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1. Dozens of Shiite Muslims are dead after bombing attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan today. The attacks coincide with a Shiite religious holiday.

2. Standard & Poor's is examining the credit rating of 15 eurozone countries, a downgrade is possible. S & P's says the debt crisis is affecting the European countries with the strongest economies.

3. President Barack Obama heads to Kansas today. He'll speak at the same town where former President Theodore Roosevelt delivered a historic speech on economic fairness a century ago.

4. And Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is now running his first campaign ad in Iowa. That state's presidential caucus¹ is set for January 3rd.

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n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议
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This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。 It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。