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1. Ukraine held a departure ceremony for some of the bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines disaster. The ceremony was held in an airport in eastern Ukraine before the bodies were flown to Netherlands.

2. Former New York mayor, Mike Bloomberg has joined Israel in calling for the Federal Aviation Administration to reverse its decision to permit US airlines to fly to Israel. Bloomberg took a Tuesday night flight to Tel Aviv on El Al Airlines.

3. The Costa Concordia began its final voyage, destined¹ for the Italian port of Genoa and the scrapyard. The journey to port is approximately 200 nautical² miles, and is expected to take 5 days.

4. Georgia Republicans have their candidate that for the Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Saxby Chambliss. Businessman, David Purdue, won a runoff on Tuesday, topping long-time Congressman³ Jack⁴ Kingston. Purdue is a former corporate⁵ CEO, making his first bid for public office.

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1 destined
adj.命中注定的；(for)以…为目的地的
参考例句：
It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。 The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。

2 nautical
adj.海上的，航海的，船员的
参考例句：
A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。 It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。

3 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

4 jack
n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克
参考例句：
I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。 He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 corporate
adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的
参考例句：
This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。 His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-07-27