美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-29
时间:2013-07-25 06:13:05
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1. The
Supreme1 Court has ruled the heart of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. Justices struck down the part that determines which states must get federal approval for election changes. Controversial voter ID laws in Mississippi and Alabama could now go into effect.
2. President Barack Obama wants to
curb2 global warming through limits on carbon pollution given off by power plants. He says similar limits already exist for
arsenic3, mercury and other substances.
3. Members of Nelson Mandela’s family and tribe leaders gathered today at the former president’s hometown in eastern South Africa. Concern is mounting for Mandela who
remains4 hospitalized in critical condition.
4. And politicians from Taiwan’s ruling party duke it out with
opposition5 legislators in parliament. There was hair pulling, water throwing and even crying over the capital gains tax. Taiwanese lawmakers are well-known for
fiery6 debate.
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