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1. The White House says Ukrain is getting rid of stock pile of highly-enriching uranium enough to build several nuclear weapons.The words came at the start of conference in Washington on nuclear saftey of leaders of 47 nations.

2. The Vatican says bishops¹ and other high level clergy² should report to clerical sex abuse to police. But the group representing victims of abuse by priests says it's not impressed. It wants to wait to see if bishops follow through with the instruction.

3.The attorney for a college student accusing Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault says she is asking prosecutors³ to not pursue the case to avoid an intrusive⁴ trial. The 20-year-old said the quarterback assaulted her at a nightclub in Georgia.

4.Passion proved too much for a pair of eagles in Alaska. A mating dance has a female bird recovering from injuries after the couple slammed into a snowbank.

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1 bishops
（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )；（国际象棋的）象
参考例句：
Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。 "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。

2 clergy
n.[总称]牧师，神职人员
参考例句：
I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。 All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。

3 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

4 intrusive
adj.打搅的；侵扰的
参考例句：
The cameras were not an intrusive presence.那些摄像机的存在并不令人反感。 Staffs are courteous but never intrusive.员工谦恭有礼却从不让人感到唐突。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-16)