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But blocking @placeholder is impractical: Not only would it be very expensive, but it would also disconnect the Iranian secret police from a valuable channel of gathering intelligence.
(CNN) -- As protests sweep through Iran, a handful of Web sites -- Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube in particular -- are once again widely credited for their crucial role in the process. But before we swallow yet another dose of cyber-utopianism, a more critical look at how the Internet has abetted both sides is in order...
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Who do you think would be a great new @placeholder?"
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actor Derek Mears has a big hockey mask to fill. Derek Mears arrives on the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the new "Friday the 13th" movie. Mears was cast as the iconic boogeyman Jason Voorhees in the new "Friday the 13th" movie. A remake of the original 1980 film, the new movi...
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Explorers: Colonel @placeholder, left, and Captain Williams, wave to the cameras prior to launch
By Damien Gayle PUBLISHED: 19:53 EST, 15 July 2012 | UPDATED: 03:44 EST, 16 July 2012 A trio of Russian, Japanese and U.S. astronauts blasted off aboard a Soyuz capsule yesterday for a four-month mission to the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese ...
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'As for @placeholder, we will have to ensure we don't drop as many points again as we did halfway through last season.
Borussia Dortmund frontman Marco Reus believes Bayern Munich will dominate Europe and the Bundesliga once again this season. The Germany international has insisted Jurgen Klopp's men - who finished second, 19 points behind the Bavarians last term - must be more consistent if they are to keep up with Bayern during the u...
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It found that Tesco has the cheapest bacon (£2,22); Asda is best for brandy butter (£1.50); @placeholder is best-priced in Morrisons (£16.99); and Christmas pudding costs £1.89 in Asda - compared to the most expensive £3.75 at Waitrose.
Asda has been named as the best-value supermarket for buying Christmas dinner - with shoppers saving nearly £30 compared to other brands. The prices of 33 festive items - including turkey, Christmas pudding, mince pies and Champagne - were analysed across the five major stores, with Asda coming in at number one at £119...
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Barca bias: @placeholder voted for Xavi, Neymar and Andres Iniesta (not pictured) for his top three
Exactly where the mutual animosity comes from is a mystery but the friction between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi was clear for all to see at the Ballon d’Or awards for the best footballer in the world. The body language of both players and their partners as they sat waiting for the result spoke volumes. Scratch a...
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@placeholder projects that it will sell 4 million 3DS units this month, and many analysts agree.
San Francisco (CNN) -- Sunday's debut of the Nintendo 3DS, a hand-held game system with a 3-D display that doesn't require special glasses, isn't just the culmination of several years of research and development for one product. It could be a milestone for a company that's spent decades refining three-dimensional techn...
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@placeholder appeals for a penalty as he lies on the ground with Smalling on top of him
Sportsmail has launched a campaign to stamp out the wrestling, grappling and shirt pulling in the penalty area that's ruining our game. Here's what they're all saying about it in the world of football: Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo both appear to grapple Branislav Ivanovic and John Terry of Chelsea John Terry - Chelse...
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On the offensive: Felipe Calderon started his crackdown on the drug cartels weeks after taking charge of @placeholder in December 2006
Mexican troops have replaced policemen in half of a large state that borders Texas, in the deep south, because there were fears that the officers were corrupt and helping the drug cartels. Some 2,800 heavily armed soldiers were deployed in 22 of Tamaulipas's 43 cities over the weekend - this was done, in part, as Presi...
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Diana is believed to have sent similar messages to several favoured servants on cards specially printed in 1989, when she was still married to @placeholder.
By James Tozer UPDATED: 20:04 EST, 13 February 2012 It is a touching memento of her down-to-earth manner. Addressed simply ‘To George’, this hand-written Valentine’s Day card from Princess Diana is not quite the romantic mystery it might at first appear, however. The Daily Mail can reveal that the recipient was none ot...
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Dr @placeholder inserted a larger endotracheal tube at 2.40am but her condition worsened and she collapsed at 5.03am.
By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 04:59 EST, 31 May 2013 | UPDATED: 11:03 EST, 31 May 2013 A coroner has asked the police to investigate the following what he called a doctor's 'extraordinary' delay in treating a seriously ill baby. Sheffield coroner Chris Dorries halted an inquest this afternoon and said he would be sending ...
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@placeholder and Scott started playing really furiously, and we were rocking," he recalled.
(CNN) -- Scott Asheton, who co-founded and played drums for the influential proto-punk band the Stooges, has died. He was 64. The death was disclosed by singer Iggy Pop, who formed the band with Asheton, Scott's brother Ron and Dave Alexander in 1967. "My dear friend Scott Asheton passed away last night," Pop wrote Sun...
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Still, @placeholder indicated authorities do not know the identity of the shooter.
(CNN) -- The police chief of Tulsa, Oklahoma, offered a stern, succinct message Saturday to the man he believes killed three people and critically wounded two others in a spate of seemingly random shootings: "We're coming for you." Chief Chuck Jordan described the shootings at four separate sites -- all of which occurr...
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They have also pulled a liquid detergent that was being promoted as 'Ariel 18' - which represents 'AH', as in @placeholder.
Ariel detergent has sparked outrage in Germany after placing a neo-Nazi code on a new line of promotional packages. The boxes feature a white football shirt with a large number '88' - which far-right extremists use as a code for 'Heil Hitler' to skirt the country's ban on Nazi slogans. The number was intended to show h...
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'@placeholder was my first film and I was extremely nervous.
When she was the most famous hooker in showbusiness - thanks to career-defining roles in the 1986 film Mona Lisa and Kay Mellor's 90s TV hit Band Of Gold - Cathy Tyson had a reputation for being a bit chippy. She'd arrive late for interviews, answer questions dismissively and even turned Hollywood down after being told...
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If I want to be in FIFA, I will run for @placeholder.
UEFA president Michel Platini insists the move to impose financial fair play sanctions against Manchester City is an historic moment for football - even if the club are furious at the punishment. City will have a heavy fine, a reduced Champions League squad and a limit on transfer spending for next season, while Paris ...
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Ms @placeholder lost 11kg after switching to a 'clean eating' diet, which avoids processed foods, two years ago and has since gathered followers by posting pictures of her workouts and meals.
Teenage girls are increasingly looking at fitness bloggers on Instagram and Facebook as role models but it is making them feel guilty that their bodies don't match up, new research shows. Associate Professor Claire Drummond from Flinders University set out to study what motivates or discourages girls aged 13 to 17 to d...
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In 1980, the failure of a military mission in Iran ordered by @placeholder to rescue 52 Americans held hostage since the revolution the previous year cemented his image as a weak leader.
Washington (CNN) -- John Kerry got Swift-boated. Jimmy Carter had his re-election chances decimated in the Iranian desert. Then there was Michael Dukakis and that tank photo. It is a tradition of presidential politics in recent decades that Democrats get accused of being soft and inexperienced on military and foreign p...
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But the iPad has a key advantage over the @placeholder, she said: The potential to bring in revenue from ads displayed on its magazine-style layouts.
(CNN) -- Now that they've gotten a peek at it, publishers of books, newspapers and magazines are hoping Apple's forthcoming iPad tablet device will breathe new life into their struggling industry. A handful of publishers already have struck content deals with Apple for the handheld wireless device, which displays text,...
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He also scored 18 goals in 41 matches for @placeholder last season.
Mario Balotelli practised alone at Liverpool's Melwood training ground on Monday as he moves to the brink of completing his £16million transfer from AC Milan. Brendan Rodgers' side face Balotelli's former employers Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium and will be boosted by the announcement before the match that the I...
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"I was just a touch off, " said @placeholder, who was six shots behind Simpson.
(CNN) -- American golfer Webb Simpson made a furious charge Sunday to win the U.S. Open, grabbing his fist major tournament victory. Simpson had started the day four shots back off the lead but carded four birdies in five holes midway through the final round to get to the top of the leaderboard. It gave the U.S. a thir...
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"There's little dignity in death in @placeholder these days," Cooper said in his report.
(CNN) -- Four days after Haiti's massive earthquake, efforts are under way to bury the dead as thousands of bodies crumpled in the streets of Port-au-Prince lay exposed to the sun or draped in sheets and cardboard. Throughout the city, people covered their noses from the stench and some resorted to face masks. CNN corr...
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Right now @placeholder is caught in this spot where they’re saying: "We haven’t changed.
By Daniel Bates The late tech guru supposedly said: ¿That¿s it?¿ in 2004 when the company¿s shares decreased two per cent following revelations he had undergone surgery Steve Jobs was disappointed that Apple's share price did not go down more when he announced he had cancer, a new book claims. The late tech guru suppos...
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"We are also confident in the wisdom of the @placeholder government, which is trying to prevent an American aggression against our people," Moallem said.
(CNN) -- Facing weak support for U.S. military action, President Barack Obama said Monday that a plan to have Syria hand its chemical arsenal over to international control could avert American strikes "if it's real." "It's certainly a positive development when the Russians and Syrians both make gestures towards dealing...
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Most NATO troops are due to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of this year as the U.S.-led war effort against the @placeholder winds down.
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Three members of NATO's International Security Assistance Force were killed in an attack in Kabul on Tuesday, the coalition said. Two were U.S. military personnel, and the third was Polish, a U.S. defense official said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing targeting a...
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You can also share your story and promote girls' education on @placeholder.
(CNN) -- "I have rights. I have the right of education," Malala Yousufzai boldly asserted during an interview with CNN last year. Now the 14-year-old girl from Pakistan is slowly recovering after being shot in the head by the Taliban for blogging against them and defending the right of girls to go to school. Her plight...
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To address those concerns, the former president agreed to disclose the names of the more than 200,000 donors to his presidential foundation, a move he had previously resisted, @placeholder aides told CNN on Sunday.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton decided to join her one-time rival's team because she wanted to be part of the "greatest adventure of our century," she said Monday after President-elect Barack Obama named her as his nominee for secretary of state. Sen. Hillary Clinton addresses the media in Chicago on Monday w...
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@placeholder was 18 and planned to start college this week.
(CNN) -- President Obama's remarks Thursday on the death of Michael Brown were an echo of his powerful 2013 speech on Trayvon Martin's shooting. Notably absent was any mention of race. A year ago, the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's shooter sparked protests across the United States. Martin was 17 and armed with nothing m...
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@placeholder relies heavily on tourism and any organization that threatens this source of income risks loss of support.
Cairo (CNN)ISIS has a new residency in Egypt, according to a YouTube message posted Sunday. In the audio message, the Sinai-based militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, or ABM, allegedly announces its allegiance to ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State. The roughly 10-minute clip blames tyrants and their "Jewish age...
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Devastated: Mrs @placeholder said that she has been made out to be a bad mother for her choice
By Daily Mail Reporter Denied: Lisa Mehos, whose abortion was used against her in a custody battle, has lost her kids The mother-of-two whose post-divorce abortion was used against her in a custody battle has lost the children over her rampant pill abuse, it has emerged. A Manhattan judge ruled that Lisa Mehos, 38, sho...
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NBA legend @placeholder is widely regarded as the best player to ever play basketball
Kobe Bryant eclipsed Michael Jordan on the National Basketball Association's all-time scoring list on Sunday, surpassing the legendary scorer during the second quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' game at the Minnesota Timberwolves. Bryant entered the game needing nine points to top the retired Jordan's mark of 32,292 po...
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When in playing mode, if Teagan doesn't want Cora to take something, @placeholder will put her back to Cora and will often sit on Cora's head, but there's no malice.
By nature they are mortal enemies, but this real-life fox and hound have overcome their instincts to become the best of friends. Whether snuggling up together on the sofa or chasing each other round the garden,Teagan, a vixen, and Cora, a Siberian husky, do everything together. Usually pitted against each other in the ...
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Panetta said Wednesday that @placeholder needs to put aside party and ideological divisions that he called "the greatest concern I have for our national security."
Washington (CNN) -- Senate Democrats proposed a $110 billion measure Thursday to put off mandatory across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect March 1. The package made public by Senate Democratic leaders calls for replacing the so-called sequester cuts with a combination of increased tax revenue from millionaire...
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At one point, more than 30,000 users were on the page with more than 200,000 concurrent visitors, @placeholder posted on Twitter.
When President Barack Obama decided to take questions directly over social media he didn't turn to his 28 million Facebook fans, or his 19 million Twitter followers. Instead, he turned to a website called Reddit where popularity is measured, fittingly, in votes. "Hi I'm Barack Obama, President of the United States," Ob...
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"Over the years, internal agency reviews, including numerous investigations by our office of the inspector general, found fault in the @placeholder's running of the program.
Washington (CNN) -- CIA Director John Brennan on Thursday defended harsh interrogation techniques as providing "useful" information to authorities, including in the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden. But he said it is "unknowable" what information could specifically be attributed to those techniques. "It is...
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An Army fact-finding investigation conducted in the months after Bergdahl's 2009 disappearance concluded that he left his outpost deliberately and on his own free will, according to a @placeholder military official briefed on the report.
Dressed in all white with a striped shawl across his shoulders, the gaunt American looks up at the Black Hawk chopper circling overhead. Armed Taliban men stand around him, one with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher ready. When the chopper lands, the American is led there by two men, one carrying a white flag. He is ...
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Ours is the greatest legal system in the world, and @placeholder is confident that a just result will emerge once all the facts are presented," the statement said.
The Minnesota Vikings made a mistake. And they want to "get things right." The two statements were repeated several times by owners and members of the team's front office during a media day news conference Wednesday, the first 20 minutes of which were dominated by questions about star running back Adrian Peterson, who ...
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"Hopefully @placeholder can turn it around," wrote CNN.com commenter otacon7272.
(CNN) -- Law student Blake Rider summed up the feelings of many Democrats late Tuesday night: "I can finally sleep again," he said. President Barack Obama was was re-elected with 303 electoral votes to Mitt Romney's 206. In a race that seemed too close to call until the votes were tallied, Americans ultimately chose fo...
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@placeholder, as we know is a rapper, and braggadocio is his calling card.
Let's get ready to ... mumble. As in, what now, George Zimmerman? Seems like the former neighborhood watchman has found yet another way to remain in the public limelight. This time, he'll be stepping into a boxing ring. Although no contract has been signed, a promoter is negotiating with rapper DMX to fight him, accord...
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Renee has spoken out about her pregnancy battles and @placeholder says: ‘I’m pleased that she spoke about it, pre-eclampsia is the number one death in pregnancy.
For Il Divo star Sébastien Izambard, standing on stage at the famed Marquis Theatre on Broadway was a momentous occasion. Indeed, for the entire group, it was a dream come true as they debuted their new show A Musical Affair last week. What was once a ‘popera’ act created by Simon Cowell - which as bandmate David Mill...
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Check out the full interview at @placeholder, or pick up the magazine's April issue on newsstands now.
(CNN) -- With the third season of "Games of Thrones" under way on HBO, series star Kit Harington opens up to Glamour magazine about what to expect from his character, Jon Snow. Snow, the bastard son of Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark, is just getting to know Ygritte, played by former "Downton Abbey" actress Rose Leslie. When G...
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Temperatures are then expected to drop into the low 20s (high 60s and low 70s in degrees @placeholder) starting Saturday.
(CNN) -- Searing temperatures in Melbourne have disrupted play at the Australian Open, where tennis players have been struggling in the heat in recent days. Organizers of the grand slam event said Thursday that they had introduced an "extreme heat policy" after temperatures rose above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fa...
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The @placeholder dancers will be joining passengers on a selection of P&O cruise ships in 2015
Strictly Come Dancing 2014 champion Pasha Kovalev is the star attraction as P&O Cruises have announced their 2015 line-up for their special themed voyages. Dancing alongside the Russian professional will be fellow 2014 Strictly finalists Karen Hauer, Kevin Clifton and Kristina Rihanoff. In 2015, P&O Cruises has four de...
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He said he welcomed steps to make sure the big @placeholder companies "use their expertise, their brains and their brilliance to get these disgusting images off the Internet much faster."
London (CNN) -- Internet giants signed up Tuesday to a "zero tolerance" approach to images of child sexual abuse as the British government announced a new, tougher strategy to find and block illegal content. Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Twitter and Facebook were among the firms summoned to a meeting on the issue at 10 Dow...
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The number of people in Myanmar subject to financial sanctions and travel restrictions by Australia will drop to about 130 from 392, the @placeholder statement said.
(CNN) -- Australia said Monday that it was relaxing sanctions on Myanmar, responding to the Southeast Asian country's political reforms by significantly reducing the number of government officials and lawmakers subject to travel restrictions. The Australian government said it would also encourage trade with Myanmar, wh...
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Beijing has consistently rejected claims it is guilty of oppression in the region and insists @placeholder enjoy religious freedom and better living standards under its rule.
Hong Kong (CNN) -- When a downtrodden Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire in protest after his vegetable cart was confiscated by officials, this desperate act of self-sacrifice was seen as a catalyst for a revolution that became known as the Arab Spring. Contrast this with China, where almost 80 people -- men an...
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Getting that right in the justices' minds will mean the difference between whether @placeholder or the government ultimately prevails.
Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a familiar, if elusive, foe -- legislative intent -- when considering whether a California man should be compensated after the government violated his privacy by disclosing his personal medical history. The justices appeared torn over the meaning of two fuzz...
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Arsenal have 32 points from 16 games, one clear of @placeholder, who have played a game less, and two ahead of faltering Chelsea.
CNN) -- Samir Nasri scored two superb goals to give Arsenal a 2-1 win in a London derby against Fulham to go top of the English Premier League on Saturday. Previous leaders Manchester United had to sit out the action as their game at promoted Blackpool fell victim to the cold snap in England leaving Arsenal and Chelse...
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It wasn't just dinner parties and designer dresses weighing down the @placeholder financially.
(CNN) -- Hillary Clinton's assertion this week she and her husband left the White House "dead broke" left some Americans scratching their heads. How, they wondered, could a family making six-figures, living rent free, and writing best-sellers possibly run out of cash? As it turns out, being President doesn't necessaril...
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Protesters threw tomatoes, eggs, glass and rocks at the embassy as they called for the ambassador to leave during the 31-hour demonstration, according to the senior @placeholder official, who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the situation.
(CNN) -- Activists speaking at a Syrian government-sponsored "national dialogue" meeting Sunday criticized recent crackdowns by the country's security forces, calling for an end to violence against protesters. Syria's vice president hailed the Damascus University meeting between officials and members of the opposition ...
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Sadow said @placeholder was giving the same drugs and used the same alias as her previous doctor, whose practice he bought.
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- The use of powerful drugs to treat complaints of chronic pain, and the faking of names on prescriptions for celebrities are central issues in the trial of Anna Nicole Smith's last two doctors and her lawyer-boyfriend. A Los Angeles County jury heard opening statements Wednesday in the t...
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The Barca squad never took to @placeholder's ideas and there appears to be renewed vigour around the place after Enrique was installed.
By Jack Gaughan Follow @@Jack_Gaughan Gerard Pique has signed a new contract at Barcelona and immediately said he expects the club to rise from their curious slump. The Catalans struggled under Gerardo Martino in failing to progress beyond the Champions League quarter-finals and surrendering the La Liga title to Atleti...
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A letter to @placeholder included the "formal request" that the alliance send "air defense elements," according to a Turkish government statement that cited "the threats and risks posed by the continuing crisis in Syria to our national security."
(CNN) -- More than 90% of the Internet access in Syria was shut down on Thursday, according to the Internet monitoring group Renesys. It was not clear who was behind the latest event, but the government has intermittently cut off Internet access several times in the past two years. Opposition activists often transmit u...
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The legislation was intended to expand @placeholder to protect seniors against catastrophic medical expenses.
(CNN) -- Arguments over the massive overhaul of the health care system -- which congressional Democrats hope to pass by next month -- are expected to keep shaking up the country long after the vote. Congress' plan could be the first legislation of its kind passed along strict partisan lines. In modern history, legislat...
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A TSA spokesman called the @placeholder report "an unfortunate disservice to the dedicated men and women of TSA who are on the front lines every day protecting the traveling public."
Washington (CNN) -- Ten years after its formation, the Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday got the type of birthday card no one wants to receive -- a blistering report from Republican lawmakers who said the agency is "bloated" and "inefficient" and has done little, if anything, to improve aviation secur...
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He contributed $12,500 to @placeholder in October 2010, when Schneiderman was running for attorney general, records show.
By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:57 EST, 24 August 2013 | UPDATED: 12:00 EST, 25 August 2013 New York's attorney general has sued Donald Trump for $40 million, claiming the real estate mogul helped run a phony 'Trump University' that falsely promised to make students rich. Instead, Attorney Gen...
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Pfannenstiel failed to make the first team and moved to @placeholder a year later, where he once again did not make an appearance.
Lutz Pfannenstiel is the ultimate journeyman. And so much more. The globetrotting goalkeeper played more than 400 games for 25 clubs across six continents, turned down Bayern Munich and signed for the Crazy Gang. He also spent 101 days in a brutal jail after being wrongly charged with match-fixing and was declared dead...
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That’s what the law says,' he said later, sticking up for @placeholder' part in the four-year-long Obamacare saga.
House Speaker John Boehner lashed out at the Obama administration on Wednesday for issuing the latest in a long series of Affordable Care Act delays, giving prospective enrollees another half-month to signup for insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act website, healthcare.gov. 'What the hell is this, a joke?'...
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While it is harsh to highlight such a missed opportunity, in the same situation the @placeholder would take the chance.
It was Groundhog Day here — the same old, familiar plot. A narrow loss for England. Gallant failure. Defiance in defeat. Talk of positives and lessons to learn. Simmering rage, barely suppressed. Mike Brown was wrestling with the same emotions he had felt five months earlier in Dunedin, when the All Blacks’ margin of v...
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When asked by a reporter if he was concerned about the fact that @placeholder had changed his story, he replied: "Not at all."
A Massachusetts grand jury has indicted an associate of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in a shooting death, Bristol County, Massachusetts, District Attorney Sam Sutter said Friday. Carlos Ortiz, 27, of Bristol, Connecticut, was indicted on a single count of accessory to murder after the fact in c...
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Watch a Chinese official order CNN staff in @placeholder to stop broadcasting »
(CNN) -- For CNN, Tiananmen Square was a watershed story -- a seminal moment in the network's history. Beijing bureau chief Mike Chinoy, producer Nancy Lane and Moscow bureau chief Steve Hurst Only nine years old in 1989, CNN was the only 24-hour news station on the air at the time. But staffers say the network suffere...
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'If you are taking photos and one of the women from @placeholder is looking at you, they will catch you immediately, and you'll be executed immediately.
The so-called Islamic State's all-female police unit tortured a breastfeeding mother by clamping her chest with a barbaric spiked clamp, it is claimed. The al-Khansa brigade, the female religious police in Raqqa, the insurgency's de facto capital in Syria, is said to use the bear trap-like device to punish women who de...
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Smith says 'Oh, sorry about that' and a terrified @placeholder screams 'oh my god!'
A Minnesota jury has heard the shocking moment a 65-year-old homeowner shot dead two teenage intruders in his basement, and then told his female victim 'You're dying... b****.' Byron Smith recorded the double slaying in his Little Falls basement and on the second day of his murder trial the crystal clear audio was play...
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@placeholder's first response was a devastating suicide bombing of a Houthi rally in Sanaa, which killed nearly 50 people.
(CNN)The Houthi takeover of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa plunges the country into a yet darker chapter of its troubled modern history. An uneasy and sometimes violent standoff between Houthi fighters and forces loyal to President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi took on the appearance of a coup Tuesday, before a tentative power-s...
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The @placeholder-based group boasts of causing "scenes of chaos and joy" usually involving socially awkward or unusual situations.
(CNN) -- Train commuters in major cities worldwide will get a little cheeky Sunday as part of the annual No Pants Subway Ride that ... well ... is exactly what it says. Pranksters will converge at train stations decked out in shirts, shoes and no pants. The only requirement is to act nonchalant -- read, listen to your ...
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"You've gotta do your homework, and I've gotta do your hair," Katherine said with a smile to her 9-year-old granddaughter, @placeholder.
New York (CNN) -- I'm no stranger to poverty. I've lived it. I don't forget it. And when I saw Katherine M. pick up aluminum cans while walking her granddaughter home from school, I couldn't stop the rush of emotions. I wasn't reporting from a developing country. This was a New York street in the heart of Harlem. "If I...
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He testified against Knox and @placeholder in Knox's appeal last month.
Perugia, Italy (CNN) -- The judge in the libel case of Amanda Knox's parents resigned Monday because he was involved in the trial of Knox and her ex-boyfriend Rafaelle Sollecito in the killing of a British student. Paolo Micheli said he would recuse himself, intimating paperwork in the very brief court hearing. The cas...
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Charles Force sent someone out to his home to pick up @placeholder.
(CNN) -- On July 23, 1969, as Apollo 11 hurtled back towards Earth, there was a problem -- a problem only a kid could solve. At age 10, Greg Force reaches his arm into a tiny hole to fix an antenna crucial to Apollo 11. It sounds like something out of a movie, but that's what it came down to as Apollo 11 sped back towa...
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Something the teetotal @placeholder will not have in common with his new coach is her passion for wine.
By Mike Dickson Follow @@Mike_Dickson_DM Loic Courteau, long-time coach of Amelie Mauresmo when she played, illustrates her character by telling of the surprise that awaited him when he got back from holiday after the season when she made it to world No 1. ‘It was in 2004, we were at the US Open and there was a very ni...
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She said: 'At the time Mr @placeholder was significantly influenced by psychotic thinking.
By Paul Donnelley Restrained: Anthony Wells, 31, was given a restraining order and also sectioned at Basildon Crown Court today A Twitter troll who sent hundreds of abusive messages to Countdown star Rachel Riley has been given a restraining order. Anthony Wells, 31, 'distressed' the 28-year-old presenter by sending he...
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@placeholder emphasize that it found that mandating a federal minimum wage of $10.10 in the next two years would cost the economy 500,000 jobs.
(CNN) -- Democrats know their push to try to force a vote in the Republican-led House isn't going anywhere. But that's not the point. It's an election year and Democrats believe blaming Republicans for failing to address the issue will put them on the defensive in November. House Democrats filed what is known as a "dis...
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@placeholder reviewing video to determine how boy hopped flight to Vegas
That 9-year-old Minnesota boy who slipped through security and hopped a flight to Las Vegas is no stranger to child protection investigators, who say he has a history of sneaking into a water park and was recently arrested after allegedly stealing a car, according to an e-mail obtained by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. ...
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"84% percent of @placeholder youth use their phones beyond voice and text, compared to 47 percent of Chinese adults."
(CNN) -- Young people around the world love their cell phones -- and a new Nielsen report sheds light on which phones they're using, how they choose their phones, and how they use them. The report focused on youth ages 15-24 from Brazil, Russia, India, China, Vietnam, Germany, Spain, Italy, the UK and the U.S. Some hig...
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"@placeholder values women more than the international conventions," the Morsi adviser said.
Cairo (CNN) -- A few days before the runoff elections that brought the Muslim Brotherhood candidate to the presidency, I was invited along with other civil activists to meet Mohamed Morsi. He did not show up, but his top advisers were present. After the long speech they gave about how Morsi will empower the civil socie...
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@placeholder told the panel in his opening statement, "We mujahedeen are trying to establish the perfect religion."
Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) -- The military judge overseeing the trial of admitted Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan told defense attorneys Thursday that they can't drop out of the case -- even though they believe it's tantamount to helping him commit suicide. "This is nothing more than their disagreement with Major Hasan's...
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After pulling her hair out he remarks to @placeholder 'it was the only one out of place, I am sure you would have wanted it killed'.
Doctor Who has come under fire after a scene featuring stars Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman pulling out their hair sparked complaints from sufferers of a rare disorder. The BBC sci-fi show has been branded it 'insensitive' following a scene which left sufferers of trichotillomania 'upset' and 'uncomfortable'. Series e...
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Just weeks after the March on @placeholder, the civil rights movement was thrust into the headlines again -- this time the result of unspeakable tragedy.
(CNN) -- This year marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most pivotal years in American history, from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to the historic "I Have a Dream" speech by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Those two events were monumental, changing and shaping the course of America for years to co...
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In the lawsuit against the city, @placeholder also claimed he was strip searched during his detainment.
Two Brooklyn men accused of crystal meth possession tasted victory on Tuesday after a settlement from the New York Police Department awarded them $33,000. The two plaintiffs sued the NYPD after they were arrested in Coney Island last year by officers claiming Jolly Ranchers in their possession were rocks of crystal met...
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This may seem like a leap for Apple to take, but it isn't the first time such projects have been discussed by the @placeholder firm.
Apple has several hundred employees developing its own electric car at a secret lab, it has been claimed. Speculation was rife last week when an Apple-owned car was spotted driving around California fitted with Street View-style cameras. 'Dozens of Apple employees, led by experienced managers from its iPhone unit, are ...
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True, some of that can be attributed to racist backlash to @placeholder -- but most of it has to do with the message of the Democratic platform.
(CNN) -- While there is still a lot of talk about how the Republican Party needs to reinvent itself, Democrats should keep in mind they could use a touch-up themselves. With 20 Senate seats to defend in the midterm election -- compared with just 13 Republican ones -- the truth is Sen. Harry Reid and the gang do not hav...
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@placeholder has a legal and moral duty to immediately return Samantha to her parents in the U.S."
(CNN) -- The parents of a 15-year-old American girl are seeking to get their daughter back after she ran away with her boyfriend to Brazil, where authorities handed her over to the boyfriend's family. The Brazilian authorities' decision to give custody of Samantha Hernandez to her boyfriend's uncle, while a legal actio...
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Bay, 48, explained that every vendor that experienced disruptions from filming in the area "got paid a fair price for our inconvenience" but one man "wanted four times that amount" -- around $13,000 (100,000 @placeholder dollars).
Hong Kong (CNN) -- For the second time in a week, suspected Hong Kong organized crime syndicates -- known better as triads -- have targeted the production of "Transformers: Age of Extinction" being filmed in the Chinese territory. Four men attempted to extort an undisclosed sum of money from a crew member inspecting a ...
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It's not the first time a celebrity, an endorsement deal and @placeholder have merged to create an awkward gaffe.
(CNN) -- In the tech world, paying a celebrity to love your product can sometimes backfire. On Wednesday, NBA superstar LeBron James took to Twitter to announce a nightmare of the mobile age: "My phone just erased everything I had in it and rebooted. One of the sickest feelings I've ever had in my life!!!" Here's the p...
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Her body was identified a week later by @placeholder.
Kelsey Grammer forgave the man who raped and murdered his sister but said that he should not be released, during an emotional testimony at the killer's parole hearing on Tuesday. The 59-year-old Frasier star testified against 57-year-old Freddie Glenn who kidnapped and murdered his 18-year-old sister, Karen Elisa Gramm...
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After his rescue in 1999, Gonzalez was placed with relatives in @placeholder, who wanted to keep him in the United States.
One name stands out on the guest list of thousands of youth at a conference in Ecuador this week: Elian Gonzalez. Fourteen years after he made headlines as the subject of a bitter international custody battle, Gonzalez spoke to CNN on Tuesday. It's his first trip abroad since the U.S. government removed him at gunpoint...
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And last week, when @placeholder passed a climate change bill that Republicans insist will sharply raise energy prices for middle-class families, moderate Democrats started to jump ship.
Editor's note: John Feehery worked as a staffer for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and other Republicans in Congress. He is president of Feehery Group, a Washington-based advocacy firm that has represented clients including the News Corp., Ford Motor Co. and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He formerly was a governme...
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Defense attorneys maintained the child, Caylee, drowned in the @placeholder's above-ground pool on June 16, and that Casey Anthony and her father, George Anthony, panicked upon finding her there and covered up the death.
(CNN) -- Casey Anthony's white Pontiac Sunbird is a crushed slab in a Florida junkyard, nearly seven weeks after she was acquitted of murder in her 2-year-old daughter's death, according a person in a law office close to the case. An assistant in the office of Mark Lippman -- who represents George and Cindy Anthony, wh...
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@placeholder has previously told the family that she doesn't have the authority to intervene in a particular case, but she also called for the policy review.
(CNN) -- The parents of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl waiting for a lung transplant say they have asked U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to change the rules that keep children under 12 from being prioritized for donated adult organs. Attorneys for the family of Sarah Murnaghan, a 10-year-old...
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think his heart is more in with @placeholder and his d**k is more thinking
By Sarah Bull PUBLISHED: 05:03 EST, 13 January 2014 | UPDATED: 07:54 EST, 13 January 2014 His behaviour on this year's Celebrity Big Brother has been the talk of the nation. And now Lee Ryan's Blue bandmate Duncan James has opened up about the singer's philandering with both glamour model Casey Batchelor and US actress...
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In 2010, 50 South Koreans were killed in the two separate incidents: @placeholder accuses the North of torpedoing and sinking one of its warships in March 2010, killing 46 sailors.
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Returning from a trip to Pyongyang, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il ready for a summit with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at any time. Carter did not personally meet with Kim, but he said that as he and his delegation of former heads of sta...
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@placeholder's early years were played out against the devastating backdrop of the consequences of a brutal internecine conflict.
(CNN) -- It's the question Edin Dzeko is constantly asked. "You ask me again about war..." sighs the 28-year-old, rolling his eyes and smiling as he enjoys a rare moment of peace outside Bosnia-Herzegovina's team hotel in the picturesque suburb of Ilidza. Perhaps the line of questioning is understandable given that jus...
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'Lewis suffered a loss of rear brake pressure, the front brakes enabled him to slow the car but he couldn't avoid the barrier,' a tweet from @placeholder read.
By Simon Cass PUBLISHED: 09:02 EST, 6 February 2013 | UPDATED: 04:11 EST, 7 February 2013 Lewis Hamilton suffered an embarrassing first day at the office in his new job this morning - slamming his Mercedes into a barrier just 15 laps into his debut for the Formula 1 team. The British star locked his brakes at 170mph he...
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'It was two weeks before @placeholder could hold him for the first time.
By Emily Allen PUBLISHED: 06:41 EST, 2 July 2012 | UPDATED: 07:49 EST, 2 July 2012 A mother-to-be told by doctors that her baby had died in the womb was stunned when he started breathing the moment he was born. Six months pregnant Alex Jones, 21, was heartbroken when doctors couldn’t find a heartbeat and she would have...
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But @placeholder declined the request, saying his words were fine as they stood.
Shadow Minister for Sport Clive Efford was first to berate the Premier League for not spending enough on grassroots football after the jackpot £5billion TV rights deal was announced. Efford said: ‘These are incredible sums of money and it would be nothing short of criminal if none of the extra money goes to expand part...
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The standard of living in the southwestern republic is poor compared with the rest of @placeholder.
(CNN) -- It's not clear if the Boston Marathon bombing suspects -- identified as brothers from the Russian Caucasus who moved to the United States several years ago -- were radicalized as a result of their ethnic Chechen roots. But the question is bound to arise. Whatever emerges about the brothers' ties to Russia's No...
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The plane's cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder have arrived at the NTSB laboratory in @placeholder, the agency said, and are being evaluated.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that it is investigating an incident in which a panel separated from the wing of a Boeing 757 while it was in flight last week. iReporter and Flight 1250 passenger Paul Shepherd took this photo of the damage through the aircraft's window. The in...
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'There are still lots of @placeholder branded products on eBay, and if this is their policy they should apply it more thoroughly.
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:10 PM on 23rd June 2011 An eBay user has been banned from selling an inch-high war games model of Hitler on the grounds that it could be seen as Nazi propaganda. Philip Fursman, 38, paints models from war games and sells them around the world on the popular website. In the past ...
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"That means they have more money to spend, we want them to spend more money on @placeholder-made goods."
Cartagena, Colombia (CNN) -- Regional summits are most often perfunctory events where presidents share their visions, sign agreements and pose for photographs. At the sixth Summit of the Americas, some Latin American leaders hope to sway -- or at least challenge -- the priorities of the hemisphere's largest power, the ...
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The @placeholder videos also appear to be heavily edited.
(CNN) -- Responding to the latest undercover video by an anti-abortion group, women's reproductive health care provider Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday it will retrain more than 11,000 staff members at more than 800 centers across the United States. Planned Parenthood has ordered "all health center staff and educa...
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"It is complicated here in @placeholder as everybody knows," Palkin added.
(CNN) -- The eyes of the world may be on Brazil with the World Cup about to kick off but the uncertainty which has engulfed Ukraine since the Russian annexation of Crimea remains. And if you believe everything you read, then half the squad of Ukraine's leading club Shakhtar Donetsk is ready to leave the troubled region...
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