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Haiti cholera victims threaten UN Vocabulary cholera a serious disease, caused by drinking infected water epidemic when a disease spreads without control sewage human waste originated started endemic present in a particular area unprecedented somethi
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Haiti cholera victims threaten UN Summary 10 May 2013 Victims of the cholera epidemic in Haiti have given the United Nations a 60 day deadline to start talks about compensation or face legal action. The victims, including the families of 8,000 dead a
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Pope creates new saints Vocabulary heroism actions that show great bravery to convert (here) to change your religious belief sentiment feeling or attitude homily short speech on a moral or religious subject martyrs people who suffer or are killed bec
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Pope creates new saints Summary 13 May 2013 At a ceremony in Rome, Pope Francis has created the first saints of his reign. They include 800 Italians who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam after their city was captured by Turks six centuri
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Barbie house protest Vocabulary feminist someone who wants equal rights and opportunities for women objects things you can see and touch, but are not living provoked caused a negative reaction (here: that led to a protest) emphasis attention / import
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Barbie house protest Summary 17 May 2013 Protesters have disrupted the opening a life-size Barbie house in Berlin. The exhibition, which consists of a copy of the popular doll's toy house, has angered some women, who think that Barbie leads to less r
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Turkey protests Vocabulary demonstrations public protests dramatic powerful in appearance or effect barricades structures which stop movement through an area or a road digger a vehicle that digs earth tear gas gas that makes eyes uncomfortable and pe
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Turkey protests Summary 3 June 2013 Turkish protesters have clashed with police in Istanbul overnight, in some of the worst violence since protests started on Friday. Reporter: James Reynolds Report The demonstrations overnight in Istanbul were the m
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Queen visits the BBC Vocabulary crowned made king or queen at a special ceremony iconic well known and representing an idea facade front of the building bunker underground shelter with strong walls to protect the people inside it from bullets or bomb
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Queen visits the BBC Summary 7 June 2013 The British Queen, Queen Elizabeth II, has officially opened the BBC's new headquarters. The Queen, who is commemorating sixty years since her coronation, took a tour of the newsroom and met journalists from t
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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 8 May 2013 Print your own gun Transcript: A fully functional gun made with a 3D printer. The controversial group who designed the firearm want to make it available online. Anti-gun campaigners have critici
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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 15 May 2013 Eating insects Transcript: To some, they may not seem very appetising. But these bugs could be part of the solution in the fight against world hunger. That's according to the United Nations, wh
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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 22 May 2013 A delicate job for hard men Transcript: An unusual sight in a tough environment. Inmates in a Brazilian prison have been learning how to knit. The scheme, which sees prisoners working on intric
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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 29 M ay 2013 Oldest Everest climber Transcript: A journey to the roof of the world. An 80 - year- old Japanese mountaineer, Yuichiro Miura, has become the oldest man to reach the summit of Everest. The oct
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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 5 June 2013 Floods in Europe Transcript: Floods have been causing havoc in central Europe . Some areas had two months' rain in two days. R ivers are swollen and still rising. In the Czech capital, Prague,
