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But 15 years into democracy, @placeholder still faces rife poverty, unemployment and crime. | (CNN) -- When Nelson Mandela stepped out of South Africa's Victor Verster prison a free man 20 years ago Thursday, he was his country's most famous freedom fighter. Black South Africans and other opponents of apartheid lined streets to see him when he was released, cheering wildly and waving flags. He was a hero, imprisoned for 27 years for the crime of opposing a government that sought to enforce severe segregation laws with brutality. Once free, Mandela worked with South Africa's white president, F.W. de Klerk to end those policies, knocking down the pillars of segregation one at a time. Three years after his release from prison, Mandela and de Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Mandela was convicted of treason in 1964, given a life sentence
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Mandela, de Klerk shared Nobel Peace Prize
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Mandela once said violent political struggle became rule after nonviolence failed
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Mandela was the first of his family to attend school | 57,100 | record_train |
ISIS seized control of @placeholder this month following fierce fighting. | Zahko, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. warplanes carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq near ISIS-controlled Mosul Dam early Saturday morning, the Kurdish news agency Rudaw reported, citing eyewitnesses. CNN confirmed that a U.S. and Iraqi military operation aimed at retaking the country's largest hydroelectric dam from the so-called Islamic State was scheduled to begin early Saturday morning (Friday at 6 p.m. ET). The operation was to begin with U.S. and Iraqi airstrikes against ISIS positions, with Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces following up on the ground. U.S. fighter jets began carrying out the strikes early Saturday morning local time, Rudaw reported.
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NEW: Report: U.S. and Iraqi airstrikes target ISIS near Mosul Dam
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U.S airstrikes aim for ISIS vehicles near the village of Kojo, military says
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Abducted women being taken to ISIS-controlled cities in the north, officials say
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Kojo is south of Sinjar, where ISIS forced thousands of Yazidis from their homes | 57,101 | record_train |
While some in the @placeholder have called for possibly impeaching the President for his immigration action, Graham said he's not among them. | Washington (CNN) -- A key Republican senator chastised his House GOP colleagues Sunday for failing to pass a comprehensive immigration bill. "Shame on us as Republicans," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, told CNN's Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger on "State of the Union." "Shame on us as Republicans for having a body that cannot generate a solution to an issue" involving national security as well as cultural and economic considerations. "The Senate has done this three times," Graham said. "I'm close to the people in the House, but I'm disappointed in my party. Are we still the party of self-deportation? Is it the position of the Republican Party that the 11 million must be driven out? I have never been in that camp as being practical. I am in the camp of securing our borders first, fixing a broken legal immigration," said Graham, one of the Republican senators who pushed a bipartisan bill to passage there in 2013, but on which the House never voted.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, appears on CNN's "State of the Union"
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Graham rebukes his U.S. House counterparts for failing to act on immigration bill
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He says President Obama is going too far with executive action
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Obama is defending his stance, saying other presidents have acted likewise | 57,102 | record_train |
"We need to push (@placeholder) for this meeting and get that 40gs quick .... | (CNN) -- A former FBI special agent in New York and two Connecticut men have been charged for their alleged roles in a bribery scheme to dig up confidential information about a key figure in Bangladeshi politics, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan said. Robert Lustyik, 50, was arrested Friday on an allegation that he and a childhood friend, Johannes Thaler, 49, solicited cash from a third man in exchange for documents and information to which Lustyik had access to because of his FBI job. The third man was identified as Rizve Ahmed, 34, also known as "Caesar." Ahmed is an acquaintance of Thaler, both of whom live in Connecticut.
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NEW: "We are going to fight these charges," ex-FBI agent's lawyer says
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Alleged scheme involved selling confidential info
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Bangladeshi man allegedly paid to find out about political rival
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"It's all right there in front of us," suspect allegedly said | 57,103 | record_train |
The officials agreed on the need to work toward a nuclear-free @placeholder and opened the door to direct talks if certain conditions are met. | By Helen Lawson PUBLISHED: 07:51 EST, 14 April 2013 | UPDATED: 01:57 EST, 15 April 2013 Having threatened to bomb the United States and warned foreigners to leave South Korea due to an impending thermonuclear war, North Korea returned to domestic matters today by holding its annual marathon in Pyongyang. The North’s state news agency said a big contingent of foreign runners were expected from countries including Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Ethiopia as well as 600 North Koreans at today's race. The marathon celebrates tomorrow's 101st anniversary of the birthday of the country’s founder Kim Il Sung, grandfather of the current leader Kim Jong Un.
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The 26th Mangyongdae Prize race marks the birthday of Kim Il Sung
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Tomorrow is the 101st anniversary of the country's founder's birth
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About 600 North Koreans were expected to race alongside foreign runners | 57,104 | record_train |
The latest addition to the Cycoped is a @placeholder based motion sensitive tracker. | Inspired by the self-driving hoverchairs in Wall-E, an inventor has created a one-wheeled vehicle controlled using signals from his brain. Dubbed Cycoped, the rechargeable device connects to a smartphone app and a pair of specially-designed goggles. These goggles register the rider's brain impulses before sending them to the app, which controls the novel mode of transport. Scroll down for video The Cycoped was designed by 24-year-old Pretom Chakraborty from Birmingham. It is controlled using electrical impulses in his brain via specially-designed goggles (pictured). The goggles then send these signals to a smartphone app via Bluetooth It was created by 24-year-old inventor Pretom Chakraborty from Edgbaston, Birmingham.
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The Cycoped was designed by Pretom Chakraborty from Birmingham
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It is controlled using electrical impulses in the 24-year-old inventor's brain
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These impulses are registered by goggles, which send the signals to an app
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The rechargeable device travels for 18 miles (28km) on a four-hour charge
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It is currently a prototype and needs further testing before being released | 57,105 | record_train |
'That's because Skull 5 unites some key features, like the tiny braincase and large face, which had not been observed together in an early @placeholder fossil until now.' | [caption] The discovery of a complete 1.8 million-years-old skull has rewritten the story of how modern man evolved from our early ancestors in Africa, according to Swiss scientists. A skull found in Georgia from an ancient human ancestor, known as Skull 5, implies that all Homo species were once one. Research suggests that the earliest members of the Homo genus, including Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis and Homo erectus belonged to the same species and simply looked different to each other, shaking up the classification system for early human ancestors. The 1.8 million-year-old skull: The discovery of Skull 5 (pictured) has rewritten the story of how modern man evolved from our early ancestors in Africa, according to Swiss scientists. The skull, which was found in Georgia, implies that all Homo species were once one
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Skull 5, which comes from an ancient human ancestor found in Dmanisi,Georgia, implies that all Homo species were once one
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It was thought that different characteristics among the Homo fossils showed they were distinct, different species
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Scientists from the Anthropological Institute and Museum in Zurich say Skull 5 suggests a single Homo species could cope with a variety of ecosystems | 57,106 | record_train |
I just thought, “@placeholder is still in a freezer at the mortuary and he is starting a life with that woman who hurt her so much”. | By Christine Challand PUBLISHED: 17:13 EST, 9 November 2013 | UPDATED: 08:46 EST, 10 November 2013 Regret: Amanda Chadwick, above, said she will have to deal with the guilt of the murder for the rest of her life The mistress who believed her lover’s lie that his suspicious wife had died in an accident – and carried on their affair after her death – has spoken for the first time about the shattering aftermath after he was found guilty of murder. Amanda Chadwick broke down in tears as she spoke of her guilt at being duped by welder Alan Evans, who was jailed for life last week for killing his wife Louise after she confronted him about the affair.
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Amanda Chadwick has spoken about the tragic aftermath of her fling
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She had an affair with welder Alan Evans who killed his wife after a row
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Mum of two said she is lucky to be alive saying: 'It could have been me'
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Amanda Chadwick did not get paid any money for any interview. | 57,107 | record_train |
However, he has taken advantage of Adam Johnson's failure to cement a place in @placeholder's drive for the title. | By Sportsmail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:05 EST, 16 May 2012 | UPDATED: 10:45 EST, 16 May 2012 Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Man City), Robert Green (West Ham), John Ruddy (Norwich) Defenders: Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man United), John Terry (Chelsea), Joleon Lescott (Man City), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Leighton Baines (Everton) Midfielders: Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Man City), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Scott Parker (Tottenham), Ashley Young (Man United), James Milner (Man City) Strikers: Wayne Rooney (Man United), Danny Welbeck (Man United), Andy Carroll (Liverpool), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) Stand-by: Jack Butland (Birmingham), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Johnson (Man City), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea)
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Arsenal rookie named in 23-man party for Poland and Ukraine
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Norwich goalkeeper Ruddy also named by boss Hodgson
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Ferdinand left at home as Terry secures place in squad
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Gerrard to take armband again under ex-Liverpool manager
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Liverpool flop Henderson named as stand-by for tournament | 57,108 | record_train |
At least one person, and possibly a second, opened fire, @placeholder Mayor Vincent Gray said. | (CNN) -- All 12 of the victims killed in Monday's shooting rampage at Washington's Navy Yard were contractors or civilians, authorities said Monday night. Officials identified seven of those killed. They are: Michael Arnold, 59; Sylvia Frasier, 53; Kathy Gaarde, 62; John Roger Johnson, 73; Frank Kohler, 50; Vishnu Pandit, 61; and Kenneth Bernard Proctor, 46; None of those killed were military personnel, authorities said. Wounded survivors of Monday's shooting are eligible for treatment at a U.S. military' hospital, just as if they were soldiers wounded in war. U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, is open to them as he visited two civilian Navy workers being treated at MedStar Washington Hospital Center Monday afternoon.
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NEW: None of those killed were military personnel, authorities say
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A wounded cop asked to call mom before surgery, doctor says
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A Navy commander says he saw maintenance worker shot in head | 57,109 | record_train |
But @placeholder has been praised for being a stable factor in volatile Dutch politics. | The Queen of the Netherlands announced last night that she was abdicating in favour of her son and heir after 33 years on the throne. In a broadcast on Dutch state television three days before her 75th birthday, Queen Beatrix said she was stepping down because she believed ‘the responsibility should now lie in the hands of a new generation’. The new king, Willem-Alexander, the 45-year-old Prince of Orange, will take over as monarch on April 30. He will be the first male to accede to the Dutch throne since 1890. His mother has ruled the Netherlands since April 30, 1980.
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Dutch Queen Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, said 'the responsibility for this country should lie in the hands of a new generation'
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Her eldest son Prince Willem-Alexander will ascend to the throne on 30 April
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Prime Minister Rutte labelled her 'an icon of the Netherlands' | 57,110 | record_train |
It is not explicitly stated what kind of drink @placeholder is hoping to launch, and the beverage could be alcoholic or non-alcoholic. | By William Turvill PUBLISHED: 03:47 EST, 15 January 2014 | UPDATED: 20:00 EST, 15 January 2014 Blur bassist Alex James is planning to launch a new drinks brand called Britpop. The musician appears set on releasing the beverages under a name associated with the rock movement his band started in the 1990s. The 45-year-old's application for the drinks brand trademark was published for consultation by the Intellectual Property Office last Friday. Blur bassist Alex James has applied to trademark a drink called Britpop at the Intellectual Property Office He would join a long line of musicians who have entered the drinks market, following in the footsteps of bands such as Iron Maiden and Madness.
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Alex James appears set on releasing the beverages under Britpop brand
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Applied for trademark on drinks brand at the Intellectual Property Office
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Musician already owns the trademark on a number of cheese names | 57,111 | record_train |
Plenty of information: All the files for the trial of Hoeness in the @placeholder court | By David Kent The president of Bayern Munich, who has admitted evading millions of euros of taxes, hid even more income than he said, a tax inspector told his trial on Tuesday. Uli Hoeness, a World Cup winning player for West Germany in 1974 who has led Bayern to domestic and European glory, faces up to 10 years in jail in a case that has shocked his club's fans and prompted thousands of German tax dodgers to own up. As his trial opened on Monday, Hoeness admitted to evading more than five times the 3.5 million euros he had been charged with, around 18.5 million, hoping his admission and apology would mitigate his punishment.
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Uli Hoeness charged with evading £2.9m in taxes
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Hoeness admitted to evading more than five times that amount
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Expert witness claims he hid even more than he said
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Bayern Munich general manager used secret Swiss bank account
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Faces between five and 10 years in jail
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Bayern Munich fans show their support outside trial | 57,112 | record_train |
After allegations had emerged, shortly before Huhne and @placeholder were due to be interviewed by police, Peter had another conversation with his father. | By Martin Robinson PUBLISHED: 11:12 EST, 4 February 2013 | UPDATED: 06:35 EST, 5 February 2013 The rotten relationship between Chris Huhne and his youngest son has been laid bare in a series of foul-mouthed texts. Teenager Peter Huhne sent a string of expletive-filled messages to his MP dad calling him a 'fat piece of s***' and telling him to 'f*** off' when he tried to contact him. Huhne's son was furious that the former Energy Secretary had forced Vicky Pryce to take his speeding points and had later run off with his PR woman, Carina Trimingham, after a high-profile affair.
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Peter Huhne sent series of messages urging his father to come clean
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'We all know that you were driving and you put pressure on Mum,' he said
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Chris Huhne on December 25 2010: 'Happy Christmas. Love you, Dad'
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Peter Huhne replies: 'Well I hate you, so f*** off' | 57,113 | record_train |
At the same time, Clinton wants to avoid launching any kind of "real challenge" to @placeholder on the issue, she added, saying "you look like a turncoat and it reduces your credibility." | Washington (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton is talking tough about Russia these days, for reasons both pragmatic and political. The overwhelming favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, if she decides to run, Clinton already faces GOP criticism for allegedly being soft on Moscow as President Barack Obama's secretary of state until last year. A recent Republican National Committee statement mocked the "reset" button she offered to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in 2009 in what was a symbolic effort by the Obama administration to move past Russia's military backing for two breakaway regions in Georgia. Now Russia's attempted annexation of the Crimean Peninsula from neighboring Ukraine, another former Soviet territory, has again put Washington-Moscow relations in the spotlight.
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Hillary Clinton talks tough about Russia's moves to annex Crimea from Ukraine
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She says Russian President Putin wants to rewrite European boundaries
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Analyst: Clinton seeks to bolster Democrats in November and her presidential chances
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Republicans already criticize the early Democratic frontrunner for President in 2016 | 57,114 | record_train |
'@placeholder's thoughts and prayers are with our Australian friends,' Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, wrote. | As Australians everywhere sat glued to their television, in shock at the terror taking place on their own doorstep, news of the Sydney café siege also spread to screens around the world. Numerous world leaders offered their support to the country and Prime Minister Tony Abbott in statements and even on social media, while media organisations led their news casts with word of the hostages in the Martin Place Lindt Cafe in Sydney's CBD. Mr Abbott confirmed that he had taken 'a lot of calls' from 'overseas friends' and leaders during a press conference in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon, adding: 'I'm really pleased at the way Australia's friends have rallied to us at this difficult time'.
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Both American president Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron were briefed on the siege on Monday
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World leaders including Mr Cameron, India's PM Narendra Modi and New Zealand's John Key, issued tweets of support to Australia
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Canada's PM Stephen Harper offered his condolences following the announcement of two deaths, saying 'Canada mourns with the people of Australia'
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The siege made the front page of numerous newspapers and news websites across the UK, US, Spain, Italy, New Zealand and France | 57,115 | record_train |
It came as Britain's biggest fuel company @placeholder warned against voting 'Yes' next week. | Support for independence has dramatically stalled in a major boost for the union just seven days before next week's historic referendum - as women, pensioners and students unite against separation. First Minister Alex Salmond showed signs of pressure getting to him today, as Lloyds Bank and even Royal Bank of Scotland threatened to quit an independent Scotland while John Lewis warned it would push up prices for customers. The latest opinion poll puts the No camp six points ahead, but revealed major regional splits over independence - with support for the Union holding up in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Lothian and Fife but falling away in formerly strong Labour areas in central and west Scotland.
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Poll puts the 'No' campaign six points ahead, halting independence surge
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Over 65s, under 24s and women unpersuaded by independence campaign
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Glasgow, Edinburgh and Borders strongly in favour of the Union
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But old Labour heartlands in central and west Scotland backing separation
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Under-pressure Salmond insists Scotland on the cusp of making history
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But Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland threaten to relocate to England
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John Lewis and Asda warn prices will rise if Scotland is independent
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Standard Life announced it would move jobs to England if Scotland leaves
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BP says North Sea oil industry is 'best served' by Scotland remaining in UK | 57,116 | record_train |
"I think we'll come with somebody who has experience, knows what they're talking about, is good with both liberals and conservatives, both @placeholder and Republicans," Brown said of a future Republican presidential nominee. | (CNN) -- Katy Brown is an Internet-savvy college freshman with conservative perspectives who worries about the future of the Republican Party. Katy Brown, Kevin Neugebauer, Barbara Rademacher and Chuck Burkhard discuss the future of the GOP. Brown, a student at Kent State University in Ohio, joined other Republicans and conservative independent iReporters in an online roundtable discussion. The Republican National Committee selected Michael Steele to become its chairman Friday during its annual winter meeting after the decisive victory of President Obama in November. Over the next four years, Republicans must regroup and establish a strategy, and the new GOP leader must navigate a political landscape where the Democrats control the White House and both houses of Congress.
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Republican National Committee names Michael Steele as chairman
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Katy Brown advocates bipartisan cooperation during iReport roundtable chat
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Kevin Neugebauer suggests Republicans need to return to conservative roots
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iReport.com: Hao Li asks how the party can reach out to younger voters | 57,117 | record_train |
The book's unavailability has not kept @placeholder from reading it. | NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- A book detailing a culture of corruption in Kenya is making booksellers and government officials uneasy, but for different reasons. The book details John Githongo's fight to reveal the level of corruption in Kenya. The fear of reprisals is keeping sellers from stocking it, while top officials named in the book are threatening to sue for libel. The book, "It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower," by Michela Wrong, focuses on John Githongo, whom the Kenyan government hired in 2003 to head an anti-graft unit. Githongo's investigations detailed an intricate web of corruption, allegedly featuring top Kenyan politicians.
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Book on Kenyan corruption whistleblower not available in country's stores
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However, PDF copies and those purchased abroad are being taken in
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It details John Githongo's attempt to reveal scale of corruption in Kenya | 57,118 | record_train |
Ford sells more pickups in a week than it does @placeholder in a month, but the company says the Mustang has the highest name recognition and highest favorable opinion of any of its cars. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 15:59 EST, 5 December 2013 | UPDATED: 17:44 EST, 5 December 2013 The Ford Mustang, America's classic sports car, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a sleek new design and plans to go global. The iconic car, which has featured in countless films, including the 007 and Fast and Furious franchises, has been given its first makeover since 2005. The new-look 2015 Mustang was revealed on Thursday at events in New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Sydney, Barcelona and Ford's hometown of Dearborn, Michigan. Scroll down for video New direction: Ford has released a remodeled Mustang to celebrate the car's 50th anniversary
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Ford goes after international audience with Europe and Asia releases
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Remodeled classic will be available by end of next year
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More than 9 million Mustangs have been sold since 1964 | 57,119 | record_train |
Upset: The outburst was triggered by the sight of fellow contestant @placeholder, 21, a beauty queen who has been wearing a revealing bikini to soap herself under a waterfall on set | By Alasdair Glennie PUBLISHED: 18:29 EST, 22 November 2013 | UPDATED: 18:34 EST, 22 November 2013 Winning four Olympic medals takes nerves of steel and utter self-belief. But Rebecca Adlington has found herself rather out of her depth in the world of reality TV, bursting into tears over her deep-seated body insecurities on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! Now experts have warned Britain’s most successful swimmer could suffer psychological damage as they accused the ITV show’s makers of ‘deliberately manipulating’ Miss Adlington to increase viewer ratings. Self-conscious: Rebecca Adlington becomes teary and upset as she admits Amy Willerton made her feel insecure about her body on 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here'
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Olympic Gold medalist Rebecca Adlington broke down on I'm A Celebrity...
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Ms Adlington admitted she has deep seated body insecurities on camera
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Psychologists have accused show makers of 'deliberately manipulating' her | 57,120 | record_train |
Amnesty International has since found the first known witness from @placeholder, who says that guards there forced prisoners to dig their own graves and then killed them with hammers. | (CNN) -- The deliberate policies of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his late father, Kim Jong Il, may have killed millions of North Koreans, either by starving them to death or sending them to die in a system of political prisoner concentration camps unlike any since the regimes of Hitler and Stalin. For years, the world has been so fixated on the North's nuclear weapons that it has lost sight of reports of such systematic crimes. Yet they are the very reason we should care that North Korea could develop an effective nuclear arsenal. Indeed one of the very sites of this alleged brutality — Camp 16 -- lies right next to North Korea's nuclear test site.
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Joshua Stanton, Sung-Yoon Lee: Recent Amnesty report shows North Korea prison horrors
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Witnesses tell of people imprisoned with little cause, beaten, tortured, raped, killed
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Two camps have apparently closed, their prisoners either freed or disappeared, they say
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Writers: World slowly waking up to this depravity. It must further cut off North Korea financially | 57,121 | record_train |
"This would have been a most-demanding task for security forces anywhere in the world, and we should acknowledge the resolve shown by the @placeholder in undertaking it," the British leader said. | At least 37 hostages died in the terrorist seizure of a natural gas facility in eastern Algeria and the subsequent special forces assaults on it, the country's prime minister said Monday. Five other hostages are missing from the In Amenas complex and could be dead, Prime Minister Abdul Malek Sallal said. Read more: Power struggle: The North African gas industry targeted by militants Before Sallal's statement, officials from other countries and companies that employed foreign workers at the sprawling plant had confirmed 29 hostage deaths. Seven of the 37 confirmed dead haven't been identified yet, according to the prime minister. Those who have been identified include seven Japanese, six Filipinos, three Americans, three Britons and one Algerian, officials from those countries said.
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The daughter of a Texas man killed says he was a "wonderful" father and person
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In addition to 37 confirmed dead, 5 hostages are unaccounted for, Algeria's leader says
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7 Japanese, 6 Filipinos, 3 Britons and 3 Americans are among those killed, officials say
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An Algerian official says the gas plant will reopen and foreign workers will return | 57,122 | record_train |
Some smaller cities in @placeholder have refrained from allowing dispensaries out of fear of federal action, Reiman said. | (CNN) -- The city of Berkeley, California, is trying to stop the U.S. government from closing a medical marijuana dispensary and filed a federal court claim Wednesday, attorneys said. In the latest strategy against federal attempts to shut down marijuana shops, the city contends the U.S. civil action would harm the city by depriving it of hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes, paid over a period of years, according to Drug Policy Alliance, a nonprofit group whose attorneys are representing the city. In May, the U.S. government filed a complaint for forfeiture against a property leased by the retail marijuana store Berkeley Patients Group at 2366 San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, according to court papers filed by U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag.
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Feds file a civil forfeiture complaint to close a marijuana dispensary in Berkeley
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Berkeley, California, officials respond in court saying feds are trying to harm city
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"It is time for the federal government to wake up and stop these ... actions," mayor says
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The Berkeley "push-back" follows a similar local challenge in Oakland, group says | 57,123 | record_train |
‘I thought the church loved its children... but it turns out it loves only the children who believe in @placeholder. | By Will Stewart PUBLISHED: 20:07 EST, 4 August 2012 | UPDATED: 07:11 EST, 5 August 2012 Terrified: The women, Nadia, Maria, and Katya, speaking from their cell. Caged behind the perspex panes of a cramped Moscow courtroom cell, the three young Russian women huddle together in dejected and fearful silence as a stern-faced woman prison warden, a 3ft wooden truncheon strapped to her waist, stands guard. Terrified, separated from their children and deprived of food, water and sleep for long stretches, the three members of Russian punks-against-Putin band Pussy Riot face seven years’ imprisonment if convicted of the trumped-up charge of hooliganism levelled against them for staging an impromptu protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral, an act which outraged the Russian leader.
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Trio face seven years in jail after staging cathedral performance calling for Putin to be removed from power
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Denied food and water for 12 hours while cooped up in their perspex cage
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Rarely given more than four hours sleep a night
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Only daylight is on their drive to 'Putin show trial' | 57,124 | record_train |
'But @placeholder has not sold 'em, has not tried to sell 'em, not tried to show them in public or anything like that. | By Anna Edwards and Emma Reynolds Sir Jimmy Savile was interviewed by police over child abuse allegations in 2007 but no charges were ever brought, it has emerged. The late TV host was questioned about an alleged indecent assault at a children's home in Staines during the 1970s, but the Crown Prosecution Service decided there was 'insufficient evidence' to proceed. This is the first time it has been revealed that Savile was ever questioned by police over sexual assault allegations. Surrey police said in a statement: 'In 2007 Surrey Police received an historic allegation of indecent assault which is alleged to have occurred at a children's home in Staines during the 1970s.
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Questioned over alleged indecent assault in the 1970s but never charged
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First evidence that police ever probed him on sexual assault allegations
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Savile 'defended' paedophile pop star Gary Glitter for 'just watching dodgy films', it is revealed in new documentary
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Women have gone public with claims Savile groomed girls as young as 12 | 57,125 | record_train |
Upon news of his brother's death, Bashar was brought back to @placeholder to undergo military training to eventually take his brother's place as successor to their father's role as president. | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is the face of his country's regime, but his family members are also believed to wield a powerful influence on issues facing the country. In the past year, as pressure on the regime increased, al-Assad's inner circle has become more of a family affair, said David Lesch, a professor of Middle East history and author of "The New Lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Assad and Modern Syria." "That's part of what Bashar has been doing ever since he came to power," Lesch said. "He has put members of his extended family ... in various parts of government and military security apparatus. If the day came -- and it did come -- where there was a threat to the regime, he could count on the loyalty of those closest to him."
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Behind the scenes, the relatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hold significant influence
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Al-Assad has put some of them in important government positions
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His brother Maher is a military leader often considered Syria's second most powerful man
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His nephew Rami Makhlouf is regarded as the richest person in the country | 57,126 | record_train |
The vote amounted to an international endorsement of the @placeholder position on future border arrangements with Israel and an overwhelming condemnation of Israeli settlements in the areas claimed by the Palestinians. | By Jill Reilly PUBLISHED: 04:45 EST, 3 December 2012 | UPDATED: 20:37 EST, 3 December 2012 The Israeli ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Office yesterday for a dressing-down over his country's settlement policy. Middle East minister Alistair Burt told Daniel Taub that Israel will kill the prospects of a two-state solution to the peace process if it builds 3,000 homes on a tract of land called E1 near Jerusalem. Foreign Secretary William Hague is planning talks wth US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and European allies to get Israel to back down. Building work: A Palestinian man works at a new housing development in the Jewish West Bank settlement near Jerusalem
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Building in the area, known as E1, would sever the link between the West Bank and east Jerusalem
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Today France summoned Israel's envoy in Paris for a meeting but played down reports it could recall its ambassador to Israel
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Decision to build was first indication of Israeli anger after the vote on Palestinian status was held at the UN last week | 57,127 | record_train |
Top dog: Stubbs is in line for his first real managerial role if talks with @placeholder go well | By John Mcgarry Hibernian have been granted permission by Everton to speak with Alan Stubbs about the vacant manager’s job at Easter Road. The former Celtic defender has been identified by chief executive Leeann Dempster as the ideal candidate to rebuild the club. It’s understood talks will take place between both parties in the coming days before a decision is made on whether to offer the ambitious 42-year-old the post. Credentials: Stubbs has worked under David Moyes and Roberto Martinez during his time at Goodison Stubbs, currently Everton reserve-team manager, is well versed in Scottish football from his five years at Celtic between 1996 and 2001, and has made it clear that he covets a front-line managerial job.
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Former Celtic defender lined up for front-line managerial role
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Everton's reserve team manager identified as man to rebuild the club
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Mark Venus remains favourite for the role
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A Royal Mail spokesperson said the term ‘@placeholder’ was not commonly used in its sorting offices. | By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor PUBLISHED: 07:22 EST, 13 December 2013 | UPDATED: 13:06 EST, 13 December 2013 The police have been urged to investigate gaffe-prone Labour MP Jack Dromey after branding a postman ‘pikey’. Labour insiders were furious when the shadow police minister, who is married to deputy leader Harriet Harman, posted the controversial caption with a photo of himself with Royal Mail staff on Twitter. Tory MP David Morris tonight wrote to Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe claiming it was an 'incident that may constitute incitement to racial hatred' and asking him to launch an inquiry.
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Married to staunch PC campaigner Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman
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He wrote that he was with 'Gareth Martin, the Pikey' above a picture
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Twitter users accused him of racism and warned he might have broken law
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@placeholder told the jury that Samsung faced two options to compete in the booming cellphone market after the iPhone: Innovate or copy. | By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED: 06:00 EST, 1 August 2012 | UPDATED: 01:57 EST, 2 August 2012 Apple launched an attack on Samsung in court yesterday as lawyers for the firm related how Apple's entire business was at stake when it launched the iPhone. Harold McElhinny, representing Apple, painted an evocative picture of Apple as a struggling underdog company which knew it would either revolutionise the smartphone market - or die trying. He reminded the San Jose courtroom, in which Apple and Samsung are flinging patents at each other in a bid to prove they did not infringe each others' inventions, that the mobile market was an entirely different landscape when Steve Jobs pitched the final designs.
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Apple lawyer Harold McElhinny paints Apple as underdog during opening salvo against Samsung
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Samsung says every company uses the same basic shape of a phone
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Robinson said: 'Oliver brought so many people together that day – from Shandong to @placeholder and across the country – and he's continued to do so ever since. | A charismatic and inspirational moon bear who became a symbol of the animal welfare movement in China after surviving 30 years of captivity on a bile farm has died after beating overwhelming odds to live out the final years of his life in freedom. Oliver the bear won a host of celebrity admirers including Born Free star Virginia McKenna and Downton Abbey actress Lesley Nicol after being rescued with a group of other bears from appallingly cramped cages in a bear farm in Shandong. He confounded expectations when he survived emergency roadside surgery during his dramatic rescue in 2010 to live his remaining four years in a bear sanctuary in Chengdu, western China, run by the British charity Animals Asia.
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Oliver survived 30 years in captivity on a bile farm in China and beat the odds to live four more years of freedom after being rescued
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Oliver came to epitomise growing animal rights movement in Asia and starred in a film called Cages of Shame
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The frail and elderly Moon Bear was euthanised on Wednesday after his condition worsened
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Cared for by British charity Animals Asia and visited recently by founder Jill Robinson MBE and supporter Downton Abbey actress Lesley Nicol
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UK authorities are working to trace those who have come into contact with @placeholder. | London (CNN)A Scottish woman diagnosed with Ebola is now asking for experimental treatment of the virus. Pauline Cafferkey, 39, of Glasgow, is sitting up in her hospital bed, reading and talking, according to a statement from the Royal Free Hospital in London. "However, the next few days will be crucial," said Dr. Michael Jacobs, an infectious diseases consultant. "The disease has a variable course and we will know much more in a week's time." Cafferkey is the first person to be diagnosed with the virus on UK soil. British media outlets have said she is a public health nurse who was part of a 30-strong team of medical volunteers deployed to Sierra Leone in West Africa by the UK government last month in a joint endeavor with Save the Children.
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A health care worker diagnosed with the virus is asking for experimental drug therapy
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She is the first to be diagnosed with Ebola in the UK
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She fell ill after returning from West Africa as a medical volunteer
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He is also charged with making false statements, having allegedly not been forthright in telling @placeholder counterintelligence officials "the full scope" of his attempted contacts with other governments and "the full nature" of what he'd disclosed to the believed-to-be foreign agent. | (CNN) -- The attorney representing the 22-year-old Kentucky soldier charged with attempted espionage and communicating military information said Tuesday that his client told him he is innocent. "Generally speaking, yes -- that he is not guilty of attempted espionage or spying against the United States," Stephen Karns said of what the solider told him. Spc. William Colton Millay of Owensboro, Kentucky, was charged this week with attempted espionage and communicating military information, allegations that have shocked friends who have described him as a patriotic country boy. The formal charges were issued 10 days after Millay was arrested at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, said Col. Bill Coppernoll, the public affairs officer at the base.
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Spc. William Colton Millay faces charges including communicating military information
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His lawyer says Millay told him he is not guilty
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Soldier believed he was giving info to "a foreign intelligence agent," military says
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"It is American information and it is for the @placeholder to decide when to publish their information." | LONDON, England (CNN) -- The UK government has clashed with the judiciary amid claims that Washington pressured London into not releasing documents that reveal the torture of a terrorism suspect, UK media report. Binyam Mohamed has been held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years. Ethiopian Binyam Mohamed, 30, formerly resident in the UK, has been held at Guantanamo Bay since September 2004. Allegations that he he was involved in a plot to release a "dirty bomb" in the United States have now been withdrawn. Mohamed and his supporters allege he was tortured in Pakistan, Morocco and Afghanistan between 2002 and 2004, and that the UK security services were complicit.
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Binyam Mohamed has been held at Guantanamo Bay since September 2004
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Mohamed's supporters allege he was tortured in Pakistan, Morocco, Afghanistan
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UK media loses appeal against release of information relating to case
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UK judges, in ruling, say U.S. govt. has pressured London to supress documents | 57,134 | record_train |
Support: @placeholder's father decided to embark on the walk as a way to deal with his grief | By Jessica Jerreat PUBLISHED: 00:00 EST, 29 January 2013 | UPDATED: 03:23 EST, 11 October 2013 A grieving father has been run over and killed during an attempt to walk across America in a campaign against homophobic bullying after his gay son took his own life earlier this year. Joe Bell was struck by a truck in eastern Colorado on Wednesday evening as he walked along the shoulder of a highway. The 48-year-old from Oregon began his 5,000-mile walk in April to raise awareness about gay rights after the death of his 15-year-old son Jadin in January. Double tragedy: Joe Bell was hit by a car as he walked across the U.S. in memory of his son Jadin
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Joe Bell was on his way to give a talk about bullying when he was run over
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Driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel, police say
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48-year-old began journey in April to honor Jadin and raise awareness
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Mr Ahmet lost control of the @placeholder, which spun in the road and careered down a verge into a tree. | By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:42 PM on 28th September 2011 A man who killed a teenager by shunting his car off the road with his sports car in a revenge attack for eggs being thrown at his brother's restaurant has been jailed for 12 years. Abid Kwaik, 38, deliberately rammed his Honda NSX into 19-year-old Shenol Ahmet's car because he blamed the victim and his two friends for throwing the eggs, the court heard. Mr Ahmet suffered massive injuries in the collision and died four days later in hospital. Abid Kwaik, left, rammed the Fiesta driven by 19-year-old Shenol Ahmet, right, off the road with his Honda sports car because he blamed him and two of his friends for throwing eggs at his brother's London restaurant
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19-year-old died after his car was forced off road and into a tree
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Abid Kwaik jailed for 12 years for using his Honda NSX sports car 'as a weapon'
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18-year-old was in coma for five months and now needs 24-hour care | 57,136 | record_train |
AT&T says having both technologies in place lets users, when out of range of an LTE 4G network, fall back on the still-fast @placeholder+. | Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) -- AT&T, which has been late to the 4G race, announced detailed plans for its faster, fourth-generation network on Wednesday while showing its first 4G smartphones. The carrier has begun upgrading its network to a protocol with the awkward name of HSPA+ and that is faster than today's 3G. That process will ramp up this year, said AT&T executives at a developers conference here during the Consumer Electronics Show. During the second half of the year, AT&T plans to begin rolling out a more advanced technology called Long-Term Evolution (LTE), which is very similar to the 4G network Verizon Wireless launched late last year.
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AT&T announces detailed plans for its faster, fourth-generation network at CES
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AT&T has begun upgrading its network to a protocol faster than today's 3G
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The carrier plans to begin rolling out advanced technology called Long-Term Evolution | 57,137 | record_train |
The @placeholder army declined to comment but security and Islamic State sources confirmed the latest beheading. | King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia told a group of foreign ambassadors that terrorism needed to be fought with 'force, reason and speed' The king of Saudi Arabia has warned that Europe and the U.S. could be ISIS's next targets unless Western government fight terrorism with 'force, reason and speed'. King Abdullah said extremists 'know no border' and could begin sweeping through countries outside of the Middle East unless action is taken. His comments, made at a reception for foreign ambassadors, came as ISIS posted another video on social media showing the beheading of a Lebanese soldier who was captured in Syria.
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King Abdullah made the comments at a reception for foreign ambassadors
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Said terrorists 'know no border' and could reach Europe and U.S in months
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Urged heads of state to fight terrorism with 'force, reason and speed'
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Comes as ISIS posted video of beheading of Sunni Muslim Ali al-Sayyed
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Asked if it was possible @placeholder was coming forward for monetary reasons, Anthony said, "I think there's no doubt about that. | Oakland Township, Michigan (CNN) -- The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday, and as with so many past attempts to find him, authorities walked away empty-handed, the FBI said. Authorities resumed digging in the field Wednesday morning, and a law enforcement source said the search was expanded to a site where a house once stood. John Anthony, a former FBI special agent involved in the original 1975 hunt for Hoffa, said the tip from alleged mobster Tony Zerilli which prompted this week's renewed search was the most credible he's heard since Hoffa's disappearance -- though he still has his reservations, he said.
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NEW: FBI says the hunt for Jimmy Hoffa is over, no body was found
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Alleged mobster who tipped off police says he hopes his "good friend" is exhumed
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Concrete slabs are removed during the dig, a source says
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‘Of all the guys in our team I guess I know @placeholder the best because we grew up playing amateur golf together,’ said McIlroy, about the gifted but enigmatic Frenchman Dubuisson. | Rory McIlroy knows he will be the man with a target on his back at the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles next week… and he can’t wait. The world number one was responding to American captain Tom Watson’s comments that he wants his team to ‘take down the top dogs,’ a reference to McIlroy and Ian Poulter. ’It’s a massive compliment whenever the opposition are talking about you,’ McIlroy told Sportsmail. Rory McIlroy is determined to accept the responsibility of being Europe's leading man at the Ryder Cup World No 1 was in London to launch Santander's 123 World in front of Tower Bridge
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Rory McIlroy is Europe's leading player for the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles
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US captain Tom Watson has called for players to 'take down the top dogs'
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McIlroy and Ian Poulter are regarded as Europe's danger men
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Northern Irishman insists legal dispute will not affect friendship with Graeme McDowell
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World No 1 hints he will play four balls with Frenchman Victor Dubuisson
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He said a NATO airstrike killed a separate group of insurgents, while those responsible for Saturday's strike slipped into a separate @placeholder province. | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Five American service members were killed Thursday after an improvised explosive device detonated in southern Afghanistan, officials said. The attack occurred several days after 30 Americans died in a helicopter crash in central-eastern Afghanistan. That was America's worst single-incident loss of life since the war began. No other details were provided regarding Thursday's incident. On Wednesday, Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi told reporters that coalition forces had killed 189 militants in joint operations against Taliban insurgents across the country in the past three weeks. Azimi announced that 362 insurgents had been detained since July 23, as NATO and Afghan forces stepped up raids against Taliban strongholds.
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NEW: Al Jazeera airs video of what it says is helicopter wreckage
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American service members die in an improvised explosive device attack
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Coalition forces have killed 189 militants since July 23
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‘It was clearly, clearly, a double homicide,’ @placeholder Police Sergeant Gary Knight said. | By Mark Duell Last updated at 5:26 AM on 1st March 2012 A father killed his wife and 16-month-old daughter then fled 1,100 miles across the U.S. before committing suicide in a hotel room, police said. Daniel Johnston, 29, of Oklahoma City, allegedly killed his wife Tara, 29, and daughter Allison, and was later found dead in Las Vegas, Nevada. After flying west on Sunday, Johnston committed suicide in the hotel room last night. He did it by cutting his wrists and ankles, his father claimed. Scroll down for video Mystery: Daniel Johnston, 29, of Oklahoma City, allegedly killed his wife Tara, 29, left, and daughter Allison, right, and was later found dead in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Daniel Johnston 'killed wife Tara and 16-month-old daughter Allison'
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Flew from Oklahoma City to Las Vegas to kill himself
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Police ponder motive as neighbours call them 'happy' and recall family walks
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A BNP spokesman said last night: ‘Adam visited the shrine as a mark of respect to the @placeholder people as a whole and as a small contribution to reconciliation between our two great countries. | Adam Walker, pictured, the new leader of the BNP, who is set to visit the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo The new leader of the BNP has been accused of insulting Britain’s war dead by visiting a shrine that honours Japanese war criminals responsible for the deaths of thousands of Allied troops and civilians during the Second World War. Adam Walker’s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo has outraged veterans’ associations and former soldiers who worked in horrifying conditions as slave labourers on the bridge over the River Kwai. Mr Walker, 45, who took over from Nick Griffin last week as chairman of the far-right British National Party, is himself a former soldier.
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BNP leader Adam Walker plans to visit the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo
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Planned trip has outraged veterans' associations and former soldiers
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Shrine is the most potent symbol of Japan's militaristic past
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Honours Japanese commanders and politicians judged to have committed war crimes | 57,143 | record_train |
@placeholder's position is made easier by the fact that none of his potential rivals has declared their hand. | Two of Ed Miliband's most senior frontbenchers today angrily denied plotting against him. Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham were forced to issue statements dismissing reports they were planning for a 'post-Miliband future'. The Labour party is in the grip of panic after Mr Miliband's personal ratings plunged, and his MPs fear hopes of election victory are slipping away. Face-off: Andy Burnham, left, has union backing, while Yvette Cooper, right, is the bookies' favourits Ed Miliband attended the Stonewall Awards with Labour peer Lord Cashman last night, as speculation swirled about his future Polls show Mr Miliband he is now less popular than every leader for 30 years who has taken their party to defeat in a general election, with 'depressed' Labour MPs fearing he will cost them victory in 2015.
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Shadow home secretary and shadow health secretary issue statements
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Growing numbers of Labour MPs wish someone else was leading party
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Backbenchers horrified by a slump in polls say they want Miliband out
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Members of the Shadow Cabinet are being urged to move against leader | 57,144 | record_train |
@placeholder typically cost between $525 and $650, depending on the instrument's features. | (CNN) -- You don't necessarily need a vintage Les Paul or a shiny Stratocaster to be a guitar hero. A Cape Town-based company is crafting eye-catching electric guitars out of re-purposed oil cans, striking a chord with music fans around the world. Dubbed "Township Guitars," the hand-made six-strings are inspired by the traditional can instruments that have long been played by the resourceful residents in South Africa's poorest areas. "The whole idea comes from the traditional kind of thinking," explains Dani Ngwenya, the company's chief quality controller, tasked with personally fine tuning every instrument. "When we were kids we couldn't afford to buy a guitar so we used to make our own guitars, with a can used as an acoustic kind of body -- but these (Township Guitars) are just purely electric," adds Ngwenya, an accomplished guitarist himself.
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A South African company is crafting guitars out of old oil cans
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The idea comes from traditional South African instruments made out of cans
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The firm says many famous musicians have one of their guitars
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The guitars are sold online at a Cape Town craft market | 57,145 | record_train |
'We are delighted that this first phase of restoration works is now complete, revealing a masterly exposition of historic, royal, naval and @placeholder motifs. | By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 12:58 EST, 4 May 2013 | UPDATED: 12:58 EST, 4 May 2013 Adorned with beautiful baroque paintings that wouldn't look out of place in the Sistine Chapel, it is little wonder that the Painted Hall at London's Old Royal Naval College has been described as the 'finest dining hall in Europe'. And the stunning splendour of the hall's West Wall and part of its ceiling have been restored to their former glory thanks to the completion of the first restoration work on the artwork for half a century. Work on the section of the historic hall cost £335,000 and several months to complete and was possible thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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The Painted Hall's west wall has been restored over several months at a cost of £335,000
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The restoration work, the first for more than 50 years, is part of plans to restore the whole room | 57,146 | record_train |
"If @placeholder players, coaches and staff allegedly involved in the incident are found to have acted in unprofessional and harassing behavior toward Ms. Sainz, we expect and demand reprimand and punishment by the NFL and Jets," the association said in a statement. | (CNN) -- The National Football League has sent a memo to all 32 of its teams, reminding players and league employees that female reporters should be treated professionally and with respect. The note comes on the heels of news that the New York Jets team is investigating allegations of harassment by team members toward television sports reporter Ines Sainz. The memo cites the NFL's Media Relations Playbook, which states that "by law, women must be granted the same rights to perform their jobs as men. Please remember that women reporters are professionals and should be treated as such." Among other things, the playbook stresses that "it is important to you and this organization that you present yourself to the media in a manner and style in which you yourself would like to be received and treated."
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The NFL is reminding players and other league employees that women journalists should be treated with respect
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The reminder comes in the wake of allegations that sports reporter Ines Sainz was harassed
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The NFL is also warning players that women reporters must be granted the same access as men
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Sainz received an apology from the Jets owner after an incident last Saturday | 57,147 | record_train |
Scrutiny: @placeholder and Jeremy Paxman are believed to earn £1m or more and consultants will consider whether this offers 'value for money' | By Martin Robinson The high pay of BBC stars like Graham Norton, Gary Lineker, Jeremy Paxman, Tess Daly and Fiona Bruce will face fresh scrutiny after concerns salaries have 'got out of hand'. The Corporation will today announce a 'value for money' review into its £200million annual bill for its most expensive on-screen 'talent' - the first for five years. More than 250 staff earn more than £250,000 each year and 14 earn at least £500,000, but the BBC refuses to name them. Scroll down for video Stars: The pay of presenters like Graham Norton and Susanna Reid - whose salary has been quadrupled by ITV which tempted her to leave - is to be looked at by a new review at the BBC
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Corporation will look into stars' salaries for the first time in five years
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Aim is to consider if salaries offer 'value for money' for licence-fee payer
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Critics say salaries have 'got out of hand' in recent years and need cutting
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Stars like Susanna Reid have left for ITV after her salary was quadrupled | 57,148 | record_train |
@placeholder celebrates with team-mates after sealing victory with fourth goal against Mainz | Marco Reus scored one goal and set up another as Borussia Dortmund recovered from going a goal behind in 53 seconds to beat Mainz and climb out of the Bundesliga drop zone. Germany international midfielder Reus was cheered by home fans for signing a new deal on Tuesday, but the celebrations were cut short when Elkin Soto opened the scoring in the first minute. Goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller failed to clear and Soto lobbed the ball into an empty net from the edge of the box. Under pressure Jurgen Klopp celebrates on the touchline as Dortmund secure much-needed victory on Friday night
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Elkin Soto opened the scoring for Mainz after just 53 seconds in Friday's Bundesliga encounter
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Serbian defender Neven Subotic levelled with a header five minutes into the second half
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Marco Reus made it 2-1 when he latched on to Kevin Kampl's fine pass and went round the keeper
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Yunus Malli beat Weidenfeller to equalise but Reus combined with Aubameyang to regain the lead
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Nuri Sahin's goal sealed Dortmund's second successive victory and lifted them out of drop zone | 57,149 | record_train |
The @placeholder central bank has also warned financial institutions on today against trading Bitcoin, which has proven particularly popular in China. | Do you have some Bitcoins burning a hole in your proverbial pocket? If so, you can now buy a sports car from Lamborghini, who has become the latest retailer to accept the digital currency. The luxury car group's Newport Beach dealership in Orange County, California, sold a Tesla Model S Performance yesterday to an unnamed customer. The current list price for a Tesla Model S start from £49,900 in the UK ($110,000 in the U.S.), which is around 81 Bitcoins. Lamborghini Newport Beach yesterday sold this Tesla Model S electric car to an customer who paid in Bitcoins Bitcoin is a distributed peer-to-peer digital currency that functions without any central authority, such as the Bank of England.
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A Lamborghini dealership sold a Tesla Model S for an unknown sum
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Tesla Model S starts from £49,900 in the UK, which is around 81 Bitcoins
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Bitcoin value has risen dramatically with the price currently at $1007 (£616)
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Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer digital currency that works without a central bank
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It can be bought with anonymity which supporters say lowers fraud
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Tagged one day before @placeholder, she weighed 1,400 pounds and measured 12-feet, 7-inches. | By Mark Prigg Experts tracking a great white shark through the Gulf of Mexico say the giant killer is heading for Texas. Katherine, a 14 foot Great White, sends a signal every time she surfaces. The 2,300-pound shark is part of a pioneering programme to show shark movements live online. Click here to open an interactive version of the map Katharine is currently off the coast of Florida, heading towards texas Katharine, who was tagged off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was named by Cat Products fans in honor of Katharine Lee Bates. The Cape Cod native and songwriter - best known for her poem and song 'America The Beautiful', which has been called 'an expression of patriotism at its finest.'
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14 foot Great White, sends a signal every time she surfaces
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He also questioned why the @placeholder would keep breeding animals for which it didn't have room. | Outrage over the recent killing of a healthy giraffe at a Danish zoo misses a crucial point, an official argued. "Conservation is not always simple. It's not always clean," said Lesley Dickie, executive director of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, a European body governing 345 institutions. "I'm afraid that when we have limited space in zoos -- and it's limited because of problems in the wild, of course, and more and more animals need our help -- then we sometimes have to make these really tough decisions." The Copenhagen Zoo said it "euthanized" the animal, named Marius, to avoid inbreeding. A veterinarian shot Marius with a rifle as he leaned down to munch on rye bread, a favorite snack. After a necropsy, the giraffe was dismembered in front of an audience that included children and fed to the zoo's lions, tigers and leopards.
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Copenhagen Zoo staff get death threats
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Copenhagen Zoo said it shot Marius with rifle, fed his carcass to zoo's carnivores
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Killing sparked outrage, with many people expressing revulsion on Facebook | 57,152 | record_train |
Tragedy: The @placeholder where one skydiver died and the other was injured | By Chris Greenwood and Lucy Osborne PUBLISHED: 06:13 EST, 23 September 2012 | UPDATED: 06:58 EST, 24 September 2012 One of Britain’s leading wine merchants, Patrick Sandeman, plummeted to his death after his parachute became tangled with another just as he was about to land. The 53-year-old father of three, an experienced jumper, plunged 50ft to the ground before dozens of horrified onlookers on Saturday afternoon. Paramedics made frantic efforts to save him but he died at the scene. The second parachutist, a Frenchman aged 28, was taken to hospital after breaking his legs and damaging his spine in the accident at Sibson Aerodrome, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
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Patrick Sanderman, 53, was killed and a Frenchman, 28, was injured
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Some of the @placeholder choose to learn about the lives of the soldiers they've carried. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Staff Sgt. Cody Reeves has survived harrowing conditions and stared down enemies on the battlefield during two tours in the military hotspots of Iraq. Staff. Sgt. Cody Reeves works out with his fellow Old Guard soldiers. Now he is stationed near Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, trained to carry the remains of fellow soldiers who perished in that same conflict. Before,"it was all about catching the bad guy," Reeves said. "When you come here, it's all about honoring your brothers who are fallen for catching the bad guys, for their service." Reeves serves in the Army's Old Guard, a tight-knit group of soldiers of similar height and size who physically bear the weight of the Army's fallen veterans. The Old Guard conducts a 15-minute ceremony called a dignified transfer.
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Army's Old Guard transfers remains of soldiers who died in conflict
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The team performs duties in front of the soldiers' families
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Catching a tan: Miss Minetti tops up her sun cream as she prepares to lie out in the @placeholder sun | By Alex Gore PUBLISHED: 13:57 EST, 30 December 2012 | UPDATED: 06:54 EST, 31 December 2012 Showgirl turned Italian MP Nicole Minetti shows the country's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi what he has been missing as she enjoys a sun-filled break away from politics. Mr Berlusconi's former girlfriend is on a Christmas holiday in Miami Beach, Florida, and was pictured over the weekend relaxing during a day's sunbathing in a multi-coloured bikini. Earlier today, the half-English 26-year-old greeted waiting photographers by sticking her tongue out as she arrived at the beach to soak up yet more sun. Enjoying her break: Italian showgirl turned MP Nicole Minetti sunbathes in Miami Beach, Florida
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Sunbathing Nicole Minetti shows Italy's former PM what he's been missing
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The @placeholder reported that Whelan said 'Jewish people do chase money more than everybody else' and, when asked about Mackay's past indiscretions, replied by saying it was 'nothing' to call a Chinese person a 'chink'. | The FA has given Wigan chairman Dave Whelan an extra week to respond to his misconduct charge. The 78-year-old last month allegedly made remarks about Chinese and Jewish people in response to criticism of the club's decision to appoint Malky Mackay as the Latics' new manager. Whelan publicly apologised for the comments attributed to him in the Guardian and also suggested he may have been misquoted, yet was still charged by football's governing body. Dave Whelan, seen crying as Wigan fans sang his name before they faced Middlesbrough last Saturday, has been charged by the Football Association for alleged racist remarks made to the press
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Dave Whelan has an extra week to respond to his misconduct charge
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Whelan allegedly made remarks about Chinese and Jewish people
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One way or another, he looks destined to join @placeholder and Ronaldo at football's top table sooner rather than later. | (CNN) -- it is common knowledge that Gareth Bale is a gifted footballer. But just how good is he? "He will eventually work himself into the top one or two players in the world, he's that good," Spurs goalkeeper Brad Friedel told CNN. "The future is in his hands." On Sunday, Bale swept the boards at an annual award ceremony held by English Professional Footballers' Association. The Tottenham Hotspur star was voted as both the Player of the Year and the Young Player of the Year honors by his fellow professionals, becoming only the third man to do so. Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo won both awards in 2007 while playing for Manchester United and Bale is now being compared to the Portuguese attacker and Barcelona's four-time FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi.
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Gareth Bale wins the PFA Player of the Year & Young Player of the Year
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The Tottenham Hotspur winger is the third player to win both awards
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The Welshman has scored 19 Premier League goals so far this season
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He said he was sure that ‘most of the @placeholder people are perfectly nice when they are having a drink’ but added: ‘It is very tempting to vote for a collection of clowns or indignant, angry people, who promise that somehow they will allow us to take your revenge on people who caused it.’ | By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor PUBLISHED: 04:05 EST, 29 April 2013 | UPDATED: 12:48 EST, 29 April 2013 Boris Johnson today warned the Tories not to ‘freak out’ at the rise of the UK Independence Party, days before crucial local elections. The London Mayor said UKIP’s leader Nigel Farage was a ‘rather engaging geezer’ whose ‘pint and cigar and sense of humour’ appeal and anti-EU policies should not mean bad news for the Conservatives. But Mr Farage sought to escalate the row between the two parties, hitting back at claims that his party is supported by ‘racists’ and dismissing revelations about online rants by candidates as 'silly things' posted after they have 'been to the pub'.
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London Mayor says Tories must relax about UKIP's 'pint and cigar' appeal
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UKIP leader Nigel Farage accuses Tories of losing the argument
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Admits candidates say 'silly things' online 'after they've been to the pub'
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Labour plans to block UKIP from TV leaders' debates ahead in 2015
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Analysis suggests a £120billion budget black hole in UKIP's manifesto | 57,158 | record_train |
Parker said Brown's bodyguard -- who stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 240 pounds -- stepped between them and punched @placeholder in the face, the report said. | Singer Chris Brown and a bodyguard were arrested Sunday morning and charged with felony assault, the Washington Metropolitan Police Department said. The arrest could have serious legal consequence for Brown, 24, since he is serving probation for the felony domestic violence conviction relating to his 2009 attack on former girlfriend Rihanna. Brown and bodyguard Christopher Hollosy allegedly attacked a man with their fists outside the W Hotel in downtown Washington at 4:25 a.m. Sunday, police said. The police incident report obtained by CNN identified the alleged victim as Isaac Adams Parker, 20, of Beltsville, Maryland. Parker did not immediately respond to a CNN call for comment.
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Alleged victim says he was attacked when he tried to get into a photo with Brown
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Brown allegedly said "I'm not down with that gay s--t"
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Brown and a bodyguard were booked at D.C.'s Second District police station
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Brown is on probation for a felony domestic violence conviction involving Rihanna | 57,159 | record_train |
@placeholder inside the shop (right) as Mr Jawaid (left) delivers phones in a cardboard box | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 15:48 EST, 10 April 2013 | UPDATED: 06:38 EST, 11 April 2013 This is the moment opportunistic robbers hit a businessman over the head with a crowbar before speeding off in his van to leave him for dead in the gutter. Ali Jawaid, 43, died after being ambushed by Gregg Robertson, 24, and Glenroy Blackstock, 25, who attacked him outside a phone shop on the evening of November 9, 2011. CCTV shows a third man Shaun Mills, 27, inside the Benzer Communications store, in Coventry, West Midlands, moments earlier taking an interest in Mr Jawaid’s stock on the counter as he made a delivery of handsets.
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Ali Jawaid died after being ambushed by opportunistic robbers
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He was attacked by Gregg Robertson and Glenroy Blackstock outside shop
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Third man Shaun Mills instigated the attack after seeing stock in shop
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Robertson and Blackstock jailed for eight years after admitting role
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Mills jailed for 11 years after admitting robbery and manslaughter
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He was also convicted of a separate armed robbery | 57,160 | record_train |
Recently-divorced skier Vonn, 27, last week joined the craze that mimics Tebow of NFL team @placeholder - and she had asked his brother beforehand if it would be OK to pull off the pose if she won. | By Mark Duell Last updated at 2:59 PM on 16th December 2011 It’s the posing craze sweeping the U.S. after being brought to fame by skier Lindsey Vonn, soccer star Omar Cummings, baseball player Albert Pujols - and even Republican politician Rick Perry. But now four students at Riverhead High School on Long Island, New York, have been suspended for dropping to a knee and taking up a prayer pose to mimic Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. Jordan Fulcoly, Wayne Drexel, Tyler Carroll and Connor Carroll were all suspended for one day because the ‘Tebowing’ craze was blocking the hallway and presenting a safety hazard to students.
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Pose of Denver Broncos NFL quarterback Tim Tebow is sweeping the U.S.
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Four students were suspended by Riverhead High School in New York
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Two suspensions later rescinded but school says it was a safety hazard
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Superintendent gets hate mail from people saying it was a religious decision
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry mentioned Tebow in TV debate | 57,161 | record_train |
Jackson also spoke about his relationship with his superstar son, @placeholder, when he was a child. | (CNN) -- The stories have been around for decades -- sometimes disquieting ones about the strict upbringing of Joe and Katherine Jackson's nine children in a high-pressure, showbiz family. Joe Jackson addressed those stories and his family's past in an interview with "Piers Morgan Tonight" that aired Wednesday night, saying that yes, he did physically discipline his children. Why did he do it? "I had to be like that way because during those times, it was hard, and you have a lot of gangs there, you know, in the area where we were living," Jackson told Piers Morgan. "This was Gary, Indiana, and I had to make sure that they didn't get in any type of trouble, and things of that sort."
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Joe Jackson said he was strict because he wanted the best for his family
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"This was Gary, Indiana, and I had to make sure that they didn't get in any type of trouble"
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Jackson tells CNN's Piers Morgan he heard about Michael Jackson's death from a fan
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On his son's jailed doctor: "I blame a lot of people, not just Conrad Murray" | 57,162 | record_train |
One of these rules is the Federal Communications Commission's (@placeholder) sports blackout rule, which prohibits a cable or satellite company from carrying a game that is blacked-out within the local broadcast area. | (CNN) -- This weekend marks the kickoff of what millions of Americans have been looking forward to since the final minutes of Seattle's Super Bowl victory in early February -- another football season. Players, primed and ready, will take to the field, inspired to make their mark on the new season. Loyal fans, football-starved from a long offseason, will tune in to cheer on their hometown teams. No one can avoid the nervous energy that defines the start of a new season. But one thing fans should never have to worry about is whether or not this week's game will be impossible to watch due to a TV blackout.
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McCain, Blumenthal: NFL game blackouts are unfair to fans
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They say FCC should vote to end rule that permits the blackouts when stadiums aren't full
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NFL already benefits by laws that enable it to be a nonprofit, they say
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Point: Blacking out games doesn't help ticket sales | 57,163 | record_train |
A Yorkville spokesperson confirmed to MailOnline: 'Dr @placeholder is not currently performing procedures at Yorkville Endoscopy; nor is he currently serving as medical director.’ | A doctor known as the throat specialist to the stars was in attendance during the procedure that led to Joan Rivers’ death, MailOnline has learned. Dr Gwen Korovin, 56, who counts Hugh Jackman, Julie Andrews, Lady Gaga, pop princess Ariana Grande and Celine Dion among her celebrity patients, is an esteemed ear, nose and throat specialist based in Manhattan. It is believed that Dr Korovin was at Yorkville Endoscopy clinic on August 28 as Joan’s personal doctor when the legendary comedienne stopped breathing while undergoing a procedure on her vocal cords. Today, a member of staff at Dr Korovin’s offices on East 77th Street told MailOnline: ‘We’re not commenting at this time due to the professional duty we have to our patients.’
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Dr Gwen Korovin counts Hugh Jackman, Julie Andrews, Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga as patients
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It is believed she watched Dr Lawrence Cohen, of Yorkville Endoscopy clinic, carry out a throat procedure on Joan Rivers on August 28
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Comedienne Joan, 81, then suffered a cardiac arrest when a biopsy was performed on her vocal cords, sources reveal
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CNN reports a staff member at Yorkville told investigators Joan's personal doctor even took a 'selfie' photo in the procedure room while star was under anesthesia
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Joan died on September 4 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York
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Her daughter Melissa is still 'too raw' to think about launching legal action against clinic and her mother's doctors, sources tell MailOnline
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The New York State Department of Health is 'still investigating' | 57,164 | record_train |
Yet despite this emphasis on prestige, the @placeholder also remains one of Europe's most accessible races for the average punter, with general admission to Sunday's headline event costing just €8 ($10.4). | With names like Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Yves Saint Laurent under its belt, it's little wonder Paris has earned a reputation as one of the fashion capitals of the world. If "French chic" has become synonymous with the elegance, grace and style of its country's powerhouse fashion labels and catwalk shows, this weekend that glamor will be out in force on a very different type of track -- the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Your average horse race this is not. While Britain's Royal Ascot often displays images of Tango-colored ladies kicking off their heels, their French counterparts take a distinctly more demure approach to a day at the races.
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Think "French chic" and the words elegance, style and grace spring to mind
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That glamor will be on display at this weekend's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
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Stark contrast to UK's Royal Ascot, which has a more flamboyant style
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Prestigious race regularly attracts the "creme de la creme" of European society | 57,165 | record_train |
Two weeks ago, the @placeholder scaled down its operation in the Philippines, but USAID continues to provide food and support as the recovery continues. | (CNN) -- One month after Typhoon Haiyan tore through six Philippine islands, the death toll stands at 5,924 and 1,779 people are still missing, according to government figures released Sunday. More than 12 million people have been affected by the monster typhoon that left behind catastrophic scenes of destruction and despair when it made landfall on November 8, the government said. It left entire communities without immediate access to food and medical care. Several countries, including the United States, have been aiding in the recovery. According to the Pentagon, the military effort, dubbed Operation Damayan, cost $32 million. At their peak, the relief efforts involved more than 13,400 U.S. military personnel, 66 aircraft and 12 naval vessels.
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Death toll from Typhoon Haiyan rises to almost 6,000, and many are still missing
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12 million people have been affected by the storm that hit a month ago
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U.S. military spent $32 million on recovery aid; USAID is still providing food | 57,166 | record_train |
A wide shot shows the caravans, cars and temporary shack in the wooded area of land near to the @placeholder capital | These stark pictures show a Romanian caravan park located just outside the city of Hogdalen, Stockholm. There are around 30 similar settlements in the area where shacks, dilapidated caravans and tents serve as people's temporary homes. There are approximately six mobile homes and several more primitive homemade shacks in the make-shift town. A Romanian caravan site in Hogdalen near Stockholm, Sweden, that is home to six caravans and numerous other shacks, pictured One of six caravans in the temporary site. None of those who live in the make-shift homes have electricity, heating or running water A resident walks through some of the caravans in the site as night falls. There are 30 similar sites to this in the Hogdalen area
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Caravan park with six mobile homes and scores of temporary shacks located in Hogdalen, Stockholm
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Make-shift town one of 30 similar settlements in the area, all home to migrants
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'There are no jobs, we have no other options', one resident Viorica Vaduca, 42, says | 57,167 | record_train |
And Democrats have smaller outside groups aimed at getting @placeholder voters to the polls. | Washington (CNN) -- In rural southern Virginia, 14-term Democratic Rep. Rick Boucher says he's never had an election enemy quite like the ones he's facing this year. Its not his opponent, but instead it's what he calls a "shadowy" group that is funding television ads against him. "Rick Boucher is trying to deceive you ... Boucher has failed to protect our jobs. Now it's time Rick Boucher loses his," the ad's narrator says. The 30-second commercial was paid for by Americans for Job Security, a conservative-leaning group which, according to the nonpartisan watchdog group OpenSecrets.org, has spent nearly $8 million against Democratic candidates nationwide.
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Political groups operate outside parties and do not have to reveal members or donors
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It's difficult for voters to figure out who is behind messaging, watchdog group says
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President Obama has attacked groups for spending millions without disclosing donors
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Democratic-leaning groups are also cloaking their funding sources, however | 57,168 | record_train |
Mr @placeholder is on Twitter where he often posts humorous photos and tweets. | Trying on a firefighter's helmet, allowing a young boy to hug his leg during a mass and phoning up his followers for a chat are just a few of the ways Pope Francis has attracted headlines in the last few months. And after years of negative press, the Catholic Church is basking in the 'Francis Effect' which has been credited with a 20 per cent rise in congregations in Britain, and similar boosts around the world. But who is the PR guru working quietly behind the scenes to help push Pope Francis forward and leading the Church out of one of its darkest spells following a slew of recent scandals?
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Greg Burke, 53, is a senior media advisor to the Vatican
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Used to work for Fox News and was hired by the Vatican in June 2012
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Born in Missouri he is a member of the controversial Opus Dei
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Pope joined Twitter a few months after he took up new role | 57,169 | record_train |
In an interview Thursday with @placeholder, Obama cited areas of agreement with Republicans in starting a process for reaching a deficit reduction agreement, but he conceded some deep-rooted differences will remain unresolved until after the 2012 elections. | Washington (CNN) -- A budget deal reached last week to avert a government shutdown won approval Thursday from both the House and Senate, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature. The measure cuts $38.5 billion in spending while funding the government for the rest of the current fiscal year, which ends September 30. With its passage, the White House and Congress will now focus on what are expected to be more rancorous battles over a budget for fiscal year 2012 and the upcoming need to raise the federal debt limit. A final-hour agreement last Friday in talks involving Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, and House Speaker John Boehner included the spending cuts demanded by Republicans as a step toward controlling America's skyrocketing debt.
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NEW: Obama tells ABC that some fiscal issues won't get resolved before the 2012 vote
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Congress passes the budget measure for the rest of the FY2011
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Democrats and Republicans remain at sharp odds over the fiscal year 2012 budget
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The two parties also have to reach an agreement over raising the debt ceiling | 57,170 | record_train |
"The job of the @placeholder security services is to provide security and protection to Palestinian citizens, not to protect the occupation," Barghouti wrote. | Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel has placed high-profile prisoner Marwan Barghouti in solitary confinement following his public call for Palestinians to participate in popular resistance against Israel's occupation of lands Palestinians claim, the Israeli Prisons Authority said Monday. Israeli Prisons Authority representative Sivan Weizman said Barghouti had been placed in isolation for a period of seven days following the publication of a letter last week "that called on Palestinians to take action against Israel." The letter was considered incitement, she said. In addition to the period of solitary confinement, Barghouti will not be allowed visitors for 30 days, she said. Last week Barghouti released 17-point letter from prison outlining what he said was a new strategy aimed at achieving Palestinian statehood.
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Marwan Barghouti gets seven days in solitary and 30 with no visitors, Israel says
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The punishment follows his call for new resistance against Israel
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He released a letter which the Israelis consider incitement
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Barghouti is considered a possible future Palestinian leader | 57,171 | record_train |
"While Archbishop @placeholder's comments do not serve as official confirmation, they do serve to bolster our sincere hope that Philadelphia will welcome Pope Francis next September," the archdiocese added. | Pope Francis has accepted the invitation of Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput to attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year, Catholic News Service reported Friday. It would be the popular pontiff's first visit to the United States as Pope. The news service, the official publication of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Chaput made the announcement Thursday before giving his homily during the opening Mass of the Tekakwitha Conference in Fargo, North Dakota. "Pope Francis has told me that he is coming," said the archbishop as he invited his fellow Native Americans to the celebration being held in Philadelphia on September 22-27, 2015.
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Trip to Philadelphia would be Francis' first visit to U.S. as Pope
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Pope accepted invitation from Philadelphia archbishop, Catholic News Service says
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Francis' visit likely to resonate with growing Latino population | 57,172 | record_train |
He is to appear in court in @placeholder next week. | By Richard Shears Last updated at 8:34 PM on 18th November 2011 Arrested: Conman Peter Foster who helped Cherie Blair buy two flats Peter Foster, the conman who was at the centre of the Cheriegate saga, was back behind bars last night after a chase through a hospital’s corridors. He was arrested over alleged false claims about a weight loss treatment. Australian police moved in on Foster as he sat at the bedside of his 80-year-old mother, Louise, who had collapsed with an apparent stroke shortly after announcing that she was suing News International for allegedly hacking into her phone in 2002.
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Held at the bedside of his sick mother in Queensland
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He is banned from being involved in any companies in Australia | 57,173 | record_train |
After three straight Premier League defeats the result against Stoke was a much-needed boost for @placeholder. | Liverpool have offered Steven Gerrard a new deal as they try to end the uncertainty over his future. The 34-year-old, who could sign a pre-contract with foreign clubs from January 1, is considering his options and will base his decision on whether he believes he can contribute regularly next season. Brendan Rodgers has no doubt Gerrard will be a huge influence on the team and insisted money will have nothing to do with whatever decision the midfielder reaches. A smiling Brendan Rodgers arrives at Melwood on Monday ahead of Liverpool's trip to Leicester City (left) while Steven Gerrard was in relaxed mood while watching the Premier League action at home on Sunday (right)
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Brendan Rodgers confirms Steven Gerrard has been offered a new deal
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Gerrard's future has appeared uncertain amid Liverpool's poor form
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Midfielder was only a substitute in Saturday's 1-0 win against Stoke
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Liverpool travel to Leicester City in the Premier League on Tuesday | 57,174 | record_train |
This is not the first aid proposal by the @placeholder. | (CNN) -- North Korea, reeling from a powerful tropical cyclone, will accept aid from South Korean government for the first time in two years, South Korea said Monday. The United Nations World Food Program called for emergency help for North Korea after cyclone Bolaven hit in August, killing at least 48 and leaving 21,000 homeless, according to North Korea's state news agency KCNA. Some media reported that the death toll could be higher. Typhoon tourism: One week in North Korea The storm followed widespread flooding in late July from heavy rains, which caused the death of at least 169 people, according to KCNA.
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North Korea is suffering after a powerful tropical cyclone hit last month, killing dozens
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The United Nations called for emergency aid
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North Korea hasn't taken aid from the South in two years
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Mehlhase recruited his wife to help with sorting the 9,500 bricks for the model, but built the mini @placeholder himself | By Rob Waugh Last updated at 8:28 PM on 30th December 2011 A physicist at Denmark's Niels Bohr Institute has recreated one of the two main particle detectors at the Large Hadron Collider out of Lego - and the replica machine is to scale with the tiny Lego engineers that walk through its tunnels. Sacha Melhase used 9,500 pieces of Lego to build the model - a task which took him 35 hours.The Niels Bohr Institute covered his 2,000 Euro brick bill - hoping that Mehlhase's work would inspire interest in high-energy physics. The scale model, built by Sascha Mehlhase using 9,500 Lego pieces, is of of the Atlas particle detector at the Large Hadron Collider - one of two particle detectors used in the hunt for the Higgs boson
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To scale with Lego 'engineers' inside its tunnels
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Construction takes 35 hours
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Recreates Atlas detector's huge magnets
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Danish physicist has contacted Lego with offer to make the 'kit' official | 57,176 | record_train |
Kerry said earlier in the day that @placeholder might would pursue the killers of two American journalists whose beheadings were captured on video and spread globally through social media. | Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Wednesday that the problem of 'foreign fighters' aiding the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) includes far more Americans than has been previously reported – at least 100 and counting. 'We have acknowledged publicly we are aware of over 100 U.S. citizens who have U.S. passports who are fighting in the Middle East with ISIL forces,' he said during a televised interview. 'There may be more. We don't know.' Earlier estimates had only about a dozen so-called 'foreign fighters' from the United States scattered across the Middle East in ISIS army units.
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US defense secretary hints that a growing number of Americans are taking up arms with jihadi army in Iraq and Syria – more than 100, up from just a dozen estimated a week ago
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Insists of ISIS: 'You've got to destroy it, because if we don't destroy it, it will get worse'
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Backs up Obama's claim that the US aims to 'degrade and destroy' the militant Islamist group
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Obama caught flak in Estonia on Wednesday for following that proclamation with a weaker goal of making it a 'manageable problem'
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Two ISIS militants killed in recent weeks were Americans | 57,177 | record_train |
Sadly, @placeholder didn't live to see the next World Cup. | (Mental Floss) -- Although Portuguese striker Eusebio scored nine goals in the 1966 World Cup and England's Geoff Hurst booted four goals to lead the home team to victory, neither of them was the real most valuable player of that year's Cup. That distinction went to an English pooch named Pickles. As part of the ramp-up to hosting the 1966 World Cup, English soccer officials had been displaying the Jules Rimet Trophy that went to the Cup's winner in various places around the country. That March, the trophy had been residing in Methodist Central Hall in the Westminster area of London under the watchful eyes of five guards.
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A thief swiped the World Cup Soccer's Jules Rimet Trophy in England in 1966
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While on a walk, a dog named Pickles sniffed trophy out of hedge where it was hidden
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Brazil won the Cup for third time in 1970, earning the right to keep trophy in perpetuity
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Thieves stole trophy from case in Brazil in December 1983; it hasn't been recovered | 57,178 | record_train |
It is a happily ever after ending for Ulrika, who has until she met @placeholder was always unlucky in love. | For years, Ulrika Jonsson has been lumbered with the scornful nickname 4x4, for giving birth to four children by four different fathers. But the former weather presenter announced today that she has now become a 4x3 after her most recent husband Brian Monet adopted her eldest daughter Bo, 13. Ulrika, 47, took her whole family to Oxford County Court earlier this month to witness a judge hand over a certificate officially naming Brian as Bo's father. Scroll down for video Ulrika with her daughter Bo and husband Brian Monet, who has recently adopted Bo as his own She told The Sun: 'When the judge granted the order, Brian and I wept. We rushed home to tell Bo, who was so happy.
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Ulrika was dubbed 4x4 on birth of youngest child Malcolm in 2008
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TV star finally found lasting love with current husband Brian Monet in 2006
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Her daughter Bo has now officially changed her name to Bo Jonsson Monet | 57,179 | record_train |
'The location is outstanding, it's in one of the best parts of @placeholder,' said Mr Alexander. | A property in Sydney's inner-west with rotting floors, crumbling ceilings, and packed full of garbage sold for $923,000 over the weekend. The uninhabitable dump on Durham Street, Stanmore, went under the hammer on Saturday, and had bids from 20 serious buyers. The bidding started at $600,000 but quickly climbed, before selling for $923,000, which was 15 to 20 percent higher than the expected price, according to selling agent Ron Alexander. Scroll down for video The two-bedroom house in Durham St, Stanmore sold for $923,000, despite the fact that it is uninhabitable in its present state From the outside it doesn't look too bad, though the state of the house indoors is a different matter entirely
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The two-bedroom Stanmore house sold for $923,000 at auction
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It is strewn with rubbish and the ceilings have collapsed
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Most interest has come from builders who are keen on its great location
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think our @placeholder immigrant friends are much stronger, much tougher. | Under fire: Jamie Oliver has faced stinging criticism since he suggested British workers are lazier than Europeans Jamie Oliver has received a barrage of criticism after his attack on young British workers branding them lazy compared with his 'tougher' immigrant staff. The 38-year-old celebrity chef sparked outrage yesterday after he claimed that his restaurant empire would be forced to close if he had to rely only on Britons. Chefs, political groups and the general public lined up to defend British workers saying they are hard-working and reliable. Migration Watch vice-chairman Alp Mehmet said it was unfair to compare immigrants desperate for a job with young Britons trying to establish a career.
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Chefs, political groups and public lined up to defend British workers
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'Jamie Oliver is simply wrong,' says Alp Mehmet from MigrationWatch
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'British workers are often better than Europeans,' said fellow celebrity chef Anthony Worrall Thompson
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'I work more than 48 hours a week - don't tar us all,' wrote Sam Carlton, a 25-year-old chef who works at a brasserie in Halifax | 57,181 | record_train |
Important: Oprah Winfrey, right, embracing Barbara Walters during the taping of @placeholder' final co-host appearance | By Associated Press and Meghan Keneally Barbara Walters was completely surprised when Oprah Winfrey was unveiled as one of the surprise guests to come to The View host's farewell show. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Walters' longtime friend Michael Douglas were the two first guests on the show this morning but it was Winfrey who gave the broadcasting legend the biggest surprise. Walters final show was taped on Thursday but aired on Friday and the only time that the famously steadfast journalist seemed close to tears came when Winfrey began singing her praises. Scroll down for video Oprah moment: Barbara Walters looked genuinely surprised when Winfrey was announced as one of the guests on her final episode
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Winfrey and Clinton surprised Walters on her farewell show that was taped on Thursday and aired this morning
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Her final episode of 'The View', marking the end of her five-decade career on television
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Looking smart in a cream-colored blazer and a black skirt, the 84-year-old presided over a studio audience of friends, colleagues and fans
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'You shattered the glass ceiling for so many women,' Winfrey told Walters
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She then brought on a startling parade of prominent on-air women including Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Robin Roberts and Gayle King
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Longtime friend Michael Douglas also visited the set and recalled interviews and dinner parties spent with the broadcasting legend | 57,182 | record_train |
"Maximum temperature departures are expected to run 30 to 40 degrees below average for the central U.S. (Tuesday) with the same departures sinking south into @placeholder and north Texas on Wednesday," the Weather Service said. | (CNN) -- Snow began falling over Colorado and Kansas on Tuesday as yet another round of winter weather began marching across the United States barely a week after a record-setting winter storm roared across the Midwest. A powerful weather system poised over the Rockies is forecast to dump several feet of snow in the Mountain West and up to 10 inches in some parts of Oklahoma, forecasters said. Much of Oklahoma is under a winter storm warning, but snow and sleet are predicted as far south as central Texas, with 2 to 4 inches expected to coat the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the National Weather Service said.
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Snow forecast from the Rockies into the mid-South by Wednesday
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Much of Oklahoma is under a winter storm warning
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Miss Blokina became famous in @placeholder after she sued national | By Wills Robinson A former ballerina is being sued by her plastic surgeon for suggesting during a television interview that a boob job left her 'mutilated'. Vica Blokina, 39, who lives in the Romanian capital Bucharest, complained about the silicon implants she was given by Adina Alberts two years ago, but did not seek legal action fearing it would prolong her ordeal. But Miss Albert has refuted the allegations and suggested the Lithuanian-born dancer did not follow medical advice, prompting her to start a case of her own. Dispute: Lithuanian ballerina Vica Blokina, 39, (left) complained about the silicon implants she was given by Adina Alberts (right) two years ago. The plastic surgeon is now suing the dancer
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Vica Blokina, 39, from Lithuania, was given silicon implants two years ago
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Says surgeon Adina Alberts didn't put her good reputation into practice
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Dancer described the ordeal during a tearful television interview
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Miss Alberts now wants 450,000 euros because 'there was no mutilation'
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While filed in their names, the lawsuit is actually between the two insurance companies and not Ellison and @placeholder. | An 84-year old man was just trying to cook shrimp for his 70-year-old girlfriend when he accidentally burned down her house leaving four of her pets dead. A year later, having put the incident behind them, he received a letter telling him that his girlfriend was suing him. Only she wasn't. John Pyron of Fort Worth, Texas, was informed that Cecilla Ellison had filed a lawsuit against him for $152,926 plus interest for damage to her home in the 2012 cooking fire. John Pyron accidentally burned down his girlfriend's house while cooking shrimp for a dinner party. The couple and her dog made it out alive, but unfortunately her two cats and two birds did not
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John Pyron, 84, of Fort Worth, Texas, accidentally set fire to Cecilla Ellison's house in August 2012 while cooking shrimp
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The resulting blaze destroyed her home and four of her pets perished, but the couple put the incident behind them and now even live together
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They were shocked to receive legal papers stating that Ellison was suing him for $153,000 plus interest in damages
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It turned out that Ellison's insurer, State Farm, filed the suit against Pyron's insurer, Farmers, as neither wants to cover the cost of the claim
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The shootings began March 11 and ended Monday with the slaying of the rabbi and the children at a @placeholder school in Toulouse. | Toulouse, France (CNN) -- The French police siege to capture a suspected al Qaeda-trained militant came to a bloody end Thursday morning when commandos shot Mohammed Merah in the head as he fired wildly back at them, authorities said. Merah emerged from a bathroom in his apartment and fired more than 30 shots at police as they burst in to end a standoff that had lasted more than 31 hours, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said. He jumped out a window onto a balcony, still shooting, and was found dead on the ground, officials said. Two police officers were injured in the raid, Interior Minister Claude Gueant said.
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Mohammed Merah was on the U.S. no-fly list, a U.S. intelligence official says
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President Sarkozy says Merah was not a madman, but a monster and a fanatic
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Merah is shot in the head during a raid by security forces, ending the long standoff
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Police say Merah killed 3 soldiers, a rabbi and 3 Jewish children | 57,186 | record_train |
The photograph was taken from across the border in @placeholder | ISIS positions in and around Kobane felt the full force of American airpower last night, as sustained bombing raids resulted in a series of spectacular explosions in the besieged Syrian town. The radical Islamic group has been dramatically pushed back from the town, having as recently as last week looked like it was about to drive out the last of the brave Kurdish fighters defending it. As a fresh round of airstrikes rained down, the US also ran a series of airdrops for the Kurdish resistance, dispatching weapons and medical supplies. Pyrotechnic tracer ammunition could be seen marking out ISIS targets in the town as the U.S. bombers flew overhead.
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US intensified airstrikes on besieged town with overnight bombardment
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Americans also dropped weapons and medical supplies to 'valiant' Kurds
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Move raises questions over whether airdrop timed to arm new arrivals
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Comes as ISIS has been pushed back in key areas of town
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Secretary of State John Kerry said it was 'morally very difficult' not to support the Kurdish fighters in Kobane | 57,187 | record_train |
@placeholder will be the anchor for the programme three nights a week from the autumn. | By Gemma Mullin Presenter Evan Davis has been announced as Jeremy Paxman’s replacement on Newsnight. Paxman bowed out of the BBC2 news programme after 25 years in June. BBC director general Tony Hall said that Davis, best known for his role on Dragons’ Den and Radio 4 flagship breakfast news show Today, would do an 'outstanding' job. Evan Davis has been announced as Jeremy Paxman's replacement on BBC2 news programme Newsnight The news comes after a turbulent period for Newsnight in which an investigation into Jimmy Savile’s sex crimes was dropped and a separate story led to Lord McAlpine being wrongly accused of child abuse.
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The show's presenter of 25 years announced he was quitting show in June
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Davis is known for roles in Dragons' Den and presenting on BBC Radio 4
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Show's female presenters Kirsty Wark and Emily Maitlis were tipped for post
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BBC director general Tony Hall says he would do 'outstanding' job | 57,188 | record_train |
Development threatens historic churches, theaters, schools and tenements, "a unique architectural type which, by the sheer numbers who lived in such a building, had an impact on more @placeholder than any other form of urban housing," the National Trust said. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An elementary school at the center of a civil rights battle, a hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina and a hangar that once housed U.S. Navy dirigibles are on this year's National Trust for Historic Preservation's endangered list. Sumner was the centerpiece of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. The 11 sites represent the country's architectural, cultural and natural heritage, and "reflect extraordinary periods of American history," National Trust Director Richard Moe said. The sites were chosen from about 70 nominees by the member-supported nonprofit group. Founded in 1949, it aims to protect significant buildings and locales, now protected under the 1966 Historic Preservation Act.
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National Trust for Historic Preservation releases list of 11 endangered sites
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List includes urban neighborhoods threatened by development, gentrification
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School at center of Brown v. Board of Education makes list
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"It is one of the most successful hotels on the @placeholder waterfront." | Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Fess Parker, best known for playing Daniel Boone in a 1960s television series, died Thursday at his home near Santa Barbara, California, his publicist said. He was 85. Parker followed his acting career with successful hotel and winery ventures around Santa Barbara. A statement issued by his family did not reveal the cause of death. Parker is survived by his wife of 50 years, Marcella, their son and daughter, 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild who "spent a great deal of time with Fess in his final months and weeks," the statement said. A native of Texas, Parker served in the U.S. Navy during World War II before graduating from the University of Texas-Austin in 1950.
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Fess Parker, 85, star of "Daniel Boone" TV series, died Thursday, his publicist said
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Parker, a WWII vet, started his career in Disney films, notably as Davy Crockett
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When series ended in 1970, Parker became a real estate developer
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Parker is survived by his wife of 50 years, Marcella, two children and 11 grandkids | 57,190 | record_train |
Doting: @placeholder, a maintenance manager at an assisted living facility, had a great sense of humor, relatives said | A six-year-old boy has been left orphaned after his parents and seven-month-old sister all died in a car crash as they made their way to a church retreat in Oregon. Tiffany Fefelov, 27, was driving her husband Fred, 34, and their daughter Mila on U.S. 20 Saturday morning when she lost control of their Dodge Caliber on the wet road, the Oregon State Police said. The vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic and smashed head-on into a 2001 Chevy Suburban towing a 32-foot trailer. The couple inside the SUV were unharmed but the Fefelovs all died. The Fefelovs' six-year-old son Ewan was staying with a relative at the time. Tiffany's large family - she was the oldest of seven children - now plan to raise the boy.
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Tiffany Fefelov, 27, was driving husband Fred, 34, and daughter Mila, seven months, on U.S. 20 on Saturday when she lost control on the wet road
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Their car crossed into oncoming traffic and smashed head-on into an SUV
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Their six-year-old son Ewan was staying with relatives at the time
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Tiffany's relatives, who will now raise the boy, remembered the couple as devoted to their church and their family | 57,191 | record_train |
For now Tsingtao holds the monopoly, and @placeholder's people aren't complaining. | QINGDAO, China (CNN) -- Another round of toasts and exclamations of "hajiu" sounded out around me. I took a sip and set down my small glass of Tsingtao beer as my new friends downed theirs and refilled. Our seafood dinner, perched on the single cluttered table of a tiny antique shop, was punctuated regularly by such moments. A worker operates the giant fermentation units at the Qingdao Brewery plant in Qingdao. I joined in happily, although somewhat bemused, at each increasingly beery celebration of our host, the worldly Captain Jau. My company, a gathering from four regions of China, was engaging me in Chinese drinking etiquette, in the city of Qingdao.
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Qingdao is located in northeast China, north of Shanghai
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The city hosts a beer festival and is home to distinctive European architecture
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The Tsingtao Brewery was founded in 1903 by German settlers | 57,192 | record_train |
Cipriani has repaired his reputation this season with his strong performances key to @placeholder's progress and matched by a growing maturity off the pitch, addressing concerns over his attitude and celebrity liftestyle. | Danny Cipriani has been named in England's preliminary squad for next week's training camp in south-west London, head coach Stuart Lancaster has announced. It is Cipriani's first Red Rose involvement since winning the last of his seven caps in 2008 and rewards a strong season at Sale Sharks, who he helped achieve a sixth-place finish in the Aviva Premiership. Cipriani responded to the news by tweeting: 'Nothing makes me more proud to have the opportunity to represent my country again. The Hard work starts now! Thank you for your messages'. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Stuart Lancaster talk about the inclusion of Danny Cipriani
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Danny Cipriani has been included in Stuart Lancaster's England squad
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20-man squad will train next week ahead of tour of New Zealand | 57,193 | record_train |
He is the bookies’ favourite and @placeholder have enjoyed an impressive start to pre-season. | Lewis Hamilton had a morning to forget on Wednesday after he spun out of testing, hours after it emerged he had split from his long-term girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger. The British driver had completed 43 laps on the final day of this season’s opening winter test in Jerez, before he appeared to lose control of his Mercedes. Hamilton stepped out of the cockpit and cut a forlorn figure as he stared at his stricken car. Lewis Hamilton had a morning to forget on Wednesday after he spun out of testing in Jerez Hamilton's Mercedes hoisted on to the recovery truck after the Brit spun out
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Lewis Hamilton lost control of his Mercedes to spin out of testing in Jerez
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The Formula One champion has split with girlfriend Nicola Scherzinger
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Hamilton was back on track later on Wednesday as the F1 paddock gets ready for the new campaign which begins on March 15 in Melbourne | 57,194 | record_train |
@placeholder has had many noble moments, but that was a moment of shame that left an indelible stain. | (CNN) -- As America grapples with a crisis of children on its southern border, another image from another time seems inescapable: that ship full of Jewish refugees off our shores as World War II approached. You might have seen the story portrayed in the Holocaust Museum in Washington. It unfolded in 1939 as Jewish families fleeing from Germany took passage to Cuba on a German liner, the St. Louis. While underway, Cuba decided to deny them entry so they turned toward America, desperately hoping the United States would show them compassion. But the U.S. political climate had turned hostile toward the growing number of European Jewish immigrants. On June 6, 1939, their ship hovered off the coast of Miami Beach -- only to learn that the U.S. government refused them entry.
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Gergen, Katz: U.S. turned away ship of German Jewish refugees fleeing Nazis
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That shameful episode is remembered as fate of Central American children is debated
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They say U.N. safe zones, supported by the US, should be established in Central America
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Authors: U.S. has a duty to be compassionate toward the refugee children | 57,195 | record_train |
His state meant he was unable to talk to @placeholder or his parents, who have remained by his bed since the injury occurred. | By Lucy Buckland and Fay Strang PUBLISHED: 05:50 EST, 2 February 2013 | UPDATED: 12:04 EST, 2 February 2013 The girlfriend of Dean Gaffney, Sarah Burge, had to wait three hours to discover the fate of the former EastEnders actor following his crash on Wednesday evening. Sarah was told by hospital staff that the 34-year-old had suffered ‘serious head injuries’ and she was encouraged to get to the hospital as soon she could. According to The Sun Sarah then had to travel three hours from Surrey to the hospital in Derby, with no clue what state the father of her two daughters would be in.
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The 34-year-old smashed into the central reservation on the A38 at 10.45pm
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Father-of-two is starring in a Agatha Christie play in Derby
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Police confirm no other vehicles were involved in the smash
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VIDEO Scroll down for Oakland 24-20 @placeholder: Raiders end year-long wait for a win | The Oakland Raiders earned their first win in more than a year on Thursday as rookie quarterback Derek Carr rallied the team with a late scoring drive to stun division rivals Kansas City 24-20. With the Raiders (1-10) trailing 20-17 in the fourth quarter, Carr marched the team 80 yards downfield in a drive that took seven minutes off the clock and culminated with a nine-yard touchdown pass to James Jones. Kansas City had little time to recover and could only make it to their own 48 yard line with their last possession, which ended with Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith throwing an incompletion on fourth down.
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The Oakland Raiders claimed their first victory since November 17 last year with 24-20 win over Kansas City Chiefs
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Derek Carr led an 80-yard fourth quarter drive lasting seven minutes that resulted in a James Jones touchdown
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The Chiefs, who had led 20-17 in the final quarter, had no time to respond
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It is the Raiders' first win in 17 games and halted the Chiefs' five-match streak | 57,197 | record_train |
Obama should also make it clear that instead of the @placeholder formulation of "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists," the Obama administration doctrine will be, "Anyone who is against the terrorists is with us." | Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst and a fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington and at New York University's Center on Law and Security. His most recent book is "The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader." Peter Bergen says it's crucial to correctly frame the nature of a war before beginning it. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama and his foreign policy advisers and speechwriters are wrestling with one of the most important speeches of his presidency, his inaugural address. One of their toughest conceptual challenges is how to describe and recast what the Bush administration has consistently termed the "war on terror."
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Peter Bergen: Bush never correctly framed the "global war on terror"
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He says the president went to war against the tactic of terrorism
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Instead, Bergen says, the U.S. should be leading a war vs. al Qaeda
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Bergen: al Qaeda is a formidable enemy, but not the equivalent of fascism | 57,198 | record_train |
@placeholder's father threw his college scholarships away and instructed him to begin working the day he graduated from high school. | A father has been reunited with his son, 46 years after he was made to give the boy up for adoption. The emotional meeting between Greg, a 64-year-old trainer and body builder, and Wendell, now 46, took place on Tuesday's episode of Dr Phil, having been masterminded by professional locator Troy Dunn. Greg told the TV host: 'It's important to me for him to know that I never abandoned him. I always wanted him.' Scroll down for video Warm embrace: Greg, 64, was reunited with his 46-year-old son Wendell (L) during Tuesday’s episode of Dr Phil He teared up as Wendell appeared onstage, and, while embracing his son for the first time, he exclaimed: 'My son, oh my God - you are one handsome young man.'
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Greg was 18 when his girlfriend became pregnant and was heartbroken when her parents insisted on giving up the child for adoption
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The 64-year-old body builder was reunited with his son Wendell, 46, by professional locator Troy Dunn on Tuesday's episode of Dr Phil | 57,199 | record_train |
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