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1. In London, no one hurt after small blasts hit 3 subway stations and a bus in a chilling but bloodless replay of the suicide bombings 2 weeks ago.
2. Gunmen in the Iraqi capital Baghdad seize 2 Algerian diplomats in the latest abduction of Islamic diplomats there in just weeks.
3. Secretary of State Rice demands and gets an apology after security forces in Sudan rough up U.S. officials and reporters travelling with her.
4. A man arrested after a fatal shootout in Georgia admits throwing a grenade during President Bush’s speech in the former Soviet Republic.
5. And Indonesia's hospitals go on alert to receive bird flu patients, hours after the Asian nation reports its first human death from the virus.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. abduct :VB=kidnap,abduct;abducts;abducting;abducted
If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force.
eg. She was sent for trial yesterday charged with abducting a six-month-old child.
• N:abduction; abductions
eg. ...the abduction of four black youths from a church hostel in Soweto.
• N:abductor; abductors
eg. She co-operated with her abductor for fear that something might happen to the child.
2. grenade :N,grenade;grenades
A grenade or a hand grenade is a small bomb that can be thrown by hand.
eg. A hand grenade was thrown at an army patrol.
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