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costs $499 in the @placeholder and £429 in the UK, making it £80 more expensive | By Victoria Woollaston PUBLISHED: 08:13 EST, 2 December 2013 | UPDATED: 08:30 EST, 2 December 2013 In the Christmas battle of the next-generation games consoles, there already appears to a clear winner. Sony’s PlayStation 4 has not only became the fastest selling console in UK history - selling a quarter of a million consoles in just 48 hours - it sold 100,000 more than rival Microsoft’s Xbox One in its opening weekend in the UK. The sales numbers are not official and they have been compiled from retail sales across the country by market tracking firm GfK, although this means the figure could be even higher.
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Sony's PS4 console went on sale at midnight on Thursday and costs £349
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According to research firm GfK, 250,000 were sold in the first 48 hours
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By comparison, Microsoft’s Xbox One sold 150,000 in the first two days
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This makes Sony’s PS4 the fastest selling console in the UK history - beating its previous record of 185,000 for the PSP in 2005
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Sony also broke U.S. records when it sold a million consoles in 48 hours | 55,700 | record_train |
Scouse Pammie: Carolyn uses her blonde bombshell looks to help her in her career as a @placeholder impersonator | PUBLISHED: 07:40 EST, 11 February 2014 | UPDATED: 07:35 EST, 12 February 2014 With long blonde hair, 32DD breasts and slender figure, Carolyn Anderson, 28, from Liverpool, is could easily be mistaken for Pamela Anderson at first glance. And for extreme Pammie fan Carolyn, that couldn't be more of a compliment. Indeed, so obsessed with the Baywatch star is she, she's spent 14 years and £20,000 on a mission to look more like the blonde actress. Now, however, she claims she's an improvement on the star and says that the 46-year-old actress ought to be flattered to be told she looks like Carolyn.
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Carolyn Anderson, 28, from Liverpool, has spent £20,000 on surgery
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Has wanted to look like Pamela Anderson since the age of 14
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Not every operation has gone to plan, including a botched boob job
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Calls herself the 'Scouse Pammie' and says she's better than original | 55,701 | record_train |
Mr @placeholder has accused Mr Gulen of establishing a 'parallel structure' within the state through his supporters in the judiciary, police and other state institutions, as well as wielding influence through the media. | Turkish police raided media outlets linked to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen today and detained 23 journalists and television producers. The operation acted against what President Tayyip Erdogan claims is a network conspiring to topple him. The raids on Zaman newspaper and Samanyolu television marked an escalation of Mr Erdogan's battle with former ally Mr Gulen. Turkish police arrested 23 journalists and television producers in raids on media outlets linked to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen today Staff and supporters of Zaman newspaper shout slogans as editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanli, centre, is arrested by counter-terror police at the newspaper headquarters in Istanbul today
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Operation targeted Zaman newspaper and Samanyolu television
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Marked escalation in President Tayyip Erdogan's battle with former ally
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He claims cleric Fethullah Gulen's network is conspiring to topple him
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Detained TV executive said: 'This is a shameful sight for Turkey' | 55,702 | record_train |
"He's the president whose main goal is to protect the wealth of the richest 5 percent of @placeholder." | (CNN) -- Billy Wharton should be happy. "Socialized health care" is on its way. The "socialist agenda" is taking over America. And best of all, Barack Obama, a "committed socialist ideologue," is in the Oval Office. But Wharton, co-chair of the Socialist Party USA, sees no reason to celebrate. He's seen people with bumper stickers and placards that call Obama a socialist, and he has a message for them: Obama isn't a socialist. He's not even a liberal. "We didn't see a great victory with the election of Barack Obama," Wharton says, " and we certainly didn't see our agenda move from the streets to the White House."
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Obama has been called a socialist but what do actual socialists say?
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Socialist leader: Obama isn't even a liberal
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Socialists say many Americans already accept socialism
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Tea Party member: Obama wants to spread the wealth | 55,703 | record_train |
Rivals: Miss Zissman beat both Helen Flanagan, left, and Apprentice co-star @placeholder, right, to win the prize | Apprentice star and Celebrity Big Brother runner-up Luisa Zissman rigged an online vote to win a popularity contest, it has been claimed. Miss Zissman, 26, scooped the National Reality TV Award for Best Female Personality last year, beating rivals including Apprentice rival Leah Totton, former Made in Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh and I'm A Celebrity contestant Helen Flanagan. But it has been claimed that she employed an IT company to bombard an online voting form with automatic submissions and ramp up her total. Scroll down for video Victorious: Luisa Zissman, left, pictured in September holding her National Reality TV Award for Best Female Personality
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Apprentice star won a National Reality TV Award in September last year
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Beat rivals Millie Mackintosh, Leah Totton and Helen Flanagan
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But sources from IT company seo77 say they used software to rig the vote
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Firm allegedly spent three days bombarding voting site with fake entries
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Miss Zissman has flatly denied attempting to influence the vote | 55,704 | record_train |
The reward for information leading to @placeholder, as well as to those responsible for her disappearance, has increased to $25,000, Coombs said Monday. | (CNN) -- Arizona authorities on Monday arrested the mother of a 5-year-old girl last seen more than a month ago, a police sergeant said. Jerice Hunter was "placed under arrest for child abuse directly related to her daughter, Jhessye Shockley," Glendale Police Sgt. Brent Coombs told reporters. "Our investigators are still working diligently to locate Jhessye," he said. "This is a step down that path." None of the leads about the girl's whereabouts has panned out, Coombs said. But he did say that information about her mother, Hunter, proved to "have substance to the investigation (and) have proven to be accurate, as far as we can tell."
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Jhessye Shockley was reported missing on October 11 in Glendale, Arizona
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Her mother has said the girl wandered away while at home with her siblings
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She earlier pleaded in the media, "Please bring my baby back"
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The mother is accused of "child abuse directly related to her daughter," police say | 55,705 | record_train |
The reason for that, there was no way, no way at all in which we could have fought and defeated colonialism all around us, with so many parties in @placeholder at that time. | (CNN) -- Considered one of modern Africa's founding fathers, Zambia's first President Kenneth Kaunda has spent much of his life fighting some of Africa's toughest battles. From his struggles against the racism and oppression of colonial rule in the 1950s to the fight against AIDS today, it's been an eventful life for Zambia's former leader. Kaunda's rise to prominence started in the early 1950s, a time of growing political unrest in the region. Independence movements across Africa were gaining momentum and activists, becoming ever more defiant, were demanding the end of colonialism and the right to self government. In Northern Rhodesia -- soon to become Zambia -- Kaunda was in the midst of the struggles, fighting against a repressive and racist regime, he explained to CNN.
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Kenneth Kaunda became Zambia's first President after independence in 1964
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During the country's struggles, Kaunda was jailed twice by the colonial authorities
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Once in power, he governed for 27 years under one-party rule
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Twenty years out of politics, Kaunda continues to campaign against the spread of AIDS | 55,706 | record_train |
"He has special qualities," @placeholder general manager Marty Hurney said. | (CNN) -- The Carolina Panthers selected Auburn University quarterback Cam Newton as the first pick of the 2011 NFL draft on Thursday. The Panthers were given first pick as a result of being the worst-performing franchise last season and had been widely tipped to opt for the 21-year-old. Denver Broncos were allotted second choice in the draft, and the two-time Super Bowl winners chose Texas A&M linebacker Von Miller. The draft took place amid a dispute between NFL teams and players over pay rates. NFL owners appeal ruling, allow some operations Talks between the players and the teams over contracts broke down last month, resulting in the players union disbanding.
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Quarterback Cam Newton was the first pick in Thursday's NFL draft
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The 21-year-old will join the Carolina Panthers, last year's worst-performing team
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Linebacker Von Miller was picked second and will play for Denver Broncos | 55,707 | record_train |
Mubarak, said the committee, can remain as a symbolic leader but should delegate to @placeholder responsibility for the transition period. | Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Opposition leaders and intellectuals met with Egypt's vice president Saturday to discuss avenues for easing embattled President Hosni Mubarak from power, the number one demand of of tens of thousands of demonstrators. Among the proposals under discussion is Article 139 of the constitution, which allows for the vice president to assume control if the president is no longer able. At least one opposition group, the leftist Tagammu party, is asking the government to activate the article's powers so that Suleiman can take charge immediately and allow Mubarak to make a graceful exit. A member of the self-declared Committee of the Wise, told CNN that Suleiman was willing to listen.
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NEW: Demonstrators try to prevent tanks from passing in Tahrir Square
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Protesters in Tahrir Square form new opposition group
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Some opposition leaders meet with the government; others dig in
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Anti-government protesters are still gathered in central Cairo | 55,708 | record_train |
His son was allegedly dismembered by @placeholder and his body parts mailed to political parties and schools | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 14:47 EST, 11 March 2013 | UPDATED: 15:37 EST, 11 March 2013 A Canadian porn actor accused of murdering and dismembering a Chinese student then posting a video online of him eating part of the body appeared in court on Monday as his lawyers unsuccessfully sought to close pre-trial proceedings to the press and public. Luka Rocco Magnotta, who was deported from Germany after an international manhunt, observed the hearing from a glass enclosure in the packed Montreal court room. During two to three weeks of proceedings, prosecutors will outline the case against 30-year-old Magnotta and seek to persuade a judge they have enough evidence for the case to go to trial.
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Luka Rocco Magnotta, 30, sat in glass enclosure in packed Montreal courtroom
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Father of victim, Chinese exchange student Jun Lin, said: 'This is the worst thing a family can endure. We are empty' | 55,709 | record_train |
Victim: @placeholder was shot dead in his student apartment near Michigan State University | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:44 EST, 1 February 2014 | UPDATED: 19:38 EST, 1 February 2014 A 20-year-old Michigan State University student has died and his roommate was injured during a shooting at their apartment. Business student Dominique Nolff died this morning from multiple gunshot wounds after he was shot in his home the night before. His roommate, Corbin Holwerda, was shot once in the attack, which police said 'does not appear to be a random act'. Corbin Howlerda was shot in his apartment in an attack deemed 'not a coincidence' Dominique Noff, left, died from multiple gunshot wounds following the shooting
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Dominique Nolff died from multiple gunshot wounds hours after attack
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Corbin Holwerda was shot once during Friday night shooting
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Police still searching for suspect who managed to flee the scene | 55,710 | record_train |
@placeholder and the device's makers hope it will encourage more people with hearing loss to get help earlier. | People wait in long lines and even camp out to get their hands on new Apple devices as soon as they're available. But they drag their feet, sometimes for years, when it comes to purchasing another piece of technology that could greatly improve their lives: hearing aids. Hearing-aid manufacturers and audiologists hope a new collaboration between them and Apple will help. Danish hearing-aid company GN ReSound last week announced a new hearing aid that's compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Called LiNX, the device syncs wirelessly with the newest Apple mobile devices and takes advantage of iOS 7's new accessibility options for the hearing-impaired.
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Apple and Danish company ReSound have teamed up on a new hearing aid
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The technology pairs with the latest iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
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Wearers can stream stereo audio from their mobile devices directly to their ears
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Doctors and manufacturers hope Apple's integration will do away with hearing aid stigmas | 55,711 | record_train |
Eighty-six percent of remaining cases in the world are in @placeholder, where violence continues to threaten the population and health workers. | (CNN) -- Oppressed by war and poverty for generations, the Sudanese have struggled with terrible hardships. But the people of this vast country have a narrow window of hope to achieve progress by ridding both their nation and the world of a horrible disease forever. With support from The Carter Center and others in one small targeted area where cases remain, Sudan -- the last stand for Guinea worm disease -- could quickly eliminate this parasitic infection contracted from contaminated drinking water. Guinea worm victims endure the horror of a thin worm, up to 3 feet (1 meter) long, emerging slowly through a burning blister in their skin over the course of about a month after the parasite has incubated inside them for a year. This can be stopped by educating people to filter all drinking water and to stay out of water sources when they have a worm emerging to keep it from discharging new larvae back into the water.
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Jimmy Carter: Sudanese have chance to rid nation and world of a horrible disease
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Guinea worm sufferers endure 3 foot-long worm emerging painfully from skin, he writes
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The Carter Center helping Sudan with education, eradication efforts
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Sudanese have been most successful during periods of relative peace, Carter says | 55,712 | record_train |
was a change of venue for @placeholder, which normally launches moon missions | By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 20:45 EST, 7 September 2013 | UPDATED: 20:46 EST, 7 September 2013 NASA's newest robotic explorer rocketed into space late Friday in an unprecedented moonshot from Virginia that dazzled sky watchers along the East Coast. But the LADEE spacecraft quickly ran into equipment trouble, and while NASA assured everyone early Saturday that the lunar probe was safe and on a perfect track for the moon, officials acknowledged the problem needs to be resolved in the next two to three weeks. S. Peter Worden, director of NASA's Ames Research Center in California, which developed the spacecraft, told reporters he's confident everything will be working properly in the next few days.
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Rocket launched at 11:27 p.m. ET from Virginia
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Probe will study the lunar atmosphere and environment
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Probe will have an orbiter to gather information on the moon | 55,713 | record_train |
South Korea says a @placeholder torpedo attack was to blame for the ship's sinking. | Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the demilitarized zone that splits the Korean Peninsula in two for the first time on Sunday. His planned visit to the heavily fortified border is part of a three-day trip to South Korea to participate in a summit meeting about nuclear security in Seoul. Top officials from 54 countries including China and Russia will attend the summit meeting next week, but its message of international cooperation has been overshadowed by North Korea's announcement last week that it is planning to carry out a rocket-powered satellite launch in April.
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NEW: U.S. fighter jet crashes in South Korea; pilot safely ejects
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President Obama visits South Korea next week for a nuclear security summit
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While there, he plans to make his first visit to the demilitarized zone
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North Korea's announcement of a satellite launch has increased tensions in the region | 55,714 | record_train |
"The opposition is unable to organize effectively in @placeholder due in part to the detention, torture and murder of countless opposition activists." | (CNN) -- Among the dead were 40 women and children. Again, as in Houla, the images are chilling. Babies, lifeless. Wrapped in blankets, white shrouds. Women with faces in hues of ghostly whites, deep purples and reds -- the colors of death. Civil war imminent in Syria, U.N. warns The world gasped two weeks ago at the slaughter of at least 108 people in the Syrian town of Houla. Now, activists say it has happened again, this time in the village of Qubeir, not far from the city of Hama. The reactions are eerily familiar: horror. Shock. Then, reaction and blame on Bashar al-Assad and, from his government, blame on armed terrorists.
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A video posted online claims to show another massacre in Syria
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The images are of dead women and children in the village of Qubeir
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The video elicits condemnation for Bashar al-Assad at a U.N. session on Syria
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The U.N. chief calls it "shocking and sickening" | 55,715 | record_train |
'It’s taken eleven jurors just over two hours to make the right decision based on the evidence given them to convict @placeholder of manslaughter,' he said. | By Jaya Narain and Sam Webb PUBLISHED: 13:10 EST, 14 November 2012 | UPDATED: 09:10 EST, 15 November 2012 A railway guard found guilty of manslaughter following the death of a teenage girl who fell under a train was jailed for five years today. Christopher McGee, 45, took a 'terrible risk' by giving the signal for the driver to depart as Georgia Varley, 16, was leaning against the carriage, a judge said. The sixth-form college student, who was drunk on a night out in Liverpool with friends, fell between the train and the platform at the city’s James Street station in October last year as a result of McGee's 'appalling disregard for her safety', a court heard.
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Georgia Varley died after falling between a train and the platform on a night out in Liverpool
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Train guard Christopher McGee, 45, gave the signal for the driver to depart as the 16-year-old was leaning against the carriage
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McGee was sentenced to five years in prison today after being found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence
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The teenager's heartbroken mother said: 'Georgia was my entire family'
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'She paid for your criminal negligence with her life' a judge said | 55,716 | record_train |
The hero of the story is an @placeholder barrister who plucked the tome from a junk shop. | (CNN) -- On the heels of news that an almost-900-year-old heart was stolen from a cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, comes a report of a happier nature about a long-lost almost-500-year-old book that now is back in its Dublin home. There is still no sign of the preserved heart of the city's patron saint, St. Laurence O'Toole. It was snatched from the iron cage where it was kept in Christ Church Cathedral at the start of March and has disappeared without trace. But the new and unlikely tale of the book could give hope to those seeking the heart and all things long lost. Again, the drama is set in the Irish capital and there is a church connection.
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A book missing from Archbishop Marsh's Library in Dublin for 100 years is back home
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A barrister buys it at a junk shop and brings it to the library
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The library is delighted to "welcome back an old friend" | 55,717 | record_train |
@placeholder's gift comes on top of the $400,000 that Planned Parenthood reported raising online from 6,000 donors the first 24 hours after the announcement. | The fallout from the Susan G. Komen foundation's decision not to renew funding for some Planned Parenthood projects has led to threatened resignations, angry press statements and a letter from Senate Democrats. Now the mayor of New York has gotten involved. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he is giving a $250,000 matching gift to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America to help make up for the loss of funding announced Tuesday by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, his office said Thursday. "Politics have no place in health care," the mayor said in a statement. "Breast cancer screening saves lives, and hundreds of thousands of women rely on Planned Parenthood for access to care. We should be helping women access that care, not placing barriers in their way."
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Officials leave Komen foundation
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Bloomberg gift comes after Komen Foundation yanked its funding
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Planned Parenthood reports raising $400,000 within 24 hours
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Komen Foundation says "quality of the grants" was a factor | 55,718 | record_train |
In actual fact, the @placeholder numbers were nearly double the amount Dunne stated and the number of Zulus were four times his estimate. | By Martin Robinson An incredibly-rare eyewitness account by one of the British heroes of the Zulu War battle immortalised in the celebrated Michael Caine film has been unearthed 135 years later. Walter Dunne's letter on January 24, 1879 describes how he and a brave band of soldiers successfully defended an outpost in South Africa against 4,000 Zulu warriors. The assistant commissary officer was recommended for the Victoria Cross for his role in the heroic stand, which was celebrated in the 1964 film Zulu. The letter - written on the back of a large delivery note - reveals how with a comrade he fortified the mission station by organising a makeshift barricade from 200lbs mealie bags that were stacked 5ft high.
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Despatch by Walter Dunne on January 24, 1879, found 135 years later
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Tells how he and a comrade built barricade after barricade to repel Zulus
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Dunne fought in stand where 150 British soldiers defeated 4,000 men
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The letter - written on a delivery note - will be auctioned for £30,000 | 55,719 | record_train |
Match 49: @placeholder 1-1 Chile in Belo Horizonte (Brazil wins 3-2 on penalties) | (CNN) -- Final: Germany 1-0 Argentina (After extra time) Mario Gotze (113 mins) Third and fourth place playoff: Brazil 0-3 Netherlands in Brasilia Robin van Persie pen (3 mins) Daley Blind (16 mins) Georginio Wijnaldum (90+1 mins) Schedule of matches (kickoff times GMT): Thursday June 12 Group A: Brazil 3-1 Croatia in Sao Paulo Friday June 13 Group A: Mexico 1-0 Cameroon in Natal Group B: Spain 1-5 Netherlands in Salvador Group B: Chile 3-1 Australia in Cuiaba Saturday June 14 Group C: Colombia 3-0 Greece in Belo Horizonte Group D: Uruguay 1-3 Costa Rica in Fortaleza
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World Cup kicked off June 12 with host Brazil beating Croatia
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32 teams are divided into eight groups of four teams
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Top two teams in each group go to knockout stages
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Final takes place on Sunday July 13 in Rio de Janeiro | 55,720 | record_train |
Just since 1996, she said, government troops have burned down 4,000 @placeholder villages. | (CNN) -- Myanmar plans to release 651 prisoners starting Friday, state television reported, one day after the country's leadership announced a cease-fire with an ethnic rebel group that has waged a bitter, decades-long insurgency for greater autonomy. Democracy activists are expected to be among those released throughout the day. On Thursday, a cease-fire deal with the Karen National Union (KNU) was widely seen as another attempt by the nominally civilian government to gain greater international credibility. The Karen will now be permitted to travel throughout the country, but without weapons, a government official said. Karen leaders and activists said it was too early to gauge whether peace would take hold.
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NEW: Myanmar plans to release 651 prisoners starting Friday, state television reports
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If the cease-fire holds, it will end 63 years of bloody conflict
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Myanmar has historically accused the Karen of waging attacks to destabilize the military junta
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Karen activists said it was too early to gauge whether peace would hold | 55,721 | record_train |
@placeholder and Obama "look forward to discussing a shared vision of Afghanistan beyond 2014," the statement read. | (CNN) -- At least three people died when a suicide bomb exploded near Afghanistan's Kandahar airfield Thursday, hours after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta had left the city. One American was killed and three others were wounded, Panetta said. Two Afghan civilians were killed and 18 others were wounded, said Jawid Faisal, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar province, in the country's violent southern region. The attack struck an MRAP, the acronym for a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle used by U.S. forces, as it was about to enter the base. The Taliban claimed responsibility, the group's spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said in an e-mail CNN obtained. He wrote that a "brave Taliban fighter" carried out the attack. The e-mail did not specify whether the explosion was connected to Panetta's visit.
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One American, two Afghans died in attack near airfield
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta left Kandahar hours before blast
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"Brave Taliban fighter" detonated the bomb, the group says
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Panetta, Obama invited Karzai to visit Washington early next year | 55,722 | record_train |
@placeholder, a lobbyist who did not have security clearance, accompanied Dr Fox on at least 18 foreign business trips. | By Simon Walters and Glen Owen On the way up: Dr Liam Fox is set for a key role in the Cabinet ahead of next year's General Election Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox was last night tipped for a dramatic return to the political front line in a Cabinet reshuffle this week. Senior MPs say David Cameron is considering giving Right-winger Dr Fox a key role in the run-up to next year’s General Election. The move emerged as the Prime Minister planned a radical ministerial shake-up, with major promotions for leading women Conservative MPs. Dr Fox was Defence Secretary for the first 18 months of the Coalition, but was forced to resign in disgrace in October 2011 in a row over his dealings with his best man and former associate Adam Werritty.
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Former Defence Secretary among winners in pre-election shake up
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Women being promoted include Nicky Morgan and Elizabeth Truss
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Kenneth Clarke, 74, set to exit Cabinet after 42 years as a Minister | 55,723 | record_train |
It's beginning to nip around the capital, and I don't think any observer at this point thinks that the @placeholder government really has a chance in terms of retaining long-term power over the country. | (CNN) -- Syria's civil war has been grinding on for nearly two years now, resulting in the deaths of more than 60,000 people, according to estimates from the office of the U.N. Human Rights Commissioner. More than 500,000 Syrians have sought refuge in neighboring countries, and the U.N. believes that number could top a million in the coming year. Will the situation improve in 2013, or will the bloody stalemate continue? There have been encouraging signs lately for the opposition, which has made military gains against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. But some observers say al-Assad's grip on power remains strong.
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CNN's Nic Robertson and Nick Paton Walsh examine what the future may hold for Syria
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Paton Walsh: 'Very little doubt' the rebels will defeat the regime of Bashar al-Assad
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Robertson: It will take years to rebuild the country's infrastructure, economy | 55,724 | record_train |
But @placeholder had something about them yesterday, purring when they were in possession and always threatening around the edges of the penalty area. | By Neil Ashton for The Mail on Sunday From his seat just behind the dug-out, Teddy Sheringham saluted West Ham’s goalscorers one by one. All three had the seal of approval from the club’s new striker coach. Their finishes were straight out of the Sheringham locker, taking English football back to a time when he had the calmest finish in the game. He could make it look so easy. So did West Ham, strolling to victory at Selhurst Park with goals from Mauro Zarate, Stewart Downing and Carlton Cole. They were ruthless. Off to a bad start: Mauro Zarate made matters worse for manager-less Crystal Palace by giving West Ham the lead after 34 minutes
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West Ham beat Crystal Palace 3-1 on Saturday in the Premier League to make matters worse for Steve Parish
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Zarate scored opening goal before Stewart Downing added second to leave Palace 2-0 down at half time
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Marouane Chamakh got Palace back into tie with more than 40 minutes to play but could not inspire a full comeback
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Carlton Cole scored killer goal 62 minutes in to make it 3-1 to visitors at Selhurst Park | 55,725 | record_train |
'I have to take it out and get it wet, and the @placeholder's a pretty tough environment,' Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert said. | The US military has deployed its first laser weapon ever to be used in combat. The science fiction made real armament is seven years in the making and comes at a cost of $40 million. Dubbed the 30-kilowatt-class Laser Weapon System, the devices was installed onto the USS Ponce in August, where the warship has been patrolling with it ever since. Navy officials say the weapon can set fire to targets at the speed of light. Those targets include aerial drones, speed boats and swarm boats, all potential threats to warships in the Persian Gulf, where the Ponce, a floating staging base, is deployed.
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The solid-state Laser Weapon System is designed to target what the Navy describes as 'asymmetrical threats'
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Those include aerial drones, speed boats and swarm boats -- all are potential threats in the Persian Gulf, specifically from Iranian forces
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The system is aboard the USS Ponce, which has been patrolling with the weapon since late August | 55,726 | record_train |
They had apparently got bored of their life in @placeholder and Mr Jackson, a former taxi driver, and his wife, a retired cleaner, moved to Portugal for a change of scene. | Expat Nigel Jackson, 59, has been arrested by police after his wife Brenda Davidson's body was found buried in their garden in Portugal A British man has been arrested in Portugal after the body of his wife was found buried under a concrete slab in his idyllic country home. Expat Nigel Jackson, 59, was seized by police after his wife, Brenda Davidson, 73, went missing from their home on the Algarve last November. Portuguese police were alerted by her son, Dean, who had been concerned over the whereabouts of his mother for several weeks. According to neighbours, Jackson had initially said she had returned to the UK 'for treatment for a nasty cough.'
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Nigel Jackson, 59, seized after Brenda Davidson went missing in Algarve
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Portugese police alerted to 73-year-old's disappearance by her son Dean
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Officers say her remains could have been buried in garden for some weeks
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Jackson reportedly admitted burying wife but said she committed suicide
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Couple moved to Algarve 10 years ago from their home in Rochester, Kent
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Probe led by same squad assisting Scotland Yard with Madeleine McCann | 55,727 | record_train |
"I wanted to get to college and start in the @placeholder. | (CNN)He has intercepted passes from both of the Super Bowl quarterbacks, but Tom Brady and Russell Wilson have nothing on Mr. Silva. The NFL just wasn't adding up for Ricardo Silva, so he decided to hang up his shoulder pads and head back to school -- to teach high school geometry. Silva, 26, played two seasons in the NFL, earning more than $500,000 a year as safety for the Detroit Lions and then briefly with the Carolina Panthers. Now, he earns about $50,000 a year as recruit for Teach for America. Silva made a two year commitment to Washington's Ballou High school starting back in September.
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Former NFL safety Ricardo Silva is now a high school teacher in Washington, D.C.
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He says teaching is more challenging than playing professional football
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Silva's goal is to eventually become a school principal | 55,728 | record_train |
They wondered why @placeholder had never mentioned the incident until the late 1990s. | Editor's note: Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot professor of modern Jewish and Holocaust studies at Emory University, is the author of "History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving." She was the target of a British libel lawsuit by Irving, a historian she said had become a spokesman for Holocaust denial. Lipstadt won the case in April 2000. Read her blog here Deborah Lipstadt says the Holocaust love story seemed incredible on its face. (CNN) -- I don't know whether to be sad or angry -- or both. The recent exposé of the fact that Herman Rosenblat's Holocaust memoir is a hoax was no surprise to me. From the first time I heard the story of his "miraculous" survival during the Nazi era, I doubted that it could be true.
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Deborah Lipstadt: People raised questions about Holocaust love story
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She says backers of the story rejected the doubts
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Lipstadt says such tales give ammunition to Holocaust deniers
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Within two weeks of the broadcast, @placeholder recruitment was down. | (Mental Floss) -- If you think comic book characters do amazing things in comic books, you won't believe what they can do off the page. For starters, Superman brought down the Ku Klux Klan, and Donald Duck raised ships from the ocean floor. 1. Superman defeats the Ku Klux Klan In the 1940s, "The Adventures of Superman" was a radio sensation. Kids across the country huddled around their sets as the Man of Steel leapt off the page and over the airwaves. Although Superman had been fighting crime in print since 1938, the weekly audio episodes fleshed out his storyline even further.
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Several comic book heroes have affected people in real life
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Superman battled the KKK in radio series "Clan of the Fiery Cross"
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Something created in Spider-Man comic inspires device that keeps people out of jail
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Life provides losses and heartbreak for all of us, but the greatest tragedy is to have the experience and miss the meaning," @placeholder said Thursday. | (CNN) -- The mother of "Good Morning America" host Robin Roberts has died, ABC News reported early Friday. Roberts made it home to Mississippi to see her 88-year-old mother, who died Thursday evening, according to the news network. The morning show host was preparing to leave the show Friday to take an extended medical leave, but left a day early to help her ailing mother. Her mother, Lucimarian Tolliver Roberts, appeared on the morning show several times, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. The anchor's extended medical leave follows her June announcement that she's been diagnosed with MDS, a rare blood disorder that affects the bone marrow
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Roberts makes it home to see her mother before she passes
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The death follows the announcement that Roberts has a rare blood disorder
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Street food: @placeholder picks up, skins, prepares... and eats his own roadkill | By Ellie Buchdahl PUBLISHED: 07:44 EST, 22 December 2013 | UPDATED: 13:05 EST, 22 December 2013 A dinner of roadkill, a full Christmas spread salvaged from dustbins, and a side order of sprouts that are a year old - some people will go to no limits to cut Christmas costs, it seems. Hampshire student Libby Russell rooted around supermarket skips and rubbish dumps to find all the components of a heaving Christmas spread - from duck and roast potatoes, carrots and parsnips, to the cheese course and mulled wine and beer. If you think that's extreme, try Jonathan McGowan, the 46-year-old from Bournemouth, Dorset, who has dined exclusively on roadkill for the past 30 years, and has a trio of fox, pheasant and venison planned for his table on Christmas day.
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Hampshire student sources Christmas food, presents and decor from bins
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Bournemouth man who has lived off roadkill for 30 years makes Christmas dinner of fox, pheasant and venison
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Woman from Scotland discovers last year's sprouts in their dish... and declares they 'looked good enough to eat'
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Takeaway chain Just Eat offers festive pizza, kebab, curry and sushi | 55,732 | record_train |
set up by the @placeholder to avoid paying legal costs, is an example of | By Wills Robinson A portrait of Richard III, whose remains will now be laid to rest in Leicester Cathedral following a High Court battle Richard III will finally be laid to rest at Leicester Cathedral after judges said it was time for the monarch to be given a 'dignified burial'. Distant relatives opposed plans to bury him in the city after his remains were discovered in a council car park in August 2012. They said he should be placed in York Minster because it was a wish of 'the last medieval king of England'. But the High Court told the claimaints, who are part of the Plantagenet Alliance, there was no reason to interfere with the initial plans.
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High Court judges said it is time for monarch to be given 'dignified burial'
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Plantagenet Alliance argued a public consultation should decide location
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Richard died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 during defeat by Henry VII
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His body was taken to Leicester and buried under what is now a car park
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@placeholder, who sits at the number two position, who has long led the way when it comes to grooming, championing the hair quiff, fake tan and eyebrow threading over his career. | There can be no doubt that 2014 has been a stellar year for George Clooney, with the sworn bachelor finally tying the knot with international lawyer Amal Alamuddin. And, now, topping off a triumphant 12 months, George's decades of unfaltering style have been acknowledged as he is crowned Male Grooming Icon of 2014. Ever since setting hearts aflutter in ER in the Nineties, George has championed a suave, clean shaven look, setting the standard for silver foxes everywhere, which saw him claim an impressive third of the total votes. George Clooney has been awarded the title of Male Grooming Icon in this triumphant year for the star which saw him finally walk down the aisle with lawyer Amal Alamuddin
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George is followed by Beckham and Daniel Craig in list
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Prince William steps out from Kate's shadow to claim the fourth spot
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"It's always on my mind, and I have @placeholder daughters. | Seven years ago, Dawn Larkin-Wallace, a mom of three, took up running to lose that 10 to 20 pounds of baby weight that just wouldn't go away. She figured once she dropped the weight, she'd be off the treadmill. What she could have never imagined is that she'd become a marathon runner who inspired her three children to start running, too. "We're just a running family," said Larkin-Wallace of Baldwin, New York, who is part of the running club Black Girls RUN!, a national group encouraging African-American women to make health and fitness a priority. First, Larkin-Wallace signed up 15-year-old daughter Kayla, a high school sophomore, for a race after realizing that the amount of running she did during her soccer games was the equivalent of a 5K.
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New York mom says she's always mindful of her teens' body image
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Two in three 13-year-olds worry about gaining weight, according to study
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Girls are bombarded with "superskinny" images, a women's advocate says
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The best advice to parents, per psychotherapists: Never say "Do I look fat?" | 55,735 | record_train |
They cited unconfirmed reports that @placeholder and forces under his control are using inflammatory speech to spark hatred. | (CNN) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, distressed over a call to attack the hotel where Ivory Coast's president-elect and U.N. security forces are based, said Thursday that the forces are "authorized to use all necessary means to protect its personnel" and any others at the location. "Any attack against peacekeepers constitutes a crime under international law, for which the perpetrators and those who instigate them will be held accountable," Ban said. A spokesman for Alassane Ouattara, declared the winner in a November 28 runoff election, brushed off the threats to attack the hotel. "I don't see anyone taking this hotel by any means," Patrick Achi told CNN. "So really I'm not taking (this) seriously."
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NEW: U.N. secretary-general describes the situation as "deteriorating"
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Scores of people killed in violence following disputed runoff election
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Self-declared President Laurent Gbagbo is urged to cede power
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World leaders consider Alassane Ouattara the rightful winner | 55,736 | record_train |
Denied: @placeholder barista Lisa Conn, 30, said two public pools denied her access because they claimed her American Apparel swimwear looked like underwear | It seems it's not just their advertisements which rub people the wrong way. A 30-year-old swimmer claims she was barred from two Philadelphia, Pennsylvania public pools because security guards thought her tiny American Apparel bikini looked like underwear. Lisa Conn said male employees 'harassed' and 'ridiculed' her when she showed up wearing a watermelon-print, ruched front tube top with skimpy yellow bottoms. 'I am flat-chested. My two-piece reveals nothing. I don't know if this is a bullying thing, a race thing, or humiliating women for the sake of it,' Conn opined. 'But I pay my taxes and I love my pool. I don't want any woman to be made to feel the way that I feel.'
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Lisa Conn claims security guards told swimmers she was wearing 'bra and panties' and refused her access this week
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American Apparel is sending Conn free merchandise | 55,737 | record_train |
Mr @placeholder's contract was not renewed last year and he left the force with a controversial £250,000 golden goodbye. | By Leon Watson PUBLISHED: 07:31 EST, 26 November 2013 | UPDATED: 07:43 EST, 26 November 2013 Former chief constable of North Yorkshire Police Grahame Maxwell, who along with Adam Briggs, has been asked to pay back £100,000 after a review of the legality of allowances paid to them A disgraced former chief constable and his deputy who left their force after being embroiled in a high level nepotism inquiry have been asked to pay back £100,000 in allowance payments. North Yorkshire's former chief constable Grahame Maxwell and his deputy Adam Briggs will be written to and asked to pay back the cash after a review of historic and current payments made by the force.
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It follows a review of historic and current payments made by their force
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Grahame Maxwell was the chief of North Yorkshire Police until last year
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His deputy, Adam Briggs retired from the police two years ago
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I think this is the only way a @placeholder service organization can become a global organization." | (CNN) -- While English has long been the de facto language of international business, more multinational companies are now mandating that employees communicate only in English. According to Tsedal Neeley, a professor at Harvard Business School, companies that don't adopt English as a standard for their entire organization will, at some point, "experience some form of bottleneck." "It depends on what the company does, but if you'll have members in different countries needing to collaborate -- whether it's to integrate technology platforms or cater to customers worldwide -- it will become more important that even middle managers and employees with international assignments will need a common language in order to interface with others."
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More companies mandating English as their corporate language, says Harvard Business School professor
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Japanese company Rakuten is among those that have gone "English only"
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While rightist parties want to cut @placeholder budgets, cut its influence, or simply cut it all up and throw it away, those on the left have been pushing hard to end the austerity drive driven by Brussels. | You might have been forgiven for not knowing there is an election around Europe, starting on Thursday, to elect 751 members of the European Parliament, known as MEPs. You are not forgiven. There are 751 seats from 28 countries up for grabs. Nearly 400 million Europeans are eligible to vote. Extreme parties on the left, and more noticeable, on the right, are expected to poll very well. It seems the angry are most likely to make the effort to vote, from Dublin to Athens. The European Parliament gained more power in the Lisbon Treaty. It certainly does not have the legislative power of a national parliament, but it has the power to pressure Brussels.
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The European elections begins Thursday, and 400 million voters are eligible to vote across 28 EU member states
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The protest parties have been rising in popularity, but they are unlikely to have influence, as Jim Boulden writes
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On the spot: @placeholder players celebrate after defeating Chile on penalties to progress to the quarter-finals | By Brian Barwick A local survey tells me people like penalty shoot-outs. Make that very local. On Saturday evening, my wife Gerry was on her way out of the house when she passed the lounge door. Briefly in her eye-line the TV, and Brazil v Chile reaching its climax with the first penalty shoot-out of this World Cup. She stopped momentarily to ‘just watch the first penalty’, and was still there nine penalties later. And she wasn’t alone as over 12 million people saw Brazilian poster-boy Neymar score Brazil’s vital fifth penalty and Chilean fall-guy Jara strike a post and send his team-mates back to the hotel for their passports.
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Former Head of BBC Sport reflects on Brazil's penalty shoot out with Chile
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Over 12m people watched Neymar send Brazil through to quarter-finals
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Guy Mowbray and Martin Keown gave a measured commentary for BBC
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Kevin Keegan wrongly predicted David Batty would score in 1998
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James Rodriguez's name has been causing pronunciation problems | 55,741 | record_train |
Fair question, but fact is @placeholder has contract with Wembley to play all home games there. | 83,578 - 30 May 2014: England 3-0 Peru 68,573 - 5 March 2014: England 1-0 Denmark 85,934 - 19 November 2013: England 0-1 Germany 62,693 - 15 November 2013: England 0-2 Chile 80,485 - 14 August 2013: England 3-2 Scotland England will have to play their home games at Wembley for the next eight to nine years until the Football Association is debt free for the payment of the stadium, according to Club England managing director Adrian Bevington. The Three Lions host Norway on Wednesday with what is expected to be the lowest attendance for an international match at the new Wembley.
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England will have to play at Wembley for the next eight to nine years according to Club England managing director Adrian Bevington
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Bevington says this is because the FA are in debt due to cost of Wembley
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England play Norway on Wednesday with an expected crowd of 35,000-40,000 people from the 90,000 capacity stadium | 55,742 | record_train |
Businessman and @placeholder owner Roman Abramovich, pictured, is said to have settled on £150million in divorce with now ex-wife Irina | By Emma Glanfield Irina Abramovich, 46, was dressed smartly in black trousers, a black leather jacket and an orange scarf as she was spotted shopping in Chelsea, south-west London The ex-wife of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has been spotted out and about for the first time since her estimated £150million divorce from the Chelsea FC owner. Irina Abramovich, 46, was dressed smartly in black trousers, a black leather jacket and an orange scarf as she was spotted shopping in Chelsea, south-west London, today. The former Russian air stewardess married billionaire Abramovich in October 1991 but they divorced almost 16 years later in 2007 - in a divorce settlement said to be in the region of £150million.
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Irina Abramovich, 46, spotted shopping in Chelsea, south-west London
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She split from the Chelsea FC owner in 2007 in '£150m quickie divorce'
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Pair have five children together, and he has further two with new partner
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Russian billionaire Abramovich now in relationship with Dasha Zhukova | 55,743 | record_train |
He retired in April last year, four days after Miss Williamson left the @placeholder. | SFO paid Miss Williamson £98,946 for her to travel down and stay in a London hotel for three days a week between 2008 and 2012 Taxpayers paid travel and hotel bills of nearly £100,000 so the CEO of a fraud and corruption watchdog could commute to London from the Lake District, a report reveals today. Phillippa Williamson, the now-former chief executive officer of the Serious Fraud Office, was also given an ‘irregular’ £407,000 pension top-up that did not go through the proper approval process. The report, which described the SFO as a case study in ‘how not to run a public body’, found that Miss Williamson was allowed to work from home in the picturesque Lake District.
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Taxpayers paid nearly £100,000 so Phillippa Williamson could commute
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Former CEO of the Serious Fraud Office stayed in hotel three days a week
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SFO paid £98,946 for her to travel down from Lake District
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Danny had allegedly rented the quad bike using a provisional @placeholder driving licence, when a full licence is required to drive the vehicle on a road. | By Tom Worden PUBLISHED: 11:26 EST, 20 September 2012 | UPDATED: 11:36 EST, 20 September 2012 A British mum critically injured in a quad bike crash in Ibiza has died in hospital. Holidaymaker Lisa Darlington, 45, lost her fight for life after a week in intensive care. Her son Danny, 21, has been arrested for allegedly driving the vehicle without a licence. Crash: Lisa Darlington, 45, was injured in an accident on a road near Cala Llonga, a popular beach resort on Ibiza's south east coast, at around 9pm last Thursday The accident happened on September 13 on a road near Cala Llonga, a beach resort on the Spanish island's south east coast.
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Lisa Darlington, 45, was a passenger on a quad bike being driven by her son Danny, 21
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She suffered serious head injuries after the bike crashed into a stone wall
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During the war, Lynn was known as the "@placeholder" for hits such as "The White Cliffs of Dover" which struck a chord with British soldiers fighting overseas and audiences at home. | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Vera Lynn, who made her name entertaining troops in World War II after recording her first song 70 years ago, has become the oldest living artist to have a number one album. At 92, Vera Lynn is the oldest person to have a number one album. The 92-year-old's album "We'll Meet Again -- The Very Best of Vera Lynn" took the top spot in the British charts on Sunday, even outselling much-hyped re-mastered versions of the Beatles' back catalogue, according to the UK's Official Charts Company. The previous oldest living artist to top the charts was Bob Dylan, who at 67 saw his album "Together Through Life" become number one in the UK earlier this year.
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Vera Lynn is oldest living artist to have a number one album
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92-year-old made her name as "Forces' Sweetheart" during World War II
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But at six weeks gone @placeholder was rushed to hospital with chest pains. | By Katy Winter Jayne and Stephen Moran’s 16-year union was practically over when they discovered a new passion that brought them back together – slimming. The couple from Birmingham, who have two children together, had drifted apart over the years to the point where they shared a home but were leading separate lives. Their obesity had stripped them of their confidence and caused serious health concerns with 27st Stephen at risk of a heart attack and Jayne having suffered a miscarriage which she blamed on her 15st 7lb weight. Jayne and Stephen Moran were facing divorce when the couple decided to loose weight together (left, before they lost weight, right, today)
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Couple say busy lives saw their weight rise on diet of take aways
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At 15st 7lb and just 5ft 2in Jayne blamed herself when she suffered a miscarriage
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Stephen's 27st weight was causing him health scares
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Unhappy and unhealthy the pair's relationship disintegrated
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Turned things around when both joined slimming group and began diet
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Friday's judgment "represents a monumental leap forward in efforts to make intelligence agencies such as GCHQ and @placeholder accountable to the millions of individuals whose privacy they have violated," it said. | London (CNN)A UK tribunal censured a UK intelligence agency Friday for not making enough information public about how it shares Internet surveillance data with its U.S. counterpart, the National Security Agency. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal said that the intelligence agency known as GCHQ, or Government Communications Headquarters, had not been open enough about the way the process worked until December. The tribunal's ruling was in response to a complaint brought by civil liberties groups Liberty, Privacy International and Amnesty International in the wake of claims by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden about mass U.S. surveillance programs such as Prism. Snowden's revelations led to questions over GCHQ's sharing of surveillance data with the United States.
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Tribunal says that until December, GCHQ was too secretive about how it shared data
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This meant UK intelligence agency contravened European law on right to privacy
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UK Home Office says government is committed to transparency and complies with law | 55,748 | record_train |
In fact, Frommer likes the @placeholder government's travel advisories better because they are time-stamped and more detailed, such as giving the number of pickpockets over what period of time in a country. | (CNN) -- Going to travel abroad? Here's a tip: Blend. Don't stick out as a tourist because it's like wearing a "Mug me!" sign, travel experts say. The harrowing experience of an Arizona mother ending up in a Mexican border jail has prompted travel experts to renew some do's and don't's for traveling. Every year, more than 2,500 Americans are arrested abroad, with 30% of those cases related to illegal drugs, the U.S. State Department says. The experience of Yanira Maldonado of Arizona -- freed from jail Friday after being accused of drug possession -- seems a case of a person "being in the wrong place at the wrong time," said travel expert Pauline Frommer, publisher of Frommers.com. A Mexican court determined that prosecutors did not provide evidence.
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Don't make yourself a target by sticking out as a tourist
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Some early adopters complained that @placeholder snatching up their favorite app takes some of the indie shine off of it. | (CNN) -- Facebook's billion-dollar purchase of Instagram this week may have been the first time that many Facebookers heard of the tech-world darling, which lets users turn their phone photos into sleek-looking, stylized images with a single touch. The acquisition shined a light on what's emerging as a nearly incontrovertible truth in tech circles: Mobile is the future of photography and the tools used to enhance and share phone-generated images have value that is only expected to climb. Instagram isn't the only player in that field, but it had quickly become its all-star. Barely a year-and-a-half old, Instagram had already racked up 30 million users on Apple's mobile system before opening up to Android users last week. Another 5 million signed up in less than a week, setting the table for Facebook to gobble up what until Monday was emerging as its prime competitor in mobile photo-sharing.
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Facebook's Instagram purchase shines light on emerging mobile photo market
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Instagram had racked up more than 30 million users in a year and a half
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Photogs say the appeal is in making simple photos look fancy with little effort
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While the couple took care of their children, they had a friend board up their business in @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Danielle Dayton and Patrick Murray received the call Saturday afternoon: Their 4-pound son, Brayden Murray, was shipping out. Patrick Murray and Danielle Dayton say their tiny son's evacuation went smoothly. As coastal hospitals prepared for Gustav, tiny babies in the Newborn Intensive Care Units were among the first to be evacuated. "The NICU babies are our first priority when it comes to evacuation," said Keith Darcey, a spokesman for East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, Louisiana, where Brayden was a patient before being evacuated to Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge, Lousiana. Woman's Hospital started receiving phone calls Wednesday from coastal-area hospitals inquiring whether there was room in their NICU, spokeswoman Jodi Conachen said. By Sunday evening, the hospital was taking care of 32 evacuated babies.
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Sick newborn babies among first evacuate area, as Gustav approaches
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Touro Infirmary, sent seven NICU babies to Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge
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There were even claims that she and Mr Hollande have been living separate lives for months and that the president is keen to ‘formalise’ his relationship with Miss @placeholder. | By Peter Allen In Paris Vulnerable: Politicians claim Hollande's partner Valerie Trierweiler should not receive taxpayer-funded perks France's First Lady Valerie Trierweiler was yesterday facing the prospect of becoming the first in history to be kicked out of the Elysee Palace. It follows humiliating revelations that her partner, President Francois Hollande, has ‘fallen in love’ with a woman almost 20 years his junior. Mr Hollande’s relationship with actress Julie Gayet, 41, was exposed by a series of pictures in French Closer magazine which show him travelling to see her on a moped. But beyond a new romance, opponents claim the scandal exposes publicly funded deceit, security lapses, and the huge cost of a first lady who no longer has any legitimacy.
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Politicians claim 48-year-old should be stripped of taxpayer-funded perks
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'Humiliated' Miss Trierweiler has five staff, private jets and limousines
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@placeholder officials have said strikes on command bunkers, airfields or the artillery batteries and rocket launchers used to fire chemical projectiles are among the possibilities being considered. | (CNN) -- As the United States weighs possible military strikes on Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack, it has to consider a critical question: then what? A broad cross-section of experts on the region agree: A missile strike could worsen the war in Syria and usher in a host of new problems. "The key issue is not the tactics of the strikes, but the strategic aftermath," says Anthony Cordesman, a former Defense Department official now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Read the U.S. government's assessment of Syria Most experts believe a strike would target the Syrian regime's weapons arsenal -- not suspected sites of chemical weapons stockpiles. The latter would be "the worst possible option," and could spread chemicals downwind, says Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a former commander of the British military's chemical defense regiment.
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Now that's more like it: The 50 united states of America look simple compared to @placeholder' map | Imagine if all the secessionist movements in the history of the United States were successful. Imagine if all the proposals put forward for states to withdraw from the union of the Unites States actually went ahead, how would America look today? Those questions have been answered by a map that predicts the alternate universe of the USA based on all the threats or aspirations to secede from the United States. The map, created by Mansfield University geogapher professor Andrew Shears, breaks the country up into 124 states. The west and middle America: Take a look at some of the proposals for new states that have popped up over the years. California would be split into five states. Texas would become five, as well
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Mansfield University professor Andrew Shears has developed a map showing how the USA would look if the secessionist movements throughout history would have been successful
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The map shows America as having 124 states
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And although it won't be until late 2017 at the very earliest he is already planning his return to @placeholder. | A man is set to become the first person to visit every country in the world without using air travel - while surviving on just £12.72 ($19.98) a day. Torbjørn Pedersen, 36, left his home in Denmark at 10.10am on October 10, 2013, and has since visited almost 70 countries from England to Ecuador. The shipping consultant has vowed to spend at least 24 hours in each nation and won't return home until he was visited all 203 countries on Earth. Torbjørn Pedersen is set to become the first person to visit every country in the world without using air travel - while surviving on just £12.72 a day
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Torbjørn Pedersen left home in Denmark at 10.10am on October 10, 2013
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Shipping consultant has vowed to spend at least 24 hours in each nation | 55,755 | record_train |
Allaying fears, breaking down generations of mistrust and making @placeholder's economy roar again will be the considerable challenges of Ma's administration; the former barrister will have to use all his negotiating skills to try and fulfill his ambitions. | (CNN) -- Elected with the largest margin of victory in the history of Taiwan's presidential elections, President Ma Ying-jeou is aiming to bring the good times back to Taiwan while looking to a friendlier future with China. Smiling through it: President Ma Ying-jeou has some tough challenges ahead. Winning 58 percent of the vote, Ma was swept to victory on the promise of economic growth but through the more controversial method of building closer ties with China. With the backdrop of economic depression Ma's calls to reinvigorate the economy by freer trade and improved relations with China proved stronger than the fears that those ties could lead to a loss in independence.
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Taiwan's premier, Ma Ying-jeou, elected by biggest margin in history
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@placeholder has got a very clear path and strategy and is fully committed to deal with that. | It might be one of the world's worst polluting energy sources, but coal has allowed South Africa to become the continent's largest economy, according to the chief executive of the country's power utility company Eskom. Speaking to CNN's Robyn Curnow, Eskom's Brian Dames said coal has been key to fueling South Africa's economic growth and improving the lives of many in the country. "We've been very successful in the use of coal in growing one of the largest economies, in bringing electricity to the majority of South Africans -- we're absolutely not defensive about it," said Dames. South Africa gets 86% of its energy from coal and, despite the criticism that it is bad for the environment -- when burned, coal emits more air pollution and greenhouse gases than other major energy sources -- Dames argued that South Africa will continue to use the natural resource.
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Brian Dames is the CEO of South Africa's power utility company Eskom
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Williams is, however, still coming to terms with her battle against @placeholder -- which can cause extreme fatigue among its symptoms. | (CNN) -- Confidence -- on the court and off it, Venus Williams is finding her mojo again. A year ago the tennis star was diagnosed with a debilitating auto-immune disease during the U.S. Open, but next week she will step back on the courts of her home grand slam tournament boosted by her recent results and the relaunch of her fashion label. Williams defended her women's doubles gold medal at the recent Olympic Games alongside younger sister Serena, who has roared back from her own health problems to win both the Wimbledon and London 2012 singles titles. "The Olympics really built my confidence," the 32-year-old Venus told CNN. "I wasn't able to play a lot of matches beforehand -- just three matches in about two months, which is not a lot.
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Venus Williams recently relaunched her clothing label EleVen in New York
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The seven-time grand slam champion was diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome last year
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The former world No. 1 won the women's Olympic doubles title alongside sister Serena
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The NTSB recommended that, once Rolls-Royce completes its redesign, the new system be installed on all affected @placeholder's at their next maintenance check or within six months. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal transportation safety officials Wednesday issued an "urgent" recommendation calling for a redesign of a component on some Boeing 777 aircraft engines -- a component blamed for two major mishaps in the past year. The engines on this British Airways jet lost power as it prepared to land in London on January 17, 2008. National Transportation Safety Board investigators said the Rolls-Royce engine component played a role in the January 17, 2008, crash of a British Airways jet near London's Heathrow Airport. Both the plane's engines lost power as the plane approached the runway, and 13 people were injured in the resulting crash.
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Safety Board urges quick fix for Boeing 777 engine problem
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Rolls-Royce engine blamed for two incidents last year
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A spokeswoman for @placeholder is yet to respond to Daily Mail Australia. | By Sally Lee for Daily Mail Australia An Australian fashion label has caused a stir for their most recent campaign, which is modelled by a young girl with a skeletal figure. Manning Cartell subscribers recently received an email containing the three images of the skinny model. The 'disturbing and distressing' photos were posted on news website Mamamia on Wednesday, reigniting the debate on the fashion industry's role in promoting unhealthy bodies. Manning Cartell subscribers recently received an email containing the three images of the skinny model The model poses three different looks while she wears a two-piece set which exposes her emaciated limbs.
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Manning Cartell subscribers recently received an email containing images of a skinny model
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@placeholder, who received a knighthood in 1999, is famous for his daredevil feats, including round-the-world balloon attempts and transatlantic boat races. | (CNN) -- Virgin has secured a partnership with the Brawn Grand Prix team in Formula One racing, Virgin chief Richard Branson announced Saturday. Virgin's sponsorship mark's Richard Branson's first foray into Formula One racing. The move, which had been the subject of speculation, marks Virgin's first foray into F1. Branson made the announcement from Melbourne, where he is attending Saturday's Australian Grand Prix. He announced the news just before the Brawn team secured the first two grid positions after qualifying, with Jenson Button in pole position. "I have always said I would love to have a Virgin car on the circuit," Branson wrote on his blog. "I am thrilled to be involved with people as skilled as Ross Brawn and his team."
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Virgin boss Richard Branson announces F1 sponsorship deal with Brawn GP
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@placeholder party bosses asked MPs not to attack Lib Dems publicly for their failure to back Mr Hunt. | By James Chapman PUBLISHED: 07:10 EST, 13 June 2012 | UPDATED: 05:52 EST, 14 June 2012 Coalition relations hit an all-time low yesterday after Liberal Democrats refused to back Jeremy Hunt as he was branded a ‘liar’ in Parliament. Tory MPs called their partners ‘traitors’ and vowed revenge – promising to vote against Nick Clegg’s plans to reform the Lords and to withdraw support for Lib Dem ministers in difficulty. But there was uproar as Speaker John Bercow allowed Labour to accuse the beleaguered Culture Secretary of lying to MPs over his handling of Rupert Murdoch’s take-over bid for BSkyB.
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Tory MPs have called Lib Dem abstention from vote an 'act of war'
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Mr Hunt declared he never lied but may have 'inadvertently misled' MPs
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He defeats a Labour motion calling for him to be investigated by 38 votes
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Ed Miliband accuses PM of 'clinging onto' the Culture Secretary to save his own reputation
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‘While mourning their loss, we owe a debt of gratitude to the ten Indonesian nationals, who were employees and supporters of our work in @placeholder, and those who were killed protecting our Embassy. | Remembering 10 years on, the Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta was an attack that defied the terrorists’ mission to generate hatred and fear between the two countries. Victims and family members returned to the Australian High Commission in Jakarta, Indonesia to mark its 10th anniversary and commemorate the 2004 terrorist bomb explosion on Tuesday. On September 9, 2004, a jihadist recruit detonated a one-tonne car bomb outside the embassy that had such force, it was heard 8km away. Ambassador to Indonesia Greg Moriarty, led the private tribute to the victims, their families and the survivors at the embassy on Tuesday.
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The Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta marked its 10th anniversary on Tuesday to commemorate the terrorist bomb explosion
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Ambassador to Indonesia, Greg Moriarty, led the private tribute to the victims, their families and the survivors at the embassy
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On September 9, 2004, a jihadist recruit detonated a one-tonne car bomb outside the embassy
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Nine people were killed, including the bomber and more than 200 people were injured during the attack | 55,763 | record_train |
goodbye at the Upper East Side church including @placeholder, Cate | By Daily Mail Reporter Father James Martin, the Jesuit priest who had the unfortunate task of presiding over Philip Seymour Hoffman’s funeral this week, opened up about their decade-long friendship, saying that the actor had taught him humility. Martin first met Hoffman when the actor reached out to him in 2003 seeking advice about the Labyrinth Theater Company's production of the Off-Broadway play 'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot directed by Hoffman. The clergyman and writer also helped Hoffman with the part of Father Flynn in the 2008 film 'Doubt' starring Meryl Streep about a priest in a Catholic school who may or may not have molested a boy. The role earned Hoffman an Academy Award nomination.
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Rev James Martin first met Hoffman in 2003 when actor came to seek advice about Off-Broadway play The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
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Martin also consulted actor when he landed the part of Father Flynn in 'Doubt'
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Jesuit priest described Hoffman as a very humble person who never bragged about his roles
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Private funeral for the actor held Friday for 400 people at the Church of St Ignatius Loyola on Manhattan's Upper East Side
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The actor leaves his longtime partner Mimi O'Donnell and this three children Cooper, 10, Tallulah, 7 and Willa, 5
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Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Joaquin Phoenix, Ethan Hawke, Diane Keaton, Amy Adams and Cate Blanchett among the stars in attendance | 55,764 | record_train |
Teammates: Sebelius was by the president's side on October 1 as @placeholder's tumultuous public introduction got underway | By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today turned in her resignation to President Barack Obama in a stunning shift in the continuing Obamacare saga. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, who heads the White House Office of Management and Budget, will be nominated to take her place, according to multiple White House sources. The White House press office announced Thursday night that he would announce the nomination at 11:00 a.m. Friday, a few hours before he departs for fundraisers, and a speech to Al Sharpton's National Action Network, in New York City. Sebelius was not expected to remain in the Obama administration through the end of the president's second term, and several news outlets reported late Thursday that a White House official said she told Obama in March that she would be ready to leave 'once open enrollment ended.'
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Obamacare quarterback leaves after informing Obama in March that she was ready to resign
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Sebelius claimed less than two weeks ago, however, that she would remain in her job at least through the November elections
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Move comes a week after president announced Obamacare had hit target of 7 million enrollees – without her by his side
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Sylvia Burwell, who leads White House Office of Management and Budget, will be nominated to take her place Friday morning | 55,765 | record_train |
He has to walk in a room and make people turn their heads and that’s what @placeholder does. | By Sara Nathan PUBLISHED: 09:01 EST, 19 March 2013 | UPDATED: 10:48 EST, 19 March 2013 They may have never spoken out publicly about their romance, but Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower are magical together, according to their unwitting matchmaker and best-selling writer Cassandra Clare. The young Hollywood stars met last year on the set of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, the upcoming big screen adaptation of Cassandra’s book and have been inseparable ever since. And the novelist – whose new book Clockwork Princess, the highly anticipated end to her Infernal Devices trilogy is out today - tells MailOnline they are 'clearly in love'.
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Fantasy writer behind Mortal Instruments series has already taken Hollywood by storm
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It is going to take virtually all the @placeholder, and all the Democrats won't vote for that." | (CNN) -- Despite supporters' hopes that this time it's different, President Barack Obama's new call for restricting some semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines will face deeply entrenched resistance in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and could be a long shot even in the Democratic-led Senate. Any gun legislation sent to the House "is going to have to pass with most Democrats and a few Republicans," said Nathan Gonzales, deputy editor of the Rothenberg Political Report. "This would be an even more high-profile bill." Read the proposals And Obama's call for Congress to reinstate the federal ban on military-style rifles that expired in 2004 "is a further reach than some of the other proposals that are being tossed around," Gonzales said.
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@placeholder, 42, is a model and businesswoman who owns lingerie company By Caprice. | Their diaries are stuffed with exclusive engagements – and their bank balances are almost as overflowing. But according to the glamorous cast of ITV’s latest reality series, life isn’t as sweet as it sounds. The six stars of Ladies of London claim their attractiveness actually makes it harder to succeed in a ‘man’s world’. Scroll down for video Ladies of London: Caroline Stanbury, Marissa Hermer, Juliet Angus, Caprice Bourret, Annabelle Neilson and Noelle Reno The series follows the high society exploits of British socialites Annabelle Neilson and Caroline Stanbury and American expats Caprice Bourret, Juliet Angus, Marissa Hermer and Noelle Reno.
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Ladies of London hits the UK after running in the US this summer
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The sleigh is streamlined, for maximum efficiency and, for the first time ever, @placeholder can now listen to festive tunes on his travels, with the integrated sound system. | Father Christmas will be sitting pretty this Christmas after swapping his tired wooden sledge for this high-tech 'super sleigh'. The £200,000 ($313,000) carriage comes complete with built-in GPS navigation, parking sensors and a chimney camera. It also features a bulletproof Lexan polycarbonate front window, a convertible roof and a built-in nose wiper for Santa's magical reindeer. Pimp my sleigh: The £200,000 ($313,000) carriage comes complete with built-in GPS navigation, parking sensors and a chimney camera And more presents could get delivered this year as Rudolph and his friends will have access to hybrid-powered rocket boosters when they are running low on energy.
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The concept carriage features GPS navigation, parking sensors and an e-reader for the naughty-and-nice list
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The design also boasts, a bulletproof Lexan polycarbonate front window, a convertible roof and a cup warmer
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Gadget Sleigh 900 (GS-900) was designed by Metals4U in Pontefract, West Yorkshire in time for Christmas Eve | 55,769 | record_train |
The @placeholder-focused human rights group lodged a formal complaint with the financial ombudsman last year after spending five months on a cash-only basis. | Human rights group CAGE has come under further scrutiny for the support it gives to a number of convicted terrorists, including radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza (pictured) The campaign group that described ISIS executioner Jihadi John as a 'beautiful young man' came under scrutiny today as it was revealed British charities are funding them to the tune of hundreds of thousands of pounds. Human rights group CAGE sparked fury yesterday when its leader Asim Qureshi claimed west London student Mohammed Emwazi 'wouldn't hurt a fly'. Today, it was revealed CAGE supports a number of convicted terrorists and other jihadis who remain at large - while collecting donations from some well-known British trusts.
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Campaign group CAGE supports a number of convicted terrorists
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Handed tens of thousands of pounds by British charitable trusts
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Leader Asim Qureshi described Jihadi John as a 'beautiful young man'
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Group also supports radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza and Aafia Siddiqui
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Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg founded the group
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Many times a cup game was in front of a Champions League game – for instance this week we play in the cup and then next week in the @placeholder. | Arsene Wenger insists the FA Cup remains a big-time attraction to Arsenal despite considering a string of changes to his side on Sunday. The Frenchman claims the competition has always been one of his priorities and revealed even his quest of the holy grail - the Champions League - has suffered as a result. Wenger is likely to make changes to the side that started the 2-1 against Leicester on Tuesday. Arsene Wenger insists holders Arsenal will be taking the FA Cup seriously this season Wenger is expected to rest players for Sunday's fifth round tie against Boro, including Alexis Sanchez
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Arsenal play Middlesbrough in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday
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Arsene Wenger insists the FA Cup is important to the club
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Frenchman is expected to make changes to the side that beat Leicester
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'Voters need to understand quite how lazy Ukip @placeholder are. | Ukip has been revealed as the laziest party in the whole of Europe, missing more than one in three votes in Brussels. Nigel Farage’s MEPs turned up for just 61.1 per cent of votes, putting them at the bottom of a league table of 76 parties from across the EU. David Cameron has urged voters to back the Tories in next week’s European elections, because his MEPs will ‘turn up and vote for Britain’. An analysis of voting records in the European Parliament reveals Ukip MEPs turn up for fewer votes than any other party An analysis of voting records of the last five years in the European Parliament reveals Ukip members are the worst attendees.
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Ukip ranked bottom in league table of 76 parties from across the EU
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On average its MEPs turned up for just 61.1% of votes over five years
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Lib Dems best UK party with more than 3 MEPs, attending 87% of votes
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@placeholder leadership has told her that the bill will eventually come up for a vote, but gave her no time line. | Washington (CNN)Tens of thousands of pro-life activists descended on Washington on Thursday for the annual March for Life, marking the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion legal — by promising to end it. By the size of the crowds and the enthusiasm of the speakers, it was impossible to tell that just the night before, Republican leaders on Capitol Hill had spiked one of social conservatives' biggest priorities, a bill banning abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy. The scramble over the bill behind closed doors was the latest in a series of conflicts within the caucus, and again underscored the challenge facing the GOP as they head into a presidential election year: How to expand the party's appeal with untapped demographic groups, while still appeasing their conservative base.
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At the March for Life on Thursday, thousands of pro-life activists pledged to end abortion
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@placeholder told the station he has no ill will toward prosecutors, saying they were "doing their jobs." | Dallas (CNN) -- Federal, state and local authorities investigating the deaths of two Texas prosecutors executed a search warrant Friday afternoon at the home of a former Kaufman County justice of the peace, an FBI spokeswoman said. Katherine Chaumont told CNN that an FBI team was part of the Friday afternoon search at the home of Eric Williams. Williams last year was convicted of burglary and theft by a public servant, and was sentenced to two years' probation. Mark Hasse, chief felony prosecutor in the county, was gunned down January 31 outside the courthouse. Hasse prosecuted the Williams case. Hours after Kaufman County District Attornney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found dead March 30 at their Forney home, investigators met at a local Denny's restaurant with Williams, his attorney told CNN earlier this month.
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Authorities search home of former justice of the peace
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Eric Williams last year was convicted of burglary, theft by a public servant
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Slain assistant DA Hasse prosecuted that case | 55,774 | record_train |
But, he noted, the same @placeholder has overturned a lower court's decision to decriminalize homosexual relationships. | New Delhi (CNN) -- In a ruling that human rights groups are calling historic, India's Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the country's transsexual and transgender individuals the right to self-identify their gender. The ruling means transsexual and transgender people and those who identify as belonging to the "third gender" will not be required to submit medical evidence of their sexuality to be recognized by the government as a member of that gender, said Tripti Tandon, a lawyer for one of the plaintiffs. A plea was filed before the Supreme Court by India's National Legal Services Authority in 2012 on behalf of the transsexual and "hijra," or third-gender, communities.
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India's Supreme Court says people have the right to self-identify their gender
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Human rights groups say it is a victory for transgender and transsexual community
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'Parker guns were the best you could get and she used this gun throughout her time with the @placeholder. | A shotgun once owned by Wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley is expected to fetch at least £60,000 at auction. Oakley was just 25 when she literally shot herself to fame as the top attraction in Buffalo Bill Cody’s travelling Wild West show. She drew huge crowds with her remarkable skills. Her most famous trick was shooting a playing card facing side-on, then hitting the pieces again as they fell to the floor –from 90ft away. Annie Oakley 'Western Girl': A 130-year-old shotgun once wielded by famed Wild West gunslinger Annie Oakley has emerged for sale for nearly $100,000 The 1893 16-gauge Parker hammer shotgun is thought to be Oakley’s first proper gun and came to be one of her favourites.
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Annie Oakley's gun and charm bracelet on sale for nearly $100,000 each
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She toured with Buffalo Bill Cody’s traveling Wild West show
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Oakley was so confident, she once shot Kaiser Wilhelm II's cigarette from his mouth
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'Following consultation with the @placeholder, the words in this installation were written in a natural, clay-based paint, which is non-harmful. | A temporary piece of artwork painted onto Mt Snowdon in celebration of the area's sheep-farming community has been turned into 'graffiti' after it failed to 'wash away' in the rain. The 100ft mural - which consisted of a poem written by Wales' national poet - was painted onto a cliff face near Gladstone Rock as part of The Gathering, an outdoor performance staged by the National Theatre of Wales. The four-hour performance used the national park's landscape to tell the story of ancient farming techniques and involved herding the audience around the mountain. The poem, one of the main features of the production, was meant to 'wash off' in the rain once the performances were over - a crucial caveat when the artwork was granted permission.
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National Theatre of Wales hosted four-hour show called The Gathering
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Part of setting was the mural of the poem written by Wales' national poet
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National Trust gave permission for mural because it would 'wash off' in rain
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But a hotter-than-average summer has imprinted painting onto the rock
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Snowdonia Society says the 'graffiti' has left a 'bad taste' in the area
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NTW has apologised and said it is trying to remove the rest of the mural | 55,777 | record_train |
Whatever I say about Seattle, Sacramento fans might be mad at me and whatever I say about Sacramento, @placeholder fans might be mad at me. | By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 20:19 EST, 21 January 2013 | UPDATED: 20:19 EST, 21 January 2013 Nearly five years after their colors, banners and history were packed away into storage and their franchise relocated, the SuperSonics are one significant step closer to returning to Seattle. And the Kings are on the edge of leaving Sacramento. All that appears to stand in the way now is approval by NBA owners. The Maloof family has agreed to sell the Kings to a Seattle group led by investor Chris Hansen, the league confirmed in a statement Monday morning. New owners: Chris Hansen's group will buy 65 per cent of the franchise, which is valued at a total price of $525 million, and move the team to Seattle and restore the SuperSonics name, said a person familiar with the decision
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The Maloof family has agreed to sell the Sacramento Kings to a Seattle group led by investor Chris Hansen, the league confirmed Monday morning
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The books swiftly became a @placeholder phenomenon and have been adapted numerous times for film and television. | Sweden's much-loved Pippi Longstocking children books have been branded racist by a leading German theologian. Dr Eske Wollrad, from Germany's Federal Association of Evangelical Women, has called on parents to skip certain passages or else explain to their children that they contain outdated colonial stereotypes. She hit out at the Pippi Longstocking trilogy, written by author Astrid Lindgren and first published in 1945, at an anti-discrimination state conference in Leipzig at the weekend. Racist? Inger Nilsson as Pippi Longstocking in the 1969 TV series. A German theologian has criticised the books have been criticised for containing colonial stereotypes The Vatican yesterday dubbed comic book character-turned-silver screen action hero Tintin a 'Catholic hero' and ridiculed suggestions he may be racist.
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"And then comes in @placeholder, the last one to come. | (CNN) -- It's a famous photograph: Sophia Loren, seated at a table, looking with side-eyed concern at Jayne Mansfield's breasts, which threaten to spill out of her low-cut dress. The 1957 photo, which was taken when the Italian film star was new to Hollywood, shows Loren as shocked and frightened -- and she absolutely was, she tells Entertainment Weekly. "Listen. Look at the picture. Where are my eyes? I'm staring at her nipples because I am afraid they are about to come onto my plate," she told the magazine. "In my face you can see the fear. I'm so frightened that everything in her dress is going to blow -- BOOM! -- and spill all over the table."
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Sophia Loren: Side-eye in photo showed shock, fear
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@placeholder could now launch an appeal against the decision. | By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor PUBLISHED: 03:40 EST, 8 November 2013 | UPDATED: 06:21 EST, 8 November 2013 The water watchdog today blocked a huge eight per cent rise in Thames Water bills, telling the firm its demands for more money from customers was not justified. Ofwat flexed its regulatory muscle to block the increase, insisting an already-agreed rise of 1.4 per cent above inflation was sufficient. And as it urged companies to consider even freezing bills, comparisons were made with energy regulator Ofgem which is powerless to stop gas and electricity price hikes of up to 10 per cent.
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Ofwat says firm did not provide prove that £29 hike was needed
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Signs of regulator flexing muscle ahead of talks for price rises for 2015-20
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Government desperate to get on the front foot after energy bills row
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A club like @placeholder always has to go for the title and that’s what he wants in his first year. | Louis van Gaal's arrival at Manchester United's Carrington training ground has hailed the dawning of a new era at England's biggest club, but the man that knows him best is relaxing in the knowledge he'll be top of the boss's team-sheet. Robin van Persie took time out after Holland's run to third in the World Cup under Van Gaal by visiting Barbados with his wife Bouchra and his children. The hitman even had a little reminder of his World Cup exploits, donning some bright orange shorts like those he excelled in in Brazil. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Van Persie playing tennis on the beach with Kluivert in Brazil
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Robin van Persie was spotted on the beach with Thomas Vermaelen
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The Arsenal captain has been heavily linked with a move to Man Utd
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This is a familiar story, not just among the @placeholder community but also across the Afghan community in general -- many are fearful of what will happen to their country once coalition forces leave in two years time. | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- In the suburbs of Afghanistan's capital on the third floor of a modest apartment building live newlyweds Mushtaq and Haleema Changezi. They tied the knot in a traditional ceremony just four months ago, yet their families are wondering why they haven't started a family. "This is supposed to be a new chapter in our lives -- we should be excited," explained 27-year-old Haleema. "But there is no future for us here in Afghanistan, so how can we possibly start a family?" Haleema has a double masters degree in economics and accounting. She has applied for dozens of jobs in Kabul but can't get one interview. Her 30-year-old husband works for a production house in multimedia design -- his salary is just enough to support them. They are both Hazaras -- Persian-speaking ethnic Afghans who over the years have been persecuted and discriminated against.
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Mushtaq and Haleema Changezi are seeking to escape persecution in Afghanistan
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Many ordinary Afghans fear for the future of their country and the Taliban influence
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‘What exactly does @placeholder consider is the purpose of having an inquiry into the men he has already exonerated on television?’ he asked. | By Tim Shipman and Arthur Martin PUBLISHED: 05:23 EST, 23 December 2012 | UPDATED: 19:53 EST, 23 December 2012 Scotland Yard boss Bernard Hogan-Howe was fighting for his credibility last night as senior Tories said he was ‘completely compromised’ by the police ‘stitch-up’ of Andrew Mitchell. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner flew home from holiday amid claims that he blindly accepted the word of officers in Downing Street who said the former Tory chief whip called them ‘plebs’. Mr Hogan-Howe was even branded ‘extremely foolish’ by a former director of public prosecutions. Last month the commissioner – who is expected to be given a knighthood in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours – said the officers had ‘accurately reported what happened’.
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Scotland Yard is investigating claims of a conspiracy against Mr Mitchell
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Met Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan Howe returns from holiday early as he is drawn into scandal
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@placeholder must beat Holland on Wednesday to keep their hopes alive. | By Graeme Yorke Alexis Sanchez could be the man to dump defending champions Spain out of the World Cup after putting Australia to the sword. The Chilean may play in the Spanish league for Barcelona but he will have no qualms if he can inspire his team to victory over the 2010 winners on Wednesday. Sanchez scored one and created another as Chile justified their ‘dark horses’ tag with an impressive 3-1 win over Australia in Cuiaba. Hot stuff: Alexis Sanchez and Chile got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start And after Spain were thrashed 5-1 by Holland earlier in the evening, Chile have the chance to end their title defence in midweek.
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Alexis Sanchez and Chile got their World Cup off to a fine start
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All I can do with @placeholder is put it out there. | (CNN) -- David Wallechinsky didn't invent what's on the Internet. It just seems that way. In 1977, Wallechinsky, his father Irving Wallace and his sister Amy Wallace published "The Book of Lists." The compendium of cleverly presented facts, such as "15 People Who Became Words," "10 Men Who Were Supported By Their Wives" and "6 Positions for Sexual Intercourse -- In Order of Preference," wasn't just simple enumeration. It featured detailed explanations about its subjects, proving itself a worthy and entertaining reference work. "The Book of Lists" immediately took its place on another list -- the bestseller list -- and spawned three sequels.
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David Wallechinsky's "Book of Lists" used an influential format now all over Web
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"Book of Lists" was a bestseller when it came out in 1977, spawned three sequels
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Wallechinsky now head of AllGov, compilation of government news and info
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Wallechinsky: With lists, "it just makes it easier to do 11 of this or 7 of that" | 55,786 | record_train |
Athletic and intelligent, the young @placeholder had the raw materials to succeed in the rigorous Lobanovskyi program. | (CNN) -- At first glance, Sergei Baltacha doesn't exactly look like a man of international sporting history. Tall, slim and stylishly dressed, the 56-year-old appears to have more in common with a graphic designer or university professor than a globally renowned footballer. But make no mistake -- this is a man who has represented the USSR at a World Cup and a European Championships before breaking through football's Iron Curtain to become the first player from the Soviet Union to play for an English club. Baltacha, who hails from Ukraine (then part of the USSR and currently a country in political and social turmoil), was a cultured, yet physically tough defender and sweeper who made 300 appearances for Dynamo Kiev and earned 49 caps for the Soviet Union.
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Sergei Baltacha was the first footballer from the USSR to sign for an English club
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The central defender learned at the feet of legendary coach Valeriy Lobanovskyi
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Baltacha earned 49 caps for the old Soviet Union | 55,787 | record_train |
"The Russians took half of Poland, and after the Polish fighting on all the world war fronts it turns out that after the war @placeholder was 77 sq km smaller! | GDANSK, Poland (CNN) -- At least 20 world leaders gathered Tuesday in Poland to commemorate the start of World War II 70 years ago -- a conflict in which 6 million Poles died. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) chats with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk in Poland on Tuesday. Germany's pre-dawn invasion began when the battleship Schleswig-Holstein fired on the Westerplatte military base in Gdansk harbor on September 1, 1939. The attack set off a chain of events that eventually embroiled all of the world's major powers in the war. Polish World War II veteran Romuald Bardzynski, said: "I was a soldier on the front, a corporal in the cavalry. On September 16 I was injured. We were fighting against the Germans but I was shot by the Soviets. I was wounded three times.
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About 20 world leaders gathered in Poland to mark the start of World War II
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"We thought we were doing a good deed," @placeholder told the affiliate. | (CNN) -- Three men who toppled an ancient boulder in Utah's Goblin Valley State Park have been booted from their Boy Scout leadership roles. Video of Glenn Taylor shoving the huge rock off a slender pedestal where its rested for millions of years went viral online and prompted media scrutiny. Taylor sang the rock song "Wiggle It, Just a Little Bit" as he pushed the delicate sculpture over, which was followed by laughter and high fives with his son. David Hall, who shot the video and posted it on Facebook, and the two Taylors were leading a Boy Scout group on a visit to the park when the incident happened.
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NEW: Man seen toppling rock claims "debilitating injuries" from car crash in recent lawsuit
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Boy Scouts remove leaders recorded toppling an ancient stone in a Utah park
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The men defended their actions, saying the rock was dangerously unstable
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State officials say men may have broken the law by defacing a state park | 55,789 | record_train |
Some Eagles fans don't think Vick's punishment was sufficient and were trying to unload their game and season tickets on @placeholder, making it clear they were less than eager to see Vick in Philly green. | (CNN) -- The City of Brotherly Love isn't exactly embracing the news that one-time quarterback phenom and convicted dogfighter Michael Vick is joining their Philadelphia Eagles. Former Atlanta Falcon Michael Vick, right, was known more for his elusiveness than his throwing prowess. Vick's agent announced Thursday that the former Atlanta Falcon signed a two-year deal with the Eagles, which reportedly could be worth more than $6 million. He won't be able to play a regular season game until week six in October, and then, only if the National Football League fully reinstates him. "Too bad they don't have him for the whole year," Eagles fan Charles James told CNN affiliate philly.com.
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Michael Vick signs deal with Philadelphia Eagles, could play in October
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Craigslist ticket seller says he, son don't want to see "Vick in an Eagles jersey"
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Several Eagles fans tell CNN affiliates they are excited by prospect of Vick's arrival
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Animal lovers still reluctant to give Vick a chance after almost two years in prison | 55,790 | record_train |
Underneath it were @placeholder's initials 'BD', drawn in the shape of a penis. | The 27-year-old co-founder and CEO of dating app Tinder is being replaced just months after an embarrassing lawsuit revealed that he had described his boss as a penis. In July it emerged that Sean Rad had allegedly sent a text message in which he described Barry Diller, the head of IAC/InterActiveCorp, as a d*** along with a picture to illustrate. The derogatory text emerged in a lawsuit filed by former executive Whitney Wolfe, 24, who claimed she was forced from the company and sexually harassed after her relationship with co-founder and chief marketing officer Justin Mateen fell apart. Scroll down for video
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Sean Rad, the 27-year-old co-founder and CEO of dating app Tinder, has been demoted
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He is alleged to sent a text message in which he described Barry Diller, the head of IAC/InterActiveCorp, as a d*** along with a picture to illustrate
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Learned his fate as he was preparing to take the stage at Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia last month
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Company has now decided to replace him with 'an Eric Schmidt-like person' | 55,791 | record_train |
‘It is this almost unique distinction which forms the basis for Tony Benn to be accorded the privilege to ‘rest’ in the @placeholder on the eve of his funeral,’ said a spokesman. | By Tamara Cohen The body of Tony Benn will rest overnight in Parliament’s chapel before his funeral – an honour only previously given to Baroness Thatcher. The veteran Labour MP will be given the controversial tribute because he had the ‘almost unique distinction’ of the freedom of the House. The Queen gave permission for the move yesterday after it was suggested by Speaker John Bercow to the Benn family, who said they were ‘deeply touched’. The body of Tony Benn (left) will rest overnight in Parliament’s chapel before his funeral – an honour only previously given to Baroness Thatcher (right)
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Veteran MP had 'almost unique distinction' of the freedom of the House
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Idea was suggested by Speaker John Bercow to the Benn family
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Former cabinet minister will now lie in the chapel of St Mary Undercroft
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The move has attracted criticism from both Labour and Conservative MPs
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Said achievements of Mr Benn and Lady Thatcher were ‘not comparable’ | 55,792 | record_train |
In one allegedly incident in July 2013 @placeholder held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her, Mr Cray said. | By Richard Spillett Richard Otunga is accused of murdering his wife Shamin Gabriel by stabbing her 32 times A jealous Royal Mail worker stabbed his wife 32 times and then called her father round to show him the corpse, the Old Bailey has heard. Richard Otunga, 37, is accused of repeatedly knifing Shamin Gabriel, 33, after confronting her about text messages she was receiving from other men. The court heard Miss Gabriel's father Gabby went to the couple's flat in Northolt, west London, last December and found his daughter lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor,. Otunga, who had a history of domestic violence, claimed he 'lost consciousness' during an argument with his wife.
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Richard Otunga is accused of murdering wife Shamin Gabriel last December
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Court hears he then called her father, Gabby, to their home in west London
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Mr Gabriel found his daughter in a pool of blood in the kitchen, court hears
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Otunga claims he 'lost consciousness' during a row over texts she received
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The 37-year-old postal worker admits manslaughter but denies murder
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Prosecutors say his actions were 'brutal, unnecessary and beyond excuse'
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The trial, being held the London's Old Bailey, continues | 55,793 | record_train |
lawsuit said that @placeholder executives were aware of the dangerous | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 14:33 EST, 24 October 2012 | UPDATED: 15:50 EST, 24 October 2012 The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan announced Wednesday that he is suing Bank of America for more than $1 billion for mortgage fraud against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the years around the financial crisis. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Countrywide Financial, which was later bought by Bank of America, churned out mortgage loans from 2007 to 2009 without making sure that borrowers could afford them. 'The fraudulent conduct alleged in today’s complaint was spectacularly brazen in scope,' Bharara said in a statement. He said the suit was partly to recover money that Fannie and Freddie lost from defaulted loans.
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Countrywide Financial - owned by Bank of America - sold mortgages without adequately checking if borrowers could pay
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The loans were sold on to Frannie Mae and Freddie Mac, who were left with the bad debt when home owners defaulted
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The process was known as 'the Hustle' within Countrywide - at one point 57 percent of the loans had defaulted
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Situation contributed to Fannie and Freddie being nationalized in 2008
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Lawsuit is first civil fraud suit brought by the Justice Department concerning mis-sold mortgage loans | 55,794 | record_train |
There is the possibility that a team may reach the League of Nations playoff final having already made it through to either the @placeholder or European Championship finals. | (CNN) -- The "League of Nations" might sound like the next Hollywood blockbuster, but UEFA's latest plan to revolutionize international football caused nothing but confusion when it was announced Thursday. The game's European governing body has stepped up its attempt to bring more prestige to friendly games, creating more opportunities for countries to qualify for the 2020 European Championship finals and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. But it has left journalists and fans bamboozled, with nobody seemingly able to explain just quite how the tournament will work -- even UEFA admits the format "has not been finalized." Instead, social media was awash with doubts and more questions than answers over the new system, which was given the go-ahead at the UEFA Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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UEFA has introduced the Nations League competition
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Competition will replace most international friendlies from 2018
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Allows opportunity to qualify for European Championship and World Cup finals
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54 nations to be divided into four groups based on coefficients | 55,795 | record_train |
Some of @placeholder's sports personalities were also skeptical whether an active player would be able to do justice to legislative proceedings. | New Delhi, India (CNN) -- From the boisterous crowds of stadia to a noisy assembly of mostly politicians, India's cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar faces a new test. On the website of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, the 39-year-old is now listed as one of its nominated members. "When you get nominated because of your contribution in your field, it's an honor," Tendulkar said at an event in Pune, western India on Tuesday. The sporting icon's surprise selection to the house of elders has drawn a mixed reaction in India, where cricket and politics are often seen as the opium of the masses.
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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been nominated to join India's parliament
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The selection has drawn mixed reactions, with the Times of India saying it "makes little sense"
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At the same time, many lawmakers welcomed the celebrated batsman
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Tendulkar, the first cricketer to score 100 international centuries, insists sport is priority | 55,796 | record_train |
@placeholder also said, "I'm sorry for what's going on in North Korea, the certain situations," but he didn't apologize for his visit. | Former basketball star Dennis Rodman has checked into an alcohol-rehabilitation center after facing backlash for his visit to North Korea. "Dennis Rodman came back from North Korea in pretty rough shape emotionally. The pressure that was put on him to be a combination 'super human' political figure and 'fixer' got the better of him," his agent, Darren Prince, said Sunday in a written statement. "He is embarrassed, saddened and remorseful for the anger and hurt his words have caused." Prince said Rodman is at a facility in New Jersey, one with a "28- or 30-day" program. He said Rodman drank heavily in North Korea during a recent tumultuous trip to the secretive state to play a basketball game with some former NBA stars against national team players from the regime.
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Dennis Rodman, 52, enters New Jersey rehab center, agent says
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Darren Prince says the former NBA star is remorseful and embarrassed
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The five-time NBA champion partly blamed alcohol for much-criticized comments
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Rodman said dictator Kim Jong Un was a friend | 55,797 | record_train |
There was one spectator sporting a rather snazzy line in headgear at the @placeholder. | Barcelona fans travelling to the match on the tram were given helpful information in Spanish — voiced by none other than City’s Argentinian full back Pablo Zabaleta. Zabaleta used to play for the Spanish city’s second team Espanyol, where he befriended and socialised with the young Lionel Messi. Luis's Ground Zero Ideally, Luis Suarez would have chosen a stadium other than the Etihad at which to make his return to playing in England. The Uruguayan appeared twice for Liverpool at City’s ground last season, failed to score in either game and picked up a booking. He certainly put that right.
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Pablo Zabaleta used to play for the Spanish city's second team Espanyol
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Luis Suarez failed to score at the Etihad twice last season while he was at Liverpool but more than made up for it on Tuesday night
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Martin Demichelis, Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta, Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano all played together for Argentina at last summer's World Cup
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Neymar, Fernandinho and Dani Alves are Brazil team-mates
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James Milner is out of contract with Manchester City in the summer | 55,798 | record_train |
Ms @placeholder still frequently posts shots of her backside to her 21 million Instagram followers. | The US booty business is booming thanks to an increasing number of women who are eagerly attempting to accentuate their rear ends and replicate the impressively big butts made famous by their favorite stars. According to new figures, companies are cashing in on the growing trend for bigger behinds, offering women everything from special posterior-plumping gym classes to padded panties in order help them enlarge their behinds. Some women have even been encouraged to undergo surgery in order to gain their ideal butt size. While Nicki Minaj boasts about her 'big fat' butt in rap single Anaconda, reality star Kim Kardashian continues to post a seemingly endless stream of ‘belfies’ – otherwise known as ‘butt selfies’ – on her Instagram, and women are, statistics say, starting to take notice.
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The Brazilian butt lift, along with buttock implants, was the fastest-growing plastic surgery in the U.S. last year
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Women are using padded pants, special gym classes and even surgery in order to achieve the same sizeable behinds as their favourite stars | 55,799 | record_train |
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