美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-25

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1:Amid the stalemate over Iraq's draft constitution, insurgents¹ in Baghdad launch their boldest assault in weeks killing² up to 13 people.

2:President Bush rejects critics calling for the US to leave Iraq, vowing³ "we will stay, we will fight and we will win the war on terrorism."

3:Rescuers in Peru comb a jungle marsh⁴, for victims of an airliner⁵ that split in two, killing at least 31 people, leaving 10 more missing.

4:Moving forward with the Gaza pullout's last stage, Israel reaches deals on border security and disposing rubble⁶ from former settlers' homes.

5:And finally, flood victims wade⁷ into their homes and cleanup crews clear the debris⁸ after heavy rains deluge⁹ Central and Southern Europe.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. stalemate
1 stalemate stalemates
Stalemate is a situation in which neither side in an argument or contest can win or in which no progress is possible.
The proportional representation system was widely blamed for two inconclusive election results and a year of political stalemate.
He said the war had reached a stalemate and that a political accord was the only solution.
N-VAR
= impasse¹⁰, deadlock¹¹

2. comb
3 comb combs combing combed
If you comb a place, you search everywhere in it in order to find someone or something.
Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon.
They fanned out and carefully combed the temple grounds.
VB

3. jungle
1 jungle jungles
A jungle is a forest in a tropical country where large numbers of tall trees and plants grow very close together.
...the mountains and jungles of Papua New Guinea...
The seventy square miles of the mountain area were covered entirely¹² in dense¹³ jungle.
...a remote jungle area.
N-VAR

4. deluge
4 deluge deluges¹⁴ deluging¹⁵ deluged¹⁶
If rain deluges a place, it falls very heavily there, sometimes causing floods. (WRITTEN)
At least 150 people are believed to have died after two days of torrential rain deluged the capital.
VB
= flood