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What’s News is an English lesson based on developing news stories. Each lesson consists of original commentary and background about significant news stories plus a vocabulary guide. What's News deals with developing news, so you can apply what you have learned to actual stories that appear in the news.

Below is a list of the lessons that have appeared in this column this year.


AUGUST 2005

JULY 2005

    July 26: Mounting criticism / Drying up / Pulling out?
    July 19: Tightening up / Lance bows out
    July 12: Piecing things together / Moving out / Scanners arriving?
    July 5: Going or staying? / Suriyas in the spotlight

JUNE 2005

    June 28: Tight resources / Chinese capitalism on the move / Victory for a hardliner
    June 21: The hazing season / Secret no longer
    June 14: More to come / Breaking up is easy to do
    June 7: Case closed? / Michael Jackson: free man or convict?

MAY 2005

    May 31: Eye on Europe / Courtroom drama / Call to action
    May 24: Living with violence / Staying on the job?
    May 17: It’s an unfair world / The Glazers’ take on Manchester
    May 10: Honeymoon cut short / Embattled nominee
    May 3: Time to 'get cracking' / Going 'phishing' / Entering the home stretch

APRIL 2005

    April 26: Time to pay attention / Targeting the bombers
    April 19: The view from Hua Sai / The conclave begins
    April 12: Not yet out of the wood / Unusual fossil
    April 5: Mr Thaksin reaches out / Marking the pontiff's passing
MARCH 2005

    March 29: Dying the hard way / Another government falls
    March 22: Controlling the uncontrollable / Moderates gain the upper hand
    March 15: Cabinet 2/1 takes charge / Jacko's day in court
    March 8: Is he of isn't he? / Is democracy on the march?
    March 1: Waiting game / Neighbour watch

FEBRUARY 2005

    February 22: Seeing red / Explosion in Lebanon
    February 15: Bird flu trumps politics / Engaged at last
    February 8: A welcome change: Some good news from the Middle East / A shrivelling opposition
    February 1: The Iraqi election assessing the process / Uphill battle

JANUARY 2005

    January 25: The news cycle / Challenging conditions
    January 18: TRT holding all the cards / Titan gets a visit
    January 11: Dissecting disaster coverage / Not your typical election
    January 4: Utter catastrophe / Quotas no longer

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