For angry crowds in Sudan, jail time isn't enough for a British schoolteacher convicted of insulting Islam. Some are shouting for her to die. Thousands gathered to demand harsher punishment for Gillian Gibbons. The court ordered her jailed for 15 days and deported to Britain for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Mohammad. The sentence begins from the day she was (arrested), meaning she has ten more days in jail. Protestors say she should pay with her life for insulting Islam's prophet. Leaders in Turkey say terrorism is not suspected in the overnight crash of a Turkish jetliner. The plane crashed as it was attempting to safely land in southwest Turkey. Everyone on board was killed. It is the battle of the demonstrators in Venezuela. Today, thousands who support President Hugo Chavez's constitutional reforms took to the streets in Caracas. It's the last-ditch effort before Sunday's referendum. The reforms would (expand) presidential powers by doing away with term limits and give the president control over the (central bank). They say the reforms would turn Venezuela into a communist dictatorship similar to Cuba. Today, two of codefendants of NFL star Michael Vick learned how they would be punished for their involvement in a dogfighting (conspiracy). Quanis Phillips and Purnell Peace could have received up to five years in prison, but instead, they received lesser sentences of 18 to 21 months. A third defendant will be sentenced next month. Vick has already turned himself in to begin (serving) his sentence early. He will find out exactly how long it will be on December 10th. The defendants all agree to plea deals on conspiracy counts for organizing vicious dogfights on Vick's property in the State of Virginia. The number of US combat deaths in Iraq is heading for the lowest monthly level since March of last year. So far, with one day left, of course this month, 26 US troops and a (civilian) Pentagon employee have died in combat. The November toll could mark the sixth consecutive month of declines in U.S. personnel death. USA Today is reporting the decline shows a turnaround in the war because of the US effort to establish security and defeat insurgents. The change in strategy in January (initially) brought up the number of US deaths, but now violence in the country, overall is down.
1) Mohammad 穆罕默德 2) jetliner n. 喷气客机 3) referendum n. 公民表决,公民投票