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1. On the last day of 2005, bombings and shootings in Iraq kill at least 20 people. Final results from parliamentary elections are expected next week.
2. The world greets the arrival of 2006 in a generally jubilant mood despite a New Year's Eve subway strike in London and worries in Asia about terrorism.
3. Kidnappers in Yemen free a former German diplomat and his four family members, among them, his wife, says "we are safe, thank God!".
4. Relatives of nearly 200 people killed in a Buenos Aires nightclub fire a year ago, Argentina's deadliest, hold vigils and protests, demanding justice.
5. And singer Tom Jones gets a knighthood from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, joining previous pop-rock knights from Paul McCartney, and Mick Jagger, to Elton John.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. jubilant
jubilant
If you are jubilant, you feel extremely happy because of a success.
Ferdinand was jubilant after making an impressive comeback from a month on the injured list.
...the jubilant crowds of Paris.
ADJ-GRADED
= ecstatic
2. nightclub
nightclub nightclubs
A nightclub is a place where people go late in the evening to drink and dance.
N-COUNT also night club.
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