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1. George Zimmerman has made his first court appearance on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Judge said an arraignment¹ would be held on May 29th before another judge.

2. Jury selection is underway in the trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards. The charges stemmed from almost $1 million in secret payments used to help hide his pregnant mistress.

3. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling the ceasefire in Syria "very fragile". He says it's up to President Bashar Assad's regime to keep peace. Envoy² Kofi Annan says Ban Ki-moon will ask the UN Security Council to move quickly to deploy³ observers to the country.

4. A mother says she fell to her knees in shock after finding her baby alive in a coffin⁴ in the morgue nearly 12 hours after the girl had been declared dead.

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1 arraignment
n.提问，传讯，责难
参考例句：
She was remanded to juvenile detention at her arraignment yesterday. 她昨天被送回了对少年拘留在她的传讯。来自互联网 Wyatt asks the desk clerk which courthouse he is being transferred to for arraignment. 他向接待警员询问了马宏将在哪个法庭接受传讯。来自互联网

2 envoy
n.使节，使者，代表，公使
参考例句：
Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。 The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

3 deploy
v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开
参考例句：
The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。 The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

4 coffin
n.棺材，灵柩
参考例句：
When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。 The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。