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1. British police release the names of two of the four men suspected of taking part in last week's failed bombings on London's transit system.
2. In Egypt, police are searching for five Pakistani men in their widening probe into that country's deadliest terror attack on the Red Sea resort.
3. Sunni Arabs end a boycott and rejoin the committee drafting Iraq's new constitution and a minibus blast kills at least twelve outside a Baghdad hotel.
4. American and North Korean negotiators hold a rare meeting ahead of six-nation disarmament talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program.
5. And with the countdown in its final hours, NASA says it's ready to bend long-standing safety rules to launch shuttle Discovery on Tuesday.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. boycott :VB;boycott,boycotts,boycotting,boycotted
If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it.
N-COUNT:oft N of/against/on n;boycott,boycotts
eg. Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote.
eg. ...the lifting of the economic boycott against Israel.
2. disarmament :N-UNCOUNT;disarmament
Disarmament is the act of reducing the number of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, that a country has.
eg. The goal would be to increase political stability in the region and accelerate the pace of nuclear disarmament.
3. bend :VB;bend,bends,bending,bent
If you bend rules or laws, you interpret them in a way that allows you to do something they would not normally allow you to do.
eg. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
4. long-standing :ADJ-GRADED;long-standing
A long-standing situation has existed for a long time.
eg. They are on the brink of resolving their long-standing dispute over money.
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