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As time wore on, and investigators began piecing together their case against @placeholder, her story began to change. | By Rachel Quigley PUBLISHED: 13:51 EST, 9 October 2013 | UPDATED: 15:44 EST, 9 October 2013 The newlywed accused of pushing her husband off a cliff just eight days into their marriage was too ashamed to face her family after he asked her for an annulment, it was claimed today. Montana bride Jordan Linn Graham, 22, pleaded not guilty to murder charges last week after she was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of her husband Cody Johnson. Police believe the newlywed pushed her husband off a cliff in Montana's Glacier National Park after a heated argument.
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Jordan Linn Graham and Cody Lee Johnson were married only eight days when he disappeared
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Ms Graham changed her story multiple times before admitting to pushing him off the cliff 'by accident' during an argument
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Investigators believe Cody asked her for an annulment when he found out he didn't love her | 13,300 | record_train |
But by March 1968, Johnson had reached virtually the same conclusion as @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, a key architect of the U.S. war in Vietnam under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, has died at age 93, according to his family. Robert McNamara took a lead role in managing the U.S. military commitment in Vietnam. McNamara was a member of Kennedy's inner circle during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, when the United States and the Soviet Union stood on the brink of nuclear war. But he became a public lightning rod for his management of the war in Vietnam, overseeing the U.S. military commitment there as it grew from fewer than 1,000 advisers to more than half a million troops.
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Robert McNamara was key architect of war in Vietnam under two presidents
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McNamara became lightning rod for his management of that war
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He was member of President Kennedy's inner circle during Cuban Missile Crisis | 13,301 | record_train |
It would be wrong to portray @placeholder too much as the victim here because there has been a degree of stubbornness on both sides in resolving the situation. | By Matt Lawton Follow @@Matt_Lawton_DM A ‘lack of trust’ in his relationship with Chris Froome has been cited as the reason why Sir Bradley Wiggins will not be on the start line in Yorkshire for this year’s Tour de France. While Team Sky insisted on Friday that a final decision on team selection would not be made until the end of this month, Wiggins broke ranks to say he was ‘gutted’ not to be riding. He will not be alone, with British cycling now faced with losing its biggest star for the three days the Tour will be here in the UK next month. Losing its biggest star when he happens to be in top form, having recently won the Tour of California.
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Wiggins reveals he will not race in the 2014 Tour de France
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2012 champion wants to compete in race again and may leave Team Sky
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Wiggins aiming for return to track in time for Rio 2016 Olympics
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Tour de France 2014 begins in Yorkshire on 5 July | 13,302 | record_train |
Oyelowo said he only believes @placeholder was possible because film companies noticed the box office success of films such as 12 Years A Slave (pictured) | The star of Selma has slammed the Oscars for rewarding only 'subservient' roles for black cast members in films. David Oyelowo, 38, plays Martin Luther King Jr in the film which charts the American civil rights leader's three month campaign in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 to persuade President Lyndon B Johnson to introduce the Voting Rights Act, protecting African-Americans' right to vote. Oyelowo spoke out at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival after he was snubbed for an Oscar nomination for his role despite being lauded by critics. 'Generally speaking, we as black people have been celebrated more for when we are subservient, when we are not being leaders or kings or being in the center of our own narrative, driving it forward,' he said.
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David Oyelowo, 38, plays Martin Luther King Jr in the film which charts the American civil rights leader's three month campaign in Selma, Alabama
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Made comments during a talk at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
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'We as black people have been celebrated more for when we are subservient, when we are not being leaders or kings,' he said
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Film has two Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Music (Original Song)
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Defended Cumberbatch - said it was a mistake to just ‘focus on word’ and ‘ignoring’ he was talking about how hard it is for black actors to get roles | 13,303 | record_train |
Pressure is said to be mounting on @placeholder after just one Bundesliga match | Karim Bellarabi scored the quickest goal in Bundesliga history and then set up another for Stefan Kiessling as Bayer Leverkusen stunned hosts Borussia Dortmund with a 2-0 win on Saturday evening. Bellarabi struck after only nine seconds, beating the previous quickest goals scored by Giovane Elber and Ulf Kirsten by two seconds to leave the Westfalenstadion shellshocked. He then teed up Kiessling for the second deep into second-half stoppage time with Leverkusen proving to be good value for their win in Roger Schmidt's first game in charge. Record breaker: Karim Bellarabi scored after just nine seconds against Borussia Dortmund Off the mark: It did not take long for Bellarabi to score his side's first goal of the new Bundesliga campaign
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Karim Bellarabi scored after just nine seconds against Jurgen Klopp's side
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The midfielder breaks record set by Giovane Elber and Ulf Kirsten
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Royal Blues coach Jens Keller's future at the club is far from certain
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Striker Klass-Jan Huntelaar scored Schalke's only goal of the game
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Hoffenheim began their campaign with a 2-0 win over Augsburg | 13,304 | record_train |
The group accused Hamas of not being @placeholder enough, saying they care more about pleasing "tyrants" than "obeying God." | GAZA CITY, Gaza (CNN) -- A radical Muslim sheikh's call for the creation of an Islamic emirate in Gaza sparked clashes with Hamas forces that left 21 people dead and injured at least 121 others. Members of Jund Ansar Allah surround Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi in Rafah on Friday. Hamas forces blew up the home of Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi, leader of the radical group Jund Ansar Allah, or Soldiers of the Partisans of God, Hamas sources said. Al-Maqdessi, also known as Abdel Latif Musa, was among the 21 dead, a hospital spokesman told CNN. Friday's clashes were the latest between Gaza's Hamas rulers, who have said they are moderate Muslims pledged to the Palestinian cause, and more extremist Islamic groups.
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Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi killed in battle with Hamas forces, officials say
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Al-Maqdessi was leader of Islamist movement that rejects politics, government
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Al-Maqdessi had sought creation of Islamic emirate in Gaza | 13,305 | record_train |
Many of these thought leaders are producing and uploading their own shows onto @placeholder, reaching and interacting directly with their target audience. | (CNN) -- The gruesome images circulated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria might have grabbed the headlines in recent weeks, but the group is merely the latest in the Arab world to try to manipulate Islam for their own ends. From the days of the first Islamic dynasty, ruling elites in the Muslim world have co-opted religion to advance their interests, a trend that has continued hand-in-hand with a willingness to use the state security apparatus whenever necessary. But despite the depressing videos of beheadings supposedly undertaken in the name of Islam, there is growing pushback from moderate voices. The Arab Spring may be on hold, but what I call an Islamic Spring is still very much alive.
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Tech rendered censorship largely ineffective in Arab world, argues Nadia Oweidat
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Social media usage is growing by 125% a year in the region, by one estimate
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Moderate voices are taking to Facebook and YouTube to debate ideas, Oweidat says | 13,306 | record_train |
The allegedly blatant exchange between money and power, as revealed by China's state media, would eventually prompt @placeholder's shocking downfall last summer. | At the height of his power, Zhou Yongkang controlled police forces, spy agencies, court systems and prosecution offices across China -- and the domestic security czar wasn't shy in deploying his vast assets to crush dissent and unrest in the name of "preserving social stability." During his reign before retiring in 2012, as worsening income inequality and official corruption fueled mass discontent nationwide, Zhou oversaw the domestic security budget swell to surpass that of the two million-strong Chinese military -- the world's largest. As a member of the ruling Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee -- China's top decision-making body -- Zhou was one of nine men who effectively ruled the country of more than 1.3 billion people.
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Zhou arrested as part of corruption probe, expelled from Communist Party
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Zhou Yongkang was a member of the ruling Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee
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He's the highest-ranking official to get caught up in President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign
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Zhou was also a patron of Bo Xilai, a former a fast-rising political star who was jailed for graft | 13,307 | record_train |
@placeholder was hoping to return to the markets to help fund its deficit but with borrowing costs being prohibitively high this has left Greece with very little negotiating power. | Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Greece is set to impose further austerity measures and a number of privatization plans in return for more international aid to avoid defaulting on its debt. The move comes after a 110 billion euro European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund bailout last year has failed to cover the country's needs. The Greek prime minister, George Papandreou, was scheduled to present his government's plans to the Eurogroup chairman, Jean-Claude Juncker, in Luxembourg Friday. Papandreou was expected to give Juncker details on a medium-term fiscal plan that will aim to raise an extra 28 billion euros by 2015.
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The new measures call for extra taxes for employees and pensioners
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Daily strikes and demonstrations are already common
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Greece's main labor unions have called a general strike on June 15 | 13,308 | record_train |
The footage came to light as investigators searched for Osborne, whose address is listed incorrectly on @placeholder’s sex offender registry. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:34 EST, 6 October 2013 | UPDATED: 05:39 EST, 7 October 2013 A female child daycare worker in Ohio was arrested Friday after video emerged of her having sex with an infant. Police in the town of Elyria found footage of Heather Koon ‘engaging in sexual conduct’ with an infant on the 25-year-old’s laptop while investigating her convicted sex offender boyfriend. Both remained in custody of over the weekend. Meanwhile, the baby’s father says administrators at the daycare center where the unthinkable allegedly occurred first tried to cover it up. Perfect couple? Heather Koon (left) was arrested after her convicted sex offender boyfriend James Osborne (right) was brought in for providing an incorrect address on a sex offender registry. When a confiscated laptop was searched, police say it held video of Koon raping at least two infants
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Heather Koon was booked Friday by Lorain County, Ohio police on charges she raped an infant
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Police found footage of the alleged act on a computer confiscated upon the arrest of 25-year-old Koon's convicted sex offender boyfriend James Osborne
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The baby's father, who has chosen to remain anonymous, says the daycare center where the act occurred tried to cover it up | 13,309 | record_train |
"I indicated to @placeholder that I'd seen him during the Super Bowl, and he thought that I had confused him with the commercial Laurence Fishburne had done for a car company. | Samuel L. Jackson took a Los Angeles entertainment reporter to task Monday after the reporter appeared to confuse the actor for Laurence Fishburne. "You're as crazy as the people on Twitter. I'm not Laurence Fishburne!" Jackson said during a live TV interview. "We don't all look alike. We may be all black and famous, but we all don't look alike. You're busted." The outburst momentarily stunned CNN affiliate KTLA's Sam Rubin, who had asked Jackson what the reaction was to his Super Bowl commercial. "What Super Bowl commercial?" Jackson replied. Rubin looked off camera, confused. He immediately owned up to the mistake, but Jackson dug in.
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KTLA's Sam Rubin asks Jackson about the reaction to his Super Bowl commercial
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"What Super Bowl commercial?" Jackson replies
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The reporter apologizes for his "very amateur mistake" | 13,310 | record_train |
'We looked through their original CD covers and made a rough composition before printing enough copies of each @placeholder cover onto blank discs.' | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:34 EST, 3 September 2012 | UPDATED: 14:40 EST, 3 September 2012 Some of the world's most famous musicians have been brought back to life in an art collection made up of 6,500 CDs. Artists Mirco Pagano and Moreno De Turco, from Milan, Italy, have created collages of musicians including Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie Mercury, James Brown and Bob Marley. Mr Pagano, 29, and Mr De Turco, 25, used CD covers released by each singer to piece together the images. Mirco Pagano and Moreno De Turco used more than 6,500 CDs to create a series of portraits of famous musicians, such as Elvis
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Artists Mirco Pagano, 29, and Moreno De Turco, 25, have created collages of world-famous musicians
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It took the artists 200 hours over three months to finish their creations in Milan, Italy | 13,311 | record_train |
@placeholder's national flag flutters among visitors at the Yasukuni Shrine | By Jill Reilly for MailOnline China and South Korea reacted strongly to visits by two Japanese Cabinet ministers to a Tokyo shrine that honours the war dead including convicted war criminals. Keiji Furuya, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, one of the two ministers who visited Yasukuni Shrine, said it was 'only natural as a Japanese' to honor those who had given up their lives for their country. Although Japan's prime minister stayed away, Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo told reporters his visit was a vow to never wage war again, and shrugged off concerns it may set off a diplomatic row.
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Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine honours war dead including convicted criminals
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Internal Affairs and Communications Minister said his visit was a vow to never wage war again
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China lambasted visits as proof of Tokyo's wrong understanding of history
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South Korean: Japanese politicians hurt both South Koreans and Japanese | 13,312 | record_train |
Bosch and his associates distributed the drugs to minors who attended a number of public and private high schools in @placeholder. | Tony Bosch, the founder of the now-defunct Biogenesis anti-aging clinic in Miami, is not a licensed doctor, but portrayed himself as one, federal officials said Tuesday. Officials said he dispensed performance-enhancing drugs to professional baseball players such as suspended New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and to impressionable high school athletes in South Florida and teenagers in the Dominican Republic. Bosch, 50, surrendered to the Drug Enforcement Administration in Florida on Tuesday. At a court appearance, he pleaded not guilty and a judge set bail at $100,000. Federal officials said earlier Tuesday that Bosch would agree to plead guilty to a charge of distributing steroids in a conspiracy that stretched from big league club houses to South Florida high schools and youth baseball leagues to sandlots in the Caribbean.
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Tony Bosch enters not guilty plea for now, expected to change to guilty later
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Bosch, founder of Biogenesis anti-aging clinic in Miami, surrenders to DEA
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Clinic allegedly provided performance-enhancing drugs to pro baseball players
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Earlier this year, Major League Baseball dropped suit against Bosch and Biogenesis | 13,313 | record_train |
@placeholder, a lifeguard trainer, said: 'I didn't know what was going on but I trusted him. | By Bianca London PUBLISHED: 08:07 EST, 19 August 2013 | UPDATED: 09:45 EST, 19 August 2013 A couple proved a real match of the day when the groom surprised his bride-to-be by arranging their wedding for during half-time of a Premier League football game. Jade Barker, 23, was eagerly anticipating tying the knot with fiance Levi Stone, 23, when she turned up at Stoke City FC's Britannia Stadium on the morning of her wedding. Levi had been tasked with arranging the entire surprise ceremony as part of a TV documentary and had decided to hold the entire thing at his beloved football team's stadium.
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Jade Barker, 23, married Levi Stone, 23, at Stoke City FC's Britannia Stadium
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Levi arranged the unusual ceremony for TV show Don't Tell The Bride
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Jade had to swap heels for football boots
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Completed honour lap as fans cheered 'you don't know what you're doing'
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Stoke lost to Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 | 13,314 | record_train |
Even if trips to @placeholder are still decades away, public interest appears to be reaching new heights. | Editor's note: The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and website based in Brooklyn, New York. VBS.TV is Vice's broadband television network. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a transparent approach to journalism, where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process. We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers. Hanksville, Utah (VBS.TV) -- Travel twenty minutes north of this tiny town, to the craggy red desert of the San Rafael Swell, and you may discover a spaceship.
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Volunteer researchers live and work at station in the Utah desert, simulating life on Mars
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Environment created by group that supports exploration and colonization of the Red Planet
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Researchers wear spacesuits outside, consume only dehydrated, shelf-stable food | 13,315 | record_train |
"It's always been about making the best @placeholder we know how. | (Time.com) -- With Tuesday's unveiling of the iPad Mini and a fourth-generation full-sized iPad, this has been a major week for the iPad. On Friday, Windows 8 went on sale — making it an even bigger week for Windows PCs. But this newsiest of tech news weeks also turns out to be a reasonably significant one for the Mac. Much of Apple's Tuesday event was devoted to new models, including a substantial overhaul of the 13″ MacBook Pro with a Retina display, two absurdly thin new iMacs and an updated Mac Mini. The profusion of new models was good news for Mac fans who have been known to fret that the Mac is being neglected as the iPhone and iPad become ever more important to Apple's bottom line and future.
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Apple's Phil Schiller talks about new enhancements to the Mac computer line
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Rather than adding new features, Apple has whittled the Mac down to its essence
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Schiller: "Old technologies are holding us back. They're anchors on where we want to go" | 13,316 | record_train |
Something he went on to explain to the @placeholder in detail. | Texas Attorney General and the GOP's candidate for governor in the Lone State Greg Abbott is getting knocked around today for declining to tell a local newspaper whether he would have defended a ban on interracial marriage if he were the state's lawyer when it was being challenged. Asked about the outdated law by the San Antonio Express-News editorial board as part of an endorsement interview, Abbott said: 'Right now, if there was a ban on interracial marriage, that's already been ruled unconstitutional. 'And all I can do is deal with the issues that are before me ... The job of an attorney general is to represent and defend in court the laws of their client, which is the state Legislature, unless and until a court strikes it down.'
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Abbott argued that 'the job of an attorney general is to represent and defend in court the laws of their client, which is the state Legislature'
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State government 'would be a dictatorship' by attorney generals if they were able to choose which laws to defend based on personal preferences
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Abbott intended to make the point that it would not be appropriate for him to 'dictate policy' as AG, but that's not how it's playing
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His wife, Cecilia, is Hispanic and will become the first Latina first lady if he wins | 13,317 | record_train |
Lapid and @placeholder clashed over measures to deal with the politically explosive issue of the high cost of living and a growing wealth gap between Israelis. | (CNN) -- In January 1999, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on live television that he was firing his defense minister, Yitzhak Mordechai. The minister, Netanyahu argued, had colluded with his political rivals and was aiming to undermine the Prime Minister's authority. Mordechai would go on to lead a centrist party and play a pivotal role in the victory of Ehud Barak and the Labor Party over Netanyahu. Fifteen years later, and Netanyahu has again taken to the airwaves, announcing the firing of two senior Cabinet members. Is history set to repeat itself? On Tuesday, Netanyahu accused Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, the main centrist leaders of his center-to-far-right coalition, of disloyalty and of undermining his authority, publicly criticizing his policies and conspiring to form an alternative coalition. As a result, Israel now heads to elections, tentatively scheduled for March.
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Natan Sachs: Benjamin Netanyahu more vulnerable than he seems
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Poll to come after Netanyahu fired two ministers
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Growing concerns over security could hurt PM at poll: Sachs | 13,318 | record_train |
once, rather than struggling to drum up support for the @placeholder (United | By John Drayton Thousands of USA supporters packed fan parks across the country on Thursday to cheer on the team during their last Group G clash against Germany With Butler Field in Chicago full of people 15 minutes ahead of the big kick-off, the support Jurgen Klinsmann's side have received from home fans during this tournament shows just how big football is becoming Stateside. Those packed inside will have been disappointed with the 1-0 defeat at the hands of Germany but will have been delighted to progress after Portugal's 2-1 win over Ghana wasn't enough to see Cristiano Ronaldo and co go through.
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United States supporters pack out fan parks to cheer on team during 1-0 defeat to Germany
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USMNT progress after finishing above Portugal on goal difference
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Soccer support at an all-time high, 20 years after USA '94
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MLS still struggling but big names are improving the national league | 13,319 | record_train |
In the meantime, his daughter's were handed U.S. citizenship and passports and returned to live his relatives in December, while Potts still waits for news from the U.S. Attorney's office in @placeholder. | Almost 30-years-ago, William Potts hijacked a passenger airliner bound for Miami to fly him to Cuba where the Black Panther hoped he would be welcomed with open arms by fellow Marxist revolutionaries. Instead, the New York native was sentenced to 15-years hard labor by Fidel Castro's government and now the man described as the 'homesick hijacker' wants to return to the United States to apologize to the people who he terrorized back in 1984. However, it seems the U.S. government wants nothing to do with the man who still considers himself a revolutionary and who also believes his time in Cuban prison should override the indictment he would surely face back in America for airplane hijacking.
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William Potts calls himself the 'Homesick Hijacker'
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In March 1984, on a Miami-bound Piedmont Airlines flight that originated in Newark, N.J., Potts pushed his call button and gave the flight attendant a note saying he had two accomplices aboard with explosives
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Now the Mount Vernon, N.Y., native wants to return to the United States to apologize to his hijacking victims | 13,320 | record_train |
September 17, 1945 After @placeholder surrenders, Zamperini is taken home to a hero's welcome | World War II hero and former Olympic long-distance runner Louis Zamperini, whose life story was the subject of an upcoming movie directed by Angelina Jolie, has died aged 97. Universal Pictures, which was behind the film 'Unbroken', announced in a statement that the beloved war hero had passed away in Los Angeles on Wednesday after a long struggle with pneumonia. 'Having overcome insurmountable odds at every turn in his life, Olympic runner and World War II hero Louis Zamperini has never broken down from a challenge,' his family said in a statement. 'He recently faced the greatest challenge of his life with a life-threatening case of pneumonia. After a 40-day long battle for his life, he peacefully passed away in the presence of his entire family, leaving behind a legacy that has touched so many lives.
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Zamperini passed away at his home on Wednesday after battling pneumonia for over a month, Universal Pictures announced
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Angelina Jolie said: 'It is a loss impossible to describe'
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Zamperini competed in the 5,000 meters in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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In WWII, he was on an Air Forces bomber that crashed into the ocean and spent 47 days adrfit on a raft before being captured by the Japanese
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He was a POW for 2 years and tortured before his release
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His story was turned into a best-selling book and Jolie's movie about his life, 'Unbroken', is due out in December | 13,321 | record_train |
"The @placeholder area is a place of evil," he said, referring to area that overlaps the mountains of Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand. | (CNN) -- A joint operation between police from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand has resulted in 2,534 arrests during a two-month anti-drug campaign along the Mekong River, reported Chinese state media Xinhua. The operation, named "Safe River," has led to 9.78 tonnes of drugs being seized, along with 38 firearms, $3.6 million and 260 tonnes of precursor chemicals, Liu Yuejin, director general of the Ministry of Public Security's Narcotics Control Bureau told a press conference Liu said 1,784 drug-related cases were solved during the campaign, which ran from April 20 to June 20, the news agency reported. The Mekong River runs through China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam -- including southeast Asia's Golden Triangle region, one of the world's major drug-producing areas -- forming a major trade route in the region.
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Chinese state media report success of a major joint anti-drug operation
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China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand worked together to make over 2,000 arrests
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Nearly 10 tonnes of drugs were seized over two months
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The work of the court is very important, but the current courtroom setup without cameras is "boring" to the general public, making media coverage "unwatchable," said the show's host @placeholder. | Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has gone to the dogs, and at least one justice found the results to be laughable. The HBO television news satire "Last Week Tonight" found a clever way to illustrate the court's public sessions, which are closed to cameras. Audio of the oral arguments-- where the justices debate the issues with opposing counsel-- is recorded and made available to the public. The solution-- pair each of the nine robed justices-- as well as the lawyers and court staff-- with a dog (or a duck in one case), with fake paws. It's an exercise in democracy that has to be watched for the full effect.
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John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight" used dogs to illustrate the court's public sessions, which are closed to cameras
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Dogs were robed to represent each justice on the court while audio from the hearing played in the background
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Justice Ruth Ginsberg called the video "hilarious"
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Gingsberg is also a fan of a Tumblr page that sells "Notorious RBG" shirts | 13,323 | record_train |
Shock: @placeholder's classmates at the nearby primary school have been given a special assembly where teachers tried to explain what had happened to their friend and her sister | An man arrested over the deaths of a young Polish mother and her two daughters found dead at their home has been released without charge. Marta Galikowska, 27 and her daughters, five-year-old Maja and 18-month-old Olga, were believed to have been stabbed to death at their home in the Stanfields area of Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday evening. A man, thought to be her estranged husband, was arrested at the scene but police confirmed today that he would not face any further action, and that there was 'no evidence' anyone else had been involved in the deaths. Mother: Detectives believe Marta Galikowska, 27, a young Polish mother found dead with her two daughters at their home, stabbed the children before killing herself
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Marta Galikowska and her daughters Majeczka and Olga found dead
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Man, thought to be her estranged husband, was arrested at the scene
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He has now been released and faces no further police action
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Police say he will continue to be supported by speciality trained officers
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'No evidence at this stage to suggest the involvement of another person'
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Mrs Galikowska was originally from Przemysl in Poland and moved to UK | 13,324 | record_train |
The trade is run by the tribes and the doctors are based in @placeholder.’ | By Jessica Satherley Last updated at 8:31 PM on 16th November 2011 Desperate refugees trying to cross the Sinai Desert are having their organs snatched while they are still alive by ruthless doctors, it has emerged. Medics travel from Cairo to camps in the heart of the vast sands to harvest kidneys, livers, corneas and corneas from the helpless donors. They then transport the organs back to Egypt in mobile refrigeration units where patients are waiting to receive them. Lawless: Tens of thousands of refugees from African try to flee across the Sinai desert to enter Israel Thousands of refugees are believed to have died as a result of the operations, their bodies bearing tell-tale scars which show where the organs have been removed.
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Brutal procedures carried out on hundreds of refugees fleeing to a better life in Israel | 13,325 | record_train |
Israel launched a ground operation in @placeholder late Thursday on the 10th day | By James Nye CNN's International correspondent Diana Magnay has been removed from covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after she branded a group of Israelis 'scum' on Thursday. Magnay had taken to Twitter to express her fury after a group of whooping Israelis watching missile strikes 'threatened to destroy' her team's car if the British reporter used negative language. Almost as soon as she posted the controversial comment, she deleted it - but not before it was retweeted more than 200 times. CNN said it has now assigned her to Moscow. Scroll Down for Video Sent to Russia: Diana Magnay, who works for CNN, has been removed from Israel-Gaza after she branded a group of threatening Israeli's as 'scum' in a Twitter rant. CNN says she has been sent to Moscow
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Diana Magnay became infuriated by the attitude of Israelis watching invasion of Gaza and tweeted that the crowd had threatened her
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She deleted the post - but it had been retweeted hundreds of times
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CNN says she didn't mean to offend anyone not involved in the incident
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In the clubhouse: Dane and @placeholder of CNN were guests on the chat show | Dane Cook bared all on Thursday night's episode of Watch What Happens Live. The 42-year-old comedian appeared on the Bravo talk show, hosted by Andy Cohen, alongside CNN chief political correspondent Candy Crowley, and dished about his former costars, what his sex life is like when he is on the road touring, and the one man in Hollywood he would go gay for in a question and answer game wittily called called Cheese Dane-ish. Cohen asked Cook a slew of very personal questions and, if he failed to answer any, Crowley had a can of spray cheese she would pump into his mouth.
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Dane Cook was a guest on Watch What Happens Live Thursday night and opened up about his former costars and life on the road as a comic
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Cook told host Andy Cohen he has had sex with hundreds of groupies and revealed his worst onscreen kiss was Kate Hudson
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The comic also revealed that Jessica Simpson asked him 'Are we filming a movie?' while the two were on the set of Employee of the Month
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Zhu has recorded four albums as Dadawa since her 1995 debut, but she has also spent much of her time promoting the ethnic culture and music of China as a @placeholder | (CNN) -- From a Chinese pop idol to a champion of ethnic minorities in China, singer Dadawa is a musician like no other. Dadawa, whose real name is Zhu Zheqin, was a student in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou when she won a TV talent competition in the early 1990s. But despite finding herself on the fast-track to pop stardom, she knew from a young age her life and musical career would take her away from the mainstream. "(Growing up) I always have my own idea. I imagine one day I will be traveler, travel all around the world," she says.
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Dadawa is a globally recognized Chinese singer
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Her music is inspired by ethnic minorities across China
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MacLean argued the information he disclosed was not @placeholder, saying the TSA sent the information as a text message on his cell phone, instead of as an encrypted message on his password-protected pager. | Hero or agitator? Exposer of wrongdoing or threat to the state? Robert MacLean has been called many things as he fights the federal government over his firing, for what he says was retaliation after he exposed cracks in the nation's air passenger security. But the Obama administration counters the former federal air marshal's leaks to the media were specifically prohibited by law, and could have had catastrophic consequences. Now the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time will hear a case involving a federal whistleblower. At issue is whether a government employee who makes a disclosure "specifically prohibited by law" -- in this case, security information -- is still immune from employer retaliation.
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Robert MacLean was fired as a federal air marshal in 2006
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The TSA says he leaked "Sensitive Security Information" to the media
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MacLean says he revealed scheduled cutbacks in air marshals on long-distance flights
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case | 13,329 | record_train |
Join us: Cole was welcomed to @placeholder by Roma's official Twitter account | Ashley Cole has landed in Rome ahead of his move to Serie A side Roma. The former Chelsea defender is due to sign a two-year contract with the Italian club after becoming a free agent this summer. Cole was mobbed by Italian fans at the airport as the club's official Twitter account posted a picture of Cole at Rome airport and wrote, 'Welcome to Rome, Ashley!' VIDEO Scroll down to watch Ashley Cole in Nike promo: You must stay hungry and focused Video courtesy of www.ForzaRoma.info No keeping him in the shade: Cole landing in Rome ahead of his move to Serie A side Roma
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Former England defender arrives in Italian capital on Monday
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Cole will complete a medical with the club and hold further contract talks
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Ex-England, Chelsea and Arsenal left back has agreed a two-year deal, according to Italian media
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@placeholder has lived in the United States for many years, and last year became a naturalized American citizen. | Isa Saharkhiz and his son Mehdi haven't seen each other in nearly a decade. But the dream of a reunion between the dissident journalist and his 32-year-old son came one step closer to fruition when Iranian authorities unexpectedly released the elder Saharkhiz last week after imprisoning him for more than four years. "Yes, it was a surprise," said Saharkhiz, speaking by phone to CNN from his home in Tehran. The longtime critic of the Iranian regime described how last Thursday, a prison official made an unannounced visit to the hospital room where he had been detained for months due to his deteriorating health conditions.
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Dissident journalist recently released from prison
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Isa Saharkhiz had criticized country's supreme leader
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And the points were sealed in the 65th minute when Marchisio netted from close range after a smart dummy from @placeholder deceived the Palermo defense. | (CNN) -- Juventus are back on top of the Italian Serie A table after a comfortable 3-0 home win over Palermo on Sunday maintained their unbeaten start to the season. Goals from Simone Pepe, Alessandro Matri and Claudio Marchisio put Juve ahead of Lazio, who drew 0-0 at Napoli on Saturday, on goal difference -- with Antonio Conte's side also having a vital game in hand. Pepe opened the scoring in the 20th minute when he was left unmarked to head home Giorgio Chiellini's cross. Andrea Pirlo then hit the post with a curling effort before Matri doubled the advantage three minutes into the second half when finishing from a tight angle.
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Juventus are back on top of the Serie A table after a 3-0 home win over Palermo
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Unbeaten Juve lead Lazio on goal difference, although they also have a game in hand
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@placeholder's mapping software has been a spotty mess, missing huge chunks of the globe and, at times, placing notable landmarks in the wrong place, sometimes humorously so. | (CNN) -- With fallout still swirling from Apple's decision to replace Google Maps with its own mobile mapping, Google on Thursday announced the biggest upgrade ever to its Street View tool. The update adds more than 250,000 miles of roadways in 17 countries, said Ulf Spitzer, Google's Street View program manager, in a blog post Thursday. The Street View feature on Google Maps lets users see a real-world, 360-degree view of locations. Showcasing Google's global reach, the new coverage areas include parts of Macau, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, Taiwan, Italy, Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Canada and the United States. Since launching in 2007, Google Street View had captured 20 petabytes of data in 48 countries. The company uses cars, trikes, snowmobiles and people outfitted with custom cameras to capture 360-degree images around the world.
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Google adds 250,000 miles to its Street View feature
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Update comes in wake of flap with Apple over dropping Maps from the iPhone
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Areas added to Street View are in 17 countries
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They have been based in @placeholder since June and this week depart for a new adventure in India. | Pieter Grimminck and Mandy Brander quit their stable jobs, sold their possessions, packed up their belongings and embarked on the road trip of a lifetime. Departing from their home in the Netherlands in March, the couple journeyed first through Eastern Europe, across Asia to Mongolia on two motorbikes, covering 16 countries in three months. Mandy, a photographer, has been documenting their adventures in Turkey, Armenia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and more, capturing breathtaking images along the way and documenting them on their blog, WeWantAdventure.com. Riding off into the sunset: Pieter Grimminck (pictured in Kazakhstan) and Mandy Brander are on an epic road trip
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Pieter Grimminck and Mandy Brander sold their possessions, quit their jobs and embarked on an epic adventure
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Couple, currently in Nepal, have no plans to go home soon with a road trip across India next
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They document their journey with beautiful photography on their website We Want Adventure | 13,334 | record_train |
Finding accommodation close to where meetings will take place and staggering meeting times so they don't clash with the start or finish times of @placeholder events is also advised. | (CNN) -- London will at be the center of the sporting universe come Friday but as far as the city's commercial community is concerned, it will be business as usual during the Olympics. The English capital is one of the world's foremost financial and business hubs, but given the expected influx of nearly 550,000 tourists and sports fans every day during the Games, accommodation will be at a premium and getting around will be trickier than usual. Both UK chancellor George Osborne and London mayor Boris Johnson have publicly stated their determination to ensure the city remains "open for business" and contingency plans are in place to ensure this remains the case.
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London's mayor says the city will remain open for business during the Olympic Games
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But the city's infrastructure will be strained by an extra 550,000 people in the city every day
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Olympic organizers and city authorities have compiled advice for businesses to help limit the Games impact | 13,335 | record_train |
Having been divorced twice himself, and going into a very public court battle with wife number 1 over their pre-nup, Mr @placeholder could be considered an expert on the problem of shielding riches from ex-wives. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:22 EST, 20 May 2012 | UPDATED: 13:33 EST, 21 May 2012 Getting married was a savvy business decision as well as a personal milestone for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, divorce lawyers claimed today. The timing of the wedding, the day after the company's initial public offering, could be particularly advantageous for Zuckerberg, who saw his net worth soar to $19.1 billion. Any pre-nuptial agreement signed by the couple, commonplace for the super-rich when they marry, would have forced Zuckerberg and his new bride Priscilla Chan to agree exactly how to split assets - including his Facebook stock - if their marriage broke up in future.
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Donald Trump advised Facebook billionaire to get a pre-nup
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Zuckerberg married long-term girlfriend Priscilla Chan one day after firm went public in $104bn IPO | 13,336 | record_train |
The aircraft landed at 7:30 pm on Sunday at @placeholder and taxied to the gate. | By Matt Blake A Delta Airlines plane had a lucky escape after part of its wing broke off during a flight from Florida to Georgia, it emerged today. Passengers on board Flight 2412, from Orlando to Atlanta, were shocked when they looked out of the window to see a large panel missing from the wing, exposing a tangle of wires and hydraulic machinery to the elements. Within minutes of a passenger spotting the damage, the pilot of the Boeing 757 decided to make an emergency landing. Exposed: Passengers on board Flight 2412, from Orlando to Atlanta, were shocked when they looked out of the window to see a large panel missing from the wing, exposing a tangle of wires and hydraulic machinery to the elements
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Panel of right wing came off on flight from Orlando, FL, to Atlanta, GA
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Pilot forced to perform an emergency landing after missing panel spotted
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'Over those years it has been a great privilege to work with British leaders on a wide variety of issues, and to invest - commercially, culturally, and civically - in the future of @placeholder, a place I have long considered my second home.' | Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has been made an honorary knight by Queen Elizabeth II. The 72-year-old businessman and politician's new title will be Michael Bloomberg, Honorary Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE). Billionaire Bloomberg, who owns a $19.2million home in London's upmarket Knightsbridge, will not be travelling to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen, but said he was 'deeply honored'. Sir Michael (sort of) : Businessman and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has been made a Honorary Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Mr Bloomberg has been awarded the honorary knighthood for his 'prodigious entrepreneurial and philanthropic endeavors, and the many ways in which they have benefited the United Kingdom and the UK-US special relationship', the British Embassy in Washington said in a statement.
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They can then log in to access workout videos demonstrated by @placeholder and nutritional advice including meal plans. | By Lucy Waterlow PUBLISHED: 05:48 EST, 17 September 2013 | UPDATED: 06:23 EST, 17 September 2013 With her washboard stomach and pert bottom, it's not surprising Louise Hazel is often asked how she gets her enviable figure. Now the Commonwealth champion, who recently announced her retirement from international heptathlon, is letting people in on the secrets of her toned body. She's become a personal trainer and has devised a new workout and nutritional plan, called the Podium Effect, that's designed to help people lose weight and shape up. The plan is based upon the Olympian's own training methods but is aimed at beginners.
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Commonwealth gold medallist is often asked how she gets enviable figure
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Recently announced retirement from international heptathlon
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Said lack of financial support made it hard to carry on as full-time athlete
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She'll keep on running and is planning 10k for British Heart Foundation | 13,339 | record_train |
@placeholder threatened to intervene after al-Assad used chemical weapons, but backed away after a chemical disarmament deal, but al-Assad continues to slaughter civilians by the thousands. | (CNN) -- You cannot look away from the twin disasters befalling the people of Syria and Iraq. That is what President Barack Obama has realized. More than three years after an uprising to topple Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad spun into a devastating civil war, Obama is asking Congress for $500 million to help arm and train the moderate Syrian opposition. It is late. More than 150,000 Syrians have already died. It's a staggering number. And the situation is only getting worse. Now Iraq, too, has become a battleground for sectarian conflict, threatening to create an even larger regional catastrophe. Competing groups and battling ideologies are at war, and the most extreme are fighting vigorously and making gains.
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President Obama is asking Congress for $500 million to aid Syrian opposition
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Frida Ghitis: Obama realized he cannot ignore the twin disasters in Syria and Iraq
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She says the brutal ISIS has swept across the Syrian border into Iraq, creating havoc
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However @placeholder didn't seem to get they were being trolled, posting a rather serious response to a message that was clearly taking the mickey. | A clever consumer has turned the tables on one of the supermarket giants with a cheeky post to one of their social media pages. Facebook user Monica Glasgow wrote a tongue-in-cheek message to the Woolworths Australia page claiming she had been misled by one of their products. She purchased a White Toast loaf by Woolworths' homebrand earlier this week, and expressed her dismay after discovering the bread was actually not toasted, according to Buzzfeed. Facebook user Monica Glasgow wrote a hilarious post claiming she had been misled by one of their products 'Hi Woolies. I picked up loaf of toast this afternoon and was really disappointed to come home and find that it was actually just a loaf of bread which I would have to toast myself,' Ms Glasgow wrote.
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Monica Glasgow wrote a cheeky message to the supermarket giant
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Claimed her loaf of white toast was in fact bread and she had been misled
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Woolworths let her know toast was simply the size of the bread and she would have to cook the bread herself
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Facebook users hijacked the post with jokes and solutions | 13,341 | record_train |
Dressed elegantly and looking radiant, Carla displays her self-confidence and joie de vivre wearing a plethora of exquisite @placeholder haute jewels matched with watches, bags and eyewear. | By Deni Kirkova PUBLISHED: 08:09 EST, 4 August 2013 | UPDATED: 08:20 EST, 4 August 2013 She enjoyed a five year reign as France's first lady alongside husband Nicholas Sarkozy, the country's president from 2007 to 2012. And now, following Sarkozy's defeat in the last General Election, Carla Bruni, 45, is slowly getting back to her previous life as a high-fashion model and acclaimed singer. She stars in a stunning new campaign for Bulgari shot by Terry Richardson, her first since her husband left office. Draped in luxurious high jewels Bruni radiates that sophisticated Italian-French beauty that brought her fame as a young model in the late 1980s.
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, 45, was France's first lady alongside Sarkozy until 2012
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The committee said it remained deeply concerned about the integrity and fairness of a compensation process put in place by the Commonwealth Bank and @placeholder after the misconduct was revealed. | By Aap A Senate committee has called for a royal commission to investigate Commonwealth Bank financial advisers who lost the savings of clients through dishonest activities. The committee has also criticised the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) over its handling of the scandal, saying the regulator was timid and too willing to accept the bank's assurances that there were no problems. ASIC has conceded that its trust in the bank was misplaced. A senate committee has called for a royal commission into the Commonwealth Bank The Senate Economics References Committee report on the performance of ASIC, released on Thursday, concludes a year-long investigation into the actions of Australia's corporate watchdog.
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The report criticised the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
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It said the watchdog handled accusations of dishonest dealings by the bank's financial advisers badly
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'I’ll be back in @placeholder for the festival this summer because I like stand-up. | By Darren Boyle Cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy has struck gold in the property market after selling his luxury home for almost £900,000. The six-times Olympic gold medallist used the grand barn conversion as a base for his training at the velodrome in Manchester. Sir Chris, 37, lived at the five-bedroomed property with his lawyer wife Sarra but they decided to sell up last year after he quit competitive cycling. Sir Chris, and his wife Sarra bought the five-bedroom barn conversion for £765,000 in 2009 The six-time Olympic champion used the luxury property as a base while he was still training competitively in Manchester
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The cycling champion bought the house in Cheshire for £800,000 in 2009 because it was close to his training base
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The five-bedroomed property is just a short stroll from the local golf club and is on the Mere Hall Estate in Knutsford
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The gold medalist made a £100,000 profit from his four year investment after retiring from competitive cycling
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Campbell will be in the stands for Wednesday's game and added: '@placeholder work very much with individual coaches. | Sol Campbell has joined up with former Arsenal team-mate Dennis Bergkamp at Ajax as he embarks on a career in coaching. The 40-year-old was in Amsterdam on Tuesday, attending Ajax's final training session ahead of their Champions League clash with APOEL on Wednesday. Campbell is pursuing his coaching qualifications and contacted Bergkamp, who is an assistant at Ajax, to set up the visit. The trip is one of several Campbell has scheduled to help gain his qualifications and he will be visiting a number of clubs. Sol Campbell poses for a picture at Ajax's training base on a visit to the Dutch giants
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Dennis Bergkamp is assistant manager at Dutch giants Ajax
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Sol Campbell has travelled to Holland to learn about the club's coaching
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Ex-England defender Campbell is set to visit a number of clubs
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Williams wrote the incendiary blog post in response to an @placeholder resolution that called on Tea Party leaders to crack down on racist elements in the movement. | (CNN) -- Tea Party activist Mark Williams says he's done discussing the controversy stirred up by his attack on the NAACP, accusing a fellow movement leader of turning the debate into "a World Wrestling style personality conflict." The National Tea Party Federation, an organization that seeks to represent the Tea Party political movement around the country, has expelled Williams and his Tea Party Express organization because of the inflammatory blog post Williams wrote last week, federation spokesman David Webb said Sunday. In response, Williams announced in another statement on his blog that, "I am refusing all media requests on this" and canceled a scheduled interview on CNN to discuss the controversy Sunday evening, citing a last-minute change in travel plans.
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Williams says Tea Party controversy is "a World Wrestling style personality conflict"
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The National Tea Party Federation has expelled Williams and his Tea Party Express
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Williams wrote a satirical letter that opponents say was racist
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The centre-back is yet to return to full training after knee trouble, but Eagles boss Neil Warnock is ready to give him every chance of facing the @placeholder. | Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Crystal Palace's home clash with Sunderland... Crystal Palace vs Sunderland (Selhurst Park) Kick-off: Monday 8pm Odds (subject to change): Crystal Palace 21/20 Draw 12/5 Sunderland 5/2 Referee: Phil Dowd Managers: Neil Warnock (Crystal Palace), Gus Poyet (Sunderland) Head-to-head league record: Crystal Palace wins 11, draws 10, Sunderland wins 9 Team news Crystal Palace Scott Dann will be given the weekend to prove his fitness for Crystal Palace's Monday night Premier League clash with Sunderland.
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Steven Fletcher is set to be fit for Sunderland on Monday night
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This wave of anger, though, should not distract from two important truths: first, that @placeholder's actions are within, not without, the basic rules of our democracy; second, that Kitzhaber is a proxy for the thousands of people in this country who have had to live with doubt and even regret because they were thrust into the death penalty process while doing their civic duty as jurors, judges or lawyers. | (CNN) -- Some found it shocking when Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber granted convicted double-murderer Gary Haugen a reprieve Tuesday, setting aside Haugen's scheduled December 6 execution. Haugen, who killed another prisoner while serving a life sentence for a previous murder, had waived all appeals. In a previous term as governor, Kitzhaber allowed two men to be executed, and he explained Tuesday that "I simply cannot participate once again in something that I believe to be morally wrong." A medical doctor with an active license, the governor also referred to his oath as a physician to "do no harm" as he announced Haugen's reprieve and a moratorium on executions for the remainder of his term in office. Notably, in issuing a reprieve (or delay) rather than commuting Haugen's sentence, Kitzhaber left open the possibility of Haugen's execution under a future governor.
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Mark Osler: Oregon governor drew some angry reactions to convict's execution reprieve
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This has been a fantastic week in @placeholder and ended just the way I wanted it to." | (CNN) -- Thomas Aiken ensured South Africa continued to dominate the European Tour events after claiming victory by three shots at the Avantha Masters in India Sunday Aiken sealed the top prize of $392,000 after seeing off local favorite Gaganjeet Bhullar at the Greg Norman-designed par-72 Jaypee Greens outside New Delhi. The 29-year-old is the sixth South African to win a European tour event this year following Charl Schwartzel's victory at the Alfred Dunhill championships, Louis Oosthuizen's win at the Volvo Golf Champions, Richard Sterne's success in Johannesburg, Darren Fichardt's triumph at the Africa Open and Dawie Van der Walt's effort at the Tshwane Open.
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Thomas Aiken won Avantha Masters in India Sunday
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Officer @placeholder told local TV: 'It was terrifying, he was trying to get to me after I broke free but he couldn't see, even his face was in flames. | A rickshaw driver set himself on fire after he spotted a policeman giving him a parking ticket. Guo Huang, 43, was setting down a passenger when he spotted the traffic officer writing him a ticket for illegal parking in a no parking zone in the city of Tangshan in Hebei province, northern China. According to the passenger, the driver leapt out of the taxi and started shouting at the official, Hsin Ch'in, who refused to cancel the ticket. Tragedy: Police officers stand above the corpse of Guo Huang, 43, who set himself alight after getting a ticket Huang then grabbed a can of liquid from the taxi and doused himself in it, saying he was going to burn himself to death.
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Guo Huang, 43, was dropping off passenger when the official wrote a ticket
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Mr Huang doused himself in liquid when the officer refused to stand down
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Download site: @placeholder allowed access to more than 5,600 films and TV shows | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:05 EST, 14 August 2012 | UPDATED: 02:11 EST, 15 August 2012 Internet pirate: Anton Vickerman, 38, arrives at Newcastle Crown Court, where he was jailed for four years today for conspiracy to defraud An internet pirate who banked up to £60,000 a month from a site which shared links to downloadable TV shows and films was jailed for four years today. Anton Vickerman's surfthechannel.com website attracted 400,000 visitors a day at its peak and was close to the top 500 most popular websites. But it cost the film industry tens of millions of pounds in lost revenue, and ultimately huge losses to the Inland Revenue, the prosecution alleged.
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Anton Vickerman, 38, ran TV and film download site surfthechannel.com
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Over two years his site turned over £1million with a profit of £250,000
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The fieldwork I have seen tells me we will create lots of difficulties for @placeholder team.' | Brendan Rodgers believes Liverpool's team spirit will remain one of their biggest strengths as he insisted Mamadou Sakho's show of petulance was an isolated incident. The France defender has not travelled to Basle for the Champions League game but Liverpool manager Rodgers has made it clear that the player remained on Merseyside because of thigh problem sustained in training, not for any disciplinary reasons. Sakho stormed out of Anfield on Saturday after being omitted from the 18-man squad for the Merseyside derby but Rodgers has moved to draw a line under the issue, explaining that he has spoken to the defender and received an apology.
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Liverpool face Basle in their Champions League match on Wednesday
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Brendan Rodgers has played down Mamadou Sakho's act of petulance
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France defender stormed off after being left out of squad to face Everton
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Anfield manager insists he has been omitted from Champions League squad due to injury
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Adam Lallana claims he has finally found his form and fitness after move
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"Today is another victory after a long year and every victory is important," Nadal told the @placeholder website. | (CNN) -- They played in the U.S. Open final Monday but both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were back in action for their countries Friday. They both won, too, overcoming fatigue, jet lag and a change of surface. Nadal, who beat Djokovic in New York to claim his 13th grand slam title, prevailed 6-0 6-0 6-4 over Sergiy Stakhovsky -- Roger Federer's conqueror at Wimbledon -- on his favored clay. He boosted his Davis Cup record in singles to a near invincible 21-1, with his lone reverse coming in his first outing against Jiri Novak in 2004. Nadal hadn't played in the competition since 2011, opting to skip proceedings in 2012 even before his season was ruined by a knee injury.
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Rafael Nadal crushes Sergiy Stakhovsky in his return to Davis Cup duty for Spain
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Nadal didn't have much time to prepare for the series after winning the U.S. Open Monday
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‘Not only did this mother-daughter duo break the law, they broke hearts worldwide,’ said Mr Suthers, ‘it is fitting that they received stiff sentences for their unconscionable crimes committed in the name of love and the @placeholder military.’ | By Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED: 08:50 EST, 30 August 2013 | UPDATED: 09:52 EST, 30 August 2013 A mother and daughter have pleaded guilty to bilking hundreds of lonely women around the world out of over $1million. Karen Vasseur, 63, and daughter Tracy Vasseur, 42, pleaded guilty to posing as US soldiers in a Nigerian-style internet romance scam where they stole $1.1million from 374 victims in the States and 40 other countries, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced Wednesday. The greedy family matriarch is also alleged to have tried to steal an inheritance from her own children. The elder Vasseur received a 15-year prison sentence for the scam, daughter Karen was given a 12-year sentence, Mr Suthers said.
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The two women conned hundreds of women in over 40 countries
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Karen Vasseur's greed knew no bounds, the gluttonous granny even tried stealing an inheritance from her own children
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But @placeholder broke back and even though Serena responded in similar style, the German once again overcame the American's serve to level the set at 4-4. | (CNN) -- The seeds just can't stop tumbling out of Wimbledon and on Monday it was the turn of world No.1 and five-time champion Serena Williams to experience that sinking feeling. The American crashed out of the grass court grand slam in the last-16 following a shock defeat by Germany's Sabine Lisicki -- her first reverse in 35 matches. Favorite for the title, Williams lost the opening set 6-2 before roaring back to level a pulsating contest by taking the second 6-1. But Lisicki, seeded 23rd at the tournament, produced one of the greatest performances of her career, coming from a break down to take the final set 6-4 and send shockwaves through tennis.
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Serena Williams suffers shock defeat in last-16 of Wimbledon
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Williams beaten by Germany's Sabine Lisicki in three sets
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Currently starring in the West End production of @placeholder, Lipman leaves no doubt as to whether she's found the real deal. | By Naomi Greenaway Despite people in their 60s embracing late-life marriage like never before veteran actress Maureen Lipman is not planning to join their ranks. According to Jack Malvern of The Times newspaper, the 68-year-old stage and TV star 'can't really see the point' in remarrying new love Guido Castro. The frank admission was made by the actress in an interview with The Lady, which will land on shelves this Friday. Maureen Lipman and Guido Castro sharing a drink and a kiss at the after party following the press night performance of West End play Daytona Lipman was widowed ten years ago when her husband Jack Rosenthal passed away from cancer, but has found love again with the 70-year-old retired computer engineer. Mr Castro fled persecution in Egypt in 1956 and came to study at the University of Oxford.
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Lipman's frank admission reported in The Times newspaper
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'When @placeholder’s import rules aren’t followed then risks go unchecked and put our precious aquatic and marine life as well as our $2.3 billion fisheries industry in real jeopardy,' Ms Vivian said. | A Singaporean national faces up to 10 years in jail if convicted of smuggling exotic fish worth more than $300,000 into Australia. Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) busted the plan to bring the fish into Adelaide when they inspected the traveller's luggage, uncovering up to 20 plastic bags. The investigation began when officers apprehended the suspect at Adelaide Airport, on a flight from Singapore. Inside each bag they found a number of live and dead endangered fish listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). A plastic bag containing seven rare fish which was allegedly found inside the luggage of a Singaporean man
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Singaporean man caught allegedly trying to bring in $300,000 worth of exotic fish in his luggage
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Many rare fish died when they were packed inside plastic bags
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Customs joined forces with local police and environmental authorities to bust the importation ring
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@placeholder born and bred: The Pullan's 24-year-old son Shankar, who was also born an albino | A white-skinned Indian couple are set to enter the record books along with their offspring, after becoming the world's biggest albino family. The ten members of the Pullan family, headed by Rosetauri, 50, and his wife Mani, 45, all have the extremely pale skin and near-white hair of albinos. But despite years of prejudice and suffering the poor vision which is a side effect of the condition, the Pullans and their eight other family members are set to land a Guinness World Record. The Pullan children Shankar, 24, Ramkishan, 19, and Vijay, 25 (back row), along with daughters Deepa, 21 (left) and Pooja, 18 (right) all inherited albinismn from their father Rosetauri and mother Mani (centre)
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Indian family of ten all have condition which affects one in 17,000
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Mother Mani Pullan says family have faced hardship and prejudice
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Mr @placeholder also admitted he was unaware of Flowers’ later conviction for drink driving in 1990. | By James Salmon PUBLISHED: 20:04 EST, 7 January 2014 | UPDATED: 07:10 EST, 8 January 2014 Rubber stamped: A senior official approved Paul Flowers job as chief of the Co-Op bank despite knowing that his only experience was as a clerk The appointment of Reverend Paul Flowers as Co-op Bank chairman came despite the City watchdog knowing his banking experience was limited to four years as a clerk in the 1960s, MPs were told yesterday. Clive Adamson, who was a senior figure at the now-defunct Financial Services Authority, rubber-stamped the appointment after a 90-minute interview in 2010, even though he also knew the disgraced former Methodist minister had been convicted for gross indecency.
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Paul Flowers's role approved by the FSA in 2010 after a 90 minute interview
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Wearing her light locks down the curvy model posed with the publication as she entered via the red carpet, before she worked the room at the @placeholder On Location event. | By Kimberley Dadds Last updated at 7:59 AM on 17th February 2012 She's been catapulted to a household name almost overnight and now girl of the moment Kate Upton is continuing to promote herself to the max. The blonde beauty is gracing the cover of this year's Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit edition and she's continuing the promotional trail alongside last year's cover girl Irina Shayk. The stunners took to Las Vegas on Wednesday night and posed together as they enjoyed a special night at Haze nightclub in the Aria Resort and casino. Promotional trail: Sports Illustrated's new cover girl Kate Upton is making the most of her promotion as she hits another bash in Las Vegas
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'The @placeholder government should investigate possible unlawful strikes that killed civilians, publicly report on them, and commit to appropriate redress measures in case of wrongdoing.' | At least two civilian workers were killed after missiles launched in a US airstrike targeting an ISIS-controlled region in Syria struck grain silos, according to a human rights group. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights believes aircraft may have mistaken the mills and grain storage areas in the northern Syrian town of Manbij for an Islamic State base. The US-led coalition has been targeting towns and villages in northern and eastern Syria controlled by the Islamic State group since last week. Scroll down for video A pair of US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles flying over northern Iraq last week after conducting airstrikes in Syria
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British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, gather information from sources in Syria
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They say missile set grain silo ablaze in ISIS town of Manbij, northern Syria
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IS fighters 'also died in a strike on a building on the town's outskirts'
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Group count at least 19 civilians killed so far in coalition airstrikes
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The @placeholder plant has been leaking radiation since it was damaged in the earthquake and resulting tsunami earlier this month. | Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it is increasing its nationwide monitoring of radiation in milk, precipitation, drinking water, and other outlets in response to the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan. The EPA already monitors radiation in those potential exposure routes through an existing network of monitoring stations across the country. Results from a screening sample of milk taken March 25 in Spokane, Washington, detected radioactive iodine at a level 5,000 times lower than the limit set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the EPA said. The I-131 isotope has a very short half-life of about eight days, the EPA said, so the level detected in milk and milk products is expected to drop relatively quickly.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is increasing monitoring nationwide
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It is monitoring milk, precipitation, drinking water, and other outlets
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A milk sample from Washington state shows "miniscule" amounts of radiation
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"I had to stand in front of the mirrors and the sinks and pump my breast, in front of every tourist that walked into that bathroom," @placeholder told KITV. | Traveling while breast-feeding is no easy feat in the best of circumstances. When Transportation Security Administration officials don't follow the agency's rules, getting through the airport with the gear -- and a baby -- gets more difficult. A breast-feeding incident that has had TSA critics buzzing since last week was addressed in an apologetic blog post Thursday from the agency's "Blogger Bob" Burns. The controversy started when an agent at Kauai's Lihue Airport in Hawaii wouldn't allow passenger Amy Strand to board a plane February 29 with her breast pump because the milk bottles were empty, CNN affiliate KITV-TV in Honolulu reported. As a result Strand used her electric breast pump in a public airport restroom to fill the bottles and get them through security. She was traveling with her 9-month-old daughter, Eva.
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Agent tells breast-feeding mom she can't board flight with empty bottles, report says
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TSA blogger posts apology for snafu over breast-feeding at Hawaii airport
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"The initial findings are deeply disturbing, suggesting that communications and management failures ran deep and wide within @placeholder," he wrote. | (CNN) -- General Motor's own investigation may be over, but Congress has just begun. CNN has learned from Republican and Democratic sources that the House Energy and Commerce Committee plans to hold hearings this month on how the automaker allowed fatally flawed ignition switches to remain inside vehicles for years. The Senate won't be far behind. Sen. Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri whose subcommittee is handling the issue, announced Thursday that she, too, would hold a hearing this summer. The push for hearings is one of many signs that even as GM put its internal investigation to rest Thursday, lawmakers have not made up their minds about how the company handled the problem, whether there could be criminal wrongdoing, and what are the company's responsibilities to victims from its mistake.
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@placeholder is classified as a terrestrial planet and is sometimes called | By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED: 10:00 EST, 19 April 2013 | UPDATED: 02:54 EST, 20 April 2013 Controversial scientist Dr James Hansen has issued his direst warning yet for humanity as he quit his job at Nasa to concentrate on raising awareness of climate change. Hansen wrote that he decided to step down 'so that I can spend full time on science, drawing attention to the implications for young people, and making clear what science says needs to be done.' He also published a paper outlining what he calls 'Venus syndrome' - where global warming becomes so bad Earth can no longer sustain human life.
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Leading scientists has stood down from his job as Nasa to concentrate on campaigning
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@placeholder would be eighth if only home games counted in the Premier League this season. | Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for QPR's home clash with Burnley... Queen Park Rangers vs Burnley (Loftus Road) Team news QPR QPR boss Harry Redknapp has no fresh injury concerns as his side host fellow Barclays Premier League newcomers Burnley on Saturday. Bobby Zamora has recovered from a back problem and could start after being left on the bench for the midweek defeat at Swansea but Adel Taarabt (groin), Sandro and Alejandro Faurlin (both knee) remain sidelined.
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Bobby Zamora could start for Queens Park Rangers following back injury
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I had an awesome season in giant slalom but @placeholder was constantly with me the whole season. | (CNN) -- Ted Ligety clinched top spot in the World Cup giant slalom (GS) standings for 2013 with a win at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on Saturday. The American came in first in a combined time of 2 minutes 35.43 seconds, 0.45 seconds ahead of Austria's Marcel Hirscher with Alexis Pinturault of France finishing third. Ligety's fifth GS victory at the Slovenian resort sees him clinch a fourth crystal globe in the discipline adding to titles won in 2008, 2010 and 2011. "This hill is awesome it has a little of everything to offer so to win here again is incredible and I'm really proud of it," Ligety said, fisalpine.com reported.
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America's Ted Ligety secures World Cup giant slalom title with win in Slovenia
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Fifth GS career win at Kranjska Gora secures a fourth crystal globe in the discipline
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VIDEO Scroll down for Beckham: Academies are the most important thing for the @placeholder | This is the first World Cup David Beckham hasn’t been directly involved in for more than 20 years, yet the crowning glory of a lifetime’s work will be felt in the Amazon on Sunday night when the whole of America stops to see how Team USA perform against Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal. Make no mistake, America is going ‘soccer-crazy’. Not in an underground kind of way, but mainstream crazy, with millions following every kick and Hollywood celebrities tweeting about the hottest show in town. There will be tens of thousands of USA fans in Manaus — 90,000 World Cup tickets were sold in America for this tournament, more than in any other country bar hosts Brazil — and more than 20million viewers are expected to tune in. To put it into context, only 18m saw San Antonio Spurs become basketball’s NBA champions last week.
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Son of former Liverpool boss, Kenny, now coaches in the MLS and says Beckham has sent popularity of football soaring since his move to LA Galaxy in 2007
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Failing to preserve such evidence, which includes @placeholder's first admission that she had previously lied, is a violation of Graham's rights, the defense brief says. | (CNN) -- A Kalispell, Montana, newlywed accused of pushing her husband from a cliff wants her trial postponed after prosecutors told her attorney they have evidence her husband was blindfolded before falling to his death, court documents say. Saying the prosecution has provided no evidence regarding the use of a blindfold -- which could be used to make the government's case for premeditation and thus first-degree murder -- Jordan Linn Graham's attorney, Michael Donahoe, asserts that he is unprepared to defend his client if the trial is held in December as planned. Donahoe further said he learned of the "blindfold theory" and the DNA testing of "a piece of cloth found on a shoal in the river" only during an October 25 conference call, more than three weeks after it was sent to an FBI lab and 10 weeks after it was collected from the alleged crime scene.
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Defense: Prosecution said during phone call they have evidence victim was blindfolded
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Jordan Graham is charged with murder in the death of her husband of eight days
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Fake: It's a user-generated content site similar to @placeholder, but the unit is not a photograph but a decision. | (CNN) -- Stumped on a tough decision? New Web sites are there to help. Hunch, a site open to the public Monday, asks questions and helps people make decisions. Hunch, a site that launches for the public Monday, will consider your quandary by getting to know you, asking you a series of questions and then spitting out three decisions. Another site, Let Simon Decide, makes a similar attempt. Caterina Fake, co-founder of the photo-sharing community Flickr, says she created Hunch not because people need help with emotional decisions but because it's too tough to find smart information online. You often have to replicate someone else's research, which is a waste, she said.
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CNN talks with Caterina Fake, founder of a Web site that makes decisions
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"This will be a street race, which will pass through interesting and picturesque parts of @placeholder, and will meet the current Formula One criteria." | (CNN) -- Azerbaijan will make its Formula One debut in 2016 as the latest venue for the Grand Prix of Europe, it was announced Friday. The race circuit will weave through the medieval streets of the capital city Baku. An oil-rich nation situated on the western shores of the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan had been mooted as a venue for next season by F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone. However, this would have pushed the number of races on the calendar above the agreed limit of 20 unless others were dropped, thus requiring the consent of all F1 teams. "We are very happy Baku has joined the Formula One family," Ecclestone said in quotes carried by UK news agency, the Press Association.
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Azerbaijan will host a Formula One race for the first time
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Street race to take place in capital city Baku in 2016
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Chris Christie's office released on Monday said that more than 5,100 Sandy-affected homeowners have been preliminarily awarded @placeholder grants and that approximately 3,000 would be moved off the waitlist. | (CNN) -- Nearly 2,000 homeowners in New Jersey who had their lives turned upside down by Superstorm Sandy were wrongfully denied recovery funds, according to a new report released Thursday. Four of every five homeowners who appealed denials from the Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation, and Mitigation (RREM) program and the Resettlement programs in New Jersey had their rejections overturned, according to the Fair Share Housing Center, an organization that advocates for the rights of poor homeowners. The fate of thousands of other homeowners affected by Sandy remains unclear, according to the report. The RREM program provides up to $150,000 to cover the cost of rebuilding and elevating a home. Public records obtained by the Fair Share Housing Center show that 3,196 applicants were told by the Christie administration that they were ineligible for the program.
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Thousands were wrongly denied Sandy recovery funds, housing group says
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Leeds Council and @placeholder and Partners have declined to comment on any specific spending identified or to provide a full breakdown of all expenses claimed by Ms Joseph since she took up the role as chief executive. | By Sara Malm PUBLISHED: 13:25 EST, 22 July 2013 | UPDATED: 14:42 EST, 22 July 2013 Luxury journey: Lurene Joseph spent more than £8,000 on a single trip to Boston to drum up investments for Leeds council A council investment chief who spent over £8,000 on a single trip to Boston has been defended by the board, calling it ‘good value for money’. Leeds council has supported the chief executive of its investment arm, despite recently slashing millions form its budget. Lurene Joseph, head of Leeds and Partners, spent a total £8,340 on cab fares, flights and nights at a five star hotel during a trip to secure investments for Leeds in September last year.
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Chief of firm funded by Leeds Council's £8,340 expenses for trip
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Lurene Joseph spent money on five-star-hotel and flights to Boston
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‘But given that we are the only source of BCG in the UK and many other countries, and that BCG requires stringent and rigorous quality testing to ensure high-quality product for patients, fully meeting @placeholder demand will take some time. | Thousands of bladder cancer patients face an uncertain future because stocks of a drug that prevents the disease progressing are running perilously low. The crisis means patients may be soon given a stark choice: surgical removal of the entire organ, or risk the cancer returning. Up to 12,000 people are to be left without the crucial medication, called BCG, as British hospitals run out of supplies. One sufferer, Peter Massera, 48, who was diagnosed with bladder cancer six months ago, said his treatment with BCG had been ‘postponed indefinitely’ because of the shortage. Recovery: Model Patti Hansen, with husband Keith Richards, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2007
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Stocks of drug BCG that prevents disease from progressing running out
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Peter Massera, 48, said his treatment with BCG had been ‘postponed indefinitely’ because of the shortage
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'Prime Central London is viewed as an island of stability, with Mayfair the top location due to its role as the base for many @placeholder region embassies and other diplomatic quarters.' | Wealthy families from the Middle East are buying up London's luxury homes in the wake of the area's instability and now make up a tenth of all buyers in the exclusive Mayfair area. In recent years, Middle Eastern governments and sovereign funds have ploughed their vast resources into the capital, buying development sites and high-value buildings, according to research by a Mayfair property firm. They have spent £4.4billion since 2006 and now control nine of central London's largest development sites, equating to 28,000 new homes. The super-rich have also bought prime residential properties in Knightsbridge, Mayfair, Kensington, Belgravia and Regent's Park - so much so that half of all buyers of Mayfair property worth more than £10million are from the Gulf.
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Middle Eastern families have spent £4.4bn since 2006 and control nine of central London's largest development sites
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The Abu Dhabi Royal family, the Al Nahyans, are now the largest landowner in Mayfair after the Duke of Westminster
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Estate agent Peter Wetherell said: 'Every time there has been upheaval it has generated a new wave of investors' | 13,375 | record_train |
"It's al-Zawahiri's obvious way of getting some of the limelight back," he said as @placeholder has moved front and center. | In a 55-minute long video, al Qaeda announced it will launch a new branch in the Indian subcontinent. Speaking in the video, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said the purpose is to "wage jihad against its enemies, to liberate its land, to restore its sovereignty, and to revive its Caliphate." Al-Zawahiri also said he seeks to gain support "for the vulnerable" in Myanmar and Bangladesh; in the Indian states of Assam and Gujarat; and in Kashmir, the disputed region between India and Pakistan. He called for "rescue" from "injustice, oppression, persecution, and suffering" in these areas. Some analysts view al Qaeda's announcement as an indication they're struggling for followers as ISIS gains support in the global Islamist movement.
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Al Qaeda issues lengthy video on its mission in Indian subcontinent
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Leader of al Qaeda says he seeks to "wage jihad"
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Agencies have been accused of recruiting only foreign workers for specific shifts, for jobs such as fruit picking and hotel work, without even offering a chance to @placeholder citizens. | Migrants will be banned from receiving any benefits until they have contributed to Britain, under government plans to limit access to handouts. David Cameron today announced the period for which European migrants can claim benefits is to be halved and recruitment agencies are to be banned from advertising jobs exclusively overseas. But Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith revealed plans to go even further to secure EU agreement to stop benefits being paid to people who have not contributed to to the state, raising the prospect of handouts being linked to tax payments. Scroll down for video Prime Minister David Cameron announced migrants would only be allowed to claim benefits for three months, but Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith revealed plans to go further and ban claims for people who have not contributed to the welfare state
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But many pro-democracy activists in @placeholder see this as a violation of "one country, two systems." | Nearly 800,000 Hong Kongers have done something China's 1.3 billion people can only dream of: cast a ballot to demand a democratic government. In an unofficial referendum organized by pro-democracy activists and denounced by Chinese authorities, 787,767 people in the city of more than seven million have called for the right to directly elect their next leader. But Beijing has insisted Hong Kong politics stays in line with Chinese rule, paving the way for a showdown in the city. Who are the activists? Occupy Central is a pro-democracy group founded in 2013. Their goal is to allow the Hong Kong public to elect its next leader without strings attached.
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At least 780,000 Hong Kongers have voted in an unofficial referendum
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Two years later Adam was born, with Mr Rodwell still having no reason to suspect that @placeholder had been unfaithful. | A man who discovered that the son and daughter he raised into their teenage years were not his has been awarded £25,000 in damages after suing his ex-wife for deceit. Richard Rodwell was a loving father to Adam and Laura until his marriage to their mother Helen broke down. After the divorce he paid regular child maintenance for more than four years, from his salary as a factory manager. Happy family: Adam and Laura are all smiles during a swimming session with loving 'father' Richard. Both children were fathered by different men But in 2008 Mr Rodwell ordered DNA tests after hearing rumours about his daughter’s paternity – and the results showed that each child was fathered by a different man.
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Richard Rodwell was a loving father until his marriage broke down
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Results showed each child was fathered by a different man
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"Where @placeholder has not acted, the president has moved aggressively through executive action to tackle unnecessary or excess spending." | Washington (CNN) -- The government wasted billions of dollars this year by allowing questionable tax breaks and paying for unnecessary programs even as the economy faltered, a Republican senator charged in a report released Monday. In his "Wastebook 2012" report, Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma pointed to 100 items including tax breaks to highly profitable sports leagues like the NFL, NASA funding to develop meals for a Mars mission that may not take place for decades and thousands of dollars for scientists to build a "robosquirrel" to see if rattlesnakes would try to eat it. Coburn, a longtime crusader against waste, said better prioritizing and oversight could have saved taxpayers $18.9 billion on the programs included in the report, which was based largely on existing government studies, inspector generals' findings and media reports.
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GOP senator reports on 100 items he calls government waste
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Sen. Tom Coburn says taxpayers could have saved $18.9 billion
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Traces on his mobile phone also put @placeholder close to the house at the time she is said to have disappeared. | The lover and gardener of British expatriate Patricia Wilson, who was reported missing from her French home last month, has allegedly confessed to killing her and hiding her body in a thicket close to a pond. Jean-Louis Cayrou was charged with Miss Wilson’s murder and remanded in custody shortly after she vanished. He has repeatedly denied any involvement in the 58-year old’s disappearance, remaining ‘walled in silence’, according to a police source. Clue: Blood from Patricia Wilson, right, was found in a car belonging to Jean-Louis Cayrou, pictured left in 1990 But a fellow inmate of Cayrou, 50, phoned prosecutors from inside the prison in which they were both being held – claiming that he had admitted his guilt to him. He told them: ‘Cayrou said they’d had a fight. He hit her and then realised she was dead. He panicked and hid the body in a thicket close to a pond.’
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Jean-Louis Cayrou was charged with Patricia Wilson's murder
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The music video consists entirely of @placeholder dancing along to the song in a single take showing off a series of mind blowing moves | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:26 EST, 19 September 2013 | UPDATED: 01:32 EST, 20 September 2013 A six-year-girl is stunning audiences around the world with her amazing breakdancing skills that dancers many years older than her would struggle to accomplish. Dachiya Atkinson, who performs under the stage alias of B-Girl Terra, became a worldwide internet sensation earlier this year when footage of her performing at a competition in Paris received a staggering 2.8 million within five days. Since then she has stunned audiences on The Ellen Show and has now appeared in a video for a track called ‘Platoon’ by the British dance act Jungle.
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Dachiya Atkinson, aka B-Girl Terra, has become a worldwide internet sensation on account of her mind blowing breakdance moves | 13,382 | record_train |
"We have to be phenomenal," @placeholder said in a low voice, his speech slurred. | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Jurors in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor Tuesday heard dramatic opening statements and a startling recording of the pop singer, his words slow and slurred as he talks about his planned comeback concerts. Prosecutors portrayed Dr. Conrad Murray as motivated by money, while the defense contended Murray's superstar client self-administered a fatal mix of drugs. Witnesses gave varying accounts of Jackson's condition as he prepared for the shows in London. Murray abandoned "all principles of medical care" in attending to Jackson, prosecutor David Walgren said in his opening statement. Defense attorney Ed Chernoff countered, saying Jackson's death was "tragic, but the evidence will not show that Dr. Murray did it."
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On behalf of Sen. @placeholder and all of us for the campaign, our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and his friends." | (CNN) -- A tea party leader tied to alleged political dirty tricks that rattled Republicans in Mississippi and beyond is dead -- shot once in the head in an apparent suicide, according to police. Police officers in Ridgeland, Mississippi, found Mark Mayfield's body shortly after 9 a.m. Friday on the floor of a storage room in his garage. "Because all of the indications, it appears to be suicide, but we still got some things to look into," Ridgeland police Chief Jimmy Houston told CNN. "He left a suicide note, and we are verifying its validity." Authorities haven't disclosed the contents of that note or why Mayfield might have taken his life.
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Sen. Cochran adviser: "This is very much a tragic and sad situation"
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Mississippi Tea Party laments loss of "cheerleader" with "a patriot's soul"
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Damage: Howard is being held on $600,000 bail, which is the estimated damage to the @placeholder in Temecula, California | By Laura Pullman PUBLISHED: 11:39 EST, 14 September 2012 | UPDATED: 15:12 EST, 14 September 2012 Incredible surveillance video shows a brazen band of robbers smashing a BMW into an Apple store and then frantically scooping up a haul of products. But the September 6 heist at the Apple store in Temecula, California was a botched job from beginning to end - a masterclass in how not to rob a store. Among other mishaps, the thieves got trapped in the store and the BMW’s license plate fell off and was left at the crime scene. Scroll down for video
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The robbers struck an Apple store in Temecula, California in the early hours of September 6
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Police were waiting for Equonne Howard, the alleged leader of the heist, when he returned to fetch the license plate later that day
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While many @placeholder songs feature gimmicky lyrics about scoring goals and chasing dreams, New Order's ditty rebelled against convention. | (CNN) -- Striking the right chord with football fans has long proved a tricky proposition for music's elite. Throughout the 84-year history of the World Cup, stars from across the musical spectrum, from Shakira to the late Luciano Pavarotti, have tried -- with varying degrees of success -- to write the soundtrack to the "beautiful game." But 24 years ago, ahead of Italia '90, seminal British band New Order arguably penned the ultimate football anthem. To achieve that elusive goal, they had to break a few rules -- most notably, the one that says footballers shouldn't rap. "There wasn't supposed to be a rap," recalls former England winger John Barnes, who not only starred on the pitch but also performed memorably on New Order's "World in Motion" -- the team's official song for the 1990 World Cup.
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England's official song for 1990 World Cup saw football mix with rap
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"World in Motion" was released by British band New Order
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The band collaborated with the England team, with John Barnes performing a rap
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Invaluable support: @placeholder will always be grateful to Sue Ryder staff | By Philippa Evans PUBLISHED: 19:46 EST, 11 December 2013 | UPDATED: 20:00 EST, 11 December 2013 Leaving Mum in hospital at the end of visiting hours was like being wrenched from a terrified child. This warm, capable, intelligent woman - a former domestic science teacher - had borne years of living with terminal cancer with stoicism and dignity. But two dreadful weeks on a hectic hospital ward had reduced her to a confused and anguished wreck. Even now, it's almost unbearable to recall my mother gasping inconsolably down the phone: 'You have to come, you have to come.' Or her pinched, pleading looks each time my hospital visits came to an end.
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Audrey Cole, passed away aged 77 after cancer diagnosis
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But while Ferguson burned @placeholder has maintained that he has a ‘clear conscience’ about the shooting. | Just two hours after he gunned down unarmed teenager Michael Brown following, he has claimed, a struggle for his life, Darren Wilson showed ‘no apparent distress’ and scant physical injury. Information leaked by the Ferguson officer’s supporters in the aftermath of the fatal shooting suggested that he had sustained facial injuries so severe that they called for X-rays and hospital treatment. Now medical records released as part of the evidence presented to the Grand Jury and reviewed by MailOnline reveal a very different scenario. The decision to X-ray Wilson, 28, was not a clinical one taken by his treating physician on the strength of his physical exam.
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Darren Wilson was examined by doctors shortly after he shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on 9 August
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Medical records say he was 'atraumatic' and showing no apparent signs of 'distress' just hours after the killing
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Supporters of Wilson claimed he was badly injured by Brown and Wilson himself told grand jury he was punched twice
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Officer claimed he believed a third punch would kill him but medical records say he had only mild bruising and mild to minimal pain
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Doctors gave him mild painkiller and told him to ice his jaw - andX-rays were taken at insistence of police, not medical staff | 13,388 | record_train |
In a 14-man list initially for the first three of five ODIs against @placeholder, Bresnan and Carberry are added to the 13 who were chosen to face Scotland, with Moeen Ali dropping out. | By David Clough, Press Association Michael Carberry is back in the England frame after being included in both the Twenty20 and one-day international squads to take on Sri Lanka. England's 13-man Twenty20 squad, led by Eoin Morgan in place of the injured Stuart Broad for a one-off match at The Oval next week, is also notable for the return to the shortest format of Ian Bell and the absence of Michael Lumb. Seamers Harry Gurney, who made his international debut in a reduced 50-over match against Scotland last week, and Tim Bresnan - after his late start to the season - are also in both squads.
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Carberry was dropped by Ashley Giles for series in Australia
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Bell hasn't played shortest form for over three years
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Michael Lumb dropped from T20 squad, Moeen Ali misses out on ODI place
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England face Sri Lanka in one-off T20 match next week, then five ODIs | 13,389 | record_train |
Talking about the win against them six months ago, he said: '@placeholder are a club with history, with very good players and they were the champions. | By Jack Gaughan Fernandinho has taunted Manchester United ahead of Tuesday's derby by admitting that he couldn't believe how poor the Premier League champions were when the pair played each other in September. The 28-year-old, who has proven a valuable commodity in the middle of Manuel Pellegrini's midfield since a summer move from Shakhtar Donetsk, claimed he was surprised at the way in which United crumbled. David Moyes cut a forlorn figure on the Etihad touchline as he watched his team capitulate in a 4-1 defeat that indicated signs of the difficulties United were to face in the months to come.
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Brazilian midfielder surprised by how Manchester United crumbled at Etihad
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Fernandinho adds he was shocked by 'how easily' City won that derby
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City will go to Old Trafford 'expecting to win'
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Fernandinho says 'We're fighting for the title, they're fighting for honour' | 13,390 | record_train |
Her owner @placeholder said: 'I think she probably just felt a bit left out because she hadn't got her own Christmas drink, but I will have to make sure I keep the bottles completely out of reach in future' | She won't be the only one feeling the pain after a night of Christmas excess. But Bella the German Shepherd may think twice before lapping up a litre bottle of advocaat again - as the drunken dog ended up needing emergency treatment at an animal hospital. The mischievous puppy managed to knock the 17.2 per cent bottle of liqueur off a table when her owner was out - and when the glass smashed she thirstily licked up the sweet-tasting alcohol. 'Boozy Bella': Bella the German Shepherd required emergency treatment after knocking a litre bottle of advocaat off a table when her owner was out - and lapping up the contents
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Naughty puppy knocked liqueur off table when her owner had popped out
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When bottle smashed she lapped up the liquid and became very drunk
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Rachel Day returned to Shepherd's Bush home and Bella could barely walk
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Owner rushed her to vet, who put her on drip and named her 'Boozy Bella' | 13,391 | record_train |
However, after her husband decided to buy a weapon for home defense, @placeholder resolved to conquer her fears and learn how to handle firearms properly. | John Correia is a senior pastor at the West Greenway Bible Church in Glendale Arizona and also a fully qualified National Rifle Association firearms instructor. The father-of-four normally has a bible in one hand and an AR-15 assault rifle in the other while spreading the word of the lord. Correia lives with his wife Laura, 38, and his four children Phoenix, 17, James, 15, Sarah, 12 and eight-year-old Abby in Phoenix, Arizona. Former US Naval officer John Correia believes that Jesus wants him to preach using both his Bible and an AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle at his Arizona church
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Former US Navy officer John Correia now preaches at the West Greenway Bible Church in Glendale, Arizona
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As a fully qualified firearms instructor with the National Rifle Association, Correia preaches that Jesus loves guns
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The married father-of-four owns more than 20 firearms and brings his family out hunting on a regular basis
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His eight-year-old daughter Abby received a pink .22 caliber Crickett rifle for her birthday as she 'loves shooting'
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Correia does not believe that guns are a problem in America, he claims the only issue is bad people with firearms | 13,392 | record_train |
The election upset led to calls for @placeholder to step down. | (CNN) -- Malaysia swore in a new prime minister on Friday, the country's state news agency reported. Malaysia's former PM Abdullah Badawi waves from a vehicle in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak became Malaysia's sixth prime minister after taking over for from Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who stepped down after leading the country for more than five years, according to the Bernama news agency. The new prime minister will immediately be tasked with reuniting a multi-racial nation and shoring up an economy in dire straits. Until now, Najib Razak had served as the Southeast Asian country's deputy prime minister.
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Najib Razak sworn in as Asian nation's sixth prime minister
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Outgoing PM Abdullah Badawi was in office for more than five years
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Ruling party has failed to secure majority needed to amend constitution
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New PM faces economic downturn, ethnic discord | 13,393 | record_train |
Centrists, the majority of the country, would help @placeholder simply by speaking out as forcefully for moderate positions as the zealots do, by encouraging people to listen to different points of views, by pushing for a return to more mixed congressional districts and by making sure to vote in all elections. | (CNN) -- Which politician do you hate? Do you think President Barack Obama wants to destroy America? Or do you believe former President George W. Bush is the one who sent the country into the abyss? What about Ted Cruz, Nancy Pelosi or John Boehner -- which one of them do you think is the devil incarnate? Americans, disgusted by the failures in Washington, have increasingly resorted to personalizing the blame, drawing imaginary bull's-eyes and throwing figurative darts at the faces of the politicians whose views they disagree with, all the while fantasizing about throwing the people they despise out of political office.
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Frida Ghitis: Frustration with politics leads people to lash out with hatred
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She says rather than hate Bush, Obama, Boehner or Cruz, look at the root causes
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Ghitis says U.S. political system rewards polarization, which wins low-turnout elections
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Centrists need to speak out to put politicians on the right track, she says | 13,394 | record_train |
Over achiever: @placeholder admitted she never expected to reach the final of the tournament in her homeland | Serena Williams won the Internazionali BNL d’Italia after seeing off Sara Errani in a final ruined by injury to her opponent. Errani had recovered from a break down to bring the first set back on serve but required lengthy off-court treatment on her left hip and thigh. Upon the resumption, Williams won seven straight games to comfortably seal the title 6-3 6-0 after 72 minutes of tennis. Let it flow! Serena Williams won her third title of the year at the Italian Open in Rome Williams started as she meant to go on, with a thumping forehand winner on the opening point, but followed up with a double fault.
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Serena Williams defeated Sara Errani 6-3 6-0 to win the Italian Open
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Errani brought the first set on serve before suffering a hip/thigh injury
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Williams won the next seven games to claim the 60th WTA title of her career | 13,395 | record_train |
That means that Kharey Wise, who spent 13-years in prison, will be the largest single payout @placeholder has made in a wrongful conviction case. | By James Nye The men known as the Central Park Five - who were wrongly convicted of the vicious rape of a jogger in 1989 - have agreed on a $40 million settlement with the city of New York. The resolution will mark the end of a 12-year legal battle the five men have fought after they spent years in prison as a result of the attack which shocked the nation and led in part to the implementation of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's clean up of New York City. The men initially filed a $250 million civil-rights lawsuit after the overturn of their false convictions in 2002 for acting as a 'wolf pack' of 'wilding' youths who attacked 28-year-old jogger Trisha Meili in 1989.
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Central Park 5 - Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Kharey Wise - to settle 25-years after the crime
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Convicted of the April 1989 rape and beating of 28-year-old investment banker Trisha Meili
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Crime stunned nation after Meili was left for dead and with no recollection
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Central Park 5 were all aged between 14-16 and claimed the NYPD coerced them into confessions
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They all served between seven and 13-years behind bars
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In 2002 new DNA evidence discovered a convicted rapist was responsible
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He confessed and the men were exonerated of the brutal crime
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The men, now in their late 30s and early 40s have spent more than a decade fighting for huge settlement | 13,396 | record_train |
'I have had the pleasure of meeting the @placeholder before but this is a great honour because I’m a great admirer of hers. | The Queen joined forces with Dame Penelope Keith for a meeting of the Women's Institute (WI) this morning. Resplendent in a silver tweed coat, the 88-year-old monarch was all smiles as she arrived for the event at West Newton village hall close to her Sandringham home. Her Majesty, who is patron of the WI, joins members for a post-Christmas meeting every year towards the end of her annual winter break. Scroll down for video The Queen arrives at a WI meeting near Sandringham, dressed in heeled loafers and a power blue skirt Her Majesty is a patron of the WI and attends a meeting in Norfolk every year
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HRH is a patron for the WI and attended an event in West Newton
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Joined forces with Dame Penelope Keith to host the event
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Dame Penelope described the occasion as a 'great honour'
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Spoke of her nervousness of entering into conversation with the monarch | 13,397 | record_train |
expressed interest in the plan as did @placeholder Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. | By Matt Chorley and Sam Webb PUBLISHED: 06:44 EST, 10 September 2013 | UPDATED: 13:10 EST, 10 September 2013 David Cameron today demanded a deadline be set for Syria to destroy its stock pile of chemical weapons, in an apparent breakthrough in the international stand-off. With US Congress poised to vote on missile strikes against the Assad regime, the Syrian government dramatically accepted a Russian proposal to turn over control of its chemical weapons to the international community. Britain, France and America planned to table a UN security council resolution as early as today, setting thresholds and timetables for the plan to come into effect - but Russia appears set to veto it.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry floated on idea of handing over weapons
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Plan was seized on by Russia and Syria to derail US threat of strikes
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Those who are scooping up property in @placeholder’s most luxurious of luxury high rises are being kept under wraps. | By Phil Vinter, Beth Stebner and Thomas Durante PUBLISHED: 18:11 EST, 19 September 2012 | UPDATED: 13:44 EST, 20 September 2012 Despite a recent housing crisis, apartments in New York City’s so-called 'billionaire building' in the heart of Manhattan are going fast, but who's buying? Although the 1,004-foot tower is not yet completed, orders are pouring in, with only about 40 of the 92 living spaces reportedly remaining at One57, located at the southern edge of Central Park. But living at One57, located at 157 W. 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan, is limited to those of the billionaire set, with apartments going for $45million and up.
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Apartment will offer incredible views across the city - including Central Park, the Hudson River and East River
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Also offers deluxe interiors with top-of-the-line materials
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Tower will become tallest residential building in New York when it is completed in 2013 | 13,399 | record_train |
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