美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-01（在线收听）

1. The terrorists who seized a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, say they are still holding hostages. Al-Shabab made the announcement on Twitter. 

2. President Obama speaks to the UN¡¯s General Assembly Tuesday. He is expected to signal his willingness to engage Iran, if that country makes nuclear concessions. 

3. Rescue workers in China used bamboo and ladders to save a family of seven, stranded in the massive floods caused by a typhoon. 

4. And closing arguments began Tuesday in the Michael Jackson civil negligence case. Jackson¡¯s family is accusing concert promoter AEG of hiring the doctor who was convicted of giving the singer an overdose of medication.