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1. President Bush is spending the night at a heavily fortified US diplomatic compound in Pakistan. The president who just wrapped up a trip to India, plans to meet Saturday with Pakistan's president and ally in the war on terror.
2. Angry crowds took to the streets to protest Bush's visit. Some demonstrators burned a picture of President Bush, others chanted slogans like "killer, go back."
3. She'll be using a pay phone to make calls. Candice Martenize, who's known as the cell phone bandit, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for robbing 4 Northern Virginia banks in 2005. The 20-year-old college student apologized to the tellers.
4. Heavy rains triggered flash floods and a small landslide in Oahu, Hawaii. The area has been pounded with nearly a foot of rain in the past 24 hours. Some area of highways were closed because of high water and debris blocking the road.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. fortify : verb [T]
to strengthen something, especially in order to protect it:
e.g. They hurriedly fortified the village with barricades of carts, tree trunks and whatever came to hand
2. compound : noun [C]
an enclosed area which contains a group of buildings:
e.g. The embassy compound has been closed to the public because of a bomb threat.
3. pay phone :noun [C]
a public telephone which is made to operate by putting coins into it
4. bandit :noun [C]
an armed thief, especially one belonging to a group that attack people travelling through the countryside
5. teller :noun [C]
a person employed in a bank to receive and pay out money
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