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1. In Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in a coma following emergency surgery Saturday morning to remove about 20 inches of his large intestine. He was rushed into surgery after doctors noticed abdominal swelling and detected dead tissue. The hospital director says with each passing day, Sharon's chances of coming out of the coma are lower.
2. Israeli police fire stun grenades to disperse a crowd of Palestinian youths trying to burn Danish flags in protest over a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad. As similar protests continue worldwide, Turkey’s prime minister is urging world leaders to help keep the cartoon controversy from splitting the Islamic and Christian worlds.
3. It was a rocky landing, but adventurer Steve Fossett completed the longest non-stop flight in aviation history Saturday, more than 26,000 miles in about 76 hours.
4. And a winter storm is heading for the East Coast. Blizzard warnings
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. large intestine : noun [C usually singular] SPECIALIZED
the lower part of the bowels in which water is removed from digested food before it is excreted as solid waste [解]大肠
2. abdominal : noun [C] SPECIALIZED
the lower part of a person's or animal's body, which contains the stomach, bowels and other organs, or the end of an insect's body
3. stun grenade : noun
a weapon that is designed to stun temporarily rather than kill or cause serious injury 震撼手榴弹(一种不会伤人,却有强闪光及大声响,使人迷茫失措的手榴弹)
4. blizzard : noun [C]
a severe snow storm with strong winds:
e.g. We once got stuck in a blizzard for six hours.
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