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1、CNN100CNNNewsItem1TheU.S.governmentclosesitsembassyintheMiddleEasterncountryofYemen,andthatisbecauseofsecurityconcerns.OneofficialsaysthatagroupcalledalQaedaintheArabianPeninsulamightbeplanninganattackagainstthefacility.Thatsamegroupsaiditwasbehindanattemptedplottosetoffane
2、xplosiveonboardaplaneheadingtoDetroit,Michigan.ThattookplaceonChristmasday.Thesuspectallegedlybroughttheexplosivesontheplaneinhisunderwear.Theplanfailedwhenthedevicehetriedtousedidn’tdetonatecorrectly.Somepeoplehaveaskedhowthesuspectmadeitpastsecurity.OneU.S.officialsaysit’
3、sbecauseofhumanerror.PresidentObamahaspromisedthateveryoneinvolvedintheattackwillbeheldaccountableforit.Butsomecriticsarguethatthepresident’sresponsetothesituationhasn’tbeenfastenough,hasn’tbeenaggressiveenough.CNNNewsItem2It’sbacktoworkforIndiangovernmentoilworkersafterath
4、ree-daystrikethatcrippledIndiancommerce.Some45,000oilworkerswalkedoffthejobafterthegovernmentrefusedtheirdemandsforhigherpay.Thelaborstandoffendedafterdaysofintensegovernmentpressure,includingthreatsofjoblossandevenarresttostrikers.Meantime,talkswithasecondgroupofnationwide
5、strikersmaysoonbeunderway.TheIndo-AsianNews-ServicesaysIndia’stransportministerisreadytodiscussdemandsfromtruckers.ManyacrossIndiahaveparkedtheirrigs,callingforreductionindieselandtyreprices.CNNNewsItem3LawmakersinNebraskahaveapprovedabigchangetothestate’scontroversialsafeh
6、avenlaw.Underthenewmeasure,childrenolderthan30dayscannotbedroppedoffatstatehospitals.35children,manyofthem,preteensoreventeenagers,havebeenabandonedinhospitalssincetheoriginallawtookeffectinJuly.Statelawmakerssayitwasintendedtopreventnewbornsfrombeingdumpedintrashbinsoreven
7、worse.Thenewlawisexpectedtogointoeffectatmidnight.CNNNewsItem4ThenationofIranmarkingamilestonelateronthisweek.OnThursday,thecountrywillcelebratetheanniversaryofwhenitbecameanIslamicrepublic.Thisgoesbackto1979,whensupportersoftheAyatollahKhomeini,areligiousleader,overthrewth
8、ecountry’sgovernment.KhomeinibecamethesupremeleaderofIran,andthenationofficiallybe
