美联社新闻一分钟 2005-12-07

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1．An Iranian military transport plane trying to make an emergency landing crashes into a Tehran apartment building, killing¹ at least 128 people.

2．Two suicide bombers² strike Baghdad's police academy, killing at least 43 people as insurgents³ claim they've kidnapped a US security consultant⁴.

3．Her voice disguised and testifying from behind a curtain, a woman says she was assaulted and tortured by Saddam Hussein's agents.

4．Germany's Chancellor⁵ says the United States admits botching the case of a German national who claimed he was wrongfully imprisoned⁶ by the CIA.

5．And the World Wildlife Fund says a catlike creature photographed by camera traps on Borneo Island is likely a new species of carnivore

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. botch
1 botch botches botching botched
If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. (INFORMAL)
It is a silly idea and he has botched it.
...a botched job.
VB
= bungle⁷

2. carnivore
1 carnivore carnivores
A carnivore is an animal that eats meat. (TECHNICAL)
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