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@placeholder's access to the underground depots dates to that period | By Jill Reilly Hundreds of Albanian police, backed by armoured vehicles, stormed a lawless southern village after suspected marijuana growers allegedly fired rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and machine guns at officers during a drug raid. Four people - a policeman and three villagers - have been hurt so far, suffering light gunshot injuries in the hostilities in and around Lazarat, a major marijuana-producing centre 230 kilometres (140 miles) south of the capital, Tirana, on Monday and Tuesday. Gangs based in Lazarat are believed to produce about 900 metric tons of cannabis a year, worth about 4.5 billion euros (£3.5 billion/ $6.1 billion) - roughly half of the small Balkan country's GDP.
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Hundreds of Albanian police, backed by armored vehicles, stormed lawless southern village of Lazrat
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marijuana growers allegedly fired rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and machine guns at officers during a drug raid
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Gangs based in Lazarat are believed to produce about 900 metric tons of cannabis a year | 54,500 | record_train |
'I began to go to @placeholder and we went together. | By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor Tony Blair was told he was a ‘fool’ to convert to Catholicism by protestant leader Ian Paisley. The founder of the Free Presbyterian Church and long-time critic of the papacy in Rome made clear his unhappiness with the former Prime Minister’s decision to join the Catholic church. Mr Blair has said his decision was fuelled by his wife Cherie winning the battle over where the couple should go to Mass. Tension: Protestant leader Rev Ian Paisley called Tony Blair a 'fool' for converting to Catholicism Mr Blair has suggested that switching to Catholicism in 2007 was like 'coming home' and is 'where my heart is.'
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Former Northern Ireland First Minister reveals detail of 2007 meeting
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Mr Blair said he wanted to tell Rev Paisley in person about his conversion
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Rev Paisley called the ex-Labour PM a 'fool' and walked off | 54,501 | record_train |
Writing in today's Observer, Clegg said: 'Many people in @placeholder and the rest of | By Shari Miller Time for debate: Nick Clegg is calling for a review of drugs laws after his recent visit to Columbia Nick Clegg is calling for Britain to undertake a major review of drugs laws after seeing first-hand the devastating consequences that rising cocaine demand has wrought upon Columbia. Despite robust legislation against A-class drugs, the deputy prime minister added that cocaine use has tripled in 20 years, while one in five young people have admitted to taking drugs in the last year. His calls for reformation come just a week after he visited Columbia, where he met President Juan Manuel Santos, as well as former paramilitaries, guerillas and human rights representatives.
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Deputy prime minister says cocaine use is on the rise, despite laws
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Claims war on drugs, in countries like Columbia, is not quelling demand
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Says Britain has resisted 'a proper debate' on alternative strategies | 54,502 | record_train |
It came as no surprise, therefore, a red flag emerged during practice - and even less of a surprise it was @placeholder who caused it. | Lewis Hamilton hit the top of the timesheets in Singapore as error-prone Pastor Maldonado hit the wall. Hamilton posted the quickest lap of the afternoon session, 1.5seconds quicker than Mercedes team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg, who was way down the order with only the 13th best time. The session was temporarily suspended after Maldonado lost control of his Lotus through Turn 10 before crashing into the wall. VIDEOS Scroll down to watch... Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the second session ahead of this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix Pastor Maldonado's car is towed away following his crash during free practice two
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Hamilton ended the second session fastest in Singapore
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He was 1.5 seconds quicker than Rosberg who could manage only 13th
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Session was temporarily red flagged after Maldonado crashed his Lotus
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Rosberg's low-fuel run on supersoft tyres hampered by Maldonado crash
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Hamilton is 22 points adrift of Rosberg ahead of this weekend's race | 54,503 | record_train |
Nasheed is already familiar with the @placeholder' courts and prisons. | New Delhi (CNN) -- Police in the Maldives arrested the Indian Ocean nation's former president Mohamed Nasheed on Monday after he didn't show up for a trial over accusations against him of abuse of power. His arrest is the latest twist in the political turmoil this year that has shaken the Maldives, a popular tourist destination consisting of hundreds of coral islands south of India. Read more: The Maldives - Trouble in paradise The authorities took Nasheed into custody at around 9:45 a.m. local time while he was campaigning on a remote island of the archipelago for upcoming presidential elections, according to police and the former president's Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).
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A court has issued an arrest warrant for ex-president Mohamed Nasheed
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Police arrest him while he campaigns for upcoming elections
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Nasheed and his supporters say he was forced from power in a coup in February
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In it, @placeholder wrote that the family was enjoying the journey, and that they expected to arrive at their destination early. | A letter written by a passenger on the Titanic describing the 'wonderful passage' - hours before the ship hit an iceberg - has sold at auction for £119,000 ($200,000). Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the handwritten note was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder at an auction in Devizes, western England, on Saturday. The price, which includes a fee known as the buyer's premium, topped the pre-sale estimate of £100,000 ($168,000). Last missive: The envelope of a letter written by Esther Hart and her seven-year-old daughter Eva as they sailed aboard RMS Titanic in April 1912, shortly before the ship struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean
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A letter penned aboard the Titanic just before it hit an iceberg and sank has sold at action for £119,000 ($200,000)
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The letter was from mother and daughter Esther and Eva Hart to Esther's mother in London
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It survived in a sheepskin coat pocket that Esther's husband Benjamin wrapped around her before she and Eva, seven, entered a lifeboat
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The pair survived, but Benjamin Hart was one of the many who died
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The letter was expected to go for £100,000 ($168,000) | 54,505 | record_train |
Departing: The pilot was arrested and escorted off the plane at the @placeholder, pictured, at around 6.30am | By Helen Pow PUBLISHED: 15:21 EST, 4 January 2013 | UPDATED: 15:56 EST, 4 January 2013 Pilot: Kolbjorn Jarle Kristiansen, 48, was preparing for a flight to New York this morning when he was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol A pilot for American Airlines subsidiary American Eagle has been arrested as he prepared to fly some 53 passengers from Minneapolis to New York City while drunk. Police were tipped off by witnesses who said Kolbjorn Jarle Kristiansen, 48, smelled like booze, as he was conducting preflight checks in the cockpit of a Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft.
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Kolbjorn Jarle Kristiansen, 48, was conducting preflight checks in the cockpit of a Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft at about 6:30a.m. today
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American Eagle pilot was due to fly 53 passengers from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to La Guardia, New York City
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He was arrested after he blew over the 0.04 blood-alcohol limit for pilots | 54,506 | record_train |
We are fighting for our lives and fighting for @placeholder football," Redknapp said. | (CNN) -- The race for England's last two European Champions League places took another twist on Saturday as Newcastle's sixth successive victory left London's three leading clubs battling for qualification. Arsenal remained third in the Premier League after drawing 0-0 with sixth-placed Chelsea, but now have just a three-point advantage over Newcastle -- who have a game in hand. Tottenham are a further three points back, one ahead of Chelsea, after crashing 1-0 in a London derby at 10-man Queens Park Rangers -- who moved three clear of the relegation zone. Newcastle had trailed Spurs by 11 points after a 5-0 thrashing in London in February, but Alan Pardew's team are now hoping to qualify for Europe's top club competition for the first time since the 2003-04 season.
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Newcastle win sixth successive game to close gap on third-placed Arsenal
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Arsenal held to a 0-0 draw by Chelsea, whose top-four hopes are fading
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Tottenham's European bid also falters with 1-0 defeat at 10-man QPR
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"Our colleague, our friend, and our inspiration Stuart Scott passed away earlier today," @placeholder's Hannah Storm said. | (CNN)If you don't know who Stuart Scott was, those who do will likely point you to one particular speech to share why his death reverberates so strongly across the country. Scott, a veteran anchor on ESPN, died Sunday after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 49. He built a career as a sports anchor, but his eloquent observations on his battle with cancer, and the encouragement and motivation to others fighting the disease, made him a role model. Opinion: Why Scott was a game changer "When you die, that does not mean you lose to cancer," Scott said in the July speech at the ESPY Awards. "You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and the manner in which you live."
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Stuart Scott dies Sunday after a lengthy battle with cancer
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He was seen as an inspiration by many
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A speech he gave last year showed his motivation for fighting | 54,508 | record_train |
This result is a blow, but the game against @placeholder will serve to catapult us back up.' | Spain striker Paco Alcacer is confident Diego Costa will break his goalscoring duck for the national side sooner rather than later as La Roja prepare to face Luxembourg in a Euro 2016 qualification match on Sunday. Costa, who joined Chelsea from Atletico Madrid in July, has regularly hit the target for the Blues but is still to find the back of the net for Spain. Valencia frontman Alcacer, 21, believes Costa will open his Spain account soon and that he should follow the example set by captain Iker Casillas. Striker Diego Costa failed to score for Spain as they slumped to a 2-1 defeat against Slovakia on Thursday
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Diego Costa has six Spain caps but is yet to score for his adopted nation
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The Chelsea striker failed to find the back of the net in Spain's 2-1 loss against Slovakia on Thursday
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Valencia frontman Paco Alcacer scored Spain's goal in the defeat
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La Roja face Luxembourg on Sunday in a Euro 2016 qualification match
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Costa is expected to play despite concerns over hamstring injury
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Spain are second in Group C following the Slovakia reverse | 54,509 | record_train |
Ricardo Flores said he did not believe his daughter knew the @placeholder citizen beforehand. | Santiago, Chile (CNN) -- Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in a young woman's slaying this week in Peru and previously considered a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba, was captured Thursday in Chile, authorities said. Van der Sloot is the main suspect in this week's slaying of 21-year-old Stephany Flores Ramirez, who was found Wednesday in a Lima, Peru, hotel room registered to the Dutch man. Chilean police told CNN that paperwork showed that van der Sloot entered Chile on Wednesday. Peruvian Interior Minister Octavio Salazar Miranda said Thursday that Peru has made arrangements with Interpol to extradite van der Sloot. Interpol confirmed that Chile will send van der Sloot back to Peru.
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Extradition to Peru arranged, say Chilean interior minister, Interpol
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Joran van der Sloot entered Chile on Wednesday, Chile says
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Woman's body found Wednesday in his hotel room, police say
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Van der Sloot previously a suspect in Alabama teen's disappearance | 54,510 | record_train |
@placeholder's supporters say that Brown was the aggressor and the officer fired in self-defense after the teen tried to take his gun. | Some people here just wanted the drama to end. Others say it can never end, not as long as a white cop can shoot an unarmed black teenager to death without consequences. On the street in front of Ferguson's police station on Monday night, the tension crackled as hundreds of people awaited a grand jury's decision and chanted demands for an indictment. They were denied. No indictment, the grand jury said. Officer Darren Wilson will not be charged in the August 9 killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown. "They don't care about black people," said Danielle Hines, in the throng outside the police station. "They treat us like criminals. This is what it feels like to be black in America."
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The events in Ferguson, Missouri, show America remains deeply divided over race
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Grand jury's decision in Michael Brown killing triggers more rage and fear
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Woman in Ferguson: "They don't care about black people. They treat us like criminals" | 54,511 | record_train |
The @placeholder, including famed short stop George Wright (top, second from left). | The PBS series Antiques Roadshow hit a home run with a collection of 1870s Boston baseball memorabilia. A trove of signatures and rare baseball cards from Boston Red Stockings players was appraised at $1 million for insurance purposes, series producer Marsha Bemko said. She said it's the largest sports memorabilia find in the history of the 19-year-old public TV show, which travels America looking for varied heirlooms and treasures. Amazing: A trove of signatures and rare baseball cards from Boston Red Stockings players was appraised at $1 million for insurance purposes by Antiques Roadshow appraisers last Saturday Family heirloom: The owner inherited it from her great-great-grandmother, who ran a Boston boarding house where the team lived in 1871-72 and some of baseball's first professional players were counted among her relative's patrons--they even wrote compliments to her food in their inscriptions on the cards
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The 1871 collection of Boston Red Stockings, who first came from Cincinnati, cards has some of baseball's first paid players ever
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The New York owner's collection is the 19-year-old public TV show's highest sports memorabilia appraisal ever
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The owner inherited it from her great-great-grandmother, who ran a Boston boarding house where the team lived in 1871-72
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One of the cards features baseball's first ever superstar, George Wright | 54,512 | record_train |
As CNN reported, it happened in the context of @placeholder's shaking hands with dozens of world leaders. | (CNN) -- Let us not doubt, even in the age of deep cynicism, the power of words can still stir the spirit. And let us acknowledge, whatever our politics, that President Barack Obama has redefined oratory for our times, and perhaps more, revived it. Not all of his speeches are memorable. His talk on the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington fell short. Not all of his remarks inspire thoughtful reflection, initiate critical debate or compel us to move forward. In some ways, his Second Inaugural speech was a missed opportunity. But when he is focused, when the moment and its meaning coalesce, no president since John F. Kennedy matches Obama's ability to transform ideas into phrases, and phrases into the passion to be a force for progress.
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Donna Brazile: In his remarks at Mandela's memorial, Obama was "in a league of his own"
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"The power of words can still stir the spirit," Brazile says
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Brazile notes not all of the President's speeches are memorable | 54,513 | record_train |
Inexperienced: Wright doesn't believe Dundee will field youngsters such as @placeholder, centre | Tommy Wright insisted that Dundee United rival Jackie McNamara will not risk fielding wonderkids Ryan Gauld and John Souttar in Saturday’s William Hill Scottish Cup Final. Wright started the cup final mind games by boldly predicting how United will line up and combating claims his St Johnstone side are the more experienced team. Gauld and Souttar have earned rave reviews this season - and plenty of transfer attention - but Wright argued neither youngster has performed well when facing his St Johnstone side. Honour: Tommy Wright's St Johnstone side will face Dundee United in the Scottish Cup final ‘Dundee United have got experience. In Gavin Gunning, John Rankin, Sean Dillon, Paul Paton,’ Wright said. ‘He (Jackie) won’t play his young players. John Souttar and Ryan Gauld won’t play. Andrew Robertson will be the only player without a lot of experience in his team.
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St Johnstone boss believes Dundee United will stick to experienced players
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Comfortable with underdog tag despite beating opponents three times this season
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Dundee United boss Jackie McNamara undecided on line-up | 54,514 | record_train |
Others say the @placeholder, which is spearheading the relief effort, is at fault. | Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Anger boiled over on the streets of Haiti's capital Tuesday -- not just from residents who have gone a week without food and water, but from the people who are supposed to be providing it. Relief workers say help is not reaching many of the 2 million residents in Port-au-Prince who need aid, because those who are supposed to be coordinating the efforts are inept. "It's terrible," said Eric Klein, head of disaster-relief agency CAN-DO. "There's got to be coordination." Medical aid is particularly needed, Klein and others said. "There are medical supplies just sitting at the frigging airport," Klein said while sitting in the cab of a 1,200-gallon water truck near the heavily damaged presidential palace.
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Twenty-member French team that arrived Sunday reaches aid site two days later
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French group co-leader cites frustration over lack of plane to take them to Haiti
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Doctors Without Borders complains of U.S. military flights getting top priority
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Earthquake damage closes seaport; hundreds of tons of aid sit at airport | 54,515 | record_train |
He said he wanted to @placeholder to stay in Brazil | They may be on course to meet in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, but Uruguay's striker Luis Suarez received support from a Brazilian over his biting ban. Fred, who has been leading the line for the hosts, labelled the punishment 'very severe' and said he would like to see the Liverpool man remain at the World Cup. Suarez was banned by FIFA for nine competitive international fixtures and from all football for four months after biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini. Disconsolate: Suarez looks down after hearing about his ban, which Fred thought was too harsh Goalscorer: Fred, despite playing up front, has not been prolific, but did net for Brazil against Cameroon
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Brazilian forward calls the ban 'very severe'
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Suarez has been banned for four months for biting Giorgio Chielini
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This is Suarez's third suspension for biting another player
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Uruguay and Brazil could meet in quarter-finals | 54,516 | record_train |
‘Just because @placeholder says it doesn’t mean it’s the truth,’ says Keane. | By Matt Barlow PUBLISHED: 17:51 EST, 9 December 2013 | UPDATED: 06:26 EST, 10 December 2013 Roy Keane has reignited his war of words with Sir Alex Ferguson with a withering series of remarks about the former Manchester United boss. Keane opens up on his bitter exit from Old Trafford and the breakdown of his relationship with Ferguson in an ITV documentary to be screened on Tuesday night. He talks of Fergie’s methods of 'power and control' and his 'massive ego', hails Brian Clough as 'without a doubt' the best manager he worked for and omits Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville when choosing the finest United team from his former team-mates.
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Fergie had a 'massive ego' and used methods of 'power and control'
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Brian Clough is best boss Keane ever worked with
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Brands ex-United team-mate Gary Neville 'the weakest link'
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On Ryan Giggs, Keane says: 'Having a great career doesn't mean you're a great player' | 54,517 | record_train |
@placeholder would have access to the frozen funds if it had agreed to pay back even some of the money it misused, said the official. | Pago Pago, American Samoa (CNN) -- When an earthquake-triggered tsunami cascaded into this tiny island in late September, the result was 34 lives lost and untold millions in property damage. But a CNN investigation to air on tonight's "AC 360" has uncovered an array of unsettling facts that point to a single conclusion: this natural disaster was in many ways a man-made tragedy. Public records show that the Department of Homeland Security had awarded millions of federal dollars in grants for disaster preparedness here, including the construction of an island-wide siren warning system. But all the federal funding was frozen in early 2007 after DHS inspectors found that the local American Samoan government had been diverting millions of those dollars for its own uses.
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34 people died in last month's tsunami that smashed into American Samoa
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DHS inspectors say funds for a warning system were improperly diverted
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Investigators: Some funds used to pay for flat screen TVs and trips to Las Vegas
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The results of this special investigation on AC 360°, 10 ET tonight | 54,518 | record_train |
Foreign doctors are four times more likely to be struck off or suspended than those with @placeholder training | Doctors trained in some of the world’s poorest countries where medical qualifications are far less rigorous than in the UK are being recruited by the NHS. While some of Britain’s brightest students are unable to get on medical courses at home, the Health Service is hiring a third of its doctors from abroad. Among them are medics from 143 different nations including poverty-stricken states such as Liberia, Belize and the Congo. Some have studied in countries whose universities have few computers or medical textbooks and trainees are taught from blackboards in cramped classrooms where they are forced to sit on the floor.
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Health Service is hiring one third of its doctors from 143 different nations
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Government quotas mean straight-A students are being turned away from medical degrees
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Large swathes of forest have been destroyed in 175 wildfires across the @placeholder in the past week alone. | By Becky Evans and Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 17:38 EST, 1 April 2013 | UPDATED: 19:53 EST, 2 April 2013 The night sky lit by flames from fire ravaging a forest, this scene could have been captured in some far-off sunny clime. In fact it’s Scotland. While Britain has shivered in the coldest March for more than 50 years, the Highlands has been hit by unseasonably dry weather which has left the region prone to wildfires. Forecasters said just 1.5in of rain fell in Northern Scotland in March – a mere 23 per cent of the region’s expected rainfall. Ablaze: Pictured last night, the wildfire has now been extinguished but crews remain to check for any hotspots
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Dozens of firefighters battled blaze near Fort William in Scottish Highlands
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Hundreds of acres of heath, grass and trees have burned in dry conditions
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Cause unknown but farmers are currently allowed to set moorland on fire
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Local Lib Dem MP Charles Kennedy praises efforts of emergency services | 54,520 | record_train |
@placeholder is in Washington to take part in strategic review of U.S. policy to stabilize Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pakistan is optimistic about the Obama administration's commitment to its region and will work with the United States on trying to root out extremism within its borders, Pakistan's foreign minister said. Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi meets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi cited a "convergence of interests" between Washington and Islamabad and a "willingness to work together." "I see a lot of hope in the new administration, the new leadership, and Pakistan is willing to work with the American administration to fight extremism and terrorism," he said Tuesday. "We are determined to defeat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations."
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Qureshi: "I see a lot of hope in the new administration, the new leadership"
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He and Afghan foreign minister will meet with Clinton, Holbrooke this week
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U.S. troops will be sent to southern Afghanistan
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Taliban militants extend cease-fire as part of deal with Pakistan | 54,521 | record_train |
'Do you think it is acceptable to the victim’s family that one of the people named on the arrest warrant should be invited to @placeholder and shake hands with the Prime Minister?’ | By Gerri Peev PUBLISHED: 08:00 EST, 5 November 2013 | UPDATED: 08:46 EST, 5 November 2013 A Tory councillor named on an arrest warrant over a suspected revenge killing in Pakistan met David Cameron at a 10 Downing Street festival. Abdul Aziz met the Prime Minister at an Eid celebration last month. He is named on an arrest warrant in connection with the brutal killing of his cousin, who was gunned down with a .44 calibre rifle and handgun in Gujrat last year. Mr Aziz, a councillor in Pendle, Lancashire, was invited to the party by East Lancashire MP, Andrew Stephenson.
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Tory councillor Abdul Aziz met the PM at an Eid celebration last month
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Councillor in Pendle, Lancashire, is named on an arrest warrant issued in Pakistan in connection with the killing of his cousin Muhammad Ilyas
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Mr Ilyas was shot in the stomach and arm in his home in Gujrat last year
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Mr Aziz denies all involvement and says he was in Britain at the time
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Labour MP Graham Jones has written to Tory party chairman Grant Shapps asking why the PM met with Mr Aziz while he is subject to an arrest warrant
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Mr Aziz invited by East Lancashire MP Andrew Stephenson | 54,522 | record_train |
@placeholder insisted we took turns changing nappies and cleaning Zac’s bottom, using dampened cotton wool pads rather than baby wipes, which can be too harsh. | By Claire Cisotti PUBLISHED: 18:54 EST, 22 July 2013 | UPDATED: 09:58 EST, 23 July 2013 Claire Cisotti and son Zac in the same Lindo wing as the Duchess of Cambridge, after Zac comes out of the Paediatric ICU in St Marys Looking at TV footage of the Lindo Wing at London’s St Mary’s Hospital, chosen by the Duchess of Cambridge for the birth of her first child, I couldn’t help but smile. Seeing it brings memories flooding back of the six days I spent there when I became a first-time mother 13 years ago. Terrified and totally unprepared for childbirth on my arrival, I experienced warmth, kindness and love there.
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I was put in the care of Mary, in her mid-60s who had more experience than an army of grannies
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He says he found the referee’s match report and contacted @placeholder, who confirmed the story about being threatened. | Toothy grin: Luis Suarez smiles for the camera as he and classmates line up for a school photo in 1998 In his school uniform of white tunic and blue ribbon, Luis Suarez is a picture of youthful innocence as he smiles for a class photo. Back in 1998, the World Cup outcast – banned for four months last week for sinking his teeth into Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini – was just another football-mad youngster who had yet to use his now-infamous incisors in anger. And although he was known for his fiery temperament even at a relatively young age, there was no hint of what was to come.
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Former teacher: 'He could be hot-tempered, but Luis never bit anyone'
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But Uruguayan journalist claims he was banned for 12 matches aged 16
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Suarez was shown red card for arguing with referee Luis Larranaga
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Journalist Ricardo Gabito alleged Larranaga was leaned on to alter report
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@placeholder are now competing against Jordanians for low-paying jobs, whether in hospitality or light manufacturing. | It's not easy being Jordan and it is about to become even more difficult, again. Sandwiched in between Iraq and Syria, Jordan's destiny seems to be one of a constant struggle for survival. This violent storyline was written over a decade ago during the Iraq war. The latest outbreak of violence after ISIS swept through Mosul and beyond has Jordan's inner circle and the business community drawing up worst scenarios, with Syria and Iraq representing bookends of trouble. Jordan is now home to more than 1.3 million Syrian refugees, half absorbed during the last 24 months. As a sign of the times, on a video shoot down to the Mafraq region two hours south Amman, we saw scores of second hand UNHCR tents that are now being utilized by Bedouins.
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Jordan is sandwiched between troubled countries including Syria and Iraq
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It is now home to more than 1.3 million refugees, half from the last 24 months
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Krupp called the subpoena "wildly over-broad," pointing out that requesting records of two Twitter handles -- @@placeholder and @OccupyBoston -- could affect thousands. | (CNN) -- A decision by Massachusetts prosecutors to subpoena the Twitter records of an Occupy Boston activist, as well as records linked to two Twitter hashtags, has free speech advocates up in arms, calling the move a violation of the First Amendment. Suffolk County prosecutors demanded that Twitter hand over information posted on the social media website by user "Guido Fawkes," whose Twitter handle is @p0isAn0N, as well as information from the user behind @OccupyBoston and those who Tweeted #BostonPD or #d0xcak3, according to the document. The ACLU gave CNN a copy of the subpoena. "There is a constitutional right to write things on the Internet," said Peter Krupp, an attorney with the ACLU of Massachusetts who is representing the person using the Twitter handle Guido Fawkes. "There is a constitutional right to do that anonymously."
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Massachusetts prosecutors seeking Twitter records of Occupy activist
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ACLU calls it a violation of the First Amendment
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In private hearing, judge impounds all documents pertaining to the case
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Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said there was no sign that @placeholder had withdrawn the troops it had massed at the Ukrainian frontier. | By Paul Donnelley President Vladimir Putin is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine in spite of a warning from the West not to use it as a pretext for invasion. Ukraine has said that 45,000 Russian troops are on its border today and Nato has added that it thought that there was a 'high probability' that Moscow could intervene militarily in the east of the country where Kiev forces are closing in on pro-Russian separatists. Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, rang President Putin today to 'warn against any unilateral military actions in Ukraine, under any pretext, including humanitarian.
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EC President Barroso rang Mr Putin today to warn against unilateral military action
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Nato Secretary-General Rasmussen: 'Russia developing pretext for invasion'
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The first African-@placeholder delegates to a Democratic national convention were seated in 1936. | (CNN) -- As thousands of Democrats converge on Denver for the party's 45th convention, history will be made by officially nominating Sen. Barack Obama, the first African-American presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party. A worker prepares the stage for the Democratic convention in Denver, which also hosted the Democrats in 1908. But what about all the other history and trivia at the Democratic convention? Check out these tidbits of convention history and political trivia. The convention The 2008 Democratic National Convention is being held later in the year than any previous convention for either party not already holding the White House.
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The longest Democratic convention was 17 days; the shortest -- six hours
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FDR was the first to give acceptance speech in person at a convention
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More than 4,000 delegates will be on hand for this year's Democratic convention
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"If you recall, people didn't like the name @placeholder when it first came out. | San Francisco (CNN) -- At the pep rally where Apple debuted its third-generation tablet computer, one question was on everyone's lips: So, what do we call this thing? The answer, according to an Apple spokesman: "It's just 'iPad.' It's what it is." Or it is what it isn't. It's not the iPad 3, and it's not the iPad HD. Both names were widely rumored before Apple's coming-out party for the device on Wednesday in San Francisco. It's not New iPad, which is what people on Twitter started calling it during a nearly 90-minute press conference about the device. The longer Apple execs talked about the tablet computer's new features -- better screen, faster connection -- without actually giving it a name, the more anxious the People of the Internet became.
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Apple's new iPad is just called 'iPad'
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according to research by the @placeholder group Center For Science In The Public | Campaigners are calling for a ban on a colouring linked to cancer which has been found in Coca-Cola sold in Britain. A chemical in the caramel colouring that gives the drink its distinctive colour has been at the centre of a health alert in the United States. Coca-Cola has recently switched to a new manufacturing process in America to bring down the level of the suspect chemical, 4-methylimidazole (4-MI). Concern: A chemical found in all Coke drinks in the UK is at the centre of a health alert in the U.S. But this precaution has not yet been taken in other countries such as Britain, where its products are the nation’s biggest selling soft drinks with sales of £1.1billion a year.
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Campaigners to write to UK health ministers calling for an outright ban of the colouring
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But visiting @placeholder offers a chilling glimpse into the minds of the killers – and you leave with the sombre conviction that, fomenting in those dreadful tower blocks, there are plenty of others who will regard them not as evil monsters. | The door is an angry shade of purple, like every other door in the seven-storey block. It has no handle, and no name beside the buzzer – just a heavy lock, and spyhole for checking out unwelcome callers. The building is a vast and seemingly impenetrable concrete warren divided into some 600 apartments – or perhaps ‘boxes’ would be a better term, given their cramped proportions. Surrounded by dozens of similarly forbidding, state-owned monstrosities housing some 10,000 Muslims, the vast majority of North African origin, this is the grim Parisian enclave where Cherif Kouachi was radicalised – and is believed to have plotted the horrific magazine massacre.
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Seven-storey block is where suspect Cherif Kouachi was radicalised
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It lies in Gennevilliers - just seven miles from the Charlie Hebdo office
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Half a century ago it was an archetypically French community
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The @placeholder is hammered out based on input from big banks in London each morning and used to calculate trillions of dollars in consumer and business loans around the world. | London (CNN) -- A British parliamentary report slammed Barclays bank on Saturday for its "disgraceful" actions that led to a rate-rigging scandal. The Treasury Select Committee issued a report after recent hearings over the scandal. Barclays was fined $450 million by British and American regulators after some of its traders purposely manipulated its interest rates as part of Libor, or London Interbank Offered Rate. The scandal also led to the resignation of Bob Diamond, its chief executive. The report said the source of the scandal was a "deeply flawed culture" by Barclays and not just actions "small group of rogue traders."
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Neither the @placeholder nor Emma Reynolds' office had responded to a request for comment. | By Rob Cooper Last updated at 12:08 AM on 14th December 2011 A Labour MP's researcher has been accused of hypocrisy after a picture emerged of her giving a Hitler salute hours after she slammed a Tory MP for attending a party where guests chanted Nazi slogans. Charlotte Hale, who works for MP Emma Reynolds, said that Conservative Aidan Burley was 'disgraceful' for attending the stag do where he sat next to the stag who was wearing a Nazi SS uniform. However, her jibe on Twitter castigating the Tory now appears to be rather premature as a picture emerged of her next to a waxwork model of Adolf Hitler with her right arm thrust in the air.
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Charlotte Hale, 21, pictured next to giving Nazi salute next to waxwork Hitler
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She said Tory MP Aidan Burley was 'disgraceful' for attending stag do where Nazi slogans were chanted | 54,533 | record_train |
@placeholder's family members told CNN that Mueller went with an off-duty sheriff's deputy and a nanny to get the 2-year-old boys. | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Charlie Sheen threatened to kill his estranged wife over the weekend, according to a declaration made in a restraining order against the actor. "I will cut your head off, put it in a box and send it to your mom," Brooke Mueller claims that Sheen told her Sunday night. The revelations were in a court document that resulted in a court order that removed Charlie Sheen's twin boys from his home. In an interview with NBC's "Today Show," Sheen denied that he threatened her. The quote against him was fabricated, he said, calling the allegation "colorful."
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Sheen allegedly threatened Mueller over the weekend
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Sheen tells NBC's "Today" show he will fight to get his sons back
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His estranged wife filed a restraining order alleging that Sheen was abusive
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Volgograd is more than 400 kilometers (250 miles) north-northwest of @placeholder's northern boundary. | Moscow (CNN) -- Investigators say they think a female suicide bomber caused a blast that ripped through a passenger bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd on Monday afternoon, killing at least six people and injuring 33 others, Russian authorities said. Early indications are that the bomber was a 30-year-old woman from Russia's semiautonomous republic of Dagestan, Russia's Investigative Committee said. Video taken behind the bus from another vehicle -- aired by state-run TV outlet Russia 24 -- shows the bus moving on a busy road when the explosion occurred around 2 p.m., with at least one vehicle swerving out of the way.
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Investigators say they think a woman from Dagestan set off the blast
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The explosion happened on the bus around 2 p.m. Monday, authorities say
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renowned surgeon @placeholder (pictured right) manually closed off the aorta to prevent | By Sarah Griffiths It has famously been said that when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life. And now an online walking tour has launched a map that charts the scientific history of the fascinating city - taking in the sites where the most revolutionary scientific experiments were conducted. The map covers five centuries of innovation, from alchemy to the exact site that the atomic bomb is thought to have been conceived. Scroll down for interactive map Discoveries mapped: The map covers five centuries of innovation, from alchemy in Mortlake, suburban West London to the exact site that the atomic bomb is believed to have been conceived in Bloomsbury
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Tour starts in Mortlake,west London where at mathematician 'communicated with an angel' and ends in Bloomsbury and the atomic bomb
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Map includes discoveries by Michael Faraday, Charles Babbage and Astley Cooper, who performed a grisly operation on a man without anaesthetic | 54,536 | record_train |
'I didn't know anyone at that time and I didn't have much money and the only place I could afford a home was @placeholder,' he said. | By Emily Davies PUBLISHED: 11:58 EST, 14 March 2013 | UPDATED: 14:24 EST, 14 March 2013 A man who won the lottery twice, scooping over £1.16 million in total, joked that he was not 'that bothered' by the wins and wanted more. George Traykov beat odds of one-in-438 million when he picked up a £160,873 EuroMillions prize this year to add to the £1 million sum he won in the Millionaire Raffle in September 2011. But the Bulgarian property developer, who lives in Ilford, Essex, joked that his windfall could have been even bigger. Scroll down for video George Traykov beat odds of 1 in 438 million to win a second Euromillions fortune of £160,873.80 after winning £1 million in September 2011
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Geroge Traykov, 41, won the EuroMillions twice in just three years
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In 2011 he won a fortune of £1million and a later won a further £160,873
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Honoring a career that spans 20 years and 10 albums, Mahlasela was recently given a lifetime achievement award in @placeholder. | He is lauded as one of Africa's most unique voices, with a fanbase stretching across the world, but South African singing sensation Vusi Mahlasela remains faithful to his roots. For more than 20 years, the legendary singer has been celebrated globally for his powerful vocals and universal messages of freedom and human kindness. He has toured the world extensively and collaborated with major music stars such as Sting, Paul Simon and Dave Matthews. But despite all his success and international acclaim, Mahlasela still resides in Mamelodi, the small township northeast of Pretoria where he grew up and nurtured his passion and talent for music.
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With over 20 years experience, Vusi Mahlasela is one of Africa's most lauded singers
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Through his international success, he focuses on spreading African philosophy, Ubuntu
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He has established a foundation nurturing young African talent and providing music lessons | 54,538 | record_train |
The jungle residents are all to aware that just miles away from their rubbish filled compound is @placeholder | By Steve Hopkins A few short miles from multi-million pound homes and the booming Silicon Valley, several hundred homeless people live in squalor in a make-shift jungle camp. At the camp, believed to be San Jose's largest homeless encampment, some 350 of the city's forgotten live in tents, makeshift shacks, caves and tree houses along polluted Coyote Creek. The camp is a melting-pot of illness, addiction and disorder with residents spending their days and nights in various states of mental confusion and intoxication. A man cooks a meal over a make-shift fire in the jungle camp which is home to several hundred of San Jose's homeless and is just a few miles from the booming Silicon Valley
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Several hundred homeless people live in shacks, caves and tree houses
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San Jose has a seven-year, 20,000-person waiting list for housing support
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The 22-year-old, who shot to global prominence following his displays in the @placeholder, is happy to leave Arsenal knowing he is unlikely to play regularly. | Inter Milan are stepping up their interest in want-away Arsenal forward Joel Campbell. The Serie A club have held initial talks with the Costa Rica international's representatives about a potential £5million January move. Inter - and Benfica - tried to sign him in the summer, but Arsene Wenger wanted to keep Campbell after Olivier Giroud's ankle injury left the club short of attacking options. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Joel Campbell in action for club and country Arsenal striker Joel Campbell (right) is a £5million January transfer target for Inter Milan Campbell starred for Costa Rica during the World Cup in Brazil in the summer
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Joel Campbell has made just one start for Arsenal so far this season
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Costa Rica striker believes his future lies away from Emirates Stadium
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Inter Milan have held initial talks about a £5million January move
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Rival: @placeholder's seat in California is up for re-election in 2016. | Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is planning to mount a challenge for one of California's two U.S. Senate seats, most likely the one held by Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, MailOnline can reveal today. Sandberg is among the wealthiest women in America – her reported net worth is $1.05 billion – making the $30 or $40 million required to win the seat easily within her reach without raising a dime from anyone. 'Sheryl wants to find a seat before the election in 2016, when Hillary Clinton will likely run for president,' a source close to Sandberg's inner circle told MailOnline.
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Sandberg, one of the business world's biggest champions of correcting gender inequality in the workplace, is eying a rebellion against Democratic Californian Senator Barbara Boxer
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Sandberg was chief of staff to Treasury Sec. Larry Summers when Bill Clinton was president, and could fund her own U.S. Senate race without missing the money
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Boxer is used to bruising elections but is accustomed to spending her war chest against GOP challengers, not aiming ads at fellow Democrats
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'Sheryl wants to find a seat before the election in 2016,' said MailOnline's source, 'when Hillary Clinton will likely run for president'
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'Away US soccer kit is alright but reminds me of @placeholder, Russia, Dutch. | By Zoe Szathmary The new away jersey for the United States men's and women's national soccer teams has been revealed in advance of the World Cup -- and fans are in an uproar. Designed by Nike, the jersey features three different-colored bands, starting at the top with blue, white, and red to represent the American flag, according to a company press release. The away kit also includes red shorts and red socks. However, fans have taken to Twitter to express their disapproval -- and many are comparing the new jerseys to the French flag, as well as those of the Netherlands and Russia.
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New jerseys from away kit feature top-down colored bands in blue, white and red
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By then @placeholder was older and understood a bit more and simply asked "can you die from cancer?’" This broke our hearts as we just didn’t know what to tell her.' | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 06:35 EST, 11 December 2013 | UPDATED: 09:04 EST, 11 December 2013 A devoted teen whose mother died after a cancer battle is keeping her memory alive - by finishing a guide she had started to write for her husband on how to raise her daughters. Emily Worthington, 13, has vowed to finish the guide started by her mother Lucy, who died on November 6 after an eight year battle with cancer. The 41-year-old mother-of-four wanted to leave an instruction manual for husband Mark, 45, telling him how to look after their four girls.
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Mother-of-four Lucy Worthington died in November after cancer battle
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Eldest daughter Emily, 13, vows to finish the book in her mother's memory
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The sweets, made up of twisted strips of marshmallow, are an in-house @placeholder brand. | Stunned: Nurse Peter McDougall found this blade inside a pack of Halloween sweets A nurse who purchased a bag of children's Halloween sweets from Poundland was horrified when he discovered a rusty three-inch blade hidden inside. Peter McDougall bought the packet of Witches Broomsticks from a Poundland store in Aberdeen in preparation for children trick-or-treating on Halloween. But the 28-year-old nurse, who works at Royal Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen, couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the knife wrapped up with one of the marshmallows inside. Mr McDougall, from Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, said: 'I had bought the sweets as part of the collection I have for when the kids come round chapping on the door at Halloween.
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Blade found in a pack of Witches Broomsticks purchased from a Poundland store in Aberdeen
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Turkey is already seeing fighting between the @placeholder and other groups spill into its territory, with errant rocket fire killing several Turkish civilians over the past few months. | While the world has been focused on eliminating Syria's chemical weapons, a vicious war within a war has gained momentum in northern Syria. It is a complex conflict that pits al Qaeda affiliates against more moderate rebel factions and against Syria's 2-million strong Kurdish minority. But it also threatens to spill far beyond Syria's borders. The largest Kurdish group -- the Democratic Union Party (PYD) -- raised the stakes last week by declaring the autonomous region of "western Kurdistan" in a part of Syria that normally produces about one-third of the country's oil. Other rebel factions condemned the move as a step toward a declaration of independence and the breakup of Syria. The opposition Syrian National Council said the PYD and its allies represented "a separatist movement, disavowing any relationship between themselves and the Syrian people, who are struggling for a united nation independent and free from tyranny."
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Amid civil war, al Qaeda affiliates are fighting more moderate rebels in north Syria
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Governments of Turkey and Iraq, and the Kurds of northern Iraq, have interests and allies there
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Kurdish group has declared an autonomous region, drawing criticism from other rebels
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The years of trying finally paid off for @placeholder when she saw this scan having become pregnant in 2012 | By Julian Robinson She faced 20 years of heart-ache, spent £30,000 and even remortgaged her house refusing to give up hope of becoming a mother. But cradling her new born daughter in her arms, Louise Gilbert said the two decades of grueling IVF treatment, crippling emotional stress and severe financial strain was a price worth paying. The 39-year-old, from Sandhurst in Berkshire, was just a teenager when she was told she had already been through the menopause. In the years to come, she endured the heartbreak of failed IVF treatments, three miscarriages and a divorce. Louise Gilbert, pictured with her baby Sofia, went through the menopause when she was just a teenager
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Louise Gilbert was told that she had gone through menopause as a teenager
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She spent £30,000 over 20 years in a desperate attempt to become a mother
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Grueling two decades included failed IVF treatment and three miscarriages
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"All I have to say to you is @placeholder is a beautiful person inside and out and could not hurt a fly!" | (CNN) -- Family members of Phillip Markoff visited him in jail Friday for the first time since his arraignment on murder charges connected to the slaying of a woman he may have met through a Craigslist online ad. The parents, brother and sister-in-law of accused killer Philip Markoff visited him in jail on Friday. Markoff's parents, brother, and sister-in-law visited him Friday, having to get through a throng of media members who gathered near the Boston, Massachusetts, jail. Richard Markoff and Susan Haynes arrived early in the afternoon, CNN affiliate WCVB reported. Markoff's parents stayed at the jail for about two hours and left without making any comments to media, the affiliate reported.
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Philip Markoff's family visits him in jail
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Philip Markoff, 23, charged in death of Julissa Brisman's death
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'We did car washes and stair climbs to raise money for me to travel to @placeholder.' | By Amanda Williams PUBLISHED: 08:43 EST, 5 November 2012 | UPDATED: 12:22 EST, 5 November 2012 She scaled 8.5 metre towers in full uniform, sprinted up 86 flights of stairs and beat 5,000 other hopefuls to be named the World's Toughest Firefighter. But today super-fit Suzanne Enghed will be back at work doing what she truly does best - saving lives. The 33-year-old triumphed at the World Firefighter Games in Sydney, Australia - winning four gold medals and one silver. Fighting fit: Suzanne Enghed has been crowned the World's Toughest Firefighter The keen sportswoman, who works at Cheltenham West station in Gloucestershire, triumphed in four events to claim her title against 5,000 female firefighters from across the globe.
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Suzanne Enghed faced stiff competition - including professional athletes - to take the title for the second time
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I took it over that day and the next day they told me they wanted a two-book series on @placeholder. | Editor's note: Nancy Grace is the host of "Nancy Grace" on HLN nightly at 8 and 10 p.m. ET. Read an excerpt from her new novel "The Eleventh Victim" published by Hyperion. Nancy Grace found it challenging to complete her first novel, "The Eleventh Victim." (CNN) -- Readers of Nancy Grace's debut novel, "The Eleventh Victim," would be forgiven if they assumed the main character is based on Grace. After all, the heroine of the novel becomes an Atlanta, Georgia, district attorney after her fiancé is murdered and later relocates to New York for a fresh start. But Grace said there are some differences between her and her protagonist. "Hailey is a much better person than I am," Grace said.
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Nancy Grace's debut novel, "The Eleventh Victim" has a story similar to hers
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Grace says main character "is a much better person than I am"
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The thriller was almost a decade in the making
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Ultimately the @placeholder would claim early victories, getting the inaugural human into space and completing the first manned orbit. | By Jonathan O'Callaghan 53 years ago today, Alan B Shepard Jr. became the first American in space. The momentous occasion was sullied somewhat by the Soviet Union’s Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human in space a few weeks prior, but it was a momentous occasion nonetheless. Shepard’s journey set in motion over five decades of exploration that has seen Nasa land men on the moon, explore the surface of Mars, reach the edge of the solar system and begin preparations for manned missions into deep space. This image shows the view of astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. of Earth that no American had seen before, looking down on our home planet from the Freedom 7 Mercury capsule on his history-making suborbital flight. During the 15-minute flight, Shepard reported seeing the outline of the west coast of Florida
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The first American in space launched on 5 May 1961 from Florida
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Alan Shepard was beaten into space by a few weeks by Yuri Gagarin
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Now a multi-billion dollar international laboratory orbits the Earth
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@placeholder, which is owned by Google, was also blocked in 2009. | (CNN) -- Whether you're a domestic company or an international business, failure to comply with China's strict Internet regulations risks having your online presence curtailed or shut down completely. This means being subjected to the so-called "Great Firewall of China," where websites, from newspaper portals to micro-blogging services, come under intense scrutiny from government censors who prohibit topics deemed unsuitable. "Bottom line is that there's a list of topics that domestic and international media based in China doesn't allow discussions on," said Doug Young, journalism professor at Fudan University in Shanghai and author of "The Party Line: How The Media Dictates Public Opinion in Modern China."
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Companies based in China must comply with strict internet regulations, or be blocked online
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Google moved its Chinese search engine to Hong Kong in 2010, to avoid censorship
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At its developer summit, Microsoft continually hammered on how easy it will be for developers to port games from @placeholder to Windows Phone 8, and vice versa. | (CNN) -- It's shaping up to be a huge week for Microsoft. On Monday, the company announced its Surface tablet platform at a hush-hush event in Los Angeles, and now Microsoft has unveiled Windows Phone 8 Apollo at its Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco. Microsoft announced eight specific platform updates for its upcoming mobile OS. We've already covered one of the most consumer-facing updates, the new Start Screen, but other changes include hardware-related features like multi-core processor and memory card support, a revamped Internet Explorer 10, shared native code between Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8, NFC support, a new Wallet hub, Nokia Maps, and Windows Phone 8 for business.
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Windows Phone 8 Apollo unveiled at Microsoft's phone summit
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Take That: An @placeholder player doesn't hold back as she shoves her opponent in the face | By Ben Nagle For Mailonline A 'Lingerie Legends' American Football match descended into chaos, when a mass brawl ensued between two sides in the Legends Football League. Atlanta Steam and Jacksonville Breeze were competing in an Eastern Conference play-off match, when an Atlanta player took offence to an insult from a member of the opposition. Before long both sets of players, along with coaches and officials, were involved in the melee, and one Jacksonville player even appears to strike an Atlanta player with their helmet. Brawl: Tempers begin to fray between Atlanta Steam and Jacksonville Breeze The free-for-all, caught on camera during what was supposed to be the traditional end-of-match handshakes, has since gone viral.
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American Football match between Jacksonville and Atlanta finished 14-20
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Eastern Conference play-off match descended into chaos after full-time
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Sources have said they think the president will pick @placeholder, a Republican, who has met with controversy since his name has been connected with the position. | (CNN) -- President Barack Obama appeared on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday, talking about the "fiscal cliff" negotiations and priorities for his administration in his second term. The president told host David Gregory that he was optimistic something will be worked out to keep tax rates from rising on Tuesday -- but if not, his first piece of legislation for the next Congress will be a bill to reduce tax rates on most Americans. Obama slams GOP 'priority' as fiscal cliff hours away The president also spoke about his second term and what he wants to accomplish. Here are highlights of what he said:
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President speaks to NBC for nearly 30 minutes
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Obama plans to introduce immigration legislation in next year
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recognised her attacker as @placeholder, with whom she had once worked at a | By Matthew Blake A jealous Chinese woman knocked a suspected love rival unconscious before stripping her naked and tying her up before cutting off her breasts with a pair of scissors. The horrific attack happened in city of Heshan in south-eastern China's Guangdong province when 27-year-old Xiao Lin was at home watching television when there came a knock at the door. She later told her husband Xiao Luo, 28, that as she answered the door, someone kicked it, knocking her in the head and sending her sprawling to the floor. A bag was then put over her head before she was stripped naked and tied up.
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Xiao Lin, 27, was at home watching TV when there was a knock at her door
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The knee-jerk reaction ‘You stay classy, @placeholder,' was also tweeted. | By Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED: 16:25 EST, 8 September 2013 | UPDATED: 04:49 EST, 9 September 2013 A fan who caused outrage by appearing to taunt an alleged sexual assault victim on live television Saturday has explained his actions. A sign held up by a University of Michigan student behind the hosts of ESPN’s College Gameday pregame show that said ‘Hi Lizzy Seeberg’ sparked outrage and appeared to taunt a girl who accused a University of Notre Dame football player of sexual assaulting her Aug 31, 2010 only to have the allegations appear to have been ignored every step of the way.
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Lizzy Seeberg, 19, was a freshman at a small Catholic college across the street from Notre Dame
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Ms Seeberg had a history of anxiety and depression, and overdosed on her prescribed medication to kill herself
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Notre Dame administration refused for over two years to even acknowledge the accusations, outside of A JOKE made by football coach Brian Kelly
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Since he was sent home in 2010, @placeholder has married and had two children. | By Joshua Gardner A veteran Marine and the brave dog that once accompanied him as he searched out and diffused IEDs in Afghanistan had an emotional reunion Thursday after four painful years apart. Corporal Jeff DeYoung never stopped being thankful to his black Labrador pal Cena even after they were separated suddenly and without getting to say goodbye in April 2010. Thanks to non-profit group Mission K9 Rescue, which works to make such reunions possible, the two old friends came together once again and Cena, who retired after six years of service, took her place in his growing family. Scroll down for video
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U.S. Marine Corps veteran Corporal Jeff DeYoung worked with bomb-sniffing black Lab Cena until April 2010
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The 65-year-old also revealed he will make changes for this weekend's game against @placeholder. | Arsene Wenger backed striker Olivier Giroud to bounce back from his nightmare performance against Monaco with the Arsenal manager saying the French striker will not dwell on his horror show. The Gunners suffered a 3-1 first leg defeat at home in their Champions League last 16 encounter on Wednesday - a damaging result that means they will have to score at least three goals in the French principality on March 17 if they are to have any chance of reaching the quarter-finals. Giroud was guilty of missing two clear-cut chances for the north London outfit against Monaco, but Wenger insists the blame for the defeat should rest solely upon the 28-year-old's shoulders.
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Arsenal host Everton in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon
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Although the FDA is legally barred from considering cost when reviewing drugs, health care providers have raised concerns about @placeholder's price tag: $900 a month, or just under $11,000 per year. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:35 EST, 9 May 2012 | UPDATED: 06:25 EST, 11 May 2012 The daily pill, that could soon be approved by the FDA for preventing HIV in high-risk patients A pill to prevent HIV could soon be available to the public after a panel of US federal advisers voted to endorse its approval yesterday. An approval would be a major breakthrough in the 30-year campaign against the AIDS epidemic. Truvada is currently used to treat the virus, but tests have shown it to be safe and effective in healthy people for preventing it.
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Clinton, who lost to @placeholder in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, has not said definitively whether she will run in 2016. | By Associated Press Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton could have a potentially awkward encounter tomorrow night when they meet at a party just days after she criticized the president’s foreign policy. The White House said the president, along with first lady Michelle Obama, planned to see Clinton on Wednesday at a party on Martha's Vineyard for Ann Jordan, wife of Democratic adviser Vernon Jordan. Clinton is on the Massachusetts island for a memoir-signing session at a bookstore, while the Obamas are in the midst of a two-week vacation. It was unclear whether former President Bill Clinton also planned to attend the party.
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In an interview released over the weekend Clinton slammed Obama's 'don't do stupid stuff' approach to foreign policy
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This will be their first in-person meeting since Clinton's comments were published
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The Obama's are currently on a two-week vacation in Martha's Vineyard
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Clinton will be vising the Massachusetts island as part of her Hard Choices book tour | 54,560 | record_train |
an @placeholder even, the pair are in London supporting their country's | By Martha De Lacey PUBLISHED: 07:05 EST, 1 August 2012 | UPDATED: 07:56 EST, 1 August 2012 She's more frequently seen sporting airtex T-shirts, sensible skirts, crisp white caps and comfortable trainers. And she's been wearing that outfit every day on the golfing green since she was just four years old. But America's young female golfing sensation Michelle Wie swapped her usual attire for a stunning Matthew Williamson gown at an Olympics party at London's Omega House last night. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Then and now: A thirteen-year-old Wie takes a shot on the green, left, then changes (a decade later) into an elegant Matthew Williamson gown for last night's Olympic party in London
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Now 22, America's 'female Tiger Woods' has played golf since she was four
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The tourists were taking pictures of @placeholder at sunset, Almasmari said. | (CNN) -- Yemen says al Qaeda was behind a suicide bombing Sunday that killed four South Korean tourists, according to the Daily Yemen Post. The city of Shibam is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The explosion Sunday evening in the city of Shibam also wounded three other tourists, said Hakim Almasmari, editor-in-chief of the English-language newspaper. Almasmari told CNN Monday that Yemen's Interior Ministry is blaming al Qaeda. CNN could not immediately reach the Yemeni government for confirmation. The bomb was very strong and could be heard some 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) away from the site, in the Al-Qubah district of Shibam, which is in Hadramot province, Almasmari said.
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Yemen says al Qaeda behind bombing that killed 4 tourists, according to local press
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@placeholder sources suggested the final policy would still allow choice between types of tariffs. | By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor PUBLISHED: 09:33 EST, 17 October 2012 | UPDATED: 13:01 EST, 18 October 2012 David Cameron was tonight scrambling to rescue his plan to force energy companies to give all their customers their cheapest deals, amid growing doubt about how it will work in practice. The Prime Minister arrived for talks with European leaders in Brussels trying to clarify his announcement, after Downing Street earlier refused to confirm it would be included in the forthcoming Energy Bill. Mr Cameron insisted he wanted to be 'on the side of hard pressed, hard working families who often struggle to pay energy bills' after opponents accused him of making up policy 'on the hoof'.
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The PM promised to change law to make sure everyone gets the best deal
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Commons Speaker John Bercow ordered energy minister John Hayes to appear at the Despatch Box today to clear up the confusion
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British Gas, npower, Scottish Power and SSE announced sharp price rises
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Labour says the legislation plan is 'unravelling by the minute'
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'Leicester Tigers have reported to EPCR two incidents which the @placeholder disciplinary officer is currently looking into in order to determine, among other things, if it is appropriate to take action for misconduct. | Toulon have apologised to Leicester following incidents involving Martin Castrogiovanni and Delon Armitage at Welford Road on Sunday. Castrogiovanni's expletive-ridden tirade against Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill after Toulon's 25-21 Champions Cup defeat is being investigated by competition organisers European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). EPCR is also assessing allegations that former England full back Armitage directed offensive language at spectators. Martin Castrogiovanni (right) launched a verbal tirade against his old boss Richard Cockerill on Sunday Toulon have announced they too will be examining the evidence and could punish their own players. Toulon said in a statement: 'Toulon has decided to carry out its own inquiry and could sanction the players if it deems it necessary. The Red and Black club has taken the opportunity to apologise to Leicester Tigers for the discomfort caused by these events.'
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Leicester Tigers defeat Toulon 25-21 on Sunday
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Toulon prop Martin Castrogiovanni launched an expletive-ridden tirade against his former coach Richard Cockerill following his side's defeat
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European Professional Club Rugby is also assessing allegations that Delon Armitage directed offensive language at spectators
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An artist's impression of the clubhouse at the @placeholder development | Plans for an exclusive £30m hotel and golf course development on the estate that was home to press baron Lord Beaverbrook have been given the green light after a lengthy legal battle. The proposals for Cherkley Court near Leatherhead, Surrey, were scrapped when a High Court judge quashed planning permission in August. Now the Court of Appeal has ruled that plans to turn the historic greenbelt estate into a golf resort can go ahead after all. Grandeur: Cherkley Court near Leatherhead in Surrey, will now become a luxury golf resort after a High Court decision was overturned on appeal. It is the former estate of media baron and politician Lord Beaverbrook
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The plans for Surrey's Cherkley Court were thrown out by judge last year
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pledged to do everything possible to ensure @placeholder had everything it | A female military police officer is being hailed a hero after she bravely approached the Fort Hood gunman who had just killed three people and injured 16 more in a horror shooting spree. The cop, who has not yet been identified, risked her life to ensure Iraq war veteran Ivan Lopez, 34, didn't harm anyone else Wednesday afternoon. 'It was clearly heroic what she did,' Lt Gen. Mark A. Milley, the commanding general of the military base, told reporters in a press conference Wednesday night. 'She did her job and she did exactly what we would expect from a US military police,' he added.
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The military police officer, who has not yet been identified, risked her life to ensure Iraq war veteran Ivan Lopez, 34, didn't harm anyone else Wednesday afternoon, after he shot dead three people and injured 16
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'It was clearly heroic what she did,' Lt Gen. Mark A. Milley, the commanding general, told reporters in a press conference Wednesday night
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Lopez finally turned his weapon, a .45 caliber Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistol, on himself, after the officer confronted him in a parking lot
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Many footballers, who are representing their countries at @placeholder, are determined to put on a united show of solidarity in the fight against the deadly illness. | (CNN)The Africa Cup of Nations kicked off in style Saturday despite a build up hampered by Ebola fears and an enforced relocation. It was almost a million dollar start for new hosts Equatorial Guinea -- almost but not quite. The squad had shared a seven-figure bonus after winning their first game of the tournament three years ago, but Congo Brazzaville put paid to any hopes of a windfall this time around. A late equalizer from Thievy Bifouma canceled out captain Emilio Nsue Lopez's opening goal for the hosts. Bifouma, who plays his club football in Spain with UD Almeria, put the ball through goalkeeper Felipe Ovono's legs in the 87th minute to earn Congo a share of the points.
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Hosts Equatorial Guinea are held to a draw by Congo Brazzaville
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But after such an encouraging start, @placeholder -- who is 71 points behind championship leader Rosberg -- doesn't want to shackle his ambition. | (CNN) -- Daniel Ricciardo is daring to dream -- just not too big yet. Halfway through a sensational first Formula One season with reigning constructors' champion Red Bull, it is easy to see why the Australian is in reflective mood. Ricciardo returns to the track at next week's Belgium Grand Prix with two race wins in his pocket after he followed up a career-first in Canada with victory last time out in Hungary. With eight races left to run, the 25-year-old finds himself in the unusual position of being the only driver apart from dueling Mercedes duo Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton to take the checkered flag this season.
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Daniel Ricciardo is enjoying a successful first season with Red Bull
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While insisting that 'all face coverings should be banned in public', including Islamic burqas and masks worn during protests, Mr Robinson said he understood why some @placeholder members covered their faces while demonstrating. | By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 06:47 EST, 11 June 2013 | UPDATED: 13:17 EST, 11 June 2013 Controversial: Tommy Robinson of the EDL says his group uses 'questionable' tactics The leader of the English Defence League today admitted the far-right group has 'completely questionable' tactics in a controversial interview in which he called for a ban on the building of mosques in Britain. Tommy Robinson also denied that his followers were responsible for a fire at an Islamic centre in London last week, suggesting that it may in fact have been the work of Muslims.
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Tommy Robinson controversially interviewed on Today programme
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Denies EDL burnt down Islamic centre last week and blames it on Muslims
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Calls for ban on building mosques in Britain 'until Islam reforms itself'
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Robinson issues warning on race relations: 'It's not going to end pretty'
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"Those companies in the United States that want to test their own meat have been prohibited from doing so by the @placeholder," she said. | (CNN) -- The first U.S. case of mad cow disease in six years sparked fears of illness that prompted at least one major South Korean retailer to suspend the sale of American beef. However, public health officials said the risk of Americans contracting the disease is low, given that the affected dairy cow in central California never entered the human food chain and did not contract bovine spongiform encephalopathy through contaminated animal feed. "It was never presented for slaughter for human consumption, so at no time presented a risk to the food supply or human health," said John Clifford, the Agriculture Department's chief veterinarian.
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NEW: "They're not looking very hard for mad cow disease," says critic of USDA
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South Korea is the second-largest importer of beef from the United States
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"But I hope it's a reminder to people in @placeholder to make sure that children don't have unsupervised access to firearms. | (CNN) -- A New Hampshire police chief was cited Friday for improperly storing his service firearm after a teenager used the weapon to commit suicide in the chief's home in March, according to the local prosecutor. Danville Police Chief Wade Parsons allegedly left his firearm, a .40-caliber Glock 22 pistol, on top of a safe in his bedroom closet on March 11, said Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams. Parsons left the house to run errands, while the boy -- the 15-year-old son of the chief's girlfriend -- remained in the home. "The service weapon was used by a juvenile to shoot himself while no one else was home," Reams said in a news release.
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New Hampshire police chief is cited after his fiream is used by a teenager for suicide
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Dead is the 15-year-old son of the chief's girlfriend
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Hours before the news release Tuesday, Chinese sources say, @placeholder officials, from the top tiers of leadership down, were told of the impending news in closed-door briefings. | Beijing (CNN) -- For hours, China's micro-blogging community was abuzz with anxious tweets: an important announcement would be released at 6:30 or 7 p.m. on the official China Central Television (CCTV). The news release, sources said, would be about the latest development on Bo Xilai, the popular but controversial official who last month was sacked as Communist Party chief of Chongqing, China's biggest metropolis. The 7 p.m. bulletin passed and there was no news release on Bo. Tune in at 10 p.m., sources advised. 10 p.m. passed and still no news on Bo. Finally, at 11 p.m., China's mainstream official Xinhua new agency announced that Bo had been stripped of his top Communist Party posts for an unspecified "serious breach of (Communist Party) discipline."
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Bo Xilai stripped of Communist Party posts for unspecified "serious breach of (Communist Party) discipline"
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Popular but controversial official was sacked last month as Communist Party chief of Chongqing
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His wife, Gu Kailai, and a family aide arrested in connection with mysterious death of British businessman
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The white-haired Gregory was a rising star at NBC when he was appointed replace @placeholder - whose sudden death was widely mourned by the political establishment. | By Michael Zennie for MailOnline David Gregory endured months of humiliating speculation that NBC executives were planning to fire him as moderator of 'Meet the Press.' When he finally got the boot last week, he left with nary a bad word to say about the network - telling his Twitter followers that he is leaving NBC 'humbled and grateful.' The New York Post reports that Gregory's gracious exit from NBC was ensured thanks to a $4million payoff he received before he was kicked off the Sunday talk show and replaced with chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd. Gregory's contract dictated that he had to be paid into next year. The network also paid a severance package after he signed a non-disparagement contract, sources tell the newspaper.
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David Gregory has hosted the venerable political interview show for six years - since the death of then-moderator Tim Russert
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Republicans also complained that the measure gave an unfair break to labor unions, which typically contribute to @placeholder. | Washington (CNN) -- Depending on whom you ask, either Democratic efforts to force big-dollar donors out of the shadows are a smokescreen that hides union clout, or Republicans opposing the efforts are just blowing smoke in an attempt to ensure well-heeled donors stay anonymous. "Right around an election, when the campaigns start rolling in the money, we're going to hear about disclosure from whichever side is getting less," said Lisa Rosenberg, a government affairs consultant who lobbies for financial transparency for the Sunlight Foundation. "Whichever party is feeling beaten up is going to say, 'We need to fix it.'" Keenly aware that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has out-raised President Barack Obama in direct contributions for the past two months, Democrats twice brought a Senate bill to the floor aimed at unmasking wealthy, secret donors to outside groups -- the kind that have thrown their weight behind Republican candidates this election cycle.
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Democrat and Republican leaders are battling over disclosing big-dollar donors
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Lost his crown: Jamie Oliver usually tops the Christmas book chart but Save With @placeholder, left, is only Tesco's fifth highest selling book from a celebrity chef. | By Lucy Waterlow PUBLISHED: 09:08 EST, 9 December 2013 | UPDATED: 10:16 EST, 9 December 2013 The Great British Bake Off may conjure up images of summer garden parties but it's set to be a Christmas staple this festive season. Cook books associated with the BBC TV show - that pulled in 9.1m viewers this year - are dominating bestseller lists. Recipes from the show's judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood are so in demand they have even knocked Jamie Oliver off his throne as the king of celebrity chefs. Recipe for success: The Great British Bake Off Everyday, left, and Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds are the bestselling cook books at Tesco this Christmas
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Great British Bake Off Everyday and Paul Hollywood's Pies And Puds are Tesco bestsellers
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Nigel Slater's Eat is number one from Amazon
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Jamie Oliver has topped book charts for last two years
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@placeholder also was charged with one count of reckless endangerment of a child. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:17 EST, 11 October 2013 | UPDATED: 07:04 EST, 12 October 2013 A Massachusetts couple have been charged with manslaughter for allegedly killing their 5-month-old daughter by giving her a bottle of formula with heroin in it. Ryan Barry, 30, and Ashley Cyr, 26, both of Quincy, were arrested Friday. They pleaded not guilty and were ordered held on $200,000 cash bail. The couple's daughter, Mya Barry, died in September 2011, when the family lived in Marshfield, a half-hour drive southeast of Quincy. Monstrous charges: Ryan Barry, left, and Ashley Cyr, right, are led into Brockton, Mass., Superior Court for arraignment on charges of manslaughter in the death of their 5-month-old daughter by giving her a bottle of formula with heroin
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Mya Barry, 5 months old, died in September 2011 from opiate poisoning after drinking formula laced with heroin
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Mya was born with heroin addiction because her mother, Ashley Cyr, used the drug daily during pregnancy
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A spokesman claimed to have no list of all the accommodation provided free for Mr Blair, but said: ‘We offer Tony Blair the use of @placeholder residences when it is possible and appropriate. | By Neil Sears PUBLISHED: 19:37 EST, 28 April 2013 | UPDATED: 05:30 EST, 29 April 2013 With millions in the bank, you would think Tony Blair could comfortably pay his hotel bills. But it has emerged the taxpayer has effectively been subsidising at least some of the former prime minister’s profit-making lecture tours since he left office. Mr Blair is taking advantage of free accommodation in luxury taxpayer-funded residences on his frequent trips overseas. Freebies: Tony Blair posing in Manila, Philippines in 2009 where he and his entourage were put up free of charge at the UK ambassador¿s official residence
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Foreign Office says it offers Blair 'use of residences' when 'appropriate'
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Blair stayed for free on a trip in which he made more than £200,000
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'And for sure, we want to send @placeholder letters of encouragement and support. | Face to face for the very first time with the man who had killed her son, Donna Holcomb was not gripped by anger in the Indianapolis court, but by overwhelming sadness. Because as she stared at Marvin Carter, 20, at his August 2012 bond hearing, it dawned on Methodist minister Holcomb that the young man who mowed down her son in a hit and run felt exactly the same way. But what neither of them knew at that moment was that they were to embark on a powerful journey of forgiveness that would eventually lead to Carter coming to call Holcomb 'mom'
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Marvin Carter, 20, was drink driving on July 12th 2012, when he hit Michael Holcomb, 36, and fled the scene
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Donna Holcomb, a Methodist minister, was overcome with emotion when she first laid eyes on her sons killer in court
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Holcomb offered him forgiveness for his actions that evening
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The vast majority of members of parliament backed @placeholder Monday in a vote of confidence. | BAIDOA, Somalia (CNN) -- Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Tuesday appointed a new prime minister -- but the previous prime minister is refusing to accept his dismissal. Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, in a photo from August, could face sanctions from Kenya. The Somali parliament on Monday backed Nur Hassan Hussein, who has been prime minister for about 13 months, in his power struggle with the president. Tuesday, the president named Mohamed Mohamud Guled, a close ally of the transitional federal government, as the new Somali prime minister. The move is likely to deepen the political impasse in a country already struggling with an Islamist revolt, a refugee crisis and rampant lawlessness that has fueled a wave of piracy off the Horn of Africa.
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Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed fired country's prime minister on Sunday
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Women with @placeholder have normally functioning ovaries and so will experience the normal signs of puberty but will not have periods or be able to conceive. | By Anna Hodgekiss A woman born without a vagina has had one made using skin from her thigh. The 26-year-old anonymous woman had surgery in Argentina after discovering she had Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome when she was 14. This is characterised by the absence of the vagina, womb and cervix and is a congenital abnormality affecting one in 5,000 women. A woman born without a vagina has had one made using skin from her thigh, surgeons have reported Plastic surgeons in San Martin, Buenos Aires, used an unusual technique whereby a vaginoplasty was performed using the internal skin of the woman's thigh.
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The 26-year-old anonymous woman had surgery in Argentina
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The @placeholder insists he has not given it any thought. | The first 100 days of a Ukip government are to be imagined in a spoof documentary to be aired by Channel 4 before the election. Producers claim they want to explore the effects of the Eurosceptic party's policies on Britain ahead of polling day, when Ukip is planning to target 100 seats across the country. The programme will follow a new Ukip MP as she arrives in Westminster with the aim of taking the UK out of the European Union but one question is as yet unanswered: Who will play Nigel Farage? Scroll down for video The spoof documentary will examine the impact of Nigel Farage taking the keys of Number 10 as Prime Minister in a Ukip government after May's general election
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"@placeholder has weaknesses like any other team and when you score anyone can get nervous. | (CNN) -- In the end, it was all too familiar. Arsenal went out, Bayern went through -- same story, different season. For all the talk of Arsenal being able to emulate last season's famous victory at the Allianz Arena, there was one thing sorely lacking. Goals. That it managed to secure a 1-1 draw will provide some comfort to manager Arsene Wenger, whose club has gone nine years without winning a trophy. A 3-1 aggregate defeat means Arsenal will now have to shift its focus to the Premier League and FA Cup while Bayern continues its quest to dominate this competition.
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Bayern Munich through to last eight of the Champions League
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Bayern held to 1-1 draw by Arsenal but progresses 3-1 on aggregate
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He and his family said they didn't feel @placeholder's settlement offer was fair, given the fact that three university officials have been charged with knowing about abuse in 1998 and in 2001, and not doing enough to stop it. | A man who says he was molested by Jerry Sandusky has filed a private criminal complaint in Pennsylvania, trying to force prosecutors to reopen their investigation into the former coach and take him, once again, to trial. The man, who we're calling Victim X, told his story to CNN. "A big part of the healing process is to face your accuser," he said. Victim X said Sandusky molested him in 1988 when he was a junior in high school. He was a top recruit in football and baseball who was being sought by several schools, and decided to attend a weeklong football camp at Penn State. There, he met Sandusky, and said that he was molested twice by the then-defensive coordinator: once in the showers in the assistant coaches locker room and once in Sandusky's office.
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"Victim X" says Sandusky abused him when he was a junior in high school
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It's really cool to have those races that really mean a lot and then to be able to do it in the @placeholder is a huge opportunity for us." | (CNN)He's a two-time Olympic gold medalist, successful businessman and has a killer nickname that attests to his daredevil nature on the slopes. But what Ted 'the Shred' Ligety most wants is a repeat of his triple gold-medal-winning performance at the 2013 Alpine World Ski Championships. The U.S. star took top prize in the Giant Slalom, Super Combined and Super G events in Schladming, Austria, two years ago -- the first time any skier had achieved such a feat since the legendary Jean-Claude Killly did so in 1968. Now the 30-year-old has his sights firmly set on doing it all again as he prepares to make his first appearance at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
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It always takes a French president and a @placeholder chancellor a couple of years to get along well. | Paris (CNN) -- France and Germany have just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty in Berlin. Even British Prime Minister David Cameron had to respect this most symbolic date and wait another 24 hours before delivering his long-awaited speech on Europe. In 2003, for the Elysée Treaty's 40th anniversary, Jacques Chirac had lavishly received Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, and the whole of the Bundestag to Versailles. In his speech, the French president had invoked Goethe, Hugo and of course Charles de Gaulle and Adenauer, the founders of the Franco-German rapprochement in 1963. This year, Berlin was hosting the celebrations with a Bundestag bursting at the seams, having had to add 577 extra seats to accommodate the whole of the French National Assembly. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande gave a common press conference, met with students, answered their questions and went for lunch.
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It is 50 years since the leaders of France and Germany signed the Elysée Treaty
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French and German politicians gathered in Berlin Monday to celebrate the anniversary
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Agnes Poirier describes France and Germany as the European Union's locomotive
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Many of the youths turn themselves in to the @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Threats of violence. Sexual abuse. Strip searches. Dirty conditions. Young mothers whose children became sick. These are among the reported abuses of 116 minors by agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to a complaint filed Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union and four immigrant-rights groups. The groups say in their complaint that the incidents have been occurring for years and called for an investigation and improved federal policies toward young undocumented immigrants. "Given these longstanding problems, and in light of the rising number of unaccompanied children seeking relief from dangerous conditions in their home countries, the need for broad and lasting agency reforms is clear," the complaint says.
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More than 100 undocumented children reported they were mistreated while in custody
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Then it really took off when it went online, and it's still going pretty strong at the @placeholder/scaredofsanta. | (CNN) -- He's a huge, strangely dressed man who sneaks into people's homes at night, then yells, "Ho! Ho! Ho!" at the top of his lungs. Who wouldn't be afraid of Santa Claus? "A 2-year-old knows what a regular person looks like, and Santa ain't it," author Nancy Watkins says. Authors Denise Joyce and Nancy Watkins know at least 250 toddlers who are. The two recently published a book called "Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland" that shows photos of children on St. Nick's lap -- most of whom are desperate to leave. The project started at the Chicago Tribune, where both Joyce and Watkins work. They asked readers to send in their photos and got an overwhelming response that's still going strong. Last week, the Tribune's "Scared of Santa" Web site had 2 million hits.
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Journalists Denise Joyce and Nancy Watkins wrote "Scared of Santa"
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There are over 1,000 registered sex workers in @placeholder, which has a population of 170,000 (stock image) | By Allan Hall PUBLISHED: 11:14 EST, 6 December 2013 | UPDATED: 11:17 EST, 6 December 2013 Europe’s biggest brothel spanning nearly 20,000 square feet, costing £3.8million and employing nearly 100 working girls is poised to open in Germany. Building work is already underway on the ‘mega bordello’ as it has been dubbed in the German media as prostitution continues to flourish in the country where the world's oldest profession has been recognised since 2001 as a legal one too. But for many residents of the city on the border with France, the house of ill repute is one too many in a community already overflowing with sex parlours.
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The brothel, being built in Saarbruecken, will employ nearly 100 working girls
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Taken down: The driver was later identified as a 34-year-old @placeholder with several convictions for car theft | This dramatic video shows how a car thief managed to evade the police forces of two countries for more than an hour as he travelled at over 150mph after stealing a high-powered BMW in Germany. The driver, described as a professional car thief from Lithuania, was eventually caught when he realised he was running out of petrol - and had to dump the car and run away on foot. German police have been staging a crackdown on the theft of luxury cars by eastern European car thieves and reacted quickly when it was reported that the BMW X6 had been stolen in the Bavarian town of Dachau and that the thief was heading eastwards down the motorway.
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Police helicopter captures one-hour high-speed chase after thief steals BMW
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ISIS has gained not just cities, but also some @placeholder' claims of allegiance. | After three years of seesaw battles with the regime, Syrian rebels now face another daunting challenge: fending off radical Sunni militants who are taking over swaths of the country. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has gained notoriety in recent weeks as the group captured city after city in Iraq. Its goal: To create a caliphate, or Islamic state, spanning Iraq and Syria. Now, the crises in both countries are blending into a combined regional disaster as ISIS now controls land on both sides of the border -- opening the floodgates for weapons and fighters between Syria and Iraq.
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ISIS militants now control large stretches of Syria and Iraq, sources say
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They have been trying to create an Islamist state spanning both countries
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ISIS has also gained 6 oil and gas fields in Syria
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Syrian rebels threaten to stop fighting ISIS if they don't get supplies and support | 54,590 | record_train |
Truth be told, the last thing we (and @placeholder) should be doing right now is trying to hide and forget what happened. | (CNN) -- Over the past couple of days, I've listened with mounting frustration as people debate whether Penn State University should remove from its campus the 900-pound bronze statue of Joe Paterno, its once-legendary football coach. It's as if, to the folks who demand action, taking away a metal JoePa would serve as another blow to the real JoePa; one last spear in the heart of the fallen hero who apparently looked elsewhere as Jerry Sandusky, his longtime assistant coach and friend, molested one child after another. Sadly, it just doesn't work that way. As much as I have come to abhor Joe Paterno's indifference and arrogance and self-serving loyalty (to himself and his image and his stupid little football program), I fail to see how digging out a statue does anything but conflict with (what should be) one of the most important elements of higher education: Open and honest and intelligent dialogue. Were I in command of this decision, not only would I make certain the statue stays, I'd surround it with flood lights and fireworks and hire Flavor Flav to hype its very presence. "Come one, come all! Camp out! Bring classmates! Observe the bronze Joe Paterno! Debate away!"
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Penn State is considering the removal of its bronze Joe Paterno statue
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Its removal would conflict with an important element of higher education, says Jeff Pearlman
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The statue needs to remain, because we need to talk about what happened, he says
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Pearlman: Why have sports have exceeded academics in importance at schools? | 54,591 | record_train |
"He was trying to save the car and tires, but I took a lot of risk in passing him when he was trying," the 25-year-old @placeholder added. | (CNN) -- World champion Sebastian Vettel apologized to Red Bull teammate Mark Webber after defying orders to snatch a "risky" victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday and go to the top of the driver standings. Webber had been poised for the 10th victory of his career and first since July as he led comfortably after the team's final pit stops, and was told to hold back to maintain his car until the finish at the Sepang circuit. Vettel, however, took the opportunity to edge past the veteran Australian and claim his 27th race win, having started from pole position for the second time in two events this season.
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Sebastian Vettel wins Malaysia Grand Prix from Red Bull teammate Mark Webber
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Webber is unhappy after Vettel defies team orders to pass and claim first win of 2013
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German later apologizes to Webber, having been rebuked by team boss during race
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Lewis Hamilton takes third after his Mercedes teammate is told not to overtake | 54,592 | record_train |
Mr @placeholder said he ‘may’ have paid tradesmen cash in hand ‘but never to avoid paying tax’. | By Gerri Peev PUBLISHED: 19:56 EST, 24 July 2012 | UPDATED: 19:59 EST, 24 July 2012 Boris Johnson and a string of other leading politicians yesterday admitted paying tradesmen ‘cash in hand’ – 24 hours after a Treasury minister declared it ‘morally wrong’. David Gauke claimed making small cash payments was as bad as large-scale tax avoidance. Yesterday London Mayor Mr Johnson said: ‘I have certainly paid a lot of cash in hand.’ Confessing: Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, has admitted paying cash-in-hand after Tory Minister David Gauke, right, claimed such behaviour was 'morally wrong' Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg also admitted it, but said he did not negotiate discounts for doing so.
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Tory minister David Gauke said he disapproves of the practice
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He said non-taxed house services such as plumbing, cleaning and gardening is 'a large part of the hidden economy'
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Labour MP John Mann, accused the Treasury of operating ‘double standards’ by threatening ordinary people while they let corporate tax-dodgers slip through the net | 54,593 | record_train |
@placeholder completed the rout after breaking away in the final minutes to score Everton's fourth goal of the evening | CLICK HERE for your ultimate stats with our Match Zone from Goodison Park, including the 19-pass move that led to Everton's opening goal Who said facing German opposition spells doom for Barclays Premier League teams? After a chastening week for England’s finest, Everton emphatically restored pride here last night. If Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal were left red-faced following their meetings with the Bundesliga’s leading lights, Everton had no such problems at Goodison Park, blitzing Wolfsburg to announce their return to Europe in the grand style. From first whistle to last, Everton impressed, attacking with menace and defending stoically when questions were asked of them. The margin of victory — courtesy of an own goal and strikes from Seamus Coleman, Leighton Baines and Kevin Mirallas — was fitting reward.
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Everton defeated Wolfsburg 4-1 in their opening Europa League game at Goodison Park
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Roberto Martinez had promised to use the competition to develop his players in Europe
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Ricardo Rodriguez scored an opening own goal after a deflected shot from Steven Naismith
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Seamus Coleman doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time with a rare headed goal
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Leighton Baines played a part in both goals before scoring from the penalty spot after Aiden McGeady was fouled
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Kevin Mirallas scored a late goal before Rodriguez netted a consolation with a last-minute free-kick | 54,594 | record_train |
Describing the crime at the time, @placeholder said: 'My puppy was in the car and I didn’t want him to get cold,’ she said. | A woman who lost her pet Chihuahua in a lightning-fast carjacking has been reunited with the missing pup - though he has got dangerously thin. Eleni Pappas, 23, stepped outside her Audi A4 at a gas station to pay for her fuel when an opportunist leaped in and sped away, with 11-month-old Leo still in the back seat. The carjacking more than a week ago led to desperate pleas from Pappas for her pet to be returned - even without the car. But this week she found the vehicle, not far from where it was stolen, in Mill Basin, Brooklyn. Leo was still inside, but a pound lighter after 6 days with no food or water.
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Elani Pappas's car was stolen while she was paying for gas in Brooklyn
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23-year-old put out pleas for lost dog - saying she didn't care about the car
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She found the car not far from where it was stolen - with Leo still inside
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But dog has lost 1lb - a quarter of his body weight - since November 7 crime | 54,595 | record_train |
@placeholder police two years ago arrested Updyke for allegedly dousing the landmark trees on the edge of the Auburn campus with herbicide so potent that agronomists said they had little to no chance of survival. | (CNN) -- An Alabama man pleaded guilty Friday to poisoning oak trees that drew generations of Auburn University football fans celebrating victories, officials said. Harvey Updyke will serve at least six months of a three-year sentence for criminal damage to an agricultural facility, a felony, Lee County District Attorney Robbie Treese said in a statement. The plea brings to an end the criminal proceedings in an act in 2010 that outraged Auburn fans and others upset that the trees at Toomer's Corner were poisoned. Upon release, Updyke will be under five years of supervised probation, which includes a 7 p.m. curfew, a ban on attending any collegiate event and a ban on stepping on Auburn University property. Updyke, who is in his mid-60s, also will be assessed restitution, Treese said.
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Harvey Updyke pleads guilty
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He was accused of poisoning famed oak trees at Auburn
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He gets jail time, probation | 54,596 | record_train |
The last time @placeholder investigated the paper classes -- when UNC insisted they existed on a much smaller scale -- the association made UNC offer new classes to students who had been enrolled in the fake ones. | Chapel Hill, North Carolina (CNN) -- What happens to the 3,100 students who enrolled in fake classes and now have a degree stamped with the seal of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill -- an institution consistently ranked among the nation's top public schools? Likely nothing. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is currently reviewing a scathing report, prepared by former federal prosecutor Ken Wainstein, which showed thousands of UNC students took fraudulent classes, some of them multiple times. But Belle Wheelan, the president of the association -- which is charged with accrediting degree-granting higher education institutions in the South, from Virginia to Texas -- told CNN that her group can't take away degrees.
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Accrediting group: Can't take degrees from those who took fraudulent classes
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UNC could be sanctioned for the fraud, this group's president says
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Report by investigator found advisers funneled athletes to "paper classes"
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Men's hoops coach: "Very sad time" for UNC; "we tried to do the right thing" | 54,597 | record_train |
Until the launch of 'English on Sunday,' I did not have the opportunity to watch people speaking English without any @placeholder translation." | Beijing, China (CNN) -- One of my first jobs in China was teaching English through songs on CCTV, China's national television station. That was in 1979, when the People's Republic was just coming out of the tumultuous Cultural Revolution. Ordinary Chinese still wore drab Mao tunics, and top officials debated whether the foreign cultural influences seeping into China were "spiritual pollution." Still, the CCTV station producers wanted to use national television to popularize English language, and they wanted a light program. I was recruited to join a group of amateur musicians to produce "Let's Sing," a series of 30-minute specials to complement its weekly program, English on Sunday. Along with three Chinese performers, I would strum my guitar and sing English songs, including "Clementine", "Puff, The Magic Dragon" and "El Condor Pasa." Viewers learned new words, grammar and syntax as they learned the songs.
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In 1979, CCTV producers sought to use national television to popularize English
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Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" was among vetoed songs
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English had been virtually taboo when FlorCruz first arrived in China in 1971
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Rush to learn English has created a shortage of good English teachers | 54,598 | record_train |
Trophy: The Manchester City team greet their fans with their Premier League crown before their open top bus tour of @placeholder | By Lawrence Conway PUBLISHED: 13:03 EST, 14 May 2012 | UPDATED: 05:44 EST, 15 May 2012 Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has today apologised for holding up a banner ridiculing Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, his former boss, during a celebratory open-top bus tour. The Argentine forward was last night caught on TV brandishing the poster emblazoned with the taunt 'RIP Fergie' as he joined his team-mates on their victory lap of Manchester city centre. The 28-year-old is thought to have been passed or thrown the placard by a fan as the squad travelled the streets with the Premier League trophy.
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Argentine striker apologises for mocking his former boss, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson
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Sign thought to have been a reference to the 'Not in my lifetime' remark made by Ferguson three years ago when asked if United would ever be underdogs against City
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Thousands of Manchester City fans hailed the team that has landed the club's first top-flight English title for 44 years
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Supporters had queued from early afternoon to get a prime spot in Manchester's Albert Square | 54,599 | record_train |
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