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1. Police arrest seven more people in southern England in connection with the failed July 21st London transit bombings.
2. NASA scrambles to see if material dangling from Discovery's belly may endanger the space shuttle during re-entry.
3. Israel threatens a massive ground operation if Palestinian militants fire on Israeli soldiers and settlers during the Gaza Strip pullout.
4. Authorities in India warn residents to stay at home after new monsoon rains pound Bombay and the surrounding region.
5. And a decommissioned Australian navy ship sinks to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean after it's scuttled with explosives.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. dangle :V-ERG;dangle,dangles,dangling,dangled
If something dangles from somewhere or if you dangle it somewhere, it hangs or swings loosely.
eg. A gold bracelet dangled from his left wrist.
eg. He and I were sitting out on his jetty dangling our legs in the water.
2. belly :N-COUNT:with poss=stomach;belly,bellies;See also beer belly, pot belly.
The belly of a person or animal is their stomach or abdomen. In British English, this is an informal or literary use.
eg. She laid her hands on her swollen belly.
eg. ...a horse with its belly ripped open...
3. pound :VB=hammer;pound,pounds,pounding,pounded
If you pound something or pound on it, you hit it with great force, usually loudly and repeatedly.
eg. He pounded the table with his fist.
eg. ...the pounding waves.
4. decommission :VB;decommission,decommissions,decommissioning,decommissioned
When something such as a nuclear reactor or a large machine is decommissioned, it is taken to pieces because it is no longer going to be used.
eg. A spokesman said HMS Warspite would be decommissioned as part of the defence cuts announced earlier this year.
eg. ...a decommissioned power plant in Colorado.
5. scuttle :VB;scuttle,scuttles,scuttling,scuttled
To scuttle a ship means to sink it deliberately by making holes in the bottom.
eg. He personally had received orders from Commander Lehmann to scuttle the ship.
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