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AP News 2015-02-02
French power and transportation company Alstom SA has agreed to pay 772 million dollars in penalties for bribing foreign countries. The Department of Justice announced the company willplead guilty of violating the foreign corrupt practices act, in what is poised tobe the largest penalty of its type ever assessed.
13 people were run down by a rampaging driver in the French city of Dijon. Authorities say that the attacker was detained and suffered from psychological problems. Some witnesses reported hearing the driver say“Allah is great”.
A white Milwaukee police officer who was fired after fatally shooting a mentally ill black man in April will not face criminal charges. The district attorney for Milwaukee says Christopher Manney shot Dontre Hamilton in self-defense. Manney says that Hamilton resisted arrest when frisked.
And call it a Christmas miracle for one lucky Aussie. A group of firefighters were handing out candy to local children in Australia when they smelled smoke coming out from a nearby house. The team stepped in, including one firefighter dressed as old Saint Nick himself, and successfully rescued a man inside the home.
Emily Roseman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
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AP News 2015-02-02
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French power and transportation company Alstom SA has agreed to pay 772 million dollars in penalties for bribing foreign countries. The Department of Justice announced the company willplead guilty of violating the foreign corrupt practices act, in what is poised tobe the largest penalty of its type ever assessed.
13 people were run down by a rampaging driver in the French city of Dijon. Authorities say that the attacker was detained and suffered from psychological problems. Some witnesses reported hearing the driver say“Allah is great”.
A white Milwaukee police officer who was fired after fatally shooting a mentally ill black man in April will not face criminal charges. The district attorney for Milwaukee says Christopher Manney shot Dontre Hamilton in self-defense. Manney says that Hamilton resisted arrest when frisked.
And call it a Christmas miracle for one lucky Aussie. A group of firefighters were handing out candy to local children in Australia when they smelled smoke coming out from a nearby house. The team stepped in, including one firefighter dressed as old Saint Nick himself, and successfully rescued a man inside the home.
Emily Roseman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
AP News 2015-02-02 |
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French power and transportation company Alstom SA has agreed to pay 772 million dollars in penalties for bribing foreign countries. The Department of Justice announced the company willplead guilty of violating the foreign corrupt practices act, in what is poised tobe the largest penalty of its type ever assessed. |
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13 people were run down by a rampaging driver in the French city of Dijon. Authorities say that the attacker was detained and suffered from psychological problems. Some witnesses reported hearing the driver say“Allah is great”. |
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A white Milwaukee police officer who was fired after fatally shooting a mentally ill black man in April will not face criminal charges. The district attorney for Milwaukee says Christopher Manney shot Dontre Hamilton in self-defense. Manney says that Hamilton resisted arrest when frisked. |
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And call it a Christmas miracle for one lucky Aussie. A group of firefighters were handing out candy to local children in Australia when they smelled smoke coming out from a nearby house. The team stepped in, including one firefighter dressed as old Saint Nick himself, and successfully rescued a man inside the home. |
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Emily Roseman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute. |
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词语解释
1.foreign corrupt practices act 反国外行贿法规
Avon's internal investigation focuses on compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a U.S. law that outlaws bribing foreign officials.
雅芳内部调查的重点是遵守《反海外腐败法》的情况。 这部美国法律认定贿赂外国官员属于违法行为。
2.run down 撞到
Handrails run down the middle of the hallway to help prisoners make their way from one end to the other.
走廊（廊壁）上的扶手一直延伸到尽头，这些扶手用来帮助犯人从一头走到另一头。
3.suffer from 遭受
Add all this up and Mr Martin argues that both America and Britain suffer from weak demand rather than enfeebled supply.
将所有的因素加起来，马丁认为美国和英国都遭受这低迷的需求而不是衰弱的供给。
4.step in 介入
Which means it should be a concern at every step in your process.
它意味着，应当在你的过程中关注每一个步骤。
5.self-defense 自卫
On Thursday morning, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces started dumping water from a helicopter on reactor No. 3, making four passes. They planned to do the same for No. 4 sometime Thursday.
周四早晨，日本自卫队开始从直升机上对3号反应堆进行4次注水，他们计划在周四的某个时间对4号反应堆采取同样的措施。