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"After he was born and cleaned up, I held him for hours while @placeholder slept. | (CNN) -- The 16-year-old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston died Friday morning after suffering a seizure while vacationing with his family in the Bahamas, Travolta's attorney told CNN. Jett Travolta, right, joined his father weeks ago in Paris, where John Travolta has been filming a movie. "At this point, we know that John Travolta and Kelly Preston's only son, Jett, had a seizure at around 10 a.m. this morning," attorney Michael Ossi said. "All attempts to revive him were unsuccessful." The boy hit his head after the seizure, but the exact cause of death is not known, Ossi said. An autopsy will be conducted Monday. His body will be transferred to Ocala, Florida, for burial, he said.
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NEW: Relationship between Travolta and son Jett called loving, affectionate
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NEW: Couple said chemicals in cleaning products triggered son's rare disease
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Jett Travolta was elder child of John Travolta and Kelly Preston
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Jett Travolta died in Freeport, Bahamas, where family was well-liked by community | 58,700 | record_train |
Since the drone war began in @placeholder in 2004, more than 2,000 people have been killed in these strikes, with as few as 386 and as many as 775 civilians among the dead, including as many as 170 children. | (CNN) -- Drone technology is spreading rapidly. As many as 50 countries are developing or purchasing these systems, including China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Iran. Even non-state actors are involved. Hezbollah reportedly has deployed an Iranian-designed drone. Iran is developing a new drone aircraft with a range of more than 600 miles. These systems are used mostly for surveillance, but it is not difficult to equip the aircraft with missiles and bombs. Recently in Massachusetts, a man was arrested for plotting to place explosives on a drone aircraft and fly it into the Pentagon or the Capitol building. Private contractors are getting into the business as well. We now have companies offering drones-for-hire.
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David Cortright: Up to 50 nations developing, buying drones, including China, Iran, Pakistan
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The prospect is a world in which every nation has drone warfare capability, he writes
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Cortright: Drones give nations false impression wars can be waged with less risk, costs
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Drones precise, but kill civilians: up to 775 Pakistanis. We must rethink military trend, he writes | 58,701 | record_train |
@placeholder admitted that his relationship with his wife was strained and let out a laugh before denying being 'murderous.' | A Missouri man and 'spiritual leader' of an alleged cult denies killing his wife on an upcoming episode of CBS's '48 Hours.' In CBS's '48 Hours: Fall From Grace,' television news reporter Troy Roberts investigates the mystery surrounding the death of Bethany Deaton, 27, who was reportedly involved in an alleged religious cult. It has been more than two years since the body of 27-year-old Deaton was found in the backseat of a minivan with a plastic bag over her head and a goodbye note in Longview Lake. Denied: Tyler Deaton (right), the leader of an alleged cult, denies killing his 27-year-old wife, Bethany (left), in an upcoming episode of CBS's '48 Hours' as her death has remained a mystery for more than two years.
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Tyler Deaton, an alleged cult leader, said on an episode of CBS's '48 Hours' that he did not kill his wife, 27-year-old Bethany Deaton
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Bethany was found in the backseat of a minivan with a plastic bag over her head and prescription pills in reach
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Tyler: 'Bethany and I's relationship was definitely strained, but just because it was strained doesn't mean I was murderous' | 58,702 | record_train |
And Mourinho believes his side will show @placeholder the respect they deserve, but they will not go there scared. | Jose Mourinho is refusing to rule Diego Costa out of Sunday's crunch clash against Manchester United. The Spain centre forward has missed the last two games with a hamstring problem and was even admitted to hospital this week with a virus. But Mourinho, who confirmed Loic Remy would miss the next three weeks with a groin problem, says his star striker has a chance of making the visit to Old Trafford. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Jose Mourinho say Costa has a 'little chance' to play Diego Costa has a 'chance' of facing Manchester United at Old Trafford, insists Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho
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Chelsea travel to Old Trafford to face Manchester United on Sunday
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Blues boss Jose Mourinho says the players are 'ready and confident'
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Diego Costa has a 'chance' to play, but Loic Remy will not play
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Costa has hamstring injury and went to hospital with an illness | 58,703 | record_train |
Tried as an adult: Mugshot of @placeholder who is accused of luring the victim. | By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:22 EST, 21 February 2014 | UPDATED: 01:33 EST, 22 February 2014 Authorities say four Oregon teenagers accused of shooting a fellow high school student with a BB gun and carving a swastika into his forehead had spent an evening sketching out ideas for torturing him. According to an affidavit filed Tuesday, the February 10 attack went as planned, until they released the 16-year-old boy to pull cash from an ATM. He fled to a nearby store instead and called police. The teen told investigators he was lured to the shed by 15-year-old Jenna Montgomery. There, he said 15-year-old Blue Kalmbach shot him with a BB gun and used a box cutter to cut the swastika.
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Four teenagers allegedly tortured Dustyn Murrain, 16, with a BB gun and a crowbar, then used a box cutter to carve a swastika in his forehead
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The attack is similar to those carried out in the Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds
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Police say Jenna Montgomery, 15, Jess Taylor, 17, Blue Kalmbach and an unnamed 14-year-old plotted the attack the night before
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Montgomery allegedly lured Murrain to a shed in Southeast Portland where three other teenagers
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Murrain managed to escape and get help following gruesome attack
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Police say the attack may have been retaliation against Murrain, who they allege was a bully
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Group arrested and charged with kidnap, assault, robbery and menacing
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All except the fourth suspect, an unnamed 14 year-old, to be prosecuted as adults and remanded in custody with a $3 million bail bond each
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They each face about 20 different counts | 58,704 | record_train |
troops, added to the approximately 360 other @placeholder forces that are in | By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter Nearly half the 300 U.S. military advisers and special operations forces expected to go to Iraq are now in Baghdad to help Iraqi forces combat Sunni militants, the Defense Department has said. The arrival of U.S. forces was announced as combatants with the ISIS took control of all border crossings with Syria and Jordan. ISIS insurgents have gained control throughout most of northern Iraq, but Iraqi military spokesman Major General Qassim Atta says all towns on the road between Samarra and Baghdad are still under its control. However, ISIS militants are fighting in towns as close as Fallujah, less than an hour away to the west.
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U.S. forces pledged by President Obama to Iraq have arrived in Baghdad
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They will be advising Iraqi troops on how to combat the ISIS insurgency
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ISIS militants have taken control of country's borders with Syria and Jordan
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Fighting has come as close to Baghdad as Fallujah, just 44 miles to the west
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry insists deployment is 'not intervention' | 58,705 | record_train |
Mr @placeholder said that was an effective tax rate of 35 per cent on ‘total income’ of £94,568 in that year. | By Daniel Martin PUBLISHED: 20:42 EST, 5 April 2012 | UPDATED: 12:27 EST, 6 April 2012 Boris Johnson earned just under £900,000 in freelance earnings on top of his salary as London’s Mayor during his first three years in office, it emerged yesterday. He earned £363,000 from freelance work in the first year after he was elected in 2008. Over the four years to April 2011 he earned £1.7million, including his mayoral salary for the last three years of that period. 'Liar': Mr Johnson, right, has accused Mr Livingstone of concealing the fact he avoided tax by channelling media earnings through a private company
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Conservative Mayor earns £250,000 a year from a column in a national newspaper
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Mr Livingstone has not fully revealed his finances | 58,706 | record_train |
Pulling away: Though Sussex's 126 was never enough, England may be concerned about @placeholder's form | By Mike Dawes Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kithuruwan Vithanage powered Sri Lanka to a 10-wicket win over Sussex in their Twenty20 tour match as they chased down 127 in just 9.1 overs at Hove. The home side's 126 for seven, anchored by 63 from Matt Machan, was never likely to provide too stiff a task for the world champions but they could not have expected to be blown away in such fashion. Dilshan scored 73 off just 31 balls with 16 fours while Vithanage contributed 52 off 24 deliveries with five sixes. Driving force: Tilakaratne Dilshan hit a magnificent 73 not out from only 31 deliveries at Hove
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Dilshan and Vithanage chase down 127 in just 9.1 overs
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Matt Machan made 63 in Sussex's 126-7, but Sri Lanka ease to win
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Sri Lanka play England in one off T20 on Tuesday evening | 58,707 | record_train |
Despite being told the toddler’s cancer is terminal, dad @placeholder has vowed the family won’t give up and are ringing hospitals all over the world. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:38 EST, 20 November 2012 | UPDATED: 02:43 EST, 21 November 2012 This is the heartbreaking moment a terminally ill two-year-old boy - given just weeks to live - was his father's best man when he got married to his mother today. Brave leukaemia sufferer Charlie Harris-Beard brought tears to the eyes of the 300-strong congregation as he delivered the rings to his parents in his favourite remote controlled car. Bride Fiona Harris, 30, and groom Joe Beard, 30, decided to bring their wedding date forward after doctors broke the devastating news that Charlie only had weeks to live.
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Charlie acted as best man and drove the rings to his parents in a remote controlled car
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Toddler was diagnosed with leukaemia on Easter Sunday 2011
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He returned home from hospital in January following a successful bone marrow transplant using using stem cells from an American baby’s umbilical cord
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Last week his devastated parents revealed his cancer had returned and they were moving their wedding forward | 58,708 | record_train |
It was then towed to @placeholder by four tugs.During its journey, an exclusion zone around the vessel was in place, set at 1,000 metres ahead and behind and 100 metres either side. | After hundreds of battered Range Rovers, Jaguars and Porches rolled off the stricken cargo ship the sole £260,000 Rolls Royce on board emerged without a scratch. The Hoegh Osaka was bound for Bremerhaven in Germany with 1,400 luxury cars on January 3, when it was deliberately grounded on Bramble Bank in the Solent to stop it capsizing. Its cargo arrived back into Southampton Port with 'limited damage', but the ship owners says it is unable to confirm the future of the vehicles after fears were raised that the entire fleet would need to be scrapped. Scroll down for video Unscathed: The single Rolls Royce Wraith, worth £260,000 emerged from the Hoegh Osaka in pristine condition after the ship began to list
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The Hoegh Osaka was bound for Germany with 1,400 luxury cars on board when it started list at 45 degrees
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Cargo arrived back with 'limited damage' but ship owners cannot confirm its future amid fears it could be scrapped
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Among dented and scratched vehicles sat privately-owned Rolls Royce - which survived completely unscathed | 58,709 | record_train |
A @placeholder spokesman said: 'We don't comment on the details of specific donations. | By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor PUBLISHED: 10:18 EST, 13 August 2013 | UPDATED: 11:59 EST, 13 August 2013 Most people use their will to leave money to family and friends, charities or the church. But one mystery woman decided to donate more than half a million pounds to whoever was in power. Joan LB Edwards bequeathed a sum of £520,000 to the government at the time of her death, but with the Tories and Lib Dems in coalition the two parties had to share the cash. Cashing in: David Cameron and Nick Clegg split the money left to the government of the day
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Joan LB Edwards left cash to the governing party of the day
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With Tories and Lib Dems sharing power they split the money
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As bigger party Conservatives had £420,000 and Lib Dems £100,000
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Dinners for Tory donors and Lib Dem peerage for nightclub backer
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Nick Clegg's Lib Dems raise more from non-union sources than Labour
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Five biggest unions responsible for 72% of £3,136,447 given to Labour
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UK Independence Party sees donations double to £160,000 | 58,710 | record_train |
The justification that we should stay in Afghanistan to prevent @placeholder's return is unconvincing. | (CNN) -- One year ago, the enemy that had haunted America for nearly a decade met his end in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat to the United States because of President Obama's leadership and strong national security policies. Good intelligence practices and surgical counterterrorism operations enabled us to kill 20 of al Qaeda's top 30 leaders, including bin Laden. This is an accomplishment by any measure. We have diminished al Qaeda's strength, so for the sake of our economic and national security, we should decrease our military presence and bring our troops home from Afghanistan as soon as is safely possible.
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Keith Ellison: Two-thirds of Americans think it's time to take U.S. troops out of Afghanistan
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We accomplished our mission, he writes: Bin Laden, al Qaeda leaders are dead
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The cost of troops in Afghanistan takes away from U.S. communities, he says
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Ellison: The funds are better spent supporting Mideast democracy movements | 58,711 | record_train |
As a Stanford University political science professor, McFaul became one of the best-known @placeholder experts on Russia. | An architect of the Obama administration's "reset" policy with Russia says he will step down as the American ambassador to the country later this month. Michael McFaul, U.S. ambassador to Russia since January 2012, announced Tuesday he'll leave the post shortly after the Winter Olympics conclude in the southern Russian resort town of Sochi. McFaul has been a controversial figure in Russia, with some state-run media viewing him with suspicion for his outspoken support of pro-democracy groups. But in his online journal, McFaul said Tuesday that he would miss the job, stressing he was leaving for family considerations. McFaul said his wife and two sons moved back to California last summer because his oldest son wanted to be home for the last few years of high school.
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Michael McFaul became U.S. ambassador to Russia in 2012
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Russia expert McFaul took leave from Stanford to serve Obama administration in 2009
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McFaul helped develop Obama administration's first-term "reset" policy with Russia
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State-run media criticized McFaul for outspoken support of pro-democracy groups | 58,712 | record_train |
However, a veto may not be necessary if a minimum of nine nations -- out of 15 on the @placeholder council -- don't support the Palestinians' bid. | (CNN) -- France and Britain plan to abstain from a Security Council vote on the Palestinians' bid for statehood, two U.N. diplomats said Thursday. France told members of the U.N. Security Council about its intentions at a Thursday afternoon meeting of the admissions committee for new U.N. membership, a Security Council diplomat told CNN. Another U.N. diplomat told CNN that Britain will also abstain, with one of its representatives likewise announcing its intentions at the same closed-door meeting. The U.N. Security Council is set to meet November 11 to discuss a report about whether or not to admit a Palestinian state as a member of the international organization. The membership bid has been controversial, with Israel among those opposed.
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France tells U.N. members about its plans at a Thursday meeting, a diplomat says
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Another diplomat says that Britain similarly announced its intentions
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Palestinians have applied to become a U.N. member state, despite Israeli opposition | 58,713 | record_train |
In a memo to employees late last month, she wrote: ‘Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home,’ according to @placeholder employees. | By Beth Stebner PUBLISHED: 00:00 EST, 26 February 2013 | UPDATED: 11:47 EST, 5 March 2013 Best Buy corporate workers are the latest to trade in their bathrobes for briefcases, as it was revealed today the brick-and-mortar company is now placing a ban on telecommuting. The company has decided to end its results-oriented policy in favor of the traditional 40-hour work week done from an office environment. News of the switch comes after the controversial decision by Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer to require all workers to come into the office, which has sparked a national debate over office policy.
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Best Buy phasing out telecommuting option for its corporate workers
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Follows in footsteps of Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer's decision to demand workers put in hours at office
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Both companies recently brought on new CEOs | 58,714 | record_train |
"With the return of the @placeholder name to Formula One, I hope we can relive old memories and I'm hoping to see many fans at all the grand prix circuits." | (CNN) -- Red Bull's Max Verstappen will make Formula One history in 2015, as the youngest driver in the history of the sport. The Toro Rosso team, owned by Red Bull, has confirmed the 16-year-old Dutchman will be one of its two drivers next season, replacing Jean-Eric Vergne. That means when Verstappen takes to the grid for the first race of 2015 in Australia at the tender age of 17, he will break new ground in the elite division of motorsport. "Ever since I was seven years old, Formula One has been my career goal, so this opportunity is truly a dream come true," he told Toro Rosso's official website.
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen to become youngest driver in Formula One history
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The 16-year-old will drive for the Toro Rosso team in the 2015 season
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Dutchman will be 17 when he replaces Jean-Eric Vergne
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Verstappen's father Jos made 106 grand prix starts between 1994 and 2002 | 58,715 | record_train |
No responsible military analysts believe the solution to @placeholder is simple. | (CNN) -- Critics say that President Barack Obama's foreign policy is "feckless," "mushy" or "too cautious" and above all, that it lacks a clear overarching doctrine. But Obama's foreign policy is very clear insofar as it clearly reflects the unclear role of America at a time of national and global transition and is responsive to this moment in history. Call it the "Transition Doctrine." Whether one agrees with his decisions or not, it's ridiculous to suggest the President is a weak leader. Just ask Osama bin Laden. Or consider that Obama is bombing ISIS, pressing Iraq to fix its broken government, working with NATO to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to back down and making real progress in curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions. And then there are the drone strikes, including one that killed the leader of the militant Islamist group Al-Shabaab in Somalia. Feckless? Hardly.
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Sally Kohn: Critics say President Obama's foreign policy is too cautious or lacks clarity
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She says it's absurd to suggest Obama is a weak leader; just ask Osama bin Laden
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Kohn: Actually, Obama's policy -- the "Transition Doctrine" -- reflects complexity of our time
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Those who want aggressive military intervention should look at failures of past, she says | 58,716 | record_train |
Officials said up to 60 million of @placeholder's nearly 200 million residents were pitched into darkness. | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CNN) -- Electricity returned early Wednesday to a large swath of central and southern Brazil that was plunged into darkness when power from a major hydroelectric dam was lost. Up to 18 of Brazil's 26 states were left without power when electricity from the Itaipu dam was interrupted around 10:15 p.m. (7:15 p.m. ET) Tuesday, leaving Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other cities in darkened chaos. Hundreds of people were trapped in elevators. Subways, trains and buses stopped running their routes. Video showed long snaking lines of cars at a near standstill on the roads, their headlights the only illumination.
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Electricity returns to central and southern Brazil after power from major hydroelectric dam was lost
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Neighboring Paraguay, Uruguay report related blackouts
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Hydroelectric dam provides over 20 percent of Brazil's energy | 58,717 | record_train |
On @placeholder, some streaming-video watchers who were pushed into a temporary "waiting room" were shown this tongue-in-cheek message: "You made it! | (CNN) -- With many workers stuck at their desks during the late-morning swearing-in of President Obama on Tuesday, more people than ever went online to watch live video of the historic inauguration. A group crowds around a laptop to watch the inaugural events in Washington. News sites, including CNN.com, shattered records for viewers watching live streaming video online. And, sometimes for the first time, news sites carried video feeds on their front pages. About 7.7 million people watched the inauguration on Tuesday online at the same time, according to Akamai Technologies Inc. That likely makes the inauguration the single most-watched event in the history of live Web video, according to the company, which handles Web traffic for more than 150 news sites worldwide, including nytimes.com, Ustream, Viacom, WSJ.com and others.
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More people than ever go online to watch live video of inauguration
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Nearly 27 million people watched streaming video on CNN.com Live
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Many news sites crashed during online coverage
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Social networks partnered with news sites to increase traffic online | 58,718 | record_train |
The @placeholder fanatic has been in close contact with hundreds of British right-wing extremists for two years, it emerged last night. | By Rebecca Camber, Jaya Narain and Colin Fernandez UPDATED: 02:11 EST, 26 July 2011 An arrogant smile on his lips, mass murderer Anders Breivik shows not a shred of remorse as he leaves court. Dressed in a red polo shirt and sweater, the 32-year-old assassin sat calmly in a police vehicle yesterday after admitting killing at least 76 people – but denying criminal responsibility. A prosecutor said he seemed ‘completely unaffected’ by what he had done. Arrogant: Anders Breivik leaves court in an armoured car yesterday, showing not a shred of remorse for his actions that left at least 76 people dead
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Anders Breivik admits killing 76 - but denies criminal responsibility
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Killer chatted with members of BNP and EDL on social networking sites
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David Cameron says links to these groups will be taken 'extremely seriously'
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Breivik alludes to two other cells during court appearance in Oslo
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Claims he was on Norwegian Secret Service watchlist since March
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David Cameron ordered new checks on British far-Right groups;
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The killer claimed there are two more terror cells ‘in our organisation’;
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He described the massacre as a ‘marketing’ ploy to promote his warped manifesto;
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Breivik’s horrified father said he wished his son had taken his own life instead of killing innocent children;
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The death toll from his bomb blast in Oslo and his island shooting spree was revised to 76;
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It emerged Breivik had been on a Norwegian security watchlist since March but was not followed up. | 58,719 | record_train |
The whole @placeholder experience is something that consumers aspire to," Clark said. | Beijing (CNN) -- In China -- home of manufacturing companies central to global production of Apple iPhones and iPads -- the death of Steve Jobs' death brought immediate reaction from Chinese netizens and captains of industry. "When I head the news, I could not hold back my tears," wrote Yu Minghong, founder and CEO of New Oriental Education, one of the largest private education service provider in China. "Because of him, the world has become different. Because of him, the boring world has become alive, the glum world has become creative, because of him a drab world has become colorful."
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Many of the world's Apple iPads and iPhones are assembled in China
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Millions of messages were posted on microblogging sites following his death
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Apple's relationship with China is complicated, including revelations of fake Apple stores | 58,720 | record_train |
The real culprits are members of Congress, who have failed to close these loopholes and have allowed Burger King to claim that it is becoming a foreign corporation for tax purposes even when common sense tells us it is as @placeholder as any company could be. | (CNN) -- Americans are rightly angry that Burger King plans to use its merger with the Canadian doughnut and coffee chain Tim Hortons to claim Canadian citizenship, probably as a way to avoid paying U.S. taxes -- which the burger chain denies. But Burger King is the latest company to undergo an inversion, which happens when an American company uses a merger to reincorporate as a foreign one. Some have suggested boycotting the fast food chain, while others have directed their anger toward the billionaire investor Warren Buffett, whose company Berkshire Hathaway is partly financing the deal. Buffett is famous for arguing that our tax code should be fairer and that the rich and powerful should not get more breaks than middle-income Americans -- views that some say are incongruous with his involvement in this merger.
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Robert McIntyre: Burger King's purchase of Tim Hortons means it can pay less taxes
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Robert McIntyre: Americans are right to be angry at the merger
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He says while Warren Buffett's company is partly financing the deal, he's not to blame
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McIntyre: Unless Congress fixes the tax loopholes, nothing will change | 58,721 | record_train |
Microsoft is gearing up to release a new version of Windows later this year, codenamed @placeholder. | (CNN) -- There's a devastating narrative being told about the PC these days: It's dying. It's not a slow death either. Sales of traditional PCs are collapsing faster than anyone expected. And this isn't just some vague perception from the anti-Microsoft crowd. This is backed up with real data, most notably in the latest IDC report released this month that says PC sales are down 14% year over year. The entire market appears to be imploding, and it doesn't just apply to PCs running Windows. Even Apple's Mac computer sales are basically flat year over year, yet its iPad business continues to grow.
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A recent report showed PC sales down 14% and Apple desktop sales flat
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Consumers increasingly are choosing smaller, cheaper tablets and smartphones
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Microsoft's mobile-friendly Windows 8 has confused some users
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But company is working on "Blue," that's reportedly more desktop friendly | 58,722 | record_train |
Life is good yet Rebecca admits that on occasions she can’t resist looking at @placeholder. | By Elizabeth Sanderson Olympic champion swimmer Rebecca Adlington understands the undesirable side of fame, having been subjected to endless abuse about the way she looks If anyone understands the undesirable side of fame, it is swimmer Rebecca Adlington. She might be a four-time Olympic medallist but, for as long as she has been feted for her sporting achievements, she has also been subject to endless abuse over the way she looks. One comedian compared the swimmer to a dolphin, while Twitter trolls attacked her about her weight, her nose and for simply not being pretty enough. For a girl who has admitted to hating her appearance it must have been devastating.
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Four-time Olympic medalist has been subjected to abuse about her looks
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One comedian compared the swimmer to a dolphin while Twitter trolls attacker her about her weight, her nose and for not being 'pretty enough'
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She is said to have had surgery to her nose reduced and a bump removed
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Rebecca said at first she would burst into tears reading the abuse
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She said: 'I am definitely happier with how I look now'
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Swimmer added that she's learnt only to listen to those people close to her
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Legal & General life insurance has launched a campaign to find out what advice the nation would give to their younger selves in order to make lives better. The campaign from Legal & General aims to encourage people to think about what advice they would give to their younger selves were they given the opportunity, and to also consider what they could do now to make life better in the future. | 58,723 | record_train |
the diary which was codenamed @placeholder: ‘Winston had put this forward | By Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 00:54 EST, 26 October 2012 | UPDATED: 05:12 EST, 26 October 2012 Winston Churchill wanted Nazi leaders to be executed and others imprisoned without trial - instead of going through the Nuremberg war crimes tribunals, according to wartime diaries declassified today. But Britain's wartime prime minister was said to have been swayed against the idea at the famous 'Big Three' conference in 1945 by US president Franklin D Roosevelt and Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Roosevelt argued the US public would want proper trials and Stalin thought they would provide good propaganda. The British agreed to the hearings, despite fears they could set a dangerous example.
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PM was swayed against idea at 'Big Three' in 1945 by Roosevelt and Stalin
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Roosevelt argued at the conference that US public would want proper trials
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'Wallflowers' diary was by former MI5 head of counter-espionage Guy Liddell
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DPP wanted selected Nazi leaders to be 'bumped off' rather than put on trial | 58,724 | record_train |
@placeholder printing is poised to revolutionize engineering and reforge industries from medicine, to construction to aerospace. | A Texas anarchist group has successfully produced the first-ever gun produced on a 3-D printer and made entirely of plastic parts. An era of unlicensed plastic guns, made on 3-D printers costing as little as $1,000, has long been forecast, but no one has previously designed a weapon that could withstand the pressure of firing modern ammunition. On Sunday, the group Defense Distributed posted a video of founder Cody Wilson firing the 'Liberator' plastic pistol. Mr Wilson says he plans to make the schematics for the weapon available for free online this week - meaning everyone with a high-end 3-D printer can create their own version of the gun.
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Defense Distributed posted video on Sunday of founder shooting all-plastic gun made on an $8,000 3-D printer
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Pistol uses only one metal piece - a small nail for the firing pin
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Senator Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, called for a ban on 3-D-printed guns | 58,725 | record_train |
@placeholder, who was upset by Vettel's decision to overtake him last month despite being instructed by Red Bull to hold position, performed better than his colleague, clocking the fifth fastest time of the day. | (CNN) -- All eyes were on triple world champion Sebastian Vettel during practice ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, with the German back behind the wheel for the first time since ignoring team orders to clinch victory in Malaysia. The Red Bull driver was left frustrated at the Shanghai International Circuit, struggling for pace as he registered the 10th quickest lap time. World championship leader Vettel was one and a half seconds off the leading time set by Ferrari's Felipe Massa and insisted improvements were needed ahead of qualifying on Saturday. "Today was a tricky day for us," the 25-year-old told the sport's official website. "I struggled a bit this afternoon and the gap to the guys at the top is a little bit bigger than I'd like.
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Sebastian Vettel 10th fastest in practice ahead of Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix
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The Red Bull driver ignored team orders to overtake Mark Webber in Malaysia
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Ferrari Felipe Massa sets the fastest time at the Shanghai International Circuit
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Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen second fastest | 58,726 | record_train |
As part of a £150m spending spree last summer, the @placeholder club paid Monaco a £6m fee to take the 28-year-old on a temporary basis, while also agreeing to pay him wages of £285,000-a-week. | If Manchester United needed to make a decision on the future of Radamel Falcao now, there's every chance they'd allow his season-long loan deal to run its course before sending him back to Monaco. Fortunately for the Colombian, he has until April to turn around his disappointing form - and the unwanted statistics that accompany it - to secure a permanent deal at Old Trafford. The numbers don't lie. Falcao has been less productive in front of goal during his four months with the Red Devils than at any of the European clubs he has played for previously. Radamel Falcao (left) tussles with Yeovil's Ben Nugent during Manchester United's third-round FA Cup win
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Radamel Falcao has scored three goals during his loan at Man United
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The Red Devils will need to spend £43million to sign him permanently
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But the Colombian has failed to find the form he showed at former clubs
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Falcao has managed just 0.3 goals per game in England so far
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Louis van Gaal and United will make a decision on signing him in April | 58,727 | record_train |
"I feel so much responsibility to the girls that this show affected," @placeholder went on. | (CNN) -- Ten years before comic book heroes dominated box office real estate, there was a small-screen superhero named Veronica Mars. She didn't have the strength and speed (or technology, for that matter) of the caped fantasies that we now see with regularity at the movies, but she did have capabilities that made her heroic in the eyes of teens and adults who craved a young, female character with intelligence, wit and, most of all, confidence. Created by Rob Thomas, "Veronica Mars" was introduced in 2004, starring Kristen Bell ("Frozen") as Veronica, a high school student living in fictional Neptune, California, who went from popular to outcast after the murder of her very wealthy best friend (played by Amanda Seyfried). Veronica was determined to find out who committed the crime to the point of ostracizing herself, which wasn't hard to do after her father was raked over the coals for pinning the murder on the wrong guy.
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"Veronica Mars" was a teen drama that ran from 2004 to 2007
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It starred Kristen Bell as a teen detective out to find her best friend's murderer
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The show was so distinctive and beloved that fans have resuscitated it for a movie
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On the synthetic playing surface, @placeholder's tiki-taka football proved too much for the home side to cope with. | (CNN) -- Lionel Messi continued his incredible year by moving ever closer to Gerd Muller's record goal total by firing Barcelona into the next round of the Champions League. The Argentina star scored twice to take his 2012 tally to 80 as Barca recorded a 3-0 win at Spartak Moscow. Muller scored 85 goals in 60 matches for Bayern Munich and Germany back in 1972 but his record is under increasing threat. Barca has six matches left before the turn of the year with Messi requiring six goals to surpass Muller and break yet another record. "My aim was just to get the ball, create chances and that we win the game, that is what is important," Messi told reporters.
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Leo Messi moves to 80 goals for 2012 after Barca's 3-0 win at Spartak Moscow
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Messi needs just six more goals to surpass Gerd Muller's record of 85 set back in 1972
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Chelsea face early exit from Champions League after Juventus defeat
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Bayern Munich and Valencia both through to knockout phase after 1-1 draw | 58,729 | record_train |
She greeted @placeholder, with both women wearing hues of orange, the Dutch national color. | Japan's Crown Princess is back in the public eye after 11 years as she continues to recover from a stress-related illness. Princess Masako accompanied her husband, Crown Prince Naruhito, at an imperial banquet for visiting King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands. It was her first appearance at an imperial banquet since she attended one for the Mexican president in October 2003 having lived largely as a recluse since then. Scroll down for video Princess Masako (pictured) is back in the public eye after 11 years as she continues to recover from a stress-related illness Princess Masako and her husband, Crown Prince Naruhito (pictured together left and right), attended an imperial banquet for visiting King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands
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Princess Masako has attended first imperial banquet in more than a decade
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First appearance of its kind since she attended one for Mexican president in October 2003
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She developed stress-related illness soon after giving birth to her daughter
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"I was in love with her before I even got to talk to her," @placeholder, 36, said. | (CNN) -- For Kim Kardashian, the third engagement really is the charm. The 33-year-old reality star has gushed that the father of her child and now-fiancé, Kanye West, pulled off a proposal this week that swept her off her feet. "I am the luckiest girl in the world!" Kardashian said to E!, which airs her family's reality series, "Keeping Up with the Kardashians." "I get to marry my best friend!" West and Kardashian have known each other for years, as West told Kardashian matriach Kris Jenner on her talk show in August, and for the Grammy-winning rapper it was love at first sight.
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Kim Kardashian has spoken on her new engagement
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The 33-year-old says she feels like "the luckiest girl in the world"
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Her fiancé West proposed on Monday with an elaborate surprise | 58,731 | record_train |
While Barca will provide far stiffer opposition than Deportivo La Coruna, this was still a scintillating showing from Ronaldo and @placeholder. | (CNN) -- It's arguably the biggest game in world football -- and Real Madrid warmed up for next Sunday's El Clasico with a five-star showing led by their talisman Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo fired his 17th career hat-trick to signal his intentions ahead of next weekend's clash with arch-rivals and league leaders Barcelona and his showdown with Lionel Messi. Brazilian great Ronaldo plumps for Messi ahead of Cristiano as world's best player The 27-year-old had stated he was feeling sad about life in the Spanish capital but this latest display would have put a smile on his face. Jose Mourinho's men are eight points adrift of the Catalan side going into the game at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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Cristiano scores hat-trick in Real's 5-1 win over Deportivo
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Napoli move level with Juventus at top of Serie A
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Marseille's six-match winning streak comes to an end
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Aston Villa held at home by West Bromwich Albion | 58,732 | record_train |
Superstar: This @placeholder is Lionel Messi's chance to show he's still the best footballer on the planet | Brazil are hosting this World Cup and are the overwhelming favourites to lift the trophy on July 13. But there are plenty of countries out to stop them. Here, Sportsmail's experts predict who will win the tournament, who will be the best player... and how far England will progress. Who will win and why? Brazil — Home advantage counts for a lot. They were impressive when they won the Confederations Cup — and good early results will get the nation behind them. How far will England go? The quarter-finals. They will negotiate their group and the potential last-16 opponents don’t look too problematic either.
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Brazil are most experts' pick to win the tournament on home soil
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Lionel Messi, Marco Reus, Sergio Aguero, Neymar and Oscar all in the running to be best player
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Nobody predicts Cristiano Ronaldo
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In @placeholder, the Madrid giants have a fine player made to look modest by comparisons with two stars. | Ander Herrera believes Manchester United have the best strike force in the world, which is some claim considering what other predators are lurking out there. The Spaniard, in discussing his excitement at playing alongside Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao, said: ‘I think we have maybe the best three strikers in the world here in Rooney, van Persie and Falcao.’ But can that trio compare to Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale? How does it rate against what might be a remarkable combination of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez, once the latter returns from suspension? Then there’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his understudies at Paris Saint-Germain. And the mixture of elegance and killer instinct at Chelsea. The wide boys at Bayern also make a compelling case.
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Ander Herrera says Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao are the best front three in world football
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Luis Suarez will return from his ban to complete an impressive trio alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar at Barcelona
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Cristiano Ronaldo leads the line for Real Madrid alongside Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema
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Chelsea top Premier League due to Diego Costa, Eden Hazard and Oscar | 58,734 | record_train |
Worried: @placeholder said of particular concern was Snowden's theft of around 31,000 documents the NSA official described as an 'exhaustive list of the requirements that have been levied against the NSA' | The boss of the NSA has denied claims the agency routinely eavesdrops on the phone calls of Americans, insisting that fewer than 60 'U.S. persons' were currently being targeted worldwide. General Keith Alexander said the agency only targets the communications of nationals 'with a probable cause' after obtaining a court order. He was speaking to CBS television's 60 Minutes after granting the station unprecedented access to its secretive HQ in a belated damage-limitation exercise in the wake of Edward Snowden's leaks. On the defence: NSA chief General Keith Alexander tells CBS's 60 Minutes that the agency is only spying on fewer than '60 U.S. persons' as he denies claims it routinely listened into phone calls
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Gen Keith Alexander says NSA does not routinely eavesdrop on US citizens
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He does not believe that Snowden should be granted amnesty for documents
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Rick Ledgett said Snowden had effectively 'stolen the keys to the kingdom' | 58,735 | record_train |
Now he has found his voice again, to poke fun at @placeholder’s hiring of a sports shrink. | By Jeff Powell Follow @@jeffpowell_Mail George Groves is likening himself to a naughty boy in the back seat of a car annoying to distraction the driver, who in this metaphorical case is Carl Froch. This is a cute analogy for their roles in the build up to the slugfest to be played out at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night to the guttural sound-track of an expectant 80,000, the largest boxing crowd in post-war Britain. It is also another amusing sample of the witty, intelligent mind games which Groves has been bringing to the ring’s biggest Battles of Britain since Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank went at it in the early Nineties.
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George Groves in predicting a third round KO on Saturday
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Carl Froch says he is not letting Groves' mind-games get to him ahead of showdown
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Paul Butler to face Stuart Hall in Newcastle for bantamweight title
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Ricky Hatton's popular autobiography released in paperback next week | 58,736 | record_train |
Insight: Diaz’s comments on body image appear in her new lifestyle guide called @placeholder | By Simon Boyle PUBLISHED: 17:10 EST, 11 January 2014 | UPDATED: 15:23 EST, 12 January 2014 She is a former model who has been repeatedly cast as the beautiful love interest during a 20-year film career – but Cameron Diaz today warns against telling girls they are pretty. In an exclusive interview with You magazine, the star of There’s Something About Mary and The Counsellor, left, says girls are under too much pressure to ‘look good’. Diaz, who is working on a new film adaptation of the musical Annie, said: ‘On the set of Annie, we have all these little super-sweet girls who are extras and they come up to me and say, “Oh Cammie, you are so pretty, your hair is so pretty, your clothes are so pretty.”
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41-year-old star authored The Body Book which shares her own struggles
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She imparts her wisdom on how to cram exercise into a busy schedule
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Actress said she wishes that women would let other women age gracefully | 58,737 | record_train |
@placeholder authorities initially allowed protests, which are usually forbidden in the country, to take place over the Chinese move. | China has evacuated more than 3,000 of its citizens from Vietnam and is sending ships to retrieve more of them after deadly anti-Chinese violence erupted last week over a territorial dispute between the two countries. Five Chinese ships will travel to Vietnam to help with the evacuation, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Sunday, citing the Ministry of Transport. One of the ships has already set off from the southern island province of Hainan, the ministry said. Sixteen critically injured Chinese citizens were flown out of Vietnam on Sunday morning on a chartered medical plane organized by Chinese authorities, Xinhua said.
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China has evacuated more than 3,000 citizens from Vietnam, Xinhua reports
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Anti-Chinese protests in Vietnam descended into deadly violence last week
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The unrest was provoked by Chinese oil drilling in disputed waters
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We are the only sport in the world making this mistake and it won't change," added @placeholder, who as youngster learnt the game playing on claycourts. | London (CNN) -- Rafa Nadal may wholeheartedly believe that hardcourts are "too tough" on players' bodies, but there is currently no proof to back up his claims, a leading sports scientist has told CNN. "The evidence isn't there, which is surprising considering (how long serious sport has been played). But the proper randomized controlled trials simply haven't been done," says Edward Winter from the Center for Sport and Exercise Science at the UK's Sheffield Hallam University. "Most of the evidence is anecdotal -- by that I mean identifying trends of injuries which can be related to surfaces or equipment is difficult to disentangle from individual anecdotes that athletes or others make," he added.
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Rafa Nadal says ATP "worries too little about the players"
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Spaniard, who has returned to action after 7-month layoff, says hardcourt action should be reduced
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"No convincing evidence ... that more players are becoming seriously injured, says sports scientist
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Dressed smartly in a navy blue suit, Mr @placeholder told the jury: ‘I first became aware of a problem when I was struck. | By Chris Greenwood And Ryan Kisiel PUBLISHED: 16:07 EST, 11 December 2012 | UPDATED: 18:47 EST, 11 December 2012 A mass brawl erupted at the Christmas party of a top City investment firm after a broker discovered his fiancée was cheating on him with a colleague, a court was told. Robert Nicolson, 27, is accused of attacking IT worker Anthony Field after a friend pointed him out. His actions allegedly ignited a fight that tore through staff from the prestigious financial house Brewin Dolphin. Accused: Robert Nicolson, left, and Graham Sutherland, right, pictured arriving at Snaresbrook Crown Court have been charged with ABH and affray
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Robert Nicolson, 27, is accused of attacking IT worker Anthony Field at last year's Brewin Dolphin Christmas party
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His colleague Graham Sunderland also appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court | 58,740 | record_train |
'The representative of New Jersey you want to see right now ... is one of @placeholder's favorite sons, one of my good friends, and a great artist' Christie said. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:18 EST, 1 February 2014 | UPDATED: 13:02 EST, 1 February 2014 Despite the latest allegations that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie knew about plans to block entrances to the George Washington Bridge last year, the governor was out hobnobbing with celebrities like Jon Bon Jovi and Jimmy Fallon last night. Christie attended a birthday party for shock-jock Howard Stern on Friday - the same day his childhood friend, and former adviser announced that he has evidence that proves Christie was lying when he claimed to have no prior knowledge of the lane closures until after it happened.
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Christie partied with stars like Jon Bon Jovi and Jimmy Fallon
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Hours before the party, Christie's childhood friend David Wildstein announced he had proof the governor knew about lane closures at the George Washington Bridge
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Wildstein says he has documents tying Governor Christie to the closures at the Fort Lee approach to the George Washington Bridge
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This is the first signal Christie may have been directly involved in the closure
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@placeholder safety officials voluntarily recalled about 4.2 million of the Chinese-made toys Wednesday. | (CNN) -- China has suspended exports of the Aqua Dots toys contaminated with a chemical that can convert to a powerful "date rape" drug, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The toys have caused some children who swallowed the craft toys to vomit and lose consciousness. China suspended exports of the Aqua Dots toys that contain a chemical that converts into a "date rape" drug. The agency said that the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has ordered an investigation by quality control agencies and will release results as soon as they are available. The AQSIQ did not reveal the name of the toys' producer, Xinhua said.
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State-run news agency: China orders an investigation by quality control agencies
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Children who swallow the beads can become comatose or have seizures
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Toys are sold as Aqua Dots in the U.S., as Bindeez Beads in Australia
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More than a week ago, they fled into the surrounding mountains when @placeholder fighters stormed the town of Sinjar. | (CNN) -- The face of 15-year-old Aziza says it all. Her mouth slightly agape, tears stream down her face as she glances around the inside of a helicopter with confusion in her eyes. She looks completely exhausted, overcome with emotion. She cries the whole flight to safety. The Iraqi air force and fighters with the Kurdish peshmerga carried out a dramatic rescue mission Monday at Mount Sinjar, taking supplies to desperate Yazidis and ferrying a handful of people out, including Aziza. A CNN crew was on the flight that took diapers, milk, water and food to the site where thousands of people have been driven by ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State.
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The United States conducts airstrikes around Mount Sinjar
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Yazidis fled there to escape the march of ISIS
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A CNN crew was on the rescue flight
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Wearing a dark jacket over a white casual shirt, @placeholder, smiled to relatives in the public gallery when the verdict was announced. | By Kieran Corcoran PUBLISHED: 13:33 EST, 23 December 2013 | UPDATED: 14:34 EST, 23 December 2013 Cleared: Detective constable Gary Quigley was acquitted of administering a poison or noxious substance with intent at Southwark Crown Court A policeman who filled a Powerade bottle with screenwash as a practical joke - only for it to be drunk by an unsuspecting colleague - has been cleared of poisoning him. Detective Constable Gary Quigley, who works in the Child Protection division of the Metropolitan Police, said he was 'fed up' with his drink getting stolen from a communal fridge.
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Detective Constable Gary Quigley was 'fed up' with people taking his drink
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So he filled a bottle with screenwash in 'a poorly-planned practical joke'
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DC Steve Halfhide, also a Powerade drinker, took the bottle by accident
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He experienced burning pain and vomiting, but was not seriously hurt
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reports and court hearings have laid bare how @placeholder was failed by | Jason Owen served a reduced sentence after appeal By Chris Greenwood Last updated at 8:57 AM on 27th August 2011 Strolling in the sunshine as a free man, this is one of the three monsters who killed Baby Peter. Jason Owen is back on the streets after serving just two years for a crime that horrified a nation. The sadistic 39-year-old was jailed over the death, abuse and torture of the 17-month-old. Monster's ink: Owen's right arm is tatooed with 'Only God can Judge me' Monster's ink: Owen's right arm is tatooed with 'Only God can Judge me' Casually walking down the street in smart new clothes, he looked relaxed, slim and fit. On his right arm was a tattoo with the provocative slogan ‘Only God can judge me’.
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Jason Owen served a reduced sentence after appeal
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Living at a secret location for high-risk offenders | 58,745 | record_train |
@placeholder has one of the highest parolee-to-officer ratios in the country. | (CNN) -- More than two dozen times in the past three years, authorities came to Phillip and Nancy Garrido's ramshackle home at 1554 Walnut Ave. in Antioch, California, a rural property where Jaycee Dugard is said to have been confined for 18 years. Jaycee Dugard was locked in a shed tucked under a blue tarp in her alleged captor's backyard. And each time, they left without learning of the secret shed where Dugard lived. The Garridos have pleaded not guilty to charges of abduction and forcible rape. They are being held without bail in the Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez, California.
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Officials visited Garrido home more than two dozen times in past three years
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Phillip Garrido's parole officer checked up on him at least twice a month
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Outnumbered and outgunned by ISIS, local fighters trying to defend the Kurdish-dominated city have tried to flee into @placeholder. | Kurdish fighters defending the key Syrian border city of Kobani are dangerously outmatched as ISIS advances, a top United Nations official said Tuesday, calling for the international community to step in. "They have been defending themselves with great courage. But they are now very close to not being able to do so. They are fighting with normal weapons, whereas the ISIS has got tanks and mortars," Staffan de Mistura, the U.N. special envoy for Syria, said in a statement. "The international community needs to defend them. The international community cannot sustain another city falling under ISIS." Were Kobani to fall, ISIS would control a complete swath of land between its self-declared capital of Raqqa, Syria, and Turkey -- a stretch of more than 100 kilometers (62 miles).
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Canada will send fighter jets to target ISIS in Iraq
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U.N. envoy: "The international community cannot sustain another city falling"
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State Department: U.S. goal is preventing ISIS "from gaining a safe haven"
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Turkish President Erdogan warns Kobani is about to fall to ISIS | 58,747 | record_train |
Mr Putin said it was ‘too early’ to talk about what @placeholder would do if the US attacked Syria without UN backing, adding: ‘We have our ideas about what we will do and how we will do it in case the situation develops toward the use of force or otherwise. | Vladimir Putin yesterday issued a thinly-veiled threat to arm Iran with missile defences if the West attacks Syria. The Russian leader said Moscow had provided elements of the S-300 military technology to Syria but had frozen further shipments, suggesting they could be routed elsewhere. That was widely seen as a threat to revive a contract for delivery of the S-300s to Iran, which Russia cancelled several years ago under strong US and Israeli pressure. Scroll down for video Warning the West: Putin sought to downplay the current chill in the U.S.-Russian relations and said that the two countries need to cooperate on a range of issues in the interests of global stability
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Russian President said Congress could not decide to attack Syria without U.N. decision
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Obama said world could not 'be silent' when faced with 'barbarism'
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Putin questioned whether Syrian government troops should be held responsible
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Russian leader implied the chemical attack came from among the rebels
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If he loses, the Government's target of getting him on a plane to the @placeholder within two weeks will still be on track. | By Jack Doyle PUBLISHED: 03:52 EST, 25 September 2012 | UPDATED: 01:46 EST, 27 September 2012 Final bid: Cleric Abu Hamza has made yet another plea to the High Court to stay in Britain but it is likely to fail Hate preacher Abu Hamza was accused of ‘playing the system’ last night after his lawyers launched another legal bid to block his extradition. The hook-handed cleric’s legal team got a court ruling preventing him from being sent to the US while the latest application is dealt with. It is thought they will argue his physical and mental health has deteriorated so much that he is not fit to stand trial on terror charges.
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He and terror suspect Khaled Al-Fawwaz are again trying to avoid getting thrown out of Britain
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Hamza's application will cost taxpayers at least £10,000
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It will take place in open court next Tuesday in central London | 58,749 | record_train |
the typical @placeholder diet could be responsible for reduced cardiovascular | When you settle down to the cheese board this Christmas, try not to feel too guilty. It turns out some of the wedges we’ll be spreading over the crackers could actually be good for us. Scientists have found the blue cheese Roquefort – known for its mould and blue-green veins – has anti-inflammatory properties which could help guard against cardiovascular disease. Miracle food? : A report that Roquefort cheese could have massive health benefits have been disputed by a top nutritionist The cheese, which is aged in caves in the South of France, could be among the reasons why the French enjoy good health despite a diet high in saturated fat – a situation dubbed The French Paradox.
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Biotechnologists say Roquefort may be a 'miracle food' behind French diners' famous good health
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Major corporation: @placeholder say it is the largest credit card company by volume of customer purchases | By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 18:18 EST, 1 October 2012 | UPDATED: 18:24 EST, 1 October 2012 American Express is paying $112.5 million in refunds and fines to settle regulators' accusations that it charged unlawful late fees and deceived customers to pressure them to pay off old debts or buy extra credit card services. The company agreed to the settlements, which were announced on Monday by Utah regulators and four federal agencies, including the Federal Reserve and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. American Express is refunding $85 million to about 250,000 customers and is paying $27.5 million in civil fines.
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Amex will repay 250,000 customers $85million as part of settlement
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Accused of not paying promised $300 rewards for customers who signed up for 'Sky Blue' credit card
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Company 'lied' when it promised to forgive long-overdue debt if customers agreed to settlement
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Failed to report customer disputes over billing to consumer credit reporting agencies
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Pickens: Well, actually, @placeholder, I don't have any natural gas production to speak of. | (CNN) -- Billionaire hedge fund manager T. Boone Pickens spoke about the beleaguered U.S. economy, a prospective bailout and natural gas Thursday, a day after reports that his energy-related hedge funds lost $1 billion this year. Billionaire T. Boone Pickens has reportedly lost about $270 million this year. Speaking to CNN's John Roberts, Pickens said he concurred with President Bush's Wednesday assessment that a "distressing scenario would unfold" in the U.S. economy without immediate intervention. The U.S. economy needs a quick solution, and the U.S. Treasury -- while capable in its own right -- could use help from someone like Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reportedly invested $5 billion this week in Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street investment bank.
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T. Boone Pickens on losing a reported $270 million: "I turned the wrong direction"
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Pickens: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's bailout plan will work, but do it fast
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Natural gas better than oil -- it's "cheaper, cleaner, abundant and ours," he says
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And with any hot car comes the female attention with the @placeholder attracting its fair share of attention from the ladies. | A real-life superhero has turned down six-figure offers for his home-made Batmobile - so he can continue helping sick children. Batman fanatic Zac Mihajlovic, from Camden, south west of Sydney, has hand-built his very own street legal version of the famous batman car from the 1989 film starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. The very inventive 29-year-old turned his comic book fantasies into a high-octane reality by constructing a replica of the iconic vehicle. SCROLL DOWN TO VIDEO Batman fanatic Zac Mihajlovic (pictured) with his home made Batmobile, which he uses to help sick kids The 29 year old from south west of Sydney dresses up as Batman (pictured) and helps make the dreams of sick kids come true for the Make-A-Wish foundation
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Real life superhero, Zac Mihajlovic turns down six figure offers for his home made Batmobile
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The comic fanatic has teamed up with Make-A-Wish foundation to help sick kids
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It took two years to build with grandfather John Greene, a retired engineer and friend, Scott Cox
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It's a replica of the famous batman car from the 1989 film starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson, but it is street legal | 58,753 | record_train |
With 465 million monthly members, the service is growing at a faster pace than Facebook ever has and @placeholder believes WhatsApp is on track to reach a billion users. | By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED: 13:25 EST, 25 February 2014 | UPDATED: 06:44 EST, 26 February 2014 Mark Zuckerberg and WhatsApp founder Jan Koum last night showed Korean popstar Psy how to Party - Facebook style. The party at Barcelona's Boujis restaurant, the sister restaurant of the London haunt that is a favourite of the young royals, was to celebrate signing the contract for the $19 billion sale of Whatsapp to Facebook and the 29th birthday of Zuckerberg's wife, Priscilla Chan. Also invited to the celebration was Korean, Park Jae-Sang, better know as Psy, the singer of the hit song Gangnam Style.
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Boujis party to celebrate signing the contract for the $19 billion sale of WhatsApp to Facebook - and the 29th birthday of Zuckerberg's wife, Priscilla Chan | 58,754 | record_train |
In order to be considered to adopt in @placeholder, would-be parents undergo a criminal background check and are fingerprinted for a federal background check. | A couple have been arrested after allegedly locking three of their adopted children in a bedroom and starving them - before enjoying a Thanksgiving feast downstairs with their biological son. The alleged treatment at the hands of Larry and Nikki Russell was uncovered when their eldest adopted son escaped at their Terre Haute, Indiana home on Friday after breaking a window. Wandering barefoot and weighing just 93 pounds, the 17-year-old boy was picked up by a motorist and taken to Union Hospital, where staff called police and the Department of Child Services. He told officials the couple doused him and his adopted brothers in urine, bound them to their bed posts, locked them in pitch-black rooms and regularly left them without food and water.
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Four children adopted by Larry and Nikki Russell earlier this year
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One boy, 17, told police the couple 'doused them in urine, starved them, bound them to their beds and locked them in dark rooms' | 58,755 | record_train |
As the days went on, the rigors of competition appeared to be taking her toll on @placeholder. | By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press PUBLISHED: 10:48 EST, 7 August 2012 | UPDATED: 03:43 EST, 8 August 2012 The magic has appeared to run out for gymnast Gabby Douglas, who failed to win a medal in her last London Olympics appearance after a fall left her clinging to the balance beam. An hour later, Douglas' compatriot and Team USA captain Aly Raisman, finished strong in the floor exercise final to win her first individual gold medal. Douglas' life has been a whirlwind since she won the all-around title last week, with media wanting a piece of her and celebs flooding her Twitter timeline, eager to be her new BFF.
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Douglas finishes in second-to-last place after misplaced foot on the balance beam event
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Compatriot and Team USA captain Aly Raisman wins floor exercise
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Raisman finishes her London with three medals - two of them gold
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Douglas goes home with two gold medals, including the individual all-around which made her an international celebrity
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Aly Raisman also won a bronze medal in the balance beam after tiebreaker
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Kickstarter backers, meanwhile, began receiving their @placeholder consoles in April. | Well, that was quick. Just hours after going on sale in the U.S., Canada and the UK, the OUYA gaming console was already sold out Tuesday morning on Amazon, though other retailers still had it in stock. Amazon, which was selling the device for $99, told customers that the item was temporarily out of stock. However, as of Tuesday morning, Target and Best Buy were still carrying OUYA. GameStop noted that the item was "currently unavailable." SEE ALSO: 7 Gadgets for the Ultimate Connected Living Room OUYA launched on Kickstarter as an open gaming console that anyone could develop for or hack as they see fit, all for a $99 price tag. The Kickstarter hit its $900,000 funding goal in eight hours, and broke Kickstarter records after raising $8.6 million total. Earlier this year, OUYA's creators announced that the console would be widely available at retail stores in June.
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OUYA gaming console sells out in hours on Amazon
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Pakistan has taken several steps aimed at @placeholder since the attack. | (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama called Pakistan's president Sunday to express condolences over the airstrike that killed 24 soldiers near the Afghanistan border more than a week ago, the White House said in a statement. "The president made clear that this regrettable incident was not a deliberate attack on Pakistan and reiterated the United States' strong commitment to a full investigation," the statement said. "The two presidents reaffirmed their commitment to the U.S.-Pakistan bilateral relationship, which is critical to the security of both nations, and they agreed to stay in close touch." The conversation between Obama and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was the latest bid to address strained relations between the two nations after a NATO airstrike killed the Pakistani troops on November 26.
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Obama says the airstrike "was not a deliberate attack on Pakistan," the White House says
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White House: Obama and Zardari reaffirm their commitment to U.S.-Pakistan relations
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The conversation is the latest bid to address strained relations between the two nations
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During the Pope's visit to Tacloban, he will have lunch with survivors of the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan, renamed @placeholder in that country. | (CNN)Pope Francis cut his trip to Tacloban short Saturday as an approaching typhoon with blistering winds threatened the city in the Philippines. The Pope donned a slicker to conduct an outdoor Mass for hundreds of thousands who gathered despite stormy weather. The Mass in Tacloban was shortened after sustained winds of 80 mph and higher gusts howled toward the city. Tacloban is still recovering from the 2013 disaster of Super Typhoon Haiyan, described as one of the strongest storms ever recorded with 195 mph sustained winds. It killed 6,300 people nationwide. Typhoon Mekkhala was upgraded from a tropical storm and made landfall in the Philippines in the afternoon just northeast of Tacloban.
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Pope Francis celebrates outdoor Mass in stormy weather
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Gallacher and Poulter were pulverised by the accuracy of @placeholder and the clutch putting of Reed, the self-styled world top five player who backed up his big mouth with some really impressive play in a 5&4 away win. | By the time the most calamitous, catastrophic and cursed Ryder Cup debut ever to feature in Stephen Gallacher’s worst nightmares had come to a shuddering anti-climax, victorious American rookies Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed were six under par. That’s not a bad better-ball score for 14 holes. Certainly far too good for a European pairing who played just about well enough to be six under fives for their truncated round. Give Gallacher another hundred burls around Gleneagles and he’ll probably never turn in such a tight and tension-ridden show of unimpressive scoring. Give him a partner like Ian Poulter – the Ian Poulter of yesterday, not Ryder Cups past – and even his best performance might not be enough.
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Stephen Gallacher and Ian Poulter lost against USA's Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed 5&4 on Friday morning
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Gallacher looked nervous throughout the 2014 Ryder Cup opening day
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The Scot admitted it took him five or six holes to get into his stride | 58,760 | record_train |
Radwan's mother also seeks a better future for @placeholder, but through different means. | When he joined his large family for the first Iftar (evening meal) of Ramadan in July, filmmaker and photographer Mohamed Radwan did not expect to find himself explaining to a hostile group why he had helped organize the sit-in at the Culture Ministry in Cairo and had marched on June 30 to oust Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy. Indeed, the conflict within Radwan's own family is playing out in homes across Egypt. It represents a secular vs. Islamist confrontation of beliefs and visions for Egypt and is a microcosm of the clashes and violence rocking the nation as followers of ousted President Morsy fight the army and its secular supporters.
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Cynthia Schneider: The Islamist vs. secular conflict is playing out in Egyption families
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She says it's a microcosm of conflict over Egyptian identity playing out in street chaos
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She says both sides being "played" by Sisi, media, who dehumanize opponents
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Schneider: Best hope is that coming, more moderate, generation can heal rifts | 58,761 | record_train |
protesting his innocence and claiming that he showed the @placeholder | This is the moment a foul-mouthed rail fare cheat was on the receiving end of some rough justice, after being bundled off a train by a passenger. Footage of the teenage troublemaker being thrown off a train by a fed-up fellow traveller on the ScotRail service between Edinburgh and Perth has become a viral hit after being uploaded to You Tube. It begins when a conductor is told the teenager doesn't have a ticket and tells the driver of the train to stop until the youngster gets off. Scroll down for the video Is there a problem? After the conductor has been remonstrating with the teenager (his white beanie hat can just be seen popping over the seats), the 'big man' stands up and approaches the conductor
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Teenage 'fare dodger' Sam Main, 19, comes forward to defend his behaviour, saying he did have the right ticket and was 'manhandled' by the 'big man' | 58,762 | record_train |
He hasn't seen his daughters -- now ages 14 and 16 -- since his one trip to @placeholder 12 years ago. | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Zablon Simintov is always guaranteed the best seat in his local synagogue here, but the privilege comes with a downside: he's the last Jew in Afghanistan. The country's 800-year-old Jewish community -- an estimated 40,000 strong at its peak -- is now a party of one. But Simintov, for his part, isn't going anywhere soon. For more than a decade, he has refused to join his wife and two teenage daughters in Israel. "My family call me all the time and say, 'Come here, you're the last Jew in Afghanistan, what are you doing there?' " he says.
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Afghan Jews peaked at 40,000 in mid-19th century; now there's only one left
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Zablon Simintov won't join his wife and teen daughters in Israel
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Simintov spends holidays with visitors and survives off donations from Jews
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Goalkeeper @placeholder (left) could be allowed to return to Scandinavia | Of all the questions asked of the new regime at Manchester United recently, those concerning a new contract for David de Gea are among the most pertinent. Since Sir Alex Ferguson shut his office door behind him for the last time 18 months ago, the United goalkeeper has perhaps been the club’s most important player. Now De Gea has a recognised No 2 to compete with, in keeping with the modern trend in the Barclays Premier League. Instead of Scandinavian makeweight Anders Lindegaard, De Gea will soon have a three-time Champions League winner and Spanish international watching him from the substitutes’ bench.
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Victor Valdes to sign 18-month contract with Premier League club
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The Spaniard will rival compatriot David de Gea for the No 1 shirt
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@placeholder liked what he saw on Wednesday night, and was equally pleased with helping his side secure a cleansheet. | Tottenham Hotspur's Benjamin Stambouli has lavished praise on his team-mates after they booked their place in the Capital One Cup semi-final with a 4-0 win over Newcastle at White Hart Lane. Goals have been few and far between for Mauricio Pochettino's men of late - they have found the net just twice in their last four matches in all competitions. However, despite making several changes, goals from Nabil Bentaleb, Nacer Chadli, Harry Kane and Roberto Soldado ensured Spurs secured an emphatic victory over the in-form Magpies. VIDEO Scroll down to see Mauricio Pochettino explain why he's happier than he looks
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Spurs booked their semi-final place with a 4-0 thrashing of the Magpies
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Benjamin Stambouli has started in every round of the competition so far
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come through with the concerts and ordered @placeholder to keep the performer | By David Gardner In Los Angeles and Daily Mail Reporters PUBLISHED: 14:03 EST, 29 April 2013 | UPDATED: 02:25 EST, 30 April 2013 Attorneys for Michael Jackson's family on Monday accused his concert promoter, AEG, of ignoring 'red flags' about his drug addiction and ill health in a ruthless pursuit of profits. AEG Live is the second-largest concert promoter in the nation and Jackson family lawyer Brian Panish told jurors that the company's only priority was overtaking its competition, Live Nation. 'They wanted to be No. 1 at all costs,' he said. Monday marked the beginning the trial for a wrongful death suit brought by the Kind of Pop's mother, Katherine Jackson, who claims AEG executives ordered Dr Conrad Murray to heavily medicate Jackson to ensure he continued to perform, despite pain and injury.
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Firm was behind Michael Jackson's doomed comeback tour
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"I was watching them dancing and they gave me a little poster where each of them wrote what their dreams are for the future," explains @placeholder, who is clearly moved by what he has just witnessed. | (CNN) -- I've been tasked with the assignment of following President Clinton on two legs of his Southeast Asia trip for his charity the Clinton Foundation. We join him and his large entourage in Hanoi, Vietnam, where he's visiting an AIDS orphanage about an hour's drive outside the city. Despite the heat and humidity, the president walks around the facility, speaking to local staff through a translator, commending them on their tireless work. His foundation provides tuberculosis medicine for the children infected with HIV/AIDS and it's saving lives. The children perform a dance for their distinguished visitor -- and the president can't wipe the smile off his face.
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CNN's Anna Coren interviews former U.S. President Bill Clinton during his Southeast Asia trip
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Clinton visits children at an AIDS orphanage in Vietnam
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He learns some MH17 victims were due to attend an AIDS conference at which he'll speak
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Coren asks Clinton about the Gaza conflict, the rise of China and America's isolationist policy | 58,767 | record_train |
In his column, he said he had happily flown @placeholder for 20 years and until now was "brand loyal, in the extreme." | An American Airlines pilot booted Alec Baldwin off a flight Tuesday because the actor refused to turn off his cell phone after the plane's doors were closed for departure, the airline said Wednesday. "The passenger was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language," the company said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. Baldwin, in a column published by The Huffington Post Wednesday, apologized to fellow passengers who were delayed by the incident. But he blamed a flight attendant who "singled me out to put my phone away" while other passengers continued to use theirs.
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Flight attendant "singled me out" as others kept using their phones, Baldwin says
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"I've learned is to keep my phone off when the 1950's gym teacher is on duty," he says
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American Airlines boots Baldwin from flight after he slammed toilet door, airline says
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The news comes as a blow to the @placeholder as they go in search of their first win of this year's Six Nations at Murrayfield on Saturday. | Italy prop Martin Castrogiovanni is set to miss Saturday's Six Nations match against Scotland at Murrayfield after being bitten on the nose by a friend's dog. The Italian rugby federation announced that Castrogiovanni had suffered a 'slight domestic incident' and been left out of the provisional squad, though they did not give any further details. Ansa report that the Argentine-born 33-year-old had been playing with the dog which turned on him and caused a wound requiring 14 stitches. Martin Castrogiovanni will miss his side's upcoming match against Scotland after being bitten by his friend's dog - the two dogs in picture were not involved in the incident
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Martin Castrogiovanni has been ruled out of Italy's next Six Nations match
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The Navy is now holding a total of 16 suspected pirates while the U.S. and Kenyan governments work out legal details on how the suspects will be moved to @placeholder for prosecution. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy arrested nine more suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia Thursday -- the second capture in two days -- after receiving a distress call from an Indian-flagged commercial ship. Suspected pirates are arrested in the Gulf of Aden. According to the Navy announcement, at 4 a.m. local time the Indian-flagged Premdivya sent a distress call to all ships in the area reporting that she had been fired upon by a small skiff, and suspected pirates were attempting to board it. A U.S. Navy helicopter crew was launched from the USS Vella Gulf and fired two warning shots at the small boat to get them to stop. A Navy boarding team was then launched to investigate the skiff's crew and found rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons on board the small craft, according to Navy officials.
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Nine suspects arrested off the coast of Somalia
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Second arrests in two days
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We get a lot of pressure from @placeholder police and passport control," he added. | (CNN) -- Some cried and others cheered in emotional scenes as pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi addressed thousands of Burmese migrants Wednesday on the outskirts of the Thai capital Bangkok. It's the first time the Myanmar opposition leader has been outside the country, also known as Burma, in more than two decades after a long period of detention by the ruling military junta. Burmese migrant workers dream of return home Several thousand people gathered to hear her speak, many of whom had spent years living in exile to escape poverty and the country's oppressive regime. From a balcony high above the crowd, Suu Kyi said that the onus was on the government of Myanmar and Burmese people everywhere to build a new country to encourage their return.
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Aung San Suu Kyi addresses crowds outside a Burmese migrants' center in Thailand
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Myanmar opposition leader is on her first trip outside the country in more than 20 years
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Onlookers climbed onto rooftops ahead of her speech in Mahachai, southwest of Bangkok
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Suu Kyi told them she would try her best to look after migrant workers' rights | 58,771 | record_train |
At that moment, he seized the opportunity to leave when @placeholder left the car to pay for the gasoline and Tamerlan was distracted as he tried to work the GPS. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 19:53 EST, 30 April 2013 | UPDATED: 06:10 EST, 1 May 2013 The man whose car was hijacked by the Boston marathon bombers broke his silence in his first televised interview on Tuesday. Danny, a 26-year-old Chinese entrepreneur, reveals his harrowing encounter when he life hung in the balance in his nearly two hour drive with Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarneav. The man, who is keeping his identify concealed and had his voice altered for the on-air interview, downplayed his brave reaction and said he only though about 'trying to save myself.' Scroll down for video.
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Terrifying ordeal at hands of bombers is revealed on TV for the first time
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Chinese entrepreneur tells how he believed his life hung in the balance
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The 32-year-old hasn't played a competitive game since @placeholder's exit at this summer's World Cup | David Villa insists that he is fit enough to feature for Melbourne City against Sydney FC on Saturday, despite only training with his new side for the first time on Monday. The former Spain international has not played any competitive football since his country's exit at the World Cup in the summer, but the 32-year-old believes he is in good condition to play for the A-League outfit ahead of their debut in the competition. The on loan striker has been training with a group of players at MLS parent club New York City for the past month and appears set in featuring at the Allianz Stadium on Saturday night.
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David Villa says he is fit to feature for Melbourne City on Saturday
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32-year-old trained with his new side for the first time on Monday
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Villa hasn't played competitive football since the World Cup with Spain
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"You got to remember all the ... people that @placeholder did catch and how much success he did have. | (CNN) -- A Florida man is using billboards with an image of the burning World Trade Center to encourage votes for a Republican presidential candidate, drawing criticism for politicizing the 9/11 attacks. Businessman Mike Meehan says he has put up three billboards such as this one around Orlando, Florida. "Please Don't Vote for a Democrat" reads the type over the picture of the twin towers after hijacked airliners hit them on September, 11, 2001. Mike Meehan, a St. Cloud, Florida, businessman who paid to post the billboards in the Orlando area, said former President Clinton should have put a stop to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda before 9/11. He said a Republican president would have done so.
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Billboards use image from 9/11 to encourage GOP votes
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9/11 image wrong for ad, say Florida political parties
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The soldier said it was a 'great honour' to front the @placeholder campaign. | By Ian Drury PUBLISHED: 18:21 EST, 23 October 2012 | UPDATED: 06:36 EST, 24 October 2012 'Sapper' Clive Smith, who lost his legs in an explosion in Afghanistan, has become the face of The Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal Sprawled on the dusty Afghan battlefield, he was minutes from bleeding to death after he was blown up by an IED. Hero soldier Clive Smith had suffered the appalling injuries while undertaking one of the most dangerous tasks in the Army - searching for buried bombs at the front of a patrol. But he missed one planted device which was cunningly made with a low metal content to reduce the chance of detection - costing him both legs.
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Sapper Clive Smith lost both legs to a bomb in Afghanistan
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Now he is the face of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal
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Heroic soldier undergoing rehabilitation | 58,775 | record_train |
'My images show what lies behind the walls of a neo-renaissance veterinary school in @placeholder which now lies derelict and decaying | Like the components of some abandoned Frankenstein's monster, the carefully pickled remains of animals lie slowly stewing in jars stowed in this eerie abandoned place. After decades of neglect, even the formaldehyde that preserves these parts of anatomy has yellowed with age, while the specimens themselves slowly fall apart. The patina of age colours these scenes from an abandoned laboratory - equipped with anatomical samples including parts of kittens and dogs to a pigs head and even whole rats - with a palette reminiscent of a Gothic novel. Inside of the abandoned Veterinary School of Anderlecht, Belgium: Hundreds of anatomical samples sit decaying in yellowing formaldehyde in this abandoned laboratory that has been all but forgotten for more than two decades but was found by a British urban explorer who goes by the pseudonym Chaos and took these pictures
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Grisly images captured in the derelict Veterinary School of Anderlecht in Brussels, Belgium
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It has lain abandoned and derelict for more than two decades, while surrounding buildings have been developed
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"While @placeholder's exact track is still uncertain, New Jersey has the potential to experience a major impact from high winds, heavy rain, flooding and power outages," said New Jersey Gov. | New York (CNN) -- As a powerful mix of weather converged on the U.S. East Coast, residents across the region seemed to take the warnings with varying degrees of seriousness. "It started yesterday afternoon when we started to see a rush from consumers for supplies like flashlights, hand-held radios and batteries," said Tom Collins Jr., a hardware store owner in Atlantic County, New Jersey. "And starting this morning, we've started selling plywood to contractors to help board up homes." In Manhattan, where forecasts of a direct hit from Hurricane Irene last year left the city largely unaffected, many residents seemed relatively confident about Hurricane Sandy and its aftereffects.
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New York's MTA will start suspending service before sustained winds of 39 mph
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Virginia's National Guard authorized to activate to 300 personnel
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Early models show the hurricane could make landfall in D.C. region as early as Monday
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In the past, @placeholder rarely made it out of the remote forested areas of Africa. | It took only moments to feel the impact of what was happening here. We had just landed in Conakry, the capital of Guinea. In the fields right outside the airport, a young woman was in tears. She started to wail and shout in Susu, one of the 40 languages spoken in this tiny country of 12 million people. The gathered crowd became silent and listened intently. The young man sitting next to me quietly translated, although I already had my suspicions. He told me the woman's husband had died of Ebola, and then quickly ushered us away. It is probably not surprising the airplane bringing us into Conakry was nearly empty, as are all the hotels here. Not many people in the United States have ever visited Guinea, or could even identify where it sits in West Africa. It is already one of the world's poorest countries, and the panic around Ebola is only making that worse.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta is in Guinea reporting on the Ebola outbreak
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Ebola has spread to Conakry, the capital city with 2 million residents
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It has gone "viral," and now the hope is that it doesn't go global, Gupta says
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The @placeholder - or "Firm," as the current royals like to call it -- needs plenty of employees for the huge number of royal visits and receptions. | The Duchess of Cambridge's announcement today puts an end to months of pregnancy speculation. Number Two is on the way and with him or her comes a huge boost for the Royal Family. The level of excitement won't quite be the same as it was for Prince George -- but we can still expect great interest across the world and massive baby fever early next year. But why does the "spare heir" matter? One child is never enough for a monarch. Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children -- nine for Victoria, thirteen for George III.
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The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting her second child, Buckingham Palace announced
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"Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children"
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Aristocratic wives were once told they needed to provide an "heir and a spare" at least
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Not just a pretty face: Both the @placeholder and Target make-overs strip Merida of her unique red curls and fuller and more realistic body shape, as well as her trusty bow and arrow | By Margot Peppers PUBLISHED: 16:10 EST, 20 May 2013 | UPDATED: 16:10 EST, 20 May 2013 Target has released a Merida doll who, with her glossy, wavy hair and dainty features, looks more like a Barbie than the feisty Scottish princess from Pixar's Brave. The unrecognizable toy is being launched just days after Disney sparked controversy for giving Merida a 'sexy' make-over - a decision that was criticized in a 200,000-strong petition, prompting the company to remove the image from their website. In contrast to Merida's untamed curls and endearing looks in the movie, this new doll, part of Target's Ultimate Disney Princess Collection, has a polished, styled haircut, disproportionately thin limbs and nondescript facial features that could seemingly belong to any other princess.
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The doll is launched just days after Disney sparked controversy for giving the Brave princess a 'sexy' make-over
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Some journalists have portrayed Knox as an overly trusting college student who some believe was railroaded by the @placeholder justice system. | (CNN) -- It was the first house she looked at upon arriving in the small town in central Italy that would be her home for a semester abroad. But Amanda Knox immediately knew it was the one for her. The University of Washington student had been in Perugia for just a few hours on a hot summer day in 2007 with her younger sister, Deanna, who saw a poster that included the word "appartamento." They followed the girl who had posted the ad to a charming, four-bedroom villa near the University for Foreigners of Perugia overlooking a small valley where figs grew.
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Friends, family: Nothing about Amanda Knox's past suggests she's a killer
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Knox is serving a 26-year Italian prison sentence for killing Meredith Kercher
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hundreds of @placeholder and foreign addicts have sought treatment through | By Matt Blake PUBLISHED: 12:12 EST, 3 October 2012 | UPDATED: 01:58 EST, 4 October 2012 A former opium addict has described his 20-year love affair with the drug and the vomit therapy that cured him in a tell-all book. At the peak of his addiction, Steven Martin, now 50, would smoke up to 30 pipes per day and was unable to leave his home at night for fear he might not get a fix. 'Opium Fiend, A 21st Century Slave to a 19th Century Addiction' opens with this harrowing description of the American author trying to cut himself off from a drug that had taken over his life as a freelance journalist in Southeast Asia.
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Steven Martin, 50, first smoked opium in 1992 in Laos, where the last of the old Chinese-style opium dens still existed
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Martin says he never found a detailed, honest account by an opium addict, even during the drug's heyday
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He came off the drug at Thailand's Tham Krabok Monastery through Buddhist monastic discipline and a vomit-inducing herbal drink
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Addicts were lined up daily over a trough and given 'muddy potion' to drink before vomiting 'torrents of rust-coloured puke'
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He said there would be Democrats and independents in a @placeholder presidential administration. | ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- John McCain vowed Thursday to "shake up Washington" and said he's prepared to reach across the aisle to get the country "back on the road to prosperity and peace." "We need to change the way government does almost everything," he told the Republican National Convention. "Fight with me. Fight for what's right for our country. Fight for the ideals and character of a free people." He said his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is "just the right partner" to help lead the change. "She's tackled tough problems like energy independence and corruption," he said. "She stands up for what's right and she doesn't let anyone tell her to sit down." Watch "We're going to win this election" »
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McCain: "We need to change the way government does almost everything"
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McCain says he and Sarah Palin will "shake up Washington"
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Cindy McCain says her husband has "shown the value of self-sacrifice"
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Lindsey Graham says Barack Obama is bent on "losing in Iraq" | 58,783 | record_train |
@placeholder locals captured the teaming ocean spilling over rocks and landing with great force on shores near houses in the path of Cyclone Marcia. | Queenslanders have shown their true spirit by refusing to cower after one of Australia’s worst cyclones in years thrashed its coastline. Cyclone Marcia hit the Sunshine State, ripping up trees, flooding houses and leaving thousands without power but one bold resident has displayed the sentiment of thousands with a simple sign that reads: ‘Marcia you b***h we’re still here.’ The note, written in yellow paint, was reportedly spotted on the side of a road near a BP servo in Marmor, a small town in central Queensland that became one of the worst places hit by the cyclone. Residents of the township on the Bruce Highway, about 45 kilometres south of Rockhampton, have had their homes destroyed and power cut by the natural disaster.
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A sign was erected in one of the worst hit areas of Queensland
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Residents of Marmor, south of Rockhampton, have seen homes destroyed
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Elsewhere in the state people defied warnings to surf in the stormy sea
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Bowtie is the new black," @placeholder said in the statement. | (CNN)I know you are excited about the new Pee-wee Herman film, but what am I? Netflix announced Tuesday that it will begin production next month on a new film starring the popular 1980s TV character, titled "Pee-wee's Big Holiday." No release date has been announced. According to the Netflix news release, the on-demand movie will be produced by Paul Reubens, who plays the title character. Judd Apatow, of "Anchorman," "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" fame, will co-produce. John Lee, who has directed episodes of "Inside Amy Schumer" and "Broad City," will make his feature-film directorial debut. It will be Herman's first feature film since 1988's"Big Top Pee-wee."
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Netflix will release a movie starring Pee-wee Herman
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Paul Reubens and Judd Apatow will produce | 58,785 | record_train |
@placeholder pictured with his father Bashar al-Assad several years ago | By Shari Miller PUBLISHED: 05:21 EST, 30 August 2013 | UPDATED: 12:37 EST, 30 August 2013 The 11-year-old son of Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has apparently dared the United States to launch an attack, in a Facebook taunt that has been 'liked' by the children and grandchildren of other senior Syrian officials. 'I just want them to attack sooo much, because I want them to make this huge mistake of beginning something that they don’t know the end of it,' stated the post on an account said to belong to Hafez al-Assad. The comments were posted in response to moves by the US to launch a strike in response to a chemical weapons attack on August 21.
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Hafez al-Assad apparently dared the United States to launch an attack and make a 'huge mistake'
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Taunt posted after Obama administration said it may still use military action to respond to chemical weapons attack last week
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While authenticity of Facebook profile is hard to confirm, the post has been 'liked' by accounts belonging to the children of senior Syrian officials
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Colbert addressed the @placeholder post on his show Aug. 7, sarcastically "admitting" that the site was right all along. | (EW.com) -- Assuming you've got two ears and a heart, chances are you loved The Colbert Report's star-studded "Get Lucky" dance party video — which Stephen Colbert debuted after explaining that Daft Punk's skittish Frenchmen had abruptly canceled a scheduled appearance on his show. But will you still appreciate the video after learning conclusively that it wasn't cobbled together in just two days? If the answer's "no," you might want to close this tab right about now. If "yes," read on. Almost immediately after Colbert's exuberant clip premiered Aug. 6, Internet naysayers began speculating that Daft Punk's "cancellation" was nothing more than an elaborate ruse. Their evidence: The same episode containing the "Get Lucky" montage also featured Robin Thicke performing his hit "Blurred Lines," purportedly in Daft Punk's place. But according to Billboard, Thicke's performance was taped July 31, days before Daft Punk supposedly told Colbert they were out. Pitchfork picked up the story, wondering if the whole segment could have been a publicity stunt meant to promote the duo's upcoming appearance on the VMAs. (Viacom owns both MTV and Comedy Central.)
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Colbert responded to speculation the group's cancellation was a ruse
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Several celebs showed up in a "dance party" video on the show
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It wouldn't have happened if Henry Kissinger hadn't said "yes" | 58,787 | record_train |
The governor argued that @placeholder must "come up with a plan that helps bring the world together to fight this fight." | Chris Christie, the New Jersey GOP Governor and possible 2016 White House contender, is slamming President Obama for passing the buck on the U.S. being ill prepared for the ISIS threat. In an interview with CNN, Christie said he was "disturbed" by the fact that Obama told CBS's "60 Minutes" that the director of national intelligence admitted "they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria." "It should be 'we,' Mr. President. It's your administration and when you're the leader, you have to be held accountable for what they do. I was disturbed by that. I think that makes people a little less certain of his footing on these things," Christie told CNN.
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Chris Christie: Obama should have owned intelligence failures on ISIS
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Christie to CNN: 'Makes people a little less certain of his footing on these things'
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Christie is a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2016 | 58,788 | record_train |
When @placeholder' attorney requested that he be released until his next hearing on March 9, outraged cries burst from the public gallery. | A 24-year-old woman was hit and killed by a street racer during her morning jog, a court has heard. Kiran Pabla, 24, was running near her home in San Jose, California, on Monday when two cars careered of the road, crushing her to the ground. Pabla, a business studies undergraduate at California State University, was pronounced dead at the scene. Tragic: Kiran Pabla, 24, was on her morning jog in San Jose when a car veered off the road and killed her Charged: Manuel Maldanado Avalos, 23, (left) has been charged with manslaughter by reckless driving, with bail set at $100,000. His alleged fellow racer Gabriel Esparza, 18, (right) will be arraigned in two weeks
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Kiran Pabla, 24, was on morning jog when she was hit by two cars
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Two men, aged 23 and 18, arrested, one charged with manslaughter
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Pabla's family screamed in court as one alleged killer requested bail
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It came after vigil for Pabla, a business studies student, in San Jose | 58,789 | record_train |
Burgess poses with a young baby after attracting crowds to a @placeholder training session | CLICK HERE to read why Stuart Lancaster is running out of time to find his best team I hugely admire rugby league as a sport and the players who take the field. At its best the balance between athletic prowess, skill-set and sheer bloody toughness makes league one of the great sports. I cannot wait to see Sam Burgess play for Bath, I’m sure he has everything to succeed in union and all England rugby fans should be grateful to Bath for bringing him into the sport. That said, we need to be realistic — for Burgess’s sake as much as anything.
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Sam Burgess has crossed codes from rugby league to rugby union
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The former Bradford Bulls star is set to make his Bath debut on Saturday
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It is too early to herald Burgess as England's saviour at the World Cup | 58,790 | record_train |
Exhausting: Drivers wait in the sweltering heat to enter @placeholder, after the Spanish authorities increased border checks at the border with Gibraltar | By Tim Shipman PUBLISHED: 19:38 EST, 12 August 2013 | UPDATED: 02:24 EST, 13 August 2013 British warships headed to the Mediterranean yesterday, as David Cameron prepared to sue Spain over its treatment of Gibraltar. The Prime Minister has ordered government lawyers and Foreign Office officials to draw up plans for legal action. He has finally lost patience with the Spanish after they continued to impose what he sees as illegal border checks, which break European Union rules on the free movement of people. En route: The helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious departing Portsmouth yesterday Taking the case to the European Court of Justice would mark the first time Britain has taken a fellow EU nation to court.
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David Cameron has ordered lawyers to draw up plans for legal action
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Spanish have continued to impose what he sees as illegal border checks
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HMS Illustrious set sail yesterday, leading 10 vessels to the Mediterranean | 58,791 | record_train |
@placeholder shares much of the information it collects with the NSA. | (CNN) -- The town of Bude in the southwest of England is best known for its long sandy beaches and picturesque bays. Nowhere on its tourist brochures is a complex of white domes and dishes at Morwenstow mentioned. After the latest revelations published by the Guardian, New York Times and Der Spiegel, Morwenstow may become a little more familiar. The site -- now officially known as GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) Bude -- is at the heart of a global eavesdropping network run by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). It has more than 20 antennae orientated toward global communications satellites over the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, Africa and the Middle East, according to declassified sources.
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Reports detail surveillance facility in bucolic setting
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Spanish media jump on latest revelations
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NSA: We don't steal trade secrets of foreign companies | 58,792 | record_train |
He added: ‘The ideal scenario is a patient needing no additional injections after once-only treatment with @placeholder, and their condition becomes stable. | Older people at risk of going blind are being treated by a new X-ray procedure for the first time on the NHS. The one-off treatment combats a form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease affecting around 250,000 Britons. It targets the ‘wet’ variation of the condition in particular – which develops when abnormal blood vessels form under a tiny part of the retina called the macula. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become the first NHS hospital in the UK to start offering appropriate patients a new non-invasive treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration Monthly eye injections are the usual course of treatment, but the X-ray – called Oraya Therapy – has been found to almost halve the number needed.
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One-off treatment combats a form of age-related macular degeneration
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AMD normally affects people over the age of 60, with wet form progressing quickly
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Around 26,000 people a year are diagnosed with wet AMD
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European clinical trial found treatment cut need for monthly injections by 45% on average
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At £700 per injection, it means that NHS costs can be cut considerably | 58,793 | record_train |
An @placeholder elephant pictured as it charges towards the photographer. | The elephants of my childhood, Vladimir and Evgeny, have probably been killed by now. I was very lucky that I ever got to see them with my own eyes, but such are the perks for a little boy whose grandfather was the Soviet Union’s top biologist. They were fictitious in the beginning, invented by my grandfather Vladimir Sokolov, as he tucked me in to bed at night. I would hear how Vladimir and Evgeny would get stuck in mud holes and roam the African forests getting into adventures, and how Vladimir would save little Evgeny from the clutches of lions and leopards. In the flickering electricity of the lamps in our Soviet flat, it was my first introduction to the wonder of wildlife.
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This year alone 36,000 elephants will be killed across the African continent
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Demand for ivory across Asia's burgeoning middle classes is increasing
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African charity Space for Giants is armed to defend animals using force
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Militarised conservation groups are engaging in firefights with poachers
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Poachers include fanatics of Al-Shabaab and the Lord's Resistance Army
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Some 1,000 wildlife rangers have been killed in the past decade | 58,794 | record_train |
'There is a lack of strong blond male models in the industry at the minute so @placeholder really fits the bill. | By Bianca London PUBLISHED: 10:52 EST, 8 November 2013 | UPDATED: 12:12 EST, 8 November 2013 Five months ago, MailOnline teamed up with Select Model Management to search for the 'new faces' of 2013. Entries came in the thousands and now the winners have finally been revealed. Select is responsible for scouting out the likes of David Gandy, Agyness Deyn, Sarah Ann Macklin, Oliver Cheshire and Stella Tennant and turning them into some of the world's most recognisable faces. Could the womens' winner Madi Gray, 15, from North London, be joining them on the catwalk in a couple of years?
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Madi Gray, 15, will join 'sneak preview' section of agency
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Jack Holder, 22, won men's category | 58,795 | record_train |
The volume of the discontent went up when @placeholder put the ball in the Madrid net. | By Pete Jenson Follow @@petejenson Cristiano Ronaldo scored goal number 255 in his 250th game for Real Madrid but there were some whistles of discontent at Carlo Ancelotti’s side as they struggled to beat newly promoted Cordoba – a team who finished seventh in the second division last season. Ronaldo’s late spectacular second for the European Champions after Karim Benzema’s first half strike put a gloss on what was a far from convincing first home performance of the season. Discontent over the sale of Angel Di Maria, defeat in the Spanish Super Cup against Atletico Madrid, and the failure to sign Radamel Falcao increased the pressure on the European Champions to put on a show but they toiled for large parts against plucky minnows Cordoba. They might even have been pegged back at 1-1 had former Newcastle striker Xisco’s second half goal not been rubbed out for offside.
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Real Madrid kick off new La Liga season with victory over Cordoba
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema score against newly-promoted side
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James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos both started for Madrid in 2-0 win | 58,796 | record_train |
"We know that those killed included an Afghan @placeholder volunteer and 13 members of his family who had been sheltering from fighting in a house that was bombed in an airstrike." | (CNN) -- Afghan civilians were killed in U.S. airstrikes during fighting this week in western Afghanistan, local officials and the Red Cross said. Villagers pray at a mass grave this week after an airstrike in Afghanistan's Farah province. The reports come as concerns mount over noncombatant casualties in the war against the Taliban. But the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the U.S. military suspects the incident started when Taliban militants entered the area and beheaded three civilians. And another senior U.S. military official said Taliban militants may have killed as many as 15 civilians with grenades and then paraded their shrapnel-riddled bodies through villages in western Afghanistan.
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NEW: Taliban used grenades, paraded bodies through villages, official says
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NEW: U.S. believes Taliban planned attack expecting U.S. to call in airstrikes
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Civilians killed in U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan, Red Cross says
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News of strike comes as Afghan president visiting Washington for talks | 58,797 | record_train |
The President said he and @placeholder's lawmakers were ready to introduce martial law across the country if "further irresponsible actions" lead to more escalation of the conflict. | Minsk, Belarus (CNN)Four key leaders converged on Belarus' capital Wednesday with one official mission: bringing peace to Ukraine. Whether they can achieve that is unsure, considering the violence, bitter divisions and failed negotiations. Still, the fact that French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin made the trip to Minsk to talk peace is notable. The stakes are high. Not only has war raged for months in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian rebels angry about political upheaval in Kiev have declared their independence, but it's getting worse, threatening not only the lives of more civilians, but the stability of the region.
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Leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine meet in Belarus' capital
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Ukrainian President calls the meeting "the most important one" he has had thus far
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Violence between Ukrainian authorities and separatists has been raging for months | 58,798 | record_train |
My comments on the late Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah have now been removed because they were leading to confusion about @placeholder policy. | London, England (CNN) -- Britain's foreign office yanked Friday a blog posted by its ambassador to Lebanon that mourned the death of an "admired" Shiite cleric once considered Hezbollah's spiritual leader. Frances Guy wrote that she left the presence of Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, who died Sunday, feeling a better person. "Lebanon is a lesser place the day after, but his absence will be felt well beyond Lebanon's shores," she said. "The world needs more men like him, willing to reach out across faiths." The comments about Fadlallah, once closely associated with Hezbollah, ruffled diplomatic feathers. Israel, especially, was not happy.
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Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, once considered Hezbollah's spiritual leader, died Sunday
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Frances Guy wrote on blog that she left the presence of Fadlallah feeling a better person
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"The world needs more men like him, willing to reach out across faiths," Guy posted
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British foreign office yanked blog post; said Guy was expressing personal views | 58,799 | record_train |
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