Paris terror attacks: 5 arrested, then released in Belgium

The November 13 terror attacks in Paris killed 130 people and wounded hundreds. The attackers, armed with assault rifles and explosives, attacked six locations across the city, targeting a stadium, a concert hall and restaurants and bars.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks, and in response, French President Francois Hollande declared that the country was at war with the terror group, which commands large stretches of territory in Syria and Iraq.

A worldwide search is underway for key suspect Salah Abdeslam, 26, who is thought to have been the driver of a black Renault Clio that dropped off three suicide bombers near the Stade de France the night of November 13.

Last week, Belgium Justice Minister Koen Geens revealed that Belgian police had waited hours to search a house for Abdeslam because of a law that prevented such searches between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m.

By the time Belgian authorities searched a house in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek days after the attacks, the Belgium-born French national was not present, he said.  Belgium changed the law December 11 to allow house searches 24 hours a day in terrorism investigations.

Authorities had already missed one chance to capture Abdeslam, who was driving toward the Belgian border when police stopped and questioned him a few hours after the attacks. He was not detained, and the car was found in Molenbeek, where his family lives.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/21/europe/paris-attacks-belgium-arrests/index.html

Structure of the Lead：
  WHO-terror 
  WHEN-The November 13 
  WHAT-killed 130 people and wounded hundreds 
  WHY-not given   
  WHERE-six locations across the city, targeting a stadium 
  HOW-assault rifles and explosives

Keywords：

1.rifle:來福槍

2.authorities:當局

3.suburb:郊區

4.detained:扣留

Suspect in Thai blast had bomb-making material

The deadly explosion at Bangkok's Erawan Shrine -- a spot popular with tourists and locals -- wreaked havoc on August 17.

Authorities have said the main suspect they're looking for is an unidentified foreigner, the man in the yellow T-shirt, who was caught on surveillance video hiding a backpack under a bench at the shrineminutes before the bomb detonated.

Bangkok blast victim: 'I lost everything'

At least 10 people may have taken part in the bombing, but the attack is unlikely to be linked to international terrorist groups, Thai authorities said.

Police said a week ago that they no longer believed that three other people seen near the main suspect on surveillance video were involved in the attack.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the bombing. Thai authorities haven't said what they think the motive for it might have been, other than making vague references to unspecified people or groups who want to hurt Thailand's tourism industry and economy.

Thai security forces are sharing information with Interpol, the global police organization, and with intelligence agencies from allied countries, officials said.

Royal Thai Police Commissioner Gen. Somyot Poompanmoung said that he believes "several teams" were involved in the preparation and execution of the attack, which killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 120.

"This operation was carried out by a big network," he said.

Police offered a reward for information leading to the suspect's arrest, but it's not clear if that was a factor in Saturday's arrest.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/30/asia/thailand-bangkok-bombing-arrest/index.html

Structure of the Lead：

     WHO-the man in the yellow T-shirt

     WHEN-August 17

     WHAT-not given

     WHY- not given 

     WHERE-Bangkok's Erawan Shrine

     HOW- hiding a backpack under a bench at the shrineminutes before the bomb detonated.

Keywords：
1.wreak:訴諸
2.havoc:大破壞
3.surveillance:監視
4.commissioner:委員
5.Interpol:國際警察組織

Stricken Chinese cruise ship lifted from Yangtze River; hundreds of bodies recovered

The Eastern Star is upright once again, looking almost normal with its bottom resting on the water and its deck and cabins clear above it.

The ship's positioning Friday was a step forward in the dayslong nightmare playing out on a section of the Yangtze River that flows through Hubei province. It means answers should be easier to come by as to why the Eastern Star capsized Monday night and what can be done to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

It also means closure could be coming soon to hundreds of families.

At least 396 bodies had been recovered by Saturday, according to Chinese state media. There are 46 people still unaccounted for.

Of the 456 people on board, 14 survived. But rescuers have had no luck since Tuesday, when a 21-year-old sailor and 65-year-old woman were plucked from the water.

The chances of more miracles have dwindled with each passing day. And the salvage process has begun.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/05/asia/china-yangtze-river-ship-sinking/index.html

Structure of the Lead：

     WHO-Stricken Chinese cruise ship

     WHEN-not given

     WHAT-not given

     WHY-its bottom resting on the water and its deck and cabins clear above it.

     WHERE-Yangtze River

     HOW-not given

Keywords：
1.deck:甲板
2.capsized:翻覆
3.pluck:解救
4.dwindled:逐漸變少
5.salvage:搶救