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1. An Egyptian chemist arrested in connection with the London bombings denies he played any role in the deadly subway and bus blasts.
2. Chief Justice Rehnquist returns to work after squelching retirement2 speculation3 by promising4 to stay as long as his health allows.
3. A new wave of Mideast violence leaves 8 dead, 25 wounded, and the Israeli-Palestinian truce5 appearing to unravel6.
4. Across Iraq's capital Baghdad, a series of car bombs targets both American and Iraqi troops, killing7 as many as 20 people.
5. And still baffled by a fuel gauge8 failure, NASA delays the launch of space shuttle Discovery until late next week at the earliest.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.squelch:v.to stop something from continuing to develop or spread.
eg.Labor9 was pleased, the protests were squelched10 and Clinton won by a hefty margin11.
2.unravel:v.if a system, plan, organization etc unravels12, it starts to fail.
eg.The company started to unravel when two of the directors were arrested.
3.baffle:v.if something baffles you, you cannot understand or explain it at all.
eg.The question baffled me completely.
4.gauge:n.an instrument for measuring the size or amount of something.
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