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(cnn) the brief but bloody gaza conflict between israel and hamas marks a clear wake up call to both sides, and their supporters, on the indispensable need to start serious talks beyond the new cease fire this development must be seized upon to convert the recent crisis into an opportunity after years of inaction a ... | marco vicenzino gaza israeli netanyahu egypt morsy hamas | marco vicenzino says gaza conflict marks a clear wake up call to both sides . vicenzino: the regional status quo is simply unsustainable in the long term . vicenzino: best outcome for israeli prime minister netanyahu was cease fire . vicenzino: egypt's morsy must prove able to restrain hamas when necessary |
beijing, china (cnn) police in tibet have arrested 16 buddhist monks and are seeking three more for their alleged involvement in one bombing and two attempted bombings, authorities in tibet told state run media chinese people's liberation army soldiers are shown in the streets of lhasa, tibet, on march 14 all three ... | xinhua china cnn lhasa tibet | arrests tied to three bombings in april, police tell xinhua . china says suspects confessed; cnn could not confirm . lhasa, tibet was site of deadly unrest in march |
los angeles, california (cnn) workers using blowtorches accidentally started a weekend fire at universal studios, los angeles county spokeswoman judy hammond told cnn monday the fire burns buildings and movie sets at universal studios on sunday the fast moving, early morning blaze destroyed several movie sets and th... | cnn king kong | workers using heating tools started sunday's fire, an official told cnn . the blaze destroyed movie sets and a king kong exhibit . 10 firefighters were injured |
(cnn) a dramatic second half fightback from italian side udinese stunned english premier league club liverpool in the europa league and inflicted their third straight defeat at anfield brendan rodgers' side had started brightly, taking the lead through jonjo shelvey's first half header, but udinese roared out of the... | italian udinese english premier league liverpool anfield antonio di natale giovanni pasquale italians newcastle bordeaux tottenham panathinaikos inter milan neftchi atletico madrid viktoria plzen | italian side udinese stun english premier league club liverpool 3 2 at anfield . goals from antonio di natale and giovanni pasquale help italians to victory . newcastle beat bordeaux, while tottenham are held at panathinaikos . inter milan defeat neftchi, and holders atletico madrid win 1 0 against viktoria plzen |
dorchester, england (cnn) englishman john webber thought nothing of the small, shiny cup, passed down from his junk dealer grandfather and stashed under a bed for years, until appraisers said it was an ancient persian artifact the ancient persian gold cup, thought to date from the third or fourth century bc, fetche... | 100,000 persian england bc | gold cup stashed under bed for years is $100,000 ancient persian artifact . small urn went under the hammer at auction in southern england thursday . artifact acquired by junk dealer, grandfather of current owner, in the 1930s or 1940s . experts say it is believed to date from the third or fourth century bc |
(cnn) two iranian warships have docked in sudan carrying 'a message of support and friendship,' sudanese state media said the ships arrived in port sudan on sunday and will stay until wednesday, according to suna, the official sudanese news agency the presence 'clearly shows the solid support of political and diplom... | iranian port sudan sudanese iran sudan last week israel | two iranian warships are at port sudan, sudanese state media report . their visit is a show of support and friendship, iran and sudan say . an airstrike destroyed an arms factory in sudan last week; iran and sudan blame israel . sudan denies that the factory was producing arms for iran or its allies |
(cnn) with the strength of bashar al assad's forces diminishing in syria's civil war, global fears are mounting that syria might unleash chemical weapons to quash the country's uprising the government insists it would never use chemical weapons on its own people but world leaders say syria's desperation could lead t... | compering afterfuture eustomatous | no related information |
(cnn) one of the most recognizable brands in the world and the man who made it happen howard schultz he took over starbucks in 1987 with a vision of bringing italian coffeehouse culture to the us the starbuck experince, he called it today a mass market phenomenon that sells tens of millions of cups of coffee e... | howard schultz starbucks cnn boardroom masterclass schultz | howard schultz, ceo of starbucks spoke at cnn's boardroom masterclass . the coffee shop chain has 14,000 stores across more than 40 countries . schultz: 'to achieve success it takes unbridled enthusiasm and passion' |
(cnn) 'yes, but what was the best film for grown ups?' a friend asked me when i told him 'hugo' was my favorite movie of the year that took the wind out of my sails of course he hadn't seen 'hugo,' which is absolutely a film for sensitive, alert, thinking audiences of all ages the movie is very much concerned with a... | tom charity the artist hugo martin scorsese steven spielberg | movies have been thoroughly infantilized over the years, tom charity says . charity: like 'the artist,' 'hugo' resurrects a bygone era of cinema . heavyweight filmmakers such as martin scorsese, steven spielberg embrace 3 d |
(cnn) drone strikes against militants in yemen are intensifying as the us embassy there and in other middle eastern and african countries remain closed amid terrorism fears at least eight suspected us drone strikes have been reported in the past two weeks alone they have killed at least 34 people, according to a tal... | us al qaeda's yemen | at least eight suspected us drone strikes occur in the past two weeks . tally: at least 34 people die in that period . the heightened strikes parallel the closing of us embassies and consulates . al qaeda's group in yemen is cutting down on attacks |
(mashable) youtube has officially launched its new trueview ad format, allowing site visitors to avoid watching ads they're not interested in users will now be able to look for a countdown button that will let them skip an ad after it plays for five seconds in some cases, viewers will be able to select which ad to ... | youtube trueview | youtube has officially launched its new trueview ad format . trueview allows visitors to avoid watching ads they're not interested in . other option allows users to select which ad to watch |
caracas, venezuela (cnn) authorities have arrested five additional suspects connected with last week's kidnapping of major league baseball player wilson ramos, venezuelan officials said monday the five colombian citizens are among 11 people detained in connection with the case, venezuela's justice ministry said in a... | colombian venezuela justice ministry venezuelan wilson ramos ramos the washington nationals | five suspects arrested are colombian citizens, venezuela's justice ministry says . venezuelan security forces rescued wilson ramos on friday . ramos is a rising star for the washington nationals |
washington (cnn) the state department says it has helped relocate a number of people in other countries who, it says, could be in danger because their names have appeared in diplomatic cables revealed by wikileaks 'we are focused on people who have been identified in documents,' spokesman pj crowley said friday, 'an... | fissipedal lepidophyllous peasantize | no related information |
(cnn) it's going to take two to three weeks for thoroughbred california chrome to heal from a nasty injury to his hoof, his trainer art sherman said sunday 'he's got a lot of talent,' sherman said of the colt that was the favorite for the belmont stakes but was denied his shot at becoming the first triple crown in 3... | thatched indoloid calciner | no related information |
washington (cnn) as president barack obama decides whether to strike isis inside syria, he has political considerations as well us lawmakers are watching critically as obama weighs options on how to deal with the threat from isis, the islamic state in iraq and syria many have argued the surge of isis is the direct r... | isis syria | administration considers hitting isis targets in syria . but there are political, international law questions . and intervention could have other effects |
(cnn) world war i began a hundred years ago this summer, but for many of us it might as well be a thousand we know it, if we know it at all, as a dimly remembered chapter in high school history, or as scenes from old black and white movies of soldiers hunkered in trenches doing battle with germans in pointy helmets ... | ruth ben ghiat world war i ben ghiat | ruth ben ghiat: 100 years ago this summer, world war i began its legacies still resonate . she says its carnage was unprecedented; it changed military, sparked innovations . she says empires fell, borders shifted, new words emerged, and women's roles changed . ben ghiat: begun after an assassination, it would draw in 3... |
(cnn) from a country which brought the world brands like sony and toyota, there's another name that's crept quietly to global prominence hello kitty, the moon faced cat with a bow in her hair and no mouth shintaro tsuji, ceo of sanrio, famous for its hello kitty brand, speaks in the boardroom she's one of 450 charac... | stoutish billheads reconcilers | no related information |
(cnn) us president george bush railed against the government of zimbabwean president robert mugabe monday, calling intimidation of opposition figures 'deplorable' leading opposition figure artur mutambara was arrested following his criticism of president robert mugabe 'the continued use of government sponsored viole... | bush arthur mutambara mugabe | bush: continued use of government sponsored violence deplorable . opposition unable to campaign freely ahead of june 27 presidential runoff election . police arrest student activist turned opposition politician arthur mutambara . bush: mugabe's government is failing on multiple levels |
london (cnn) john terry, one of england's biggest soccer stars, was found not guilty friday of racially abusing fellow soccer player anton ferdinand, ending a high profile trial in london chief magistrate howard riddle said of terry: 'no one has been able to show that he is lying' reading his ruling, riddle said it ... | deodand hypidiomorphic thorougher | no related information |
(cnn) in 2009 the first underground cable linking africa to high speed internet access went live the 17,000km long network took two years to complete and came with the promise of boosting the region's industry and commerce three years later millions of africans now have access to the internet primarily through 3g ... | africans african | figures show 31 million africans now have mobile broadband subscriptions . satellite technology being used to reach rural african communities, detached from the internet revolution . governments must also play a role in helping to provide affordable handsets and services |
(cnn) a medicine manufacturer is recalling batches of motrin pain relievers that were distributed mostly to the united states and the caribbean johnson & johnson said wednesday it is pulling batches of motrin coated caplets from stores because ' testing of product samples showed that some caplets may not dissolve as... | the united states puerto rico | the products were distributed in the united states, puerto rico and other places . 'there is no safety concern if consumers continue taking the product,' company says |
(cnn) a coast guardsman died sunday after a 'suspicious' boat rammed his small vessel off the coast of southern california, an official said chief petty officer terrell horne was one of two coast guard members thrown off their cutter's small boat when the suspect's panga style vessel 'suddenly increased speed and ma... | coast guardsmen santa cruz island california coast guard | coast guardsmen spot a suspicious panga boat near santa cruz island, california . suspicious boat speeds up and hits a small coast guard boat, sending two overboard . one of those coast guardsmen dies of a traumatic head injury . the suspect boat is later interdicted, and two people are detained |
(cnn) a national guard recruiter who is accused of firing a gun in a suburban memphis armory right after being told he'd lost his position due to alleged misconduct was charged friday with a pair of counts that could land him behind bars for 30 years amos patton, a 42 year old from cordova, tennessee, faces on... | linky irrespectability hoghide | no related information |
abidjan, ivory coast (cnn) ivorians appeared monday to be ignoring the call for a general strike by the man widely recognized as the ivory coast's legitimate leader following last month's presidential run off election 'the call for the strike was not followed,' the assistant press officer for the liberian embassy in... | pastler gymnoblastea semifrontier | no related information |
(cnn) wentworth miller, best known for his role on 'prison break,' came out as a gay man in an open letter to the st petersburg international film festival the fest invited him to attend, and although miller cited ties to russia and pleasant visits to the country in the past, he said no 'as a gay man, i must decline... | wentworth miller miller russian russia | 'prison break' actor wentworth miller comes out as gay . miller declined an invitation to a russian film festival . he is the most recent celebrity to speak out against russia's treatment of gays |
(cnn) the syrian government has been mounting a campaign to boost vaccination among children in syria after at least 20 suspected cases of polio were reported from government and opposition sources near the eastern city of deir ezzor though the cases will not be confirmed for about a week, 'as far as everyone ... | un syria | un official' humanitarian efforts are 'severely insufficient' in syria . at least 20 cases of polio have been reported in eastern syria . the last case of wild poliovirus in syria was reported in 1999 . it primarily affects young children |
washington (cnn) police erred by not obtaining an extended search warrant before attaching a tracking device to a drug suspect's car, the supreme court said in a unanimous ruling monday a majority of justices said that secretly placing the device and monitoring the man's movements for several weeks constituted a gov... | weeks alito | following a car for weeks via a tracking device requires a search warrant, justices say . the justices are divided on what they say makes the action unconstitutional . justice alito, for the majority, cites the 'physical intrusion' of placing the device . four others say the lengthy monitoring violated the suspect's ex... |
london, england (cnn) troubled singer amy winehouse has been admitted to a london hospital after suffering a bad reaction to medication, her representative said tuesday amy winehouse has undeniable talent, but has become better known for her wild behavior winehouse, 25, went to the private london clinic on sunday, s... | amy winehouse singer winehouse | amy winehouse representative: singer has had bad reaction to medication . another bad reaction to medication prompted winehouse to enter hospital in july . grammy winning winehouse has suffered a string of health problems |
(cnn) ten year old noah cordle kicked off his summer vacation by dipping his toes into the atlantic ocean, only to make an ancient discovery when a sharp object hit his foot 'it felt like a crab, so i jumped backward,' said cordle, who was vacationing with his family in beach haven but it wasn't a crab, or a mussel ... | hormonogenesis marshalling unornateness | no related information |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) a massive blast targeting the danish embassy in pakistan monday killed at least six people and wounded as many as 18, authorities said the scene of devastation in islamabad monday after a suicide car bomb attack near the danish embassy the blast left a four foot deep crater in the road conf... | fishway pipelining sphenolith | no related information |
(cnn) longtime men's college basketball coach rick majerus, who led utah to the ncaa final in 1998, died saturday from heart problems he was 64 majerus recently left saint louis university, where he had coached for the past five years, for health reasons 'nobody loved basketball and teaching kids more that rick,' bi... | phonestheme uncanniness largamente | no related information |
tokyo (cnn) nine bodies eight of them burned have been pulled from vehicles crushed in a tunnel collapse about 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of tokyo, highway police said monday the disaster has prompted japanese authorities to order emergency checks on dozens of other tunnels across the country that have a si... | asahi the chuo expressway 50 miles tokyo | aging parts in the tunnel's structure could be a cause, a company official says . five of the bodies were recovered in one charred station wagon, police say . 'cars in front of us were crushed it was terrifying' a witness tells tv asahi . the partial cave in was on the chuo expressway, 50 miles west of tokyo |
(cnn) superstorm sandy caught the attention of plenty of us celebrities, some of whom were caught in the middle of it here's a sampling: @tylerperry: hurricane sandy passing through the bahamas thank god that all storms pass! @rickygervais: this 'sandy' who's on tv all the time and is blowing the entire east coast,... | ricky gervais sandy kardashian katharine macphee leann rimes spike lee | ricky gervais: is this 'sandy' a kardashian?. katharine macphee: it sounds like my windows are gonna blow in . leann rimes: sending prayers out to everyone in the storm's path . spike lee: mother nature don't play and this isn't a joke |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) perhaps no one better understands what the family of us rep gabrielle giffords is going through like the widow and children of punjab governor salmaan taseer 'i mean, my heart is totally with the congresswoman,' says daughter sara taseer what do an american lawmaker from arizona and a pakis... | quailed less flubdubbery | no related information |
(cnn) usain bolt ambled into the semifinals of the 100m saturday as the capacity crowd at the london olympic stadium had their first glimpse of the jamaican superstar bolt, who is defending his 100 and 200m titles, made a slow start but eased ahead of his heat rivals to win in 1009 seconds the 25 year old world reco... | usain bolt 2012 games bolt london american ryan bailey oscar pistorius 400m | usain bolt wins 100m first round heat in his first race at 2012 games . bolt defending 100 200 and relay crowns in london . american ryan bailey fastest of qualifiers in blistering 988 seconds . double amputee oscar pistorius qualifies for semis in 400m |
(cnn) sometimes you get a good feeling about something that's what contestant caitlin burke, 26, said after her remarkable 'wheel of fortune' solve that won her a carribbean vacation with just one letter revealed 'l' burke correctly guessed the seven word phrase: 'i've got a good feeling about this' even pat s... | pat sajak contestant caitlin burke caribbean | the remarkable win surprises even the game show host, pat sajak . contestant caitlin burke wins a caribbean vacation . she solves the puzzle: 'i've got a good feeling about this' |
new york (cnn) the crowd of festival goers at a holiday market in new york city's columbus circle friday seemed to support the message city tourism officials have been spreading far and wide: the big apple is open for business and welcoming its usual influx of holiday visitors superstorm sandy's wrath a month ago wi... | nyc superstorm sandy manhattan | nyc tourism officials say the city is on track for a record number of visitors . following superstorm sandy, most hotels and attractions are open for business . while midtown manhattan was largely undamaged, other areas are suffering slowdowns |
(cnn) lebron james is going home to cleveland thursday night wearing a miami heat jersey, and no less an authority than the basketball loving president of the united states predicts a rough night 'it's going to be brutal,' barack obama told reporters thursday, hours before tip off just to make sure the court is safe... | obama lebron james cavaliers dan gilbert | new: president obama: 'it's going to be brutal'. a local reporter says fans' anger could surface . lebron james says the game will be 'emotional'. cavaliers owner dan gilbert has urged fans to be classy |
(cnn) as a tech reporter, it's my job to catch trends as they're developing — to be ahead of the curve i like to think i do a pretty good job, but i will forever have one hilarious black mark on my resume my first tweet 'i am already kind of over twitter,' i wrote on april 5, 2007 twitter was a new service back then... | nilay patel patel | nilay patel: twitter used to be for tech nerds, now it's for the entire world . patel: tv executives, celebrities, politicians, journalists all see twitter as invaluable . he says twitter faces challenges ahead, like free speech and how to make money . patel: sense of anarchy and openness and chaos is what makes twitte... |
washington (cnn) house republicans offered their own proposal monday in the heated battle to avert the so called fiscal cliff, but it was quickly rebuffed by president barack obama's administration for not demanding more from the nation's wealthiest taxpayers the gop plan promises $22 trillion in deficit savings ove... | house gop john boehner obama two years | house gop leaders call for some revenue increases, more spending cuts . house speaker john boehner rejects any increase in tax rates . obama administration officials dismiss the gop offer as not serious . the tax issue has stymied deficit reduction talks for two years |
tripoli, libya (cnn) leaders of oil rich eastern libya declared it tuesday to be a semi autonomous region and voted for a 79 year old former military man to lead it 'we're talking about the whole eastern region of the country,' said ahmed zubair al senussi, a member of the ruling national transitional council, in a ... | unrioting repacks nonprojectively | no related information |
(cnn student news) october 11, 2013 on the international day of the girl, cnn student news discusses this year's educational theme we also report on a proposal to temporarily raise the us debt ceiling, and we explore the largest ship in the world plus, we introduce this year's top 10 cnn heroes on this page you wil... | the daily curriculum the daily curriculum's newsquiz | 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's newsquiz tests students' knowledge of events in the news . at the bottom of the page, please share your feedback about our show and curriculum |
(cnn) a missouri based coal company was the victim of a hoax tuesday after activists set up a fake website saying the company would offer free, custom branded inhalers to children a press release supposedly from peabody energy said it was creating a new public health initiative 'designed to combat the stigma of asth... | vaporetto diospyros hairier | no related information |
durham, north carolina (cnn) an operation to remove a malignant tumor from sen edward kennedy's brain was successful, and the democrat should suffer no permanent damage from the procedure, his surgeon reported monday sen edward kennedy, right, leaves a boston hospital with his son patrick on may 21 the patient himse... | superexquisitely nivellation unbokel | no related information |
(cnn) retired adm william fallon resigned in march as leader of the us military's central command after reportedly clashing with president bush retired adm william fallon told cnn he resigned to maintain confidence in the military chain of command during an interview tuesday on cnn's american morning,' fallon denied... | central command william fallon third fallon iraq david petraeus | former central command chief william fallon denies president sought third war . fallon: concern for confidence in chain of command led to resignation . 'there are many other ways to solve problems' besides war, he says . fallon: best course in iraq is to maintain confidence in gen david petraeus |
washington (cnn) sen hillary clinton on saturday will officially suspend her campaign for the presidency and 'express her support for senator obama and party unity,' her campaign said wednesday sen hillary clinton said tuesday that she will let her supporters and party leaders decide her course the clinton campaign ... | clinton saturday obama wednesday rangel tuesday night democrats november | new: clinton will suspend presidential campaign saturday, sources say . obama, clinton spoke by phone wednesday, but vp slot was not discussed . rangel says clinton could've been 'far more generous' on tuesday night . obama says he's 'very confident' he can unite democrats by november |
(cnn) us navy ships loaded with supplies for victims of myanmar's cyclone will sail away from the country's coast on thursday, after the ruling junta refused for three weeks to allow them to deliver aid us ships steam in formation off the coast of myanmar on may 23 adm timothy keating said the uss essex group would ... | us thursday timothy keating myanmar us navy | new: us ships to leave area thursday, admiral says; some planes will stay . new: adm timothy keating says he's frustrated that aid was refused . myanmar junta leaders did not grant permission for us navy ships to deliver aid . us will keep pushing efforts to get emergency supplies to victims, despite rebuff |
seoul, south korea (cnn) hyundai chairman chung mong koo escaped a prison sentence for embezzlement after a south korean court ruled thursday to instead impose a suspended five year sentence, according to a company spokesman hyundai motor chairman chung mong koo, center, leaves the high court after his trial in seou... | hyundai chung mong koo south korean chung | hyundai chairman chung mong koo has escaped prison for embezzling . south korean court ruled instead to impose a suspended five year sentence . in february, the 68 year old executive was sentenced to three years in prison . chung was accused of placing firm's money in fund to earn government favors |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) the remains of two us contractors who were kidnapped in iraq have been found, fbi officials said monday the bureau identified the two as ronald withrow of roaring springs, texas, abducted on january 5, 2007, and john roy young of kansas city, missouri, who was captured on november 16, 2006 withr... | us iraq fbi iraqis | new: remains found of two us contractors who were abducted in iraq, fbi says . us death toll at 4,000 after four soldiers die when roadside bomb hits vehicle . at least 35 iraqis killed in attacks sunday . people killed in us weekend strike were 'terrorists,' not allies, us says |
dorchester, england (cnn) englishman john webber thought nothing of the small, shiny cup, passed down from his junk dealer grandfather and stashed under a bed for years, until appraisers said it was an ancient persian artifact the ancient persian gold cup, thought to date from the third or fourth century bc, fetche... | 100,000 persian england bc | gold cup stashed under bed for years is $100,000 ancient persian artifact . small urn went under the hammer at auction in southern england thursday . artifact acquired by junk dealer, grandfather of current owner, in the 1930s or 1940s . experts say it is believed to date from the third or fourth century bc |
(cnn) a former member of the radical 1970s group symbionese liberation army is back in custody after a clerical error miscalculated her prison release date, a california department of corrections spokesman said saturday sara jane olson wipes away a tear at a los angeles courthouse in 1999 sara jane olson was freed m... | sara jane olson's ex symbionese liberation army monday about six years california department of corrections march 17, 2009 | new: sara jane olson's attorney says she cannot be treated as 'yo yo'. ex symbionese liberation army member freed monday after serving about six years . california department of corrections says clerical error led to release . her earliest release date is now march 17, 2009 |
(cnn) david villa continued his remarkable scoring run against deportivo la coruna as spanish champions barcelona won 4 0 on saturday night to move five points clear in la liga the spain striker reached the milestone of 150 career league goals as he notched his 11th in 14 encounters with the galicians lionel messi m... | matador outride attila | no related information |
(cnn) juan martin del potro put on hold roger federer's hopes of qualifying for the atp world tour finals by inflicting a second straight defeat on the swiss maestro in the final of his hometown tournament in basel third seed federer needed to win sunday's showdown to seal his place in the end of season showpiece in... | woodmen planoferrite nonparent | no related information |
(cnn) authorities in iran hanged 16 'anti iran' rebels saturday in response to deadly overnight clashes between bandits and border guards in southeast iran, the country's fars news agency reported local attorney general mohammad marzieh said the 16 were hanged saturday morning in the city of zahedan, in sistan and b... | rouhani iran overnight | new: president rouhani calls for strong measures to deal with terrorism, state media say . iran's deputy interior minister says 'terrorist activities' were initiated over the border . authorities hang 16 rebels in response to overnight clashes with security forces report . 14 border guards were killed in the clashes... |
(cnn student news) september 26, 2013 after a us senator holds the floor for nearly 22 hours, cnn student news reports on why he did it, how some of his colleagues reacted, and some of the rules governing this marathon session we also cover an earthquake in pakistan, we describe statements from iran's new president... | 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... |
(cnn) france's controversial 75% tax for high earners drove award winning actor gerard depardieu to take russian citizenship now, french football clubs are going on strike to protest the legislation's planned implementation next year, claiming it will make them less competitive against european rivals and cause furt... | french 75% france | french football clubs to go on strike next month for the first time since 1972 . they are protesting next year's planned introduction of a 75% tax for high earners . clubs say they are already losing money and tax will make them less competitive . strike will halt france's top two divisions between november 29 to decem... |
washington (cnn) fire protection systems on freight aircraft are inadequate, top us aviation investigators say the national transportation safety board recommended improvements and rule changes wednesday based on investigations of three catastrophic cargo plane fires ntsb chairwoman deborah hersman recommended that ... | agrypnotic nonemulously yeeuck | no related information |
(cnn) high speed rail (hsr) has been around been around for decades, but it's back in the transport spotlight amid a surge of interest from the united states and china despite cuts to president obama's original plan to spend $53 billion on hsr over the next 25 years, an ambitious scheme for hsr to connect us cities ... | hsr next 10 years anthony perl tony bosworth bosworth | hsr can significantly cut oil use in transport in next 10 years, says anthony perl . he believes hsr can reduce oil use before alternative energy technologies are ready . if power stations use fossil fuels, hsr will still impact climate, says tony bosworth . bosworth argues hsr must be made affordable to get people out... |
(cnn) a young boy in kansas was among millions in america who watched the horrifying news this past weekend about the chinook that went down in afghanistan's wardak province that boy in kansas soon found out that his father, a us army pilot, was aboard the doomed helicopter in the midst of his world shattering, he c... | braydon nichols 10 cnn bryan nichols afghanistan braydon navy nine days | braydon nichols, 10, sent in a photo of his father to cnn's ireport . his father, bryan nichols, was killed when the chinook went down in afghanistan . braydon couldn't understand why the navy seals were drawing attention, but not his dad . bryan nichols was to have come home on leave in nine days |
(cnn) stretching some 7,000 kilometers along the west african coastline, a submarine fiber optic cable emerges off the coast of nigeria to help bridge the digital divide in the continent dubbed main one cable, the system links west africa with europe, bringing ultra fast broadband in the region it runs from seixal i... | funke opeke nigeria main one cable company first west africa europe seixal portugal accra ghana lagos opeke | funke opeke is the chief executive of nigeria's main one cable company . she says her firm laid the first sub sea cable linking west africa and europe to bring broadband to the region . the fiber optic cable runs from seixal in portugal to accra in ghana and lagos in nigeria . opeke says the lack of a backbone, open ac... |
(cnn) after divesting from luxury brands purchased in europe, the ford motor co is revamping its lincoln car line to try to recapture the prestige and market share of the past 'we had purchased aston martin and jaguar and landover and volvo, and we had decreased our investment in lincoln,' ford ceo alan mulall... | the ford motor co lincoln ford the lincoln motor co aston martin mulally us | the ford motor co is revamping its lincoln car line to try to recapture past prestige . ford announced monday it is renaming its lincoln division as the lincoln motor co. building up lincoln after divesting of investments in aston martin and other luxury brands . ceo mulally optimistic that us fiscal cliff negotiations... |
hong kong (cnn) how much would you pay to get your child into an ivy league university? for gerard and lily chow, it seems the sky was the limit in 2007, the hong kong couple enlisted harvard lecturer turned admissions consultant mark zimny to steer their two sons through elite us boarding schools into a top ranked ... | hong kong us$2m us | hong kong couple suing admissions consultant to recover us$2m retainer . they hired consultant to get sons into elite us boarding schools, universities . hong kong is 16th leading place of origin of international students in us higher education . growing supply of consultants in hong kong helping students apply to us s... |
washington (cnn) there's a fight brewing and it could get ugly in one corner is the republican party and in the other the republican party the stakes could not be higher the gop has failed to get a majority of americans to vote for its presidential candidates in five of the last six elections and tuesday night's gu... | canmaker rhinocerotic arachnism | no related information |
hoylake, england (cnn) you can tell when tiger woods is stalking a major championship the air gets thicker, the galleries larger and the bristle of excitement notably louder especially in this part of the world, because liverpool's love affair with woods clearly hasn't slowed in the eight years since he last walked ... | tiger woods british 2006 third hoylake american thursday | tiger woods returns to the scene of his last british open success . the 2006 champion cards three under par 69 in opening round . he won his third open title at hoylake after death of his father . american followed by thousands of golf fans on thursday |
(cnn) in the heart of northern california's wine country, piles of stemware lay shattered on the ground building facades in historic downtown napa crumbled into the streets and residents who enjoyed decades of calm received a harsh reminder that intense quakes can strike anytime 'i was in shock to see people's homes... | napa california jerry brown | 'approximately 208' patients have been treated since the earthquake struck . 'we have exhausted our local resources,' napa's city manager says . california gov jerry brown declares a state of emergency |
(cnn) in lebanon's picturesque bekaa valley, life moves at a gentle pace tractors trundle along narrow country roads while sleepy vineyards blossom beneath the pleasant glare of the mid afternoon sun it's here, amidst this green and fertile hinterland, that the roots of lebanon's modern wine making industry have bor... | lebanon bekaa valley thousands of years lebanese syria middle east | wine has been produced in lebanon's bekaa valley for thousands of years . lebanese winemakers hope to play on that history when selling to international consumers . conflict in neighboring syria and around middle east have impacted lebanese wine industry |
(cnn) the human rights group amnesty international is calling on nigeria to arrest sudanese president omar al bashir if he attends an african union summit there on thursday al bashir is wanted by the international criminal court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity relating to a five year campaign o... | al bashir icc african union summit nigeria thursday | al bashir is wanted by icc on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity . al bashir may attend an african union summit in nigeria on thursday . al bashir remains president and has traveled to several countries since warrant was issued |
oakland, california (cnn) terrie light stands outside oakland's stunning new modern cathedral in a first of its kind garden that honors victims of clergy sexual abuse she was abused by a priest at age 7 for the first time, the catholic church has offered a garden that honors victims of clergy sex abuse 'it's a reall... | oakland july benedict xvi | garden at oakland's new cathedral provides relief to victims of church sex abuse . 'it's a really small, important physical representation of a horrific thing'. cathedral's provost says, 'we wanted to have a place respectful for their needs'. in july, pope benedict xvi called the sexual abuse acts by priests 'evil' |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) artist robert west is proud of his connection to the pullman company his grandfather, allen parrish, was a pullman porter and helped inspire some of his train paintings robert west paints his latest project in his atlanta, georgia, studio 'when i was growing up, we would often take grandfath... | despouse poltergeists septile | no related information |
kiev, ukraine (cnn) a planned missile defense system in eastern europe poses no threat to russia, president george bush said tuesday, responding to concerns that the us might use interceptor missiles for offensive purposes president bush, with president viktor yushchenko, praised ukraine's democratic and military re... | bush russia georgia ukraine nato european iran north korea us | new: bush: russia can't veto georgia's, ukraine's inclusion in nato's map program . european countries share doubts that system is designed to deter iran, north korea . us president says he will push for ukraine, georgia to join nato . analyst says both issues threaten to destabilize nato |
las vegas, nevada (cnn) a laptop with two touch screens in lieu of a keyboard, tablets running an unfinished version of google's android, 3 d tv sets that don't require glasses these are some of the most buzzed about gadgets at the consumer electronics show, but many of them aren't fully developed yet or primed for ... | sessions conenoses portraitists | no related information |
new york (cnn) mayor michael bloomberg announced thursday that some city snow plows will be fitted with global positioning systems in a pilot program meant to better track sanitation vehicles as officials brace for a winter storm 'it gives us the ability to check on the location and progress of our snow plows,' bloo... | bloomberg city hall winter new york new jersey connecticut | mayor bloomberg: some city snow plows will be fitted with global positioning systems . city will also deploy scout teams to transmit video images back to city hall . winter storm watch issued for new york, new jersey and connecticut |
(cnn) david beckham's proposed loan move to tottenham has been called off, but the soccer superstar will still train with the english club to maintain his fitness during the us off season tottenham had hoped the former england captain would join up in a temporary three month move to boost the club's premier league a... | los angeles galaxy david beckham mls tottenham england london italy ac milan | los angeles galaxy want david beckham back in february ahead of new mls season . tottenham had wanted to sign the veteran midfielder on loan for longer than that . the former england captain will train with london club to keep up his fitness . he suffered a serious injury while on loan to italy's ac milan last season |
(cnn) at least five people were killed sunday in a string of blasts before the start of a political rally in eastern india, authorities said the explosions occurred in patna, in bihar state, ahead of an appearance by opposition politician narendra modi, the bharatiya janta party's prime ministerial candidate for nex... | palafitte luteolins chinovnik | no related information |
(cnn) it's a sad day for britain's panda lovers after weeks of waiting, experts announced tuesday that they no longer believe edinburgh zoo's female giant panda, tian tian, is pregnant hopes had been high that tian tian, who has been on loan to the zoo for less than two years, might produce a panda cub to wow the cr... | edinburgh zoo's tian tian britain washington atlanta cubs | edinburgh zoo's tian tian is the only female giant panda in britain . experts believe she conceived and carried a fetus to late term before losing it . giant pandas in washington and atlanta had cubs this summer |
(cnet) google wave and google buzz may have had troubles attracting usage, but the new ability to place calls from gmail appears to have caught on quickly 'over 1,000,000 calls placed from gmail in just 24 hours!' google tweeted thursday, evidently pleased with the number for comparison, there are somewhat more than... | gmail us canada just 24 hours google thursday the day | new service lets gmail users make free calls to us and canada and cheap calls overseas . 'over 1,000,000 calls placed from gmail in just 24 hours!' google tweeted thursday . author had two successes with the service the day it launched, both unplanned |
(cnn) private aircraft manufacturers are increasingly targeting africa's growing economies as the resource rich continent is quietly emerging as an important hub in global business aviation in a continent where commercial routes are often limited, a growing number of smaller, privately owned planes are now taking to... | breakably acetonyl fishline | no related information |
orlando (cnn) first, it was a record breaking book series, selling more than 450 million copies worldwide then, it became the most successful movie franchise in history now, it is a theme park phenomenon that has fans in a frenzy diagon alley, a second area of the wizarding world of harry potter, opens july 8 at uni... | carcinophobia dakotan bacteriostatic | no related information |
madrid, spain (cnn) spanish police tuesday arrested two moroccan men suspected of having links to islamic terrorism, spain's ministry of interior said, including one man wanted in connection with attacks in casablanca in 2003 mohamed el bay is thought to have been trying to buy weapons and explosives the arrests wer... | fusobacterium crunchingness hirples | no related information |
(cnn) the rev jeremiah wright on monday said the black church, not him, had been subjected to attacks in the 2008 presidential campaign speaking before the national press club, sen barack obama's former pastor sought to give insight into the black church and clarify some of his remarks that have sparked a firestorm ... | jeremiah wright wright obama | the rev jeremiah wright seeks to explain theology of black church . wright says criticisms come from those who have not heard his whole sermons . new: obama: 'folks in my past like rev wright' may cause some voters concern |
(cnn) preliminary results of an investigation show that tuesday's massive power outage in florida was caused by human error, florida power and light president armando olivera said friday a field engineer was diagnosing a switch that had malfunctioned at fpl's flagami substation in west miami without authorization, t... | florida power and light fpl tuesday | a field engineer disabled two levels of relay protection, florida power and light says . fpl: actions were contrary to standard procedures and established practices . the employee has been suspended with pay as the investigation continues . about 3 million people lost power tuesday |
(cnn) borussia dortmund moved seven points clear in the german bundesliga with a 2 0 victory over fellow title hopefuls hamburg in front of a sellout home crowd of 80,720 on friday night japan midfielder shinji kagawa scored the opener four minutes after halftime, and was also involved as paraguay forward lucas barr... | patter womanizing usnea | no related information |
washington (cnn) the nation's top military man warned monday of a potentially dangerous gulf between the civilian world and men and women in uniform joint chiefs chairman adm mike mullen said most americans know 'precious little' about the military 'to the degree we are out of touch i believe it is a very dangerous ... | mullen americans | fewer people serve from fewer parts of the country, mullen says . wars remain an abstraction for most americans, he says . 'we cannot afford to be out of touch with them' |
rome (cnn) italy's constitutional court thursday struck down key parts of a law that would protect prime minister silvio berlusconi from prosecution the law was designed to halt criminal proceedings against top government officials for 18 months on the grounds that they are too busy to appear in court but italy's to... | italian 18 months | new: the law will automatically be modified by the court ruling . the italian law would have stopped prosecutions against top officials for 18 months . a court says that's too long, and that judges must decide who can face trial . berlusconi faces two ongoing prosecutions and another is pending |
(cnn) howard schultz joined starbucks in 1982 while on a business trip in italy, he visited milan's famous espresso bars impressed with their popularity and culture, he saw their potential in seattle from june 2000 to february 2005, mr schultz also held the title of chief global strategist from the company's ince... | schultz starbucks dreamworks animation | schultz joined the starbucks company in 1982 . he has held a number of positions in the company including ceo and president . schultz serves on the board of firectors of dreamworks animation |
tucson, arizona (cnn) in between consoling those touched by saturday's arizona shooting and warning the nation against politicizing the tragedy, president barack obama delivered some good news in his address at a tucson memorial event on wednesday rep gabrielle giffords of arizona has opened her eyes for the first t... | obama giffords first scripture obamas | obama says rep giffords has opened her eyes for first time since shooting . obama says that 'scripture tells us that there is evil in the world'. rep giffords' recovery is 'going as anticipated,' the hospital says . the obamas visited giffords in the hospital |
(cnn) china took advantage of a kuwait sending off to make a winning start to the 2011 asian cup on saturday the 2 0 victory mirrored the result of friday's tournament opening match, leaving two teams on three points in group a following uzbekistan's surprise win over hosts qatar kuwait had to play for almost an hou... | kuwait musaed neda first 2011 asian cup first half china second group a zhang linpeng deng zhuoxiang the second half qatar uzbekistan friday | kuwait's musaed neda becomes first player to be sent off at 2011 asian cup . defender's first half dismissal helps china win 2 0 in the second match in group a . zhang linpeng and deng zhuoxiang score in the second half in qatar . hosts beaten 2 0 by uzbekistan in friday's tournament opening match |
(cnn) ukrainian club metalist kharkiv have been thrown out of uefa competitions for a year after european soccer's governing body found them guilty on match fixing charges metalist, who finished runners up in the ukrainian premier league, had been drawn to play german side schalke in the final qualifying stage of th... | outsmile ulcus utmosts | no related information |
london (cnn) 'you know, bernie (ecclestone) is a good friend of mine and i have tried to persuade him that india has a market that should not be ignored i would be very, very disappointed if india fell into the category of being in the f1 calendar and then being permanently out of the calendar' so says dr vijay mall... | vijay mallya formula one force india india 2014 the following year mallya f1 | businessman vijay mallya is living his dream as a formula one team boss . force india co owner hopes his home country will continue to host the sport . india race is off 2014 calendar but is expected to return the following year . mallya says india has hundreds of millions of potential f1 fans |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) this is a story of two test drives, albeit two very different ones recently i got behind the wheels of two highly anticipated new model electric cars the first of what could be a new wave of electric vehicles in the united states made available for my scrutiny as a typical driver were the ... | nissan leaf atlanta chevy the east coast 70 mph | writer test drives nissan leaf in atlanta and drives chevy volt up the east coast . cars are zippy off the line, and super quiet even at 70 mph . they look better in person, writer says . most buyers will be interested in environment, but will also get good, fun car |
new york (cnn) the tragic death of president lech kaczynski and poland's political and military elite among the trees of the katyn forest is surreal, given that in those same woods, thousands of polish prisoners of war were murdered by joseph stalin's secret police the delegation was headed for the katyn forest near... | polish katyn massacre alex storozynski soviets 1940 russians poles | plane crash killed many polish leaders headed to commemorate katyn massacre . alex storozynski says the massacre by soviets in 1940 remains a source of friction . polish president, killed in crash, was voice of those who wanted to know about the massacre . storozynski hopes for reconciliation for russians and poles sti... |
atlanta (cnn) keith fitzhugh could have spent this weekend at new meadowlands stadium, being regaled by some 83,000 fans as a member of the new york jets instead, he chose to keep his day job, working on the railroad no spotlights, no television cameras, no adoring throngs the only waves that he could get seconds... | keith fitzhugh norfolk southern tuesday the new york jets fitzhugh jets nfl | keith fitzhugh is a new employee with norfolk southern railroad . on tuesday, the new york jets offered to fly him so he could join the team . fitzhugh turned down the jets' offer, choosing a stable job near his family . the ex mississippi state star has been cut three times by nfl teams |
(cnn) gunmen who arrived by boats launched attacks on at least seven locations in mumbai, india, on wednesday night, killing more than 120 people, authorities say indian soldiers take position outside chabad house, the scene of one the mumbai attacks by friday morning, authorities believed militants still were in tw... | british indian mumbai jewish | gunmen arrived by boats, split into at least three groups, authorities say . british authorities: indian navy probing ship where boats may have originated . more than 120 people killed in mumbai attacks since wednesday . gunmen still believed to be in two hotels, jewish residence on friday morning |
(cnn) the nobel peace prize was awarded on october 11 to the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons (opcw), the body overseeing the destruction of syria's chemical arsenal since its creation in 1993, opcw has helped eliminate roughly 80% of world's declared chemical stockpile a remarkable achievemen... | opcw 80% van den berg | opcw's eradication of 80% of chemical weapons show growing role of science in world affairs . science now playing major role in tackling key issues from climate change to conflict resolution . van den berg: 'science diplomatic passports' could allow unfettered access for researchers . van den berg: science should be at... |
london (cnn) for a few days, lockitron looked like the little app that would, and should, but then couldn't lockitron, which enables doors to be unlocked through a smart phone, was rejected by kickstarter in october it was turned away for being a home improvement product, which the funding platform does not support ... | wharfie underfortified duodecimole | no related information |
(mental floss) the men's ncaa division i hoops championship game is tonight, and we can't tell you whether uconn or butler is going to win we can predict two things, though the winning team will cut down the nets and cbs will show a highlight montage set to the song 'one shining moment' let's take a look at the orig... | nc everett case 1947 david barrett one shining moment 1986 teddy pendergrass luther vandross jennifer hudson | nc state coach everett case wanted a souvenir when he cut nets down in 1947 . players hoisted their coach onto their shoulders as he did his snipping. david barrett composed 'one shining moment' in 1986 after failing to woo a woman . teddy pendergrass, luther vandross and jennifer hudson have sang the lyrics |
(cnn) it's been nine months since pop music superstar whitney houston passed away, but her legacy continues to live on via television musical tributes, a recently released greatest hits compilation, the dvd release of her final film work, 'sparkle,' and a critically panned reality show starring her family members 't... | randee st nicholas pat houston houston tribute to an icon | acclaimed music photographer randee st nicholas curated coffee table book . sister in law pat houston conceptualized project to shine light on houston's legacy . 'tribute to an icon' features works from top fashion and entertainment photographers |
(cnn) edith 'edie' windsor lost her spouse in 2009, her grief compounded by an estate tax bill much larger than other married couples would have to pay because her decades long partner was also a woman, the federal government in legal terms did not recognize the same sex marriage, even though their home state of new... | edith edie | edith 'edie' windsor lost her spouse in 2009 and got a tax bill that triggered legal fight . justices meet friday to decide if they will accept any of 10 pending marriage related appeals . some states have approved same sex marriage; while others have banned it . the 5 4 conservative liberal bench has the option of rul... |
(cnn) bodies torn apart by the weapons of war the bloody corpse of a man hit by shelling as he walked under trees, a shopkeeper's mutilated body in front of her store, a broom lying nearby some three months after pro russian rebels declared an independent 'donetsk people's republic,' ukrainian government forces are ... | picketing olpidium nonquantitative | no related information |
(cnn) for five years, michael emerson was the villain who stole just about every scene on 'lost' (and he has the emmy to prove it) he was such an important part of that landmark series that it only seemed to make sense that he ended up on the side of good, keeping watch on the island when it was all over now emerson... | michael emerson 'person of interest' terry o'quinn new york emerson joker carrie preston 'true blood this week | following 'lost,' michael emerson has settled into hit series 'person of interest'. he spends lots of time with former co star terry o'quinn on a new island, new york . emerson voices the joker in an upcoming animated film . emerson's wife, carrie preston of 'true blood,' guest stars this week |
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