AP 2010-08-10(在线收听

1. Elena Kagan has been sworn in as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath to Kagan.

 

2. The Taliban is claiming responsibility for the shooting deaths of ten members of a Christian medical team in northern Afghanistan, among the dead, six Americans. The Taliban claimed the volunteers were spying and trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.

 

3. A lively and healthy-looking Fidel Castro appealed to President Barack Obama to stave off global nuclear war in an address to parliament Saturday that marked his first official government appearance since emergency surgery four years ago.

 

4. First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha visited the picturesque Spanish city of Ronda Saturday, once a favorite haunt of actor-director Orson Welles and author Ernest Hemingway. The group visited the church dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
 

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