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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.

DECEMBER 2001

December 25 Looking on the bright side/ Kamen's transporter
December 18 Some answers, more questions/ PM visits the US
December 11 Only in Thailand / End Game

NOVEMBER 2001

November 29: A step too far?
November 22: A shift of advantage
November 15: Breathless in Afghanistan
November 8: War: the basics
November 1: Open and shut?

OCTOBER 2001

October 25: The war of the mind
October 18: Terror in the mail
October 11: Spelling it out
October 4: Mental images

SEPTEMBER 2001

September 27: We're already affected / Understanding the task at hand.
September 22: Parliamentary wisdom?
September 20: The case against World War 3
September 13: "Devastating onslaught"
September 6: Life is unfair / Stability returning?

AUGUST 2001

August 30: It's in the numbers
August 23: Adding to the controversy
August 16: Celebrations cut short / Genetics and and ethics

August 9: Thaksin found not guilty
August 2 Thaksin's 'hidden' assets

JULY 2001

July 26: The GM controversy
July 19: Modern-day fairytale
July 12: Something's happening
July 5: Coalition sweep / Sudden departure

JUNE 2001

June 28: Unassimilated
June 21: The suspense continues
June 14: Miracle cure? / Life and death
June 7: A kingdom in turmoil

MAY 2001

May 31: Courtroom fireworks
May 24: The first 100 days / Italy's Thaksin
May 17: Charges dropped
May 10: Setting the record straight
May 3: Not just pieces of paper / Sitting on the edge

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