Kabul's first women-only internet cafe activists people who campaign for change harassment unwelcome and persistent attention symbolic representing something else morale confidence, positivity fraught with filled with something (usually bad) deprived...
Colourful but dangerous Summary 9 March 2012 Doctors in the Indian city of Mumbai say 163 people have been admitted to hospital following celebrations for the Hindu festival of colours, Holi. The doctors suspect the coloured powders used by the patie...
Colourful but dangerous Vocabulary giddiness dizziness, feeling like you might fall over slums poor, crowded parts of a city, often with bad living conditions stable steady, not worsening a reaction to a negative effect on the body caused by all walk...
Great Barrier Reef under threat Summary 8 March 2012 A research group has arrived in Australia to investigate concerns of damage to the Great Barrier Reef. Environmentalists are demanding that all industrial development is stopped until a government...
Great Barrier Reef under threat Vocabulary delegation people sent to act as representatives mining process of digging into the ground expansion the process of spreading out coal black rock used for energy imposed put into place marine relating to the...
Citizen scientists Summary 6 March 2012 A major research programme has been launched for 'citizen scientists' to search for signs of intelligent life on other planets. Researchers in California are looking for people to help sort through the vast arr...
Citizen scientists Vocabulary evidence facts that make you believe something is true extraterrestrial intelligence advanced life forms existing beyond our planet clues pieces of evidence analyse examine volunteers people who do something without bein...
Investigations into match fixing Summary 5 March 2012 Match fixing experts are investigating a world cup qualifying match in which Bahrain defeated Indonesia ten-nil. Suspicions were raised because Bahrain needed to win by a wide margin in order to r...
Investigations into match fixing Vocabulary raised eyebrows surprised people, perhaps in an unpleasant way rout overwhelming defeat runners up people or team in second place eliminated removed from the competition unexpected unforeseen, surprising cr...
City children suffering more Summary 2 March 2012 The Swedish furniture giant Ikea has been accused of secretly accessing police files to spy on customers and staff in its stores in France. The company is alleged to have paid private security firms t...
