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Explosions and Clashes With Police Kill 12 in China

By ANDREW JACOBS 3:01 PM ET

The incident is the latest in a spate of violence in strategically vital area of Xinjiang, home to most of China’s 10 million Uighurs.

Ever since drones took to the air, entrepreneurs have been working overtime to find ways in which to make money from a technology originally developed for military use. The notion of using squadrons of tiny flying machines to deliver packages to companies and people has been bandied about a lot. Now Amazon has given folk a glimpse into that future http://econ.st/IBvJ5T

Day of the drone

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In an interview on December 1st on 60 Minutes, an American current affairs TV programme, Jeff Bezos, the boss of Amazon, revealed that the company is experimenting with a service called Amazon Prime Air.

Challenges Multiply for Presidential Winner in Egypt

By KAREEM FAHIM 9:20 PM ET

Mohamed Morsi will have to spar with the generals and overcome the doubts of those who chose his opponents or didn’t vote.

France's finance minister voiced her support for France Telecom's chief executive, who is coming under increased pressure over a recent spate of suicides at the company.

ETA steps up its campaign as Spain’s holiday season reaches its
peak

As the holiday season reaches its peak, the armed, separatist group ETA has
targeted Spain’s Balaeric Islands with a spate of recent bombings on the
island of Mallorca.

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Meanwhile, Microsoft's chief executive told The Financial Times his company will not seek to make a spate of other Internet acquisitions in the wake of its failed Yahoo bid.



Berlin's police chief has sparked outrage for warning owners of luxury cars
not to park overnight in the city's Kreuzberg district after a spate of
incidents in which expensive cars have been set on fire.



spate Show phonetics
noun [C usually singular]
an unusually large number of events, especially unwanted ones, happening at about the same time:
Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the Kingsland Road area.

Meanwhile, Microsoft's chief executive told The Financial Times his company will not seek to make a spate of other Internet acquisitions in the wake of its failed Yahoo bid.


in the wake of
If something happens in the wake of something else, it happens after and often because of it:
Airport security was extra tight in the wake of yesterday's bomb attacks.





 spar² (spär)
intr.v., sparred, spar·ring, spars.

1. 1. To fight with an opponent in a short bout or practice session, as in boxing or the martial arts.
   2. To make boxing or fighting motions without hitting one's opponent.
2. To bandy words about in argument; dispute.
3. To fight by striking with the feet and spurs. Used of gamecocks.

n.

1. A motion of attack or defense in boxing.
2. A sparring match.

[Middle English sparren, to thrust or strike rapidly, perhaps from obsolete French esparer, to kick, from Old Italian sparare, to fling : s-, intensive pref.; see sforzando + parare, to ward off; see parry.]

bandy2

Syllabification: (ban·dy)

Pronunciation: /ˈbandē/

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verb (bandies, bandying, bandied)

[with object] (usually be bandied about/around)

• pass on or discuss (an idea or rumor) in a casual or uninformed way:$40,000 is the figure that has been bandied about

Phrases

bandy words with

argue pointlessly or rudely:don’t bandy words with me, Sir!

Origin:

late 16th century (in the sense 'pass (a ball) to and fro'): perhaps from French bander 'take sides in a tennis match', from bande 'band, crowd' (see band²)