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Hi, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta, and here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Suspected Islamic insurgents¹ attacked the US embassy in Yemen killing² ten Yemeni police officers and civilians³. An embassy spokesman says six attackers disguised as Yemeni forces were also killed including one wearing a suicide vest. A State Department official says no US embassy employees were killed. The embassy's exterior⁴ was damaged by at least four explosions.

A third child has died as a result of China's growing tainted⁵ baby formula scandal. The government now says more than 6,200 infants nationwide have been sickened by tainted baby milk powder made by a number of producers. The US government says no Chinese baby formula has been allowed on the US market.

Struggling insurance giant AIG is getting much needed help from the Federal Reserve. In an unprecedented⁶ move, the Fed is lending AIG up to 85 billion dollars to stay off bankruptcy⁷, in return the Fed gets about 80% of AIG stock. The historic move puts the government in charge of a private insurer that it does not directly regulate. AIG had been on the brink⁸ of failure because of the subprime mortgage crisis and the resulting credit crunch⁹.

Jurors in O.J. Simpson's trial are hearing about a key piece of evidence in the case today. It's ten hours of audio recorded during and after the confrontation¹⁰ that brought the charges against Simpson and a co-defendant. An FBI audio expert's deposition¹¹ about the tape is being played back on video. The man who made the audio tape is the collectibles broker¹² who arranged the meeting between Simpson and memorabilia dealers¹³. He could be called to the stand later today.

The presidential candidates today. Barack Obama is in Nevada. He has an event scheduled in Elko this afternoon and a rally in Las Vegas this evening. John McCain is spending the day in Ohio. Earlier today he was in Maumee a suburb of Toledo. Tonight he is in Wooster to rally more of his supporters.

Well, those are the headlines this hour; do stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.

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1 insurgents
n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。来自《简明英汉词典》 Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。来自互联网

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 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓
参考例句：
the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀 At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

4 exterior
adj.外部的，外在的；表面的
参考例句：
The seed has a hard exterior covering.这种子外壳很硬。 We are painting the exterior wall of the house.我们正在给房子的外墙涂漆。

5 tainted
adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏
参考例句：
The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。 He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 unprecedented
adj.无前例的，新奇的
参考例句：
The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。 A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

7 bankruptcy
n.破产；无偿付能力
参考例句：
You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。 His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

8 brink
n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿
参考例句：
The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。 The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

9 crunch
n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声
参考例句：
If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。 People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

10 confrontation
n.对抗，对峙，冲突
参考例句：
We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。 After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

11 deposition
n.免职，罢官；作证；沉淀；沉淀物
参考例句：
It was this issue which led to the deposition of the king.正是这件事导致了国王被废黜。 This leads to calcium deposition in the blood-vessels.这导致钙在血管中沉积。

12 broker
n.中间人，经纪人；v.作为中间人来安排
参考例句：
He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。 I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。

13 dealers
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者
参考例句：
There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。 The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。