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1. Two days before the start of a conclave¹ at which they will choose the next Pope, cardinals² have fanned out across Rome today to celebrate Mass. Elsewhere, officials took steps to definitively³ end Benedict's pontificate, destroying his ring, seals and stamps.

2. The top US commander in Afghanistan is rejecting as "categorically false" an accusation⁴ from Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The Afghan leader says the Taliban and the US are working in concert to convince Afghans that if most foreign troops leave, the violence will get worse.

3. Family members say the uncle of one of the seven victims of a rural Kentucky house fire desperately⁵ tried to save them from the burning home. Family members say they include five children from ten months to three years. A women killed was three months pregnant. The seventh victim was a man.

4. And meet "Little PSY". The 7-year-old is the prodigy⁶ of the man who made Gangnam Style a global hit. And he has his own album debuting⁷ this week.

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1 conclave
n.秘密会议，红衣主教团
参考例句：
Signore,I ask and I prey,that you break this conclave.各位阁下，我请求，并祈祷，你们能停止这次秘密会议。 I met my partner at that conclave and my life moved into a huge shift.我就是在那次大会上遇到了我的伴侣的，而我的生活就转向了一个巨大的改变。

2 cardinals
红衣主教( cardinal的名词复数 )；红衣凤头鸟（见于北美，雄鸟为鲜红色）；基数
参考例句：
cardinals in scarlet robes 身披红袍的枢机主教 A conclave of cardinals was held to elect the new Pope. 红衣主教团举行了秘密会议来选举新教皇。

3 definitively
adv.决定性地，最后地
参考例句：
None of the three super-states could be definitively conquered even by the other two in combination. 三个超级国家中的任何一国都不可能被任何两国的联盟所绝对打败。来自英汉文学 Therefore, nothing can ever be definitively proved with a photograph. 因此，没有什么可以明确了一张照片。来自互联网

4 accusation
n.控告，指责，谴责
参考例句：
I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。 She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。

5 desperately
adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地
参考例句：
He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。 He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

6 prodigy
n.惊人的事物，奇迹，神童，天才，预兆
参考例句：
She was a child prodigy on the violin.她是神童小提琴手。 He was always a Negro prodigy who played barbarously and wonderfully.他始终是一个黑人的奇才，这种奇才弹奏起来粗野而惊人。

7 debuting
初次表演，初次登台（debut的现在分词形式）
参考例句：
New debuting analog thermostat welding machine, easy to operate. 新登场模拟式调温电焊台，操作简单。 With the new tablet device that is debuting next week, Apple Inc. 苹果公司的新型平板电脑将于下周发布。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-03-13