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1. The Pentagon says the airstrikes launched by the US and Arab allies in Syria took out key training camps and facilities of the Islamic state militant¹ group.But an official says it is too soon to tell if the strikes carried out by US on its own will be able to disrupt the terrorist attack being planned by Al-Qaeda militants² , known as the Khorasan group.

2. President Barack Obama says the climate is changing faster than efforts to address the global warning. Speaking at United Nation summit on climate change, he says US will do its part but says no nation will get a free pass.

3. Police say a UPS employee opened fire inside one of the company's warehouses⁴ in Alabama, killing⁵ 2 people before taking his own life. The gunman was wearing uniform when he started shooting, either in and near small offices inside the warehouse³.

4. Have a spare 130 million dollars? That's the combined price a pair of Andy Warhol paintings could fetch at auction⁶ in November. "Triple Elvis (Ferus Type)" and "Four Marlons" rate around Warhol's most famous portrait and have never been available at auction.

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1 militant
adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士
参考例句：
Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。 He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 warehouse
n.仓库；vt.存入仓库
参考例句：
We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。 The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

4 warehouses
仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。 Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。

5 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 auction
n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖
参考例句：
They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。 They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-10-01