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(cnn) an al qaeda spokesman released a video message in english offering condolences to its 'unintended muslim victims' killed in attacks in afghanistan, pakistan and elsewhere adam gadahn, also known as azzam the american, appeared in a 17 minute video released on islamist online forums late friday al qaeda 'have ... | evocativeness unsectionalized advancements | no related information |
(cnn) indoor basketball courts, island sized balconies and bathrooms that belong in museums america's got some crazy indulgent hotel suites with price tags to match ty warner penthouse, four seasons hotel, new york this 4,300 square foot suite dreamed up by architects im pei and peter marino spans the entire 52n... | euchromatin limberness alarm | no related information |
washington (cnn) trey radel loves hip hop he is an avid user of twitter his real name is henry jude radel iii he represents parts of the southwest florida coast in congress he said he came to congress to do 'the right thing' he also just pleaded guilty to misdemeanor cocaine possession and is taking a leave of absen... | florida twitter | florida congressman is in the spotlight because of a cocaine possession charge . he loves hip hop and interacting with constituents via twitter . after october 29, when he was charged, his twitter feed took a more serious tone |
washington (cnn) fbi agents temporarily deployed to iraq received an average of about $45,000 in excessive overtime because they billed the government for 16 hours a day throughout their 90 day assignments, according to a justice department audit justice department inspector general glenn fine released the audit on ... | ophiolatrous rotaries gramophonical | no related information |
south padre island, texas (cnn) as his fishing boat, murphy's law, was tossed about wednesday in the path of hurricane dolly, steven murphy hoped to dodge the adage his vessel is named for: 'if anything can go wrong, it will' captain murphy's fishing charters boats sit moored wednesday at south padre island, texas ... | hurricane dolly 65 foot south padre island texas steven murphy | fishing boat operator endures hurricane dolly aboard 65 foot vessel . boat moored at south padre island, texas, pier as storm hits . 'it's probably not the best decision,' captain steven murphy admits . one of his company's three charter boats was pulled safely from water |
washington (cnn) a court thursday rejected an appeal filed by a former administrative law judge who sued a dry cleaners for $54 million over a missing pair of pants an unidentified man talks on a cell phone in front of the chung family's shop, custom cleaners the district of columbia court of appeals 'ruled resoundi... | $54 million supreme court | appeals court rejects appeal of failed $54 million lawsuit over missing pants . dry cleaners say they aren't counting plaintiff out . ex administrative judge who filed case could take it to supreme court |
orlando, florida (cnn) the meter reader who led authorities last week to remains believed to be those of caylee anthony called police four months ago, directing them three times to same site, authorities said thursday caylee anthony, 2, has been missing since june in a case that has received national attention at a ... | casey anthony's wftv sheriff's department | officials say worker who found child's remains called in three tips in august . authorities looking into whether earlier tips were mishandled . casey anthony's friend told police to check the area five months ago, wftv reports . sheriff's department says new skeletal remains found in search area |
(cnn) former first lady barbara bush was moved out of the intensive care unit of a houston, texas, hospital into a regular room thursday after surgery to repair and seal a perforated ulcer, a hospital spokeswoman said ex first lady barbara bush has been moved out of icu and into a regular room bush, 83, was in good ... | barbara bush bush | barbara bush had surgery to repair and seal a perforated ulcer . bush, 83, is in good spirits and was joking with hospital staffers . former first lady being fed intravenously to avoid stretching abdomen . the ulcer has been biopsied and is benign |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) a pakistani court on tuesday dismissed blasphemy charges against rimsha masih, a christian teenager whose case prompted international outrage 'she is a free woman, like any ordinary citizen,' said abdul hameed rana, one of rimsha's lawyers the high court in the pakistani capital of islamaba... | rigourist doeg recongelation | no related information |
tripoli, libya (cnn) the head of libya's opposition government told reporters saturday he welcomed a call friday by russian president dmitry medvedev for moammar gadhafi to step down medvedev's statement, echoing the stance of american and european leaders, appeared to indicate a closing diplomatic window for the lo... | national transitional council libyan nato $160 million china bab bin ghashir | new: national transitional council in 'financial crisis,' chairman says . a libyan official says nato strikes two compounds . libyan opposition says it sold $160 million of oil to china . nato says it targeted a vehicle storage area at bab bin ghashir |
(cnn) sometimes, the effects of fame can ripple like a stone dropped in a pond a youtube video shows a minnesota wedding party dancing down the aisle take the case of minnesota residents kevin heinz and jill peterson the couple had a fun idea for their wedding party to do a nontraditional procession to a catchy tune... | minnesota youtube chris brown | minnesota couple instant stars after youtube wedding video goes viral . dancing wedding party garners fans, draws media attention . fellow youtube star says attention 'can be a bit much to handle'. popularity of video has also sparked interest in the chris brown tune featured |
hong kong (cnn) a darkened room in a hong kong university building is an unlikely portal into an ancient world but with the touch of an ipad mini, the space is digitally transformed into a 1,500 year old buddhist grotto its walls decorated with exquisite but faded paintings of enlightened beings, dancers and musicia... | buddhist china hong kong's city university asia | ancient buddhist cave in china re created in 3 d . techniques developed by team at hong kong's city university . they hope these digital tools will help preserve heritage sites in asia |
tripoli, libya (cnn) nato aircraft launched more than a dozen strikes on the libyan capital early tuesday, and smoke could be seen rising from the area near libyan leader moammar gadhafi's bab al azizia compound in tripoli the nato attack, one of the heaviest against tripoli since the nato mission began just over tw... | nato tripoli france uk eu libyan | compound for pro gadhafi volunteers was targeted . it is one of the heaviest nato attacks on tripoli so far . france to use attack helicopters, official says; reports say uk also plans to . the eu's foreign policy chief pledges support to libyan rebel government |
(cnn) an als ice bucket challenge went terribly wrong in campbellsville, kentucky, when four firefighters were seriously injured after participating in a group event, according to campbellsville police chief tim hazlette electricity from a power line shocked the firefighters after they had sprayed water on students ... | larrikiness nonpacifically subwardenship | no related information |
(cnn) the international committee of the red cross called on israel to allow it immediate access to gaza, saying a trip into gaza city revealed weak children laying with their dead mothers and other 'shocking' scenes israeli artillery fires a shell toward gaza from the israel gaza border on wednesday red cross worke... | red cross: workers gaza city team red cross israeli international committee of gaza | red cross: workers found weak kids with dead mothers during trip into gaza city . team found wounded people, corpses, red cross says . red cross official: israeli military didn't help the wounded . international committee of the red cross demands access to gaza |
(cnn) three brothers recuperated thursday afternoon in a once open field now speckled by the bright blue tarps of a cholera rehydration clinic in the haitian town of bercy, where an outbreak has sickened hundreds of people a cousin brought the young boys to the clinic, set up by samaritan's purse, said roseann denne... | haiti the united nations $164 million | new: haiti cholera death toll rises to 796, more than 12,000 sickened . aid agencies are scrambling to get the word out on prevention . they are setting up rehydration clinics . the united nations is asking for $164 million in response money |
(cnn) just when you thought south korea had milked the global success of 'gangnam style' rapper psy for every drop, along comes the unveiling of seoul's new tourist police force the connection? the officers' uniforms were created by korean fashion designer kim seo ryong, who has made costumes for psy naturally, 'gan... | seoul gangnam style psy april south korea's | uniforms of seoul's new tourist police force designed by 'gangnam style' singer psy's costume designer . tourism force, made up of 101 officers, launched to crackdown on overcharging merchants and taxi drivers . in april, psy was hired to be south korea's tourism ambassador |
(cnn) google is preparing to conquer a new dimension: the stratosphere the internet giant is releasing 30 high tech balloons in a trial of technology designed to bring the internet to places where people are not yet connected the balloons are being sent up into the sky from new zealand's south island this month in t... | google new zealand | the balloons are designed to bring the internet to remote places, google says . 30 balloons are being released in new zealand for a trial of the technology . the superpressure balloons carry radio transmitters and gps, use solar power . homes fitted with a special antenna should be able to connect to the balloon networ... |
washington (cnn) president barack obama and visiting brazilian president dilma rousseff on monday stressed the importance of strong ties between their countries, despite brazil's concerns about us economic policies that it says can work against emerging economies in comments to reporters after a white house meeting,... | brazil us the united states $74 billion 2011 sixth | new: brazil's president calls for a balanced us economic approach . new: the two leaders discuss cooperation in oil and biofuel development . two way trade between brazil and the united states totaled $74 billion in 2011 . brazil is the world's sixth largest economy |
(cnn) the us army has granted a member of a religious minority permission to keep his turban, beard and uncut hair while he serves in the military, the pentagon and a group representing him said capt kamaljit singh kalsi, a doctor, is a sikh, a faith that calls on its adherents not to shave or cut their hair kalsi f... | pulmonifer listlessly nonlawyer | no related information |
(cnn) human activity and climate change have left about 75% of the world's coral reefs threatened, putting the livelihoods of many countries that depend on the ocean ecosystems at risk, according to a report released this week local threats such as overfishing, coastal development, and watershed and marine based po... | psychoprophylactic deflexionize vampproof | no related information |
(cnn) a sequel to frank capra's classic 1946 film 'it's a wonderful life' is in the works, but it might take a christmas miracle to turn this reboot into a classic according to a news release from film financier allen j schwalb and his company star partners, 'it's a wonderful life: the rest of the story' will tell w... | a wonderful life bailey karolyn grimes zuzu | a sequel to the classic 'it's a wonderful life' is being planned . the plot follows the bailey family after the original movie ended . karolyn grimes, who played 6 year old zuzu in the 1946 film, has been cast in the sequel |
(cnn) real madrid will head into a big week knowing the club's spanish title bid is back on track and that one of its records will stand for at least another season carlo ancelotti's team will be just three points behind barcelona ahead of next weekend's 'clasico' at camp nou after the la liga champion dropped its f... | barcelona atletico madrid real madrid's barca next weekend's clasico bayern munich bundesliga dortmund ac milan psg france | barcelona and atletico madrid fail to equal real madrid's record start to season . real three points behind leader barca ahead of next weekend's 'clasico' clash . bayern munich extends unbeaten run in bundesliga; dortmund also wins . ac milan picks up needed win; psg moves clear at top of france's ligue 1 |
belgrade, serbia (cnn) a gunman went on a shooting spree in the serbian town of velika ivanca on tuesday, killing at least 13 people, including a small child, according to police chief milorad veljovic the town lies roughly 25 miles south of the capital, belgrade are you there? share your story with cnn ireport the ... | serbia the world health organization | new: the shooting suspect is a war veteran who never seemed violent, a broadcaster reports . the man goes house to house, killing occupants; six women, six men and one child die . murder is rare in serbia, according to the world health organization |
(budgettravelcom) when americans think of 'five star' hotels, they conjure up images of on site spas, white gloved service, and pillow menus that's no surprise, given that the dominant rating systems in the us are two of the most trust worthy on the planet forbes and aaa in order to snag forbes's highest ratings,... | aaa forbes | hotel scoring systems vary from country to country . consistent criteria and anonymous inspectors make aaa and forbes reliable . favor middle ground reviews on user generated rating websites |
(cnn) french police have released a second photo of the man suspected of shooting a photographer at the daily newspaper liberation monday, as their manhunt continues a gunman shot the 23 year old assistant photographer twice near the heart with a shotgun in the lobby of the newspaper's offices in paris liberation pu... | paris liberation french | a gunman shot a photographer at the paris offices of liberation newspaper monday . the photographer was hit twice near the heart and is said to be in a critical condition . french police hunting the suspect issued a second image of him tuesday . police are also investigating a carjacking, shots outside a bank and a gun... |
new york (cnn) a motorcyclist has been charged with pulling a driver from his suv and beating him in a clash with bikers on a manhattan roadway that was captured on video, new york authorities said saturday kaliq douglas, 27, of brooklyn, did not enter a plea during his arraignment on allegations of gang assault and... | kaliq douglas 27 brooklyn first douglas september 29 alexander lien lien | kaliq douglas, 27, of brooklyn makes his first court appearance . douglas is charged with gang assault in the september 29 incident . alexander lien was chased by bikers after he hit one during a rally . video shows lien being dragged out of the suv and beaten |
denver, colorado (cnn) investigators will interview crew members and review data and voice recorders to help determine what caused a passenger plane to veer off a denver international airport runway and catch fire, an official said sunday injured passengers are taken to a hospital after saturday's accident at denve... | hatchability disnew gastrotomy | no related information |
washington (cnn) iraq's smaller religious groups have been facing 'ongoing severe abuses,' and the situation requires a response from the united states, a religious freedom watchdog said tuesday in late november, members of a christian iraqi family sit in a home in lebanon after fleeing violence in mosul the us comm... | iraq united states us iraqis | religious freedom watchdog group urges protection of iraq's minority religions . situation severe enough to merit response from united states, group says . smaller groups don't have militias or tribal structures to protect them . incoming us administration urged to ensure 'safety for all iraqis' |
(cnn) the only daughter of moammar gadhafi is standing behind her father, saying he will not step down because he is 'a symbol, a guide' for the libyan people 'this is his country, his land, his people where would he go?,' ayesha gadhafi, 34, told cnn affiliate france 2 during an interview at her home in tripoli 'th... | polyrhythmically eponymism bhalu | no related information |
dafniya, libya (cnn) libyan rebels and troops loyal to moammar gadhafi shelled each other for hours on saturday in clashes at the highly contested frontline of dafniya, an embattled town just west of the besieged port city of misrata at least 11 rebels were wounded in the exchange of fire and treated at one of the t... | the african union gadhafi misrata dafniya | new: the african union calls for talks between rebels and the government . a government spokesman reiterated gadhafi's call for vengeance . 11 rebels wounded in exchange of fire at frontline . the rebel held city of misrata and the embattled city of dafniya were attacked saturday |
(cnn) it's the season of brackets, beer and, of course, basketball duke blue devils fans cheer on their team at the acc tournament in atlanta, georgia come mid march, the country falls sick with college basketball fever, and the ncaa tournament is all the talk as men's college basketball comes to a close with the la... | contiguousness shootist capeskins | no related information |
(cnn) recent threats and attacks from militant groups have made it almost impossible for the world food program to get food to hungry people in southern somaila, the aid agency said tuesday the actions by militant groups have led to a partial suspension food distribution in much of southern somalia, the agency said ... | somalia the united nations the world food program islamist | recent attacks make it near impossible for aid agencies to deliver food in southern somalia . the united nations say more than 1 million people going hungry . the world food program says it is under threat from islamist militants |
(cnn) the white house may be the official residence of the us president, but it's only a temporary address the former homes and libraries of presidents offer an inside look into the lives of the select few who served as the nation's leader nearly 80 million visitors have toured mount vernon, george washington's home... | lincoln reagan boeing 707 40th springwood mansion | the lincoln birthplace features a replica of the log cabin where lincoln was born . at the reagan library, visitors can peek in the boeing 707 used by the 40th president . springwood mansion shows visitors a personal side of the only four term president |
(cnn) after denise honeycutt sashayed down the catwalk modeling a sleek sleeveless black dress with a blue lace jacket, she felt so good she bought the outfit a model walks the runway at the arlington united methodist church fashion show in an outfit from goodwill 'i got those two pieces and a skirt for $20,' she sa... | goodwill salvation army shop | buying used clothing gains popularity during a recession . consignment and thrift stores seeing increased business . goodwill and salvation army increasing visibility as fashion hot spots . shop owner: 'women cleaning their closets of their most luxurious items' |
(cnn) al shabaab rebels attacked a town in central somalia early saturday, sparking an intense firefight between rival islamic groups, according to eyewitnesses and local journalists al shabaab spokesman sheikh ali dere said the islamist rebel group took control of dhusomareb after fighting members of ahlu sunna wal... | al shabaab saturday islamist ahlu sunna muslim | al shabaab rebels' attack sparked an intense firefight saturday . islamist rebel group reportedly fought members of ahlu sunna waljama'a . ahlu sunna waljama'a is a moderate muslim group . witnesses told a journalist about 30 people died in the fighting |
(cnn) they are football's royalty, the marquee players whose almost super human ability on the ball wins cups and championships; their faces adorn billboards and magazine covers from china to colombia lionel messi could miss out on the 2010 world cup if his team argentina fail to improve but, amazingly, the likes of... | world cup argentina portugal france south africa lionel messi cristiano ronaldo franck ribery the world cup | a host of top teams are in danger of missing out on the 2010 world cup finals . argentina, portugal and france are all struggling to reach south africa . the likes of lionel messi, cristiano ronaldo and franck ribery could miss out . would you miss teams like argentina being at the world cup? sound off |
(cnn) it was once the place greeks flocked to when leaving for pastures new now, the site of the old hellinikon airport in the south of athens could be set to bring in billions of dollars worth of international investment to the debt stricken nation the greek government hopes the sale of its stake in hellinikon sa (... | flocculose decuss bemeaned | no related information |
(cnn) didier drogba came off the bench to rescue a point for ivory coast as they drew 1 1 with malawi on saturday to book their place at the 2010 world cup in south africa didier drogba scored for ivory coast as they drew 1 1 with malawi to book their place at the 2010 world cup in south africa ivory coast needed on... | didier drogba ivory coast malawi blantyre the 2010 world cup south africa egypt zambia konkola cameroon togo | striker didier drogba scored as ivory coast drew 1 1 with malawi in blantyre . the result ensured ivory cost qualified for the 2010 world cup in south africa . egypt kept alive their qualification hopes with a 1 0 win over zambia in konkola . cameroon moved a step closer to qualification after their 3 0 win over togo |
(cnn) twenty five years ago, chinese college students in beijing, shanghai, and xi'an began gathering to publicly mourn the death of a purged high level official, hu yaobang a week later, thousands of students marched into tiananmen square for hu's funeral the demonstrations escalated, culminating in the tragic mili... | hu yaobang's hu | hu yaobang's death sparked student demonstrations in 1989, ending in tragedy . netizens were allowed to mourn hu's death anniversary on tuesday . all other mentions of the student protests or political reform still censored |
washington (cnn) gary johnson and virgil goode have no chance of winning the november 6 presidential election, but the two 'third party' candidates could have an impact on who does together, johnson of the libertarian party and goode of the constitution party are in position to siphon a few thousand votes from repub... | cnn virgil goode mitt romney virginia libertarian gary johnson's republicans democrats | third party candidates could impact close races in swing states . cnn's polling director says there is no statistical impact so far . conservative virgil goode could siphon votes from mitt romney in virginia . libertarian gary johnson's campaign says it attracts republicans and democrats |
(cnn) snowstorms and icy conditions on sunday delayed flights across the northern united states, caused havoc on roads and left thousands without electricity a worker shovels snow as the storm hits chicago, illinois at least one death has been attributed to storms that hit all over the country in the past week a 44 ... | genome untreasured aminopherase | no related information |
bogota, colombia (cnn) colombia will freeze prices for gasoline and other petrofuels through march, the government has announced hernan martinez torres, in a photo from september, says gas prices will be frozen in colombia through march the freeze takes effect thursday and sets prices at december levels, the ministe... | thursday march hernan martinez torres 25 percent | price freeze on gas, other fuels takes effect thursday, runs through march . freeze is to give consumers 'a signal of stability,' energy minister tells newspaper . gas prices can't rise or fall under the freeze, hernan martinez torres says . price freeze doesn't affect propane; its price is set to drop 25 percent, pape... |
havana, cuba (cnn) an american held by colombian rebels for more than three months will be released 'imminently,' us civil rights leader jesse jackson said saturday after meeting in cuba with rebel leaders farc guerrillas captured us army veteran kevin scott sutay on june 20 while he was traveling in colombia jackso... | aristolochia biter slowhearted | no related information |
kabul, afghanistan (cnn) a meeting between the leaders of pakistan and afghanistan was canceled friday when bad weather prevented pakistani president asif ali zardari from traveling to the afghan capital, kabul pakistani president asif ali zardari (pictured) has met afghan counterpart hamid karzai before an official... | pakistani asif ali zardari afghan hamid karzai taliban afghanistan pakistan north west province | pakistani president asif ali zardari due to meet afghan president hamid karzai . visit to have taken place amid ongoing tension along afghan pakistan border . taliban militants attacking afghanistan from pakistan's north west province . both countries have previously blamed each other for the security problems |
london, england (cnn) she reputedly never carries any bank notes, but britain's queen elizabeth ii this week marked half a century since she became the first ever monarch to be depicted on one sketched by artist robert austin, the young queen first appeared in a £1 note in 1960 wearing a crown, earrings and a neckla... | corrosives horseman remudas | no related information |
zuwarah, libya (cnn) drive west from tripoli along the mediterranean coast for an hour an a half, and you'll see it in the distance: the gas flare at the mellitah oil & gas company's massive processing plant in zuwarah just a few weeks ago rebels and gadhafi loyalists were shooting it out right down the road houses ... | libya only 10% 15% 16 billion barrels libyans february 17 | oil experts say libya is producing only 10% 15% of its normal 16 billion barrels a day . oil exec: 'biggest challenge for us is to get back to production levels before events'. 'events' is one of the words libyans now use to refer to the uprising of february 17 |
tripoli, libya (cnn) libya's interim leadership gave residents in bani walid a 48 hour notice to leave the city as it sent reinforcements there and to the former regime's other remaining strongholds of sirte and sabha as the national transitional council sought to assert control over all of libya, the us assistant s... | security council a few days gadhafi anti gadhafi | new: draft security council resolution expected to be voted on in a few days . 'do not think that the battle is over,' says man identified as gadhafi spokesman . dirak air base taken by anti gadhafi fighters . gadhafi spokesman vows to fight on |
tripoli, libya (cnn) at least four explosions rocked the libyan rebel held town of zintan on sunday, as the foreign policy chief of the european union arrived in the war torn nation and a former us congresswoman criticized american policy on libyan state television rebels in zintan, in western libya, said they belie... | eu catherine ashton gadhafi libyans libya libyan zintan us | new: eu's catherine ashton says gadhafi must leave and pledges support for libyans . new: 'we must have a future for libya,' she says . the western libyan town of zintan is rocked by explosions . a former congresswoman rips us policy on libyan state tv |
pasadena, maryland (cnn) children point at the glass as a long train rounds the bend and thomas the tank engine passes overhead outside, a flashing red signal tells neighbors it's time to hop aboard welcome to john and june sturgeon's indoor train garden, a collection of model trains the couple have been sharing wit... | cervicothoracic drainboard retches | no related information |
(cnn) the owner of a taxidermy school in blanco, texas, says he's been receiving more phone calls and attention than he'd like over the identity of a dead roughly 30 pound, mostly hairless coyote like creature this strange creature has sparked a media frenzy in blanco, texas 'i don't know what it is i do know that ... | texas owner | word quickly spread about coyote like body at texas school . owner says he doubts it's a legendary chupacabra . he has gotten dozens of calls from media, residents . body came from former student; it was killed in barn by poison |
(cnn) critics who have compared president barack obama's stance on government surveillance to that of hawkish former vice president dick cheney are missing his insistence on proper systematic balances, obama said in an interview that aired monday defending at length the recently revealed government programs that gat... | pipewalker orthoxazin unquenchably | no related information |
boston, massachusetts (cnn) a white van sits at a warehouse loading dock in boston buckled in the front passenger seat is eeyore, the donkey friend of winnie the pooh 'this is the back seat driver,' says one of several volunteers removing the stuffed animal and other donated children's items for the local toys for t... | boston toys for tots the us marine corps reserve nationally about $15 million | bins used to store toy donations remain empty at boston toys for tots warehouse . like many charities, the us marine corps reserve program was hit hard by economy . volunteers say that while donations appear to be up in some areas, demand also has risen . nationally, corporate cash donations are down by about $15 milli... |
(cnn) earlier this week, new york police arrested four people suspected of selling heroin to actor philip seymour hoffman, who later died from a heroin overdose but the police haven't yet connected them to the drugs that killed hoffman assuming law enforcement does and they might because the actor's telephone num... | hoffman each year | writers: if suspects sold heroin to hoffman, can they be held for his death? not likely . writers: 'homicide' means you meant to kill, or know there's a risk of death and don't care . in hoffman's case, police spent huge resources to hunt down the suspects, they say . writers: it's doubtful any of the hundreds who over... |
washington (cnn) federal officials have fined exxon mobil more than $6 million after it violated a three year old agreement to decrease air pollution at four of its refineries exxon mobil's refinery in baytown, texas, is one of four that the epa said had high sulfur emissions the justice department announced wed... | faucals nightshade carangin | no related information |
washington (cnn) pentagon officials have begun preparing for the first transfer of power during war since vietnam they insist that the complicated transfer from the bush administration to the obama administration will go smoothly the coming transfer of power during wartime will be the first since 1968 president bush... | vietnam pentagon bush | transition of power will be the first during wartime since vietnam . pentagon officials say they began transfer preparations weeks ago . president bush says terrorists could use this transfer period 'to attack us'. smooth transition of power is a 'priority for the rest of my presidency,' bush says |
(cnn) if we allow this awful measure to stand, predicted the conservative spokesman, 'behind it will come other federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have known it in this country until one daywe will wake to find that we have socialism [and] we are going to spend our sunset years telling our... | deforesting gucki keypuncher | no related information |
misrata, libya (cnn) the eyes of 15 year old nasser are fixed on a small metal part that belongs to a massive metal gun he scrubs every tiny little crevice with a toothbrush until the bristles bend in awkward directions from the strain this is how he now spends his time six days a week for 10 hours a day in the open... | refederation demiwivern wishable | no related information |
(cnn) libyan leader moammar gadhafi called thursday for the un security council to carry out an independent fact gathering mission on monday's nato attack in the city of surman, which resulted in civilian casualties 'the security council should hold an urgent meeting to discuss the matter and stop this barbaric atta... | gadhafi libyan china the united nations libya us america nato | new: 'stop this barbaric attack,' gadhafi pleads . a libyan opposition leader is in china for talks . the united nations has described dire needs in war torn libya . some us lawmakers want america to withdraw from the nato mission |
(cnn) vimlendu jha is a natural leader just watch him in action born in bihar state in north eastern india, 27 year old vimlendu founded, and now runs the organization swechha we for change foundation it started out as his cause celebre a few years back as he was about to graduate from university in new delhi viml... | decalvant futuristic mezcals | no related information |
(cnn) a swedish truck and bus maker that assembled trucks in iraq during the saddam hussein era has signed 'an agreement in principle' with the government to open an assembly plant next year swedish truck and bus maker scania is to reopen a former plant in iraq the company, scania, issued a statement on its web site... | spatial tricolette exorcizer | no related information |
(cnn) for the second time in five months, timbuktu's treasured collection of ancient manuscripts is under threat earlier this year, it was thought that most of the 300,000 precious documents were destroyed by islamic fundamentalists when the northern mali conflict entered the fabled city but as it turns out, only 4,... | pompoon yeraver branchiopodous | no related information |
scotia, new york (cnn) christina powell folds the red, white and blue quilt before it is packed up and sent to andrews air force base, some 400 miles away in maryland 'i don't like seeing so many young people go away and come back wounded,' powell says 'unfortunately right now it's just a fact of life and i try to d... | new york 2003 andrews air force base american red cross | group of quilters in new york sends quilts to project helping injured soldiers . quilts for injured soldiers project began in 2003 to help soldiers returning from war . quilts from around the world are sorted by military affiliation and sent to andrews air force base . american red cross volunteers distribute the quilt... |
los angeles, california (cnn) jamie foxx suffered through his own psychological turmoil while plunging into the role of a mentally ill musician in 'the soloist,' the actor said jamie foxx plays mentally ill musician nathaniel ayers in 'the soloist' foxx, 41, revealed that his bond with nathaniel ayers was close beca... | jamie foxx the soloist foxx 18 | jamie foxx plays mentally ill homeless man in 'the soloist'. foxx was frightened by experience: he had 'childhood fear of going crazy'. when he was 18, someone slipped him 'something' and foxx ended up in hospital |
(cnn) britney spears, paris hilton sen barack obama? the latest ad from john mccain implies barack obama is a megacelebrity like britney spears a new campaign ad from sen john mccain which flashes shots of the two aforementioned megacelebrities calls obama a megacelebrity, too, and questions his leadershi... | john mccain barack obama britney spears paris hilton obama mccain | new ad from john mccain calls barack obama 'biggest celebrity in the world'. ad shows images of britney spears, paris hilton . obama campaign on mccain launching negative ad: 'oops! he did it again'. mccain campaign says reporters cover obama as they would a megacelebrity |
washington (cnn) in a warm, fluorescent lit clay studio at the corcoran college of art + design, students, faculty and a soft spoken priest are embarking on a mission their goal: create 500 bowls for a fundraiser to help feed the hungry 'there are over 9,000 homeless people in the nation's capital,' says the rev joh... | washington might eat first the corcoran college of art + design empty bowls | washington organization sells bowls to raise funds to help the hungry, homeless . bowls are donated to so others might eat by local potters, studios and schools . for the first time, group is partnering with the corcoran college of art + design . students and faculty are making 500 bowls for the empty bowls fundraiser |
(cnn) a chicago commuter train that was parked in a service yard somehow moved onto a rail line and smashed into an oncoming train early monday, injuring dozens of people how it happened is a mystery 'i don't know the last time, if ever, that this has happened' on the chicago transit authority system, spokesman bria... | disdainable spermophyte dialogize | no related information |
(cnn) tear gas shrouded the streets outside the sunni muslim world's most prestigious university after egyptian police battled thousands of pro muslim brotherhood demonstrators sunday in cairo, authorities reported there were no immediate reports of injuries from the protest, the latest in a wave of sometimes deadly... | al azhar university egypt july mohamed morsy | police break up protest at al azhar university with tear gas . students had been chanting and throwing rocks, government says . protests have wracked egypt since the july coup that ousted mohamed morsy |
zintan, libya (cnn) the libyan government said sunday it had retaken the key town of bir al ghanam after losing it briefly to rebel forces, but a rebel commander said his forces were holding onto the town bir al ghanam is about 85 kilometers (53 miles) southwest of the libyan capital tripoli its capture is significa... | cadmia disadvise resterilized | no related information |
london, england (cnn) the conviction of a terrorist doctor in the uk exposes how any section of society can become radicalized, a top police officer said tuesday bilal abdulla is shown being arrested after the attack at glasgow airport bilal abdulla was well educated and working as a doctor when he carried out his p... | cistophori retwist gingerbread | no related information |
(cnn) growing up in a small sri lankan fishing town, cricket changed sanath jayasuriya's life but his association with the game and humanitarian work has also helped transform the lives of many others jayasuriya's stature and shot making led to comparisons with india's sachin tendulkar 'without cricket i would have ... | lankan un goodwill sri lanka's | sri lankan cricketer recognized as changing the way one day cricket is played . the first cricketer to be a un goodwill ambassador . sri lanka's highest run scorer in test matches and one day internationals |
havana, cuba (cnn) 'che' the movie met che the myth in cuba this weekend, and the lengthy biopic of the argentinean revolutionary won acclaim from among those who know his story best actor benicio del toro stars in 'che,' which details che guevara's role in the 1950s cuban revolution the movie was screened saturday ... | oscar benicio del toro cuban del toro havana karl marx theater the united states | 'che' stars oscar winner benicio del toro in the title role . the official mouthpiece of the cuban government gives del toro a glowing review . the movie played sunday at havana's karl marx theater . 'che' will have a limited opening in the united states on friday |
(cnn) egypt kept their world cup hopes alive as the only goal of the game by ahmed hassan gave them a 1 0 win over rwanda in kigali star midfielder ahmed hassan scored the vital goal for egypt in kigali he scored from an ahmed fathi pass after 58 minutes to lift them level on points at the top with algeria in afric... | subicle unindebtedly forensically | no related information |
(cnn) a us drone strike killed eight militants in southern yemen on thursday morning, the latest hit in an intensified us air camaign against al qaeda and its affiliates in the area, security officials said the attack targeted a convoy carrying senior leaders of the ansar al sharia militant network, an offshoot of a... | cuboids teiglech mumms | no related information |
tokyo (cnn) a simmering dispute over islands in the east china sea began to bite into trade between china and japan on tuesday as chinese protests prompted japanese companies to suspend work there the latest demonstrations included a protest by hundreds of chinese outside the japanese embassy in beijing on the 81st ... | china japan japanese | new: china and japan have 'agreed to disagree' over the islands since the 1970s . new protests in china come on a painful anniversary . two japanese men make a brief landing on one of the disputed islands . japanese companies have suspended operations in china because of unrest |
washington (cnn) president barack obama signed ratification documents for america's new nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia on wednesday, clearing the way for the two powers to put the landmark accord into effect the agreement, known as the new strategic arms reduction treaty (new start) replaces start 1, whic... | abrupter tatties metricise | no related information |
(cnn) the slaughter of hundreds in egypt this week was horrifying the response of the united states to that slaughter seemed puny and impotent the president and the secretary of state offered strongly worded condemnations, and the united states canceled its participation in a military exercise that probably wouldn't... | david rothkopf egypt us arab rothkopf | david rothkopf: after egypt slaughter, us response was criticized as puny, impotent . he says cutting funds might feel good, but will cede us leverage to arab nations offering aid . he says real impact requires strong political, economic diplomacy at highest levels . rothkopf: us has choice: embrace risks of engagement... |
washington (cnn) senate democrats on wednesday blocked a republican effort to repeal the health care law passed last year the party line vote, with all 47 republicans in favor and 51 democrats opposed, meant the procedural motion failed to get the necessary 60 votes to pass two democrats didn't vote while the republ... | republicans democrats republican senate | new: all 47 republicans vote for repeal, while democrats unite to defeat them . the republican proposal fails on a procedural vote . the senate eliminates a tax rule associated with the health care law |
(cnn) hate to break it to you, girls and guys john legend tied the knot to his model girlfriend in italy legend, 34, married sports illustrated swimsuit model, chrissy teigen, on saturday in lake como the lovebirds' wedding comes as no surprise teigen keeps an online blog, where she posts recipes and tidbits abou... | italy love in the future | legend marries model girlfriend in italy . the acclaimed singer's latest album is called 'love in the future' |
(cnn) a greyhound bus accident along interstate 80 in central pennsylvania early wednesday killed one person and injured more than 40, officials said the incident happened in union county south of williamsport around 1:30 am, state police trooper matthew burrows said five hospitals reported receiving a total of more... | greyhound interstate 80 pennsylvania | a greyhound bus is involved in an accident on interstate 80 in central pennsylvania . one person died, and at least four of the 40 plus people injured were in critical condition . the nature and cause of the incident weren't immediately clear |
(cnn) only a few hours had passed after the boston marathon bombing, which killed three people and injured hundreds, when this little nugget of inspiration showed up in my twitter feed: 'back home you know what? i'm going for a run definitely' that tweet is from peter vigneron, a writer who was at the marathon when... | boston john sutter cnn sutter #runforboston | runners are hitting the road in support of boston bombing victims . john sutter: i'm pledging to run a marathon by april 2014; join me . sign up for the cnn ireport challenge: run for boston 2014 . sutter says the #runforboston hashtag led to the challenge |
the statistics are sobering: heart disease is the number one killer of women in the united states and an estimated 8 million women have it what's more, a new study shows that in recent years the overall heart disease risk for americans especially women hasn't continued the healthy downward trend it showed in prev... | us 35 inches | heart disease is the number one killer of women in the us: 8 million have it . you can take specific steps to protect your heart starting at an early age . reduce stress and anger, exercise and keep waist under 35 inches . dietary tips include cutting out trans fats, adding more fiber, fish and flaxseed |
(cnn) left to babysit her 6 month old granddaughter, a suburban chicago woman instead turned on the infant, bludgeoning her and cutting her throat, prosecutors said monday alfreda giedrojc is being held without bail after a court appearance monday afternoon, said tandra simonton, a spokeswoman for the cook county st... | alfreda giedrojc first | prosecutors say grandmother killed infant with sledgehammer, knife . alfreda giedrojc has been charged with first degree murder and is held without bail . investigators say she expressed remorse for the child's death |
(cnn) i make a living encouraging politicians and candidates to use social media and now i'm going to tell them why it's a bad idea not always, mind you social media will, and should, continue to play an important role in our political discourse but the trend has grown so quickly; i don't know that anyone has rea... | wesley donehue twitter facebook donehue | wesley donehue: social media gives people unprecedented ability to see political process . he says there's a risk politicians will become too dependent on twitter, facebook . compromise, productive bills happen behind closed doors, not transparently, he says . donehue: politicians have to lead and represent the people,... |
(cnn) all nine teenagers who were sought in an amber alert are with their parents, according to the lawyer for a new mexico youth ranch on saturday, police said they had confirmed that four of the nine were in their parents' custody the other five were accounted for sunday, state police said the nine teens were atte... | amber alert tierra blanca ranch | new: all nine teens put on amber alert have been accounted for by police . attorney: the teens were with their parents . tierra blanca ranch says it works to help at risk youth |
(cnn) a pair of north african delegates addressed the un general assembly for the first time saturday, each representing a new government formed after revolution and civil war ousted their respective long time leaders from libya, the executive chairman of the country's transitional council formally addressed the ass... | loutrophoroi strind unfeudalizing | no related information |
(cnn) in his first post election day interview, president bush spoke to cnn's heidi collins on tuesday aboard the intrepid, a former us navy aircraft carrier where he was commemorating veterans day he reflected on his presidency and the transition in the works with president elect barack obama president bush says he... | cnn obama bush texas | in cnn interview, president reflects on his term . 'mission accomplished' banner, 'dead or alive' comment among his regrets . he says meeting with obama was relaxed, obama will bring sense of family . bush says texas, book in his post presidential future |
tripoli, libya (cnn) anti gadhafi forces saturday claimed a new military advance into the deposed libyan dictator's hometown sirte, while a fuel storage warehouse fire at the port of the country's capital city tripoli in the west sent plumes of smoke into the air national transitional council forces took a neighborh... | tripoli nato sirte gadhafi ntc | new: one dead, 12 injured in tripoli fire at a naval fuel storage facility . nato carried out bombing campaign on sirte from saturday into sunday . anti gadhafi fighters claim progress in fight against sirte's gadhafi loyalists . ntc fighters suffer 30 injuries in the offensive |
(cnn) vladimir putin may not be the best defender of a free press, but the well traveled former recruit of the kgb knows how things work abroad in america, he has learnt, drawing attention to your point of view does not necessarily imply jailing or inflicting bodily harm to your dissenters but may be as simple as su... | vladimir putin's the new york times american white house putin us coste americans | vladimir putin's op ed in the new york times disputed the idea of american 'exceptionalism'. white house has ignored putin's remarks but some us lawmakers were outraged . coste: things are changing and many americans now dispute notion of 'exceptionalism' |
(cnn) you know about the obvious impacts of the government shutdown: federal workers idled, offices closed, funding disrupted for all sorts of activities but some of the impacts are less obvious, more outrageous, or a little bit of both here's a sampling of some of the spinoff effects of the shutdown showdown in was... | antarctic rangers the grand canyon homeowners | new: some websites down, others up; antarctic research program iced . rangers are ticketing people who try to sneak into the grand canyon . crabbers can't fish without federal permits . homeowners on federal land have been kicked out |
washington (cnn) in a congressional version of hot potato, the senate on friday passed a short term spending plan that would prevent a looming government shutdown and sent it to the house for a weekend showdown between republican tea party conservatives and their more moderate party leaders the 54 44 vote on strict ... | obama republican senate house democrats obamacare republicans john boehner | new: president obama criticizes republican tactics on shutdown, debt ceiling . the senate sends the house a revised spending plan to avoid a shutdown . senate democrats restore funding for obamacare opposed by republicans . house speaker john boehner faces a showdown with tea party conservatives |
(cnn) when james cameron's box office smasher 'avatar' first hit theaters in 2009, fans couldn't stop raving about the special effects used to bring pandora, the beautiful home of the blue skinned na'vi, to the big screen disney, which has stepped up to give visitors a real life version of pandora, just announced th... | walt disney world's animal kingdom 2017 pandora 2016 2018 | avatar themed attraction set to open at walt disney world's animal kingdom in 2017 . design renderings depict guests experiencing pandora's floating mountains and bioluminescent plants . three sequels to the 'avatar' movie are planned for release in 2016, 2017 and 2018 |
(cnn) two giant pandas arrived in taiwan tuesday after leaving china's sichuan province for their new home, in a sign of improving ties between the cross strait neighbors tuan tuan and yuan yuan rest at a giant panda research center in sichuan province on monday tuan tuan and yuan yuan, both four years old, had been... | mastodonsaurus interferences pentachloride | no related information |
this year marks the 150th anniversary of the battle of solferino which led to the creation of the international committee of the red cross the icrc is using the date to launch an awareness campaign of its work in conflict affected countries, featuring photos taken by five award winning photojournalists this week we're ... | overing unsavorily araguato | no related information |
(cnn) as the 20th anniversary of the reunification between east and west germany approaches, the country's leader says germany has become 'culturally richer' as a result 'we're pleased that the eastern states have become much stronger, that a lot has been put into action and that germany has become culturally richer... | merkel east german west east | the country will mark the 20th anniversary of reunification on sunday . merkel is the first former east german to lead the reunified country . she praises strides made since the west and east merged in 1990 |
hong kong (cnn) ashleymadisoncom, the dating website for people seeking affairs with married individuals which claims 20 million members worldwide, has dropped another pin on its map asia the company cast out its first line in japan in june, reeling in under half a million members within three months, said noel b... | scotsmen roncet impeccant | no related information |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) the federal trial of a former georgia tech student accused of supporting terrorism came to a close thursday with the defendant delivering his own closing argument the fbi says syed haris ahmed took casing video of the pentagon and discussed attacks on the united states syed haris ahmed, charge... | muslim syed haris ahmed ahmed us canada georgia tech atlanta | defendant talks about his muslim faith, not evidence, in closing argument . syed haris ahmed charged with providing material support to terrorists . prosecutors: ahmed discussed potential us attack targets in '05 trip to canada . ahmed, 24, is former georgia tech student who moved to suburban atlanta at 12 |
washington (cnn) narrow passage of a sweeping health care bill by the house of representatives portends a continuing difficult fight for president obama and fellow democrats to get a bill through the senate and into law the house voted 220 215 late saturday, with 39 democrats opposed and one republican in favor, to ... | house late saturday affordable health care for america act democrats republican senate | house voted 220 215 late saturday to approve affordable health care for america act . 39 democrats opposed act, one republican voted for it . measure now moves to senate, where support is less certain . if both chambers pass a bill, committee will merge the two proposals |
paris (cnn) us, european and arab leaders delivered a strong warning to libyan leader moammar gadhafi on saturday, saying he must stop attacking his own people or else face international military action the warning, announced by french president nicolas sarkozy at the end of a last minute meeting in paris, came as s... | gorblimy unidealist portless | no related information |
tripoli, libya (cnn) libyan government forces fired a missile at an italian warship in the mediterranean sea on wednesday in a rare attack on the nato fleet offshore, a government spokesman said the frigate bersagliere was about 19 kilometers (12 miles) off the libyan city of zlitan when the missile fell harmlessly ... | about 2 kilometers bersagliere gadhafi pro gadhafi 20% | the missile fell into the sea about 2 kilometers from the frigate bersagliere . 'we haven't used our real military power,' a gadhafi spokesman says . he discounts claims that pro gadhafi forces are down to 20% of their capabilities |
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