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1. Philippine officials say the death toll¹ from a powerful typhoon has risen to more than 200 people. More than 60 villagers and soldiers perished in a flash flood that swamped two emergence² storm shelters in the military campus. Scores of people are still missing.

2. Software pioneer, John McAfee, has surfaced in Guatemala. While he says he seeks silent. Police in Belize want to question him about the shooting death of an American expat.

3. FBI agency in Alaska released a video of Israel Keyes. The confessed serial³ killer⁴ who apparently⁵ committed suicide in jail on Sunday. They also released a surveillance tape of keys of abducting⁶ coffee barista Samantha Koening in February

4. The woman who was listed as the world's oldest person died on Tuesday in an US nursing home. She was 116. Besse Cooper died peacefully Tuesday afternoon in Monroe Georgia reporting to her family.

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1 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 emergence
n.浮现，显现，出现，（植物）突出体
参考例句：
The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。 Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。

3 serial
n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的
参考例句：
A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。 Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗？

4 killer
n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者
参考例句：
Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。 The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

5 apparently
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。 He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

6 abducting
劫持，诱拐( abduct的现在分词 )；使（肢体等）外展
参考例句：
She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child. 她被控诱拐一个6个月大的孩子。 At the same time, the rate of abducting foreigners is going down. 同时，发生在外国人身上的绑架案正在下降。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-08