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1. President Barack Obama says NATO agrees on a vision for post-2014 Afghanistan and is pressing world leaders to implement¹ that strategy. Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the transition will mean that Afghanistan is no longer a burden on the rest of the world.

2. Prosecutors² say two men are charged in connection with alleged³ plot against the NATO summit in Chicago. It wasn't immediately clear that the men have ties to three men accused of manufacturing Molotov cocktails⁴ to attack the president's campaign headquarters.

3. The Scottish government says it will continue to investigate the Lockerbie bombing, even though the only man convicted over the case is dead. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's death was confirmed Sunday nearly three years after his release from prison on compassionate⁵ grounds.

4. And rescuers in Germany successfully pull a two-year-old boy from a sewer⁶ pipe. Somehow the boy fell in and got stuck about 60 feet down. He suffered only minor⁷ injuries.

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1 implement
n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行
参考例句：
Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。 The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

2 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 alleged
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
参考例句：
It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。 alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 cocktails
n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物
参考例句：
Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。来自辞典例句 Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。来自辞典例句

5 compassionate
adj.有同情心的，表示同情的
参考例句：
She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。 The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。

6 sewer
n.排水沟，下水道
参考例句：
They are tearing up the street to repair a sewer. 他们正挖开马路修下水道。 The boy kicked a stone into the sewer. 那个男孩把一石子踢进了下水道。

7 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。