- conclusive: Meanwhile, on several occasions, the team has come close to being caught in an attack, although there is no conclusive proof that it has been targ eted.
- imperative: It's absolutely imperative that all parties exercise restraint and don't engage into any more fighting.
- blatant: Turkmani was interviewed by state-run Syrian TV in his office and said the claims were " blatant lies.
- refute: Several of those officials reported killed subsequently showed up in public to refute the claims.
- operator: A behind-the-scenes operator, el-Shater, 61, is the top Brotherhood strategist and a chief financier.
- manufacturer: Educated as an engineer, el-Shater is a multimillionaire, owning or running a network of businesses, including investment companies, manufacturers and a furniture chain.
- stint: He was released from his latest stint after last year's anti-Mubarak uprising and was pardoned by the ruling military.
- pardon: He was released from his latest stint after last year's anti-Mubarak uprising and was pardoned by the ruling military.
- wary: In his campaign, he seeks to appeal to moderate Muslims and Egyptians wary of both Mubarak-era officials and hard-line Islamists.
- satisfy: Anything that will be a product of the process of national reconciliation and dialogue will satisfy the Russian side.
- boil: Ryabkov dismissed suggestions that Russia, the world's biggest oil exporter, sought to keep tensions around Iran on the boil in order to benefit from higher global oil prices.
- plural: Ryabkov said that this time part of the G8 statement which concerns Syria, which called for a " political transition leading to a democratic plural political system ", fully satisfied Russia.
- momentum: Proposals included suggested steps for Iran to restore international confidence as well as incentives on cooperation, said Ryabkov, adding that any followup round of talks should take place within weeks in order to maintain the momentum.
- load: Megrahi, the only person convicted for the bombing, was found guilty under Scots law of secretly loading a suitcase bomb onto a plane at Malta's Luqa Airport, where he was head of operations for Libyan Arab Airlines in December 1988.
- blasphemy: The whole deal smelled of a deal for oil for this man's freedom and that was almost blasphemy given what a horrible person he was and the terrible destruction and tragedy that he caused, " Schumer told CNN..
- sick: He was too sick to utter anything on his deathbed," another brother, Ab dulhakim, said.
- obliterate: All 259 people aboard the aircraft were killed when it exploded and 11 people in the small town of Lockerbie died when homes and vehicles were obliterated by falling deb ris.
- smell: The whole deal smelled of a deal for oil for this man's freedom and that was almost blasphemy given what a horrible person he was and the terrible destruction and tragedy that he caused, " Schumer told CNN..
- centurion: Kemar Roach produced fierce bounce and pace to have first-innings centurion Andrew Strauss caught at fourth slip for just one before nightwatchman James Anderson gloved the same bowler down the leg side.
- crease: Chanderpaul, meanwhile, moved into his eighth and ninth hours at the crease in this Test with all the hurry of a meditating monk.
- trudge: Samuels trudged back to the pavilion with head bowed, frustrated to have fallen just 14 short of a debut Lord's century, but the fifth-wicket partnership of 157 had given his side an unlikely glimmer of hope.
- kidnapping: The agency said in a statement that the ring made three unsuccessful kidnapping attempts in March, hoping to ransom the Israelis for Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
- revere: Jews revere it as the site of their two biblical Temples and Muslims regard it as Islam's third-holiest site.
- mentality: Clearly, this behavior reflects the mentality of a colonizer, rather than a supposed peace partner.
- annex: Israel captured east Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war and immediately annexed the area, home to sensitive Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy sites as well as a large Arab population.
- grief: We can't unite them and connect them to the real fabric of life in Jerusalem, and except for grief, we haven't gotten anything from them," he said.
- affix: The same aftershock knocked down most of the clock tower in the town of Finale Emilia, injuring a firefighter and leaving only half the clock affixed.
- shallow: The quake struck at 4:04 a.m., with its epicenter about 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Bologna at a relatively shallow depth of 5 kilometers ( 3.2 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said.
- pandemonium: Alberto Fiorini said there was " pandemonium" during the night.
- repress: Egypt mirrors the chaotic trajectories that the Arab Spring revolts have taken after an initial burst of optimism that long repressed populations across the region could replace dictators with democracy.
- contentious: However, the new chapter to be opened by this election is likely to be just as tumultuous, facing contentious issues that no one has dealt with since Mubarak's fall: the economy, the role of Islam, the future of democracy, the relationship with the U.S., Egypt's longtime backer, and the fate of the historic 1979 peace treaty with Israel.
- momentous: It is also a moment of truth for this most populous Arab republic, determining whether power stays in the hands of the secular elite tied to the old regime or makes a momentous shift to the long-suppressed Islamists, with all the implications that such a change may have for relations with the U.S. and the Middle East peace effort.
- perpetuate: The secular leaders of the revolution fear either Moussa or Shafiq would perpetuate elements of the old, corrupt police state they served.
- complicity: Now he is 84, ailing and on trial on charges of complicity in the killing of hundreds of protesters during the 18-day uprising.
- influx: He warned that if Israel does not stop the influx, then “60,000 infiltrators are liable to become 600,000.”
- rant: The issue has become the center of a heated national debate, after a series of violent crimes and rapes against Israelis, allegedly committed by the mig rants.
- influx: JERUSALEM- There is growing concern in Israel about an influx of tens of thousands of migrants from Africa.
- liable: He warned that if Israel does not stop the influx, then “60,000 infiltrators are liable to become 600,000.”
- depositor: Depositors in other eurozone countries seen as being at risk of leaving the euro- Spain, Italy- may also move their money to the safety of a German bank account, sparking a banking crisis in southern Europe.Confidence in other banks that have lent heavily to southern Europe- such as the French banks- may also collapse.
- empty: Ordinary Greeks may queue up to empty their bank accounts before they get frozen and converted into drachmas and lose half or more of their value.
- plummet: The cost of imports- which in Greece includes a lot of its food and medicine- could double, triple or even quadruple as the new drachma currency plummets in value.
- forgo: We 've made the active decision that it's better not to have outside investors if it means we would have to forgo our social missio n”
- incompatible: Whereas the two goals were once seen as incompatible, people in their 20s and 30s regard them as complementary, she says.
- resonate: When the concept of B Corp came along it totally resonated with me and how I saw the future.
- forgo: We 've made the active decision that it's better not to have outside investors if it means we would have to forgo our social mission.
- rudimentary: He declined to describe the video evidence but said it showed a single individual activating a remote control of some kind to detonate a rudimentary bomb made up of three gas canisters hidden in a container outside the school gates.
- mourn: In Brindisi, a quiet port town on Italy's Adriatic coast, there was a palpable feeling of shock, with businesses throughout the town carrying signs of mourning and anti-mafia messages still visible from a demonstration on Saturday.
- potent: Whoever was behind it, the deadly attack on a school was a potent symbol for an ageing country grappling with economic decline and struggling to regain confidence in its future.
- grapple: Whoever was behind it, the deadly attack on a school was a potent symbol for an ageing country grappling with economic decline and struggling to regain confidence in its future.
- sympathy: On Sunday, the pope added his commiserations to messages of sympathy from leaders including French President Francois Hollande, saying he was praying for " Melissa, the innocent victim of brutal violence and her family ".
- incumbent: BELGRADE (Reuters)- Pro-Western incumbent Boris Tadic and rightist Tomislav Nikolic went head to head on Sunday in a tense run-off election for Serbian president and the right to lead the struggling nation into talks on joining the European Union.
- tense: BELGRADE (Reuters)- Pro-Western incumbent Boris Tadic and rightist Tomislav Nikolic went head to head on Sunday in a tense run-off election for Serbian president and the right to lead the struggling nation into talks on joining the European Union.
- municipality: This time we'll watch every single polling station," Nikolic said after voting in the Socialist-era Novi Beograd (New Belgrade) municipality of the capital Belg rade.
- conversion: His unproven accusations will cause unease in the West, which is weighing up whether Nikolic's conversion to the ultimate goal of EU membership is genuine.
- discipline: Early signs suggested turnout would be low, which analysts say will suit Nikolic, whose voters are seen as more disciplined.
- enthuse: I love watching it," enthused the softly-spoken 45-year-old as he packed up his garden tools for the day.
- tool: I love watching it," enthused the softly-spoken 45-year-old as he packed up his garden tools for the day.
- pour: Mortar bombs were pouring down around Yanda's city garden as the West African country slipped into a civil war that claimed over 3,000 lives and forced thousands more to flee their homes.
- flee: Mortar bombs were pouring down around Yanda's city garden as the West African country slipped into a civil war that claimed over 3,000 lives and forced thousands more to flee their homes.
- incumbent: Internationally recognized as winner of a presidential election in December 2010, Ouattara had to wait over four months to enter office as incumbent Laurent Gbagbo refused to step down, pushing the country towards self-destruction.
- fissure: CHICAGO (Reuters)- NATO leaders gather in Chicago on Sunday for a summit that will chart a path out of Afghanistan, as Western nations seek to fend off fissures in their alliance and ensure Afghanistan can hold a still-potent Taliban at bay when foreign troops withdraw.
- dwindle: The shadow cast by fiscal pressures in Europe and elsewhere will follow leaders from Obama's presidential retreat in Maryland to the talks on Afghanistan, an unwelcome weight on countries mindful of dwindling support for a costly campaign that has not defeated the Taliban in more than 10 years.
- stride: It will also highlight Afghanistan's strides toward taking charge of its own security.
- stress: In addition to the shared fiscal stress, the talks may be characterized by undercurrents of dissent between leaders in Washington, Brussels and other nations, like France, who are more eager to go home.
- split: The careful French comments, leaving room for various interpretations, illustrate the balance NATO leaders strike as they seek to avoid the appearance of splits with NATO partners without alienating voters who want to see a swift exit.
- explosive: A ballistic missile without a nuclear weapon," he says, " is like a terrorist bomber without an explosive vest.
- deterrent: The concern, he believes, is that " strategic defence impacts upon strategic offence; devaluing the deterrent value of Russia's own nuclear arsenal.
- inherent: He says Russian threats are aimed " at waking the European publics to the dangers inherent in Nato's missile defence plans if no agreement with Russia is reache d ".
- paradox: The paradox of missile defences, he told me," is that even when they don't work, potential adversaries will treat them as if they do.
- offensive: Thus, producing the worst of both worlds- no defence but build-ups of offensive weapons to deal with those defences.
- materialize: CHICAGO (Reuters)- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Chicago on Saturday for a NATO summit to what could be a chilly reception if a hoped-for deal allowing trucks to again supply alliance troops in Afghanistan fails to materialize.
- abrupt: Zardari's decision to accept a last-minute invitation to attend the summit in President Barack Obama's home town was an abrupt reversal after months of diplomatic estrangement.
- exhaust: Patience is not exhausted but it's wearing thinner on the U.S. side.
- normalcy: The goal is to re-establish a sense of normalcy in the relationship and we're getting there.
- turmoil: World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil- Yahoo! News.
- stress: We commit to take all necessary steps to strengthen and reinvigorate our economies and combat financial stresses, recognizing that the right measures are not the same for each of us ," the leaders said in a joint statement issued at their meeting at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.
- persist: The G8 said the global economic recovery shows promising signs but" significant headwinds persist.
- bolster: That is something the United States has urged as a means to bolster overall growth throughout the world's second largest economic region.
- vow: World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil- Yahoo! News.
- cope: Coping with shaky oil markets, the leaders set the stage for a united release of world oil reserves to balance any disruption in world markets when tough new sanctions are imposed on Iran's exports because of its disputed nuclear program.
- persist: The global economic recovery shows signs of promise, but significant headwinds persist," said G-8 leaders said.
- sovereign: With all of them facing their own difficult political realities, they built some sovereign wiggle room into their pledge to take all necessary steps, saying " the right measures are not the same for each of us.
- dispute: Coping with shaky oil markets, the leaders set the stage for a united release of world oil reserves to balance any disruption in world markets when tough new sanctions are imposed on Iran's exports because of its disputed nuclear program.
- calm: The mere preparation to release oil reserves could help calm markets and ensure that oil prices, which have been dropping, don't climb again and anger consumers as U.S. elections approach.
- imperative: Leaders of the G8 highly industrialized countries say promoting growth and jobs is their " imperative" as they seek to reinvigorate their economies in the face of the European debt crisis.
- balance: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose nation has pushed stiff austerity measures for deeply indebted countries like Greece, said all the leaders agreed that fiscal discipline must be balanced with efforts to encourage growth.
- preferable: We all believe that a peaceful resolution and political transition in Syria is preferable," Obama noted.
- optimism: President Obama described the conversation as " fruitful," " frank" and " useful" and said it gives him great optimism about the G8's ability to meet these challenges.
- tyro: The Yorkshire tyro had settled quickly, timing away a sweet four off his pads and then square-driving for four more.
- obstinate: The obstinate Chanderpaul survived a brace of early edges and a late referral for lbw to frustrate England but, with time on their side and the West Indies tail weak, a home win remains the most likely outcome.
- inroad: The West Indies attack, benign on the first two days, had earlier found its bite on an overcast morning and made immediate inroads into the England top order.
- contingency: There is a growing sense of urgency that action needs to be taken, contingency plans need to be put in place and the strengthening of banks, governments, firewalls and all of those things need to take place very fast," he told reporters at Camp David.
- load: Larger countries such as Spain or Italy struggling to ease their debt loads might then become vulnerable, potentially triggering wider eurozone upheaval and even a global financial crisis to rival the one of 2008.
- onus: Iran's government had the onus to prove the claim that its nuclear programme was peaceful.
- incendiary: Three men arrested in Chicago on suspicion of planning to throw petrol bombs at the Nato summit have been charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism and possession of an explosive or incendiary device.
- rustic: All of us are absolutely committed to making sure that growth and stability and fiscal consolidation are part of an overall package," Obama said as he and other leaders gathered in a rustic cabin at this wooded presidential retreat.
- stimulus: Obama's argument for additional stimulus measures alongside belt-tightening is primarily aimed at Germany, the strongest member of the union that uses the common Euro currency, although Obama did not say so.
- calamity: Leaders of the world's economic powers say Germany should balance its push for European fiscal austerity with doses of stimulus spending to avoid a financial calamity with global repercussions.
- consequential: The G-8 session sets the stage for a far more consequential European summit in Brussels next week where the countries that share the euro as their currency hope to come together on specific steps to fight rising debt while spurring a recovery.
- aggression: Obama said the session also touched on North Korea's aggression and hopeful signs of democratic change in Myanmar.
- insurgent: As NATO's mission here winds down nearly 11 years later, the insurgents remain undefeated, corruption runs rife and the peace process is stuck in the sand.
- rife: As NATO's mission here winds down nearly 11 years later, the insurgents remain undefeated, corruption runs rife and the peace process is stuck in the sand.
- sand: As NATO's mission here winds down nearly 11 years later, the insurgents remain undefeated, corruption runs rife and the peace process is stuck in the sand.
- bleak: Such is the bleak reality of Afghanistan as Obama and leaders of about 60 countries and organizations meet Sunday and Monday in Chicago to map their way out of an unpopular war.
- map: Such is the bleak reality of Afghanistan as Obama and leaders of about 60 countries and organizations meet Sunday and Monday in Chicago to map their way out of an unpopular war.
- smolder: Footage broadcast on state TV of Friday's bombing showed damaged buildings, smoldering cars, and trucks flipped upside down.
- inroad: Attacks such as the one in Deir al-Zour, which once served as a transit hub for militants heading to fight U.S. forces in neighboring Iraq, have raised fears that al-Qaida-linked jihadis have made serious inroads into Syria's rebel movement.
- foil: Saturday's blast came a day after the state-run news agency SANA reported that authorities foiled an attempt to blow up a car rigged with explosives in Deir al-Zour city and detained those involved.
- conducive: He added that a drop in bloodshed would help create conditions "that could be conducive to some political processes being started by the initiative of the joint special envoy.
- repute: Three relatives of Colin Duffy, a reputed senior Real IRA figure, appeared in a courtroom southwest of Belfast surrounded by police officers in full riot gear.
- plea: None offered pleas and all were ordered held without bail until their next court appearance June 8.
- rubber: Police said they had found a rifle, terrorist-style masks, rubber gloves and four sets of waterproof clothing at the home of another man facing charges, Gavin Coney.
- exploit: Adair had been tape-recorded bragging to undercover policemen about his murderous exploits against the IRA's host Catholic community.
- atrocity: Authorities in the neighboring Republic of Ireland also introduced the " directing terror" charge in 1998 following the Omagh bomb atrocity, but it too has been used just once: to convict the founder and original senior commander of the Real IRA, Michael McKevitt.
- vendetta: That angered local officials, who seemed to wage a personal vendetta against him, convicting him in 2006 on what his supporters say were fabricated charges and then holding him for the past 20 months in illegal house arrest.
- noon: Chen said by telephone Saturday that he was informed at the hospital just before noon to pack his bags to leave.
- ambivalent: Seeming ambivalent, Chen said that he was " not happy" about leaving and that he had a lot on his mind, including worries about retaliation against his extended family back home.
- horrible: It's that horrible moment when he left it and just heard that clunk.
- inexperience: You saw them this morning seven wickets for 130 odd but because of the inexperience you can see things like that and the run- outs happening.
- cling: WI 51-3: Torture for Goochie in the closing stages as the Hammers cling on.
- pristine: Geoffrey Boycott, BBC Test Match Special:" This ball is not very old; it's still pretty pristine.
- horrible: Calamitous for the Windies as a horrible mix-up between Bravo and Edwards is pounced on by Jonny Bairstow, who runs round from point to throw down the stumps.
- trickery: More Thomas Ince trickery takes him to the West Ham bye-line before George McCartney finally stops him.
- calibrate: BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: " If you could calibrate tension then you would probably find that the final is moving into high-level anxiety territory.
- dislocate: Jack Collison fell awkwardly after meeting that cross and there was some concern at first because he landed on the same shoulder he dislocated in the play-off semi-final.
- aplomb: Full-back Danny Grainger steps up and tucks home the penalty with aplomb.
- composure: Hibs show great composure in keeping the ball alive from a corner, working it wide to on-loan Stoke man Tom Soares, who flashes a tantalising ball across the six-yard box, which James McPake pokes home.
- exasperate: Drastic budget cuts in some European countries are exasperating tensions over a yawning gap in military capabilities between the United States and other NATO members.
- tangible: In one tangible example, the Netherlands announced last year that it would eliminate 1 in 6 of its military personnel and liquidate its entire tank arsenal.
- liquidate: In one tangible example, the Netherlands announced last year that it would eliminate 1 in 6 of its military personnel and liquidate its entire tank arsenal.
- dismal: The widening disconnect across the Atlantic prompted Robert Gates, in his final policy speech as U.S. defense secretary 11 months ago, to say that the alliance faced a " dim if not dismal" future.
- posse: Hence the posse- safety in numbers- and the unusual question about which university I went to.
- ailment: Rather like doctors who tend to become hypochondriacs because they see ailments at their most acute, so Baron Cohen is used to interviews in which he seeks to make fools of his subjects.
- anecdote: Unsurprisingly he's at his happiest when telling an anecdote that allows him to slip into one of his characters.
- onus: On Iran, leaders agreed that the onus was on the government in Tehran to prove the claim that its nuclear programme was peaceful.
- competence: However, it is clear that the matter is beyond the competence of the caretaker government.
- load: Larger countries such as Spain or Italy that are struggling to ease their debt loads might then become vulnerable, potentially triggering wider eurozone upheaval and even a global financial crisis to rival the one of 2008.
- contingency: Meanwhile, there was another contradiction as European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said the bloc's officials were working on contingency plans in case Greece left the eurozone.
- contingency: That however still does not rule out the possibility of contingency planning, says the BBC's Matthew Price in Brussels.
- appease: Part of the reason for the current state of peace is because Thaksin's supporters have been appeased by the new prime minister, Thaksin's sister Yingluck Shinawatra.
- incompetent: No matter how incompetent I think Yingluck is and no matter how much I 'd like to reject the current government, I don't see any other choices who can compete with them effectively," she said.
- affront: New York-based Human Rights Watch warned against such a measure as an affront to reconciliation, and has criticized both Yingluck's and Ab hisit's government for failing to bring to justice a single soldier or official for the scores of deaths and injuries that occurred during the political violence.
- mob: Without the mob ment ality, people tend to think with reasons, not emotions.
- quell: The Camp David summit kicked off four days of intensive diplomacy- including a NATO meeting in Obama's home town of Chicago- that will test leaders ' ability to quell unease over the threat of another financial meltdown as well as plans to wind down the unpopular war in Afghanistan.
- ease: CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters)- A growing chorus of world leaders on Friday pushed for a shift toward more pro-growth policies to help ease a European crisis that threatens to oust Greece from the euro zone and reverberate throughout the global economy.
- extraordinary: After White House talks with French President Francois Hollande, Obama said the two agreed that tackling the euro-zone crisis was " an issue of extraordinary importance, not only to the people of Europe, but also to the world econom y.
- dinner: We're looking forward to a fruitful discussion later this evening and tomorrow with the other G8 leaders about how we can manage a responsible approach to fiscal consolidation that is coupled with a strong growth agenda," Obama said before flying to Camp David and greeting fellow leaders for an opening dinner.
- contingency: The European Union's trade commissioner said for the first time that European officials were working on contingency plans in case Greece bombs out of the euro zone.
