Oguruma

More than 400 people dead in Pakistan flooding
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)--Flooding caused by monsoon rain has killed more than 400 people across Pakistan, a provincial government official said Friday.
Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the Khyber Paktunkhwa province information minister, said the death toll is now 408 people in that province and 25 in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir.
Qamar-uz-Aaman Chaudhry, the head of the Pakistan meteorological department, told CNN the 300 mm, or 11.8 inches, of rain recorded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the most ever in Pakistan.
(July 30)

Puchi_Tomato

Passenger plane crashed in Pakistan
A passenger plane with more than a hundred and fifty people on board has crashed as it was coming in to land at Islamabad airport. The plane came down in torrential rain in the Margalla hills overlooking the capital. The flight originated in Turkey.
(BBC 28, July)

Nasu

Ed Stafford, 34, from Leicestershire, central England, has been walking the length Amazon River since April 2, 2008, to raise awareness of the region. he began his trek at the souce of the river in Peru, encountering pit vipers, electric eels, anaconda, mosquitoes and scorpions. He was in joined in July 2008 by Gadiel "Cho" Sanchez Rivera. The pair are due to reach the shores of the Atlantic on August 9. (CNN July28)

Kabocha

BP ousts CEO Hayward and taps an American
Tony Hayward will step down as chief executive of BP, thecompany announced Tuesday, amid on going outrage over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP said Hayward will be replaced by American Robert Dudley effective Oct.1.
Like Hayward, Dudley is a long-time BP employee with more than 30 years in the oil business.
(CNN July27)

Hassaku

Khmer Rouge prison chief found guilty
A UN backed tribunal in Cambodia has found a former Khmer Rouge prison chief guilty of crimes against humanity. The man best known as Comrade Duch had admitted he oversaw the torture and murder of thousands of people in the late 1970s.
Comrade Duch had painted himself as a man who was only following orders.
(BBC 26 July)

Togan

200 structures destroyed in Iowa dam flooding
At least 200 structures have been destroyed and 1,100 damaged after a dam on on an eastern Iowa lake failed, unleashing a torrent of floodwaters, a spokesman for governor said Sunday.
The Lake Delhi dam, about 45 miles north of Cedar Rapids, failed Saturday as a result of " massive rain - - a very unusually high amount this season," according to Jim Flansburg, communications director for Gov. Chet Culver.
(CNN July 25)

Fushimi_Togarashi

Swiss tourist train derails
Jul 23,2010
GENEVA, Switzerland - The Glacier Express, a popular Alpine tourist train, derailed in southern Switzerland, killing one person and injuring 42 others.
Police said six of the injured were in serious condition and most of the passengers were tourists.
The Swissinfo web site reported that most of the injured were Japanese.
(eTuboNews.com)

Aka_togarashi

China now world's biggest energy user
China has passed the United States to become the world's biggest energy user, according to the International Energy Agency.
However, Chinese officials say that the IEA's data are unreliable.
One long-term factor behind this development is China's population - more than four times that of the US - with a growing appetite for consumer goods that need energy to use and to manufacture.
(BBC 23 July 2010)

Oguruma

Safety Study finds fear on board Deepwater Horizon
A confidential report on safety conditions aboard Deepwater Horizon oil rig, conducted about one month before the rig's explosion, points to widespread fear of reprisal for reporting employee mistakes that could under mine safety aboard the rig.
"There was a stated fear of reprisal related specifically to the reporting of dropped objects," states an executive summary of the report obtained by CNN.
(CNN July22)

Hiogi

BP could try an poeration by this weekend to permanently seal its breached Gulf of Mexico oil well -- but only if the weather cooperates and BP gets a crucial casing in place, the government's point man on the oil spill said Wednesday.
The tactic, called a "static kill," involves pumping mud into the well to torce oil back into the reservoir below.
Officials have said the relief well provides another option if the "static kill" doesn't stop all the flow of oil.

Mukuge

Scientists in Australia have discovered a cave filled with the remains of prehistoric mammals.
The find reveals some surprising similarities between these lost creatures and modern-day kangaroos and koalas.
The discovery includes 26 skulls from an extinct, wombat-like marsupial that was an odd-looking creature the size of a sheep, which had giant claws. These may have been uded to climb trees - as koalas do today.
(BBC 19 July)

Tomato

Tests on the ruptured BP well in the Gulf of Mexico will go on for another24 hours as federal and company officials try to explain "anomalous" pressure readings and possible leaks, the federal government's point man on the spill said Monday.
"There is no indication at this time this is any indication of a significant problem in the well bore, but we are running every one of these anomalies down, " former Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told reporters Monday afternoon.
The pressures recorded on the well in the four days since it was temporarily "shut in" are lower than expected, Allen said.
(Washington CNN July 19)

Okra

The recently recapped oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could remain closed until the relief well is drilled if tests remain favorable, a BP official said Sunday morning.
BP's Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said a variety of tests show oil and gas are not escaping.
In the coming weeks, BP also plans to bring in two more oil collection ships in additon to the twoalready in the Gulf, bringing containment capacity to 80,000barrels of oil a day , more than high -end.
(CNN July 18)

Shouga

Encouraged by results so far, BP and the government agreed Saturday to another 24 hours of testing of the recently recapped Gulf well.
BP's 48-hour window for pressure testing expired Saturday afternoon withe no reports of flowing oil or evidence that the giant sealing cap caused further damage.
The testing will now go into Sunday afternoon.
(New Orleans, Lousiana (CNN) 7/17)

Satoimo

Singapore looks set to become the world's fastest growing economy this year, with government estimatates showing that output grew at a record annual rate of almost 20% in the tree months to June.
Much of Singapore's growth has been fuelled by investment and tourism from overseas.
It has positioned itself as a high-end manufacturer.
(BBC Words in the News 16 July)

Watermelon

A highly anticipated test designed to measure pressure within BP's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well began Thursday after a delay caused by leaking equipment.
A short time later, BP Senior Vice President Kent Wells announced that for the first time in almost three months, no oil was flowing into the Gulf.
Higher pressure readings mean the well is containing the oil, while lower pressure means some is leaking out.
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) July 15

Yaburan

The first part of BP's " integrity" test on the new cap on its crippled oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is under way.
Senior Vice President Kent Wells says middle ram of the tree-ram stack on the new cap has closed. That's an initial step in the process of testing pressure in the well.
(New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN), July 14)

Cabbage

Spanish fans celebrate World Cup victory
They're still partying here in Madrid; the celebration of Spain's first ever World Cup win has gon on right through the night.
The city high street, Gran Via, has been closed to traffic as thousands of fans conduct their own victory parade. (BBC Words in the News 12 July)

Bsil

Spain's first World Ct win sparks wild celebrations across the European nation.
Andres Iniesta of Barcelona scores the final's only goal against Netherlands.
Spain's football team has been credited with an upsurge in national pride.
(from London, England CNN July,12 How World Cup victory stirred Spain's forgotten patriotism :Story Highlights)

Okra

Japanese voters handed a stinging electoral defeat to the ruling party Sunday, exit polls showed, rejecting a proposal to increase taxes and handicapping a fledgling government struggling to keep the world's second-largest economy from financial meltdown.
With public spending at more than double its GDP, Japan is trying to manage its ballooning debt while also addressing high unemployment and stagnant growth. Prime Minister Noto Kan has warned the country could face a Greek-style meltdown it it does not get its finances in order-possibly by raising the sales tax.
But projected losses in elections for the upper house of parliament indicate voters have rejected his solution, and will make it difficult for his government to effectively revive the economy. (AP 7/11)

Zucchini

New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN)---Crew removed a containment cap on the ruptured underwater well in the Gulf of Mexico, BP said Saturday .
Oil is again flowing freely as the company works to place a better-fitting one on the well.
Live video showed robots removing bolts from the apparatus so that the new cap can be positioned in the coming days. (CNN July 10)

Mukuge

The United States and Russia completed a spy swap Friday, exchanging the agents on chartered planed at an airport in Vienna, Austria , a U.S. official an Russian media said.
The plane carrying 10 Russian agents, who were expelled from the United States on Thursday for intelligence gathering, landed at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport on Friday afternoon,the airport press office said.
"The United States has successfully transferred 10 Russian agents to the Russian Federation and the Russian Federation has released four individuals who had been incarcerated in Russia, " Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the National Security Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, said in a statement released as the plane landed in Moscow. " The exchange of these individuals ...has been completed."
(Washington (CNN) July9)

Chiso

Ten Russian spy suspect in New York will be expelled from the United States in short order in exchange for the release of four Russinan prisoners accused of spying for the United Stated, federal officials said Thursday.
In a case reminiscent of the Cold War, the expulsions are part of a plea agreement between Russia and the United Stated in which the four individuals in Russia will be released to the United Stated, the Justice Department said.
The announcement came moments after the 10 suspects pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to falling to register as foreign agents
(New York (CNN) June8)

Tomato

Rafael Nadal has won the Wimbledon title for a second time, beating Thomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in the final.
It is his second successive Grand Slam victory, after he won the French Open last month.
After missing out on the chance to defend his crown last year because of a knee injury, this victory will mean everything to the Spaniard.
(from BBC July5)

Bell Pepper

NHK announced on July 6 that they decided not to broadcast Ozumo Nagoyabasho.
They felt Sumokyokai's effort to prevent similar incidents, associating with gangsters were not enough.
They evaluated that they will not win understanding from the viewers who pay viewing fee, if they air it. (from The Asahi Shinbun 7/7)

Nigauri

Ninety percent of the vuvuzelas, the plastic South African whose loud rasp has become synonymous with the 2010 World Cup, are made in China, according to the China Daily.
A recent poll in Chinese state media found that more than 60 percent of respondents were poud the 'made in China' vuvuzelas were so popular in South Africa.
Domestic orders are starting to come in for vuvuzelas, including for the Asian Games in southern China later this year. (CNN July 5)

Prince Melon

Serena Willams has successfully defended her Wimbledon title beating Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2 in a one-sidend ladies singles final at the All England Club in London.
The victory is Willams' fourth Wimbledon singles title and her 13th overall in Grand Slams.
The win moves Williams up to sixth place, ahead of Bille Jean King, on the all-time list of most Grand Slam titles. (London, England (CNN), July3)

Satoimo

Politicians will break their back for the people?
Most political parties shows their plan about the reduction in the number of the Diet.
It is required that they must be serious to carry out or the people will look away in disillusionment.
(The Sankei Shinbun "Editorial" 7/4)

Agapanthus

A war crimes court ordered supermodel Naomi Campbell on Thursday to testify in The Hague on July 29 about a "blood diamond" she was allegedly given by former Liberian president Charles Taylor.
Taylor has been on trial since 2008 for his alleged role in the civil war in Sierra Leone, accused of arming rebels in return to illegally mine diamonds.
Campbell will have to testify about claims by actress Ma Farrow that she was given a diamond by Taylor after a celebrity dinner hosted by then South African president Nelson Mandela in September 1997.
(The Hague, July 1, 2010(AFP) , The Asahi Shinbun 7/3)

Shiso

Police in Portland , Oregon, say they have reopened their investigation into a massage therapist's allegation that former Vice president Al Gore had "unwanted sexual contact" with her in 2006, a police spokeswoman said Wednesday.
"The Gores cannot comment on every defamatory, misleading, and inaccurate story generated by tabloids." Kalee Kreider, a spokeswoman tor the former vice president said.
Al Gore announced his divorce from his wife ater 40 years of marriage.
(from The Asahi Shinbun 7/2, CNN 7/2)

pumpkin

DPJ, the ruling party and LDP, the biggest opposition party held up their own policies of a comprehensive tax reform with possible tax increase, until now these policies are not proposed in national election.
Prime Minister Kan said, " I will consider 10% tax increase proposed by LDP."　before the announcement of national election.
But he said in a modified form that It's was the campaign pledge and I intended to urge bipartisan effort to discuss the issue." (from The Chugoku Shinbun "Editorial" 7/1)