美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-11-23

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1. President Bush says it's the least he can do this Thanksgiving Day: calling members of the armed forces overseas. The White House says Bush called troops stationed in remote locations worldwide to wish them a happy holiday and thank them for their service.

2. Iran is expecting the UN Security Council to close the file on the country's nuclear activities after its investigation¹ into past atomic programs wraps up. An Iranian diplomat² says there will be no "legal and technological³ justification⁴" for continued Security Council involvement after the probe.

3. The father of missing American teenager Natalee Holloway will re-launch a search for her body in waters off Aruba. His announcement comes after police rearrested three suspects in her 2005 disappearance⁵.

4. A plague of starlings in Tamworth Australia has driven desperate locals to try an unusual scare tactic⁶. Council workers have unpacked⁷ a hundred rubber snakes and strapped⁸ them in strategic locations on trees in hopes of scaring the birds away.