美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-11-25

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1. It's happening again in Southern California. Wildfires are scorching the Malibu area, destroying homes and forcing others to flee to safer ground. These blazes come as San Diego is still recovering from massive fires earlier this season.

2. President Bush is sending his congratulations to Kevin Rudd, who has been swept into power today in Australia's elections. His left-leaning party's emphatic² victory ends nearly 12 years of rule by the conservative John Howard.

3. Rescue crews in Bangladesh are searching for victims after a section of a bridge gave way under the weight of thousands of cyclone³ victims. They were all racing⁴ toward aid workers who were delivering rice when the bridge collapsed⁵.

4. Flight controllers say the cooling and power systems are now up and running, and the room has been added to the International Space Station. Two spacewalking astronauts finished the wiring job today. It's the last major task on the "to-do list" before the next shuttle mission in early December.