美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-09-20(在线收听

O. J. Simpson is out of jail after posting 125, 000 dollars bail in connection with the armed robbery of sports memorabilia at a Las Vegas hotel. The former football star is expected to return to his Florida home. The charges against him carry the possibility of life in prison.

A man who kidnapped a 14-year-old girl and raped her for a week is sentenced to 421 years in prison. The girl was held at a bunker until being rescued after sending a text message for help.

Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather is suing his old network for 70 million dollars along with former parent company Viacom and three of his former bosses. Rather says the complaint stems from the mishandling of a discredited story about President Bush's time in the National Guard.

These monks are staying silent while on the march. In Myanmar about 500 Buddhist monks took to the streets in driving rain, protesting hardship brought on by the government's economic policies. Monks here have traditionally headed a protest starting with British colonialism and later military dictatorship.
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