffling experts.
VB
= puzzle
· baffling
I was constantly ill, with a baffling array of symptoms.
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· baffled
Police are baffled by the murder.
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