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1. Authorities in Nevada call off a nationwide AMBER¹ Alert for missing six-year-old Cole Puffinburger, but the search continues. Police believe Mexican drug dealers² are responsible for the abduction meant to send a message to the boy's grandfather who was later arrested.

2. It Looks like President Bush will host some of the world leaders, discussing a global response to the financial crisis. Some leaders are hoping to convince Bush it's time to coordinate³ control of the markets.

3. In Baghdad, Shiites rally by the thousands, protesting a plan extending the US presence in Iraq by years. Some protesters are burning effigies⁴ of President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

4. Russia's new satellite navigation system gets a test, strapped⁵ at Koni, the black Lab belonging to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. There is GPS through the Global Positioning System in other parts of the world, but Russia says it wants its own tracking system.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. effigy⁶: n.

A roughly made, usually ugly, model of someone you dislike.

2. Lab: n. 拉布拉多犬

= Labrador

a large dog with fairly short yellow or black hair.

3. AMBER Alert: n.

在美国和加拿大，安珀警戒（AMBER Alert）是当国内确认发生儿童绑架案时，透过各种媒体向社会大众传播的一种警戒告知。“AMBER”是“America's Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response”（直译为：美国失踪人口：广播紧急回应）的缩写，也是以一名于1996年在美国德州阿灵顿（Arlington）被绑架并杀害的九岁女童安珀·海格曼（Amber Hagerman）命名。在乔治亚州则称为“Levi's Call”。在某些州这样的计划是以在当地失踪的儿童命名的。安珀警戒是使用美国紧急警报系统（EAS）透过商业广播电台、卫星电台、电视台，以及有线电视向全国发布，并同时会利用电子邮件、电子交通状况号志，以及无线装置的简讯发布。安珀警戒的发布是由负责调查该绑架案的警察机构决定。对大众发布的安珀警戒内容通常包含了被绑架者的描述、绑架嫌犯的描述，以及绑匪车辆的描述和车牌号码。