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UN: No bullfighting for kids Vocabulary albeit although spectators people watching an event, audience ring circular area surrounded by seats where the action takes place mauled injured (used for animals) slaughtered killed for its meat responded reac
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UN: No bullfighting for kids Summary 7 February 2014 The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has called on Portugal to impose restrictions on children taking part in or watching bullfights. It is concerned about their impact on minors' mental and
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Drought and snow: Extreme US weather Vocabulary icy trail path or route which is covered with ice and snow in its wake left behind after something has passed through milder (here) weather that is warmer than is normal at a particular time of year sli
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Drought and snow: Extreme US weather Summary 17 February 2014 It has been a week of extreme weather in the United States. The East Coast was hit by a huge snowstorm which affected 100 million Americans in more than 20 states. Meanwhile, on the West C
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Rubbish in Rio Vocabulary sidewalks American word for pavements; the part of the street where people walk prove show or demonstrate appealed made a serious or formal request divided opinions caused different groups of people to have very different fe
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Rubbish in Rio Summary 10 March 2014 Rio de Janeiro authorities and street cleaners say they have reached a new agreement to end an eight-day strike which has left tonnes of rubbish on the streets of the Brazilian city. The strike by street sweepers
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Man survives 16 months at sea Vocabulary adrift (of a boat) moving across the water but not controlled by anyone emaciated thin and weak because of extreme hunger or illness anthropology the study of human societies, cultures and beliefs harrowing ex
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Man survives 16 months at sea Summary 3 February 2014 It could be story from a Hollywood movie: a man alone at sea for more than a year, killing animals to stay alive. That's what Jose Salvador Albarengo from Mexico says happened to him when he was t
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Hollande visits US Vocabulary era period of time (marked by a particular quality) venture a new activity involving risk in step having the same opinion robust strong and unlikely to fail tough stance strong position albeit that even though
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Hollande visits US Summary 10 February 2014 President Fran?ois Hollande will be hoping his trip to the US improves his popularity at home in France where there are doubts he can help the economy recover. It is the first state visit to the US by a Fre
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Facebook allows gender choices Vocabulary to define (here) to describe transgender someone who feels their true sex is not the same as their physical characteristics advocacy groups groups of people who strongly and publicly support an idea transsexu
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Facebook allows gender choices Summary 14 February 2014 American users on the social network Facebook can now choose a variety of different terms to define their gender other than just male or female. The company said it wanted its users to feel comf
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Oldest Holocaust survivor dies Vocabulary to face (here) to endure or to bear a very difficult or painful situation concentration camp prison where large numbers of ordinary people are kept, often in bad conditions, usually during a war or for politi
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Oldest Holocaust survivor dies Summary 24 February 2014 The woman thought to be the oldest survivor of the Nazi holocaust has died in London at the age of 110. Alice Herz-Sommer was born into a Jewish family in Prague and spent two years in the Nazi
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Obama's youth initiative Vocabulary defined by (here) created because of; concerned with outrage anger and shock have the odds stacked against be very unlikely to succeed due to difficult surrounding circumstances cited mentioned information from a p
