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1. President Barack Obama will address the UN General Assembly Tuesday. He will declare that anti-American rage and riots among Muslims abroad will never force the United State to backtrack on diplomacy¹.

2. Republican challenger Mitt² Romney will address the Clinton Global Initiative today where he is expected to announce how he would rework US foreign aid. President Barack Obama will also address the annual meeting, spearheaded by former president Bill Clinton.

3. Seattle is hoping to attract professional basketball and hockey after the City Council approved a new arena³. The NBA team, the Seattle Supersonics left for Oklahoma City in 2008.

4. Thousands are gathered at Custer State Park in South Dakota for the annual Buffalo⁴ Roundup. The event was created nearly 50 years ago to manage the buffalo herd⁵ and draws spectators from around the world.

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1 diplomacy
n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕
参考例句：
The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。 This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

2 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

3 arena
n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台
参考例句：
She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。 He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

4 buffalo
n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛
参考例句：
Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。 The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

5 herd
n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起
参考例句：
She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。 He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-10-01