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FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he will resign from soccer's governing body amid a widening corruption¹ scandal and has promised to call for fresh elections to choose a successor. Blatter was reelected to a 5th term on Friday, 2 days after a corruption crisis erupted and 7 soccer officials were arrested.

Divers² continue to search for survivors³ of an overturned cruise ship on China's Yangtze River. More than 400 people are still missing. The ship's captain and chief engineer were among the few rescued.

A man who was under surveillance by the FBI's joint⁴ terrorism task forces was fatally shot Tuesday by police in Boston after authorities say he lunged them with a knife. Police say the inccident occurred in the early morning hours outside a pharmacy⁵ after the man in his mid-twenties refused to drop the weapon.

And footage released by the Galapagos National Park shows spectacular images of lava⁶ flowing into the ocean from the Wolf Volcano after erupting last week for the first time in 33 years.

Kelly Daschle, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 corruption
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
参考例句：
The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。 The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

2 divers
adj.不同的；种种的
参考例句：
He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。 Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

3 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

4 joint
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。 We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

5 pharmacy
n.药房，药剂学，制药业，配药业，一批备用药品
参考例句：
She works at the pharmacy.她在药房工作。 Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness.现代制药学已经解决了失眠问题。

6 lava
n.熔岩，火山岩
参考例句：
The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。 His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-6-5