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1. An administration official says testing will continue as BP and the government disagree over whether the new cap on the well should be removed. BP wants to keep the cap while administration officials say that cap should be removed. They guess methane¹ may have been detected near the blown-out well.

2. A man police say was armed and wearing a bulletproof vest remains² hospitalized after a traffic stop turned into a shoot-out in Oakland. Officers say the driver started shooting shortly after being pulled over. Authorities returned fire, hitting the suspect several times. Two officers suffered minor³ injuries.

3. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has opened high-level talks with Pakistan by announcing several new aid projects. Clinton says the projects soaring effort by the US to convince Pakistanis that Washington is focused on more than just backing that country's fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda militants⁴.

4. Indian officials are investigating the possibility of foul⁵ play in the deadly collision of two trains in eastern India. The crash killed at least 61 people. The force of the crash threw the roof of one car onto an overpass⁶. The disaster was the second major deadly train crash in India in the past two months

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1 methane
n.甲烷，沼气
参考例句：
The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited.爆炸是由数袋甲烷气体着火引起的。 Methane may have extraterrestrial significance.甲烷具有星际意义。

2 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 minor
adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修
参考例句：
The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。 I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

4 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

5 foul
adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规
参考例句：
Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。 What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

6 overpass
n.天桥，立交桥
参考例句：
I walked through an overpass over the road.我步行穿过那条公路上面的立交桥。 We should take the overpass when crossing the road.我们过马路应走天桥。