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 French power and transportation company Alstom SA has agreed to pay 772 million dollars in penalties for bribing1 foreign countries. The Department of Justice announced the company willplead guilty of violating the foreign corrupt2 practices act, in what is poised3 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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1 bribing 2a05f9cab5c720b18ca579795979a581     
贿赂
参考例句：
  • He tried to escape by bribing the guard. 他企图贿赂警卫而逃走。
  • Always a new way of bribing unknown and maybe nonexistent forces. 总是用诸如此类的新方法来讨好那不知名的、甚或根本不存在的魔力。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻
2 corrupt 4zTxn     
v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的
参考例句：
  • The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
  • This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
3 poised SlhzBU     
a.摆好姿势不动的
参考例句：
  • The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
  • Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

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