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1. Egypt's Health Ministry¹ says at least 44 people have been killed in clashes Sunday. Street battles raged for hours in Cairo and other parts of the country as authorities tried to separate rival crowds supporting Mohamed Morsi and the military.

2. The death toll² in last week's sinking of a boat full of migrants off Italy has risen to at least 194. Divers³ pulled 83 more bodies from the water on Sunday. The search resumes tomorrow for more than 150 others believed to be missing.

3. The system that was Tropical Storm Karen has dissolved in the Gulf⁴ of Mexico. Storm preparations in the region are being called off or scaled back, and evacuation orders have been lifted in southeastern Louisiana.

4. And the average price of gasoline has dropped 14 cents a gallon over the past two weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the average price of regular is now $3.38.

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1 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 divers
adj.不同的；种种的
参考例句：
He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。 Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

4 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-09