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From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Here are some headlines in NOW IN THE NEWS.

First lady Laura Bush is calling on Myanmar's military rulers to accept aid from the US and from the rest of the world. The State Department says that the military junta¹ has so far refused to allow an American disaster team into that country to assess the damage from the deadly cyclone². Myanmar's government says that the death toll³ could reach 10,000. Relief workers say that the most urgent need right now is just clean water. Hundreds of thousands of people are homeless. It is the deadliest natural disaster in recent history to hit Myanmar, the country of course, formerly⁴ known as Burma.

Iraqi Interior Minister meanwhile is now reporting that 13 people have been killed in fighting in Baghdad with most of the death in the Sadr City slum. The US military is now saying that it killed ten militants⁵. Meanwhile, Iran says it will not hold more security talks with the United States until Washington stops what it calls savage⁶ attacks in Iraq. There have been 3 previous rounds of talks.

The so-called "DC madam" killed herself to escape going to prison. Police have released Deborah Jeane Palfrey's suicide notes in which she called her conviction a (quote) "modern-day lynching". She wrote that she was unable to live out a sentence only to live prison to a (quote) "broken, penniless and very much alone existence". Palfrey hanged herself last Thursday at her mom's home right near Tarpon, Florida.

Georgia's Board of Pardons and Paroles have just rejected an appeal from a convicted killer⁷ scheduled to be executed by lethal⁸ injection tomorrow night. William Earl Lynd will be the first person put to death that way since the Supreme⁹ Court affirmed that lethal injection was a constitutional method last month. Lynd was sentenced to die for kidnapping and murdering his former girlfriend in 1988.

Today some Yahoo investors¹⁰ sold off the stock sending Yahoo's shares tumbling 19% at one point during the day. It comes two days after Microsoft withdrew its 46-billion-dollar bid to buy the giant internet portal. Microsoft CEO says that the two sides could not reach a deal. Yahoo had been pressed for a higher price. Both sides were trying to better compete with Google for the billions of dollars in internet advertising¹¹ revenue.

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1 junta
n.团体；政务审议会
参考例句：
The junta reacted violently to the perceived threat to its authority.军政府感到自身权力受威胁而进行了激烈反击。 A military junta took control of the country.一个军政权控制了国家。

2 cyclone
n.旋风，龙卷风
参考例句：
An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。 The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

3 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

4 formerly
adv.从前，以前
参考例句：
We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。 This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

5 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

6 savage
adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人
参考例句：
The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。 He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

7 killer
n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者
参考例句：
Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。 The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

8 lethal
adj.致死的；毁灭性的
参考例句：
A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。 She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

9 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。 He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

10 investors
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子 a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

11 advertising
n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的
参考例句：
Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗? The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。