美联社新闻一分钟 2007-08-30(在线收听

1. Former security guard Richard Jewell has died. Jewell was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing at Atlanta. He was found dead in his Georgia home. The county coroner says he died from natural causes.

2. It was a day of silence and somber speeches in New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina struck. Bells pealled at a ground breaking for a planned Katrina Memorial at a cemetery.

3.The Taliban release most of the 19 South Korean missionaries held hostage in Afghanistan. A deal calls for South Korea to withdraw troops from the country by year's end and not send missionaries to the Muslim country.

4.In one Spanish town , everything is turning up red and squishy! The annual Tomato Fight brought out some 40,000 revelers, hurling tons of plum tomatoes for an hour of warfare.
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