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You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | LONDON, England -- A mother is seeking to have the womb of her severely disabled daughter removed to prevent the 15-year-old from feeling the pain and discomfort of menstruation. Doctors in Britain are now taking legal advice to see if they are permitted to carry out the hysterectomy on Katie Thorpe, who suffers from c... | Mother seeks to have womb of severely disabled daughter, 15, removed . Briton wants to prevent cerebral palsy sufferer feeling pain of menstruation . UK doctors seek legal advice to see if they can perform hysterectomy . Charity for disabled says move could infringe human rights . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- The Chinese government is bracing itself for a rush of people wishing to marry when the summer Olympics kick off on August 8 -- because the number carries a special significance in Chinese culture, the state news agency said Sunday. A traditional Ming-style wedding is held in Nanjing, China, last December. The... | China braces for rush of weddings on opening day of Olympics . Opening day of Beijing Olympics is August 8, 2008 . The number "8" is considered by many Chinese to carry good fortune . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | LONDON, England -- Nihat Kahveci sent Turkey into the Euro 2008 finals behind defending champions and Group C winners Greece with the only goal in a narrow 1-0 victory over battling Bosnia-Herzegovina. Goalscorer Nihat gets a kiss from team-mate Altintop after Turkey sealed their place with a 1-0 win over Bosnia. The r... | Nihat Kahveci put Turkey into Euro 2008 with 1-0 win over Bosnia/Herzegovina . Nihat struck at the end of a first half as Turkey joined holders Greece in finals . Portugal joined Poland in qualifying from Group A with 0-0 draw with Finland . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Coalition troops killed the al Qaeda terrorist who masterminded the February 2006 attack on Samarra's al-Askariya mosque and set off continuing violence and reprisal killings between Sunnis and Shiites, the U.S. military said Sunday. The attack on Samarra's al-Askariya mosque set off violence be... | Haitham Sabah al-Badri was the al Qaeda emir of greater Samarra . U.S. military says al-Badri suspected in two other attacks that killed 49 . Family of slain girl upset soldier wasn't sentenced to death, Reuters says . At least 11 people killed in mortar attacks in Baghdad, Interior Ministry says . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Richard Roberts, the embattled president of Oral Roberts University and the son of its namesake evangelist founder, stepped down Friday, according to the school's Board of Regents. Richard Roberts and wife Lindsay appear on CNN's "Larry King Live" in October. "I love ORU with all my heart. I love the students,... | "I love ORU with all my heart," Richard Roberts writes in his resignation letter . Three professors allege they were fired for revealing misspending . Roberts and wife deny spending university funds improperly . Roberts announced last month he was stepping aside temporarily as president . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Amid high emotions and tight security, thousands lined the streets of Beirut Friday to honor Antoine Ghanem, the anti-Syrian Lebanese MP killed in a powerful bomb blast along with four others. Amin Gemayel (R), Phalange party head, carries the coffin of assassinated deputy Antoine Ghamen. Again... | Thousands lined Beirut streets to honor anti-Syrian MP, killed in car bomb blast . Noted parliamentarian killed along with four others during Wednesday rush hour . Flag-draped coffin paraded through streets before burial in Christian district . Day of national mourning called, with schools, universities, public offices... |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Police made a string of arrests across Europe Tuesday, detaining 20 people suspected of involvement in the recruitment of suicide bombers, Italian police said. Eleven of the arrests were in Italy, in the northern cities of Milan, Reggio Emilia, Bergamo, and San Remo, said. Lt. Col. Sandro Sandulli,... | Police say 20 suspected of involvement in the recruiting suicide bombers held . Arrests were in Italy and across other European countries, police say . Those held are accused of recruiting bombers to go to Iraq and Afghanistan . 11 people were held in Italy and nine others across Europe . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- They wore feathers. They wore fancy hats. And of course, they wore fur. Never mind the human -- the dog in haute couture was the fashionistas' focus during Pet Fashion Week. But the models strutting down the runway were of the four-legged variety. The glamorous pooches were accompanied by human models -- but... | Dogs ruled in New York during Pet Fashion Week . Dazzling couture designs trotted down the runway . Upscale pet accessories, apparel, and lifestyle items on display . Design awards encourage pushing the envelope in style . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- From "Mississippi Masala" to "Vanity Fair," Mira Nair's movies have entranced audiences in India and the West. CNN spoke to the director of "Monsoon Wedding" and "Salaam Bombay!" at the Bollywood Movie Awards in Long Island about filmmaking in India and America and her adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's novel about... | Nair directed "Monsoon Wedding," "Vanity Fair," "Salaam Bombay!" Her film, "The Namesake," is based on Jhumpa Lahiri's novel . Nair cast character of "Gogol" after teenage son's recommendation . Nair: Indian and American audiences "not that different" |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A grand jury Tuesday indicted four suspects on charges of first degree felony murder and armed burglary in the slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. A grand jury identified Eric Rivera Jr. as the shooter in the death of NFL star Sean Taylor. Court documents say the youngest is alleged... | NEW: The 17-year-old suspect allegedly fired the fatal shot . NEW: Eric Rivera Jr. will be moved to a Miami-Dade facility Wednesday, attorney says . Three adult suspects in Sean Taylor slaying on suicide watch . Taylor died after being shot in home invasion last week . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | HOLLYWOOD, Florida (CNN) -- A man serving a life sentence for robbing a drugstore has confessed to overpowering and fatally shooting a deputy who was taking him to court Wednesday, authorities said. Michael Mazza, 40, was arrested outside a pawn shop in Hollywood, Florida, hours after the death of Broward County Deputy... | NEW: Deadly struggle "transpired within six minutes. That's all it took," sheriff says . NEW: Suspect faces charges including first-degree murder and escape . Incident happened as the deputy was transporting Michael Mazza to court . Mazza was apprehended after a massive manhunt . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- "Human error factors" probably were involved in a ship crash and oil spill that killed nearly 400 birds in San Francisco Bay and prompted a federal criminal probe, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. A worker checks oil cleanup gear near the Golden Gate Bridge Thursday in San Francisco,... | NEW: Coast Guard initial assessment: Human error probably involved . It was crew's first voyage on Cosco Busan, which hit Bay Bridge in dense fog . Crew not allowed to leave ship due to federal law, says Coast Guard . Feds launch criminal probe; 58,000 gallons leaked and killed nearly 400 birds . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Josephs and Marys in search of a room at the inn this Christmas are being made an offer they can't refuse. Mary and Joseph ride a donkey to Bethlehem in a performance of the Nativity story near Guildford, England. A British hotel chain is promising free accommodation to couples who share their ... | Couples who share names with the couple from the Nativity story get free room . Almost 30 Josephs and Marys have signed up for the free night's stay . Couples have to bring proof of identity . They also have to prove that they are in a long-term relationship . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- It may take a lot of frequent-flier miles, a penchant for cold places, a tolerance of taxes and regular doses of chocolate, but happiness could be within reach. However, it's not where most people might expect. Journalist Eric Weiner says he wanted to explore the relationship between place and happiness. Just ... | Journalist spent a year looking for the world's happiest countries . Eric Weiner: Bhutan is probably the closest thing on Earth to Shangri-La . He marvels at the creativity and "coziness" of Iceland . Self-described "grump:" chocolate contributes to happiness in Switzerland . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- A Saudi Arabian human rights attorney is asking the government to allow him to represent a woman who was gang-raped -- and then sentenced to prison for speaking out about the case. Human rights groups want Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to drop charges against the rape victim. The attorney, Abdulrahman al-Lahim,... | Woman sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail under Islamic law . Judge more than doubled 19-year-old's sentence for speaking to the media . Woman's lawyer loses law license for speaking to Saudi-controlled media . Human rights group: Lawyer faces three-year suspension and disbarment . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | OMAHA, Nebraska (CNN) -- Investigators probing the deadly mall shooting in Omaha have seized computers and are analyzing information on Web sites in the search for clues in the case, police said Thursday. The 19-year-old gunman sent at least one text message to his former girlfriend, with whom he broke up about two we... | Police confiscate computers, examine information on Web sites . Gunman may have frequented the Westroads Mall, police say . Mall shooter was ward of state for almost four years, governor says . Army recruiters turned down Robert Hawkins when he tried to enlist . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie is visiting Iraq to boost what she sees as lagging efforts to deal with the problems of 2 million "very very vulnerable" internally displaced people in the wartorn country. Angelina Jolie has been working to focus attention on problem of refugees in Iraq. "The... | Angelina Jolie visits Iraq to boost efforts to help internally displaced refugees . Actress tells CNN: "There doesn't seem to be real coherent plan to help them" Jolie is goodwill ambassador for U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees . More than 4.2 million Iraqis have fled homes, 2 million to neighboring states . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | NAPLES, Italy -- Udinese remained in fifth place in Italy's Serie A after suffering a 3-1 defeat away to Napoli on Saturday, with both teams having a player sent off. Ezequiel Lavezzi inspired Napoli to victory against Udinese, netting twice and setting up the first goal. Ezequiel Lavezzi scored twice in two minutes to... | Udinese stay fifth in Italy's Serie A after suffering a 3-1 defeat away to Napoli . Ezequiel Lavezzi scored twice in two second-half minutes to end goal drought . Both teams were reduced to 10 men, with one player sent off in each half . Fabrizio Miccoli scores only goal to give Palermo a 1-0 victory over Livorno . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A six-month trial was launched this week that promises to transform the way luggage is tracked and monitored at London's Heathrow airport. As many as 28 in every 1,000 passengers do not arrive at their destination at the same time as their luggage. The trial -- run by BAA and airline Emirates -... | New trial at Heathrow airport will use RFID to accurately track and monitor luggage . Compared to exsiting bar codes, RFID tags offer 15 percent more reading accuracy . A proposed service will send SMS to passengers informing when bags arrive . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Jordan's King Hussein sent a secret message to President Richard Nixon in 1970 pleading with him to attack Syria, according to declassified documents released Wednesday by the former president's library. President Nixon works at his desk in the Oval Office in a June 1972 photograph. The papers are a... | Telegram: King Hussein wanted U.S. strike on invading Syrian troops in 1970 . Nixon White House urged Saudis to distance from PLO's Fatah organization . Papers also discuss Israeli acquisition of nuclear weapon . Documents among 10,000 papers released Wednesday by Nixon Library . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The Rev. James Orange, a civil rights activist whose 1965 jailing sparked a fatal protest that ultimately led to the famed Selma-to-Montgomery march and the Voting Rights Act, died Saturday at Atlanta's Crawford Long Hospital, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said in a statement. H... | Orange jailed in Alabama in 1965 for getting students to help voting rights drives . In march to support him, a man was killed, leading to 'Bloody Sunday,' famed march . After successful Selma-to-Montgomery march, Voting Rights Act signed into law . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Supporters and opponents of Lebanon's pro-Western government appeared to split seats on Sunday as Lebanese voters went to the polls to replace two ruling-party lawmakers assassinated in recent months. Lebanese women wait in line to cast their votes in Beirut. Voters in Beirut sent pro-governmen... | Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel loses by a few hundred votes . Candidates will replace legislator Pierre Gemayel and lawmaker Walid Eido . Both were allies of U.S.-backed Lebanese government and opponents of Syria . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The CIA asked the Justice Department to investigate whether former operative John Kiriakou illegally disclosed classified information when he talked about the waterboarding of a terrorism suspect, government officials say. Ex-CIA agent John Kiriakou says he underwent waterboarding in training and cr... | Justice Department must decide whether to pursue investigation . Former agent John Kiriakou talked about interrogation technique on TV . Kiriakou attorney says probe could cause CIA more problems . Administration summoned for court hearing on destroyed tapes . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (LifeWire) -- For some, Valentine's Day can be heavenly. For others, it's just plain hell. Take Felicia Sullivan, of Brooklyn. Four years ago, she and her live-in boyfriend -- the guy she thought she would marry -- were having a pre-Valentine's Day brunch when Sullivan leaned over and whispered a few sweet nothings in... | Woman remembers one Valentine's Day as "Black Monday" High expectations for day can come crashing down . Man ended Valentine's Day in handcuffs with date puking . Skip gag gifts -- can of Spam not a good gift . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorneys for a "high-value" terror suspect who says he was tortured while being held at secret CIA prisons have requested that a judge bar the agency from destroying evidence of the alleged torture. One of 14 "high-value" detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alleges he was tortured. The motion, ... | Majid Khan's attorneys say he endured an "aggressive" interrogation program . Khan's allegations of torture redacted in court documents . Bush administration: Khan worked for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed . CIA: The United States does not conduct or condone torture . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | NEW YORK (CNN) -- City officials in New York have denied Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's request to visit the site of the destroyed World Trade Center next week, a police spokesman said Wednesday. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asked to visit ground zero, but New York city officials said no. The controve... | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wanted to visit ground zero . New York City officials said no because site is under construction . The United States considers Iran a state sponsor of terrorism . Leaders call request "audacious," "unacceptable" |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- A Florida judge Friday handed a legal victory to a former astronaut accused of assaulting a romantic rival, ruling evidence found in her car and statements she made to police after her arrest were inadmissible at trial. Lisa Nowak, accused of using pepper spray against a romantic rival, is set to go on trial i... | Judge: Lisa Nowak's statements and items in her car were unlawfully obtained . Nowak's attorneys have said her comments were made under duress . Former astronaut is accused of stalking and assaulting a romantic rival . Nowak has pleaded not guilty to charges including attempted kidnapping . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Sharon Long's work has earned her the nickname "Skull Lady." Sharon Long is a forensic artist whose job is to help identify the dead, often murder victims. She is a forensic artist whose job is to give faces -- and sometimes identities -- back to anonymous murder victims who have been robbed of ... | Sharon Long is forensic artist who creates faces from skulls . Fort Myers, Florida, police called her after they found eight sets of remains . Only two of the eight remains have been identified . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- German zookeepers in Nuremberg will bottle-feed a four-week-old polar bear and rear it away from its mother after concerns the mother would eat her cub, officials said Thursday. Zookeepers fear the unnamed polar bear cub could be at risk of being eaten. The cub, which doesn't yet have a name, was being cared f... | Four-week-old polar bear separated from mother amid fears she would eat it . Nuremberg City Zoo's other polar bear ate its own two offspring earlier this week . Mother was showing signs of being upset and confused, zookeepers said . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Pastor Brady Boyd calls it the "highlight of my ministry" -- seeing the parents of the man who shot up his church be embraced by the parents of two teenage sisters who were killed in the attack. A former roommate took this photo of Matthew Murray performing in a 2002 Christmas program. "The four of them met an... | Parents of church shooter meet with victims' family . They "met and hugged and cried," pastor says . Matthew Murray, 24, killed four people in two shootings, before killing himself . His parents also thanked guard who shot their son . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- More than a dozen uncontained wildfires raged Monday across Southern California, threatening thousands of structures and forcing people to flee homes from San Diego to Malibu to Lake Arrowhead. This photo taken from space Monday afternoon shows smoke rising from the wildfires in Southern ... | NEW: 123 structures destroyed by wildfires in Lake Arrowhead . NEW: White House: Federal Agriculture Department will provide fire crews . Fires threaten San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park; animals evacuated . Malibu Canyon fire is 10 percent contained, officials say . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | GLASGOW, Scotland -- Wednesday's Glasgow derby between Celtic and Rangers has been postponed as a mark of respect following the death of Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell, the Scottish Premier League announced. O'Donnell, left, celebrates Motherwell's Scottish Cup final win against Dundee in May 1991. "These are never ... | Glasgow derby between Celtic and Rangers on Wednesday is postponed . Decision made as a mark of respect after death of ex-player Phil O'Donnell . Motherwell's home game against Celtic next Sunday was already called off . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | HARYANA, India (CNN) -- In a nation of more than a billion people and millions of unresolved court cases, how do you take care of the backlog? Long distances over questionable roads stop many Indians from making it into courtrooms. Solution: You take the courts to the people. A bell rings. A bailiff yells out the name ... | Indian judges bus mobile courts to rural villages to ease backlog . Judges say the mobile courts make justice more convenient . India has an estimated 300 million unresolved court cases . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush's top adviser on homeland security is stepping down after 4½ years on the job, the White House said Monday. Fran Townsend served more than four years as homeland security adviser. Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend turned in her letter of resignation to President Bush on November... | Fran Townsend says she'll look for opportunities in the private sector . Townsend has worked in government and law enforcement for 25 years . Townsend will be on a panel searching for a replacement . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Chiquita Brands International faces a $7.86 billion lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of nearly 400 Colombian families who say the company should be held responsible for the "torture and murder" of their loved ones. With a map of alleged victims, Jonathan Reiter makes his case Wednesday at a New York ... | Attorney: Clients allege terrorism, war crimes, wrongful death, seek $7.86 billion . Plaintiffs want $20 million in damages for each of 393 victims named in suit . Chiquita admits paying a group that the U.S. labeled a terrorist organization . Company "categorically denies" attorneys' allegations, says it will fight th... |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Before dying, 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers was beaten with belts, picked up by her hair, thrown across the room and held under water, according to an affidavit from the Galveston County Sheriff's Office. Police believe 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers is "Baby Grace." The affidavit says the girl's mother, Kimberly... | Police affidavit quotes mother's statement about beating that killed girl . Mother's husband threw Riley Ann Sawyers across room, affidavit says . Husband later attempted suicide, mother told police . Riley Ann's mother and her husband arrested after a tip led to search . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A chronology of bombings and attempted bomb attacks in the mainland UK since the 1970s: . Police close off streets around Haymarket, in London's busy theater district. June 29, 2007: Police defuse a bomb consisting of 200 liters of fuel, gas cylinders and nails found in an abandoned car in Haym... | Two cars loaded with gasoline and nails found abandoned in London Friday . 52 people killed on July 7, 2005 after bombs exploded on London bus, trains . British capital wracked by violence by the IRA for years . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Topps Meat Co. on Saturday expanded a recall of ground beef from about 300,000 pounds to 21.7 million pounds, one of the largest meat recalls in U.S. history. The recalled products are all ground beef patties with various brand names. In a statement, the Elizabeth, New Jersey, company said the hambur... | Topps Meat Co. hamburger patties may contain E. coli bacteria . New Jersey plant's grinding operation shut down . As many as 25 cases of illness recorded in eight states . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A boy playing with matches started a Southern California wildfire that scorched more than 38,000 acres, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday. A firefighter talks on a radio while battling the Buckweed blaze on October 22. The Buckweed Fire, which destroyed 21 homes o... | "He admitted playing with matches and starting the fire," says police report . Boy, whose name and age were not given, is home with his parents . Buckweed Fire burned 38,000 acres, destroyed 63 structures, 21 of them homes . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- It's all tied up in Texas. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are running a tight race in Texas. A new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll suggests the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination between Sens. Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois is a statistical dead heat in Texas, w... | Texas voters go to the polls March 4 . Sen. John McCain is the clear front-runner on the Republican side . Sen. Barack Obama is on an eight-state winning streak . Some strategists see Texas as a must-win state for Sen. Hillary Clinton . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- At least 200 people were evacuated from their homes, including 84 residents of an apartment building for the elderly, after a tanker truck carrying 9,000 gallons of gasoline erupted early Wednesday in a northern Boston suburb. Firefighters battle a blaze Wednesday north of Boston after a tanker overturned carr... | Fire chief: "I think it's a miracle that we haven't seen some serious injuries" Officials are investigating whether truck's speed a factor in the accident, chief says . Evacuees taken to an armory converted into a shelter, Red Cross says . Man tells WCVB-TV his car caught fire, exploded as he fled; "I got out just in t... |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Despite the obvious claims of younger rivals Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, few can really argue with the 96 football journalists who voted Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite as the 2007 World Footballer of the Year. Brazilian genius Kaka fully deserves winning the 2007 World Footballer of the Year award. T... | Kaka deservedly named World Player of the Year for the first time in his career . The Brazilian beats Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in the journalists' vote . The 25-year-old averages one goal in three games for both AC Milan and Brazil . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | PARIS, France (CNN) -- Interpol on Monday took the unprecendented step of making a global appeal for help to identify a man from digitally reconstructed photos taken from the Internet that it said showed him sexually abusing underage boys. This moving image shows how police used software to unscramble the image. (Sourc... | Man posted photos on the Internet of himself sexually abusing underage boys . Computer experts managed to undo digital masking to reveal the man . Man abused 12 boys in Vietnam and Cambodia . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Up to 80,000 items at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library are unaccounted for, probably because of haphazard record-keeping and inventory procedures, officials said Thursday. An audit found "significant breakdown in internal controls" at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. An audit completed ... | Of 100,000 items, library systems are able to locate about 20,000 . Inspector general: This does not mean the remaining items are missing . Inspector general: Items may "be safely located within the library's storage" Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation expresses "serious concerns" |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Dozens of Defense Department personnel are actively engaged in fighting the wildfires raging in Southern California, Pentagon officials said Tuesday, and thousands more National Guard and active-duty military personnel are available to help. The Rice fire, east of Camp Pendleton, caused the evacuation of the F... | NEW: Fires at Camp Pendleton cause evacuation of 3,000 marines . Military lending direct and indirect assistance to firefighting efforts . As firefighting efforts go on, base officials poised to evacuate . Navy and Marine Corps have more than 20 facilities in San Diego area . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Tom Cruise expounds on his beliefs in Scientology in a 2004 video that made its way onto the Internet this week. Tom Cruise appears with his wife, Katie Holmes, at a movie premiere earlier this month. "I think it's a privilege to call yourself a Scientologist, and it's something you have to earn," Cruise says ... | Scientology membership a privilege that's earned, Cruise says . 2004 video part of ceremony honoring Cruise for humanitarian work . Scientology defined as "study of the truth" |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Australia's new prime minister assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday that his country's troops intend to be in Afghanistan "for the long haul." French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul. Kevin Rudd and French President Nicola... | French and Australian leaders arrive in Afghanistan . Both leaders expected to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai . Both will visit with their respective country's troops . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Michael Vick turned himself in to authorities on Monday to get a head start on serving his sentence for running a dogfighting ring, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Michael Vick leaves court in Richmond, Virginia, in August after pleading guilty to dogfighting charges. The Atlanta Falcons quarterback is schedul... | NEW: Vick's attorney says early surrender shows Vick accepts responsibility . Sentencing set for December 10 on dogfighting charges against Michael Vick . Atlanta Falcons quarterback pleaded guilty in August . Monday, he surrendered to begin whatever sentence he gets on December 10 . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Football should be used to teach young people moral lessons, Pope Benedict XVI said during an audience with representatives from the Italian football league and lower division clubs. Pope Benedict XVI is presented with a football by Ancona club officials. Italian football has been tarnished in recent seasons b... | Pope says football can teach values of "honesty, solidarity and fraternity" Sport should be used as a vehicle of education for young people, he says . Vatican has endorsed lower league club Ancona's adoption of ethical code . German-born pope is reputed to be a Bayern Munich fan . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Two tractor-trailer trucks crashed and burst into flames Thursday on a bridge between the United States and Mexico, shutting a key border crossing and killing four people, police said. Police look at the aftermath of a fiery crash on a bridge linking Reynosa, Mexico, and Pharr, Texas. The collision on the Phar... | NEW: Bridge reopens Friday morning after highway engineers give OK . Four killed in chain reaction crash that started when two tractor-trailers collided . Three killed in pickup truck that fell off bridge; 4th victim in car that hit one 18-wheeler . Crash happened on bridge linking Pharr, Texas, and Reynosa, Mexico . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- The wife of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in Thailand Tuesday morning to face corruption charges, promising to fight the accusations, her attorney said. Pojamarn Shinawatra with her husband Thaksin Shinawatra. According to Pichit Chuenban, Pojamarn Shinawatra was presented ... | Thaksin Shinawatra's wife handed arrest warrant after she returns to Thailand . Pojamarn Shinawatra faces corruption charges that could imprison her for 20 years . The case involves Pojamarn's 2003 purchase of some prime Bangkok real estate . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | PARIS, France (CNN) -- The Paris suburbs were again rocked by riots after a second night of lawlessness Monday caused widespread destruction and left scores of police injured, according to French authorities and media reports. Firefighters in a Paris suburb battle to control a blaze started after youths rioted Sunday n... | Riots in French suburb for second night after two teens killed in police crash . Violence spreads from Villiers-le-Bel, north of Paris, to two nearby towns . More than 60 police injured, bombarded with Molotov cocktails and bottles of acid . Parallels drawn with unrest in 2005, when President Sarkozy was interior minis... |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi walks Anjali Rao through the streets of Tokyo. She stunned global cinema audiences with her controversial and Oscar-nominated performance as a lonely deaf girl in the film "Babel." Rinko Kikuchi is one of Japan's hottest young actresses and models, recently working with Karl Lagerfeld as ... | Rinko Kikuchi was Oscar-nominated for her performance in the film "Babel" She has recently worked with Karl Lagerfeld as the new face of Channel . She challenges the traditional demure image of the Japanese woman . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- The orgy of violence that has greeted Kenya's disputed election result has led to hundreds of deaths and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. But away from the tragic human cost, the unrest has also provoked concerns about the stability of the east African country's economy, until now seen as a model ... | Kenya's once-stable economy faltering due to violence following disputed election . Equity market on Nairobi Stock Exchange lost $591 million on first day of 2008 . Business leaders say the government losing $29.5 million a day in revenues . Thriving tourist industry also hit, with British tour operators calling off fl... |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- This month on Art of Life we feel the need for speed. From the world's first road-legal grand prix bike to a rock legend with a passion for aviation. Monita Rajpal samples the finest in Italian motorbikes . Monita Rajpal meets the boys behind Ducati's motorbikes, Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson explains why fly... | This month Art of Life looks at motorbike, planes, DJs and Rock idols . Monita visits the Ducati factory in Bologna, meets Moto champ Casey Stoner . Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson talks about his passion for flying . DJ Paul Van Dyk takes us on a tour of his favorite parts of Berlin . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- The most compelling action during Michigan's primary Tuesday will be on the Republican side. The Democratic Party has stripped the state of its delegates for moving up its primary date so early, and top-tier Democratic candidates have taken their names off the ballot, except for Sen. Hillary Clinton. The strug... | Independents, Democrats can vote in Michigan's open Republican primary . No Democratic delegates at stake, and most top-tier candidates aren't on ballot . Economic woes top concern for Michigan primary voters . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- A search is under way for a pregnant 20-year-old Marine who has been missing from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, since December 14. Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach was eight months pregnant when she went missing on December 14. Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach could give birth at any time, Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown... | Lance corporal due to give birth at any time, sheriff says . Marine's car found Monday at bus station . Mother reported Marine missing on December 19 . Sheriff: Marine was to testify about incident at base, according to mother . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The head of Iraq's main humanitarian group said an 18-year-old approached him with a baby suffering from leukemia. The desperate mother said she'd do "anything" for treatment for her child -- and then offered herself up for sex. Baha, 12, waits for treatment in an Iraqi Red Crescent center after ... | Head of Iraqi Red Crescent says parents abandoning their kids at alarming rates . Sometimes he wonders: "Oh my God, how are we going to solve it?" The greatest concern is the long-term effect on an entire generation . "Trauma of what's happening to those children is enormous" |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Coalition forces found 26 bodies buried in mass graves and a bloodstained "torture complex," with chains hanging from walls and ceilings and a bed connected to an electrical system, the military said Wednesday. Twenty-six bodies were found in mass graves near a "torture complex" discovered by co... | NEW: Military says some of the 26 bodies may belong to Iraqi police . Complex believed to be an al Qaeda in Iraq haven . Coalition forces say they made the discovery during operations in northern Iraq . Military: Evidence of torture and murder against local villagers found . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's foreign ministry Wednesday rejected concerns raised by the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief that the country's nuclear weapons "could fall into the hands of an extremist group in Pakistan or in Afghanistan." Mohamed ElBaradei, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief. fears for Pakistan's nucl... | Pakistan rejects fears its nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of extremists . Mohamed ElBaradei, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief, voiced his worries Tuesday . ElBaradei: I fear chaos in this state, which has 30 or 40 nuclear weapons . Pakistan: Our nuclear weapons as secure as those held by other nuclear states . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- After expressing condolences and outrage over events in Pakistan, presidential candidates turned their discussion toward whose foreign policy credentials were better. Hillary Clinton, then U.S. first lady, meets with Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan in 1995. In a campaign that had been drifting toward economic issue... | Discussion on campaign trail turns to foreign policy, national security, terrorism . Candidates trying to portray themselves as the one with the most experience . Richardson says he would call on Musharraf to step down, Thompson disagrees . McCain challenges Giuliani's foreign policy experience . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- I was 14 at the time. Lebanon's civil war was in full flood. One afternoon the shells began raining down on our neighborhood in Beirut. A Lebanese woman and her son run through west Beirut in 1989 during fighting between rival forces. We ran from school screaming. Forget the book bags, classma... | CNN's Octavia Nasr: Will Lebanon's brief renaissance be snuffed out? Nasr says Lebanon's key power players haven't changed since 1980s . Nasr: Current struggle threatens to set Lebanon back 20 years . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | ROME, Italy -- Seven Manchester United supporters were taken to hospital after violence flared before the 1-1 Champions' League draw against Roma in Italy. Manchester United supporters were segregated inside the Olympic Stadium for the Champions tie. British Embassy officials in Rome said five fans received stab wounds... | Seven Manchester United supporters taken to hospital before game in Rome . British Embassy officials in Rome said five of the fans received stab wounds . Embassy spokeswoman said that the injuries were not thought to be serious . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- An intense manhunt was under way Monday for Chester Stiles, a 37-year old man whom police say is a suspect in the videotaped rape of a 3-year-old girl four years ago. Chester Arthur Stiles, 37, of Nevada is being sought as a suspect in the videotaped rape of a 3-year-old girl. Also Monday, St... | Chester Stiles' ex-girlfriend says she's "disgusted" she helped him meet child . Stiles sought by police as suspect in 3-year-old girl's videotaped rape . Ex-girlfriend Tina Allen says he seemed good with kids when she dated him . Allen says the girl lived in same apartment with her children . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- On a videotape released Sunday, American al Qaeda member Adam Yahiye Gadahn renounces his U.S. citizenship, destroys his passport and cites U.S. President Bush's upcoming trip to the Middle East. "American jihadist" Adam Gadahn, originally from California, in a video released in September 2006. The 50-minute t... | Adam Gadahn in videotape tears up U.S. passport, speaks in Arabic and English . Tape was released by As Sahab, al Qaeda's video production wing . Originally from California, Gadahn talks about Bush's upcoming trip to Middle East . Gadahn is on the FBI's Most Wanted List with $1 million reward for information . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- During the 1960 presidential election, Theodore Sorensen helped then-Sen. John F. Kennedy draft a speech addressing Kennedy's Catholicism and the separation between church and state. At the time, many questioned whether Kennedy, who would go on to become the nation's first Roman Catholic president, ... | Ted Sorensen helped draft Kennedy's 1960 speech on Roman Catholicism . GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney delivers speech on faith in politics . Kennedy, Romney views on religion differ greatly, Sorensen says . Sorensen says Kennedy viewed religion as more of a private matter . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- The Boeing 777 is the mainstay of many airlines' long-haul fleets and has never been involved in a fatal accident during its service history. British Airways aircrew fly the Royal Standard from the flight deck of the Boeing 777 aircraft. The aircraft first entered service on June 7, 1995, with more than 900 su... | The Boeing 777 aircraft first entered service on June 7, 1995 . First airplane U.S. (FAA) approved for extended-range twin-engine operations . Engineers designed, electronically pre-assembled the 777 using computers . In 2005, a Boeing 777 set a new world record for distance traveled non-stop . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | PARIS, France (CNN) -- A major donors conference to raise funds for the Palestinians has gone beyond expectations, with donors pledging $7.4 billion to help build a Palestinian state, organizers said Monday. France's Nicolas Sarkoxy, left, welcomes Tony Blair and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Monday. Other delega... | NEW: Donors pledge $7.4 billion to help build a Palestinian state . NEW: IMF offers to monitor Palestinians' promised reforms . Palestinian aid conference organizers hail event as a new beginning . Tony Blair says donors need to be repaid with steps to create a lasting settlement . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rep. Tom Lantos, the Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, died Monday due to complications from cancer, his office said. Lantos was 80. Rep. Tom Lantos represented his Northern California district for 14 terms. He died at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryl... | NEW: Secretary of state calls Rep. Tom Lantos "a true American hero" Lantos was only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress . California congressman disclosed last month he was suffering from cancer . Lantos had said he would not seek re-election to 15th term in House . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- All vehicles were banned from the largely Shiite city of Amara Wednesday after three car bombs ripped through a market district, killing at least 27 people and wounded 151, officials said. Iraqis gather at the site of a car bomb in the city of Amara on Wednesday. The blasts detonated in close suc... | NEW: All vehicles banned in city of Amara through Thursday, provincial governor says . Death toll continues to rise as Interior Ministry reports 151 wounded . State television reports that many of the casualties are women, children . Amara has been scene of fighting between rival Shiite factions vying for power . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Kenya has enjoyed a reputation as one of East Africa's most stable nations since achieving independence from the UK in 1963. Residents of the Mathare slum in Nairobi shout at demonstrators during violent clashes. But a booming tourism industry, impressive economic growth -- currently six percent a year accordi... | Kenya's 36 million population made up of around 40 tribal groups . President Mwai Kibaki belongs to the influential and powerful Kikuyu tribe . Challenger Raila Odinga's Luo tribe forms sizeable group in west, Nairobi slums . Kenya dogged by poverty, violent crime, corruption, simmering ethnic tensions . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | NEW YORK (CNN) -- In the days after Benazir Bhutto's assassination, it will be tempting to reach two hasty conclusions: that she was Pakistan's last great hope and that her geo-politically crucial country has revealed itself to be inherently hopeless. Irshad Manji is a controversial Muslim feminist and activist from T... | Manji says Bhutto disappointed some because she adhered to feudal politics . During Bhutto's time in office, writer says, she did not defy anti-rape laws . Pakistan must "transcend both trauma and tribalism," Manji says . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Saudi King Abdullah has pardoned a rape victim who had been sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison in a case that sparked international attention, a Saudi newspaper has reported. The case cast light on the treatment of women under Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic law. Al-Jazirah newspaper quoted a Saudi... | NEW: Sources say pardon unrelated to Hajj nor subsequent Eid al-Adha . NEW: Justice minister says king felt pardon in best interests of Saudi people . Report: King Abdullah pardons rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes . A Saudi court had ruled the 19-year-old had an "illegitimate relationship" |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Claims by Diana's former butler that he knew a mysterious "secret" about the late princess have been trashed by the coroner in her inquest. Diana's former butler has given conflicting information at the enquiry into her death. The coroner said the information was already in the public domain an... | Claims by Diana's butler that he knew "secret" about her trashed by coroner . Paul Burrell asked to testify about the last letter the late princess gave him . Coroner revealed Burrell's "secret" was Diana planned to buy property abroad . But coroner said the revelation is "fairly and squarely in the public domain" |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Princess Diana's relationships with two Muslim men provoked an outburst from her mother, who called her daughter "a whore", Paul Burrell, the princess's former butler, told an inquest Monday. Diana once referred to her former butler Paul Burrell as "my rock." Burrell, who returned to Britain fr... | Paul Burrell, Princess Diana's former butler, gives evidence at inquest . Describes phone call in which Diana's mother called her daughter"a whore" Burrell says Queen Elizabeth's husband was not involved in Diana's death . Also claims that Diana told him: "I need marriage like a bad rash" |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S., Turkish and Iraqi leaders all held talks Monday about Kurdish rebels using northern Iraq as a launchpad for cross-border attacks into Turkey. Turkish troops patrol near the border with Iraq on Monday. President Bush chatted by phone with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while separ... | Bush: U.S., Turkey and Iraq must unite against PKK Kurdish separatists . Iraqi Kurds are critical of both PKK and air attacks against them . Turkey bombed alleged PKK sites in northern Iraq over the weekend . PKK has spent 20 years fighting for autonomy in Turkey; uses Iraq as a base . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | SAN JOSE, California -- Top-seed Andy Roddick easily defeated Delray Beach winner Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-2 6-4 in the headline match at the ATP tournament in San Jose on Thursday night. A pumped up Roddick needed little over an hour to dispatch teenager Nishikori. Roddick needed just 63 minutes to defeat the 18-year... | Top seed Andy Roddick reaches last eight of ATP tournament in San Jose . The American defeats Delray Beach winner Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-2 6-4 . Second seed James Blake also advances but third seed Tommy Haas is out . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Several Marines who were involved in the November 2004 offensive in Falluja, Iraq, are now the focus of an investigation into allegations that civilians were intentionally killed during the operation, several Pentagon officials have confirmed. Members of the 1st U.S. Marines Expeditionary Force ope... | Several Marines are the focus of 2004 Falluja civilian death investigation . Allegations from former Marine called "credible" Sources: Naval Criminal Investigative Services conducting the probe . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | BABAHOYO, Ecuador (CNN) -- At least 10 people have died and thousands have been left homeless after torrential rains inundated large parts of Ecuador, officials said Thursday. A man grabs on to a piece of wood as a boat passes him on a flooded street this week in Puerto Inca, Ecuador. Authorities said the rains, which... | At least 10 people have died in torrential rains in Ecuador, officials say . Authorities say the rains are the worst in a quarter century . Civil defense officials say more than 10,000 families have been affected . Ecuador's president declares state of emergency, orders army, police to help . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | ROME, Italy -- Italian tennis players Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali have been banned by the ATP for betting on matches. Top Italian player Potito Starace has been suspended for six weeks for betting on matches. The country's top player Starace -- 31st in the ATP rankings -- has been suspended for six weeks from ... | Italian tennis players Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali banned by the ATP . The pair have been suspended for betting on matches, although not their own . Starace suspended for six weeks while Bracciali is banned for three months . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | LONDON, England (CNN) -- The sole survivor of the crash that killed Princess Diana has told a court he still cannot remember the incident but does not support the conspiracy theories surrounding it. Bodyguard Trevor Rees and the back of Princess Diana's head are seen shortly before the car crash. Bodyguard Trevor Rees,... | Dodi Fayed's bodyguard says can't remember crash that killed Princess Diana . NEW: Trevor Rees received anonymous threatening phone calls, letters after crash . Princess Diana, boyfriend Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul all died in accident . Rees was a bodyguard employed by Dodi Fayed's father, Mohamed Al Fayed . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Stranded in the snowy California woods for three days after losing their way while searching for a Christmas tree, a father and his three children fashioned a "Help" sign out of twigs on a nearby unpaved road, according to the helicopter pilots who found them. Lexi and Joshua Dominguez exit a helicopter Wednes... | NEW: Joshua, 12, "happy to be home. ... I didn't think we were going to make it" Family sought shelter from snow in culvert, warmed each other's frostbitten feet . Frederick Dominguez and his 3 children set out Sunday to cut Christmas tree . More than 80 people searched for them Tuesday in heavy snow . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Oscar said yes to "No Country for Old Men" and to European actors on Sunday night. Actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Tilda Swinton, Marion Cotillard and Javier Bardem toast their success. "No Country," the Coen brothers' brutal tale of a man pursued by death and the law across the bleak moonscap... | "No Country for Old Men" wins four awards, including best picture and director . Four acting awards go to Europeans: Cotillard, Day-Lewis, Bardem and Swinton . Best original screenplay is awarded to former stripper Diablo Cody for "Juno" Host Jon Stewart jokes about the recently ended writers strike . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- The death of a passenger last week aboard an American Airlines flight underscores the importance of taking precautions before flying, a travel health industry representative said Monday. An American Airlines passenger complaining that she was having trouble breathing died on a flight last week. Jill Drake, a m... | Flight attendants call hospital with 24/7 staff, multi-lingual staff who give advice . Pilots, not doctors, decide whether to divert a flight due to passenger illness . U.S.-based commercial airlines carry defibrillators, oxygen and medical kits . A passenger died last week aboard an American Airlines flight . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Wednesday signed a sweeping energy bill that he said would help the country become "stronger, cleaner and more secure." President Bush on Wednesday signs a bill raising auto fuel economy standards for the first time in decades. The bill -- approved overwhelmingly Tuesday by the Ho... | New law raises auto fuel efficiency standards . Increase to fleet average of 35 miles per gallon is first in 32 years . Senate majority leader calls bill a "great, wonderful first step" |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | MOUNT AIRY, Maryland (CNN) -- U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday stressed the role of faith-based groups in the fight against AIDS, calling the struggle one of conscience and morals on the eve of World AIDS Day. Activists call for more AIDS funding in front of the White House, draped with a giant red AIDS ribbon. ... | Bush: Faith-based groups are "helping to defeat this epidemic one soul at a time" World AIDS Day is Saturday . More than 2 million people have died of AIDS this year . Bush wants to expand the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- A 12-year-old boy should get a say in whether he gets circumcised, the Oregon Supreme Court has ruled. The court sent the parental custody dispute back to the trial court "to resolve the factual issue whether M agrees or objects to the circumcision." "M" is the child at the center of a long-running custody dis... | Case part of parental custody dispute . Father converted to Judaism after splitting with wife . Father wanted son to convert after getting custody . Russian Orthodox mother says son doesn't want procedure . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- A man who rescued a co-worker from the jaws of a crocodile in northern Australia also accidentally shot him in the process, police said. A mature saltwater crocodile in the the murky waters of the Adelaide River, near Darwin in the Northern Territory. The two men were collecting crocodile eggs by a river bank... | Man rescues co-worker from jaws of crocodile in northern Australia . He shot crocodile, causing it to let go of man's arm, second shot hit man's arm . The two were collecting crocodile eggs by a river bank in the Northern Territory . Wounded man's injuries were not life-threatening . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Four active-duty U.S. soldiers -- three of them elite Army Rangers -- have been arrested and charged with planning to rob drug traffickers. A courtroom sketch shows David White, left, Stefan Champagne, center, and Carlos Lopez. Wearing street clothes, Rangers Carlos Lopez, 30, and David Ray Wh... | Arrests made after ATF agents set up a sting operation . Affidavit: ATF "became aware" some soldiers wanted to rob dealers of their cocaine . The investigation began in November . The Army Rangers are an elite light infantry fighting force . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Armenian President Robert Kocharian declared a state of emergency Saturday night after a day of clashes between police and protesters, a spokeswoman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry said. Opposition supporters wave an Armenian flag during a protest rally in Yerevan, Armenia, on Saturday. The protesters claim ... | NEW: Protest moves after crackdown at Freedom Square . Order sought after protests over last month's election turn violent . Demonstrators say the election was fraudulent . State of emergency could last until March 20, official says . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Nearly 3 million gallons of sewage spilled into San Francisco Bay when a pump failed at a waste treatment facility, the Marin County Sheriff's Department told CNN on Friday. Attempts are being made to contain Thursday night's 2.7 million-gallon sewage spill. The 2.7 million-gallon spi... | NEW: Sewage was partially treated, Office of Emergency Services says . The 2.7 million-gallon spill occurred Thursday night, Sheriff's Department says . Pump and alarm failed at Marin County waste treatment facility . Area being tested; boaters advised to avoid Richardson Bay area . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | NEW YORK (CNN) -- A massive anti-Mafia sweep that stretched from New York to Sicily has not only cut off the head of the Gambino crime family but lopped off "the shoulders and chest" too, prosecutors said Thursday. John "Jackie the Nose" D'Amico, shown in 1992, is one of 62 people indicted. Sixty-two members of the Gam... | Dozens of people face charges, ranging from money laundering to murder . Gambino family accused of profiting from extortion . Several companies allegedly paid a "mob tax," Department of Labor official says . Police in Italy also make 77 arrests in connection with organized crime . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Saddam Hussein let the world think he had weapons of mass destruction to intimidate Iran and prevent the country from attacking Iraq, according to an FBI agent who interviewed the dictator after his 2003 capture. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in an unknown location in Iraq after his capture in 2003. According to... | CBS: Hussein claimed he didn't think the U.S. would invade Iraq over WMD . FBI agent says Hussein lied about having WMD to intimidate Iran . But the Iraqi dictator said he wanted to start the WMD program again, agent said . Hussein was captured in 2003 and hanged in 2006 . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | • The twins get a check-up (2/26/08) • VIDEO: Nancy Grace introduces on set 2-14-08 • The twins go out for a stroll (2/11/08) • The twins at 3 months (2/4/08) • The twins in January (1/21/08) • VIDEO: First video of Nancy Grace's twins E-mail to a friend . | Pictures of Nancy Grace's twins . John David and Lucy Elizabeth were born November 4, 2007 . Come back to this site for regularly updated pictures! |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Hispanics are described as the largest minority group in the United States, as a burgeoning force in the electorate and as an untapped frontier of the business market. Yet these descriptions belie the complexity of the 44 million people to whom they refer. Susana Clar, with daughters Vanessa (left) and Virna (... | There are more than 44 million people of Hispanic origin in the U.S. The community includes diverse national origins, generations, languages . Some observers say enough similarities exist to project a communal identity . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy has moved the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole and other ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon, Pentagon officials said Thursday. A file image of the USS Cole, which the U.S. Navy moved to the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon. The deployment comes amid a political standoff o... | U.S. Navy makes move amid a political standoff over Lebanon's presidency . The presence is important," says chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff . Lebanon's pro-Western majority in parliament struggles with pro-Syrian opposition . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton got her campaign back on track with projected wins in the Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island primaries. Sen. Hillary Clinton claimed victory in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island. Delegate-rich Texas and Ohio were considered must-wins for her campaign. Obama, who claimed victory in Vermont, had won 12... | NEW: Clinton wins in Ohio, Texas, CNN projects . NEW: McCain clinches GOP nomination; Huckabee drops out . NEW: Clinton wins Rhode Island; Obama wins Vermont . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) -- The top three Democratic presidential candidates face off in a Monday night debate in South Carolina, with the hearts and minds of African-American voters on the line. Sen. Barack Obama addresses Ebenezer Baptist Church, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached. Sens. Hi... | Congressional Black Caucus Institute, CNN host Democratic debate tonight . Front-runners vying for African-American voters ahead of South Carolina primary . Sen. Barack Obama visits former church of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Atlanta . Sen. Hillary Clinton picks up pastor's endorsement at Harlem church . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (CNN) -- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination was her own fault, the country's president, Pervez Musharraf, said in an interview on U.S. television. Bhutto sits on stage at a campaign rally minutes before her assassination. "For standing up outside the car, I think it was ... | NEW: British counter-terrorism experts re-inspect Bhutto's vehicle . NEW: Bhutto's assassination was her own fault, says Musharraf in interview . NEW: He blamed her for standing up outside the safety of an armored car . Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, wants a U.N. inquiry into his late wife's death . |
You are an expert journalist, please write a summary based on the content. | (CNN) -- A Texas couple charged with killing the little girl known as "Baby Grace" now face capital murder charges, after a Texas grand jury upgraded the charges on Wednesday. Riley Ann Sawyers was moved from Ohio to Texas by her mother. Prosecutors said they have not decided whether to seek the death penalty against t... | Grand jury upgrades charges against girl's mother and mother's husband . Presented new evidence, jury took just 3 minutes to vote for tougher charges . Riley Ann Sawyers, initially known as Baby Grace, was beaten to death . Prosecutors haven't decided whether to seek death penalty for couple . |
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