美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-27

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1. "Seinfeld" star Michael Richards says anger, not bigotry¹, fueled his racist² outburst at a Los Angeles comedy club. The comedian³ appeared on the Reverend Jesse Jackson’s syndicated radio show Sunday morning. Richards says he knows his words were offensive and has apologized.

2. In the Queens Borough⁴ of New York, mourners and community leaders have held a rally and prayer vigil for a man who was gunned down by police hours before his wedding early Saturday.

3. Iraq’s government is calling for an end to public bicker⁵ing between Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish politicians. Iraqi officials say public discord⁷ encourages sectarian violence. Such violence continued Sunday with a total of 44 people killed or found dead in the region.

4. All shapes, breed and sizes of dogs converged on Bogota, Colombia Sunday for a special fundraising marathon. The event raised money for a non-profit group that helps the spouses¹⁰ of police officers who were killed on duty.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. syndicated : VERB
When newspaper articles or television programmes are syndicated, they are sold to several different newspapers or television stations, who then publish the articles or broadcast the programmes.

2. bicker : VERB
When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.

3. discord : N-UNCOUNT
Discord is disagreement and argument between people.

4. converge⁸ on : VERB
If people or vehicles converge on a place, they move towards it from different directions.

5. marathon : N-COUNT
A marathon is a race in which people run a distance of 26 miles, which is about 42 km.