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Deal near for Greek economy Vocabulary bail-out when someone helps a person or organisation (or here, a country) that is in difficulty, by giving or lending them money critical very important coming under intense pressure being asked very forcefully
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Deal near for Greek economy Summary 30 April 2010 Senior officials from Greece, the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission are trying to put the finishing touches to a deal to rescue the Greek economy. Reporter: Gavin Hewitt Report A
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New finance rules for European football Vocabulary unanimous approval all the members of a group (here, UEFA) agree to a course of action a phasing in period a period of time when clubs can get ready to follow the rules (though in this time they can
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New finance rules for European football Summary 28 May 2010 European football's governing body, UEFA, has approved new regulations which will restrict the amount of money clubs can spend. The Financial Fair Play Test is designed to prevent clubs goin
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World hunger overestimated Vocabulary mark stage, boundary, line data information exaggerate overstate, make something seem greater accurate exact, true malnourished without enough food unacceptable not satisfactory economic growth increase in trade
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World hunger overestimated Summary 11 October 2012 The United Nations has conceded that it has overestimated the number of people suffering from hunger around the world. But a new study has shown that about 870 million people are still chronically un
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BP chief's evidence 'unacceptable' Vocabulary Central to Tony Hayward's testimony were The essential points of Tony Hayward's evidence, which he swore was true, were premature to pre-judge the outcome of investigations too soon to assume what the res
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BP chief's evidence 'unacceptable' Summary 18 June 2010 A senior American congressman has dismissed the evidence of BP chief executive Tony Hayward as 'unacceptable' and has promised to continue demanding answers in connection with a huge oil spill i
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Deal agreed on Australian mining tax Vocabulary corporate sector the private, non-government business community played out on prime time television took place on television during the hours when most people are watching confrontational advertisements
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Deal agreed on Australian mining tax Summary 2 July 2010 The Australian government has reached a deal over a controversial mining tax. The original proposal of a 40% tax has been reduced to 30% for coal and iron ore mining companies. Reporter: Nick B
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Smartphone hacker arrest Vocabulary defrauded stole money from transactions money exchanges hacker someone who gains unauthorized access to computers or smartphones software technology used for computer programmes susceptible likely to be affected vi
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Smartphone hacker arrest Summary 19 October 2012 A 20-year-old hacker described as a computer genius has been arrested in northern France for spreading a virus on smartphones. He snared some 17,000 victims with free downloads that were designed to lo
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Germany announces spending cuts Grammar surplus amount of money left over after paying all debts to borrow to receive something (here money) temporarily before giving it back its accumulated debt burden the amount of money that Germany owes in total
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Germany announces spending cuts Summary 9 July 2010 The German cabinet has agreed a four-year plan of budget cuts. The spending reduction over the next four years reflects a recent change to the country's constitution, which requires the government t
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Singapore reports economic growth Vocabulary fuelled increased a high end manufacturer a producer of sophisticated and expensive goods nanotechnology engineering on a very small scale biotech products industrial items made by microorganisms such as b
