AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-30)(在线收听

1. The UN says Haiti's government has called off any more search and rescue efforts for survivors. Meanwhile, Saturday, mourners paid final respects to the capital's archbishop in a somber ceremony that doubled as a symbolic funeral for all of the dead.

2. Speaking from Baghdad, Vice President Biden announced US will appeal a court decision dismissing manslaughter charges against five Blackwater guards in the 2007 Baghdad shooting. He expressed his personal regret over the shooting that left 17 dead.

3. Britain raised its terror alert Friday to the second-highest level, meaning an attack is considered highly likely. However, the home secretary stresses there is no intelligence suggesting an attack is imminent.

4. The Marines wrapped up nearly seven years in Iraq Saturday, handing over duties to the Army and signaling the beginning of an accelerated withdrawal of troops, as the U.S. turns its focus away from the war in Iraq to the one in Afghanistan.
 

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