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Officials in South Carolina are trying to find options to protect the capital city's main water source after torrential downpours caused a canal to collapse¹. The National Guard delivered sandbags on Wednesday to dam the breached² canal in the City of Columbia.

Video obtained by the Associated Press shows an ancient arch in Syria largely destroyed. Syrian activists³ say the Islamic State group blew up the nearly 2,000-year-old arch of triumph.

Hillary Clinton's private Email server was the subject of attempted cyber attacks, originating in China, South Korea and Germany. Officials say the attempts were blocked by threat monitering but there was a period of time when the protection had not been installed.

Secretary of State John Kerry met with the president of Germany to celebrate the arrrival of a segment of Berlin Wall in Washington. The segment will be put on display at the US Diplomacy⁴ Center.

Krysta Fauria, Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 collapse
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。 The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

2 breached
攻破( breach的现在分词 )；破坏，违反
参考例句：
These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。 Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。

3 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 diplomacy
n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕
参考例句：
The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。 This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-10-11