美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2011-01-024(在线收听

1. Chinese President Hu Jintao has arrived in the US. The visit will come with full pomp and circumstance, and is designed to calm tensions between the two nations.

 

2. A senate candidate in Haiti says former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier is headed to court. Duvalier didn't say anything as he left his hotel in the company of police officers. Since he returned from exile, there have been calls to charge him with atrocities committed during his 15-year rule.

 

3. Camden, New Jersey is losing about half of its police force. The impoverished city is expected to cut almost 400 government workers including the officers and one-third of the city's firefighters.

 

4. And not enough iced coffee for you in a Starbucks venti? The company is rolling out a 31-ounce "Trenta" size. That's just under a quart of java.

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