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1. A Cypriot plane crashes into a hill north of Athens killing 121 people on board --a third of them children --in Greece's deadliest ever airline disaster.
2.Under strong US pressure Iraqi leaders hold last-minute talks to overcome Sunni objections to key issues in the constitution due to be approved Monday.
3.Authorities set up roadblocks across southern Israel and cut bus service to Gaza Strip settlements a day before they're to begin evacuating the settlements.
4.Iran calls for talks with Europe on Iran's plans to enrich uranium and dismisses veiled Washington warnings of military action against Iranian nuclear operations.
5.And US researchers say it's now possible to create processed meats like burgers and sausages without the animal, instead growing the meat from animal cells.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. roadblock
roadblock roadblocks
When the police or the army put a roadblock across a road, they stop all the traffic going through, for example because they are looking for a criminal.
In other parts of the city police set up roadblocks to check passing vehicles.
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2. process
3 process processes processing processed
When raw materials or foods are processed, they are prepared in factories before they are used or sold.
...fish which are processed by the best methods: from freezing to canning and smoking...
The material will be processed into plastic pellets.
...diets high in refined and processed foods.
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3. burger
burger burgers
A burger is a flat round mass of minced meat or vegetables, which is fried and often eaten in a bread roll.
...burger and chips.
...vegetable burgers.
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4. sausage
sausage sausages
A sausage consists of minced meat, usually pork, mixed with other ingredients and is contained in a tube made of skin or a similar material.
...sausages and chips.
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