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The White House says cutting off aid immediately to Egypt wouldn't be the best interests of the United States. Officials are still reviewing whether the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi counts as a coup¹. Meanwhile more than 50 people died in the clashes between Morsi supporters and the military.

San Francisco fire officials acknowledge that one of their trucks rushing to the Asiana Airlines crash may have run over one of the two teenage girls killed in the accident. At the same time, investigators² say significant debris³ was found in the waters just before the runway.

Officials have raised the death toll⁴ to 13 in a fiery⁵ train crash in Quebec. Another 40 people are still missing.

And Texas Governor Rick Perry will hang up his hat. The one-time Republican presidential candidate says he won't seek a 4th full term next year.

I'm Matt Friedman. The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 coup
n.政变；突然而成功的行动
参考例句：
The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。 That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

2 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》

3 debris
n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片
参考例句：
After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。 Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

4 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。

5 fiery
adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的
参考例句：
She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。 His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-07-12