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Abdullah Abdullah announced earlier today, out just hours ago, that he didn't think Saturday's runoff election could be held without problems. The runoff was called after widespread fraud in that initial August election.

(Abdullah)"Leave the legal implications in consequences of my decision, but as far as I'm concerned, I have decided1 for myself not to participate in the November the seventh elections.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Morocco this morning one day after trying to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian Peace talks. Clinton met first to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Abu Dhabi. Palestinian chief negotiator describes the peace process there as "stuck". Clinton then flew to Israel to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, afterward2, Clinton said Israel is making what she called unprecedented3 concessions4 on settlements.

To Ohio, six bodies, all women, all apparently5 strangled to death. Police in Cleveland have arrested this man, fifty year-old Anthony Sowell, in connection with the six bodies found at his home. A coroner tells CNN that it appears these women were strangled, and their decomposing6 bodies could have been in his home, they say, for weeks, possibly months, possibly years.

Pretty pictures from the White House, well, I guess, pictures. Now, there we go. Thank you, chief photographer, kind of a nice pretty orange glow on Halloween, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, kind of cool for kids. Two thousands kids got to go to the White House to trick or treat. We haven't been able to figure out what that thing was, some kind of leaf, thing, or, a…what a… anyway, lots of pumpkins7, lots of fun. Uh, kids from 11 area schools ,Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. getting M&M's, cookies from the White House, the chef. Mrs. Obama did dress up with picture of her just a second as a "Cat Woman", there she is, and Mr. Obama as -- Mr. Obama.
 


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1 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
2 afterward fK6y3     
adv.后来；以后
参考例句：
  • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
  • Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
3 unprecedented 7gSyJ     
adj.无前例的，新奇的
参考例句：
  • The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
  • A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
4 concessions 6b6f497aa80aaf810133260337506fa9     
n.（尤指由政府或雇主给予的）特许权( concession的名词复数 )；承认；减价；（在某地的）特许经营权
参考例句：
  • The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
  • The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
5 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
6 decomposing f5b8fd5c51324ed24e58a14c223dc3da     
腐烂( decompose的现在分词 )； （使）分解； 分解（某物质、光线等）
参考例句：
  • The air was filled with the overpowering stench of decomposing vegetation. 空气中充满了令人难以忍受的腐烂植物的恶臭。
  • Heat was obtained from decomposing manures and hot air flues. 靠肥料分解和烟道为植物提供热量。
7 pumpkins 09a64387fb624e33eb24dc6c908c2681     
n.南瓜( pumpkin的名词复数 )；南瓜的果肉，南瓜囊
参考例句：
  • I like white gourds, but not pumpkins. 我喜欢吃冬瓜，但不喜欢吃南瓜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put lights inside. 然后在南瓜上刻出一张脸，并把瓜挖空。 来自英语晨读30分（高三）

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