美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-19

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1:In the most violent clash so far in the Gaza pullout, Israeli riot police storm a synagogue firing water cannons² at a barricade³ of protestors.

2:BTK serial⁴ killer⁵ Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive⁶ life terms for a string of killings⁷ from the mid⁸ 70s into the early 90s.

3:America’s new ambassador in Afghanistan predicts tough times ahead while a roadside bomb on a convoy⁹ there kills two US soldiers.

4:Russia and China seek to reassure¹⁰ their wary¹¹ neighbours in Asia that the aim of their first-ever joint¹² military exercises is peaceful .

5:And in his first foreign trip as pontiff, Benedict XVI arrives in his native Germany where the World Youth Day festival is taking place.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. synagogue
synagogue synagogues
A synagogue is a building where Jewish people meet to worship or to study their religion.
N-COUNT: oft in names after n

2. water cannon¹
water cannon water cannons
A water cannon is a machine which shoots out a large, powerful stream of water. It is used by police to break up crowds of people who are protesting or fighting.
N-COUNT water cannon can also be used as the plural¹³ form

3. predict
predict predicts predicting predicted
If you predict an event, you say that it will happen.
The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest.
He predicted that my hair would grow back `in no time'.
It's hard to predict how a jury will react.
`The war will continue another two or three years,' he predicted.
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4. wary
1 wary warier¹⁴ wariest¹⁵
If you are wary of something or someone, you are cautious because you do not know much about them and you believe they may be dangerous or cause problems.
People did not teach their children to be wary of strangers.
They were very wary about giving him a contract.
ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ of/about n/-ing