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Saddam Hussein Trial Suspened Until December 21st
I?Tm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
The trial in Baghdad of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has been suspended until after parliamentary elections.
The elections will take place on Thursday. The trial is to continued on December 21st. Saddam Hussein is on trial with seven other men. The judges charges involve the killing of more than 140 people from the Shiite town of Dujail, north of Baghdad. They were executed after an attack directed at Saddam Hussein in 1982.
Gunmen from a Shiite party fired at a vehicle in which he rode through the town.
The Iraqi leader was rescued after several hours of fighting. Later, his security forces attacked Dujail. They distroyed destroyed (chú ý đừng nhầm từ như thế này nhé) houses and bussinesses, and took away most of the men. Many never returned.
The trial began on October 19th. The seven other men charged include Saddam Hussein?Ts half-brother Barzan Ibrahim. He was the Iraqi intelligent intelligence chief at that time of the killings. Another is Taha Yassin Ramadan. He was vice president from 1991 to 2003.
A third defendant is Awad Haman Bander Sadun. He was chief of Iraq?Ts Revolutionary Court. He signed death sentences in connection with the Dujail killings. A group of 5 judges will decide the case.
A chief investigating judge questioneds those who give evidence in the court. So far, those witnesses have described watching close family members being questioned, tortured and killed. They have told how security forces destroyed crops and property in Dujail. And they have described being held for years in the Abu Ghraib prison.
The men on trial, however, say the witnesses have not named them as connected in any way to these crimes.
Iraqi and the American officials planned the trial after American troops captured Saddam Hussein in 2003.
The officials say holding the trial in the country provides a good example for a democratic Iraq. But violence has interfered with the trial. Two defendse lawyers have been killed. Another has resigned. And officials have said they discovered a plot to attack the courtroom (viết liền).
Also, one of the judges left the trial when he learned that one of the defendants (sau one of phải dùng danh từ số nhiều) had signed an order for the death of his brother. The defendants have shouted at the judges and other people in the courtroom.
Saddam Hussein has denounced the court and told the judge to ?go the to hell?. On Wednesday, he refused to attend the trial.It continued without him. He has promised to be in the court when the trial begins again on December 21st.
The former precident could be executed if found guilty of the Dujail killings. But Iraqi government lawyers are preparing 12 other cases that could be brought against him in the future.
IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English was written by Nancy Steinbach. Our reports are on the Web at voapecialenglish.com.
I?Tm Steve Ember.
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I?Tm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English
The trial in Baghdad of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has been suspended until after parliamentary elections. The elections will take place on Thursday. The trial is to continue on December 21st.
Saddam Hussein is on trial with seven other men. The judges charges involve the killing of more than 140 people from the Shiite town of Dujail, north of Baghdad. They were executed after an attack directed at Saddam Hussein in 1982.
Gunmen from a Shiite party fired at a vehicle in which he drove through the town. The Iraqi leader was rescued after several hours of fighting. Later, his security forces attacked Dujail. They destroyed houses and businesses, and took away most of the men. Many never returned.
The trial began on October 19th. The seven other men trials charged include Saddam Hussein half-brother, Barzan Ibrahim. He was the Iraqi Inteligence?Ts chief at the time of the killings.
Another is Taha Yassin Ramadan. He was vice (không có gạch nối giữa 2 từ này) president from 1991 to 2003. The A third defendant is Awad Haman Bander Sadun. He was chief of Iraq?Ts Revolutionary Court. He signed dead death sentences in connection with the Dujail killings.
A group of five judges will decide the case. The A chief investigating judge questioneds those who give evidences (từ này là danh từ không đếm được) in the court. So far, those witnesses have described watching close family members being questioned, tortured and killed. They have told how security forces destroyed crops and property in Dujail. And they have described being helped held for years in the Abu Ghraib presence. The men on trial, however, says (chủ ngữ là The men mà bạn) the witnesses have not named them as connected in any way to these crimes.
Iraqi and American officials planed the trial after American troops captured Saddam Hussein in 2003. These officials say holding the trial in the country provides a good example for a democratic Iraq. But violence has interfered with the trial. Two defense lawyers have been killed. Another has resigned. And officials have said they discovered a plot to attack the courtroom. Also, one of the judges left the trial when he learnted (learnt cũng đúng nhưng trong trường hợp này là learned) that one of the defendants has signed an order for the death of his brother.
The defendants have shouted at the judges and other people in the courtroom. Saddam Hussein has denounced the court and told the judge to ?go to hell?. On Wednesday, he refused to attend the trial. It continued without him. He has promised to be in court when the trial begins again on December 21st. The former president could be executed if found guity of the Dujail killings. But Iraqi government lawyers are preparing twelve other cases that could be brought against him in the future.
IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English was written by Nancy Steinbach. Our reports are on the Web at voaspecialenglish.com. I?Tm Steve Ember.

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Holiday Shopping on the Job? Call it ?oCyber Monday?
I?Tm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report.
For Americans, the tra***ional season to buy winter holiday gift begins on the last Friday in November. Black Friday is the name for the day just after Thanksgiving day. But lately, there is a term for another popular shopping day that follows Black Friday ?" Cyber Monday.
The term ?oCyber Monday? comes from an observation made by people who study the holiday buying season. That is, lots of people may have gone into stores over the Thanksgiving weekend to look for gifts. But many wait until they return to work on Monday to buy online. Many people have faster internet connections on the computers at the jobs than at home.
An internet research company comScore Networks says Americans spend more than nine hundred million dollars online from Thanksgiving through Sunday. Then, they bought four hundred eighty-five million dollars in goods over the internet on Monday. The company says both amounts were twenty-six percent higher than last year.
What were the most popular sites for online shoppers?
Ebay is said to have had almost twelve million visitors on Monday. Ebay is the site on which people sell goods to each other. Next were the websites of Amazon.com and Worldmart Stores. Consumer?Ts spending represents two third of all economic activity in the United States, and about one fourth of all personal spending take place during the holiday season. There are gifts to buy for Christmas, Hanukkah and the African American?Ts celebration of Kwanzaa.
The day after Thanksgiving got the name Black Friday from the tra***ion of recording profits in black ink and losses in red ink. Black Friday may be a profitable time for sellers but it is no longer the biggest shopping day of the year. Now, the busiest day usually falls just before Christmas on December twenty-fifth. Still, the National Retail Federation said more than sixty million people visited stores last Friday, eight percent more than a year ago. The industry group says it expects holiday sales to increase by six percent over last year.
There are concerns that high energy prices could cut into holidays spending. But those prices are down from their recent heights.
This VOA Special English Economics Report was written by Mario Ritter. Internet users when you?Tre not shopping can read and listen to our reports at voaspecialenglish.com. I?Tm Steve Ember.

Iõ?Tm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics report.
For American , the tran***ional season to buy winter holiday gifts begins on the last Friday in November. Black Friday is the name for the day just after Thanks Giving day. But lately , there is the term for another popular shopping day that follows Black Friday, Cyber Monday. The term Cyber Monday comes from an observation made by people who study the holiday buying season. That is lots of people may have gone into stores over Thanks Giving weekend to look for gift, but many wait until they return to work on Monday to buy online.
Many people have faster internet connection on the computer at the jobs than at home. And internet research company , ComScore Network said Americans spent more than 900 million dollars online from Thanks Giving through Sunday, then they bought 485 million dollars in goods over the internet on Monday. The company said both amounts were 26 percent higher than last year. What were the most popular sites for online Ebay is said to have had almost 12 million visitors on Monday, Ebay is the site on which people sell goods to each other, next were the websites of Amazon.com and WorldMart Store. Consumer spending represents 2/3 of all economic activity in the United States, and about ẳ of all personal spending takes place during the holiday season. There are gifts to buy for Christmas, Hanukkah, and the Africa American celebration of Qualsa.
The day after Thanks Giving got the name Black Friday from the tran***ion of recording profits in black ink and losser in red ink. Black Friday may be a profitable time for salers, but it is no longer the biggest shopping day of the year. Now , the busiest day usually falls just before Chirstmas on December 25th. Still, the National Retail Federation said more than 60 million people visited stores last Friday, 8 percent more than a year ago. The Industry Group said it is expected holiday sales to increase by 6 percent over the last year. There are concerns that high enegry price could cut into holiday spending, but those prices are damn from their recent highs
This VOA Special English Economics report was written by Mario Wither. Internet users when they are not shopping can read and listen to our reports at voaspecialenglish.com. Iõ?Tm Steve Ember
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I''m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report.
For Americans the tra***ional season to buy winter holiday gifts begins on the last Friday in November. Black Friday is the name for the day just after Thanksgiving day. But lately there is a term for another popular shopping day that follows Black Friday, Cyber Monday.
The term Cyber Monday comes from an observation made by people who study the holiday buying season. There is lots of people may have gone into stores over the Thanksgiving weekend to look for gifts. But many wait until they return to work on Monday to buy online. Many people have faster Internet connections on the computers at the jobs than at home.
An Internet research company, comScore Networks says Americans spend more than nine hundred million dollars online from Thanksgiving through Sunday. Then they bought four hundred eighty-five million dollars in goods over the Internet on Monday. The company says both amounts were twenty six percent higher than last year.
What were the most popular sites for online shoppers? eBay is said to have had almost twelve million visitors on Monday. eBay is the site on which people sell goods to each other. Next were the web site of Amazon.com and Walmart stores.
Consumers'' spending represents two-third of all economic activity in the United States. And about one-fourth of all personal spending takes place during the holiday season. There are gifts to buy for Christmas, Hanukkah and the African American celebration of Kwanzaa.
The day after Thanksgiving got the name Black Friday from the tra***ion of recording profits in black ink and losses in red ink. Black Friday may be a profitable time for sellers, but it is no longer the biggest shopping day of the year. Now the busiest day usually falls just before Christmas on December twenty-fifth. Still, the National Retail Federation says more than sixty million people visited stores last Friday, eight percent more than a year ago.
The industry group says it expects holiday sales to increase by six percent over last year. There are concerns that high energy prices could cut into holiday spending, but those prices are down from their recent highs.
This VOA Special English Economics Report was written by Mario Ritter. Internet users when they are not shopping can read and listen to our reports at voaspecialenglish.com. I''m Steve Ember.

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Holiday Shopping on the Job? Call It ''''Cyber Monday''''
I?Tm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report.
For Americans, the tra***ional season to buy winter holiday gifts begins on the last Friday in November. Black Friday is the name for the day just after Thanks Giving day. But lately there is a term for another popular shopping day that follows Black Friday ?" Cyber Monday. The term ?oCyber Monday? comes from an observation made by people who study the holiday buying season. That is lots of people may have gone into stores over the Thanks Giving weekend to look for gifts. But many wait until they return to work on Monday to buy online. Many people have faster internet connections on the computers at their jobs than at home.
An internet research company comScore Network says Americans spent more than nine-hundred million dollars online from Thanks Giving through Sunday. Then they bought four-hundred eighty five million dollars in goods over the internet on Monday. The company says both amounts were twenty-six percent higher than last year.
What were the most popular sites for online shoppers? Ebay is said to have had almost twelve milliion visitors on Monday. Ebay is the site on which people sell goods to each other. Next were the websites of Amazon.com and Walmart store.
Consumer?Ts spending represents two-thirds of all economic activity in the United States. And about one-fourth of all personal spending takes place during the holiday season. There are gifts to buy for Christmas, Hanukkah and the African American?Ts celebration of Kwanzaa.
The day after Thanks Giving got the name Black Friday from the tra***ion of recording profits in black ink and losses in red ink. Black Friday may be a profitable time for sellers but it is no longer the biggest shopping day of the year. Now the busiest day usually falls just before Christmas on December 25th.
Still, the National Retail Federation says more than sixty million people visited stores last Friday, eight percent more than a year ago. The industry group says it expects holiday sales to increase by six percent over last year. There are concerns that high energy prices could cut into holiday?Ts spending. But those prices are down from their recent highs.
This VOA Special English Economics Report was written by Mario Ritter. Internet users when do not shopping can read and listen to our reports at voaspecialenglish.com. I?Tm Steve Ember.
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Holiday Shopping on the Job? Call It ''''Cyber Monday''''
I?Tm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report.
For Americans, the tra***ional season to buy winter holiday gifts begins on the last Friday in November. Black Friday is the name for the day just after Thanksgiving Day. But lately, there is a term for another popular shopping day that follows Black Friday, Cyber Monday.
The term ?oCyber Monday? comes from an observation made by people who study the holiday buying season. That is lots of people may have gone into stores over the Thanksgiving weekend to look for gifts. But many wait until they return to work on Monday to buy online.
Many people have faster internet connections on the computers at their jobs than at home. An internet research company, comScore Networks, says Americans spent more than nine hundred million dollars online from Thanksgiving through Sunday. Then they bought four hundred eight-five million dollars in goods over the internet on Monday. The company says both amounts were twenty-six percent higher than last year.
What were the most popular sites for online shoppers? EBay is set to have had almost twelve million visitors on Monday. EBay is a site on which people sell goods to each others. Next were the website at amazon.com and Wal-Mart Stores.
Consumer spending represents two third of all economic activity in the United States and about one fourth of all personal spending takes place during the holiday season. There are gifts to buy, Christmas, Hanukkah and the African American?Ts celebrations of Kwanzaa.
The day after Thanksgiving got the name ?oBlack Friday? from the tra***ion of reporting profits in black ink and loses in red ink. Black Friday may be a profitable time for sellers but it is no longer the biggest shopping day of the year. Now the busiest day usually falls just before Christmas on December 25th. Still, the National Retail Federation says more than sixty million people visited stores last Friday, eight percent more than a year ago. The Industry Group says it expects the holiday sale to increase by six percent over last year. There are concerns that high energy prices could cut into holiday spending, but those prices are down from their recent highs.
This VOA Special English Economics Report was written by Mario Ritter. Internet users, when they are not shopping, can read and listen to our reports at VOASpecialEnglish.com. I?Tm Steve Ember.

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Holiday Shopping on the Job? Call It ''''Cyber Monday''''
I?Tm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report.
For Americans, the tra***ional season to buy winter holiday gifts begins on the last Friday in November. Black Friday is the name for the day just after Thanksgiving Day. But lately, there is a term for another popular shopping day that follows Black Friday: Cyber Monday.
The term Cyber Monday comes from an observation made by people who study the holiday buying season. That is lots of people may have gone into stores over the Thanksgiving weekend to look for gifts, but many wait until they return to work on Monday to buy online. Many people have faster internet connections on the computers at their jobs than at home. An internet research company, comScores Networks says Americans spent more than nine hundred million dollars online from Thanksgiving through Sunday, then they bought four hundred eighty-five million dollars in goods over the Internet on Monday. The company says both amounts were twenty-six percent higher than last year.
What was the most popular sites for online shoppers? E-day is said to have had almost twelve million visitors on Monday. E-day is a site on which people sell goods to each other. Next were the web sites such as Amazon.com and worldmarkstores. Consumers spending represents two-thirds of all economic activity in the United States. And about one-fourth of all personal spending takes place during the holiday season. There are gifts to buy for Christmas, Hanukkah and the Africo-American celebration of Kwanzaa.
The day after Thanksgiving got the name Black Friday from the tra***ion of recording profits in black ink and losses in red ink. Black Friday may be a profitable time for sellers, but it is no longer the biggest shopping day of the year. Now, the busiest day usually fors just before the Christmas on December twenty-fifth.
Still, the National Retail Federation, says more than sixty million people visited stores last Friday, eight percent more than a year ago. The industry group says it expects holiday sells to increase by six percent over last year.
There are concerns that high energy prices could cut into holiday spending. But those prices are down from their reason highs.
This VOA Special English Economics Report was written by Mario Ritter. Internet users, when are not shopping, can read and listen to our reports at voaspecialenglish. com. I?Tm Steve Ember.

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Holiday Shopping on the Job? Call it ?oCyber Monday?
I?Tm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report.
For American, the tra***ional season to buy winter holiday gifts begins on the last Friday in November. Black Friday is the name for the day just after Thanks Giving Day, but lately there is a term for another popular shopping day that follows Black Friday: Cyber Monday.
The term ?oCyber Monday? comes from an observation made by the people who study the holiday buying season. That is, lots of people may have gone into stores over the Thanks Giving weekend to look for gifts. But many wait until they return to work on Monday to buy online. Many people have faster internet connections on the computers at the job than at home.
An internet research company comeScore Networks said: American spend more than nine hundred million dollars online from Thanks Giving through Sunday. Then they bought four hundred eighty-five million dollars in goods over the internet on Monday. The company said both amounts were 26 percent higher than last year.
What was the most popular site for online shoppers? Ebay is said to have had almost twelve million visiters on Monday. Ebay is the site on which people sell goods to each other. Next were the website of Amazone.com and?. .
Comsumers spending represents two third of all economic activities in the United States and about one fourth of all personal spending takes place during the holiday season. There are gifts to buy for Christmas, Hanukkah and the African American?Ts celebration of Kwanzaa.
The day after Thanks Giving got the name Black Friday from the tra***ion of recording profits in black ink and loses in red ink. Black Friday may be a profitable time for sellers, but it is no longer the biggest shopping day of the year. Now, the busiest day usually falls just before Christmas on December 25th. Still, the National Retail Federation said more than sixty million people visited stores last Friday, eight percent than a year ago. The industry group said it expects holiday sales to increase by six percent over last year.
There are concerns that high energy prices could cut into holiday spending, but those prices are down from their recent heights.
This VOA Special English Economics Report was written by Mario Ritter. Internet users when you?Tre not shopping can read and listen to our reports at voaspecialenglish.com
I?Tm Steve Ember.
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