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The Democrats¹ leave the Iowa caucuses² with no clear winner, Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders have split the vote and finished the night a near dead heat.

Texas Senator Ted³ Cruz won the Iowa caucasus on the Republican side. Donald Trump⁴ finished the second followed closely by Senator Marco Rubio.

Officials from a number of countries have gathered in Rome to discuss their efforts to fight the Islamic State group. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says defeating them will likely take years.

And a zoo in Tokyo has held escaped animal drills. Some zoo workers dressed up in animal costumes as other zoo employees practiced catching⁵ them.

Matt Small, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 caucuses
n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议
参考例句：
Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。来自互联网

3 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。

4 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。 The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

5 catching
adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住
参考例句：
There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。 Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-2-12