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 1. Anxiety has overtaken the market in the aftermath of the S&P downgrade of US debt. The Dow dropped more than 600 points on Monday, closing below 11,000.

 
2. Despite its credit rating downgrade, the US always has been and always will be a triple-A country, says President Barack Obama. Speaking at the White House, the President renewed a plea to Congress to take action in September that will help create jobs and cushion Americans from a still weak economy.
 
3. The Pentagon says the remains1 of the 30 US troops killed when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan over the weekend will be taken to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Tuesday. NATO says the chopper was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by an insurgent2.
 
4. And at the age of 61 marathon swimmer Diana Nyad is looking to set an endurance record. She is making a 103-mile swim from Havana Cuba to Key West, Florida. By Monday afternoon, she was nearly a quarter of the way there.

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1 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
2 insurgent V4RyP     
adj.叛乱的，起事的；n.叛乱分子
参考例句：
  • Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
  • The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。

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