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Turkish shares reach all-time high Vocabulary crave have a strong desire for constitutional amendments changes to rules and basic principles for governing the country on course to win likely to be elected referendum vote by the people of a country on
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Turkish shares reach all-time high Summary 13 September 2010 Shares on the Istanbul stock exchange hit an all-time high this morning. This was in response to the large number of people in Turkey who voted in favour of proposed government reforms. Rep
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Japan moves to devalue Yen Vocabulary gaining ground becoming stronger or more successful exporters companies selling goods to other countries intervene get involved in the situation fragile easily damaged choked off prevented from happening announce
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Japan moves to devalue Yen Summary 15 September 2010 Japan's central bank has begun selling Yen in an attempt to reduce the value of the Japanese currency, which has been trading at 15-year highs against the US dollar. Reporter: Theo Leggett Report F
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Who is tweeting in London? Vocabulary twittersphere people using the social networking site, Twitter, in a particular place GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite technology tablets small, portable computers portion part, percentage pre-eminence d
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Who is tweeting in London? Summary 29 October 2012 Researchers have been analysing the Twitter traffic in London, to identify which languages people are tweeting in. English still accounts for nine out of ten tweets in London, but the research also r
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French banks fined for fee cartel Vocabulary commission charge amount of money charged for handling goods, based on the value of the goods cheque a piece of paper that you can sign to pay for things, instead of using money cheque-processing system pr
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French banks fined for fee cartel Summary 20 September 2010 Eleven of the biggest banks in France have been fined a total of 384 million euros by the competition authority for fixing amongst themselves a price they charge for handling cheques. Report
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BlackBerry announces iPad rival Vocabulary equivalent something with the same value, significance or qualities appealing attractive or interesting on the move travelling from one place to another selling point attractive quality of a product that wil
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Superman's career crisis Vocabulary refugee person who has been forced to leave their country (in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster) foiling preventing alter ego secondary or alternative personality catastrophes events causing gre
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Superman's career crisis Summary 30 October 2012 One of the world's best-known comic book superheroes, Superman, is about to have a career crisis. No, he's not hanging up his cape and refusing to leap tall buildings in a single bound - but his alter
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Trader sentenced for SocGen scandal Vocabulary he painted himself he described himself a pawn someone who is controlled by someone else (a pawn is the smallest and least valuable piece in a game of chess) ruled officially decided frauds methods of st
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Trader sentenced for SocGen scandal Summary 6 October 2010 A court in Paris has sentenced Jerome Kerviel to three years in jail for unauthorised financial deals that nearly ruined the French bank, Societe Generale, in 2008. Kerviel has also been orde
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Hungary to call for stricter waste regulation Vocabulary sludge thick muddy waste product reservoir tank or storage facility, used to hold large quantities of liquid not classified not categorised or defined highly toxic poisonous or harmful to human
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Hungary to call for stricter waste regulation Summary 13 October 2010 Last week's serious accident at an aluminium plant in Hungary could lead to tighter regulation of waste dumps across Europe. Eight people died and large areas of land were polluted
