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london, england (cnn) 'this is an event in world history,' is how hollywood producer avi lerner hyperbolically proclaimed the news that robert de niro and al pacino were to star in his new film de niro and al pacino in a scene from their new movie 'righteous kill,' out this fall lerner can, perhaps, be forgiven for ... | al pacino robert de niro 'righteous kill | al pacino, robert de niro co starring in 'righteous kill'. two actors have co starred in movies, but rarely shared scenes . some have questioned whether the film is worthy of their talents |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) at the stroke of midnight sunday, pakistan made history it marked the first time a democratically elected government served a full five year term in the country's 65 year history in its short existence, pakistan has experienced three military coups, been ruled by generals for half its life,... | pakistan next musharraf this month | pakistan has had three military coups . next, a caretaker government will oversee elections . the milestone has come with a price . musharraf has said he will return this month |
london, england (cnn) western cinema's relationship with martial arts has been a rocky one like many genres, kung fu has drifted in and out of fashion, but it has never regained the same popularity as its glorious heyday in the early 1970s there's nothing funny about either bruce lee or chuck norris and they've got ... | 1970s west austin powers starsky hutch asia | kung fu has never regained its 1970s popularity in the west . the genre has been mocked in movies like 'austin powers,' 'starsky and hutch'. but fans know the genre is alive and flourishing in asia |
(cnn) infectious disease experts say they wouldn't be surprised if a new virus that's sickened 12 people and killed six shows up in the united states the first cases of the novel coronavirus, which is in the same family as sars and the common cold, were found to have occurred in an amman, jordan, hospital in april, ... | sixth the middle east | new: a sixth person has died from a new sars like virus . most of those affected by the virus have been in the middle east . person to person transmission of the virus appears difficult, experts say |
tegucigalpa, honduras (cnn) honduran soldiers shot out the tires of buses headed for a demonstration in support of ousted president jose manuel zelaya, a video obtained by cnn shows this image from a cell phone video shows honduran soldiers shooting out the tires of a bus the video, believed shot within the past two... | honduras | video shows line of buses stopped on road in honduras . shouting is heard, some pushing takes place . gunshots ring out, then video shows soldiers shooting tires . honduras military says it has not heard of incident |
vavuniya, sri lanka (cnn) after visiting a displacement camp in sri lanka on saturday and flying over the site of the last battle in the country's recently ended civil war, un secretary general ban ki moon called the sites 'appalling' internally displaced sri lankan watch through barbed wire during a visit by the un... | ban ki moon lankan 25 year | new: ban ki moon says camp contains 'the most appalling scenes i have seen'. new: ban asks president to grant unrestricted access to humanitarian agencies . about 250,000 to 300,000 people are refugees in the country, aid agencies say . sri lankan government has declared victory in the country's 25 year civil war |
(cnn) as natalie portman and darren aronofsky's controversial ballet horror film 'black swan' rolls out internationally, cnn's arts and culture show icon steps into the world of pointe shoes and tutus monita rajpal travels to st petersburg, where iconic figures such as nureyev, ballanchine and baryshnikov honed thei... | non russian russian icon the new york city ballet | the first non russian for more than a century to take command of a major russian company . icon explores the relationship between shoemaker and ballerina . icon is guided through the new york city ballet by the company's chief ballet master |
(cnn) amid solemn commemorations on tuesday's 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, president barack obama and other leaders emphasized how america has emerged stronger from the devastation that killed more than 2,900 people and forever changed the nation and the world 'this anniversary allows us to renew ... | mitt romney americans us | new: mitt romney calls for a strong military, opposes spending cuts . political leaders cite unity in response to the 9/11 attacks . americans pause to remember a day of horror . at the us capitol, lawmakers stand together in tribute |
harare, zimbabwe (cnn) more than 80 elephants in zimbabwe have been poisoned with cyanide the latest victims of poachers keen to feed soaring global demand for illegally trafficked ivory since may, the carcasses of 87 elephants have been discovered in hwange national park, said caroline washaya moyo, public relat... | zimbabwe hwange national park | poachers have used cyanide to kill more than 80 elephants in zimbabwe, park official says . the poachers poisoned natural salt licks in hwange national park, official says . environment minister says he will push for tougher penalties for ivory poachers . conservationists say record numbers of elephants are dying to me... |
london, england (cnn) previously unseen footage of diana, princess of wales, taken just hours before she was killed in a car crash, has been shown to the jury at the inquest into her death the footage showed diana and dodi step into an elevator at the ritz hotel images taken from a security camera at the ritz hotel ... | forbearingness hepatocystic nonbaronial | no related information |
(cnn) the inaugural addresses of the presidents are, for the most part, a wasteland of howling rhetoric and dried out inspiration history has little noted, nor has it long remembered, more than a handful of them lincoln's two inaugural addresses stand (of course) as the great exception franklin roosevelt's addresses... | propeller bearwort luxuria | no related information |
(cnn) as a player who has won african and olympic titles with cameroon and spanish league and champions league titles with barcelona as well as three african footballer of the year awards, samuel eto'o expects to command respect barcelona star samuel eto'o is one of a number of top footballers who have spoken out a... | samuel eto'o barcelona spain 2006 | samuel eto'o: 'we can't wait until some crazy fan kills a black player'. barcelona striker has endured regular racist taunting while playing in spain . eto'o almost walked off during a match in 2006 because of sustained abuse . he no longer allows family to come to games to protect them from racism |
(cnn) juventus will enter the new year as favorite to retain serie a after it claimed a comfortable victory over atalanta with nearest rival inter milan slipping up at lazio on saturday, goals from mirko vucinic, andrea pirlo and claudio marchisio ensured juve took full advantage napoli's 3 2 home defeat by bologna ... | juventus atalanta serie a milan seventh pescara tottenham swansea 4th epl borussia dortmund hoffenheim schalke huub stevens | juventus ease to 3 0 win over atalanta to strengthen position at top of serie a . milan up to seventh following 4 1 thrashing of pescara . tottenham claims 1 0 win over swansea to reach 4th in epl . borussia dortmund defeats hoffenheim while schalke sack coach huub stevens |
(cnn) i go to the gym it's an excellent place to watch sportscenter while occupying a bench press that somebody else might otherwise use for actual exercise 'you done with this?' 'define done' my other favorite part of an early workout is when the gym staff finally plops the morning newspapers on the media table, wh... | seises add immix | no related information |
(cnn) it hasn't been a blockbuster year for nintendo, the video gaming company that brought us 'donkey kong,' 'super mario bros' and the wii sales of the wii u, nintendo's latest gaming system, have been soft and the company has struggled to get enough top tier games in front of the players clamoring for them and wh... | nintendo wii u japanese e3 iwata mario bros zelda donkey kong | nintendo president says new titles will turn around lackluster wii u sales . japanese company has kept low profile at this year's e3 video game expo . iwata compares wii u to nintendo 3ds, which started slow then picked up . new 'mario bros,' 'zelda' and 'donkey kong' titles are on the way |
(cnn) a program on iran's government backed press tv recently took a woman convicted of adultery and murder back to her home in osku 'to produce a visual account' of the death of her husband 'at the crime scene' press tv posted a story on its website early friday morning explaining that the program 'iran today,' whi... | autopilots unestablish waterworm | no related information |
(cnn) top seed and world number one rafael nadal of spain has been knocked out of the australian open by compatriot and 'friend' david ferrer hampered by a thigh strain from the start of wednesday's quarterfinal, the nine time grand slam champion was visibly suffering as he went down 6 4 6 2 6 3 at melbourne's rod ... | rafael nadal david ferrer australian open quarters ferrer andy murray scot alexandr dolgopolov roger federer novak djokovic | rafael nadal loses in straight sets to david ferrer in australian open quarters . ends world no 1's hopes of winning his fourth consecutive grand slam title . ferrer to play andy murray in semis after scot beats alexandr dolgopolov . roger federer and novak djokovic to contest other semi after wins on tuesday |
washington (cnn) on april 20, president obama challenged his cabinet to cut $100 million in spending over the next 90 days white house spokesman robert gibbs says a report on cabinet spending cuts will be released 'in coming days' the deadline came and went without a report from the white house on whether or ... | furniment plenipotentiarily tweaked | no related information |
washington (cnn) nearly two decades after the first gulf war and six years after saddam hussein was removed from power, iraq still is subject to 73 united nations resolutions a march 1991 photo shows burning oil wells in kuwait damaged by iraq military forces now iraq's foreign minister says his country 'will not re... | iraq un billions of dollars chapter 7 security council | iraq's fm says his country won't be fully independent until un sanctions end . iraq has paid 'billions of dollars' under un's chapter 7, foreign minister says . 'intensive discussions' held with security council members, minister says |
(cnn) the syrian government is working constructively with the international team overseeing the destruction of the nation's chemical weapons, the chief of the world's chemical weapons watchdog said wednesday inspectors visited a first site earlier this week, where they saw some chemical weapons equipment destroyed,... | chemical second syria wednesday november 1 french june 22 | 'cooperation has been quite constructive,' head of the watchdog group says . chemical weapons inspectors to visit second site in syria on wednesday . initial inspections, destruction of production facilities due by november 1 . kidnapped french reporter, photographer have been held since june 22, officials say |
bangkok (cnn) the head of the thai army issued a stern warning thursday to protesters to avoid violence or the military will take action political violence returned to the thai capital as three anti government protesters were killed by gunmen, hours before demonstrators hounded the interim prime minister from a meet... | army bangkok the weekend a tumultuous week | new: army chief warns that more violence could prompt military 'to resolve the situation'. 3 people killed, 23 injured when gunmen open fire on anti government protesters . in separate incident, protesters stormed an office complex where pm was holding meeting . rival mass rallies took place in bangkok over the weekend... |
(cnn) it's not exactly the war of the roses, but a new york couple is taking a divorce case to a new level dr richard batista (left) and his attorney, dominick barbara, says the divorce case is not just about a kidney dr richard batista and his wife, dawnell, are fighting over a kidney he gave her batista and his at... | eurythmies ignitor carbolize | no related information |
(cnn) a us marine accused of hazing a fellow marine who later committed suicide in afghanistan has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and a reduction in rank at a court martial in hawaii lance cpl jacob d jacoby pleaded guilty to assaulting lance cpl harry lew in april after lew fell asleep while on watch after first... | dextrines peristeropodan cacospermia | no related information |
(cnn) let's be clear: an agreement that would put syria's chemical weapons under un lock and key is not a solution it is a partial measure that could help us officials avoid the uncomfortable task of having to authorize military strikes in the face of clear public opposition and save the syrian people from further g... | extime friscal trioecious | no related information |
seoul, south korea (cnn) north korea has proposed high level talks with the united states to 'ease tensions in the korean peninsula,' its state news agency reported early sunday the topics that 'can be sincerely discussed' include easing military tensions, changing a truce treaty to a peace treaty, and nuclear matte... | washington north korea north korean us north korea's north days ago south korea | new: washington says north korea needs to back up its words . a north korean government group makes its offer to the us to 'ease tensions'. the us has spearheaded efforts targeting north korea's nuclear program . the north abruptly called off talks days ago with south korea |
(cnn) federal authorities have identified a suspect in the armed robberies of 10 banks in four states, crediting surveillance photos they posted on electronic billboards throughout the south the fbi says this surveillance image shows chad schaffner, who they say robbed at least 10 banks this year chad e schaffner, w... | demagogue vasotocin dister | no related information |
london, england (cnn) bad dubbing, angry men with extraordinary facial hair, balletic fighting and more blood than you can shake a nunchuck at: just some of the key ingredients to make a perfect kung fu flick tony jaa may be the modern day bruce lee, and in 'ong bak' he shows off his impressive skills whether it's a... | bruce lee tarantino the matrix jean claude van damme's street fighter | iconic kung fu star bruce lee hits the top spot with 'enter the dragon'. tarantino's genre tributes, 'kill bill 1&2,' are stylish and bloody . 'the matrix' is a sci fi kung fu movie with slickly made fight sequences . but jean claude van damme's 'street fighter' lacks the killer punch |
(healthcom) electroshock therapy today bears little resemblance to its lurid depictions in hollywood dramas like 'one flew over the cuckoo's nest' for decades psychiatrists have used shock therapy to treat cases of depression that haven't been helped by antidepressant medications, and in recent years the treatment ... | us ect fda | roughly 100,000 people in the us now receive ect each year . fda meeting to consider whether machines used in ect should be more tightly regulated . critics say treatment and potential side effects are serious enough to merit review |
(cnn) photographers and artists have a long relationship with art books as vehicles that share their work with audiences beyond the gallery circuit but do those books have a shelf life beyond their era? to explore their influence on contemporary artists, photography nonprofit aperture foundation asked 10 artists to ... | colinus stitchbird retroceded | no related information |
kuala lumpur, malaysia (cnn) the families of those on board malaysia airlines flight 370 have been waiting for answers for 20 days the loved ones of those who were passengers on malaysia airlines 653 have been waiting for 37 years flight 653 was hijacked in 1977 en route from the northern malaysian city of penang to... | malaysia airlines flight 653 1977 mh370 | malaysia airlines flight 653 crashed after being hijacked in 1977 . report into crash said the pilots were shot dead and plane slammed into the ground . relatives of the passengers say current crisis with mh370 brings pain flooding back . one advised families to remember loved ones and not fixate on assigning blame |
(cnn) in focus: opec quota cuts opec, which pumps 40 percent of the world oil, is set to announce this week plans to cut its output when it meets in oran, algeria ceo naguib sawiris is expanding his mobile phone services into north korea, an area where few businessmen venture the cut in crude is hoped to stabilize ... | blizzardous unprovision matelass | no related information |
(cnn) ben cahan wishes he hadn't damaged his old snapshot of a person in a prosthetic alien suit sitting with his macintosh luckily, he still has a late 1980s picture of actor kurt russell with his boxy mac desktop ben cahan worked with hollywood films and spotted kurt russell sitting with his mac in the 1980s rubbi... | macintosh 25th ben cahan kurt russell mac gil poulsen's mike tuohy | ireportcom: outpouring of photos, stories ahead of macintosh's 25th birthday . software developer ben cahan photographed kurt russell with his old mac . gil poulsen's basement computer museum includes placards, velvet rope . mike tuohy paints his old mac cases to look like wood and primary colors |
(cnn) federal officials are urging consumers to put off eating foods that contain peanut butter until assurances are made that the foods do not contain products manufactured by the peanut corp of america, some of which were found to contain salmonella a salmonella outbreak has sickened almost 500 people and killed a... | fda peanut corp of america brand | new: salmonella outbreak has sickened 475 says fda . peanut corp of america products found to contain salmonella . brand name peanut butters are not expected to be affected . fda urges manufacturers to announce whether they use certain products |
(cnn) in a dusty campsite in central australia more than 30 years ago, a mother's cries of 'a dingo's got my baby' set the stage for one of the country's most intriguing murder mysteries the final scenes are set to be played out in court on friday when a coroner will hear new evidence that her parents hope will once... | monoxylon decasualising guberla | no related information |
(cnn) an indiana lawmaker who opposes celebrating the centennial anniversary of the girl scouts of america says the group 'sexualizes' young girls, promotes homosexuality and is a tactical arm of planned parenthood in a letter sent to members of the republican caucus, indiana state rep bob morris said many parents w... | indiana bob morris girl scouts gop the girl scouts planned parenthood morris house girl scout | indiana state rep bob morris lobbies against honoring girl scouts . gop lawmaker says the girl scouts are a tactical arm of planned parenthood . girl scouts says morris is 'off the mark on his claims'. indiana's house speaker hands out girl scout cookies |
(cnn) president barack obama's rebuke of republicans who are 'beating the drums of war' in encouraging the united states to take military action against iran should be targeted not just toward those critics but also, and more important, toward the israeli government an attack on iran would not only fail to achieve i... | oxycephalic bonniest chelide | no related information |
washington (cnn) us regulators are directing 31 nuclear reactors similar in design to the fukushima daiichi plant in japan, where an earthquake and tsunami caused a meltdown two years ago, to take additional steps to help contain radiation and other damage from any accident that is not quickly halted the nuclear reg... | nuclear regulatory commission nrc fukushima japan | nuclear regulatory commission requires changes at 31 plants . nrc wants enhancements to help contain damage from any accident . reactors are similar in design to fukushima plant in japan . earthquake, tsunami caused meltdown at fukushima in 2011 |
(cnn) now, 45 years later, i still see it i still feel it among the most exhilarating moments of my life was when i touched the fingertips of robert francis kennedy that's ultimately where i'm going until then, let's discuss the months, weeks and days before everything stood still for a 12 year old that bright thurs... | terence moore robert f kennedy kennedy moore rfk | terence moore was 12 when robert f kennedy reached out and touched his fingertips . hours later on that day, kennedy gave a passionate speech advocating nonviolence . moore made a sad yet fascinating discovery upon looking up that speech's date . moore on rfk's assasination: 'it was as if a family member had died' |
(cnn) they are being billed as the jimmy choos of horseshoes but it's more than just the design that will appeal to jockeys and trainers australian company csiro titanium technologies claims to have built a lighter horseshoe by using titanium rather than the traditional cast aluminum it says the shoe can be up to 10... | australian about $560 | an australian company says it can manufacture a horseshoe made of titanium . weighing less than traditional aluminum horseshoes, horses can potentially run faster . advances in 3 d scanning helped to deliver the final product, the firm says . a set of four shoes costs about $560 and one version was made in purple |
(cnn) president barack obama's blockbuster announcement that he is in favor of full marriage equality is the most courageous thing he has done since he entered the white house three and a half years ago coming after his successful strategy to get congress to repeal don't ask, don't tell so that gays and lesbians can... | charles kaiser obama civil rights act gallup poll 65% democrats 57% | charles kaiser: obama's stance on gay rights has effect similar to civil rights act . his statement instantly obliterated doubts of millions of his gay supporters, he writes . gallup poll: 65% of democrats, 57% of independents support same sex marriage . gay supporters, he says, now feel they helped elect a transformat... |
(cnn) as thailand continues to battle its worst floods in 50 years, a political analyst involved in the relief effort predicted that streets in the capital would remain flooded for at least two weeks 'the best case scenario, two weeks, or one month at its worst case,' sean boonprakong told cnn in all, 255 pumps were... | dodonean aurist leafen | no related information |
(cnn) he has been captured by bank surveillance cameras in four states, sneering and holding a pistol sideways during heists the fbi is searching for this suspect, who they say has robbed at least 10 banks in the south now authorities hope to catch the serial bank robber by plastering his image on electronic billbo... | hierarchal ovologist unctious | no related information |
(cnn) microsoft has slashed the price of its xbox one console and is offering the device without the accompanying kinect motion control system beginning on june 9, microsoft will offer the xbox one for $399 in all markets where it's sold a $100 price cut from the bundled version with kinect customers can place pr... | june 9 microsoft 399 kinect xbox one xbox 360 | beginning on june 9, microsoft will offer the xbox one for $399 in all markets . it's now selling the device without its kinect motion control system . xbox one, xbox 360 consoles will no longer require a live gold subscription |
tokyo, japan (cnn) an american father jailed in tokyo has been harshly treated, his attorney said monday, while japanese authorities said he is getting 'special' treatment christopher savoie is in jail in japan after trying to get back his son, isaac, and daughter, rebecca attorney jeremy morley, in a statement rele... | japan japanese christopher savoie savoie | official in japan denies 'torture,' says dad is receiving 'special' treatment . japanese official: dad gets regular attorney visits, interpreter for interviews . christopher savoie accused of trying to kidnap his kids after ex wife fled to japan . savoie held without trial; denied medical treatment, says attorney |
(cnn) the indigenous people of alaska have stood firm against some of the most extreme weather conditions on earth for thousands of years but now, flooding blamed on climate change is forcing at least one eskimo village to move to safer ground floodwaters rip through the village of newtok, alaska, destroying its inf... | alaskan 9 miles anchorage un 2050 | floods blamed on climate change forcing alaskan village to move 9 miles away . twenty six other alaskan villages are in immediate danger, officials say . move comes as indigenous people hold anchorage summit on the crisis . un: climate change will force displacement of 150 million people by 2050 |
(cnn) world no 3 kim clijsters remains on course to win a second consecutive grand slam singles title after overcoming a challenge from agnieszka radwanska to reach the semifinals of the australian open the us open champion battled past 12th seed radwanska of poland 6 3 7 6 (7 4) in wednesday's quarterfinal to reach... | vera zvonareva kim clijsters australian belgium agnieszka radwanska poland zvonareva russia czech caroline wozniacki denmark china li na | world no 2 vera zvonareva and third seed kim clijsters reach australian open semis . belgium's clijsters beats agnieszka radwanska of poland in straight sets . zvonareva of russia also has a straight sets quarterfinal victory over czech petra kvitova . caroline wozniacki of denmark and china's li na to contest other wo... |
washington (cnn) political fireworks over a little noticed supreme court appeal and a separate whistleblower lawsuit had us attorney general eric holder and a longtime congressional adversary exchanging harsh words at a house committee hearing wednesday holder, testifying before the republican led house judiciary co... | holder gop darrell issa's issa thomas perez cabinet congress last year the house judiciary committee | attorney general holder calls gop rep darrell issa's conduct 'shameful'. issa and holder spar over emails involving aide thomas perez, a cabinet nominee . issa led the effort to cite holder for contempt of congress last year in another case . holder answers questions by the house judiciary committee |
(cnn) defending champion roger federer secured his place in the australian open semifinals on tuesday after a straight sets dismissal of stanislas wawrinka federer, 29, moved into the final four at melbourne park for an eighth consecutive year thanks to a 6 1 6 3 6 3 triumph over his swiss compatriot sixteen time gr... | roger federer the australian open stanislas wawrinka second eighth melbourne park novak djokovic sixth tomas berdych serb federer 2010 us open | roger federer is into the australian open semifinals after he beat stanislas wawrinka . the second seed is into his eighth consecutive semifinal at melbourne park . novak djokovic defeated sixth seed tomas berdych in straight sets . the serb will now face federer in a rematch of the 2010 us open semifinal clash |
(cnn) former finnish president martti ahtisaari has won the 2008 nobel peace prize, the norwegian nobel committee announced friday former finland president martii ahtisaari twice worked to find a solution in kosovo 'ahtisaari is an outstanding international mediator,' said ole danbolt mjoes, chairman of the norwegia... | ahtisaari namibia this year iraq indonesian aceh 2005 march 2001 | committee cited ahtisaari's 'significant' part in namibia's independence . worked with others this year to find a peaceful solution in iraq . helped broker a deal in troubled indonesian province of aceh in 2005 . ahtisaari left office in march 2001 |
(cnn) the president of botswana has invited the internationally recognized president of ivory coast, alassane ouattara, for an official state visit, the foreign affairs ministry of botswana announced wednesday president seretse khama ian khama has discussed the visit with ouattara, the ministry said in a statement, ... | botswana ouattara ivory coast's africa zimbabwe two years ago | botswana recognizes ouattara as the rightful winner of ivory coast's election . the government is concerned the situation threatens peace and security in africa . the leaders of botswana also opposed the outcome of zimbabwe's elections two years ago |
(cnn) now that delegates have converged on tampa, florida, for the republican national convention, one has to wonder whether there is enough room in the arena for all the conflicting and contradictory elements of the modern republican party there is the camp that claims it wants to be more inclusive, broader in its ... | ruben navarrette the republican party republicans navarrette gop obama | ruben navarrette: the deep divisions in the republican party are evident . he says some republicans emphasize social issues, such as opposition to gay marriage . others want to play down social issues, focus on the party's economic message, he says . navarrette: the only thing that unites gop is a strong desire to defe... |
barcelona, spain (cnn) mozilla announced sunday it will launch handsets running its new firefox mobile operating system, pitting itself directly against apple and google the nonprofit company made the announcement at a news conference on the eve of the world's largest mobile technology show, mobile world congress in... | mozilla firefox apple google july | mozilla to introduce mobile phones with its firefox open source operating system . the handset and system will compete with apple, google on apps, senior official says . the phones, from four manufacturers, will be available in nine countries starting in july |
(cnn) tonalist won the belmont stakes 'fair and square,' california chrome co owner steve coburn told abc on monday as he apologized to horse racing fans and 'the world' for his bitter remarks after the third leg of the triple crown appearing on 'good morning america' for the second consecutive day, the owner of the... | belmont california triple crown steve coburn america california chrome | of top finishers at belmont, only california chrome had run first two legs of triple crown . co owner steve coburn spent two days complaining about the system . he says he was caught up in the emotions of wanting 'america's horse' to win . california chrome was injured but will race again, owner says |
(cnn) a formerly classified government memo authorizing the drone attack that killed american terror suspect anwar al awlaki was released on monday by a federal court the government for years fought disclosure of the 2010 document produced by the justice department's office of legal counsel, saying it would harm nat... | anwar al awlaki 2011 us al qaeda yemen al awlaki | terror suspect anwar al awlaki was killed in a 2011 drone strike . the us said he was top operative for al qaeda in yemen . government sought to keep memo secret, saying release would harm national security . memo said that force authorization against al qaeda in general applied to al awlaki |
washington (cnn) a free speech dispute over a california law banning sale of violent video games to children will go to the supreme court for review the justices monday accepted the state's appeal and will decide whether the law is too restrictive in denying access by minors to often graphic material video game make... | supreme court california state | supreme court to rule on california law banning sales of some video games to minors . game makers say their voluntary ratings system is all that's needed to guide parents . state says it must protect children because industry hasn't . law bans sales to kids of games where player can kill, maim, rape other characters |
cleveland, ohio (cnn/wkyc) an emergency room physician accused of murdering his wife with cyanide pleaded not guilty on wednesday, nearly four years after her death rosemarie dipuccio essa's family say they want 'justice for rosie' a judge set bail for yazeed essa at $75 million at a hearing attended by members of h... | yazeed essa $75 million essa beirut cyprus | dr yazeed essa pleads not guilty to wife's cyanide murder . he is being held on $75 million bail as a flight risk . essa left the country and went to beirut after being questioned by police . he was arrested in cyprus and extradited last week, nearly 4 years after wife's death |
(cnn) this weekend, manchester united's alex ferguson will attempt to become the first manager in history to win three champions league titles when his side face barcelona at wembley the achievement, which would match the late bob paisley's european cup feat with liverpool in the 1970s, is not only a testimony to fe... | alex ferguson champions league ferguson scottish england europe english | alex ferguson on the brink of winning his third champions league winners' medal . ferguson one of many scottish managers to have succeeded in england and europe . scottish managers have won 18 of the last 26 english league championships |
(cnn) more and more airlines are teaming up with world class chefs, hoping to solve that ultimate #firstworldproblem: how to serve a top rate meal in the air the strategy seems to be to throw glamorous, big name chefs at the problem and hope that they can recreate on planes that same gastronomic magic they do at the... | 30,000 feet cathay pacific pino lavarra michelin hong kong tosca | can fine dining experiences really be pulled off at 30,000 feet? some airlines think so. cathay pacific partners with pino lavarra from michelin starred hong kong restaurant tosca . some recipes have to be tweaked to meet food safety regulations |
(cnn) in neshoba county, mississippi, on the night of june 21 22, 1964, james chaney, andrew goodman and michael schwerner went missing their bodies would be discovered in an earthen dam 44 days later as the ultimate payment for their efforts to secure voting rights for all americans yet 50 years later, it's as if i... | robin washington mississippi the supreme court | robin washington says 50 years after the murders in mississippi, history repeats itself . three young men were killed in 1964 while trying to secure voting rights for all . today, the supreme court and conservative statehouses are turning back the clock |
(cnn) in front of cameras and on the pages of widely promoted books, the wives of a few high profile cheating husbands have been finding and broadcasting their own voices, a pronounced shift that has some who study infidelity applauding available in bookstores friday is 'staying true' by jenny sanford, who filed for... | unweetingly hermaean whomble | no related information |
rome (cnn) technical experts directing the salvage operation aboard the costa concordia cruise ship are recommending that the underwater part of the operation be called off because it is becoming too dangerous, italy's civil protection agency said tuesday the head of the operation, franco gabrielli, will make the fi... | january 13 italy the costa concordia | the operation is becoming too dangerous for divers, technical experts say . the head of the operation is unlikely to overrule them, his office says . 15 people are still missing after the january 13 shipwreck off the coast of italy . the captain of the costa concordia is under house arrest |
(aol autos) the conventional wisdom, among most folks, anyway, is that buying a used car is usually something done out of necessity, by those on a budget that is, people who want, or need, to 'move down' from the new car market because a new model is simply out of their reach bottom line, the lexus reputation is ... | mytilacea hydrotherapeutics nondistinguishable | no related information |
(cnn) robert barnett, a prominent washington attorney, has worked on eight national presidential campaigns, focusing on debate preparation he played the role of george hw bush in practice debates with geraldine ferraro in 1984 and with michael dukakis in 1988, and practice debated bill clinton more than 20 times dur... | robert barnett barnett republicans | robert barnett: candidates must make sure they answer town hall questions . barnett has played republicans in practice debates for more than 20 years . barnett: i try to prepare candidates for the attacks they will face . barnett says he'll make the case aggressively to prepare candidates |
(cnn) sen john mccain played offense against sen barack obama during much of the final presidential debate as he challenged his rival on his policies, judgment and character obama said he is the candidate who can bring 'fundamental change' to the country and continued to try to link mccain to president bush in one o... | obama bill ayers john lewis mccain joe | new: more viewers say obama won the debate, poll shows . new: candidates debate bill ayers, john lewis, negativity . new: mccain, obama make frequent mention of 'joe the plumber'. mccain, obama start debate with talk of economic plans |
new york (cnn) the missing engine from a us airways jet that ditched in the hudson river was recovered friday, more than a week after the crash landing a jet engine lost after flight 1549 ditched in the hudson river is hoisted from the water friday icy conditions and strong currents hampered efforts to locate and ra... | hudson new jersey hudson river us airways | missing engine recovered from hudson, hauled to new jersey riverbank . video shows at least two passengers jump off plane's wings into chilly hudson river . single feather and evidence of 'soft body impact damage' found on plane . us airways flight crash landed in river after reportedly hitting flock of birds |
(cnn) the middle east might account for less than one tenth of global private jet sales, but the passengers flying on the region's luxury planes can be the most demanding in the world 'yes the people who fly our planes are demanding, and they have a right to be,' says faisal ghazi kayal, managing director of saudia ... | alboranite diureide cerote | no related information |
(cnn) i'm finding it hard to get too worked up over the revelation that the national security agency has been authorized by the secret foreign intelligence surveillance court to collect all our call data from verizon hasn't everyone already assumed this? everything we do in the digital realm from surfing the web ... | douglas rushkoff nsa verizon rushkoff | douglas rushkoff: nsa collecting call records from verizon should not be surprising . he says we hand out vast amounts of personal info about ourselves via smartphones . he says nsa wants call info for database to help track terrorists, and we are control group . rushkoff: this activity cuts both ways: digital trail le... |
harrisburg, pennsylvania (cnn) pennsylvania's acting secretary of labor and industry has entered a rehabilitation program for at least two weeks after her arrest on a public drunkenness charge last week sandi vito, pennsylvania's acting labor secretary, has entered a rehab program, the governor's spokesman says just... | flinched trod tetractine | no related information |
(cnn) saudi arabia's king abdullah will fly to the united states on monday for treatment of a herniated spinal disc and a blood clot that is causing him back pain, the country's health minister said sunday 'the medical team recommended that that he leaves to the us to visit a spine specialized medical center in orde... | saudi abdullah the united states | new: saudi king abdullah is healthy and in stable condition, minister says . abdullah is scheduled to leave for the united states on monday . the 86 year old king underwent tests friday after complaining of back pain |
los angeles (cnn) while charlie sheen works to 'conquer the medical issues' in rehab and his hit sitcom is on 'production hiatus,' a porn actress is talking about a two day party she claims led to his collapse last week kacey jordan appeared on abc's 'good morning america' monday morning and she later tweeted 'the r... | kacey jordan two day sheen jordan last friday | kacey jordan details what she says was actor's two day binge . sheen wanted to set up a house for porn stars to party, jordan says . the porn actress says sheen wanted her to watch his children . sheen entered rehab last friday |
bekaa valley, lebanon (cnn) after i became a father, i found covering the stories of refugees more heart wrenching than ever before of course, it is the children that immediately draw your attention it is their wide eyed fascination with everything you do they want to touch my producer danielle's hair and play with ... | dimagnesic repagination empyema | no related information |
yangon, myanmar (cnn) an activist monk detained by myanmar authorities friday was freed hours later after being questioned at a military base in yangon, a fellow monk said saturday u gambira was taken away from a monastery in yangon by about 10 men in plainclothes who said they were from the 'yangon division,' said ... | sporozoic crofter undignifiedness | no related information |
barry eichengreen is george c pardee and helen n pardee professor of economics and political science at the university of california, berkeley he is the author of 'golden fetters: the gold standard and the great depression, 1919 39' and 'financial crises and what to do about them' barry eichengreen says barack obama wi... | tutted deracialize pierid | no related information |
(cnn) in 2005, about two weeks after 52 people in london were killed in bombings targeting the english city's mass transit system, terrorists decided to strike again a police cctv camera observes people walking in central london similar to the july 7 attacks, they chose the city's transit system three subway trai... | agriotypidae metropoleis luggageless | no related information |
(cnn) at least 21 people were killed and dozens wounded in shootings and explosions across iraqi on friday, officials say the deadliest attack occurred in the neighborhood of dora, southern baghdad, where twin improvised explosive devices were detonated near an ice cream shop officials told cnn seven people inclu... | iraq friday baghdad this week | at least 21 people were killed in shootings and explosions across iraq friday, officials say. the deadliest attack was in baghdad where twin blasts killed seven and wounded 18 . officials said that children were among those killed in the attack, which took place near an ice cream shop . more than 120 people have been k... |
(cnn) a 22 year old american woman has become an unlikely cricketing celebrity in england and australia because her twitter name happens to be '@the ashes' ashley kerekes, a babysitter from massachusetts, has been inundated with thousands of messages from cricket fans thinking her account relates to the test series ... | australia ashley kerekes massachusetts qantas the ashes twitter | cricket fans message @theashes thinking it relates to australia england series . ashley kerekes from massachusetts reveals it is a nickname given by her boyfriend . qantas offer to fly her to australia to watch the ashes after a twitter campaign |
(cnn) world number one rafael nadal battled back from a set down to finally topple american andy roddick in an epic clash at the atp world tour finals the spaniard looked out of sorts in the opening set but slowly returned to form as the game progressed to secure a 3 6 7 6 6 4 victory in two hours 30 minutes after a... | tipple jinjili febrility | no related information |
(cnn) in a dimly lit florida theater, curtis reeves got into an argument with another moviegoer over texting the two men exchanged words that gradually became more heated and reeves felt something hit his face reeves, who minutes earlier had gone to seek a manager's help to stop the texting, this time reached into a... | unsnarls yellows thiocarbonyl | no related information |
marjah, afghanistan (cnn) foreign and afghan forces encountered stiff resistance saturday as their offensive in southern afghanistan entered its second week, and a civilian was mistakenly shot dead 'it is moving slowly but surely the marines are making some headway,' said cnn correspondent atia abawi, who is embedde... | us afghan us marines nato | squads of 10 14 militants engage us and afghan forces in firefights . us marines set up forward base to send signal to local civilians . nato troops kill unarmed civilian mistaken for militant . troops trying to avoid civilian casualties, afghan president tells parliament |
(cnn) the future of around 2,000 dutch soldiers serving in afghanistan has been thrown into doubt by the collapse saturday of the netherlands' coalition government dutch prime minister jan peter balkenende's office said in a statement that the labor party had withdrawn from the government following days of talks ove... | labor party afghanistan netherlands uruzgan province | labor party members quit the coalition government after talks fail . speculation that the political squabble over afghanistan could not be settled . the netherlands has roughly 2,000 troops serving in afghanistan's uruzgan province |
(cnn) there is a growing interest among us foreign policy officials and scholars in deterring iran; that is, in tolerating a nuclear armed iran but keeping it at bay by threatening it in kind should it use its nuclear weapons although the obama administration has not embraced this position, some observers believe th... | amitai etzioni us iran etzioni | amitai etzioni: there is growing interest among us officials, scholars in deterring iran . for deterrence to work, leaders of nations with nuclear arms must be rational, he says . etzioni: even rational heads of states have made gross miscalculations . he says no one can assume that we can safely rely on the rationalit... |
london, england (cnn) they helped introduce the world to mop top haircuts, collarless jackets and yellow submarines now a british university is launching what it says is the world's first ever masters degree in the beatles the masters degree will examine the beatles' contribution to modern society liverpool hope ... | british first the fab four miles brocken ma | british university says its masters degree in the beatles is a world first . course supervisor says academic study of the fab four is long overdue . lecturer miles brocken says beatles ma will boost career prospects |
jakarta, indonesia (cnn) thousands of protesters marched along jakarta's main thoroughfare to the presidential palace wednesday, opposing government plans to increase subsidized fuel prices by 33% according to police estimates, between 3,000 and 5,000 protestors participated in the largely peaceful march to reject t... | indonesia 33% | thousands protested government plan to increase in fuel costs in indonesia . a government plan would increase gas prices by 33% starting april 1 |
arnold palmer, one of the greatest players in the history of golf, has exclusively told cnn that the olympic games could help to revive the recession hit sport golfing legend palmer believes an olympic golf tournament would be a welcome boost for the sport with golf being hit hard by the recent downturn in the global e... | legend arnold palmer olympics palmer olympic | legend arnold palmer believes that golf would benefit from being in olympics . palmer thinks recession hit sport would get a boost from an olympic inclusion . the sport of golf has been hit hard by the recession and downturn in economy |
(cnn) pelting rains, whipping winds, mass evacuations: there is no doubt that hurricane sandy, by sunday, had already made a mammoth impact on the us east coast and it should only get worse that's the consensus view, among forecasters and officials, as the category 1 storm continued to chug northeastward parallel to... | anthony steatolysis sulfofication | no related information |
(cnn) there is a lot to be said for enjoying the work that you do 'downtime would probably just get me into trouble,' freddie roach said jokingly roach, one of the most sought after boxing trainers in the sport, loves coming to work each and every day, and he says it's that passion that helps him deal with parkinson... | slows multinational stail | no related information |
(cnn) sens john mccain and barack obama hammered away at each other's judgment on the economy, domestic policy and foreign affairs as they faced off in their second presidential debate obama tried to tie mccain to president bush's 'failed' policies, while mccain pushed his image as a 'consistent reformer' at the deb... | incontrovertible animable persnicketiness | no related information |
denver, colorado (cnn) sen barack obama's acceptance of the democratic party's presidential nomination may be historic in many ways one of them is the size of the audience at invesco field more than 75,000 people packed into the football stadium in denver, colorado, to hear obama's historic speech as the first afric... | invesco field up to six miles obama | new: attendees encounter gridlock as they leave invesco field . lines to enter stadium were up to six miles long, police estimate . about 75,000 people attended sen obama's acceptance speech |
(cnn) former nba star and tnt sports analyst charles barkley attended the democratic national convention on tuesday and answered five questions for cnncom at the cnn grill former nba star charles barkley says the next president must deal with poverty and the war in iraq cnncom: why are you here in denver? barkley: i... | nba charles barkley obama america barkley tnt alabama | former nba player charles barkley says he favors his friend obama . america's public schools should be a priority, barkley says . tnt sports analyst also says he's running for governor of alabama . 'i just want to do good things with my name,' he says |
austin, texas (cnn) sen hillary clinton, needing a win in texas to derail sen barack obama in the race for the democratic presidential nomination, sought thursday to contrast her opponent's rhetorical skills with what she called her superior ability to govern sens barack obama and hillary clinton face off in a high ... | clinton obama cnn bill schneider texas march 4 | clinton, obama discuss immigration, economy, taxes in mostly civil debate . 'it was a very odd debate,' says cnn senior political analyst bill schneider . clinton, obama in close race in texas, polls show . texas holds its primary march 4 |
(cnn) kenyan park rangers are hunting for a gang of poachers who they say killed eleven elephants and hacked off their tusks, the latest large slaughter of the animals to be reported amid insatiable global demand for ivory the family of elephants were killed on saturday in tsavo east national park in southern kenya,... | hinge watchkeeper thalamic | no related information |
(cnn) fearful of a crackdown on undocumented workers, thousands of cambodian migrants clutching children and towing their possessions in sacks and plastic bags, milled into a train station they crammed inside in an orderly fashion mostly nervous and solemn as they waited for the train that will take them back t... | cambodian thailand | organization: 140,000 cambodian migrant workers leave thailand . workers cite fears and anxieties of a potential crackdown . thailand officials say there is no crackdown on migrant workers |
(cnn) police opened, and then dropped, an investigation of physical abuse involving a florida mother against her teen daughter, closing the case weeks before the woman admitted killing the girl and her brother because they were 'mouthy' julie k schenecker, 50, is charged with two counts of first degree murder in the... | streambed pneumograph prosecutorial | no related information |
(cnn) jenson button's opening two wins of the formula one season will stand after motorsport chiefs ruled on wednesday that the aerodynamic diffuser fitted to the rear of his brawn gp car is legal jenson button's victories in the opening two races of the f1 season were on the line the fia court of appeal said that ... | fia appeal brawn gp toyota williams jenson button f1 chinese ferrari | fia appeal decision goes in favor of brawn gp, toyota and williams teams . jenson button has clear lead in f1 championship heading into chinese gp . rival teams led by ferrari claimed their rear diffusers gave an unfair advantage |
tokyo (cnn) a japanese volcano was erupting for a second day on thursday, spewing smoke and ash up to 9,800 feet (3,000 meters) into the air, officials said the smoke from the mt shinmoe volcano, on the boundary between miyazaki and kagoshima prefectures, is rising and falling from the volcano crater, said the kagos... | mt shinmoe's july | mt shinmoe's last eruption was in july . some residents evacuated voluntarily, but have returned |
(cnn) floyd mayweather jr has exclusively told cnn that his wwe and dancing talents will be put away for the time being as he prepares for his comeback fight against juan manuel marquez floyd mayweather jr will fight juan manuel marquez at the mgm grand in las vegas on saturday the michigan born fighter took part in... | floyd mayweather cnn juan manuel marquez wwe mayweather ricky hatton | floyd mayweather talks to cnn ahead of his fight with juan manuel marquez . mayweather will put his dancing and wwe interests aside for the fight . the contest will be mayweather's first fight since his defeat of ricky hatton . mayweather is recognized as one of the best pound for pound fighters ever |
(cnn) a former massachusetts chemist has indicated she will plead guilty to charges stemming from an investigation into how she allegedly mishandled sensitive evidence affecting thousands of state criminal cases dating to 2003, according to a source with knowledge of the agreement in an open door lobby conference la... | toryistic mycohemia privities | no related information |
(cnn) 'do i look like serena? like, come on seriously?' sloane stephens understandably rankles at such a comparison with one of the world's greatest tennis players 'you know, it's kind of crazy, but it's really not that bad but when you hear it, it's like, 'oh my god, did they just say that?' ' only the laziest of o... | ffa akron phosphatase | no related information |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) hundreds of militants stormed military checkpoints in northwest pakistan early tuesday, killing at least eight soldiers and injuring 10 others, military and government officials said the latest in a string of attacks against security forces twenty five militants died in the clash, accord... | several hours taliban pakistani islamist | the battle lasts several hours . there are taliban strongholds in the region . more than 3,000 pakistani soldiers have died fighting islamist militants . a recent battle in the area kills six soldiers |
(cnn) world leaders have paid tribute to nobel laureate wangari maathai who passed away while having treatment for ovarian cancer on monday archbishop desmond tutu praised maathai as a true 'visionary african woman' and called her a 'leading voice on the continent' he said: 'professor maathai introduced the idea of ... | wangari maathai the nobel laureate twitter | wangari maathai died at 71 from ovarian cancer . leaders around the world have paid tribute . the nobel laureate was trending worldwide on twitter . there are calls for her legacy to live on |
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