CNN news 2008-06-15 加文本

Hello, everyone, I am Creshon Saunders at the cnn. com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

Rising waters breach a levee flooding a neighborhood just north of downtown Des Moines, Iowa. About 270 homes and businesses are in danger, as well as a high school. Residents have been forced out, leaving their homes uNPRotected.

Northern Japan was shaken awake this morning by a magnitude-7 earthquake. It rattled nuclear power plants and buried people under massive landslides. Japanese officials report at least 6 dead and more than 140 injured. They're still searching for 11 missing people. (Www.hxen.net)

The number 2 man in Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change has been brought before a judge in Harare. He was not allowed to speak to his lawyers and would appear before a lower court judge Monday. Police say they'll charge him with treason.

A day after they were set free in a daring daylight prison break, security forces in Afghanistan still haven't managed to catch any other nearly 900 prisoners who escaped. Some 400 of those who escaped Friday from a prison in Kandahar are suspected members of the Taliban.

A solemn moment during President Bush's trip to Paris today. The president traveled to the outskirts of Paris to visit two cemeteries and war memorials. He laid a wreath at an American cemetery, honoring soldiers killed in World Wars I and II. Earlier, Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy criticized Iran and Syria, telling Tehran to stop enriching uranium.

Discovery shuttle astronauts in space for nearly 2 weeks are back on the ground. The shuttle landed safely at 11: 15 Eastern this morning, touching down at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Also back on earth after 95 days in space, flight engineer Garrett Reisman.

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