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1. Investigators¹ are looking into what went wrong during a training exercise in Nevada's high desert. A mortar² shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half dozen others.

2. The death toll³ in a series of bombings throughout Baghdad is now at least 56 with more than 200 wounded. The violence marks 10 years to the day that Washington announced the start of the US invasion in Iraq.

3. An assault weapons ban won't be part of the gun control measure the Senate will begin debating next month. California Democrat⁴ Dianne Feinstein says she has been told by Majority Leader Harry⁵ Reid that instead of being included in the measure, the ban will be offered as an amendment⁶.

4. And in the Ukraine, the parliament was briefly⁷ suspended. That's after lawmakers brawled⁸ with opposition⁹ politicians over the language used in a speech.

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1 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 mortar
n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合
参考例句：
The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。 The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。

3 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

4 democrat
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

5 harry
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
参考例句：
Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。 Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

6 amendment
n.改正，修正，改善，修正案
参考例句：
The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。 The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

7 briefly
adv.简单地，简短地
参考例句：
I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。 He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

8 brawled
打架，争吵( brawl的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The river brawled over the rapids. 河水哗哗地流过湍滩。 Two gangs of youths brawled on the dance floor of the ferry. 两伙青年在渡轮的舞池里打起来了。

9 opposition
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。 The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-03-22