Compound: 被圈起的建筑物

2005-06-21 11:55

The magazine, which reached newsstands Monday, said the GIs could not tell their families what they were doing and signed pledges not to reveal the location or other details of the U.S.-run compound where Saddam was an HVD, or "high value detainee," awaiting trial by Iraqi authorities for mass killings and other crimes.

Roll call: 点名

2005-06-21 10:05

A suicide car bomber wearing a police uniform killed at least 15 traffic policemen and wounded 100 others Monday during morning roll call at a police headquarters in this oil-rich northern Kurdish city, the second such attack in as many days.

Go after: 追求,设法得到

2005-06-20 10:50

Going after the nomination "is a real possibility," he said on CBS' "Face the Nation."

Throe: 痛苦挣扎

2005-06-20 09:31

In his first interview since becoming head of the CIA last year, Goss also told the magazine the insurgency in Iraq was not quite in its last throes, but close to it.

Whereabouts: 下落,行踪

2005-06-17 11:07

Osama bin Laden and Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar are not believed to be in Afghanistan anymore, the U.S. ambassador said Thursday, raising fresh questions as to the whereabouts of the elusive terror mastermind.

Plutonium: 钚元素

2005-06-17 09:11

Iran has admitted to experimenting with producing plutonium, which can be used for atomic bombs, much more recently than it originally told the U.N. nuclear watchdog, according to a draft U.N. speech.

By one's side: 在某人身边

2005-06-16 10:28

Percy Arrowsmith, who with his wife set the record two weeks ago for the world's longest marriage, died Wednesday, his wife of 80 years by his side. He was 105.

Summit: 峰会,首脑会议

2005-06-16 08:52

Putin told former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori in Saint Petersburg Tuesday that he wanted the visit to be around the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC) forum summit in South Korea on November 18-19, major Japanese media reported.

Question: 询问,审问

2005-06-15 08:35

The tribunal that will put Saddam Hussein on trial released a video Monday showing the 68-year-old former president - looking drawn and tired but dressed in a pinstriped suit - being questioned about the killings of at least 50 Iraqis in a Shiite town.

Temblor: 地震

2005-06-14 11:04

The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.9, according to both the U.S. Geological Survey and Chilean officials, making it the world's third strongest temblor since the quake that set off an Asian tsunami in December.

Renounce: 放弃,拒绝

2005-06-13 11:07

The Iraqi government said on Sunday that some rebels had approached it looking for peace terms and repeated its willingness to negotiate with groups which renounced violence and which had not killed Iraqis.

Take into custody: 拘留,拒捕

2005-06-13 10:49

Hours later, two small bombs exploded in central Tehran, killing one person and wounding four. Police said one suspect was taken into custody.

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