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1. NASA calls off Wednesday's launch of space shuttle Discovery because of a faulty fuel-tank sensor, delaying America's first manned space shuttle since the Columbia disaster 2 and a half years ago.
2. Police removed materials from tidy single-family houses Wednesday in the northern city of Leeds that is a home to a large Muslim community, searching for evidence in the neighborhoods where 3 of the 4 suspected London suicide bombers lived.
3. A suicide car bomb explodes near US troops distributing candy to Iraqi children, killing 28 people including an American soldier and a dozen children aged 8 to 12 years old.
4. Israeli troops reoccupied the West Bank city of Tulkarem early Wednesday, shooting dead a Palestinian policeman in a fire fight and arresting 5 Islamic Jihad activists after the militant group killed 4 Israelis in a suicide bombing at a shopping mall.
5. Bernard Ebbers who as CEO of WorldCom oversaw the largest corporate fraud in US history is sentenced to 25 years in prison, 3 years after WorldCom collapsed, Ebbers reportedly wept as the judge handed down the sentence.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.call off:to decide that a planned event will not take place.
2.faulty:n.not working properly, or not made correctly.
eg.Customers may ask for a refund if the goods are faulty.
3.sensor:n.a piece of equipment used for discovering the presence of light, heat, movement etc.
4.manned:adj.manipulating by someone.
5.tidy(=neat):adj.a room, house, desk etc that is tidy is neatly arranged with everything in the right place.
eg.I try to keep the garden tidy .
6.candy.n.a sweet food made from sugar or chocolate.
7.activist:n.someone who works hard doing practical things to achieve social or political change.
8.oversee(=supervise):v.to be in charge of a group of workers and check that a piece of work is done satisfactorily.
eg.A team leader was appointed to oversee the project.
9.weep:v.formal or literary to cry, especially because you feel very sad
James broke down and wept.
eg.He wept bitterly (=cried a lot) when it was time for us to leave.
10.hand down:to officially announce a decision, punishment etc.
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