CNN 2009-05-13

Good morning, from the CNN Center here in Atlanta, I'm Melissa Long. It's Tuesday May 12th. Here's a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Taliban fighters stormed a government building in the middle of a major city in Afghanistan. It's happening in Khost, which is a hotbed for Taliban activity near the Pakistan border. Barbara Starr tells us now what's going on.

It all began apparently¹ when some suicide bombers² detonated their vests, some US forces, initial US forces tried to help with this situation, but the fighting became even more tough. A quick reaction force, US ground forces and helicopters called into the city of Khost to try and get control of this situation.

We now know the name of a US soldier accused of killing³ five other US troops in Baghdad yesterday. A US Defense⁴ official says he's Army Sgt. John Russell, one veteran who was diagnosed with PTSD--post-traumatic stress disorder⁵, says the incident doesn't surprise him.

It's not the first time I've heard about this. I've had friends that had, you know, committed suicide back in the states or, you know, did other horrible things to other people. It's just hard to deal with people that don't understand or have never seen the things I've seen or gone through the things I've seen.
The long-standing culture that has had no tolerance⁶ for anything that looks like less than emotional perfection.

This is the sixth case during the Iraq war where service member was allegedly killed by comrade.

The US military is replacing its top commander in Afghanistan. General David McKiernan is out after less than a year on the job. He will be replaced by Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who has more special ops experience. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the military has a new mission in Afghanistan, so it needs new leadership.

In her only interview since being diagnosed with cancer, Farrah Fawcett is lashing⁷ out at UCLA Medical Center for failing to protect her privacy. She talked to the LA Times in August, but just now gave permission to release the tape. Fawcett explained how she set up a 'sting operation' to find out who was leaking her medical information to the national enquirer⁸.

So when my cancer came back, that's when I set it up with the doctor. I said, Okay, you know and I know. I'm not telling Redman, I'm not telling Ryan. I'm not telling my father. I'm not telling anyone. So I knew that if it came out, it was coming from UCLA and you couldn't believe how fast it came out, you know maybe four days.

Those are the headlines making news at this hour. Do stay with CNN and CNN.com for more on these stories or other news that develops today.

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

6 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

7 lashing   

n.鞭打；痛斥；大量；许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The speaker was lashing the crowd. 演讲人正在煽动人群。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The rain was lashing the windows. 雨急打着窗子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 enquirer   

寻问者，追究者

参考例句：

• The "National Enquirer" blazoned forth that we astronomers had really discovered another civilization. 《国民询问者》甚至宣称，我们天文学家已真正发现了其它星球上的文明。
• Should we believe a publication like the national enquirer? 我们要相信像《国家探秘者》之类的出版物吗？