美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-24

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　　1. President Obama’s call for a reduction in US and Russian nuclear stockpiles is being met with skepticism from Russia. In a speech in Berlin, President Obama called for cutting those weapons by one third. But Russia wants more countries involved.

 

　　2. FBI director, Robert Mueller is warning Congress not to act too quickly to make changes in the NSA’s controversial surveillance programs. In a Senate committee hearing Wednesday, Mueller said there are 10 or 12 cases in which phone records contributed to breaking up terrorist plots.

 

　　3. Researchers say a vaccine¹ for a sexually spread virus has cut infections in teenage girls by half. This is the first evidence of how well the HPV vaccine works since it came on the markets 7 years ago.

 

　　4. And an unusual heat wave is hitting Alaska, temperatures topping 80 degrees in Anchorage and higher in other parts of the state. People have been sweltering in a place where few homes have air conditioning and it was still snowing a month ago.

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