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1. The State Department says it's trying to confirm reports that three American students have been released from custody¹ in Egypt. A lawyer for one of the students says a court has ordered them freed. The students were arrested Sunday during a protest in Cairo.

2. Libya's transitional government has been sworn in before the country's interim² leader. It's another step along the country's roadmap to elections next year. The formation of the Cabinet clears the way for the election of a 200-member national congress by the end of June.

3. Gabrielle Giffords is helping³ serve a Thanksgiving meal at a military base in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona. The congresswoman arrived along with her husband Mark Kelly. Giffords is recovering from being shot in the head in a January attack that left six people dead.

4. And American troops are marking their last Thanksgiving in Iraq. Fewer than 20,000 US troops remain in Iraq at eight bases across the country and all must be out by the end of the year.

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1 custody
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。 He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

2 interim
adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间
参考例句：
The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。 It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

3 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。 By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。