美联社新闻一分钟 2007-08-27(在线收听

1. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is striking back against critics in the US. Al-Maliki says Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin need to come to their senses. Both lawmakers have called for al-Maliki's ouster.

2. The Atlanta Falcons are considering whether to ask Michael Vick to repay his 22-million-dollar signing bonus. Vick will formally enter a guilty plea Monday for his involvement in a dog fighting ring.

3. Dozens are dead in Greece as wildfires burn for the third day. Fires are closing in on a site of the ancient Olympics. Officials blame some of those fires on arson.

4. The father of a six-year-old paralyzed Palestinian girl is fighting for her to stay in Jerusalem for treatment. The girl was paralyzed during an Israeli air strike. The Israeli government wants to transfer the girl to the West Bank. But her father says the only chances of survival is to continue receiving treatment in Jerusalem.
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