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1. Insurgents attack several US bases and government offices with mortars before dispersing in the capital of western Iraq's Anbar province.
2. Congressman John Murtha says US troops will leave Iraq within a year because the army is "broken, worn out" and "living hand to mouth".
3. Thousands march in anti-AIDS rallies in India while China begins a campaign targeting millions of migrant workers to mark World AIDS Day.
4. Riot police battle voters in Egypt, killing one person and blocking entry to polling stations in opposition strongholds in a final round of legislative elections.
5. And Emily, the Wisconsin tabby who disappeared two months ago and wound up travelling across the Atlantic to France, flies home in business class
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. mortar
1 mortar mortars
A mortar is a big gun which fires missiles high into the air over a short distance.
The two sides exchanged fire with artillery, mortars and small arms.
He was killed in a mortar attack.
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2. hand 1 noun uses and phrases
37 hand
If someone lives hand to mouth or lives from hand to mouth, they have hardly enough food or money to live on.
PHR: V inflects
See also hand-to-mouth.
3. tabby
tabby tabbies
A tabby or a tabby cat is a cat whose fur has dark stripes on a lighter background.
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4. wind up
1 wind up winds up; winding up; wound up
When you wind up an activity, you finish it or stop doing it.
The President is about to wind up his visit to Somalia.
Winding up the debate, she said: `It would immediately put up interest rates.'
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