美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-01-03_在线英语听力室

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Mourners held funerals on Monday for some of the victims of the deadly Turkey nightclub attack. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the New Year’s attack. Police are still searching for the suspects.

35 Russian diplomats¹ ordered to leave the United States by President Barack Obama returned to Russia in the earlier hours of Monday morning. Diplomats and their families landed at an airport in Moscow at 6 a.m.

Brazil’s authorities reported at least 60 inmates² died during a prison riot. Officials believed the riot stemmed from gangs fighting and is the biggest prison massacre³ in the state’s history.

And twin babies in Salt Lake City are doing well after being born over the New Year’s weekend. The first baby James was born just before midnight, December 31st 2016, and his brother Matthew was officially born in the next year, January 1st 2017.

Emily Roseman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 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》

2 inmates
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
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One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。来自《简明英汉词典》 The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 massacre
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
参考例句：
There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。 If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-01-03