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After one mortar was (this time successfully) fired at the building, a sniper's bullet shot over the @placeholder' position with a faint hiss -- as if to say "You missed." | Eski Mosul, Northern Iraq (CNN)The mortar was dropped into the launch tube, but nothing happened. A prod, a kick and a shake failed to stir it. Eventually one of the Kurdish fighters at this position near Mosul unceremoniously tipped the tube upside down, picked up the offending shell and lobbed it over the sandbags, where mercifully it failed to explode. About 100 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were at this frontline position in Eski Mosul late last week, perhaps the most contested piece of real estate in northern Iraq. It sits at a junction that leads from Mosul to Tal Afar and beyond to the Syrian border -- a critical supply line for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Supported by coalition air strikes, the Kurds swept down to seize the area late last month.
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The frontline position in Eski Mosul is perhaps the most contested piece of real estate in northern Iraq
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Supported by coalition air strikes, the Kurds swept down to seize the area late last month
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In two days, the Peshmerga say, ISIS sent 20 vehicle bombs up the road | 9,800 | record_train |
According to a Brazilian police investigation, the four @placeholder Embassy officials had visited a nightclub in the centre of Brasilia where they had hired a group of prostitutes. | American marines injured a Brazilian prostitute after throwing her out of an official Embassy car, it was reported today. Romilda Ferreira was left with a broken collar bone, two broken ribs and a punctured lung after the incident in Brazil's capital Brasilia. The three marines on a U.S. Embassy security team, and an Embassy staff member, were pulled out of the country before police were able to press charges, according to Brazil's Jornal Nacional programme. U.S. marines are accused of injuring a Brazilian prostitute after throwing her out of an official Embassy car Romilda Ferreira was left with a broken collar bone, two broken ribs and a punctured lung after the incident in Brazil's capital Brasilia
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Probe found four Obama officials hired prostitutes in Brasilia nightclub
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It comes a week after scandal over the President's Security Staff using prostitutes in Colombia | 9,801 | record_train |
Students from some universities and seminaries burned @placeholder flags as they clashed with police, while others held flags proclaiming their hatred of Britain | By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:45 AM on 3rd December 2011 Britain's ambassador to Iran last night revealed how seven of his staff were seized by protesters during the terrifying attack on UK compounds in Tehran. Dominick Chilcott said some workers and their relatives were sent to the embassy’s residential complex in the north of the city before the protests for their safety, but ended up being taken by demonstrators who surged through security. He spoke out as the last Iranian diplomats left the UK following a decision to close their London base in response to the attacks.
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Harrowing account of embassy attack by British ambassador
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Fleeing UK diplomats held by mob at Tehran residential complex
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Ambassador feared they could have been taken hostage
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Iranian diplomats expelled from the UK yesterday afternoon
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24 British staff also recalled from Tehran
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Fresh round of sanctions has been imposed on Iran | 9,802 | record_train |
‘@placeholder uniform acquisition has been focused on operational requirements in the last few years with combat garments and high profile parade and ceremonial uniforms understandably being the top priorities. | By Ian Drury 'Cause of amusement': Captain Susie King in her 'unflattering' army uniform Finding flattering maternity wear is often an uphill battle. So spare a thought for Britain’s military mums-to-be who are up in arms about the Army’s uniform for pregnant soldiers. Standard-issue maternity kit, which dates back almost to the Cold War, has been blasted for being more Ministry of Defence than Mothercare, and condemned as poor quality, unprofessional and badly fitting. The criticism has prompted top brass to order a review into modernising uniforms for female troops with a baby bump. Despite being forced to cut thousands of troops and equipment to save money, military chiefs will spend hundreds of thousands of pounds designing and introducing the new fatigues.
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Military chiefs will spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on new fatigues
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Latest move by the Ministry of Defence to ensure the military is ‘inclusive’
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Pregnant troops in the Army are currently issued long-sleeved blouses
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Also given pregnancy trousers and an unstylish beige maternity dress | 9,803 | record_train |
Some titles are too lewd to mention, and others are entitled ‘@placeholder in a tight black dress and silk shirt’, and ‘Susanna Reid stunning in frilly blue dress.’ | The BBC Breakfast programme might seem an unlikely time and place for a sex symbol to emerge. Yet it is attracting a whole new audience of red-blooded males – thanks to presenter Susanna Reid. Her increasingly racy choice of outfits has ensured a huge following for the curvaceous mother of three on Twitter and YouTube. Short skirts and plunging necklines are now wardrobe staples for Miss Reid, who is 41 today. And she is clearly delighted with the reaction they provoke. ‘It is always fantastic when people think you look good on air because frankly that is part of the job,’ she told the Mail.
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Presenter has gained a large fanbase on YouTube and Twitter | 9,804 | record_train |
He said: 'No person, wherever they may be from, has the right to affect the rights of @placeholder citizens and to affect the dignity of our nation.' | By Daniel Miller PUBLISHED: 10:46 EST, 7 February 2013 | UPDATED: 02:42 EST, 8 February 2013 Hundreds of angry Bulgarians staged an anti-British rally today claiming it was 'arrogant' to assume hoards of eastern Europeans would flock to the UK for free handouts as soon as restrictions are relaxed. The protest, which took place outside the British embassy in the capital Sofia this afternoon, was led by the ultra-right 'Ataka' group well known for its xenophobic views. Their leader Volen Siderov accused the UK of double standards and branded the British government racist. He called for a boycott of British products and for the sale of Bulgarian property to Brits to be banned.
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The protest took place outside UK embassy in the capital Sofia
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Led by the ultra-right 'Ataka' group well known for its xenophobic views
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Leader Volen Siderov accused the UK of double standards
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British government branded racist and calls for boycott of British products | 9,805 | record_train |
She said on Twitter: ‘@placeholder rant against transgender community is absolutely disgusting – a bigoted vomit for which the Observer should sack her.’ | A controversial newspaper columnist has been accused of being transphobic after she wrote an article attacking transsexuals as 'bed-wetters in bad wigs' and 'd**** in chicks' clothing'. Julie Burchill wrote a column in the Observer yesterday defending her friend and fellow columnist Suzanne Moore who came under fire on Twitter for an article that said women were under pressure to have bodies like 'Brazilian transsexuals'. The Observer website was swamped with comments in response to Miss Burchill's column, many describing it as 'vile' and 'horrible'. Comments have since been suspended on the story and a message posted on the website says that it is now subject to an 'inquiry' to be carried out by the paper's Readers' Editor.
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Julie Burchill has come under fire for a column in yesterday's Observer
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The columnist described transsexuals as 'd**** in chicks' clothing'
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She was writing in defence of fellow columnist Suzanne Moore
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Miss Moore had been forced off Twitter after criticism of another article
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She said women were pressured to have bodies like 'Brazilian transsexuals'
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Lib Dem minister Lynne Featherstone has called for Ms Burchill to be sacked
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Miss Featherstone also wants Observer editor John Mulholland sacked | 9,806 | record_train |
@placeholder added that they planned to keep uploading videos, and would only stop if it started affecting Mr Orval's personal life. | Two brothers have turned their father into an internet sensation by filming videos of him losing his temper and launching into expletive-laden tirades. Mitchell and Dylan Orval, from Melbourne, film videos of their father Mark Orval blowing up over everything from too much chili in his dinner to having his car seat warmers going on a hot day. The 'Angry Dad' clips have had more than one million views between them on Facebook and YouTube, and have attracted plenty of fans online. Scroll down for video Two brothers from Melbourne have turned their father Mark Orval aka 'Angry Dad' into an internet sensation
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Two Melbourne brothers have turned their father into an internet sensation
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Mitchell and Dylan Orval film videos of their father Mark Orval, aka 'Angry Dad', launching into expletive-laden tirades
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The clips have had more than one million views on Facebook and YouTube | 9,807 | record_train |
Dream trip: The BBC has promised the first 24/7 tournament but needs double the amount of staff @placeholder does to do it | The BBC is sending 272 staff to the World Cup in Brazil this summer - enough to field almost 25 football teams. Licence-fee payers will spend £12million funding the trip to cover the month-long tournament in South America starting on June 12. The bill will include five-star treatment for pundits Gary Lineker, 50, Alan Shearer, 43, Alan Hansen, 58, and Robbie Savage, 39. Boys trip: Alan Hansen, Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer will be among 272 BBC staff heading to the Brazil World Cup this summer Corporation bosses have justified the spending by saying they plan to make Brazil 2014 the first '24/7' World Cup and say it will cost viewers and listeners 'less than a pint of milk' each.
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Cost to licence-payers will be £12million BBC says 'less than a pint of milk'
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Stars will be flown around Brazil covering 60 games in 12 cities
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Critics say it is another 'jolly' but BBC says it has reduced number of staff
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ITV will be sending 120 staff to South America for tournament | 9,808 | record_train |
@placeholder was stopped from riding his bike through the gates of Downing Street in September 2012 | By Glen Owen Tory MP Andrew Mitchell could be forced to sell his family home to pay for the costs of the legal fees he is running up over ‘Plebgate’. The former Chief Whip is facing a £200,000 libel action by the police constable who refused to let him cycle through the Downing Street gates – and Mr Mitchell has told friends that the cost of defending the action could force him to sell his £1 million home in Islington, North London. PC Toby Rowland, who insists that Mr Mitchell used the term ‘f****** plebs’ during the exchange in September 2012, has been backed by the Police Federation in his legal battle.
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Former Chief Whip faces £200,000 libel action by PC over 'Plebgate' row
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He has told friends the bill could force him to sell his £1million London home
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PC Toby Rowland has been backed by the Police Federation in his battle | 9,809 | record_train |
@placeholder knew those faces and, sadly, so did we. | Souleymane S said that this was not the first time he had been abused because of the colour of his skin. Souleymane S, who stood on that Paris Metro platform facing down the morons and the bullies and their atavism and their hate. Souleymane S, who stood with his hands by his sides, implacable and angry, defiant and unbowed, facing down the Chelsea mob on the train. ‘You know, I live with racism,’ Souleymane S told Le Parisien. ‘I was not really surprised by what happened to me, even if it was a first in the subway.’ Souleymane S attempts to board the Metro carriage but is refused entry by racist Chelsea fans
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Racism, sometimes cunningly concealed, sometimes bold as brass, still haunts English football
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Many are in denial about that. Many still seek to portray it as a fantasy perpetuated by the politically correct
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Most, including football's governing bodies, don't want to confront it. Not really. They say they do but when it comes to hard choices, they back off
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Paul Nolan, who shot the shocking footage, performed a great service to English football
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This time, there is no denying it. This time, there is no sanitising it. This time, there is no hiding from it | 9,810 | record_train |
Syria lost 82 planes, a quarter of its air force; @placeholder lost not a single one. | (CNN) -- Forty years ago this week, Egyptian and Syrian troops attacked the state of Israel. To enhance the surprise of their attack, the invading armies struck on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Egypt enjoyed three days of tactical success, Syria less than that. The war ended with Israeli troops approaching Damascus and an entire Egyptian army surrounded. Despite Israel's ultimate military success, the war was interpreted by many as something close to a defeat for the Jewish state. Israel's two previous wars -- in 1956 against Egypt alone and in 1967 against an alliance of all its neighbors -- had terminated in lightning Israeli victories. The Yom Kippur War lasted 19 days, longer than 1956 and 1967 combined. Israel suffered more than 2,500 killed in action. Hundreds more Israelis were captured in the first days of fighting; dozens of these captives were gruesomely tortured and killed.
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40 years ago, Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on Yom Kippur
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David Frum says the betting after the war was that Israel was endangered
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Yet the military and economic threats to Israel haven't materialized, he says
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Frum: Today's conflicts are largely internal battles in Syria, Egypt, other nations | 9,811 | record_train |
While serving as first lady, she voiced her support for @placeholder's opposition party in Myanmar, in one of her rare forays into international policy. | Washington (CNN) -- In a rare public appearance, former President George W. Bush spoke Tuesday to dissidents from countries including China, Cuba and Syria, to honor their attempts to bring democracy to the world. In a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, he focused on the upheaval in the Middle East that has occurred since he left office in 2009. "In the Arab Spring, we have sent the broadest challenge to authoritarian rule since the collapse of Soviet Communism," Bush said. "The idea that Arab people are somehow content with oppression has been discredited forever. Yet, we've also seen instability, uncertainty and the revenge of brutal rulers."
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Former president hails the Arab Spring's "challenge to authoritarian rule"
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In a speech, he honors pro-democracy dissidents around the world
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to the Washington audience via Skype
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"Democratization is not irreversible," she says | 9,812 | record_train |
When @placeholder accepted our bet they changed our lives.' | By Toni Jones PUBLISHED: 05:55 EST, 31 July 2013 | UPDATED: 07:30 EST, 31 July 2013 A couple used the 'caveman' diet to win a mammoth weight loss bet at 100-1 with bookmakers who paid out after they lost more than 10 stone. Barry Penaluna, 32, staked £50 at 100-1 that he and girlfriend Helen Drinkall, 29, could lose a massive 10 stone in six months and they landed the bet to win £5,000 after a healthy eating and exercise regime saw the couple dropping from a combined 40st 12lbs to 30st 6lbs. Bookmakers William Hill take about a 100 bets a year on weight loss, but no pair of gamblers have lost more than 10 stone before, so the couple have made punting history after being offered the longest ever odds.
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Barry Penulana & Helen Drinkall placed £50 bet on themselves to lose weight
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Couple lost over 10 stone between them and William Hill paid out at 100-1
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Will now put winnings towards their wedding | 9,813 | record_train |
That warning of the limits to U.S. power is broadly the same message Obama wanted to deliver on climate change and @placeholder, which he focused on this week. | United Nations (CNN) -- On Tuesday, it was climate change. Wednesday, terrorists. And on Thursday, President Barack Obama confronted yet another emergency that threatens wide destruction overseas: the Ebola outbreak spreading in West Africa. Crisis management has become a hallmark of Obama's second term, perhaps seen nowhere better than at the annual United Nations General Assembly, where the world's leaders -- and their attendant calamities -- converge upon New York. Obama's three main issues here -- climate change, ISIS and Ebola -- each has the potential to rapidly spiral out of control, officials suggest, with the effects of a warming planet already being registered and Americans overseas already being killed both by terrorists with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and by the deadly virus spreading in Africa.
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Obama made clear at the U.N. that the U.S. isn't going to take the world's problems alone
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Obama's main issues at U.N. -- ISIS, climate change, Ebola -- could spiral out of control
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"Resolutions alone will not be enough. Promises on paper cannot keep us safe." | 9,814 | record_train |
More recently, Scott Faulkner said, his brother felt the @placeholder government was not doing enough to bring bin Laden to justice, "and he felt that he was, as a Christian, not afraid -- that he could boldly step out and that doors would be opened for him." | Islamabad, Pakistan -- Gary Faulkner, the Colorado man arrested in Pakistan while hunting for Osama bin Laden, has been moved to Islamabad by the Pakistani government, his brother said Wednesday. Dr. Scott Faulkner said Jim Flowers from the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, told him the Pakistani government is still questioning Gary Faulkner and that he has not been charged with anything. Gary Faulkner, 50, was stopped near the border with Afghanistan's Nuristan province, Pakistani police announced Tuesday. He was carrying a pistol, a sword, night-vision equipment and Christian religious books, said Mumtaz Ahmed, a police chief in the area.
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NEW: Gary Faulkner moved to Islamabad, brother says
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Pakistani intel official: Pakistani doctor says Faulkner has psychological problems
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Faulkner's brother: "He doesn't meet any criteria for psychosis" | 9,815 | record_train |
gathered steam as @placeholder leaders began to realize that the Supreme Court | House Speaker John Boehner put himself one step closer to suing the President of the United States on Thursday, unveiling a resolution permitting the move and attracting return fire from the White House. Announcing late in the day that the legal action will focus on the Affordable Care Act, Boehner fumed that Barack Obama had 'changed the health care law without a vote of Congress' in 2013, 'effectively creating his own law by literally waiving the employer mandate and the penalties for failing to comply with it.' The president, he carped, 'believes he has the power to make his own laws.'
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House Resolution will authorize Boehner to sue the White House for changing the Affordable Care Act without the consent of Congress
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The suit is likely to quickly land in the Supreme Court, which ruled last week that Obama has overstepped his constitutional authority
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'Given what we've seen from them lately, that can't be good,' worried a Democratic Senate aide
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'You’re going to sue me for doing my job?' Obama asked during a speech Thursday
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Republicans say the prospect of a lawsuit represents a defense of constitutional authority that belongs to legislators
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Democrats insist that the GOP is whining about the same kinds of Obamacare delays that they demanded just a year ago | 9,816 | record_train |
Brendan Rodgers and @placeholder battled it out to sign the 24-year-old shot stopper during the summer | Alex McCarthy has no regrets about choosing Barclays Premier League basement boys QPR over Champions League club Liverpool. The Reds inflicted a last-gasp defeat on QPR last Sunday as McCarthy made his debut and Rangers endured a challenging week as a result of manager Harry Redknapp's public spat with Adel Taarabt over the playmaker's weight. Despite the week's events, McCarthy, who signed from Reading in August, insisted he is happy at Loftus Road as he prepared for Monday's Premier League clash with Aston Villa. Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper Alex McCarthy sealed a move to Loftus Road in the summer Former Reading custodian McCarthy recently made his QPR debut in their narrow defeat by Liverpool
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Former Reading goalkeeper Alex McCarthy is happy with his decision to join Queens Park Rangers
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McCarthy had the opportunity to link back up with Brendan Rodgers
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However the 24-year-old wanted to work under Harry Redknapp
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Adel Taarabt has been teased by his QPR team-mates over his recent feud with Redknapp | 9,817 | record_train |
@placeholder is white, thin build and was wearing a long black wig, | By Wills Robinson and Andy Dolan The family of a teenage mother who snatched her baby daughter from a foster family during a supervised visit have said her actions were an 'act of desperation'. Police are searching for Stacey Ball, 18, after she bundled 13-month-old Lola Page into a car in Walsall, West Midlands. But yesterday Miss Ball's father, Ryan Price, 46, said his daughter is simply 'screaming out for help' because she had been informed her daughter would be put up for adoption. Missing: Stacey Ball, 18, snatched her daughter Lola after a visit at a foster home Search: Ball, pictured in a blonde wig bundled the toddler into her car three days ago
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Police hunting for mother who abducted child, Lola, from foster family
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Her father, Ryan Price, said it was an 'act of desperation'
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The 46-year-old claims he has not seen or heard from Miss Ball
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Miss Ball, 18, had been told her daughter was being put up for adoption
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Child was placed with family having been in social services care
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West Midlands police are increasingly worried about child's welfare | 9,818 | record_train |
If Cochran holds up his end of the deal, @placeholder might have a road map for ways to broaden their appeal as the 2016 presidential election approaches. | (CNN) -- A recent pair of racially charged political incidents in the South illustrate the pitfalls -- and potential benefits -- that await the national Republican Party leadership if it makes good on an oft-repeated pledge to woo black voters away from the Democratic Party. In Florida, Republican candidate for Congress Glo Smith recently made national news when unknown vandals destroyed one of her campaign signs by spray-painting her face white -- a reference to the ugly, warped idea that black candidates who run on the GOP line are outcasts from the black community who are "acting white." In Mississippi, the bitter endgame of the recent Republican runoff between incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran and tea party challenger Chris McDaniel included a telephone press conference held by Cochran's aides that was interrupted by an anonymous caller insistently asking: "If black people were harvesting cotton, why is it OK to harvest their votes?" It was a sign of the rage expressed by McDaniel that Cochran's razor-close 1.6% win was made possible by an unusual last-minute appeal to Democratic black voters, who crossed party lines to supply the margin of victory.
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If Republicans don't get more minority support, it will spell future disaster
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GOP must support black candidates who endure abuse for being Republican
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GOP must keep promises to nonwhites: They are 35% of the population
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GOP should form broad coalitions that cross traditional boundaries | 9,819 | record_train |
The Manhattan district attorney's office told CNN Sunday that the arrests were made as police forced the protesters out of the park, the birthplace of @placeholder. | New York (CNN) -- Six protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement were arrested early Wednesday in New York's Union Square Park during a confrontation with police, authorities said. The demonstrators were arrested after they were asked to vacate the lower Manhattan park at midnight, according to New York Police Department spokesman Detective Marc Nell. "Protesters were asked to leave because of sanitary reasons. We had people coming in to clean the park. Arrests were made because the protesters were blocking pedestrian traffic," Nell said. There were six charges of disorderly conduct, four charges of obstructing government administration, one charge of resisting arrest and one charge of violation of local law, the spokesman said.
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The latest arrests come after 74 people were arrested over the weekend
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The Occupy Wall Street movement began six months ago in Zucotti Park
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One witness says there were about 300 protesters in Union Square Park | 9,820 | record_train |
"The @placeholder government doesn't allow them to portray their fellow communist country in that light," said Lankov. | "So, how can we promote Seoul as a safe destination in the foreign media in the midst of the current North Korea situation?" That was the question posed by a Seoul government foreign public relations representative at a meeting on Monday, even as Pyongyang continued its militaristic rhetoric, announcing on the same day that North Korea is pulling workers out of a joint North-South industrial zone. Fearing both short and long term drops in tourism, the Seoul government was seeking advice at a meeting it requested with North Korea expert Andrei Lankov, a professor at Seoul's Kookmin University. "It's a very important question, but the problem is that the foreign media believes North Korea's threats when they should not," said Lankov, who has been studying North Korea for almost 30 years.
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Seoul government seeks advice on promoting tourism
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Despite rhetoric and threats, tourism up 11.9%
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DMZ packed with domestic, Chinese tourists | 9,821 | record_train |
Hotel staff members in @placeholder, Spain, recognized Ashya and his family from media coverage and contacted police. | (CNN) -- The British couple arrested in Spain after pulling their cancer-stricken son out of a Southampton Hospital told a judge they will not return to the UK voluntarily, according to a Madrid court where they appeared on Monday. Brett and Naghmeh King remain in a Spanish prison while the judge awaits information from a hospital in Malaga about the medical status of 5-year-old Ashya King, who has brain cancer. His parents can be detained for 72 hours in Spain before the judge has to decide whether they acted illegally when they defied doctors last week, took their son and sparked an international search for the child.
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Parents who took son with brain cancer to Spain refuse to return to UK voluntarily, court says
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They took Ashya King, 5, from British hospital without authorization, police say
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The father says there was a disagreement over his son's course of treatment
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Parents are in prison until judge decides on charges, court says | 9,822 | record_train |
During the colonial period, the regime extended its influence to the arts and culture, demanding that only @placeholder music be played and danced to. | Maputo, Mozambique (CNN)They say no one can resist its chicuembo, an invocation to the ancestral spirits. It will get you off your seat. It will get you dancing. The magic happens when you listen to Marrabenta, Mozambique's distinctive national music, an energetic mix of local dance rhythms and folk music from Portugal. The word itself is derived from the Portuguese verb rebentar, meaning "to break". Some say this refers to the instruments used to play the music, originally tin-can guitars and wooden boxes with strings. Due to the flimsy nature of their improvised construction, they were particularly prone to breaking.
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Marrabenta is the distinctive national music of Mozambique
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Originally played with tin-can guitars at gatherings, it combines Portuguese folk with Mozambican dance rhythms
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Neyma, one of the genre's most popular artists, had the best selling album of the year in Mozambique in 2013
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A derivative genre called Pandza is also gaining popularity among the country's youth | 9,823 | record_train |
After entering @placeholder's apartment, the officers saw him behind a chair brandishing what was thought to be a machete or knife, which was later identified as a shoe horn, the document states. | The suburban Chicago officer who fired five beanbag rounds that killed an uncooperative 95-year-old man at an assisted living center used 'unreasonable and unnecessary' force, according to an expert on police tactics. Testifying on Wednesday, Francis R Murphy, a former police officer and Secret Service agent, said the death of John Wrana, a World War II veteran, followed an officer-created crisis. Park Forest Officer Craig Taylor is on trial for felony reckless conduct for firing five less-lethal beanbag rounds at Wrana as he allegedly brandished a kitchen knife at officers in his apartment. Excessive: Craig Taylor, the 43-year-old Park Forest officer who fired five beanbag rounds that killed an uncooperative 95-year-old man used 'unreasonable and unnecessary' force, says an expert
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Park Forest Officer Craig Taylor, 43, is on trial for felony reckless conduct
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He fired five beanbag rounds at 95-year-old John Wrana, who officers say was brandishing a kitchen knife, though family deny this version of events
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Wrana was reportedly 'combative' and scared of undergoing medical operation
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He served in the US Air Corps during World War II and was shot down once | 9,824 | record_train |
He alerted staff who searched the train upon its arrival at the next stop of Geneva last month, but nothing was found, and Mr @placeholder is now offering a reward for the safe return of the painting. | Losing a treasured item can leave you feeling sick, so spare a thought for Francesco Plateroti. The art collector from Italy left a 13th century piece by Chinese painter Wang Zhenpeng called The Banquet of Immortals on the Terrace of Jade on a high speed TGV train from Paris to Geneva. Mr Plateroti got off the train in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, a French town close to the Swiss border, before realising the artwork - worth €1million (£800,000) - was still in his briefcase in the carriage. Train: An art collector left a 13th century piece on a high speed TGV service (file photo) from Paris to Geneva
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13th century art called The Banquet of Immortals on the Terrace of Jade
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Piece by Chinese painter Wang Zhenpeng left on TGV train last month
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Francesco Plateroti got off train in French town Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
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Then realised £800,000 landscape was still in his briefcase in the carriage | 9,825 | record_train |
young people working in the @placeholder doing what I do. | By Rebecca Camber High life: Alex Hope, 25, pictured with reality TV star Layla Flaherty, posed as a City high-flier to earn millions A catering manager who posed as a City whizzkid to run a £5.6million Ponzi fraud spent £2million on champagne, nightclubs and casinos, a court heard yesterday. Alex Hope, 25, told investors he could make them a fortune from foreign exchange trades. But the ‘City high-flier’ was in reality a former catering manager at Wembley Stadium. He used the cash from investors as his ‘personal piggy-bank’, spending £125,000 on a single bottle of champagne – a Nebuchadnezzar, which holds 15 litres – Southwark Crown Court heard.
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Wembley Stadium employee Alex Hope, 25, posed as a City trader
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Built £5.6m fraud scheme offering to help investors into foreign trades
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Spent £1million in casinos, racked up bar bills of £500,000
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Hope denies fraud but admits violating City rules, the trial continues | 9,826 | record_train |
Ultimately, however, @placeholder with his seven breaks of serve bossed proceedings and from the second tiebreak never looked like losing. | Andy Murray lost the match but did enough to remind why he has won Grand Slams in the past and might yet do so again in the future. At 1.17am, before the unruly remnants of the Flushing Meadows crowd, he finally succumbed to the barrage of Novak Djokovic in their US Open quarter final, going down 7-6 6-7 6-2, 6-4 in three hours and 31 minutes. By the end Murray's spirit was willing but the legs had weakened, as he paid the price for taking three and a half hours longer to get to this match than his opponent. VIDEO Scroll down for Novak Djokovic: Didn't play the way I wanted to against Murray
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Murray loses 7-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 to world No 1 Djokovic
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Murray admits he was disappointed his fitness faded late in the match
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Djokovic took control of the match breaking Murray's serve seven times
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Djokovic will now face Japan's Kei Nishikori in semi-finals | 9,827 | record_train |
the everyday activities and traditions of the less-off @placeholder, | By Mia De Graaf At once bold and gentle, colourful and bleak, glittering and fierce, this is an ode to the heart of Harlem. In a captivating collection of images taken on the streets of New York's forgotten suburbs, Ruben Natal-San Miguel celebrates the fierce character of districts that have yet to be gentrified. Each shot is coated in colour and salutes the artistic, untouched character of the people. Puerto Rican by birth, Natal-San Miguel, an architect and photographer, fell in love with New York City when he moved there to study in the 1980s. Fixating: Ruben Natal San-Miguel has spent eight years taking striking shots of the urban culture of New York's neglected suburbs, celebrating their colourful beauty
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Ruben Natal-San Miguel has spent years cycling around Harlem and the Bronx capturing its culture and traditions
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The architect and photographer fell in love with the district when he moved there after 9/11 from a high rise for safety
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His work celebrates the untouched quirks of the people and places and issues a warning against gentrification | 9,828 | record_train |
In action: @placeholder struggled to get into Atletico Madrid's first team last season | By John Drayton Javier Manquillo is close to signing a two-year loan deal with Liverpool, according to Spanish newspaper Marca. The Atletico Madrid defender looks set to seal a loan deal with the Reds after struggling to nail down a first team place under Diego Simeone last season. Brendan Rodgers has been on the hunt for a right back as he looks to strengthen his squad ahead of the new Premier League season. Strengthening: Javier Manquillo looks set for a loan move to Liverpool Marca are reporting that Manquillo will be loaned to Liverpool for the next two seasons with an 'option to buy' for a figure close to £4million.
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Liverpool are close to signing Javier Manquillo on loan, according to Spanish media
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Marca report Spanish defender will sign a two-year loan deal
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In most cases, especially as demonstrations in @placeholder grew bigger, security forces opened fire without giving advance warning or making any effort to disperse the protesters by nonlethal means. | (CNN) -- The Syrian regime has carried out a "systematic" series of abuses against protesters that could "qualify as crimes against humanity," and the United Nations must hold the government accountable, a leading humanitarian watchdog organization said Wednesday. Human Rights Watch makes these assertions in a report titled "'We've Never Seen Such Horror': Crimes against Humanity in Daraa." The 57-page document contains chilling detail from dozens of victims and witnesses to abuses in Daraa province, the southwestern Syrian powder keg where the anti-government protest movement began in mid-March before spreading across the country. The government reacted with a tough crackdown against protesters.
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The Human Rights Watch report focuses on Daraa province
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'It was amazing to have Pope Francis come up to us personally,' the husband said to @placeholder. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:33 EST, 18 December 2013 | UPDATED: 11:37 EST, 18 December 2013 Robin Roberts and Josh Elliott had a chance to shake Pope Francis' hand as the two Good Morning America anchors traveled to Vatican City to attend today’s year-end public mass. Today's mass held in St Peter's Square was the final papal audience of 2013, capping off a year of renewed public popularity due to the new Pope. The anchors were two of thousands that gathered in the square for mass and were lucky to have the Pope shake their hands while he greeted some of the awaiting masses.
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The morning news hosts traveled to the Vatican for today's final papal audience of 2013
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They both got the chance to shake Pope Francis' hand
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Josh tried to make a connection to Francis with their common Jesuit roots | 9,831 | record_train |
The sound of a child's laughter is rare in @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Amongst the clouds of dust kicked up from the desert by the hundreds of new arrivals who pitch up every day at the Zaatari refugee camp -- just 15 kilometers from the Jordan/Syria border -- Abeer Rantisi is planning her next lesson. The twenty-six-year old is short, hair tied back, her thick-rimmed glasses sitting wonkyly at the end of her nose. She is standing outside a large marquee where a group of Syrian men is being taught the basics of soccer coaching. "'Football," she tells CNN, her eyes moving to a group of young children nearby, screeching with laughter as they kick a football around on a sand pitch, "We all speak football."
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As many as 150.000 people living in Zaatari refugee camp
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Star for the Jordanian women's national team Abeer Rantisi is coaching in the camp
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Rantisi says coaching helps to build refugeesl' confidence
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VIDEO Scroll down to see Arsene Wenger on Arsenal's FA Cup re-run against @placeholder | Arsene Wenger is set to hand David Ospina the chance to stake his claim for Arsenal’s No 1 jersey this weekend following Wojciech Szczesny’s double blunder against Southampton. And Szczesny is facing a fresh fight to save his Gunners career with the club seeking a new goalkeeper for next season. Szczesny is expected to drop to the bench for Sunday’s FA Cup clash against Hull City, with Colombia international Ospina taking his place. And Ospina has the chance to replace Szczesny as first-choice keeper until at least the end of the campaign if he performs well, starting in the re-run of last season’s FA Cup final.
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Arsenal lost 2-0 at Southampton in the Premier League on New Year's Day
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Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny played a major part in both goals
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I realized that I had been misguided about @placeholder and its people by the political mantra, best summarized as: "You're either with us or against us." | "Here we go again," I sigh, browsing news channels. Each one, leading with the chilling buzzwords: "Islamic State" and "Jihadist Murder." Not since the weeks following the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York has turning on the TV been so demoralizing for Muslims across the globe. I have that same sinking feeling whenever an atrocity takes place which is broadly placed at the feet of the "Muslim world." Because, "Hi, I am Lauren and I am a Muslim" -- should there be a new support group? What's depressing as a "revert" (Muslims believe everyone is born into their faith) to Islam is to witness the casual sleepwalk towards the branding of all Muslims -- wherever we live and whatever our lives -- as the "same."
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It's depressing to witness the branding of all Muslims as the "same," writes Lauren Booth
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Booth: Muslims are labeled as sharing the values of groups that do not represent our faith
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Extremist jihadist groups have focused its killing on Muslims first and foremost, she writes
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One ingredient for a long-term solution is the ideal of "fairness," she says | 9,834 | record_train |
The clan released 41 of the @placeholder hostages, he said. | (CNN) -- A Turkish hostage was released in Lebanon Tuesday following negotiations between officials and the powerful clan that had been holding him. Aydin Tufan Tekin appeared on local Lebanese TV shortly after he was released to the country's Interior Ministry. He looked healthy and said he was heading to his hometown. The businessman's kidnapping was a high-profile example of how the Syrian conflict has been seeping into Lebanon, sparking concern across the nation and in other countries. Syrian crisis spills over into Lebanon A spokesman for Lebanon's powerful Mikdad clan said the Turk and 45 Syrians were abducted in response to the Free Syrian Army's abduction of Hassan al-Mikdad in mid-August.
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The freed Turkish hostage appears on local Lebanese television
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His kidnapping shows the Syrian conflict seeping into Lebanon
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He was held hostage in response to an alleged rebel kidnapping
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She is demanding authorities let her have an abortion even though she is four weeks beyond @placeholder's ten-week termination limit. | Mother-of-two is five months pregnant with, she claims, her rapist's child and is demanding abortion This is the pregnant rape victim who shot and decapitated her attacker then left his severed head in the square of her local village. Nevin Yildirim, 26, is now awaiting trial after murdering the man in her home in Yalvac, south-west Turkey last week. The mother-of-two is five months pregnant with, she claims, her rapist's child. Revenge: Nevin Yildirim (left) shot and decapitated Nurettin Gider (right), who she claims had repeatedly raped her, and then left his severed head in her village square in Turkey
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Nevin Yildirim, 26, is now awaiting trial after murdering rapist in her home in south-west Turkey last week
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Mother-of-two is five months pregnant with, she claims, her rapist's child and is demanding abortion | 9,836 | record_train |
'Our action to tackle drugs in @placeholder should send a warning message to people within organised criminal networks that we will leave no stone unturned to find them and put them before the court.' | By Jaymi Mccann PUBLISHED: 15:51 EST, 14 March 2013 | UPDATED: 16:01 EST, 14 March 2013 Three men have been arrested after police seized a massive haul of cannabis resin weighing as much as a rhino. Hugh Webb, 52, Michael Malone, 46, and Martin Merritt, 39, allegedly made two large blue metal boxes to transport the 1.7 tonne load, worth an estimated £5 million. Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate found the class B drugs on the back of a 40ft refrigerated container lorry in Sandy Lane, Ashford, Kent, last Friday. Haul: The three men made gigantic blue metal containers to hold the 1.7 tonne load
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Police found the haul when they stopped a lorry in Ashford, Kent, last Friday
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The drugs were contained in two huge blue, metal boxes
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When he signed for @placeholder in January 2013, we knew there were questions about his attitude. | Daniel Sturridge will spearhead England’s attack in Manaus on Saturday night with his position as Roy Hodgson’s No 9 beyond doubt. I played and trained with him at Liverpool and watched him develop further this season under Brendan Rodgers. Here’s why Italy may have a problem on Saturday night. He was, in my opinion, the finest finisher in the Barclays Premier League last season. He only had the seventh best conversion rate (24.7 shots per goal) of the 18 players who scored more than 10 — Rickie Lambert was top with 16.1 — but Daniel was electric. He's electric: Daniel Sturridge (second right) celebrates scoring for England against Peru last month
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Sturridge was the finest finisher in the Premier League last season
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His position as England's No 9 is beyond doubt
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Sturridge is good in the dressing room and has the right attitude
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The forward's speed could be a potent weapon for England
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It could also be seen as an embarrassment for @placeholder, who have twice in just over one month, had a major al Qaeda figure killed on their territory without their participation. | Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The U.S. government has confirmed the killing of al Qaeda operational commander Ilyas Kashmiri, the prime minister of Pakistan said Monday. "The U.S. has confirmed that Ilyas Kashmiri was killed on Friday," said Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at a Monday press conference in Quetta, the capital of the country's southwestern province of Balochistan. Gilani did not explain how he knew the United States had confirmed the death of the man described by counterterrorism officials as al Qaeda's "military brain." A spokesman for Kashmiri's jihadist group, Harakat-ul-Jihad-Islami, previously said Kashmiri was killed, along with some aides, in a strike late Friday night.
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Kashmiri was seen at the location of the strike
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Pakistan has not confirmed the death of Ilyas Kashmiri
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Kashmiri's followers say he was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan
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determined @placeholder told the owner: ‘I didn't want 5 star service; I | By Mail Online Reporter The boss of Blue Sky Hostel in Glasgow, Todd Pedersen, who has sparked an online storm A hostel owner has stumbled into controversy after being branding a customer as a ‘retard’ in an online spat. Todd Petersen fired the unpleasant insult at a guest who left a negative review of his property. Louise Taylor stayed at Blue Sky Hostel in Glasgow during a visit to see the ongoing Commonwealth Games. But after deciding that her accommodation was less than satisfactory, she vented her frustrations on the hostel’s Facebook page. ‘Worst hostel I have ever stayed in,’ she wrote.
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Louise Taylor stayed at the Blue Sky Hostel as part of a trip to Glasgow
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@placeholder's second half goal gives Madrid a comfortable 2-0 aggregate scoreline ahead of the second leg in March | Why was anyone surprised? Cristiano Ronaldo ended talk of a scoring drought by netting his 58th Champions League goal for Real Madrid in 58 games for the club to help Real Madrid to a 2-0 win over Roberto di Matteo’s Schalke. It was the 12th consecutive away game in the Champions League that Ronaldo had scored in and he set up Marcelo in the second half to put the game beyond the Germans. Ronaldo had not scored in his last three games. He hadn’t gone four games without scoring for four years but he rose to head past Schalke’s 19-year-old keeper Timon Wellenreuther to put Real Madrid in-front in the first half.
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Real Madrid earn 2-0 Champions League last 16 first leg victory against Schalke
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Cristiano Ronaldo gives Carlos Ancelotti's side first half lead with 25th-minute header
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Portuguese forward ends mini goal drought which lasted just under five hours
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Ronaldo has now scored 58 Champions League goals in 58 games for Los Blancos
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Marcelo fires Madrid into 2-0 lead with brilliant solo effort in 78th-minute
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@placeholder investigators have viewed the recording, said Pelletier, who shared details of his reporting with CNN. | (CNN)The terrorist who gunned down four people at a kosher market in eastern Paris earlier this month recorded the attack on a camera, a U.S. intelligence official told CNN on Friday. The information backed up a report by Eric Pelletier, a national security reporter at the French magazine L'Express, who wrote that Amedy Coulibaly recorded seven minutes of the attack, including the moments when he killed three people. Citing a French source close to the investigation, Pelletier reported Friday that Coulibaly was able to use a computer at the market to email a copy of the attack video before he was killed by police.
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Amedy Coulibaly killed four people at store
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Source tells French journalist that the terrorist emailed video of the attack
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The winger has moved on loan to Championship side @placeholder for three months to gain playing time | By Simon Jones for MailOnline Stoke City winger Brek Shea has joined Birmingham City on a three-month emergency loan. The 24-year-old USA international joins with no recall option in place for a deal that will run up to and including Saturday December 13. Manager Lee Clark moved for the American having seen his squad hit with several injuries in recent weeks, notably Lee Novak (knee), Denny Johnstone (thigh) and Olly Lee (hamstring). Brek Shea, a USA international, has become increasingly frustrated by a lack of opportunities at Stoke Clark said: ‘I’ve been chasing Brek for a while and actually wanted to sign him permanently at the start of the season.
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The USA international has only made five first-team appearances at Stoke
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Brek Shea spent the second half of last season on loan at Barnsley
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During the incident, five Chinese vessels "shadowed and aggressively maneuvered in dangerously close proximity to USNS Impeccable, in an apparent coordinated effort to harass the @placeholder ocean surveillance ship while it was conducting routine operations in international waters," the Pentagon said in a statement. | BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A U.S. surveillance ship violated Chinese and international laws during patrols more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) off the Chinese coast over the weekend, China's state-run media reported Tuesday. The Navy says this photo shows two Chinese trawlers forcing the Impeccable to make an emergency stop. "China has lodged serious representations with the United States, as the USNS Impeccable conducted activities in China's special economic zone in the South China Sea," said Ma Zhaoxu, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman. "We demand that the United States put an immediate stop to related activities and take effective measures to prevent similar acts from happening."
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China says U.S. surveillance ship conducted activities in a "special economic zone"
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China demands U.S. take measures "to prevent similar acts from happening"
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Pentagon says Chinese ships harassed USNS Impeccable in international waters
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Chinese crew tried to snag Impeccable's equipment in water, Pentagon says | 9,844 | record_train |
Chan said Occupy will proceed with its mass sit-in "soon," bringing downtown @placeholder to a halt. | The struggle for democracy is not dead, say Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists, who have pledged to continue opposing Beijing despite setbacks. The activist group Occupy Central had hoped that their threats of a mass sit-in in Hong Kong's downtown Central district would convince China to approve open democratic elections for Hong Kong's next leader. But on Sunday, the Chinese government said the elections should only consist of candidates approved by a Beijing-backed committee, dealing a blow to democracy supporters. Even the leader of the movement seemed deflated. "Up to this point, we failed," Benny Tai, the co-founder of Occupy Central, told Bloomberg Tuesday. "Beijing refused to back down."
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China announced Hong Kong will not have open elections on Sunday
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Hong Kong democracy activists say they will stage mass sit-in protest
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'The @placeholder win should take the edge off things, but it still could be feisty. | There is a contentious agenda at Arsenal's Annual General Meeting, which starts at 11.30am. You can follow the main talking points as they are debated, with SAMI MOKBEL in attendance at the Emirates Stadium. The AGM has had a familiar theme over the last 10 years: patience. Chief executive Ivan Gazidis was preaching that message yet again earlier this week ahead of the meeting - so Gunners fans couldn't be blamed for thinking it was Groundhog Day. Arsene Wenger's men won the FA Cup in May, ending their nine-year trophy drought, but there have been few signs this season that Arsenal are ready to mount a serious challenge for the Premier League title or the Champions League - Wenger's holy grail - despite the summer signings of Alexis Sanchez and Danny Welbeck.
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Arsenal hold their Annual General Meeting on Thursday
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Arsene Wenger, Stan Kroenke and Ivan Gazidis are in line to face questions
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Gazidis wants club to reach level of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Barcelona, but has preached patience
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Arsenal won first trophy in nine years after beating Hull in FA Cup final in May, but look far from Premier League title challengers | 9,846 | record_train |
Say cheese: @placeholder and the Miami team pose for (several) photos | By Ap Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:11 EST, 14 January 2014 | UPDATED: 09:33 EST, 15 January 2014 For President Barack Obama, seeing the Miami Heat at the White House on Tuesday was like deja vu. A year after congratulating LeBron James and company on winning their second league title, Obama was doing it again. James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, their teammates and coaches, earned another White House visit by following that championship win with another last year. They topped the San Antonio Spurs in series that went the full seven games. Scroll down for video Congratulations: Miami Heat player Chris Bosh shakes hands with President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House
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Miami heat enjoyed their second consecutive trip to the White House on Tuesday to commemorate an NBA title
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In his speech President Obama congratulated coach Eric Spoeklstra, team president Pat Riley and all the coaches and players for their perseverance
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He drew laughter when saying he could 'relate' to the fact they are still fighting for some respect within the game
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The team presented Obama with a basketball and team jersey marked with the name 'POTUS' (President of the United States) and the number 44, because Obama is the 44th American president | 9,847 | record_train |
Officials said that Prince Charles was good at raising human rights issues without making the @placeholder 'bristle' | Prince Charles today intervened in the controversial case of a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes in Saudi Arabia as he became the first western royal to meet the country's new ruler. Welcomed by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, to his private compound, the Al Ergah Palace, the prince diplomatically tackled the international outcry over Raif Badawi. Mr Badawi was arrested in June 2012 for offences including insulting Islam and disobeying his father - considered a crime in Saudi Arabia - after discussing issues such as greater religious and political tolerance online. Scroll down for video
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The Prince landed in Riyadh and was greeted by Prince Faisal bin Bandar
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On arriving Charles was given a Guard of Honour in the terminal building
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He was then served Arabic coffee and dates as part of traditional welcome
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He spoke out on behalf of Saudi blogger Raif al-Badawi, who is in jail
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In the ultra prime market @placeholder has drawn level with Monaco.’ | With its tax breaks for the super-wealthy, its Mediterranean climate and beautiful sea views, Monaco has long boasted the world’s most exclusive property market. But a new study has found the gap between house prices in prime London and Monaco is closing. For decades, Monte Carlo has attracted the world’s rich and famous including Sir Roger Moore, Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Philip Green. Scroll down for video England’s capital appears to be creeping up on the principality after house prices rocketed in the last three years: Knightsbridge (above) Yet, England’s capital appears to be creeping up on the principality after house prices rocketed in the last three years.
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In Fontvieille, Monaco’s most expensive address, the average apartment is now £3.43million
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In lettings west London’s Knightsbridge is out-performing Monaco, costing £65 per sq ft compared to £61 per sq ft in Monaco | 9,849 | record_train |
Regarding fears of civilian casualties, he describes an occasion in 2007 when he saw a figure running toward a building in @placeholder seconds before the impact of a missile he had aimed at it. | (CNN) -- Years of aiming missiles at people on the other side of the world left Brandon Bryant a broken man. In an interview with the magazine GQ, Bryant recounts some of the grisly scenes he watched unfold on his monitor as an Air Force drone operator. In grimly vivid detail, he talks about the first time he killed somebody, in early 2007. He was sitting in a control station on an Air Force base in Nevada. His three victims were walking on a dirt road in Afghanistan. After the Hellfire missile fired from the drone struck the three men, Bryant watched the aftermath on his infrared display.
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NEW: The Pakistani Prime Minister says he raised the issue of drones in talks with Obama
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In a magazine interview, a former drone operator describes the grisly scenes he witnessed
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His job was to aim the targeting laser for drones from a control station in the U.S.
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When president Obama spoke about @placeholder during his address he said the previous policy was 'long past its expiration date.' | One month after his release from a Cuban prison, Alan Gross received a chamber-wide standing ovation during Tuesday’s State of the Union address. The aid worker had spent the past five years languishing in a Cuban prison before being freed by President Raul Castro in a prisoner exchange just before Christmas. When he arrived back on American soil last month, Gross was 100 pounds lighter and missing several of his teeth. Scroll down for video Alan Gross, recently released from prison in Cuba, thrusts his fist in the air as he is mentioned by President Barack Obama during his State of the Union address on Tuesday
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One month after his release from a Cuban prison, Alan Gross received a chamber-wide standing ovation during Tuesday's address
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The aid worker had spent the past five years languishing in a Cuban prison before being freed just before Christmas
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Gross still looked gaunt and was still minus most of his front teeth as he took pride of place as a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama
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He broke out into a big smile and waved both fists triumphantly from the visitors' gallery when President Obama welcomed him home | 9,851 | record_train |
The decision on Williams' future will be taken by top @placeholder execs but they reportedly failed to reach a conclusion after a weekend meeting at the home of NBC Universal CEO, Steve Burke. | Brian Williams met with NBCUniversal's CEO on Tuesday morning as a question mark hangs over his future as anchor of the network's Nightly News. Williams, 55, visited Steve Burke at his apartment close to Central Park in Manhattan on Tuesday morning, CNN reported. The pair later left the building together. The meeting came amid reports that NBC's top executives cannot agree on whether Williams should be axed or remain at the network after he falsely claimed he was in a helicopter that was hit by a grenade while in Iraq in 2003. Scroll down for video NBC execs were reportedly divided over Nightly News anchor Brian Williams' future as names of potential replacements began to emerge on Tuesday. The journalist visited NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke on Tuesday (right)
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Investigative reporter Richard Esposito, and Williams' NBC colleague, was fact-checking his work and expected to draw a conclusion soon
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Williams took a hiatus from top-rated Nightly News after it emerged he falsely claimed he was in a helicopter hit by a grenade while in Iraq in 2003
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Rumored replacements include the Today show's Matt Lauer or co-star Savannah Guthrie | 9,852 | record_train |
Together, @placeholder said, they worked to increase government transparency and reduce earmarks. | Republican Sen.Tom Coburn is no fan the president's politics, but when it comes to the man himself, the retiring Oklahoma lawmaker has nothing but praise for his former colleague and friend Barack Obama. 'I think he's a genuinely very smart, nice guy,' Coburn said in an interview that aired Sunday on 60 Minutes. 'I just love him as a man. I think he's a neat man. 'You don't have to be the same to be friends. Matter of fact, the interesting friendships are the ones that are divergent,' the Tea Party aligned senator added. Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn is seen here walking to the Senate floor for a series of votes on December. It was to be one of his last votes in Congress, as he is retiring this year due to a battle with prostate cancer
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The two men met in 2005 when they were both green senators, freshly joining the elite ranks of the legislative branch's upper chamber
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'You don't have to be the same to be friends. Matter of fact, the interesting friendships are the ones that are divergent,' Coburn said of Obama
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'I'm proud of the selfless actions that my roommate, @placeholder, showed today taking down the shooter. | Hero: Friends have identified Jon Meis, a 26-year-old engineering student, as the hero who stopped the gunman A 26-year-old gunman has opened fire at a small, Christian university in Seattle - killing one student and wounding three more with shotgun blasts. And police say he could have killed others if it wasn't for the actions of one heroic student who pepper sprayed the gunman and tackled him to the ground. Students at Seattle Pacific University say Jon Meis saved countless lives when he sprang into action as the shooter stopped to reload his weapon Thursday afternoon. Meis, a 26-year-old engineering student, is engaged to be married and has 'everything to live for' friends said. But he risked his life and ended the murderous rampage.
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Jon Meis, an engineering student, has been identified by classmates as the hero who stopped a rampage
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Meis was working as a hall monitor and disarmed the gunman with pepper spray and several other students piled on and held him until police arrived
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The suspect is Aaron Ybarra, 26, a former janitor at LA Fitness who still lives with his parents
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Indeed, some of the finest moments in her campaign came toward the end when it became clear that @placeholder was probably going to win the nomination. | (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton hasn't said whether she's going to run for president in 2016. And Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has said, repeatedly, that she's not planning to run. But, given the dynamics of today's politics, the two women need each other. And they both should run for the Democratic nomination. A primary challenge from Warren could be the very best thing to happen to Clinton in a run for the presidency. Most pundits have argued that a Warren challenge would be a problem that Clinton needs to confront, a genuine roadblock in her path to the presidency. The division and discord, they say, would be a repeat of the 2008 primaries where she ultimately lost to Barack Obama.
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Hillary Clinton hasn't said whether she's running in 2016; Elizabeth Warren says she is not
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Julian Zelizer: A challenge to Clinton's front-runner status from Warren would be good for Hillary
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Still, it's not like @placeholder last few season have been successful: There's a reason they had the No. | (CNN) -- Love is all LeBron needs. Or so the Cleveland Cavaliers hope. The NBA doormat-turned-upstart squad from northeastern Ohio officially got its second big jolt of excitement this offseason on Saturday, with the announcement that Kevin Love is coming its way in a trade. "Welcome to the Land @kevinlove!" James tweeted. Love, who averaged 26.1 points and 12.5 assists a game with the Minnesota Timberwolves, joins LeBron James in Cleveland. It was James' return to the Cavaliers -- the club he famously made "The Decision" to leave four years ago for the Miami Heat -- that was the NBA's biggest move, by far, since the San Antonio Spurs beat the Heat for the championship.
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Minnesota trades star Kevin Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers
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That @placeholder are also treating Pacquiao's loss as a "natural disaster" is not without a reason. | Manila (CNN) -- The right punch Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez threw to knock out Filipino Manny Pacquiao in the sixth round of their non-title welterweight clash arguably registered on the Richter scale, with the aftershocks being felt from the posh MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada to the last-standing shanty in the typhoon-ravaged areas of Mindanao, the Philippines. When Pacquiao hit the canvas with a resounding thud, Filipinos all over the world cringed and felt the impact of the debacle down to their toenails. In the Philippines, where the fight was shown in cinemas, restaurants, and makeshift arenas, some stood in silence in utter disbelief while others unabashedly shed tears. The day following the fight, the front page of all the major newspapers in the country read like the obituary page.
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Tolentino: Pacquiao's knockout traumatized Filipinos around the world
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Tolentino: Pacquiao seen as much more than a boxer in eyes of Filipinos
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Tolentino: Pacquiao has become prisoner of the suffocating image he created | 9,857 | record_train |
In a meeting with President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who took office earlier this year, @placeholder promised the United States would support Yemen 'with full force' in all respects. | By Daily Mail Reporter and Reuters Reporter PUBLISHED: 00:04 EST, 25 April 2012 | UPDATED: 04:41 EST, 25 April 2012 A top member of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was killed in an air strike over the weekend, the Yemeni Embassy confirmed Tuesday. U.S. officials say the strike was conducted by the CIA and killed Mohammed Al-Umda on Sunday. The drone targeted the prominent Al-Qaeda leader while he was riding in his SUV. Killed: Wanted Al-Qaeda leader Mohammed Saeed al-Umda was killed by a CIA-operated Predator drone like this one (file photo) Meeting: Yemeni President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi, right, talked with the director of the FBI, Robert Mueller, left, during a meeting in Yemen Tuesday in which Mr Mueller pledged support against Islamist insurgency
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Mohammed Al-Umda, trained by Bin Laden, was killed in weekend strike
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FBI chief vows to help crush insurgency and spoke with Yemen's president
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Adam Lallana (centre) scored @placeholder's equaliser in the first half with a sweetly-struck left-footed strike | Wes Morgan had a night to forget as Leicester remain rooted to the bottom of the Premier League following a 3-1 loss at home to Liverpool on Tuesday night. Morgan endured a torrid display against the Reds' attack before being sent off for hauling down Rickie Lambert in the second half. In contrast, his opposing skipper Steven Gerrard put in fine performance as Liverpool's mini-revival continued. The 34-year-old gave his side a 2-1 lead with a trademark finish, to cap a brilliant display against the Premier League newcomers. Sportsmail's Sam Cunningham was at the King Power Stadium to provide his match ratings.
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Simon Mignolet scored an own goal to give the hosts an early lead
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Adam Lallana, Steven Gerrard and Jordan Henderson all scored to seal visitors comeback win
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Leicester captain Wes Morgan was shown a straight red for a last man challenge on Reds' striker Rickie Lambert | 9,859 | record_train |
The exact number of groups involved was not given and some groups were not identified, both to protect their people on the ground in @placeholder and because they are hoping to reverse the decision. | (CNN) -- Sudan ordered a number of international aid agencies to leave the country Wednesday after an arrest warrant was issued for the country's president, a United Nations source in the capital city of Khartoum said. Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir waves to supporters in Khartoum on Wednesday. The International Criminal Court issued the warrant earlier Wednesday for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity. It accuses him of complicity in a brutal campaign of violence against the people of Darfur, in the west of the country. Sudan told as many as 10 humanitarian groups to leave Darfur, and seized the agencies' assets, U.N. deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said.
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Up to 10 aid agencies ordered to leave Sudan, U.S. source says
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Oxfam, Medicins Sans Frontieres among those facing expulsion
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U.N.: These agencies are main providers of life-saving humanitarian services
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This is one of the first sand dune fields ever recognised on @placeholder. | By Ellie Zolfagharifard A journey through Mars’ impressive landscape has been made possible through a series of incredible images that reveal its surface in unprecedented detail. The images allow you to plummet into the breathtaking depths of its darkest canyons, float over its black dunes and revel in the beauty of the red planet’s spiralling whirlwinds. They were taken by Nasa’s observation satellite Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and provide a previously unseen vision of Mars, whose landscape has been taking shape for more than three billion years. Since 2006, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been charting the red planet's terrain. This image shows defrosting of the crests of 'Inca City'. This is the informal name given to a set of intersecting ridges that are located among the layered materials of the south polar region of Mars. Their origin has never been understood
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Images compiled by Paris-based Xavier Barral in his book ‘This is Mars’
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They were taken by Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2006
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Each image maintains consistent point of view covering a 6km wide area | 9,861 | record_train |
The view from on-board: Gutierrez is left a passenger as his Sauber is sent airborne by @placeholder | By Phil Duncan Esteban Gutierrez was taken to hospital for precautionary checks after his jaw-dropping crash with Pastor Maldonado in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix. Maldonado was handed three penalties by the stewards after the stunning incident which saw Gutierrez roll his Sauber. The Lotus driver clumsily t-boned Gutierrez as he exited the pits, subsequently flipping the Sauber airborne. Roll over: Pastor Maldonado t-bones Esteban Gutierrez thus launching the Sauber airborne Going over: The Sauber driver was taken to hospital for precautionary checks but later released In trouble: The Mexican was fortunate to walk away from the accident relatively unscathed
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Esteban Gutierrez hospitalised after he is t-boned by Pastor Maldonado
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Maldonado slapped with five-place grid drop for Chinese Grand Prix
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Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg involved in memorable battle for win
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Sebastian Vettel is ordered to make way for team-mate Daniel Ricciardo
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Jenson Button retires with gearbox glitch on 250th grand prix appearance | 9,862 | record_train |
Watch Sara Sidner report on the rescue, talk about being @placeholder's lifeline » | (CNN) -- Carol Mackoff and her family were rescued Friday morning after being trapped in their rooms in the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai for more than 48 hours. A text message from CNN correspondent Sara Sidner to Mackoff, who was in contact with CNN during the attack. "They informed us the final assault was beginning and we got a call from the colonel of the [Indian] army, and he said we will give you a password and if we come to the door and give it to you, come quietly with us," Mackoff said. "That's exactly what happened." Upon arrival, the Indian army rescued six people at a time, Mackoff said.
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NEW: Carol Mackoff said they went down back stairs over glass, blood to escape
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Family stayed in contact with U.S. Consulate, CNN through text messages
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Mackoff: "We saw men running down our hallway ... we could see guns"
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Woman says attackers rang doorbell, family stuck heavy suitcases against door | 9,863 | record_train |
Mr Cameron used a major speech in November to set out key demands on banning EU nationals from claiming in-work benefits or social housing in Britain for four years, deporting jobless migrants if they do not get work for six months and refusing to allow other countries to join the EU without imposing controls on the movement of their workers until their economies have reached @placeholder levels. | David Cameron insists his promised EU referendum could not be brought forward because he needed time to 'renegotiate a better deal for Britain' Britain will not get a say on leaving the European Union until 2017, after Downing Street rejected claims a referendum could be held next year. Number 10 made clear there are 'absolutely no plans' to hold the referendum in 2016, after a minister was quoted as saying a vote next year was the 'preferred route'. Prime Minister David Cameron told MailOnline the vote could not be brought forward because he needed time to 'renegotiate a better deal for Britain'.
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Number 10 made clear there are 'absolutely no plans' to hold vote in 2016
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Minister was quoted as saying a vote next year was the 'preferred route'.
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Prime Minister says he needs time to 'renegotiate a better deal for Britain'
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Chancellor George Osborne rejects idea referendum has caused instability | 9,864 | record_train |
Sessions and other @placeholder conservatives argue in favor of 'de-funding' U.S. | Conservatives in the U.S. Senate got a powerful weapon on Wednesday in the battle over whether they can pull the rug out from under President Barack Obama's plan to mainstream millions of illegal immigrants into American life. Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, the Republican' top budget hawk, has unveiled a Nov. 21 memo from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) explaining that Congress can legally strip funding from America's immigration enforcement agency – including funds the agency raises on its own through fees it charges Americans and foreigners. That news will put fuel in the tank of right-wingers who want to paint Obama into a corner when the GOP controls both houses of Congress in January.
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Republican civil war broke out after Obama's Nov. 20 'amnesty' speech over whether the GOP can stop the White House from issuing green cards and work permits
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Congress's official fact-checkers now say the new Republican majority on Capitol Hill can legally pull the plug
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At issue is whether immigration authorities can do whatever they want with fees they collect from immigrants, both legal and illegal
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One congressional aide proposed a hypothetical situation where the Department of the Interior diverted National Parks entrance fees to give 'tap-dance lessons to grizzly bears'
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Prosecutors allege @placeholder shook down more than a dozen criminals and made them pay "rent" -- cash for permission to carry on with their business on the streets of Boston. | Boston (CNN) -- Former drug smuggler William David Lindholm has a harrowing tale of how reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger allegedly tried to extort $1 million by having a bullet fired past Lindholm's head. In the end, Lindholm lived to testify Wednesday at Bulger's federal trial about surviving a high-stakes, Russian roulette-style game. Bulger is charged in the deaths of 19 people during some two decades when prosecutors say he terrorized South Boston as the head of the Irish mob. He also faces charges of extortion, racketeering and money laundering. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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Witness describes harrowing tale of Russian roulette-style game
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James "Whitey" Bulger is charged in the deaths of 19 people over two decades
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Former drug smuggler says Bulger tried to extort him
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Dr Thomas grew up in @placeholder during the space race and watched in awe as the first humans ventured into space. | By Kate Lyons Andrew Thomas can still remember the moment in August 1992 that he received a call offering him a position in the astronaut program at NASA. 'I remember putting the phone down and thinking, wow, my life has just changed in ways I can't begin to imagine. How does this happen? A kid from Adelaide has just joined NASA,' he told MailOnline. With the offer, Dr Thomas, 62, became the first Australian to travel into space. He has just hung up his space helmet, retiring after a 22-year career with NASA, which has seen him undertake four space flights, 177 days in orbit, a visit to the Mir space station, and a space walk.
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Andrew Thomas, Australia's first and only man in space, has retired after 22 years working for NASA
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He has spent 177 days in space over four missions, including four months living on the Mir space station
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Dr Thomas told of how he carried a piece of wood from HMS Endeavour on board his first space flight | 9,867 | record_train |
According to someone who knew @placeholder and his three roommates well, Ciancia began asking for a ride to the airport days before the shooting. | (CNN) -- After a weekend of intense investigation, authorities are piecing together more details about Friday's fatal shooting at Los Angeles International Airport -- including the suspect's behavior earlier in the week and a warning from his family that may have come moments too late. Here is a rundown to get you up to speed: THE SUSPECT Paul Ciancia, 23, of Los Angeles is charged with murder of a federal officer and commission of violence in an international airport. He was shot by officers Friday and was in critical condition at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Sunday. A source said Ciancia was unable to speak to investigators.
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Suspect Paul Ciancia, 23, is in critical condition and could face the death penalty
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Wife of slain TSA officer Gerardo Hernandez, 39, says her husband "took pride in his duty"
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Police, responding to family concern, arrived at Ciancia's apartment shortly after he left for airport
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The report showed 288,000 jobs were created in the @placeholder last month as the economy bounced back from a dismal start to the year when freezing weather disrupted business. | By Hugo Duncan The British and American economies are storming ahead while the rest of Europe suffers, according to the latest figures. A sharp fall in US unemployment figures yesterday sent shares on Wall Street to a record high while the London stock market also made gains in a boost to pension savings for millions of households in Britain. The share price rally came as France was branded ‘the sick man of Europe’ amid signs it is holding back the recovery on the continent under the leadership of Socialist President Francois Hollande. A chart on a screen at a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average. The Dow Jones industrial average topped 17,000 for the first time
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Sharp fall in US unemployment figures sent shares soaring
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Rally came as France was branded 'the sick man of Europe'
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Ms Cunneen has received widespread support from prominent @placeholder, particularly in the legal community. | One of Australia's top criminal prosecutors is considering quitting her job in response to what she says is a baseless corruption investigation targeting her and her son. NSW deputy senior Crown prosecutor Margaret Cunneen, SC, best known for prosecuting pack rapists and paedophiles, is devastated by the effect of the investigation on her family and may quit her distinguished career. 'The attack on me through my children is the last intolerable straw,' Ms Cunneen told Daily Mail Australia. 'After 38 years in the service of our state.' Asked if that meant should would consider quitting, the 55-year-old mother-of-three said 'yes'.
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Margaret Cunneen, SC, has successfully prosecuted some of the country's worst pack rapists and paedophiles
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She has been accused of counselling her son's girlfriend to fake chest pain after a car accident
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ICAC investigators seized her phone two months after the accident
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Ms Cunneen is now considering quitting her distinguished career due to the effect of an ICAC investigation on her family | 9,870 | record_train |
When violent storms swept @placeholder on Thursday they were left without power, without information and without food and diapers for their youngest child. | The stepdaughter of Texas Ebola victim, Thomas Duncan, who called 911 and rode in the ambulance with the man she calls 'Daddy' has been told she can return to work, MailOnline can reveal. Nursing assistant Youngor Jallah, 35, has been in 'quarantine' in her small Dallas apartment along with her husband, Aaron Yah, 43, and their four children ages 2 to 11 since Thomas Duncan's devastating diagnosis last Monday. MailOnline has reported that Mr Yah, also a nursing assistant, had been told he could return to work at the end of last week. Scroll down for video Green light: Youngor Jallah, the stepdaughter of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan, told MailOnline that the CDC has told her that she could return to work as a nursing assistant. But she isn't leaving her home at the moment
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Youngor Jallah, 35, was called by the CDC on Sunday to say she can go back to work
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Ms Jallah was with Thomas Eric Duncan when he was taken to a Dallas hospital. She made him tea, helped him move and was in ambulance with him
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She told MailOnline: 'They said I can go back to work but I do not know what I will do. I will not go back yet'
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It can take 21 days for a patient to begin to come down with the dreaded disease from the time they first come in contact with a sufferer
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‘As such the @placeholder is above politics and those in political office have a duty to ensure that this remains the case. | The Queen issued a rare public statement last night to deny claims she had been asked to step in over the Scottish referendum. Following a report that a number of MPs were suggesting privately that the Monarch, who is thought to be strongly in favour of the Union, should intervene, Buckingham Palace insisted she would remain neutral. Alex Salmond, the Scottish First Minister, risked controversy yesterday by declaring that he had met the Queen recently at Balmoral and insisting that she would be proud to reign over an independent Scotland. Scroll down for video The Queen, pictured at the Braemar Highland Games in 2011, issued a rare public statement last night to deny claims she had been asked to step in over the Scottish referendum
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Rare public statement insisted that she would remain neutral over the vote
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Strongly-worded release from Buckingham Palace said she's 'above politics' | 9,872 | record_train |
The journalists included Vatican communications staff and several @placeholder reporters, mostly from Argentina. | Rome (CNN) -- The new pope gave an insight into his choice of the name Francis in an audience with journalists Saturday -- and said how he wished for a church that was both poor and "for the poor." His words came in his first meeting with the media since he became the only Jesuit and first Latin American to be chosen as leader of the Roman Catholic Church three days ago. Francis, who before he became pope was known as Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, said a fellow cardinal from Brazil had told him "don't forget the poor" as the votes stacked up in his favor.
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Francis tells journalists he chose his name as pope to reflect a concern for the poor
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He will meet with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in a week, the Vatican says
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is nonetheless the best player on the park and without him @placeholder | By Craig Hope Follow @@CraigHope01 We are down to the final two and this most enthralling of World Cups will climax with either Germany or Argentina crowned champion. They are both worthy victors, Germany having coupled fortitude with flair on their march to the final while Argentina have proved resilient and resourceful during their passage. But who will come out on top? Here, Sportsmail examines the likely starting XIs and determines who has the pick of the players on display… VIDEO Scroll down for 'Beckham: Argentina will beat Germany 3-1, with Messi a winner' GOALKEEPER Manuel Neuer The Bayern Wall is a solid foundation upon which to build a team and he has been an impassable presence in Brazil. The world’s number one No1 has proved his standing as thus at the finals and – like Dino Zoff, Gianluigi Buffon and Iker Casillas – is deserving of a World Cup winner’s medal.
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Joachim Low's Germany meet Argentina on Sunday in the World Cup final
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Germany, with Toni Kroos, Thomas Muller, Manuel Neuer and Mats Hummels, have seen some supreme performances over their six games
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The 7-1 defeat of Brazil means they are favourites ahead of the game
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Argentina beat Holland on penalties in the semi-final in Sao Paulo
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They are looking for their first World Cup win in 28 years
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Lionel Messi has the chance to be a hero on the biggest of all stages | 9,874 | record_train |
It was her appearance in the St Andrews University charity fashion show in a see-through dress that was said to help capture the @placeholder's heart and they went on to tie the knot in 2011 | By Lucy Waterlow PUBLISHED: 13:47 EST, 18 September 2013 | UPDATED: 14:53 EST, 18 September 2013 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met before they became students at St Andrews University, according to royal biographer Katie Nicholl. The writer discovered the pair had met through friends before they enrolled at the Scottish university as she researched her book, Kate: The Future Queen. In an interview with U.S. TV host Katie Couri, Nicholl said it was Kate's former school friends at Marlborough College who told her the new twist in the royal love story. Royal romance: The couple, who are now married with a son, didn't first meet at university as previously believed
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Katie Nicholl has written biography Kate: The Future Queen
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She discovered Kate met the Prince before they were university students
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Kate's Marlborough College peers revealed they'd met through friends
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Kate hadn't originally intended to go to St Andrews
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Of those, 10 are facing trial in front of the military commission system and are therefore ineligible to face the @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Amid the firestorm over the decision to release five Guantanamo Bay detainees in exchange for captured American soldier Bowe Bergdahl, the Obama administration is continuing its efforts to close the controversial prison in Cuba. Recent efforts to do so are focusing on the establishment of a Periodic Review Board to intermittently decide whether detainees not currently facing charges can be transferred to their home country or to a third-party country willing to take them. According to a senior administration official who briefed reporters on Thursday, the board ensures that detainees are "regularly getting a fresh look," and getting the chance to have someone hear their case.
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U.S. captive Bowe Bergdahl was exchanged for Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay
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Bird's eye view: Visitors snake their way into Babbacombe Model Village, which has become one of @placeholder's most popular attractions | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:07 EST, 17 June 2013 | UPDATED: 09:51 EST, 17 June 2013 At work he is a big man in a small world and is now celebrating 50 years of model effort. Craftsman David Ellis has racked up more than half a century creating the miniatures at the celebrated Babbacombe Model village in Torquay, Devon, since it opened in April 1963. He works as part of the team designing, making and maintaining the famous miniaturised versions of British life. Scroll down for video A big man: David Ellis (pictured) is the craftsman who has created all the miniatures at Babbacombe Model village in Torquay, Devon, since it opened in April 1963
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David Ellis has worked at Babbacombe Model village in Torquay, Devon, since it opened in April 1963
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The 65-year-old is part of the team designing, building and maintaining all the miniatures | 9,877 | record_train |
'The safety and wellbeing of our passengers and crew is @placeholder's highest priority and the flight continued to Manchester once the passenger had been transferred to a local hospital. | A plane travelling from Geneva to Manchester was diverted to Stansted due to an on-board medical emergency. The Airbus landed at Stansted Airport shortly before 10.30pm last night, just under two hours after it set off from the Swiss airport. The budget airline flight had been due to land at Manchester Airport at 11.45pm. The alarm was sounded as the plane flew over the English Channel and the pilot was forced into a rapid descent. Scroll down for video The easyJet flight from Geneva to Manchester was forced to land at Stansted due to passenger emergency An easyJet spokeswoman told MailOnline Travel: 'EasyJet can confirm that flight EZY1954 from Geneva to Manchester diverted to Stansted due to a passenger on board requiring urgent medical assistance.
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"Viewers also will know the pain his on-/off-screen love, @placeholder, herself must feel, every time they see Rachel." | (CNN) -- As his family, friends and co-stars mourn the loss of "Glee" star Cory Monteith, there looms a very real issue for the popular series. How will the show handle the death of the man who portrayed one of its most beloved characters? Monteith, 31, was found dead Saturday in a Vancouver hotel room. An autopsy is pending. The actor portrayed Finn Hudson, a high school quarterback whose love affair with glee club diva Rachel Berry was a central plot in the show and also spun off a real life romance between Monteith and his co-star Lea Michele. With Monteith's passing, Deadline noted that the show's writers "will consider what to do about the first two episodes in which the return of Monteith's character was to have played an important part."
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"Glee" producers must now decide how to handle death of beloved actor
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Then you have the added impact of @placeholder, which brings in several hundreds of millions of dollars on its own. | (CNN) -- Whether or not you care about the big game on Sunday, if you have plans to visit New Orleans any time in the near future, you're a winner of Super Bowl XLVII. When the final seconds tick away on the scoreboard, New Orleanians and the some 10 million visitors likely to travel to the Big Easy this year will be left with a new-and-improved mecca on the Mississippi. Local officials say the process of putting its game face on for the Super Bowl helped push the memories of Katrina damage even deeper into the history vaults. "This is probably the greatest example I can give you of resiliency. Here we are, seven years after Hurricane Katrina, the NFL has awarded us the biggest party and biggest celebration that they have," said Mark Romig, president and CEO of New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation.
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New Orleans' Superbowl and Mardi Gras excitement has been dubbed 'Super Gras'
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The big game inspired $1.3 billion in infrastructure improvements, city officials say
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'It was an unique experience which is now one of my best memories at @placeholder.' | By Travelmail Reporter Photographer Punam Dave had all the ingredients for a perfect landscape shot - the glorious blue sea, lush green trees and moss covered rock - until a rather surly looking baboon suddenly popped into her picture. The surprise photobomber was one of a number of playful primates cavorting around at Cape Point, the southern tip of Cape Peninsula in South Africa, and putting on a show for tourists. Ms Dave, a counsellor from Limpopo Province in northern South Africa, ignored the attention-hungry animals and began to set up a beautiful shot of the sparkling ocean - when a poker-faced baboon jumped into the frame.
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Photographer had planned to take a landscape show from Cape Point
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Poker-faced baboon popped up at last minute in front of camera
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Youssif's parents said they know it's going to be a lengthy and difficult process and that adjusting to their stay in @placeholder may not be easy. | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Dressed in a Superman shirt, 5-year-old Youssif held his sister's hand Friday, seemingly unaware that millions of people across the world have been touched by his story. Nearby, his parents talked about the new future and hope they have for their boy -- and the potential for recovery from his severe burns. Youssif holds his sister's hand Friday. He's wearing a facial mask often used to help burn victims. It's the best birthday present the Iraqi family could ever have imagined for their boy: Youssif turns 6 next Friday. "I was so happy I didn't know what to do with myself," his mother, Zainab, told CNN, a broad smile across her face. "I didn't think the reaction would be this big."
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Mom: "I was so happy I didn't know what to do"
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Most of those criminal aliens found themselves in @placeholder's holding cells after local authorities jailed them pending trial for unrelated offenses. | By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor The Department of Homeland Security released so-called 'criminal aliens' – people living in the U.S. illegally who have been convicted of crimes – at a record pace in 2013. Internal DHS documents obtained by the right-leaning Center for Immigration Studies show that last year the agency's Immigration and Customs Enforcement division encountered 722,000 potentially deportable illegal immigrants, but charged just 195,000 with immigration violations. And 68,000 of those who were released back in to the U.S. population already had criminal convictions that would warrant their expulsion from the country. But President Barack Obama's preferred policy has favored 'prosecutorial discretion,' giving ICE broad authority to pick and choose which aliens to keep and which to cut loose.
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The Department of Homeland Security is letting illegal immigrants go in record numbers, including those already convicted of serious crimes
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A man accused of raping a child in his own family was released, apparently because of a policy of 'discretion' when suspects are child caregivers
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Another man facing vehicular homicide charges walked away because Chicago's county jail officials refused to let the feds interview him
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According to a new report, just 195,000 out of 722,000 illegal immigrants encountered by ICE were charged with immigration violations in 2013 | 9,883 | record_train |
Elmendorf said the administration's decision was not a political risk for Obama or the @placeholder leading into the 2014 midterm elections. | Washington (CNN) -- Same-sex marriage is a non-issue in American politics. OK, that might be a bit of an overstatement, but it seems to be causing less of a firestorm lately than when it was a dependable wedge issue. When Attorney General Eric Holder announced Saturday at the Human Rights Campaign's gala that the federal government will expand the recognition of same-sex marriages in federal legal matters, including bankruptcies, prison visits and survivor benefits, it barely moved the political crisis dial. The Twitter world was relatively quiet. News releases from both Republicans and Democrats were few and far between. The topic was barely mentioned on the Sunday political talk shows.
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"It hasn't happened before in the state of @placeholder," he said. | Mexico City (CNN) -- On the eve of a meeting of Mexico´s top prosecutors and judicial officials in Veracruz state, authorities Wednesday were still trying to determine who left 35 bodies in a busy thoroughfare there -- and why. Investigators said a video may hold clues to how unidentified men managed to drive two open-back trucks filled with corpses through rush-hour traffic and then abandon them, blocking traffic as stunned onlookers watched. Police in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz found the abandoned trucks and the bodies near a shopping mall in the municipality of Boca del Rio on Tuesday. Mexico´s state prosecutors and court presidents are scheduled to meet there Thursday.
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@placeholder, who is Jewish, said bringing the story of the heroic yet complex brothers to the big screen gave him "a sense of pride" and he found inspiration in their bravery. | (CNN) -- While the horrors inflicted by the Nazis during World War II are well documented, "Defiance" director Edward Zwick wanted to make sure the stories of those who fought back aren't overlooked. Liev Schreiber, left, and Daniel Craig play freedom fighters in "Defiance." "There is this misperception that the Jews only went willingly to the slaughter," Zwick said. "And in fact, the new history and scholarship tells us that there was so much resistance. This is just one instance." His new film, which goes into wide release Friday, tells the tale of the three Bielski brothers, who led a Jewish resistance group after escaping into the woods of Belarus in Eastern Europe.
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Zuckerberg spoke entirely in @placeholder, albeit with a heavy accent and the occasional error. | Beijing (CNN) -- Who would've thought? Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks Mandarin. When I first read a banner headline saying that the 20-something billionaire spoke fluently in Chinese, I was skeptical. Yes, I know he's young and smart. Yes, he's married to Priscilla Chan, a publicity-shy medical doctor of Chinese parentage. But she's also American-born Chinese and, like many of them, does not necessarily speak Chinese like a native. Besides, one does not learn a foreign language simply by marrying a Chinese speaker. But the Facebook CEO impressed his star-struck Chinese audience when he spoke in Chinese during a 30-minute Q&A recently at Beijing's Tsinghua University.
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Mark Zuckerberg deserves credit for learning Mandarin, says Jaime FlorCruz
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Mastering Chinese is a lifelong process and its grammar, five tones, and pictographs can be overwhelming
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Chinese is now enjoying a new found popularity among language learners
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About 25,000 American students in China each year, most of them studying Chinese language | 9,887 | record_train |
@placeholder looks to Pakistan for answers after texts trigger mass panic | New Delhi (CNN) -- The Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving gunman from the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. A trial court sentenced Kasab, a Pakistani, to death in 2010 on charges of murder, conspiracy and waging war on India. The High Court of Mumbai upheld his conviction and sentence in February last year. Now, the Supreme Court has done the same, rejecting his argument that he hadn't received a fair trial. "The court has had a chance to appreciate the evidence completely," Gopal Subramaniam, a lawyer for the prosecution, said after the verdict. He noted that Kasab had been provided with state-appointed lawyers for his different court hearings.
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NEW: Court had the chance to appreciate all the evidence, prosecution lawyer says
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Kasab faces the death penalty for his role in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai
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He still has the options of filing a court review and a clemency petition with the president
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More than 160 people were killed in the coordinated attacks in 2008 | 9,888 | record_train |
Helping @placeholder break back into the top four would be the best start to his Spurs career and a 2-1 win over Schalke in their final pre-season game will give them confidence. | Mauricio Pochettino has overcome his first hurdle toward becoming a successful Tottenham manager; he has Ossie Ardiles’ blessing. ‘I spoke with Ossie after I signed,’ said Pochettino. ‘And I met with Ricardo Villa at the last game I played at White Hart Lane with Southampton. Ossie told me it was a good decision joining Spurs. He said: “Well done”. He’s happy. ‘Ossie is in love with Tottenham and he’s an idol here. All he told me about Tottenham was great, unbelievable. And now I can invite him to a barbecue at my house to spend time with him.’ Boost: Mauricio Pochettino (above) claims he has the blessing of Argentine legend Ossie Ardiles
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Mauricio Pochettino reveals Ossie Ardiles has given him the seal of approval as Spurs boss
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New Tottenham manager claims Ardiles said his move was a 'good decision'
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Pochettino oversees Spurs' 2-1 pre-season win against Schalke | 9,889 | record_train |
'A matter of minutes:' Police check barely missed @placeholder suspect | (CNN) -- Brian Ludmer was running for his life, following other passengers trying to escape the gunshots being fired inside Terminal 3 of Los Angeles International Airport. He heard another shot. Then his right leg gave out, collapsing underneath him. "The first thing is I immediately tried to stand back up. That didn't work. Both the bones in my right calf had been shattered, and it was completely loose. I collapsed again, " Ludmer, 29, said by telephone Wednesday on CNN's "AC360." "... I looked back and saw the gunman, and I didn't see anyone else. At that point, I expected that I might be shot again. So I knew I had to get away."
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Brian Ludmer, 29, was shot in the back of the right calf
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He recalls the gunman as "stern" and "cold"
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The bones below Ludmer's right knee were shattered by a bullet
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"It was bleeding and disfigured, and I was scared," he says | 9,890 | record_train |
girlfriend in the @placeholder when he’s broke and living off the state. | By Rob Cooper PUBLISHED: 06:40 EST, 27 November 2013 | UPDATED: 08:45 EST, 27 November 2013 Ukrainian blonde: Mother-of-one Anna Avramenko, 25, who canoe conman John Darwin met up with on Saturday night This is the Ukrainian mail order bride that Canoe conman John Darwin fled Britain to meet up with - despite not having permission to leave the country. Blonde-haired Anna is 38 years younger than the convicted fraudster who faces being thrown back in prison when he returns home. Darwin, 63, is believed to have found the young woman on a website called Russiancupid.com and paid a £2,000 introduction fee.
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Darwin, 63, pictured with 25-year-old Anna on night out in Sumy, Ukraine
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The canoe conman faces arrest as soon as he returns to Britain
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His probation bans him from leaving Britain without official permission
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He was jailed for six years after faking his own death to claim insurance
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Darwin is understood to have paid £2,000 introduction fee to meet the leggy Ukrainian blonde who is 38 years his junior | 9,891 | record_train |
@placeholder bought fireworks and cans of gasoline on Sunday and bought more gasoline from two stores on Tuesday, Lusczynski said. | (CNN) -- The deaths of four people this week at a Florida mansion leased out by tennis star James Blake were murders and a suicide, with a man shooting his wife and teenage children in the head and setting the home on fire before shooting himself, authorities said Friday. Authorities have identified the dead as Darrin Campbell, his wife Kimberly Campbell, and their teenage children, Megan and Colin, Hillsborough County sheriff's Col. Donna Lusczynski told reporters. The family, found dead at the burning Tampa home on Wednesday, had been renting the 5,800-square-foot mansion from Blake for the past two years, authorities said. Blake was not at the home at the time, police said.
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Police: Man shot his wife, teen children and himself
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Man set Tampa mansion on fire, authorities say
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Home belongs to former pro tennis player James Blake, who was leasing it out
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Man bought fireworks, gas cans days ahead of blaze, authorities say | 9,892 | record_train |
Villas Boas was also at @placeholder in the mid 1990s. | (CNN) -- There are few careers that can match the pedigree of Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho. Having just set a remarkable nine-year unbeaten home league record -- which spanned 150 matches and four clubs in four different countries -- the Portuguese manager is eyeing yet another remarkable record. As he leads his Real side in the quarterfinal second leg against Tottenham Hotspur tonight, Mourinho is on the trail of becoming the first coach to win three European Cups with three different clubs. But as the 48-year-old aims to push his career to the next level, there may be the birth of a new star in his midst.
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Andre Villas Boas is following in the footsteps of his mentor Jose Mourinho
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Villas Boas has led Porto to the Portuguese title at the age of just 33
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Mourinho was seven years older when he won his first league title with the club
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Both men are motivated, ambitious and superb at organizing their players | 9,893 | record_train |
‘Twist off the other end to access the built-in battery with tips for both lightning and @placeholder - it's got your back whether you're Apple or Android. | It is said the pen is mightier than the sword, and this latest model certainly shows how powerful pens can be - literally. The £25 ($39) Power Pen doubles up as a stylus and phone charger for a wide range of gadgets and other electronics. It contains a 700mAH battery, a microUSB port for Android phone and tablets, e-readers and portable speakers, plus a Lightning Connector for the latest range of Apple devices. The £25 ($39) Power Pen (pictured) doubles up as a stylus and phone charger for a wide range of gadgets and electronics. It contains a 700mAH battery, a microUSB port for Android phone and tablets, plus a Lightning Connector for the latest range of Apple devices
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The Power Pen is a ballpoint pen, a stylus and can charge many gadgets
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It contains a 700mAH battery, a microUSB port and a Lightning Connector
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A USB port can then be used to recharge the pen’s built-in battery
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Device costs £24.99 ($39) from Firebox and goes on sale on 29 December | 9,894 | record_train |
Some supporters are grumbling about the incident in @placeholder allegedly being a political "set-up." | (CNN) -- He has been called "a great seducer" -- a politician whose relationships with women have landed him in trouble. He's also known for his brilliant grasp of global economics and European politics. But for Dominique Gaston Andre Strauss-Kahn -- head of the powerful International Monetary Fund and, until this weekend, presumptive front-runner for the presidency of France -- the most relevant issue today may be whether he can stay out of prison. Strauss-Kahn, 62, is charged with chasing a hotel employee down the hall of his posh New York hotel suite on Saturday and sexually assaulting her. Read the criminal complaint (contains graphic language) (pdf)
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn is known as a brilliant economist and tough politician
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He was seen as the likely Socialist opponent to Sarkozy next year
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Strauss-Kahn has a reputation as a womanizer
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The new accusations could have consequences for the IMF and the world economy | 9,895 | record_train |
‘@placeholder went to their home and burned the cheques in front of them. | By Julian Gavaghan UPDATED: 01:38 EST, 20 April 2012 A ‘despicable’ father was jailed for three years today for stealing £16,500 raised for his dying son - and not leaving enough to pay for his funeral. Julian Emms, 46, plundered a charity fund for his son Michael who was Britain’s youngest victim of motor neurone disease. Friends and family carried out sponsored events to raise £55,000 to send the brave teenager to China for pioneering stem cell treatment. 'Despicable': Julian Emms, right, stole £16, 500 from a trust fund which was set up for his dying son Michael
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Julian Emms stole thousands from son's trust fund after treatment failed
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Michael Emms, 24, was Britain's youngest victim of motor neurone disease
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The stolen money -raised by friends and family - has never been recovered | 9,896 | record_train |
After about two weeks of heavy fighting, the city surrendered on May 2 - after @placeholder, who had abandoned the Wolf's Lair about five months before, had committed suicide. | They were feasts of sublime asparagus - laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband. Then, a few months after her 95th birthday, she revealed the truth about her wartime role: Adolf Hitler's food taster. Woelk, then in her mid-twenties, spent two and a half years as one of 15 young women who sampled Hitler's food to make sure it wasn't poisoned before it was served to the Nazi leader. She worked at the 'Wolf's Lair' - his heavily guarded command centre in what is now Poland, where he spent much of his time in the final years of World War II.
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Margot Woelk, then in her mid-twenties, spent two and a half years as one of 15 women who sampled vegetarian Hitler's food
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'Every day, we feared it was going to be our last meal,' she said
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Worked at Nazi HQ Wolf's Lair in Rastenburg where Fuhrer spent final years of WWII
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Margot fled to Berlin as Russians advanced on HQ - but her 14 fellow tasters were all shot by Soviets as they had chosen to remain in the area | 9,897 | record_train |
after 24 weeks gestation at the @placeholder clinic, which resulted in a | A second 'house of horrors' abortion clinic is being investigated in Texas, just days after Dr Kermit Gosnell was found guilty of murdering newborns at his Philadelphia termination center. Dr. Douglas Karpen, seen here in court, is accused of killing babies aborted in their third trimester Houston doctor Douglas Karpen is accused by four former employees of delivering live fetuses during third-trimester abortions and killing them by either snipping their spinal cord, stabbing a surgical instrument into their heads or 'twisting their heads off their necks with his own bare hands'. Other times the fetus was so big he would have to pull it out of the womb in pieces, Karpen's ex-assistant, Deborah Edge, said in an Operation Rescue video, which has prompted a criminal investigation into the doctor.
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Houston doctor Douglas Karpen is accused by four former employees of delivering live babies during third-trimester abortions and killing them
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Witnesses said he would either snip their spinal cords, stab a surgical instrument into their heads or twist their heads off with his hands
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Texas Department of State Health Services is using in its investigating of the doctor
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Accusations come days after Dr Kermit Gosnells was found guilty of murdering newborns at his Philadelphia abortion clinic | 9,898 | record_train |
@placeholder acknowledged the speculation in his weekly press conference on Friday. | (CNN) -- Juventus have sacked coach Ciro Ferrara after a string of poor results and have installed Alberto Zaccheroni in the hot seat until the end of the season. Ferrara's position has been threatened after a dismal run which has seen them slip out of contention in the Serie A title race as well as being eliminated from the Champions League at the group stages. Thursday's 2-1 Coppa Italia defeat to Italian champions Inter Milan proved the final straw and the club released a statement to confirm his departure and Zaccheroni's arrival. "Zaccheroni will take over the team immediately and will guide this afternoon's training session in Vinovo before being officially unveiled to the media," it read.
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Juventus sack coach Ciro Ferrara after a string of poor results in Serie A and Europe
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Ferrari replaced by former Milan coach Alberto Zaccheroni until the end of the season
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Juventus have slipped to sixth in Serie A after losing five of their last six games
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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has also been linked to the Turin giants | 9,899 | record_train |
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