美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-04-12(在线收听

 1. Oscar Pistorious broke down in sobs and howls at his murder trial on Tuesday, forcing a brief adjournment. The star athlete was testifying about the moment he realized that he had shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp as opposed to an intruder. 

 
2. At a hearing on Capitol Hill, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy said a twitter-like program reportedly designed to foster dissent in Cuba was “Cockamamie Idea” that was not adequately described to congress when developed by the USA ID. 
 
3. The reverend Al Sharpton says a “smoking gun” report that he spied on New York mafia figures in 1980s is old news. Sharpton says he cooperated with an FBI investigation but never considered himself an informant. 
 
4. And the animals at the Paris Zoo are getting ready to their close-up. The zoo reopens to the public this weekend after a multi-year and multi-million-dollar makeover. 
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