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From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Here's your NOW IN THE NEWS update.

Scores are dead in the ongoing1 attacks in Mumbai, India, including foreigners, police and at least 11 attackers. The death toll2 is expected to rise as the authorities search the luxury Taj Mahal hotel. The scene of bloody3 violence that continued two days after the attacks began. At least two Americans are dead, a father and his teenage daughter from Virginia. They and many others were killed at the Hotel Oberoi .Go to CNN.com for all the latest on this developing story.

President Bush has been keeping up with the situation in Mumbai as well. Bush has worked hard to cultivate the relationship with the Indian government. He has been monitoring the situation in Mumbai through Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rice has been working on phones talking to her counterparts in India, Pakistan and in Britain.

In New York State, at a Wal-Mart on Long Island, police now say that a worker died after a crowd broke through the doors and trampled4 him just as the store was opening up at 5 am, Friday morning. While Wal-Mart has not confirmed this stampede took place, it does say that a medical emergency closed the store, a pregnant woman and three other shoppers were injured slightly and taken to the hospital.

No flights in or out. Thousands of passengers are stuck at Thailand's two airports in Bangkok shut down due to mass protests. Demonstrators stormed the airport days ago calling for the prime minister to resign. The protests have completely cut off all air traffic to the city dealing5 a heavy blow to Thailand's economy. The prime minister has demoted the nation's top police chief in response and declared the state of emergency at the airport.

Pirates are striking again in the Gulf6 of Aden. More than two-dozen crewmen aboard the chemical tanker7 from Singapore, but media reporting now indicating that three security guards, two British, one Irish did manage to jump off board before it was too late. They were rescued by a helicopter dispatched from one of the many military stops now patrolling the pirate-infested waters.

Those are the headlines at this hour. For more on those stories and other news of the day, CNN is always your source online, on TV, or on your cellphone.


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1 ongoing 6RvzT     
adj.进行中的，前进的
参考例句：
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
2 toll LJpzo     
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
3 bloody kWHza     
adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染
参考例句：
  • He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
  • He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
4 trampled 8c4f546db10d3d9e64a5bba8494912e6     
踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯
参考例句：
  • He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。
  • People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit. 有人在拼命涌向出口时被踩在脚下。
5 dealing NvjzWP     
n.经商方法，待人态度
参考例句：
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
6 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
7 tanker xqawA     
n.油轮
参考例句：
  • The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
  • Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。

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