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1.New Orleans' mayor suspends reopening parts of the hurricane-ravaged city as Tropical Storm Rita threatens a new round of flooding.
2.Residents in the low-lying Florida Keys evacuate as Rita gathers strength in the Bahamas threatening to grow into a hurricane.
3.North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for energy aid, economic cooperation and security assurances.
4.British troops free two Britons from a Basra jail allegedly undercover commandos arrested on charges of shooting two Iraqi policemen.
5.And alleged organizers of the uprising in Uzbekistan that ended in a bloodbath and caused a global outcry are set to go on trial.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. undercover
undercover
Undercover work involves secretly obtaining information for the government or the police.
...an undercover operation designed to catch drug smugglers.
...undercover FBI agents.
...undercover reporters.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
+ undercover
Also an adverb.
Swanson persuaded Hubley to work undercover to capture the killer.
ADV: ADV after v
2. commando
2 commando commandos or commandoes
A commando is a soldier who is a member of a commando.
Captain David Clement and 150 commandos stormed the port this morning.
N-COUNT
3. bloodbath
bloodbath bloodbaths
If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
The war degenerated into a bloodbath of tribal killings.
N-COUNT also blood bath. emphasis
= massacre
4. outcry
outcry outcries
An outcry is a reaction of strong disapproval and anger shown by the public or media about a recent event.
The killing caused an international outcry.
There was public outcry from those opposed to abortion.
N-VAR: usu with supp
= protest
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