美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-20

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1:Attackers fire at least three rockets from Jordan with one narrowly missing a docked US navy ship and killing¹ a Jordanian soldier.

2:Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas promises freedom,jobs and homes for the people of Gaza once the Israeli pullout is complete.

3:In Iraq, masked gunmen kill three Sunni Arabs while talks to hammer out the country’s draft constitution face a Monday deadline.

4:Becoming the second Pope ever to visit the synagogue, Benedict XVI on a trip to his native Germany warns of rising anti-Semitism .

5:And Australia’s Parliament House reverses a ban on guards and attendants from using the word "mate" to address lawmakers and visitors.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. hammer out
hammer out hammers out; hammering out; hammered out
If people hammer out an agreement or treaty, they succeed in producing it after a long or difficult discussion.
I think we can hammer out a solution.
The new fixture² package has been hammered out by the Premiership clubs in talks over the last ten days.
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2. anti-Semitism
anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is hostility³ to and prejudice against Jewish people.
The extreme right-wing National Front promoted anti-semitism.
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