美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-2-13_在线英语听力室

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Protesters marched through the center of Munich protesting again NATO and Germany taking one of the leading roles in the conflict with Russia over Ukraine. The march took place as the world's top diplomats¹ gathered at a security conference to discuss the recent escalation² of violence in eastern Ukraine.

Rescuers found 3 more bodies from the river where TransAsia flight 235 crashed earlier this week. The plane with 58 people aboard, most of them travelers from China, crashed minutes after taking off from Taipei.

NOAA is due to launch a new solar weather observing satellite into deep space Sunday which scientists hope will get better notice of advancing solar storms. Big solar storms hitting the earth are rare but potentially high impact events.

Firefighters in northern California rescued a horse that got stuck in an outdoor bathtub. The horse, named Phantom³, was stuck into the bathtub for about 25 minutes with her feet up in the air.

Matthew Burgoyne, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 diplomats
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人
参考例句：
These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。 The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 escalation
n.扩大，增加
参考例句：
The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。来自辞典例句 Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。来自辞典例句

3 phantom
n.幻影，虚位，幽灵；adj.错觉的，幻影的，幽灵的
参考例句：
I found myself staring at her as if she were a phantom.我发现自己瞪大眼睛看着她，好像她是一个幽灵。 He is only a phantom of a king.他只是有名无实的国王。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-2-13