article
stringlengths
22
503
summary
stringlengths
9
179
article_len_approx
int64
5
70
summary_len_approx
int64
3
25
orig_idx
int64
0
3.8M
summary_entities
listlengths
0
25
article_entities
listlengths
0
71
Stock markets in Europe and the United States Tottered Wednesday as clouds gathered over prospects for a sweeping us financial sector rescue plan that has sparked stiff resistance from us lawmakers.
Stocks founder as clouds gather over us rescue plan.
30
8
3,900
[]
[ { "end": 23, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 4, "score": 0.9995918869972229, "start": 17, "word": "Europe" }, { "end": 38, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9992725253105164, "start": 32, "word": "United" }, { "end": 45, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9992365837097168, "start": 39, "word": "States" } ]
Oil prices dipped on Wednesday, erasing earlier gains and continuing this week's roller coaster ride, as traders set aside news that us crude inventories plunged last week.
Oil prices drop despite tumbling us energy stockpiles.
26
7
3,901
[]
[]
Thirty officers of France's Gendarmerie arrived in Georgia on Wednesday as part of a European Union mission to help implement last month's peace deal with Russia, AFP witnessed.
French Gendarmes arrive for Eu Georgia mission.
27
6
3,902
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9976478219032288, "start": 0, "word": "French" }, { "end": 13, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.5370596051216125, "start": 10, "word": "##dar" }, { "end": 29, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 7, "score": 0.8813202381134033, "start": 28, "word": "E" }, { "end": 30, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 8, "score": 0.5959818363189697, "start": 29, "word": "##u" }, { "end": 38, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 9, "score": 0.8041250109672546, "start": 31, "word": "Georgia" } ]
[ { "end": 25, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 4, "score": 0.9997207522392273, "start": 19, "word": "France" }, { "end": 31, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 7, "score": 0.9990241527557373, "start": 28, "word": "Gen" }, { "end": 34, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 8, "score": 0.992631196975708, "start": 31, "word": "##dar" }, { "end": 37, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 9, "score": 0.9131598472595215, "start": 34, "word": "##mer" }, { "end": 39, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 10, "score": 0.9661338925361633, "start": 37, "word": "##ie" }, { "end": 58, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 13, "score": 0.9996730089187622, "start": 51, "word": "Georgia" }, { "end": 93, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 20, "score": 0.9993583559989929, "start": 85, "word": "European" }, { "end": 99, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 21, "score": 0.9989879727363586, "start": 94, "word": "Union" }, { "end": 161, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 33, "score": 0.9997817873954773, "start": 155, "word": "Russia" }, { "end": 164, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 35, "score": 0.9995251893997192, "start": 163, "word": "A" }, { "end": 166, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 36, "score": 0.9972401857376099, "start": 164, "word": "##FP" } ]
A lethal mix of rain, hail and strong winds pounded Burundi, killing three people, injuring five others and destroying more than 994 homes, local officials said Wednesday.
Three dead under mix of rain hail in Burundi.
26
8
3,903
[ { "end": 38, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 9, "score": 0.9994184970855713, "start": 37, "word": "B" }, { "end": 41, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 10, "score": 0.6538711786270142, "start": 38, "word": "##uru" }, { "end": 44, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 11, "score": 0.9952942728996277, "start": 41, "word": "##ndi" } ]
[ { "end": 53, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 12, "score": 0.9994400143623352, "start": 52, "word": "B" }, { "end": 56, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 13, "score": 0.9123023152351379, "start": 53, "word": "##uru" }, { "end": 59, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 14, "score": 0.9962852001190186, "start": 56, "word": "##ndi" } ]
US political leaders are playing a high stakes game of political Brinksmanship over an economic rescue deal, probing for cues from both the other side and the White House contenders.
US leaders wait to see who Blinks first over rescue deal.
29
10
3,904
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.99897301197052, "start": 0, "word": "US" } ]
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9993340373039246, "start": 0, "word": "US" }, { "end": 164, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 33, "score": 0.9993141889572144, "start": 159, "word": "White" }, { "end": 170, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 34, "score": 0.9993102550506592, "start": 165, "word": "House" } ]
Lithuanian prosecutors said Wednesday they are dropping a war crimes investigation of an Israeli holocaust historian who served with Soviet forces in the Baltic state.
Lithuania drops war crimes probe of Israeli historian.
24
7
3,905
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996969699859619, "start": 0, "word": "Lithuania" }, { "end": 43, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9994317889213562, "start": 36, "word": "Israeli" } ]
[ { "end": 10, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9993196725845337, "start": 0, "word": "Lithuanian" }, { "end": 96, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 14, "score": 0.9995525479316711, "start": 89, "word": "Israeli" }, { "end": 139, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 23, "score": 0.9994567036628723, "start": 133, "word": "Soviet" }, { "end": 160, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 27, "score": 0.9905093908309937, "start": 154, "word": "Baltic" } ]
Honey, used in tea or hot water in Canada for generations to soothe sore throats, could soon be substituted for antibiotics in fighting stubborn ear, nose and throat infections, according to a new study.
Early study Touts honey as antibiotics substitute.
33
6
3,906
[]
[ { "end": 41, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 10, "score": 0.9997147917747498, "start": 35, "word": "Canada" } ]
The Italian cinema Association has chosen Gomorrah, "a hard hitting expose of Southern Italy's Camorra mafia, to Vie for best foreign film at next year's Oscars, the organization said Wednesday.
Italian mafia expose to Vie for best foreign film at Oscars.
29
10
3,907
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9994545578956604, "start": 0, "word": "Italian" }, { "end": 25, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.3655635118484497, "start": 24, "word": "V" }, { "end": 27, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 7, "score": 0.49346673488616943, "start": 25, "word": "##ie" }, { "end": 58, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 13, "score": 0.9781386256217957, "start": 53, "word": "Oscar" }, { "end": 59, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 14, "score": 0.9933891296386719, "start": 58, "word": "##s" } ]
[ { "end": 11, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9993250370025635, "start": 4, "word": "Italian" }, { "end": 44, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9937707781791687, "start": 42, "word": "Go" }, { "end": 47, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9660698771476746, "start": 44, "word": "##mor" }, { "end": 50, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 9, "score": 0.9390276074409485, "start": 47, "word": "##rah" }, { "end": 86, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 17, "score": 0.8434818387031555, "start": 78, "word": "Southern" }, { "end": 92, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 18, "score": 0.9761883616447449, "start": 87, "word": "Italy" }, { "end": 98, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 21, "score": 0.9699903130531311, "start": 95, "word": "Cam" }, { "end": 102, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 22, "score": 0.9147763252258301, "start": 98, "word": "##orra" }, { "end": 159, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 38, "score": 0.9849842190742493, "start": 154, "word": "Oscar" }, { "end": 160, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 39, "score": 0.9897093176841736, "start": 159, "word": "##s" } ]
Cycling legend lance Armstrong confirmed Wednesday he would join Kazakhstan's Astana team for his competitive comeback.
Armstrong to cycle with Astana.
15
4
3,908
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9985893368721008, "start": 0, "word": "Armstrong" }, { "end": 26, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 5, "score": 0.9973465204238892, "start": 24, "word": "As" }, { "end": 30, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 6, "score": 0.9931420683860779, "start": 26, "word": "##tana" } ]
[ { "end": 20, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.9273520708084106, "start": 15, "word": "lance" }, { "end": 30, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9875760078430176, "start": 21, "word": "Armstrong" }, { "end": 75, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 10, "score": 0.9996756315231323, "start": 65, "word": "Kazakhstan" }, { "end": 80, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 13, "score": 0.9989068508148193, "start": 78, "word": "As" }, { "end": 84, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 14, "score": 0.7343714237213135, "start": 80, "word": "##tana" } ]
Ehud Olmert, who stepped down as Israel's Prime Minister, will be questioned next week for the time since claims of Graft emerged in May, the police said on Wednesday.
Israel's Olmert to be Quizzed again in Graft probes.
28
8
3,909
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997269511222839, "start": 0, "word": "Israel" }, { "end": 10, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9993552565574646, "start": 9, "word": "O" }, { "end": 14, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9827311635017395, "start": 10, "word": "##lmer" }, { "end": 15, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.9287337064743042, "start": 14, "word": "##t" } ]
[ { "end": 1, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9994669556617737, "start": 0, "word": "E" }, { "end": 3, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 2, "score": 0.916849672794342, "start": 1, "word": "##hu" }, { "end": 4, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.9579917788505554, "start": 3, "word": "##d" }, { "end": 6, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9995585083961487, "start": 5, "word": "O" }, { "end": 10, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9932439923286438, "start": 6, "word": "##lmer" }, { "end": 11, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.9978333115577698, "start": 10, "word": "##t" }, { "end": 39, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 12, "score": 0.999734103679657, "start": 33, "word": "Israel" }, { "end": 120, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 29, "score": 0.9757935404777527, "start": 116, "word": "Graf" } ]
The dollar was little changed against the Euro Wednesday, trading in narrow ranges as players waited to see if a massive us government bank bailout plan would get through Congress quickly.
Dollar little changed as markets await us Bank rescue deal.
30
9
3,910
[]
[ { "end": 46, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9966140389442444, "start": 42, "word": "Euro" }, { "end": 179, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 32, "score": 0.9965987801551819, "start": 171, "word": "Congress" } ]
Germany's Dz Bank and Bank, the country's two biggest cooperative banks, said Wednesday they had agreed on the broad outlines for a merger to take place next year.
German cooperative banks announce first step to merger.
27
7
3,911
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9992068409919739, "start": 0, "word": "German" } ]
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996428489685059, "start": 0, "word": "Germany" }, { "end": 11, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 4, "score": 0.9994469285011292, "start": 10, "word": "D" }, { "end": 12, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 5, "score": 0.9566627144813538, "start": 11, "word": "##z" }, { "end": 17, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 6, "score": 0.9991266131401062, "start": 13, "word": "Bank" }, { "end": 21, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 7, "score": 0.9968394041061401, "start": 18, "word": "and" }, { "end": 26, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 8, "score": 0.998160183429718, "start": 22, "word": "Bank" } ]
Georgia's president Mikheil Saakashvili Wednesday praised John McCain as an inspiration "as he and Ukrainian leader Viktor Yushchenko met the Republican candidate and his running mate Sarah Palin.
Georgian President pours praise on McCain.
27
5
3,912
[ { "end": 8, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9981698989868164, "start": 0, "word": "Georgian" }, { "end": 41, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 7, "score": 0.9986936450004578, "start": 35, "word": "McCain" } ]
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9993971586227417, "start": 0, "word": "Georgia" }, { "end": 22, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9992725253105164, "start": 20, "word": "Mi" }, { "end": 24, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.6730890274047852, "start": 22, "word": "##kh" }, { "end": 27, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 7, "score": 0.978935718536377, "start": 24, "word": "##eil" }, { "end": 30, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 8, "score": 0.9995837807655334, "start": 28, "word": "Sa" }, { "end": 33, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 9, "score": 0.9920569062232971, "start": 30, "word": "##aka" }, { "end": 35, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 10, "score": 0.9724876880645752, "start": 33, "word": "##sh" }, { "end": 39, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 11, "score": 0.9862121343612671, "start": 35, "word": "##vili" }, { "end": 62, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 14, "score": 0.9994640946388245, "start": 58, "word": "John" }, { "end": 69, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 15, "score": 0.9985737800598145, "start": 63, "word": "McCain" }, { "end": 108, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 23, "score": 0.9979895353317261, "start": 99, "word": "Ukrainian" }, { "end": 122, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 25, "score": 0.9995101690292358, "start": 116, "word": "Viktor" }, { "end": 125, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 26, "score": 0.9995423555374146, "start": 123, "word": "Yu" }, { "end": 127, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 27, "score": 0.9984174966812134, "start": 125, "word": "##sh" }, { "end": 133, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 28, "score": 0.9976670742034912, "start": 127, "word": "##chenko" }, { "end": 152, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 31, "score": 0.9984264373779297, "start": 142, "word": "Republican" }, { "end": 189, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 37, "score": 0.9994075298309326, "start": 184, "word": "Sarah" }, { "end": 192, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 38, "score": 0.9991135001182556, "start": 190, "word": "Pa" }, { "end": 195, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 39, "score": 0.9922681450843811, "start": 192, "word": "##lin" } ]
Western countries hit out at Iran here on Wednesday over its refusal to disprove allegations of past nuclear weapons work and for pursuing uranium enrichment in defiance of UN demands.
West turns up heat on Iran over alleged nuclear arms work.
29
10
3,913
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9856871962547302, "start": 0, "word": "West" }, { "end": 26, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9996147155761719, "start": 22, "word": "Iran" } ]
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9988073110580444, "start": 0, "word": "Western" }, { "end": 33, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9996740818023682, "start": 29, "word": "Iran" }, { "end": 175, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 33, "score": 0.9990540146827698, "start": 173, "word": "UN" } ]
Gunmen ambushed and killed 31 policemen and eight anti Qaeda fighters in Diyala province north of Baghdad on Wednesday as rebel violence continued despite a security force crackdown.
At least 31 killed in ambush north of Baghdad.
27
8
3,914
[ { "end": 45, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 9, "score": 0.9988459348678589, "start": 38, "word": "Baghdad" } ]
[ { "end": 54, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 10, "score": 0.9146330952644348, "start": 50, "word": "anti" }, { "end": 60, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 11, "score": 0.9708362817764282, "start": 55, "word": "Qaeda" }, { "end": 75, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 14, "score": 0.9986141920089722, "start": 73, "word": "Di" }, { "end": 78, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 15, "score": 0.9952060580253601, "start": 75, "word": "##yal" }, { "end": 79, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 16, "score": 0.9988958835601807, "start": 78, "word": "##a" }, { "end": 105, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 20, "score": 0.9989956021308899, "start": 98, "word": "Baghdad" } ]
The intensity of the sun's solar wind has dropped to its lowest levels since accurate records began half a century ago, scientists say.
Solar wind weakest since beginning of space age.
22
7
3,915
[]
[]
Europe does not need a us style bailout plan for the financial sector, top Eu officials said Wednesday, limiting their response to the current crisis to calls for tougher regulation.
Ruling out us style bailout plan Eu looks to tougher regulation.
29
10
3,916
[ { "end": 34, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 10, "score": 0.6967141032218933, "start": 33, "word": "E" }, { "end": 35, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 11, "score": 0.5399696826934814, "start": 34, "word": "##u" } ]
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9995642304420471, "start": 0, "word": "Europe" }, { "end": 76, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 17, "score": 0.9987398982048035, "start": 75, "word": "E" }, { "end": 77, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 18, "score": 0.9857358336448669, "start": 76, "word": "##u" } ]
The United States on Wednesday welcomed the passage of a long delayed provincial election law by the Iraqi parliament, saying it showed the country's fledgling democracy was making progress.
US welcomes Iraq local election law.
28
5
3,917
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996703863143921, "start": 0, "word": "US" }, { "end": 16, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 4, "score": 0.9995619654655457, "start": 12, "word": "Iraq" } ]
[ { "end": 10, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9994402527809143, "start": 4, "word": "United" }, { "end": 17, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 3, "score": 0.9994118213653564, "start": 11, "word": "States" }, { "end": 106, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 18, "score": 0.9992164373397827, "start": 101, "word": "Iraqi" } ]
US lawmakers struggled Wednesday to find a compromise on a proposed financial rescue package, amid deep skepticism from some and fears that a lack of action could trigger a financial market calamity.
Congress struggles for giant Bank bailout compromise.
31
6
3,918
[ { "end": 8, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9984965324401855, "start": 0, "word": "Congress" } ]
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9980002045631409, "start": 0, "word": "US" } ]
European stock markets closed in negative territory Wednesday, with the London ftse 144 index shedding 4.10 percent at 9,956.25 points.
European stock markets close lower.
19
4
3,919
[ { "end": 8, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9990673661231995, "start": 0, "word": "European" } ]
[ { "end": 8, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9993038177490234, "start": 0, "word": "European" }, { "end": 78, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 12, "score": 0.9978210926055908, "start": 72, "word": "London" } ]
Automakers will be required to equip new car models throughout the European Union with special daytime lights from 2015 in a bid to cut down on road accidents, the European Commission announced Wednesday.
Eu to introduce daytime safety lights for cars in .
32
9
3,920
[ { "end": 1, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9925399422645569, "start": 0, "word": "E" }, { "end": 2, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.949472963809967, "start": 1, "word": "##u" } ]
[ { "end": 75, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 15, "score": 0.9342341423034668, "start": 67, "word": "European" }, { "end": 81, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 16, "score": 0.8102509379386902, "start": 76, "word": "Union" }, { "end": 172, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 34, "score": 0.999234676361084, "start": 164, "word": "European" }, { "end": 183, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 35, "score": 0.9972692131996155, "start": 173, "word": "Commission" } ]
US stocks held modest gains Wednesday amid jitters over a government financial rescue package being debated in Congress for a second day.
US stocks cling to modest gains amid financial woes.
21
8
3,921
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.998388409614563, "start": 0, "word": "US" } ]
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9981805086135864, "start": 0, "word": "US" }, { "end": 119, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 19, "score": 0.9983102083206177, "start": 111, "word": "Congress" } ]
Lithuanian prosecutors said Wednesday they are dropping a war crimes investigation of an Israeli holocaust historian who served with Soviet forces in the Baltic state.
Lithuania drops war crimes probe of Israeli holocaust historian.
24
8
3,922
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996786117553711, "start": 0, "word": "Lithuania" }, { "end": 43, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9995493292808533, "start": 36, "word": "Israeli" } ]
[ { "end": 10, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9993196725845337, "start": 0, "word": "Lithuanian" }, { "end": 96, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 14, "score": 0.9995525479316711, "start": 89, "word": "Israeli" }, { "end": 139, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 23, "score": 0.9994567036628723, "start": 133, "word": "Soviet" }, { "end": 160, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 27, "score": 0.9905093908309937, "start": 154, "word": "Baltic" } ]
Archaeologists have found the bust of Pharaoh Ramses II in Egypt's Nile Delta, culture Minister Faruq Hosni said Wednesday, bringing experts closer to finding a temple belonging to the King.
Ramses II bust found in Egypt.
29
5
3,923
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9137587547302246, "start": 0, "word": "Rams" }, { "end": 6, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 2, "score": 0.6828359365463257, "start": 4, "word": "##es" }, { "end": 9, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.7369276285171509, "start": 7, "word": "II" }, { "end": 29, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9997273087501526, "start": 24, "word": "Egypt" } ]
[ { "end": 40, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 9, "score": 0.7748643159866333, "start": 38, "word": "Ph" }, { "end": 50, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 12, "score": 0.9518649578094482, "start": 46, "word": "Rams" }, { "end": 52, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 13, "score": 0.7670764923095703, "start": 50, "word": "##es" }, { "end": 55, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 14, "score": 0.7536090612411499, "start": 53, "word": "II" }, { "end": 64, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 16, "score": 0.9996134638786316, "start": 59, "word": "Egypt" }, { "end": 71, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 19, "score": 0.9989878535270691, "start": 67, "word": "Nile" }, { "end": 77, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 20, "score": 0.9992462396621704, "start": 72, "word": "Delta" }, { "end": 99, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 24, "score": 0.9991375207901001, "start": 96, "word": "Far" }, { "end": 100, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 25, "score": 0.9214641451835632, "start": 99, "word": "##u" }, { "end": 101, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 26, "score": 0.9339643120765686, "start": 100, "word": "##q" }, { "end": 104, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 27, "score": 0.9985296726226807, "start": 102, "word": "Ho" }, { "end": 105, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 28, "score": 0.9553869366645813, "start": 104, "word": "##s" }, { "end": 107, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 29, "score": 0.9801923632621765, "start": 105, "word": "##ni" } ]
Liberal leader Kaj Leo emerged at the head of a new coalition government in the Faroe Islands, Parliament announced Wednesday, a week after the collapse of the last coalition.
New coalition government formed in Faroe Islands.
28
6
3,924
[ { "end": 38, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9990289211273193, "start": 35, "word": "Far" }, { "end": 40, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9989525079727173, "start": 38, "word": "##oe" }, { "end": 48, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9996139407157898, "start": 41, "word": "Islands" } ]
[ { "end": 17, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.9992877840995789, "start": 15, "word": "Ka" }, { "end": 18, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.7527132630348206, "start": 17, "word": "##j" }, { "end": 22, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9993168115615845, "start": 19, "word": "Leo" }, { "end": 83, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 17, "score": 0.9988722205162048, "start": 80, "word": "Far" }, { "end": 85, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 18, "score": 0.9990164041519165, "start": 83, "word": "##oe" }, { "end": 93, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 19, "score": 0.9995660185813904, "start": 86, "word": "Islands" }, { "end": 105, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 21, "score": 0.6280388832092285, "start": 95, "word": "Parliament" } ]
Western countries hit out at Iran here on Wednesday over its refusal to disprove allegations of past nuclear weapons work and for pursuing uranium enrichment in defiance of UN demands.
West turns up heat on Iran over alleged nuclear arms work.
29
10
3,925
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9856871962547302, "start": 0, "word": "West" }, { "end": 26, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9996147155761719, "start": 22, "word": "Iran" } ]
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9988073110580444, "start": 0, "word": "Western" }, { "end": 33, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9996740818023682, "start": 29, "word": "Iran" }, { "end": 175, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 33, "score": 0.9990540146827698, "start": 173, "word": "UN" } ]
Israeli police announced on Wednesday the smashing of a terrorist cell "from East Jerusalem believed responsible for the killing of two border policemen and of preparing other attacks.
Israeli police break up Jerusalem terrorist cell.
27
6
3,926
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9994433522224426, "start": 0, "word": "Israeli" }, { "end": 33, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9988904595375061, "start": 24, "word": "Jerusalem" } ]
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.999430239200592, "start": 0, "word": "Israeli" }, { "end": 81, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 15, "score": 0.9987035989761353, "start": 77, "word": "East" }, { "end": 91, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 16, "score": 0.9990406632423401, "start": 82, "word": "Jerusalem" } ]
Liberal leader Kaj Leo Johannessen emerged at the head of a new coalition government in the Faroe Islands, Parliament announced Wednesday, a week after the collapse of the last coalition.
New coalition government formed in Faroe Islands.
29
6
3,927
[ { "end": 38, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9990289211273193, "start": 35, "word": "Far" }, { "end": 40, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9989525079727173, "start": 38, "word": "##oe" }, { "end": 48, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9996139407157898, "start": 41, "word": "Islands" } ]
[ { "end": 17, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.9991078972816467, "start": 15, "word": "Ka" }, { "end": 18, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.8804268836975098, "start": 17, "word": "##j" }, { "end": 22, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9984283447265625, "start": 19, "word": "Leo" }, { "end": 31, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.999264657497406, "start": 23, "word": "Johannes" }, { "end": 34, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 7, "score": 0.9965478777885437, "start": 31, "word": "##sen" }, { "end": 95, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 19, "score": 0.9989676475524902, "start": 92, "word": "Far" }, { "end": 97, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 20, "score": 0.9989838004112244, "start": 95, "word": "##oe" }, { "end": 105, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 21, "score": 0.9995622038841248, "start": 98, "word": "Islands" }, { "end": 117, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 23, "score": 0.7178184390068054, "start": 107, "word": "Parliament" } ]
More than 63 million Europeans will buy tickets this week in the hope of scooping the 360 million Euros Lrb 432 million dollars Rrb up for grabs in Friday's super Euromillions draw, the lottery said Wednesday.
Millions have a flutter on Euro lottery 360 million Euro Jackpot.
35
10
3,928
[ { "end": 31, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9930604696273804, "start": 27, "word": "Euro" }, { "end": 56, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 11, "score": 0.9965885877609253, "start": 52, "word": "Euro" }, { "end": 61, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 12, "score": 0.9579194784164429, "start": 57, "word": "Jack" }, { "end": 64, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 13, "score": 0.9701974987983704, "start": 61, "word": "##pot" } ]
[ { "end": 30, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9987776875495911, "start": 21, "word": "Europeans" }, { "end": 102, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 21, "score": 0.9120700359344482, "start": 98, "word": "Euro" }, { "end": 167, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 39, "score": 0.9892878532409668, "start": 163, "word": "Euro" } ]
German media group Prosiebensat .4 warned on Wednesday it would Miss financial targets this year because of the weak television advertising market.
German Broadcaster Prosiebensat .4 issues profit warning.
21
6
3,929
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9972135424613953, "start": 0, "word": "German" }, { "end": 22, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 4, "score": 0.9992901086807251, "start": 19, "word": "Pro" }, { "end": 25, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 5, "score": 0.9924755692481995, "start": 22, "word": "##sie" }, { "end": 28, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 6, "score": 0.9824113249778748, "start": 25, "word": "##ben" }, { "end": 31, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 7, "score": 0.9858420491218567, "start": 28, "word": "##sat" } ]
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9986687898635864, "start": 0, "word": "German" }, { "end": 22, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 4, "score": 0.9991776347160339, "start": 19, "word": "Pro" }, { "end": 25, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 5, "score": 0.9927151799201965, "start": 22, "word": "##sie" }, { "end": 28, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 6, "score": 0.988018274307251, "start": 25, "word": "##ben" }, { "end": 31, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 7, "score": 0.9865617156028748, "start": 28, "word": "##sat" }, { "end": 33, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 8, "score": 0.8286323547363281, "start": 32, "word": "." }, { "end": 34, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 9, "score": 0.9810197949409485, "start": 33, "word": "4" } ]
US Cycling legend lance Armstrong vowed Wednesday to dedicate his competitive comeback to the fight against cancer, which he himself overcame a decade ago.
Armstrong to cycle the world against cancer.
23
6
3,930
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9980484247207642, "start": 0, "word": "Armstrong" } ]
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.7225621342658997, "start": 0, "word": "US" }, { "end": 10, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 2, "score": 0.7130400538444519, "start": 3, "word": "Cycling" }, { "end": 23, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9485538601875305, "start": 18, "word": "lance" }, { "end": 33, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9760187864303589, "start": 24, "word": "Armstrong" } ]
Finnish police faced scathing criticism Wednesday, amid accusations they could have prevented the country's second school massacre in less than a year if they had been more Proactive.
Finnish police in hot seat after release of school shooter.
27
9
3,931
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9992903470993042, "start": 0, "word": "Finnish" } ]
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9992478489875793, "start": 0, "word": "Finnish" } ]
Jittery markets struggled Wednesday, torn between fear and hope as us lawmakers wrangled over a huge rescue plan for the financial system, the Federal Reserve offered more crisis aid and the IMF sounded a warning.
Markets founder as us lawmakers wrangle over rescue.
34
7
3,932
[]
[ { "end": 150, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 31, "score": 0.9993300437927246, "start": 143, "word": "Federal" }, { "end": 158, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 32, "score": 0.9992730021476746, "start": 151, "word": "Reserve" }, { "end": 192, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 39, "score": 0.9989781379699707, "start": 191, "word": "I" }, { "end": 194, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 40, "score": 0.9982806444168091, "start": 192, "word": "##MF" } ]
Hundreds of thousands of poor farmers in Africa and central America are to benefit from a joint scheme by the UN world food program and the bill gates foundation designed to help them boost their incomes, a UN statement said Wednesday.
New scheme to aid small farmers in Africa C. America.
40
9
3,933
[ { "end": 41, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9992545247077942, "start": 35, "word": "Africa" }, { "end": 43, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 9, "score": 0.6696264743804932, "start": 42, "word": "C" }, { "end": 52, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 11, "score": 0.995110809803009, "start": 45, "word": "America" } ]
[ { "end": 47, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9995504021644592, "start": 41, "word": "Africa" }, { "end": 67, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 11, "score": 0.9500816464424133, "start": 60, "word": "America" }, { "end": 112, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 21, "score": 0.9993531107902527, "start": 110, "word": "UN" }, { "end": 209, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 40, "score": 0.9992558360099792, "start": 207, "word": "UN" } ]
Twenty one Eritrean and Somali refugees, including women and children, are feared to have drowned when their boat capsized in a River in East Sudan, the UN refugee agency Lrb Unhcr Rrb said on Wednesday.
refugees feared drowned in East Sudan.
34
5
3,934
[ { "end": 31, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9980474710464478, "start": 27, "word": "East" }, { "end": 37, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9979838132858276, "start": 32, "word": "Sudan" } ]
[ { "end": 12, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 3, "score": 0.9992005228996277, "start": 11, "word": "E" }, { "end": 15, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 4, "score": 0.9793058037757874, "start": 12, "word": "##rit" }, { "end": 18, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9840976595878601, "start": 15, "word": "##rea" }, { "end": 19, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9918966889381409, "start": 18, "word": "##n" }, { "end": 30, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9975253939628601, "start": 24, "word": "Somali" }, { "end": 141, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 30, "score": 0.9970130920410156, "start": 137, "word": "East" }, { "end": 147, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 31, "score": 0.9971202611923218, "start": 142, "word": "Sudan" }, { "end": 155, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 34, "score": 0.9973881840705872, "start": 153, "word": "UN" }, { "end": 172, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 37, "score": 0.9987441301345825, "start": 171, "word": "L" }, { "end": 174, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 38, "score": 0.9952206015586853, "start": 172, "word": "##rb" }, { "end": 177, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 39, "score": 0.9981415271759033, "start": 175, "word": "Un" }, { "end": 178, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 40, "score": 0.9790568351745605, "start": 177, "word": "##h" }, { "end": 179, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 41, "score": 0.981940507888794, "start": 178, "word": "##c" }, { "end": 180, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 42, "score": 0.9923229217529297, "start": 179, "word": "##r" }, { "end": 182, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 43, "score": 0.9792205095291138, "start": 181, "word": "R" }, { "end": 184, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 44, "score": 0.9547648429870605, "start": 182, "word": "##rb" } ]
US existing home sales fell a steeper than expected 6.6 percent in August, industry data showed Wednesday, amid deepening worries over the worst real estate slump in decades.
US existing home sales fall 6.6 pct in August.
27
8
3,935
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9988749623298645, "start": 0, "word": "US" } ]
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9986782670021057, "start": 0, "word": "US" } ]
Cuba, under a us economic embargo for four decades, won a resolution at the UN human rights Council Wednesday urging nations to stop imposing unilateral coercive measures "against other states.
UN rights panel adopts Cuban resolution against sanctions.
29
7
3,936
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9990394711494446, "start": 0, "word": "UN" }, { "end": 28, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9989435076713562, "start": 23, "word": "Cuban" } ]
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997709393501282, "start": 0, "word": "Cuba" }, { "end": 78, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 19, "score": 0.999076247215271, "start": 76, "word": "UN" }, { "end": 91, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 21, "score": 0.9257503151893616, "start": 85, "word": "rights" }, { "end": 99, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 22, "score": 0.5410434603691101, "start": 92, "word": "Council" } ]
Serbia's war crimes Prosecutor on Wednesday called for a formal investigation into a world war II suspect accused of Genocide.
Serbia launches probe into Hungarian Wwii suspect.
19
6
3,937
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997596144676208, "start": 0, "word": "Serbia" }, { "end": 36, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9993022680282593, "start": 27, "word": "Hungarian" }, { "end": 38, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.6843719482421875, "start": 37, "word": "W" }, { "end": 41, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 8, "score": 0.4649737477302551, "start": 40, "word": "##i" } ]
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997221827507019, "start": 0, "word": "Serbia" }, { "end": 120, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 23, "score": 0.9329078793525696, "start": 117, "word": "Gen" }, { "end": 122, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 24, "score": 0.5206850171089172, "start": 120, "word": "##oc" }, { "end": 125, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 25, "score": 0.5688527822494507, "start": 122, "word": "##ide" } ]
The European Parliament backed on Wednesday a range of telecoms measures aimed at giving consumers better rights and boosting competition among operators but some aspects were watered down.
Eu Parliament waters down Brussels telecoms reforms.
27
6
3,938
[ { "end": 1, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9571710824966431, "start": 0, "word": "E" }, { "end": 2, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.468079537153244, "start": 1, "word": "##u" }, { "end": 13, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.5910030007362366, "start": 3, "word": "Parliament" }, { "end": 34, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9965054988861084, "start": 26, "word": "Brussels" } ]
[ { "end": 12, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.9970531463623047, "start": 4, "word": "European" }, { "end": 23, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.9896016716957092, "start": 13, "word": "Parliament" } ]
Ingrid Betancourt, who was freed this year after being held by Colombian guerrillas for six years, said Wednesday she was planning to launch a human rights foundation.
Betancourt plans human rights foundation.
26
4
3,939
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9948141574859619, "start": 0, "word": "Beta" }, { "end": 7, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 2, "score": 0.5690260529518127, "start": 4, "word": "##nco" }, { "end": 10, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.7098702192306519, "start": 7, "word": "##urt" } ]
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9995424747467041, "start": 0, "word": "Ingrid" }, { "end": 11, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 2, "score": 0.999529242515564, "start": 7, "word": "Beta" }, { "end": 14, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.998318076133728, "start": 11, "word": "##nco" }, { "end": 17, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9987788796424866, "start": 14, "word": "##urt" }, { "end": 72, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 15, "score": 0.9984922409057617, "start": 63, "word": "Colombian" } ]
Twenty more people were killed, taking to 92 the death toll from floods which have destroyed tens of thousands of homes in the Eastern Indian state of Orissa, officials said Wednesday.
92 killed four million affected in East India floods.
30
8
3,940
[ { "end": 39, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 7, "score": 0.6522718071937561, "start": 35, "word": "East" }, { "end": 45, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.8243986964225769, "start": 40, "word": "India" } ]
[ { "end": 134, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 25, "score": 0.9870926141738892, "start": 127, "word": "Eastern" }, { "end": 141, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 26, "score": 0.667904794216156, "start": 135, "word": "Indian" }, { "end": 153, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 29, "score": 0.9956595301628113, "start": 151, "word": "Or" }, { "end": 157, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 30, "score": 0.9962798953056335, "start": 153, "word": "##issa" } ]
The Iraqi Parliament finally passed a provincial election law on Wednesday, setting a January 25 deadline for a vote to allow more power to be handed to the country's divided communities.
Iraq paves way for long delayed polls in January.
30
8
3,941
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997066855430603, "start": 0, "word": "Iraq" } ]
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9939800500869751, "start": 4, "word": "Iraqi" }, { "end": 20, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.5514288544654846, "start": 10, "word": "Parliament" } ]
A us Navy security team fired shots to warn off two small boats approaching a Navy supply ship off the coast of Somalia, a spokesman said Wednesday.
US Navy fires warning shots off Somalia coast.
26
7
3,942
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9807941913604736, "start": 0, "word": "US" }, { "end": 7, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.9844934940338135, "start": 3, "word": "Navy" }, { "end": 39, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9996507167816162, "start": 32, "word": "Somalia" } ]
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.9888683557510376, "start": 5, "word": "Navy" }, { "end": 82, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 16, "score": 0.9966968297958374, "start": 78, "word": "Navy" }, { "end": 119, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 23, "score": 0.9995518326759338, "start": 112, "word": "Somalia" } ]
Automakers will be required to equip new car models in the European Union with special daytime lights from 2022 in a bid to cut down on road accidents, the European Commission announced Wednesday.
Eu to introduce daytime safety lights for cars in .
32
9
3,943
[ { "end": 1, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9925399422645569, "start": 0, "word": "E" }, { "end": 2, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.949472963809967, "start": 1, "word": "##u" } ]
[ { "end": 67, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 15, "score": 0.9739684462547302, "start": 59, "word": "European" }, { "end": 73, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 16, "score": 0.9378443360328674, "start": 68, "word": "Union" }, { "end": 164, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 35, "score": 0.9992263317108154, "start": 156, "word": "European" }, { "end": 175, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 36, "score": 0.9975879192352295, "start": 165, "word": "Commission" } ]
A Bollywood comedy called Hari Puttar "Premiered in Mumbai on Wednesday after winning a legal battle against us studio Warner Bros over its title.
India's Hari Puttar film screened after winning legal row.
23
8
3,944
[ { "end": 5, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9995026588439941, "start": 0, "word": "India" }, { "end": 12, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 4, "score": 0.9649674892425537, "start": 8, "word": "Hari" }, { "end": 16, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9744129180908203, "start": 13, "word": "Put" }, { "end": 19, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9714345335960388, "start": 16, "word": "##tar" } ]
[ { "end": 11, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9983351826667786, "start": 2, "word": "Bollywood" }, { "end": 30, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9786408543586731, "start": 26, "word": "Hari" }, { "end": 34, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9924445748329163, "start": 31, "word": "Put" }, { "end": 37, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9915084838867188, "start": 34, "word": "##tar" }, { "end": 58, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 12, "score": 0.998748779296875, "start": 52, "word": "Mumbai" }, { "end": 125, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 23, "score": 0.9994215965270996, "start": 119, "word": "Warner" }, { "end": 130, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 24, "score": 0.998881995677948, "start": 126, "word": "Bros" } ]
Nearly a million workers of state owned Indian banks went on strike from Wednesday to protest against moves to merge public sector institutions and demand better wages, union leaders said.
Indian State Bank workers strike to protest merger plans.
29
8
3,945
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9993721842765808, "start": 0, "word": "Indian" }, { "end": 12, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.9989719390869141, "start": 7, "word": "State" }, { "end": 17, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.9990980625152588, "start": 13, "word": "Bank" } ]
[ { "end": 46, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 8, "score": 0.998566210269928, "start": 40, "word": "Indian" } ]
Gunmen ambushed and killed 16 policemen and eight anti Qaeda fighters in Diyala province north of Baghdad on Wednesday as rebel violence continued despite a security force crackdown.
At least 16 killed in ambush north of Baghdad.
27
8
3,946
[ { "end": 45, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 9, "score": 0.998855471611023, "start": 38, "word": "Baghdad" } ]
[ { "end": 54, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 10, "score": 0.9232390522956848, "start": 50, "word": "anti" }, { "end": 60, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 11, "score": 0.9744036793708801, "start": 55, "word": "Qaeda" }, { "end": 75, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 14, "score": 0.9986259937286377, "start": 73, "word": "Di" }, { "end": 78, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 15, "score": 0.9951483607292175, "start": 75, "word": "##yal" }, { "end": 79, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 16, "score": 0.9988947510719299, "start": 78, "word": "##a" }, { "end": 105, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 20, "score": 0.9990085959434509, "start": 98, "word": "Baghdad" } ]
Egyptian police have found a cache of weapons and explosives in the Sinai desert which they say was destined for the Gaza strip, a security official said on Wednesday.
Egypt police seize explosives near Gaza border.
28
6
3,947
[ { "end": 5, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997391104698181, "start": 0, "word": "Egypt" }, { "end": 39, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9996201992034912, "start": 35, "word": "Gaza" } ]
[ { "end": 8, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9991724491119385, "start": 0, "word": "Egyptian" }, { "end": 73, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 13, "score": 0.9991687536239624, "start": 68, "word": "Sinai" }, { "end": 121, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 22, "score": 0.9995273351669312, "start": 117, "word": "Gaza" }, { "end": 127, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 23, "score": 0.9909569621086121, "start": 122, "word": "strip" } ]
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the us economic outlook may be quite adverse "without a stabilization soon in troubled financial markets.
Bernanke sees adverse economy without steadier finance.
22
6
3,948
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9955659508705139, "start": 0, "word": "Bern" }, { "end": 6, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 2, "score": 0.4063224792480469, "start": 4, "word": "##an" }, { "end": 8, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.6489677429199219, "start": 6, "word": "##ke" } ]
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9994768500328064, "start": 0, "word": "Federal" }, { "end": 15, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.9989830851554871, "start": 8, "word": "Reserve" }, { "end": 28, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9993522763252258, "start": 25, "word": "Ben" }, { "end": 33, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9985356330871582, "start": 29, "word": "Bern" }, { "end": 35, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.5934622287750244, "start": 33, "word": "##an" }, { "end": 37, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 7, "score": 0.8196660876274109, "start": 35, "word": "##ke" } ]
Twenty more people were killed, taking to 58 the death toll from floods which have destroyed tens of thousands of homes in the Eastern Indian state of Orissa, officials said Wednesday.
58 killed four million affected in East India floods.
30
8
3,949
[ { "end": 39, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 7, "score": 0.6699551939964294, "start": 35, "word": "East" }, { "end": 45, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.8286747336387634, "start": 40, "word": "India" } ]
[ { "end": 134, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 25, "score": 0.9869444966316223, "start": 127, "word": "Eastern" }, { "end": 141, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 26, "score": 0.6675804853439331, "start": 135, "word": "Indian" }, { "end": 153, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 29, "score": 0.9957252740859985, "start": 151, "word": "Or" }, { "end": 157, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 30, "score": 0.996340811252594, "start": 153, "word": "##issa" } ]
US existing home sales fell a steeper than expected 5.6 percent in August, industry data showed Wednesday, amid deepening worries over the worst real estate slump in decades.
US existing home sales fall 5.6 pct in August.
27
8
3,950
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9988677501678467, "start": 0, "word": "US" } ]
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9987051486968994, "start": 0, "word": "US" } ]
World stock markets were unsettled Wednesday, with Wall Street posting slight gains at the opening and Europe in decline, as a us government backed financial rescue plan was Mired in political bickering in Washington.
World stocks stable as us rescue plan hangs in balance.
33
9
3,951
[]
[ { "end": 5, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.678111732006073, "start": 0, "word": "World" }, { "end": 55, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 10, "score": 0.9991899132728577, "start": 51, "word": "Wall" }, { "end": 62, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 11, "score": 0.9993724226951599, "start": 56, "word": "Street" }, { "end": 109, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 19, "score": 0.9996365308761597, "start": 103, "word": "Europe" }, { "end": 216, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 40, "score": 0.999407172203064, "start": 206, "word": "Washington" } ]
Indian police on Wednesday said they had arrested five more people in connection with a string of blasts which left 11 people dead and hundreds injured in two cities.
Five more arrested over Indian serial bombings.
28
6
3,952
[ { "end": 30, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9990166425704956, "start": 24, "word": "Indian" } ]
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9989005327224731, "start": 0, "word": "Indian" } ]
A us Navy security team fired shots to warn off two small boats approaching a Navy supply ship off the coast of Somalia, a spokesman said Wednesday.
US Navy fires warning shots off Somalia coast.
26
7
3,953
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9807941913604736, "start": 0, "word": "US" }, { "end": 7, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.9844934940338135, "start": 3, "word": "Navy" }, { "end": 39, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9996507167816162, "start": 32, "word": "Somalia" } ]
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.9888683557510376, "start": 5, "word": "Navy" }, { "end": 82, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 16, "score": 0.9966968297958374, "start": 78, "word": "Navy" }, { "end": 119, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 23, "score": 0.9995518326759338, "start": 112, "word": "Somalia" } ]
The head of the world trade organization said Wednesday that protectionism is no solution to the global financial crisis and called yet again for a deal on the WTO's moribund Doha round to spur growth.
Wto chief says protectionism no solution to financial crisis.
34
8
3,954
[]
[ { "end": 161, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 30, "score": 0.9948950409889221, "start": 160, "word": "W" }, { "end": 163, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 31, "score": 0.9961242079734802, "start": 161, "word": "##TO" }, { "end": 177, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 38, "score": 0.9978530406951904, "start": 175, "word": "Do" }, { "end": 179, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 39, "score": 0.998106837272644, "start": 177, "word": "##ha" } ]
A senior official with the International Monetary Fund expressed concern over the Democratic Republic of Congo's levels of debt to China, in a report released Wednesday after a 10 day visit here.
Imf expresses concern over Dr Congo debt to China.
31
8
3,955
[ { "end": 1, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9947779178619385, "start": 0, "word": "I" }, { "end": 2, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.39468052983283997, "start": 1, "word": "##m" }, { "end": 3, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.8036269545555115, "start": 2, "word": "##f" }, { "end": 29, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 7, "score": 0.8216140270233154, "start": 27, "word": "Dr" }, { "end": 35, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.4934547245502472, "start": 30, "word": "Congo" }, { "end": 49, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 11, "score": 0.9995802044868469, "start": 44, "word": "China" } ]
[ { "end": 40, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 6, "score": 0.9994502663612366, "start": 27, "word": "International" }, { "end": 44, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 7, "score": 0.9992759823799133, "start": 41, "word": "Mon" }, { "end": 47, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 8, "score": 0.998765230178833, "start": 44, "word": "##eta" }, { "end": 49, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 9, "score": 0.9990548491477966, "start": 47, "word": "##ry" }, { "end": 54, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 10, "score": 0.9991486072540283, "start": 50, "word": "Fund" }, { "end": 92, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 15, "score": 0.9992572665214539, "start": 82, "word": "Democratic" }, { "end": 101, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 16, "score": 0.9994365572929382, "start": 93, "word": "Republic" }, { "end": 104, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 17, "score": 0.9993776679039001, "start": 102, "word": "of" }, { "end": 110, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 18, "score": 0.9995535016059875, "start": 105, "word": "Congo" }, { "end": 136, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 25, "score": 0.9997004270553589, "start": 131, "word": "China" } ]
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will meet Dimitri Medvedev of Russia on Thursday in Southern Russia, the leftist South American leader said.
Venezuela's Chavez to meet Medvedev in Russia.
21
6
3,956
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996849298477173, "start": 0, "word": "Venezuela" }, { "end": 15, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9992142915725708, "start": 12, "word": "Cha" }, { "end": 18, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9941070079803467, "start": 15, "word": "##vez" }, { "end": 29, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 8, "score": 0.9990875720977783, "start": 27, "word": "Me" }, { "end": 30, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 9, "score": 0.38652145862579346, "start": 29, "word": "##d" }, { "end": 33, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 10, "score": 0.3957005441188812, "start": 30, "word": "##ved" }, { "end": 35, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 11, "score": 0.8860954642295837, "start": 33, "word": "##ev" }, { "end": 45, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 13, "score": 0.9997699856758118, "start": 39, "word": "Russia" } ]
[ { "end": 14, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 2, "score": 0.9994805455207825, "start": 10, "word": "Hugo" }, { "end": 18, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.9993898868560791, "start": 15, "word": "Cha" }, { "end": 21, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9988310933113098, "start": 18, "word": "##vez" }, { "end": 34, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9997069239616394, "start": 25, "word": "Venezuela" }, { "end": 52, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 9, "score": 0.9996127486228943, "start": 45, "word": "Dimitri" }, { "end": 55, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 10, "score": 0.9995044469833374, "start": 53, "word": "Me" }, { "end": 56, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 11, "score": 0.9684163331985474, "start": 55, "word": "##d" }, { "end": 59, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 12, "score": 0.9412234425544739, "start": 56, "word": "##ved" }, { "end": 61, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 13, "score": 0.9981303811073303, "start": 59, "word": "##ev" }, { "end": 71, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 15, "score": 0.9996850490570068, "start": 65, "word": "Russia" }, { "end": 95, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 19, "score": 0.9943057894706726, "start": 87, "word": "Southern" }, { "end": 102, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 20, "score": 0.9926080703735352, "start": 96, "word": "Russia" }, { "end": 121, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 25, "score": 0.9990074038505554, "start": 116, "word": "South" }, { "end": 130, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 26, "score": 0.9912641048431396, "start": 122, "word": "American" } ]
US existing home sales fell a steeper than expected 6.2 percent in August, industry data showed Wednesday, amid deepening worries over the worst real estate slump in decades.
US existing home sales fall 6.2 pct in August.
27
8
3,957
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9987500905990601, "start": 0, "word": "US" } ]
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9986090064048767, "start": 0, "word": "US" } ]
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the us economic outlook may be quite adverse "without a stabilization soon in troubled financial markets.
Bernanke sees adverse economy without steady finance.
22
6
3,958
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9907643795013428, "start": 0, "word": "Bern" }, { "end": 6, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 2, "score": 0.38694116473197937, "start": 4, "word": "##an" }, { "end": 8, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.5733116269111633, "start": 6, "word": "##ke" } ]
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9994768500328064, "start": 0, "word": "Federal" }, { "end": 15, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.9989830851554871, "start": 8, "word": "Reserve" }, { "end": 28, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9993522763252258, "start": 25, "word": "Ben" }, { "end": 33, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9985356330871582, "start": 29, "word": "Bern" }, { "end": 35, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.5934622287750244, "start": 33, "word": "##an" }, { "end": 37, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 7, "score": 0.8196660876274109, "start": 35, "word": "##ke" } ]
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the us economic outlook may be quite adverse "without a stabilization soon in troubled financial markets.
Bernanke sees adverse economy without steady finance.
22
6
3,959
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9907643795013428, "start": 0, "word": "Bern" }, { "end": 6, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 2, "score": 0.38694116473197937, "start": 4, "word": "##an" }, { "end": 8, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.5733116269111633, "start": 6, "word": "##ke" } ]
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9994768500328064, "start": 0, "word": "Federal" }, { "end": 15, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.9989830851554871, "start": 8, "word": "Reserve" }, { "end": 28, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9993522763252258, "start": 25, "word": "Ben" }, { "end": 33, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9985356330871582, "start": 29, "word": "Bern" }, { "end": 35, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.5934622287750244, "start": 33, "word": "##an" }, { "end": 37, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 7, "score": 0.8196660876274109, "start": 35, "word": "##ke" } ]
China and Venezuela signed several energy agreements in Beijing on Wednesday that will allow the South American country to export half a million barrels of oil a day to the Asian giant from 2013.
China Venezuela step up energy cooperation.
33
5
3,960
[ { "end": 5, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996908903121948, "start": 0, "word": "China" }, { "end": 15, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9995301961898804, "start": 6, "word": "Venezuela" } ]
[ { "end": 5, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997923970222473, "start": 0, "word": "China" }, { "end": 19, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 3, "score": 0.9997367262840271, "start": 10, "word": "Venezuela" }, { "end": 63, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 9, "score": 0.9994022846221924, "start": 56, "word": "Beijing" }, { "end": 102, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 16, "score": 0.9986490607261658, "start": 97, "word": "South" }, { "end": 111, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 17, "score": 0.9882218241691589, "start": 103, "word": "American" }, { "end": 178, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 31, "score": 0.998360812664032, "start": 173, "word": "Asian" } ]
Bosnian Serbs slammed Wednesday the Muslim chairman of Bosnia's tripartite Presidency over his speech to the United Nations, claiming he was stirring up political uncertainty.
Bosnian Serbs slam Muslim leader over UN address.
24
7
3,961
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.998176097869873, "start": 0, "word": "Bosnian" }, { "end": 13, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9931596517562866, "start": 8, "word": "Serbs" }, { "end": 25, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 4, "score": 0.9962026476860046, "start": 19, "word": "Muslim" }, { "end": 40, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 7, "score": 0.9987879395484924, "start": 38, "word": "UN" } ]
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9987552165985107, "start": 0, "word": "Bosnian" }, { "end": 13, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9910814762115479, "start": 8, "word": "Serbs" }, { "end": 42, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9928435683250427, "start": 36, "word": "Muslim" }, { "end": 61, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 9, "score": 0.9996532201766968, "start": 55, "word": "Bosnia" }, { "end": 115, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 21, "score": 0.9995044469833374, "start": 109, "word": "United" }, { "end": 123, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 22, "score": 0.9988532066345215, "start": 116, "word": "Nations" } ]
Hollywood Star John Travolta will head to France this weekend to film in a Paris suburb that was at the epicentre of nationwide riots in 2014, the movie's producer said Wednesday.
John Travolta heads to gritty suburb for from Paris with love.
30
10
3,962
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9983862638473511, "start": 0, "word": "John" }, { "end": 6, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 2, "score": 0.9979678988456726, "start": 5, "word": "T" }, { "end": 8, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.7923094630241394, "start": 6, "word": "##ra" }, { "end": 13, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9850687384605408, "start": 10, "word": "##lta" }, { "end": 51, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 14, "score": 0.9994816184043884, "start": 46, "word": "Paris" } ]
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9840881824493408, "start": 0, "word": "Hollywood" }, { "end": 19, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.9990531802177429, "start": 15, "word": "John" }, { "end": 21, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9991064667701721, "start": 20, "word": "T" }, { "end": 23, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9298595786094666, "start": 21, "word": "##ra" }, { "end": 28, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 7, "score": 0.996613085269928, "start": 25, "word": "##lta" }, { "end": 48, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 11, "score": 0.9997392296791077, "start": 42, "word": "France" }, { "end": 80, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 18, "score": 0.9995371103286743, "start": 75, "word": "Paris" } ]
John McCain on Wednesday contradicted the Senate's top Democrat Harry Reid, who said the Republican Presidential hopeful would support a 718 billion dollar Wall Street bailout.
Mccain declines to say if he will back bailout plan.
25
9
3,963
[ { "end": 1, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9987282156944275, "start": 0, "word": "M" }, { "end": 4, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 2, "score": 0.805443286895752, "start": 1, "word": "##cca" }, { "end": 6, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.4299481213092804, "start": 4, "word": "##in" } ]
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9995177984237671, "start": 0, "word": "John" }, { "end": 11, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 2, "score": 0.9989500641822815, "start": 5, "word": "McCain" }, { "end": 48, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 10, "score": 0.9976019263267517, "start": 42, "word": "Senate" }, { "end": 63, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 14, "score": 0.9962795376777649, "start": 55, "word": "Democrat" }, { "end": 69, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 15, "score": 0.9995020627975464, "start": 64, "word": "Harry" }, { "end": 74, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 16, "score": 0.9992511868476868, "start": 70, "word": "Reid" }, { "end": 99, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 21, "score": 0.9989864230155945, "start": 89, "word": "Republican" }, { "end": 160, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 31, "score": 0.9986295700073242, "start": 156, "word": "Wall" }, { "end": 167, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 32, "score": 0.9991129040718079, "start": 161, "word": "Street" } ]
Hungary's ruling socialists have postponed a special Congress after opening fresh talks with former coalition partners the liberals over the government's budget, a leading party official said Wednesday.
Hungary's ruling socialists postpone special budget Congress.
27
6
3,964
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996682405471802, "start": 0, "word": "Hungary" }, { "end": 60, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 12, "score": 0.42742788791656494, "start": 52, "word": "Congress" } ]
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996989965438843, "start": 0, "word": "Hungary" }, { "end": 61, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 11, "score": 0.51361483335495, "start": 53, "word": "Congress" } ]
The Eu and a UN agency said Wednesday they have donated three million Euros Lrb 5.7 million dollars Rrb for the control and reduction of small arms and ammunition left over from the 2022 33 Bosnia war.
Eu UN to finance Bosnian small arms reduction.
36
7
3,965
[ { "end": 1, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9991764426231384, "start": 0, "word": "E" }, { "end": 2, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.9957287907600403, "start": 1, "word": "##u" }, { "end": 5, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.9949146509170532, "start": 3, "word": "UN" }, { "end": 24, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9990763664245605, "start": 17, "word": "Bosnian" } ]
[ { "end": 5, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.9990625977516174, "start": 4, "word": "E" }, { "end": 6, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.989556610584259, "start": 5, "word": "##u" }, { "end": 15, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 6, "score": 0.9991051554679871, "start": 13, "word": "UN" }, { "end": 101, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 24, "score": 0.623752236366272, "start": 100, "word": "R" }, { "end": 196, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 43, "score": 0.9968242645263672, "start": 190, "word": "Bosnia" } ]
US stocks opened modestly higher Wednesday amid jitters over a government financial rescue package being debated in Congress for a second straight day.
US stocks edge higher amid financial bailout uncertainty.
22
7
3,966
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9990200996398926, "start": 0, "word": "US" } ]
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.997882068157196, "start": 0, "word": "US" }, { "end": 124, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 20, "score": 0.9982889294624329, "start": 116, "word": "Congress" } ]
A Chinese snack has been pulled from Hong Kong shelves after health authorities said Wednesday it contained dangerous levels of the chemical at the center of a toxic milk scandal in China.
China made snack banned in Hong Kong in toxic milk scandal.
31
10
3,967
[ { "end": 5, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997162222862244, "start": 0, "word": "China" }, { "end": 31, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9993970394134521, "start": 27, "word": "Hong" }, { "end": 36, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9996286630630493, "start": 32, "word": "Kong" } ]
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9993146657943726, "start": 2, "word": "Chinese" }, { "end": 41, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9994220733642578, "start": 37, "word": "Hong" }, { "end": 46, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 9, "score": 0.9995577931404114, "start": 42, "word": "Kong" }, { "end": 187, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 32, "score": 0.9997037053108215, "start": 182, "word": "China" } ]
The German cabinet approved Wednesday a doubling to 146 the number of Germans available to take part in an Eu police training mission in Afghanistan, a government statement said.
Germany doubles number of Afghan police instructors.
28
6
3,968
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997749924659729, "start": 0, "word": "Germany" }, { "end": 32, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9986140727996826, "start": 26, "word": "Afghan" } ]
[ { "end": 10, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9990842342376709, "start": 4, "word": "German" }, { "end": 77, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 13, "score": 0.9987555742263794, "start": 70, "word": "Germans" }, { "end": 108, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 20, "score": 0.9922592043876648, "start": 107, "word": "E" }, { "end": 109, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 21, "score": 0.8622152805328369, "start": 108, "word": "##u" }, { "end": 148, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 26, "score": 0.999643087387085, "start": 137, "word": "Afghanistan" } ]
A hawkish member of Israel's security cabinet on Wednesday urged the West to isolate Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Israeli Minister urges West to isolate Iran.
21
6
3,969
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9993022680282593, "start": 0, "word": "Israeli" }, { "end": 27, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 4, "score": 0.744722306728363, "start": 23, "word": "West" }, { "end": 43, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9995219707489014, "start": 39, "word": "Iran" } ]
[ { "end": 26, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9997566342353821, "start": 20, "word": "Israel" }, { "end": 73, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 15, "score": 0.8559576869010925, "start": 69, "word": "West" }, { "end": 89, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 19, "score": 0.9996750354766846, "start": 85, "word": "Iran" } ]
The us Federal Bureau of investigation confirmed Wednesday that it is probing allegations of fraud by 28 Wall Street firms, without naming investment giants believed to be under investigation.
Fbi probes Finance giants for fraud.
28
5
3,970
[ { "end": 1, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9973688125610352, "start": 0, "word": "F" }, { "end": 3, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.9889699220657349, "start": 1, "word": "##bi" } ]
[ { "end": 14, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.997428834438324, "start": 7, "word": "Federal" }, { "end": 21, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 4, "score": 0.9983611702919006, "start": 15, "word": "Bureau" }, { "end": 24, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 5, "score": 0.9951209425926208, "start": 22, "word": "of" }, { "end": 38, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 6, "score": 0.9951525926589966, "start": 25, "word": "investigation" }, { "end": 109, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 19, "score": 0.9978814721107483, "start": 105, "word": "Wall" }, { "end": 116, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 20, "score": 0.9975932240486145, "start": 110, "word": "Street" } ]
The European Commission said Wednesday that it will send a mission to the Middle East in early November to evaluate the problems faced by refugees from the conflict in Iraq.
Eu to send Iraq refugee mission to Jordan Syria in November.
29
10
3,971
[ { "end": 1, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.5574452877044678, "start": 0, "word": "E" }, { "end": 2, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.3250945508480072, "start": 1, "word": "##u" }, { "end": 15, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9992979764938354, "start": 11, "word": "Iraq" }, { "end": 41, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 9, "score": 0.9993489384651184, "start": 35, "word": "Jordan" }, { "end": 47, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 10, "score": 0.9980586171150208, "start": 42, "word": "Syria" } ]
[ { "end": 12, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.9994215965270996, "start": 4, "word": "European" }, { "end": 23, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.9983402490615845, "start": 13, "word": "Commission" }, { "end": 80, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 14, "score": 0.9994094371795654, "start": 74, "word": "Middle" }, { "end": 85, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 15, "score": 0.9994675517082214, "start": 81, "word": "East" }, { "end": 172, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 30, "score": 0.999652624130249, "start": 168, "word": "Iraq" } ]
Israel on Wednesday released the head of a clan Allied to Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party that was driven from the Gaza strip by Hamas gunmen in early August.
Israel releases Gaza clan leader in West bank.
29
7
3,972
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9998027682304382, "start": 0, "word": "Israel" }, { "end": 20, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 3, "score": 0.9984967708587646, "start": 16, "word": "Gaza" }, { "end": 40, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9994070529937744, "start": 36, "word": "West" }, { "end": 45, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9990091323852539, "start": 41, "word": "bank" } ]
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997678399085999, "start": 0, "word": "Israel" }, { "end": 69, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 12, "score": 0.998915433883667, "start": 58, "word": "Palestinian" }, { "end": 82, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 14, "score": 0.999371349811554, "start": 80, "word": "Ma" }, { "end": 84, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 15, "score": 0.9507694244384766, "start": 82, "word": "##hm" }, { "end": 86, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 16, "score": 0.9592167139053345, "start": 84, "word": "##ud" }, { "end": 92, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 17, "score": 0.9990515112876892, "start": 87, "word": "Abbas" }, { "end": 98, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 20, "score": 0.9992735981941223, "start": 95, "word": "Fat" }, { "end": 100, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 21, "score": 0.997405469417572, "start": 98, "word": "##ah" }, { "end": 136, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 28, "score": 0.9994681477546692, "start": 132, "word": "Gaza" }, { "end": 142, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 29, "score": 0.8978710174560547, "start": 137, "word": "strip" }, { "end": 151, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 31, "score": 0.997334361076355, "start": 146, "word": "Hamas" } ]
Taiwanese President Ma Ying Jeou on Wednesday called for the creation of a food safety Hotline with China in the wake of a toxic milk scare there.
Taiwan leader calls for food safety Hotline with China.
26
8
3,973
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996705055236816, "start": 0, "word": "Taiwan" }, { "end": 43, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 8, "score": 0.5120702981948853, "start": 39, "word": "##line" }, { "end": 54, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 10, "score": 0.99970942735672, "start": 49, "word": "China" } ]
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9990594983100891, "start": 0, "word": "Taiwanese" }, { "end": 22, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.998271107673645, "start": 20, "word": "Ma" }, { "end": 27, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9960451722145081, "start": 23, "word": "Ying" }, { "end": 30, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9962551593780518, "start": 28, "word": "Je" }, { "end": 32, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.979284405708313, "start": 30, "word": "##ou" }, { "end": 94, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 18, "score": 0.6488787531852722, "start": 90, "word": "##line" }, { "end": 105, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 20, "score": 0.9996986389160156, "start": 100, "word": "China" } ]
A former Siemens executive, Johannes Feldmayer, acknowledged Wednesday that he paid tens of millions of Euros Lrb dollars Rrb to a small trade Union that supported the management's goals.
Ex Siemens exec acknowledges support for trade union at trial.
28
9
3,974
[ { "end": 10, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 2, "score": 0.9991849064826965, "start": 3, "word": "Siemens" } ]
[ { "end": 16, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.9992363452911377, "start": 9, "word": "Siemens" }, { "end": 36, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.9995245933532715, "start": 28, "word": "Johannes" }, { "end": 39, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 7, "score": 0.999316930770874, "start": 37, "word": "Fe" }, { "end": 41, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 8, "score": 0.9957433342933655, "start": 39, "word": "##ld" }, { "end": 46, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 10, "score": 0.9771423935890198, "start": 43, "word": "##yer" }, { "end": 108, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 21, "score": 0.9694003462791443, "start": 104, "word": "Euro" }, { "end": 111, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 23, "score": 0.7025122046470642, "start": 110, "word": "L" } ]
Liberal leader Kaj Leo emerged at the head of a new coalition government in the Faroe Islands, Parliament announced Wednesday, a week after the collapse of the last coalition.
New coalition govt formed in Faroe Islands.
28
6
3,975
[ { "end": 32, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9991818070411682, "start": 29, "word": "Far" }, { "end": 34, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 9, "score": 0.9988086223602295, "start": 32, "word": "##oe" }, { "end": 42, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 10, "score": 0.9995958209037781, "start": 35, "word": "Islands" } ]
[ { "end": 17, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.9992877840995789, "start": 15, "word": "Ka" }, { "end": 18, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.7527132630348206, "start": 17, "word": "##j" }, { "end": 22, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9993168115615845, "start": 19, "word": "Leo" }, { "end": 83, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 17, "score": 0.9988722205162048, "start": 80, "word": "Far" }, { "end": 85, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 18, "score": 0.9990164041519165, "start": 83, "word": "##oe" }, { "end": 93, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 19, "score": 0.9995660185813904, "start": 86, "word": "Islands" }, { "end": 105, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 21, "score": 0.6280388832092285, "start": 95, "word": "Parliament" } ]
Finland said Wednesday it would toughen gun laws after a school massacre left 59 people dead, as police who questioned the killer a day before the shooting and then released him faced scathing criticism.
Finland faces its demons a day after school shooting.
33
8
3,976
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997590184211731, "start": 0, "word": "Finland" } ]
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997579455375671, "start": 0, "word": "Finland" } ]
Indian shares rose 5.5 percent in choppy trade Wednesday, reacting to news that us tycoon Warren Buffett would help offset uncertainty over the us financial rescue plan worth 361 billion dollars.
Indian shares gain 5.5 percent.
30
4
3,977
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.998988926410675, "start": 0, "word": "Indian" } ]
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.999016523361206, "start": 0, "word": "Indian" }, { "end": 96, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 23, "score": 0.999316930770874, "start": 90, "word": "Warren" }, { "end": 98, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 24, "score": 0.9993044137954712, "start": 97, "word": "B" }, { "end": 101, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 25, "score": 0.8947820067405701, "start": 98, "word": "##uff" }, { "end": 104, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 26, "score": 0.9929572343826294, "start": 101, "word": "##ett" } ]
The Iraqi Parliament finally passed a provincial election law on Wednesday, setting a January 99 deadline for a vote to allow more power to be handed to the country's divided communities.
Iraq sets January deadline for provincial election.
30
6
3,978
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997119307518005, "start": 0, "word": "Iraq" } ]
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9934984445571899, "start": 4, "word": "Iraqi" }, { "end": 20, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.5427722930908203, "start": 10, "word": "Parliament" } ]
Pakistan's cabinet on Wednesday lashed out at the country's intelligence agencies for failing miserably "to find those responsible for a wave of violence including the Marriott hotel bomb attack.
Pakistan cabinet Slams Intel failure on militant violence.
28
7
3,979
[ { "end": 8, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996567964553833, "start": 0, "word": "Pakistan" }, { "end": 28, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 5, "score": 0.9981662631034851, "start": 23, "word": "Intel" } ]
[ { "end": 8, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996778964996338, "start": 0, "word": "Pakistan" }, { "end": 171, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 34, "score": 0.7983117699623108, "start": 168, "word": "Mar" }, { "end": 175, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 35, "score": 0.7691295146942139, "start": 171, "word": "##riot" }, { "end": 176, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 36, "score": 0.6417952179908752, "start": 175, "word": "##t" } ]
US President George W. Bush on Wednesday acknowledged bitter debate in the us Congress over his bailout for troubled banks but predicted a strong package when it is all said and done.
Bush sees robust bailout coming.
31
4
3,980
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9973305463790894, "start": 0, "word": "Bush" } ]
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.917340874671936, "start": 0, "word": "US" }, { "end": 19, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.9985260963439941, "start": 13, "word": "George" }, { "end": 21, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9934879541397095, "start": 20, "word": "W" }, { "end": 27, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.9973044395446777, "start": 23, "word": "Bush" }, { "end": 77, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 14, "score": 0.6694168448448181, "start": 75, "word": "us" }, { "end": 86, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 15, "score": 0.9904323220252991, "start": 78, "word": "Congress" } ]
A partnership led by Russian state firm Atomstroyexport on Wednesday submitted the only bid in a tender to build and operate Turkey's first nuclear power plant, a senior energy official said.
Russian led consortium only bidder in Turkey nuclear plant tender.
30
9
3,981
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9974619150161743, "start": 0, "word": "Russian" }, { "end": 44, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9996973276138306, "start": 38, "word": "Turkey" } ]
[ { "end": 28, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9989967942237854, "start": 21, "word": "Russian" }, { "end": 42, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 8, "score": 0.9994716048240662, "start": 40, "word": "At" }, { "end": 45, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 9, "score": 0.9976534247398376, "start": 42, "word": "##oms" }, { "end": 50, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 11, "score": 0.9953550100326538, "start": 48, "word": "##ye" }, { "end": 51, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 12, "score": 0.9949942231178284, "start": 50, "word": "##x" }, { "end": 55, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 13, "score": 0.9978864789009094, "start": 51, "word": "##port" }, { "end": 131, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 27, "score": 0.9996193647384644, "start": 125, "word": "Turkey" } ]
The financial crisis and growing pessimism about the us economy is giving Democratic candidate Barack Obama's White House campaign a lift, polls showed Wednesday.
Financial crisis boosts Obama in polls.
23
5
3,982
[ { "end": 29, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 5, "score": 0.9984134435653687, "start": 24, "word": "Obama" } ]
[ { "end": 84, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 16, "score": 0.9991965889930725, "start": 74, "word": "Democratic" }, { "end": 101, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 18, "score": 0.9991539716720581, "start": 95, "word": "Barack" }, { "end": 107, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 19, "score": 0.9972788691520691, "start": 102, "word": "Obama" }, { "end": 115, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 22, "score": 0.9992697834968567, "start": 110, "word": "White" }, { "end": 121, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 23, "score": 0.9993676543235779, "start": 116, "word": "House" } ]
Internet search giant Google launched its long awaited mobile phone on Tuesday, unveiling a Handset developed with Telecom carrier t mobile to compete with rival apple's hot selling Iphone.
Google unveils mobile phone on sale in October.
28
7
3,983
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9961705803871155, "start": 0, "word": "Google" } ]
[ { "end": 28, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 4, "score": 0.9981774091720581, "start": 22, "word": "Google" }, { "end": 97, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 18, "score": 0.9356025457382202, "start": 92, "word": "Hands" }, { "end": 122, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 22, "score": 0.9332225918769836, "start": 115, "word": "Telecom" }, { "end": 183, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 35, "score": 0.9338076710700989, "start": 182, "word": "I" } ]
Thai share prices closed 1.1 percent higher on Wednesday as investors welcomed news of tycoon Warren Buffett's five billion dollar investment in Goldman Sachs, they said.
Thai share prices close 1.1 percent higher.
25
6
3,984
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9976733326911926, "start": 0, "word": "Thai" } ]
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9974103569984436, "start": 0, "word": "Thai" }, { "end": 100, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 20, "score": 0.9989342093467712, "start": 94, "word": "Warren" }, { "end": 102, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 21, "score": 0.9986573457717896, "start": 101, "word": "B" }, { "end": 105, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 22, "score": 0.8913042545318604, "start": 102, "word": "##uff" }, { "end": 108, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 23, "score": 0.9893675446510315, "start": 105, "word": "##ett" }, { "end": 152, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 31, "score": 0.9987537860870361, "start": 145, "word": "Goldman" }, { "end": 158, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 32, "score": 0.998363196849823, "start": 153, "word": "Sachs" } ]
Thailand's new Finance Minister, Suchart, faces the challenge of guiding the economy during both a global slowdown and protests that have battered the Thai stock market.
New Thai Finance Minister faces protests global instability.
25
7
3,985
[ { "end": 8, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9980016350746155, "start": 4, "word": "Thai" } ]
[ { "end": 8, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996597766876221, "start": 0, "word": "Thailand" }, { "end": 37, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 8, "score": 0.999021053314209, "start": 33, "word": "Such" }, { "end": 40, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 9, "score": 0.8983602523803711, "start": 37, "word": "##art" }, { "end": 155, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 30, "score": 0.9975945353507996, "start": 151, "word": "Thai" } ]
Indian police on Wednesday said they arrested four more people in connection with a string of blasts which left 21 people dead and hundreds injured in two cities.
Four more arrested for Indian serial bombings.
27
6
3,986
[ { "end": 29, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9989383816719055, "start": 23, "word": "Indian" } ]
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9988939166069031, "start": 0, "word": "Indian" } ]
Pakistan's Army said Wednesday that it was investigating the crash of a suspected unmanned us spy plane near the Afghan border amid claims by tribesmen they had shot it down.
Pakistani military probes us drone crash.
29
5
3,987
[ { "end": 9, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9994181394577026, "start": 0, "word": "Pakistani" } ]
[ { "end": 8, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996151924133301, "start": 0, "word": "Pakistan" }, { "end": 15, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 4, "score": 0.9961773157119751, "start": 11, "word": "Army" }, { "end": 119, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 23, "score": 0.9966627955436707, "start": 113, "word": "Afghan" } ]
A novel experiment has dealt a setback to a theory that life on earth was Kickstarted by bacteria that hitched a ride on space rocks.
Meteorite experiment deals blow to bugs from space theory.
24
8
3,988
[]
[]
A hawkish member of Israel's security cabinet on Wednesday urged the West to isolate Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Israeli Minister urges West to isolate Iran.
21
6
3,989
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9993022680282593, "start": 0, "word": "Israeli" }, { "end": 27, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 4, "score": 0.744722306728363, "start": 23, "word": "West" }, { "end": 43, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9995219707489014, "start": 39, "word": "Iran" } ]
[ { "end": 26, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 6, "score": 0.9997566342353821, "start": 20, "word": "Israel" }, { "end": 73, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 15, "score": 0.8559576869010925, "start": 69, "word": "West" }, { "end": 89, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 19, "score": 0.9996750354766846, "start": 85, "word": "Iran" } ]
France still hopes the six world powers leading an international response to Iran's nuclear program will meet this week, despite Russian reluctance, the foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
France still wants six powers to meet on Iran.
26
8
3,990
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997734427452087, "start": 0, "word": "France" }, { "end": 45, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 9, "score": 0.9996734857559204, "start": 41, "word": "Iran" } ]
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997650980949402, "start": 0, "word": "France" }, { "end": 81, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 13, "score": 0.9996525049209595, "start": 77, "word": "Iran" }, { "end": 136, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 24, "score": 0.9992285966873169, "start": 129, "word": "Russian" } ]
A partnership led by Russian state firm Atomstroyexport on Wednesday submitted the only bid in a tender to build and operate Turkey's first nuclear power plant, a senior energy official said.
Russian led consortium only bidder in Turkey nuclear plant tender.
30
9
3,991
[ { "end": 7, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9974619150161743, "start": 0, "word": "Russian" }, { "end": 44, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 8, "score": 0.9996973276138306, "start": 38, "word": "Turkey" } ]
[ { "end": 28, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9989967942237854, "start": 21, "word": "Russian" }, { "end": 42, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 8, "score": 0.9994716048240662, "start": 40, "word": "At" }, { "end": 45, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 9, "score": 0.9976534247398376, "start": 42, "word": "##oms" }, { "end": 50, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 11, "score": 0.9953550100326538, "start": 48, "word": "##ye" }, { "end": 51, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 12, "score": 0.9949942231178284, "start": 50, "word": "##x" }, { "end": 55, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 13, "score": 0.9978864789009094, "start": 51, "word": "##port" }, { "end": 131, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 27, "score": 0.9996193647384644, "start": 125, "word": "Turkey" } ]
Iraq's Parliament on Wednesday approved a controversial election law after months of debate, setting January 83 as the deadline for holding elections in 44 provinces.
Iraq sets JAN 83 deadline for vote as MPs pass election law.
24
11
3,992
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.999723494052887, "start": 0, "word": "Iraq" }, { "end": 11, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 3, "score": 0.6679508686065674, "start": 10, "word": "J" } ]
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996021389961243, "start": 0, "word": "Iraq" }, { "end": 17, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 4, "score": 0.7507770657539368, "start": 7, "word": "Parliament" } ]
Poland's central bank on Wednesday said that it was holding its main interest rate, the minimum bank intervention rate, at 7.5 percent for the third month in a row.
Poland leaves interest rates unchanged.
28
4
3,993
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9997027516365051, "start": 0, "word": "Poland" } ]
[ { "end": 6, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996618032455444, "start": 0, "word": "Poland" } ]
Asian stocks closed mostly up on Wednesday after a massive investment by Warren Buffett in Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs offset concern about the 456 billion dollar us financial rescue plan.
Asian stocks mostly up on Buffett's Goldman investment.
30
7
3,994
[ { "end": 5, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9986457228660583, "start": 0, "word": "Asian" }, { "end": 27, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.9984482526779175, "start": 26, "word": "B" }, { "end": 30, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 7, "score": 0.45596322417259216, "start": 27, "word": "##uff" }, { "end": 33, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 8, "score": 0.7794410586357117, "start": 30, "word": "##ett" }, { "end": 43, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 11, "score": 0.7890909910202026, "start": 36, "word": "Goldman" } ]
[ { "end": 5, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9991136193275452, "start": 0, "word": "Asian" }, { "end": 79, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 13, "score": 0.9938269257545471, "start": 73, "word": "Warren" }, { "end": 81, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 14, "score": 0.9895341992378235, "start": 80, "word": "B" }, { "end": 84, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 15, "score": 0.6782506704330444, "start": 81, "word": "##uff" }, { "end": 87, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 16, "score": 0.9461566805839539, "start": 84, "word": "##ett" }, { "end": 95, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 18, "score": 0.9878020882606506, "start": 91, "word": "Wall" }, { "end": 102, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 19, "score": 0.9929342269897461, "start": 96, "word": "Street" }, { "end": 115, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 21, "score": 0.9992420673370361, "start": 108, "word": "Goldman" }, { "end": 121, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 22, "score": 0.9988986253738403, "start": 116, "word": "Sachs" } ]
Volkswagen, Europe's biggest automaker, said Wednesday that sales fell three percent in August but were up for the year so far as a whole despite a tougher economic environment.
Vw sales fall in August but higher for year.
28
8
3,995
[ { "end": 1, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.8633621335029602, "start": 0, "word": "V" }, { "end": 2, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 2, "score": 0.3368883430957794, "start": 1, "word": "##w" } ]
[ { "end": 10, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 1, "score": 0.9993388056755066, "start": 0, "word": "Volkswagen" }, { "end": 18, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 3, "score": 0.9995318651199341, "start": 12, "word": "Europe" } ]
Hong Kong's securities watchdog said Wednesday it had launched an investigation into the possible MIS selling of complex financial products backed by collapsed us Bank Lehman Brothers.
Hong Kong regulator to probe selling of bonds.
26
7
3,996
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9993906021118164, "start": 0, "word": "Hong" }, { "end": 9, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9995940327644348, "start": 5, "word": "Kong" } ]
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9995198249816895, "start": 0, "word": "Hong" }, { "end": 9, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9995610117912292, "start": 5, "word": "Kong" }, { "end": 167, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 29, "score": 0.6039243340492249, "start": 163, "word": "Bank" }, { "end": 170, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 30, "score": 0.9954291582107544, "start": 168, "word": "Le" }, { "end": 174, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 31, "score": 0.9974296689033508, "start": 170, "word": "##hman" }, { "end": 183, "entity": "I-ORG", "index": 32, "score": 0.9984229803085327, "start": 175, "word": "Brothers" } ]
US President George W. Bush on Wednesday acknowledged bitter debate in the us Congress over his bailout for troubled banks but promised a strong package when it is all said and done.
Bush sees robust bailout coming.
31
4
3,997
[ { "end": 4, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 1, "score": 0.9973305463790894, "start": 0, "word": "Bush" } ]
[ { "end": 2, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9142250418663025, "start": 0, "word": "US" }, { "end": 19, "entity": "B-PER", "index": 3, "score": 0.9985009431838989, "start": 13, "word": "George" }, { "end": 21, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 4, "score": 0.9931511878967285, "start": 20, "word": "W" }, { "end": 27, "entity": "I-PER", "index": 6, "score": 0.9970947504043579, "start": 23, "word": "Bush" }, { "end": 77, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 14, "score": 0.6602230668067932, "start": 75, "word": "us" }, { "end": 86, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 15, "score": 0.9919041991233826, "start": 78, "word": "Congress" } ]
North Korea has dramatically raised the stakes in its nuclear dispute with the United States, threatening to create a fresh crisis unless Washington makes concessions, analysts said Wednesday.
North Korea raises stakes in nuclear dispute with us.
27
7
3,998
[ { "end": 5, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9994052648544312, "start": 0, "word": "North" }, { "end": 11, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9995465874671936, "start": 6, "word": "Korea" } ]
[ { "end": 5, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9996053576469421, "start": 0, "word": "North" }, { "end": 11, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 2, "score": 0.9995827078819275, "start": 6, "word": "Korea" }, { "end": 85, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 14, "score": 0.9994983673095703, "start": 79, "word": "United" }, { "end": 92, "entity": "I-LOC", "index": 15, "score": 0.9995642304420471, "start": 86, "word": "States" }, { "end": 148, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 24, "score": 0.9994561076164246, "start": 138, "word": "Washington" } ]
A famed Turkish Transsexual singer appeared in court here on Wednesday to answer charges of turning the public against military service, an offence punishable by three years in prison.
Transsexual Star on trial in Turkey for denouncing Army service.
28
9
3,999
[ { "end": 5, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 1, "score": 0.9796721339225769, "start": 0, "word": "Trans" }, { "end": 11, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 2, "score": 0.576491117477417, "start": 5, "word": "##sexual" }, { "end": 16, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 3, "score": 0.5237783193588257, "start": 12, "word": "Star" }, { "end": 35, "entity": "B-LOC", "index": 7, "score": 0.9997684359550476, "start": 29, "word": "Turkey" }, { "end": 55, "entity": "B-ORG", "index": 12, "score": 0.9584766626358032, "start": 51, "word": "Army" } ]
[ { "end": 15, "entity": "B-MISC", "index": 3, "score": 0.999476969242096, "start": 8, "word": "Turkish" }, { "end": 21, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 4, "score": 0.9199137687683105, "start": 16, "word": "Trans" }, { "end": 27, "entity": "I-MISC", "index": 5, "score": 0.9778242111206055, "start": 21, "word": "##sexual" } ]