美联社新闻一分钟 2006-01-14

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1. President Bush and German Chancellor¹ Merkel urge the UN to intervene if Iran won't retreat from resuming its nuclear program.

2. If the UN Security Council does confront Iran over its atomic activities, Tehran vows² to block inspections³ of its nuclear sites.

3. Saudi officials raise the death toll⁴ from the stampede by hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims during the annual hajj to 363.

4. Ariel Sharon's doctors reportedly concerned that the Israeli prime minister shows no signs of waking up from his induced coma⁵.

5. And in India the Dalai Lama leads tens of thousands of Tibetan Buddhists⁷ during one of the most important rituals of their faith.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

lama
lama
A lama is a Buddhist⁶ priest or monk⁸ in Tibet or Mongolia.
It takes twenty to twenty-five years of study and meditation⁹ to qualify as a lama.
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Dalai Lama
n.（名词）
The traditional governmental ruler and highest priest of the Lamaist religion in Tibet and Mongolia.
达赖喇嘛：西藏和蒙古地区的传统政府统治者和喇嘛教的最高神职人员