美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-08-22_在线英语听力室

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Officers deployed¹ noisemakers and fired tear gas and flash grenades in Ferguson, Missouri in an effort to keep protesters moving and not congregating². They say some people on the crowd lobbed molotov cocktails³. Police say at least 2 people were shot.

Palestinian and Israeli negociators in Cairo resumed indirect talks trying to hammer out a roadmap for the war-torn Gaza Strip after Egypt annouced a 24-hour extension of the cease-fire to allow more time for negociations.

Chinese state media say rescuers are trying to reach 29 miners trapped in a coal mine after a gas explosion. 10 other miners managed to escape, one of whom was injuried.

And annoucer Don Pardo, whose booming baritone was known to fans as Saturday Night Live, has died. He was 96.

Bob McCall, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 deployed
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )；施展；部署；有效地利用
参考例句：
Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。 The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

2 congregating
（使）集合，聚集( congregate的现在分词 )
参考例句：
The spatial distribution patterns of larvae and pupae are congregating distribution. 幼虫和蛹的空间分布均为聚集分布。 He says victims of violence are congregating there because they feel safer. 他说暴力的受害者聚集在这里因为他们觉得更安全。

3 cocktails
n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物
参考例句：
Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。来自辞典例句 Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。来自辞典例句

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-08-22