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washington (cnn) the current congress has worked just as many days as its legislative predecessors it just has a lot less to show for it according to a cnn analysis of congressional records that looked at bills that became law and the number of days lawmakers worked, members of the house have spent more than 150 day... | anthropomorphizing tetrahedroid gorhens | no related information |
(cnn) convicted serial killer anthony sowell walked jurors through his life as he testified monday in the sentencing phase of his case, apologizing to families of his victims but offering no explanation for his actions 'i'm sorry, i know it might not sound like much, but i truly am sorry from the bottom of my heart,... | repositor compoundedness monumentary | no related information |
washington (cnn) the us government is stepping up its involvement in the syrian crisis after allegations of chemical weapons use with its top military official making plans to respond quickly, and its top diplomat reaching out to syria's foreign minister and others in the wake of the report on saturday, a senior ... | state kerry syria us al assad | new: secretary of state kerry talks with syria's foreign minister on chemical weapon claim . new: he told him syria should have allowed access to site, rather than still be attacking it . us defense secretary: if al assad used chemical weapons once, he may do so again . us military planners update target lists for figh... |
(cnn) filipino authorities sought to calm panic unleashed among some residents after a hoax text message warned that radiation from japan may affect the philippines concerns persist about nuclear reactors in japan in the wake of a magnitude 90 quake and subsequent tsunami that struck the nation friday but 'there is ... | japanese philippines | messages said radiation from japanese plants may spread . recipients were warned to stay indoors, apply antiseptic to necks . authorities say there is no immediate radiation danger in the philippines |
(cnn) with her decades long dream of swimming from cuba to florida achieved, diana nyad is setting her sights on her next challenge 'i am through with the ocean,' she said on cnn's 'new day' tuesday 'never going to be seasick again! see how happy i look?' still, she's off to do something few other people could or wo... | diana nyad new york boston moore oklahoma cnn nyad cuba florida neil young | diana nyad plans to swim for fundraisers in new york, boston, and moore, oklahoma . 'i am through with the ocean,' she tells cnn . nyad says she was 'very sick' during the swim from cuba to florida . she sang neil young songs in her head and counted to get through, she says |
(cnn) nasa is planning to catch an asteroid and place it in orbit around the moon seriously what sounds like something from science fiction is actually a part of president barack obama's proposed federal budget for the next fiscal year, according to a florida senator the budget is expected to be unveiled this week m... | nasa earth florida bill nelson astronauts barack obama nelson | nasa aims to tow the asteroid back toward earth, says florida sen bill nelson . astronauts would then travel there to study it . president barack obama supports the plan, nelson says |
(cnn) filmmaker michael moore, whose new documentary 'sicko' takes on america's health care system, faced off tuesday with cnn chief medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon dr sanjay gupta michael moore and cnn's sanjay gupta argued tuesday about gupta's report on moore's film 'sicko' moore criticized a re... | dispand macroglossate alienor | no related information |
washington (cnn) some democrats appear to be wavering on a highly contentious house resolution labeling turkey's treatment of armenians in world war i as genocide a kc 135 tanker lands at incirlik air base in southern turkey in 2003 turkey, a longtime us ally and nato partner, was incensed by the resolution calling ... | dems turkey world war i congress house armenians incirlik air base us iraq | new: majority leader says a number of dems are 'revisiting their own positions'. turkey is upset about world war i 'genocide' resolution in congress . house resolution calls killing of armenians 'genocide'. incirlik air base is key point for us military supply of iraq mission |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) twelve year old mohammed rasoul, his right leg severed below the knee, maneuvers on crutches over the dirt and loose stones through the falluja graveyard mohammed rasoul sitting with his mother, jinan khalifa, eagerly awaits his trip to the united states row after row of headstones stand as the d... | 12 iraq the united states | boy, 12, lost leg to car bombing in iraq; cousin was killed by blast . he is now heading to the united states to get a prosthetic leg . boy: 'i want to meet this person that gave me my future back'. charity director says helping the boy makes her 'cry with joy' |
(cnn) on tuesday afternoon, president obama will meet with republican congressional leaders for the first time since the midterm election the white house meeting had been dubbed the 'slurpee summit,' but it's going to take something stronger than a flavored ice shake to cut through the deep distrust that's accumulat... | tylosteresis recontrive journeys | no related information |
new delhi, india (reuters) india has elected its first female president, official results show, in what supporters are calling a boost for the rights of millions of downtrodden women, despite a bitter campaign marked by scandal pratibha patil, 72, is india's first elected female president pratibha patil, the ruling ... | india first saturday pratibha patil's 72 year old | india elects first female president, official results show saturday . pratibha patil's supporters are calling victory a boost for women's rights . bitter election campaign was marked by scandal . 72 year old patil was the ruling coalition's nominee for mainly ceremonial post |
(cnn) when one of brazil's newly elected congressmen rose to give their victory address, his speech was delivered with all the confidence of a political pro 'the 150,000 people who believed in me can rest assured that i will become a great politician,' he told brazil's globo tv network but the man elected as a feder... | brazil the world cup 1994 ex barcelona romario congress october bebeto rio de janeiro liberia iceland france | two members of brazil squad who won the world cup in 1994 have moved into politics . ex barcelona striker romario was voted into the country's congress in october elections . former teammate bebeto was also elected, as a state representative for rio de janeiro . other footballers have run for office in liberia, iceland... |
san diego, california (cnn) more than 100 homes in an upscale san diego community were evacuated after a landslide about 60 yards wide pulled the earth from beneath a three lane road and some of the multimillion dollar homes that adorn it gina yarbrough sent this picture of the road that collapsed in wednesday's lan... | san diego white house weeks thursday | san diego mayor declares state of emergency; white house, governor offer aid . officials were investigating the shifting earth in the area for weeks . residents can return to 75 of the 111 evacuated homes thursday, mayor says . 'we watched the trees snapping and cracking,' says one evacuated resident |
(cnn) real madrid coach jose mourinho has been given a one game touchline ban with another suspended after two of his players received late red cards in their champions league win over ajax last week midfielder xabi alonso and right back sergio ramos were both sent off in the dying moments of real's win in amsterda... | jose mourinho champions league second real madrid uefa ajax | jose mourinho receives one game touchline ban from champions league with a second suspended . real madrid coach sanctioned by uefa for 'improper conduct'. four real players receive fines after two of them received late red cards against ajax |
seoul, south korea (cnn) a cyber attack friday morning hit 40 south korean websites, including those of several government agencies and major banks, the country's internet security agency said the government detected the first wave of the attack thursday it was coordinated from outside south korea using 'zombie' com... | recrystallizes duckfooted kafa | no related information |
(cnn) last year's world champion lewis hamilton has claimed pole position for sunday's inaugural abu dhabi grand prix while his successor as formula one's top driver, jenson button, qualified fifth hamilton will be looking to end a disappointing year for mclaren with victory in the season finale at the new yas marin... | lewis hamilton abu dhabi grand prix jenson button brawn rubens barrichello red bull sebastien vettel mark webber f1 | last year's world champion lewis hamilton claims pole position for inaugural abu dhabi grand prix . his successor jenson button qualifies fifth behind brawn teammate rubens barrichello . red bull duo sebastien vettel and mark webber second and third for f1's first day night race . button has an unassailable lead going ... |
abeche, chad (cnn) most of the 103 children that a french charity attempted to take to france from chad for adoption are neither sudanese nor orphans, three international aid agencies reported on thursday hundreds of women protest child trafficking and shout anti french slogans wednesday in abeche, chad six members ... | chadian red cross unicef unhcr chad sudan zoe's ark | new: chadian president wants journalists, flight crew released . red cross, unicef, unhcr interview children that charity tried to fly out of chad . most are not from sudan and have families, agencies say . six members of zoe's ark, 11 others under arrest in chad |
(cnn) as the global community commemorates world aids day on wednesday, international health organizations report both promising and sobering trends while the united nations says new hiv infections have declined by almost 20 percent worldwide over the past decade, the estimated number of children living with hiv or ... | asian 46 percent un 20 percent the past decade | the estimated number of children with hiv/aids in 11 asian countries increases 46 percent . the un says the number of new hiv infections has dropped 20 percent in the past decade . but the number of new hiv infections outpaces the number of people starting treatment |
(cnn) wright county egg, one of two iowa farms at the center of this past summer's salmonella outbreak and massive egg recall, won federal approval tuesday to sell to consumers eggs produced at two henhouses 'during the outbreak, i said that fda would not agree to the sale of eggs to consumers from wright county egg... | fda wright county egg iowa | fda gives approval for wright county egg to sell eggs from two henhouses . the iowa company has taken steps to combat salmonella . it will work with fda to correct problems at other facilities |
mogadishu, somalia (cnn) an enraged crowd dragged the body of an ethiopian soldier through the streets of somalia's capital thursday after gun battles with islamic insurgents killed 19 people, witnesses reported in a brutal echo of a 1993 battle involving somali militias in which the bodies of us troops were dragged... | ethiopian islamic us mogadishu washington somalia | ethiopian soldier dragged after battle with islamic insurgents killed 19 people . the body was bound hand and foot with wire and wrapped in a sheet of plastic . incident recalls 1993 dragging of us soldier through streets of mogadishu . washington is concerned somalia could turn into a safe haven for terrorists |
(cnn) in a nationally televised address monday, argentine president cristina fernandez de kirchner expressed her sorrow for the loss of her husband, former president nestor kirchner, and gave thanks for the outpouring of support that followed tearful at times, fernandez said that each day she continues to govern, bu... | nestor kirchner last week cristina fernandez fernandez argentinians | former president nestor kirchner died last week . his wife and current president cristina fernandez addressed the nation . she said it is the most pain she has ever felt . fernandez thanked the outpouring of support from argentinians |
(cnn) russia's former tennis world no1 yevgeny kafelnikov is backing his country to come out on top in the race to host football's 2018 world cup kafelnikov told cnn that he was confident they would get the nod when the decision is made by fifa's executive committee in zurich on thursday, but said the competition ... | yevgeny kafelnikov russia 2018 world cup 2014 sochi 36 year old kafelnikov | yevgeny kafelnikov gives his backing to russia's 2018 world cup bid . former tennis no1 points to progress made by 2014 olympic hosts sochi . 36 year old kafelnikov was born in sochi and won two grand slams in his career |
washington (cnn) the afghanistan battle that resulted in a rare fatality for a classified army unit pitted us troops against waves of insurgents who attacked from bunkers and caves, a us military official said wednesday american forces had to be reinforced several times during the two day firefight in southeast afgh... | unrefutably redbreast splurgy | no related information |
(ewcom) yes, you read that headline right we now have proof that marilyn monroe was the sexiest woman to ever walk the earth: more than 50 years after her death, people are still willing to spend money on her facial x rays, which are being auctioned off at julien's auctions according to vanity fair, six facial x ray... | marilyn monroe joan newman julien's auctions monroe | six facial x rays of marilyn monroe have surfaced . they are marked with the alias name 'joan newman'. executive director of julien's auctions says there is still demand for monroe items |
(cnn) a brazilian court has issued an arrest order for a google official there, arguing that he violated the south american country's election law when he didn't respond to a request to take down youtube videos that allegedly slandered a candidate for mayor in upcoming elections the warrant from a judge in the south... | communistery superindustries honestest | no related information |
(cnn) a spanish pathologist who specialized in a human strain of mad cow disease died saturday, and officials suspect the disease played a role in his death, officials said the doctor was head of the anatomy pathology section at the university hospital principe de asturias in alcala de henares, outside of madrid, ac... | spanish creutzfeldt jakob | spanish pathologist was specialist in human strain of mad cow disease . officials say they suspect the disease played a role in his death . doctor was well known for his work on the human strain of creutzfeldt jakob |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) cnn president jim walton announced a major shakeup of cnn management friday, replacing the head of cnn/us with a long time cnn executive known for his business turn around skills hln head ken jautz takes over as executive vice president of cnn/us, replacing jonathan klein, who headed the netwo... | hln ken jautz cnn us jonathan klein scot safon cnn worldwide | hln head ken jautz replaces cnn/us president jonathan klein . marketing guru scot safon given helm of hln . cnn announces plan to hire managing editor for cnn worldwide |
(cnn) a suspect has been named in the october 2 beating of a blind man, the philadelphia police department said friday mustafa guyton, 29, is accused of aggravated assault after he allegedly kicked and stomped the 33 year old man in philadelphia's southwest germantown neighborhood, a police news release says the ass... | mustafa guyton 29 33 year old | mustafa guyton, 29, is accused of aggravated assault . he allegedly punched, kicked and stomped the 33 year old victim . the assault was caught by a surveillance camera |
(cnn) bobby hogg, the last native speaker of a dialect originating from a remote fishing village in northern scotland, has died and so has the dialect he spoke the death of the 92 year old retired engineer means that the scots dialect known as cromarty fisherfolk is now consigned to a collection of brief, distort... | bobby hogg cromarty fisherfolk | bobby hogg was 92 . the dialect, known as cromarty fisherfolk, dies with him . 'a little bit of color in our lives is gone,' linguist says |
(cnn) a california jury on thursday rejected claims that toyota was responsible for the death of a woman in a 2009 crash that resulted from a sudden and uncontrollable acceleration of one of its cars the los angeles superior court jury returned the verdict after more than four days of deliberations the case was one ... | noriko uno toyota camry | jury returns verdict after more than four days of deliberation . noriko uno was killed in a 2009 crash . her family sued toyota, claiming her camry suffered an unintended acceleration . toyota says the verdict reaffirms its findings that its vehicles are safe |
(cnn) an ohio jury on monday began the sentencing phase for convicted serial killer anthony sowell, ultimately deciding whether he should receive life in prison or the death penalty for killing 11 cleveland area women between 2007 and 2009 jurors on july 22 convicted sowell of 11 counts of aggravated murder and more... | anthony sowell cleveland | new: a defense attorney says he feels jurors will decide 'death is not the appropriate penalty'. anthony sowell was convicted of killing 11 cleveland area women between 2007 and 2009 . he has been classified as a 'sexually violent predator'. the defense is expected to take 4 to 5 days for its part of the sentencing pha... |
(cnn) sorry, edward cullen catch you later, damon salvatore and all of you walkers can take a hike after several years of success with vampires, zombies and (to a lesser extent) werewolves, hollywood now can't seem to get enough of witches lifetime debuted its high profile series 'witches of east end' on sunday nigh... | hollywood american horror story: coven 'witches of east end | witches seem to be the latest trend to take hollywood by storm . 'american horror story: coven' set to debut just days after 'witches of east end'. hollywood's new witches have more sex appeal than in years past |
(the frisky) surprise! before she became rachel green, jennifer aniston was apparently being courted to be a cast member on 'saturday night live' on 'oprah,' adam sandler jennifer's co star in 'just go with it' recalls hoping that he would be spending every saturday night with jennifer 'we wanted aniston to be... | aniston roxie hart chicago rose titanic al pacino han solo star wars' sarah michelle gellar all my children | aniston was considered for roxie hart in 'chicago' and rose in 'titanic'. al pacino was the originally slated to play han solo in 'star wars'. sarah michelle gellar turned down 'clueless' because of 'all my children' |
(ew) harrison ford is open to the idea of bringing han solo back to life on the silver screen in 2015, according to sources close to the just announced 'star wars' sequel, but don't be surprised if his contract includes a mandatory death scene for the sly old space smuggler 'harrison is open to the idea of doing the... | harrison ford 2015 star wars han ford | harrison ford is open to the idea of acting in the 2015 'star wars' sequel . now 70, the actor would bring han solo back to life . ford won't go to the next level in talks until a director and script are in place . but for fans, his 'upbeat' attitude about it is enough to shock and excite |
(cnn) another day of rainy forecasts has pushed nasa to put off the space shuttle endeavour's piggyback flight to california for a second day, the space agency said monday the orbiter had been scheduled to take off from the kennedy space center in florida atop its 747 carrier plane on monday morning nasa planed to t... | endeavour another day los angeles between 1992 and 2011 | forecast pushes endeavour's final flight back another day . endeavour will be put on display at a los angeles museum . the shuttle made 25 space flights between 1992 and 2011 |
madrid, spain (cnn) prosecutors will recommend that a spanish court drop its investigation of six former officials in the administration of us george w bush for alleged torture of prisoners at guantanamo bay, spain's attorney general said thursday investigating judge baltasar garzon has the final say on whether to p... | spanish ex bush guantanamo us | spanish prosecutors to recommend dropping case against ex bush officials . attorney general to say guantanamo allegations should be probed in us. attorney general says case motivated by political action . final decision on whether to drop or pursue case rests with investigating judge |
(cnn) the morning started off as just another day the alarm clock announced the start of the day at 4 am, well before the sun would begin to peer over the eastern horizon i had merely 75 minutes to get myself and two young boys ready and out the door for what would soon become a roller coaster of a day i don't have ... | jason thompson tony stewart's the speedway children's charities thompson the us army | staff sgt jason thompson was awarded a trip to tony stewart's racing camp . all the proceeds from the camp benefit the speedway children's charities . thompson has two boys with special needs and serves in the us army . thompson: as a single parent, i understand the importance of a helping hand |
(cnn) the odds may have been in the trillions to one range, but lightning has indeed struck twice for some lucky lottery players in israel the national biweekly lottery draw saturday led to the astronomically improbable result of the same six double digit balls being pulled in less than a month the miphal hapayis st... | israel more than $1 million | israel's national lottery produced same six double digit numbers in less than a month . officials feared problems after the same numbers came up a second time . but after finding nothing amiss results of the second drawing were certified . three win more than $1 million each from second drawing of 36, 33, 32, 26, 14, 1... |
(cnn) the number of girls being raped has increased sharply since fighting intensified in the democratic republic of congo, a humanitarian group said tuesday a survey of children at refugee camps finds rapes of girls under age 17 are increasing also, the recent fighting between rebels and the congo government has he... | behovely tyrocidine shonde | no related information |
los angeles, california (cnn) actress lindsay lohan planned to check herself into a substance abuse rehab program monday, a source close to the actress said the source did not reveal which rehab program lohan had chosen lohan's entry into rehab comes three days after a los angeles, california, judge ordered her to j... | lohan lindsay lohan | a source close to the actress did not reveal which rehab facility she's entering . lohan admitted failing a drug test two weeks ago . lindsay lohan spent 14 hours in jail friday . she was released from rehab after 23 days last month |
(cnn) in the face of north korean threats, south korean president lee myung bak stepped up his nationalist push, urging countrymen in a radio address 'to stand together, united as one' 'there can be no difference between you and me when it comes to national security, because our lives and the survival of the nation ... | oleocalcareous alcedo skaff | no related information |
seoul, south korea (cnn) south korea said thursday it will have to consider the north's motivation in calling for unconditional peace talks before agreeing to them 'we have always emphasized that sincerity from the north is important in inter korean talks and relations related ministries are currently reviewing the ... | s korea north | s korea: 'sincerity from the north is important'. the north has called for dialogue to mend their frayed relationship . tensions are high between the two neighbors |
kabul, afghanistan (cnn) scientists have found what they described this week as the earliest oil paintings ever discovered afghan murals show oil painting was going on for centuries earlier in asia than europe murals found on cave walls in afghanistan prove that painting with oil had been going on in asia for centur... | afghan asia european bamiyan afghanistan hardline taliban buddha | afghan cave murals show asia oil painting pre dates european . art found in caves in bamiyan, central afghanistan . hardline taliban regime blew up giant buddha statues in bamiyan |
seoul, south korea (cnn) south korea proposed on wednesday holding working level talks with north korea on february 11, the unification ministry said the meeting would take place at the truce village of panmunjom, south korea's yonhap news agency reported, and is aimed at paving the way for higher level military tal... | south korea february 11 panmunjom first eight months | south korea suggests february 11 in truce village of panmunjom . the talks would pave the way for higher level military talks . military hot line was reopened for first time in eight months |
bolingbrook, illinois (cnn) the disappearance of a suburban chicago police sergeant's wife is now being treated as a potential homicide, and her husband is a suspect, authorities said friday stacy peterson, 23, has been missing from her suburban chicago home since october 28 in another development, a judge signed an... | decorativeness postbreeding ultramelancholy | no related information |
washington (cnn) the navy captain who produced profanity and slur laden videos while second in charge of the uss enterprise will be permanently relieved of his command of the ship, a top navy commander said tuesday the navy will also investigate the role other senior officers played in the video scandal, adm john h... | navy owen the uss enterprise raunchy uss enterprise | new: navy investigators will look at the role other officers played in the video scandal . new: admiral: the videos demonstrated capt owen honors' 'profound lack of good judgment'. honors will be permanently relieved of his command of the uss enterprise . raunchy videos were shown to the crew of the aircraft carrier us... |
quebec, canada third seed julia vakulenko will face comeback queen lindsay davenport in her first wta tour final at the bell challenge on sunday julia vakulenko will seek her first victory on the wta tour at the bell challenge in quebec the ukrainian battled through with a 6 1 4 6 7 5 victory over american qualifier... | julia vakulenko first the wta tour bell challenge ukrainian third lindsay davenport julie ditty davenport russian second vera zvonareva | julia vakulenko has reached her first final on the wta tour at bell challenge . the ukrainian third seed will face lindsay davenport after beating julie ditty . former world no 1 davenport defeated russian second seed vera zvonareva |
(cnn) radek stepanek drew on his vast experience to give a tennis lesson to serbia's dusan lajovic in the deciding singles as the czech republic retained the davis cup sunday the 34 year old stepanek kept his composure in front of a partisan crowd in the belgrade arena to win 6 3 6 1 6 1 in one hour 52 minutes of la... | czech republic davis cup serbia czechs last year radek stepanek novak djokovic | czech republic win davis cup final beating serbia 3 2 . czechs retain the trophy they won last year . radek stepanek wins the deciding singles . novak djokovic had extended winning run to 24 to draw serbia level |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) hours after declaring a state of emergency saturday, pakistani president pervez musharraf ordered troops to take a television station's equipment and put a popular opposition leader under house arrest president pervez musharraf explains his actions in a televised address saturday musharraf ... | musharraf pakistani imran khan white house | new: president musharraf orders troops to take a television station's equipment . pakistani opposition leader imran khan says he's under house arrest . president musharraf says his actions are for the good of the country . white house calls musharraf's emergency declaration 'disappointing' |
(cnn) the chief operating officer of the national children's museum was arrested tuesday and is charged with distributing child pornography over the internet, authorities said robert a singer is accused of sending images depicting child pornography to people he believed to be a 12 year old girl and her 33 year old m... | robert a singer 12 year old new york city national children's museum washington | robert a singer is accused of e mailing child porn to 12 year old girl . 12 year old girl was actually undercover new york city detective . singer was identified in court document as national children's museum spokesman . washington museum officials say they are 'horrified' by the charges |
johannesburg, south africa south african fast bowler dale steyn took a career best five for 34 as the proteas took a tight grip on the first test against new zealand in johannesburg steyn's career best 5 34 was his fourth five wicket haul in 14 tests new zealand were bowled out for 118 in reply to south africa's 226... | south africa new zealand proteas kiwis south african dale steyn | south africa lead new zealand by 287 with 8 wickets standing in the 1st test . the proteas reach 179 2 in their second innings after the kiwis are 118 all out . south african paceman dale steyn takes a career best 5 34 |
amman, jordan (cnn) in the sunbathed schoolyard of the shmisani institute for girls in amman, jordan, principal sanaa abu harb makes an announcement over the speaker system iraqi students at the shmisani school in amman gather around a teacher one in 5 students there is iraqi 'all iraqi girls come outside now all ir... | jordan iraqi 20 percent iraq | jordan opens school doors to all iraqi children, regardless of refugee status . principal says her school is 20 percent iraqi this year . education minister: iraqi kids will be incorporated into 'mainstream' life . one student says he lost five family members in iraq |
(cnn) after weeks of controversy over michael mukasey's views on waterboarding, the senate late thursday approved the former judge's nomination for attorney general by a 53 40 vote waterboarding threatened to derail the approval of president bush's nominee to lead the justice department president bush nominated muka... | bush mukasey alberto gonzales new york democratic | president bush nominated mukasey to replace alberto gonzales . mukasey is a former federal chief judge in new york . some democratic senators opposed nominee due to views on waterboarding . human rights groups consider waterboarding a form of torture |
cincinnati, ohio (cnn) as she began a foot pursuit of a suspect down a dark alley and around a forbidding street corner, cincinnati police officer mandy curfiss radioed to headquarters that she was heading toward a local gas station 'fourteen 26, still running towards shell,' curfiss said as the suspect ignored her ... | helenioid adeemed porticos | no related information |
(cnn) investigators suspect a criminal gang was behind the sunday morning killings of nearly two dozen men in a marketplace in northern nigeria, a government official said the killings took place near a mosque in the village of dogon dawa, in the northern state of kaduna the attackers left 23 dead and 17 wounded, sa... | nigeria mosque | new: gunfire kills 23, wounds 17 at a northern nigeria marketplace . new: authorities believe a criminal gang was behind the attack . the victims had left a nearby mosque after morning prayers |
tripoli, libya (cnn) libyan troops are surrounding the city of bani walid, awaiting orders to enter what had been a stronghold for late dictator moammar gadhafi as those inside appeal to the international community for help massoud al waer, a local official, told cnn late friday that bani walid was under siege with ... | gadhafi libya bani walid libyan | a man credited with capturing gadhafi was kidnapped and died last month . libya's legislature gave bani walid 10 days to hand over those responsible . libyan troops are awaiting orders to go into the city to enforce the mandate . bani walid residents say they are defiant, even as they are under siege |
new delhi (cnn) lashing winds and heavy rain pummeled india's southeastern coastline friday as cyclone thane roared onshore killing at least 19 people the storm uprooted trees, ripped off traffic signals from their posts and sent shards of glass and other debris whizzing through the air roads began to flood and comm... | arborway melcarth uncircumvented | no related information |
(cnn) a michigan mayor has apologized for anti gay comments she apparently posted on facebook over the summer 'yes i said it, yes i accept full responsibility,' troy, michigan, mayor janice daniels told cnn affiliate wdiv on monday 'yes i regret it, yes i am sorry' a group of student demonstrators gathered outside t... | michigan facebook janice daniels cnn troy city hall monday new york sixth | a michigan mayor apologizes for anti gay comments on facebook . 'yes i regret it, yes i am sorry,' mayor janice daniels told a cnn affiliate . a group of student demonstrators gathered outside troy city hall on monday . the posting came after new york became the sixth state to legalize same sex marriage |
(cnn) ferrari's team principal stefano domenicali has insisted there is no 'political intention' in the italian marque's decision to bear the country's naval flag on their cars at the indian grand prix both fernando alonso and felipe massa will carry the symbol on their livery, a move that has been interpreted as a ... | ferrari italian f1 marque italy india indian sebastian vettel indian grand prix new delhi | ferrari denies making a political statement having the italian navy flag on its f1 cars . marque says flag is there in hope italy and india can settle a political dispute . two italian sailors were arrested after incident that left two indian fisherman dead . sebastian vettel goes quickest in practice ahead of indian g... |
(cnn) after six and a half days of deliberation, an australian jury convicted a surgeon dubbed 'doctor death' in the deaths of three of his patients, australia's national news agency said indian born dr jayant patel, 60, was found guilty of three counts of manslaughter and one count of grievous bodily harm in a quee... | unsupernaturalized tisic lias | no related information |
washington (cnn) a year ago, president barack obama was under fire today, he is being feted in just 12 months, the 51 year old lawyer and former us senator raised by a single mother went from a beleaguered candidate for re election his record and signature health care law under daily attack by republican rivals ... | ovatoquadrangular bucksaws doled | no related information |
seoul, south korea (cnn) the chief nuclear envoys of north and south korea agreed friday to try to resume six party talks as soon as possible, the south korean foreign ministry said wi sung lac, the chief negotiator for the south in six party talks on ending north korea's nuclear program, met with the north's ri yon... | north and south korea south korea north south korean | new: north and south korea held a 'productive' meeting, south korea said . south korea has been seeking to resume talks on the north's nuclear program in recent months . the meeting took place on the sidelines of regional security talks, south korean officials say |
seoul, south korea (cnn) south korea's national police chief resigned monday amid criticism over authorities' handling of an emergency call from a woman who was later found murdered cho hyun oh, commissioner of the national police agency, issued an apology, acknowledging 'police incompetence and carelessness' a woma... | cho hyun oh cho | cho hyun oh acknowledges police bungled an emergency call . the woman who called was later found murdered . cho says police also attempted to cover up their mistake |
washington (cnn) the us house of representatives voted thursday to extend three provisions of the patriot act and intelligence reform bill that are due to expire next month the bill, which extends the provisions for another three months, passed in a 279 143 vote republicans overwhelmingly backed the extensions, whi... | the us house the patriot act the white house | the us house has voted to extend three provisions in the patriot act . the extensions will last for three months . the provisions relate to wiretapping authority, among other things . the white house was pushing for a longer extension of the provisions |
yeonpyeong island, south korea (cnn) amid south korean plans to hold live fire military drills this week and north korean threats of retaliation, many residents of yeonpyeong island are evacuating, afraid of being caught in the middle villagers streamed onto what they believed was the last ferry to incheon, south ko... | yeonpyeong island korean south korea next week north korea | residents of yeonpyeong island are caught in the middle of korean tensions . south korea has said it will hold live fire drills next week near the island . villagers are afraid north korea will make good on its threat to retaliate |
orme, tennessee (cnn) the drought in the southeastern united states means more than just brown lawns to the folks in orme, tennessee water flows from their taps for just three hours each evening a 1961 firetruck loads up with water from a hydrant in alabama to haul back to orme, tennessee the mountain spring that su... | gastrostomies donia reges | no related information |
(cnn) china has suspended exports of the aqua dots toys contaminated with a chemical that can convert to a powerful 'date rape' drug, the state run xinhua news agency reported saturday the toys have caused some children who swallowed the craft toys to vomit and lose consciousness china suspended exports of the aqua ... | china aqua dots us bindeez beads australia | state run news agency: china orders an investigation by quality control agencies . children who swallow the beads can become comatose or have seizures . toys are sold as aqua dots in the us, as bindeez beads in australia . three children were hospitalized in australia after swallowing large quantities |
(cnn) tens of thousands of congolese refugees fled camps tuesday in the democratic republic of congo as rebel troops attacked government forces in the area, the un refugee agency said refugees move along a road tuesday in mugunga, near goma, in the democratic republic of congo a press release from the un high commis... | congo rwandan hutus congolese un | new: congo rebels blame rwandan hutus for attack, report says . internally displaced congolese flee as rebels attack government troops . torrential rain makes refugee movement difficult . un refugee agency: some 375,000 have been forced from homes in past year |
(cnn) emergency crews on sunday recovered the body of the pilot of a vintage military jet that crashed into the icy waters of the hudson river near ulster, new york, the day before, an faa spokeswoman said divers worked until sunset saturday night, but were unable to extract the body of pilot michael faraldi from th... | norelin arghool orinasality | no related information |
(the frisky) there are plenty of reasons to be excited about the fall we've got pumpkins, colorful leaves, halloween, and whatnot but the hands down best thing about fall is that this is the season when the 'good' movies come out summer and winter might drop the biggest blockbusters, but the autumn flicks carry a di... | ametabola phonemic waterflood | no related information |
(cnn) when entertainment weekly published the first trailer of usa network's new series 'common law' in november on its website, readers were abuzz with excitement according to the synopsis, the show revolves around two quarreling los angeles homicide detectives, played by warren kole and michael ealy, who are order... | nonrecipiency carses amberjacks | no related information |
(cnn) attackers shot a mayor elect at least five times at a veterinary clinic in a mexican border state friday night, officials said ricardo solis manriquez was in critical condition at a local hospital after one of the bullets hit him in the head, said carlos gonzalez estrada, a spokesman for the attorney general's... | mexico the past two months | a mayor elect is in critical condition after being shot in the head . the shooting is the latest attack against elected officials in mexico . at least four mayors have been killed in the past two months . one political party leader says politicians have become 'cannon fodder' |
washington (cnn) between 1969 and 1993, all 11 justices confirmed to the supreme court were named by republican presidents now the re election of president barack obama promises to continue reshifting the balance of federal courts toward a more progressive stage, a legacy of judicial power that may be felt for decad... | obama supreme court first 70s | federal judges serve for life, which means a president can shape a far ranging legacy . obama named two supreme court justices in his first term . four of the current justices are in their 70s . obama has placed 72 women in the federal courts, most ever in a single presidential term |
seoul, south korea (cnn) nine north koreans defected to the south by boat over the weekend, the south korean joint chiefs of staff said wednesday the group made the border crossing saturday in the yellow sea off the west of the korean peninsula, according to the jcs the nine defectors made the journey in an enginele... | blairmorite brobdingnagian hemiscotosis | no related information |
seoul, south korea (cnn) the south korean military apologized monday for shooting at a commercial airplane carrying 119 passengers and crew the asiana airlines flight was preparing to land friday morning at incheon international airport, 70 kilometers (43 miles) west of seoul, when two soldiers fired at the aircraft... | north korean south korean | two soldiers fired 99 rounds after mistaking the plane for a north korean military jet . military official: guards 'need more education on how to distinguish civilian airplanes'. the south korean military says the rounds fired were warning shots . the airline says two other flights flew on the same route within an hour... |
hatay, turkey (cnn) clashes erupted across turkey on tuesday after a predawn skirmish between police and protesters left one demonstrator dead in the border province of hatay crowds of demonstrators gathered in the cities of istanbul, ankara and hatay to denounce the death of ahmet atakan, a 22 year old who recently... | tikor bricktimber neurohistology | no related information |
(livewire) voluble gary vaynerchuk, 31, the host of 'wine library tv,' an online video show, has been known to lick rocks, suck leather and eat dirt while on camera, all to illustrate the unique properties of wine 'wine library tv' host gary vaynerchuk discusses four spooky wine varieties for halloween show of a 'wi... | padroadist cloque bancos | no related information |
washington (cnn) the good news is that the chances an asteroid big enough to destroy a continent or all of civilization will hit earth this year are only one in 20,000, a congressional panel learned tuesday the bad news is the government needs to spend billions of dollars in coming years for new technology to preven... | house earth | house panel hears that chances of a big asteroid strike are one in 20,000 . despite low risk, the government needs to develop better defenses, experts say . forced spending cuts are harming preparedness, government officials say . it will take years to build an effective system to deflect a large asteroid away from ear... |
amman, jordan (cnn) in the sunbathed schoolyard of the shmisani institute for girls in amman, jordan, principal sanaa abu harb makes an announcement over the speaker system iraqi students at the shmisani school in amman gather around a teacher one in 5 students there is iraqi 'all iraqi girls come outside now all ir... | jordan iraqi 20 percent this year iraq | jordan opens school doors to all iraqi children, regardless of refugee status . principal says her school is 20 percent iraqi this year . education minister: iraqi kids will be incorporated into 'mainstream' life . one student says he lost five family members in iraq |
(cnn) the killings of four people, including two us navy pilots, in a coronado, california, apartment early new year's day was a murder suicide, investigators said wednesday lt jg john r reeves, 25, put a gun to his own head and killed himself after shooting to lt jg david a reis, 25; karen reis, 24; and matthew sat... | coronado california early new year's day navy john reeves reeve san diego | police find four bodies in a coronado, california, apartment early new year's day . investigators say navy pilot john reeves killed another pilot and two others . reeve's motive is unknown, sheriff's investigators say . coronado is a coastal city near san diego |
pretoria, south africa (cnn) former south african president nelson mandela's health had declined so sharply last week that his family was considering whether to take him off life support before his condition improved, a court document released thursday revealed the document, known as a 'certificate of urgency,' was ... | tutu mandelas mandela court qunu | new: tutu urges mandelas to cool burial dispute . mandela's family had weighed taking him off life support, document states . court papers filed in a dispute over burials call mandela's health 'perilous'. three of mandela's deceased children are reburied at his home in qunu |
(cnn) any footballer who holds a passport for a particular country should be allowed to represent them on the football field that is juventus president andrea agnelli's take on the hot topic that is dominating the build up to the final round of european qualifiers for the 2014 world cup debate has raged in england a... | juve england roy hodgson adnan januzaj man utd belgium fifa andrea agnelli 2022 qatar world cup | juve president says players who have a passport should be allowed to play for that country . debate raging after england manager roy hodgson said adnan januzaj is on his radar . man utd winger was born in belgium but could qualify for england under fifa rules . andrea agnelli confident solution can be found if fifa dec... |
new york (cnn) the arrest of a local imam for allegedly lying to the fbi about tipping off a suspected terrorist sent shock waves through the afghan community in new york ahmad wais afzali, a prominent imam in queens who runs an islamic burial service for the muslim community, has maintained his innocence in the cas... | imam ahmad wais afzali fbi afzali islamic queens | prominent imam ahmad wais afzali accused of lying to fbi in terror probe . afzali, who runs an islamic burial service in queens, maintains innocence in case . friends, neighbors say members of community looked up to afzali . friend says case may negatively affect community's relationship with authorities |
(cnn) cristiano ronaldo and lionel messi continued their hot goalscoring runs as real madrid and barcelona moved ominously clear of their la liga rivals in spain on saturday night ronaldo followed up his four strikes from last weekend with another two as real came from behind to beat hercules 3 1 and stay a point cl... | chairman decafid teniasises | no related information |
(cnn) if you were to ask a group of quakers or mennonites whether it's ok for police or soldiers to use rubber bullets against rock throwing children, you wouldn't be surprised if they said, 'absolutely not!' they are well known for their commitment to pacifism but what if you were to put the question this way: 'whe... | dan madigan catholic church madigan pope | dan madigan says catholic church has long had an answer on condom use: 'absolutely not'. he says pope surprised by saying prostitutes' condom use more morally responsible . church teaches: no sex outside marriage, no condoms; new comments aim at unmarried sex . madigan: pope's comments reflect a more sophisticated stra... |
cnn) samir nasri scored two superb goals to give arsenal a 2 1 win in a london derby against fulham to go top of the english premier league on saturday previous leaders manchester united had to sit out the action as their game at promoted blackpool fell victim to the cold snap in england leaving arsenal and chelsea... | arsenal fulham samir nasir english premier league chelsea everton stamford bridge manchester city bolton manchester united blackpool | arsenal beat fulham 2 1 with samir nasir scoring twice to go top of english premier league . chelsea missed chance to go top as everton draw 1 1 at stamford bridge . manchester city beat bolton 1 0 to stay in title hunt in fourth . previous leaders manchester united have game at blackpool called off |
(cnn) felipe massa had emergency surgery for a fractured skull after a freak crash in final qualifying for sunday's hungarian grand prix felipe massa receives attention after his high speed crash in hungarian grand prix qualifying the brazilian careered off at the 200kph turn four at the hungaroring after being hit... | felipe massa hungarian grand prix massa the brawn gp rubens barrichello brazilian fernando alonso hungaroring | felipe massa suffers high speed crash in qualifying for hungarian grand prix . massa was hit in the helmet by debris from the brawn gp of rubens barrichello . brazilian has emergency surgery after damaging his skull in the accident . fernando alonso took pole when final qualifying resumes at the hungaroring |
(cnn) real madrid coach jose mourinho insisted his team can still win spain's la liga despite their humiliating 5 0 defeat to arch rivals barcelona in the camp nou on monday night mourinho admitted real had suffered a 'much deserved loss' in the first clasico clash of the season, but claimed it was not a true reflec... | jose mourinho spanish the camp nou real madrid mourinho barca pep guardiola lionel messi | jose mourinho refuses to write off his side's chances of winning spanish title . his team were beaten 5 0 at the camp nou in his first defeat as real madrid coach . mourinho says his team played very poorly and 'deserved to lose'. barca coach pep guardiola hails lionel messi as the best player in the world |
(cnn) a tractor trailer slammed into a school bus driven by the mayor of a louisiana town friday morning, critically injuring two children twenty one children ranging in age from 5 to 17 were on the st landry parish school bus when it was hit while pulling back onto a highway in central louisiana, louisiana st... | louisiana friday | new: 21 children were on a louisiana bus when it was hit from behind friday . new: the bus, driven by the town's mayor, had picked up kids alongside a highway . at least two students are critically injured |
(cnn) pat summitt, the all time winningest major college basketball coach, said friday that it was 100% her decision to step down as head coach of the tennessee women's team after her diagnosis with early onset alzheimer's her statement came one day after an affidavit she filed, in which summitt said she had felt fo... | musculoelastic outfool nature | no related information |
moscow (cnn) russia's president fired the country's defense minister tuesday after his office became embroiled in a controversy involving alleged corrupt property deals, state media reported anatoly serdyukov, a former businessman, had been in charge of the defense ministry since early 2007 putin appointed sergey sh... | anatoly serdyukov sergey shoigu putin serdyukov russia | defense minister anatoly serdyukov is sacked as a scandal embroils his ministry state media . sergey shoigu, a former emergencies minister, is the newly appointed head of defense . putin said he was sacking serdyukov to ensure an objective investigation, state media report . russia's large military is in the midst o... |
(cnn) for a new parliament, it was an inauspicious beginning while most new buildings are inaugurated with a ceremonial shovel, a gentle turning of the first sod and possibly a brass band, georgia turned the earth on its new parliament by demolishing a 46 meter high soviet era war memorial with explosives the blast ... | tbilisi $83 million | new parliament building being constructed away from capital tbilisi . structure resembles a huge, glass bubble, cost $83 million . critics claim it is an expensive folly in impoverished country . president defends it as symbol of revitalized nation |
(cnn) john miller, who has moved back and forth between public service and journalism like few others in either profession, is doing it again this time he's leaving cbs news, where he has been a senior correspondent for two years, and joining the new york police department miller announced his latest move on thursda... | stepup urb hayshock | no related information |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) an atlanta, georgia, lawyer, whose well publicized bout with tuberculosis caused an international health scare, is suing the centers for disease control and prevention for invasion of privacy congress held hearings in june 2007 to discuss andrew speaker's tb case and the ensuing health scare i... | andrew speaker cdc greece | andrew speaker, who was diagnosed with tb, files lawsuit against cdc . speaker says cdc unlawfully released personal information about him . speaker flew to greece for wedding, triggering international health scare . speaker claims misinformation harmed reputation, led to end of his marriage |
(cnn) it was smooth sailing in the house, but things are looking much tighter in the senate for a bipartisan budget proposal that aims to avert another government shutdown and relax sweeping forced spending cuts still, despite strong opposition from republicans to the compromise, supporters are within striking dista... | house senate bill democrats republican | the house passed a compromise budget bill easily, sending it to the senate . bill aims to avert another government shutdown as early as mid january . it would also ease unpopular spending cuts to the military and other programs . majority democrats need some republican support to get measure through senate |
patuakhali, bangladesh (cnn) survivors of a storm that killed more than 3,000 people in the impoverished nation of bangladesh grieved and buried their loved ones monday as they waited for aid to arrive villagers grieve in patargata, around 125 miles south of dhaka, capital of bangladesh, monday the number of dead k... | sarcodic criminalist unscottify | no related information |
(cnn) in six days, the united states government's borrowing authority will be exhausted if congress does not act to extend the debt limit, the treasury department will be left with only its cash on hand estimated to be about $30 billion and whatever revenues it takes in each day because the government is runni... | hastelessness greenslade damascene | no related information |
glasgow, scotland world champions italy clinched qualification for euro 2008 after goals in the first and last minutes gave them a pulsating 2 1 victory at hampden park killing off scotland's hopes of reaching the finals luca toni celebrates his early goal as italy won 2 1 in scotland to clinch qualification from... | italy scotland the euro 2008 finals third group b france the euro 2008 glasgow | italy win 2 1 in scotland to secure their qualification for the euro 2008 finals . the result means scotland cannot qualify and will now finish third in group b . france will also be reaching the euro 2008 finals after the result in glasgow |
miami, florida (cnn) nine years of blindness almost drove sharron 'kay' thornton to suicide kay thornton, with dr perez, can see again after surgery in which a tooth was implanted into her eye in the end, it was one of her teeth and a procedure surgeons said was never before done in the united states that restored h... | first the united states us | woman, blinded after illness, has tooth implanted into eye to hold prosthetic lens . first time this surgery is performed in the united states; only 600 done worldwide . some specialists say procedure is too complex to catch on in us |
(cnn) authorities in azerbaijan recently uncovered a radical islamic terror plot against the us embassy in the capital, baku, prompting the facility to close its doors to the public monday, azerbaijan and us officials told cnn the bibi heybat mosque, just outside the capital baku as a precaution, britain also shut i... | islamic us baku the united states britain monday | authorities uncover a radical islamic terror plot against the us embassy in baku . the united states has reduced its embassy's operations . britain also shut its embassy in baku to the public on monday |
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