美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-19(在线收听

 1. Police in Washington say a security guard for a conservative Christian lobbying group has been shot. The guard and others wrestled the man to the ground and he was taken into FBI custody.

 
 
 
2. Starting today, illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children can apply for the right to stay in the country and get work permits as part of a new White House initiative. Republican lawmakers say the program is President Barack Obama's effort to circumvent Congress after it failed to pass a law that would have accomplished the same thing.
 
 
 
3. A bicycle bomb exploded in an Afghan market, killing 14 people. Doctors say at least 18 people have been hospitalized. The latest violence comes as Taliban insurgents and other militants intensify violence across the country.
 
 
 
4. The Berlin Zoo is celebrating its newest infant arrival - a 350-pound elephant calf, born just three days ago. The Thai elephant made her first debut today after a pregnancy lasting 654 days.
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