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1. Iraq's electoral commission says it intends to audit unusually high numbers in referendum results for most provinces.
2. Israel suspends some negotiations with the Palestinians and imposes closures in the West Bank after militants killed three Israelis.
3. The World Health Organization says while the bird flu will likely spread elsewhere, the biggest threat remains in Asia.
4. Relief helicopter flights resume across Pakistan's quake zone after heavy rains lift but landslides hamper moving supplies by road.
5. A hundred days after he was born, the National Zoo's giant panda cub finally has a name, Tai Shan, which means "peaceful mountain".
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. audit
audit audits auditing audited
When an accountant audits an organization's accounts, he or she examines the accounts officially in order to make sure that they have been done correctly.
Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.
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+ audit audits
Also a noun.
The bank first learned of the problem when it carried out an internal audit.
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2. lift
11 lift lifts lifting lifted
If fog, cloud, or mist lifts, it reduces, for example by moving upwards or by becoming less thick.
The fog had lifted and revealed a warm, sunny day.
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