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1:Days before the deadline, Iraqis vow to finish their draft constitution with the US and UN diplomats pressuring Sunni Arabs to accept it.
2:An anti-war vigil outside President Bush’s ranch by a mother who lost her son in Iraq draws both sides as it enters its second week.
3:The Palestinian militant group Hamas vows to fight Israel beyond the Gaza pullout also claiming victory for the impending withdrawal.
4:Sri Lanka imposes a state of emergency after the slaying of its foreign minister seen as a blow to the island’s fragile peace hopes.
5:And a 23-year-old businessman is crowned Mr. Afghanistan in that war-battered country’s first ever national bodybuilder competition.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. vigil
vigil vigils
If someone keeps a vigil or keeps vigil somewhere, they remain there quietly for a period of time, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest.
A prayer vigil is being held in the cathedral in memory of the bishop.
Protesters are holding a twenty-four hour vigil outside the socialist party headquarters.
She kept a vigil at Patrick's bedside.
...protesters who kept vigil at the border last night.
PHR: V inflects, usu PHR prep/adv
2. impending
impending
An impending event is one that is going to happen very soon. (FORMAL)
On the morning of the expedition I awoke with a feeling of impending disaster.
He'd spoken to Simon that morning of his impending marriage.
ADJ: ADJ n
3. crown
3 crown crowns crowning crowned
When a king or queen is crowned, a crown is placed on their head as part of a ceremony in which they are officially made king or queen.
Elizabeth was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953.
Two days later, Juan Carlos was crowned king.
...the newly crowned King.
VB: usu passive
4. batter
3 batter batters battering battered
If a place is battered by wind, rain, or storms, it is seriously damaged or affected by very bad weather.
The country has been battered by winds of between fifty and seventy miles an hour.
...a storm that's been battering the Northeast coastline.
VB: usu passive
= pound
5. bodybuilder
bodybuilder bodybuilders
A bodybuilder is a person who does special exercises regularly in order to make his or her muscles grow bigger.
N-COUNT also body builder.
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