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1. A wave of attack targeting Shiites in Baghdad has killed at least 24 people. Scores more were wounded.

2. It was back to Tahrir Square for Egypt’s revolutionary activists¹. Authorities used tear gas and military vehicles to disperse² the crowd. Later a suicide bomber³ killed at least ten off-duty soldiers in northern Sinai region.

3. At least two people are dead after a Learjet plunged⁴ into the Atlantic Ocean on its way from Florida to Mexico. The Coastal⁵ Guard located the wreckage⁶ about two miles north east of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

4. President Obama will pay tribute to John F. Kennedy today, two days before the 50th anniversary of his assassination⁷. Obama will bestow⁸ more than a dozen presidential medals of honour and will visit Kennedy’s grave.

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1 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 disperse
vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散
参考例句：
The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。 The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

3 bomber
n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者
参考例句：
He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。 Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

4 plunged
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
参考例句：
The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。 She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

5 coastal
adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的
参考例句：
The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。 This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

6 wreckage
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
参考例句：
They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。 New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

7 assassination
n.暗杀；暗杀事件
参考例句：
The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。 Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

8 bestow
v.把…赠与，把…授予；花费
参考例句：
He wished to bestow great honors upon the hero.他希望将那些伟大的荣誉授予这位英雄。 What great inspiration wiII you bestow on me?你有什么伟大的灵感能馈赠给我？

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-23