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1. A UN official calls Iraq’s recent elections credible, saying there's no need to re-run the vote that gave a lead to the Shiite religious bloc dominating the government.
2. At least 4 people are dead and dozens of homes destroyed in wildfires racing across thousands of acres of grassland dried out by the worst Texas drought in decades.
3. Israeli jets blast a Palestinian militant group base outside the Lebanese capital Beirut, hours after rockets fired from Lebanon hit a northern Israeli border town.
4. Consumer confidence surges in December as declining gas prices and improving job opportunities raise spirits, boding well for spending in the new year.
5. Officials now say it was wear and tear not a collision with a bird that damaged Oprah Winfrey’s private jet, forcing it to return to the airport.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. bloc : n.
a group of countries or people that have similar political interests:
e.g.The European Union is a powerful trading/trade bloc.
2. bode : v. bode bodes boding boded
to be a sign of something that will happen in the future, usually something particularly good or bad:
e.g.These recently published figures bode ill for the company's future.
3. wear and tear :
the damage which happens to an object in ordinary use during a period:
e.g.Seat covers on trains take a lot of wear and tear.
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