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[ "(CNN) -- A gay teenager who pulled a stun gun on students he said bullied him has been expelled from his Indianapolis high school until January.", "\"While the district does not condone bullying, it also does not allow weapons to be brought on our school campuses for any reason,\" a spokeswoman for Indianapolis ...
[ "Darnell \"Dynasty\" Young can return to high school next January, the school district says .", "Young, 17, pulled a stun gun on students he said bullied him at his Indianapolis high school .", "\"I brought the stun gun 'cause I wasn't safe,\" the teen says .", "\"The district does not condone bullying,\" a s...
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[ "(CNN) -- Websites affiliated with the CIA, Mexico's mining ministry and the state of Alabama were down Friday, allegedly done in by hackers, government officials and a well-known hacking group reported.", "A message Friday on a Twitter page and Tumblr feed affiliated with the hacking group known as Anonymous cel...
[ "NEW: A CIA spokeswoman says the agency is \"working to resolve\" the problems .", "A site tied to Anonymous claims the group took down the CIA's public website .", "A site linked to the hacking group posts e-mails tied to Mexico's mining industry .", "Alabama says information was \"compromised\" after state ...
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[ "(CNN) -- The public has been shaking its collective head since rumors of a Rihanna-Chris Brown collaboration began circulating on the Internet last week.", "Once the artists' respective remixes, \"Birthday Cake\" and \"Turn Up the Music,\" featuring each other, hit the Web on Monday, that head-shaking turned int...
[ "The artists' remixes, \"Birthday Cake\" and \"Turn Up the Music,\" hit the Web on Monday .", "Response to partnership has been negative, but remixes are doing well .", "Brown pleaded guilty in June 2009 to assaulting his then-girlfriend ." ]
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[ "New York (CNN) -- Almost 15 months since Tyler Clementi committed suicide, his older brother James wants people to know that \"he's much more than the way that he died.\"", "Tyler was an 18-year-old freshman at Rutgers University in New Jersey when he jumped off the George Washington Bridge in New York on Septem...
[ "\"The tragedy is that the sadness at the end ... defines everything,\" James Clementi says .", "Tyler Clementi killed himself after two students allegedly spied on him via webcam kissing a man .", "His roommate goes on trial this month on 15-count indictment, including hate crimes .", "James Clementi's inter...
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[ "(CNN) -- Chelsea have completed the signing of England international defender Gary Cahill from Premier League rivals Bolton Wanderers for a fee of $10.7m.", "The 26-year-old finalized his protracted move on Monday after agreeing personal terms and passing a medical, making it the biggest English transfer so far ...
[ "Chelsea have completed the signing of Bolton central defender Gary Cahill .", "The 26-year-old England international joins Chelsea for a fee of $10.7 million .", "Cahill's transfer is the biggest in England so far during the transfer window .", "Eric Abidal signs a new contract with Barcelona to end speculat...
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[ "New York (CNN) -- A \"pocket dial\" mistake can result in an unwanted phone call, annoying for the recipient and potentially embarrassing to the caller.", "But a new study found a staggering number of those apparently accidental calls in New York City are made to emergency responders, jamming up 911 lines in a c...
[ "Nearly 4 million apparently accidental calls were made to emergency call centers in 2010 .", "That's more than one-third of some 11 million emergency calls made in New York each year .", "Authorities say it is an increased burden on emergency response systems ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Since \"The Blair Witch Project,\" \"Cloverfield\" and \"Paranormal Activity,\" it's been impossible to see a camcorder movie without steeling yourself for some monstrous horror lurking just offscreen.", "\"Project X\" is supposed to be a comedy, but parents with teenagers -- or parents with kids who ma...
[ "Reviewer Tom Charity: \"Project X\" loses more than it gains from the \"videography\" gambit .", "There's nothing new here -- the wild party is ingrained in youths' rites of passage, he says .", "\"Project X\" was directed by newcomer Nima Nourizadeh ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The death of Osama bin Laden does not necessarily mean the death of al Qaeda, the terrorist network he founded, though experts say none of his most likely successors offer the same combination of charisma, cash and credibility among militant Muslims.", "Bin Laden has long been a prime target for U.S. au...
[ "A U.S. official says they know of \"no succession plan\" now that bin Laden is dead .", "An expert says his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is \"not popular with colleagues\"\nAnother contender is U.S.-born Anwar al-Alwaki, who is now based in Yemen .", "Other possibilities are Abu Yahya al-Libi, from Libya, and Il...
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[ "London (CNN) -- In an environment of declining retail sales in the United Kingdom, one premium brand is bucking the trend as consumers vote with their consciences.", "Sales of ethically produced, fair trade products in the UK increased by 12% from 2010 to 2011, accounting for £1.3 billion ($2.07 billion).", "...
[ "The United Kingdom is the world's biggest market for fair trade produce .", "Sales of fair trade goods increased by 12% from 2010 to 2011 .", "The growth in fair trade is significant in a struggling retail sector .", "Awareness of fair trade principles in the UK is almost double that of Europe ." ]
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[ "(Rolling Stone) -- Sinead O'Connor has gotten back together with husband Barry Herridge, only days after announcing plans to end their marriage of less than a month.", "O'Connor said they had split last week due to a conflict with Herridge's family.", "\"Spent a beautiful evening of love making with none other...
[ "Sinead O'Connor said they had split last week due to a conflict with Barry Herridge's family .", "\"Spent a beautiful evening of love making with none other than my husband,\" the rocker wrote .", "\"We decided to be boyfriend and girlfriend again and stay married,\" she said ." ]
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[ "(Health.com) -- Jillian Michaels catapulted to fame as the punishing trainer who got results on \"The Biggest Loser\" and \"Losing It with Jillian.\"", "But the 38-year-old has always been just as interested in building confidence as she has in sculpting rockhard abs.", "It's no accident that her most recent b...
[ "Jillian Michaels found fame as the punishing trainer on \"The Biggest Loser\"\nMichaels: \"It's never been about fitness.", "It's always been about helping to empower people\"\n\"Fitness is an entry point to help you build that happier, healthier life,\" she says ." ]
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[ "London (CNN) -- The European head of consumer goods giant Unilever believes that improving the company's environmental practices could help double its sales, such is the appetite from customers from sustainably-made products.", "Jan Zijderveld, the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate's president of Europe, said there was a...
[ "Unilever's Europe head plans to grow the business by stengthening green credentials .", "He says consumers don't simply want the cheapest products, but ones made responsibly .", "The emerging markets are more business-friendly than Europe, he says .", "Europe is in need of a \"spring clean\" to encourage inn...
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[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai expressed dismay Monday over four airstrikes in recent days by international forces in which dozens of civilian casualties have been reported.", "\"That's unacceptable to the Afghan government,\" said the spokesman, Aimal Faizi.", "He said that...
[ "\"We take all human loss of life very seriously,\" says a U.S. Embassy spokesman .", "Civilians are killed in a western Afghanistan strike, an Afghan official says .", "More than 1,900 Americans and another 1,000-plus allied troops have been killed in the conflict ." ]
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[ "(InStyle.com) -- At the 2012 Academy Awards each celebrity came out looking her personal best.", "\"Gwyneth Paltrow was elegant, Meryl Streep's look said 'I'm a movie star,' and Viola Davis was powerful and majestic,\" says InStyle Fashion Director Hal Rubenstein.", "Each woman dressed the way we want to see t...
[ "Michelle Williams chose a silk and organza Louis Vuitton dress with a peplum waist .", "Rooney Mara went minimal in a white Givenchy gown with a plunging neckline .", "Jennifer Lopez made a stunning entrance in a curve-hugging Zuhair Murad gown ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Are you reading this article on your cell phone or tablet?", "These days, that makes you pretty normal, especially if you're American, according to a recent report from comScore.", "According to comScore, which tracks these sort of things, 55% of the 234 million cell phone subscribers in the U.S. are ...
[ "More than half of cell phone owners get some of their media on mobile devices .", "comScore finds 47% of all U.S. cell phone owners currently use apps .", "14% of U.S. cell phone subscribers also own a tablet, highest in any country ." ]
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[ "West Pokot, Kenya (CNN) -- More than 13 years after his parents drowned in a flash flood, David Kakuko is at the Moruny River, building a bridge that might have prevented their deaths.", "The hanging footbridge will provide safe passage over the Moruny, a frequently flooded waterway in West Pokot, Kenya.", "\"...
[ "Harmon Parker's nonprofit group helps Kenyans build footbridges over perilous rivers .", "The bridges not only save lives; they connect people to schools, markets and health care .", "Parker came to Kenya in 1989 as a young missionary with masonry skills .", "Because of limited financing, he is able to organ...
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[ "Hong Kong (CNN) -- As the attention of the rugby world is drawn to Hong Kong this weekend for the Rugby Sevens, corporations are looking to capitalize on a sport that soon will become an Olympic event.", "Two dozen teams will pound the pitch, put in flying tackles and perhaps lose teeth in an effort to claim the...
[ "Despite cuttings tens of thousands of jobs, HSBC returns to sponsor the Rugby Sevens .", "Profile of rugby growing with the sports inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympic Gamers .", "HSBC says it expects a 3-to-1 rate of return for its sponsorship investment .", "Analyst: Returns for companies on sports sponsor...
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[ "(CNN) -- More than 8,000 people have died in the violence surrounding the Syrian uprising in the past year, a U.N. official said Tuesday.", "And a new Amnesty International report released Wednesday says Syrians detained by the regime are subjected to systemic torture.", "Dozens of women and children in Homs w...
[ "Dozens of Syrian women, children were stabbed and burned to death, activists say .", "CNN's Arwa Damon recently returned from dangerous mission inside Syria .", "She talks about possible sectarian divides, what she heard from residents ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Syrian security forces determined to quell a three-month uprising stormed the northern village of Badama, near the Turkish border, a witness and an activist said Saturday.", "Units entered the village equipped with at least six tanks, 21 armed personnel carriers, 10 security buses and randomly fired at ...
[ "NEW: Troops shell mountains, activist says .", "More than 10,100 Syrians in Turkey .", "British nationals advised to leave Syria .", "Syrians have streamed across border with Turkey ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- China may be flexing its growing economic and military muscles, but the country's leadership is concerned about its vulnerability on a more nebulous front: culture.", "The Chinese authorities are clamping down on the type of content being broadcast on the airwaves and websites within the country -- whic...
[ "'Hostile forces' are trying to 'westernize' China, the president says in an essay .", "The warning comes as the authorities restrict entertainment shows on TV .", "The authorities are worried that 'propaganda is no longer working,' an analyst says .", "Despite a quota, Western films are likely to top the Chi...
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[ "(CNN) -- World leaders are meeting in Seoul this week to discuss how to deal with the threat of nuclear terrorism.", "The effort to prevent the misuse of nuclear materials and the spread of nuclear weapons has long-placed most emphasis on defensive measures.", "These are essentially on the \"supply side\" -- a...
[ "World leaders meeting in Seoul to discuss security measures against nuclear terrorism .", "Richard Chasdi: One major source of risk is the use of proxy groups by nations .", "He says nuclear-armed Pakistan is one of the countries where proxy groups have been used .", "Chasdi: In a nuclear age, empowering pro...
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[ "Los Angeles (CNN) -- He was one of the most recognizable and influential voices in rock n' roll, and he never sang a note.", "So in the wake of Dick Clark's death, Americans of all stripes -- including music icons -- shared memories throughout the night and into Thursday.", "It wasn't just that Clark first int...
[ "Dick Clark suffered a heart attack at a hospital in Santa Monica, his publicist says .", "Clark hosted \"American Bandstand\" from 1956 to 1989 .", "As host of \"American Bandstand,\" Clark bridged racial and political divides .", "He was dubbed \"America's oldest living teenager\" thanks to his youthful app...
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[ "(CNN) -- At midnight last Tuesday, two men were traveling in a black four-wheel drive through the Somali capital, Mogadishu.", "One was Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the most wanted terrorist in Africa.", "Mohammed had survived more than a decade on the run, at least one attempt on his life, and a $5 million price ...
[ "Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was an elusive and talented bombmaker .", "U.S. officials confirmed it was Mohammed through DNA tests .", "Al-Shabaab figure Musa Dheere was also killed, Kenyan officials say .", "Expert says their deaths \"removed the top half of the al Qaeda network's explosives expertise\" in the r...
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[ "(CNN) -- A small passenger plane crashed Monday into a hill outside the capital of Honduras, killing all 14 people aboard, officials said.", "\"The impact of the plane was pretty strong, it would have been very difficult for a person to have survived, given the way the fuselage looked,\" said Oscar Triminio, a s...
[ "All 12 passengers and 2 crew were killed .", "Three Americans were among the victims .", "The plane was preparing to land in Tegucigalpa when it lost contact ." ]
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[ "Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli police evicted 15 Jewish settlers from a an illegally occupied house in the restive West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday following a weeklong showdown between the settler community and Israel's Defense Ministry, which administers the occupied territory.", "\"We are determined to make ...
[ "NEW: PM tries to strike balance between settlement backers, laws on settlement growth .", "Hebron is the most contested city in the West Bank .", "Official says eviction will help ease tension and is \"a good step forward\"\nThe eviction comes amid upcoming Netanyahu-Fayyad meeting ." ]
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[ "New York (CNN) -- Former ESPN writer Anthony Federico apologized Monday for writing an offensive headline about basketball sensation Jeremy Lin, calling it \"an honest mistake.\"", "The controversial headline read \"Chink in the Armor: Jeremy Lin's 9 Turnovers Cost Knicks in Streak-stopping Loss to Hornets.\"", ...
[ "Former ESPN employee Anthony Federico tells the New York Daily News, \"I'm so sorry\"\nHe wrote a headline that included the phrase \"Chink in the Armor\"\nBasketball sensation Jeremy Lin did not think the slur was on purpose and does not care anymore .", "Federico tells the paper he is proud of his career at ES...
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- If case you had any doubts, don't -- Bill Clinton's fully on board President Barack Obama's re-election effort.", "\"Barack Obama deserves to be re-elected president of the United States,\" the former president said Sunday night, as he joined the current officeholder at a fundraiser for the O...
[ "Four years ago, Bill Clinton was the biggest and most vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton .", "Now, the former president will be a high-profile surrogate for President Obama .", "Bill Clinton recently appeared in a buzzworthy Obama campaign web video .", "Clinton can help Obama by reminding voters of better e...
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[ "London (CNN) -- 22 November, 1947; A Village Near the River Euphrates .", "When Pembe was born, her mother was so sad she forgot about the pain she had suffered for twenty-six hours and the blood oozing between her legs, and tried to get up and walk away.", "At least, that is what everyone said -- everyone who...
[ "Elif Shafak is an award winning novelist who writes in Turkish and English .", "She spoke about storytelling and identity politics at TED Global conference .", "Shafak's next novel will focus on experiences of an immigrant family in London, England .", "In an excerpt, she writes about a Turkish mother's bitt...
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[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- When Rory Stear appeared on the Principal Voices roundtable last year, his company Freeplay Energy was best known for cranking out wind-up radios you could, well, crank up.", "Last year, former Principal Voice Rory Stear and his wife Kristine Pearson were named TIME 'Heroes of the Enviro...
[ "Freeplay Energy founder Rory Stear appeared on Principal Voices in 2007 .", "Of PV he says: It's thrilling to be asked, it has been a great experience\"\nIn 2008, Freeplay Energy started manufacturing lighting for India's poor .", "Working on an Indian version of the Lifeline light for distribution to villages...
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[ "Chardon, Ohio (CNN) -- A funeral service is planned Saturday for 16-year-old Daniel Parmertor, one of three students killed in an Ohio high school shooting.", "The shooting occurred Monday in the Chardon High School's cafeteria where authorities say T.J. Lane opened fire at the students.", "Two other students ...
[ "Funeral service will be held Saturday for Daniel Parmertor .", "Parmertor, two other students were killed at Chardon, Ohio, high school .", "Grief counselors and police were at the school on Friday .", "T.J. Lane was charged Thursday with three counts of aggravated murder ." ]
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[ "(Coastal Living) -- Until recently, only soldiers could take full advantage of this place.", "They got to wander the bluffs above the Pacific, with unforgettable views of rugged cliffs, hidden beaches and a sea-green bay rimmed by mountains.", "The Golden Gate Bridge anchors one leg on the Presidio's shores.",...
[ "The Spanish first developed the Presidio in 1776 .", "In 1846 the U.S. Army moved in .", "Recently businesses have been moving into its historic spaces ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The feds call industrial hemp a controlled substance -- the same as pot, heroin, LSD -- but advocates say a sober analysis reveals a harmless, renewable cash crop with thousands of applications that are good for the environment.", "Industrial hemp, left, looks a lot like its cousin in the cannabis famil...
[ "Fast-growing hemp used for food, paper, textiles and car parts .", "Hemp and marijuana have tetrahydrocannabinol, but the level in hemp is lower .", "North Dakota is one of seven states that have OK'd production or research .", "The DEA will not approve permits for two farmers in that state ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- J.C. Chandor is one of Hollywood's hot new names.", "For his feature film debut, \"Margin Call,\" he wrote the script and directed a cast that included Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons and Demi Moore.", "His work on the film, about a Wall Street firm facing collapse after an employee (Zachary Quinto) finds ...
[ "J.C. Chandor has an Oscar nomination for \"Margin Call\" screenplay .", "Script attracted name actors, but it was hard to get financing, he says .", "Movie concerns Wall Street firm holding bad paper at risk of going under ." ]
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[ "New York (CNN) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration faced its first public oversight hearing Monday as a part of a probe into what went wrong during last month's blizzard, with administration officials saying they should have declared a snow emergency.", "City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn called the...
[ "NEW: NYC hired 86 private firms to bolster snow removal at a price that remains unclear .", "NEW: Winter weather could continue to strain state and municipal budgets .", "Forecasters say another storm could dump 6 to 12 inches of snow beginning Tuesday night .", "Deputy Mayor Goldsmith said the city didn't c...
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[ "(CNN) -- Whitney Houston, who ruled the pop charts during the 1980s and '90s, will be laid to rest Saturday following a funeral at her childhood church in Newark, New Jersey.", "A look back at key moments in Houston's life, as well as her last days: .", "August 9, 1963 .", "Houston is born in Newark to gospe...
[ "Pop superstar Whitney Houston's funeral is held Saturday .", "Houston set numerous records during her musical and film career .", "Singer died at age 48 after being found unconscious in a hotel room bathtub ." ]
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[ "London (CNN) -- Queen Elizabeth II laid out the British government's plans for the coming year in a speech Wednesday marked by pomp and tradition.", "In the speech scripted by politicians but read in the House of Lords by the monarch, she said her ministers would reduce the deficit, strengthen regulation of the ...
[ "NEW: Queen Elizabeth II calls for banking reform and warns about Iran .", "British queen delivers a speech each year scripted by politicians for her to read .", "Her messenger, the Black Rod, summons lawmakers to her speech .", "Elizabeth is marking her Diamond Jubilee, 60 years on the throne ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The U.S. military has identified frozen remains found atop a California glacier as those of a World War II era airman who vanished more than half a century ago.", "Peter Stekel and a friend found the remains of a World War II airman atop a glacier in California.", "Ernest G. Munn had been missing sinc...
[ "U.S. military identifies frozen remains as those of a World War II airman .", "Ernest G. Munn had been missing since his training flight disappeared in 1942 .", "Hikers found the body in a Californian glacier last year .", "The body had long wavy hair and an unopened parachute lay nearby ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A Muslim civil liberties group filed a lawsuit Friday against the federal government for allegedly violating the First Amendment rights of Michigan Muslims and violating a 1993 federal law that upholds the free practice of religion.", "The Council on American-Islamic Relations said U.S. border agents an...
[ "Civil liberties group says Michigan Muslims' First Amendments rights violated .", "It cites \"invasive religious questioning\" at the U.S.-Canada border .", "U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it prohibits profiling based on race, religion ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Well, well.", "The boys at Augusta National Golf Club -- members and sponsors alike -- are in a big bind.", "Nine years after I led an unsuccessful effort by the National Council of Women's Organizations to open membership in the club to women, the \"woman problem\" is back.", "This time it involves...
[ "Martha Burk: Augusta National Golf Club, site of the Masters, doesn't admit women .", "But this year the CEO of IBM, a major sponsor whose CEOs are given membership, is a woman .", "She says this puts IBM in a bind: Should it ditch sponsorship if CEO not admitted?", "She says yes .", "Burk: It's IBM's dire...
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[ "(CNN) -- Moammar Gadhafi's exit from Libya is a reminder that the Arab awakening will not just fizzle out, despite what some observers are saying.", "Recently, commentators pointed to the public cheers heard in Egypt as the army pushed protesters out of Tahrir Square as a signal that the uprisings were petering ...
[ "Marwan Muasher: Doomsayers who say Arab Spring is petering out are wrong; it is irreversible .", "Muasher: Elites and protesters are at an impasse, need to move toward consensus building .", "Protesters need political parties and programs, he says, and elites must reform .", "It will be hard, he says, but th...
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[ "(CNN) -- Two feet of snow has fallen in western New York and more is coming along the southern shore of Lake Erie from Cleveland, Ohio, to Buffalo, the National Weather Service said Monday.", "The heavy snow spread north of Buffalo as well.", "\"Yesterday morning we had none.", "So it's quite a transition to...
[ "NEW: Eastern end of Lake Ontario hit hard .", "Lake-effect snows blanket area from Buffalo to Cleveland .", "Shoppers gather supplies in Pennsylvania .", "Ohio tries to stretch supplies of road salt ." ]
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday led Justice Department tributes to former presidential adviser and Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, who died at 90.", "Holder had a personal connection to Katzenbach, remembered for facing down Alabama Gov.", "George Wallace at a schoolhouse do...
[ "Former U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach dies at 90 .", "He was a key adviser to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson .", "Katzenbach confronted Alabama Gov.", "George Wallace over desegregation .", "He drafted and engineered passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Jacobo Arbenz was overthrown as president of Guatemala in a CIA-backed coup in 1954, a seminal event that historians say set the Central American country on a path of dictatorships and civil war that would last for decades.", "Even though he was democratically elected and popular at the time, after Arbe...
[ "Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom apologized to the family of Jacobo Arbenz .", "Arbenz was ousted in a coup in 1954 .", "Some wonder whether the U.S., which backed the coup, will also apologize ." ]
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- A controversial proposal to build a giant oil pipeline between Alberta, Canada, and Texas cleared a key hurdle Friday as the State Department said the project could be built without significant damage to the environment.", "Known as Keystone XL, the 1,700-mile pipeline has drawn fierce critic...
[ "\"There would be no significant impacts,\" a U.S. environmental official says .", "The pipeline would run from Alberta, Canada, to Texas .", "It could transport up to 830,000 barrels a day and is estimated to cost $7 billion .", "Environmentalists are staging a two-week protest at the White House ." ]
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[ "Chardon, Ohio (CNN) -- Schools throughout the small town of Chardon, Ohio, will be closed Tuesday -- except for counselors on hand to help any students who want to come in to talk, to try to come to grips with the bloodshed that left one of their own dead.", "Four students, meanwhile, spent the night in local ho...
[ "NEW: Flags will be at half-staff at the Ohio Statehouse and in Geauga County, the governor says .", "Witnesses say student T.J. Lane walked up to a table and started firing .", "He was then chased out by a teacher and arrested, witnesses and authorities say .", "A friend says that Lane seemed like \"a very n...
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[ "New York (CNN) -- A cancer-stricken New Jersey student asked by superstar singer Taylor Swift to join her at Sunday's Academy of Country Music Awards is too ill to attend, supporters said.", "A Facebook group started by Kevin McGuire's older sister, Victoria, said Saturday that her 18-year-old brother was admitt...
[ "New Jersey student, 18, is suffering from leukemia .", "Singer Taylor Swift invited him to awards show Sunday .", "Kevin McGuire is in the hospital and cannot attend ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Diners flock to restaurants for the food, but they sometimes return for the eye candy.", "Many restaurants have swapped the utilitarian server uniform of television's \"Alice\" for khaki pants, polo shirts and, on occasion, pin-on \"flair.\"", "But some have upped the ante with '50s poodle skirts, Ger...
[ "Some restaurants dish up plenty of taste and the sight of their servers in wild costumes .", "An assassin might serve you at Ninja New York, or Captain Orion at Mars 2112 .", "Wenches work in Medieval Times, while naughty nurses serve at Heart Attack Grill ." ]
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[ "Atlanta (CNN) -- Police have found the body of a 7-year-old Georgia girl who went missing more than two days ago, the state's chief law enforcement official said Monday.", "Police believe Jorelys Rivera was abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered at her apartment complex in Canton, about 40 miles north of Atla...
[ "NEW: \"How do we know the killer is not still here,\" a neighbor asks .", "GBI Director Vernon Keenan calls the crime \"horrendous\"\nOfficials find the girl's body in a trash bin after expanding the search area .", "The FBI joined local officials in the expanded search for the missing 7-year-old on Monday ." ...
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[ "Miami (CNN) -- Officials in a popular stretch of coastal North Carolina ordered all visitors to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Irene, which damaged homes in the Bahamas Wednesday as it churned toward the U.S. East Coast.", "Irene, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, could jump to Category 4 strength by Thursda...
[ "Extensive damage reported on two Bahamas islands .", "In North Carolina, Dare County orders evacuation of visitors .", "Storm forces changes in cruise ship itineraries, including the Carnival Sensation .", "Hurricane Irene maintains strength, could be Category 4 storm on Thursday ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A tall and beguiling blonde sits alone at the bar of a luxury Middle Eastern hotel.", "Looking across the lobby she seductively eyes a mustached Arab man.", "Emboldened by her enticing glances he approaches the bar and they begin chatting.", "Unbeknown to the man, he has just taken the bait in an el...
[ "New film focuses on unsolved murder of Hamas leader in Dubai hotel in 2010 .", "Police believe Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh was killed by team of foreign agents .", "Dubai police said they were 100% certain that the Mossad was behind plot .", "Director of \"The Javelin\" says he is trying to offer an alternative story...
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[ "(CNN) -- Spanish and European champions Barcelona took a break from their preparations for the FIFA Club World Cup semifinals by meeting children displaced by Japan's devastating tsunami.", "The club, who beat arch rivals Real Madrid 3-1 on Saturday, are in Japan for the tournament and face Qatari side Al Sadd i...
[ "Barcelona's players meet tsunami survivors in Japan ahead of Al Sadd match .", "European champions to play Qatari side in semifinals of FIFA Club World Cup .", "Barca give 11 youngsters displaced from the Fukushima region a club shirt each .", "Al Sadd's Nadir Belhadj thinks the match will be a \"celebration...
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[ "(CNN) -- The Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a shipping channel linking New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina, a federal court ruled Wednesday.", "\"It is the court's opinion that the negligence of the Corps, in this instance by...
[ "Corps didn't properly maintain Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, court rules .", "Ruling issued in lawsuit brought by six plaintiffs affected by the 2005 hurricane .", "Precedent will apply to 100,000 homes and businesses, plaintiffs' lawyer says ." ]
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- Two U.S. citizens from Seattle and Los Angeles -- described as \"would-be terrorists\" by the FBI -- have been arrested and charged with plotting to kill Americans enlisting in the armed forces in Seattle, federal officials announced Thursday.", "The men were identified as Abu Khalid Abdul-La...
[ "Two accused of plotting against military recruits .", "Two are being held in Seattle .", "Another individual reportedly turned them in ." ]
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[ "Johannesburg (CNN) -- South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela successfully underwent hernia surgery Saturday, a family member told CNN Saturday.", "Mandela was \"comfortable\" and in \"a satisfactory condition\" Saturday, said the South African president, who referred to the medical event only as \"a pl...
[ "Mandela is \"comfortable\" and in \"a satisfactory condition,\" president says .", "Mandela had an operation for a hernia, relative says .", "He should be released no later than Monday, relative says .", "The former president last appeared in public in 2010 ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Venezuela's telecommunications regulator, Conatel, fined private television broadcaster Globovision Tuesday 7.5% of its gross income for alleged violations of the country's media responsibility laws, marking the latest salvo in the long-running feud between the broadcaster and the government.", "Globovi...
[ "NEW: The penalty is the latest salvo in long-running dispute between Globovision and the government .", "The broadcaster is fined 7.5% of its gross income for violating the law .", "The government accuses the network of inciting anxiety in the public .", "The $2.2 million fine could mean the end of Globovisi...
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[ "(CNN) -- A federal judge on Friday ruled against four Republican presidential candidates seeking a spot on Virginia's March 6 primary ballot, saying they waited too long to file their claims.", "Left off the ballot are Texas Gov.", "Rick Perry, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former U.S Sen. Rick Santorum ...
[ "NEW: Gingrich says \"we're going to keep going\"\nVirginia attorney general indicates candidates may appeal .", "Four candidates \"played the game, lost, and then complained,\" judge rules .", "Perry, Gingrich, Santorum and Huntsman won't be on Virginia primary ballot ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- After seven years in exile, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will be back in his homeland Friday, two days ahead of a highly anticipated election, his U.S. attorney said.", "Aristide was at the privately-owned Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday, said ...
[ "Aristide is scheduled to fly to Haiti Thursday night .", "The former president wants to return to Haiti after seven years in exile .", "The White House has opposed his return before Sunday's election .", "But Aristide's supporters say no one has the right to block his return ." ]
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[ "Berlin (CNN) -- Germany's electoral map has many colors in comparison to the red and blue of America, yet on both sides of the Atlantic, battleground state elections can portend change on the national level.", "Voters in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany's most populous state, go to the polls this Sunday, an...
[ "Sudha David-Wilp says the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) vote can portend national change .", "Brussels will be watching because Germany is the power broker with the EU, she says .", "David-Wilp: The appearance of new parties could herald instability within Germany .", "She adds that the NRW vote will have an ...
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[ "(CNN) -- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines, prompting the country to issue a tsunami alert for the coastlines near the epicenter.", "The quake struck about 11:49 a.m. (10:49 p.m. Sunday ET) about 70 kilometers (44 miles) from the coastal city of Dumaguete on...
[ "NEW: The Philippines issues a tsunami alert for the coastlines near the quake .", "No tsunami warning for the wider region, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says .", "The earthquake occurs 70 kilometers (44 miles) from the coastal city of Dumaguete, the USGS says .", "Guests at a hotel in Bacolod evacuate ...
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[ "(CNN) -- Expressing apologies that she can't accompany him to prom on his birthday, country music beauty Taylor Swift on Friday asked an 18-year-old student with cancer to be her date to the Academy of Country Music Awards in April.", "Kevin McGuire was diagnosed with leukemia in 2007 at the age of 13.", "The ...
[ "New Jersey student, 18, is suffering from leukemia .", "He was hoping for a date for his prom .", "Singer Taylor Swift instead invites him to April awards show ." ]
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[ "Editor's note: CNN.com has a business partnership with CareerBuilder.com, which serves as the exclusive provider of job listings and services to CNN.com.", "Salt Lake City, Utah, ranks 21st with an unemployment rate of 3.5 percent.", "Job seekers with no ties to any particular location often seek jobs in big c...
[ "Bismarck, North Dakota, registers lowest unemployment rate in Sept. 2008 .", "Most of the lowest unemployment rates were found in west, midwest .", "Jobless rates were higher in 92 percent of U.S. cities surveyed this Sept.\nOnly 25 areas reported lower rates while six areas had no change ." ]
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[ "Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- The third most powerful political figure in the Yemeni government has died from wounds he received in the presidential palace attack in Sanaa last June.", "Yemen State TV announced the death in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, of Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, the president of the Shura Council, and announce...
[ "Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani was president of the Shura Council .", "He had been a trusted associate of President Saleh for more than five decades .", "Youth protesters marching in the streets vow Saleh will be ousted ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Sanaa residents reported hearing heavy explosions and sporadic gunfire for several hours early Tuesday, one day after security forces set fire to tents and tore through demonstrators' camps in Freedom Square in Taiz with bulldozers, an activist and eyewitnesses said.", "It was not immediately clear what...
[ "Witnesses say security forces use bulldozers and fire to dismantle camps in Taiz .", "A government spokesman denies attacking protesters .", "20 now are dead in clashes in Taiz, medical sources say .", "The Yemeni air force launches strikes against militants in Zinjibar ." ]
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[ "Florence, California (CNN) -- Sergio Blanco faced the most painstaking moment of parenthood the past week when he had to ask two of his young sons whether they were sexually molested at Miramonte Elementary School.", "All throughout this working-class neighborhood, hundreds of parents have been holding similar c...
[ "A sexual misconduct scandal forces parents to have difficult talks with kids .", "The scandal is centered at Miramonte Elementary School .", "Working-class Mexican immigrants populate school's neighborhood .", "\"It's a conversation that is like a taboo,\" one parent says ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Recent Yemeni airstrikes targeting Islamic militants in the south accidentally killed at least 11 pro-government tribesmen, a senior Yemeni military official told CNN Sunday.", "The attack took place just east of Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Yemen's restive Abyan province and a city that has seen...
[ "NEW: Tribal fighters accuse Saleh's regime of being two-faced .", "The official says the government airstrikes missed their target .", "Military officials blames limited coordination between tribes and government forces .", "Yemen's relationship with its tribal leaders is further strained ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The Obama administration's attempt to mandate that Catholic organizations provide contraception to their employees in insurance plans injected some ugly nostalgia into the presidential race in recent weeks.", "\"The sexual and religious politics of the 1990s (are) suddenly back,\" wrote Andrew Sullivan ...
[ "Tim Stanley says Catholic contraception dust-up cast by some as new culture war .", "Stanley says this may work in GOP primaries, but it won't with today's general voters .", "He says social issues Pat Buchanan touted in 1992 don't resonate in bad economy .", "Stanley: \"War\" is more relevant to political e...
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[ "Los Angeles (CNN) -- Cartoonist Jerry Robinson, who worked on the earliest Batman comics and claimed credit for creating the super-villain The Joker, died Thursday at the age of 89, his family confirmed.", "\"Batman has lost another father,\" Batman movie producer Michael Uslan said.", "\"Farewell to my dear, ...
[ "\"Batman has lost another father,\" Batman movie producer Michael Uslan says .", "Exec: Robinson \"illustrated some of the defining images of pop culture's greatest icons\"\nRobinson claimed creation of the Joker, but others dispute his role .", "\"I wanted a very strong villain, because I thought that's going...
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[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Wearing a floaty, flowery dress doesn't convey the traditional image of power, yet when it's designed by Diane von Furstenberg, somehow, inexplicably, it does.", "It's not just about dresses. Diane von Furstenberg aims to empower women with confidence.", "The Belgian designer, now long...
[ "Young and pregnant Belgian designer Diane Halfin moved to New York in 1969 .", "She married Egon von Furstenberg and launched her famous wrap dress .", "Millions were sold and soon the DVF brand appeared on perfume, home wares .", "DVF says: \"If I have any mission in life... it is to empower women\"" ]
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[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani Taliban recruited and trained a suicide bomber, then sold him to the Haqqani network to carry out an attack in Afghanistan, but he was arrested before pulling off the plan, an official with Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Monday.", "The accusati...
[ "Bomber was recruited and trained by the Pakistani Taliban, an Afghan official says .", "The bomber was then sold to the Haqqani network, the Afghan official says .", "A Pakistan army spokesman says Pakistan is doing more than Afghanistan to stop militants crossing the border ." ]
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[ "(InStyle.com) -- It's sad to see summer go, but fall brings one thing that always excites—season premieres!", "Since viewers tune in for their favorite characters' wardrobes just as much as the plot twists, InStyle.com rounded up a list of some of the most fashionable TV shows of all time.", "Sex and the City ...
[ "Fall TV season gives us a glimpse of new stars and their fashion .", "InStyle.com has rounded up some of the most fashionable shows ever on television .", "From \"The Flintstones\" to the \"Charlies Angels\" reboot, these characters have style ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The top general in the Yemeni opposition says he rejects a new proposal that would allow the country's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh to remain in power until a new leader is found.", "\"The general public in Yemen is seeking a transfer of power to the vice president,\" Gen. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmer ...
[ "Gen. Ahmer speaks to CNN in an exclusive interview .", "The United States must help implement a transition of power, Ahmer says .", "Vice President Hadi is \"wise\" and \"our brother,\" Ahmer says ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- To a friend of more than 20 years, Manssor Arbabsiar was a man who liked to be called \"Jack\" and didn't seem to have strong views on politics or religion.", "To U.S. authorities, the 56-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen is a suspect in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador t...
[ "NEW: The suspect's estranged wife doubts his guilt .", "Mitchel Hamauei knew Manssor Arbabsiar for 20 years .", "Charges sound \"out of character,\" the friend says .", "Public records show Arbabsiar has three previous arrests ." ]
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[ "Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) -- A fish salesman.", "A restaurateur. A cigar aficionado.", "A retired cop.", "Four voters.", "Four candidates.", "No clear choice who to vote for.", "On the eve of the critical Southern Republican Presidential Debate in Charleston, CNN talked to several undecided vote...
[ "Days before the South Carolina primary, many voters don't know what to do .", "Frustrated with the field, flummoxed by the choices, some will wait and see .", "Most say Thursday night's CNN debate in Charleston could be deciding factor ." ]
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[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai asked a Taliban-linked cleric based in Pakistan Saturday to help mediate talks with the Afghan Taliban, the cleric told CNN.", "Maulana Samiul Haq said he told Karzai he was prepared to help bring Taliban leaders to the table if the Afghan president and ...
[ "Cleric Maulana Samiul Haq says Karzai asked him to mediate talks with the Afghan Taliban .", "Haq is known as one of the spiritual leaders of the Taliban movement .", "President Karzai, in Pakistan for talks, has not commented on the cleric's claim .", "The Taliban deny that there have been meetings with the...
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[ "Milan, Italy (CNN) -- Actor George Clooney and soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo could be called as witnesses in the trial of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges of sex with an underage prostitute, the court announced Wednesday.", "Prosecutors allege Berlusconi paid for sex repeatedly with an ...
[ "NEW: Berlusconi's lawyer complains about the number of trials the ex-PM has to attend .", "Prosecutors allege Berlusconi paid for sex repeatedly with an underage prostitute .", "They say he tried to pull strings to get her out of jail .", "Berlusconi resigned earlier this month ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Four gang members potentially face life in prison without parole after being convicted Friday of using violence and intimidation to extort \"rents\" from drug dealers and suppliers on their Los Angeles turf, a federal prosecutor's office said.", "This scheme ended up claiming the life of a 3-week old ba...
[ "4 Columbia Lil' Cycos gang members are convicted in a federal court in California .", "They could face life in prison without parole, a U.S. Attorney's office says .", "They used violence and intimidation to extort money from L.A. street drug vendors .", "A baby was killed when one such vendor was shot at, f...
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[ "Bucharest, Romania (CNN) -- Romania's deputy health minister, whose resignation last week triggered ongoing protests across the nation, was reappointed to his post on Tuesday after meeting with the prime minister.", "Raed Arafat said Tuesday he had withdrawn his resignation, adding that President Traian Basescu ...
[ "Raed Arafat withdraws his resignation after meeting, speaking with officials .", "Protests continue across Romania on Monday, with thousands taking to the streets .", "Demonstrators are protesting against government austerity measures ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Identifying the moment when a political regime begins to decompose is as difficult as dating the onset of a recession.", "But in histories of the decline of the order built by Vladimir Putin in Russia, last Sunday's parliamentary election is bound to feature prominently.", "Despite a campaign marred b...
[ "Daniel Treisman: Russian elections may mark beginning of Putin's regime decline .", "Putin's in power, he writes, but even ballot stuffing failed to stop the slide .", "Treisman: Decline tied to worsening economy, dysfunctional police, Chechnya .", "Putin must share power or soften his image, he says.", "R...
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[ "Moscow (CNN) -- A plot to assassinate Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been foiled, Russia's state-run Channel One TV reported Monday, less than a week before presidential elections that Putin is expected to win.", "Citing unnamed sources, the report said a group of plotters was arrested in the Ukrainia...
[ "A former UK envoy to Moscow says the report is conceivable but improbable .", "One alleged plotter says the plan was to use military-grade land mines .", "The plotters were arrested last month in Odessa, Ukraine, Channel One reports .", "The announcement comes days before Putin is expected to win the preside...
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[ "(Travel + Leisure) -- Climbing up the spiral stairs and through a stone tower to our room, we notice a passageway.", "\"Where do you suppose it goes?\"", "asks my wife, Sandra, as she signals me to follow her.", "Stop for coffee and cake at the 11th-century Hornberg Castle hotel-restaurant in Neckarzimmern."...
[ "Author travels along Germany's Romantic and Castle roads for honeymoon .", "Schönburg Castle Hotel housed wealthy noble in the Middle Ages .", "Rothenburg ob der Tauber has remained virtually untouched since the 17th century .", "The town of Weimar is a portal to the Enlightenment ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The NCAA says it has contacted the FBI after point-shaving allegations were lodged against Auburn University's men's basketball program.", "\"We are very concerned by the point-shaving allegations involving Auburn University men's basketball program and have been in contact with the school and the FBI s...
[ "The NCAA says it contacted the FBI about Auburn .", "\"We are very concerned by the point-shaving allegations,\" the NCAA says .", "Auburn says it has also contacted the FBI ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- International pressure is mounting on Israel and the Palestinians to halt violence in Gaza, with the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and other countries all calling for an immediate restoration of calm.", "Protesters knock down barriers near the Israeli Embassy during a demonstrati...
[ "International pressure grows on Israel and Palestinians to end violence in Gaza .", "U.S., U.N., EU and other countries call for immediate restoration of calm .", "Angry protests in several cities around the world on Sunday against Israel ." ]
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[ "Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou announced Wednesday that a government reshuffle will take place Thursday, after which he will seek a vote of confidence in parliament.", "The planned reshuffle represents an attempt to win support for additional austerity measures intended to help...
[ "Prime Minister George Papandreou will seek a vote of confidence Thursday .", "At least 25,000 turn out to keep lawmakers from debating budget-cutting measures .", "The protests against the austerity turn violent, with gasoline bombs and tear gas .", "Greece is getting international help to deal with its budg...
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[ "Bucharest, Romania (CNN) -- Romania's prime minister resigned Monday in the wake of weeks of public protests against austerity measures and a deadly spell of bitterly cold weather.", "The resignation makes Romania the sixth European country to see a prime minister fall amid the debt crisis sweeping European Unio...
[ "NEW: A former foreign minister is appointed as Romania's prime minister .", "NEW: He says his political independence should help him on the job .", "An opposition leader opposes the move, saying new elections would be better .", "For weeks, protesters decried austerity measures and urged the president to qui...
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[ "(CNN) -- The man who collected the urine sample that led to Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun's now-overturned drug suspension says he did not tamper with the sample, as Braun has implied.", "\"I followed the same procedure in collecting Mr. Braun's sample as I did in the hundreds of other samples,\" Dino ...
[ "\"At no point did I tamper in any way with the samples,\" the collector says .", "The collector waited nearly two days to deliver his sample, Ryan Braun says .", "His 50-games suspension has been tossed out ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The last time Wales won a Six Nations rugby international at England's home stronghold, the team went on to claim the 2008 title and complete a grand slam of victories against all competing countries.", "Four years on, Warren Gatland's men are looking odds-on to repeat that success after snatching a 19-...
[ "Wales beat England 19-12 for third successive victory in the Six Nations Championship .", "Replacement center Scott Williams conjures up the only try of the game at Twickenham .", "England suffer first defeat of the tournament under interim coach Stuart Lancaster .", "Ireland win first match of competition, ...
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[ "(CNN) -- Turkey's peripatetic Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu spent last Thursday in Tehran in negotiations with leading Iranian officials.", "Davutoglu's visit comes at a very critical juncture in U.S.-Iran relations, as saber-rattling dangerously escalates over the United States' ever-more stringent sanctions...
[ "Mohammed Ayoob: Turkey's minister visits Iran as tensions rise between West, Iran .", "Ayoob notes Western nations vow stricter sanctions on Iran over nuclear program .", "Iran vows to close Strait of Hormuz; he says Turkey caught in the middle of disputes .", "Turkey holding talks between West, Iran, he say...
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[ "(CNN) -- The Nigerian Islamic militant group Boko Haram says it bombed U.N. offices in Abuja last week because the world body is a partner \"in the oppression of believers,\" a spokesman for the group said Wednesday.", "Friday's car bombing killed 23 people and wounded more than 80.", "Boko Haram, which aims t...
[ "Boko Haram calls U.N. \"a global partner in the oppression of believers\"\nA spokesman said a 27-year-old Nigerian carried out Friday's bombing .", "The blast in Abuja killed 23 people and wounded more than 80 ." ]
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Air Force has grounded its entire F-22 Raptor fleet amidst continuing concern over how the fighter jet provides oxygen to the pilot, according Capt.", "Jennifer Faerrau, a spokesperson for the Air Force's Air Combat Command.", "The stand-down order was made Tuesday but is just now ...
[ "The stand-down order was made Tuesday but is just now becoming public .", "The 165 Raptor fighter jets have been kept at lower altitudes during ongoing probe .", "Flying above 25,000 feet could cause pilots to black out .", "Order came from Gen. William Fraser, head of Air Combat Command ." ]
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[ "Madrid (CNN) -- Chanting \"they don't represent us,\" tens of thousands in Madrid railed early Sunday against Spain's government and austerity cuts -- venting their anger on the first anniversary of the so-called May 15 protest movement.", "The government earlier had given a 10 p.m. (4 p.m.", "ET) Saturday dea...
[ "NEW: Thousands in Madrid's Puerta del Sol plaza do a \"silent shout\" to protest cuts .", "NEW: \"The new government is the same,\" a woman says, claiming people are fed up .", "Similar rallies are held in Barcelona and other cities around Spain .", "The protests coincide with the anniversary of the launch o...
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[ "Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- A European Commission spokeswoman hinted Monday at the possibility of sanctions against Ivory Coast if the country is unable to resolve its disputed presidential election.", "Catherine Ashton, vice president of the commission and the European Union's high representative for foreign ...
[ "NEW: United Nations to relocate non-essential personel to Gambia as tensions rise .", "European Commission official says sanctions are possibility .", "Both Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara claim presidency ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Tourists visiting an Egyptian resort have been warned to be alert after a series of shark attacks that have left one woman dead and several people seriously injured.", "The German woman died Sunday after being attacked by a shark in waters off Sharm el-Sheikh, prompting Egypt's tourism ministry to close...
[ "Tourists visiting Egyptian resort warned to be alert after shark attacks .", "German woman killed in Sunday's attack; beaches closed until shark is found .", "3 snorkelers injured previously; 2 sharks have been caught and killed .", "Volunteer expedition will leave on Monday to hunt the shark ." ]
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[ "(Financial Times) -- Foreign auditing firms will have to appoint a Chinese national as their chief partner in China as part of a sweeping overhaul of the country's accounting industry.", "The regulations, unveiled on Thursday, are aimed at localising the mainland operations of foreign auditing firms, but they al...
[ "Foreign auditing firms will have to appoint a Chinese national as their chief partner in China .", "The regulations aim at localising mainland operations of foreign auditing firms and limiting controversy .", "Over the past years, China saw fraud allegations against Chinese companies listed in overseas markets...
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[ "Los Angeles (CNN) -- A California judge sentenced a retired Los Angeles Police detective Friday to 27 years to life in prison for murdering her ex-boyfriend's wife in a jealous rage more than two decades ago.", "Stephanie Ilene Lazarus, 52, was convicted of biting and shooting Sherri Rasmussen, 29, in her townho...
[ "NEW: \"I just can't bear thinking about these moments,\" the victim's husband tells the court .", "Former detective Stephanie Ilene Lazarus, 52, could be eligible for parole in 22 years .", "She was convicted of shooting and killing Sherri Rasmussen, then 29 .", "Rasmussen was the new wife of Lazarus' ex-boy...
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[ "Jerusalem (CNN) -- Negotiations to end a mass hunger strike by up to 2,000 Palestinians detained by Israel are making progress and a resolution may be only days away, Palestinian officials said Saturday.", "The talks over the detainee demands involve Palestinians, Israeli officials and Egyptian mediators.", "\...
[ "At least 1,650 Palestinian detainees are on a hunger strike .", "Negotiations continue over their demands .", "They want an end to Israel's practice of holding people indefinitely without charge ." ]
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[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- It wasn't so long ago that biofuels were being heralded as the savior of the planet and a thoroughly green solution to our climate woes.", "But fair winds have been replaced by persistent storms of criticism.", "But is it justified? Principal Voices has spoken to three people -- an eco...
[ "Once hailed as a climate savior, biofuels are now the subject of widespread criticism .", "FAO economist argues that it is important to distinguish between different biofuels .", "British chemist believes that biofuels can work, but only on at a very local level ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A tropical depression formed in the western Caribbean Sea on Sunday, and is likely to become Tropical Storm Rina as it skirts the Honduran coastline, the National Hurricane Center said.", "The depression -- the 18th of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season -- was located off the Nicaragua/Honduras border l...
[ "The tropical depression is the 18th of the hurricane season .", "It is forecast to become Tropical Storm Rina late Sunday or Monday .", "A tropical storm watch is issued for portions of the Honduran coast ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The Brazilian Air Force on Friday dropped eight 500-pound bombs on a clandestine airstrip in the jungle near the Colombian and Venezuelan borders, part of wide military operation that goes beyond targeting drug traffickers.", "Video of the scene, released by the air force, showed craters on the destroye...
[ "It is part of a larger operation near the border with Colombia .", "The airstrip was used to move drugs, officials say ." ]
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[ "Tegucigalpa, Honduras (CNN) -- Hundreds of troops and police officers headed to northern Honduras Tuesday after at least 11 people died in two days of clashes, authorities said.", "\"Arms will be taken away immediately from people who carry weapons of war and weapons without permits,\" Security Secretary Oscar A...
[ "NEW: Honduran government minister: Attackers \"want it to look like they are peasants\"\nAt least 600 troops and police will be deployed, the Honduran government says .", "Dinant Corporation says hundreds ambushed security guards at one of its ranches .", "The area is the site of land disputes between peasants...
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[ "Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- The Libyan government vowed Friday to sink any ship approaching the besieged port city of Misrata, essentially threatening NATO patrols and humanitarian aid ships that have been bringing in food and medical supplies and ferrying out refugees and the wounded .", "Libya's threat came hours ...
[ "NEW: Libyan government threatens to sink aid ships .", "NEW: NATO says Libyan forces intercepted while mining port .", "At least nine dead, 30 wounded, a doctor says ." ]
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