AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-04-19(在线收听

1. President Barack Obama has been discussing trade, security and other issues at the opening sessions of the Summit of the Americas. Obama says he hopes to open a new chapter in America's relations with South and Central America.

2. Meantime, the White House says the president is "deeply disappointed" by Iran's sentencing of an American journalist. A lawyer for Roxana Saberi said the 31-year-old dual American-Iranian citizen was convicted of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison.

3. Colorado transportation officials have reopened an 80-mile stretch of Interstate 70 that was closed overnight. A storm dumped as much as 3 feet of snow in the region west of Denver. The National Weather Service says a winter storm warning remains in effect for parts of the state.

4. And it's one of the great traditions of the Orthodox Easter weekend. Thousands crammed into this church in Jerusalem where it's believed Jesus was crucified and buried. After the Greek Orthodox Patriarch emerges with a holy fire, it's a rush to light candles from the flames.

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