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1. Police raiding homes in Britain arrests a Somali man,believed to be one of the fugitive bombers in last week's failed London transit bombings.
2. Iraq's prime minister calls for a quick withdrawal of American troops. A top US commander says a fairly substantial pullout could begin next spring.
3. The terror group Al-Qaeda in Iraq claims killing two kidnapped Algerian diplomats, the second reported slaying of Arab envoys in Iraq this month.
4. NASA says a chipped thermal tile on Shuttle Discovery does not appear to be a serious problem based on what engineers have seen so far.
5. And India's strongest rains ever recorded, 37 inches in one day, shut down its financial capital Bombay, killing hundreds in the area.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. fugitive :N-COUNT;fugitive,fugitives
A fugitive is someone who is running away or hiding, usually in order to avoid being caught by the police.
eg. The rebel leader was a fugitive from justice.
eg. ...the fugitive train robber.
2. chip :V-ERG;chip,chips,chipping,chipped
If you chip something or if it chips, a small piece is broken off it.
eg. The blow chipped the woman's tooth.
eg. Steel baths are lighter but chip easily.
· chipped :ADJ-GRADED
eg. The wagon's paint was badly chipped on the outside.
eg. They drank out of chipped mugs.
3. tile :N-VAR;tile,tiles
Tiles are flat, square pieces of baked clay, carpet, cork, or other substance, which are fixed as a covering onto a floor or wall.
eg. Amy's shoes squeaked on the tiles as she walked down the corridor.
eg. ...a broken piece of tile.
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