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Republican senator Ted¹ Cruz isnow the first major candidate for president. He announced his run on twitterjust after midnight Monday.

A UN envoy² says Yemen is on theedge of civil war. Shiite rebels who already controlled the country’s capitalseized Yemen’s third largest city on Sunday.

Investigators³ in Orlando,Florida are trying to determine why a small helicopter crashed into a house onSunday. One person was found dead.

And Singapore is mourning thedeath of Lee Kuan Yew⁴, who died at the age of 91. He led the tiny nation formore than three decades. He’s credited with developing it into a wealthybustling financial hub.

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1 ted
vt.翻晒，撒，撒开
参考例句：
The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。 She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

2 envoy
n.使节，使者，代表，公使
参考例句：
Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。 The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

3 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 yew
n.紫杉属树木
参考例句：
The leaves of yew trees are poisonous to cattle.紫杉树叶会令牛中毒。 All parts of the yew tree are poisonous,including the berries.紫杉的各个部分都有毒，包括浆果。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-3-26