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I’m Joe Palka reporting.
Russia not happy with ISIS attacks in Syria…
Russia on Monday condemned a series of deadly bombings in Syria, saying the attacks are aimed at derailing peace efforts.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the terror attacks, which were claimed by Islamic State, need an adequate reaction from the international community.
Multiple bombings in Damascus killed at least 83 people on Sunday, while bombs in Homs killed another 59 people.
The blasts came as US Secretary of State John Kerry said a "provisional agreement" has been reached with Russia for an end to hostilities in Syria. But he acknowledged that it's not finalized and all parties might not go along with it.
"It is not yet done and I anticipate that our presidents, President Obama and President Putin, may well speak somewhere in the next days or so in order to try to complete this task."
Now Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his government is ready to take part in a ceasefire as long as it is not used by militants to reinforce their positions.
As though simply losing an election wasn't bad enough, police in Uganda arrested opposition leader Kizza Besigye again Monday. This comes a couple of days after it was announced that he had officially lost a presidential election. He says that election was fraudulent.
Mr. Besigye had planned to go Monday to the headquarters of the electoral commission in the capital of Kampala to collect evidence as he weighs whether to file a legal challenge. Authorities also raided his party's headquarters and seized data that party officials used for their own tally of the votes.
Police put Mr. Besigye under house arrest on Friday and said the move was meant to stop him from leading protests against the president's win that could turn violent.
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Words in The News
ISIS – adj. of or involving the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIL
derailing – v. blocking the progress of something
adequate – adj. enough for some need or requirement
multiple – adj. more than two, but not a lot; several
blast – n. explosions
provisional – adj. accepted or existing for the present time
acknowledged – v. confirmed; admitted
parties – n. sides; a group of one or more persons
anticipate – v. expect
task – n. job or work
reinforce – v. to strengthen
fraudulent – adj. tricking someone for the purpose of winning something valuable
commission – n. a group or committee
weighs – v. considers
challenge – n. a difficult problem
authorities – n. officials
data – n. information
tally – n. count
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