美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-06

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1. Thousands of Iraqi Shiites took to the streets to celebrate the death sentence that was handed down to Saddam Hussein Sunday. The ousted¹ dictator's fellow Sunnis paraded through his hometown vowing³ to avenge⁴ the verdict.

2. President Bush is hitting the campaign trail Sunday in support of Republican candidates in Nebraska and Kansas. With two days remaining before voters head to the polls, Bush is doing all he can to maintain GOP control over both the House and the Senate.

3. Church members heard an apology from Reverend Ted² Haggard in Colorado today. In the statement read by another clergyman, Haggard called himself "a deceiver and a liar⁵" and said he had a dark side. A gay male escort says he had sex with Haggard for the past three years and that Haggard used drugs.

4. Organizers start gearing up for the 80th anniversary of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Larger-than-life balloons were inflated⁶ and marched around the parking lot at a giant stadium in New Jersey⁷.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. escort: person or group of persons who protect or guide; armed guard (of ships, planes, etc.); man who accompanies a woman (on a date, to a dance, etc.)