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EU SUSPENDS AID BUDGETED FOR HONDURAS

Pressure for a resolution to a political standoff in Honduras
has increased after the breakdown of talks between the two sides
over the weekend.

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・BUDGET[noun, verb, adj.]
⇒ to plan to spend an amount of money for a particular purpose

・resolution[noun]
⇒ a formal statement of an opinion agreed on by a committee
or a council, especially by means of a vote

・breakdown[noun]
⇒ a failure of a relationship, discussion or system

[verb]って何？って方に
品詞の説明ページです ⇒ http://cnn.eq-g.com/article/word_use.php

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GAS PIPE DEAL AIMS TO END RUSSIA’S MONOPOLY

Officials from six countries gather in Turkey to sign a deal to
build a U.S.-backed pipeline, aimed at breaking Russia’s
monopoly on natural gas supplies to Europe.

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・monopoly[noun]
⇒ the complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply
of a particular service;
a type of goods or a service that is controlled in this way

・gather[verb]
⇒ to come together, or bring people together, in one place to form a group

・deal[verb, noun]
⇒ an agreement, especially in business,
on particular conditions for buying or doing sth

[verb]って何？って方に
品詞の説明ページです ⇒ http://cnn.eq-g.com/article/word_use.php

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G-8 LEADERS SET AMBITIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS

Leaders of the world’s most powerful economies have pledged to
seek huge cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions at a summit in
Italy.

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・AMBITIOUS[adj.]
⇒ determined to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.

・pledge[noun, verb]
⇒ to formally promise to give or do sth

・greenhouse[noun]
⇒ a building with glass sides
and a glass roof for growing plants in

・emission[noun]
⇒ the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc.

[verb]って何？って方に
品詞の説明ページです ⇒ http://cnn.eq-g.com/article/word_use.php

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SWINE FLU VIRUS ‘NOT STOPPABLE,’ WARNS WHO

The World Health Organization raises the swine flu alert to its
highest level, saying H1N1 has spread to enough countries to be
considered a global pandemic.

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・VIRUS[noun]
⇒ a living thing, too small to be seen without a microscope,
that causes infectious disease in people, animals and plants

・consider[verb]
⇒ to think about sth carefully,
especially in order to make a decision

・pandemic[noun]
⇒ a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world

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OBAMA SEES GREEN FUTURE FOR U.S. JOBS

President Obama said Wednesday the United States must take the
lead on energy, citing the “enormous job creation potential that
exists.”

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・cite[verb]
⇒ to mention sth as a reason or an example,
or in order to support what you are saying

・enormous[adj.]
⇒ extremely large
syn ⇒ huge, immense

・potential[adj., noun]
⇒ the possibility of sth happening or being developed or used

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INDIAN PM SINGH PREPARES TO RECLAIM POWER

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is set to reclaim a second
term with a resounding mandate for his Congress party.

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・reclaim[verb]
⇒ to get sth back or to ask to have it back
　　after it has been lost, taken away, etc.

・resounding[adj.]
⇒ very great

・mandate[noun, verb]
⇒ the authority to do sth, given to a government or other organization
　 by the people who vote for it in an election

・Congress[noun]
⇒ used in the names of political parties in some countries

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EU SLASHES CELL PHONE ROAMING COSTS

European Union lawmakers voted Wednesday to slash the cost of
texting and surfing the Internet on cell phones abroad.

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・ROAMING[noun]
⇒ using a mobile phone/cellphone by
connecting to a different company’s network,
for example when you are in a different country

・lawmaker[verb]
⇒ a person in government who makes the laws of a country
　
・surf[verb]
⇒ to use the Internet
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OBAMA TRIES TO BLOCK AIG BONUS ‘OUTRAGE’

U.S. President Barack Obama says he will try to block bonuses to
executives at ailing insurance giant AIG, payments he described
as an “outrage.”

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・executive[noun, adj.]
⇒ a person who has an important job as a manager of a company
　 or an organization

・ailing[adj.]
⇒ having problems and getting weaker

・insurance[noun]
⇒an arrangement with a company in which you pay them
　regular amounts of money and they agree to pay the costs,
for example, if you die or are ill/sick, or if you lose or damage sth

・outrage[noun, verb]
⇒an act or event that is violent, cruel or very wrong
　 and that shocks people or makes them very angry

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JAPAN’S ASO BECOMES OBAMA FIRST GUEST

It’s a long trip — 6,800 miles (11,000 km) — for a short
meeting, but Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is scheduled to
meet President Barack Obama Tuesday morning in an hour-long
summit at the White House.

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・summit[noun]
an official meeting or series of meetings between the leaders of two or more governments at which they discuss important matters

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JAPAN EXECUTES FOUR CONVICTED KILLERS

Japan executed four convicted killers on death row Thursday, the
government said, marking the first set of executions in the
country since October 2008.

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・execute [verb]
to kill sb, especially as a legal punishment

・convict
to decide and state officially in court that sb is guilty of a crime


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