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1. In Alabama, police say they have a suspect in custody¹ accused of firing into a crowded bar near the university of Alabama campus. Nearly a dozen people were wounded.

2. New warnings from Fed Chair Ben Bernanke to Congress in its pursuit of budget deal. He says the economy could fall off a fiscal² cliff if tax increases and budget cuts take hold.

3. Fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces spreads to new areas of the capital Damascus, even a brief firefight near Parliament. It is the most sustaining fighting in the city since uprising started 16 months ago.

4. Olympic athletes start to stream into London for the 2012 games, but already there are logistic snags, not enough security guards and the wrong turn by a driver with a bus full of athletes.

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1 custody
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。 He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

2 fiscal
adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
参考例句：
The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。 The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。