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United States: Vote so close Sanders loses on six coin tosses
Leftwinger Bernie Saunders closes the gap on Hillary Clinton while Ted Cruz trumps Donald Trump in Iowa

WITH 99 per cent of the votes reported, US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton led leftwinger Bernie Sanders by a nose in the Iowa Democratic caucus yesterday as Ted Cruz beat Republican rival Donald Trump.

Votes in several undeclared voting precincts were still being counted.

The Democratic race was so close in that tellers in six precincts were forced to toss coins to decide the result. Ms Clinton won them all.

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