1.An Iranian military transport plane trying to make an emergency landing crashes into a Tehran apartment building, killing at least 128 people.
2.Two suicide bombers strike Baghdad's police academy, killing at least 43 people as insurgents claim they've kidnapped a US security consultant.
3.Her voice disguised and testifying from behind a curtain, a woman says she was assaulted and tortured by Saddam Hussein's agents.
4.Germany's Chancellor says the United States admits botching the case of a German national who claimed he was wrongfully imprisoned by the CIA.
5.And the World Wildlife Fund says a catlike creature photographed by camera traps on Borneo Island is likely a new species of carnivore
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. botch 1 botch botches botching botched If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. (INFORMAL) It is a silly idea and he has botched it. ...a botched job. VB = bungle
2. carnivore 1 carnivore carnivores A carnivore is an animal that eats meat. (TECHNICAL) N-COUNT
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