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www.thelisteningbusiness.comDistributed with kind permission from the BBC © The Listening Business 2012BBC RADIO 4 NEWS Thursday, 19th April 2012 10.00am ELEMENTARY: QUESTIONS1. Which word do you hear in front of Court of Human Rights? 2. What is Abu Qatada suspected of? 3. Who said the court was aware of the urgency of the decision? 4. When did Abu Qatadas lawyers launch a new appeal? 5. Which Government office is asking the court to disregard the appeal? 6. What did Abu Qatadas lawyers miss, according to the Government? 7. Where is Ross Hawkins at the moment? 8. What may judges at the court have to bring forward? their _ _ 9. Who is Ken Clarke? 10. What is the home secretarys surname? 11. When did the deadline for an appeal pass, according to the home secretary? 12. When will the home secretary face questions from MPs in the House of Commons?13. Who allegedly made illegal payments to public officials? 14. How many people have detectives arrested? 15. Who was among the three people detained? a former member of the _ forces 16. What did the police raid in Kent and Lancashire?17. Which international organisation has called on Syria to show commitment to the ceasefire? 18. When did the ceasefire begin? 19. What has the Syrian government not withdrawn troops and heavy weapons from?20. How many people have been killed in a series of blasts targeting Shiite neighbourhoods across Iraq? 21. How many people were injured in the explosions? 22. Where are Kirkuk and Samarra?23. When was the fine imposed on British Airways? 24. Which airline did BA collude with by fixing fuel surcharges for passengers? 25. How much has the fine been cut by? 10% 20% 50% 75% 26. How much will BA have to pay now?www.thelisteningbusiness.comDistributed with kind permission from the BBC © The Listening Business 2012BBC RADIO 4 NEWS Thursday, 19th April 2012 10.00am ELEMENTARY: ANSWERS1. Which word do you hear in front of Court of Human Rights? European 2. What is Abu Qatada suspected of? terrorism (the terrorist suspect) 3. Who said the court was aware of the urgency of the decision? a spokeswoman 4. When did Abu Qatadas lawyers launch a new appeal? on Tuesday night 5. Which Government office is asking the court to disregard the appeal? the Home Office 6. What did Abu Qatadas lawyers miss, according to the Government? the deadline 7. Where is Ross Hawkins at the moment? Hes at Westminster. 8. What may judges at the court have to bring forward? their next meeting 9. Who is Ken Clarke? Hes the justice secretary. 10. What is the home secretarys surname? May 11. When did the deadline for an appeal pass, according to the home secretary? on Monday 12. When will the home secretary face questions from MPs in the House of Commons? this morning13. Who allegedly made illegal payments to public officials? journalists 14. How many people have detectives arrested? three 15. Who was among the three people detained? a former member of the armed forces 16. What did the police raid in Kent and Lancashire? houses17. Which international organisation has called on Syria to show commitment to the ceasefire? the UN 18. When did the ceasefire begin? last Thursday 19. What has the Syrian government not withdrawn troops and heavy weapons from? towns and cities20. How many people have been killed in a series of blasts targeting Shiite neighbourhoods across Iraq? more than 20 21. How many people were injured in the explosions? more than 70 22. Where are Kirkuk and Samarra? Theyre in northern Iraq. (the northern cities of Kirkuk and Samarra)23. When was the fine imposed on British Airways? five years ago/in 2007 24. Which airline did BA collude with by fixing fuel surcharges for passengers? Virgin Atlantic 25. How much has the fine been cut by? 50% 26. How much will BA have to pay now? just over £58 millionwww.thelisteningbusiness.comDistributed with kind permission from the BBC © The Listening Business 2012BBC RADIO 4 NEWS Thursday, 19th April 2012 10.00am INTERMEDIATE: TRUE/FALSE1. The first story features the European Court of Human Right. 2. Officials say they will consider soon an appeal by the terrorist suspect Abu Qatada. 3. A spokeswoman said they were aware of the emergency of the decision. 4. The radical clerics lawyers launched a new appeal on Tuesday morning. 5. The Home Office is asking the court to disregard his appeal. 6. The Home Office says Abu Qatadas lawyers missed the target. 7. The BBC reporter from Westminster is Rose Hawkins. 8. The spokeswoman for the European Court of Human Rights said the judge would consider Abu Qatadas appeal soon. 9. The judges may have to bring forward their next meeting. 10. The justice secretary Ken Clarke has dismissed the row over Qatadas deportation as historical angst. 11. The housing secretary is Theresa May. 12. She