美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2011-01-19（在线收听）

1. President Barack Obama says he's ready to work with lawmakers in both parties in a spirit of common cause as Congress gets back to business after the Arizona shooting. In the GOP address, Representative Jeff Flake of Arizona alluded to his work with Representative Gabrielle Giffords on bipartisan legislation to make the House more open and accountable.

2. The death toll from this week’s mudslides in Brazil has climbed to nearly 600. Meanwhile, thousands of traumatized survivors have been walking as much as five miles along steep, slippery paths to buy food, water and medicine.

3. Soldiers and police have exchanged fire with assailants in front of Tunisia’s Interior Ministry amid unrest after the longtime president was ousted. The exchange came soon after Tunisia swore in a new interim president.

4. And a London company has come up with an irreverent, unofficial set of plates to mark the coming wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The creators say official merchandise is too old-fashioned.