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1. The Pope gives his Christmas Day message saying that signs of hope in Iraq, the Holy Land and Lebanon need to be reinforced by actions on the ground.
2. A steady stream of worshippers brave cold and rain to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem where spirits are lifted by the largest turnout of foreign pilgrims in years.
3. Mourners gather at beaches and mass graves to remember 216,000 killed or missing, one year after a massive tsunami hit coastlines from Asia to Africa.
4. Hundreds of Shiites demonstrate in support of their governing coalition that the opposition accused of vote-rigging after it took a large lead in December elections.
5. Along with the start of Christmas, the Jewish festival of Hanukkah begins and is celebrated for the very first time at the Great Wall of China.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. brave
2 brave braves braving braved
If you brave unpleasant or dangerous conditions, you deliberately expose yourself to them, usually in order to achieve something. (WRITTEN)
Thousands have braved icy rain to demonstrate their support.
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2. rigging
1 rigging
Vote or ballot rigging is the act of dishonestly organizing an election to get a particular result.
She was accused of corruption, of vote rigging on a massive scale.
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