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Levin pressed Clapper on whether Russia and China were a direct mortal threat to the United States, and @placeholder reiterated that they both had the capability, but it was unlikely they had the intent. | Washington (CNN) -- A spokeswoman for James Clapper said the embattled director of national intelligence stands by remarks he made Thursday "about the current military situation in Libya" that prompted a leading Republican senator to call for his resignation. The Obama administration also said Clapper still has its "full faith and confidence." Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued a statement criticizing Clapper's testimony, made during a committee hearing earlier in the day, that Moammar Gadhafi's regime would "prevail" over rebels seeking to oust the 68-year-old dictator from power in Libya. "His comments will make the situation more difficult for those opposing Gadhafi," said Graham, adding they undercut U.S. efforts and should not have been made in a public forum.
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NEW: Spokeswoman says Clapper is standing by his comments on Libya
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NEW: National security adviser: Clapper was giving a "flat-out resources analysis"
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In testimony, he said Libyan regime would "prevail" over rebels, prompting criticism
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His statement that China, Russia pose greatest threat to U.S. irks Sen. Carl Levin | 16,000 | record_train |
The stairs and ornate surrounding walls are known as the '@placeholder' and have appeared in a string of Hollywood movies. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 06:59 EST, 2 October 2012 | UPDATED: 08:28 EST, 2 October 2012 It was the house that had audiences all over the world in awe of its beauty in Hollywood blockbuster The Da Vinci Code. Now, it has emerged, that Burghley House in Stamford, Lincolnshire - dubbed England's Greatest Elizabethan House - is the proud owner of Britain's poshest Stairlift. The owners of the fine stately home have installed a brand new Stannah stairlift to help the elderly and wheelchair users ascend its magnificent sweeping staircase. Access all areas: 'England's Greatest Elizabethan House' now features a brand new stairlift for the elderly and wheelchair users
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Stairlift installed for elderly and wheelchair users to ascend 'Hell staircase'
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Less able visitors can now visit all 18 state rooms at Burghley Hall
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Manor used in films including The Da Vinci Code and Pride and Prejudice | 16,001 | record_train |
‘People in mainland @placeholder might get worked up about this but regulars here don’t even talk about it that much. | Mad: Kim Jong Un points a gun - and has threatened to point his missiles at the US The nail-biting diplomatic tension over North Korea’s nuclear threats increased last night after despot Kim Jong-un targeted long-range missiles at Guam, America’s military foothold in the region. The rogue state’s president ordered two Musudan rockets and launchers – each capable of delivering one-ton warheads – to be set up in the east of his country, within possible striking range of Guam. Experts are divided on the range and accuracy of the untested Musudan rocket – and whether North Korea has the ability to fit it with a nuclear warhead – but the aggressive moves have spooked the US into further bolstering the defences of the Pacific island.
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US are sending a missile defence system to Guam but it will be WEEKS before it arrives
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180,000 people live in Guam which North Korea has threatened to attack | 16,002 | record_train |
Following the exchanges on @placeholder's Question Time Miss Odone told her former publication: ‘Tristram Hunt's comments on nuns last night were arrogant and ignorant. | Labour's shadow education secretary has been accused of ‘denigrating’ Catholicism after he appeared to question whether nuns make good teachers. Tristram Hunt was criticised for comments he made on the BBC’s Question Time that seemed to challenge the quality of teaching provided by nuns. The remarks immediately sparked a furious reaction with the former TV historian condemned for being ‘rude’ and ‘arrogant’, but he has refused to apologise. Scroll down for video Tristram Hunt was criticised for comments he made on the BBC’s Question Time that seemed to challenge the quality of teaching provided by nuns During a debate over Labour's policy of requiring all teachers to have official qualifications on Thursday night, Mr Hunt clashed with fellow panellist Cristina Odone, a former editor of the Catholic Herald.
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Shadow education secretary clashed with columnist Christine Odone
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She said her best teachers had were not the product of teacher training
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Hunt hit back: 'These were nuns, these were all nuns, weren't they?'
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Said there is a difference between state education and religious schooling | 16,003 | record_train |
In some ways, McCain lost the presidency twice to @placeholder. | Editor's Note: Drew Westen, Ph.D., is professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University, founder of Westen Strategies, and author of "The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation." He has been a consultant or adviser to several candidates and organizations, including the AFL-CIO, and has informally advised the Obama campaign. Drew Westen says Democrats realized you need more than position papers to sway the voters. ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A single factor never produces a complex event like the historic election of Barack Obama. But when the final post-mortem on the election of 2008 is someday written, it will no doubt include at least three.
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Drew Westen: McCain was burdened by bad economy, Bush unpopularity
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Democrats had technological edge for first time in decades, Westen says
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Westen says Democrats learned you can't win with position papers, statistics
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They dealt with people's fears, mostly about the economy, Westen says | 16,004 | record_train |
It isn't the only time in recent weeks that @placeholder has hit out at a celebrity over topics relating to motherhood. | Rarely a week goes by without Katie Hopkins lashing out at an unsuspecting member of the public. This time, the reality star has taken aim at the newsreader Kate Silverton in her column for The Sun. The journalist has recently given birth to her second child and mentioned in the media some of the problems her female friends had been having with getting pregnant in their early forties. Scroll down for video Kate Silverton (left) discussed problems of delaying motherhood in an interview and talked about having to bring her baby Clemency (pictured) to work one day. Katie Hopkins (left) has criticised Kate, saying most mothers don't have that option
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Kate Silverton discussed problems of delaying motherhood in interview
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Newsreader also talked about having to bring her baby to work one day
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Katie Hopkins criticised Kate, saying most mothers don't have that option | 16,005 | record_train |
Before the launch of @placeholder in 1998 there was no oral treatment for erectile dysfunction, the only options were an injection or a prosthetic implant. | By Martha De Lacey PUBLISHED: 06:08 EST, 18 July 2013 | UPDATED: 10:31 EST, 18 July 2013 Many medical breakthroughs - including those that unearthed Viagra, Quinine and Botox - have been made completely by accident, while scientists were searching for cures for another ailment entirely. And it's happened again, this time when researchers at Cambridge University were looking for a cure for liver damage and accidentally created a cream they feel certain will be a powerful anti-ageing product. MitoQ - which claims to soften the skin while lightening and actually reversing the signs of ageing - is a patented blend of unique ingredients, which scientists Mike Murphy and Rob Smith stumbled across while trying to find a cure for liver disease.
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MitoQ 'softens skin while lightening and reversing signs of ageing'
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Scientists Mike Murphy and Rob Smith from Cambridge University
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The pair stumbled across unique blend of ingredients
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Claims to flood cells with antioxidants and destroy free radicals | 16,006 | record_train |
The second followed a similar pattern, with @placeholder unable to capitalize on his seven break points in the match as the seventh seed went through. | (CNN) -- World number three Roger Federer exited the Monte Carlo Masters at the quarterfinals stage to Austrian Jurgen Melzer Friday. Melzer was securing his first victory over the 16-time grand slam champion as he ran out a 6-4 6-4 winner at the prestigious clay court event. It was the earliest defeat for Federer in a tournament this year, ending his hopes of claiming the Monte Carlo title for the first time after being beaten three times in the final by Rafael Nadal. He has drawn blank since claiming the ATP season-opener in Doha, Qatar. Federer had breezed to the last eight, but was always struggling against Melzer in blustery conditions.
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Roger Federer beaten in quarterfinals of Monte Carlo Masters by Jurgen Melzer
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Melzer wins 6-4 6-4 to earn a semifinal meeting with Spain's David Ferrer
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Rafael Nadal crushes Ivan Ljubicic to stay on course for seventh straight Monte Carlo crown
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Andy Murray next up for World No.1 after he beat Frederico Gil 6-2 6-1 | 16,007 | record_train |
The question of special treatment for @placeholder and Obamacare keeps rising like a bad cough, in large part because no other company or individual faces Congress' odd combination of requirements and circumstances. | Washington (CNN) -- Congress' tangled relationship with the Affordable Care Act entered another phase Monday, raising a new question about whether lawmakers are really experiencing the exchanges the way other Americans do. Monday night was the deadline for members of Congress and the thousands of people who work on their staffs to sign up for the Obamacare exchanges, where they must go to get any job-related health benefits. But with technical problems popping up in the past few days, House administrators gave employees (including elected members) a safety net. If they were blocked by technical problems, staff members will still be able to sign up for another week.
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Members of Congress and their staffs got an extension to sign up for Obamacare
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The extension is so staff can enroll and also receive subsidies
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Most House and Senate members and staffs must get insurance through Obamacare | 16,008 | record_train |
In a statement Wednesday night, @placeholder described the four hosts as "powerful and accomplished women from different walks of life who have had amazing personal and professional experiences." | (CNN) -- It'll be a brand-new "View" in less than two weeks, with three new co-hosts in a new studio and with a new boss behind the scenes. The long-running ABC talk show finalized its cast Wednesday, confirming that actress Rosie Perez and political analyst Nicolle Wallace will join Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell. The four will start working together when new episodes of the show resume on September 15. Goldberg is the only cast member from last season left standing -- well, mostly sitting -- at "The View." Barbara Walters' retirement from the show in May was the first in a series of changes, both on- and off-camera. In July, Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy stepped down from their co-host spots. And Walters' producing partner, Bill Geddie, was replaced by Bill Wolff, most recently an executive producer at MSNBC.
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"The View" will have a host of changes when it returns September 15
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Among the updates are two new co-hosts
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Rosie Perez and Nicolle Wallace join Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell | 16,009 | record_train |
The killers in @placeholder sincerely believed that human beings at Charlie Hebdo deserved to die because of their offensive cartoons. | Flemming Rose was put on an Al Qaeda hit list after publishing a cartoon mocking the Prophet Mohammed It was late on a Tuesday afternoon six years ago when the phone rang. A voice that had become familiar from Denmark’s Security and Intelligence Service said two men planning to assassinate me had been arrested in Chicago. The FBI had foiled another planned attack on my paper Jyllands-Posten, which specifically targeted myself and the cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. The terrorists turned out to be an American and a Canadian, both of Pakistani origin. One was linked to atrocities the previous year in Mumbai; he had already visited Denmark twice on planning missions and had purchased his ticket back to Copenhagen.
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Flemming Rose is the Foreign Editor of Jyllands-Posten in Denmark
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He was put on a jihadi hit-list after publishing anti-Islam cartoons in 2005
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His cartoonist colleague survived an assassination attempt in his home
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Here, he reflects on the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris
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Flemming Rose is author of The Tyranny Of Silence: How One Cartoon Ignited A Global Debate On The Future Of Free Speech. | 16,010 | record_train |
After co-founding, leading and now advising Reddit, which continues to grow as its peers have withered, Ohanian helped launch the fast-growing travel search website @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Alexis Ohanian is a champion of the Internet as a catalyst that lets anyone become a publisher or a promoter of worthwhile causes. But for his first book -- which happens to be about that very topic -- Ohanian is turning to the traditional publishing channels. The book will tentatively be called "Without Your Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made -- Not Managed," said Ohanian, who co-founded website aggregator Reddit and started his own independent book publisher. To develop the book, he and his agent sought the services of Business Plus, an imprint of the Hachette Book Group-owned Grand Central Publishing.
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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian says he is writing a book
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He is leaving his post as head of marketing for travel-search site Hipmunk
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The book will include tips for Web entrepreneurs and people running viral campaigns | 16,011 | record_train |
"The women of @placeholder sports club have shown us what they can do for their club, what they can do for Turkish football and I think this was an event that was exemplary for sports." | (CNN) -- The football world hadn't seen anything quite like it before. On Tuesday night the Turkish giants of Fenerbahce took on Manisaspor in Istanbul in what should have been an empty stadium. A pitch invasion by Fenerbahce's notoriously boisterous fans during a friendly in July had forced the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) to ban the male supporters from attending two games as punishment. Instead as many as 43,000 women and children took advantage of free tickets to fill the stands with songs, banners and passion every bit as intense as their male compatriots. "This atmosphere was one of the kind and historic in the sense of Turkish football as well as international football," Fenerbahce's vice-president Ali Koc told CNN's Pedro Pinto.
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As many as 43,000 mostly female fans watch Fenerbahce play Manisaspor in Istanbul
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Male fans had been banned because of a pitch invasion last July
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Turkish football has been mired in a match fixing scandal
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Club vice-president Ali Koc tells CNN's Pedro Pinto the match was "historic" | 16,012 | record_train |
He said @placeholder's complaints had been found to be baseless at the time, and the restaurant association negotiated a severance agreement with her rather than a legal settlement regarding any sexual harassment charges. | Washington (CNN) -- Herman Cain on Tuesday vehemently denied all sexual harassment allegations against him and said he had no memory of the first accuser to publicly describe claimed misconduct by the Republican presidential hopeful. "They simply didn't happen. They simply did not happen," Cain insisted of the accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior, and at least one incident of alleged sexual groping, when he was head of the National Restaurant Association from 1996 to 1999. But Karen Kraushaar, one of the women who have made allegations, told CNN Tuesday night that Cain is a "serial denier." While declining to comment on Cain's Tuesday remarks, Kraushaar said she wanted to meet with the other accusers about their cases.
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Kraushaar tells CNN her complaint wasn't about Cain's height remark
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Cain says accusations are fabricated and intended to defeat his presidential bid
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Lawyer for one accuser says there were multiple incidents of sexual harassment
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Sen. Murkowski says the allegations, if true, will sink Cain's campaign | 16,013 | record_train |
Chelsea defender @placeholder celebrates after scoring the winning goal against Aston Villa | Loic Remy showed his delight at Chelsea's win against Aston Villa by performing a bizarre dance in his hotel room after the match. Paul Lambert's Villa side scored for the first time 11 hours through Jores Okore but still lost 2-1 after goals from Blues duo Eden Hazard and Branislav Ivanovic. And former QPR striker Remy celebrated the win by dancing on camera, filmed by team-mate Kurt Zouma - who evidently found the performance hysterical. Loic Remy showed his delight at Chelsea's win over Aston Villa by performing a bizarre dance The Blues' striker shows off his moves in his hotel room after the Premier League clash in Birmingham
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Chelsea beat Aston Villa 2-1 in their Premier League clash at Villa Park
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Loic Remy found a novel way to express his good mood after the game
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The French striker was filmed performing a bizarre dance in his hotel room | 16,014 | record_train |
@placeholder journalists do not bring political views to work and Duncan will be no different.’ | By James Chapman PUBLISHED: 20:26 EST, 14 March 2014 | UPDATED: 20:27 EST, 14 March 2014 Tories expressed astonishment that Duncan Weldon, a former adviser to Harriet Harman and senior economist at the Trades Union Congress, had secured the plum job on Newsnight The BBC ignited a new row over Left-wing bias last night by appointing a former Labour adviser with barely any journalistic experience as economics editor of its flagship TV news programme. Tories expressed astonishment that Duncan Weldon, a former adviser to Harriet Harman and senior economist at the Trades Union Congress, had secured the plum job on Newsnight.
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Labour adviser Duncan Weldon has barely any journalistic experience
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Other recent controversial appointments: Ian Katz, former executive on The Guardian, as Newsnight’s editor; ex-Labour Cabinet minister James Purnell as director of strategy and digital
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Gillian Tett, of Financial Times, and Ed Conway, Sky News’s economics editor, were tipped for Newsnight job following departure of Paul Mason | 16,015 | record_train |
'The remarks of these individuals in no way reflect the views of News 12 management or other @placeholder personnel. | A television station has issued an apology after one of their anchors was caught telling parents to 'do their f***ing jobs' live on air. Matt Pieper from News 12 The Bronx in New York made the slip up while insulting anyone who relied on government assistance 'for their entire lives' on Wednesday morning. He then continued to joke about it for a long time, without realizing the camera was still rolling. Scroll down for video Matt Pieper from News 12 The Bronx said parents should 'do their f***ing jobs'while insulting anyone who was on government assistance on Wednesday morning Thinking it was a commercial break, Pieper was talking to another reporter about school crossing guards when he said: 'Two minutes and Dave [a colleague] wants you to talk about how parents should do their f***ing jobs and take their kids to school and not rely on everyone else, kind of like people who rely on government assistance for their entire lives.'
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Matt Pieper from News 12 The Bronx made the slip during a morning show
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Was talking to a reporter during what he thought was a commercial break
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Pair were discussing school crossing guards when he made the slip
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Insulted families who constantly rely on government assistance
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A station blamed a 'technical error' in an apology posted on Facebook | 16,016 | record_train |
They today received aid from @placeholder and American forces, who have intervened to protect the embattled minority group after an international outcry. | Hundreds of Yazidi refugees who were stranded on a barren mountainside in Iraq, surrounded on all sides by bloodthirsty Islamic State fighters, have been escorted to safety. Kurdish peshmerga forces used JCB-style diggers, tractors, trucks and donkeys to evacuate the persecuted minority, whose suffering help drag the U.S. into bombing raids on the jihadists. Some of the people were taken out on foot, in snaking lines through the desert. An estimated 5,000 were brought to safety by the Kurds, which could leave tens of thousands more still in acute danger in the Sinjar mountains. Scroll down for video Unconventional rescue: Kurdish peshmerga used all manner of vehicles to evacuate stranded Yazidi
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Soldiers used diggers, donkeys, tractors and trucks to escort persecuted minority from Sinjar mountain range
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Jihadist group earlier said it will kill Yazidi families in Koja, Hatimiya and Qaboshi unless they convert to Islam
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They are also surrounding thousands in Sinjar, near Turkish border, where Yazidi people fear slaughter at their hands
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Americans and Kurdish forces have made aid drops on the mountain, with British helicopters soon to join in
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Comes after Barack Obama authorised air strikes on Islamic State artillery emplacements and convoys yesterday | 16,017 | record_train |
He will also be challenged over whether his cheerleading for the £8-billion bid was entirely impartial since he was bestowed quasi-judicial powers by Prime Minister @placeholder. | By Matt Blake PUBLISHED: 04:51 EST, 25 May 2012 | UPDATED: 08:34 EST, 25 May 2012 Tony Blair will face the Leveson Inquiry on Monday, three days before embattled Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt takes the stand, it was announced today. Calls have been growing for the former Prime Minister to answer allegations that News International had 'unique access to Downing Street' during Labour's 13 years in power. MP Tom Watson told the the probe into press ethics this week that Mr Murdoch even tried to halt his anti-phone hacking campaign by asking Tony Blair to 'call him off'. Close? Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, right, and Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation Chairman and CEO, left, speak during a news conference held in conjunction with the Atlantic Council's 2008 annual awards dinner in Washington
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Jeremy hunt will give evidence on Thursday
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'I don't regret it': Cameron defends decision to hand BSkyB decision to Hunt
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Harriet Harman says the evidence of Hunt's wrongdoing was 'absolutely massive'
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'If we block it our media sector will suffer for years,' Mr Hunt told Cameron
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The document also adds James Murdoch was 'furious' with Vince Cable over his handling of the bid
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A source close to Mr Hunt said the memo did not mean he couldn't make an independent decision | 16,018 | record_train |
Under fire: This comes as many are attacking @placeholder for making his identity as a Navy SEAL public | The Navy SEAL who claims he killed Osama bin Laden says he shot the terrorist a third time 'just for luck.' Robert O'Neill, who was unmasked last week by MailOnline as 'The Shooter', had been trained to use two head shots during missions - known in military circles as a double tap. However, according to the New York Post, he told families of 9/11 victims there was 'no harm in putting one more bullet in him.' Scroll down for video What's done is done: Bin Laden shooter Robert O'Neill (above) said: 'He (Bin Laden] died afraid, and he knew we were there to kill him. And that's closure'
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The Navy SEAL was unmasked this week by MailOnline as 'The Shooter'
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Told a secret meeting at the 9/11 museum he shot Bin Laden three times
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Described how he was trained to fire two head shots during missions
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However he landed the third on the terrorist for 'good measure'
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Claimed he had no idea who the 'The Target' was going into the mission
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Last week he said that: 'Osama bin Laden died like a p****'
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Revealed that he and his fellow SEALs did not think they would make it out alive after raiding bin Laden's hideout | 16,019 | record_train |
Six points from two games against Ronaldo and @placeholder is exactly what Liverpool need. | A massive European night at Anfield – surely every football lover can’t wait for these games? You’ve got to be a hard-boiled hater of Liverpool Football Club if you’re not wildly excited about the prospect of the European champions Real Madrid, featuring arguably the world’s finest player in Cristiano Ronaldo, turning up at the historic and celebrated home of England’s finest European ambassadors over the years. The truth is that those massive European nights are only remembered if they are successful. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Rodgers say Anfield crowd will be key for Real Madrid clash Brendan Rodgers is ready to welcome Real Madrid to Anfield in the Champions League on Wednesday night
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Liverpool face Real Madrid at Anfield on Wednesday night
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Real Madrid are expected to be without star man Gareth Bale
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Likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Isco, Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez ensure Real are certainly not short of options to fill in for Bale
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Liverpool need results in the Champions League after defeat in Basle
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Brendan Rodgers wants to follow in the footsteps of Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Rafa Benitez | 16,020 | record_train |
Happy memories: @placeholder won their only Champions League trophy during the 2011/12 season | By Adam Shergold The elite of European football will gather in Monte Carlo on Thursday evening to discover their opponents in the Champions League group stage. It is typically an occasion of pageantry and presentations as the continental football season gets into full swing. Here's your complete guide to the occasion. When and where is the draw taking place? The Champions League group stage draw will take place on Thursday, with the ceremony getting underway at 4.45pm UK time. It will take place at the Grimaldi Forum in sunny Monaco. Who's in the draw? Arsenal 1-0 Besiktas (agg 1-0) Athletic Bilbao 3-1 Napoli (agg 4-2)
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The Champions League draw takes place at 4.45pm UK time on Thursday
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Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal will all be in the draw
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Liverpool could draw Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Roma
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Chelsea and Arsenal could draw Paris Saint-Germain, Galatasaray and Roma
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Manchester City could face Real Madrid, Galatasaray and Roma | 16,021 | record_train |
Earlier Monday, the city announced in a statement that a separation agreement had been reached with @placeholder to resign. | (CNN) -- City commissioners in Sanford, Florida, voted Monday to reject the proposed resignation of their embattled police chief, who has been under fire for the handling of the probe into Trayvon Martin's death in February. Chief Bill Lee has been on paid leave since March 22, a day after the commission expressed a lack of confidence in him because of the case. He remains so after the commission's decision, with Capt. Darren Scott continuing to serve as acting chief. George Zimmerman, who has said he killed the 17-year-old Martin in self-defense, was not arrested after being questioned by police the night of the shooting. Arrested weeks later after a special prosecutor was assigned to the case, he was released from jail early Monday and hours later entered a not guilty plea.
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NEW: He is "on his own" with no special protection, shuttling between locations, he adds
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The city police chief's offer to resign was rejected Monday by Sanford city commissioners
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Zimmerman pleaded not guilty Monday in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford | 16,022 | record_train |
He hasn't always been faithful to his wives; his first one famously tied a passed-out @placeholder in a bedsheet and beat him with a broom handle. | (CNN) -- Does the singer come first? Or the songwriter? Let's start with the songs: "Crazy." "Hello Walls." "Funny How Time Slips Away." "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground." "On the Road Again." Just the catalogue alone would qualify him for any number of musical halls of fame -- and, indeed, Willie Nelson is in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Kennedy Center Honors. He has a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Country Music Association, the first it ever presented. They decided to name it for him. Then there's the voice, that baritone as smooth as fine whiskey, capable of jaunty sing-alongs, angry despair, pensive melancholy. Amazingly, his delivery was once considered too unusual for Nashville, with a start-stop phrasing that skipped around the beat. Now it's as welcome as his other voice, the well-worn Martin N-20 acoustic guitar he calls "Trigger."
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Willie Nelson turns 80 today
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In addition to being a songwriter and singer he co-created Farm Aid
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Nelson will be playing a concert on his birthday | 16,023 | record_train |
Last Tuesday, North Korea called off what were supposed to be the first high-level talks between @placeholder and South Korean officials in years. | Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea has proposed high-level talks with the United States to "ease tensions in the Korean Peninsula," its state news agency reported early Sunday. The topics that "can be sincerely discussed" include easing military tensions, changing a truce treaty to a peace treaty, and nuclear matters, according to a statement from the North's National Defense Commission, as reported by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. It left some details -- like where and when the talks might be held -- up to Washington, and insisted U.S. officials should not lay out any preconditions for talks.
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NEW: Washington says North Korea needs to back up its words
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A North Korean government group makes its offer to the U.S. to "ease tensions"
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The U.S. has spearheaded efforts targeting North Korea's nuclear program
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The North abruptly called off talks days ago with South Korea | 16,024 | record_train |
a blonde profile picture rather than the red hair @placeholder sports in | By Lucy Osborne To the millions of Benefits Street viewers, White Dee is the mouthy single mother who seems to fill her days chain-smoking and swearing on her doorstep. But her image on the Channel 4 show is somewhat at odds with how she presents herself when looking for love on a dating website. Self-proclaimed ‘mother of the street’, White Dee – whose real name is Deirdre Kelly – advertises herself on the Plenty Of Fish website as a blonde with ‘a few extra pounds’. She describes herself as ‘mean n moody – but nice!’ and lists her profession as ‘home maker’.
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'White Dee' wrote on her dating page: 'u mite actually njoy wats inside'
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Unemployed single mother lists her profession as a 'home maker'
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The mother-of-two said that she is 'looking for fun n friendship' | 16,025 | record_train |
@placeholder in "10" (1979) Her perfect score has never been beaten. | (InStyle.com) -- History's best bathing suits aren't always practical -- Raquel Welch's Paleolithic two-piece from One Million Years B.C. wouldn't have lasted long in open water--but they're impossible to forget. InStyle fashion director Hal Rubenstein shares the top ten on-screen swimsuits that are forever in our memories. 1. URSULA ANDRESS in "Dr. No" (1962) As Honey Rider, she stepped out of the Caribbean and into the fantasies of every guy longing to be James Bond. The matching knife belt was a cute touch. 2. PHOEBE CATES in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982) Backed by a curtain of sprinkler-coated sunbeams, Cates's high school princess joined the pool party in a skimpy bikini as red as her lipstick. A besotted Judge Reinhold -- and a generation of teenage boys in the movie theater -- envisioned unhooking her top.
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Phoebe Cates wore a skimpy red bikini in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
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Bo Derek may have been the best thing to happen to sales of the one-piece
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Welch's animal-skin bikini may be film's most famous bathing suit that never got wet | 16,026 | record_train |
The shows were billed as the final concerts of his career and were called "@placeholder." | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Michael Jackson fans who purchased tickets for his final concerts will receive a full refund or, if they chose, a commemorative ticket, the concert promoter said Tuesday. A fan shows off the first ticket bought at the O2 Centre in London for one of Michael Jackson's concerts. "The world lost a kind soul who just happened to be the greatest entertainer the world has ever known," said Randy Phillips, president and chief executive officer of AEG Live. "Since he loved his fans in life, it is incumbent upon us to treat them with the same reverence and respect after his death."
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"This Is It" ticket holders who choose a souvenir will get tickets conceived by Jackson
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Fifty sold-out Jackson concerts were scheduled to start July 13 in London
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Jackson was expected to earn $50 million from the London shows | 16,027 | record_train |
References to orphans and brothers in the mountains meant the @placeholder insurgents, and camels referred to trucks. | They sent money overseas for "orphans" and "brothers in the mountains," or for "camels," according to court records. The Justice Department alleges that three women arrested Wednesday actually directed the money labeled "living expenses" to Al-Shabaab, an Islamist group in Somalia designated by the United States as a terrorist organization. Arrested in their homes were Muna Osman Jama of Reston, Virginia; Hinda Osman Dhirane of Kent, Washington; and Farhia Hassan of the Netherlands, according to a Justice Department statement. Two other women named in the indictment are fugitives in Kenya and Somalia, the statement said. The three arrested were charged with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and 20 counts of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
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Court records say money sent to "orphans" actually went Islamic insurgents
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Justice Department: The operation disguised money transfers to Al-Shabaab
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Cole's father, @placeholder, said the emotion he felt after being informed that his son was safe was "indescribable." | LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- A 6-year-old boy abducted Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nevada, has been found safe, the Las Vegas police department announced early Sunday. "Cole (Puffinburger) has been found, he is safe and in our custody," Capt. Vince Cannito told reporters in an early morning news conference. Cannito said that while detectives were canvassing Las Vegas neighborhoods Saturday night with flyers about the boy's abduction, they got a report that a young boy who matched Cole's description was seen walking alone on a sidewalk on the city's east side. "Detectives rushed there, found the boy and confirmed it was Cole," Cannito said.
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Cole Puffinburger, 6, was found safe late Saturday in Las Vegas, police say
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Puffinburger was abducted from his home Wednesday by three armed men
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Police arrested boy's grandfather, Clemons F. Tinnemeyer, on Friday
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‘This has been about a three-week push for us and it's a good way to end before the break,’ @placeholder coach Erik Spoelstra said. | By Mark Duell Last updated at 3:32 PM on 24th February 2012 All of the best sportsmen can expect to have the odd bad day at the office even at the height of their fame, and this was Jeremy Lin’s first as his rise from unknown to stardom hit its first major snag. The league-leading Miami Heat and LeBron James beat point guard Lin and the New York Knicks by 102-88 last night as they raced to their eighth straight win, with all coming by at least 12 points. Lin was outmuscled and outfought by James as the Heat star put up 20 points, nine rebounds, eight assists, five steals and two blocks, while Chris Bosh scored 25 points and Dwyane Wade added 22.
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Knicks went down 102-88 at American Airlines Arena in Florida last night
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Coach defends Lin, who insists he's keeping his head up and will improve
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Asian American Journalists Association publishes Lin reporting guidelines | 16,030 | record_train |
He will be, by a considerable distance, the most feted sportsman in the @placeholder team and will be invited to carry the flag into the stadium at the opening ceremony. | By Derek Lawrenson Given it’s only 18 months since Rory McIlroy declared unequivocally to this newspaper he felt ‘more British than Irish,’ there are passionate supporters of Team GB’s Olympic team who could be forgiven for feeling a bit like Caroline Wozniacki this morning. If truth be told, this latest U-turn from the 25-year-old is a bit less shocking than that one at Wentworth last month detailing his split with fiancee Wozniacki. Everything changed for McIlroy in the aftermath of our story about his feelings of ‘Britishness’. It caused such a commotion I sought him out the following week to make sure he had no problems with the piece. Sifting through the furore, McIlroy made it clear he was not bothered about the nutters filling the airwaves and newspaper columns with screeds of bigotry.
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Rory McIlroy has chosen to play for Ireland instead of Great Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games
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Golfer did not want to disappoint fans from his homeland of Ireland
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Graeme McDowell gave a persuasive argument to play for Ireland
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For his part, Kenny, who wore an even greener tie, said his country will be honored to host @placeholder in May, and he is even looking forward to a possible round of golf with the president. | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama announced on Thursday -- St. Patrick's Day -- that he will stop in Ireland in May as a side trip from his state visit to the United Kingdom, and that he hopes to visit the birthplace there of his great-great-great-great-great grandfather. He made the announcement as he met with the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny in the Oval Office. The birthplace is in Moneygall, he said, adding that he also plans to visit "famous sites" in the country. Obama -- clad in a light green tie and sporting shamrocks emerging from his suit pocket -- stressed the "incredible bond" between the two countries. Beyond the customary comments on his guest's leadership, the president thanked Ireland for its assistance with the U.S. effort in Afghanistan and on issues such as food security, and hailed progress and stability in Northern Ireland.
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Obama meets with Irish Prime Minister Kenny in the Oval Office
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The president says he will visit Ireland in May
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"We must never forget the sacrifices made and the dedication showed by those who served our country in the @placeholder," Cameron said. | London, England (CNN) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will join hundreds of veterans Sunday to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, or VJ Day, which was Saturday. "The service will remember the efforts of hundreds of thousands of veterans operating in the harshest of conditions, and pay tribute to nearly 30,000 British losses suffered during the Far East campaign, (including) some 12,500 who died while prisoners of war," Britain's Ministry of Defence said in a statement. Cameron will lay a wreath on behalf of the British government, the statement said.
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Ceremony on Sunday remembers the day Japan surrendered in 1945, ending WWII
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PM David Cameron will lay a wreath on behalf of the government
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Nearly 30,000 British troops died in the Far East campaign | 16,033 | record_train |
@placeholder gained legend as the straight man who made it all possible. | (CNN) -- Looks like we'd all like to live in Mayberry. Fifty years later, we're still watching "The Andy Griffith Show." The '60s hit continues to air twice a day in TV Land's weekday schedule, at noon and 12:30 p.m. ET. (TV Land also has a July 4 marathon, Wednesday 8 a.m.-1 p.m. ET/PT; and a weekend tribute to its recently deceased star July 7-8, Saturday-Sunday 11 a.m.-8 p.m. ET/PT.) Andy Griffith created a mighty special place in his small-town TV comedy, which seems to have aired continually every day someplace since it left the CBS network in 1968. When the show ceased production, it ranked as prime-time's No. 1 series, after spending all eight of its network seasons in Nielsen's Top 10.
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Diane Werts notes "The Andy Griffith Show" was No. 1 in 1968
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In an era of upheaval, Americans turned to Mayberry, she says
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"They are tough on us because we educate others," a former pastor of an underground evangelical church in @placeholder told me on condition of anonymity. | (CNN) -- In March 2009, when I was detained in Evin Prison in Iran, two evangelical Christians were arrested. I never met them but spotted them a few times through the barred window of my cell as they walked back and forth to the bathroom down the hall. I would later learn that Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh had converted from Islam to Christianity and faced charges of spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic, insulting religious sanctities, and committing apostasy. They resisted severe pressure to renounce their faith, and in November 2009, after an international outcry, the two women went free.
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Youcef Nadarkhani was sentenced to death in Iran, says Roxana Saberi
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The 34-year-old pastor converted to Christianity at 19, Saberi says
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Saberi: Iran's last official execution for apostasy occurred in 1990
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‘I was sharing varied daily photos when I saw that @placeholder's photos were more appreciated than the other photos so I thought it best for BuBu to have her own account. | She loves sipping cocktails, hosting tea parties and even driving her sports car around the house. And BuBu, a cute seven-year-old white chinchilla from Singapore taking social media by storm, has now amassed more than 110,000 followers on Instagram. Her proud owner - known only as ‘Angel F’ - said she has been taking photos of BuBu since she was just four months old, but only recently started sharing her images on the website. Scroll down for video Cute chincilla: BuBu is clearly a fan of sipping cocktails (left) and having a hot drink from Starbucks (right) Pushing the roses: BuBu, from Singapore, has now amassed more than 110,000 followers on Instagram
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BuBu is a cute chinchilla from Singapore taking social media by storm
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Angel F has been taking photos of BuBu since she was four months old
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@placeholder argues he made a mistake -- that he thought was trying to defend himself from an intruder. | Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- The prosecution and defense have made their cases, and now Judge Thokozile Masipa must decide: Did Oscar Pistorius intentionally kill his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp? Was it murder? The verdict is expected September 11. The judge has to answer several questions to reach her verdict on the murder charge, one of four charges Pistorius faces. First -- and most important -- did Pistorius know Steenkamp was behind the door in his bathroom when he fired four shots through it on Valentine's Day last year, killing her? If the answer is yes, beyond a reasonable doubt, Pistorius knew he was shooting at his girlfriend, then the judge will find him guilty of murder.
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Judge Thokozile Masipa must answer several questions to determine her ruling
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If Pistorius knew he was shooting at Reeva Steenkamp, he committed murder
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@placeholder and its allies because each new success puts North Korean | By Hayley Dixon PUBLISHED: 12:25 EST, 28 December 2012 | UPDATED: 13:23 EST, 28 December 2012 North Korea has repaired flood damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a quick atomic explosion if it chose - and could trigger a detonation in as little as two weeks. But water streaming out of a test tunnel may cause problems at the site, analysis of recent satellite photos has found. Leaders in Washington and around the world are braced for the possibility that if punished for a successful long-range rocket launch on December 12, that the UN considers a cover for a banned ballistic missile test, North Korea's next step might be its third nuclear test.
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Discovery of repair comes from an analysis of satellite images
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World leaders fear that North Korea's may be plotting its third nuclear test
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Country could trigger detonation in just two weeks | 16,038 | record_train |
-- Children in the custody of @placeholder immigration officials, some of whom are as young as 5, must be treated compassionately. | (CNN) -- It's time to get beyond the question of who's to blame for the crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border, where tens of thousands of children -- three-fourths of them from Honduras, Guatemala, or El Salvador -- are streaming into the United States and overwhelming our border enforcement apparatus. We have to focus on workable solutions and skip half-baked ideas that make the problem worse. Unfortunately, neither President Obama nor congressional Republicans are bringing their A-game. You know who did bring theirs? The human smuggling cartels. The White House recently acknowledged that "criminal syndicates" planted fake media reports on foreign television networks telling desperate would-be migrants that Congress had passed an amnesty and urging people to go north immediately for their "permisos" (permits) to live legally in the United States. Helping what is now nearly 100,000 young people cross the U.S.-Mexico border, at $8,000 per head, the bad guys earned about $800 million. It was a brilliant plan, and an evil one.
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Ruben Navarrette: Blame game over immigrant kids streaming in from Central America is useless
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He says Issa blames Obama for influx, but he's got it wrong; Bush law drives policy on kids
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He says Obama approach cold, unconstitutional. Kids need legal help, may face peril if deported
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Navarrette: Here are 5 things Obama should do, starting with treating the children humanely | 16,039 | record_train |
@placeholder's blender won't show us the secret behind his craft, but when we ask him how he maintains the quality he gives us a glimpse into the science. | The first thing you notice is the smell: rich, deep, and mysterious. And somehow, both fresh and musty at the same time. It's a scent that immediately piques your curiosity. CNN's On the Road Japan team visited Japan's oldest whisky distillery just outside Kyoto to learn more about a spirit that's just been named the best in the world. Just a few weeks ago, the Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013, made by beverage giant Suntory, took home top honors in Jim Murray's "Whisky Bible". The whisky guru referred to it as "near indescribable genius." Scotch didn't even make the top three.
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Last month a Japanese whisky was named the best in the world
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The Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 topped Jim Murray's "Whisky Bible"
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Japan has only three distilleries compared to over 100 in Scotland | 16,040 | record_train |
Every region in England recorded higher house price growth more than @placeholder and Wales. | House prices soared by 10 per cent over the past year - driven 'in large part' by runaway prices in London, official figures revealed this morning. Homes in the capital were £65,000 more expensive in November than at the same time last year – a 15.3 per cent increase in 12 months. Excluding London and the wider South East, house prices increased by 7.1 per cent across the rest of the country, the Office for National Statistics said. House prices in the UK were up 10% in the 12 months to November, the Office for National Statistics said. The boom was driven 'in large part' by the runaway prices in London - with properties up 15.3 per cent
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Britain's housing boom is being fuelled by 15% price rises in London
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Homes in capital £65,000 more expensive last month than the year before
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England has the highest house prices - £283,000 - up 10.4% in a year
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Prices up 3.1% in Wales, 4.4% in Scotland and 11.7% in Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland enjoyed the strongest house price boom since 2007
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@placeholder has deputised in the absence of the Spain international, scoring in each of his last three games | Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Diego Costa is fit to face Queens Park Rangers on Saturday. The striker has not played since coming back from international duty with Spain struggling with persistent hamstring problems. He has missed Chelsea's past four games, but the £32million summer signing is set to return against QPR. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Jose Mourinho say Costa needs special care Diego Costa has scored nine times in his first nine games for Chelsea, but has missed the last four Costa returned to training this week and has been declared fit for the game against QPR on Saturday
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Diego Costa hasn't played since scoring in 2-0 win over Arsenal
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Midfielder Ramires also declared fit by manager Jose Mourinho
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Mourinho also praised Didier Drogba's performances in Costa's absence
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Chelsea host Queens Park Rangers on Saturday afternoon | 16,042 | record_train |
"We urge all parties, @placeholder, South Ossetians and Russians to de-escalate the tension and avoid conflict. | (CNN) -- The U.S., European Union and international security organizations Friday called for an end to fighting between Georgia and militant separatists that has dragged in Russian forces. Russia's Channel 1 shows heavy tanks purported to be on their way to South Ossetia. President George Bush and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin discussed the conflict in Georgia, the White House confirmed. Both men were attending the opening of the Summer Olympics in the Chinese capital and spoke during a luncheon hosted by Chinese President Hu Jintao. White House spokesman Tony Fratto did not provide any additional details. But Putin, according to his spokesman, said: "There are lots of volunteers being gathered in the region, and it's very hard to withhold them from taking part. A real war is going on."
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International organizations call for end to fighting in breakaway Georgia region
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Fighting in South Ossetia escalated Friday; Russian tanks moved to the region
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President Bush: The United States supports Georgia's territorial integrity
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Dr Craig Spencer leaves hospital on Tuesday with an army of doctors and health officials along with the @placeholder mayor and his wife. | A doctor who was diagnosed with Ebola was discharged on Tuesday after being declared virus-free following weeks of isolation treatment/ Dr Craig Spencer, 33, was cheered by crowds of medical staff at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan as he left today accompanied for Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray. The release of Dr Spencer who worked with Ebola patients in Guinea and had been held at Bellevue since he was diagnosed with the virus on October 23, means no one in the U.S. is being treated for the disease. Scroll down for video Dr Craig Spencer, who has been declared Ebola-free, gets a hug from New York City Major Bill de Blasio on Tuesday morning while first lady Chirlane McCray looks on
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Dr Craig Spencer, 33, was cheered by crowds of medical staff at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan as he left today
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Doctor got hugs from Mayor Bill de Blasio and first lady Chirlane McCray
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Dr Spencer has been warned off having sex for three months because Ebola can survive for a longer time in semen
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Doctor initially claimed he had isolated himself in his Harlem apartment after returning from Guinea
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Cops checked his MetroCard and bank statement and found he had visited a sandwich shop, taken an Uber cab and gone bowling | 16,044 | record_train |
The trouble marked the second consecutive game between @placeholder and Manchester United in the Italian capital which has been marred by violence. | ROME, Italy -- Seven Manchester United supporters were taken to hospital after violence flared before the 1-1 Champions' League draw against Roma in Italy. Manchester United supporters were segregated inside the Olympic Stadium for the Champions tie. British Embassy officials in Rome said five fans received stab wounds while two others, including a 16-year-old boy, needed treatment for being drunk, the Press Association reported. None of the stab victims is understood to have serious injuries following the clash between the rival fans outside the Stadio Olympico. An embassy spokeswoman said: "Seven Manchester United supporters were taken to hospital after fighting broke out on the Pont Duca d'Aosta bridge which fans cross over the river to get to the stadium.
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Seven Manchester United supporters taken to hospital before game in Rome
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British Embassy officials in Rome said five of the fans received stab wounds
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But he hopes that the case of @placeholder will serve as the blueprint in any forthcoming trials. | Nazi hunters in Germany are on the trail of 17 more former S.S. guards who worked at the death camp of Majdanek in occupied Poland during the Second World War. Four women are among the suspects said to have helped herd innocent victims into the gas chambers - or who were part of mass shooting parties - which claimed the lives of between 80,000 and 150,000 people, most of them Jews. Majdanek was a hybrid facility which also served as a concentration camp and a source of slave labour. Majdanek (above and below) was a hybrid facility which also served as a concentration camp and a source of slave labour
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Majdanek was a concentration camp on the outskirts of Lublin in eastern Poland but also provided slave labour for the Germans
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It was liberated by the Soviet Red Army in July 1944
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Prosecutors hoping to use Demjanjuk strategy whereby the fact he worked at Sobibor was enough to convict him of war crimes | 16,046 | record_train |
From @placeholder to Russia to China, the driverless van baffled onlookers. | Beijing, China (CNN) -- A driverless van has completed the longest-ever trip by an unmanned vehicle, beginning in Italy and arriving in China, covering 13,000 kilometers (8,077 miles), researchers said. The van arrived at the Shanghai World Expo on Thursday, after leaving Italy on July 20. The three-month trip took the van through Eastern Europe, Russia and Kazakhstan; across China through the Gobi Desert; and finally along the Great Wall, before arriving for a celebration at the expo. The driverless van relied solely on electricity. See more of CNN's tech coverage The vehicle weathered three months of rain, blizzards and sun, and arrived in Shanghai with no major problems, according to researchers tracking its progress. The van even stopped to pick up hitchhikers outside of Moscow.
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Van arrives at the Shanghai World Expo on Thursday
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The van left Italy in July, with two engineers aboard to prevent dangerous situations
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It traveled through Eastern Europe, Russia and Kazakhstan
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The van then went through the Gobi Desert and along the Great Wall | 16,047 | record_train |
"We regard this announcement as a new expression for @placeholder defiance of will of the international community. | Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel has announced plans to build hundreds of new homes in the disputed regions of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, a move that has drawn sharp criticism. The country's Land Administration on Monday published notices for bids to erect 609 units in Pisgat Zeev and 606 units in Ramot in East Jerusalem. It also reoffered bids for 72 homes in Ariel in the West Bank. Israel's building of settlements in the West Bank and housing construction in East Jerusalem have been major stumbling blocks in forging peace efforts and a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Bids are taken to build units in East Jerusalem and West Bank
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Peace Now argues the bids were timed as attention is turned toward the U.S. elections
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An adult who also lives in the home, and wished not to be named, allegedly told police that Robinson also abused him as @placeholder, and that she kicked him in the genitals on a regular basis. | Oklahoma City police have filed additional charges against a 49-year-old woman who stands accused of brutally abusing her 7-year-old granddaughter while dressed up as her alter ego - a witch called 'Nelda' as it's revealed her boyfriend allegedly taped it. Geneva Robinson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was arrested in October on child abuse charges after taking her unnamed granddaughter to the hospital, saying she 'could not control' the girl anymore. Doctors reported that the girl was malnourished, and had bruises, burns and cuts all over her body. Accused of torturing children: Police say that Geneva Robinson (left) abused her two 7-year-old grandchildren as her boyfriend Joshua Granger (right) taped it
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Geneva Robinson was arrested in October after her 7-year-old granddaughter complained about being abused by the 49-year-old woman
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Police recently pressed charges against her boyfriend Joshua Granger who allegedly taped the abuse
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Police identified her 7-year-old grandson as a second victim
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Robinson allegedly took her daughter to the hospital this week saying she 'could not control' the girl
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The girl later told a social worker that her grandmother dressed up as a witch named 'Nelda' to whip and burn her in the garage
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All four children who live in Robinson's house have been played in protective custody | 16,049 | record_train |
"They used to see him dress in traditional @placeholder clothing, so he was a bit irritated because of this. | FORT HOOD, Texas (CNN) -- The bumper sticker reading "Allah is Love" was torn off and the car was keyed. A police report was filed in the August 16 incident involving Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's Honda, and a neighbor was charged with criminal mischief. But what kind of impact that incident, and possibly others, had on Hasan remains a mystery. While few official details have been released about Hasan, his family and others have given some insight into the man accused of killing 13 people and wounded 38 others in Thursday's massacre at Fort Hood Army Post in Texas. Relatives say Hasan, a U.S.-born citizen of Palestinian descent, was a "calm" individual who had been taunted after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Others describe him as a vocal opponent to the war on terror whose rhetoric concerned colleagues.
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Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan taunted for being a Muslim, family says
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"Allah is Love" bumper sticker torn off Hasan's car, apartment manager says
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ET at Dauphin Island, Alabama, which is located five miles off the @placeholder coast, the center said. | (CNN) -- Ida has been downgraded from a tropical storm to a tropical depression as it lost momentum during its approach to the U.S. Gulf Coast early Tuesday. But the storm is still spreading plenty of rain across the Southeast, generally 3 to 6 inches with isolated maximum storm totals of 8 inches. This could continue through Wednesday evening from the eastern Gulf Coast into the Southern Mid-Atlantic states. "Ida has lost tropical characteristics and its winds are expected to slowly diminish during the next day or so," according to a 10 a.m. ET advisory from the Miami, Florida-based National Hurricane Center.
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NEW: Rain in South, Mid-Atlantic could continue until Wednesday
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Tropical Storm Ida reaches Dauphin Island, Alabama
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Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Louisiana declare emergency
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For more than 20 years, the gaps between the slats have been governed by a @placeholder industry standard that has stipulated an opening of three- quarters of an inch (19mm). | By Valerie Elliott PUBLISHED: 18:44 EST, 7 April 2012 | UPDATED: 18:44 EST, 7 April 2012 British farmers could be forced to spend about £28 million revamping their pig sheds – because a new ruling from Brussels says gaps in the floors are a millimetre too wide. Many are threatening to quit farming altogether rather than spend cash on what they call ‘millimetre madness’. Bacon, pork and ham would all become more expensive if supplies to shops were disrupted as a result. Outraged: Many are threatening to quit farming altogether rather than spend cash on what they call 'millimetre madness'
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A new European Union directive has decreed that the maximum size of a gap should be reduced to 18mm
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Bacon, pork and ham would all become more expensive if supplies to shops were disrupted as a result
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About a third of the 9.5 million pigs reared in this country each year live indoors on concrete slatted floors | 16,052 | record_train |
After her arrest in 2003, Barzee told authorities that she and Mitchell went to the home to abduct the girl, and planned to hold her, along with @placeholder, in the couple's camp in the mountains, according to court documents. | (CNN) -- A woman who pleaded guilty to kidnapping Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart in 2002 -- and attempting to kidnap Smart's cousin a month later -- will be sentenced for both offenses in state and federal court Friday. Wanda Eileen Barzee, 64, pleaded guilty in November to federal charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor in Smart's kidnapping. As part of that plea agreement, she agreed to cooperate with the state and federal cases against her husband, Brian David Mitchell, federal prosecutors have said. Barzee and Mitchell were accused of abducting Smart, then 14, at knifepoint from her bedroom in her family's Salt Lake City, Utah, home in June 2002. Smart was found nine months later, walking down a street in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy in the company of Barzee and Mitchell, a drifter and self-described prophet who calls himself Emmanuel and had done some handyman work at the Smarts' home.
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Wanda Barzee to be sentenced Friday on federal kidnapping, state attempted kidnapping charges
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Faces 1 to 15 years in prison for incident involving Elizabeth Smart's cousin
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Barzee pleaded guilty in 2002 Elizabeth Smart kidnapping
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Namely, these officials have said that al-Assad would not disperse his stockpile of chemical weapons because he knows the @placeholder would not bomb it, that Syrian security forces firmly control the weapons and that there exists a large, secure infrastructure that has been moving these arms from rebel-held areas. | The head of the opposition Free Syrian Army told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Thursday he has intelligence showing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government is moving its chemical weapons out of the country. "Today, we have information that the regime began to move chemical materials and chemical weapons to Lebanon and to Iraq," Gen. Salim Idriss said from inside Syria. CNN could not independently verify Idriss' claim. Several senior Israeli officials told CNN's Elise Labott that they have not seen movements into Lebanon or Iraq, and that they did not believe it made sense for the Syrians to be moving weapons so soon.
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Gen. Salim Idriss claims he has info showing Syria is moving chemical weapons
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Senior Israeli officials say they haven't seen such movement; Iraq firmly denies it
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The Free Syrian Army chief says the rebels are getting "a lot of support" from the U.S.
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It has led to a moderate winding back of restrictions on women in the @placeholder smoothing the way for a new generation of young entrepreneurs, like Maria Mahdaly. | It's not easy being a female entrepreneur in a country where women need a male guardian's permission to work, rent property or travel. Yet in Saudi Arabia, a small but determined number of women are overcoming these obstacles to build their own thriving businesses. Social constraints in the conservative Kingdom have not stopped women from amassing substantial individual wealth. An estimated $11.9 billion is held by women primarily in bonds and bank accounts, according to asset managers Al Masah Capital. As it seeks to hedge against its overdependence on oil, there is increasing government recognition that women have a part to play in Saudi's economic development.
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Although they can't yet drive, some Saudi women have started successful enterprises
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Saudi's leader has been softening legislation, making it easier for women to work
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Young Saudi businesswoman Maria Mahdaly feels more supported, she says | 16,055 | record_train |
@placeholder's a sportsman, we've talked about this for a long time. | Oprah Winfrey, David Geffen and Larry Ellison want to buy the embattled LA Clippers from disgraced owner Donald Sterling. The three billionaires with a combined wealth of $60 billion revealed on Wednesday that they have formed a consortium to take over the NBA team in the wake of 80-year-old Sterling's lifetime ban from the league. Television entrepreneur Winfrey, is joining forces with the world's fifth richest man, Ellison and entertainment mogul Geffen to pry the franchise from Sterling's grip - after he revealed he would not sell the team he bought for $12 million in 1982. Scroll Down for Video
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The three billionaires have formed a consortium to take the LA Clippers from current owner Donald Sterling
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Oprah Winfrey is worth $2.9 billion, music mogul David Geffen, $6.2 billion and software provider Larry Ellison, $49.5 billion
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It is estimated that the LA Clippers are worth a total of $780 million
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Sterling, 80, has insisted that the team he bought for $12 million in 1982 are not for sale
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Owners plan to vote next week, and a vote by 22 of the league's 29 owners could force Sterling to sell
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Has indicated that he will launch a legal fight against this that could last years
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Apple says it's aware of an issue that's causing texts sent through its @placeholder app not to go through for some users. | (CNN) -- The new version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 7, was released September 18 to mostly positive reviews. It was the biggest change to iOS since it was introduced six years ago, overhauled to add a slate of new features and a more streamlined, flat, abstract look. But nobody's perfect, right? It's not unusual for new operating systems to have some glitches in their earliest days. Nobody's talking about anything cataclysmic this time, like the Apple Maps fiasco on iOS 6 that led CEO Tim Cook to issue a rare apology -- and which some say led to the ouster of Apple senior vice president Scott Forstall.
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iMessage not working for some users of Apple's new mobile system
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Apple has already fixed a Lock screen bypass
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but @placeholder said he only intended to scare the clerk. | By Emma Reynolds PUBLISHED: 07:18 EST, 30 July 2012 | UPDATED: 07:25 EST, 30 July 2012 An angry father flew into a rage and smashed up a shop that supplied legal 'bath salts' type drugs that put his son in hospital. Justin Avery, 24, was taken to New York's Samaritan Hospital after snorting a powder labelled 'glass cleaner' that his friends had called 'fake cocaine'. According to police reports, his father Dan then called the store where his son had paid $20 for the legal high and left a message saying: 'You sold my kid bath salts and I’ll [expletive] kill you'.
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A mother was charged with trespassing two weeks ago after she started shouting at staff in a shop that sold 'bath salts'
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These drugs can be sold legally in the US as long as they are not marked for human consumption
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In high doses, the chemicals can cause violent behaviour and terrifying hallucinations | 16,058 | record_train |
A combination of illness and injury disrupted Vonn's dominance on the slopes last season but she is confident she remains on course to defend her @placeholder crown. | (CNN) -- Ski queen Lindsey Vonn has put her return to racing on ice -- for now. The new World Cup ski season begins in the Austrian resort of Soelden this weekend but the Olympic downhill champion will not take part as she continues her comeback from a serious knee injury. Vonn was airlifted to hospital February after she landed heavily on her right knee on the opening day of the Alpine Ski World Championships in Austria. Less than seven months after her horror crash, the 29-year-old American returned to the slopes in Chile to test out her reconstructed knee.
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Lindsey Vonn will not compete in the opening World Cup skiing event in Soelden, Austria
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The American Olympic champion is recovering from a serious knee injury
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"Not racing is very hard for me," says Vonn
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Olympic super combined champion Bode Miller returns to World Cup racing | 16,059 | record_train |
It is over seven furlongs and all @placeholder’s wins in Britain have been over that distance. | Newmarket trainer Phil McEntee flies out to California this morning hoping filly Living The Life can make sure he lives the American dream. Europe, buoyed by last year’s success, launches one of its strongest ever numerical challenges for the Breeders’ Cup which gets under way at Santa Anita racecourse tonight. If Living The Life can land Saturday's $1million Filly & Mare Sprint, her success will be credited to US trainer Gary Mandella. But the four-year-old’s success will have its foundations firmly rooted in British All-Weather racing. Living The Life exercises in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, which has $1m prize money
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Breeders' Cup gets under way on Friday at Santa Anita
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Hank Nothaft's filly Living The Life will be under the spotlight
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Point of view: Ferdinand on his way to try his hand at @placeholder after playing on the video game | Rio Ferdinand clearly knows how to hold his own as the former England and Manchester United defender steps off the football pitch - and into the UFC Octagon. The incredible footage shows Sportsmail's World Cup columnist going from playing a video game to trying the real thing, and getting knocked to the canvas by a surprise punch to the face from British UFC star Brad Pickett. But Ferdinand, currently acting as a pundit for BBC, didn't forget his loyalty to United in the ad for EA Sports, as he turns down blue tape in favour of red. Not enough: Rio Ferdinand, currently a BBC pundit, starts by playing UFC on his Playstation
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Rio Ferdinand plays UFC video game before trying the real thing
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The former Manchester United defender snubs blue tape and opts for red
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Jackson was expected to earn $50 million from the @placeholder shows. | (CNN) -- T-shirts and other official merchandise from what were billed as Michael Jackson's last concerts are up for sale, the shows' promoter told fans by e-mail Thursday. Official merchandise from Michael Jackson's "This Is It" tour is for sale, according to the shows' promoter. The e-mail, which went to people with tickets to London tour dates that were to start in July, reaffirmed an earlier announcement that ticketholders will receive a full refund or, if they chose, a commemorative ticket for the tour. The concert merchandise includes Jackson belt buckles, socks, hats, wallets, music and a myriad of T-shirts.
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Fans were told by e-mail Thursday that "This Is It" tour merchandise was for sale
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Jackson himself approved a line of official merchandise in early June
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The assault on the Belbek base mirrored events at other @placeholder-held military facilities on the peninsula in recent days. | A top air force commander was today being held after his base in Crimea was stormed by pro-Russian forces, Ukraine's acting president said as he called for his release. Oleksandr Turchynov said Colonel Yuliy Mamchur was ‘abducted’ by the forces, but did not specify where he is believed to be held. Mr Mamchur is the commander of the Belbek Air Force base near Sevastopol, which was taken over yesterday by forces who sent armoured personnel carriers smashing through the base's walls and fired shots and stun grenades. Scroll down for videos Crisis: Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov (left) said top air force commander Colonel Yuliy Mamchur (right) was ‘abducted’ by the forces, but did not specify where he is believed to be held
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Colonel Yuliy Mamchur's Belbek Air Force base is taken over by forces
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They sent armoured personnel carriers smashing through base's walls
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Incredible: The explosion - which lit up the @placeholder sky - did not endanger any of the villages dotted around the slopes of the mountain | By Sophie Jane Evans PUBLISHED: 15:00 EST, 18 November 2013 | UPDATED: 18:01 EST, 18 November 2013 Europe's most active volcano Mount Etna has erupted - spewing molten lava thousand of feet above the Sicilian countryside. The two-day explosion last weekend was the third major burst of activity in under a month, after eruptions on October 26 and again on November 10-11, with the latter burying a seismic station and the access road. The latest outburst sent thick plumes of smoke and ash over the Italian island last night. It was at its height between midnight and 5am on Sunday morning.
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Mount Etna's latest eruption was caught on camera from Acireale, near Cantania, by German geologist Tom Pfeiffer
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The third outburst in a month, it spewed molten lava into the air and sent plumes of smoke and ash over the island
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Before the airport was built, the only way to reach base camp was to walk from @placeholder to Lukla, along a difficult trail at that time that took up to nine days. | It’s not quite a highway to heaven, but it’s as high as any traveller will be able to drive when Nepal constructs the first hard-surface road leading to Lukla, the gateway to Mount Everest. The Nepalese government has announced that it is planning to build a 65 miles (100km) highway linking the village of Jiri to Lukla which will cut out four days' walk for trekkers and mountaineers. To avoid this on-foot journey, most tourists opt to fly from Kathmandu to Lukla but bad weather can cause flight chaos. A road from Jiri will cut out flight schedule problems which can sometimes seriously interfere with adventure holidays.
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Nepal building the first hard-surface road leading to Lukla, gateway to Everest
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The 65-mile road will cut out four days' walk for trekkers and mountaineers
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It helps that @placeholder's intelligence service has deep experience of dealing with the Palestinian factions and Israel. | (CNN) -- President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt is on a mission -- to return his country to its rightful place as the "indispensable" Arab state after what he saw as the dangerous chaos of Muslim Brotherhood rule under his predecessor, Mohamed Morsy. He also is determined to resist the spread of Islamist militancy, now entrenched in Sinai and spilling into Egypt from Libya. Since leading the ouster of Morsy a year ago, el-Sisi has hounded the Muslim Brotherhood underground; hundreds of its members have been arrested and many sentenced to death. Morsy himself languishes in jail and is on trial for inciting murder and other offenses.
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Egypt takes a central role in the cease-fire talks to end the latest Gaza conflict
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Egypt's President is determined to resist the spread of Islamist militancy
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The information includes @placeholder possibly holding a gun and smoking marijuana. | By Daily Mail Reporter and James Nye PUBLISHED: 11:21 EST, 7 June 2013 | UPDATED: 14:22 EST, 7 June 2013 An independent audio expert believes that George Zimmerman is most likely the harrowing voice screaming for help in the crucial 911 call made seconds before Trayvon Martin was shot dead. As attorney's convene back in court in Florida today to continue a hearing to determine whether jurors will even listen to the phone call - this new revelation significantly bolsters Zimmerman's claim of self-defense. ABC News exclusively obtained a sample of the distressing emergency call - which could prove pivotal once the trial of 29-year-old Zimmerman begins - and sent it to Kent Gibson of Forensic Audio.
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Exclusive ABC News evaluation reveals that the voice heard screaming for help on 911 call is George Zimmerman and not Trayvon Martin
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Attorney had yesterday requested confidential testimony as some witnesses said they were concerned for their safety
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Both groups cater largely to people like the @placeholder and Henderson whose decision to 'adopt' an embryo is faith-based. | A Virginia couple unwilling to destroy their frozen embryos that went unused following fertility treatments chose to adopt them out to a like-minded family suffering from similar woes. Rebecca and Chris Henderson of Hampton were blessed with two sets of twins with the help of in vitro fertilization--they also had 11 unused frozen embryos carrying their DNA. Since they believe life begins at conception, simply getting rid of the embryos was out of the question. Sharing the git of parenthood: Dan and Kelli Gassman adopted frozen embryos from a family across the country who had 11 left over following successful IVF who did not want to destroy them
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Rebecca and Chris Henderson of Hampton, Virginia believe life starts at conception and found a like-minded couple who also had fertility woes
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They signed over 11 embryos to Dan and Kelli Gassman of Salem, Oregon after successfully conceiving twins and having unassisted 'miracle baby'
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"@placeholder had invaded Jordan and the Jordanian king, facing what he felt was a military rout, said please help us in any way possible." | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Jordan's King Hussein sent a secret message to President Richard Nixon in 1970 pleading with him to attack Syria, according to declassified documents released Wednesday by the former president's library. President Nixon works at his desk in the Oval Office in a June 1972 photograph. The papers are among about 10,000 documents released by the Nixon Presidential Library, some of which offer harbingers of present-day events, such as concerns about terrorism and Saudi Arabia. Library director Timothy Naftali said the documents describe challenges such as how to get the Saudis more involved in solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, how to get them more engaged against terrorism, how to address the Arab view that the United States always sides with Israel and how to build up moderate Palestinians to counter extremists.
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Telegram: King Hussein wanted U.S. strike on invading Syrian troops in 1970
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Nixon White House urged Saudis to distance from PLO's Fatah organization
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'The Qashqai driver has got out and spoken with the @placeholder driver and then left his car and walked off from scene. | By Thomas Burrows For Mailonline Former rugby league player, Keith Mason, 32, has spoken with officers regarding an alleged hit-and-run Former rugby league star Keith Mason is being investigated by police over an alleged hit-and-run that saw a family, including a girl of eight, requiring hospital treatment. Mason, 32, who played for Super League giants St Helens and Huddersfield, has spoken with officers about a collision in Birstall, West Yorkshire. A mother and her two daughters, aged eight and 11, were treated in hospital after the head-on crash between two cars. They were in a Mini that was left badly damaged following the crash with a 4x4 Nissan Qashqai on Saturday afternoon.
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Keith Mason, 32, who played for St Helens and Huddersfield, has spoken with West Yorkshire police about an alleged hit-and-run
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The longtime socialite and community leader has called @placeholder home since the 1920s. | Editor's note: This story originally appeared on CNN.com on October 20. Barack Obama mentioned Ann Nixon Cooper on Tuesday in his presidential victory speech. Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years old, lived during a time when blacks and women did not have the right to vote. ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years old, has seen presidents come and go in her lifetime and has outlived most of them. On a sunny fall morning, she left her weathered but well-kept Tudor home in Atlanta, Georgia, to vote early -- this time for Barack Obama. The African-American centenarian remembers a time not long ago when she was barred from voting because of her race. Now she hopes to see the day that Obama is elected as the nation's first black president.
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106-year-old votes for Barack Obama; "Isn't that something?" she asks
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Ann Cooper remembers an era when women, blacks were not allowed to vote
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apparent culture of permissiveness within the @placeholder broke in | By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 15:02 EST, 15 June 2012 | UPDATED: 15:51 EST, 15 June 2012 The U.S. government has revealed details of serious allegations against Secret Service agents and officers going back to 2004, among them claims of involvement with prostitutes, leaking sensitive information, publishing pornography, sexual assault, illegal wiretaps, improper use of weapons and drunkenness. The heavily censored 229-page document was released with little fanfare under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act on the heels of the embarrassing Secret Service prostitution scandal that erupted in April in Colombia. It describes accusations filed against Secret Service agents with the Homeland Security Department's inspector general.
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229-page censored document released under Freedom of Information Act
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Allegations against Secret Service employees date back to 2004
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Some claims against Secret Service agents reported as recently as last month
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The United States has long had a close relationship with @placeholder and a high-ranking diplomat is visiting there to "underscore U.S. support for the Egyptian people," the State Department said. | Egypt's new temporary government began to take shape on Sunday, with reformer and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei sworn in as the country's interim vice president for foreign relations. Nabil Fahmy, former Egyptian ambassador to the United States, accepted the post of foreign minister, he told CNN. Ahmed Galal, a liberal economist educated in the United States and a World Bank veteran, has been appointed as finance minister, and Hisham Zaazou will retain his post as tourism minister, the state-run MENA news agency said. These are key first steps in establishing a civilian governance, after the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsy in a coup early this month.
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U.S. diplomat visiting Cairo, stressing support, end of violence
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The new foreign minister once was the envoy to Washington
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A World Bank vet was picked as finance minister
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The challenge started with @placeholder, a golfer from Florida, who was responding to a friend who told him 'pour ice over your head and I'll donate to the charity of your choice' | It's one of the most successful awareness campaigns that has ever run online, with people from Giselle Bundchen to George W. Bush to Bill Gates taking part. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has raised almost $US100 million ($A106.8 million) for people suffering with the condition better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease since it kicked off in late July. And while countless videos of celebrities, public figures and ordinary people have flooded the internet over the past month it has been hard to tell how this viral video campaign spread so far so quickly. Until now. David Hooker, a content manager who works for Hungarian presentation software company Prezi, created a detailed interactive that tracks the Ice Bucket Challenge from its inception in Florida to its spread throughout Hollywood.
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Software company employee created an interactive charting the spread of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
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It started when Florida golfer Charles Kennedy was challenged by a friend
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It then spread to Boston sports teams including the New England Patriots
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Model Giselle Bundchen, wife of Patriots player Tom Brady, was one of the first celebrities to take part
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"I think that the @placeholder we saw yesterday was all set to go, and then the pressure started mounting ... and then he decided to pull out," Preston said. | (CNN) -- The White House insists that it was entirely former Sen. Tom Daschle's decision to withdraw his nomination, but some observers say he didn't have a choice. Tom Daschle said Tuesday that he's stepping aside as the nominee for secretary of health and human services. Despite the controversy over his tax records and his work in a field that some consider lobbying, Daschle was expected to be confirmed. His withdrawal shocked Capitol Hill, and Democratic colleagues expressed regret over his decision. "I think one of the major factors had to be that the political climate has changed radically just in the last couple of weeks," CNN Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry said.
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NEW: Political climate tripped up Daschle, says CNN's Ed Henry
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Source says Daschle was worried about what his confirmation would do to Obama
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Senators say they did not see the withdrawal coming
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Daschle's nomination questioned due to tax problems, work in recent years | 16,075 | record_train |
Boutique: The @placeholder motif remains on the floor of one of the hotel suites, a tribute to the designer who spent $33million renovating and expanding the property after he bought it in 1992 | By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press PUBLISHED: 14:50 EST, 17 July 2013 | UPDATED: 15:41 EST, 17 July 2013 The South Beach, Florida, mansion once owned by Italian designer Gianni Versace - and the place he was fatally shot - is headed for the auction block. The extravagant ten-bedroom home, known as Casa Casuarina, was originally built in 1930 and features a 54-foot long mosaic pool lined with 24-karat gold, numerous frescos, ornate statues, arched doorways and an open air courtyard. Fisher Auction Company is handling the sale, which is scheduled for September 17.
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Casa Casuarina in Miami had not found a buyer since going on the market
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Asking price of mansion was cut from $125million to $75million over a year
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Back in Johannesburg, Colossa is about to begin his journey back to @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Day after day, men and women from Soweto, a township near Johannesburg, wake up at the crack of dawn to battle bumper-to-bumper traffic and cramped public transport to show up at work in time. For Mxolishi Colossa, who works at a Johannesburg home furniture store, it's no different. Every morning, he quietly slips out of his house at 6 a.m. and heads to the nearest main street. There, standing by a dusty road, he waits patiently for a minibus taxi to pass by and carry him to the local train station. But it's not just the waiting that tests Colossa's early start to the day -- the high cost of the ride and the dangerous driving can be equally distressing.
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From Johannesburg to Lagos and Nairobi, getting to work is slow and often expensive
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Federal prosecutors also alleged that Callahan forced @placeholder to beat her own daughter and recorded video of it to use as leverage against her. | A northeast Ohio man who kept a mentally disabled woman and her daughter, 5, in 'modern day slavery' and forced them to live in a snake pit for years has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. For nearly two years, 27-year-old Jordie Callahan and his girlfriend Jessica Hunt, 32, kept Shannon Eckley and her daughter locked up in their squalid Ashland, Ohio, apartment, where they controlled ever aspect of their lives, federal prosecutors say. To keep them in line, Callahan threatened to unleash their terrifying menagerie of pets on them - including a poisonous coral snake, a Burmese python that weighed 130 pounds, lizards, spiders, scorpions and 'numerous' dogs - including pit bulls, authorities say.
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Jordie Callahan, along with his girlfriend, imprisoned a mentally disabled woman for nearly two years
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He threatened to have his pets - including a venomous coral snake, a 130lb python and pit bulls - attack the woman if she didn't do what he said
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She was forced to perform sex acts as well as cook and clean for Callahan
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His girlfriend Jessica Hunt, 31, will be sentenced later this week | 16,078 | record_train |
Early last year, Rubio's name was near or at the top of public opinion polls of @placeholder for the party's 2016 presidential nomination. | Washington (CNN) -- It looks like Marco Rubio isn't laying low anymore. The senator from Florida and possible 2016 Republican presidential candidate followed up a Friday swing through the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire with some candid comments on Sunday talk shows about the next race for the White House. And following a White House report that declared the effects of climate change are upon us, Rubio said in numerous interviews that he doesn't believe that humans are causing global warming, and doesn't think any action can reverse that course. The moves by Rubio put him back in the 2016 spotlight, which he's avoided for much of the past year.
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After spending much of the last year dodging 2016 talk, Marco Rubio re-emerges
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Rubio follows up high-profile events with swing through Sunday talks shows
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"We were in the receiving line ... and he sees me about three people away and he leans over and he goes '@placeholder, Alfre! | (CNN) -- Two weeks before Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday on July 18, actress Alfre Woodard sits on a couch near her home in Santa Monica, California, reminiscing about the first time she met him. Already an activist and a leading voice against apartheid, Woodard introduced Mandela at a fundraising event in 1990 during his first trip to the United States after his release from prison. "By the time I got on stage, I literally started to hop around ... I could not stop the electricity in my body," she said. "So I went and I wrapped my arms around him, and I said to him in his ear, 'Oh Madiba, Madiba. How are you? Have you eaten? Have you slept?' And it became a really funny thing because 'Nobody has asked me that, Alfre, in my entire travels,'" Woodard said with a laugh. "So that sort of became the basis of our relationship."
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Alfre Woodard greeted Mandela on his first trip to the U.S. after his release from prison
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She has worked with Mandela to help combat the AIDS pandemic in South Africa
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The Mau Mau veterans' claims, issued in 2009, faced resistance from @placeholder, which said the statute of limitations had expired. | (CNN) -- Decades after the end of colonial rule, thousands of elderly Kenyans are getting compensation and an apology from Britain for years of torture during the fight for independence. Britain announced a £19.9 million ($30 million) settlement Thursday for human rights violations during its colonial rule in the East African nation. "The British government sincerely regrets that these abuses took place and that they marred Kenya's progress towards independence," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said. The victims had accused the former colonial master of a series of human rights violations, including rape, illegal detentions and castration. "The elderly victims of torture now at last have the recognition and justice they have sought for many years,"said Martyn Day of Leigh Day, the law firm that represented the plaintiffs. "For them, this significance of this moment cannot be overemphasized."
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The abuse occurred from 1952 to 1961
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Fighters from the Mau Mau movement battled British forces for land and freedom
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'I'll also be judging regional heats around England to find the next Miss @placeholder which should be fun. | Student doctor Carina Tyrell has spoken of her joy after being crowned Miss United Kingdom. The 25 year-old brunette - an undergraduate at Cambridge University - swapped her scrubs for an evening gown to beat rivals from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Brunette Carina became Miss England in June and often spoken since about her desire to be, 'a good role model.' Scroll down for video Carina Tyrell was thrilled to be crowned Miss United Kingdom this weekend, she now hopes to do more charity work as well as continuing her studies at Cambridge University Carina beat off rivals from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to win the title of Miss United Kingdom, she wore a long white dress to receive her crown in London on Saturday
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25-year-old Carina Tyrell was crowned Miss United Kingdom this weekend
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Then, there was an issue unto itself -- @placeholder's almost-tears. | (CNN) -- Solid support from registered Democrats and women in New Hampshire were crucial Tuesday as Sen. Hillary Clinton rebounded from her third-place finish in last week's Iowa caucuses. Sen. Hillary Clinton has spent the past few days saying she has the experience to change Washington. She narrowly defeated Sen. Barack Obama in the New Hampshire primary, with 39 percent of the vote to Obama's 37. "Last week, I listened to you, and in the process I found my own voice," the New York senator said after her victory. "Now let's give America the kind of comeback that New Hampshire has just given me."
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Sen. Barack Obama has electrified younger voters
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An increasing demand, coupled with an expanding globalized drug market, blatantly calls for a more globalized and fully equipped @placeholder. | (CNN) -- When Americans pick up their prescriptions from the pharmacy or reach for a prescription bottle from their medicine cabinet, they probably don't think much about where the drugs were made or whether they are safe. What most Americans don't realize is the staggering fact that the number of drug products manufactured outside the United States has doubled between 2001 and 2008. Nearly 40% of all drugs taken by Americans come from overseas, and nearly 80% of the active pharmaceutical ingredients used to make these drugs also come from foreign countries -- mainly China and India. I support the global marketplace, but we must be aware that without the proper enforcement of quality standards, the trust we put in the safety of the prescriptions we take can be broken at any time by a supplier in China, a counterfeiter in India or an importer from Thailand.
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John Dingell: 40% of drugs, 80% of ingredients are from overseas, mainly China, India
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Dingell: The FDA lacks the authorization to ensure these drugs meet U.S. standards
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The information is the latest to be leaked by Mr Snowden, a former NSA contractor who was charged with espionage in the @placeholder. | By Tamara Cohen PUBLISHED: 19:48 EST, 1 August 2013 | UPDATED: 04:14 EST, 2 August 2013 Whistleblower: A copy of a temporary document to allow Edward Snowden to cross the border into Russia The US government gave Britain’s spying centre at GCHQ £100million over three years and apparently expected to influence its work, it was claimed last night. In return for the secret payments, the eavesdropping agency was expected to ‘pull its weight’, according to documents leaked last night by the fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden. One document states that weaker regulation for British spies than American agents is one of the intelligence services’ ‘selling points’ for the US.
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Even so, @placeholder says it doesn't feel left out or threatened. | (CNN) -- When it comes to airline alliances, there is safety and profitability in numbers -- even more so as the industry tries to stave off the worst effects of the Great Recession and sluggish recovery, where we have seen mergers and code share agreements. All the major European airlines are part of one of the three big alliances. There is Star (the biggest) based around Lufthansa and United Airlines; Skyteam based around Air France/KLM and Delta; and Oneworld based around BA and American Airlines. Alliances are a key part of the aviation industry. According to Oneworld CEO Bruce Ashby, 86% of the revenue from travel between the world's top 100 cities business is booked with alliances. "Passengers who travel for business are heavily invested in alliances carriers," he says.
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Qatar Airways was the first Gulf carrier to join one of the three big alliances
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Gulf carriers' location and capacity make them important players in aviation
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The statement adds that Cerny and his colleagues initially wanted to use 27 @placeholder artists for "Entropa", but fell short due to lack of time and money. | (CNN) -- Bulgaria is a Turkish toilet, France is always on strike, Romania is a vampire theme-park and the UK... Well the UK doesn't exist. The piece "Entropa" shows Romania as a giant Dracula-inspired theme park. That's the view of the European Union according to a controversial art installation by Czech artist David Cerny, commissioned by his government to mark its six-month presidency of the pan-continental body. The work, "Entropa," frames various representations of each member state as components of a giant multimedia model kit. But the piece, scheduled to have its official unveiling Thursday at the EU headquarters in Brussels, has sparked controversy. Look at images of European nations »
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Czech Republic assumed six-month presidency of European Union this month
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A number of @placeholder fans say they still support Rice, many of them women. | Indiana Pacers star Paul George has drawn fury from his team after he appeared to defend ex-NFL player Ray Rice in the beating of his wife — and said Rice should be allowed to play again. The Pacers forward on Thursday took to Twitter to opine on the Rice controversy, in which a shocking video shows the former Baltimore Ravens running back knocking his now-wife Janay unconscious in a hotel elevator. 'If you in a relationship and a woman hit you first and attacking YOU…Then you obviously ain’t beating HER,' George wrote to his nearly 900,000 followers. 'Homie made A bad choice!'
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Indiana Pacers forward Paul George posted and then deleted a series of tweets commenting on the Ray Rice controversy
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In at least two of the comments, he seems to defend Rice — and goes so far as to say Rice should be allowed to play again
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Rice, a former Baltimore Ravens running back, has been suspended from the NFL indefinitely after being caught beating his wife unconscious | 16,088 | record_train |
'I thought the @placeholder was going to reassure me but in fact it did the opposite. | By Helen Carroll When Claire Weller found she was pregnant, just a few months after suffering a miscarriage, she felt joy and anxiety in equal measure. While delighted to be expecting again, she was also worried her unborn baby might suffer the same sad fate as the one she had lost 16 weeks into her previous pregnancy. So, when a friend offered to lend her a foetal Doppler - a handheld ultrasound listening device used by midwives at antenatal appointments - to check her unborn baby's heartbeat, she leapt at the opportunity, never imagining the panic it would induce. Twice as nice: Claire Weller with her partner James Reeves and their one-year-old twins Jack and Bobby
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Foetal Dopplers become a must-have piece of kit for mums-to-be
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Royal College of Midwives has issued a warning about the risks they pose
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Urge pregnant women to seek medical advice if they are worried about their baby, rather than attempting to self-diagnose
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Gadget makes many women feel stressed out | 16,089 | record_train |
A born and bred @placeholder, Rubell was said to guard the club's door like his life depended on it, letting in only those he considered glamourous enough. | These images capture the world's most famous nightclub Studio 54 during its 33-month existence, populated by celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart and Andy Warhol. The wild success of the 70s New York club has forever been put down to owner Steve Rubell's first rule of partying: 'The key to a good party is filling a room with guests more interesting than you.' By 1978, within a year of transforming it from a theatre to a nightclub, Studio 54 had made $7million and Rubell was quoted as saying 'only the Mafia made more money.' Scroll down for video Singer Rod Stewart with Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell (L) and Alana Hamilton (C) at Studio 54
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Studio 54's rule for a good party: Invite guests more interesting than you
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It was opened in 1977 for just 33 months and made $7million in first year
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Bianca Jagger rode a white horse through the club on her 30th birthday
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Owner Steve Rubell once gave Andy Warhol a bin full of money for birthday
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It shut after 1979 raid by taxman who found money stashed all over club | 16,090 | record_train |
Her trips home to @placeholder, where she is an idol for thousands of children, have prepared her for the attention. | (CNN) -- She lives in Monaco, and she honed her skills in Marbella and Arizona -- but world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka was most definitely made in Minsk. Hurting from a slow start to her 2011 season, Azarenka wondered if professional tennis was really the career for her. A trip back home to Belarus and a chat with her beloved grandmother soon put her back on track. "She never really talked to me about tennis or anything specific, she just was explaining to me about when she was growing up," Azarenka told CNN's Open Court. "You just look at different perspective of things and I just realize, you know what, I'm so lucky to have an opportunity to do something that I really love and I'm here sitting and complaining about how hard my life is because I lost a tennis match when some people are really suffering with big troubles and they have a smile on their face."
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Victoria Azarenka is the first player from Belarus to win a grand slam singles title
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The 22-year-old has lost one match this season, and won 26, including four titles
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The world No. 1 was introduced to tennis by her mother, who worked in a tennis center
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Azarenka moved to the United States when she was 15, and now lives in Monaco | 16,091 | record_train |
While giant fighting space robots may be a while off -- although engineers are reportedly planning a moving, 60 ft tall Gundam -- @placeholder is betting big that robots will have a greater place in our lives in the years to come. | Tokyo (CNN)How we view robots -- and the inevitable robotics revolution that we've been promised for so long -- depends largely on our background. For me, as an American, robots will be inherently linked with Star Wars as a kid, but later with the unstoppable android that was the Terminator. So, while I can dream of a cute, trashcan-sized companion, the fantasy is also coupled with an inherent fear that it may one day rise up and attempt to exterminate me. For many Japanese people, robots were a staple of pop culture growing up. From Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy (known here by his original name, which translates as Mighty Atom) in the 1950s and 60s, to the towering, martial robots of the "Gundam" and "Evangelion" universes, to name but a few, robots have long held a special place in the collective imagination.
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Japan has long portrayed robots in popular culture, paving the way for the country's robotic industry
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Interactive robots at Tokyo exhibition give visitors a firsthand look at some innovative examples
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Japan's prime minister hopes the robotics industry will be a major economic contributor in the future | 16,092 | record_train |
Evans has twice finished runner up in the world's premier cycling event, in 2007 and 2008, and was mobbed by his teammates as soon as he crossed the line in the @placeholder capital. | (CNN) -- Cadel Evans secured Australia's first ever Tour de France victory after the 21st and final stage of the historic race culminated on the streets of Paris. Evans, who rides for the BMC team, finished amidst the peleton in the 95km stage, to maintain his 1min 34sec lead over Andy Schleck of Luxembourg. Britain's Mark Cavendish, of HTC-Highroad, sealed a hat-trick of victories on the Champs Elysees to take the green jersey, awarded for the Tour's best sprinter. Samuel Sanchez, of the Euskaltel team, claimed the polka dot jersey and Frenchman Pierre Rolland, of Europcar, scooped the white jersey after becoming the best placed rider 25 and under.
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Cadel Evans secures Australia's first ever Tour de France victory
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Evans wins by 1min 34sec from Andy Schleck of Luxembourg
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Mark Cavendish wins the final stage and takes the green jersey
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Samuel Sanchez takes the polka dot jersey and Pierre Rolland the white jersey | 16,093 | record_train |
Perhaps 20 million years ago, this wrenching forced an upwelling of hot rock to rise through the ocean, and @placeholder was formed. | (CNN) -- One endless June afternoon a decade ago, I drove along southern Iceland's Highway One, past the weak spot in the planetary crust whose rupture recently brought air traffic in Europe to an ashen standstill. It was summer solstice, a day when the sun lolled at the horizon but never set, turning to crimson the basalt cliffs that face the Atlantic. From countless crags along their length gushed great arcs of water, pressured from above by a weight draped over a hundred square kilometers like a huge slab of white cake frosting: the 200-meter-thick Eyjafjallajokull glacier. Between the coastal cliffs and the ice lay a band of green slopes, five kilometers wide, interspersed with fjords and valleys that held clusters of farmhouses and barns with red metal roofs, their shining silos and occasional church steeples pointed toward the immense glacier hovering overhead.
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Iceland has great volcanic activity, is where European and North American continents meet
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Weisman: Scientists fear melting of ice sheets will lead to more volcanoes, earthquakes
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Iceland and U.S. revere democracy and want to see it endure, he says
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He says civilization threatened by economies that depend on emitting global-warming gases | 16,094 | record_train |
'And my @placeholder says it's going to get worse and worse and worse!' | By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor Wednesday's Republican primary debate for the Idaho governor's race was broadcast on a 30-second delay because one of the candidates, the leader of a biker gang, is known for public profanity and making racist jokes. He's no fan of law-enforcement, complaining during the debate that motorcycle riders 'are cop-magnets, like a Playboy bunny in a mini-skirt gets hit on all the time,' comparing their treatment to that of blacks before the civil rights movement. Another fringe hopeful on the stage insists that nuclear accidents were foretold in the Bible, and that every American should take potassium iodide tablets to protect their thyroid glands.
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One candidate is a motorcycle gang leader who claims God told him he'll be president someday, and whose website includes dozens of racist jokes
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Another is a white-bearded carbon copy of Uncle Jesse from 'The Dukes of Hazzard' who claims nuclear accidents were foretold in the Bible
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Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and his more mainstream challenger, state Sen. Russ Fulcher, struggled to keep a straight face as the outsiders ranted
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'I'm about as politically correct as your proverbial turd in the punchbowl,' the biker deadpanned
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'Our forests are cut like somebody raising tomatoes,' the elderly man claimed: 'Well, they're purty red – don't pick 'em' | 16,095 | record_train |
Home Secretary Theresa May and Chancellor @placeholder will be staying put after the prime minister praised them for knowing their departments well and delivering good results | By Jason Groves PUBLISHED: 12:48 EST, 27 September 2013 | UPDATED: 04:23 EST, 28 September 2013 Unusual move: David Cameron plans to keep his senior ministers where they are David Cameron has today revealed that his most senior ministers will not be moved in the Government reshuffle expected early next month. In a highly unusual move Mr Cameron said George Osborne, William Hague, Theresa May, Michael Gove and Iain Duncan Smith will all be singled out for praise when he makes his keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference next week. In an interview with regional newspapers, Mr Cameron said: ‘I will be referring strongly to the great team that I have got.
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George Osborne, William Hague, Theresa May, Michael Gove and Iain Duncan Smith will all be singled out for praise
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Effectively guarantees the five ministers their jobs in the delayed reshuffle | 16,096 | record_train |
At times, before @placeholder gave them the cushion of a two-goal advantage in the 69th minute, they played as if they had put their boots on the wrong feet. | There have been times during Rob Green’s career as the last line of defence when he has had a raw deal. Being made the scapegoat for a mistake that allowed Clint Dempsey to equalise for the USA in England’s opening World Cup fixture in South Africa four years ago is one of them. Returning to the QPR team, to play behind a defence as nervy as new born kittens, is another. Aston Villa at home was the ultimate anxiety test. QPR keeper Rob Green punches the ball clear during the win over Aston Villa on Monday night Green makes a save from Christian Benteke of Aston Villa at Loftus Road
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QPR defeated Aston Villa 2-0 to lift them off the bottom of their table after their clash at Loftus Road
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Charlie Austin scored the opening goal with a stunning half volley from Bobby Zamora's knock down
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Austin doubled the lead shortly after the second half by nipping into score his fourth goal of the season | 16,097 | record_train |
The ever-laconic New York City's former top cop Ray Kelly said @placeholder, whom he'd known since 1980, said Simon was a 'legend' and 'quite a guy.' | A star-studded private memorial was held this afternoon for veteran CBS News reporter Bob Simon who was killed in a horrific car crash last week. Dozens of fellow broadcasters, writers and other prominent public figures gathered at the Metropolitan Opera in Manhattan earlier today to say goodbye to the highly regarded 60 Minutes correspondent. CNN presenter Anderson Cooper, PBS host Charlie Rose, former NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw and ex-NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly were among those invited to the service intended only for family and close friends. Famous guest: CBS This Morning anchor Charlie Rose, left, arrives at the Metropolitan Opera House in Manhattan, New York, for Bob Simon's memorial service February 17
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CNN's Anderson Cooper, PBS' Charlie Rose, former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw and ex-NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly were in attendance
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The memorial service was only for Bob Simon's family and close friends
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Simon, 73, was killed in a car crash on West Side Highway Wednesday
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60 Minutes paid tribute to Simon Sunday by airing his final report, produced by his daughter, on Ebola | 16,098 | record_train |
However, because Europa orbits in an oval, when it is close to @placeholder the tide is much higher. | Plumes of water vapour 100 miles high may have been spotted bursting out of the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Scientists believe they detected two vapour jets shooting into space for seven hours at a time. Like 'Old Faithful', the famous volcanic geyser in Yellowstone National Park, U.S., the plumes appear to erupt at regular intervals. This is an artist's concept of a plume of water vapour thought to be ejected off the frigid, icy surface of the Jovian moon Europa, located about 500 million miles (800 million kM0 from the sun But while Old Faithful manages around 100 feet, Europa's vapour fountains are thought to reach heights of 124 miles - around 20 times higher than the peak of Mount Everest.
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Scientists have detected two vapour jets appearing for up to seven hours
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This proves that water from Europa's ocean can easily reach the surface
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Experts believe the moon's ocean may have conditions that can support life | 16,099 | record_train |
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