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New broadband for Africa? Summary 30 April 2012 The arrival of the mobile phone has revolutionised communications across Africa, but with more than half the continent already owning one, what is the next leap forward? Investors are putting their mone
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Britain's new mayors Vocabulary directly elected voted for by the people feared worried shallow superficial, not serious beauty contest competition based on the way people look and speak, not what they say taken off become popular grandeur magnificen
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Britain's new mayors Summary 1 May 2012 London first voted for a mayoral figurehead in the year 2000. Since then the idea has spread and now ten more major English cities are to vote in a series of referendums on whether to do the same. Reporter: Rob
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Facebook organ donors Vocabulary an organ transplant surgery to transfer part of someone's body to someone else's the waiting list a roll of people wanting to obtain something foray movement into an unfamiliar area social engineering measures to make
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Facebook organ donors Summary 3 May 2012 Facebook users in the United States and Britain will now be able to show on their page whether they wish to donate their organs. The hope is that it will encourage more people to register as organ donors. Repo
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British battle over GM crops Vocabulary campaign group team of protestors with a political aim a mass action a large-scale protest activity wreck ruin plots areas of land a novel tactic an unusual strategy dialogue conversation ought to should repel
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British battle over GM crops Summary 4 May 2012 Scientists in Britain developing genetically-modified (GM) wheat have made a public plea to activists urging them not to destroy a small field of the crops and engage in a conversation with them instead
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Sight problems for students in Asia Vocabulary emphasis special importance a heavy price a high cost / a big loss exposure time spent being in contact with something visual impairment damaged sight nap short sleep genetic connected with genes (units
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Sight problems for students in Asia Summary 8 May 2012 Scientists say there's been a massive rise in levels of short sightedness among school leavers in Asia. Researchers writing in the journal, The Lancet, say that almost 90% of young adults are suf
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Worst place to be a mother Vocabulary nutrition the process by which eating food makes someone healthy welfare health and safety chronic long-lasting undermines weakens vicious cycle a bad situation that repeats itself vulnerable weak and easily harm
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Worst place to be a mother Summary 10 May 2012 The West African state of Niger, currently severely affected by a growing regional food crisis, has become the worst place in the world to be a mother, according to Save the Children. Reporter: Mike Wool
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Vidal Sassoon dies Vocabulary cabinets cupboards freed liberated beehives hairstyle where hair is piled high on top of the head wash-and-wear styles styles that look good without needing to use a hairdryer bob cut hairstyle where hair is cut at jaw-l
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Vidal Sassoon dies Summary 11 May 2012 The British-born hairstylist Vidal Sassoon has died at his home in Los Angeles. Sassoon was credited with revolutionising hairdressing during the 1960s, and went on to found a multi-million dollar international
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Kapoor's Olympic Orbit Vocabulary mammoth huge eye-catching noticeable to add something to the mix to add something different to the situation verve energy and enthusiasm tackled talked to or confronted tycoon successful business person helter-skelte
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Kapoor's Olympic Orbit Summary 14 May 2012 Its designers said they hoped to build a London rival to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It's a 115-metre tall tower made of red steel, erected next to the new Olympic stadium in East London. The design is by the
