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1. Outside the Iraqi capital Baghdad , a suicide blast during a Shiite funeral procession and a car bomb near a market kill/ dozens. (一般用这个＂Baghdad＂多）
2. On Capital Hill, lawmakers continue their sparring over Iraq with the House rejecting an immediate pullout of US forces from there.
3. President Bush will attend church services during his visit to China, sending a message to Beijing about expanding religious freedom.
4. Tropical Storm Gamma kills at least 2 in Central America and could turn on a path threatening South Florida this coming week.
5. And finally Prince Albert II formally assumes Monaco's throne , making a final symbolic farewell to his late father Rainier III.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.procession: a line of people or vehicles moving slowly as part of a ceremony. +parade/funeral/wedding/carnival etc // e.g. They marched in procession to the Capital building.
2.spar: if you spar with someone, you argue with them but not in an aggressive or serious way. Over the year, he sparred with his friend Jane over political tactics. spars/sparred/sparring/
3.assume: formal to start to have control, responsibility etc or to start in a particular position or job. e.g. He assumed power in a bloody coup(政变) in 1990.
4.farewell: a farewell+speech/party/drink/dinner/presentation
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