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8aba060d64180e4b401c21d378695f9c5cb7819f | Summarize the following news article. | Italian prime minister also allegedly attacked his own country during chat . | [
"Silvio Berlusconi is at the centre of fresh controversy over claims he made a derogatory comment about Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Italian prime minister, 74, is accused of insulting his fellow European leader during a conversation with a newspaper editor. It has been suggested that, in a phone call in... |
8d64d97560dc178fe0e47b58c5f75dca6b649622 | Summarize the following news article. | Feyenoord have placed a £5m asking price on Tonny Vilhena .
Ronald Koeman is keen to bolster Southampton's midfield .
Vilhena played under Koeman last season at Feyenoord .
The 20-year-old has starred for Holland's youth teams . | [
"Southampton will have to pay £5 million if they want to sign Feyenoord midfielder Tonny Vilhena, with the Dutch club reluctant to sell him for anything less. Feyenoord playing hard ball means that Saints boss Ronald Koeman and head of football development Les Reed face a tough decision as to whether to push the mo... |
6946cb8c1f003ec0e035d4bbf2932094639431d6 | Summarize the following news article. | New CEO Bruno Guillon has determinedly driven the brand upmarket .
Bayswater bag cost £495 five years ago but now costs £895- £1,100 .
Been accused of having little understanding of Mulberry's British character .
Some think young celebrities like Cara and Alexa Chung alienate more ‘grown-up’ customers . | [
"Too young: Cara Delevingne in a Mulberry advert . Mulberry handbags have long been a proud example of the best of British craftsmanship and are one of the most coveted designer brands. From the butter-soft leathers that give the Bayswater and the Alexa their characteristic luxuriant slouch to the discreet function... |
e283d44dca25d4278fbd9109a692aa5f4da46b1d | Summarize the following news article. | Carolina Kennedy attended ceremony at Hiroshima where US nuclear bomb was detonated 59-years ago .
The US ambassador to Japan is only the second representative of America to attend solemn service .
On August 6 1945, the US dropped 'Little Boy' on Hiroshima and then two days later dropped 'Fat Man' on Nagasaki .
The bom... | [
"A sombre Caroline Kennedy attended a memorial today for those killed in the nuclear strike on August 6, 1945, in Hiroshima. The US ambassador to Japan attended the ceremony to those killed 69-years ago wearing a plastic raincoat the guest of honor sat near to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Kennedy, 56, who fi... |
ef363d96896a6f8c9eb583542ab4d832fd8c22e3 | Summarize the following news article. | Western Australian woman gets almost $50,000 in compensation after ex-boyfriend posts sexually explicit videos and photos of her on Facebook .
Caroline Wilson's ex-boyfriend and former co-worker Neil Ferguson put 16 photos and two videos posted briefly on his Facebook page .
Mr Ferguson allegedly posted the content in ... | [
"In a major ruling on personal privacy that could see Australia’s privacy laws get an overhaul a Western Australian woman has won almost $50,000 in compensation from an ex-boyfriend who posted sexually explicit videos and photos of her on Facebook. Caroline Wilson took her ex-boyfriend and former co-worker Neil Fer... |
a53baf1dbf4b24e06b2dba84646ade87407df4e1 | Summarize the following news article. | Warner Bros. said to be cutting scenes with guns from Dark Knight trailer .
Studio set to lose millions in biggest release as movie will always be associated with massacre that left 12 dead . | [
"Warner Bros. will cut the scenes featuring guns from the trailer of The Dark Knight Rises following the horrific shooting spree at a midnight showing in Colorado that left 12 cinema-goers dead. The studio's bosses met on . Friday at its Burbank, California offices to discuss whether to go ahead with the move in re... |
363ba3afa6f012728911e3279b0b786ca2b9de29 | Summarize the following news article. | Driving student Joseph Franks, 16, and instructor Thomas Smith, 48, were both killed after Franks drove past a stop sign during a Monday afternoon lesson .
Their vehicle was hit by a minivan - causing it to move off of the road, flip over and land in a nearby home's front yard .
Minivan driver Kathleen Woods, 48, was h... | [
"An Ohio teen driver and his instructor were killed during a Monday afternoon lesson after the young student drove past a stop sign and was hit by a minivan. Joseph Franks, 16, was reportedly behind the wheel of while 48-year-old Thomas Smith of Key Driving School instructed him, according to The Toledo Blade. Thei... |
afab02bb723b7686a89e0057836758ab0b6a25c5 | Summarize the following news article. | 120 felines make up Moscow Cat Theatre which has had renovation .
Stunt cats wobble on rocking horses and pose on top of mirror balls .
Theatre founded by animal trainer Yuri Kuklachev and his son in 1990 .
Reopened on Friday and bills .
itself as 'the only cat theatre in the world' | [
"Hopping across the backs of clowns, ball spinning and clambering along moving poles, these adventurous cats certainly know how to put on a unique show. Some 120 felines make up the Moscow Cat Theatre, which has reopened after a year of renovation and features madcap acts with titles such as Catnappers, Cat Clowns ... |
ff9346940e3926222007b27849d89abdb2e84e97 | Summarize the following news article. | British photographer Will Burrard-Lucas, 29, took astonishing photographs at Kasanka National Park, Zambia .
Each tree holds up to 10 tons of bats, making this highest density mass of warm-blooded mammals on Earth . | [
"These astonishing photographs show the scenes as eight million bats flock together in one of Africa's largest and most spectacular mammal migrations. The 6ft-wingspan fruit bats couldn't have found a tinier corner of the continent to live on - just one acre of forest at the Kasanka National Park in Zambia. Upon co... |
301af2ef2181feab725c8f5a73a928241bb2ec00 | Summarize the following news article. | Gossip Girl star Blake has the style we want to emulate .
The Duchess of Cambridge could only manage third place .
Us stars took up six places in the top ten . | [
"We like to pride ourselves as being one of the style capitals of the world but it seems many British women are now looking to American stars for their fashion inspiration. Blake Lively - who shot to fame in US TV show Gossip Girl - has been crowned ‘Queen of the Copycats’ with 42 per cent of UK females admitting t... |
1b71a93df49e263f7dfa7b90899690817d85f8ed | Summarize the following news article. | Ex-girlfriend kicked him out of upstate New York house .
Clyde Gardner originally planned his own 'bear attack'
Gardner then told friend to pull off staged car crash .
But friend shopped him to police and he was jailed . | [
"A man who plotted to kill his ex-girlfriend and make it look like she was mauled by a bear tried to hire someone to kill her in a staged car crash. Clyde Gardner originally planned to kill a bear, skin it and wear the pelt while using its claws to kill the woman as she took out her rubbish. The 57-year-old junkyar... |
584039805a4bdd06ab6e84bb54fb483327ab266c | Summarize the following news article. | Astria Berwick, 27, falsely accused Mohammed Asif of attacking her in taxi .
Said he sexually assaulted her and slashed her face with a knife .
Mr Asif had been recording journeys using app on his mobile phone .
The app was switched on because the CCTV in his cab was broken .
Berwick jailed for 16 months at Nottingham ... | [
"A woman who claimed a taxi driver sexually assaulted her at knifepoint in his cab has been jailed after he used a recording application on his smartphone to expose her lies. Astria Berwick, 27, slashed herself in the face with a knife in an effort to convince police that she had been attacked and groped by Mohamme... |
da08bc23ee223d238ba67c599919bb7f51d2ca85 | Summarize the following news article. | But Baroness Thatcher too frail to attend as bronze of former U.S. president is revealed at American Embassy . | [
"It was a fitting occasion for the 4th of July. A statue of Ronald Reagan was unveiled at the American Embassy in London yesterday to mark the centenary of the former U.S. president's birth. Foreign Secretary William Hague and former U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice watched as the 10ft bronze figure was rev... |
cc1556558a7a0f0da76109162c448bbbe867ec25 | Summarize the following news article. | Deborah Asher's T-shirt appeared to tell officers everything they needed to know .
She was booked on methamphetamine charges in Laurel County, Kentucky .
The 37-year-old was allegedly found with 3.37 grams of crystal meth and two digital scales . | [
"It will probably come as no surprise, but a Kentucky woman wearing an 'I Love Crystal Meth' t-shirt was arrested earlier this week for possession of... crystal meth. Deborah Asher, 37, was snapped wearing the tell-all T-shirt after being caught with 3.37 grams of crystal meth and a set of digital scales. The Laure... |
ae9764d3b7605a7887e21e5f3fd8c063d95727d5 | Summarize the following news article. | The Nanteos Cup - believed to be Christ's cup - was stolen a month ago .
Officers got a search warrant and raided the Crown in Lea after a tip-off .
But all they found was an old wooden salad bowl from the pub's kitchen . | [
"Police on a quest to find the Holy Grail raided a rural pub where they believed it was illegally stashed only to find an informant got it mixed up with an old salad bowl from the kitchen. The team of 12 officers and a sniffer dog shut down the Crown in Lea, Herefordshire, because they believed staff were hiding t... |
2db5daec29842364d45821100e19890cb462df82 | Summarize the following news article. | Ryanair spokesperson Stephen McNamara claimed that every little helped in reducing the weight of aircraft, including a svelte staff . | [
"Saving fuel on flights is a weighty issue for airlines with rising oil prices eating into their profits. In a somewhat controversial move, . Ryanair spokesperson Stephen McNamara said Ryanair staff had been asked to consider their own body weight in a bid to reduce aircraft weight and avoid hefty industry costs. T... |
46e1d3d20f128db4be00dce9693f40966578275e | Summarize the following news article. | Protester ran 50m before collapsing in flames outside Indian Parliament .
Over 30 have performed self-immolation this year in protest at China's rule over Tibet . | [
"A Tibetan protester who set himself on fire in India during a demo against a visit by the Chinese president has died from his injuries in hospital. Jamphel Yeshi sustained burns to 98 per cent of his body when he sprinted for 50m outside the Indian Parliament building engulfed in flames in New Delhi on Monday. The... |
1c256afc0efa395b16b2bfe35be2c3f7eabe517c | Summarize the following news article. | Implant came in the form of an iron pin found in place of an upper incisor .
It was taken from Iron Age burial chamber of lady who died in her twenties .
Scientists believe it was added to improve the appearance of the corpse .
Procedure would be excruciating if lady was alive when it was performed .
If this was the ca... | [
"An iron tooth implant fitted 2,300 years ago could be earliest false tooth ever found in Western Europe. The dental implant was discovered in the timber burial chamber of an Iron Age woman who died in her twenties in Le Chene, northern France. Archaeologists believe the false tooth was added to improve the appeara... |
4e1bc6311042bcd38e8c41b1c7b7f15569ca822e | Summarize the following news article. | Deputy PM abandons giving UK citizenship to anyone here for 10 years .
Admits policy risked undermining confidence in entire immigration system .
Home Office to draw up plans for £1,000+ bonds for migrants .
Bigger fines for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants .
But Lib Dem Vince Cable puts himself at odds ... | [
"Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg insisted British society has been shaped by migrant communities, but unveiled tougher action against illegal immigration . Nick Clegg today dramatically admitted he was wrong to offer an amnesty to illegal immigrants. The Lib Dem leader used his first . speech on immigration since ... |
efe869bf482fcd0c775cede2b5662c9dfedf6afd | Summarize the following news article. | Vauxhall Zafira driver's car was hit by oncoming vehicle in Croydon .
Abdullah Bakar, 48, rushed to hospital where he later died .
Eyewitness Naz Dagnell said: 'It was like a big thunder crash' | [
"Abdullah Bakar, 48 from Croydon who died in a freak car accident while his Vauxhall Zafira was being towed by the AA . A minicab boss was killed in a freak accident when a car being towed by the AA broke free and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Abdullah Bakar called the emergency breakdown service when his mini... |
97aa6e0f29cf84de05ce579d1b957c22eb95fcc3 | Summarize the following news article. | The Sony Walkman cassette player was first introduced in 1979 .
It stop being produced in 2010 and now there are dozens of more high-tech products in the Walkman family . | [
"Children's perplexed reactions to a Sony Walkman have been caught on camera, with the majority frustrated at operating clunky buttons over a touch screen. Los Angeles-based filmmakers Benny and Rafi Fine asked volunteers aged six to 13 to guess what the bulky device was, with suggestions including a 'walkie-talkie... |
0eb24af4a657c40beba28f05ec6528b21516077f | Summarize the following news article. | CEO Kevin Cleary revealed wholesome practices in interview .
Also said he never answers calls or emails after hours or at weekends .
Leads by example, often strolling sweatily through California office . | [
"Active leader: CEO Kevin Clearly revealed the practices . Like a lot of companies plugging health foods and fitness supplements, Clif Bar projects a rugged, wholesome, pro-fitness image. But, it emerged, the California-based company takes its healthy message so seriously it even pays its employees to work out. Sta... |
060ee28238d1b81d2e58e51d1f3fcca2263faaca | Summarize the following news article. | The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is 23 weeks pregnant .
Medics argued she lacks mental capacity to make the decision herself .
She told the Court of Protection she has 'no real support' from her husband . | [
"A mentally ill woman who is 23 weeks pregnant has the right to decide for herself if she wants an abortion, a judge ruled yesterday. The 37-year-old married woman, who suffers from bipolar disorder, wanted a termination but doctors responsible for her care said she was not capable of making such a decision because... |
8833456d7b60ef41f00e89c3ec3334231f310989 | Summarize the following news article. | Protestors reportedly of Turkish origin attacked Maccabi players .
Some Maccabi players fought back as did coach Aleksander Stanojevic .
Maccabi denounced violence: 'We believe in co-existence and tolerance'
Lille were winning 2-0 when pre-season game was stopped after 86 minutes .
Comes amid growing fears about anti-S... | [
"Israeli football team Maccabi Haifa's game against French side Lille had to be stopped after pro-Palestinian protesters stormed the pitch. Supporters of reportedly Turkish origin ran onto the field in the Austrian stadium where the game was played and headed for the Maccabi players, sparking ugly scenes. One of ... |
2ec87bb82d66279071ac4109f602ae92b2895e02 | Summarize the following news article. | Confusion over which 'hot' foods will be liable for VAT .
Bread not subject to the 20 per cent rise .
But bakers argue there is no exact definition of bread .
High street chain Greggs threatening legal action . | [
"George Osborne's budget has led experts to question the definition of bread . George Osborne's budget has left the taxman scratching his head after it prompted HM Revenue and Customs to launch a public consultation to discover the exact definition of bread. Last week the chancellor announced VAT of 20 per cent wil... |
57d235368b450c7e6ba82da200d6a9f02623d5ce | Summarize the following news article. | Nicole, 36, will unveil range in full tomrorrow .
Treated FEMAIL to behind the scenes teaser shots .
35-piece range full of party dresses and sportsluxe inspired pieces .
Priced between £20-£45 . | [
"She's topped global best dressed lists and proved her fashion prowess on last year's X Factor, so it made sense for Nicole Scherzinger to channel her style expertise into a clothing line. So successful was her debut range of bodycon dresses and glamorous partywear for Missguided earlier this year that the singer-t... |
5334901901f169360f0736d5605286491d149fb4 | Summarize the following news article. | The San people live in Namibia and Botswana and are thought to have been around for more than 23,000 years .
Most live in the forbidding Kalahari Desert and have developed a formidable arsenal of survival skills .
Women are in charge of gathering plants, roots and insects for food and medicine, and also make jewellery ... | [
"Dressed in tanned springbok skins peppered with elaborately embroidered 'owl eyes', the women of the Ju/'hoansi San tribe might not look tough but with their lives spent in the Kalahari Desert, one of the most inhospitable locations on Earth, that's precisely what they are. 'The San are thought to have lived in th... |
7f97d77a1d51a365817b448b756e5db5186a461f | Summarize the following news article. | Vestal Virgins guarded the sacred flame of Rome and their hairstyle was a symbol of their chastity .
Contemporary sources identify the style, also worn by brides on their wedding day, as the most ancient of the Roman civilisation .
U.S. hairdresser-cum-archaeologist recreates the style and publishes YouTube clip showin... | [
"Sacred hairdo: The sine crenes hairstyle symbolised chastity and was worn by brides on their wedding day as well as the Vestal Virgins . The hairstyle of Ancient Rome's Vestal Virgins has been recreated on a modern head for the first time. A U.S. hairdresser has painstakingly 'reverse engineered' the 'do - thought... |
0f2f6a83d9d2aae1ba624247a7f3611196228a15 | Summarize the following news article. | Rabbits kicked ancient artifacts into the air while digging their burrows .
Archaeologists now think there may be a Stone Age cemetery on the site .
Team will now spend two years excavating the archeological 'gold mine' | [
"A family of rabbits are believed to be responsible for unearthing an 8,000-year-old archaeological 'gold mine' near Land's End. A haul of Stone Age arrow heads and flint tools found in a freshly dug network of rabbit warrens less than 200 yards from the Cornish landmark has led archaeologists to plan a full excava... |
ab0add26d24d9b7d0ec00c8fd8a40b455300ff55 | Summarize the following news article. | The flat, disc-shaped relics were unearthed in West Sussex in 1960 .
British Medical Journal article proposed their personal hygiene function .
Museum curator says he doubts they would have been comfortable to use . | [
"Ancient artefacts thought to be early gaming pieces will have to be reclassified after new research which claims they were actually used to wipe bottoms. The flat, disc-shaped Roman relics have been in the collection at Fishbourne Roman Palace in Chichester, West Sussex, since the Sixties. Up until now museum expe... |
af9488fdeaf71921623a8da4cc83feca64bcca12 | Summarize the following news article. | Team say dig is 'exceeding expectations', and now plan to look for the monarch's burial site .
Archaeologists have identified the franciscan friary known as Greyfriars from window and tile fragments .
If remains are found, they will undergo DNA analysis at the University of Leicester to confirm that they are those of R... | [
"The earliest surviving portrait of Richard III in Leicester Cathedral. Archaeologists are hoping to find his grave under a council car park in Leicester. Archaeologists today moved a step closer to finding the remains of King Richard III. They confirmed they have found the Greyfriars friary where he is believed to... |
1deef1aee712298e2e6e746abafeca7cd29d9b5d | Summarize the following news article. | Barcelona frontman Luis Suarez scored twice in win over Manchester City .
The frontman was spotted carrying book about himself at the airport .
'Luis Suarez - The strength of a dream' was written by Antonio Fuentes .
READ: Did Suarez nibble Martin Demichelis?
Manchester City vs Barcelona player ratings: Suarez and Mess... | [
"Barcelona frontman Luis Suarez made a triumphant return to England on Tuesday night and appeared keen to look back on his career during his flight home to Spain. The former Liverpool star scored twice in Barcelona's 2-1 Champions League victory over Manchester City and was later pictured at Manchester airport with... |
e1adfee73d3fbaa475d2df98c5dff0c1d70d3621 | Summarize the following news article. | Labour and Tory MPs tear into the record of firms making huge profits .
Energy committee members warn the public does not trust companies .
Almost £100 on every bill is now pure profit, according to Ofgem .
Government under pressure to act over 10% price hikes this winter .
Firms under fire for refusing to send top bos... | [
"The ‘Big Six’ energy suppliers were accused of abusing their power yesterday and of inventing claims about rising wholesale costs. MPs on the Commons energy select committee condemned recent price rises of around 10 per cent, which will add around £120 to annual bills. And they hit out at the big bonuses paid to e... |
cb022a293315e8370571240a3d453081b311c5b2 | Summarize the following news article. | Ami Horowitz made a video for Fox News in which he waves each flag on the liberal college's Northern California campus .
Most of the elite students generally ignore him as he waves the terrorist group's black and white flag .
When he waves the flag of Israeli flag, he's cussed at and reprimanded by many who pass . | [
"A Fox News commentator set out to test the different reactions students at the University of California Berkeley would have when he waved a flag of the terrorist group ISIS versus when he brandished the flag of Israel. So how did the liberal campus react? Indifferently, when Ami Horowitz stated his support of ISIS... |
85ad077ad086146dd897b9f37ebd450438b44552 | Summarize the following news article. | The hosts have struggled to build .
stadiums on time and proposed airports, bus lanes, and metro lines have been either cancelled or .
scaled down .
Ronaldo said Brazil has always faced problems of .
'corruption' and he lamented the late .
delivery of stadiums, three of which are still not ready . | [
"Embarrassed about his country's inability to complete the promised infrastructure ahead of next month's World Cup, Brazil great Ronaldo believes the hosts will get it right on the pitch and win the tournament for a record sixth time. Brazil will stage the World Cup in June and July for the first time since 1950 an... |
c502d7f408f2a57bb677038c604f0b712d0b4ccf | Summarize the following news article. | Former world No 3 Nikolay Davydenko has retired from playing tennis .
Russian won 21 tournaments including the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals .
Davydenko has not played since the French Open through injuries . | [
"Former world No 3 Nikolay Davydenko has announced his retirement from tennis. The 33-year-old announced his decision at a press conference during the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Thursday. The Russian, who has not played since the French Open, said: 'Unfortunately, for some years now, I have been struggling with injur... |
d1903c0c324c696e536dbb0a486c7b59316a5b07 | Summarize the following news article. | Private mission plans to let people send time capsule 'discs' to the moon .
Information can be loaded on a memory card, along with a strand of hair .
It was devised by British engineer and financier David Iron .
Called Lunar Mission One the crowd-funded spacecraft will fly to the lunar South Pole where there is constan... | [
"Millions of people around the world are to be offered the chance of immortality on the moon. A multi-million pound scheme is hoping to fund a private lunar mission within the next decade, and for less than £64 ($100) each, members of the public will be invited to buy space on memory discs, and, for an undisclosed ... |
8a625b0a7df56801ec181bb570725609b5cebaa3 | Summarize the following news article. | Tamir E Rice, 12, 'waved around' an airsoft gun at a playground on Saturday .
Concerned man dialed 911, but told dispatcher it was 'probably fake gun'
Police arrived at the scene and asked youngster to put hands up .
When boy refused and reached for fake pistol, officer fired at him twice .
Taken to MetroHealth Medical... | [
"Too young: 12-year-old Tamir E Rice was shot dead Saturday after police confused his airsoft gun with a real firearm . The boy who was shot dead by Cleveland, Ohio police yesterday, when they mistook his toy gun for a real firearm, has been identified as 12-year-old Tamir E Rice. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examin... |
444ec7a04376c734d9c67c33aed9472dedea4c0e | Summarize the following news article. | President Obama told aides he wasn't sure he was up to the job after the first debate last year, a new book has revealed .
Also reveals how Romney dropped Chris Christie as possible VP after finding 'potential landmines' in his health and background checks .
Book also reveals that Obama aides considered dropping Joe Bi... | [
"Barack Obama told his aides: ‘I just don’t know if I can do this’ after his woeful performance during the first Presidential debate last year, a new book claims. The President was being drilled by staffers to do better in the second round when he told them he wasn’t sure if he was up to the job. They were so rattl... |
527f5a442406fd1f6d0382443813d0dce4f6ba0e | Summarize the following news article. | Meriam Ibrahim, 27, gave birth five days early yesterday .
She has spent months of her pregnancy shackled to the floor .
Father, U.S. citizen Daniel Wani, pictured with baby girl in Khartoum jail .
Meriam sentenced to death for converting from .
Islam to Christianity .
Converted after marrying, Daniel, a Christian who ... | [
"Sleeping peacefully in the arms of her father, this is precious baby Maya born in jail to the woman facing execution in Sudan for marrying a Christian U.S. citizen. Our exclusive picture shows father Daniel Wani holding his daughter for the first time. Daniel's wife Meriam Ibrahim gave birth to Maya five days earl... |
34ac0e6b982473b2a34908a9238eb7339ebf599c | Summarize the following news article. | A never-seen-before photograph of the 1945 .
atomic bombing of the Japanese city Hiroshima has emerged for sale .
It shows the mushroom cloud .
rising above the city one minute after bomber Enola Gay dropped its payload .
The photograph was taken around a minute after the explosion, from 12 miles away at 30,000 feet . | [
"A never-seen-before photograph of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city Hiroshima has emerged for sale and is expected to go for $50,000 (£30,000) at auction. The black-and-white image was taken from the window of one of the U.S bombers on the historic, top-secret raid and is the only unofficial photo of the bom... |
6d4665072660fce3f03ff79364df93e4c1469b02 | Summarize the following news article. | Nick Clegg said 'Britain infused by Christian values' but called for change .
Would be first time since Henry VIII cut off Roman Catholic Church in 1534 .
Prime Minister flatly rejected proposal, said 'we're a Christian country' | [
"Nick Clegg prompted a row last night after issuing a provocative call for the separation of Church and State. The Deputy Prime Minister said that while he agreed with David Cameron that Britain was ‘infused by Christian values’, he believed the Church of England should be disestablished. His remarks are particular... |
9c2db9c3b31121569356d47ea76453f96f57f134 | Summarize the following news article. | Mesolithic settlement was unearthed near Catterick in North Yorkshire .
Site beside the A1 was used as an overnight shelter 10,000 years ago .
This means the route predates previous estimates it was built by Romans .
Flint tools dating back to between 6000 and 8000 BC were found at the site .
The dig took place at know... | [
"Many people may feel that they have spent a great deal of time on the A1 road, which connects London and Edinburgh. But the route has been in use for a staggering 10,000 years, according to newly-discovered archaeological evidence. A Mesolithic settlement, which has been compared to a modern-day service station, h... |
efa20b6fffe3dd58a4fafb5ac7b06b05142f8c31 | Summarize the following news article. | Jane Doe, 47, from The Bronx, filed federal lawsuit against former NYPD officer and supervisor at Highbridge Woodycrest Center Michael Riengold .
Suit claims Reingold, 53, relocated social worker to a remote office, where he forced her to have sex with him on pain of being fired .
Alleged victim said her boss showed he... | [
"Under fire: Michael Reingold, 53, a former NYPD officer and supervisor at a Bronx clinic, has been named in a federal lawsuit filed by his former staffer accusing him of raping her 18 times . A New York City social worker has filed a federal lawsuit accusing her former supervisor - a one-time police officer - of r... |
f704ccd8ea93ffd8dd5cd4f6b6f25ebe331009cb | Summarize the following news article. | Liverpool's Oussama Assaidi is set to quit Stoke for the Middle East .
It means the Potters are free to sign Aaron Lennon from Spurs .
And in turn, the Reds will renew interest in Nathan Redmond . | [
"Liverpool winger Oussama Assaidi is poised to cut short a season-long loan to Stoke City and join a club in the Middle East - paving the way for Tottenham's Aaron Lennon to move to The Britannia Stadium and for Liverpool to reignite interest in England under-21 international Nathan Redmond of Norwich City. Assaidi... |
4473499635e2046655b066ba74b43d2c6c6623cd | Summarize the following news article. | Known as 'Bok-Nal', South Koreans eat dog meat during the hottest days of summer because they believe it increases their stamina .
Animal rights activists staged international protests against the tradition .
The activists claim that the animals are kept in cramped cages and are slaughtered in cruel ways .
Seoul is exp... | [
"The South Korean belief that eating dog helps beat the heat in the summer months has angered animal rights activists around the world. Known as ‘Bok-Nal’, the dog eating days, it is a ritual celebrated by South Koreans where dog meat is eaten to increase stamina during the hottest days of the year. To coincide wit... |
35ab729b5a0ef3088012b298da66a8733fd0c6a7 | Summarize the following news article. | Ministers claim experts advised against an automatic block forcing internet users to contact their Internet Service Providers to access porn .
Around 35 per cent of parents backed the 'opt-in' system . | [
"Deputy Labour Leader Harriet Harman says the Government is doing 'very little' about increasing numbers of children being exposed to online porn . Ministers were accused of betraying parents last night after they ruled out an automatic block on internet porn to protect children. The Department for Education said ... |
5890035b51d5493535f4f4abfdefe75cb3c8b3bc | Summarize the following news article. | K-9 dog Mick was killed early Wednesday while responding to a burglary call with his partner, Officer Jeff Dorn, 40 .
While chasing suspect Paul Ropp, 20, the two were shot at. Officer Dorn took two shots to the legs while Mick received one fatal gunshot wound .
Hundreds of police officers, firemen and other canine uni... | [
"Hundreds of policemen and other emergency workers joined an impromptu motorcade to honor a fallen K-9 dog who was shot dead protecting his human partner. The 2-year-old German Shepherd named 'Mick' had only just joined the Portland Police force when he was fatally injured in the early hours of Wednesday while resp... |
cf2eb7108ac26665b03c207077c6f347a00f1803 | Summarize the following news article. | Early Britons were very mobile - and 'commuted' via river .
Bronze Age fishermen used a method of eel trapping still used today .
Site contains long boats, spears, swords, clothing - and even jewellery . | [
"Three thousand years ago Britons in East Anglia were skilled boat builders and sailors, enjoyed fishing, and the occasional bowl of nettle stew - and used a method of eel trapping still used today. They even used wooden cutlery. This incredible, detailed picture of life three millennia ago is thanks to a haul of B... |
7b71e2d06ca85df9af4b26cd8dfa548c748435c3 | Summarize the following news article. | Karen Holland accused Sikh bosses of discriminating against her faith .
But they said she was sacked because they caught her stealing .
Tribunal found in Wiccan's favour and awarded her £15,000 . | [
"Karen Holland, who won her tribunal for unfair dismissal for being a Wicca witch . A Pagan witch has won a religious discrimination case after claiming she was sacked for attending a Halloween ceremony. Karen Holland, 45, was awarded more than £15,000 by the courts in what is believed to be the first payout of its... |
e2fa6d397f15a5e557913d97cc8044827920e548 | Summarize the following news article. | Diana Nyad completed the swim in 52 hours, 54 minutes and 18 seconds .
Skeptics think she may have gotten a boost of oxygen from her team or even gone on the boat during the 110-mile course . | [
"Diana Nyad is now facing backlash over her record-breaking 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida as other members of the small community of marathon swimmers are questioning whether she cheated. On social media and the online Marathon Swimmers Forum, long-distance swimmers have been debating whether 64-year-old Nyad ... |
3f03e4fd923b8f9a3be11a4fa37f307245b9ba79 | Summarize the following news article. | VoucherCloud polled 2,645 married couples in the U.S., a quarter of whom confessed to affairs .
Dinner and drinks tabs were the biggest cost, followed by hotel rooms and gifts .
Only a third of cheaters said their spouses had noticed a shift in family finances as a result . | [
"The monthly cost of a run-of-the-mill affair is $444, according to a new survey, and if it runs for the average lifespan of six months, that's $2,664 by the time it fizzles out. VoucherCloud's study polled 2,645 American married couples over the age of 25, and calculated the cost by assessing the hotel bills, dinn... |
fc39902fe9c78bf58d4339a7bb8cefa44fba49a4 | Summarize the following news article. | Mark Ambrose sips his way .
through a tumbler of the liquid every day .
Also dabs it on wounds as he believes it can aid the healing process .
Stumbled across the elixir while searching the internet for back pain cure .
Believes the health and appearance benefits are so strong that without the therapy, 'life would not ... | [
"In an era where the quest for eternal youth is never ending, we happily pop pills, down potions and spend a fortune on face cream. But would you be brave enough to drink your own urine if it made you look ten years younger? One 91-year-old man insists this home-brewed elixir is the key to his youthful appearance a... |
6f04dc291daf1394a33df3024baacec92cbc8dd4 | Summarize the following news article. | Millions of Americans have started receiving insurance cancellation letters . | [
"Adding pressure to fix the administration's problem-plagued health care program, former president Bill Clinton says President Obama should find a way to let people keep their health coverage, even if it means changing the law. Clinton says Obama should 'honor the commitment that the federal government made to thos... |
1b8dcd402ec95b77e1dbd1588aac39d2ab700de7 | Summarize the following news article. | Graphene is the world's thinnest and strongest material that is impermeable to atoms and molecules .
Researchers from the University of Manchester were surprised to find that positively charged hydrogen atoms - protons - can pass through it .
Discovery could boost efficiency of fuel cells for cars generating electricit... | [
"Scientists have discovered a surprising new property of graphene – the world’s thinnest and strongest material – that could accelerate the development of electric cars and other green technologies. Researchers have found that the newly discovered type of carbon graphite, which is found in pencil lead, allows posi... |
673a6198441262efdf2f538d3cf8282e00efe2ab | Summarize the following news article. | Man shouted, 'So I won't leave debts for my children' before killing himself .
Greek suicide rate rising as austerity measures kick in . | [
"A cash-strapped Greek pensioner shot and killed himself in a public square outside parliament in Athens yesterday, after saying he refused to scrounge for food in the rubbish. The death of the 77-year-old retired pharmacist, who said he wanted a ‘dignified end’, touched a nerve among ordinary Greeks. One in five i... |
df2e839378c584f263996b3848a1e627a12c71e4 | Summarize the following news article. | In April 2013 men earned £12.86 per hour and women £10.33, a gap of 19.7% .
Since 2010, the pay gap has narrowed by just 0.3% a year on average .
Labour says it will take until 2070 before pay equality is acheived . | [
"It will take another 60 years before women earn the same as men at the current pace of change, Labour warned today. Women still earn just 80p for every pound men take home and the pay gap widened last year. Shadow women's minister Gloria De Piero accused the Tories of the 'turning the clock back' for female worker... |
430b3b19eb6ff776d64426c938496d0af8a11b83 | Summarize the following news article. | Hungarian had topped Simon Wiesenthal's most wanted Nazi list .
Verdict being read out over two days because of Sandor Kepiro's ill health .
Admitted supervising IDs of victims rounded up but claimed to know nothing of their slaughter . | [
"Acquitted: Sandor Kepiro, 97, was on trial for war crimes dating back 69 years . A 97-year-old man was sensationally cleared of committing war crimes during World War II today. The charges stemmed from a raid by pro-Nazi Hungarian forces in Serbia. Sandor Kepiro had been charged by prosecutors of involvement in th... |
83e8db736224f7a44e4047d9b541097b7a2699e9 | Summarize the following news article. | Derek Medina, 31, turned himself in to police after confessing to murder on Facebook and to his father .
Body of Jennifer Alfonso, 26, was found in the kitchen of couple's Miami home .
Slain woman's 10-year-old daughter was at home during murder, but was not harmed .
Medina published multiple self-help e-books, includi... | [
"Arrest: Derek Medina . A Florida man arrested in connection to his wife's murder after posting a graphic photo of her blood-splattered body on his Facebook page played a tattooed, violent gang member in a TV show and wants to be famous. In a message that appeared on his personal Facebook account Thursday morning, ... |
6a6fa4171cce0fa08a9211c1f9907be53be742e2 | Summarize the following news article. | Holy See performed traditional Easter rite at care home in Rome .
He has angered traditional Catholics as he washes the feet of women .
Those whose feet he washed come from a variety of religious backgrounds . | [
"Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 elderly and disabled people Thursday - women and non-Catholics among them - in a pre-Easter ritual designed to show his willingness to serve others like a 'slave'. Francis' decision in 2013 to perform the Holy Thursday ritual on women and Muslim inmates at a juvenile detention ce... |
54d7bb8ef24a20e7600560b5d02c5bf2d5554c19 | Summarize the following news article. | James Comey said the Al Qaeada veterans are 'bent on destruction'
Suggested that they are working on an attack directed at US and its allies .
Said people with American passports who have joined extremists can return .
They are powerless from stopping them even though they've been identified . | [
"The Director of the FBI has warned the Khorosan terror group will strike the US 'very very soon' and says Americans fighting alongside militants in Syria cannot be stopped from returning home. James Comey said the unit of Al Qaeda veterans are 'bent on destruction' and are believed to be working on an attack dire... |
cc13d90f8b1fa05b99f4e63167991ab43f7836aa | Summarize the following news article. | Lord Justice Munby says contraception should be forced on some parents .
He says mothers with up to 15 children lose them into care regularly .
New courts make parents agree plans on drugs, alcohol and contraception .
Studies show they lead to more children being handed back to parents . | [
"Action needed: Lord Justice Munby, the top family judge. says that contraception should be forced on problem parents . Problem parents with up to 15 children should be encouraged to use contraception by the courts, one of England’s most senior judges said last night. Sir James Munby, President of the Family Divisi... |
5d3ef6168ebf404cd4ed98def373162429b75ba5 | Summarize the following news article. | Reconstruction was made using more than 190,000 individual Lego bricks .
It took Lego builder Ryan McNaught 470 hours to complete .
Lego Pompeii is on display at Sydney University’s Nicholson Museum .
It is the largest model of the ancient city ever built out of Lego blocks .
The model shows how the town would have loo... | [
"Countless books, paintings and films have attempted to portray Pompeii and its subsequent destruction in 79AD. And now the famous Italian location has been immortalised in Lego. Named Lego Pompeii, the reconstruction took a master Lego builder 470 hours to complete and consists of more than 190,000 individual bloc... |
93294e4192e81ebe413f7571d1aa75a1397f7cf1 | Summarize the following news article. | Nick Boles says the Government is determined to speed up the rate of house building .
Current planning laws are sending Britain 'back into the 19th century'
In Mr Boles’s Grantham constituency, 7,000 homes are being built on greenfield land .
Bribing home owners with compensation if new development causes their house p... | [
"Building houses will create more ‘human happiness’ than preserving fields, the Planning Minister has claimed. Nick Boles says the Government is determined to speed up the rate of house building, despite opposition from countryside groups. And he said communities who refused to support the initiative risked losing ... |
089fc60e6560cc4d40e57dc836ae454f973a370b | Summarize the following news article. | Church of England condemned after revealing it will continue investing in Wonga .
Church leaders defend decision saying they can improve ethics of companies that are 'less than 'morally perfect'
Comes as police consider launching criminal probe in to Wonga's bogus legal letters . | [
"Justin Welby: Unaware of Wonga holding . The Church of England was condemned last night after revealing it will continue investing in Wonga. Church leaders defended the decision saying they believe their money can improve the behaviour of companies that are less than ‘morally perfect’. It came as the City of Londo... |
1bd172b58d6ec2d90038c558bae7f9c4ccd31a08 | Summarize the following news article. | Charlie Shrem, 24, was arrested at New York's JFK airport on Sunday .
Shrem was an early investor in bitcoins and launched one of the most popular sites to exchange the digital currency .
Shrem allegedly conspired .
with a Florida resident, Robert Faiella, who ran an illegal exchange, .
to sell more than $1million in b... | [
"The vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, a trade group promoting the adoption of the digital currency, has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with conspiring to commit money laundering by helping to funnel cash to illicit online drugs bazaar Silk Road. Charlie Shrem, who had financial backing from the Winklevoss... |
33bf56864edf8478bccca0693ade8679e15a7124 | Summarize the following news article. | Luke Artis beat Tina Gillian at least six times with a baseball bat .
Artis accused his 41-year-old girlfriend of trying to break her own elbow .
Judge Jonathan Rose jailed Artis for six year and eight months .
Judge Rose also imposed a lifetime injunction preventing Artis from contacting Ms Gillian again . | [
"Bodybuilder Luke Artis, 21, hit his girlfriend Tina Gillian, 41, at least six times with a baseball bat because she asked for money towards their anniversary dinner . A bodybuilder has been jailed for launching a brutal baseball bat attack on his partner after she asked him for a contribution to their anniversary... |
a4e9c530cb88a083509bb5002af286927e14ec7e | Summarize the following news article. | Ronald Koeman is keen on strengthening his side on deadline day .
Feyenoord star Tonny Vilhena is at the top of Koeman's transfer wish-list .
Benfica midfielder Filip Djuricic could seal a loan move to St Mary's . | [
"Southampton are hoping to finalise a £5million deal for Feyenoord midfielder Tonny Vilhena. Manager Ronald Koeman confirmed his interest in Vilhena last week and is continuing discussions over the loan of Benfica midfielder Filip Djuricic. Serbia international Djuricic is already on loan at Mainz in Germany and ha... |
dc957e1b799926ca6ce3a5eb0a6462aeb1f470d4 | Summarize the following news article. | The president visited Austin eatery Franklin Barbecue on Thursday where he met cashier Daniel Rugg Webb .
Webb said to the president 'Equal rights for gay people!'
The president asked Webb his sexual preference and laughed at the answer before realizing children were around .
The line at Franklin can stretch several ho... | [
"If cutting line at a famous Austin BBQ joint lost Barack Obama a few approval rating points, the conversation he had with the cashier probably cost him even more. When Franklin Barbecue cashier Daniel Rugg Webb saw his chance to speak to the president Thursday, he exclaimed: 'Equal rights for gay people!' Obama th... |
a42814095893b9804107f1a3d710b6b61258691f | Summarize the following news article. | Police have charged med student Virginia Nguyen with petty theft, grand theft of lost property, and computer access and fraud .
Family of cancer victim Natalie Packer found the deceased's iPad re-registered to Nguyen after Packer passed away .
Device went missing when Packer went into cardiac arrest and Code Blue respo... | [
"A California medical student is facing felony theft charges after allegedly stealing the iPad of a dying cancer patient. Natalie Packer was a patient at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center being treated for an aggressive form of breast cancer when she went into cardiac arrest. Only after the chaos of the Code Bl... |
6302526a12b07e63d2311b632fa86c04ae4d0c26 | Summarize the following news article. | Vincent Castiglia describes his unusual medium as 'liquid flesh'
His artworks have been used for rock band's albums and horror films . | [
"Art often confronts questions of life, death and the human condition. Now one introspective painter has delved even further into existential themes. He creates each of his works entirely from his own blood. Scroll down for video . Strange themes: Vincent Castiglia sees his methods as putting 'psychic energy' into ... |
5858cf3b73c54a81be7eb643addf75561304caae | Summarize the following news article. | 16,200 bobbies in England and Wales to go .
Officer numbers will be at their lowest level since 2001 . | [
"More than one in ten police officers are set to lose their jobs as a result of spending cuts, a report warned last night. By 2015 numbers in England and Wales are expected to fall to 127,600, their lowest level since 2001 and a fall of 16,000, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary said. The report indicated t... |
46a45fafd5e4ba9fe883791346224af8649bbfd7 | Summarize the following news article. | Sales of ecigs have risen from £9m in 2012 to £90m this year .
'Healthy' electronic cigarettes allows users to inhale nicotine vapour .
Stars such as Simon Cowell, Kate Moss and Jenny McCarthy all smoke them . | [
"Sales of electronic cigarettes, labelled as a ‘healthy’ alternative to smoking, have risen tenfold in the last year, as celebrities help make puffing away ‘cool’ again. Star endorsements of the devices have been credited as one of the factors behind new figures showing an increase in sales from £9million in 2012 t... |
e73d4400e4585d50d0de1c022d703760cfef6bd6 | Summarize the following news article. | Archbishop of Canterbury speaking in Iceland about payday lenders .
Said he was collaborating with Scots to tackle the problem .
Joked about Scots working with English after 800 years of ill-treatment .
Fears that comments could be seized upon by Scottish nationalists . | [
"The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby joked that the English had ill-treated the Scots for 800 years but his comments could inflame the Scottish independence debate . The Archbishop of Canterbury has risked inflaming the debate over Scottish independence by saying the English had mistreated the Scots for centu... |
d917ca3a20951a1229cad76d0a0808d619590ba9 | Summarize the following news article. | Malik Obama runs the Barack H. Obama foundation and was the Best Man at the president's wedding .
He appeared at the 2010 Orphans Development Fund conference wearing a Hamas 'keffiyeh' scarf with well-known Palestinian slogans printed on it .
The sayings included 'Jerusalem is ours – WE ARE COMING' and 'From the river ... | [
"Malik Obama, the president's Kenyan half brother, was photographed in 2010 at a public event in Yemen wearing a 'keffiyeh' – a special scarf – bearing two anti-Israel slogans of the terror group Hamas, it emerged today. 'Jerusalem is ours – WE ARE COMING,' reads one saying. 'From the river to the sea,' says the ot... |
c7bc00548b42835f56e4dddc810fa728bff3f40b | Summarize the following news article. | James Oswald's debut Natural Causes has been an overnight success .
Wrote it while tending to his Highland cattle and New Zealand sheep .
Offered it for free on Amazon with second novel for £2.99 .
45-year-old has now signed three-book deal with Penguin worth £150,000 . | [
"A Scottish livestock farmer has become an overnight literary sensation after selling more than 50,000 copies of his first detective novel in a month. James Oswald, 45, wrote Natural Causes, a crime thriller starring Detective Inspector McLean, while tending to his 350 cows and sheep at his farm in the Fife country... |
15958fb78da7bb68bedb28ef37110e9c1c8e3ae9 | Summarize the following news article. | Object is raised about 10 to 13ft above seabed and curved at the sides like a mushroom .
World War II expert says object may be Nazi anti-submarine weapon .
Wire meshes could be used to baffle submarine radar and make them crash .
Area vital to German war machine .
Object has wire meshes - which could explain why dive ... | [
"Sonar scans have shown that the mysterious object could be a huge Nazi anti-submarine weapon lost beneath the waves since World War II . Divers exploring a 'UFO-shaped' object in the Baltic sea say that the strange, curved object might be a Nazi device lost beneath the waves since the end of the Second World War. ... |
5ca615e12488ccbf5a72b170cc282ac571357b54 | Summarize the following news article. | Home Secretary Theresa May insists British citizenship is a 'privilege, not a right'
At least five to have passports revoked on national security grounds were born in Britain .
After losing citizenship, some have been targeted and killed in US drone attacks . | [
"At least 20 terror suspects have had their British passports torn up on national security grounds to stop them entering the country, it emerged today. In the last two years alone Home Secretary Theresa May has stripped British citizenship from 16 individuals considered to pose a threat to the UK. Rules in place fo... |
2f2f255a866d68a7c053a14a712c37ed21e9415b | Summarize the following news article. | Two photos show Sunday morning services in churches in East London .
The third shows worshippers gathered for Friday midday prayers outside a nearby mosque .
The difference in numbers could hardly be more dramatic . | [
"Set aside the fact that our Queen is the Defender of the Christian Faith. Ignore the 26 Church of England bishops who sit in the House of Lords. Pay no attention to the 2011 Census that told us 33.2 million people in England and Wales describe themselves as Christians. For if you want a more telling insight into r... |
374b2c686da8d396d245a85409f9a0500951bfeb | Summarize the following news article. | Sgt German Bosque has been investigated by police 40 times .
He has been arrested and jailed three times and fired at least six times .
Currently suspended on full pay pending investigation into misconduct .
Bosque claims he is the subject of witch hunt .
Says he is an 'excellent police officer' and 'against police bru... | [
"He has been investigated by police 40 times; has been accused of battery, car theft, boarding a plane with a loaded gun, and carrying drugs. German Bosque is likely one of the worst repeat offenders in Opa-Locka, Florida - and he's a police officer. Sgt Bosque, 48, who joined the force in 1993, has been arrested a... |
dba385c90fcc0639dac011fb90843aeb8c2a8ce0 | Summarize the following news article. | Japan scrambles warplanes after 'Russian intrusion over its territory'
Comes as rallies in Japan call for return of disputed islands from Russia .
Tokyo says it will deal with alleged incursion by Russia 'strictly' | [
"Tensions between Russia and Japan have intensified after two Russian warplanes were allegedly spotted flying over Japanese territory. Japan scrambled its own fighter jets in response, claiming the Russian Su-37 planes had entered its air space off the northern tip of Hokkaido island in the South China Sea. Russia ... |
122eeae3634a3c3e969469a346420cc413b81b63 | Summarize the following news article. | Mexican government officials are trying to determine if a man killed Sunday in an early morning shootout in western Mexico was a leader of the Knights Templar Cartel who had been reported dead in 2010 .
Nazario Moreno Gonzalez led the La Familia cartel .
He supposedly perished in a two-day gunbattle with federal police... | [
"Mystery: Authorities were awaiting DNA tests for final confirmation that they had the body of Nazario Moreno Gonzalez . Two Mexican government officials say a man . killed in an early morning shootout in western Mexico was the leader . of the Knights Templar Cartel who had been initially reported dead in 2010 by t... |
773fe57966ef0548afcc52e4bb295e86aa240789 | Summarize the following news article. | Face and arms of First Lady grafted onto 1775 portrait of French Queen .
Marie Antoinette viewed as profligate during financial hardship in 1780s .
Mrs Obama's trips to Hawaii and Spain criticised for being taxpayer-funded .
But critics claim comparison racist suggestion that she is 'uppity Negro' | [
"One is the pampered wife of a financially-drained country's unpopular head of state... and the other is Marie Antoinette, or so the joke goes. But, according to right-wing bloggers, the notional similarities between First Lady Michelle Obama and the hated Queen of France did not go far enough. So to stress the poi... |
da7c57e504400eebf5811a637c72ef9073119182 | Summarize the following news article. | Robin van Persie has been in steady decline since move to Old Trafford .
Striker's goals per minute ratio has almost tripled since first season .
31-year-old has attracted attention from slower paced Serie A .
Statistics show he only touched the ball 13 times in the win over Arsenal . | [
"If this was a different era, Robin van Persie might be reaching for the hair dye, but it’s not so easy to pull wool over the eyes when it comes to age and decline these days. Not in the time of statistics. As a device they are overused, as vividly explained by Fatih Terim, the inimitable manager of Turkey, who ten... |
2204db68ff73d19ca4da53ed009aaa162944d942 | Summarize the following news article. | MIT researchers in Boston found that certain combinations of sounds appear to make people lose control of their mouths .
They asked volunteers to say 'pad kid poured curd pulled cold' repeatedly, which defeated most people taking part in the experiment .
When the researchers recorded misspoken sounds and analysed them ... | [
"Forget Peter Piper and his Peck of Pickled Pepper - psychologists have come up with what may be the world's most frustrating tongue twister. It may not make much sense, but the phrase 'pad kid poured curd pulled cold' completely defeated volunteers taking part in a U.S. speech study. Asked to repeat the phrase 10 ... |
5fd0f104b29a3605378d61da01ed07a6467d4aff | Summarize the following news article. | Every team has beaten every other team in the Premier League this term .
Unbeaten Chelsea play Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday .
Jose Mourinho's side currently lead second-placed Southampton by six points at the summit of the table .
Sunderland currently occupy 14th place . | [
"In this season’s Premier League, anybody can beat anybody. As our graphic (below) shows, starting at the top of and moving clockwise, this season Chelsea have beaten Swansea, who beat Man United, who beat Arsenal, who beat Crystal Palace, who beat Everton etc.. As Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea gear up for their clash on... |
15a70503ced27e040712c542a8dfd94312191884 | Summarize the following news article. | Poster with burning flames put up at Attleborough Baptist Church, Norfolk .
The sign read: 'If you think there is no God you'd better be right!!'
Robert Gladwin, 20, accused the sign of going against Christian traditions .
Pastor forced to remove sign after police investigated it as a 'hate incident' | [
"A pastor at Attleborough Baptist Church in Norfolk, was spoken . to by police after this poster appeared on the church's notice board . A baptist church was at the centre of a police probe after a sign which suggested non-Christians would 'burn in hell' was investigated as a 'hate incident'. The offending sign at ... |
c0adc2137a9e1a840f7c82b597047ebe304aa42f | Summarize the following news article. | Thousands line streets of Mexican city for burial of Edgar Tamayo .
He was executed by lethal injection last month for killing a policeman .
His lawyers say he didn't receive a fair trial . | [
"Edgar Tamayo was convicted of the January 3, 1994 shooting death of Houston police officer Guy Gaddis and and was executed last month in Texas . Thousands of mourners poured out to see the burial of the Mexican man put to death by lethal injection in Texas last month, a move that has sparked diplomatic tensions be... |
690113fe09b4b3ed2c30452dad698ff442f6a278 | Summarize the following news article. | Vietnam hero Major Chester Garrett found dead in his car in El Paso desert .
Case was unsolved for 36 years but new leads appeared in 2006 .
Police charge wife and stepson with murder, both held on $5 million bail . | [
"Police in West Texas say they have solved the murder of a highly-decorated U.S. Army officer in a case that has remained cold for 36 years. On Thursday investigators arrested the estranged wife and stepson of Major Chester Garrett, who was found dead in the back of his Volkswagen Beetle in 1977. Officials have cha... |
21f5d212a1def17cfec93be53e7243c6cfb76656 | Summarize the following news article. | Harrison Grass, from Pennsylvania, was injured earlier this week in a firefight in Gaza .
He fights for the Golani Brigade of the IDF - he is recovering from his wounds .
His grandfather Alex Grass started Rite Aid in 1968 in Pennsylvania . | [
"The grandson of the founder of Rite Aid has been injured fighting for the Golani Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza. First Sergeant Harrison Grass, 22, from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was injured on Sunday in a firefight. Mr Grass, the grandson of Alex Grass, who started Rite Aid, and Lois Lehrman Grass, ... |
8279ade15655149d5614b943c955568f08048e5e | Summarize the following news article. | Web giant accused of breaching privacy by tracking phones and laptops .
But £170bn company claims case could only be heard in the US .
Claimants blast debacle as search engine firm operates in the UK . | [
"Google will appeal to the High Court to block a breach of privacy legal action launched against it in the UK by a group of British internet users. The internet giant's lawyers are seeking a declaration that the court has no jurisdiction to try their claims - which relate to the Apple Safari internet browser. The B... |
0d3756a6740d0766bdfc3e67f04780d837af7cfe | Summarize the following news article. | Culture minister Ed Vaizey wants a games console in his departmental office .
Civil servants tell him it would be 'frivolous'
Like Prime Minister David Cameron, he is addicted to playing on his iPad . | [
"A government minister today pleaded with civil servants to let him have a games console in his ministerial office. Ed Vaizey revealed he had been told not to have gaming equipment wired up to his office TV because it would look ‘frivolous’. But the Tory culture minister said he was going to ‘renew’ his campaign, a... |
94480421bc5c6f807a933859b41eacdaf597cfda | Summarize the following news article. | Trend for women to look like J Lo and Kim Kardashian is catching on .
Number of fat transfer procedures overtaken numbers having liposuction . | [
"The trend for women to increase the size of their bottoms to look like US stars such as Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian is catching on in the UK as figures show more women are injecting fat into their bodies than having it removed. Annual figures out tomorrow from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Sur... |
4bb0b5d3de9fd40722009b5ff2bb08ada29609df | Summarize the following news article. | Buttons, who was rejected by her mother as the runt of litter, was paired up with Kitty at Battersea Cats and Dogs Home .
Staff at the home hope to re-home the duo, who eat, sleep and play together, to the same place . | [
"An orphaned puppy and abandoned kitten who were put together at a rescue centre have become so close - they think they are sisters. Kitty the cat was brought into Battersea Cats and Dogs Home by a kind-hearted member of the public who found her alone in a garden when she was just one day old. To keep her company s... |
8b9a26139569717201ba5580decbb6534d54f4cd | Summarize the following news article. | Liverpool have been performing under expectations this season .
Brendan Rodgers over-performed last year, says Paul Scholes .
Scholes: 'A manager lives and dies by the players he brings in ' | [
"Brendan Rodgers is being judged too harshly because of the high standards he set last season - but he hasn't helped himself with poor signings, according to Manchester United legend Paul Scholes. Rodgers' Liverpool side are currently 12th in the Premier League, after coming so close to winning the title last seaso... |
ecab429034d8b4ba7269183ad94590d0e4248d47 | Summarize the following news article. | Weather warnings and flood alerts issued across UK as forecasters warn a fortnight's worth of rain will fall tomorrow .
Temperatures across Britain could reach as high as 25C today but weather will take a turn for the worse overnight .
Environment Agency issues 104 flood alerts across the country ahead of thundery rain... | [
"Two weeks’ worth of rain is expected to soak the country in just one hour today as a flaming June turns into a summer washout. A string of flood alerts have been issued with thunderstorms predicted to bring torrential downpours. More than an inch of rain is likely to fall in some areas. Despite the deluge, tempera... |
41ad803e0e5c036aba65467eb0a49f1518872abd | Summarize the following news article. | 'It really is like coming out of the closet,' said Brady Williams, 43. 'It's very liberating'
Their show begins airing in a social and .
political climate that has softened significantly toward plural .
families in recent years .
The Williams family members said they .
don't expect viewers to be surprised by much, othe... | [
"The newest Utah polygamous family featured in a reality TV show says sharing their story with a wide audience has been liberating. Brady Williams and his five wives were a bit apprehensive ahead of the airing of a pilot episode in September, but they said this week an interview with The Associated Press that it fe... |
a887a453ead15c0bf59305302110c13ee4f3acea | Summarize the following news article. | Remains of more than 2,800 fish unearthed in East Timor cave .
Show humans were catching fast-moving fish like tuna far earlier than previously thought .
Archaeologists also uncover world's oldest fish hook . | [
"Humans mastered the art of catching fast-moving, deep-water fish such as tuna more than 40,000 years ago, archaeologists revealed today. A team of Australian experts have uncovered evidence of the practice in a small cave at the eastern end of East Timor, north of Australia, which contained the bones of more than ... |
c61e67a4a2fe764336297b6d58ba0ab1d6414c2c | Summarize the following news article. | SmartyPans was invented by San Francisco-based Rahul Baxi .
Heat, humidity and weight sensors in the pan sync to a smartphone app .
In Recipe Mode, the pan warns chefs if it is too hot or cold .
It also reveals the number of servings, cooking time and calories of dishes .
Metrics Mode shows the current temperature and ... | [
"Chefs such as Heston Blumenthal have made everyday cooking a high-tech and scientific art. But if you struggle to cook even the most simple meal, a range of smart saucepans could set you on the path to culinary success. Called SmartyPans, the pots feature sensors that sync with a smartphone app and reveal cooking ... |
d00d7b2d30c96303b75002a552fab15c83f4a941 | Summarize the following news article. | Ricky Ponting doesn't think Australia should play against India in Brisbane .
The first test of the planned series was set to be played in Brisbane .
No decision has yet been made following the death of Phillip Hughes . | [
"Former captain Ricky Ponting does not think it would be right for Australia's first test against India in Brisbane next week to go ahead following the death of Phillip Hughes. No decision has yet been made over whether the game at the Gabba will start on schedule on Thursday and Ponting said he doubted the Austral... |
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