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Obama's youth initiative Summary 28 February 2014 President Obama has launched an initiative called My Brother's Keeper to help young, minority men in the United States. He said that these young men consistently do worse in society and urged stronger
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Pompeii under threat Vocabulary newly appointed recently officially chosen (to do a job) treasured considered to be valuable and important summoned officially asked to attend a meeting outcry strong expression of anger about something, made by a grou
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Pompeii under threat Summary 3 March 2014 The government of Italy has called for an emergency meeting to discuss how to save the ancient Roman city of Pompeii from further ruin. It comes after new damage this weekend at the site. Reporter: Mattia Cab
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Another side to Mogadishu Vocabulary compact small and close together without much space elegant attractive and beautiful in a simple way stark simple, plain or not containing anything that is not necessary stability A state in which things are unlik
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Another side to Mogadishu Summary 7 March 2014 The Somali capital, Mogadishu, has the unenviable reputation of being one of the most dangerous and destroyed cities on earth. But an exhibition that has opened in London hopes to show that the city has
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Twitter 'blocked' in Turkey Vocabulary went down (of a website) stopped working mocked made something or someone look stupid by saying unkind things or laughing at them rally large public meeting of people of the same political opinion wipe out destr
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Twitter 'blocked' in Turkey Summary 21 March 2014 Twitter users in Turkey report that the social media site has been blocked in the country. This comes after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacked the site on Thursday. Reporter: James Reynolds
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Elephant exchange Vocabulary defeating winning against someone in a fight, competition or game marks celebrates or remembers pomp formal, colourful ceremony auspicious successful, favourable or important mourning expressing sadness about people who h
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Elephant exchange Summary 14 March 2014 The Sri Lankan government has changed its mind about sending a baby elephant to South Korea as a gift, after realising it was born on what it considers to be an important day. The elephant was originally going
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Paris smog Vocabulary monitoring checking or watching something to find out what happens even-numbered even numbers are numbers that can be divided by two (eg: 2, 4, 6); odd numbers are those in between (eg: 1, 3, 5) hybrid vehicles cars, lorries, va
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Paris smog Summary 17 March 2014 Motorists in Paris face an unusual day of restrictions as the government tries to reduce high levels of pollution in the city. Today only cars with odd-numbered registration plates are allowed to drive. Tomorrow, if t
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Protecting shipwrecks Vocabulary archaeologists people who study ancient societies by looking at things like their buildings, tools and graves plundered robbed of valuable items framework system of rules or ideas (used to make something happen) signa
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Protecting shipwrecks Summary 24 March 2014 A group of historians are worried Britain's underwater heritage is being threatened by treasure hunters. They are asking the British government to sign up to a UN convention to help protect shipwrecks. Repo
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Travel company tells Danes to have sex on holiday Vocabulary birth rate number of births in a particular period of time in a specific place concerned worried sexologist expert in human sexual behaviour menstrual cycle the repeated process of changes
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Travel company tells Danes to have sex on holiday Summary 28 March 2014 A Danish travel company claims that sending more couples to romantic cities like Paris could help them have more children. A new advertising campaign says that while a recent UN
