美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-18

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1. In a stunning¹ admission, this former American teacher says he was with JonBenet Ramsey when she died. John Karr says he loves the six-year-old beauty pageant² contestant³ and says her death was an accident.

2. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Karr also said he tried to contact the Ramsey family. "And I conveyed to her many things, among them that I'm so very sorry for what happened to JonBenet. " Karr was arrested in Thailand. He's expected to return to the US in the coming days.

3. In the Middle East, Lebanese troops, tanks and armored vehicles deployed⁴ south of the Litani River. It's a key provision in the US ceasefire plan that ended fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

4. Merck failed to warn doctors about the risks of its painkiller⁵ Vioxx. That's according to a federal jury who found the pharmaceutical⁶ company responsible for the death of a retired⁷ FBI agent.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. stunning : adj
A stunning event is extremely unusual or unexpected.

2. admission : noun, legal
A voluntary acknowledgment made by a party to a lawsuit⁸ or in a criminal prosecution⁹ that certain facts that are inconsistent with the party's claims in the controversy¹⁰ are true.

3. pageant : n-count
A pageant or a beauty pageant is a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.

4. armored : adj
Armored vehicles are fitted with a hard metal covering in order to protect them from gunfire and other missiles.

5. pharmaceutical : adj
Pharmaceutical means connected with the industrial production of medicine.