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Anti-whaling activists Summary 6 January 2014 Australian anti-whaling activists say they're following a Japanese fleet of ships they say has killed four whales in the Southern Ocean. The activists say the whales were killed within a protected whale s
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China is the biggest source of tourists Vocabulary rankings (here) lists displaying countries according to numbers taking holidays shy of almost; a little less than outstripping overtaking ventured went on a risky journey hurdles obstacles; (here) ma
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China is the biggest source of tourists Summary 10 January 2014 New figures from China show that the country has consolidated its position as the world's biggest source of tourists. A total of 97 million Chinese tourists travelled abroad in 2013, acc
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Kalashnikov inventor's regret Vocabulary Patriarch religious leader in one of the orthodox Christian churches believer person who believes in a god or particular religion devilish desires evil thoughts envy wishing you had something that someone else
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Kalashnikov inventor's regret Summary 12 January 2014 It's been revealed in Russia that the inventor of the world's most famous assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, who died last month, wrote to the head of the Russian Orthodox Christian churches a ye
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Philippines online child abuse arrests Vocabulary prompted caused to track down to find and capture perpetrators people who do harmful, dishonest or illegal activities to unravel to understand and/or break up something complicated by investigating it
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Philippines online child abuse arrests Summary 17 January 2014 Police in Britain say they've broken up an international crime group that organised the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines live over the internet. So far 29 people have been arre
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Obama tries to repair relations with Germany Vocabulary recognition respect for or acceptance of that something is true respected treated properly assertion claim that something is true tone sound of voice rebuilding (here) trying to get back to a go
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Obama tries to repair relations with Germany Summary 20 January 2014 President Obama has taken the unusual step of broadcasting on one of the main German television channels to try to repair the damage to the trans-Atlantic relationship from the spyi
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Mafia plot: Tower of Pisa Vocabulary get to the bottom of find out the truth about scheming plotting magistrate an official who acts as a judge in a court for small crimes Mafiosi members of the Mafia cache hidden store of things earmarked chosen and
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Mafia plot: Tower of Pisa Summary 24 January 2014 The Mafia planned to blow up the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, according to a former member of the Italian criminal organisation who is on trial in Sicily. Back in the early 1990s the gangsters
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Grand Canyon 'formed recently' Vocabulary drawn attracted to take in to understand the meaning of scale size problematic causing problems or difficulties gathering collecting origin beginning (of something) segments parts (of something larger)
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Grand Canyon 'formed recently' Summary 27 January 2014 The world-famous Grand Canyon in the American state of Arizona may be a lot younger than we thought. New research suggests it might be only five to six million years old. Earlier studies had clai
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Vodka link to Russian early death Vocabulary tracked recorded drew on used information or experience for a particular purpose in line with in the same way as instability uncertainty caused by change, or the possibility of change binge on drinking or
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Vodka link to Russian early death Summary 31 January 2014 The high number of early deaths in Russia is mainly due to people drinking too much alcohol, particularly vodka, according to new research. The study in The Lancet, thought to be the largest o
