AP 2010-11-26(在线收听

1. The White House is strongly condemning North Korea's artillery attack against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called on the North to halt its belligerent action. North Korea fired barrages of artillery Tuesday, setting buildings ablaze and killing at least two marines.

 

2. The death toll from a stampede at a Cambodian festival continues to rise. It now stands at 378 with hundreds more injured. Many people were crushed or fell off a bridge when a panic-stricken crowd tried to flee from the festival. The prime minister called it the country's biggest tragedy since the murderous 1970s reign of the Khmer Rouge.

 

3. Alaska's bitterly contested Senate election is headed to state court. Republican Joe Miller filed suit against the state Monday, trying to stop the state from using discretion in determining voter intent on write-in ballots cast for Senator Lisa Murkowski. She holds a 10,000 vote edge.

 

4. Qantas says it will return its grounded superjumbo fleet to the skies. The airline says it has performed engine safety checks on its fleet of Airbus A380s and is comfortable with the operation of the aircraft. Qantas took the planes out of service after an engine failure over Indonesia forced an emergency landing.
 

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