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Hello everyone, I'm Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com Newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vows¹ that police will stay in the southern port city of Basra until security is restored. Officials in the US and in Iraq say Iraqi security forces actually control less than a quarter of the city. Basra's police force is deeply infiltrated² by Mahdi Army militia³ members. US warplanes today dropped two bombs on a suspected militia stronghold just north of Basra. In Baghdad, US helicopters conducted air strike last night on insurgent⁴ targets in a Sadr City neighborhood.

Mexico is sending thousands of troops to the U.S.-Mexican border city of Juarez. They are hoping to help stem the blood flow brought on by a wave of drug-related violence. Juarez officials say two rival drug cartels are trying to push each other out of the region. The Mayor says about 200 people have been killed since January. Juarez sits along the Rio Grande River across El Paso, Texas. Mexico's Defense⁵ Secretary says more than 2000 soldiers have been sent to Juarez.

It definitely wasn't a typical day at work for one Miami Walgreen's employee. Take a look at this dramatic video. A masked gunman took the store's manager hostage during a robbery attempt. The gunman then tried to force the manager into a waiting car but that's when the manager decided⁶ to fight back. He managed to escape but the gunman wasn't so lucky - the police have reportedly taken that man into custody⁷.

A couple in Sanford Florida is happy to have their one-day-old baby back today. Police say the newborn was abducted⁸ from a hospital yesterday. They say a woman smuggled⁹ the baby out and get this a tote bag. 39-year-old Jennifer Latham was arrested shortly afterward¹⁰. She was pulled over by police in nearby Lake Mary, Florida. Officials say hospital alarms indicated the baby had been removed from the newborn unit. Police say the baby was unharmed.

All right, sure, when you stand 8 feet, get this 8 feet 5 inches tall is easy to see pass traffic but nothing fits quite right. So people around the world have been sending Leonid Stadni of Ukraine all kinds of things to make his life just a little bit easier including an oversized bicycle and an exercise chair you see there. The president of Ukraine even sent him a car, see it in that video. But hey we are just saying, an SUV may have been a better fit.

Those are the headlines this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source online, on TV, even when you are on the go.

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1 vows
誓言( vow的名词复数 )；郑重宣布，许愿
参考例句：
Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。 The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

2 infiltrated
adj.[医]浸润的v.（使）渗透，（指思想）渗入人的心中( infiltrate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。 Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 militia
n.民兵，民兵组织
参考例句：
First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。 There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

4 insurgent
adj.叛乱的，起事的；n.叛乱分子
参考例句：
Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。 The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。

5 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

6 decided
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 custody
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。 He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

8 abducted
劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )；使（肢体等）外展
参考例句：
Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。 The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

9 smuggled
水货
参考例句：
The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。来自互联网

10 afterward
adv.后来；以后
参考例句：
Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。 Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。