美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-20

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1. President Bush uses his weekly radio address to praise Senators from both parties for reaching a deal overhauling² immigration policy. Debate on the measure begins Monday, but already some are denouncing it as amnesty.

2. British Prime Minister Tony Blair visits Iraq before leaving office. He is standing³ by U.S.-led efforts overthrowing⁴ Saddam Hussein and defending Iraqi leaders despite continuing violence.

3. Jerry Falwell is remembered in a commencement ceremony at Liberty University which he founded. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich telling graduates to carry on Falwell's spirit by confronting radical⁵ secularism⁶. Falwell died Tuesday at 73.

4. A 400-pound gorilla⁷ on the loose at a zoo in the Netherlands. A woman he bit and dragged remains⁸ hospitalized recovering from her injuries. The gorilla is back in its enclosure on public display.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. overhaul¹: verb
If you overhaul a system or method, you examine it carefully and make many changes in it in order to improve it.

2. secularism: n-uncount
Secularism is a system of social organization and education where religion is not allowed to play a part in civil affairs.

3. on the loose: phrase
If a person or animal is on the loose, thay are free because they have escaped from a person or place.