美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-18(在线收听

1. The first tough gun control legislation since the New Town, Connecticut school shooting is about to pass in New York. The state Senate has easily passed the legislation and the assembly will follow suit Tuesday. 

 
2. A person familiar with the situation says Lance Armstrong has come clean about doping during the years he won the Tour de France bicycle race. He was interviewed Monday by Oprah Winfrey. 
 
3. Egypt's state news agency says 19 people have been killed and more than 100 injured, when two railroad passenger cars derailed just south of Cairo. The train was carrying army recruits when it jumped the track Monday evening. 
 
4. Sweden scientists say they have developed a glue that can act as a plaster for complicated bone fractures. Researchers at Stockholm's Royal Institute of Technology believe it will eliminate the need for medal plates and screws, resulting in faster, safer and easier operations.
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