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Typhoon Haiyan: Destruction in the Philippines Summary 11 November 2013 Officials estimate up to 10,000 people have died in Tacloban city and elsewhere in the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. Many other people are now struggling to sur
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UN discusses 'killer robots' Vocabulary drones aircraft which are controlled by people on the ground warfare the activity of fighting a war lethal causing death autonomous independent, able to make its own decisions out of the decision-making loop no
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UN discusses 'killer robots' Summary 15 November 2013 Countries are meeting in Geneva to decide whether to consider banning 'killer robots' which can make decisions by themselves about when to kill people. Human rights groups claim weapons like these
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Biggest threat to modern medicine claim Vocabulary post-antibiotic era period of time when we don't use antibiotics dire consequences seriously bad results prescription piece of paper on which a doctor writes the details of the medicine or drugs that
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Biggest threat to modern medicine claim Summary 18 November 2013 Global health experts have warned that bacteria unaffected by antibiotics are one of the most serious threats to modern medicine. Writing in the medical journal, The Lancet, the experts
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Germany to have minimum wage Vocabulary accede agree to do what someone else wants calls requests; demands taxes money that people and businesses pay to the government signal sign; indication cooperative helpful resistance (here) refusal to accept a
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Germany to have minimum wage Summary 22 November 2013 Germany is to introduce a national minimum wage. Chancellor Angela Merkel said she'd concede this measure to the Social Democrats with whom she is negotiating to form a coalition government. The m
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Iran nuclear deal Vocabulary seeking pursuing; wanting to do something siege military operation in which soldiers or police surround a place to stop food and supplies entering, so that the people inside stop fighting and come out engaged in involved
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Iran nuclear deal Summary 25 November 2013 Iran has agreed to reduce its nuclear activity and allow greater access for international inspectors in historic talks in Geneva. In return, the world powers will offer some relief from financial sanctions.
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'Love test' predicts good marriage Vocabulary newly-weds couples who recently got married unconscious (here) unknown or ignored; unacknowledged admitted to acknowledged; accepted as true awesome outstanding, remarkable, amazing scary fear-provoking i
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'Love test' predicts good marriage Summary 29 November 2013 Scientists have invented a new love test that they believe could predict the success of a relationship. The research, published in the journal Science, suggests that a reaction to an image o
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Croatia voters back same-sex marriage ban Vocabulary formalise make official petition a document signed by many people that asks someone in authority to do something key part (here) very important part socially conservative (here) people who are trad
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Croatia voters back same-sex marriage ban Summary 2 December 2013 Croatian voters have backed proposals to ban same-sex marriages in a referendum. Two-thirds of those who voted approved proposals to change Croatia's constitution to define marriage as
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Nelson Mandela dies Vocabulary well-wishers people who express their desire for happiness and success for other people reminder something that makes you remember coalesce join and grow together eradication elimination cherished loved and cared for un
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Nelson Mandela dies Summary 6 December 2013 South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95. Mr Mandela led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in priso
