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1. Iran's state news agency is reporting that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has won re-election, but a reformist rival is also claiming victory. Official results are not expected until Saturday.

2. A German man who called himself Clark Rockefeller has been convicted and sentenced in Boston in the kidnapping of his seven-year-old daughter. Christian¹ Karl Gerhartsreiter was sentenced to four to five years in state prison.

3. An American student accused of murdering her British roommate in 2007 is testifying today for the first time. She tells in an Italian court the last time she saw the victim was hours before the killing². Prosecutors³ claim Amanda Knox and her boyfriend killed Meredith Kercher.

4. Former President George H.W.Bush has celebrated⁴ his 85th birthday by skydiving over the coast of Maine. Bush made a tandem⁵ jump with a member of the Army's Golden Knights⁶ parachute team onto a landing zone in Kennebunkport.

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1 Christian
adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒
参考例句：
They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。 His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

2 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

4 celebrated
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
参考例句：
He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。 The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

5 tandem
n.同时发生；配合；adv.一个跟着一个地；纵排地；adj.（两匹马）前后纵列的
参考例句：
Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one.马尔科姆的合同将与他手头的合同同时生效。 He is working in tandem with officials of the Serious Fraud Office.他正配合欺诈重案办公室的官员工作。

6 knights
骑士；（中古时代的）武士( knight的名词复数 )；骑士；爵士；（国际象棋中）马
参考例句：
stories of knights and fair maidens 关于骑士和美女的故事 He wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour. 他编了一个穿着明亮盔甲的骑士的迷人故事。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-06-13