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1. A New Jersey jury rules Merck properly warn consumers about the risk of Vioxx and is not liable for the heart attack of the Vioxx user.
2. Vice President Dick Cheney's former aide pleads not guilty in the CIA leak scandal, vowing to clear his name of charges.
3. Prosecutors oust a republican jurist responsible for selecting a new judge in the conspiracy money laundering trial of Texas Congressman Tom DeLay .
4. The EU and Europe's top human rights group vow to investigate allegations that CIA set up secret jails to interrogate terror suspects.
5. And Voodoo practitioners in Haiti mark the Day of the Dead celebrations with rum, drums and trance-like behavior designed to awaken the spirits
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. rule
7 rule rules ruling ruled
When someone in authority rules that something is true or should happen, they state that they have officially decided that it is true or should happen. (FORMAL)
The court ruled that laws passed by the assembly remained valid.
The Israeli court has not yet ruled on the case.
A provincial magistrates' court last week ruled it unconstitutional.
Kenneth Clarke, the home secretary, ruled against her being allowed to stay in Britain.
VB
= pronounce
2. oust
oust ousts ousting ousted
If someone is ousted from a position of power, job, or place, you force them to leave it. (FORMAL)
The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.
Last week they tried to oust him in a parliamentary vote of no confidence.
...the ousted government.
VB
3. jurist
jurist jurists
A jurist is a person who is an expert on law. (FORMAL)
Patrick Devlin was an outstanding judge and brilliant jurist.
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4. voodoo
voodoo
Voodoo is a form of religion involving magic which is practised by some people in the West Indies, especially Haiti.
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5. practitioner
practitioner practitioners
Doctors are sometimes referred to as practitioners or medical practitioners. (FORMAL)
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See also GP.
6. trance
trance trances
A trance is a state of mind in which someone seems to be asleep and to have no conscious control over their thoughts or actions, but in which they can see and hear things and respond to commands given by other people.
Like a man in a trance, Blake found his way back to his rooms.
They went into a trance to communicate with the spirit world.
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