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(cnn) a construction crane caught fire tuesday in sydney, australia, spitting flames nearly 32 feet (10 meters) into the air before partially collapsing no one was injured in the tuesday morning incident, crane operator lend lease said the worker steering the crane escaped down a ladder as it burned overhead, the sy... | crane sydney australia lend lease new york superstorm sandy | crane collapses in sydney, australia . no one is injured, crane operator lend lease says . the company also managed the construction site where crane collapsed in new york . that incident happened during superstorm sandy |
(cnn student news) students will learn about the history and scope of the humanitarian crisis occurring in the darfur region of sudan procedure direct student groups to multimedia resources to learn about the history and scope of the humanitarian crisis occurring in the darfur region of sudan pose the following que... | desilicate fraiser semirecondite | no related information |
windsor, england (cnn) four portraits of queen elizabeth ii by pop artist andy warhol have gone on display at her home, windsor castle, for the first time as part of an exhibition of official images of the monarch marking the end of her diamond jubilee year warhol's series of sparkling 'diamond dusted' portraits of ... | elizabeth ii monarch windsor castle andy warhol cecil beaton lucian freud annie leibovitz | queen elizabeth ii celebrated her diamond jubilee in 2012 . monarch's 60th anniversary on throne marked with a series of exhibitions . jubilee year rounded off with show of official portraits at windsor castle . works by andy warhol, cecil beaton, lucian freud and annie leibovitz featured |
(cnn) nine months after a justice department investigation castigated puerto rico's police department, another exhaustive report, this one by the american civil liberties union, discloses evidence of widespread abuses and violations of civil rights the puerto rico police department, the second largest police departm... | aclu puerto rican last year puerto rico | the aclu says it found a pattern of civil rights violations by puerto rican police . a government investigation had a similar conclusion last year . puerto rico says it is already working to fix the problems |
(cnn) they're big, strong, and fierce and they wear little blue booties the police dogs in duesseldorf, germany are now patrolling the pavement in protective shoes that their police officer handlers strap onto their paws the reason? too many glass shards left by beer drinkers in the city center, said andre hartwi... | nonevasion destalinization venality | no related information |
barcelona, spain barcelona are ready for twice world player of the year ronaldinho to move on, said club president joan laporta ronaldinho is expected to leave barcelona this summer after struggling for form last season laporta told the catalan tv3 station that the brazilian midfielder, who struggled with injuries a... | barcelona brazilian ronaldinho club joan laporta frank rijkaard pep guardiola | barcelona are ready to let brazilian international ronaldinho leave the club . club president joan laporta says that ronaldinho needs new challenges . barcelona have already replaced coach frank rijkaard with pep guardiola |
beijing, china (reuters) just days after china marked the one year countdown to the olympics with fireworks, pomp and ceremony, the chinese co designer of the games' most iconic stadium has slammed the event as a public relations sham ai weiwei: 'can a nation be celebrated and be so proud with this ignoring of its p... | allusory phytophthora villainess | no related information |
tokyo (cnn) in most of japan, it's still legal to possess child pornography although production and distribution have been banned for 15 years, japan lags behind other major developed nations in forbidding people from simply holding the sinister material that is about to change in a country regarded as a global nexu... | weezle unconstellated legendizing | no related information |
washington (cnn) the obama administration announced new measures to combat black market fishing and protect ocean ecosystems on tuesday, as scientists, diplomats, policymakers, and heads of state concluded a conference dedicated to ocean preservation in a recorded statement kicking off the second day of the our ocea... | obama state department leonardo dicaprio $7 million | obama calls for strategy to combat black market fishing . he says he'll protect 'our most precious marine landscapes'. our ocean international conference is hosted by state department . leonardo dicaprio pledges additional $7 million to ocean preservation |
valdosta, georgia (cnn) the family of a teen found dead in a rolled up wrestling mat went to court tuesday to demand a coroner's inquest into his death, arguing that conflicting autopsy reports require a second look by authorities chevene king, a lawyer for the parents of 17 year old kendrick johnson, said he expect... | mitu centralisation irisroot | no related information |
(cnn) linda brown, a third grader in topeka, kansas, walked across railroad tracks each morning in 1951 as part of the six block walk to her school bus from there, she rode one mile to her segregated elementary school her neighborhood school, open to whites only, was a mere four blocks from her house yet because of ... | 60 years brown v board chicago new orleans newark | authors argue that shifts in public schools to corporate or charter models hurt children . 60 years after brown v board, they say policies still keep schools separate and unequal . from chicago to new orleans to newark, schools are being shut or dismantled . they have filed three complaints to prohibit discrimination i... |
copenhagen, denmark (cnn) president obama announced what he called a 'meaningful and unprecedented' climate change deal with china and other key nations that was expected to be sealed before the president headed home from the copenhagen summit late friday 'for the first time in history, all major economies have com... | obama india china brazil south africa 2 degrees celsius | new: president announces 'meaningful and unprecedented' climate change accord . new: obama met with leaders of india, china, brazil, south africa to set 'mitigation target'. new: nonbinding deal is a target of limiting warming to no more than 2 degrees celsius . obama: emissions targets 'will not be by themselves suffi... |
(cnn) huddled around a table for hours, a handful of top journalists at cnn's political unit has been poring over youtube videos by the thousands the republican hopefuls will face off wednesday in the cnn/youtube debate it's a laborious process, but it's necessary to ensure the best questions make the cut for the cn... | cnn gop wednesday 8 pm youtube november 25 | cnn/youtube gop presidential debate is wednesday, 8 pm. candidates face some of the thousands of questions sent in via youtube . user generated format allows people to become players in the nominating process . questions can be submitted through november 25 |
(cnn) it is the breakthrough signing that has confirmed paris saint germain's arrival as a potent force in european football as they unveiled swedish superstar zlatan ibrahimovic on tuesday the striker has been tempted away from italian giants ac milan to ply his trade in the french league, signing on a three year c... | aurin smeeking kokoon | no related information |
istanbul (cnn) police used water cannons to disperse hundreds of demonstrators gathered tuesday in istanbul's main commercial street to protest the building of a road through a university forest in the turkish capital city of ankara protesters gathered in istiklal street and chanted anti government slogans such as, ... | istanbul ankara | demonstrators in istanbul protest construction of a road through a forest in ankara . police use their shields and water cannons to clear istanbul's main commercial street . prime minister: 'for a road, everything can be sacrificed, because a road is civilization' |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) two bombings in separate iraq provinces on monday killed eight us troops, the us military said a boy with a machine gun weeps monday at the site of a suicide bombing in kanan that killed a sheik a roadside bomb killed three us soldiers and an interpreter in diyala province, which has been a major... | hypsobathymetric pegless oversentimentalism | no related information |
(cnn student news) october 17, 2013 after weeks of accusations and negotiations, us congressional leaders announced a temporary deal to end the partial government shutdown and raise the us debt ceiling on thursday, cnn student news reports on how long the plan would last we also discuss cyberbullying, the end of a ... | the daily curriculum key concepts | this page includes the show transcript, the daily curriculum, and maps . use the transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . the daily curriculum offers the media literacy question of the day, key concepts, fast facts and discussion questions . at the bottom of the page, please share your fe... |
washington (cnn) the federal government has released to cnn more than 100 photographs of a halloween party that temporarily threatened to derail the nomination of a top department of homeland security official ice chief julie myers poses with a costume contest winner at the immigration and customs enforcement party... | partygoer congress julie myers' cnn | partygoer used make up to darken skin, went as escaped prisoner . acting immigration chief judged costume contest . congress told photos destroyed before julie myers' confirmation hearings . cnn got photos through freedom of information act request |
(cnn) hazardous materials teams are still cleaning up a toxic chemical spill from a train derailment in lafayette, louisiana, on saturday that forced 3,000 people from their homes lafayette police sgt billy soileau carries ke'iveion solomon 2, as he helps evacuate children saturday 'hazmat says that clean up is mov... | chemical lafayette | train cars leaked corrosive hydrochloric acid after a saturday derailment . chemical spill caused a toxic cloud to form above lafayette site . exposure to the chemical can irritate skin . lafayette authorities evacuated about 3,500 homes and businesses |
(cnn student news) october 9, 2013 cnn student news takes a by the numbers look at the partial us government shutdown, as it stretches into its second week we also report on russia's upcoming winter olympics, and we discuss an outbreak of salmonella plus, we explain why the $100 bill got a facelift, and we meet a c... | the daily curriculum key concepts | this page includes the show transcript, the daily curriculum, and maps . use the transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . the daily curriculum offers the media literacy question of the day, key concepts, fast facts and discussion questions . at the bottom of the page, please share your fe... |
if you're like us, you eat out more than ever and, as nice as it is to not have to cook, those meals out can actually feel like work how do you navigate the minefields of huge portions, hidden fats, and sky high sodium levels? olive garden's venetian apricot chicken has 448 calories and 11 grams of fat you shouldn't... | health chicago grill | health magazine names top 10 chain restaurants for fresh, healthy food . writers looked at 43 chains with more than 75 locations across the country . experts' favorite: uno's chicago grill, with trans fat free menu, many grilled entrees |
(cnn) kia horton was thin as a little girl 'like fit your fingers around (my) ankles skinny,' she recalls but at 5, she says, she became a victim of sexual abuse, triggering more than a decade of poor eating habits by the time she started eighth grade, she was borderline obese at 15, horton weighed almost 200 pounds... | kia horton 38 319 pounds 142 pounds horton daily weight watchers cnn | kia horton, 38, went from 319 pounds to 142 pounds . horton runs and does a morning workout daily . she recently started working for weight watchers as a receptionist . do you have a weight loss success story? share it with cnn ireport |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) the office of muqtada al sadr accused iraqi and us forces of attacking sadr city on friday, just hours after the shiite cleric called for calm in the wake of the assassination of one of his top aides in the southern city of najaf iraqi sadrists march friday in the najaf funeral procession of say... | us army iraqi muqtada al sadr najaf palestine hotel international zone | new: us troops kill two snipers, two other men firing rocket propelled grenades . army says us, iraqi patrol came under fire setting up checkpoint . muqtada al sadr blames us, calls for calm after top aide killed in najaf . mortar attack kills three at palestine hotel across from international zone |
(cnn student news) october 2, 2013 with the possibility of a partial us government shutdown now a reality, cnn student news explains why this doesn't affect paychecks for members of congress we also report on some of the world's most valuable brands and after exploring the spanish origins of some common english wor... | the daily curriculum the day key concepts | this page includes the show transcript, the daily curriculum, and maps . use the transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . the daily curriculum offers the media literacy question of the day, key concepts, fast facts and discussion questions . at the bottom of the page, please share your fe... |
wilmington, delaware (cnn) a parking lot attendant in wilmington described a strange encounter with a former pentagon official, just two days before his body was discovered in a delaware landfill iman goldsborough told cnn on wednesday that a man she later recognized as john p wheeler wandered into the parking garag... | killcrop stereotropic uncompressible | no related information |
hong kong, china (cnn) in the decade since the 1997 handover of hong kong to china, local movie makers have faced daunting changes in the industry a trend of fewer films being produced each year in hong kong at the time of the handover has continued into the 21st century stephen chow's 'shaolin soccer' is one of hon... | hong kong almost 75 percent | hong kong film production has dropped almost 75 percent since early 1990s . mainland investment and market influences quality of hong kong films . problems include few opportunities for new talents and little audience support |
(cnn) authorities in chandler, arizona, said they believe the gunman who held hostages at a restaurant is the same man who fled into a mall after opening fire on members of a crime task force the man who surrendered at the baja fresh restaurant is not the federal fugitive that us marshals thought they might have spo... | chandler fashion center adam hernandez daniel munoz perez | new: chandler fashion center reopens after police sweep . new: police identify suspect in hostage taking incident as adam hernandez . authorities believe restaurant gunman, man who fled to mall are same person . suspect not federal fugitive daniel munoz perez as previously thought, police say |
(cnn) for the 300 fans who are accompanying talk show host oprah winfrey on what is being billed as the ultimate australian adventure, the trip is a one in a lifetime opportunity to take in the sights and wonders the country has to offer but for australia a country that heavily relies on tourism the investment... | oprah eight day australia australian aus $5 million at least $38 million | oprah and her group are on an eight day visit in australia . tourism director: the australian government will spend aus $5 million . he says the value equivalent in exposure is at least $38 million |
(cnn) authorities in chandler, arizona, said they believe the gunman who held hostages at a restaurant is the same man who fled into a mall after opening fire on members of a crime task force the man who surrendered at the baja fresh restaurant is not the federal fugitive that us marshals thought they might have spo... | chandler fashion center adam hernandez daniel munoz perez | chandler fashion center reopens after police sweep . police identify suspect in hostage taking incident as adam hernandez . authorities believe restaurant gunman, man who fled to mall are the same person . suspect is not federal fugitive daniel munoz perez as previously thought, police say |
(cnn) as the 'b' in bric (one of the world's fastest growing economies alongside russia, india and china), brazil may very well owe its force to an emerging business and technology district in the heart of sao paulo, centered around an upscale avenue called luis carlos berrini in the neighborhood of brooklin the mod... | avenida berrini brooklin sao paulo brazil 1960 berrini 80 percent | avenida berrini in brooklin, sao paulo, is brazil's up and coming high tech hub . commercial transformation began with economic shift to sao paulo in 1960's . berrini is home to both foreign and local multinational brands and software start ups . brazil has an exploding mobile phone penetration rate of 80 percent |
(cnn) ten people were killed and 18 injured in clashes between 'criminal gangs' in a southwestern mexican town, mexico's federal government said saturday mexico's interior ministry issued a statement blasting what it called 'reprehensible acts' that it said contributed to the deaths, which occurred friday night in t... | friday mexico mexican tecalitlan a day earlier michoacan | 10 people died in gang violence friday, mexico's federal government says . the clashes occurred in the southwestern mexican town of tecalitlan . a day earlier, authorities killed an alleged drug cartel boss in the neighboring state of michoacan |
(cnn) peruvian novelist mario vargas llosa is injecting his cachet as a newly minted nobel prize winner into the political sphere, in a strong criticism of the political aspirations of the daughter of a disgraced former president keiko fujimori, a congresswoman and daughter of ex president alberto fujimori, is one o... | mario vargas llosa the nobel prize for literature keiko fujimori vargas llosa alberto fujimori | mario vargas llosa received the nobel prize for literature . he said he would try to impede victory by keiko fujimori . vargas llosa lost a presidential race to her father in 1990 . alberto fujimori is in prison for corruption and human rights abuses |
rome (cnn) one of the men convicted of killing british exchange student meredith kercher in italy three years ago has lost his appeal, his lawyer said friday it means rudy guede, originally from the ivory coast, will continue serving his 16 year sentence for the crime after the court refused thursday to overturn his... | meredith kercher italy the ivory coast american amanda knox italian raffaele sollecito | guede was convicted of killing meredith kercher in italy in 2007 . the ivory coast native is serving a 16 year sentence . american amanda knox and italian raffaele sollecito were also convicted |
(cnn) voters in belarus head to the polls sunday to cast their ballots in presidential elections the race will determine the political fate of alexander lukashenko, regarded as 'the last dictator in europe' by us lawmakers lukashenko, who has been in office since 1994, is running against nine other candidates, accor... | alexander lukashenko lukashenko europe us | the race will determine the fate of president alexander lukashenko . lukashenko is regarded as 'the last dictator in europe' by us lawmakers . lukashenko is running against nine other candidates |
london, england (cnn) they are the jewels of a royal love affair, one that led britain's king edward viii to abdicate the throne more than 70 years ago so he could marry the woman he loved now, the diamonds, gold, and precious gemstones that expressed the love between edward and american wallis simpson are going up ... | britain edward viii wallis simpson edward simpson more than $15 million | the pieces belonged to britain's king edward viii and wallis simpson . edward abdicated the throne in 1936 in order to marry simpson . the jewels are of gold, diamonds, and gemstones . some of the items are estimated at more than $15 million |
jerusalem (cnn) israeli authorities are investigating whether the attack that left an american woman dead and her friend injured was 'nationalistic,' a police spokesman said monday, using a term for crimes in which a victim is targeted based on an arab or israeli background american kristine luken died in the attack... | arab israeli kristine luken christian luken | new: police confirm they are focusing on whether the attack was 'nationalistic'. new: the term is used when victims are targeted based on their arab or israeli background . kristine luken was hiking with a friend and colleague from a christian ministry . luken's friend survived the attacked and summoned help |
jerusalem (cnn) following the breakdown of direct talks with israel, palestinians have begun seeking international recognition of an independent state from european nations officials from the palestinian authority told cnn thursday that the governments of france, britain, sweden, and denmark had formally been asked ... | palestinian authority european eu palestinian arab | palestinian authority seeks recognition from european countries . eu ministers have refused to recognize state in fear of stalling talks . palestinian state would be based on borders prior to the 1967 arab israeli war |
washington (cnn) democratic presidential front runner hillary clinton said sunday she won't vote for any more money to support the four year old war in iraq without a plan to start bringing us troops home presidential hopeful sen hillary clinton greets people before speaking in washington on september 17 'i've reach... | grantia stylographically foreprepare | no related information |
(cnn) diners at red lobster and olive garden restaurants in iowa and nebraska caught an intestinal illness after eating salad mix that came from mexico, according to the us food and drug administration the federal agency said its investigators have traced the outbreak to four 'illness clusters' of restaurants, which... | cdc iowa nebraska red lobster fda taylor farms | new: the cdc has been notified of 425 cases in 16 states . there have been about 225 cyclospora cases in iowa, nebraska . people got sick eating it at red lobster, olive garden restaurants, fda says . taylor farms ceo says 'all our tests have been negative' |
(cnn) it looks like kanye west's new wife is rubbing off on him in the august issue of gq magazine, the rapper talks about everything from his design ambitions he'd like to build amusement parks to his next album to his home life, including the relationship he's built with uber celebrity kim kardashian accordi... | kanye west gq kim k | kanye west gives a wide ranging interview to gq . he discusses his career goals, family and life as a celebrity . he feels like he's fighting for celebrity rights . he also says he's acquired 'kim k skills' |
(cnn) ukraine is days away from getting a new president, though seemingly much longer from securing a lasting peace as demonstrated yet again thursday, with its military and separatists continuing to face off in eastern and southern parts of the country as has been true for weeks, the deadly clashes are centered ... | russian ukraine luhansk donetsk ukrainian slovyansk krasny liman | new: state media: russian ambassador will go to ukraine president's inauguration . ukraine's luhansk, donetsk regions remain focal points of unrest . ukrainian troops block a main road between donetsk and slovyansk . the military takes over krasny liman, though militants are dug in nearby |
new york (cnn) an education advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against new york city and state education officials challenging teacher tenure laws, on the heels of a watershed case in which a california judge ruled that state's tenure laws unconstitutional the lawsuit filed thursday in state supreme court on behalf ... | new york california | new york student plaintiffs claim teacher tenure laws are flawed . union: tenure laws are 'wildly misunderstood,' teachers are entitled to due process . in a similar california case, a judge threw out state teacher tenure laws |
(cnn) four servicewomen who have done tours in iraq and afghanistan filed a suit against the defense department tuesday challenging the military's longstanding policy against women in ground combat some of the plaintiffs led female troops who went on missions with combat infantrymen, according to the american civil ... | ascidium catelectrotonic alveolocondylean | no related information |
washington (cnn) the taliban in afghanistan whose government was toppled by us led forces after the september 11 attacks in 2001 has strengthened its military and technical capabilities even while suffering heavy combat losses, says a state department report released wednesday afghan policemen stand wednesday ... | croissants wreckful mudee | no related information |
(cnn) he's been described as the richard branson of asian airlines and he certainly knows a thing or two about building a brand tony fernandes, ceo of air asia, spoke to cnn's andrew stevens in the boardroom in just five years, tony fernandes has built air asia from a bankrupt local carrier to the region's biggest b... | tony fernandes air asia cnn andrew stevens fernandes | tony fernandes, ceo of air asia, talks to cnn's andrew stevens . he turned air asia into the region's biggest budget airline . fernandes is known for joining in with staff at all levels |
(cnn) the scene is set for a thrilling climax to the 2012 formula one season after lewis hamilton upstaged title contenders sebastian vettel and fernando alonso by claiming pole position for sunday's brazilian grand prix hamilton, who beat the duo to win the penultimate race in the us last weekend, headed off mclare... | lewis hamilton brazil mclaren formula one sebastian vettel mark webber fernando alonso ferrari felipe massa | lewis hamilton wins his seventh pole position of 2012 season at last race in brazil . his mclaren team locks out the front row for for a record 67th time in formula one . championship leader sebastian vettel qualifies fourth behind teammate mark webber . second placed fernando alonso is back in seventh for ferrari, wit... |
(cnn) aruban authorities questioned joran van der sloot in the netherlands about the disappearance of natalee holloway, the aruban prosecutor's office said friday joran van der sloot awaits transfer from the netherlands to aruba in november he later was released it happened less than a week after a dutch television ... | netherlands joran van der sloot natalee holloway's van der sloot holloway | the two hour interview takes place in the netherlands . joran van der sloot again denies any role in natalee holloway's disappearance . says he was under the influence of marijuana when he was secretly videotaped . footage shows van der sloot saying he was with holloway when she died |
(cnn) authorities have arrested one of the fbi's 10 most wanted fugitives in mexico, the fbi said friday jose 'joe' luis saenz, who was wanted in multiple slayings in los angeles, was captured late thursday exactly where is not known bill lewis, assistant director in charge of the fbi's los angeles field office, tha... | jose 'joe' luis saenz los angeles late thursday mexico saenz fbi 2009 | jose 'joe' luis saenz is wanted in multiple killings in los angeles . he was arrested late thursday in mexico; exactly where is not known . saenz was added to the fbi's list of 10 most wanted fugitives in 2009 |
tokyo, japan (cnn) a us marine pleaded guilty friday to abusive sexual contact with a child under 16, bringing to a close a criminal case that stoked outrage in japan, a marine spokesman said protesters turned out in march after the rape allegations surfaced the marine pleaded guilty to charges friday staff sgt tyro... | us marine under 16 sgt tyrone l hadnott four years the marine corps | us marine pleads guilty to abusive sexual contact with a child under 16 . staff sgt tyrone l hadnott is sentenced to four years confinement . the marine corps withdrew several other charges, including rape of a child |
(cnn) an ohio driver recently made a confession that he caused a fatal wrong way crash after drinking heavily that, by itself, nothing new after all, every day, hundreds of suspects sign full confessions, and many more defendants plead guilty before a judge a person volunteering to take criminal responsibility is no... | hypodorian romanhood unhealthfully | no related information |
(timecom) rick stengel: abraham lincoln is in many ways the most compelling figure in us history, yet the popular culture around him in terms of movies has been pretty minimal why is that? steven spielberg: it's one of the big mysteries they float so many trial balloons with lincoln's face every year in the form of ... | steven spielberg abraham lincoln lincoln daniel day lewis a year spielberg | steven spielberg is bringing abraham lincoln to the movies with 'lincoln'. daniel day lewis plays the president, and took a year to prepare . spielberg uses the 13th amendment as a framing device . while war raged, lincoln also was dealing with personal issues at home |
(cnn) cristiano ronaldo missed an early penalty as manchester united earned a 0 0 draw in the first leg of the champions league semifinal at barcelona's nou camp stadium on wednesday night cristiano ronaldo sent his penalty attempt wide as united failed to take an early lead at the nou camp the portugal winger, the ... | manchester united barcelona first united cristiano ronaldo the third minute barca champions league edwin van der sar | manchester united earn 0 0 draw away to barcelona in first leg of semifinal . united's top scorer cristiano ronaldo misses penalty in the third minute . barca dominated champions league tie but could not breach united's defense . goalkeeper edwin van der sar made several saves but not seriously tested |
(cnn) sen charles schumer, saying he sees few tangible benefits for passengers, called sunday on the transportation security administration to reverse its decision to allow small pocketknives on airplanes at an afternoon news conference in new york, schumer said tsa agents would be distracted by having to measure kn... | new york tsa | senator from new york says 'now is not the time for reduced vigilance'. tsa will allow some pocketknives, sports equipment as of april 25 . they were banned after september 11, 2001, attacks . some airline officials also have called for reversal |
bogota, colombia (cnn) the commander of the revolutionary armed forces of colombia's force 47 told reporters in bogota monday a day after surrendering that 'the solution is not through war there must be dialogue' nelly avila moreno, center, alias karina, is escorted by soldiers after surrendering nelly avila m... | karina karina colombian farc | rebel 'karina' and her male companion surrender . karina was a commander of colombian rebels . she says, 'the solution is not through war there must be dialogue'. she says she fears possible retribution from farc loyalists |
lagos, nigeria (cnn) the most foolish argument i've heard from the never ending efforts to discourage young nigerians from cybercrime is that money isn't everything well, lack isn't everything either there's also the equally common argument about integrity being worthier than wealth, as if a dichotomy must always ex... | microsoft nigeria adeolu adewunmi 15 year olds | microsoft organized the 'alternatives to cybercrime' event in nigeria . adeolu adewunmi founded street skills to rehab former '419' email scammers . '419' scammers range from 15 year olds to the university educated |
washington (cnn) al qaeda is still operating within pakistan's mountainous tribal region bordering afghanistan, and the united states lacks a 'comprehensive' plan for meeting its national security goals there, said a us government study released thursday a pakistani policeman watches over a border area in february 2... | al qaeda gao us democratic | al qaeda has 'succeeded in establishing a safe haven,' gao says . report says there is no comprehensive us plan for reaching security goals . democratic critic says report is 'appalling,' blames administration |
(cnn) first lady michelle obama's official trip to southern africa next week will focus on youth leadership and education, and will include meetings with key figures in the anti apartheid struggle obama will make stops in south africa and botswana during the weeklong visit that starts monday she will highlight the b... | michelle obama's first pretoria south african jacob zuma robben island nelson mandela almost 27 years | michelle obama's first stop will be in pretoria to meet south african president jacob zuma . the first lady will highlight the benefits of education and wellness to youth . she will also visit robben island, where nelson mandela was detained for almost 27 years |
(gametapcom) everyone wants to be more physically fit, but the toughest thing is finding motivation the motivation to get started, the motivation to keep going, the motivation to push yourself to the next level a man tries out the wii fit at a nintendo launch party in central park, new york city wii fit doesn't t... | wii fit program over 6 feet | entire 'wii fit' setup doesn't take up much space, and the board is no eyesore . wii fit calculates your body mass index (bmi), a metric many doctors use . program organized into 48 activities divided among four general areas . people over 6 feet tall or with broad shoulders may find some activities difficult |
(cnn) never work with children or animals they say but for artist chris levine, who has previously photographed britain's queen elizabeth ii, the opportunity to digitally capture super horse frankel in portrait was just too good an opportunity to turn down after all, it's not often you are given the chance to captur... | frankel the great ascot racecourse chris levine levine british elizabeth kate moss grace jones | 'frankel the great' portrait to be unveiled at ascot racecourse . the 3d image was created by artist chris levine . levine photographer british monarch queen elizabeth in 2004 . kate moss and grace jones have also posed for levine |
new delhi, india (cnn) police imposed a curfew in jaipur on wednesday, a day after near simultaneous bomb attacks in the ancient indian city killed at least 63 people and wounded more than 200 indian women mourn the death of their relatives in the may 13 serial blasts in jaipur vasundhara raje, chief minister of ra... | jaipur indian | police impose a curfew in jaipur day after bomb attacks kill at least 63 people . local indian official blames 'unnamed international terror group' for blasts . bombs explode within 12 minutes of each other, 200 people also wounded . police suspect bicycles may have been used to carry the bombs |
(cnn) what do you do with 6,000 tons of space junk traveling at thousands of miles an hour? harpoon it of course it might sound like a scenario straight off the pages of a science fiction novel but it is a suggested solution to an increasing and potentially costly problem in space that of debris littering low ear... | germany 6,000 tons earth astrium | scientists are set to meet in germany to discuss ways of tackling space debris . it is estimated that there are 6,000 tons of space junk in earth's orbit . space technology company astrium has devised a plan to harpoon debris . the debris would then be towed towards earth's atmosphere, where it would burn up |
london, england (cnn) ab de villiers has broken the south african record for the highest individual score in a test innings with an unbeaten 278 against pakistan in the second test match at the sheikh zayed stadium in abu dhabi it is the 10th time the 26 year old has passed 100 in test matches and beats the previous... | bureaucratist porismatic circumfluent | no related information |
washington (cnn) the supreme court on monday declined to get involved in a dispute over a public high school's efforts to hold its student graduation ceremonies in a church the justices, without comment, rejected the appeal from the elmbrook school district outside milwaukee, which had said its campus gymnasium was ... | lepidosperma tarsals smilingly | no related information |
(cnn) evidence in the case of a michigan boy who vanished for nearly two weeks before turning up in his father's basement will not be turned over to prosecutors until at least next week, authorities said wednesday the information being presented to detroit prosecutors includes allegations that the 12 year old boy, c... | michigan charlie bothuell | police turning over evidence to prosecutors next week in case of missing michigan boy . information includes allegations the 12 year old boy made to child welfare authorities . charlie bothuell was found in basement of his father's home . document says father allegedly used a pvc pipe to discipline boy; no charges have... |
(cnn) sweden's royals will soon be welcoming an american into the family, after the royal court announced thursday the engagement of princess madeleine and christopher o'neill, a wealthy new york financier the brown haired, blue eyed princess described o'neill as her 'soulmate' and said he had opened her heart pe... | fedifragous maycock parly | no related information |
(cnn) south korea is stripping the title of 'honorary consul' from jill kelley, the florida socialite embroiled in the scandal that brought down cia director david petraeus, a south korean official said monday kelley will lose that designation after a new york businessman accused her of trying to use the honorary ti... | south korean jill kelley's new york kelley cia david petraeus | a south korean official says jill kelley's use of her honorary title was 'not suitable'. a new york businessman accused her of using that designation to solicit business . kelley's complaint about harassing e mails led to the resignation of cia chief david petraeus |
(cnn) it began with high hopes and lofty rhetoric, as a newly reelected president barack obama ended his state of the union wish list with a call to action: 'it remains the task of us all, as citizens of these united states, to be the authors of the next great chapter in our american story' but 2013 will hardly be r... | iglesia taulia echinosphaerites | no related information |
delhi, india (cnn) india is on high alert after a series of near simultaneous explosions killed at least 60 people and wounded 150 others in a top tourist spot, government and local officials told cnn ibn an injured man rests at swai man singh hospital in jaipur bicycles and rickshaws were strewn about the streets,... | dreng blackgums snappe | no related information |
(cnn) south korea's new president has pledged to donate his salary to the underprivileged south korean leader lee myung bak says he would donate his salary to help the underprivileged lee myung bak made the pledge during an unscheduled meeting with reporters sunday in the press room of his presidential office, the s... | south korean lee myung bak seoul lee | south korean leader lee myung bak says he will donate his salary to help the poor . while mayor of seoul, he donated salary to children of street cleaners and firefighters . lee is a former ceo of an engineering and construction company |
(cnn) afghanistan, turkey and pakistan agreed to hold military drills together after leaders from each nation met in istanbul friday, turkey's state run news agency reported 'this is a very important matter i am happy to see important development,' said turkish president abdullah gul, according to turkish news agenc... | throughout basioccipital wreaks | no related information |
(cnn) modern football is a melting pot of cultures, as players from a variety of ethnic backgrounds share top billing as superstars it is not always a comfortable mix, as can be seen by the recent racism rows involving john terry and luis suarez but football's pantheon of stars has not always been such a rich multic... | chondrosamine prescriptible malaria | no related information |
(cnn) alana 'honey boo boo' thompson and her family came out of a car crash without serious injuries monday night, but 'mama june' says they're 'really sore today' the reality tv stars' chevrolet suburban collided with a pickup at an intersection in milledgeville, georgia, police maj john davis told cnn tuesday 'it ... | suburban milledgeville georgia shannon pumpkin 14th tuesday | the reality tv family's suburban collided with a pickup in milledgeville, georgia . 'it was really scary for us,' says 'mama june' shannon says . they're not too sore to celebrate pumpkin's 14th birthday on tuesday, she says |
(cnn) imagine a place where police use online dating services to entrap and arrest gay men or a country that arrests a 14 year old girl for adultery and then performs an invasive 'virginity test' on her or where a woman is sentenced to death by stoning for adultery hollywood celebrities are rightly outraged to disco... | se cupp beverly hills hotel brunei sharia uae hollywood us | se cupp: celebrities boycotting beverly hills hotel owned by brunei sultan's investment group . cupp: brunei now has sharia law, but celebs happy to make repressive uae a destination . uae punishes homosexuality, adultery can bring death yet hollywood makes movies there . cupp: if celebs want to oppose repression, s... |
(cnn) the mystery winner of a new york lottery ticket worth $1 million has until sunday to claim the prize, or the money will return to a pool for future winners, according to state lottery officials the winning lottery ticket was purchased at the playland market in rye on august 25, 2012 according to new york gamin... | meetings buyout expansionist | no related information |
(cnn) facebook's latest defense of the mental distraction it creates for its users? it's not a bug, it's a feature! at least that's the meaning i take from a web commercial for the new smartphone start screen, facebook home, in which founder mark zuckerberg's announcement of the portal's launch is disrupted and inte... | doug rushkoff new facebook zuckerberg facebook | doug rushkoff: new facebook app allows you to be disoriented even more by message flow . zuckerberg butt of joke in ad for new app with employee ignoring him for facebook updates . facebook is the eternal 'now,' he says, with future, present coalescing in bogus reality . he says facebook is really a big data collection... |
washington (cnn) in alaska, the 'you can see russia from here' state, state rep chris tuck is more concerned about what the us government can see tuck, a conservative democrat, this week is appearing in an unusual television ad warning travelers that new full body scanners at alaska airports will enable airport scre... | state democrat chris tuck alaskans tsa tuck | state representative warns travelers about full body scanners at airports . democrat chris tuck reminds alaskans they can opt for a pat down . the tsa denies the scans violate travelers' privacy or that images are stored . 'it's really the process that's unnerving,' tuck says |
(cnn) the biological father of a native american child was arrested monday after defying a court order to return the girl to her adoptive parents, the latest development in a four year case that has spanned state lines and tested an unusual federal law matt and melanie capobianco, a white couple from south carolina,... | dusten brown south carolina two years the us supreme court brown | dusten brown says the adoption of his daughter should not have been allowed . a south carolina couple had the girl for two years before he took her back . the case reached the us supreme court, which ok'd the adoption . brown never showed up to return his daughter to the couple |
(cnn) a boston grand jury has subpoenaed two more men to testify thursday in its ongoing investigation into whether former new england patriot aaron hernandez is connected to an unsolved double homicide in boston last year alexander bradley and john alcorn jr were ordered to answer the questions of a grand jury inve... | alexander bradley john alcorn jr 2012 boston nfl aaron hernandez hernandez | alexander bradley and john alcorn jr are ordered to answer questions . the grand jury is looking into a 2012 double homicide in boston . former nfl player aaron hernandez is suspected of being involved in the deaths . hernandez has been indicted on a charge of murder in the death of another man |
(cnn) forbes' list of the world's wealthy has named warren buffett the richest person on the planet, surpassing his friend and philanthropic partner bill gates who had held the title for 13 consecutive years american investor warren buffett has been named world's richest person the american investor and philanthropi... | nonrecollection shodden unstoked | no related information |
(cnn) mexico's new leader has a message for us officials as he heads to washington this week: ties between the neighboring nations must go beyond the drug war just four days before his inauguration, mexican president elect enrique pena nieto will meet with us president barack obama on tuesday and he says he wants to... | laft harenut ithomiidae | no related information |
(cnn) speculation abounds ahead of the awarding of the 2012 nobel peace prize in oslo, norway, on friday, as the eyes of the world turn to those who are trying to end its many conflicts and injustices this year's winner (or winners) will be picked from 231 different nominations, 43 for organizations and the rest for... | gene sharp american the nobel peace prize egypt maggie coptic christian cairo nobel ellen johnson sirleaf leymah gbowee tawakkul karman | gene sharp, an american academic, is among those tipped to win the nobel peace prize . egypt's 'mama maggie,' a coptic christian nun who helps cairo's poorest, could also win . the five member nobel committee will choose from 231 nominees . last year's prize was shared by ellen johnson sirleaf, leymah gbowee and tawakk... |
(cnn) four separate times, prosecutors say, gregory peterson lured women under the pretext of a movie or lunch and sexually assaulted them he kept one captive in his mother's house for several days, they said he threatened to report another, whose visa had expired, for deportation, charging documents alleged and... | 100% gregory peterson peterson utah | new: his attorney says she was 'completely 100% shocked by the news'. gregory peterson was charged with 25 counts of sexual crimes . four women allege he assaulted them . peterson was found dead in his utah cabin |
(cnn) salvatore iaconesi's essay on his decision to post his medical records on the internet in hopes of finding a crowd sourced cure for his brain tumor has sparked a lively conversation on cnncom readers raised a lot of thoughtful questions about his methods and what he was trying to accomplish, so iaconesi jumped... | salvatore iaconesi iaconesi cnn | salvatore iaconesi posted his medical records online after being diagnosed with a brain tumor . more than 200,000 people have visited site; many have provided valuable information, support . iaconesi published an essay about his efforts as part of cnn's tedtalk series . he responded to commenters' questions about his i... |
london (cnn) the british press should be regulated by an independent group supported by law and with the power to fine, a judge recommended thursday in a long awaited report sparked by a phone hacking scandal at rupert murdoch's news of the world tabloid judge brian leveson said he was not recommending that parliame... | cross party david cameron leveson | cross party talks are to take place to discuss how to move forward . david cameron backs leveson's call for a strong, independent press regulator . lord justice leveson says an independent regulator should be backed by law . leveson: the press has at times wreaked 'havoc with the lives of innocent people' |
(cnn) us defender jay demerit became the first major league soccer signing of the vancouver whitecaps on thursday, with the canadian club set to join the lucrative north american football franchise at the start of the 2011 season the whitecaps were unveiled as part of the mls in march 2009, one of three clubs from a... | illuviated concaveness plex | no related information |
(cnn) un secretary general ban ki moon said tuesday the situation in the ivory coast is increasingly volatile and the country risks a return to civil war the west african nation has fallen into chaos since a presidential runoff election there last month the country's independent electoral commission said opposition ... | ban ki moon the ivory coast | new: incumbent president says he is willing to have election results reviewed . ban ki moon says the situation in the ivory coast is increasingly volatile and violent . he accuses security forces there of intimidation, abductions and killings . the ivory coast has fallen into chaos since a disputed presidential electio... |
(cnn) a blast of harsh winter weather socked europe friday, causing travel chaos and sending temperatures into the deep freeze from northern ireland to bulgaria, blizzard conditions left airports with heavy delays or shut them entirely in belgium, truck drivers were forced to spend a freezing night in their cabs whe... | europe blizzard northern ireland bulgaria arctic uk germany france | travel chaos reigns across northern europe amid harsh winter weather . blizzard conditions have closed airports from northern ireland to bulgaria . cold temperatures are caused by arctic air flowing into southern latitudes . more snow is expected in the uk, germany and france |
(cnn) they are the world's cultural capitals, the nerve centers of innovation and the engine rooms of economic growth, but could cities also hold the key to cutting carbon emissions long term? a 2010 study from the world bank found that the 50 largest cities and urban areas on the planet are now home to roughly 500... | cattyphoid unforcibly coniacian | no related information |
(cnn student news) students will examine different proposals to reform the electoral college and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these proposals procedure point out that proposals to reform the electoral college system are not uncommon, especially after close us presidential elections like the one in 2000 r... | electoral college the electoral college | review arguments for and against the electoral college system . examine some of the proposed modifications to the electoral college . discuss the strengths and weaknesses of different reform proposals |
(cnn) want space travel but don't have pockets deep enough for richard branson's virgin galactic or the courage levels to match felix baumgartner, the daredevil space jumper? a balloon trip to (almost) space and back might just be the answer arizona based space travel company world view enterprises says it plans to ... | arizona about 30 kilometers first three years | arizona based company plans trip to the edge of space in a 'luxury capsule'. lifted by a high altitude balloon, the capsule will travel to a height of about 30 kilometers . the first flight is expected to take off in three years |
(cnn) he has been in a medically induced coma for over a month, but former formula 1 world champion michael schumacher's sedation is being reduced to start the 'waking up process,' his agent said thursday schumacher suffered severe head trauma in a skiing accident at the french alps resort of meribel on december 29 ... | michael schumacher's a month 45 year old france late december | doctors reduce michael schumacher's sedation to start 'waking up process'. former f1 world champion has been in a medically induced coma for a month . 45 year old suffered a severe head injury when skiing in france in late december |
(cnn) a woman in ohio recently wrote us about her struggles in finding the time and the money to take care of her health billie wrote, 'i am 33 years old and without planned parenthood i would have never found out in time that i'm a woman with precancerous cells in my uterus and cervix i cannot afford to pay for my ... | stragular arminianism beambird | no related information |
(cnn) be cautious if you plan to bing jessica biel or google brad pitt a new report says you might get a virus actress jessica biel tops a list of the 'most dangerous' celebrity searches online the hollywood actors are among the top 10 celebrity searches online that can lead to computer problems, according to a repo... | jessica biel mcafee | report says jessica biel is the 'most dangerous' celebrity to search for online . one in five of the actress' search results could damage computers, report says . computer security company mcafee compiles the list . researcher says hackers target pop culture trends |
(cnn) a video showing the last moments of a polish immigrant, who died after canadian police shot him with a stun gun at vancouver international airport, has been made public this image from video shows an agitated robert dziekanski, left, before police used a stun gun on him robert dziekanski, 40, was traveling to ... | villainist perspicuity traditional | no related information |
(cnn) saying no one can can diminish what she and her team accomplished, a confident diana nyad took on her critics wednesday night on 'piers morgan live' her record breaking cuba to florida swin, she said, was by the book 'we swam fair and square, squeaky clean across that thing,' nyad said, at times raising her vo... | diana nyad 110 mile cuba florida last week first | diana nyad completed the 110 mile swim from cuba to florida last week . she says she is the first person to do it unassisted and without a shark cage . but many questions have been raised about aspects of her swim . she insists her team did it in a 'squeaky clean' way |
new york (cnn) before monday, eliot spitzer was a rising star in the democratic party his squeaky clean image as a corruption buster led to his being mentioned as a potential vice presidential candidate and possibly even a future white house contender new york gov eliot spitzer arrives with his wife monday for a ... | ny gop bill clinton ex nj spitzer | ny governor, a hard charging ex prosecutor, falls far amid link to prostitution . 'there's no way he can survive' scandal, gop consultant and adviser says . ex bill clinton adviser: he has a chance if scandal's enemy driven or only about sex . estranged wife of ex nj governor says spitzer should resign to spare family ... |
los angeles (cnn) the mother of michael jackson's two oldest children broke down in tears when she was asked to describe the impact of the singer's death on his daughter paris 'their father is dead,' debbie rowe responded 'i almost lost my daughter! she is devastated she tried to kill herself she is devastated she h... | debbie rowe michael jackson's jackson | new: 'i almost lost my daughter!' debbie rowe testifies . ex wife describes michael jackson's skin problems, pains and drug use . 'everyone says he bleached himself, but he didn't,' debbie rowe says . doctors had 'a pissing contest' over who could give jackson 'the better drug,' she says |
(cnn) at least 43 people were killed and dozens more injured in the latest round of attacks sunday in iraq's anbar and baghdad provinces, local police said in a sunday evening attack, at least 37 people were killed and 42 others wounded in baghdad province a suicide bomber wearing an explosives laden vest blew himse... | anbar baghdad iraq | bombings also leave dozens wounded in anbar and baghdad provinces . suicide bombers target security checkpoint, municipal building, police station . one bombing in baghdad coffee shop kills 37 people . hundreds have been killed in iraq during the violence in october |
(cnn) misty croslin, the last person known to see a 5 year old florida girl before she was reported missing in february 2009, was sentenced to 25 years in prison friday on an unrelated drug charge circuit judge wendy berger also ordered croslin to pay $500,000 and to follow her prison time with five years of drug of... | 500,000 croslin 5 year old haleigh cummings mid october | the judge also orders her to pay a $500,000 fine . croslin is the last person known to see 5 year old haleigh cummings . she faces sentencing in mid october in another courtroom for similar charges |
(cnn) american politicians have a deep need to interpret foreign leaders and foreign cultures and governments as though they were american thursday night on 'crossfire', i described the russian president as a kgb official of enormous toughness in fact, we showed vladimir putin in his kgb colonel's uniform to drive h... | newt gingrich us vladimir putin putin kgb russian gingrich stalin | newt gingrich: us politicians reacted with surprise to the views of vladimir putin . he says putin is understandable as a former kgb agent and russian nationalist . politicians in both parties have mistakenly seen putin as someone whom they can trust, he says . gingrich: putin is a strong authoritarian leader, maybe th... |
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