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1. Two Americans are back on US soil after more than two years in an Iranian prison. The arrival of Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer ends a diplomatic ordeal¹ that began when they were accused of spying after being detained while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border.

2. Libyan revolutionary authorities say they discovered a mass grave containing the remains² of nearly 1,300 inmates³ killed by the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in a 1996 prison massacre⁴. Investigators⁵ found the grave after getting information from captured regime officials and witnesses.

3. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a hero's welcome in his return to the West Bank Sunday. Abbas's popularity has skyrocketed since he asked the UN on Friday to recognize Palestinian independence, defying appeals from Israel and the US.

4. And in Russia, almost two months after their birth, these Siberian tiger cub⁶ triplets are making their public debut⁷. Siberian tigers are one of the world's rarest species.

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1 ordeal
n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验
参考例句：
She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。 Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。

2 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 inmates
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
参考例句：
One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。来自《简明英汉词典》 The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 massacre
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
参考例句：
There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。 If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

5 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 cub
n.幼兽，年轻无经验的人
参考例句：
The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。 The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。

7 debut
n.首次演出，初次露面
参考例句：
That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。 The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。