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1. The space shuttle Discovery carries seven astronauts into orbit on America's first manned space mission since the 2003 Columbia disaster two and a half years ago.
2. Egyptian investigators identify a suspected suicide bomber in the weekend attacks that killed scores of people in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheik.
3. British Prime Minister Tony Blair says Britain will not give one inch to terrorists on its policy in Iraq and the Middle East following bombing attacks in London.
4. The United States and China both express determination to make headway in the six-nation talks aimed at pushing North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program.
5. Court date's set for five older women anti-war activists, known as the "Tucson Raging Grannies", accused of trespass ing for trying to enlist at a military recruitment centre.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. headway :PHR: oft with brd-neg, V inflects= progress;headway
If you make headway, you progress towards achieving something.
eg. He is not disappointed at the failure to make headway towards resolving their differences.
eg, There was concern in the city that police were making little headway in the investigation.
2. trespass :VB;trespass,trespasses,trespassing,trespassed
If you say that someone is trespassing on something, you mean that they are involving themselves in something that is not their concern.
eg. In language, rhythm and imagination Naomi Wallace is trespassing on traditional male preserves.
3. enlist :V-ERG;enlist,enlists,enlisting,enlisted
If someone enlists or is enlisted, they join the army, navy, marines, or air force.
eg. He enlisted as a private in the Mexican War.
eg. Three thousand men were enlisted.
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