美联社一分钟新闻 2008-07-28（在线收听）

1. Australia's Qantas Airlines has been ordered to urgently inspect every oxygen bottle aboard its fleet of Boeing 747s. Investigators are focusing on the idea that an oxygen cylinder might have exploded mid-flight, ripping a hole in the side of the plane. The plane had to make an emergency landing. No one was injured.

2. At least 45 people are dead and more than 100 injured after a series of blasts in India. Officials say up to 16 blasts went off Saturday night. Several Indian cities have been hit by serial blasts in recent months. The attacks have been blamed on Islamic militants.

3. Senator Barack Obama is back in Chicago this morning. The Illinois senator returned from his overseas trip Saturday night. Obama is set to address a convention in Chicago today. His Republican opponent John McCain has no public events on his schedule today.

4. The pitcher at the center of that minor league baseball fight is now out of jail. Julio Castillo faces assault charges after hitting a fan in the head with a baseball. Castillo threw the ball during this brawl. If convicted, he could get up to eight years in prison.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. cylinder: n.

A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.

2. brawl: n.

a noisy quarrel or fight among a group of people, especially in a public place.