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Rome drops Olympic bid Vocabulary austerity money-saving cabinet meeting gathering of the body which controls government policy irresponsible reckless bid application hosting putting on vanished disappeared refurbish renovate or decorate facilities a
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Rome drops Olympic bid The Italian Prime Minister has refused to sign off Rome's bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games on economic grounds. His decision came on the eve of the formal submission of bids to the International Olympic Committee. Reporter Da
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Olympus camera scandal Vocabulary corporate scandals events which cause public disgust. Here connected to companies. under suspicion people think he is responsible violating breaking auditor person whose job is to examine business accounts orchestrat
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Olympus camera scandal The former Chairman of Olympus cameras and two other former executives have been arrested. The company has admitted it hid more than $1.5 billion in investment losses. The scandal was revealed by Olympus's British CEO Michael W
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Making way for Eurovision Vocabulary cut off stopped the supply of compensation money paid to someone because of loss or damage a painful reminder something which makes a person think about a difficult time in their life adequate good enough eviction
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Making way for Eurovision In May, the former Soviet state of Azerbaijan will for the first time host the Eurovision Song Contest. The authorities are busy preparing the capital Baku, including building a new concert hall. But residents of nearby apar
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Ocean life under threat Vocabulary absorbed taken in corroding gradually destroying simulates creates particular conditions that exist in real life using computers, models, etc, for research deteriorate become worse emitting giving off, releasing ind
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Ocean life under threat Summary21 February 2012 There's heightened concern about the future state of the world's oceans. New research indicates that if seawater continues to acidify at the rate currently seen then the marine environment could lose ab
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Calls to protect Australia's koalas Vocabulary conservationists people who take an active part in the protection of the environment estimate roughly calculate threats things that could have a negative impact infertility not being able to produce babi
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Calls to protect Australia's koalas Summary23 February 2012 The Australian government has been urged to add the Koala to its list of nationally threatened species. Conservationists worry that the animal is heading towards extinction because of diseas
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Dictator disguise unwelcome at the Oscars Vocabulary dictators leaders who have total power over a country fictional not real, invented banned not allowed notoriously famous for something bad dressing up putting on a disguise adorned decorated promot
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Call for more help for poorest farmers Vocabulary coordination organising work efficiently agencies organisations setting up creating score card a piece of paper or document that a score can be officially recorded on harness control and make use of d
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Call for more help for poorest farmers Summary27 February 2012 The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has said that the international community's efforts to fight hunger and poverty are inefficient and outdated. He said advances made by the digital rev
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Do women have unlimited human eggs? Vocabulary long-held theory set of ideas that have been accepted for a long time shattered destroyed or changed stem cells tiny biological structures which can multiply and be used to create specialised tissue for
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Do women have unlimited human eggs? Summary 28 February 2012 Doctors in America say it may become possible to create an unlimited supply of human eggs, to help fertility treatment. Researchers found that when they extracted stem cells from the ovarie
