美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-11(在线收听

1. Aid is starting to flow into Myanmar a week after a cyclone left at least 60,000 dead or missing. The country’s military regime is taking over distribution of humanitarian supplies but keeping foreign disaster experts out of the country.

2. Hezbollah says it will withdraw all its gunmen from Beirut. That('s) after the country’s prime minister called on the army to restore law and order. It was his first public appearance since Hezbollah gunmen took control of Muslim neighborhoods in the city, leaving at least 25 people dead and dozens wounded.

3. President Bush is in Crawford, Texas but not as president. He is there as father of the bride. His daughter Jenna is tying the knot with fiance Henry Hager. The ceremony is being held on the Bush family ranch.

4. And they are the names parents love. Emily and Jacob top the list of the most popular baby names in the country. That’s according to the Social Security Administration. Emily was No.1 for the 12th year in a row. Jacob tops the list for the 9th year.

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