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2008.05.09
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1. It was a day of fierce fighting on the streets of Beirut as Shiite Hezbollah supporters and Sunnis battled it out. At least four people died. The Hezbollah leader is accusing the Lebanese government of declaring war on his group after 1 . 2. The United States may air-drop aid to victims of a cyclone in Myanmar, doing it without the government's permission. The UN is appealing to the country's military leaders to 2 to begin. 3. Severe weather moves through parts of Mississippi and Alabama. Strong winds toppling some homes, all an apparent tornado damaged a shopping mall in Tupelo, Mississippi. Some school systems 3 students early. The storms caused no injuries. 4. In Colorado Springs, several bears 4 going through the trash, crawling up a tree. All captured on tape. The bears eventually moved on, running out of the neighborhood and then up a hill.
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WORDS IN THE NEWS
air-drop: v. 空投
If a country or organization air-drops supplies to a place, it drops supplies there from aircraft.
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