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Right now, they are just talking procedure, but President Barack Obama says the relaunch of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is a promising¹ step forward. Senior Israeli and Palestinian negociators are on their way to Washington for the first direct talks between the two sides in years.

Connecticut and Massachusetts authorities searched in and around a lake in the hometown of Aaron Hernandez. He's the former New England Patriots² player charged with murder. Connecticut police wouldn't say what they were looking for at Pine Lake in Bristol. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the death of Odin Lloyd.

Pope Francis appears to be signaling a shift in tone, if not Church policy toward gays. While returning from his first papal trip to Brazil, the pontiff said, "If someone is gay and he searches for the lord, who am I to judge?" Francis' predecessor³, Pope Benedict signed a document saying men who had deep-rooted homosexual tendicies should not be priests.

And President Obama welcomed the World Series champions to the White House today. This is the second trip in three years for the San Francisco Giants. Hall of Famer Willie Mays was also in attendence.

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1 promising
adj.有希望的，有前途的
参考例句：
The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。 We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

2 patriots
爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。 These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

3 predecessor
n.前辈，前任
参考例句：
It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。 The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-02