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[ "(CNN) -- Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has paid tribute to former Lotus boss Peter Warr, who died of a heart attack aged 72 on Monday.", "Warr took over the management of the of the F1 team in 1969, and enjoyed a successful career in motorsport in the 1970s and '80s.", "\"When Peter was in Formula One ...
[ "Former Lotus boss Peter Warr died of a heart attack on Monday aged 72 .", "Bernie Ecclestone has led tributes to Warr, who became team manager at Lotus in 1969 .", "He had previously been a driver for Lotus, winning the Japanese Grand Prix in 1963 .", "Warr attended the Bahrain GP in March, which saw Lotus r...
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[ "(CNN) -- Peter Hedblom overcame a final-round charge from fellow Swedish golfer Martin Erlandsson to win the Johnnie Walker Championship by one shot in Scotland on Sunday.", "Peter Hedblom went one better than his second-placed finish at the KLM Open last weekend.", "Erlandsson had resumed play in 20th place s...
[ "Peter Hedblom wins Johnnie Walker Championship by one shot in Scotland .", "The Swede cards five-under-par 67 to hold off compatriot Martin Erlandsson .", "Erlandsson had closed with a superb 10-under 62 to set clubhouse lead of 276 .", "Hedblom, 39, parred the last two holes to clinch his third European Tou...
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[ "(CNN) -- FIFA appointed a normalization committee on Tuesday aimed at reforming the currently suspended Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Federation (FFBH).", "The FFBH was banned from international football and continental club competition on April 1 after it failed to amend its three-headed presidency, which saw...
[ "FIFA have appointed a committee to reform the Bosnia and Herzegovina federation .", "The FFBH was hit with an international ban on April 1 for failing to adapt FIFA statutes .", "The organization previously had a three-pronged presidential structure ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- FIFA has suspended two of its top officials as it probes reports they solicited bribes in exchange for supporting 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids, the world soccer governing body announced Wednesday.", "Amos Adamu and Reynald Temarii are barred from taking part in any soccer-related activity -- whether it ...
[ "FIFA suspends two members of its executive committee and four others .", "It is investigating if officials solicited bribes in exchange for backing World Cup bids .", "Another four people associated with FIFA also are suspended .", "The probe will not delay a December vote on who will host the 2018 and 2022 ...
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[ "(CNN) -- They are the beautiful game's must-have fashion accessory -- but now soccer's governing body are considering a ban on snoods.", "The trend of wearing a neck-warmer has become prevalent in the European game, especially in the English Premier League with stars such as Manchester City's Carlos Tevez and Ar...
[ "FIFA considering a ban on the snood due to safety concerns .", "The neck-warmers are becoming increasingly popular with players .", "Two FIFA execs banned for corruption have their appeals dismissed ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- FIFA have confirmed they made $3.655 billion from the World Cup in South Africa, after the organization announced buoyant financial figures between 2007 and 2010.", "President Sepp Blatter said that the figures proved it was the right decision to award the 2010 tournament to South Africa, despite fears ...
[ "FIFA announce they made $3.6 billion from World Cup in South Africa .", "President Sepp Blatter said first tournament in Africa was huge financial success .", "Organization reveal they made more than $4 billion over last four years .", "Blatter also said he does not expect to be challenged in presidential bi...
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[ "(CNN) -- Michel Platini has positioned himself for a future tilt at the FIFA presidency by claiming that world soccer's ruling body needs to be run by sporting specialists rather than administrators such as the incumbent Sepp Blatter.", "Platini, one of France's greatest players, has backed the 75-year-old Blatt...
[ "European football chief Michel Platini says FIFA needs to be run by sports specialists .", "Former France international says time of administrators is coming to an end .", "Platini will back Sepp Blatter for re-election at FIFA unless president is guilty of corruption .", "Blatter faces hearing on Sunday alo...
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[ "(CNN) -- The Italian Grand Prix will be held at the historic Monza track until 2016 after a new four-year deal was clinched.", "Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone confirmed the new contract with the company that run the track on Thursday.", "There had been speculation that Rome would replace Monza as the venue o...
[ "The Italian Grand Prix will remain at Monza until 2016 .", "Track chiefs confirm they have signed a four-year extension .", "Monza hosted its first Grand Prix in 1922 and is one of the most famous circuits in the world ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Football superstar David Beckham has condemned controversial comments made by Sepp Blatter, who is refusing to stand down as FIFA president despite widespread criticism.", "The head of world soccer sparked fury when he told CNN World Sport that racism is not a problem on the football field, and that any...
[ "David Beckham says comments about racism by Sepp Blatter are \"not right\"\nSuperstar says head of world football should not be making such remarks .", "FIFA president apologizes for what he said, but refuses to resign .", "His interview with CNN World Sport has caused outrage around the world ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- World governing body FIFA have announced that France international striker Thierry Henry will not be punished for his handball in last November's World Cup qualification play-off against the Republic of Ireland.", "FIFA''s disciplinary committee concluded there was \"no legal foundation\" for them to de...
[ "France striker Thierry Henry will not be punished for his handball in November's World Cup play-off against Ireland .", "FIFA''s disciplinary committee concluded there was \"no legal foundation\" for them to deal with the case .", "Henry's handball in the run-up to William Gallas' decisive goal ended Irish hop...
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[ "(CNN) -- The Mexican Football Federation have pulled out of the bidding process for both the 2018 and 2022 World Cups because of financial concerns during the current economic downturn.", "The World Cup will not be returning to Mexico after the country pulled out of the buidding process.", "In a statement on t...
[ "Mexico pull out of the bidding process to stage the 2018 and 2022 World Cups .", "The Mexican Football Federation blamed financial concerns for their decision .", "Mexico were always considered one of the outsiders in the 2018/2022 tender ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Monday his organization would ban for life any players and administrators found guilty of match-fixing.", "\"We can't intervene at this early stage, but when those people are condemned and found guilty we will ban them for life.", "They will not be allowed back into fo...
[ "FIFA is looking into allegations of match-fixing .", "Zimbabwean players have told investigators they were paid to lose games .", "FIFA President Sepp Blatter spoke to reporters in Harare ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- FIFA opened the door to the introduction of goal-line technology at the 2014 World Cup, but has put in place a rigorous testing program for companies hoping to win the contract.", "The world governing body said Tuesday that prototype systems will need to demonstrate a 90% accuracy rate in order to get ...
[ "FIFA introduces testing program for goal-line technology at 2014 World Cup .", "Bidding companies must prove 100% success rate by next year .", "International FA Board will make decision in July 2012 .", "Pressure has grown after a series of high-profile incidents, two involving Frank Lampard ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Egypt's Football Association faces punishment after FIFA decided to investigate an incident which saw Algeria's team bus pelted with stones before last Saturday's World Cup qualifier in Cairo.", "The world governing body has opened disciplinary proceedings after confirming that it had received reports a...
[ "World ruling body FIFA begins investigation into incident before World Cup qualifier .", "Three of Algeria's players were injured as Egyptian fans threw stones at team bus in Cairo .", "Egypt won the match to force play-off, which Algeria won 1-0 in game held in neutral Sudan .", "The North African rivals ha...
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[ "(CNN) -- Football's world governing body FIFA have fined the Ivory Coast Football Federation following the crush prior to their World Cup qualifier against Malawi in March that saw 22 supporters killed.", "A young fan is carried away following the crush that saw 22 supporters lose their lives in Abidjan in March...
[ "FIFA have fined Ivory Coast Football Federation 50,000 Swiss francs ($46,800)\nThis follows the tragedy in March which saw 22 supporters crushed to death .", "FIFA also impose 20,000 attendance limit at Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A Somali militant group publicly executed two teenage girls Wednesday after accusing them of being spies for the Somali government, according to the group, eyewitnesses and a relative of one of the girls.", "\"Those two girls were evil and they were spies for the enemy (the Somali government), but the m...
[ "\"Those two girls were evil,\" says an Al-Shabaab commander .", "One man says the group called on residents to witness the execution .", "A relative of one girl denies the two were spies ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Formula One star Felipe Massa plans to thank the people who helped save his life a year ago as he makes an emotional return to Hungary this week.", "The Ferrari driver suffered horrific head injuries after a freak accident during the second qualifying session for the 2009 race in Budapest, when a spring...
[ "Felipe Massa returns to Hungary just over a year after he almost died in freak accident .", "Ferrari driver was hit in the head by a flying car part during qualifying in Budapest .", "He says he plans to thank the people who helped to save his life that day .", "Monaco Grand Prix will remain on F1 calendar f...
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[ "Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least two prisoners were killed and 14 people wounded Sunday when a riot erupted at a Tikrit, Iraq, prison, police officials in Tikrit said.", "The wounded included seven prison guards and seven inmates, authorities said.", "The riot erupted about 3 p.m. Sunday (8 a.m.", "ET) at the...
[ "The wounded include guards and inmates, police said .", "The riot occurred at the main prison for Salaheddin province .", "Prisoners say they were protesting bad treatment and corruption ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Google opened an online music store and a free Web storage locker on Wednesday for listening to tracks from computers, tablets and phones, the company announced at a news conference in Los Angeles.", "The music store sells songs and albums for prices comparable to iTunes and Amazon MP3, but Google's cat...
[ "Google opens a digital music store, and prices are comparable to iTunes .", "The company is also opening Google Music, the storage service, to everyone in the U.S.\nGoogle Music will be free for storing as many as 20,000 songs per account ." ]
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[ "Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- A child was killed and six other people were wounded on Thursday when security forces shot at protesters in Yemeni city of Taiz, a medical team said.", "Yemen's Republican Guards started shooting and fired tear gas at demonstrators after they refused to disperse and end a march, witnesses s...
[ "The demonstration took place in Taiz .", "Guards fired at protesters after they failed to disperse, witnesses said .", "Yemen has been enduring widespread civil strife ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The global football transfer market is big business, with star players swapping countries, even continents to play for richer, more prestigious clubs.", "The exact figures involved in these transactions are often difficult to ascertain, but football's world governing body, FIFA have introduced a system ...
[ "FIFA have released figures regarding international football transfers in 2011 .", "The figures take into account players who moved between two different countries .", "The numbers were gathered using the Transfer Matching System (TMS), first introduced in 2009 .", "TMS helps regulate international transfers ...
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[ "Cleveland, Ohio (CNN) -- Last week, Libya's former leader, Moammar Gadhafi, was killed, apparently by rebel forces.", "When he was captured, he was by all accounts alive, with a gunshot to the arm.", "But the official autopsy report indicated that Gadhafi died of a gunshot wound to the head.", "Now, the Unit...
[ "Michael Scharf: Gadhafi taken alive but died with bullet to head; rights groups want investigation .", "He says Geneva Conventions say that killing combatant after he's been disarmed a war crime .", "Transition government promises probe; this limits international court 's options, he says .", "Scharf: To get...
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[ "Lagos, Nigeria -- Nigeria's president ordered security forces Tuesday to step up their search for 15 children kidnapped in the country's southeastern region when gunmen hijacked a school bus.", "President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the \"utterly callous and cruel kidnapping\" of 15 nursery and primary school pu...
[ "The incident occurred in Abia state .", "Kidnapping has been rampant there for years .", "NEW: The president urges the children's parents and relatives \"to remain calm\"" ]
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[ "(CNN) -- If you think all conservatives support a deportation-only approach to immigration, think again.", "Last week, hundreds of conservative evangelicals gathered in Alabama to engage in a reasonable, respectful discourse on immigration.", "You read that right.", "Less than a year after Alabama enacted th...
[ "Evangelical students, pastors, faith leaders gathered for conference on immigration .", "Ali Noorani says discourse was reasonable and respectful .", "Leaders saw responsibility to feed the hungry without regard to immigration status, he says .", "Noorani: Americans want reasonable, humane solutions to immig...
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[ "Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- A Japanese freelance journalist who was kidnapped for five months in Afghanistan and released Saturday says his kidnappers weren't members of the Taliban, but corrupt Afghan soldiers.", "Kosuke Tsuneoka, 41, posted a message to his Twitter account on his arrival at the airport in Dubai, Uni...
[ "The Japanese journalist says corrupt Afghan soldiers abducted him .", "Kosuke Tsuneoka posted his statements on his Twitter account .", "He says his abductors pretended to be Taliban members .", "Tsuneoka was kidnapped in March and released Saturday ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Felipe Massa has been forced to backtrack on comments he made claiming that new Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso was aware of Renault's plans to deliberately crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.", "Felipe Massa is still showing the scars of his horror crash at the Hungarian GP in July.", "Alonso wo...
[ "Felipe Massa backtracks on claim Fernando Alonso knew of Renault's plans .", "The Brazilian driver forced to clarify comments on the official Ferrari Web site .", "Massa had said his new teammate was aware of Renault's Singapore strategy .", "Alonso won the 2008 race after teammate Nelson Piquet crashed deli...
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[ "(CNN) -- By the end of last week, congressional Democrats and a few moderate Republicans succeeded in requiring most employers to include contraception as part of health insurance coverage, in spite of deep opposition from the GOP majority.", "Across the Potomac in Virginia, Democrats and, again, a few Republica...
[ "Laura Stepp: As lawmakers try to restrict birth control, little is heard from men who support it .", "Stepp says thousands of women have protested plans, but men aren't coming forward .", "Stepp asks: Where in this debate are the husbands and boyfriends not ready for kids?", "Baby boom men were clueless abou...
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[ "Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- A barrage of at least 18 rockets struck Tripoli Tuesday, killing 19 people and wounding another 150 in the heaviest onslaught since NATO's aerial strikes began, a government official told CNN.", "Six thunderous explosions rocked the center of Tripoli late Tuesday.", "A hotel for interna...
[ "NEW: 19 dead, 150 wounded in 18 rocket attacks in the capital .", "Explosions heard near Gadhafi compound .", "A compound for pro-Gadhafi volunteers is targeted .", "Arrest warrants are issued for Gadhafi ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The family of a woman who died three years ago wants to know whether she is the victim of a suspect accused of locking up four people in a Philadelphia basement.", "Maxine Lee, who died in 2008 in Norfolk, Virginia.", "was a roommate of Linda Weston, the accused ringleader of a group charged with lock...
[ "Maxine Lee, 39, died in 2008 in Norfolk, Virginia .", "She was a roommate of Linda Weston, the alleged ringleader of a group of suspects .", "The group is charged with locking up four mentally disabled adults in an apartment's boiler room ." ]
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[ "Atlanta (CNN) -- Georgia's parole board convened Monday morning to hear a last-minute appeal by Troy Davis, who is set to die by lethal injection for the murder 21 years ago of a Savannah police officer.", "A jury convicted Davis of murder in 1991, paving the way for his execution, which has been delayed three ...
[ "Troy Davis is set to die by lethal injection on Wednesday .", "The parole board will hear his argument he's not guilty of Mark MacPhail's murder .", "The Savannah police officer died after being shot three times in 1989 .", "Advocacy groups claim over 1 million have signed a petition in support of Davis ." ]
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[ "Rockhampton, Australia (CNN) -- River levels were slowly receding in eastern Australia on Friday, but officials warned residents to steer clear of roads damaged by devastating floods.", "In Rockhampton -- one of the hardest hit cities -- the fast-flowing Fitzroy River remained near its recent peak of 9.2 meters ...
[ "\"It will be an unprecedented long-term repair job,\" one official says .", "With roads underwater, some residents are still using boats to travel .", "Nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated from flood-affected areas in Queensland state .", "Police say 10 people have died in flooding since November 30 ." ]
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[ "Rockhampton, Australia (CNN) -- While floodwaters in Australia have begun to recede in some areas, the worst could still be on the way for at least one city, the country's prime minister said Saturday.", "\"Today I've been in St. George, and they are still bracing for the peak of the flood,\" Julia Gillard told ...
[ "NEW: Gillard says $4 million has been allocated, but hundreds of millions more are needed .", "Flooding recedes in Rockhampton but could still peak in St. George .", "Parts of eastern Australia are forecast to get above-average rainfall until March .", "Queensland official: The repair could take months or ye...
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[ "(CNN) -- Ash clouds from a Chilean volcano continued to cause numerous flight cancellations in Australia and New Zealand Tuesday for at least one airliner.", "Australia's national carrier Qantas said it had canceled flights to and from Adelaide and Tasmania but lifted its ban on flights to and from Melbourne.", ...
[ "NEW: Qantas to resume flights to and from Adelaide on Wednesday .", "Numerous flights canceled in Australia and New Zealand because of ash cloud .", "Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano erupted last week ." ]
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[ "Rockhampton, Australia (CNN) -- Major flooding across eastern Australia is putting a squeeze on the region's farmers, destroying crops and cutting off routes to market.", "\"Across the state ... agricultural and primary producers in particular are really feeling the impact of the flood waters,\" CNN's Phil Black...
[ "Fitzroy River is expected to remain above the \"major flood\" level for another week.", "At least 10 people have died in flooding since November 30 .", "The floodwaters cover an area the size of France and Germany combined ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- India's cricket tour of Australia lurched to new lows on Friday, which proved to be unlucky January 13.", "The visitors slumped to a disappointing 161 all out in Perth and then saw David Warner smash the fourth fastest century in Test history as Australia reached 149-0 at stumps on day one.", "Down 2-...
[ "Australia take control on opening day of the third Test against India in Perth .", "Tourists collapse to 161 in first innings before Australia reach 149-0 at stumps .", "Opening batsman David Warner matches the fourth-fastest century in Test history .", "WACA ground curator defends his staff over pre-match d...
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[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least 80 militants were killed in a series of operations involving Afghan and NATO forces during a day-long firefight last week in the country's restive southeast, Paktika provincial governor Mukhlas Afghan said Sunday.", "NATO said it could only confirm 50 insurgents were killed i...
[ "NEW: Five other militants killed in Helmand province, including three Taliban commanders .", "Paktika governor: at least 80 militants are killed in joint operations .", "NATO confirms 50 insurgents were killed .", "Separately, security handover ceremonies take place in Kabul and Panjshir province ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- One is the loneliest number.", "Two can be as bad as one.", "And three, well ... um ... what was three again?", "Three is hard.", "I'll start by quoting the silence heard around the political world during Wednesday night's CNBC Republican presidential debate.", "Here were Texas Gov. Rick Perry's...
[ "Todd Graham: Rick Perry forgot what he was going to say in the middle of a debate answer .", "He says as debate gaffes go, this one was a whopper that will be hard for voters to forget .", "He says for many, it confirmed low expectations about Perry's grasp of issues .", "Graham: Since voters have other GOP ...
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[ "(CNN) -- Australia hold a slender 30-run advantage over South Africa after the second day of the second Test in Johannesburg, despite another dramatic batting collapse on Friday.", "The visitors, who were skittled out for an embarrassing 47 on their way to losing the first Test in Cape Town by eight wickets, beg...
[ "Australia hold a slender advantage in the second Test in Johannesburg .", "They lead South Africa by 30 runs after scoring 296 in their first innings .", "The tourists lose all their wickets for 122 runs after an opening stand of 174 ." ]
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[ "PARIS, France (CNN) -- When the day is done, the vibrant Marais boasts more than its fair share of drinking, dining and people-watching opportunities.", "Kick-start the evening with an aperitif or two at one of the tiny bars along Rue Vieille du Temple, such as the '50s-inspired Pick-clops, La Belle Hortense or...
[ "Not sure where to start?", "Head to the tiny bars along Rue Vieille du Temple .", "A veritable temple to opulence, Hotel Costes was designed byJacques Garcia .", "In the evening head east into the slowly gentrifying neighborhood of Belleville ." ]
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[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A senior Afghan intelligence official was killed Thursday when a bomb exploded in the country's northern Kunduz province, according to a provincial council chief.", "Payenda Khan -- who headed up a district in Kunduz for the National Directorate of Security -- was killed, and three ch...
[ "NEW: One NATO soldier is killed by a person dressed as Afghan police .", "3 children are injured in the blast that kills Khan .", "The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack ." ]
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[ "Madrid (CNN) -- Spanish police seized a total of 1,600 kilos of bomb-making materials this week from suspected ETA hideouts -- the largest haul ever against the Basque separatist group in Spain.", "Authorities also arrested three ETA suspects this week -- including one during a seizure on Thursday -- in the late...
[ "Police seize 750 kilos of bomb-making materials from suspected ETA hideouts .", "This week, more than 1,600 kilos of explosives and components have been found .", "ETA is blamed for more than 800 deaths in its campaign for Basque independence .", "Officials say ETA appears to be weaker than ever, but warn it...
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[ "(CNN) -- An Afghan soldier shot and killed a NATO soldier Monday in southern Afghanistan, high-ranking officials from the country's National Directorate for Security said.", "NATO's International Security Assistance Force said an \"individual wearing an Afghan National Army uniform turned his weapon against\" an...
[ "NEW: An attack on Afghan and coalition forces in the Herat district is repelled .", "A shooter who kills an ISAF service member is part of the Afghan army, officials say .", "The incident is under investigation .", "Two ISAF service members die after an IED attack ." ]
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[ "Madrid (CNN) -- Spanish Interior Minister Antonio Camacho warned Friday that although the Basque separatist group ETA has declared an end to violence, the most difficult task still lies ahead -- ensuring no Spaniards suffer the threat of terror attacks in the future.", "His remarks come a day after ETA announced...
[ "Spain's interior minister says there is still work to do to prevent future terrorism .", "ETA has announced a \"definitive cessation of its armed activity\"\nListed as a terror group by the U.S. and European Union, it is blamed for hundreds of deaths .", "It has been fighting for an independent Basque state in...
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[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A truck carrying fuel for NATO forces was set ablaze Tuesday by suspected militants in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, police said.", "The truck was on its way to NATO forces in Afghanistan when unknown assailants ambushed it and set it on fire near Quetta, the provi...
[ "The truck is set on fire near Quetta .", "Trucks carrying fuel and supplies to NATO forces are frequent targets ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Clashes between tribesmen and government forces near Yemen's Sanaa International Airport on Wednesday led to its closure.", "All arriving flights were diverted to Aden, and no flights were taking off from Sanaa, said a Ministry of Transportation official who asked not to be identified because he is not ...
[ "NEW: All arriving flights diverted; no flights are taking off .", "President Ali Abdullah Saleh is a member of the powerful al-Hashid tribe .", "The United States is not moving to evacuate its embassy .", "Al-Hashid tribal members occupy government's news agency compound, Tourism Ministry ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Australia's government is considering spending cuts and a special tax to help offset the massive economic impact of recent widespread flooding, the country's prime minister said.", "\"There will certainly be spending cuts ... and there may also be a levy,\" Prime Minister Julia Gillard told the Australi...
[ "In a television interview, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she is pinpointing possible spending cuts .", "\"I want to be very blunt with Australians.", "We have a lot of flood damage to repair,\" she says .", "Official damage estimates for flooding are still being calculated .", "Queensland state's premi...
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[ "(CNN) -- An ash cloud from a Chilean volcano thinned over Australia Wednesday, freeing commercial airliners to take to the skies after grounding them this week.", "Qantas resumed domestic flights to and from Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide and international service began again from Sydney and Melbourne....
[ "Qantas resumes most flights Wednesday .", "Ash cloud comes from the June 4 eruption of Chilean volcano .", "The cloud stranded Australian flights more than a week ago .", "New Zealand flights are cancelled indefinitely ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Ricky Ponting hopes memories of last year's Ashes defeat to England will spur Australia on when the latest series begins in Brisbane on Thursday.", "Ponting suffered his second reverse as captain in cricket's oldest battle, both coming in the northern hemisphere.", "After the 2005 setback he was able ...
[ "England seeking to retain Ashes urn in five-Test series starting in Brisbane .", "Australia captain Ricky Ponting still haunted by 2-1 defeat in England last year .", "Home team boosted by return to fitness of vice-captain Michael Clarke after back injury .", "England have not won a series in Australia since...
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[ "Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Police early Friday arrested 13 people suspected of trying to rebuild a youth wing of the outlawed Basque separatist group ETA, which was dismantled a year ago with dozens of arrests, the Interior Ministry said.", "The youth organization, also outlawed and known as SEGI, is considered the ...
[ "Arrests came in northern Spain .", "Youth group considered \"training ground\" for ETA ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Australia shocked Germany 2-1 in their friendly international in Moenchengladbach on Tuesday, a result that saw the Socceroos gain some revenge for their 4-0 defeat by the Germans in South Africa 2010.", "Germany coach Joachim Loew named a weakened side for the match -- and he was punished with the wors...
[ "Australia shock Germany 2-1 in their friendly international in Moenchengladbach .", "David Carney and a Luke Wilkshire penalty give the Socceroos a famous win .", "Asamoah Gyan scores an injury time leveller to earn Ghana a 1-1 draw with England .", "England took the lead after Andy Carroll scored his first ...
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[ "MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- French police arrested the suspected new military chief of the Basque separatist group ETA on Monday, just three weeks after his alleged predecessor was captured, CNN partner station CNN+ reported.", "Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu was captured last month.", "The suspect, Aitzol Iriondo Yarza, ...
[ "French police arrest suspected new military chief of ETA .", "ETA is blamed for more than 800 deaths in its long fight for independence .", "ETA has traditionally used France as a base for logistics to carry out attacks ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Australia remained top of the Commonwealth Games medals table after the second day of competition in India following a clean sweep of the three cycling events.", "Scott Sunderland won the men's 1km time trial, Jack Bobridge claimed victory in the 4,000m individual pursuit and Anna Meares retained the wo...
[ "Australian cyclists win all three gold medals on offer in the sport on day two .", "The Australian team head the Commonwealth Games medals table in India .", "India's athletes shrug off problems in hosting the event by winning five golds to be second .", "But India's netballers humiliating record defeat agai...
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[ "(CNN) -- Investigators probing the June crash of an Air France flight in the Atlantic Ocean still do not know what brought the plane down, who was at the controls when it crashed, or what the pilots did in the moments leading up to the disaster, according to a new report released Thursday.", "\"At this stage ......
[ "Investigators still don't know what caused an Air France jet to crash .", "The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have never been found .", "Investigators are preparing to begin a new search for the recorders in February .", "Flight 447 went down in stormy weather in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1...
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[ "(CNN) -- Teenage Nigerian weightlifter Augustina Nkem Nwaokolo claimed the first gold medal on day one of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.", "The 17-year-old took top prize in the women's 48kg division and set a new Commonwealth record in the process by lifting 175kg as events finally began after weeks of contro...
[ "Events at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi get underway .", "Nigerian weightlifter Augustina Nkem Nwaokolo wins the first gold medal .", "Australia dominate in the pool claiming four gold medals ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The prime ministers of Australia and Malaysia on Saturday announced an agreement aimed at reducing human smuggling and illegal migration to Australia.", "Under the deal struck between the two countries, the next 800 asylum-seekers who arrive in Australia illegally will be transferred to Malaysia for ref...
[ "Unauthorized migrants arriving in Australia is a political issue .", "Under the new plan, the next 800 illegal migrants will be sent to Malaysia .", "In Malaysia, they will make their claims for asylum .", "In exchange, Australia will accept 4,000 refugees from Malaysia ." ]
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[ "Madrid (CNN) -- A former chief of the Basque terrorist group ETA has been sentenced to 105 years in prison for ordering the assassination of a politician, according to a copy of the court ruling, made public Monday.", "It is the first sentence in a case involving ETA from the National Court, which handles terror...
[ "Francisco Javier Garcia Gaztelu has been in custody since 2001 .", "He is found guilty of ordering the assassination of a Basque Socialist politician .", "He is sentenced to 105 years, but can serve only 40 under Spanish law ." ]
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[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Roadside bombs killed two service members in separate attacks Friday in southern Afghanistan, NATO said, marking the eighth death in the region in the past three days.", "On Thursday, five Americans were killed in an improvised explosive device attack.", "An additional service memb...
[ "NEW: Two NATO service members die in IED attacks in southern Afghanistan .", "On Thursday, five Americans were killed in another attack in the region .", "NATO says two insurgents were killed in northern Baghlan province ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Poor Hillary Clinton.", "Later this week and next, she'll have the unenviable task of visiting Egypt and Israel at a time when America's capacity to influence the policies of both countries has fallen to new lows.", "And not even the secretary of state -- a veritable superstar of persuasion -- can cha...
[ "Aaron Miller: Secretary of state to visit Egypt and Israel as U.S. clout in those nations wanes .", "In Egypt, Clinton will be stuck between Islamists and anti-democracy generals, he writes .", "Miller: In Israel, domestic issues and Iran are bigger issues than America's concerns .", "Miller: The U.S. can't ...
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[ "(CNN) -- Unbeaten in 18 races, Black Caviar has already entered horse racing's history books and become a sprinting superstar in her native Australia.", "But will the mare be able to translate that to international success this year?", "Black Caviar's annihilation of the rest of the field in Saturday's Orr Sta...
[ "Australian racehorse Black Caviar is a sensation in her homeland .", "The five-year-old mare has won all 18 races she has entered .", "Black Caviar's latest win came at the Orr Stakes in Melbourne on Saturday .", "This weekend she will try to make it 19 wins in the Lightning Stakes ." ]
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[ "London (CNN) -- Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May has signed an order for British businessman Shrien Dewani's extradition to South Africa, the Home Office said in a statement on Wednesday.", "Dewani is accused of hiring a crew of hitmen to kill his wife, Anni Dewani, 28, during a taxi ride in Cape Town, South...
[ "Shrien Dewani is accused of hiring hitmen to kill his wife on their honeymoon .", "She was shot during a taxi ride in Cape Town, South Africa .", "Dewani denies any involvement in the killing ." ]
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[ "Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Somali government forces launched an offensive on Islamist strongholds in Mogadishu Thursday morning, killing 15 members of the al Qaeda-inspired group Al-Shabaab, a military commander said.", "Speaking to state radio, Col. Abdullahi Ali Anod, commander of the presidential palace, said th...
[ "The president ordered the offensive, an official says .", "The fighting comes as Somalia is in the midst of famine .", "A police officer was killed in a bomb attack on the Kenyan border ." ]
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- Most Americans think Supreme Court justices base their rulings on personal political views rather than legal interpretation, polls show, and Thursday's ruling on the politically charged health care reform law will probably reinforce that.", "By the narrowest of margins, the high court upheld ...
[ "Thursday's health care ruling angers the political right .", "Recent poll says public thinks justices base rulings on personal views, rather than the law .", "Analyst: The Supreme Court gets dragged down by party politics in Washington .", "Bush v. Gore case increased the perception of a politicized high cou...
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[ "Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Yemen's opposition groups announced the formation of the National Revolution Council Wednesday, the first significant move toward forming a new government in Yemen.", "The move comes amid efforts to replace President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his embattled government.", "The council will hav...
[ "NEW: The council is expected to pick a president and executive committee soon .", "The group will be called the National Revolution Council .", "The president has been urged to step down in an orderly transition ." ]
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[ "Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Yemen'shighest military authority Sunday announced its willingness to open channels of dialogue with al Qaeda in hopes of reaching a long-term cease-fire agreement.", "The military committee was formed as part of the power transfer deal in November.", "Spokesman Ali Saeed Obaid told CNN t...
[ "The offer is in hopes of reaching a long-term cease-fire .", "Al Qaeda currently controls large areas of two Yemeni provinces .", "The group has not yet responded to the offer ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A video showing seven Estonians pleading for help in gaining their release -- a month after they were abducted while bicycling in Lebanon -- makes it clear their kidnappers \"want to keep contact,\" Estonia's foreign minister said Wednesday.", "Meanwhile, a Lebanese internal security spokesman told CNN ...
[ "Video shows seven Estonian men pleading for international community's help .", "They were abducted while bicycling into Lebanon from Syria on March 23 .", "Estonian foreign minister says they were taken by local criminals, then handed off .", "The video makes it clear kidnappers \"want to keep contact,\" min...
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[ "(CNN) -- Taxes took center stage in renewed Republican attacks on the Obama administration's sweeping health care legislation Thursday after the Supreme Court rebuffed attempts to derail it based on its constitutionality.", "Using the court's finding that the centerpiece of the law -- the individual mandate -- a...
[ "Tax provisions in health care law are no surprise, author says .", "GOP seizes on Supreme Court ruling to attack Obama for raising taxes .", "In 2009, President Obama had denied the individual mandate was a tax ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- A federal judge in Louisiana on Thursday rescheduled the liability trial in the BP oil spill in Gulf of Mexico and postponed it to early next year from later this year.", "BP earlier asked the court to delay the liability trial until it decides whether to grant final approval to a class-action settlemen...
[ "The liability trial in the 2010 BP oil spill is moved to January, a judge orders .", "The trial had been scheduled for November .", "BP had asked for a delay as the court reviews a class-action settlement .", "11 workers died and oil spewed for almost three months in the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion ." ]
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[ "New York (CNN) -- A Colombian man who federal authorities say was a leader of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was convicted in U.S. federal court Thursday of conspiring to import thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States, according to prosecutors.", "Ignacio Leal Garcia, ...
[ "Ignacio Leal Garcia was extradited to the United States last year .", "He is one of five alleged FARC leaders convicted in the U.S.", "Prosecutors say he oversaw \"thousands of tons of cocaine\" intended for the U.S." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- In the empty towns surrounding the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant, piles of radioactive dirt serve as monuments to the difficulty of cleaning up the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.", "While the physics and engineering that go into a nuclear power plant may be sophisticated, undoing the da...
[ "Decontaminating towns around Fukushima Daiichi is a largely low-tech affair .", "The work has focused on areas with a \"realistic prospect\" of people returning .", "Japan has pledged about $12 billion to the effort over the next two years .", "Radioactive \"hot spots\" linger beyond the exclusion zone ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The 25 victims of the August 26 terrorist bombing of the United Nations House in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, were honored in a memorial ceremony on Thursday.", "Omabegho Edward-Dede, the 12-year-old surviving son of Dr. Edward Dede, a national professional officer with the World Health Organization, to...
[ "Ceremony honors 25 who died in bomb attack in Nigeria .", "Victim's 12-year-old son among speakers at memorial .", "Suicide bomber thought to have been part of extremist group Boko Haram ." ]
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[ "Fort Meade, Maryland (CNN) -- Closing arguments are scheduled Thursday in the hearing for Pfc.", "Bradley Manning, the man accused of committing the biggest intelligence leak in U.S. history.", "On Wednesday, Manning's defense attorney spent a brief 35 minutes questioning two witnesses before resting his case....
[ "Manning's defense calls only two witnesses .", "A witness tells the hearing about a Manning outburst .", "The hearing is part of a process of determining whether Manning should face court martial ." ]
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[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Taliban fighters kidnapped 50 people -- including police officers -- in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, police said.", "The officers were among a group of people in four vehicles traveling in the Chapa Dara district, said Kunar province Police Chief Khalilullah Zaiyee.", "The ca...
[ "NEW: A Taliban spokesman claims all those captured are police .", "The officers are unarmed and on leave, a police chief says .", "Police are working with province elders to negotiate the group's release .", "Their capture is in Kunar province's Chapa Dara district ." ]
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[ "Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Football players from Spain's top two divisions vowed to go on strike at the start of the season if the team owners don't provide \"guarantees\" that hundreds of players who are owed back wages are actually paid, the players association announced on Thursday.", "\"We're not asking for more...
[ "League says it \"doesn't understand\" the players' call to strike .", "Players spokesman says 22 Spanish football clubs have had serious money problems .", "Spokesman says 300 players have filed complaints that they are owed back wages ." ]
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[ "Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the leader of Ivory Coast for progress made toward peace Tuesday but urged greater dialogue with the opposition to heal the wounds of a deadly political crisis.", "It's a \"historic moment\" for the Ivory Coast, Clinton said during a p...
[ "Clinton visits Ivory Coast as part of a four-country tour of West Africa .", "She praises the progress made but urges greater efforts toward reconciliation .", "Ivory Coast was torn by post-election violence from December 2010 to April 2011 .", "Former President Laurent Gbagbo now faces four counts of crimes...
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[ "(CNN) -- Yemen's embattled president, still recovering from a violent attack last month, met with a top U.S. counterterrorism official in Saudi Arabia Sunday.", "Yemeni state television broadcast footage of the president's meeting with John Brennan, U.S. President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser.", ...
[ "NEW:Clashes erupt in the southwestern Yemeni city of Taiz .", "White House: \"A transition in Yemen should begin immediately\"\nYemeni state television shows Saleh and Brennan meeting .", "Saleh has been recovering in Saudi Arabia since he was wounded in a June 3 attack ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Police in the Philippines have paid an informant in the arrest of a militant tied to the kidnapping of four Americans and dozens of Filipinos.", "Police escort Hajer Sailani at the Philippine National Police headquarters on September 1, 2009 .", "Hajer Adjuan Sailani, who also goes by the name Abu Aja...
[ "Suspected militant Hajer Sailani was captured last week in Cotabato City .", "Authorities in the Philippines say he's a member of terrorist group Abu Sayyaf .", "Abu Sayyaf has been implicated in the kidnapping of aid workers this year .", "Informant was paid $7,100 for information leading to Sailani's arres...
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[ "(CNN) -- NASA engineers will begin detailed inspections of space shuttle Endeavour Saturday, two days after thunderstorms, hail and a lightning strike near the launch pad caused minor damage to the spacecraft.", "Teams began an initial launch pad survey Friday, NASA said in a statement.", "But investigators we...
[ "Teams will install platforms that will allow closer inspection, NASA says .", "The agency says no obvious problems have been found with the shuttle .", "A launch dress rehearsal Friday prevented close inspection in the launch pad area .", "Endeavour is scheduled to launch on its final mission April 19 ." ]
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[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani Taliban declared Friday they will target the weddings and funerals of anyone involved in pro-government activity against them.", "The threat came as the Taliban claimed responsibility for Thursday's suicide blast targeting a funeral procession for a member of an anti-Ta...
[ "The Taliban says they will target enemies' weddings, funerals .", "Thursday's explosion killed 40 people and injured 67 others ." ]
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[ "New York (CNN) -- The \"Dating Game Killer\" was extradited Wednesday to New York to face murder charges in connection with the deaths of two women during the 1970s, the Manhattan District Attorney's office said.", "Rodney Alcala, 68, was escorted by U.S.", "Marshals to New York from California, where he had b...
[ "Rodney Alcala's alleged victims include two 23-year-old New York women .", "He is to be arraigned Thursday .", "The slayings occurred in the 1970s .", "\"Cold cases are not forgotten cases,\" district attorney says ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Roberto Mancini has signed a new five-year contract with Manchester City after guiding the club to their first English title for 44 years.", "The Italian oversaw a gripping finale to the Premier League season when two injury time goals in City's last match of the campaign saw them pip rivals Manchester ...
[ "Roberto Mancini signs a new five-year contract with Manchester City .", "Italian manager led City to their first English Premier League title last season .", "Mancini joined the club in December 2009 after Mark Hughes' sacking ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe said Friday he is already enjoying the new Harry Potter attraction at Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park in Florida -- and he's already ridden the thrilling dragon roller coaster five times.", "The star spoke to CNN on the opening of the park-within-a-park in ...
[ "Attraction re-creates locations, scenes, other elements from book and movie series .", "Park-within-a-park is at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida .", "Final movie in the series finished filming Saturday .", "With Potter nearly behind him, Radcliffe says he'll continue acting, be selective...
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[ "(CNN) -- A space shuttle contract worker fell to his death Monday morning while working at the launch pad, preparing the space shuttle Endeavour for its final flight, according to a NASA official.", "United Space Alliance, the prime contractor for the U.S. space shuttle program, said in a press release that the ...
[ "NEW: NASA spokesman: \"Nothing major, no hazardous operation (was) taking place\"\nSwing-arm engineer was found on another level of launch pad, his employer says .", "The contract worker fell while preparing space shuttle Endeavour for its final flight .", "Counseling and assistance are being provided to worke...
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[ "(CNN) -- China plans to make \"every effort to rescue\" a merchant ship and crew hijacked in the Indian Ocean, the country's state news agency reported on Tuesday.", "The Chinese-owned bulk carrier De Xin Hai was hijacked on October 19 with 25 crew members on board.", "Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu, spe...
[ "China monitoring developments, planning next move after ship hijacking .", "Bulk carrier De Xin Hai hijacked 550 nautical miles northeast of Seychelles .", "There are 25 crew members on board the ship, are all Chinese nationals .", "EU force aircraft monitoring the ship reported seeing four pirates on deck ....
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[ "Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- For the first week of Jerry Sandusky's child sex trial, eight young men held jurors spellbound with testimony about a sports hero they say groped them in the car, soaped them in the shower and sexually assaulted them on a basement waterbed.", "How do you come back from something...
[ "Defense strategy in Sandusky case was to tear down accusers, families, cops .", "Character witnesses portrayed former Penn State coach as role model, do-gooder .", "Defense calls 16-minute tape between accuser's attorney and investigator a smoking gun ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The Spanish football season is set to get under way this weekend, after strike action by players which forced the opening round of fixtures to be postponed was ended on Thursday.", "Players from Spain's top two divisions went on strike earlier this month, in a bid to force the league to increase the fun...
[ "The Spanish players strike has been called off ahead of this weekend's matches .", "The dispute has ended after the league agreed to pay money owed to players .", "Italian players are set to strike over planned changes to the players collective agreement ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Scientists in Spain say they have developed an electronic \"tongue\" that can identify different types of the Spanish sparkling wine cava -- a task more usually left to the skilled palate of the sommelier.", "Using sensor systems and mathematical processes, the electronic tongue can currently distinguis...
[ "Scientists say the electronic tongue can tell how much sugar is in a cava .", "It can pick out three of seven types of cava classifications usually used .", "Sensors and mathematical processes are used to reproduce human senses .", "Researchers in Barcelona say the device could help in the production process...
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[ "(CNN) -- There is hardly anything in U.S.-Arab relations that screams scandal louder than the torture pictures of Abu Ghraib: .", "The abuse that went on behind these gates hardened Arab opinion against the United States.", "Naked hooded male bodies in the fetal position, piled up on top of each other in a pyr...
[ "The scandal took the U.S. from unpopular to despised in the Arab world, Nasr says .", "Many had not believed stories of abuse in Arab media before the photos came out .", "Now, many think the worst of the U.S.; new photos would not change that, Nasr says ." ]
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[ "BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Abu Ahmed says he was there: An Iraqi held prisoner at Abu Ghraib by the American military when inmates were abused.", "Abu Ahmed says he and other inmates were held naked and forced to stand in their cells.", "He says he was kept naked and saw other naked inmates stacked onto a pile whi...
[ "Man says he was held naked in Abu Ghraib prison during 2003 abuse of inmates .", "He says he saw guards stack naked prisoners in a pile and take photos .", "The man also says he was held in an Iraqi jail where he was beaten, tortured .", "He has never been charged with a crime ." ]
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[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least six militants -- strapped with explosives-laden vests -- stormed a provincial governor's compound in central eastern Afghanistan Sunday, killing at least 19 other people, officials said.", "The six militants also died, bringing the death toll to 25.", "As many as 37 others ...
[ "NEW: 37 wounded in Sunday's attack, officials said .", "NEW: Attack leaves 25 people, including six militants, dead, officials say .", "NEW: An ISAF spokesman condemns the attack ." ]
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[ "Editor's note: Peter Bergen, CNN's national security analyst, is a fellow at the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think tank that promotes innovative thought from across the ideological spectrum, and at New York University's Center on Law and Security.", "He's the author of \"The Osama bin Laden I Know...
[ "Bergen: Dick Cheney says coercive interrogations saved lives and stopped attacks .", "Bergen says evidence shows the most valuable information came without coercion .", "He says information gained through coercion was of dubious value .", "Bergen: History will show coercive techniques did more harm than good...
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[ "Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- A Somali militant group wanting to rid the war-torn country of an al Qaeda-linked movement welcomed Saturday the African Union's decision last week to expand its peacekeeping presence in the country.", "Members of the Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama militia -- showing off their power by brandishi...
[ "Group favors African Union deploying more troops in Somalia .", "Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama rallies in capital of Mogadishu .", "Al-Shabaab follows strict Islamic rules, has ties to al Qaeda ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- The number of Americans fighting off hunger stayed level last year, though food insecurity rates remain the highest they have been since the federal government began keeping track 15 years ago, a Department of Agriculture report released Monday found.", "About 14.7 percent of U.S. households were \"food...
[ "\"Food insecurity\" rates in the U.S. changed little from 2008 to 2009, a report says .", "Levels of fighting hunger are as high as they've been since record-keeping began .", "Participation in federal food assistance programs increased over the past year ." ]
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration is proposing rules to govern the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate, a potentially explosive substance that was used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and reportedly was a component in the July bomb attack on a government building in Oslo, Norway.", "The Department...
[ "The Department of Homeland Security wants tighter control of ammonium nitrate .", "The material \"can be used for legitimate purposes or exploited by terrorists,\" Napolitano says .", "The rule would require those who want to buy or sell more than 25 pounds to register ." ]
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[ "Samalut, Egypt (CNN) -- A policeman fatally shot a Christian man and wounded five other Christians Tuesday in an attack on a train in Egypt, officials said.", "The incident occurred at about 5 p.m. when a man walked onto the train, which was stopped in the station at Samalut, about 200 kilometers south of Cairo,...
[ "NEW: Deputy policeman arrested in shootings .", "Incident occurred Tuesday evening on a train south of Cairo .", "Family was en route to Cairo to buy an engagement ring .", "Relations between the Christian minority and Muslim majority within Egypt are tense ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Norwegian massacre suspect Anders Behring Breivik's purported 1,500-page manifesto paints a picture of a deliberative, driven killer -- not a rambling crazy person, criminologists said Tuesday.", "Speaking to CNN after Breivik's attorney said his client \"may be\" insane, Brian Levin, a criminologist wi...
[ "He's a sociopath, but \"not crazy,\" a criminologist says .", "\"Mass murderers rarely are psychotic,\" another criminologist says .", "Experts disagree over whether he was primarily motivated by ideology or a desire for infamy .", "Some see comparisons to Unabomber, Virginia Tech shooter, Oklahoma City bomb...
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[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Three Pakistani men linked to Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani-American who has pleaded guilty to the botched Times Square terror attack, were arrested and have confessed before a judge, authorities said Wednesday.", "This was not the first time that Shoaib Mughal, Humbal Ak...
[ "Three Pakistanis were arrested in connection with helping the suspect in the Times Square plot .", "The three confessed to their involvement, police say .", "They took Faisal Shahzad to meet and train with Pakistani Taliban leaders, police say .", "They were arrested Tuesday ." ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Exactly 10 years ago Wednesday, the first batch of terrorist suspects seized in Pakistan and Afghanistan arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on board a C-141 transport plane.", "From freezing nights in the depths of the Afghan winter, the 20 detainees stepped into a tropical breeze looking dazed and bedrag...
[ "171 prisoners are now held at Guantanamo, including some from the first batch 10 years ago .", "Many detainees have been released or transferred to third countries over the past decade .", "\"Gitmo\" has been a focal point of debates about habeas corpus and alleged abuse .", "Human rights lawyers dub a deten...
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[ "(CNN) -- The health of Yemen's wounded president is improving, but doctors are recommending that he stay in Saudi Arabia for a \"longer time\" to recover, an adviser said Friday.", "This came as thousands of anti-government protesters demonstrated across Yemen and five people died in an explosion at a military c...
[ "NEW: U.N. Security Council expresses \"grave concern\" about situation in Yemen .", "Four soldiers and a civilian were killed at an Aden checkpoint, official says .", "Doctors say they think Saleh needs a bit more time to heal .", "Yemeni officials continue to say they hope he'll return \"within days\"" ]
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[ "(CNN) -- Italy and Spain have become the second and third nations to secure qualification for the Euro 2012 finals after wins over Slovenia and Liechtenstein respectively on Tuesday evening.", "Germany were the first country to book their tickets for the finals in Poland and Ukraine on Friday.", "And they have...
[ "Italy become the second country to qualify for the finals of Euro 2012 .", "They defeat Slovenia 1-0 in Florence thanks to Giampaolo Pazzini's goal .", "England and Netherlands also both win to edge close to finals next year .", "NEW World champions Spain defeat Liechtenstein 6-0 to also book their place ." ...
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[ "Washington (CNN) -- President Obama took a key step in cementing his judicial legacy Monday, nominating Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court.", "If confirmed, the 50-year-old Kagan will become the 112th Supreme Court justice.", "She would be the third...
[ "NEW: Kagan hearings could wrap up by early August, GOP senator says .", "Republicans promise close look at Kagan's record; one says filibuster unlikely .", "Kagan has argued several high-profile cases before the Supreme Court .", "Conservative critics say she is too inexperienced to serve on the high court ....
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