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1:In the most violent clash so far in the Gaza pullout, Israeli riot police storm a synagogue firing water cannons at a barricade of protestors.
2:BTK serial killer Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life terms for a string of killings from the mid 70s into the early 90s.
3:America’s new ambassador in Afghanistan predicts tough times ahead while a roadside bomb on a convoy there kills two US soldiers.
4:Russia and China seek to reassure their wary neighbours in Asia that the aim of their first-ever joint military exercises is peaceful .
5:And in his first foreign trip as pontiff, Benedict XVI arrives in his native Germany where the World Youth Day festival is taking place.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. synagogue
synagogue synagogues
A synagogue is a building where Jewish people meet to worship or to study their religion.
N-COUNT: oft in names after n
2. water cannon
water cannon water cannons
A water cannon is a machine which shoots out a large, powerful stream of water. It is used by police to break up crowds of people who are protesting or fighting.
N-COUNT water cannon can also be used as the plural form
3. predict
predict predicts predicting predicted
If you predict an event, you say that it will happen.
The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest.
He predicted that my hair would grow back `in no time'.
It's hard to predict how a jury will react.
`The war will continue another two or three years,' he predicted.
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4. wary
1 wary warier wariest
If you are wary of something or someone, you are cautious because you do not know much about them and you believe they may be dangerous or cause problems.
People did not teach their children to be wary of strangers.
They were very wary about giving him a contract.
ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ of/about n/-ing
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