美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-26

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1. British police release the names of two of the four men suspected of taking part in last week's failed bombings on London's transit¹ system.

2. In Egypt, police are searching for five Pakistani men in their widening probe into that country's deadliest terror attack on the Red Sea resort.

3. Sunni Arabs end a boycott² and rejoin the committee drafting Iraq's new constitution and a minibus blast kills at least twelve outside a Baghdad hotel.

4. American and North Korean negotiators hold a rare meeting ahead of six-nation disarmament talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program.

5. And with the countdown in its final hours, NASA says it's ready to bend long-standing safety rules to launch shuttle Discovery on Tuesday.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. boycott :VB;boycott,boycotts³,boycotting,boycotted
If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove⁴ of it.
N-COUNT:oft N of/against/on n;boycott,boycotts
eg. Opposition⁵ leaders had called for a boycott of the vote.
eg. ...the lifting of the economic boycott against Israel.

2. disarmament :N-UNCOUNT;disarmament
Disarmament is the act of reducing the number of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, that a country has.
eg. The goal would be to increase political stability in the region and accelerate the pace of nuclear disarmament.

3. bend :VB;bend,bends,bending,bent
If you bend rules or laws, you interpret them in a way that allows you to do something they would not normally allow you to do.
eg. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.

4. long-standing :ADJ-GRADED;long-standing
A long-standing situation has existed for a long time.
eg. They are on the brink⁶ of resolving their long-standing dispute over money.