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1. Officials are struggling to contain the flow of migrants into European ports. In Greece, a fight broke out at a football stadium. Hundreds of migrants there were waiting for their immigration documents to be processed.

2. As wastewater continues to turn the Colorado River orange, the head of the EPA is taking full responsibility for the spill. Federal and contracted workers unleashed¹ three million gallons of mine waste accidentally, officials say.

3. The NTSB is blaming a fatigued² a Wal-Mart truck driver for a highway crash last year. The New Jersey³ turnpike incident severely⁴ injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian⁵. Officials also said Morgan and the other passengers were not wearing seatbelts.

4. A Pablo Picasso painting valued at 26 million dollars is being returned to Spain. It was smuggled⁶ out of the country in July.

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1 unleashed
v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。 The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 fatigued
adj. 疲乏的
参考例句：
The exercises fatigued her. 操练使她感到很疲乏。 The President smiled, with fatigued tolerance for a minor person's naivety. 总统笑了笑，疲惫地表现出对一个下级人员的天真想法的宽容。

3 jersey
n.运动衫
参考例句：
He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。 They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

4 severely
adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地
参考例句：
He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。 He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

5 comedian
n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员
参考例句：
The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。 The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

6 smuggled
水货
参考例句：
The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。来自互联网

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-08-14