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Search crews looking for the missing¹ Malasian Airlines jetliner expanded their search to Malasia's western coast. That area wasn't on the plane's scheduled route.

Russia says its diplomats² are preparing for counter-proposals to a U.S. plan for Ukraine. The two countries are negociating over Ukraine's political crisis³ and Russia's control over Crimea.

Flooding is now a big problem in the Pacific Northwest as winter snow begins to melt.

And 3 crew members from the International Space Station are back on earth. Two Russians and one American landed in Kazakhstan after 166 days in space.

Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 missing
adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的
参考例句：
Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。 All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

2 diplomats
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人
参考例句：
These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。 The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 crisis
n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段
参考例句：
He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。 The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-03-14