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1. An armed man involved in an overnight standoff with police outside the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City has surrendered peacefully. Police were called after security reported a man on a shuttle bus with a gun. Three people were briefly1 held hostage on the bus. No one was hurt.
2. The New York Times is reporting that FBI agents have found no evidence that Blackwater security guards were fired on during a September incident that left 17 Iraqi civilians2 dead. But the FBI report finds the guards were unjustified in killing3 at least 14 of the civilians.
3. Congressional Democrats4 say President Bush will not get any more money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unless he agrees to end all combat in Iraq by December of next year. Both the House and Senate will vote by the end of the week on the 50-billion-dollar plan. Bush promises a veto of any bill containing a timetable for withdrawal5.
4. A globe that once belonged to Adolf Hitler has sold at auction6 for 100,000 dollars. An American soldier found the globe among the ruins of Hilter's Eagle's Nest in May of 1945. John Barsamian took it home and kept it for more than 60 years.
2. The New York Times is reporting that FBI agents have found no evidence that Blackwater security guards were fired on during a September incident that left 17 Iraqi civilians2 dead. But the FBI report finds the guards were unjustified in killing3 at least 14 of the civilians.
3. Congressional Democrats4 say President Bush will not get any more money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unless he agrees to end all combat in Iraq by December of next year. Both the House and Senate will vote by the end of the week on the 50-billion-dollar plan. Bush promises a veto of any bill containing a timetable for withdrawal5.
4. A globe that once belonged to Adolf Hitler has sold at auction6 for 100,000 dollars. An American soldier found the globe among the ruins of Hilter's Eagle's Nest in May of 1945. John Barsamian took it home and kept it for more than 60 years.
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1 briefly | |
adv.简单地,简短地 | |
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2 civilians | |
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓 | |
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n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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4 democrats | |
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 ) | |
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5 withdrawal | |
n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销 | |
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n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖 | |
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