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1. In a stunning admission, this former American teacher says he was with JonBenet Ramsey when she died. John Karr says he loves the six-year-old beauty pageant contestant and says her death was an accident.
2. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Karr also said he tried to contact the Ramsey family. "And I conveyed to her many things, among them that I'm so very sorry for what happened to JonBenet. " Karr was arrested in Thailand. He's expected to return to the US in the coming days.
3. In the Middle East, Lebanese troops, tanks and armored vehicles deployed south of the Litani River. It's a key provision in the US ceasefire plan that ended fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
4. Merck failed to warn doctors about the risks of its painkiller Vioxx. That's according to a federal jury who found the pharmaceutical company responsible for the death of a retired FBI agent.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. stunning : adj
A stunning event is extremely unusual or unexpected.
2. admission : noun, legal
A voluntary acknowledgment made by a party to a lawsuit or in a criminal prosecution that certain facts that are inconsistent with the party's claims in the controversy are true.
3. pageant : n-count
A pageant or a beauty pageant is a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.
4. armored : adj
Armored vehicles are fitted with a hard metal covering in order to protect them from gunfire and other missiles.
5. pharmaceutical : adj
Pharmaceutical means connected with the industrial production of medicine.
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