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(CNN) -- A sharp-witted impala in South Africa's Kruger National Park evaded almost certain death when it came up with a novel escape plan. In the midst of being hotly pursued by a pair of cheetahs, the impala leaped though the open window of an SUV filled with safari tourists. The thrilling chase and bold escape were ...
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@placeholder separated from their spouses are now able to prepare for their reunion.
(CNN) -- A Hollywood genius might have been hard-pressed to produce a more perfect ending to Melanie Servetas' story. Servetas was marrying the love of her life Wednesday morning near a picturesque Rio de Janeiro beach. At the same time, the U.S. Supreme Court was striking down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, known a...
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Tragic: Visitors pray during a service for @placeholder, in which speakers revealed the Ebola victim's tragically unfulfilled last wish
Thomas Eric Duncan’s dying wish was to see his son. That desire were the last words spoken by the first Ebola victim to die on American soil. And it was a desperate hope he did not live to fulfill. This tragic revelation has been shared now by Wilshire Baptist Church Senior Pastor George Mason. Mason was speaking at a ...
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"Those detainees, I found out, were former @placeholder officers -- they brought them after a fight inside the camps, they brought them because they were very well respected inside the camp, so they humiliated them and returned them to the camp as a message to the others."
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Abu Ahmed says he was there: An Iraqi held prisoner at Abu Ghraib by the American military when inmates were abused. Abu Ahmed says he and other inmates were held naked and forced to stand in their cells. He says he was kept naked and saw other naked inmates stacked onto a pile while photos were ...
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He wanted Megrahi, they are rushing @placeholder out; they aren't even giving this a day.
(CNN) -- Victims' family members and advocates are grieving anew as the only man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland -- which killed 270 people -- was released Thursday from a British prison. Victoria Cummock holds daughter Ashley during a 1995 memorial service. John Cummock died...
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"I have always considered @placeholder the Gen Y version of Jay Leno," Zandl said.
(CNN) -- Remember that messiness when Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien were battling it out on air? Or when Leno and David Letterman used to trade jabs during their monologues? Neither do we. These days the late-night focus is on the Jimmys: Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. Fallon has managed to keep fans riveted with expectat...
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Mrs Steer said: 'When she smiles her whole face smiles and I know @placeholder is with us'
By Kelly Strange A woman gave birth to her first child two-and-a-half years after her husband died of cancer, fulfilling his dying wish. Beating odds of 100 to one, Karen Steer conceived her daughter using sperm harvested from her husband, John, when he was dying of the disease. Just days after he succumbed to lung can...
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In August last year he declared the @placeholder would vote against the changes recommended by an independent commission.
By James Chapman and Tim Shipman Nick Clegg delivered what was branded an ‘electoral suicide note’ last night as he boasted of blocking a string of 16 Tory policies. The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out how he had prevented the Government from cutting inheritance tax, scrapping the Human Rights Act and reining in gree...
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@placeholder, who was only 17 when they met, is also heavily featured posing mostly in the nude
By Eleanor Harding Updated: 12:52 EST, 29 November 2011 They document the love affair that was to define an artist's career. Now all 100 of Picasso's Vollard etchings are to be shown in London after being donated to the British Museum. The prints were created as a visual diary of the artist's life with his young mistre...
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Mr @placeholder hit back, insisting Ukip's policy of engaging ‘sufficiently’
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg accuses Ukip of failing to stand up for Britain in Brussels Ukip politicians in Brussels are failing to stand up for Britain, Nick Clegg will claim today in an attack on the party’s MEPs for being lazy and ineffective. The Lib Dem leader will accuse Ukip MEPs of being ‘happy’ to claim generous...
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A community mourns: Unidentified people gather during a news conference in suburban @placeholder
A Utah couple and their three children who were discovered dead in their home last month were likely poisoned, it has emerged. The bodies of Benjamin Strack, 37, his wife Kristi, 36, and their children Benson, 14, Zion, 11, and 12-year-old Emery, were found in the locked master bedroom of their Springville home by thei...
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"@placeholder wants to resolve this issue through diplomacy, and we believe that there is still time and space to do so," the president said.
Washington (CNN) -- Amid criticism from his Republican opponent that his foreign policy "projects weakness," President Barack Obama confronted Iran and Syria on Tuesday and warned those who killed an American diplomat in Libya that they would be held accountable. "The attacks on our civilians in Benghazi were attacks o...
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VIDEO Scroll down to watch fans say @placeholder World Cup stadium 'resembles female genitalia'
A number of people could face disciplinary action after FIFA's ethics investigator Michael Garcia delivered a 350-page report following his year-long investigation into the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The report 'reaches conclusions concerning further action with respect to certain individuals' said a sta...
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Villager Chow Jen said she visited @placeholder and found her lying on a pile of straw before posting pictures online
A Chinese woman was kept in a filthy shed and 'treated like an animal' after her parents locked her up because they did not approve of her boyfriend, it has been claimed. Zhang Qi, 24, was allegedly forced into the dilapidated building in Jingang in central China's Hubei province, after her mother and father ordered he...
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Truth: But in August 1998, @placeholder confessed on television that he did have sexual relations with her
Monica Lewinsky is reportedly set to write a tell-all book about her affair with Bill Clinton - including her intimate love letters to the ex-president and how he had an insatiable desire for threesomes. The former White House intern, 39, reportedly wants revenge on Clinton, who she believes escaped unscathed while she...
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@placeholder's three siblings were also in the home at the time of the incident along with some friends who were sleeping over.
A Cincinnati man who pleaded guilty in the accidental shooting death of his 11-year-old daughter has been sentenced to six years in prison. Prosecutors say 34-year-old Deandre Kelley was drunk on January 12 when he fought with his longtime girlfriend and fired two gunshots into the air. One bullet hit their daughter Sh...
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Obama seemed open on Wednesday to engaging the GOP leaders through less combative means than has typically been employed by both political parties since @placeholder took control of the House in 2011.
President Barack Obama has a veto pen, and he will use it to block GOP-passed legislation if necessary, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said on Thursday. But, Earnest, said, Obama would rather work with Republicans instead of against them. 'So if that means another round of golf with Speaker [John] Boehner.......
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Sam was two weeks late, the twins one month early and @placeholder three days late.
A family won't have trouble remembering their children's birthdays - because all four siblings were born on the same day. Emily Scrugham and Peter Dunn were amazed when their newborn son arrived on January 12, the exact same date as his three elder brother and sisters. New baby Ryan shares his birthday with his five-ye...
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Powell blew up his @placeholder home, pictured, killing himself and the
By Rachel Quigley PUBLISHED: 08:06 EST, 9 August 2012 | UPDATED: 11:36 EST, 9 August 2012 Sickening journal entries revealing Steven Powell's obsession with his missing daughter-in-law Susan have been released, providing a disturbing glimpse into his spiraling love and sexual fantasies for her. The Pierce County Sherif...
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Not everyone has been a fan of the giveaway and @placeholder released instructions on how to delete the album.
(CNN) -- Note to the Grammys: You may not want to seat Sharon Osbourne anywhere near U2 at the next awards show. "The Talk" co-host and wife of rocker Ozzy Osbourne went on a Twitter rant about the group's recent free release of its new album on iTunes. "U2 you are business moguls not musicians anymore," she tweeted. "...
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They won't be able to get important financing in the @placeholder.
(CNN) -- The United States and its allies are angrier at Russia now over Ukraine, but will they do anything more about it -- especially Europe? In solemn procession, wooden caskets carrying the remains of those killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine -- the majority of the dead were Du...
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A trained soldier with a @placeholder had an improved tactical repertoire, in that he could engage targets at longer ranges but still be effective in close combat, as well as providing covering fire like a light machine gun.
A World War II assault rifle that belonged to an SS officer was handed in to a gun buy-back organised by police in Connecticut. The rare find, which is worth up to $40,000, would have been sent home by an American soldier who had taken it from a prisoner of war or a German he had killed. Officer Lewis Crabtree, of the ...
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The busted hose shot water high into the air, raining down on the @placeholder pitching staff and fans--many of them children on school field trips
By Daily Mail Reporter Rain can often stop play during a baseball game. But at a recent game at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a water 'geyser' erupted on the pitch, forcing the game to be halted. The amusing incident occurred when in a sprint to catch a foul ball Fort Wayne TinCaps (San Diego Padres affiliate)...
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After receiving their degrees, more than 90% of our alumni returned home to become leaders in the public, non-profit, and private sectors in @placeholder, where they contributed to strengthening the foundation for African development.
(CNN) -- Each year, bright, optimistic Africans leave home to earn an education or seek a better economic life abroad for themselves and their families. With fewer opportunities in their home country, many never return home. The African Diaspora is broadly defined by the African Union Commission as "peoples of African ...
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A delegation led by Letta, a 46-year-old former deputy prime minister who belongs to the center-left @placeholder, met with Napolitano on Tuesday.
Rome (CNN) -- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has asked center-left politician Enrico Letta to form a new government, the president's spokesman said Wednesday, raising hopes of an end to the country's political impasse. Speaking after their meeting, Letta told reporters he would consult with parties Thursday and t...
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@placeholder had hidden losses through other trades that initially made a
By Keith Gladdis PUBLISHED: 05:30 EST, 14 September 2012 | UPDATED: 19:27 EST, 14 September 2012 'Rogue trader': Former UBS banker Kweku Adoboli allegedly lost his bank £1.4 billion in Britain's biggest banking fraud A city trader who thought he had ‘the magic touch’ gambled away £1.4billion in Britain’s biggest bankin...
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Kid at school are still picking on @placeholder and its not fair," he wrote.
(CNN) -- For many families, the school year just started, but for Karen Suffern, it's not too early to start planning for Christmas. The financially struggling single mother of fraternal twins recently asked her 8-year-olds to write down a list of things they would like from Santa. Suffern, who works part time as an ad...
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'He joined us at the @placeholder street station on the A train going downtown.
By Daily Mail Reporter Welcome to the New York rat-race, where actual rodents join the daily grind. Commuter Jinais Ponnampadikkal Kader filmed the hilarious moment all hell broke loose when a rat boarded a Brooklyn-bound train at Fulton Street station in Manhattan yesterday morning. The footage, posted on YouTube, sho...
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'Homosexual behavior is incompatible with the principles enshrined in the @placeholder oath and Scout law.'
By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 17:54 EST, 23 May 2013 | UPDATED: 19:57 EST, 24 May 2013 The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders - a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organisation and lead to mass defections of members and donors. Of...
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Backlash: Wilkerson, right, appeared on Ed Schultz's, left, MSNBC show to comment on a racially charged remark made by @placeholder's surrogate about his former boss' endorsement of Obama
Colin Powell's former chief of staff publicly blasted the Republican Party and one of Mitt Romney’s top aide as racists over a controversial comment regarding Powell’s endorsement of President Obama. Appearing on Ed Schultz's MSNBC show Friday, retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson said, 'My party is full of racists'...
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In "@placeholder," players journeyed with a young and unsure Lara Croft through an early adventure in her career.
(CNN) -- Forget the macho world of the standard shoot-'em up video game. Rather than relying on blood, gore and mayhem, a number of game developers are tapping into their inner emotions, inviting gamers along for adventures of the psyche. Recent releases "Tomb Raider" and "BioShock Infinite" evoked an emotional respons...
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LG said the the mini washer is perfect for items that need specific settings, and it can also be fitted to any of @placeholder's front loading machines
The ultimate fridge for grazers has been unveiled by South Korean group LG. The 'Door-in-Door Mega-Capacity' refrigerator has shelves built into the first set of doors, which then open around a second set of doors, and the main fridge compartment. Called Model LPXS346C, the new Door-In-Door fridge model has 34 cubic fe...
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As China's economy has boomed in recent years, many have left their villages to work in coastal factory towns and returned more at ease conversing in @placeholder than their native tongue.
Dali, Guizhou, China (CNN) -- Shi Wenchang has been an elementary school teacher in this remote rural village for 39 years but he doesn't teach his mother tongue, even though it's used by almost three million people. His job is to get the village, home to members of the Dong ethnic group, chattering in Putonghua, also ...
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Yesterday Mrs @placeholder admitted failing to honour bookings but said she had refunded five brides.
By Katy Winter PUBLISHED: 09:30 EST, 3 October 2013 | UPDATED: 09:55 EST, 3 October 2013 Hundreds of brides were left devastated yesterday following the collapse of a wedding company. Jenna Batty, 26, is among up to 170 brides who had their wedding plans thrown into disarray after booking A Little Bit of Bling to put t...
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and are forbidden in @placeholder and a clear violation of Islamic law'.
By Dan Bloom and Damien Gayle PUBLISHED: 03:21 EST, 12 March 2014 | UPDATED: 06:17 EST, 12 March 2014 The Hollywood epic about Noah's ark has managed to unite Christians and Muslims. Members of the two religions - at odds for more than a thousand years - are singing with one voice to condemn the £75million film Noah fo...
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The hospital's statement created a scare in @placeholder, with local media widely reporting that Pele's condition had worsened.
Brazilian great Pele, who is being treated for a urinary tract infection, is in good condition and is expected to leave the hospital in the next few days, his spokesman said Thursday. The Albert Einstein hospital released a statement saying the 74-year-old Pele was transferred to a 'special care' unit after his conditi...
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The overwhelming majority were young voters, many of whom said they attended because of @placeholder's wife, a mother of three.
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Dancing in public is not allowed in Iran, but thousands could hardly contain themselves at a recent presidential campaign rally in the capital city, Tehran. Supporters hope Zahra Rahnavard will become Iran's future first lady. On this day, the deafening cheers were not for presidential hopeful Mi...
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This is a two-hander," @placeholder said with a laugh, holding the Emmy.
Claire Danes' hot streak at the Emmys is making her a bit bashful. The 34-year-old "Homeland" actress told CNN backstage that she was a bit overwhelmed to be this year's outstanding lead actress in a drama winner. "This is preposterous," Danes said. "It's wonderful, and I'm very, very grateful -- and it's a little hard...
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In the name of fashion: @placeholder hosted a reception at No.
David Cameron showed how deep his support for British Fashion goes – literally - last night at a reception to celebrate the start of the London Collections for Men at Downing Street. Tieless, in a Richard James suit, Charles Tyrwhitt shirt and Oliver Sweeney shoes, the patriotically attired PM also revealed he was wear...
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@placeholder's mascot is the tigers, so the idea of making a video to the name ‘Roar’ seemed appropriate.
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:14 EST, 25 October 2013 | UPDATED: 12:49 EST, 25 October 2013 School got off to an early start in Lakewood, Colorado this morning as Katy Perry performed a birthday concert at Lakewood High School. Appearing in a cheerleader uniform, ponytail and sneakers – and with the band wearing...
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So perhaps @placeholder's somewhat passable second-language skills shouldn't be surprising, but they are.
So, Mark Zuckerberg apparently speaks Mandarin. The Facebook founder posted a video this week of himself participating in a 30-minute question-and-answer session, mostly in Chinese, at Beijing's Tsinghua University. And online writers -- especially the tech bloggers -- just freaking love this story. General reaction: L...
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As a result of the on-going @placeholder financial crisis, many cities across Europe fell in the rankings.
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Tokyo has overtaken Luanda, Angola, as the world's most expensive city for overseas staff after the cost of imported goods rose in the wake of last year's earthquake. An annual cost of living report, released Tuesday by U.S. consulting firm Mercer, showed several Japanese cities had moved up in the r...
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But City made it 2-0 against the run of play as Reading lapsed at the back, allowing @placeholder to pick the ball up from deep and burst forward, firing home clinically from the edge of the area as the visitors backed off.
Birmingham's renaissance under Gary Rowett got firmly back on track with a ruthless obliteration of shell-shocked Reading in the Sky Bet Championship. The wide margin was harsh on the Royals as Birmingham, who lost for the first time under Rowett at Blackpool last week, led 4-1 at half-time through Paul Caddis' opener ...
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She said the two @placeholder teachers overseeing the lesson did not notice the song being played
By Steph Cockroft A teenager broke down in tears after a dance instructor asked her to perform 'erotically' on stage to the controversial song Blurred Lines, her parents have claimed. Bella Hobbs, 14, was allegedly asked to push her cleavage out, pull her skirt up to her crotch and gyrate her hips during the lesson at ...
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Appearing on @placeholder, one woman credited her son’s teacher at Briarwood Elementary School, with saving her son’s life.
By Thomas Durante and Louise Boyle A family of four have been killed by the monster tornado that roared through Oklahoma on Monday, claiming 24 lives, with dozens still missing, feared dead and hundreds of people injured. The family, who have not yet been identified, were killed as they scrambled to seek shelter from t...
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All materials were prepared in @placeholder and teachers were specially trained to work with the blind.
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Tsang Tsz-Kwan may look like an average student in Hong Kong with her standard-issue blue shift dress with a Chinese collar and sensible black shoes. But her ordinary appearance and shy manner mask a steely determination to triumph over tremendous odds. She recently scored within the top 5% for nearl...
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TechCrunch said its report is based on interviews with three independent manufacturers of @placeholder accessories that said the new iPhone will include a 19-pin dock instead of the current 30-pin model.
(CNN) -- The tiniest iPhone rumors can cause a big uproar. The latest: The blog TechCrunch on Wednesday published a story claiming the next-generation iPhone will have a new connection port that's about a third the size of the one on the current model. The reaction on blogs and on Twitter has been largely negative, wit...
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It was there that Bowie produced and co-wrote Iggy's 1977 solo albums, "The Idiot" and "@placeholder."
(CNN) -- Iggy Pop invented punk rock. That's how cool he is. His songs have been covered by the likes of Guns N' Roses, REM, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Sex Pistols. Iggy Pop: The wildest man in rock music. He is the wildest wild man of rock and his four-decade career has been marked by drug addiction, self mutil...
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@placeholder is playing and scored two goals in the last game.
Manuel Pellegrini has revealed the interests of Manchester City will come first when a decision is made about Frank Lampard's future. City's sister club New York City FC want Lampard to join them as planned in January for the new MLS season, no matter how well he plays while on loan in the Barclays Premier League club ...
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These descriptions, and the subsequent film, had the effect of almost expunging @placeholder’s fame as a writer.
Devoted: John Bayley and Iris Murdoch. The couple met while he was a young academic at Oxford The film Iris, about the novelist Iris Murdoch’s descent into Alzheimer’s disease, was directed by Richard Eyre — whose own mother suffered from this appalling form of dementia. It was, obviously, an extremely harrowing story,...
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The airstrikes hit terrorists and destroyed or severely damaged several @placeholder vehicles and buildings, the command said in a news release.
(CNN) -- A U.S. airstrike in Syria appears to have killed a key French jihadist who is part of the militant Khorasan Group, a U.S. defense official said Thursday morning. The strike happened overnight Wednesday near Idlib, according to the official, who has access to the latest information about the strikes. The U.S. m...
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Miranda ultimately returned to Brazil, where he lives with @placeholder.
(CNN) -- In nearly nine hours in detention at London's Heathrow Airport, David Miranda -- the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald -- said he didn't trust the British authorities questioning him, fearing they'd follow through on threats to throw him in jail, if not worse. "I have seen many stories that people...
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The @placeholder match is the players' last chance to impress upon Pochettino that they deserve a place in the side for the derby match at the weekend.
Mauricio Pochettino is getting tough with his under-performing Tottenham squad and insists that player reputations mean nothing to him. The Spurs manager won his first four matches in charge at the club, after taking over in the summer, but has since lost two and drawn two. They now face a tricky tie against Nottingham...
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Embarrassing: While in a @placeholder bar Mike Tindall, the newest member of the royal family, was kissed on the head
By Andrew Levy UPDATED: 08:48 EST, 11 October 2011 Given the scandal it caused, you might think his drunken antics with an old flame would be the last thing Mike Tindall would want to joke about. Yet as he boarded a plane home from New Zealand yesterday – after England were dumped out of the Rugby World Cup by France ...
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It claimed the @placeholder's demands include a pay increase of up to six per cent.
By Mia De Graaf PUBLISHED: 06:48 EST, 24 December 2013 | UPDATED: 10:32 EST, 24 December 2013 Action: 7,500 workers will protest against a 1% below-inflation pay rise by walking out next Tuesday Thousands of police civilian staff, including 999 call handlers, will strike on New Year's Eve. The Public and Commercial Ser...
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Sandoval is a budget-cutting, government-shrinking @placeholder, but he favors abortion rights, which could be a drawback as a GOP running mate.
Washington (CNN) -- At the Council on Foreign relations this week, Sen. Marco Rubio talked tough on the international hotspot of the day, Syria. "It's time to act now. I don't want to score political points on this issue, I want to see it resolved," Rubio told Time Magazine's Rick Stengel, the event's moderator. Rubio ...
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Negotiations on restructuring @placeholder sovereign debt have already left international investors wary of buying other south European debt.
(CNN) -- Greece may have given us the word democracy and many of the principles of civil society. But now it is "the sick man of Europe," and the people of other European democracies are asking whether it's worth saving with billions more dollars of their money. Put crudely, their argument is this: So what if Greece sl...
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Obama has said that if he's elected, he would commit more troops to @placeholder and would order the military to end the war in Iraq, which he has called a "dangerous distraction" from the Afghan battle.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday discussed a "general time horizon" for any American troop withdrawals from Iraq, al-Maliki's office said. Sen. Barack Obama rides in a helicopter Monday with Gen. David Petraeus in Baghdad, Iraq. Obama -- who has made ending the ...
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Farms within a 16km radius of the @placeholder site have been told to refrain from hunting or exporting produce for 30 days.
Dutch authorities have begun slaughtering 150,000 chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu was found at a huge poultry farm. The component, named H5N8, is the same strain discovered in Germany earlier this month which also led to mass poultry culls in Asia. Agricultural inspectors began destroying animals ...
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A study released last week found that @placeholder caring for aging and chronically ill relatives reported higher levels of stress, poorer health and a greater tendency to engage in unhealthy behaviors to alleviate stress than the population at large.
(CNN) -- Whenever Felicia Hudson gets overwhelmed juggling a full-time job and caring for her ailing father, she finds solace in a piece of paper hanging in her office. "Circumstances do not cause anger, nervousness, worry or depression ... it is how we handle situations that allow these adverse moods," it says. "We ac...
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But sitting next to her husband the @placeholder said today: 'It’s a time to
By Hannah Roberts Last updated at 3:01 AM on 25th December 2011 Their politically correct holiday card was ridiculed for avoiding the Christmas theme altogether. But the President and First Lady have finally acknowledged the religious origins of the festival. Giving his weekly address from Hawaii where the first family...
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An expert on @placeholder came to Bieber's defense Monday.
(CNN) -- While his comment about Anne Frank drew criticism from around the world, pop star Justin Bieber and his camp have remained silent on the issue -- and plan to keep it that way. There will be no official statement from Bieber or his representatives, a source close to the star told CNN on Monday. Bieber did not m...
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What @placeholder did not say, however, was that the nation shed 4.3 million jobs during the early days of his term, and that the net gain since he took the oath of office in January 2009 is just 125,000 jobs.
(CNN) -- No issue has been hotter throughout the run-up to the election than jobs -- and both candidates took pains to tackle the issue during their first debate Wednesday at the University of Denver. "Over the last 30 months, we've seen 5 million jobs in the private sector created," Democratic incumbent Barack Obama s...
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@placeholder was shot around 9.00 p.m. Friday night across the street from the home he was staying at in West Savannah.
By Ryan Gorman Two young children were accidentally shot to death by similarly-aged relatives this weekend in Georgia, authorities said. Police say Montrez Burroughs, 11, of Jacksonville, was shot by a 12-year-old relative Friday night while visiting relatives in Savannah. Taylor Jowers, 10, of Waycross, Georgia, was r...
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Our amendment is both simple and absolutely necessary: It ensures that every @placeholder citizen possesses the fundamental right to vote in any public election where he or she resides, and empowers Congress with the authority to protect this right.
(CNN) -- That didn't take long. Just two weeks since the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, state legislatures are moving quickly on voter suppression measures. Already, six of the nine states that were previously covered by the requirement that changes in voting procedures be pre-cleared hav...
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It was when Ben reached @placeholder that the unimaginable happened.
The parents of an 18-year-old boy who suffered a devastating brain haemorrhage while diving for cray fish have hailed his recovery a ‘miracle’ after doctors told them their son would not survive and set the wheels in motion for his organs to be donated. Simon Phillips and his son Ben were out diving near their home at ...
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Tamerlan said I couldn't be with him unless I became a @placeholder.
By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 03:43 EST, 29 April 2013 | UPDATED: 03:59 EST, 29 April 2013 The ex-girlfriend of one of the Boston bombers has revealed that he tried to turn her against the U.S. and beat her if she wore Western clothing. Nadine Ascencao says that over the course of her relationship with Tamerlan Tsarnaev, he w...
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Sunday's match was a replay of the 2012 final when Nishikori beat Raonic in three sets to become the first @placeholder man to win the event.
US Open runner-up Kei Nishikori has beaten Milos Raonic of Canada 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 in the final of the Japan Open to win his fourth ATP Tour title of the season. With a typhoon bearing down on the Japanese capital, the fourth-seeded Nishikori won his second straight tournament and the seventh of his career with a hard...
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Still, I would expect that @placeholder's performance will be stronger among single than married women.
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and his opponent former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney have touted their records of hiring women while in office—but both candidates have a mixed record on equal hiring and closing the gender pay gap. Under the Obama administration, the median salary for female federal employe...
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@placeholder's winner came with 10 minutes to play, and was equally unrepresentative of the elegant play usually associated with the club.
Lionel Messi's remarkable La Liga scoring streak came to an end on Sunday as Barcelona celebrated reclaiming the Spanish title with a less than convincing 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid. Messi started his first domestic match since the end of March, but was taken off in the 68th minute having apparently failed to recover f...
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With Mayweather understood to have commanded the 60-40 split of the purse, the fight will occur – with an autumn rematch clause believed to have been written into the deal by @placeholder.
The richest fight in history is officially on after Floyd Mayweather posted a signed copy of his contract with Manny Pacquiao on social media on Friday night, setting in motion the formal countdown to a $250million (£160m) blockbuster on May 2. A fight that has been five years in the making will be staged at the MGM Gr...
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Dealings: Investigators claim Wills' former boss directed funds to a fake not-for-profit that Wills launched in 2006 and @placeholder has repeatedly refused to hand over forms accounting for where the money went
By Meghan Keneally A New York City councilman has been arrested on corruption charges after investigators found that he has allegedly been misusing tens of thousands of dollars of public funds. Ruben Wills and his relative Jelani Mills were taken into custody in Queens on Wednesday morning and has being charged with gr...
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But he stressed he has no ties with the @placeholder government.
Traitor or patriot? Low-level systems analyst or highly trained spy? Slammed by top U.S. government officials and facing espionage charges in the United States, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden defended his decision to leak documents about classified surveillance programs during an interview wi...
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If @placeholder’s claims are true, though, Paris and Prince could have fathers among an assemblage of men.
The suit against Michael Jackson’s concert promoter by the late singer’s family may soon reveal the biological father of his three young children after years of speculation. Filed against AEG, the company behind Jackson’s ill-fated ‘This Is It’ tour, the suit includes all three of the icon’s children as well as his mot...
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A government of CDU and @placeholder, conservatives and liberal would probably be more business friendly than the current grand coalition.
BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- As voting was taking place in the German general election Sunday, attention was already turning to what coalition will rule the country. Social Democrats handing out flowers hope their party will stay in the ruling coalition. Few doubt that Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, CDU, will ...
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The group accused Hamas of not being Islamic enough, saying Hamas cares more about pleasing "tyrants" than "obeying @placeholder."
GAZA CITY (CNN) -- A radical Muslim sheikh called Friday for the creation of an Islamic emirate in Gaza, sparking clashes with Hamas forces that left 13 people dead, Hamas sources tell CNN. Armed members of the radical Islamist group Jund Ansar Allah surround a group representative in Rafah on Friday. The clashes ended...
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After the drugs made it through security, the suspect allegedly met the confidential source in an @placeholder restroom to receive $600 in cash, which was the second half of the agreed-upon $1,200 fee.
Washington (CNN) -- Two current and two former TSA employees have been arrested in an alleged drug and bribery scheme by screeners who allowed large shipments of narcotics to pass through security at Los Angeles International Airport in exchange for cash, federal prosecutors said. Three other people, suspected drug cou...
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After fleeing her Staffordshire home in November, Shakil entered @placeholder through the Turkish border.
A British woman who travelled to Syria with her young son before escaping an ISIS stronghold has begged her father to take her home after describing life with the jihadists as 'hard'. Tareena Shakil, 25, ran away to the war-torn country last October after telling relatives she was going on holiday to Spain with her 17-...
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Representatives of opposition leader @placeholder told CNN that they planned to arrive in the capital at 6 p.m. local time (9 a.m.
(CNN) -- Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are expected to join a march on Pakistan's capital as the country celebrates its independence. The protest was called by former Pakistan cricket captain and leader of the Tehreek-e-insaaf (PTI) political party, Imran Khan, who declared it a "march of independence...
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The wet conditions hampered both sides but it was @placeholder who mastered them quicker.
LONDON, England -- Extra-time goals from Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba gave Chelsea a 3-2 victory over Liverpool to send the London side into a Champions League final showdown against English Premier League rivals Manchester United, 4-3 on aggregate. Didier Drogba (right) and Frank Lampard both found the net as Chel...
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Objects this size re-enter the @placeholder's atmosphere about once a year, according to NASA.
(CNN) -- A satellite whose orbit is degrading is likely to crash back to Earth on Friday, and 26 pieces have a good chance of surviving the heat of re-entry, NASA said. Despite being pretty sure that the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, will re-enter the atmosphere sometime Friday afternoon, U.S. time, NAS...
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Farewell: Sagna posted this emotional goodbye to @placeholder via social media
Bacary Sagna has thanked Arsenal and Arsene Wenger in another clear message that he is set to quit the club this summer. The defender, part of France's squad at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, is widely expected to join Manchester City in the next 48 hours despite previously being offered new terms by the Gunners. The 31...
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"I didn't set out to donate a kidney,'' said @placeholder, 48, the founder of a not-for-profit educational organization.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- One morning a couple of months ago at Westchester Medical Center, Dawn Verdick gave Daniel Flood one of her kidneys. Daniel Flood received a kidney from Dawn Verdick. They were brought together through Craigslist. Verdick and Flood were not friends or family. In fact, they were total strangers from th...
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@placeholder, assistant secretary of diplomatic security, resigned, effective immediately, Nuland said.
Washington (CNN) -- Four State Department officials have been disciplined in the wake of a review of the security failures that led to the deaths of four Americans at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, a department spokeswoman said Wednesday. One resigned, while three others have been placed on administrative leave...
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Experts on @placeholder society said that it would not be much of a surprise if the country was behind the hacking.
Emails leaked in the Sony hack have revealed that Sony's Japanese CEO urged filmmakers to edit the death of Kim Jong-Un to make it less graphic in a bid to avoid a crisis. In The Interview, which is due to be released over Christmas, the North Korean dictator, played by Randall Park, is in a helicopter which is hit by ...
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CNN reached out to @placeholder on Friday but did not receive an immediate response.
(CNN) -- Aeromexico airline and an advertising company apologized for a commercial casting call that said "dark-skinned" people would not be allowed to audition. The casting call sought those with a "Polanco look," referring to a well-to-do white neighborhood in Mexico City. A photo of the casting e-mail was taken by M...
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Blow: @placeholder's Javier Martinez is being carried off on a stretcher after suffering a knee injury
Borussia Dortmund offered reasons to suggest it won’t simply be another Bayern Munich procession in this season’s Bundesliga as they impressively beat their Bavarian rivals in the Super Cup. Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang secured victory in the curtain-raiser at Signal Iduna Park as Bayern ...
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Time is right, but past failures haunt @placeholder peace talks
Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Members of Latin America's largest guerrilla group declared Thursday they will ask for an immediate cease fire when they meet with Colombian government negotiators for peace talks next month. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -- known by the Spanish acronym FARC -- have waged a bloody civ...
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The @placeholder players gather for a huddle before the match on Saturday
Derby matches are great. They allow players and fans alike to have bragging rights for a period of time. They were the fixtures I looked forward to the most and I loved playing in them. But not in Scotland! When I was at Bath, the West Country derbies against Bristol and Gloucester were brilliant matches to be a part o...
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@placeholder sobbed and leaned on others as she walked toward the lone white casket holding her sons.
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:15 PM on 14th July 2011 A stripper who went on the run with her lesbian lover after the children she left home alone were killed in a fire has handed herself in. Police were hunting Kiaira Pollard, 27, whose sons KiDonn, seven, and KrisDon, four, perished in a blaze that tore th...
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Mr Newman said he believed the desire for the trip came from the three years his father spent as an infantry officer in the @placeholder, but he said Merrill Newman never talked about his service.
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 19:07 EST, 20 November 2013 | UPDATED: 13:44 EST, 21 November 2013 Detainee: Merrill Newman, 85, was pulled off a flight back to the U.S. October 26 following 10-day guided tour in North Korea The family of an 85-year-old Korean War veteran from California who is detained in North Korea a...
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@placeholder was convicted of 10 murders in November 1995 and is still serving life in prison.
The former nanny to Fred and Rose West has told of her ordeal at the hands of two of Britain's worst serial killers. Caroline Roberts was just 17 when, in 1972, she went to work at the Wests' infamous 25 Cromwell Street home in Gloucester, where nine bodies were discovered more than 20 years later. What she witnessed a...
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@placeholder could not be compared to an author or editor and the judge said he was also ‘very doubtful’ that it could be viewed as a ‘secondary publisher’, in a similar way to a libellous article ‘distributor’.
By Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 10:25 EST, 14 February 2013 | UPDATED: 03:00 EST, 15 February 2013 Google was today facing the prospect of being forced to remove offending posts on the Blogger website after a judge ‘opened the door’ for the firm being required to monitor what users write. The California-based internet giant c...
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A sharp, sudden snowstorm greeted both sets of players as they stepped out at Turf Moor and @placeholder treated Palace as southern softies in the first 18 minutes as they raced into a two-goal lead.
Dwight Gayle maintained Alan Pardew's 100 per cent record as Crystal Palace manager with a dramatic late winner as Burnley threw away a 2-0 lead for the second time in four days. In a typical relegation dogfight that had everything including snowstorms and Pardew digging out referee Phil Dowd at half-time, Gayle fired ...
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@placeholder thought he scored for Argentina in the first half, but he was yards offside
The World Cup final can be the best occasion of a footballer's life, or the worst if they crumble under the pressure. Germany and Argentina contested the climax to the 2014 tournament, with Mario Gotze scoring a stunning late winner to win it for Joachim Low's side. Here, Sportsmail's Martin Keown, the ex-England and A...
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But although @placeholder’s clothes and blanket have been found, his body has yet to be recovered.
Murdered baby: The two-month-old had been left in the back of his father's car as the man lit a fire to warm up his shop Millions of angry Chinese are demanding the death penalty for a thief who murdered a two-month-old baby he found in the back of a car he stole. The outrage threatens to upstage the ongoing National ...
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The @placeholder predicted that an increase in spending on toys this Christmas would take annual sales to more than £3 billion, an increase of £166 million in one year.
As if fraught parents didn't have enough to worry about, it has emerged that this Christmas is set to be the biggest year for toy sales in four years. 'Must-have' toys like loom bands, Panini stickers and Lego figures are set to send tills ringing as pleading children and competitive parents drive many to the toy aisle...
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All seven daily flights between JFK and @placeholder will offer Mint service by year's end, a company spokeswoman said.
(CNN) -- Come Sunday, every customer won't be equal at JetBlue. That's when the airline launches its "Mint" business class service for customers willing to pay more for flights between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport. JetBlue has won over many fliers with its newer...
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Pakistani civil society organizations matched the @placeholder's signature drive with a petition of their own, signed by 1.2 million Pakistanis supporting Malala's cause.
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Malala Yousefzai now has a day named after her and more than two million people from around the world pledging to carry on her fight for girls' education. The United Nations has declared November 10 as Malala day to honor the 15 year-old Pakistani activist who was shot in the head one month...
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Court documents reveal that Hooten arrived in @placeholder last week and had a pre-booked flight home this Friday.
By Emily Crane and Richard Shears A laptop helped save a 56-year-old man's life after an arrow was fired at him outside his NSW home allegedly by his wife's ex-partner who flew from America with the crossbow to kill him. Greg Williams was carrying the laptop on his driveway at Somersby on the Central Coast when he was ...
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