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 Tens of thousands of people and world leaders gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa to remember Nelson Mandela. President Obama praised Mandela as the man who changed the world and inspired him to run for president. "South Africa shows we can change, that we can choose a world defined1 not by our differences, but by our common hopes."

 
A wintry storm could drop up to 5 inches of snow as it moves up the coast and across the mid-Atlantic states towards New England today. The federal government in Washington is shut down along with scores of area school districts.
 
Riot2 police and anti-government protesters confronted3 each other in Kiev, Ukraine on Tuesday. The protesters are angry because Ukraine's president backed away from signing an agreement with the European Union.
 
An engineering students at the University of Pennsylvinia designed a robotic arm that can help people lift extra weight and avoid strain and injury.
 
Tom Ritchie, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 defined GuQzxW     
adj 定义的; 清晰的
参考例句：
  • These categories are not well defined. 这些类别划分得不太明确。
  • The powers of a judge are defined by law. 法官的权限是由法律规定的。
2 riot 5X8xi     
n.暴（骚）乱，（色彩等）极度丰富；vi.聚众闹事
参考例句：
  • They had to call the police in order to put down the riot.他们只得叫来警察以平定骚乱。
  • Flowers of all sorts are blooming in a riot of colour.百花盛开，万紫千红。
3 confronted ed160ba297142d26aec32aa54f9afc98     
面对( confront的过去式和过去分词 )； 使面对； 使对质； 处理
参考例句：
  • When we confronted him, he denied everything. 我们与他当面对质时，他什么都不承认。
  • The writer confronted his pile of work with determination. 那作家下决心面对成堆的工作。

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