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Newman had traveled in October as a tourist to @placeholder on a 10-day organized private tour of North Korea. | (CNN) -- Merrill Newman -- the 85-year-old American detained by North Korean authorities earlier this fall -- returned Saturday to the United States, arriving at San Francisco International Airport. "It's been a great homecoming," said Newman, who was wearing a blue sport coat and khakis. He thanked the U.S. and Swedish diplomats who had helped secure his release, then told reporters, "I'm tired ... ready to be with my family now. Thank you all for the support we got, very much appreciated." With that, accompanied by his wife, Lee, and son, Jeff, he walked off. Hours earlier, in the airport in Beijing, video showed him smiling as he walked past a cavalcade of reporters. He felt good, he said, and was looking forward to seeing his wife
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NEW: "It's been a great homecoming," Merrill Newman says upon arrival in San Francisco
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Video shows Newman smiling as he walks through Beijing's airport
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The 85-year-old was detained in North Korea in October, issued a public apology
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State news reports Newman was released for "humanitarian" reasons | 51,700 | record_train |
"Indonesians believe that the ocean is very, very dangerous and the sea god is going to take you away," explains @placeholder. | (CNN)"This is where it all started," says Rizal Tandjung, gazing out over a sandy shoreline lapped by dying breakers. Almost 40 years old, Tandjung is one of Bali's surfing pioneers. Picking up his first board at the age of eight, he's now a professional surfer, owner of multiple surf shops and president of a clothing company, Hurley Indonesia/Bali. We're standing on Kuta Beach, a five kilometer stretch of white sand that's one of the most popular tourist areas on the Indonesian island of Bali. Once a small fisherman's village, today's Kuta is anything but quiet. Large commercial airplanes cruising into Ngurah Rai International Airport fly over the heads of surfers. Beach loungers are scattered down the shore as far as the eye can see, fighting for space with the multiple surf schools catering to tourists with "Endless Summer" dreams.
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Bali's popularity among surfers grew with 1970s release of "Morning of the Earth" documentary
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Pro surfer Rizal Tandjung was one of the first locals to defy cultural norms and take up the sport
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Surf photographer Jason Childs says Indonesian surfers need to take things to the next level if they want to top the podium | 51,701 | record_train |
‘When I play @placeholder, I instantly start to feel and act more girlishly. | Actress Sian Phillips first turned down the role of Oscar Wilde’s imperious Lady Bracknell in The Importance Of Being Earnest 20 years ago because, aged 60 then, she thought she was too old to play the role of a 20-year-old girl’s mother. Now she has taken on the part at the age of 80 for the latest West End stage production. Nigel Havers, 62, is playing Algernon Moncrieff, who is meant to be in his late 20s, as is his friend John Worthing, played by 72-year-old Martin Jarvis. Lady Bracknell’s daughter, Gwendolen Fairfax, is played by 62-year-old Cherie Lunghi. From left, Martin Jarvis, Cherie Lunghi, Nigel Havers and Sian Philips have a combined age of 276, despite this, the cast of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest are wowing audiences in the West End
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Sian Philips turned down the role 20 years ago because 60 was too old
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Now two decades later, Ms Philips, 80, is playing Lady Bracknell in the farce
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Cherie Lunghi, 62, is playing Gwendolen Fairfax, who in the play is just 20 | 51,702 | record_train |
@placeholder, they said, has two choices: to embrace meaningful reforms or to continue the crackdown. | (CNN) -- President Barack Obama spoke with Egypt's president moments after Hosni Mubarak addressed his country, telling the Egyptian that he must make good on his promises and avoid a violent response to the thousands of protesters in the streets. With parts of his capital ablaze, Mubarak said he was asking his government to resign and would soon announce a new one, pledging to address the concerns of thousand of Egyptians protesting in Cairo's streets. "I just spoke to him after his speech," Obama said, "and told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words, to take concrete steps and actions that deliver on that promise. Violence will not address the grievances of the Egyptian people. Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away.
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NEW: Obama calls Mubarak and tells him to openly address his people's grievances
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Privately, officials worry that Mubarak may be underestimating the protests
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Mubarak asks the government to resign
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Gibbs said the U.S. will review its "assistance posture" to Egypt | 51,703 | record_train |
Give youth a chance: Carroll is said to have missed a call from @placeholder manager Roy Hodgson | By Graeme Yorke Andy Carroll spent the afternoon at a waterpark with girlfriend Billi Mucklow as he relaxes in Dubai. The West Ham striker is on England's World Cup standby list but headed for a break with the former The Only Way is Essex star. Carroll, one of seven players on Roy Hodgson's reserve list, took part in some yoga earlier this week to keep himself in shape. Relaxing: Andy Carroll spent the afternoon at a Dubai waterpark with his girlfriend Billi Mucklow Having fun: Billi posted the caption 'good times' with this picture at the park Life's a beach: Andy Carroll practices yoga on in Dubai while on holiday
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Andy Carroll spends a day at the waterpark in Dubai with girlfriend Billi Mucklow
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West Ham striker is one of seven players on stand-by for England's World Cup squad
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The Former Newcastle striker was pictured practising yoga on the beach earlier this week | 51,704 | record_train |
'This may be a case of them saying two weeks from now that they took care of the threat the @placeholder was saying [was there],' he said. | The Department of Homeland Security quickly denied claims on Friday from a watchdog group that the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has militants stationed in Juarez, Mexico who plan an 'imminent' attack against the United States. A DHS spokesman was bewildered, telling MailOnline that 'we are aware of absolutely nothing credible to substantiate this claim' made by Judicial Watch, a center-right group. 'In Mexico?' the official said on the phone. 'I haven't seen that at all.' An hour before Judicial Watch's report surfaced, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said publicly that his agency and the FBI 'are unaware of any specific, credible threat to the U.S. homeland' from the terror network.
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Three online reports warned Friday of ISIS involvement south of the border, including one from Judicial Watch that cited 'imminent' car-bomb attacks
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The Department of Homeland Security and the White House quickly denied that they have any information about ISIS gathering an attack force in Mexico
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DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said America is 'unaware of any specific, credible threat to the US homeland' from the terror network
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Other reports cited social media warnings from ISIS militants and an online video showing a conservative filmmaker in a bin Laden mask sneaking into the US from Mexico | 51,705 | record_train |
He warned that the @placeholder was obliged by law to pay by this deadline and would be liable for 'late payment fines' if it failed to hand over the cash. | George Osborne's Treasury knew about the EU's demand for an extra £1.7billion for almost a week before David Cameron was told. As the Prime Minister vowed not to pay the sum by December 1 and demanded answers about how it was calculated, it emerged junior ministers were aware of changes to the way the UK bill was calculated months ago. Labour today said the government's story was 'unravelling day by day', as Denmark's prime minister insisted that 'countries must follow the rules as they are'. Scroll down for video David Cameron has raged against the shock demand for an extra £1.7billion, but it has since emerged that the Treasury knew about the imminent bill for at least a week
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PM accused the European Commission of 'thumping' UK with shock bill
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Cameron was told about the demand on Thursday as he arrived at summit
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But Osborne knew on Tuesday and Treasury had been told for a week
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Farming minister George Eustice at April meeting where changes on agenda | 51,706 | record_train |
Some 3,500 foreign forces, including at least 2,210 @placeholder soldiers, have been killed since the war began in 2001. | Two U.S. soldiers were among at least six killed by a roadside bomb attack on a bus packed with NATO troops in Afghanistan. The attack last night, near Bagram airbase, south of the capital Kabul, killed both Afghan and U.S. soldiers. The names of the soldiers have not been released. Scroll down for video Two U.S. soldiers were among at least six killed by a roadside bomb attack on a bus packed with NATO troops in Afghanistan, hours before another bus attack (pictured) killed six Afghan soldiers The roadside bomb attack killed both Afghan and U.S. soldiers who were on board the NATO bus on Friday. Pictured: A separate bus attack which killed Afghan soldiers in Kabul today
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Two U.S. soldiers among six killed in roadside bomb attack near Kabul
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Bus packed with NATO troops was hit by bomb near Bagram airbase
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Prison at the base only closed two days ago after Senate torture report
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Three other attacks across the city today killed at least 19 people
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Suicide bomber killed six Afghan soldiers in another bus attack | 51,707 | record_train |
"Therefore, I express to you our outrage for these American forces arresting this @placeholder civil official visitor without informing or cooperating with the government of the Kurdistan region, which means insult and disregard for its rights," he wrote. | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has blasted the United States for the arrest Thursday of an Iranian and called for his immediate release. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says an Iranian detained by the U.S. was a civil servant on a trade mission. The U.S. military said the detainee is a member of an elite Iranian unit that has been accused of training and equipping insurgents in Iraq, but Talabani said he is a civil servant who was on an official trade mission in Iraq's Kurdistan region. The "letter of resentment" was dated Thursday and addressed to Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, and Gen. John Petraeus. Presumably, the Iraqi president was referring to U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of multinational forces in Iraq.
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In letter, Jalal Talabani says detainee is civil servant on trade mission
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U.S. military says man belongs to elite unit that trains, equips insurgents
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Man was merely doing business in Kurdistan region, Talabani says
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Iran threatens to close border, which would harm trade, he says | 51,708 | record_train |
They had met in 2007 when @placeholder needed some help with a water feature. | Earlier this year, CNN asked a good friend and business associate of Joseph McStay what he thought happened to the California salesman and his family. How did Charles "Chase" Merritt think they were killed? "I have absolutely no clue," Merritt told CNN in an exclusive television interview in January. Police believe he does. On Wednesday, they arrested Merritt, 57. He is charged with four counts of murder in the deaths of McStay, his wife Summer and their two small boys. The family disappeared from their home in northern San Diego County in February 2010. Their remains were found a year ago, in shallow graves in the Mojave Desert, about 100 miles north of their home.
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Chase Merritt told CNN in January that he met Joseph McStay in 2007
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They did business together but they were also close friends, Merritt says
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He was the last person to see McStay the day he, his wife and two kids vanished, he told CNN
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Police believe Merritt, acting alone, killed the four family members in their home | 51,709 | record_train |
'I don’t think the people who have her will appreciate her squawking ‘Scaramouche’, ‘@placeholder’ and ‘I’m just a poor boy’ at them all the time. | Thieves who stole a precious parrot which loves to belt out Queen songs are 'under pressure' to return her. Eight-year-old Chico likes to squawk famous lines such as 'Gallileo, Gallileo' and ‘Scaramouche’ after she learned the lyrics by listening to a greatest hits CD. The red-tailed African grey, who was stolen from Malcolm Booth's home in Hattersley, Greater Manchester on Sunday, also loves the rock group's famous tracks ‘We are the Champions' and 'Killer Queen.' Now 44-year-old Mr Booth hopes Chico's renditions will drive her captors round the bend and hand her back. Chico time: The African grey parrot was stolen from his cage during a burglary
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Chico the bird belts out lines from Bohemian Rhapsody
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The parrot also loves ‘We are the Champions' and 'Killer Queen' | 51,710 | record_train |
In the town of Yusufiya, southwest of Baghdad, some 30 women are being trained to search other females at security checkpoints -- something men are forbidden to do under @placeholder cultural norms. | YUSUFIYA, Iraq (CNN) -- Female suicide bombers, who often slip through security checkpoints untouched because of cultural norms, are taking a more deadly toll than ever across Iraq. A female suicide bomber struck northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, killing 16. But the U.S. Army has created a solution with "Daughters of Iraq," a program that trains Iraqi women to find female suicide bombers. Women carried out eight bombings in all of 2007, according to the U.S. military. Halfway through 2008, the number of female suicide bombers is 20. A suicide attack carried out by a woman on Sunday in Baquba killed at least 16 people and wounded another 40.
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Halfway through 2008, the number of female suicide bombers is 20
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"Daughters of Iraq" trains Iraqi women to find female suicide bombers
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Women will work two or three days a month, making up to $300 | 51,711 | record_train |
@placeholder and Pele embraced and chatted while excited fans took pictures on their phones. | David Beckham and his three boys were at the Maracana to take in the World Cup final on Sunday night - and there was no doubting which side they were supporting. Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz were all kitted out in Argentina shirts as they took on Germany for the greatest prize in world football. Their choice of attire may not have gone down too well with Brazilian heroes Pele and Kaka, with whom Beckham posed for photographs prior to kick-off. Family affair: David Beckham with his sons Brooklyn (left), Cruz (second right) and Romeo (right) at the Maracana Stadium as they prepared to watch the World Cup final between Argentina and Germany
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David Beckham attended World Cup showpiece with sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz
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Former England captain posed for pictures with Pele and Kaka before match
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All three of Beckham's boys were wearing Argentina shirts
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Beckham was sent off for England against Argentina in 1998 World Cup
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Argentina play Germany in Rio de Janeiro final | 51,712 | record_train |
When the @placeholder started in 1950, Lee got his chance at the battlefield. | (CNN) -- Maj. Kurt Chew-Een Lee, the first Asian-American U.S. Marine Corps officer, rose through the ranks beginning his career from World War II to the Vietnam War. During the Korean War, he became commander of a machine gun platoon, to the shock of his men who had never before seen a person of Chinese ancestry. Some even questioned his loyalty as U.S. forces were battling Chinese forces, which had joined the conflict on the side of North Koreans. In a November 1950 clash, Lee and his men were outnumbered in a surprise attack by Chinese forces. His actions there and in another clash would earn him a bevy of military honors, including the second highest military decoration, the Navy Cross.
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Maj. Kurt Chew-Een Lee won several military honors for service in Korean War
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Lee was son of Chinese immigrants, born in California
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Lee faced racism in the U.S. military, but led a daring rescue of troops
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Lee won second-highest military honor, Navy Cross | 51,713 | record_train |
@placeholder, alerted to the problem when families began phoning in Monday, said there was no excuse for what happened. | Washington (CNN) -- Some Marine Corps families, mourning a son or daughter killed in action, received an unexpected surprise for the holidays: an ornament of the Purple Heart, a letter addressed to their fallen hero and even information about athletic reconditioning. The Marine Corps was apologizing Tuesday for sending the packages to families of the fallen instead of the Marines wounded in action but still alive. "There are no words to express how very sorry we are for the hurt such a mistake has caused the families of our fallen warriors," said Col. John L. Mayer, commanding officer of the Marines Wounded Warrior Regiment. "We always strive to honor the sacrifices these Marines, sailors and their families gave to this country."
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Families of fallen Marines received packages meant for injured veterans
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The parcels offered information about athletic reconditioning
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Wounded Warrior commander: "We accept full responsibility for this error"
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1,150 packages went to families of Marines who had died | 51,714 | record_train |
One woman wrapped in the Ukrainian flag at the @placeholder campaign rally said she was planning to vote for him because he's the leading candidate and she wants the race settled as soon as possible. | Petro Poroshenko is already the "Chocolate King" of Ukraine, but he has his sights set higher: He wants to be president. He's a billionaire thanks to the candy company he started nearly 20 years ago, but, asked recently if it's an advantage to be an oligarch when running for president, Poroshenko sidestepped the question with a hint of a smile on his lips and a hint of steel in his eyes. "I don't know," he said in English. "You should ask an oligarch about that." Poroshenko, 48, isn't Ukraine's wealthiest man; his $1.3 billion fortune makes him seventh, according to Forbes magazine's list of the world's billionaires.
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Poroshenko made his wealth in the candy business
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He leads the field of 20 candidates in Sunday's election
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The "Chocolate King" wants closer ties with Europe | 51,715 | record_train |
But it counted for little as @placeholder were clinical, changing the scoreline from 1-0 to 5-0 in six first-half minutes. | When Luiz Felipe Scolari was asked for his reaction, his answer was about as sorry as Brazil looked on the pitch. 'Please excuse us for this mistake,' the Brazil manager said, admitting being beaten 7-1 in their own back yard was nothing short of a 'catastrophe'. Scolari remained resilient by reminding the reeling footballing world that the hosts did their best after Brazil conquered almost every department - apart from the one that mattered most. VIDEO: Scroll down to watch the best virals after Brazil's humiliating 7-1 defeat to Germany Floored: Brazil captain David Luiz scrambles for the ball but could not lead his side to World Cup victory
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World Cup hosts Brazil knocked out in 7-1 defeat as Germany make final
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Brazil had most attacks, attempts, shots on target, crosses, saves, tackles and possession - but conceded five goals in remarkable 18-minute spell
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Miroslav Klose became top scorer in World Cup history with 16th goal
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Luiz Felipe Scolari defiant, saying he doesn't 'owe anything to anyone'
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Brazil slogan on side of team bus: 'Brace yourselves! The sixth is coming!'
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Scolari: 'This is the worst day of my life, but life goes on' | 51,716 | record_train |
@placeholder argued that the movie was a documentary, not "electioneering communication." | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court heard new arguments Wednesday in a dramatic case that started with a movie attacking Hillary Clinton -- but that could have far-reaching implications for U.S. elections. The campaign finance case before the court stems from a film critical of then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. "If you thought you knew everything about Hillary Clinton, wait till you see the movie," said an ad last year for "Hillary: The Movie," a scorching attack on the woman then running for president. Citizens United, the conservative group behind the film, promoted it as featuring 40 interviews -- a "cast to end all casts"-- and promised that if "you want to hear about the Clinton scandals of the past and present, you have it here! 'Hillary: The Movie' is the first and last word in what the Clintons want America to forget!"
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Federal court ruled that movie broke campaign ad laws
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Group behind film attacking Clinton said it was a documentary
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Can corporations be barred from giving to election campaigns?
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Supreme Court expected to rule in a couple of months | 51,717 | record_train |
As recent reports out of @placeholder confirm, other families have been unable to escape in time. | (CNN) -- "Raed, a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, is scared. The lightning and storms outside remind him of the sounds of bombs he heard when he was back in Syria." -- World Vision report Raed's school was bombed right after he and his friends had left for the day. Soon his house was also destroyed. Raed's father, Ahmed, hoped that life in Syria would improve, but it didn't. He told World Vision in a recent report, "Every minute in Syria posed a threat to the lives of my family. Massacres happened in front of our eyes. I had to get them out of there."
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Armed groups in Syria on both sides of conflict are recruiting children
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U.S. government report says it's one of 10 countries using child soldiers
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World Vision says the U.S. is supplying arms to countries on that list
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Eaves: "The United States refuses to show the will necessary to enforce the law" | 51,718 | record_train |
Dash cameras are popular in @placeholder for several reasons, including possible disputes over traffic accidents and the corrupt reputations of police in many areas. | A day after a spectacular meteor blast shook Russia's Urals region, the cleanup operation got under way Saturday in the hard-hit Russian city of Chelyabinsk. Although some buildings were unscathed when sonic waves from the Friday morning explosion reverberated through the region, others lost some or most windows or had walls come tumbling down. More than 1,000 people were injured, including more than 200 children, according to news reports. Many of them were hit by flying glass. Most of those hurt were in the Chelyabinsk region; the majority of injuries are not thought to be serious. However, one woman was flown to Moscow to be treated for a spinal injury resulting from the shock wave from the blast, state media reported. About 50 people were still hospitalized Saturday.
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State media: 50 still in hospital, one woman with a spinal injury flown to Moscow
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Witness says flash shone "like 10 suns," felt shock wave pass through his body
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More than 4,000 buildings, mostly apartment blocks, were damaged, reports say
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Divers find no trace of meteorite in a frozen lake near Chelyabinsk, state media report | 51,719 | record_train |
@placeholder, from the Democratic Unionist Party, said: ‘The use of subtitles was both unnecessary and somewhat insulting. | IT takes a lot to unite Unionists and republicans in Northern Ireland – but the BBC has done it with just a few TV subtitles. Countryfile interviewed famed 96-year-old blacksmith Barney Devlin about Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, whose poem The Forge he inspired. But to help viewers understand the County Londonderry craftsman’s accent, subtitles were added to the screen, angering politicians across the political divide. Sinn Fein MP Francie Molloy said: ‘This is part of an ongoing process by the BBC of insulting the Irish people both in culture and language, in this occasion putting subtitles over the voice. Scroll down for video
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Blacksmith Barney Devlin from south Derry was interviewed on Countryfile
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BBC producers decided his accent was too strong and subtitled him
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Sinn Fein's Francie Molloy accused the BBC of insulting the Irish people
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Peter Weir of The Democratic Unionist party agreed with their bitter rivals
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Countryfile said they subtitled Mr Devlin so people could understand him
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Mr Devlin was a close friend of former poet laureate Seamus Heaney | 51,720 | record_train |
Mr Bulger writes of the terrible torture @placeholder endured at their hands. | By Abul Taher PUBLISHED: 17:22 EST, 2 February 2013 | UPDATED: 17:33 EST, 2 February 2013 The father of murdered toddler James Bulger has revealed that he blamed his ex-wife in the immediate aftermath of their son’s death. Ralph Bulger, 46, says he now feels ‘ashamed’ of holding Denise, 45, responsible for the fateful day in 1993 when James was led away from a shopping centre by two ten-year-old boys who committed a crime that shocked the nation. In extracts from his new book, My James, published in The Mail on Sunday’s Review section today to mark the 20th anniversary of his son’s death, Mr Bulger says: ‘There would be times when – quite unfairly – I blamed Denise.
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Father Ralph Bulger has published a new book to mark the 20th anniversary
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His son, 2, was tortured and murdered by two 10-year-olds in 1993
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He feels 'ashamed' for holding ex-wife Denise responsible for the fateful day | 51,721 | record_train |
product is being launched in @placeholder post clinical trials conducted | The company claims their product 'empowers women', but plenty of women disagree. The launch of a new 'vaginal tightening and rejuvenating cream' by an Indian pharmaceutical company has sparked fury among the fairer sex. Not only have women voiced the opinion on Twitter that 18 Again was created by Ultratech purely to cash in on female insecurities, but many are have criticised the accompanying TV advert. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEOS The advert for 18 Again involves a woman dancing seductively around her husband, repeatedly singing the line 'Ooh, I feel like a virgin' 18 Again promises to make a woman 'feel like a virgin'
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Indian cream promises 'vaginal rejuvenation'
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Twitter users appalled
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Cream follows India's controversial 'vagina lightening' cream | 51,722 | record_train |
She will conclude by condemning those who say Muslims are unpatriotic, citing research among Muslims that showed 83 per were proud to be @placeholder, compared to 79 per cent of Britons overall. | Faith minister Baroness Warsi warned that the 'underlying, unfounded mistrust' of Muslims is fuelling extremism Fewer than one in four British voters believes Islam is compatible with the British way of life, the UK's first Muslim woman Cabinet Minister reveals today. Baroness Warsi will quote private police figures which show that more than half of race hate attacks in Britain are against Muslims as she condemns critics of Islam for peddling 'hate'. Lady Warsi sparked huge controversy two years ago when she said Britain's approach to Muslims has made Islamophobia acceptable at middle class dinner parties. But in a new speech today she accuses critics of Islam of being 'un-British' themselves by grouping ordinary Muslims with extremists.
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Baroness Warsi accuses critics of Islam of being 'un-British'
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She points to polling which shows just 24% think Islam is compatible with being British and 23% ay it is not a threat to Western civilisation | 51,723 | record_train |
Before promoting @placeholder from coach, Fernandes tweeted about having spoken to his ‘dream manager’. | Tony Fernandes is here at Loftus Road to talk football. QPR have a new manager in Chris Ramsey, they are in a battle against the drop and he is keen to impress how the club have changed and how they can withstand the shock of relegation should that day come. But it is hard to focus entirely on matters on the pitch. For Fernandes is also the face of AirAsia and describes the last seven weeks as the ‘worst 50 days of my life’. It was on December 28 that AirAsia flight QZ8501 with 162 people on board crashed into the sea between Surabaya and Singapore.
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AirAsia flight QZ8501 with 162 passengers crashed into the sea
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Chief executive of AirAsia Tony Fernandes has attended funerals
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The QPR owner admits football took a back seat after the tragedy | 51,724 | record_train |
Observing: Fire engines and onlookers at the scene near where the boat caught fire in @placeholder | By Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 11:33 EST, 20 August 2013 | UPDATED: 01:32 EST, 21 August 2013 This is the terrifying moment an elderly couple dramatically escaped their boat after it caught fire. The pleasure vessel burst into flames on the River Ouse estuary at around 8am today, and the scene was watched by Nick and Linda Hitchen from their home near Blacktoft, East Yorkshire. A Royal National Lifeboat Institution crew raced to the scene and a man and a woman were rescued from a dinghy - which was already melting in the heat - attached to the rear of the Moonraker boat.
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Pleasure vessel burst into flames on River Ouse estuary at 8am today
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Scene watched by couple from home near Blacktoft, East Yorkshire
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RNLI crew raced to the scene and a man and a woman were rescued
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The entire top of the boat melted before it sank in less than an hour | 51,725 | record_train |
That is, a @placeholder crusade akin to the 18th century evangelical movement that set the tone for so many religious surges in American life that many contemporary evangelicals call the United States a "revival nation." | (CNN) -- The question of whether the Tea Party will have a real impact on American politics (yes!) has evolved into a new debate: Is the Tea Party really about more than taxes? Glenn Beck, who invokes the semi-mythical "Black Robe Brigade" -- fighting preachers he claims led the American Revolution -- as a model for a new generation of activists seems to think so. On public radio, Bryan Fischer, a leader of the fundamentalist American Family Association, sternly instructed a libertarian Tea Party activist that her movement was religiously rooted whether she wanted it to be or not. A recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute backs him up, revealing that 57 percent of self-identified Tea Partiers agree that "America is and always has been a Christian nation."
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Jeff Sharlet says anti-tax Tea Party shows signs of evolving into religious movement
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He says GOP star Sen. DeMint is gatekeeper for Tea Party candidates to establishment
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Price of admission, he says, is fealty to DeMint's religious vision of Tea Party
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Sharlet: Putting government in service of religion tends to align it with interests of wealthy | 51,726 | record_train |
In it she poses in front of a Wade poster and says: 'Hi Dwyane Wade, my name is @placeholder and my senior prom is coming up. | By Katie Davies PUBLISHED: 09:50 EST, 18 May 2013 | UPDATED: 10:58 EST, 19 May 2013 A high school senior without a date for the prom made a Hail Mary shot with her YouTube video asking Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade to accompany her. And against the odds her cheeky request paid off when the basketball heartthrob arrived ready to accompany his date to last night's dance Nicole Muxo, 18, made a video on April 20 asking the shooting guard if he'd take time out of his play-off schedule to accompany her to the Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School prom.
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Shooting guard surprised 18-year-old by turning up at her prom in Coral Gables last night
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Nicole Muxo asked the star via YouTube and Twitter
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Player said he admired her persistence | 51,727 | record_train |
If a referendum on @placeholder's membership of the EU were held now, 37 per cent say that they would vote to remain in the EU compared to 41 per cent that say they would vote to leave. | By Olivia Williams PUBLISHED: 18:03 EST, 27 May 2013 | UPDATED: 01:55 EST, 28 May 2013 On the up: UKIP party leader Nigel Farage can expect a strong performance in the European elections Nigel Farage's UK Independence Party is on course for further success in next year's European elections, according to the latest poll. In the 2014 contest 27 per cent of prospective voters would support UKIP, with Labour on 23 per cent and the Tories on 21 per cent. The rise of Mr Farage's party has caused major headaches for the Conservatives and this will be the latest challenge from the right for David Cameron to contend with.
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27 per cent of British people would vote UKIP in European elections
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In a general election, the poll suggested UKIP would win 20 per cent
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However, Cameron still most trusted to negotiate new EU membership deal | 51,728 | record_train |
I don’t know that there is research to back up its making things safer, but it makes @placeholder unique.' | By Chris Parsons UPDATED: 12:10 EST, 28 December 2011 The Texas city may not be particularly well-known outside the southern U.S. state, but it now has a claim to fame after being revealed as the safety city in America. The city of 278,000 just outside Dallas is home to a junk food HQ and a retail giant, but also boasts the lowest crime rate of U.S. cities in a recent study. Plano also has the sixth-lowest traffic fatality rate, which helped it top a Forbes study of America's safest cities for the second year in a row. Plano, Texas, was crowned America's safest city for the second year in a row
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A Home Office spokesperson said: 'Each application to enter the @placeholder is considered on its individual merits. | By Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 00:28 EST, 2 January 2014 | UPDATED: 16:25 EST, 2 January 2014 A Cambridge University librarian has been left devastated after the Home Office labelled his marriage a ‘sham’ and forced his wife to remain in China. David Rushmer, 48, met Wang Xiang online in June 2012. She was in Britain on a dependant visa with her ex-husband but that marriage fell apart six months after their arrival. The 39-year-old Chinese national applied for a new visa and was told it would take up to three months to process - but was still waiting more than a year later.
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David Rushmer, 48, met Chinese national Wang Xiang online in June 2012
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Xiang, 39, was in Britain on a dependant visa with her former husband
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@placeholder and his mother have moved into a new house paid for using part of the $250,000 raised for his family through public donations | Baby Gammy, the 11-month-old boy with Down's syndrome at the centre of a surrogacy scandal in Thailand, could be weeks away from becoming an Australian citizen. The application was handed into the Australian embassy in Bangkok by his Thai surrogate mother, Pattaramon Chanbua, who hopes the citizenship will give Gammy entitlements to Australian welfare. The ABC reports the paperwork may be approved within weeks. Scroll down for video Paperwork was handed into the Australian embassy in Bangkok by his Thai surrogate mother, Pattaramon Chanbua (right), who hopes the citizenship will give Gammy (left) entitlement to Australian welfare David (left) and Wendy Farnell (right) were accused of leaving Gammy in Thailand but took healthy twin Pipah home to Australia
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Thai surrogate mother Pattaramon Chanbua hopes Australian citizenship will secure the future of the baby boy with Down's syndrome
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The application could be approved within weeks
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David and Wendy Farnell were accused of leaving Gammy in Thailand but took healthy twin Pipah home to Australia
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David Farnell, Gammy's biological father, was convicted on 22 child sex charges in the late 1990s | 51,731 | record_train |
"This is the first step towards the improvement of the bilateral relationship, based on the principle of the strategic mutually-beneficial relationship," @placeholder said after the meeting. | Hong Kong (CNN) -- The leaders of China and Japan on Monday held their first face-to-face talks since they took office, amid smoldering tensions between the two Asian powers. Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the two governments said. The two shook hands in front of the cameras with subdued expressions on their faces. The United States has had to navigate the fraught relationship in recent years between Japan, a key ally, and China, whose regional and global clout is on the rise. Washington has attempted the balancing act of standing by its commitments to Tokyo without antagonizing Beijing.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
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Relations have been severely strained between the two countries in recent years
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At the heart of the tensions is a bitter territorial dispute
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When you play a beautiful piece of music with the emotion and the passion that @placeholder and 95 of the best musicians in the world bring to it, people say they can feel there is something at work here. | (CNN) -- The Polish city of Krakow played host to a unique collection of some of the world's leading classical musicians on Tuesday for a special performance to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace in Jerusalem, October 19, 2008. Bringing together 95 musicians from 35 countries and 75 orchestras the World Orchestra for Peace was founded in 1995 by legendary conductor Sir Georg Solti, a Jewish-Hungarian émigré who fled his homeland in 1939 as Europe plunged into conflict, to mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.
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Orchestra play in Krakow, Poland, to mark 70 years since outbreak of WWII
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World Orchestra for Peace features 95 musicians from 35 countries, 75 orchestras
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Russian maestro Valery Gergiev, violinist Rainer Kuechl among biggest stars | 51,733 | record_train |
When @placeholder's body was discovered, crime scene investigators singled out one of two footwear impressions early on because one didn't match the "lugged sole" shoes of police, nor the shoes of first responders or civilian witnesses who found Lloyd's body, according to court documents. | (CNN)A murder weapon isn't the only thing missing as prosecutors try to convince jurors that former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez orchestrated the execution of Odin Lloyd. The shoes prosecutors say Hernandez was wearing at the industrial park where Lloyd was killed also have seemingly vanished into thin air. "The shoes and footprints caused by the shoes (are) a big deal," says CNN legal analyst Paul Callan, a former homicide prosecutor. A big deal because connecting an athletic shoe impression found near Lloyd's body to Hernandez could help prove he directly participated in Lloyd's death. Lloyd, 27, was shot once in the back and six times in the front in June 2013 -- the final two bullets fired as he lay face up, according to the medical examiner. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty.
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Shoes prosecutors say Hernandez wore on night of Lloyd's death are missing
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Hernandez is on trial for murder of Lloyd and has pleaded not guilty
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He also showed gratitude to "@placeholder" team for their support. | "Saturday Night Live's" Weekend Update is getting an update of its own. Comedian Michael Che will be the segment's new co-host in its upcoming 40th season. Che has written for "SNL" in the past, but more recently has become known as a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show." Che will take over for Cecily Strong, who manned the Weekend Update desk with Seth Meyers before he left in early 2014 for "Late Night," and then with Colin Jost. Strong is staying with "SNL" full-time, and Jost will continue to co-host Weekend Update with Che. "got a lot of strange congratulations on the gig," Che joked on Twitter Friday. "the strangest coming from tinder. guess its time to delete that."
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Michael Che has joined "Saturday Night Live's" Weekend Update
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"Everything has changed, the only thing that hasn't is '@placeholder'. | The Rijksmuseum, home to one of the world's most celebrated collections of art and historical artifacts reopened Saturday after a 10-year, $489 million rebuilding project which saw many of its treasures travel the world while the gallery was closed. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands performed the opening ceremony in Amsterdam, one of her final official duties before she abdicates at the end of the month. Once open, the Rijksmuseum will welcome visitors 365 days a year. Thousands attended the ceremony and poured into the museum, eager to reacquaint themselves with old favorites including Rembrandt's "Night Watch," Vermeer's "Milkmaid," and Frans Hals' "Merry Drinker," or to catch a glimpse of new highlights: An Yves Saint Laurent "Mondrian" dress, a 16th Century sculpture of the "Mater Dolorosa," or a war plane dating to 1917.
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Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum reopens after a 10-year, $489 million rebuilding project
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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands opens gallery -- one of her final duties before abdicating
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The new-look Rijksmuseum showcases 8,000 works of art spanning 800 years of Dutch history
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@placeholder, has said that he hoped a similar version of this plan from last year would be introduced on day one of his presidency," Obama said. | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama launched a major assault Tuesday on the House-passed Republican budget proposal embraced by front-running GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, calling it "social Darwinism" that would stifle the American dream. In a speech to a media luncheon, Obama described the measure -- prepared by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, and passed by the House -- as a "Trojan Horse" that is disguised as a deficit reduction plan but actually imposes a "radical vision." "It is thinly-veiled Social Darwinism," Obama said. "It is antithetical to our entire history as a land of opportunity and upward mobility for everyone who's willing to work for it -- a place where prosperity doesn't trickle down from the top, but grows outward from the heart of the middle class."
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Obama calls Republican spending plans "social Darwinism"
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Obama advocates shared responsibility through higher taxes on the wealthy
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Background: Adebowale had fewer convictions than Adebolajo but it was his interest in extremist material and posts on Facebook that has sparked debate over whether social networks should have told MI5 and @placeholder | A report said had MI5 known about Adebowale’s messages, Rigby’s murder could have been avoided The family of Lee Rigby today accused Facebook of failing to help stop his killers as it emerged the social network has still not handed over data from five accounts opened by one of his extremist murderers. His sister Sara said the internet giant had ‘blood on its hands’ because it had hosted exchanges between one of the soldier’s murderers and an Al Qaeda extremist, in which the former said: ‘Let’s kill a soldier.’ However, the social network’s staff failed to tell MI5 about the ‘graphic and emotive’ posts from Michael Adebowale, made just six months before the atrocity took place.
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Facebook has failed to give GCHQ 5 of Michael Adebowale's 11 accounts
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Staff also failed to tell security services about 'graphic and emotive' posts
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Adebowale said to Al Qaeda extremist on Facebook: 'Let's kill a soldier'
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Lee Rigby's family say the blame lies with MI5 and internet companies
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Sister Sara McClure said: 'Facebook have my brother’s blood on their hands. I hold them partly responsible for Lee’s murder'
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Civil liberty groups say 'appalling murder' shouldn't be used as 'an excuse to justify further surveillance and monitoring of the entire UK population'
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MPs accused of 'spin' to divert attention from failings of MI5 and MI6
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Former MI6 director says it would be 'almost impossible' and 'unfair' to expect businesses like Facebook to pass on terror-related material
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Step-father Ian demands answers from David Cameron and says: 'We have lost a son but we have never been able to mourn Lee'
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Prime Minister's spokesman says Mr Cameron is happy to meet the family
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Between them, Adebowale and Adebolajo were subject to no fewer than seven intelligence investigations;
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MI6 showed a ‘deeply unsatisfactory’ lack of interest when Adebolajo was caught in Kenya trying to join Al Shabaab terrorists;
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A special government ministry has been created to oversee @placeholder's development. | Russia's prime minister promised to pour funds into Crimea during a surprise visit to the annexed peninsula today as the government looks to tighten their grip on the region. Dimitry Medvedev pledged to give funds to improve power supplies, water lines and education while residents captured trains loaded with Russian military equipment travelling towards the capital Simferopol. Leading a delegation of Cabinet ministers on a surprise visit, Medvedev also said he would quickly boost salaries and pensions. Despite the show of political strength, Russian troops were pulled back from the border with Ukraine amid signs the Kremlin is being stung by Western sanctions.
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Residents film freight trains carrying military equipment into Crimea
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Russia says it is withdrawing forces from Rostov region near Ukraine
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Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev made surprise visit to Crime
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The @placeholder wanted to take both men alive, but the firefight broke out, killing one of the Americans, Mujahid said. | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- One of two American service members who were abducted in Afghanistan on Friday has been killed, provincial government officials said Sunday. Den Mohammad Darwish, the spokesman for the governor of Logar province, said he learned from locals that the American was killed. He said the body was found in the Patanak Mountains of Charkh district. He also said the vehicle the men were driving was located Sunday. A Taliban spokesman confirmed that the killed American died in a firefight and the other is being held by the group. Another official, Samar Gul Rashid -- who is the governor of the Charkh district in Logar province -- also confirmed the killing, saying he learned about it through Afghan intelligence officials.
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Afghan official says body of killed service member has been found
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U.S. military officials say the two went missing in Kabul
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Whitesides said astronauts on board @placeholder would experience a little less than five minutes of weightlessness, during which time they will be free to unclip their seat harnesses and float within the cabin. | Virgin chief Richard Branson has put a time frame on his plan to launch tourists into space, claiming he and his family will blaze a trail for hundreds of fare-paying passengers by blasting off in December 2013. Branson also announced that Virgin Galactic, his fledgling commercial space company, was expanding to include a satellite-launching service that would use a low-cost rocket system to propel payloads into orbit. Speaking at the UK's Farnborough International Airshow, the British entrepreneur said his adult children, Holly and Sam, would accompany him on board the SpaceShipTwo on its pioneering two-hour voyage into sub-orbital space. "It'll certainly be the most momentous moment of my life and my children's lives," Branson told CNN. "It'll be very difficult to ever cap it I think. Anyone who has ever been into space says the same thing."
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Branson confirms rumors the first Virgin Galactic space tourists will take off in 2013
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Chief executive George Whitesides says 529 aspiring astronauts have paid deposits
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Barry said: 'When @placeholder comes to see us we always invite him backstage and he has a cup of tea with us. | The world's biggest fan of comedy duo The Chuckle Brothers has spent more than £25,000 collecting rare memorabilia associated with the pair. Shaun Hope, 43, has spent the past 15 years collecting more than 500 autographs, posters, leaflets and rare merchandise featuring Barry and Paul Elliott. Mr Hope, from Willington, Co Durham, began his Chuckle Brothers obsession after seeing them play live at the Darlington Civic Theatre in 2001. Shaun Hope, centre, spent £25,000 collecting the world's largest collection of Chuckle Brothers memorabilia Mr Hope, became a fan of Paul Elliott, left and his brother Barry, right, after seeing their live show in 2001
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Shaun Hope from Co Durham has spent £25,000 on the Chuckle Brothers
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Mr Hope has more than 500 autographed pieces of memorabilia of the duo
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Such is the size of his collection, Mr Hope has converted his spare room
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Chuckle Brother Barry Elliott praised their fan: 'Shaun is more like a mate' | 51,742 | record_train |
the book – @placeholder: The Future Queen – a family friend tells how Carole | By Charlie Lankston PUBLISHED: 16:08 EST, 31 August 2013 | UPDATED: 04:53 EST, 2 September 2013 It’s the moment most men with a long-term girlfriend dread – the ‘quiet word’ with her mother about his future intentions. And Carole Middleton certainly wasn’t prepared to avoid the subject just because the man dating her daughter Kate was a future King. A new book by The Mail on Sunday’s Royal Editor Katie Nicholl reveals how ‘jittery’ Carole, worried about the absence of a ring on Kate’s finger, took Prince William aside to press him on his plans. Carole Middleton pressed William on his plans when she became worried about the absence of a ring on Kate's finger
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Sensational revelations are in new book by Mail on Sunday Royal Editor
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Carole pressed William on his plans when worried about absence of a ring
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But it concluded: "No matter how you might feel about this: A President Obama would be @placeholder's friend -- and a fan of Berlin!" | (CNN) -- Barack Obama touched hearts during an impassioned speech to a 200,000-strong crowd in Berlin, German newspapers agreed, but suspicions remain about the White House contender's motives for courting a European audience. Barack Obama addressed a huge and friendly crowd in Berlin on Thursday. Berlin's Der Tagesspiegel wondered whether so many young people had ever gathered for a political event in Germany and said that Obama's address -- which echoed speeches by former U.S. presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan when the divided city was in the Cold War frontline -- could only have been made in the German capital.
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German papers agree that Barack Obama won hearts with Berlin speech
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Der Tagesspiegel: Obama's speech a "signal of a new era for a new generation"
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The England forward, who is a firm selection favourite with @placeholder head coach Roy Hodgson, appears to have a hamstring strain. | England's World Cup stars are set to be greeted with a playing surface not befitting the occasion when they face Italy in their Group D opener on Saturday. Pictures of the Amazonia Arena, where Roy Hodgson's side will face their European counterparts in just three days, emerged on Wednesday. The pitch, in the heat of Manaus, appeared to be in a poor condition with noticeable dry patches on the turf, particularly bare around one of the goals. The grass isn't greener: England will open their World Cup campaign against Italy at the Amazonia Arena Patches: The pitch appeared dry in places and was noticeably bare, just three days ahead of the Group D match
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The turf at the Amazonia Arena, where England face Italy, appeared bare
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Roy Hodgson's side will face Italy in the searing heat of Manaus on Saturday
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Andrew, the adoptive grandpa who I spoke with during the race in @placeholder, gets it, too. | (CNN) -- I spent a recent Saturday morning at a field house in Juneau, Alaska, where girls with pink hair and stars and rainbows drawn on their cheeks run 27 laps around a gymnasium track. That may not seem like international news, but it should be. Their race was part of the international "Girls on the Run" program, which is amazingly effective at empowering young women. I watched most of the race from the sidelines with Andrew, a grandpa wearing a driver's cap, and Jennifer, the mother of one of the young runners. "Good job! Keep going! Love you! You're awesome!"
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Alaska has the highest rate of reported rape in the nation
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John Sutter: Efforts to prevent rape should focus more on men
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No more information was immediately available about the blast southwest of the capital city, @placeholder. | KARBALA, Iraq (CNN) -- A female suicide bomber apparently targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 40 people and wounded at least 65 in Karbala on Monday, according to an Interior Ministry official. Iraqi security forces gather around the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad on Monday. The incident occurred one-half mile from the Imam Hussein shrine of Karbala. Karbala is a Shiite holy city, and the Imam Hussein shrine is one of Shiite Islam's holiest locations. The shrine marks the burial spot of Hussein bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who was killed in battle nearby in 680.
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Police officers and security personnel stand guard as a ferry carrying ambulances sets off for @placeholder island where the executions of the five of six drug convicts were carried out | It is a grim outlook for the fate of Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran as six people convicted of drug offences were executed by firing squad in Indonesia under its new hard-line president. President Joko Widodo ordered his first round of executions in the early hours of Sunday, with four men and six women dying. One woman, Rani Andriani, was from Indonesia while the rest hailed from Brazil, the Netherlands, Vietnam, Malawi and Nigeria. Scroll down for video Wife of convicted drug smuggler Namaona Denis pictured here just before his execution on January 18 Dewo Retno Atik leaves the maximum security presion Nusa Kambangan in Cilacap in Central Java
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A Dutchman was convicted of operating a huge ecstasy-producing factory
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This gave Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran a look at what their fates could be
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Sukumaran's lawyer will make a last-ditch effort to save his client from being executed
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Certainly at @placeholder, Falcao is part of a wider problem. | News travels quickly in football these days, and rumours travel even quicker. So it was that Twitter declared on Sunday evening that Radamel Falcao had not stayed at Old Trafford to watch Manchester United lose to Southampton after being excluded from Louis van Gaal’s squad. As it happened, that was quite wrong. Falcao watched with United defender Marcos Rojo from a private box and then mingled in the players’ tunnel at full-time. Another social media whirlwind becalmed by some rather less exciting truths. Nevertheless, the issue of where Falcao will be next season, rather than where he was on Sunday, remains increasingly pertinent. Certainly, you wouldn’t put any decent amount of money on the £280,000-a-week loanee being retained as things stand.
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Radamel Falcao has scored three goals in eight starts for Man United
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Colombian striker is on loan at Old Trafford from French side Monaco
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"@placeholder and I had worked very closely together for a number of years. | (CNN) -- Jason Priestley played Brandon Walsh on "Beverly Hills 90210" from 1990 to 1998. Having long since hung up his Peach Pit uniform and Beverly Hills Beach Club cabana boy polo shirt, his character became a journalist and departed to take a job at the Washington Bureau of the New York Chronicle, and Priestley left the show four episodes into the series' ninth season. "I felt that the character of Brandon had kind of run his course. I had explored everything I wanted to explore with him," Priestley told CNN while promoting his new book, "Jason Priestley: A Memoir" (HarperOne) at the New York Bureau of CNN.
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Jason Priestley told CNN he let Aaron Spelling down when he left "Beverly Hills, 90210"
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He directed the candle-lit episode where Donna loses her virginity
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@placeholder, wearing a classic black tuxedo, arrived in a car. | By Deni Kirkova PUBLISHED: 09:29 EST, 27 September 2013 | UPDATED: 07:29 EST, 6 October 2013 Prince Harry's girlfriend stepped out for lunch with the matchmaker who introduced them yesterday, and the two girls seemed to be having a whale of a time in the London sunshine. Princess Eugenie, Harry's cousin, orchestrated the meeting between her good friend Cressida Bonas, 24, and the Prince. And the two were seen laughing and chatting over a leisurely lunch at Bumpkin in South Kensington with friends on Thursday. Princess Eugenie and Cressida Bonas having lunch outside a restaurant in Kensington, London Princess Eugenie, 23, wore a duck egg blue and black wrap dress.
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Princess Eugenie reportedly introduced Harry and friend Cressida
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But @placeholder did acknowledge the contract, which was awarded September 25, coincided with the end of the government's fiscal year, at which time many agencies incorporate a "use it or lose it" mentality with their funding. | You might call it "stemwaregate", a seemingly extravagant luxury purchase by the U.S. Department of State just before the federal government partially shuts down. A contract worth as much as $5 million was awarded to high-end Vermont glass and pottery designer Simon Pearce to design and manufacture glass stemware for U.S. foreign embassies just days before the October 1st government shutdown. State Department spokesperson Marie Harf sought Wednesday to downplay the story. "[T]here was no sort of $5 million midnight purchase trying to get it just in under the wire," she said. "This contract was not connected in any way to the shutdown."
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Simon Pearce of Vermont wins contract for glassware
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They will be displayed for the first time in the exhibition The Queen: Portraits Of A @placeholder from November 23, which is being staged at Windsor Castle. | They will certainly add a bit of colour to Windsor Castle. These flamboyant portraits of the Queen are the latest additions to the Royal Collection after they were acquired to mark the Diamond Jubilee. Created by pop artist Andy Warhol in 1985, the four prints feature blocks of luminous colour and are aptly sprinkled with diamond dust. Pop culture: Four Andy Warhol portraits of Queen Elizabeth II are seen in Windsor Castle and will form part of the 'Portraits of a Monarch' exhibit starting in November at the castle until June 2013 The price has not been revealed, but a similar set of prints were sold at auction at Sotheby’s last week for £109,250.
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Price not revealed but similar set sold at Sotheby's auction for £109,250
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But the signs are there that United's stars are starting to align, according to @placeholder. | Michael Carrick has warned Manchester United's rivals that their 'scary' strikeforce is starting to fire on all cylinders. Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie were both on target in Saturday's 3-0 win over Hull City, and Radamel Falcao came off the bench to make his first appearance in almost six weeks following a calf injury. Rooney is a doubt for Tuesday's clash with Stoke at Old Trafford after suffering a knock on his knee at the weekend, and Angel di Maria definitely misses out due to a hamstring strain. Robin van Persie smashes the ball into the top corner for Manchester United's third goal against Hull
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Michael Carrick believes the trio make United a threat against any side
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‘I argued that we needed to Spotify politics, we ought to make the @placeholder a bit more like Spotify, but the Conservative Party can’t change and won’t change.’ | Mr Carswell claimed he had been in touch with a Labour MP about the possibility of defecting The Tories should expect further defections because the party is out of date ‘like HMV’ – according to Ukip’s first elected MP. Douglas Carswell, who quit the Conservatives to claim a stunning by-election success in Clacton last week, likened his old party to a ‘defunct retail model’ and said it needed to be modern ‘like Spotify’. As research showed four Tory MPs would do better next May if they jumped ship, one Conservative backbencher said he would ‘never say never’ to the prospect of joining Nigel Farage’s party.
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New Ukip MP Douglas Carswell predicts more defections
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Research shows four Tory MPs would do better if they joined Ukip
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Overreaction: Brazil were looking backwards at @placeholder's injury, not forwards to the game | Things you never expect to see: A Brazilian bartender asking a customer whether it’s five or six. To the opposition. At the time it was just five. To Germany. Later on, it was indeed six. Then seven and – as Mesut Ozil broke clear in the final minute – it could have been more. This was humiliation on an epic scale. To those watching in the bar on the corner of fashionable Paulista Avenue here in Sao Paulo on Tuesday night it signalled the end of a dream that – against their better judgement – they had started to believe in.
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Brazil wakes up to the embarrassment of the 7-1 defeat by Germany
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This was humiliation on an epic scale, after they started to believe in the dream
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One Brazilian newspaper ran the headline 'Go to hell, Big Phil'
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Another 'congratulated' the 1950 team for not being as bad asTuesday's
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After their group stage performances against Croatia, Mexico and Cameroon, warning signs had been there
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Players like Fred, Hulk, Jo and Maicon would not get many games between them in the Premier League
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Sharm el-Sheikh is one of @placeholder's most popular destinations thanks to its beaches and diving spots | A British family is taking legal action claiming their holiday at a five-star Egyptian resort was ruined when three of them became seriously ill. Kay Taylor-Baldwin, 37, from Doncaster, was left on an IV drip after suffering symptoms associated with gastric illness after eating at the Thomson Sensatori Resort in Sharm el-Sheikh. And her 35-year-old husband and one of their two sons - who have not been named - also fell ill. Kay Taylor-Baldwin was placed on an IV drip after she fell ill at the Thomson Sensatori Resort in Egypt The family allege they witnessed unsafe food handling standards during their £5,000 holiday to the all-inclusive Red Sea hotel last August, which they booked with Thomson Holidays.
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Kay Taylor-Baldwin and family stayed at the Coral Sea Sensatori Resort
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The rest is history: Sen. Obama became President @placeholder and Sen. Clinton became Secretary of State Clinton. | Washington (CNN) -- If case you had any doubts, don't -- Bill Clinton's fully on board President Barack Obama's re-election effort. "Barack Obama deserves to be re-elected president of the United States," the former president said Sunday night, as he joined the current officeholder at a fundraiser for the Obama re-election campaign. It was a very different story four years ago, when Clinton was the biggest and most vocal supporter of his wife, Hillary Clinton, in her historic battle against Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton was a critic of then-Sen. Obama, arguing that the freshman senator wasn't ready to handle the duties of the Oval Office. Among Clinton's most controversial comments came when he challenged Obama's claim to be more against the Iraq War than Hillary Clinton.
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Four years ago, Bill Clinton was the biggest and most vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton
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Bill Clinton recently appeared in a buzzworthy Obama campaign web video
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"The economy really didn't get bad for those of us in @placeholder areas because so much money was flushed into these areas to help us get back up on our feet. | (CNN) -- From soup kitchen director Rita Baldwin's perspective, the notion that "homeless people are the scum of the earth" has returned to her Gulf Coast town, which still struggles four years after Hurricane Katrina. Loaves and Fishes executive director Rita Baldwin poses with her son, Scott Blain, who works at the kitchen. Baldwin -- formerly homeless herself -- found that "the storm was a great neutralizer. It put us all on the same level." That social pendulum is swinging back to the pre-Katrina world, she said, but she added that the community has shown a renewed sense of compassion.
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As the city recovers from Katrina, Loaves and Fishes sees more visitors
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Clientele include the homeless, day laborers, out-of-luck gamblers
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"I think we'll feel the effects of Katrina for a long time," mayor said
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He expects to break ground on a $400 million infrastructure project in January | 51,759 | record_train |
Last night @placeholder sources said the mention of fraud in the letter was simply bad wording, adding: ‘The only thing Labour have succeeded with is wasting police time.’ | PUBLISHED: 19:09 EST, 1 November 2013 | UPDATED: 19:09 EST, 1 November 2013 Police will not investigate the business affairs of Tory Party chairman Grant Shapps – even though advisors concluded one of his companies may have been guilty of an ‘offence of fraud’. Labour MP Steve McCabe requested an inquiry last year after it was reported that a business Mr Schapps co-founded was selling ‘plagiarising’ software which helps firms boost profits by breaching Google’s rules. The company, HowToCorp, was set up by Mr Shapps using an alias, Michael Green, and his wife Belinda, who now runs it. Entrepreneur: A Labour MP asked for an inquiry last year after it was reported that a business Grant Schapps co-founded was selling 'plagiarising' software which helps firms boost profits by breaching Google's rules
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HowToCorp sold 'plagiarising' software which took content from other sites
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Users can make sites with no original material on which they sell ad space
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Metropolitan Police admit the sale of the software could be fraud offence
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The investigation is ongoing and a funeral will be held for @placeholder on Thursday. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 15:34 EST, 22 April 2013 | UPDATED: 07:30 EST, 23 April 2013 A teenager has died after her best friend became distracted while driving her and hit a barrier - impaling the girl on a metal guardrail. Alexia Douglas, 16, died on impact after Christina Shiver, who had only just passed her driving test, lost control of her SUV in St. Petersburg, Florida at 7pm on Friday and smacked into a barrier. The car jumped the curb onto the sidewalk. Authorities say metal guardrails pierced through the passenger's side windshield, killing Alexia immediately. Christina, also 16, was treated in hospital but only suffered minor injuries. A witness said that she believed her best friend was still alive and wanted to ride with her in the ambulance to hospital.
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Alexia Douglas, 16, died on impact in crash in St Petersburg, Florida
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Her best friend, Christina Shiver, walked away with minor injuries
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She told authorities she had been distracted but it is not known how
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Relatives recall how the two high school students were inseparable | 51,761 | record_train |
In the presidential election, he overcame his critics, who said he was @placeholder too inexperienced and hadn't finished his work in Jakarta. | Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Jakarta governor and former furniture salesman Joko "Jokowi" Widodo won Indonesia's presidential election, officials said Tuesday, setting him up to be the first person who didn't boast a military or elite background to take the office. His challenger rejected the election hours before the result was announced, citing what he said was massive cheating. It wasn't immediately clear what effect his complaint would have. Widodo won 53% of the July 9 vote, the country's election commission said. His challenger, former military man Prabowo Subianto, a onetime son-in-law to the late Indonesian dictator Suharto, received 47%. The charismatic Widodo styled himself a man of the people, and his background appealed to the country's poor. Before entering politics, Widodo worked in his family's furniture business and started his own export company, which he made a huge success.
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Indonesian presidential election results are expected Tuesday
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Candidate Prabowo Subianto rejects election process
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‘@placeholder knows players and for him to say that Philippe has never disappointed him on the pitch, that's no small commendation. | By Laurie Whitwell Follow @@lauriewhitwell Philippe Senderos has joined Aston Villa on a two-year deal to become Paul Lambert’s first signing of the summer. The 29-year-old, who flies to out to the World Cup with Switzerland on Friday, moves on a free transfer from Valencia where he spent the second half of last season after leaving Fulham. Lambert has been searching for an experienced centre-back to play alongside Dutch international Ron Vlaar and had chased Joleon Lescott but his wages are more than the club can afford. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Senderos in training with Switzerland World Cup Squad
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Philippe Senderos was released by Fulham at the end of the season
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The defender had a medical at Aston Villa after agreeing two-year deal
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Senderos will represent Switzerland at the World Cup this summer
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Ottmar Hitzfeld played a part in the move | 51,763 | record_train |
Glimpse into Nazism: This drawing by Helen McKie shows @placeholder officials inside a committee room at Hitler's Munich headquarters | Astonishing drawings of Adolf Hitler and his henchmen sketched in 1931 by a British artist who was allowed into the dictator's lair have emerged. Helen McKie was the only woman allowed to sketch in Hitler's Munich headquarters, called Brown House, and she produced 17 chilling pictures of the Nazi monster and his inner-sanctum. Drawn two years before Hitler came to power and eight years before the start of World War Two, the images are a glimpse into the early stages of Nazism. Life-like: Astonishing drawings of Hitler and his henchmen sketched in the early days of the Nazi party by British artist Helen McKie have come to light
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Helen McKie was the only woman allowed to sketch in Hitler's Munich headquarters
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Drawings are an incredible glimpse into early stages of Nazism | 51,764 | record_train |
Each @placeholder unit denotes how many times the chilli must be diluted by its own mass of water until the heat is only just detectable. | Hot stuff: The Naga Chilli Vodka packs 250,000 Scovilles Vodka fans with an adventurous side can add a bit of spice to their lives as Master of Malt launches the world’s hottest chilli vodka. At 250,000 on the Scoville scale, the new Naga Chilli Vodka is so hot it comes with a special health warning. Its launch comes just months after the company released the 100,000 Scovilles Naga Chilli Vodka. The new version is 2.5 times hotter. The chilli used in the vodka is the Naga Jolokia, which is known to be one of the hottest chillis it is possible to grow, and rates higher on the Scoville scale than most law-enforcement grade pepper sprays.
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Fiery spirit made from Naga Jolokia peppers which can measure 1000,000 on Scoville scale
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Peppers rate higher on the Scoville than law enforcement pepper spray
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Scoville scale is chart used to measure heat of chillis | 51,765 | record_train |
Small providers scored well with @placeholder, beating out the nation's major players. | Sprint tumbled to last place in this year's Consumer Reports rankings for U.S. wireless service providers, based on a survey of users. Although it trailed only first-place Verizon in overall customer satisfaction among major carriers, Sprint got what Consumer Reports called "dismal marks" for value, voice, text and 4G reliability. "Our latest cell service satisfaction survey revealed a somewhat precipitous decline by Sprint that shuffled the rankings of the major standard service providers," said Glenn Derene, electronics content development team leader for Consumer Reports. "And smaller, no-frills, no-contract and prepaid service providers continue to do a better job of satisfying customers, and provide an increasingly viable alternative to some of the expensive, long-term contracts that many consumers find themselves locked into."
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Sprint drops to last in Consumer Reports rankings of wireless carriers
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An underground newspaper in @placeholder recently published an essay of Mohammad's. | (CNN) -- It has been five years since Mohammad Z. left Syria to train as a doctor in Detroit. He works long hours. He's big on hockey. He's devoted to the Red Wings. He's immersed in America, yet his heart is with Syria and the Syrian people. It's hell inside Syria. But for Mohammed and other Syrian expatriates who want to end the regime of Bashar al-Assad, this is a kind of golden moment. Ethnic and religious and political divisions are melting away to serve one shimmering goal. "I can't tell you how many wonderful Syrians I have met here who've devoted their money and time to see a democratic, free Syria," said Mohammed, whose last name is being withheld by CNN to protect his brother and parents in Syria. "You see the Christians, the Muslims, the nonreligious people; you see people from different ethnic backgrounds: Arabic, Assyrian and Kurds."
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Syrian expatriates across the world are uniting against the regime of Bashar al-Assad
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Their mission is cutting across ethnic and religious lines
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Many Syrians are raising money in the U.S. and speaking about the crisis | 51,767 | record_train |
In trying to charm the @placeholder rather than pressuring lawmakers, the administration is demonstrating a shift in strategy based more on bipartisanship. | By Beth Stebner PUBLISHED: 13:28 EST, 6 March 2013 | UPDATED: 18:18 EST, 6 March 2013 President Obama has reached out to several high-profile members of the Republican party and will meet for dinner with GOP senators Wednesday night after facing weeks of partisan gridlock. The gesture acts as a political olive branch, signalling the president’s willingness for bipartisanship. Tonight’s dinner – if it is not canceled by the impending snow storm – will include Sens. John McCain, Kelly Ayotte, Pat Toomey, and Lindsey Graham, who put together the guest list. Dinner party: President Obama, pictured yesterday, will host several high-ranking Republicans Wednesday night at a hotel near the White House
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Obama to hold dinner hosting mostly GOP senators tonight at hotel near the White House
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However, dinner could be cancelled because of weather
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Change in strategy by administration to charm opposition rather than pressure them over key issues like gun control and climate change | 51,768 | record_train |
@placeholder, who employed Chiles on hugely extravagant terms, finally came to the conclusion that he wasn't the football presenter they wanted going forward. | Mark Pougatch is to replace Adrian Chiles at ITV's lead football host with immediate effect. Pougatch will present ITV's next live match which is the Chelsea vs Paris Saint-Germain Champions League game next month. ITV will not comment on the reasons for Chiles' departure. Adrian Chiles, who has been replaced as ITV's lead football host, pictured in west London on Friday Chiles appeared in good spirits despite the news, as he walked near his home in west London THIS SEASON ITV - England internationals, Champions League, Europa League Sky Sports - Premier League, Champions League, other home nations internationals
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ITV will not comment on the reasons for Adrian Chiles' departure
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He is replaced by Mark Pougatch, who mainly works for BBC Radio 5 Live
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Chiles signed a two-year deal worth around £500,000 a year last summer
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Pougatch will present Chelsea's clash with Paris Saint-Germain in February
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ITV do not have the rights to live Champions League games next season
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READ: Chiles should have quit after the World Cup
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Adrian Chiles virals: Twitter reacts to the ITV host being replaced
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After the meeting, a payment of £425,000 was made to Mr @placeholder in return for a confidentiality agreement that prevents him from discussing the matter. | By Rick Dewsbury Last updated at 2:35 PM on 11th November 2011 Two former News of the World executives have hit back at their 'disingenuous' former boss James Murdoch as a bitter war of words engulfs the media empire. The paper's former editor Colin Myler and ex-legal manager Tom Crone claim that they made Mr Murdoch aware of widespread hacking within the organisation as long ago as 2008. But Mr Murdoch told MPs yesterday he 'disputed vigorously' the claims from Mr Myler and Mr Crone that they revealed the significance of an email indicating the practice was widespread. The meeting in June 2008 centres on the 'For Neville' email which contained transcripts of hacked messages from the mobile phone of Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association. This email was apparently intended for chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck.
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Colin Myler and Tom Crone say that James Murdoch was told in 2008 about widespread hacking
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Mr Murdoch subsequently made £425,000 payout to hacking victim Gordon Taylor
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Even committee chairman John Whittingdale says 'one of them is not telling the truth'
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MP Chris Bryant calls for Mr Murdoch to resign | 51,770 | record_train |
The bust was the biggest single seizure of crime-related cash in @placeholder history, and comes after a series of other record busts during the operation | By Luke Garratt PUBLISHED: 07:17 EST, 23 January 2014 | UPDATED: 10:39 EST, 23 January 2014 A record £3.1 million ($5.7 million) in cash was seized last week in Sydney by Australian police, leading to the arrest of an American man, as a part of the latest bust in their crackdown on international money laundering and drug trafficking. The millions were found spread across seven suitcases, with officers arresting an man from the U.S., 58, who had only been in the country two days. The man, who denied that the money belonged to him, was charged with dealing with the suspected proceeds of crime, and could face 3 years in jail, or up to 25 years in jail if he is also charged with money laundering.
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Australian authorities have seized more than £3 million in a single haul
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The money was spread over seven suitcases confiscated in Sydney
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Bullied: A relative of Nancy Lanza revealed in April that @placeholder shooter Adam Lanza was beaten up so badly by classmates that his mother had considered filing a lawsuit against the Connecticut school | By Daily Mail Reporters PUBLISHED: 08:08 EST, 14 May 2013 | UPDATED: 01:49 EST, 15 May 2013 Toxicology tests have revealed Adam Lanza had no alcohol or drugs in his body when he carried out his bloody massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School Toxicology tests have revealed that Adam Lanza had no alcohol or drugs in his body when he shot and killed 20 first-graders and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14. The tests, conducted as part of the autopsy by state Chief Medical Examiner Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, confirm there were neither illegal drugs nor antidepressants in his body.
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Tests show there were no traces of either alcohol or drugs in Lanza's body when he carried out one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history
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Hurtado and @placeholder are both waiting for trial dates in their own cases. | By Helen Pow and David Mccormack PUBLISHED: 09:09 EST, 9 August 2013 | UPDATED: 09:30 EST, 9 August 2013 A stripper was found guilty on Thursday of the attempted murder of her fiance who had drained his 401k supporting her before ending their relationship. Vicky Miller, 44, of Plano, Texas, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine - the maximum penalty for the second-degree felony conviction. Her former fiancé Paul Key, 54, had testified that Miller, her son, Francisco Hurtado, and family friend Dunkan Boyce tried to kill him when he went to her house in November 2011 to collect his belongings.
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Vicky Miller, 44, has been found guilty of the 2011 attempted murder of Paul Key
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The couple met while Miller was dancing topless at Lipstick Cabaret in Dallas, Texas and he proposed after just 30 minutes
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Key said he drained his 401k and took out a mortgage so he could lavish Miller with gifts including cars but she wouldn't get married
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He also paid tribute to the contributions of @placeholder, saying that while America's relationship with him has been "punctuated by disagreements," he is recognized by the world as "a nationalist, a patriot and an important figure who stepped forward when his country needed him." | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The United States and Afghanistan signed a long-delayed security agreement Tuesday that will allow U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond the previous December deadline to withdraw. The deal was signed by Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham during a ceremony in Kabul. The future of the U.S. military's presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014 had been in doubt. Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai negotiated the security deal but then reneged, and it became clear that no agreement would be signed until after presidential elections this year. In February, the Obama administration announced for the first time that it had begun planning for the possible withdrawal of all U.S. troops by the end of 2014 if Afghanistan did not sign the agreement, which spells out the rights of U.S. troops operating there.
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NEW: President Barack Obama hails "historic day" that will aid long-term Afghan security
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Signing comes one day after the swearing-in of Afghanistan's new president
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United States was poised to withdraw all its troops by end of year if deal wasn't signed
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Agreement was negotiated by former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who later reneged | 51,774 | record_train |
"I saw the guy with the gun under his arm, under his jacket," @placeholder told WCBS, "I heard when he shot." | (CNN) -- Two teenagers were killed and another wounded during a Christmas night shooting in Newark, New Jersey, authorities said Thursday. The shooting came less than 24 hours after three men were shot to death early Christmas morning outside a bar about a mile away, authorities said. The teens, identified as 13-year-old Zainee Hailey and 14-year-old Kasson Mormon, were pronounced dead at the University Hospital in Newark, police said. A 14-year-old who was not identified was in critical condition, the Essex County prosecutor said. Junior Clark, a Newark resident, told CNN affiliate WCBS he saw the gunman minutes before gunfire erupted.
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Christmas night shooting leaves two New Jersey teens dead, another wounded
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Three men shot to death, two others wounded in unrelated shooting nearby
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And although a Brotherhood-inspired revolution seems deeply unlikely in the @placeholder, this is what its authorities fear and the reason they have sentenced to jail dozens of people in the last 18 months. | It's the gravest diplomatic crisis the Gulf Cooperation Council has ever faced -- but as leaders from the six-member Arab alliance prepare to meet in Jeddah, are things about to get even worse? The root of the current problem? Qatar simply will not do as it's told by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who have spent months trying to force the energy-rich nation to fundamentally alter its foreign policy. Bahrain, the UAE and the Saudis withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar in March, and have kept up the pressure ever since. Of course, tensions between Saudi Arabia and Qatar are nothing new. Qatar has striven since the late 1980s to escape the Saudi political orbit by vigorously pursuing its own independent foreign policy -- regardless of the displeasure it caused in Riyadh.
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The leaders from the six-member Arab alliance prepare to meet in Jeddah
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David B Roberts: Qatar will not do as it's told by Saudi Arabia and the UAE
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Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Qatar are nothing new, he writes
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During his backstage meeting with the royal couple, @placeholder asked William what size shoes he wore, to which the Prince replied, 'Half the size of yours,' while pointing at the star's huge feet. | A future British king met the king of basketball on Monday night. Prince William, accompanied by his pregnant wife, Kate, was invited to go backstage with Cleveland Cavaliers' star LeBron James following the team's 110-88 win against the Brooklyn Nets. Down in the Vaults at the Barclays Center, a basement hospitality suite, they were introduced to the athlete, who handed them a gift-wrapped box of cup cakes from his home town of Akron, Ohio. The superstar, dubbed 'King James', also presented the couple with two Cavaliers jerseys, including a maroon one for Prince George - who remains in England - that had 'George 1' printed on it.
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Prince William and wife, Kate, met LeBron James after Monday's game
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Cavaliers' star handed them box of cupcakes from his Ohio hometown
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He also presented royals with two team jerseys - one for Prince George
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Trio joked about size of James's feet, causing pregnant Kate to giggle
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Athlete, dubbed 'King James', helped Cavaliers trounce the Nets 110-88
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It would be inappropriate to do so from the @placeholder." | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Bush administration official has publicly described a detainee's treatment at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as torture, according to a published report. The detention of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been a source of controversy. Susan Crawford, the retired judge in charge of determining which Guantanamo detainees should be tried by a U.S. military commision, has refused to refer the case of Mohammed al-Qahtani to prosecutors because of that assessment, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. "We tortured (Mohammed al-) Qahtani," Crawford told the Post. "His treatment met the legal definition of torture. And that's why I did not refer the case" for prosecution.
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Retired judge refuses to refer case to prosecutors because of torture assessment
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Susan Crawford describes techniques as "overly aggressive and too persistent"
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Military prosecutors accuse Mohammed al-Qahtani of helping plan 9/11 attacks
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'What’s great about the @placeholder is that despite the few knuckleheads that exist,' she said, 'there are a lot of folks who are professional, and who will grade you on your performance and not on how you look,' she told Time. | The United States named a new Full Admiral in Washington, D.C. Friday--and it's an African American woman. She's will be the first ever female in Naval history to win a fourth star assuming the Senate approves President Obama's nomination. The Navy announced her nomination in an official release. Vice admiral Michelle Howard,53, is currently the deputy chief of naval operations, plans, and strategy.She will serve as the Navy's second ranking officer, vice chief of naval operations, just a single step below the Navy's top officer, the chief of naval operations. Scroll down for video Michelle Howard is the first ever female to be awarded 4 stars in the Navy
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Michelle Howard is not only female, she is an African American
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'For some of the sailors, it was a big deal—not because of the woman thing, but because of the African-American thing,' she told Time.com
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Now, they have a common enemy in @placeholder, a formidable regional threat. | (CNN)As ISIS continues it murderous rampage in the Middle East, Egypt's President said it's time for more Arab countries to join forces against the terror group. "The need for a unified Arab force is growing and becoming more pressing every day," Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said in a televised speech Sunday. El-Sisi said Jordan and the United Arab Emirates have offered military help as Egypt amplifies its battle against ISIS in neighboring Libya. CNN military analyst Maj. Gen. James "Spider" Marks said "it's about time" an Arab leader like el-Sisi made such a statement. "Strategically and politically for the region, this is a big deal, and it's absolutely the right first step," the retired U.S. Army officer said.
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"This is a big deal, and it's absolutely the right first step," U.S. Maj. Gen. James Marks says
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Jordan and the UAE have offered military assistance to Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says | 51,780 | record_train |
@placeholder teenage sensation Martin Odegaard has been touring Europe's top club in recent weeks to find the perfect match, as clubs have vied for his signature. | Host commentator Host commentator There you have it. After an hour delay the scrum of journalists and cameraman had a quick chat with the Norwegian, who seemed to be incredibly relaxed having just joined the 10 time European champions! Lets hope he lives up to the hype. Here is Odegaard posing at his press conference holding up the prestigious Real Madrid shirt that he hopes to wear for years to come at the Bernabeu The teenager is saying all the right things: 'Its difficult to single one (Madrid player to look up to) but Cristiano Ronaldo is the best in the world right now.'
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Martin Odegaard says: 'It’s a dream come true, it’s unbelievable and it’s incredible. I’m ready for the best club in the world - it’s an honour.'
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16-year-old sensation has completed his medical with Los Blancos
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Joins Real Madrid from Stromsgodset in £2.3million deal
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Scoring hasn’ t been a problem for them in the @placeholder – a tally of 12 that stands up to scrutiny against their rivals in the bottom half - but for a time here they looked ponderous. | CLICK HERE for all the stats from the Cherries' Capital One Cup win over the Baggies on Tuesday night It's what you might term an upset, though you suspect Alan Irvine can’t have been too devastated. Not when he made 10 changes to the side he fielded in his most recent Barclays Premier League fixture. A cheer for the plucky underdog, then? Not quite. Bournemouth made the same number of changes. What a strange state of affairs, when a last-16 cup tie can’t draw full enthusiasm from either club. More so when each manager would have been entitled to believe they had a good shot at a quarter-final place.
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Eunan O'Kane gave Bournemouth the lead against West Brom in the 49th minute
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Substitute Georgios Samaras's cross deflected off Tommy Elphick for an own goal equaliser
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Both sides made 10 changes each to their respective line-ups from the weekend's games
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‘@placeholder had a whole team around her to ensure the risks were minimised and her baby was given the best chance of survival.’ | By Anna Hodgekiss and James Tozer Told she had cancer and then only a few weeks later that she was pregnant, Angela Marsh faced an agonising choice. She could have immediate treatment and lose her child – or delay surgery until birth and risk the disease spreading. So instead Miss Marsh took a third option: a high-risk operation that is thought not to have been tried in Britain before. Worry: Angela Marsh, 27, feared she might never meet her son Zachary after being diagnosed with cervical cancer while pregnant with him It worked and yesterday she was preparing for the first birthday of Zachary, the child she thought she would never see.
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Angela Marsh, 27, was diagnosed while pregnant with baby Zachary
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@placeholder footballers do not deserve such treatment, but pay for the follies of others. | (CNN) -- He's the most expensive player in the world, and one of the best paid, but Cristiano Ronaldo was given a very public reminder on the need to be humble on Wednesday. The Real Madrid superstar was told he is "cocky" and "has a screw loose" by veteran Uruguayan striker Walter Pandiani, who clashed with Ronaldo during lowly Osasuna's shock win over the Spanish giants on Sunday. The 34-year-old Pandiani, nicknamed "the Rifle," spoke out at a press conference after becoming angry when Ronaldo reportedly asked him how much he earned during Real's defeat -- which left Jose Mourinho's team seven points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona.
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Walter Pandiani criticizes Cristiano Ronaldo following the pair's clash on Sunday
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Osasuna player unhappy with Ronaldo's remarks to him during Real Madrid defeat
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Uruguayan says Ronaldo has a lot to learn from Barcelona star Lionel Messi
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He was also commissioned to take the official photos of @placeholder’s christening in October last year. | With parents like his, there was never any doubt Prince George was going to be a bonny baby. But perhaps he has his mother to thank for one of his most charming features. For looking at a picture of the Duchess of Cambridge as a baby, it’s clear he has inherited his adorable chubby cheeks from her. Scroll down for video Our family: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge showed off Prince George in the Mother's Day photograph Just like mum: Looking at a picture of the Duchess of Cambridge as a baby in 1982 (right), it’s clear Prince George has inherited his adorable chubby cheeks from her. The Prince also shares his mother's snub nose
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Prince George has same chubby cheeks as Kate had in 1982 baby photo
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Youngster's blue jumper bearing his name was gift from Prince Charles
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He drew a finger across his throat in court, a gesture aimed at some of the @placeholder widows. | (CNN) -- From the day of his capture, Ratko Mladic has been as combative in custody as he was as a battlefield commander during the bloody civil war that ripped apart Yugoslavia two decades ago and saw the worst slaughter in Europe since Nazi rule. Mladic, 70, is accused of orchestrating a horrific campaign of ethnic cleansing that included the massacre of 8,000 Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. The former Bosnian Serb general has been indicted on 11 counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in the 1992-95 war that killed 200,000 people and displaced another 2.2 million people from their homes.
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Bosnian Serb Ratko Mladic's lawyers sought to disqualify the presiding judge
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Doha, Qatar - and its famed skyline - were named another of the final seven @placeholder | From glowing skylines to a city perched 12,000 feet in the air, these cities are among the seven most incredible urban hubs in the world. Beirut, in Lebanon, the Cuban capital of Havana and La Paz, in Bolivia, have been named among the seven most incredible cities in the world. The honour comes courtesy of the New7Wonders Cities - an initiative to identify the top urban centres on Earth - and follows the campaign to find the seven modern wonders of the world as well as the seven natural wonders. Scroll down for video Despite its history of unrest, Beirut, Lebanon, was named one of the 'seven city wonders' of the world
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Public voting has whittled 28 shortlisted cities to the top 7 in the world
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Miss @placeholder, a marketing student and beauty queen, slumped to the ground. | Slipping away by the second, she lies cradled in the arms of the motorbike rider who faces a desperate – and ultimately futile – race against time to save her life. Moments earlier, Genesis Carmona had been an ordinary 22-year-old woman on a street in the Venezuelan city of Valencia. Then she was shot in the head by an unidentified gunman who opened fire at anti-government protesters. Scroll down for video Shot dead: Genesis Carmona is taken to hospital on a motorcycle after she was shot in the head during an anti-government protest in Valencia, Venezuela Genesis Carmona, who won the title of 'Miss Tourism' in her home state of Carabobo, was rushed into emergency surgery but later died of horrific injuries.
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Génesis Carmona shot in the head amid anti-government protests
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Unidentified gunman opened fire on demonstrators in Valencia
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Venezuelan protest death toll reaches five in a week | 51,788 | record_train |
Given @placeholder sentencing guidelines, a conviction on the kidnapping charges alone could mean the Hakkens will spend the rest of their life behind bars. | (CNN) -- Just over a week ago, they were two little boys living with their grandparents and the family dog, Nati, in Tampa, Florida. That was then. First, police say Chase and Cole Hakken's father broke into the home and tied up the boys' grandmother before whisking the two children away -- one day after he and the boys' mother officially lost their parental rights. The 2- and 4-year-old boys ended up sailing to Cuba with their parents, triggering an international manhunt that ended this week. Chase and Cole are now back in Tampa, trying to resume their life with Nati and their grandparents.
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NEW: Sheriff says parents "did not participate" as courts weighed child custody
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NEW: The person who sold a 25-boat to Josh Hakken later tipped off authorities
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The Hakkens are accused of abducting their sons, sailing with them to Cuba
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Lambert faces competition from @placeholder (right) who has returned to training after an injury lay-off | Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert must be given more of a chance at Anfield to add variety to their attack claims Stan Collymore. The England international started against West Brom on Saturday but hasn’t scored for Liverpool yet in eight appearances. With Daniel Sturridge the number one choice up front and with the arrival of Mario Balotelli this summer, Lambert has found sustained game time limited so far this season. Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert has had playing time limited at his new club since arriving this summer Former Liverpool striker Collymore is concerned with the club’s mixed start to the campaign:
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England international has failed to score for his new club yet
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Rickie Lambert has made only seven appearances for Liverpool
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Former Liverpool star Stan Collymore claims Lambert needs more games
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Collymore insists Lambert can add another dimension to their attack | 51,790 | record_train |
While @placeholder's seat at McLaren was sorted out "five or six races before the end of the season," Button was left to sweat over his F1 future. | (CNN)A previous five-year collaboration led to total domination of Formula One and McLaren chief executive officer Ron Dennis is confident its new partnership with Honda can bring back that winning feeling to the team. Since 1995, McLaren has been using Mercedes-Benz engines, but after two difficult seasons in F1 their new deal with the Japanese car manufacturer renews one of the most successful partnerships in motorsport's elite class. "The first few races I predict will be problematic, as we wrestle with what we hope are performance advantages, and inevitably performance advantages sometimes carry unreliability with them," Dennis told CNN's Amanda Davies in an exclusive interview.
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McLaren boss Ron Dennis discusses British team's chances for 2015 Formula One season
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Dennis expects start to new season to be "problematic" but "competitiveness will be quickly established"
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Drivers Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button need to focus on "winning and not beating each other"
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Exceptional measures have been put in place to find the suspect as soon as possible, Molins told reporters in @placeholder. | Toulouse, France (CNN) -- The suspect in a deadly shooting spree at a Jewish school in France knows he is being hunted and might carry out another attack, Paris Chief Prosecutor Francois Molins warned Tuesday. He said the killer is "very determined" and has committed premeditated murders, targeting victims based on their race or religion. "The criminal is anti-Semitic or terrorist," Molins said. "One does not exclude the other." The shooting on Monday was the third fatal attack on minorities in southwest France in eight days. The region remains on scarlet alert, the highest level in France, after a teacher and three children -- two of them his own young sons -- were gunned down Monday at Ozar Hatorah, a Jewish school in Toulouse. The other victim, the daughter of the school's director, was killed in front of her father.
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Witnesses describe the gunman as slim, 5-foot-9, prosecutor Francois Molins says
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All the victims were shot in the head from point-blank range, the prosecutor says
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Interior Minister Claude Gueant says authorities looking at possible neo-Nazi involvement
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The gunman who killed 4 at a Jewish school was wearing a camera, the minister says | 51,792 | record_train |
"With the added exposure from the Super Bowl, he could easily push prices closer to the $120 average of his halftime show predecessor, @placeholder." | (CNN) -- Perhaps Bruno Mars really did win the Super Bowl. According to Billboard, the Grammy-winning singer is set to return to the charts after his halftime performance on Sunday. It reports that sales of his latest album, "Unorthodox Jukebox," rose by 164% after Mars took to the Super Bowl stage with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. The album was released in December 2012. Such an increase in sales is not rare or unexpected. Last year's halftime performer, Beyonce, reportedly saw a bump in sales of her "4" album by 123%. And Mars is not an unknown quantity, though some of Sunday's viewers may have just discovered him. In 2010, he won a Grammy for best male pop vocal performance for his song "Just the Way You Are." In January, "Unorthodox Jukebox" won Mars his second Grammy, this time for best pop vocal album.
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Sales of Mars' album rose by 164%
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"Unorthodox Jukebox" could return to the top 10
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Forbes writer says Mars may see concert gains | 51,793 | record_train |
But the statements Sunday did not directly refer to the United States, and it's unclear how much international support the @placeholder government would have if it chooses to strike Syria. | (CNN) -- The Obama administration pushed forward Sunday on a new path toward military action in Syria, urging Congress to support the president's call. Tests found signatures of sarin gas in blood and hair samples collected from the Damascus site of an alleged chemical weapons attack, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday on CNN's State of the Union. The samples were collected separately from a United Nations investigation into the August 21 attack and provide further proof that the Syrian regime attacked its own people, Kerry said. With "each day that goes by, this case is even stronger," he said, arguing that the United States must act.
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NEW: Arab League condemns attack, blames Syrian government
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Kerry says blood and hair samples show "signatures of sarin"
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The U.N. says its investigation will be "impartial and credible"
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Syrian opposition: Obama has given false hope to those suffering | 51,794 | record_train |
It is also facing awkward questions over how the same Newsnight program - while @placeholder was director-general - killed a report that was investigating complaints against the presenter and instead aired laudatory shows commemorating Savile after he died last year. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:50 EST, 12 November 2012 | UPDATED: 13:31 EST, 12 November 2012 The New York Times company said it will proceed with its plan for Mark Thompson to take over as CEO today despite an intensifying scandal at the BBC which raised questions about his tenure at Britain's flagship broadcasting company. The firm's leading paper, The New York Times, has maintained its confidence in the new chief following news that Mr Thompson's successor, George Entwistle, the director-general of the BBC, had resigned on Saturday. Entwistle took the blame for a news program on the BBC's Newsnight programme, which aired a mistaken allegation that a former British senior politician sexually abused a child at a care home.
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Mr Thompson was head of British broadcaster when expose into Jimmy Savile abuse was shelved
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He said he had been made aware of the probe into late TV presenter, but insists he had no role in shelving the programme
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He starts today as scandal intensifies over separate BBC probe which led to politician being wrongly named as a paedophile | 51,795 | record_train |
@placeholder was able to make it 2-1 in the final 10 minutes against Tottenham as Crystal Palace continue to fight relegation | Click here to visit Sportsmail's Match Zone When the battle was over and the points were delivered, Alan Pardew came careering down the touchline, blowing kisses and punching the air. For most of the unpredictable evening, his self-control had been impeccable, but now his inhibitions were cast aside, and it was impossible to blame him. In Pardew’s first Premier League match as their manager, Crystal Palace had achieved the victory which had escaped them since November. And they had done it against a Spurs side which so recently buried Chelsea beneath five goals. As one who played for the club, Pardew knew precisely what it meant and how significant it might prove. Hence his Hollywood parade from dugout to tunnel.
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Harry Kane scored Tottenham Hotspur's opener in front of England manager Roy Hodgson
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Crystal Palace equalised in the 69th minute through a Dwight Gayle penalty
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Jason Puncheon scored in the 80th minute to give Alan Pardew's men the lead
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Pardew won in his first Premier League match in charge of Palace since leaving Newcastle United | 51,796 | record_train |
Mother-of-three @placeholder said: 'My daughter was found dead and I only found out through Facebook. | By: KATHARINE BARNEY PUBLISHED: 07:57 EST, 20 September 2012 | UPDATED: 10:00 EST, 20 September 2012 A heartbroken mother has told how she discovered that her only daughter was dead via Facebook - after police failed to tell her in time. Cheryl Jones, 49, was horrified to see that friends of former model Karla James had put up messages on the social networking site saying: 'RIP Karla.' Her mother immediately rang the 30-year-old on her mobile phone - and it was answered by a police officer at the scene. Heartbreak: Cheryl Jones, 49, was left to discover that her daughter Karla was dead on Facebook
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CherylJones had spoken to her daughter Karla just hours before
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A police officer answered Karla's mobile and promised to send officer | 51,797 | record_train |
He's on big wages for sure, but that's what a player like @placeholder commands in the current market. | It's a tragic life when all you live for is to hate Manchester United. There are some strange people around but I think the strangest of all must be those who can't wait for the weekend so that they can totally ignore the reality of what's actually happening, and instead work overtime to twist and fabricate anything Manchester United do into some sort of massive failure. These people belong to a special sect – ABU. Anyone But United. Louis van Gaal's Manchester United have three more points than they did under David Moyes last year Moyes was sacked by United after one season - Van Gaal's points tally was identical up to last week
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Manchester United have three more points under Louis van Gaal than they did under David Moyes in the Premier League after 22 games
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But those criticising them are the United-hating keyboard warriors
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Van Gaal has won titles with every club he's managed
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Twitter overreacted to Radamel Falcao's misses - he'll come good yet
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United aren't great right now but they will be great again, and those saying otherwise will need to prepare for that painful moment in their lives
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Today, it is almost inconceivable that a black woman whose son had been murdered would be treated in the way @placeholder was in 1993. | By Stephen Wright PUBLISHED: 17:26 EST, 21 April 2013 | UPDATED: 02:07 EST, 22 April 2013 Keeping on: Doreen Lawrence poses in December 2011 with a picture of her murdered son, Stephen The parents of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence have vowed never to give up their quest for justice ahead of today’s 20th anniversary of his stabbing. Doreen and Neville Lawrence were united in their message as they tried to gather strength to mark his appalling racist killing. Although 4,500 miles apart – one will attend a memorial service in London, the other will take flowers to Stephen’s grave in Jamaica – they defiantly insisted they have not given up hope that one day all his killers will face justice.
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Doreen and Neville Lawrence trying to gather strength to mark killing
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She will attend London memorial, he will take flowers to Jamaica grave
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Stephen was stabbed to death at bus stop in Eltham, London, in 1993
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Last year Gary Dobson and David Norris were jailed for role in murder
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But three other prime suspects in case still continue to evade justice | 51,799 | record_train |
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