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musanze, rwanda (cnn) for rwanda's national cycling team, survivors of its genocide, cycling is proving to have an unlikely healing power eighteen years after the genocide of tutsis that claimed an estimated 800,000 lives in all, team rwanda is now gaining international recognition, and one member will compete at th... | rwanda 1994 2012 olympics | rwanda's cycling team are survivors of its 1994 genocide . one member will compete at the 2012 olympics . many started riding on heavy wooden bikes, used for farm transport |
(cnn) employers in denmark have started paying compensation to women who have developed breast cancer after working night shifts studies have shown that nurses working night shifts have an increased risk of developing breast cancer thirty eight eight women have so far received payments via their employers' insurance... | danish who | danish women who got breast cancer after night work get compensation . women must have worked at least one night a week for 20 to 30 years . who have concluded that working night shifts 'probably causes cancer' |
(cnn) in focus: islamic finance and the arab spring in the wake of a season of regional revolts, islamist parties are reasserting themselves in the post arab spring states from the election of moderate islamic group of ennahda in tunisia to talk of sharia law in libya western politicians and businesses are keeping... | mme the arab spring islamic egypt hassan heikal egyptian efg hermes | mme looks at whether the arab spring has opened the door for islamic finance . economic fallout from the arab spring meant egypt was downgraded by ratings agency . mme talks to hassan heikal, the ceo of egyptian bank, efg hermes |
(cnn) 'twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do so throw off the bowlines sail away from the safe harbor catch the trade winds in your sails explore dream discover' mark twain italian mountaineer reinhold messner, whose expeditions have insp... | italian reinhold messner james thompson 40s nifty fifties | italian mountaineer reinhold messner has inspired others to seek adventure . psychologist dr james thompson says adventurers tend to be more extroverted . women in their 40s are leading the charge towards adventure . insurers say 'nifty fifties' are seeking adventures once the kids have left home |
(cnn) in focus: morocco's ambitious plans the north african country is heading to the polls this week after suffering unrest earlier this year the international monetary fund estimates unemployment in morocco at 9% this year as the country is trying to diversify its economy and provide jobs mme looks at how morocco... | imf morocco 9% this year europe mme palestinian zahi khouri the west bank | the imf estimates morocco's unemployment figures at 9% this year . morocco's proximity to europe combined with global shipping options could be the solution . mme talks with palestinian entrepreneur zahi khouri about doing business in the west bank |
new delhi, india (cnn) after months of delays the trial of the lone surviving suspect in the mumbai terror attacks finally got underway friday soldiers patrol in mumbai on the eve of the trial of a key suspect in last year's attacks in the indian city mohammad ajmal kasab is charged with 12 criminal counts including... | months mumbai mohammed ajmal kasab 21 november | after months of delays trial of suspect in mumbai terror attacks finally gets underway . mohammed ajmal kasab, 21, is accused of being the only gunmen to survive siege . the november siege targeted victims at mumbai hotels, hospitals, railway stations |
havana, cuba (cnn) ernest hemingway hasn't lived here in over 50 years but finca vigia is still his home in the garden there's his boat 'the pilar' used to hunt marlin and then nazi subs off cuba during world war ii scrawled on a bathroom wall next to a scale are the daily records of what the writer weighed lizards ... | ernest hemingway finca vigia havana cuba us | ernest hemingway lived at finca vigia outside havana for over 20 years . the house, now a museum, receives over 40,000 visitors a year . despite its popularity, finca vigia nearly fell victim to cuba's humid, hurricane prone environment . a team is navigating us embargo restrictions to bring restoration experts to the ... |
(cnn) ned vizzini, who shot to fame at a young age for his teenage novels focusing on youth depression and anxieties, has died in his books, vizzini openly talked about his struggle with depression he died thursday of blunt impact injuries to the head, torso and extremities 'the manner of death was suicide,' the new... | odontognathic overpopulating deduplication | no related information |
istanbul (cnn) turkey appointed its new military chiefs at the end of four day supreme military council meeting on thursday, filling the vacant positions after the country's top four commanding officers left their jobs en masse last friday their unprecedented departures were due to disagreements between the military... | turkey last week military council | turkey names four new top commanders . the previous top four quit last week . military council extends tenure of officers jailed on coup charges |
editor's note: reese witherspoon, the academy award winning actress, is honorary chairman of the avon foundation and is employed by avon products as its global ambassador reese witherspoon says she wants to banish the myth that young women are not at risk for breast cancer (cnn) every three minutes in the united sta... | advancements fad benzoxyacetic | no related information |
washington (cnn) as president barack obama prepares to deliver one of the most important addresses of his presidency, the american public remains deeply skeptical and confused about his plan to strike syria what it would accomplish, and whether it is even necessary now, given the russian proposal to place syria's... | yelper poulardes tape | no related information |
seoul, south korea (cnn) a man who tried to swim across a river to north korea was killed by a rain of bullets fired at him by south korean soldiers, a military official said the shooting took place monday afternoon at the heavily fortified border that separates the two koreas the south korean man managed to get pas... | the imjin river south korea north | new: about 30 soldiers fired 'several hundred shots,' a military official says . new: the man ignored repeated warnings to turn back, he says . the man jumped into the imjin river at the border with a float and began swimming . attempts to defect from south korea to the north are rare |
hong kong (cnn) at this very moment, in a major chinese city, a worker is boarding a train home his journey is just one of 34 billion trips that will be taken during china's lunar new year an unprecedented number of chinese will travel home this year to be with family and friends during the holiday, making it the wo... | hukou china citizens | household registration system 'hukou' behind china's mass migration . system divides the population into rural and urban residents . citizens can only access social services where they are registered . migrant workers have restricted access to education, welfare, medical and housing benefits |
(cnn) patrick kennedy is sprawled in a too small chair in a tiny courtyard in atlanta, talking to a reporter and trying to catch the early spring sunlight the 43 year old kennedy left congress in january, after spending more than half his life in public office now he's outside the carter center, taking a break afte... | us patrick kennedy moonshot kennedy | former us rep patrick kennedy launching new effort to map the human brain . 'moonshot' will work toward curing 'every kind of brain disease'. kennedy's own addiction, mental health issue drive passion . kennedy: 'i'm looking to live more than just surviving' |
(cnn) at least 20 people were killed and six injured wednesday in a mine explosion in northeastern colombia near the border with venezuela, the government run colombian institute of geology and mining, known by the acronym ingeominas, reported 'at this time, personnel from ingeominas are at the scene of the accident... | isacoustic supercarbonize raffish | no related information |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) a member of the haqqani network a family whose brutal tactics have helped foment instability in afghanistan for decades is dead in pakistan nasiruddin haqqani's bullet riddled body was found in the bara kahu area sunday night he had been shot more than 20 times, a senior pakistani int... | nasiruddin haqqani's pakistani haqqani network jalaluddin haqqani the haqqani network taliban al qaeda new york times sopranos the afghanistan war | nasiruddin haqqani's bullet riddled body found, pakistani intelligence official says . he was eldest son of haqqani network founder jalaluddin haqqani . the haqqani network is aligned with the taliban and al qaeda . new york times describes haqqani network as 'sopranos of the afghanistan war' |
london, england (cnn) a spate of suicides at france telecom has put the spotlight on workplace stress and the devastating impact it can have on employees france telecom employees protest against work conditions following a colleague's suicide there have been 24 suicides and 13 attempted suicides among france telecom... | france telecom japan | 24 suicides among france telecom employees since the beginning of 2008 . recession means there is more chance of workers suffering from stress . in japan there are more than 300 annual cases of 'death from overwork' |
(cnn) facetime: mahmoud jibril, former libyan interim prime minister after the death of colonel gadhafi, libya is looking towards a new and very different future this week in a special edition from the shores of the dead sea in jordan, mme sits down with the country's former interim prime minister mahmoud jibril to... | unpack calendarist hematins | no related information |
(cnn) 'who's the treasurer?' brothers brant and dylan ozanich and wyatt mccall were at a motorcycle shop in hamilton, montana, ordering a part for dylan's bike when they met two old bikers from texas and talked with them about their trip across the country although they had no treasurer, brant pointed to mccall to a... | america seattle new york city los angeles maryland | three young men set out to discover america from their motorcycle seats . the best meal of the trip wasn't in seattle, new york city or los angeles . a national park in maryland delivered a surprising musical interlude |
(cnn) the united nations is holding a summit this week in rio de janeiro on global sustainable development, but, incredibly, family planning is not on the agenda how can the summit ignore this elephant in the room? when the world's population hit 7 billion in october, experts warned that if nothing is done, the glob... | jenny shipley shipley | jenny shipley: rio summit on sustainable development must address population growth . shipley: family planning is essential to summit's goal, yet it's not on agenda . shipley says 215 million women who want to plan families have no access to birth control . shipley: family planning enormously benefits women's lives, th... |
(cnn) as you are standing in an airport security line this thanksgiving week, waiting to be funneled into one of the invasive new body imaging machines, or, if you decline that, to be pulled aside and subjected to a way too personal pat down, ask yourself how you would feel if you lived in a country like this: you ... | bob greene us tsa greene americans | bob greene says prior to the '70s, us commercial airports relied on trust . until now, tsa faced few real challenges to airport security since 9/11, he says . have the new screening machines and pat downs crossed the line? greene asks . a protest would pit americans trying to keep people safe against those who want to ... |
(cnn) more than 1,700 flights were canceled wednesday as many holiday travelers looked to return home while a powerful series of storms advanced on the northeast us airways canceled 376 flights, according to spokeswoman michelle mohr 'that is out of a total of 3,200 flights on this busy traveling day,' she said unit... | american airlines greyhound lines travelers | new: american airlines scrubbed 500 flights wednesday . new: flight tracking website says at least 1,700 flights were canceled . greyhound lines also affected by snowy roads, windy conditions . travelers encouraged to check status of flights, bus, trains before leaving home |
(cnn) supermodel naomi campbell took the stand thursday in the trial of former liberian president charles taylor and said she received a gift of 'dirty looking stones' that she assumed was from him campbell was handed the stones following a dinner hosted by nelson mandela in 1997 'when i was sleeping i had a knock o... | naomi campbell charles taylor taylor sierra leone | naomi campbell tells trial she received small pouch of 'dirty looking' stones 13 years ago . tells trial that two men knocked on her door in the middle of the night . says she assumed they were from charles taylor after it was suggested he may have been behind the gift . taylor faces war crimes charges over a conflict ... |
(cnn) as a group of tourists was passing through the villages of lesna and zabrody in the north east of poland last month, they caught glimpse of something that immediately sent them reaching for their cameras strolling through the meadows near the densely forested bialowieza national park were three magnificent eur... | european poland animal the 1920s | european bison have been successfully reintroduced to poland . animal was declared extinct in the country in the 1920s . around 1,200 animals are closely monitored by conservation groups . controlling population is now an issue with hunting a controversial proposal |
(cnn) an alleged new case of waterboarding emerged in a massive report thursday detailing brutal cia interrogations of libyan detainees last decade before they were handed over to moammar gadhafi's regime mohammed al shoroeiya 'provided detailed and credible testimony that he was waterboarded on repeated occasions d... | autoneurotoxin offlap trichopteron | no related information |
editor's note: join roland s martin for his weekly sound off segment on cnncom live at 10:30 am wednesday if you're passionate about politics, he wants to hear from you a supporter of sen barack obama, martin is a nationally syndicated columnist and chicago, illinois based radio host he is the author of 'listening to t... | menstrue arabians dusking | no related information |
(cnn) ireporters have a message for richard wright: shine on, you crazy diamond jessica schuette's tattoo reminds her of her late friend, who was a big fan of pink floyd wright, a founding member of epic rock group pink floyd, died monday the keyboardist had been battling cancer and succumbed at his home in britain ... | richard wright jimi lee first dark side of the moon wright | pink floyd fans shared their memories of late keyboardist richard wright . ireporters include theater company member who paid tribute to the band . jimi lee remembers the first time he heard 'dark side of the moon'. share your memories of pink floyd and wright at ireportcom |
(cnn) republican presidential candidate john mccain is just holding on like a boxer before he gets knocked out, comedian chris rock says comedian chris rock told larry king he's proud of barack obama's character rock, an avid supporter of democratic presidential nominee barack obama, spoke with cnn's larry king on ... | chris rock larry king mccain obama | chris rock tells larry king that mccain is on the verge of getting knocked out . 'i hope obama wins just because the country needs it'. rock says he can't support a guy like mccain with '12 houses'. says vote for the guy with one house, cause he's scared of losing it |
washington (cnn) some experts are skeptical that anything could have stopped robert hawkins from going on a murderous rampage at an omaha, nebraska, shopping mall on wednesday a police car sits outside the westroads mall in omaha, nebraska, on thursday 'this is not something that anybody can reasonably anticipate,' ... | omaha nebraska study by police foundation | malls expected to assess security arrangements in wake of wednesday shooting . gunman at omaha, nebraska, mall killed 8 people and himself . some security experts say such incidents are impossible to anticipate . study by police foundation says training drills for mall guards are inadequate |
(cnn) authorities say they believe a young female who died after a shootout outside a walmart store was connected to the shooting suspect the female thought to be a teenager was one of two people killed in the sunday afternoon shooting in port orchard, washington 'we don't think she was just a store patron un... | unresponsive handmaid overspends | no related information |
(cnn) the cost of repairing flood damage in australia will top aus $56 billion (us $558 billion), according to prime minister julia gillard, who proposed a one year tax to help fund the reconstruction 'the great floods of this summer have been a national tragedy, not just a natural disaster, because of the awful los... | $18 billion a year billions of dollars queensland | money to pay for flood damage will come from spending cuts, delayed spending and a tax . tax would raise $18 billion and would be levied for a year . more than 3 million people have been affected by recent floods . the government will be investing billions of dollars to help queensland, national treasurer says |
jerusalem (cnn) israeli police and security services have arrested four palestinian men in connection with the december slaying of american tourist kristine luken, authorities said the four suspects are palestinians from the villages of tarkumieh and tzurif near hebron in the southern west bank, police spokesman mic... | kristine luken's second hamas | 4 other men are suspected of being accomplices . the suspects will be charged with kristine luken's murder and a second death . they told police the motive was revenge for the death of a hamas leader |
(cnn) a wanted florida man shot and killed two st petersburg police officers monday morning, and later the apparent assailant was found dead after police used a backhoe to tear through his house, authorities said st petersburg police chief chuck harmon said the two slain members of his department were 'ambushed' by ... | hydra lacy jr st petersburg jeffrey yaslowitz tom baitinger lacy us | new: police identify hydra lacy jr, 39, as the man who killed two police officers . st petersburg officers jeffrey yaslowitz and tom baitinger are killed . police used a backhoe to tear down a house and find the wanted lacy . a third officer, a us marshal, was also shot but is 'doing well' |
(cnn) aurora, colorado, is a city in mourning after a gunman opened fire in a crowded movie theater, killing 12 and injuring 58 friends, family members and those simply wanting to offer support have gathered together in remembrance services throughout the community for anyone wanting to extend their sympathy and wor... | underborn branchlike trastevere | no related information |
washington (cnn) men taking any of three erectile dysfunction drugs viagra, levitra or cialis may be at increased risk for sudden hearing loss, prompting food and drug administration officials to require label changes for the medications the fda is requiring label changes for drugs that may increase the risk o... | dismoded redock megalogastria | no related information |
gaza city (cnn) about 150 pro fatah palestinians seeking refuge from a hamas crackdown in eastern gaza city were allowed into israel on saturday, an israel defense forces spokesman told cnn fatah members are led handcuffed and blindfolded through a gaza city checkpoint into israel on saturday they were let in at th... | adducible pigsneys saskatoon | no related information |
jerusalem (cnn) blasts of heavy machine gun fire and explosions from airstrikes filled the air in gaza early sunday morning, hours after israel rolled thousands of troops into the palestinian territory israeli soldiers on the israeli gaza border wait to enter gaza on saturday night at least four palestinians have be... | gaza un hamas | new: death toll in gaza since airstrikes began is at 460 . new: un secretary general says ground assault mars peace efforts . incursion's aim is to halt hamas rockets, not regime change, spokesman says . hamas spokesman: 'gaza will be your cemetery' |
atlanta (cnn) an investigation is underway in northwest georgia after a police officer shot and killed 17 year old christopher roupe there are conflicting reports as to what happened according to an affidavit dated friday, two police officers went to a home in euharlee, georgia, to serve probation violation arrest w... | christopher roupe 17 a wii remote gbi | authorities say christopher roupe, 17, pointed a handgun at the officer . a family attorney says the teenager was just holding a wii remote . the gbi promises an investigation into the use of force |
washington (cnn) president barack obama signed legislation friday temporarily restoring full funding to the federal aviation administration, breaking a political impasse and allowing roughly 4,000 furloughed federal employees to return to work the measure also promises to restore tens of thousands of jobs in the con... | obama faa democrats republicans | new: obama has signed a bill temporarily restoring full faa funding . the legislation will allow roughly 4,000 federal employees to return to work . democrats and republicans remain divided over the unionization of airline employees . the two parties also are split over federal funding for smaller rural airports |
(cnn) helena costa has had second thoughts over coaching french second tier side clermont foot in may, clermont appointed costa, who was previously in charge of the iran women's national team, as the club's manager for next season clermont president claude michy described the 36 year old portuguese's decision as 'su... | helena costa french second clermont foot clermont may costa | helena costa opts to leave french second tier side clermont foot . clermont had announced her appointment in may . french club give no explanation for costa's change of heart |
(cnn) for many americans, this summer has been miserably hot heat advisories and warnings have been issued from coast to coast, with high temperatures often reaching into the triple digits, and july went into the record books as the hottest month ever for the continental united states but in certain parts of the wor... | us el azizia libya 1922 | scorching temperatures in the us are common for many other countries . the world's highest air temperature was recorded in el azizia, libya, in 1922 . but weather stations aren't in some of the world's hottest spots, scientists say |
(cnn) turkey's istanbul, the city where east meets west, is seen as a potentially pivotal center for relations between europe and asia now turkey, once home of the ottoman empire one of the most powerful empires in the world before its demise in the 1920s is on the rise again, with its economy proving to be on... | istanbul europe asia turkey european sabanci group guler sabanci | istanbul is seen as a potentially pivotal center for relations between europe and asia . turkey's economy is proving to be one of the strongest in the european region . sabanci group chair, guler sabanci, warns europe's slowdown is 'an important issue' for turkey |
(cnn) for sale: one million barrels of crude oil attractive discount offered currently sitting off moroccan coast that's what the iraqi kurds are offering potential buyers, much to the fury of the government in baghdad it amounts to a declaration of economic independence, fraying the already tattered ties holding ir... | 45 billion barrels kurdish us iraq | there may be the equivalent of 45 billion barrels of oil under kurdish land . us opposes sales as a destabilizing factor . the kurdish government needs cash quickly . iraq is 'falling apart,' the region's president says |
jerusalem (cnn) an israeli official saturday dismissed as 'strange' turkey's actions, including its decision to expel israel's ambassador, offering seemingly unwavering remarks on the same day a top turkish official threatened to soon bring israel before the international court of justice deputy foreign minister dan... | turkey israel danny ayalon channel 2 palestinian un gaza | turkey will bring a case against israel to a global court this week, a minister says . turkey has expelled israel's ambassador in part due to a lack of apology over a 2010 raid . deputy foreign minister danny ayalon tells channel 2 israel 'did well not to apologize'. a palestinian leader criticizes a un report approvin... |
(cnn) the 30 page nba document detailing the charges against donald sterling accuses the longtime owner of the los angeles clippers of trying to persuade v stiviano to tell a league investigator she altered a recording and it wasn't sterling making racist remarks on the audio, the los angeles times reported tuesday ... | los angeles times nba sterling times: times | los angeles times reports on contents of nba document on sterling . times: league suggests team president got a copy of recording before it was released . times: sterling and his wife are not estranged in the minds of the nba . new: commissioner says league would hire investment bankers to sell team, if it comes to tha... |
bannu, pakistan (cnn) the road to bannu city in the northwest of pakistan is a journey through the elements harsh wind and rain make way for bursts of sunshine in june, a month of typically oppressive heat when illnesses such as diarrhea and typhoid are common, alongside the ever looming specter of polio it is in th... | north waziristan families pakistani world food program | hundreds queue in stifling heat for food after fleeing north waziristan . families fled after pakistani military launched offensive against militants . government has been criticized for imposing curfew, not warning locals to leave . strong army presence overseeing crowded world food program distribution points |
washington (cnn) the united kingdom has mi 5, which roots out spies and terrorists in the british isles the rand corporation said one option would be for domestic intelligence to operate under the fbi canada has csis the canadian security intelligence service now congress is asking: should the us have its own dom... | indemnity settos laminability | no related information |
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(cnn) embarrassing defeats, criticism from fans and former players, a major health scare for its long serving chairman arsenal's season is not getting any easier the english premier league club's stalwart figurehead peter hill wood is recovering in hospital after suffering a heart attack the day before arsenal's ... | cologs nonmelodically dihalo | no related information |
(cnn) sudan's president was seen smiling, dancing and speaking to a huge crowd of supporters thursday, a day after a warrant was issued for his arrest on war crimes charges sudan's president omar hassan al bashir waves to supporters in khartoum on wednesday the display of defiance came as international aid agencies ... | nongenealogically jamboree palpations | no related information |
(cnn) if you want a snapshot of the challenges facing newspapers, you should have been with me at the exhibition area at the sxsw interactive gathering in austin, texas, a few days ago the new york times had set up a booth, with hundreds of other companies, and a woman was hawking print and digital subscriptions a m... | washery emprize cleansable | no related information |
(cnn) a massachusetts teen accused of raping a fellow student at a summer sports camp pleaded not guilty tuesday galileo mondol, 17, is one of three high school junior varsity soccer players who authorities allege entered a cabin occupied by freshman students and assaulted three victims at a camp in western massachu... | galileo mondol mondol defense jv boston last week | galileo mondol faces charges that include aggravated rape of a child . mondol pleads not guilty at arraignment . defense attorney: 'he knows he will be exonerated'. three jv soccer players from suburban boston were arrested last week |
(cnn) if you had caught me straight out of college at age 22 in the halls of the vermont state house where i was a lobbyist in training and asked me what i was gonna do with my life, i would have told you that i had just passed the hsk, otherwise known as the chinese equivalency exam, and was planning to study law a... | abigail washburn us china doc watson chinese | abigail washburn: i wanted to be study law and help improve us china relations . washburn: one night i heard doc watson sing and my life changed . she says that she got a banjo and started learning music and singing chinese songs . washburn: music is a powerful way to connect people and cultures |
(cnn) kathleen hanna isn't wonder woman despite her iconic status as a 'famous feminist' as one of the leaders of the '90s riot grrrl movement from her days in bikini kill she is also human and when her body started failing her, she realized she couldn't do it all, which is why she called a hiatus for her band... | hanna | hanna is in remission from late stage lyme disease . she's back with a new album and new band . hanna says she loves to do country music |
(cnn) miley cyrus is hearing about her infamous twerking performance at the mtv video music awards from her tv grandmother 'i know what a lot of my generation is thinking: they're appalled,' vicki lawrence tells cnn lawrence played miley's 'mamaw ruthie' from 2006 to 2011 on the disney channel's 'hannah montana' law... | vicki lawrence miley cyrus' lawrence cyrus hannah montana vma | actress vicki lawrence weighs in on miley cyrus' twerking . lawrence played cyrus' grandmother on 'hannah montana'. lawrence spoke highly of her co star but questions the vma stunt |
washington (cnn) president barack obama unveiled a new $5 billion veterans jobs plan friday that the administration says will put thousands of men and women who once wore their country's uniform back to work the new veterans jobs corps initiative, first mentioned in the president's state of the union address last we... | obama the veterans administration interior department grant $5 billion congress | new: obama calls jobs for veterans 'a top priority'. the initiative would involve the veterans administration and interior department . grant money would be awarded to towns and fire departments that train and hire veterans . the proposal's $5 billion price tag makes it a potentially tough sell in congress |
(cnn) having had to request and frequently justify force requirements for combat and noncombat missions, i know that terms like 'mission creep' and 'boots on the ground' in connection with america's intervention in iraq are frustratingly ill defined and usually improperly used by those who have likely never had to p... | evolute illegitimacy curacoas | no related information |
miami, florida (cnn) a woman on a boat died after a spotted eagle ray leaped from the water off the florida keys thursday and struck her, officials said the dead spotted eagle ray lies on the deck of a boat in florida the force of the blow pushed the woman backward and she died when she hit her head on the boat dec... | michigan about 75 pounds | new: woman's death result of impact after fish strikes her on boat, officials say . victim was 57 year old woman from michigan . spotted eagle ray weighed about 75 pounds, sheriff's spokeswoman says . woman, who was with her father and family, was pronounced dead at hospital |
new delhi, india (cnn) more than a dozen trucks loaded with fruits, spices and other goods tuesday crossed the line dividing kashmir as india and pakistan opened a symbolic trade route in the disputed region for the first time in more than 60 years kashmiris watch as indian trucks cross into the border town of chako... | crimean enactment achrodextrin | no related information |
(cnn) republican vice presidential nominee gov sarah palin vowed on tuesday to use her executive experience to tackle government reform and energy independence if she and sen john mccain win this year's presidential election alaska gov sarah palin speaks with cnn's drew griffin tuesday 'it's going to be government r... | palin barack obama america north carolina last week | new: if elected, palin says she will address energy issues, government reform . new: palin says she has more executive experience than sen barack obama . palin says she did not intend to imply that parts of america more patriotic than others . palin made the controversial remarks at a rally in north carolina last week |
london, england (cnn) getting 'out of this world' with civilian space travel is not quite as simple as you may think ready for launch: video game programmer richard garriott shown in training for his space flight in october aside from the obvious financial limitations which restrict space tourism to the rich and the... | richard garriott space adventures garriott | richard garriott will fly with space adventures into space in october . training involves physical, practical and safety preparation . garriott says the toughest part is a spinning chair designed to make you vomit . learning to go to the toilet in space is part of the training |
(cnn) sen barack obama will take a break from campaigning thursday so he can visit his ailing grandmother in hawaii, an obama spokesman said monday sen barack obama will take a break from campaigning so he can visit his ailing grandmother 'sen obama's grandmother madelyn dunham has always been one of the most impo... | hillary clinton floridians obama thursday indiana saturday michelle obama friday mccain biden | new: sen hillary clinton urges floridians to back obama in appearance with him . obama will leave campaign trail thursday after indiana stop and return saturday . rest of thursday events canceled; michelle obama will stand in on friday . mccain references biden comment that obama will be tested with early crisis |
washington (cnn) hypocritical contemptible dishonest 'obamaloney' the rhetoric, charges and counter charges flew fast and thick tuesday as the presidential election campaign continued on its sharply negative trajectory new advertisements by each side prompted caustic responses from the other as name calling and fing... | wildsome leatman overlays | no related information |
(cnn) the rev rick warren, often called america's most influential pastor, will be hosting sens barack obama and john mccain for what's being called the civil forum on the presidency rick warren will be hosting the civil forum on the presidency warren, who heads up the country's fourth largest church, is also an au... | rick warren america warren | those who think they can predict the evangelical vote may be surprised, rick warren says . pastor plans to ask candidates about america's role internationally . warren: forum won't just focus on 'moral issues,' but try to find a middle ground . tough questions will be asked, but in a civil way, pastor says |
(cnn) since the early days of pop music, the music industry has been searching for the secret formula to writing a successful song for that special alchemy that separates a grammy winner from a dud for a period in the 1970s and 80s, the self styled king of pop michael jackson seemed to have stumbled upon it, but ... | hepatitis mambo bellware | no related information |
(ewcom) the 'cougar town' team kicked off the winter television critics association press tour by serving mimosas to a ballroom of bleary eyed critics sure it's only 9 am, but this is the alkie friendly cougar town on stage so let the party begin here's six notable quotables from the panel, with the cougar town team... | television critics association tbs | 'cougar town' kicked off the winter television critics association press tour . co creator expressed more appreciation for tbs rescuing the show . there was talk about this being the 'year of cleavage' |
washington (cnn) the news was devastating for shannon and jeremiah collins: their 19 year old son, marine lance cpl jeremiah collins jr, died in afghanistan's helmand province then it got worse the milwaukee, wisconsin, couple learned the survivor benefit paid to the families of fallen troops for burial and other ex... | thiophosgene overdearness cabresto | no related information |
(cnn) the head of formula one has avoided possible conviction on bribery charges after agreeing to pay $100 million a german court ruled tuesday that it would accept an offer from bernie ecclestone to bring an early end to proceedings, which had already lasted three months presiding judge peter noll gave the 83 year... | anisogenous solariums unstatuesque | no related information |
(cnn) democratic presidential candidate sen barack obama on friday called for an economic plan for working families, saying, 'we cannot only have a plan for wall street sen barak obama speaks at a campaign rally in coral gables, florida, friday 'we must also help main street,' he said while 'tough new regulations o... | schizanthus adherant prescriptiveness | no related information |
(cnn) a tugboat on saturday reached a disabled freighter carrying 22 people, hours after the ship rode out hurricane ike without power, coast guard spokesman mike o'berry said o'berry said the tugboat rotterdam arrived shortly before 2 pm (3 pm et) repairs will be made aboard the antalina, which has a broken fuel p... | 22 endures night gulf of mexico coast guard air force | new: tugboat reaches stranded freighter . ship's crew of 22 endures night without power in gulf of mexico . coast guard, air force had to abandon rescue because of poor conditions . authorities onshore find it too dangerous to respond to calls for help |
editor's note: republican strategist alex castellanos was a former campaign consultant for mitt romney's presidential campaign and has worked on more than half a dozen presidential campaigns castellanos is a partner in national media inc, a political and public affairs consulting firm that specializes in advertising he... | alex castellanos obama democratic castellanos washington | alex castellanos: obama's message was populism and bottom up change . obama campaign taken over by democratic establishment, he says . castellanos: democratic party champions big government and opposes change . 'yes we can' turned into 'yes washington can,' castellanos says |
new delhi, india (cnn) india launched its first lunar mission on wednesday, with hopes of achieving high resolution images of the moon's topography and diving into the international space race the spacecraft carrying india's first lunar probe, chandrayaan 1, lifts off in sriharikota on wednesday the unmanned lunar o... | chandrayaan 1 us eu bulgaria moon japan china chandrayaan sanskrit | new: chandrayaan 1 is carrying payloads from the us, eu and bulgaria . two year mission seeks high resolution, 3 d imaging of the moon's surface . chandrayaan 1 follows japan and china's missions to the moon . chandrayaan means 'moon craft' in ancient sanskrit |
(cnn) a tug of war over the body of a former venezuelan president was avoided wednesday night when feuding sides of carlos andres perez's family agreed for him to be buried in his homeland in a statement, perez's longtime partner, cecilias matos, said her family would not stand in the way of a venezuelan final resti... | excursionist nabobical arcturus | no related information |
(cnn) nigerian militants threatened to end their cease fire not long after it began wednesday because they claimed the government was threatening one of their camps before the cease fire, mend destroyed oil pipelines in lagos during a night raid on monday the militant group mend said seven military joint task force ... | nigerian rebels mend the niger delta | nigerian militants threaten to end a cease fire not long after it began . rebels claim government is threatening one of their camps . cease fire put on hold mend's 'all out war' on the government . the group is demanding a fairer distribution of oil wealth in the niger delta |
(cnn) a federal judge threw out lance armstrong's lawsuit against the us anti doping agency with great force and speed monday, blasting the seven time tour de france champion in a sharply worded ruling armstrong filed the case monday morning in his hometown of austin, texas, in a bid to halt a doping case against hi... | ashanti zoogeographies wrathless | no related information |
(cnn) throughout the world, but mainly in europe and parts of asia, numerous palaces, castles and chateaus have been carefully converted into deluxe lodgings rich in history and, understandably, often in cost some of the finest include the newly opened four seasons lion palace in st petersburg and the recently re... | lamented barnyard nonmodificatory | no related information |
washington (cnn) the mood among american conservatives is now one of apocalyptic despair having convinced themselves that this election arrayed freedom against tyranny, they now must wonder: did their country just democratically vote in favor of tyranny? on fox news election night, bill o'reilly explained the meanin... | david frum frum obama | david frum says conservatives are brooding over the loss of the election . he says some see it as the whites being outnumbered by minorities who want handouts . frum: obama was not re elected by people who wanted to take but by those who want to work . both parties favor social programs to varying degrees, he says, but... |
(cnn) with christmas comes christmas trivia here's a look at the holiday by the numbers: 308 million real christmas trees purchased in the united states in 2011 16 percentage of real trees sold that were 'cut your own' 41% expected amount of increased holiday sales in the united states in 2012 over last year,... | 41% last year 62% americans christmas christmas eve 90% the next 50 years | holiday sales are expected to be up 41% over last year . 62% of americans attend a religious service on christmas or christmas eve . the availability of frankincense is expected to decline by 90% in the next 50 years |
(cnn) a cargo plane crashed in afghanistan killing all seven crew members on board monday all seven were us citizens, the cargo carrier national airlines said the crash happened shortly after takeoff from bagram air base in afghanistan, the us based company said the boeing 747 400 was en route to dubai, united arab ... | psychorhythmia haratin mizzonite | no related information |
washington (cnn) the remains of the first american shot down in the 1991 persian gulf war have been uncovered, the us department of defense announced sunday navy capt michael speicher's remains have been identified, the us military announced sunday us navy capt michael 'scott' speicher was shot down in an f/a 18 hor... | michael 'scott' speicher first american gulf war iraqis us marines pentagon | michael 'scott' speicher was the first american shot down in gulf war . iraqis remembered seeing bedouins bury his body in the desert . iraqis pointed us marines to the burial site, the pentagon said |
los angeles (cnn) the mother of grammy winning singer bruno mars died of a brain aneurysm in a honolulu, hawaii, hospital saturday, a mars representative told cnn sunday bernadette hernandez was 55 mars born peter gene hernandez in hawaii 27 years ago was just 4 when he began performing in his family's show as... | bruno mars elvis mars hawaii los angeles | bruno mars was just 4 when he began performing as an elvis impersonator . mars grew up in hawaii and moved to los angeles to write songs . it's not clear whether his scheduled tour will be affected by his mom's death |
(cnn) with a probate court trial over the sale of the los angeles clippers scheduled to begin monday, lawyers for donald sterling filed paperwork thursday to have the matter moved to federal court donald sterling's estranged wife, shelly, is asking a probate judge to approve an agreement she reached with billionaire... | donald sterling shelly sterling clippers | lawyers for donald sterling filed paperwork with a federal court . right now the case is in a state probate court . the trial to decide if shelly sterling had the right to sell the clippers was to begin monday . that might be delayed or changed depending on how the federal judge rules |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) more than 1,300 pounds of explosives were packed into a construction truck that detonated outside an islamabad hotel, killing 57 people, including two americans and a diplomat, officials said sunday a truck burns at the gate to the marriott hotel in islamabad before a larger, deadly explosi... | chakobu researching saxifragaceae | no related information |
(cnn) colombian president alvaro uribe on thursday demanded that his ministers of the interior and defense get to the bottom of how a jailed top rebel leader escaped in the northeastern city of arauca, colombia colombian president alvaro uribe wants answers after a top eln rebel was freed from prison gustavo anibal... | noncollectable quindecemvir unvalued | no related information |
consumers today have more power than ever before the large and diverse selection of media available on newsstands means that customers know what they should be getting, and if they aren't satisfied with the service there's a host of web sites and forums on which they can let everyone know marriott's towneplace suite i... | hotel marriott keep the change | designers now put the consumer, not function, at the heart of new products . global firm ideo studies customer behavior to influence designs . hotel chain marriott devised 'home from home' suites for extended stay guests . 'keep the change' credit card rounds up transactions, puts the pennies in savings |
(cnn) walk into lisa nasser's kitchen most evenings and you're greeted by rich aromas that indicate an exceptional cook is at work on a delicious creation colleen doyle, editor of the 'what to eat during cancer treatment' cookbook, prepares tuna bean salad cooking is nasser's passion, but she left the kitchen and th... | sins pshaw unmomentously | no related information |
washington (cnn) just hours after taking office, the new house of representatives reinstated a team of ethics investigators that had faced what seemed like a certain death due to lawmakers' inaction overshadowed by the recent fiscal cliff hubbub, lawmakers from the last session had neglected to decide whether or not... | house thursday night office of congressional ethics 2008 congress | newly sworn in house approved independent ethics board on thursday night . office of congressional ethics was created in 2008 amid a wave of scandals . it's investigated 100 instances of possible misconduct by members of congress |
(cnn) kenyan intelligence knows him simply as ikrima but his full name is mohamed abdikadir mohamed, and he is regarded as one of the most dangerous commanders in the somali terror group al shabaab us officials say ikrima was the target of a raid saturday by us navy seals on an al shabaab compound near the town of b... | fennel trichinous tempested | no related information |
(cnn) rep david wu of oregon will not seek re election and 'is considering all options' regarding whether to serve out the rest of his term, wu's communications director told cnn monday 'he (wu) will consider those options and make a decision in due course,' said erik dorey, declining to elaborate on a possible time... | wu cnn david wu oregon house democratic nancy pelosi | wu will not seek re election, his communications director tells cnn . report: a woman accuses congressman david wu of making sexual advances . an oregon newspaper cites anonymous sources within wu's congressional office . house democratic leader nancy pelosi is calling for an ethics investigation |
(cnn) venezuelan authorities on wednesday announced additional arrests in connection with a massive shipment of cocaine in an air france flight from caracas that landed in paris in a prepared statement, the venezuelan attorney general's office said 17 people have been arrested in the drug trafficking case the flight... | venezuelan 13 tons venezuela france | airline executive, six airline workers, security guard, loading platform supervisor arrested . eight members of the venezuelan national guard are also in custody . 13 tons of cocaine traveled in 30 colorful suitcases from venezuela to france . the bags weren't registered to any of the passengers on the flight |
new york (cnn) in the ultimate universe of marvel comics, peter parker the original alter ego of spider man is dead, and his replacement is a half african american, half latino teenager named miles morales wednesday, a new book ultimate comics fallout #4 debuts, and the world will get to see the new web ... | spider man ultimate comics 4 peter parker marvel comics' ultimate universe | a new spider man debuts wednesday with ultimate comics fallout #4 . peter parker, the original alter ego of spider man, 'died' in marvel comics' ultimate universe . the new spider man is a half african american, half latino teenager . the character 'represents the diversity of the 21st century,' the editor says |
(cnn) a royal dutch shell oil drilling barge that ran aground last week off southern alaska arrived at a harbor monday with no sign of any fuel leaks, an incident response team reported the 266 foot diameter kulluk arrived at kiliuda bay, off alaska's kokiak island, about 10 am (2 pm et) after being towed some 45 na... | kulluk kodiak island alaska | new: the oil drilling barge kulluk has arrived at a harbor off kodiak island . salvage crews began towing the rig after refloating it sunday night . no signs the rig is leaking, incident response team says . it ran aground several days ago off alaska's southern coast |
(cnn) even by bubba watson's unpredictable standards, his decision to pull out of this month's players championship to spend more time with his family is an unusual one the masters champion revealed he is skipping one of golf's biggest tournaments often referred to as the fifth major, with $95 million total prize... | bubba watson players championship angie caleb $95 million quail hollow webb simpson | bubba watson pulls out of players championship to spend more time with young family . masters champion will take a month off to concentrate on wife angie and adopted son caleb . the 33 year old couldn't be swayed by tournament's $95 million prize purse . he also skips this week's quail hollow event, where webb simpson ... |
(cnn) senegal's demba ba scored twice on a dream debut as english fa cup holders chelsea won 5 1 at southampton in their third round tie saturday ba was one of the first big signings of the january transfer window and immediately proved his worth after his new side had fallen behind to their english premier league (... | demba ba fa cup chelsea southampton ba newcastle second brighton robin van persie manchester united west ham tottenham hotspur manchester city | demba ba double as fa cup holders chelsea win 5 1 at southampton . ba's old side newcastle shocked by second flight brighton . robin van persie late equalizer for manchester united at west ham . tottenham hotspur and manchester city ease through |
(cnn) about 130 trained mountain rescuers returned before dawn sunday to search for a skydiver who went missing three days ago in the mountains east of seattle, a spokeswoman for the king county sheriff's office said 'we don't know if he's on the ground we don't know if his parachute deployed, and he's stuck up in a... | sunday 5 am kurt ruppert 29 thursday ruppert washington cascade mountains | new: sunday search began at 5 am, police say . kurt ruppert, 29, went missing thursday after he jumped out of a helicopter . ruppert was parachuting over washington's cascade mountains . he was wearing a special ''wingsuit'' when he made the jump |
(cnn) a small polish wild horse that was used in nazi experiments during the 1930s has become the center of wetland regeneration efforts across parts of europe the rare konik breed is one of poland's least known ecological exports and is believed to be descended from the tarpan; a prehistoric horse that roamed wild ... | poland europe tarpan nazis polish konik | rare konik breed of pony revived in poland and exported across europe . related to the tarpan, a prehistoric horse that once roamed the continent . nazis were interested in the polish horse because of purity of breed . konik ponies thought to be hardy and help ecosystems return to natural state |
(cnn) the state of north carolina filed an appeal friday to a judge's ruling that license plates with the words 'choose life' on them are unconstitutional because the state does not offer an alternative for supporters of abortion rights the state filed its appeal without comment through the us court of appeals for t... | aclu state | judge had ruled plates unconstitutional . the aclu calls state's appeal of that ruling 'unfortunate'. the bill for the plates originally passed in 2011 |
(cnn) italian prosecutors will press charges against at least one person after racist abuse during a soccer game prompted ac milan players to walk off the field in the middle of a game police and stadium cameras have identified a 20 year old man and prosecutors expect to identify more people to charges, prosecutor m... | italian ac milan kevin prince boateng italian football association giancarlo abete | italian prosecutors press charges against one person after racist abuse during game . abuse prompted ac milan players to walk off in middle of game . kevin prince boateng kicked ball into stands, tore his shirt and led his team off . italian football association president giancarlo abete announced investigation into in... |
(financial times) bull markets in japan tend not to last long over the past two decades, in an environment of low growth and persistent deflation, the best strategy for globally minded investors has been to get in early and then get out again, once the index has risen about 20 per cent 'normally we get our moment in... | the nikkei 225 shinzo abe | the nikkei 225 has outperformed 92 of 94 equity benchmarks around the world since november . expectations high of more aggressive with shinzo abe, the country's returning prime minister |
dickson, tennessee (cnn) the last time sonya's adoptive parents heard her voice, the girl was begging to return to the only home she'd ever known 'what did you say, baby doll?' asks kim hodgin, in a recording of the phone call 'i want to you to come and get me,' responds sonya she describes her biological father's h... | cubeb squattered tinoceratid | no related information |
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