AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-23（在线收听）

1. President Barack Obama signed orders earlier today to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The prison camp will be closed within a year. Obama also said the United States will not torture terror suspects.

2. Tragedy on the streets of New York City after a delivery van struck a group of children on their way back from the library. Officials said two children were killed, and a third was seriously injured. About a dozen others were treated for minor injuries.

3. Smugglers are back at work in Gaza's tunnels days after Israel called a halt to its bombing campaign. Israel has said one of the key objectives of its war on Hamas is to halt weapon smuggling.

4. And the romantic fantasy "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" led Academy Awards contenders Thursday with 13 nominations, among them best picture. Other best-picture nominees are "Frost/Nixon", "Milk", "The Reader" and "Slumdog Millionaire".