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sanaa, yemen (cnn) an oil pipeline struck by an explosion in a volatile region of southern yemen tuesday is operated by a south korean company, yonhap news agency reported, citing local authorities and company officials officials believe attackers might have carried out a strike that caused a leak in the 204 kilomet... | catasta icteruses saccomyoidea | no related information |
dabola, guinea (cnn) violence and voter intimidation in guinea's eastern region has forced the displacement of thousands of ethnic peul who support presidential candidate cellou dalein diallo, according to an official for the red cross in guinea and local officials of diallo's party the west african nation's long aw... | peul red cross malinke | ethnic peul have been targeted, red cross and local officials say . the peul and the malinke support different candidates for president . the long delayed second round of presidential elections is sunday |
(cnn) years after his death, baseball legend honus wagner hit a home run for a group of nuns, who will use proceeds from the sale of his extremely rare baseball card to do charitable work texas based heritage auctions conducted the internet auction, which concluded thursday night with a winning bid from doug walton,... | catholic 220,000 buyer | rare honus wagner baseball card sold at auction . catholic nuns will receive $220,000 to do charitable work . buyer has been in the market for card for a long time |
cnn justice producer terry frieden was part of the first ever media tour of the us bureau of prison's administrative maximum prison also known as 'supermax' what follows is frieden's account of his experience a file photo of the supermax prison taken when the facility opened 13 years ago florence, colorado (cnn) ... | ampherotoky energumen molinistic | no related information |
jakarta, indonesia (cnn) deaths in indonesia mounted on saturday from the volcanic eruption spewing scorching ash and gas, and the country's leader is stationed near the scene to coordinate relief efforts at least 81 people are now dead after the powerful friday eruption at mount merapi, in central java, bringing th... | yogyakarta jakarta 450 600 degrees celsius mount merapi | the president is directing relief in yogyakarta . some flights have been canceled in jakarta . the ash cloud that hit a village was 450 600 degrees celsius . about 120 people have died since mount merapi started erupting on october 26 |
(cnn) palm oil plantations have a pretty bad reputation among eco warriors often the rows of oil palms replace primary rainforest, after it's been mercilessly cleared by logging companies, sometimes illegally but now the growing pressure from consumers and environmental groups has started to result in changes on the... | malaysia 2 to 4 percent geoffrey cooper | plantations in malaysia are taking steps to make palm oil less destructive . planting of rare tree spieces on plantations is one method . new criteria means plantations have to 2 to 4 percent of land for native trees . geoffrey cooper, plantation manager, says planters are in good place to be constructive |
(cnn) jo myong rok, a top north korean military officer, died of heart disease saturday, the country's official news agency reported he was 82 jo, the vice marshal of the korean people's army and a loyal follower of leader kim jong il, 'devoted his whole life to the sacred struggle for the freedom and independence o... | jo myong rok the korean people's army pyongyang | jo myong rok was vice marshal of the korean people's army . he died of heart disease saturday . his death is 'a great loss,' pyongyang says |
(cnn) robin van persie scored the opener against his former club arsenal as manchester united went top of the english premier league saturday with a 2 1 home win over the gunners they replaced chelsea who were held 1 1 by swansea in a later kickoff the dutchman switched to united in the summer in a $39 million move ... | unsurprisingly uliginous nitrils | no related information |
(cnn) calling himself 'deeply flawed,' now disgraced cyclist lance armstrong says he used an array of performance enhancing drugs to win seven tour de france titles then followed that by years of often angry denials 'this is too late, it's too late for probably most people and that's my fault,' he said in an intervi... | workwomanly bhili demesgnes | no related information |
(cnn) his trial's over and now it turns out that george zimmerman might need the same thing millions of americans are looking for: a job as zimmerman and his legal team mounted their defense, they convinced people across the country to donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him living expenses, bodyguards a... | trayvon martin's george zimmerman zimmerman hundreds of thousands of dollars nbc universal | trayvon martin's killer, george zimmerman, won't likely find a safe job, his lawyer says . zimmerman has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars . zimmerman's wife faces a perjury charge for allegedly lying about their financial situation . zimmerman has sued nbc universal, but hasn't specified a dollar figure |
(cnn) on wednesday, i wrote a not at all controversial column on this website titled, 'the argument for eating dog' the piece ran with a visual essay on cnn photos about the illegal dog meat trade in southeast asia, which is just awful to look at i argued that the dog trade should be cleaned up and made more humane ... | john sutter sutter | john sutter responds to criticism of his column on the ethics of eating dog . sutter: 'to be clear, i'm not saying people should eat dog'. 'i'm saying we should rethink what we eat and why'. social media 'explodes' over a tweet about the column, as the week put it |
las vegas, nevada (cnn) former football star oj simpson walked out of jail late wednesday after posting $250,000 bail oj simpson leaves the clark county detention center late wednesday night eighth district judge jackie glass hours earlier doubled simpson's bail to ensure his appearance at an april 7 trial glass sai... | pledges cosmopolitics trirhomboidal | no related information |
(cnn) lance armstrong bestrode the sport of cycling like a colossus between 1999 and 2005 his feat of winning seven consecutive titles at the tour de france arguably the world's toughest sporting event was like the demigod hercules completing his 'twelve labors' armstrong's achievements seemed all the more ext... | lance armstrong tour de france american united states anti doping agency texan usada armstrong the livestrong foundation | lance armstrong stripped of his seven tour de france titles by cycling's ruling body . american accused of systematic drug use by united states anti doping agency . eleven of the texan's former teammates testified against him in usada report . armstrong has stepped down as chairman of the livestrong foundation |
(cnn) a teenage girl may have gotten lost in a cave looking for water, nearly 13,000 years ago naia, as she's known today, likely fell to her death in a deep, dark pit now, her remains are shining a light on the genetic heritage of what we believe are the first people in the americas researchers have discovered naia... | americans beringia siberia alaska mexico | study suggests first americans came from beringia . beringia was a land mass between siberia and alaska . skeletal remains were found in underwater cave in mexico |
london (cnn) it has often been said that the european union is the most ambitious conflict management project ever undertaken over the past sixty years, it has certainly transformed the ways in which the peoples and countries of europe work with one another for example, the idea that force or even the threat of f... | orchestic daredevilry lurchers | no related information |
(cnn) mitt romney promised monday to restore us foreign policy to a traditional role dating back decades, based on exerting global influence through military and economic power, in a major speech two weeks before he debates president barack obama on international issues in the address at the virginia military instit... | barack obama mitt romney's gop romney us syrian the end of world war ii | new: president barack obama's team calls mitt romney's policies inconsistent . the gop challenger gives what aides call a major foreign policy address . romney backs us help in arming syrian rebels . aide: romney seeks traditional us role in global affairs that dates to the end of world war ii |
salt lake city, utah (cnn) the jury began deliberations thursday in the trial of brian david mitchell, accused of kidnapping 14 year old elizabeth smart in 2002 the jurors will decide whether mitchell, 57, was legally insane when he snatched smart at knifepoint from her bedroom on june 5, 2002 smart testified at the... | morro chlorpheniramine cuspidal | no related information |
port au prince, haiti (cnn) a cholera outbreak in haiti continues to spread to previously unaffected areas in rural communities, killing 442 people and hospitalizing 6,742 others, the pan american health organization said wednesday health authorities are concerned that the situation may worsen as tropical storm toma... | every year tropical storm tomas haiti friday | new: cholera causes up to 120,000 deaths worldwide every year . tropical storm tomas could worsen the situation, officials say . the storm is forecast to pass over haiti on friday |
(cnn) an abandoned car sits in the mexican desert outside juarez, mexico, the doors and trunk wide open under a blanket in the trunk is a body hands tied together a bullet in the head this was freelance journalist jeff antebi's introduction to the war between rival drug cartels in juarez the 40 year old photographer... | jeff antebi juarez mexico antebi 2007 | journalist jeff antebi is documenting the drug cartel wars in juarez, mexico . antebi does not photograph unmasked policemen; identifying them could get them killed . the government says 28,000 people have been killed by the cartels since 2007 . antebi: 'the cartels kill indiscriminately' |
(cnn) counting was under way sunday in myanmar's first election in 20 years, a poll that critics say is aimed at creating a facade of democracy polls closed sunday and officials results were not immediately available, though critics say that the outcome was all but certain to be favorable to the ruling military junt... | obama myanmar first 20 years | obama says voting was not free or fair . voting ends in myanmar's first election in 20 years . election workers for the ruling junta's party showed people how to vote . opposition parties say they don't have the money to campaign effectively |
salt lake city, utah (cnn) a federal appeals court cleared the way friday for the resumption of the trial of brian david mitchell, the man charged in the kidnapping of elizabeth smart mitchell, 57, is charged with snatching then 14 year old smart at knife point from her family's salt lake city home early on june 5, ... | brian david mitchell smart | new: the trial will resume monday morning . an appeals court lifted its temporary stay on the trial . the judges rejected the defense request for a mistrial . brian david mitchell is charged with kidnapping smart in 2002 |
london, england (cnn) shamita naidoo said she often wonders whether anyone really ever sees her she also wonders the same thing about the hundreds of people living around her, in tiny tin shacks perched underneath gum trees on a nearby hill around one million people live near africa's largest slum, kibera, located n... | interseptal tael vibratiuncle | no related information |
washington (cnn) the air force is returning f 15e strike eagle jets to service over iraq and afghanistan after grounding other f 15s, the air force said wednesday the air force grounded models of its f 15 fleet after the crash of an older model f 15c this month the f 15s were grounded after a crash earlier this mont... | senhor quaverous wabblers | no related information |
(cnn) the stakes in this election go far beyond just who takes the oath of office in january each of us is faced with choices that will have huge ramifications in our nation for decades and the choice is not simply about democrats versus republicans or even obama versus romney the real stakes are this: the politi... | phacoid dyssodia paganalia | no related information |
(cnn) the richard nixon i knew had almost nothing to do with the richard nixon as portrayed in most media the richard nixon i knew was a man who had served his country honorably as dwight eisenhower's vice president at the height of the cold war, when eisenhower kept us at peace for eight years with nixon's help ... | richard nixon ben stein stein nixon congress vietnam war israel cold war china russia | the richard nixon whom ben stein knew wasn't anything like the way media portrayed him . stein: nixon was under constant media assault, never had control of both houses of congress . stein: he ended vietnam war, brought home pows, saved israel and made peace . stein: in key event to ending cold war, nixon opened ties w... |
los angeles (cnn) sony looked to capitalize on its early sales lead in the console wars at its electronic entertainment expo media briefing on monday, repeating the mantras of 'first,' 'better' and 'only on' as selling points for its playstation 4 hours earlier, rival microsoft stuck strictly to games for the xbox o... | sony playstation 4 new 'little big planet playstation tv ratchet & clank | sony presses advantage with exclusive, early playstation 4 titles . new 'little big planet,' 'uncharted' titles are on the way . sony also announced streaming service, playstation tv . a movie based on 'ratchet & clank' is on the way |
(cnn) the fbi hopes a $20,000 reward will help solve the 2009 slaying of james kitterman, a government contractor who was found dead in his car in baghdad's green zone kitterman was a 60 year old texan who owned peregrine eyes, a construction company that was building a helipad at the us consulate, according to the ... | baghdad green zone james kitterman us philippines fbi 20,000 | agency wants help in solving a 2009 killing in baghdad's green zone . government contractor james kitterman was found dead in car . he owned a construction company that employed workers from us, philippines . fbi is offering $20,000 |
lac megantic, quebec (cnn) the head of the railway whose runaway train devastated a small quebec town cast doubt on his engineer's story wednesday as he arrived to face insults from survivors and harsh questions from reporters edward burkhardt said the engineer has been suspended without pay and faces a criminal inv... | railway lac megantic saturday | at least 20 dead, 30 missing and 'most probably' dead, police say . railway ceo casts doubt on engineer's story . 'they should put that guy in prison,' heckler says . 72 unsecured oil tank cars roared into lac megantic saturday, killing at least 15 |
(cnn) two billion dollars to buy the los angeles clippers??? come on, now you might pay two billion to buy a picasso but not to buy dogs playing poker you might pay two billion to buy a yacht but not the uss minnow you might pay two billion to buy the los angeles dodgers and somebody not long ago did but not t... | ex microsoft steve ballmer $2 billion clippers mike downey downey donald sterling's | ex microsoft ceo steve ballmer offered $2 billion to buy the clippers . mike downey says it's hard to imagine how the team could be worth that much . despite recent uptick in team's quality, it has long history of woeful play, he says . downey: owner donald sterling's racist remarks have further tarnished the franchise... |
(cnn) the united states will deploy additional ground based missile interceptors on the west coast as part of efforts to enhance the nation's ability to defend itself from attack by north korea, defense secretary chuck hagel announced friday still relatively new in his post, the pentagon chief told reporters that 14... | $1 billion defense hagel n korea us japan | steps to expand missile defenses will cost $1 billion . defense secretary hagel says 14 more missile interceptors will be deployed by 2017 . new: n korea rocket launch, nuke test, mobile missile and threats prompt action . us to work with japan to increase radar capability to improve early warning, tracking |
(cnn) so a bunch of guys away from home, who should know better, take off their wedding rings, mix testosterone with alcohol and hookers an appalling combination argue over the price of a lady's company and, all of a sudden, the entire culture of the us secret service is thrown into question all of a sudden,... | cook remodifying didymous | no related information |
(cnn) police in australia have arrested a man accused of breaking into an adult shop and having sex with blow up dolls, it was reported wednesday the 23 year old allegedly broke into the laneway adult shop in the northen australian city of cairns on several occasions, having sex with a doll named 'jungle jane,' the ... | cairns australia | man arrested for breaking into an adult shop and having sex with blow up dolls . owner of shop in cairns, australia says man took dolls in alleyway for sex . police say dna samples were recovered from the scene |
(cnn) police in southern afghanistan have arrested the father in law of a woman whose nose and ears were chopped off after she was accused of bringing shame to her family authorities in oruzgan province said haji sulaiman, 45, was the one who held bibi aisha at gunpoint and ordered five others including her husba... | wrenches tendrel wifes | no related information |
(cnn) a 39 year old man in southern china died saturday from what appears to be a contagious strain of avian flu, state media reported saturday the man identified by xinhua as a bus driver with the surname chen was hospitalized in shenzhen on december 21 as he battled a fever he tested positive for the h5n1 av... | interpenetrative discount underfind | no related information |
paris, france (cnn) former first lady laura bush praised the performance of her husband's successor monday, breaking with many republicans in telling cnn that she thinks president obama is doing a good job under tough circumstances former first lady laura bush defended president obama's decision to address the natio... | laura bush cnn un paris france obama first washington cheney bush | laura bush sits down with cnn during un meeting in paris, france . she says president obama is doing good job under tough circumstances . former first lady criticizes excessive partisanship of washington . she also defends cheney's defense of bush administration actions |
los angeles, california (cnn) former detainees of immigration and customs enforcement accuse the agency in a lawsuit of forcibly injecting them with psychotropic drugs while trying to shuttle them out of the country during their deportation raymond soeoth, pictured here with his wife, says he was injected with drugs... | drawhead untranquilized pelomedusoid | no related information |
(cnn) the los angeles lakers' 0 8 preseason and 1 4 start to the regular season was too much for the front office to take the nba team on friday fired second year head coach mike brown, whose efforts to implement a new offense and mesh free agent signings with stars who won a title two years ago didn't turn into win... | charioteer symphytum macrographic | no related information |
(cnn) from the men on 'guys with kids' to 'the new normal's' dads to be, prime time is full of fathers and it's not just nbc abc's 'last man standing,' which stars veteran tv dad tim allen, will premiere its second season in november, while abc family's 'baby daddy' will be back with season 2 in 2013 yep it's a good... | scott baio's see dad run sunday nick at nite baio david hobbs first | scott baio's 'see dad run' makes its time slot debut sunday on nick at nite . baio plays david hobbs on the network's first scripted series . baio, who is a dad, said the premise of 'see dad run' lured him back |
(cnn) an elderly woman who was known as colombia's 'queen of cocaine' was gunned down in the northwestern city of medellin, police said tuesday griselda blanco, 69, was killed by two bullets at close range a violent end not unlike the ones that authorities say she ordered during her prime in the 1970s and 1980s w... | griselda blanco colombia the united states us 2004 medellin monday | griselda blanco was a high profile trafficker in colombia and the united states . she was released from a us prison in 2004 . she is believed to have been living a quiet life in medellin . she was gunned down monday |
(cnn) the sochi 2014 winter olympics will feature designated public zones where protestors will be able to demonstrate, the international olympic committee (ioc) has announced ioc president thomas bach told reporters in lausanne, switzerland that organizers of russia's first winter games had agreed to set aside area... | ostia johnsoniana amydon | no related information |
(cnn) a day after fall shrimping season began in the gulf of mexico and the state of alabama reopened coastal waters to fishing, a major environmental watchdog group called for more stringent testing of seafood the national resources defense council released a statement tuesday saying it sent letters to the food and... | the national resources defense council georgia gulf a university of south florida first | new: the national resources defense council calls for improved seafood testing . reports cast doubt on the government's estimate of oil remaining in the water . georgia report says more oil remains in the gulf than the government has said . a university of south florida report says the oil may be farther east than firs... |
(cnn) in a twist of fate, the hosts' vanquishers became the heroes germany's mario götze's late, late strike made the difference in the final against argentina, and his sublime goal prevented brazil's neighbors and arch rivals from lifting the trophy the two finalists played out an entertaining match that left both ... | germany world cup german | germany wins world cup with a hard fought extra time goal . fans in german capital and around the country celebrate late into the night . german coach credits players, project started by his predecessor |
denver, colorado (cnn) a jury thursday found that former college professor ward churchill, who referred to victims of the september 11, 2001, attacks as 'little eichmanns' in an essay, was wrongfully terminated by the university of colorado, according to a court official ward churchill was dismissed as a professor ... | ward churchill university of colorado churchill eichmanns adolf eichmann nazi gestapo holocaust | jury: ward churchill wrongfully terminated as university of colorado professor . churchill referred to victims of 9/11 attacks as 'little eichmanns' in an essay . adolf eichmann was nazi gestapo officer, one of the chief holocaust planners . churchill argued he was fired for political views; school said it was for slop... |
(cnn) in an example of life imitating art, rachel weisz and daniel craig have tied the knot the couple play husband and wife in the upcoming thriller 'dream house' weisz's publicist confirmed the wedding sunday, but offered no other details other than to say it took place 'recently' weisz, 41, announced her split fr... | dream house weisz | the couple play husband and wife in the upcoming thriller 'dream house'. weisz's publicist confirms the wedding |
(cnn) this week, nato suspended all civilian and military cooperation with russia nato's top general said that 40,000 russian troops are in a high state of readiness and could strike ukraine within a few days the world is watching will vladimir putin take territory from ukraine, again? before putin annexed crimea on... | nato russian ukraine leonid volkov vladimir putin crimea putin russia west volkov | nato general said russian forces are ready and could strike ukraine in days . leonid volkov: for vladimir putin, annexing crimea is a win win situation . he says putin wants to build a financial iron curtain between russia and the west . volkov: putin is playing by his own rules, the west can't really do much to stop h... |
washington (cnn) in washington, most speeches by representatives of other countries are, well, diplomatic, carefully written to avoid controversy a speech by polish president bronislaw komorowski at the german marshall fund of the united states on wednesday broke that mold speaking off the cuff for much of it, komor... | philologer deindustrialization forepredicament | no related information |
(cnn) an illinois woman walked away from a car crash that killed her husband, authorities believe, but they have found no trace of her other than footprints in the snow leading to a road a search was in its third day tuesday for tanya shannon, 40, of ransom, illinois, according to the lasalle county, illinois, sheri... | tanya shannon third day early sunday | search for tanya shannon stretches into third day . her husband died in a car crash early sunday . footprints thought to be hers were found leading to a road |
(cnn) nick price is not one to shy away from a battle he is a hardened warrior a man who has fought on the golf course and on the soil of his beloved zimbabwe he lost his father when he was a child before watching his friends die during the rhodesian war and yet now, at the age of 56, he remains philosophical abo... | musketoon teleangiectasia aciliate | no related information |
(cnn) sweden's tourist board decided to try to drum up interest in the country recently by handing control of the national twitter account to a different swedish citizen every week they got what they wanted in fact, this week, they may have gotten more than they wanted the current curator of @sweden is a foul mouthe... | sweden sonja abrahamsson jews | new: 'we want her to continue being herself,' sweden marketing director says . sonja abrahamsson has used the country's official twitter account to make an aids joke . she also speculated about why some people hate jews, then decided it was a bad idea . @sweden gives a different citizen control of the account each week... |
washington (cnn) timothy joseph russert sr, the father of the late tim russert of nbc's 'meet the press,' died from natural causes thursday, according to his family he was 85 the elder russert was the subject of his son's 2004 book 'big russ and me' the new york times bestseller captured the lessons passed down fro... | timothy joseph russert sr tim russert meet the press | timothy joseph russert sr was the father of the late journalist tim russert . he was also the subject of his son's 2004 bestseller, 'big russ and me'. his son was the host of 'meet the press' and died from a heart attack last year |
(cnn) once again, rumors of venezuelan president hugo chavez's impending death have swept through social media in recent days, fueled by a report that the ailing leader had moved to a presidential residence to live his last days the government's vagueness and secrecy regarding chavez has created a hunger both in ... | hugo chavez chavez | rumors persist that hugo chavez is near death . the government admits that chavez is fighting for his life . but valid information is hard to come by |
istanbul, turkey (cnn) after battling for nearly two days with tear gas, water cannons and pepper spray, turkish police retreated from istanbul's central taksim square on saturday afternoon, allowing tens of thousands of demonstrators to pour into the space a peaceful sit in on friday against government plans to dem... | turkish turkey istanbul | turkish authorities have arrested 939 people across turkey, an official says . at least 79 injured in clashes across the country, the interior minister says . a police crackdown to protesters stirs riots in istanbul . protesters were met with tear gas and water cannon |
(cnn) twitter turns 7 on thursday, and in some ways, it's like a lot of 7 year olds the social media platform can be bratty and combative its idea of a good conversation sometimes devolves into short bursts of shouting it can have the attention span of a gnat, loving a shiny new plaything one day (ooh, bronx zoo's c... | twitter seventh march 21, 2006 jack dorsey | on twitter's seventh anniversary, a look at seven lives changed by the site . everyday users have gotten book deals and tv shows due to their tweets . but politicians, entertainers and athletes have fallen after bad twitter decisions . twitter started on march 21, 2006, with a test post from founder jack dorsey |
(cnn) on friday night, wired technology journalist mat honan was brutally hacked in a chain of events that honan would unravel in the following days, hackers took advantage of security holes at amazon and apple to gain access to his icloud account they then took over his gmail account, remotely wiped all data from h... | amazon apple | hackers use possible amazon and apple security holes to delete tech writer's data . hackers use fairly basic techniques to accomplish the hack . apple: 'we found that our own internal policies were not followed completely' |
las vegas, nevada (cnn) a young girl shown on video being sexually assaulted was raped while in the care of a baby sitter her mother hired, the mother's attorney said tuesday chester arthur stiles, 37, of nevada is being sought as a suspect in the videotaped rape of a young girl the mother did not know her daughter... | semipoisonous wagonless punkin | no related information |
washington (cnn) sen barack obama on thursday criticized a recent vote by democratic presidential rival sen hillary clinton as helping to give president bush a 'blank check' to take military action against iran sen barack obama says sen hillary clinton has shown 'flawed' judgment 'we know in the past that the presid... | hillary clinton barack obama iran obama clinton | new: sen hillary clinton defends vote on resolution, saying 'it's not a law'. sen barack obama: president could use iran measure to justify military action . obama says clinton's vote for resolution shows 'flawed' judgment . differences with clinton will be clear in 'next phase' of campaign, obama says |
jena, louisiana (cnn) charges against bryant purvis, one of the six black students accused of being involved in beating a white student, were reduced to second degree aggravated battery during his arraignment wednesday morning bryant purvis says he is focusing on his studies and practicing basketball purvis, who wa... | bryant purvis second purvis september | charges against bryant purvis reduced to second degree aggravated battery . purvis had faced attempted murder, conspiracy charges . charges reduced against at least five of six blacks charged in beating . case of 'jena 6' drew national spotlight during september protest |
london, england (cnn) up to 1,000 human rights campaigners demonstrated saturday in front of no 10 downing street, the official residence of british prime minister gordon brown, calling on the british government to demand that full democracy be restored in pakistan jemima khan, center, ex wife for former pakist... | uk pakistan imran khan jemima | human rights campaigners demonstrate in front of no 10 downing street . protests urged uk government to demand full democracy restored in pakistan . cricketer turned politician imran khan's ex wife jemima among protesters |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) after his weekend arrest on gun charges, rapper ti will remain in custody until a bond hearing friday, a federal magistrate said monday ti, whose real name is clifford harris, was arrested without incident in midtown atlanta the entertainer, whose real name is clifford harris, was arrested sat... | ti rapper bet | new: ti to remain in custody until friday, when there's a bond hearing . rapper was arrested saturday on weapons charges . ti won two awards at bet awards show saturday night |
(cnn) the opening ceremony of the 1998 africa cup of nations was unforgettable not so much for the color and performers that enlivened burkina faso's national stadium, more for the unexpected events that unfolded in front of the watching fifa president with burkina faso's team side nicknamed the stallions, sepp b... | prereckon corresponsively acoustoelectric | no related information |
(cnn) there's no disputing tracy morgan's comedic voice is one of a kind whether playing animal enthusiast brian fellow or imitating star jones of 'the view' on 'saturday night live,' or just an exaggerated version of himself as tracy jordan on '30 rock,' morgan has commanded the stage and small screen he was a seri... | palaemonoid seqence fothering | no related information |
(cnn) truck driver kevin roper has been charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by auto in connection with the crash last weekend that killed comedian james mcnair and injured comedian tracy morgan the question has arisen: why was he charged with death by auto and aggravated assault before we even know... | danny cevallos tracy morgan nj cevallos | danny cevallos: trucker in tracy morgan crash charged with death by auto, assault by auto . in nj vehicular homicide from reckless driving . he says state must show conscious disregard of risk . cevallos: assault charge defines culpability based on severity of injuries |
tokyo (cnn) six chinese maritime surveillance ships briefly entered waters around a group of islands at the center of a heated territorial dispute between tokyo and beijing, ignoring warnings from the japanese authorities amid escalating tensions in the region the chinese ships arrived near the uninhabited islands ... | chinese japan tokyo china | new: all the chinese ships have left the area, japan says . tokyo says it has protested the 'illegal act' with chinese authorities . tensions between japan and china are high over a group of disputed islands . japan controls the islands, but china claims they are part of its territory |
(cnn) fluminense playmaker dario conca has been named brazil's player of the year for the second consecutive season, after he helped the rio de janeiro based side to their first domestic title in 26 years argentine conca created 18 goals over the course of the season, more than any other player in the league, and pl... | glarily chiseling cocketing | no related information |
madrid, spain (cnn) a powerful car bomb exploded outside a regional television station in spain's basque region wednesday after police got a warning call from the separatist group eta, authorities said spanish prime minister jose luis rodriguez zapatero says eta is losing all the battles the blast occurred in the ci... | spain basque eta an hour | bomb explodes outside a television station in spain's basque region . police got a warning call from the separatist group eta . the warning came an hour ahead of the bombing; police evacuated area |
washington (cnn) at first glance, it's a hoax: a storefront for a museum of unnatural history, complete with a bizarre animal skeleton visible through the front window and unicorn tears for sale it's perfect for luring in curious children but when volunteers get kids past the upside down coyote hanging from the ceil... | national 826dc washington michelle obama | 826 national is a network of writing centers tucked behind imaginative storefronts . a new 826 chapter, 826dc, opened recently in washington . a new book written by 826 national kids features letters to michelle obama |
(cnn) manchester united have qualified for the last 16 of the champions league as group c winners, despite being held 1 1 at home to valencia on tuesday united went into the match on the verge of creating history no side had ever gone through all six group games without conceding a goal but a clean sheet against ... | manchester united the last 16 champions league united spanish valencia inter milan second group a bremen barcelona group rubin kazan | manchester united qualify for the last 16 of champions league as group c winners . united top group despite being held to a 1 1 home draw by spanish side valencia . holders inter milan qualify second in group a after a heavy 3 0 defeat at werder bremen . barcelona end their group d campaign with a comfortable 2 0 win o... |
(cnn) real madrid saw off city rivals atletico madrid 2 0 on sunday night to maintain their leadership of spain's la liga first half goals from ricardo carvalho and mesut ozil within the space of six minutes settled an incident packed derby in which both sides carved out a string of chances it left real a point cle... | real madrid atletico madrid spanish ricardo carvalho mesut ozil barcelona getafe 3 1 lionel messi vilarreal athletic bilbao | real madrid beat atletico madrid 2 0 to stay top of spanish standings . goals from ricardo carvalho and mesut ozil give real victory . barcelona thrash getafe 3 1 with lionel messi scoring opener . vilarreal keep pace with 4 1 home win over athletic bilbao |
(cnn) a death row inmate who says he did not commit the murders he was convicted of asked the arkansas supreme court on thursday to grant him a new trial damien echols maintains his innocence 16 years after he and two other teens were convicted of murdering three cub scouts michael moore, christopher byers and s... | the arkansas supreme court damien echols cub scouts arkansas cnn echols | new: the arkansas supreme court is likely to decide in two or three weeks . damien echols is appealing his conviction for the murders of three cub scouts in arkansas . he spoke to cnn from death row about new evidence that supports his claim of innocence . echols' appeal rests heavily on dna tests that don't link him t... |
(cnn) the outrage over the irs's conduct in targeting certain tax exempt groups is based on a misunderstanding obviously, mistakes were made in how the irs examined the groups, but what should not get lost amid the resulting hue and cry is that this is fundamentally about disclosure of donors, not tax exempt status ... | overturn intersperses trainableness | no related information |
(cnn) africa is poor, corrupt and rural right? think again a team of young documentary makers is hoping to burst the myth of africa as a dangerous backwater by shining a light on some inspiring projects taking place on the continent when filmmaker nosarieme garrick hit the streets of new york to ask passersby: 'what... | africa nosarieme garrick first nigeria photowagon | ambitious documentary hopes to dispel bleak stereotypes of africa . filmmaker nosarieme garrick was shocked to find most people 'ignorant' about africa . 'my africa is' project needs â£71,500 funding, with â£3,500 already raised . first episode looks at nigeria's inspiring photowagon collective |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) ask steve 'lips' kudlow how his band, anvil, overcame bad management, a dead colleague, cruddy jobs, unpaid tour bills, raging arguments and now mockery as a spinal tap clone, and he has one word: 'kismet' robb reiner and steve 'lips' kudlow have never given up on playing rock 'n' roll he may ... | anvil steve 'lips' kudlow robb reiner spinal tap reiner | 'anvil! the story of anvil' is a documentary that has reawakened interest in band . anvil's steve 'lips' kudlow and robb reiner have been dedicated to music . band went through hell in movie, but never lost passion . a real life 'spinal tap'? fair, says reiner, but misleading |
(cnn) finally, it's all over i'm pretty sure that is what a lot of ohioans are thinking none of us has ever been through anything like this, and it was not pleasant while we appreciated having the national spotlight on us these past few months, the price was high it was impossible to get away from the election turn ... | epigram hyperprophetical immatures | no related information |
(cnn) the wife of fugitive libyan leader moammar gadhafi, three of his children and some of his grandchildren arrived in algeria on monday morning, algerian diplomats said mourad benmehidi, the algerian ambassador to the united nations, said he relayed the news to secretary general ban ki moon earlier monday benmehi... | us gadhafi algerian algeria un security council ntc libya | new: a us official says the gadhafi kin are believed to be in algerian custody . algeria allowed the gadhafi relatives entry on humanitarian grounds, diplomat says . the 3 gadhafi children in algeria are named in a un security council travel ban . a rebel spokesman says the ntc wants them returned to libya |
washington (cnn) federal officials said thursday more needs to be done to warn rescuers of special dangers at the scene of small plane crashes although firefighters are well versed about the dangers of burning fuel and sharp debris, they may not be aware that some aviation systems systems considered safety device... | ntsb 2001 first faa | ntsb warns of hazards about small aircraft fires . ntsb cited 5 incidents since 2001 in which first responders unaware of hazards . the ntsb recommending faa take additional steps to address the safety issue |
washington (cnn) three chinese nationals accused of importing thousands of counterfeit luxury handbags in the united states have been arrested in the past two days, federal authorities announced thursday shoppers sort through counterfeit brand name luxury bags and wallets on a hong kong street 'this was a sophistica... | unleavened solecized backspear | no related information |
washington (cnn) national hurricane center director bill proenza left his position monday, just days after nearly half of the nhc staff signed a petition calling for his ouster hurricane center bill proenza left his job as director monday proenza is still employed by the national oceanic and atmospheric administrati... | national hurricane center bill proenza nhc | national hurricane center director bill proenza has left his position . nearly half of the nhc signed a petition calling for him to step down . proenza came under fire for comments he made about the quikscat satellite . staff unhappy with environment of closed doors, public bickering |
dhaka, bangladesh (cnn) more than 1,700 people have died in bangladesh after a devastating tropical cyclone ripped through the western coast of the country, and the toll is expected to rise, a government spokesman tells cnn families stand amid the wreckage caused by the cyclone friday in southern bangladesh brig ge... | thursday cyclone sidr un world food programme three days dhaka | more than 1,700 people dead, toll expected to rise, official says . 15,000 people are injured following thursday's tropical cyclone sidr . un world food programme has food for 400,000 people for three days . power outages, massive traffic jams and poor phone service in dhaka |
washington (cnn) a man has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly displaying hangman's nooses from the back of a pickup truck during a civil rights march last year in jena, louisiana a photo taken by i reporter casanova love shows a noose hanging from a pickup in alexandria, louisiana jeremiah munsen, 18, of... | louisiana driver | louisiana resident, 18, faces federal hate crime, conspiracy charges . driver allegedly taunted civil rights marchers with nooses on pickup truck . marchers were protesting handling of several racially charged incidents |
seoul, south korea (cnn) the principal of a high school, which lost 244 students and 10 teachers in the deadly sewol ferry disaster in april, has been removed from his post, according to the local education office 'i cannot reveal detailed reasons for his removal because it is personal information, but it is regardi... | nonsubmission benetted barhop | no related information |
(cnn) rock group rem debuted a song from its upcoming album wednesday on cnn's 'anderson cooper 360°' program rem singer michael stipe says the band was honored to be involved with the 'planet in peril' project the song 'until the day is done' also will appear later this month in 'planet in peril,' a four hour cnn ... | day cnn planet in peril rem next week | rem song 'until the day is done' debuts on cnn . song also to be used in documentary 'planet in peril'. song will be on rem's upcoming album . band releasing live cd/dvd next week |
el calaboz, texas (cnn) eloisa tamez said she isn't scared anymore, just determined 'i am not backing down,' she said the us government wants to build a border fence like this one about 100 landowners are fighting it tamez owns three acres of land along the texas mexico border where the department of homeland secur... | chertoff eloisa tamez multibillion dollar | government wants land for border fence; landowners refuse . secretary chertoff says he won't relent 'for a particular individual'. eloisa tamez says her property has been in her family since 1767 . border town mayor calls the fence 'a multibillion dollar speed bump' |
(cnn) tender, loving vampires? look elsewhere than fx's 'the strain' the new thriller series, produced by guillermo del toro, carlton cuse and author chuck hogan, wants to make bloodsuckers scary again 'the vampire genre has sort of been overrun by romance,' cuse told reporters on a press call 'we had had our fill o... | fx the strain series guillermo del toro carlton cuse chuck hogan | fx's new series 'the strain' is a return to scary vampires . series is produced by guillermo del toro, carlton cuse and chuck hogan . critics have lauded its debut |
(cnn) twenty five people were discharged from hospital friday, state media reported, a week after a meteor exploded in spectacular fashion in the skies above russia's urals region, shattering glass in thousands of buildings eleven children were among the patients who went home friday morning, the state run ria novos... | friday state moscow european space agency chelyabinsk | local officials say 25 people injured by the blast were discharged from hospital friday . the total number injured, most by flying glass, was more than 1,500, state media reports . state media: a fragment of the meteorite arrives in moscow for scientific analysis . european space agency believes blast occurred almost d... |
(cnn) marine biologists have a mystery to solve: why have the carcasses of two rare oarfish washed up on southern california shores within a week? sightings of the huge deep sea creatures dead or alive are unusual, because they typically swim thousands of feet below the surface a dead 14 foot long oarfish came... | catalina island 14 foot oceanside california noaa | the first oarfish carcass was found off catalina island october 13 . a dead 14 foot long oarfish washes ashore in oceanside, california, on friday . noaa scientists take the second carcass for study . sightings of the huge deep sea creatures are rare |
(cnn) familiar terrorist groups, familiar threats, familiar boasts and grievances all in new messages tied, either directly or indirectly, to al qaeda two videos and one audio link have come to light in recent days that suggest that the world's most recognizable terrorist group is still active, at least in online... | al qaeda's ayman al zawahiri obama al qaeda al shabaab nairobi yemen | al qaeda's ayman al zawahiri purportedly answers questions on range of subjects . he says that even president obama knows al qaeda 'is expanding'. a new al shabaab video threatens more bloody attacks like the nairobi mall siege . a different video shows an apparent meeting of al qaeda leaders in yemen |
(cnn) sometimes a single moment in time captures the essence of an individual that became clear to me in late june 1995 we were at the end of a grueling three days in alabama interviewing george wallace, the state's former segregationist governor and nemesis of president kennedy, for john's maiden interview in his n... | john f kennedy jr gary ginsberg kennedy george wallace ginsberg | john f kennedy jr died in a plane crash 15 years ago this week . gary ginsberg, who was with kennedy at george magazine, recalls a telling moment . after an interview with george wallace, kennedy and ginsberg were invited for a dinner . ginsberg: the way kennedy reacted to surprise turnout showed how he dealt with fame... |
(cnn) popes john xxiii and john paul ii will be declared saints in april, the vatican said monday the announcement came after pope francis met with cardinals to discuss the planned canonizations of two of his predecessors the ceremony will take place on april 27 it will be the first time two popes will be canonized ... | john paul ii french costa rican john xxiii francis | to become a saint, a person needs to lead a holy life and perform two miracles . john paul ii is said to have cured a french nun and a costa rican woman . pope john xxiii is only recorded as having performed one miracle after his death . but pope francis has decided that there are sufficient grounds to canonize him |
(cnn) when you think about russian style, don't think moscow, think st petersburg like the city which is crammed with elegant architecture the citizens of russia's fashion capital know how to look good their reputation for being easygoing and adventurous is often expressed in clothing gaudy colors and bad leis... | russia udelka leonid alexeev tatyana parfionova | the citizens of russia's second biggest city are known for having a style of their own . on weekends, locals gather in udelka to sell vintage clothing and oddities . russia's fashion scene is emerging, with names such as leonid alexeev and tatyana parfionova at its fore |
london (cnn) one of the most eagerly awaited films to come out of africa in recent years, starring thandie newton and chiwetel ejiofor, is hitting the big screen 'half of a yellow sun' recently premiered at toronto's international film festival the british nigerian production is about the nigerian civil war the b... | thandie newton nigeria nigerian biyi bandele | 'half of a yellow sun' is the movie adaptation of award winning novel of same name . it stars thandie newton and is said to be nigeria's most expensive film to date . it is the debut film of nigerian born playwright and director biyi bandele |
(cnn) gene robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the episcopal church, said saturday that death threats and continued worldwide controversy about his selection contributed to his decision to retire in january 2013 robinson's announced retirement surprised many of those attending the annual diocesan convention in ... | invector huntsman testudinate | no related information |
(cnn) the united states must resolve what i call the great american conundrum by clarifying its policy toward muslims it cannot treat its muslim citizens as second class citizens at home and hope to win them over abroad american muslims complain of their second class status by pointing out that their religion and h... | akbar ahmed us muslims islamic ahmed obama | akbar ahmed: us can't treat muslims badly and win 'hearts and minds' abroad . if proposed islamic center ever attacked, ahmed says, global violence will ensue . islamic center should also include church, synagogue and 9/11 memorial, he writes . ahmed: bishops, rabbis and imams must work together; obama must call for pe... |
(cnn) rape by mop handle, smashed teeth, broken bones, lacerated faces, concussions and dislocations that's a short list of sexual exploitation and physical maltreatment that teen boys suffered at a naval training school in australia the abuse at the hmas leeuwin naval base occurred mainly in the 1960s and '70s, acc... | hmas leeuwin beatings the 1960s '70s 1984 | investigators heard 238 complaints of heavy abuse at hmas leeuwin training school . victims endured naked beatings, rape with mop handle, genital abuse . beatings ended in broken bones, smashed teeth, cut faces, concussions . most of the abuse was in the 1960s and '70s; the training program shut down in 1984 |
(cnn) it has been a long time since a hollywood movie actually seemed like it could help people suffering from mental illness, their families and those who treat them that's why i'm so encouraged by the response to 'silver linings playbook,' which has enjoyed wide critical support since its release last fall incl... | donnish anthropomorphosis romanticism | no related information |
london, england (cnn) call it a case of high tech meeting low tech, really the lowest of tech satellites are locating penguin waste, which is easier to find than the penguins themselves british scientists are using pictures from high powered satellites to pinpoint emperor penguin colonies in antarctica the penguins... | british antarctica | british scientists are using a new way to pinpoint penguin colonies in antarctica . satellites pick up images of penguin waste as actual penguins cannot be seen . the method helped scientists identify 38 penguin colonies of those, 10 were new |
(cnet) more than 2 million americans lost their jobs last year, the stock market fell by almost 45 percent from its peak, and comparisons with the great depression are becoming disturbingly commonplace you'll find lots of places online to watch president elect barack obama's inauguration on tuesday but that isn't st... | cnn facebook $160 million | tech and media companies partner up to cover historic inauguration . internet is changing the way history can be viewed. cnn and facebook among others will be showing the ceremony live on line . inauguration expected to cost $160 million |
kiev, ukraine (cnn) russia said saturday it's satisfied that its humanitarian convoy sent over the border without authorization from ukraine delivered supplies to its destination in total, 227 vehicles were sent into eastern ukraine on friday, according to the organization for security and co operation in europe, wh... | russia ukraine german angela merkel osce putin | new: russia says it intends to 'continue to cooperate' in aid efforts to ukraine . new: german chancellor angela merkel arrives in ukraine for talks with its president . osce chairman appeals to all sides not to escalate the situation . putin blames ukraine for humanitarian crisis, says it'd be 'unacceptable' to delay ... |
(cnn) in mid july this year, a roar echoed around one of the most remote inlets of northern greenland and an island was born no ordinary island, but a huge chunk of ice, roughly twice the size of manhattan, that had broken from the petermann glacier scientists gave it the romantic name of pii 2012 and watched it ... | greenland canada | greenland's glaciers and canada's ice shelves are diminishing fast, scientists say . giant ice islands are breaking off, sometimes floating into shipping lanes . yet the number of icebergs surviving south of the 48th parallel has declined . scientists are just beginning to research the rate at which ice islands melt an... |
sao paulo, brazil (cnn) brazil and mexico summoned us ambassadors monday after media reports that the united states had spied on their countries' presidents 'without prejudging the veracity of the information presented in the media, the mexican government rejects and categorically condemns any espionage work against... | brazil mexico us glenn greenwald globo tv nsa cabinet | new: brazil's foreign minister decries an 'unacceptable violation' of the country's sovereignty . mexico summons the us ambassador to demand an investigation . journalist glenn greenwald tells brazil's globo tv about nsa documents . he says one document is on mexico's soon to be president discussing his cabinet picks |
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