美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-23

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1. After the latest bombings in London, police there chase and shoot dead a man at a subway station, later announcing the arrest of two more.

2. As a part of stepped-up security following the London attacks, subway riders in the New York City area undergo random¹ bag searches.

3. Secretary of State Rice makes a surprise visit to Lebanon to encourage democracy there and better ties between that country and Syria.

4. North Korea offers to give up its nuclear weapons if both sides in the Korean War sign a peace agreement replacing the decades old ceasefire.

5. And former President Clinton pledges to help Kenya expand its HIV/AIDS care, particularly for children and people in rural areas.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. ceasefire :ceasefire;ceasefires
A ceasefire is an arrangement in which countries or groups of people that are fighting each other agree to stop fighting.
eg. They have agreed to a ceasefire after three years of conflict.
eg. UN officials are expressing cautious optimism that the latest cease-fire is holding.
N-COUNT also cease-fire .
= truce²
2. stepped-up :adj--www.answers.com
Increased in pace or intensity³; heightened.
eg. a stepped-up political campaign.