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1. Israel plans to demolish¹ the homes of two Palestinian men who carried out an attack with meat cleavers² and a gun Tuesday in a Jerusalem synagogue. The attack left four rabbis dead including 3 Americans with joint³ Israeli citizenship⁴. The assailants were killed by Police.

2. With terrorists beheading Americans, President Obama has ordered a review of how the United States responds when citizens are taken hostages overseas. The White House says the review was ordered over the summer. The review is not expected to include the long standing⁵ policy of not paying ransom⁶, unlike many other governments.

3. Late Wednesday, Senate Democrats⁷ defeated the bill to approve the keystone XL pipeline⁸. The House passed the measure last week. Before the vote, republican leader has said they would take it up against them next year if the Senate failed to advance the measure.

4. And the 3-year-old giant panda is recovering after a surgery at a nature reserve in China. The panda named Pingping meaning peace and safety was reportedly attacked by a group of martens that left it with injuries to its stomach.

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1 demolish
v.拆毁(建筑物等)，推翻(计划、制度等)
参考例句：
They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。 He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。

2 cleavers
n.猪殃殃（其茎、实均有钩刺）；砍肉刀，剁肉刀( cleaver的名词复数 )
参考例句：
These monsters would not lay down their cleavers even when on the brink of their own destruction. 这些魔鬼临死也不会放下屠刀。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 joint
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。 We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

4 citizenship
n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)
参考例句：
He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。 Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

5 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

6 ransom
n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救
参考例句：
We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。 The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。

7 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

8 pipeline
n.管道，管线
参考例句：
The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。 A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-11-22