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he army says it's begun an investigation¹ into the disappearance² and capture of Sgt.Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan 5 years ago. The 2-star general put in charge in the investigation will not interview Bergdahl until those helping³ him recover give the go ahead.

The United Nations says it's relocated 58 staff members from Baghdad and may move more in the coming days because of growing security concerns. Sunni militants⁴ are again making advances, capturing a stragetic norhtern Iraqi city near the Syrian border.

A 58-year-old convict was arrested in the killing⁵ of a Roman Catholic priest and the beating of a second priest at a downtown Phoenix⁶ church. Police say Gary Moran was being held on several charges just 2 months after being released from prison where he served 8 years for another crime.

And a rhino⁷ living with donkeys, a lion cub⁸ playing with a puppy--is a common sighting at the Tabilisi zoo in Georgia. Zookeepers use the unusualy cohabitation in an attempt to cure animals from what they belive to be depression caused by loneliness.

Suzanne Yee Gaffney, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 disappearance
n.消失，消散，失踪
参考例句：
He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。 Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

3 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。 By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

5 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 phoenix
n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生
参考例句：
The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。 The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

7 rhino
n.犀牛，钱, 现金
参考例句：
The rhino charged headlong towards us.犀牛急速地向我们冲来。 They have driven the rhino to the edge of extinction.他们已经令犀牛濒临灭绝。

8 cub
n.幼兽，年轻无经验的人
参考例句：
The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。 The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-06-20