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1. President Barack Obama signed orders earlier today to close the Guantanamo Bay detention¹ center. The prison camp will be closed within a year. Obama also said the United States will not torture terror suspects.

2. Tragedy on the streets of New York City after a delivery van struck a group of children on their way back from the library. Officials said two children were killed, and a third was seriously injured. About a dozen others were treated for minor² injuries.

3. Smugglers are back at work in Gaza's tunnels days after Israel called a halt to its bombing campaign. Israel has said one of the key objectives of its war on Hamas is to halt weapon smuggling³.

4. And the romantic fantasy "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" led Academy Awards contenders Thursday with 13 nominations⁴, among them best picture. Other best-picture nominees⁵ are "Frost/Nixon", "Milk", "The Reader" and "Slumdog Millionaire".

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1 detention
n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下
参考例句：
He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。 He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

2 minor
adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修
参考例句：
The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。 I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

3 smuggling
n.走私
参考例句：
Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。 The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

4 nominations
n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。来自《简明英汉词典》 Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。来自辞典例句

5 nominees
n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )
参考例句：
She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。来自超越目标英语第2册 A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。来自互联网

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-23