美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-21(在线收听

1. Hurricane Wilma's outer edge batters beaches in Cancun Mexico as tourists are ordered to leave and thousands are evacuated from Honduras to the Florida Keys.

2. Texas congressman Tom DeLay turns himself in at the Harris County sheriff's office and is released on bond on state conspiracy and money-laundering charges.

3. Congress gives the gun lobby its top legislative priority and passes a bill protecting the firearms industry from massive crime-victim lawsuits.

4. The US military and the Afghan Government say they will investigate a TV report claiming US soldiers in Afghanistan burned the bodies of two Taliban fighters.

5. And authorities want Michael Jackson back in court. He's been summoned as a juror four months after being acquitted of child molestation charges.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. lobby
2 lobby lobbies
A lobby is a group of people who represent a particular organization or campaign, and try to persuade a government or council to help or support them.
Agricultural interests are some of the most powerful lobbies in Washington.
He set up this lobby of independent producers.
...the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, a housing lobby group.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft supp N, N of n

2. lawsuit
lawsuit lawsuits
A lawsuit is a case in a court of law which concerns a dispute between two people or organizations. (FORMAL)
The dispute culminated last week in a lawsuit against the government.
...a lawsuit brought by Barclays Bank.
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3. molest
molest molests molesting molested
A person who molests someone, especially a woman or a child, interferes with them in a sexual way against their will.
He was accused of sexually molesting a female colleague.
VB
= abuse
molestation
Any case of sexual molestation of a child should be reported to the police.
N-UNCOUNT
= abuse
molester molesters
He'd been publicly labeled a child molester.
N-COUNT
= abuser

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