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1. Angry protests over the burning of Korans at a US base are continuing for a sixth day in Afghanistan. At least two people were killed and seven NATO troops wounded as people in a crowd of demonstrators fired on police and threw grenades at a nearby US base.

2. On the presidential campaign trail ahead of Tuesday primaries in Michigan and Arizona, Republican Rick Santorum said the US should not apologize for accidentally burning Korans. Mitt¹ Romney worked the crowd ahead of the Daytona 500 and Newt Gingrich told a Georgia church that the secular² left is trying to undermine American principles established by the founding fathers.

3. The opposition³ is calling a referendum about a new Syrian constitution “an empty gesture”. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said President Bashar Assad will use it to justify⁴ what he's doing to Syrian citizens who do not support his regime.

4. And a 72-year-old Nepalese man on Sunday became the world's shortest person ever recorded. A doctor and a Guinness World Records official measured Chandra Bahadur Dangi to confirm his height of just 21.5 inches.

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1 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 secular
n.牧师，凡人；adj.世俗的，现世的，不朽的
参考例句：
We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。 Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。

3 opposition
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。 The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 justify
vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护
参考例句：
He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。 Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？