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1. At London's Heathrow airport, striking British Airways staff get back to work after a walkout that saw all flights cancelled stranding thousands.
2. As US gas prices soar, nearly 2 out of 3 in an AP-AOL poll expect fuel costs will cause them financial hardship in the coming months.
3. Iran’s former president slams the UN’s nuclear Watchdog for urging Teheran suspend uranium conversion, saying the West can't push his country around.
4. As food aid arrives in Niger, African leaders face the challenge of finding lasting solutions for the chronic lack of food across much of the continent.
5. And the Mars orbiter blasts off in a mission aimed at gathering more data about the Red Planet than all previous missions combined.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. walkout
walkout walkouts
A walkout is a strike.
N-COUNT
2. lasting
lasting
You can use lasting to describe a situation, result, or agreement that continues to exist or have an effect for a very long time.
We are well on our way to a lasting peace.
She left a lasting impression on him.
...but there was no lasting damage.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
See also last.
3. chronic
chronic
A chronic situation or problem is very severe and unpleasant.
One cause of the artist's suicide seems to have been chronic poverty.
There is a chronic shortage of patrol cars in this police district.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
= severe
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