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Videos provided to the Associated Press show a couple who disappeared in Afghanistan in late 2012 appealing to the U.S. government for help in freeing them from their Taliban captors. The American family of then-pregnant Caitlan Coleman received the videos last year. They offer the only clues about what happened to Coleman and her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle after they lost touch with their familes 20 months ago.

Traveling in Poland, President Barack Obama held up 25 years of Polish democracy as a beacon¹ for neighboring Ukraine in a public celebration. He also warned Russia the free world is united against its tactics to violate Ukraine's sovereignty.

Nearly 200,000 people in HongKong joined the candle-light vigil to remember the victims and commemorate² the 25th anniversay of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown.

And a 13-year-old girl from India has become the youngest girl to Everest Summit Mount Everest after 8 months of training for the climb. Malavath Poorna and her team of guides reached the summit on May 25 from the northern side in Tibet.

Kelly Daschle, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 beacon
n.烽火，（警告用的）闪火灯，灯塔
参考例句：
The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。 The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。

2 commemorate
vt.纪念，庆祝
参考例句：
This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。 We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-06-08