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1.President Bush says rebuilding the hurricane battered Gulf Coast must take aim at wiping out persistent poverty and racial injustice .
2.In Iraq, a leading Sunni cleric urges unity against violence as a third day of sectarian killings leaves at least a dozen people dead.
3.At six-nation disarmament talks, North Korea slams the US for insisting it give up its nuclear programs without getting any concessions first.
4.Militant attacks keep tensions high in Afghanistan ahead of landmark legislative elections this weekend in that war-ravaged country.
5.And Britain reenacts the waterborne state funeral of its greatest naval hero Admiral Horatio Nelson from nearly two centuries ago.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. injustice
1 injustice injustices
Injustice is a lack of fairness in a situation.
They'll continue to fight injustice.
They resented the injustices of the system.
N-VAR
2. re-enact
re-enact re-enacts re-enacting re-enacted
If you re-enact a scene or incident, you repeat the actions that occurred in the scene or incident.
He re-enacted scenes from his TV series.
VB (AM) and sometimes (BRIT) reenact
3. water-borne
2 water-borne
Something that is water-borne travels or is transported on water.
...a waterborne safari down the Nile...
Environmental pressures are strengthening the case for waterborne freight.
ADJ: ADJ n also waterborne.
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