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President Barack Obama met with leaders at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Myanmar Wednesday. He told them the U.S. is committed to strengthening its relationships in the region.

Firefighters on Wednesday fully¹ extinguished a fire that destroyed a hotel in South Dakota on Wednesday. Investigators² don't know what started the fire.

Protesters in western Mexico torched cars and broke into a state parliament building Wednesday. They said they were angry at the government's handling of the 43 students from a rural teaching college missing since September.

Creators of a sand castle in Brazil that towers over 39 feet high hope it will be named the world's largest ever built. The sculpture was erected³ in Niteroi Beach in Rio de Janeiro state and took more than a week to build.

Salim Essaid, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 fully
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。 They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 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》

3 ERECTED
adj. 直立的，竖立的，笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立，建立
参考例句：
A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. 在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。 A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist. 树立了一块纪念碑纪念那位伟大的科学家。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-11-16