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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the actions of Israel's military during the rerent war in the Gaza Strip, saying heavy civilian¹ casualities were caused by Hamas. Nearly 1,900 Palestinians were killed in the recent war. Israel says 900 of them were Israeli militants².

Meanwhile, Israel pulled more troops back from the Gaza border Wednesday as a cease-fire with Hamas continues to hold. Negociations are set to take place in Cairo in the coming days to work on hammering out a longer term deal.

President Obama, posing with African leaders on the 3rd day of the Africa Summit in Washington. Talks Wednesday focused on increasing security and limiting corruption³ on the Continent. The White House touting⁴ the summit as the largest ever gathering⁵ of African leaders in the United States.

And a miraculous⁶ rescue among the rubble⁷ of an earthquake in southern China. Rescuers pulled a woman out of the debris⁸ after being trapped for several days. The death toll⁹ rose Wednesday to nearly 600.

Robert Bumsted, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 civilian
adj.平民的，民用的，民众的
参考例句：
There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。 He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

2 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 corruption
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
参考例句：
The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。 The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 touting
v.兜售( tout的现在分词 )；招揽；侦查；探听赛马情报
参考例句：
He's been touting his novel around publishers for years. 他几年来一直到处找出版商兜售自己的小说。来自《简明英汉词典》 Technology industry leaders are touting cars as a hot area for growth. 科技产业领袖吹捧为增长热点地区的汽车。来自互联网

5 gathering
n.集会，聚会，聚集
参考例句：
He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。 He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

6 miraculous
adj.像奇迹一样的，不可思议的
参考例句：
The wounded man made a miraculous recovery.伤员奇迹般地痊愈了。 They won a miraculous victory over much stronger enemy.他们战胜了远比自己强大的敌人，赢得了非凡的胜利。

7 rubble
n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾
参考例句：
After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。 After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

8 debris
n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片
参考例句：
After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。 Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

9 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-08-10