Air show jet crashes, 78 die

　　UKRAINE(July 27 AP) - A fighter (战机) jet clipped (疾飞而过) the ground and sheared (割开，剪开) through a crowd of spectators (观众) at an air show in western Ukraine (乌克兰) before exploding in a ball of fire, killing at least 78 people and injuring 138 in the deadliest (死亡人数最多的) air show accident in memory.

　　Suharto's son sentenced

　　JAKARTA (July 26 AP) - The playboy son of former dictator (独裁者) Suharto was convicted of ordering the murder of a Supreme Court justice and sentenced to 15 years in prison in a case that symbolizes (象征) Indonesia's struggle to rein (控制) in judicial corruption (司法腐败) and the abuses that defined the Suharto era.

　　Russia says leaky torpedo sank Kursk

　　MOSCOW (July 26 AP) - Leaking torpedo (鱼雷) propellant (发射剂) caused the explosion that sank the Kursk (库尔斯克号) nuclear submarine (核潜艇) nearly two years ago, killing its 118-man crew in what Russia's top prosecutor called a technical malfunction for which no one was to blame.

　　Over 100 killed in flood

　　NEPAL(July 24 AP) - At least 100 people have been killed this week and 49 are missing in landslides (山体滑坡) and floods triggered by monsoon (季风) rains. The missing have been swept away by rushing waters or buried in villages smashed by landslides since the annual monsoon deluge (大雨) began to drench (淋透) this Himalayan kingdom Sunday.

　　Rain has washed away 629 houses, leaving 972 families homeless.

　　Israel regrets 'mistake' of aim

　　JERUSALEM (July 25 AP) - Israel eased restrictions (限制) on the Palestinians and unleashed (释放) a top diplomat in a damage-control effort after admitting that bombing a Gaza building, was a "mistake."  An Israeli fighter plane fired a missile into a crowded neighborhood in Gaza City Tuesday, killing 14 people, including nine children and its target, the commander of the military wing of Hamas.