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1. Seven people trapped on a Russian mini-submarine for three days are rescued when a British remote-controlled vehicle cuts away undersea cables that snarled the vessel.
2. Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resigns to protest next week's Gaza Strip withdrawal, saying the evacuation will create a base for Islamic terror in Gaza.
3. Astronauts complete flight control checks aboard Discovery and practise landing on a computer simulator as they prepare to return the space shuttle to earth.
4. Authorities say at least 13 people were killed after a Tunisian airliner that reportedly lost engine power Saturday crashed into the Mediterranean while trying to land in Sicily.
5. And Ibrahim Ferrer, one of the Bueana Vista Social Club of vintage Cuban performers has died. The Cuban group won a Grammy and appeared in a film in 1999.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. cable
cable cables
A cable is a thick wire, or a group of wires inside a rubber or plastic covering, which is used to carry electricity or electronic signals.
eg. ...overhead power cables.
eg. ...strings of coloured lights with weatherproof cable.
N-VAR
2. simulator
simulator simulators
A simulator is a device which artificially creates the effect of being in conditions of some kind. Simulators are used in training people such as pilots or astronauts.
eg. ...pilots practising a difficult landing in a flight simulator.
N-COUNT
3. vintage
vintage
You can use vintage to describe something which is the best and most typical of its kind.
eg. At the press conference, James is on vintage form.
eg. This is vintage comedy at its best.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
= classic
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