美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-13

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1. British police probe whether 4 attackers perhaps suicide bombers² died in the London blasts, also arresting a suspect in the city of Leeds.

2. The White House says President Bush still has confidence in adviser³ Karl Rove, at the heart of a probe into the leak, identifying a CIA officer.

3. Iraq's prime minister says his country's forces are ready to take control over some cities but he rejects a pullout timetable for US and other foreign troops.

4. Near a mall in Israeli seaside city, a suicide bomber¹ blows himself up among a group of teens, killing⁴ himself and 2 women.

5. And NASA says Discovery is ready to make the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster, 2 and a-half years ago.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. at the heart of:the most important or central part of a problem, question etc.
eg.difficult issues at the heart of science policy.

2.probe:n.an investigation⁵ in which many questions are asked to discover the truth about something.

3.pullout:n.the act of an army, business etc leaving a particular place.

4.mall:n.a large area where there are a lot of shops, usually a covered area where cars are not allowed.