美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-03

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1. An Idaho girl missing with her brother since family members were found murdered at their home is found at a restaurant with a registered sex offender¹.

2. Hundreds of thousands of 10 Live 8 concerts organize to pressure G8 world leaders to work to alleviate² African poverty.

3. In Iran, a former top secret agency says the hostage-taker in a 1979 photo under scrutiny³ is not president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

4. A Suicide bomber⁴ strapped with explosives kills up to 17 people outside a Baghdad recruiting center for Iraqi police special forces.

5. And a Utah woman has brought in 10,000 dollars after she auctioned⁶ off her forehead for advertising⁷ space on eBay.
WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.alleviate:v.to make something less painful or difficult to deal with
eg.a new medicine to alleviate the symptoms of flu.

2.scrutiny:n.careful and thorough examination of someone or something.
eg.Their activities have come under police scrutiny.

3.strap:v.to fasten something or someone in place with one or more straps⁸.