On Dec. 13th | President Bush | announced his smallpox vaccination plan.

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Medical, | military | and public safety first responders against a biological attack |
will be the first to be vaccinated. || Under President Bush’s smallpox plan, |
announced Friday, | adults| will soon have access to the vaccine, | although it is not
being recommended for the general public. ||

And the main news today: | within ice| that covers a salty, | liquid Antarctic lake|
scientists| have found and revived microbes| that were at least 2,800 years old. ||
The discovery| points to probable life| within the underground lake| and suggests
the sort of ecosystem| that might exist on Mars. || THE ANCIENT MICROBES |
were in a state of suspended metabolism, | similar to dormancy, | said study team
member John Priscu of Montana State University. || “They’re in a frozen state,” |
Priscu said in a telephone interview. || “They’ll come back to life| if you add
water.” ||

Good evening. || Here’s the six o’clock news. || The hijackers| are still holding
twenty-three passengers in a plane| at Manchester airport. || They| hijacked the
flight from London to Glasgow last Thursday. || The hostages| have now been
sitting in the plane without food or water for three days. || The hijackers| want the
release of some political prisoners, | but the government refuses to give in. ||