美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-04-04

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　　1. Authorities in Kaufman County, Texas are not publicly speculating on a motive¹ for a deadly attack on the County's District Attorney. Mike McLelland and his wife were fatally shot at their home on Saturday, less than two months after an assistant DA was killed in a parking lot near his office. Investigators² are trying to figure out if the shootings are connected.

 

　　2. Francis has celebrated³ his first Easter Mass since becoming Pope. More than a quarter million people packed St, Peter's Square to hear his message which he used to call for peace in the Middle East.

 

　　3. Churchgoers in South Africa used their Easter Services as an opportunity to pray for Nelson Mandela. The 94-year-old former president is in a hospital, being treated for a recurrence⁴ of pneumonia⁵.

 

　　4. President Barack Obama and his family made a short walk across Lafayette Park to St, John's Church on Sunday. There, they were greeted by several parishioners and handshakes and smiles after receiving Holy Communion.

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