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1. Reaction has been swift after the Associated Press reported on the US government’s creation of the Cuban’s Twitter, a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba. White House spokesman Jay Carney called it a development program and not covert¹. Senator, Patrick Leahy from Vermont called the program “Dump, Dump, Dump”. And said he was not aware the effort.

2. The soldier who killed 3 people and wounded more than a dozen before killing² himself in Fort Hood³ Wednesday showed no recent risks of violence according to the authorities. This is the second shooting rampage on the Texas military base. In 2009, an army psychiatrist⁴ killed 13 and wounded more than 30 at Fort Hood.

3. Malaysian and Australian officials have vowed⁵ to give relatives of passengers on flight MH370 closure. Both countries are leading the multinational⁶ search efforts and pledge that no effort will be spared to solve the mystery of flight 370

4. Briton Queen Elizabeth paid a private visit to Pope Francis at the Vatican. During her 62-year reign⁷, the queen has met five pontiffs.

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1 covert
adj.隐藏的；暗地里的
参考例句：
We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。 The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视。

2 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 hood
n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖
参考例句：
She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。 The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

4 psychiatrist
n.精神病专家；精神病医师
参考例句：
He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。 The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

5 vowed
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。 I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

6 multinational
adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司
参考例句：
The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。 He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。

7 reign
n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势
参考例句：
The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。 The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-04-08