(CNN) -- From a country which brought the world brands like Sony and Toyota, there's another name that's crept quietly to global prominence. Hello Kitty, the moon-faced cat with a bow in her hair and no mouth. Shintaro Tsuji, CEO of Sanrio, famous for its Hello Kitty brand, speaks in The Boardroom. She's one of 450 characters developed by Japan's Sanrio Group, but she's by far most popular -- the embodiment of what's known in Japan as Kawaii, or the culture of cute. Her image adorns some 50,000 objects, from cute, of course, to downright crazy. But there's nothing cute about the numbers. Hello Kitty is responsible for more than half of Sanrio's billion dollar annual turnover.
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Shintaro Tsuji, CEO of Sanrio speaks to Andrew Stevens in The Boardroom
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Sanrio's most famous character is Hello Kitty, a moon-faced cat
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Hello Kitty is responsible for more than half of Sanrio's billion dollar turnover

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(CNN) -- Edward Snowden douses the idea of his returning to the United States -- where he faces charges of espionage and theft of government property for leaking sensational details of spy programs -- saying he won't come back unless laws are changed. Asked by CNN's Jake Tapper in an online chat Thursday about conditions for a return home, Snowden said that while his coming back "is the best resolution" for all parties, "it's unfortunately not possible in the face of current whistle-blower protection laws." He pointed out that the government's Whistleblower Protection Act doesn't cover someone like him, a former government contractor.
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Now in Russia, Snowden is charged in the United States with espionage
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He says U.S. must change whistle-blower protections before he comes back
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Ex-government contractor slams what he calls "indiscriminate mass surveillance"
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He says U.S. "can correct the laws, restrain the overreach of agencies"

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One of the most famous portraits of George Washington will soon get a high-tech examination and face-lift of sorts with its first major conservation treatment in decades. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has begun planning the conservation and digital analysis of the full-length 'Lansdowne' portrait of the first president that was painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796, museum officials told The Associated Press. The 8-foot-by-5-foot picture is considered the definitive portrait of Washington as president after earlier images in military uniform. One of the most famous portraits of George Washington will soon get a high-tech examination and face-lift of sorts with its first major conservation treatment in decades
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The 8-foot-by-5-foot picture is considered the definitive portrait of Washington as president after earlier images in military uniform
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Conservators will use digital x-rays and infrared imagery for the first time to examine Stuart's work and changes he made beneath the painting's surface
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Portrait was originally painted for the Marquis of Lansdowne, who had been a British supporter of the colonies during the Revolutionary War

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Asuncion, Paraguay (CNN) -- Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo continued to purge the top ranks of the nation's military Friday, removing the armed forces' commander. Lugo fired the commanders of the country's army, air force and navy on Wednesday. The armed forces commander, Rear Adm. Cibar Benitez Caceres, had been the only top official to survive Wednesday's dismissals. Lugo has given no reason for the firings, publicly denying rumors of a coup plot. Benitez Caceres will be replaced as armed forces chief by Brig. Gen. Juan Oscar Velazquez Castillo, the president's executive order said. The handover ceremony was scheduled to take place Friday afternoon.
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Paraguay's president revamping military commands
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President Fernando Lugo fired military branch commanders earlier this week
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Opposition says Lugo trying to bring leftist agenda to military
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Military shakeup is fourth since Lugo took office

Question: @placeholder had said at Thursday's swearing-in ceremony that other changes would be coming in the lower ranks, but denied there was any truth to talk of a coup.


A tape which was allegedly the final recording of Joan Rivers is a fake, the late comedian's representative said today. An audio recording, which was revealed by The New York Post on Tuesday, was purportedly Ms Rivers in a promo clip for a friend's new, off-Broadway show. The late star's rep, Judy Katz, told The Post today: 'The recording is a fraud. Joan never made any such tape. 'This is a publicity stunt that was created by Brad Zimmerman and his public relations representative, Beck Lee, and is wholly disrespectful to the memory of Joan Rivers.' Scroll down for video
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The comedienne was supposedly recording an advertisement for friend Brad Zimmerman's new off-Broadway show
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A rep for Ms Rivers said today: 'This is a publicity stunt... and is wholly disrespectful to the memory of Joan Rivers'
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In a statement to MailOnline today, Zimmerman's PR said: 'On behalf of the production we regret that the tape we were given is not authentic'

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(CNN) -- The thing about presidential elections, be it in Ukraine or anywhere else for that matter, is that it makes sense to ignore everything that was said during the election campaign and, especially, in the immediate aftermath. Election promises are made to be broken or ignored altogether -- remember "Yes We Can?" And in the first few days, or even weeks, after results are announced lots of things are said that mean pretty much nothing. To say that the presidential election campaign in Ukraine produced a lot of statements and pledges that made little or no sense would be an understatement. If you summarise them all, then Ukraine should be in fine shape to join the G7 group of industrialised nations, replacing Russia, in about five years' time.
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Election promises are made to be broken or ignored altogether, writes Alexander Nekrassov
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Nekrassov: The point of the election was to introduce some sense of normality in Ukraine
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Petro Poroshenko will be held responsible for anything that happens in the country, he says
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But his biggest challenge comes from Ukraine's own oligarchs, writes Nekrassov

Question: But, ironically, the biggest challenge facing Poroshenko in the next several months comes not from @placeholder or the so-called separatists in the east but from Ukraine's very own oligarchs, who now see the newly-elected president as a potential threat to their business empires.


(CNN)  -- The United States must resolve what I call the Great American Conundrum by clarifying its policy toward Muslims. It cannot treat its Muslim citizens as second-class citizens at home and hope to win them over abroad. American Muslims complain of their second-class status by pointing out that their religion and houses of worship can be attacked with near impunity. When they do object, they are told that this kind of abuse is a small price to pay for living in a free society. Yet it is blatantly clear that only Islam is being attacked in such a crass fashion. It is virtually unimaginable to hear of any other ethnic or religious group being so targeted without an uproar.
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Akbar Ahmed: U.S. can't treat Muslims badly and win "hearts and minds" abroad
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If proposed Islamic center ever attacked, Ahmed says, global violence will ensue
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Islamic center should also include church, synagogue and 9/11 memorial, he writes
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Ahmed: Bishops, rabbis and imams must work together; Obama must call for peace

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(CNN) -- For his 2010 book "A New American Picture," artist Doug Rickard used photos he gathered from Google Street View to give viewers a voyeuristic peek into several of America's most economically distressed neighborhoods. The point was to draw people's attention to the places we read about in the news — and comment about from the comfort of our own neighborhoods — but never actually visit. Now, Rickard is following that work up with a new book called "N.A.," where he continues to mine the Internet for views of America that are anything but idyllic. This time, he snatches frame grabs from videos that were made on cell phones and uploaded to YouTube.
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For his latest book, Doug Rickard snatches frames from uploaded cell phone videos
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He searched for terms related 'to the broken elements of the American economic spectrum'
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Much of what he found involved predatory acts, with people being exploited for 'likes'
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He said his book is about modern technology as well as race and poverty

Question: Rickard acknowledged that the images show "elements of social media and technology that aren't pretty," but he said the series is also about @placeholder as medium and the way it has become "a platform where people have a voice — it is an immediate stage with reach."


By Rick Dewsbury PUBLISHED: 04:47 EST, 31 August 2012 | UPDATED: 11:24 EST, 31 August 2012 For some, her unconventional lifestyle proved to be an eyesore. While for others it offered a romantic image of the vagrant 'rag lady' surviving against the odds. But now homeless former concert pianist Anne Naysmith is devastated after workmen pulled down the makeshift shelter she has lived in for the last decade. Tearful Miss Naysmith, 75, said it was 'wanton, wicked vandalism' after she discovered the men from Tfl tearing down her den at Stamford Brook Station in Chiswick, west London. The Rag Lady of Chiswick: Anne Naysmith, now 75, sits among a pile of rubbish several years ago after workmen destroyed a previous shelter she had been living in
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Anne Naysmith, 75, has survived at side of station for the last decade
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Once tipped as star pianist but life collapsed after heartbreak in 1970s
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Lived in her car for 20 years like Miss Shepherd in Alan Bennett play

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By Matt Lawton Follow @@Matt_Lawton_DM And so, after a quick blast of Jennifer Lopez at this evening’s opening ceremony, it begins. A tournament that has been seven problematic years in the making, for a Brazilian team tasked with winning the hearts of a disillusioned nation on a journey that will take them to every corner of this vast country. For the people of Brazil who will do their best to put their political issues to one side over the next four weeks, their hopes rest on the shoulders of two men. Scroll down for video... Brazil coach Luis Felipe Scolari and Neymar share a joke ahead of their opening game against Croatia
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Brazil's World Cup hopes rest on two men - Luis Felipe Scolari and Neymar
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Brazilian coach Scolari says 'it is time' for Brazil to win the World Cup
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Brazil have won a record five World Cups, the last under Scolari in 2002
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Neymar is carrying the expectation of a nation on his shoulders
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Neymar has taken Pele's iconic No 10 shirt and will give it to his mum
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The 22-year-old has scored 31 goals in 49 international appearnces
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Scolari is respected by all Brazilians, especially after his nephew's death
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Brazil face Croatia in the tournament's opening game on June 12th

Question: Please allow me to introduce to you... Neymar carries the weight of @placeholder's expectations on his shoulders


(CNN) -- The happiest day in Justin Smith's life -- next to the day his daughter was born -- was March 5, 2013. When his phone rang, he looked down and saw the 301 area code. It must be the National Institutes of Health, he thought. He didn't know anyone else in Maryland. Indeed, Dr. Brigitte Widemann was calling to say that after five months of waiting, Smith's 12-year-old daughter McKenna had been accepted into a clinical trial at NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. She could begin the week of September 30. Smith thanked the doctor and hung up the phone.
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Some 200 new patients, including 30 children, start a clinical trial at NIH every week
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With the government shutdown, these patients are being told they will have to wait to begin
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McKenna Smith will be allowed to receive treatment, doctors say, on Friday

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Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont is facing a growing leadership crisis amid claims that Jim Murphy is plotting her downfall this week. At the party's UK conference in Manchester there are strong rumours that Miss Lamont is 'ready' to quit, although this was slapped down by her supporters. The party is bracing itself for more in-fighting and soul-searching following last week's referendum, and the Scottish Daily Mail revealed yesterday that former Scottish Secretary Mr Murphy is already being lined up as the next leader. Scroll down for video The Labour party in Scotland is in the grip of in-fighting, amid claims Johann Lamont (centre) could quit to make way for Jim Murphy (left) as the party's leader north of the border
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Rumours swirl at party conference that Scottish leader Lamont will quit
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Comes just days after the historic referendum rejecting independence
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Jim Murphy, who toured 100 towns during campaign, on course for job

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By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 12:15 EST, 16 December 2013 | UPDATED: 13:32 EST, 16 December 2013 A man convicted of masterminding a $100 million, cross-country Navy veterans charity fraud was today sentenced to 28 years in prison. Judge Steven Gall also ordered the defendant, who identifies himself as 67-year-old Bobby Thompson, to pay a $6 million fine. Authorities say the defendant is Harvard-trained attorney John Donald Cody. The Ohio attorney general's office, which handled his trial, asked the judge in a filing last week to sentence him to 41 years in prison. Sentence: John Donald Cody, pictured in court Monday, was sentenced to 28 years in prison for racketeering, theft and money laundering charges
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Cleveland, Ohio, judge Steven Gall handed down the sentence Monday to Harvard-trained attorney John Donald Cody aka Bobby Thompson
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He was also ordered to pay a $6 million fine
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Cody was convicted in November of defrauding donors of up to $100m in 41 states through his Florida charity, the U.S. Navy Veterans Association

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(The Hollywood Reporter)The all-new, all-female Ghostsbusters are here. Melissa McCarthy, who was already in talks for one of the leads, has signed on for the Paul Feig-directed reboot, and the studio is now negotiating with Kristen Wiig, as well as "Saturday Night Live" players Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Negotiations are ongoing but the quartet are expected to sign on as the specter-seeking, poltergeist-punishing and phantom-phollowing foursome in the reboot, which is eyeing a summer shoot in New York. McCarthy and Wiig have worked with Feig before, both breaking out with the director's "Bridesmaids" comedy.
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"SNL" players join Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig in "Ghostbusters" remake

Question: @placeholder has been on "SNL" since 2012 and last year was nominated for an Emmy for her work.


(CNN) -- You've likely heard of a "flesh-eating bacteria" hitting Florida and other states this summer. While the bacteria are real, public health officials say the "flesh-eating" part is not. Vibrio vulnificus is a naturally occurring bacterium that lives in warm saltwater and infects humans through the consumption of undercooked shellfish and skin wounds. Four infections have been reported in Texas so far this year, along with 13 in Florida, six in Maryland and 10 in Mississippi. In extreme cases, the bacteria can lead to blood infections (half of which are fatal, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), possible amputation and blistering skin lesions.
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Vibrio vulnificus is a naturally occurring bacterium that lives in warm saltwater
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Infected high-risk groups can experience blistering skin lesions, blood infections, death
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Although rare, infections need immediate medical attention if symptoms present
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Cook shellfish properly and avoid going into saltwater with wounds

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A flashpoint Syrian border town recently captured by rebels was reeling Tuesday after deadly clashes erupted between Syrian rebels and a Kurdish militia. The battle left dozens of fighters from both sides dead, including one prominent ethnic Kurdish leader. Read more: Turkey to Syria: Don't send arms through our air space "Today it is quiet. I hope in my heart that there will be no more fighting between Kurds and Arabs because we are all brothers," said a Kurdish activist and resident of Ras Al Ain, who asked only to be named "Baran" for his safety. "But I am sure there will be more fighting," he predicted, adding that both the Syrian rebels and Kurdish fighters were calling for reinforcements.
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Ras Al Ain is located on Syria's border with Turkey
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There are conflicting reports about how the fighting began
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Syrian rebels say the Kurds sparked the violence; Kurds say snipers fired on anti-FSA demo

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Paul McGinley hopes that the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles will go down as the ‘noisiest’ in the event’s history. Europe’s barely believable comeback victory at Medinah two years ago was even more impressive for being achieved amid the din of fervent home support, which had been whipped into a frenzy by the likes of Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley. But Europe captain McGinley hopes Europe fans can roar his team on to victory in Perthshire next week and again silence the Americans, who are hoping to avoid an eighth defeat in the last 10 Ryder Cups. VIDEO: Scroll down to see Paul McGinley talking about the Ryder Cup
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Paul McGinley leads Europe against USA in next week's Ryder Cup
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Irishman hoping to secure Europe's eighth win in last 10 Ryder Cups
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Biennial showpiece starts at Gleneagles in Scotland on September 26
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McGinley speaks about Ryder Cup hopes and memories in exclusive video for Sportsmail

Question: ‘As much as we as @placeholder are very proud to represent Europe I think it’s great to see the Americans, the American national anthem and how passionate Americans feel representing their country.’


(CNN)In a world where the niche-hip is elevated to cultural elite on a weekly basis, it was probably inevitable: the humble taco truck has gone Hollywood. With the 2014 release of his critically acclaimed film, "Chef," writer, director, actor Jon Favreau ("Iron Man," "The Wolf of Wall Street," "Swingers") tracks the journey of a fictional food truck and its quick-tempered chef on its rise from Miami obscurity peddling Cubano sandwiches to a place in the Los Angeles culinary pantheon. If you think this is a quaint little movie about a minor trend, consider the group that showed up at its table.
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Director and actor Jon Favreau says the food truck scene has become emblematic of Los Angeles
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Food truck pioneer Roy Choi says he's honored by the numerous imitators of his Korean taco-serving Kogi venture
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In L.A., the Brig parking lot on Venice Beach attracts food truck fans to a rally on the first Friday of each month

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Question: The parking lot, which Favreau calls "ground zero of the @placeholder food truck movement," is where Choi first parked his Kogi truck in Los Angeles.


(CNN)A late goal from Moussa Sow secured Senegal all three points in dramatic fashion as it saw off Ghana 2-1 in the Africa Cup of Nations Group C opener at Estadio de Mongomo Monday. With the scores tied at 1-1 and the match running deep into stoppage time, Senegal seemed as if it would miss out on a deserved victory after running Ghana ragged for much of the 90 minutes. However, in what proved to be the last meaningful kick of the game, up stepped substitute Sow to round off an excellent Lions move and slot past Brimah Razak to settle the tie.
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Senegal picks up three points in Group C opener against Ghana
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Mame Biram Diouf equalizes for Senegal before Moussa Sow scores late winner
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Title favorites Algeria defeat South Africa 3-1

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(CNN) -- There are two groups of Republicans: Those who pander to nativists by encouraging anti-Latino prejudice and exploiting the fear and anxiety that come from changing demographics, and those who tolerate the first group. Both groups are spoiling the Grand Old Party. And they're making life too easy for Democrats, who -- while never particularly good at addressing the needs and concerns of Latino voters -- have lately excelled in the neglect department. The more Latinos are antagonized by Republicans, the more they get ignored by Democrats. Ain't that swell? The result for America's largest minority is a political paradox, where the media insists this community has tremendous power while those of us within the community know the opposite is true. We're not getting stronger. We're getting weaker.
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Ruben Navarrette: Anti-immigration Republicans are spoiling the Grand Old Party
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He says racism isn't limited to one party; it never has been in history
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Navarrette: There are anti-Latino elements in Democratic and Republican parties

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Question: Since most immigrants to the United States, both legal and illegal, are now Latino, @placeholder are afraid that -- whichever way the debate goes -- they'll be painted as "anti-Latino," which will lead to another beating at the ballot box.


(CNN) -- There's a new polar bear on the block -- meet Anori, half-sister to Knut, who made her public debut this week at Wuppertal Zoo in Germany. Small, fluffy and cute, she wandered out into a small outdoor enclosure with her mother, Vilma, for the first time Thursday to meet her audience. Anori, born on January 4, opened her eyes at a month old, the zoo says. Since then, she has worked on mastering the tricky arts of walking and climbing, with her efforts captured by a surveillance camera placed within the bears' den. Video footage from the outdoor enclosure shows the cub clambering tentatively along a log.
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Anori was born in January and opened her eyes a month later
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She has ventured into an outdoor enclosure for the first time with her mother
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Anori shares a father with Knut, the polar bear cub who became an Internet sensation

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By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 06:28 EST, 29 October 2013 | UPDATED: 06:37 EST, 29 October 2013 A war memorial has been vandalised just two weeks before Remembrance Sunday after thieves broke open a collection box to steal just a few coins. The vandals caused £400 worth of damage to the RAF memorial in Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire by using an angle grinder to get into the box. The theft follows a spate of vandalism at war memorials carried out by unscrupulous criminals across the country who sold off metal plaques and statues to scrap dealers. Vandalism: This collection box in a war memorial in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire was cut open by thieves
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Vandals took change from collection box in Lytham St Anne's memorial
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Theft two weeks before Remembrance Sunday will cost £400 to repair
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Memorial volunteers leave hand-written note criticising 'mindless thieves'
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Previously a number of memorials have been targeted for scrap metal

Question: for a few pennies was greater than the need to remember the @placeholder war


Jasmine Johnston doesn't consider herself to be racist. The 33-year-old mother of four from Brisbane thinks it's unfair that her mother in law raises four children, and an Aboriginal woman who lives across the road with the same number of kids gets more in welfare payments. 'They're both in housing commissions, the only difference is my mother in law is white and they've got part Aboriginal in them,' she said. 'I feel like it's unfair, my mother in law was in the army when she had my husband and stuff, she's worked, so it's very hard it just seems like more things are given to [Aborigines].'
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Six Australians in new documentary about attitudes to Aborigines
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They immersed themselves in Aboriginal communities to try to challenge their prejudices about the Indigenous population
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Six out of 10 Aussies never met or have little to do with Aborigines
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First Contact airs 8.30pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on SBS

Question: Jasmine is one of six Australians starring in new @placeholder documentary First Contact.


(CNN) -- On Friday, August 4, 1944 -- a beautiful summer morning, not unlike the one on which I am writing this now -- a car pulled up in front of a spice warehouse at 263 Prinsengracht in Amsterdam. Inside the car were an Austrian Gestapo officer and his Dutch subordinates, who, acting on a tip-off (whose source has never been identified), had come to arrest the eight Jews who had been hiding for two years in an attic above the warehouse. The eight prisoners were taken to a deportation camp, from where they were sent to Auschwitz. Only one of them, Otto Frank, would survive.
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Francine Prose: Anne Frank made her final entry in her diary 70 years ago Friday
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Days later, she and family arrested, sent to concentration camp, where she died
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Prose says Anne Frank's diary a direct, relatable window to history for young people
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She says teaching book keeps us alive to history, alert to forces of prejudice and hatred

Question: Because of this book, we will remember the names, the quirks -- the characters -- of the eight people who inhabited the secret annex and their brave @placeholder helpers.


Two men were charged Thursday in connection with a terror plot that Australia's prime minister said involved plans  to carry out a public execution. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said authorities obtained intelligence about a "demonstration killing" -- a killing, Australian media reported, in which alleged assailants planned to kidnap a member of the public, behead the victim and then drape him or her in an ISIS flag. The foiled plot comes just days after the country raised its terror alert to high and in the midst of Australia committing to helping the United States and a broad international coalition to beat back the Islamic State, or ISIS.
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Security ramped up at Parliament, PM Tony Abbott says
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Police say charges were filed against two men
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Abbott says intelligence pointed to possible "demonstration killing" by militants

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By Victoria Woollaston and Mark Prigg PUBLISHED: 12:17 EST, 15 May 2013 | UPDATED: 15:41 EST, 15 May 2013 Google has revealed a new music and gaming service in a bid to increase its lead on Apple in the mobile phone market - and redesigned its social network to take on Facebook. The search giant unveiled a host of new products including a dramatic overhaul of its maps service during a 3.5 hour keynote at its annual software developers' conference in San Francisco today. They include All Access, a subscription music service, and Google Play, a gaming system.
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$9.99 per month All Access music service available on Android mobiles and web browsers launches in US today
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Search Giant also revealed redesigned Google+ social network with new design and more emphasis on photographs
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Google gaming allows players to compete against each other online
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Samsung also revealed 'pure' Google Galaxy S4 handset without Samsung's software preinstalled

Question: @placeholder, the biggest seller of online music, does not have a subscription-based service - although it is rumoured to be developing one.

Question: A new photo album mode in Google+, which has been redesigned to act more like @placeholder

Question: Among them is a newly designed stream of content - one designed to be dynamic, rather than a long list seen in @placeholder.


At first glance you might think Vince Cable has adjusted pretty well to Mars' hostile environment. Despite the chilly −63 °C temperatures and lack of oxygen, the MP appears relaxed, wearing just a suit and tie. But the Secretary of State for Business is in fact visiting a test yard in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, designed to replicate Mars. The new Airbus Defence Space ‘Mars Yard’ measures 98ft (30 metres) by 43ft (13 metres) and contains more than 300 tonnes of sand meaning engineers can test the next generation of vehicles destined to explore the red planet. Explorer? British Business Secretary Vince Cable stands with the 'Bridget' rover on the Mars Yard at Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage. The Mars Yard provides a test bed area for prototype rover vehicles that may be used to obtain data from the surface of Mars
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The new Airbus Defence and Space 'Mars Yard' has been unveiled at the company's complex in Hertfordshire and features 300tonnes of sand
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The yard will be used to test the autonomous navigation system of Europe's next generation ExoMars rover
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Manufacture of the rover will begin early in 2015 and mission launch is planned for 2018

Question: Europe's first @placeholder rover will be able to autonomously navigate up to 230 ft (70 metres) a day with no outside guidance from ground control.


One of the teachers of slain schoolboy Lawrence King - the 15-year-old who was shot twice in the head for asking another male student to be his Valentine - has created shock and anger among activists for saying that she 'relates' to King's killer. The claims were made last night in Marta Cunningham's powerful new documentary Valentine Road, which aired on HBO and follows the dual stories of King - a flamboyant African-American with transgender issues, who would wear make-up and dresses - and Brandon McInerney, a 14-year-old from a troubled white home with a budding interest in no-Nazism. The day after King asked McInery to be his Valentine, McInery walked into their school in Oxnard, a small farming town in California, loaded with a pistol and murdered King in a computer lab.
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Lawrence King, known as Larry, was 15 when he was shot twice in the head at school by Brandon McInery, 14, who King asked to be his Valentine
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Emotional new documentary tells the story of how a small town rallied behind McInery, naming him the victim
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Teacher Shirley Brown, one of King's confidante's, says she 'could see herself in the same position'
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Juror says McInery was solving a 'terrible problem' because King was a cross-dresser

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Jailed: A Zimbabwean man has been jailed for likening a fellow pub-goer to president Robert Mugabe's bottom A Zimbabwean man has been jailed for three months for likening a fellow pub-goer to president Robert Mugabe's bottom. Clemence Zikhali was imprisoned after a court ruled that he had broken the country's strict insult laws by calling the man 'a Mugabe's a***'. Mr Zikhali claimed in court that he had meant the comment as a joke and that he had not intended to offend the president. However, magistrate Sheila Nazombe rejected the claims and convicted the cement factory labourer of 'behaviour likely to cause public disorder'.
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Clemence Zikhali for calling the man 'a Mugabe's a***'
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A court ruled that he had broken the country's strict insult laws
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Mr Zikhali made the remark at a bar in the small town of Gwanda

Question: The three month prison sentence has outraged Mr @placeholder's family and supporters.


(CNN) -- Hyperbolic North Korean threats of war are not new. What is new is the intensity and persistence of those threats this time around. Add to that an untested 29-year-old leader who is suddenly a four-star general with lots to prove. How does this end? Consider these three possibilities: 1. What Kim Jong Un hopes:  North Korean threats continue to escalate. Pyongyang renews earlier threats to transfer its "nuclear deterrent capability" to third parties in the Middle East and declares South Korean waters west of the peninsula an open fire zone. The South Korean stock market plummets. Chinese leaders begin to panic about instability on their border. Washington is desperate to set aside the North Korea problem while dealing with a parallel crisis in Iran. The North proposes negotiations on a peace treaty formally ending the Korean War, but only if international sanctions imposed on the regime after their previous nuclear and missile tests are suspended.
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Michael Green: North Korea more threatening than usual; three scenarios may play out
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2. China will turn on North, cut it off; Kim will lose power; North and South reunite sans nukes
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3. Kim will fire on South; U.S. will get involved; North will fall; Japan, South Korea ravaged

Question: Those talks move at a glacial pace because the @placeholder sees nuclear weapons as its only means of regime survival.


(CNN) -- The chairman of Tennessee's Democratic Party wants a Republican legislative aide fired for sending out a "reprehensible" e-mail depicting President Obama as two cartoonish white eyes peering from a black background. Sherri Goforth, a Tennessee state senator's aide, said she mistakenly sent the image "to the wrong list of people." Obama's image is in the last square of a collage containing portraits of the previous 43 U.S. presidents. The e-mail, which was sent to other GOP staff members, was posted on the Internet Monday. Sherri Goforth, an administrative assistant to state Sen. Diane Black, R-Gallatin, has admitted she sent the e-mail May 28 with the title "Historical Keepsake Photo." She said, without elaborating, that she mistakenly sent it "to the wrong list of people."
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E-mail shows U.S. presidents; Obama depicted as white eyes on black background
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It was sent by aide to Diane Black, head of Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus
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Aide says she sent it to "the wrong list of people;" Black says she won't be fired
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Tennessee Democrats call the e-mail "racist smear," call for aide to be fired

Question: She added that @placeholder has worked in state government for more than 20 years, and has had a clean record.


By Belinda Robinson and Snejana Farberov A teenage couple from Colorado accused of murdering the boy's grandfather and killing and dismembering his grandmother for his inheritance could face the death penalty. Prosecutors are actively seeking the maximum penalty for Brendan Johnson, 20, and his girlfriend, 18-year-old Cassandra Rieb from Colorado, who allegedly strangled Charles and Shirley Severance, both 70, to death at their home in Sterling in May. Police say Rieb told them Johnson wanted to inherit their house and $20,000 from their checking account. Scroll down for video 'Criminal duo': Brendan Johnson, 19 (left), and his girlfriend, Cassandra Rieb, 18 (right), could face the death penalty for allegedly murdering the boy's grandparents in order to get their hands on $20,000
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Prosecutors seeking the death penalty for Brendan Johnson, 20, and Cassandra Rieb, 18, from Colorado
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They are charged with killing Johnson's grandparents Charles and Shirley Severance, both 70
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Police say Johnson repeatedly stabbed and then strangled his grandmother with a string before burning her body
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Shirley Severance's remains were found in two separate locations more than a week later

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(CNN) -- When Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu stated that the Russian troops along Ukraine's borders were only conducting "training exercises" and have no "intention to cross Ukraine's borders or to engage in any aggressive actions," Ukrainians rolled their eyes. And when President Vladimir Putin told Ukrainians "Don't believe those who terrify you with Russia, who shout that other regions will follow Crimea. We do not want Ukraine's division. ... We want Ukraine to be a strong, sovereign, and self-sufficient state," Ukrainians shrugged. The problem is, even if Putin and Shoigu were being sincere, Moscow has lost all credibility among most Ukrainians and the international community. After three weeks of aggressive Russian behavior and the possibility of existential annihilation, Ukrainians, like Israelis, prefer to think in terms of worst-case scenarios. After all, they blithely assumed Russia would never attack -- and then Russia seized Crimea.
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Alexander Motyl: Ukrainians don't believe Russia's assurances it will not invade
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He says people are buying guns, leaving town, packing suitcases to be ready for war
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Motyl: Ukraine is beefing up its decimated defense; sending troops, tanks to borders
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Motyl: This may be Putin's worst strategic move, alienating other small, nearby nations

Question: While Ukraine's security may or may not be enhanced by most of these measures, the irony is that @placeholder's definitely will not be -- at least in the medium to long term.


The South African man who shot Anni Dewani dead on her honeymoon in Cape Town has died in prison from brain cancer. Xolile Mngeni was  handed a life sentence in 2012 after being found guilty of hijacking a cab that Anni and her husband Shrien were riding in, before shooting her in the neck. In July this year it was reported that he was due to be freed from prison on compassionate grounds after 11 doctors signed a waiver saying he didn't have long to live, but the attempt failed. Scroll down for video Xolile Mngeni, the man who shot Anni Dewani dead in Cape Town while she was on her honeymoon with husband Shrien Dewani, has died of brain cancer
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Xolile Mngeni, the man who shot bride Anni Dewani dead, has died of cancer
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Mngeni was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for killing Anni in Cape Town
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In July doctors said he did not have long to live and asked for early release
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However, judge turned bid down and Mngeni has now died behind bars

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(CNN) -- Viewers have learned that television's no-nonsense Judge Judy cuts through the bull and gets to the heart of the matter. Judge Judy says Americans have the fortitude to get through this economic crisis. On Monday night's "Larry King Live," Judge Judy turned her sharp legal mind to matters of the economy, sharing why she thinks Americans have what it takes to navigate the hard months ahead. And she also has some advice for President Obama and sharp-worded assessments of Bernie Madoff and AIG bonuses. The following transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity: Larry King, host: The polls show the public worried about the economy. You had Warren Buffett on, and we had him on. And he called it an economic Pearl Harbor. When you look around, what's your take?
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Judge Judy tells Larry King that Americans can buckle down, get through crisis
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Obama shouldn't vilify the rich, but appeal to their sense of social duty, she says
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Judge Judy on Bernie Madoff: "I think he has the ego the size of Noah's ark"
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If civil servants have to take furloughs, AIG execs can give up bonuses, she says

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(CNN) -- Just moments after Mitt Romney triumphantly introduced Congressman Paul Ryan to American voters on the deck of the battleship USS Wisconsin, I happened to witness a heart-wrenching event on the tarmac of an airport hundreds of miles away: The casket of a fallen service member was returning home to his family in Florida. As I stood silently with a group of passengers watching a small honor guard march to attention, the hearse backing up to the conveyor belt, and the grieving family members holding each other up, I was reminded again that a nation's foreign policy has direct impact on all our lives.
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Frida Ghitis: Presidents face unexpected challenges when it comes to international affairs
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Ghitis: It's hard to find a sharp difference between Romney and Obama in foreign policy
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She says Obama and Romney disagree about the future Pentagon budget
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Ghitis: Obama or Romney will likely preside over conflict with Iran and involvement with Syria

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By Paul Donnelley A ‘tortured’ corpse washed up on a beach in Spain has been identified as that of missing Briton Francis Brennan. The body of Liverpudlian Francis Brennan who went on the run rather than going to prison for stabbing someone has been found on a Spanish beach Brennan, 25, from Anfield, Liverpool, was last seen in the Costa del Sol town of Javea on January 24 when he was taken away in handcuffs by men posing as Guardia Civil police. His remains were found last weekend wrapped in a bin bag and duct tape washed up on Orihuela Costa beach in Alicante. It was formally identified by Spanish authorities yesterday.
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Francis Brennan, 25, fled the UK after stabbing a man at a pop concert
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Body had been in the water for several days and showed signs of torture
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Police said remains in 'advanced state of decomposition'
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Girlfriend travelled to Spain to beg him to return to UK; he refused

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Held at an 'art gallery' near London's Euston station, it was one of the most extraordinary and nauseating press conferences of recent times. It had been convened at 3pm on Thursday by the 'human rights' organisation Cage following the identification of masked killer Jihadi John as the Kuwaiti-born Londoner Mohammed Emwazi. For three years, the campaign group had been in close contact with and offered support to Emwazi before he left Britain to fight in Syria in 2012. But rather than express an apology – or even a smidgen of regret – for having failed to turn him away from the path to barbarism, what we witnessed was almost an hour of excuses, accusation and invective against Britain, British society and the British state.
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Cage held a press conference yesterday to discuss identity of Jihadi John
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The group had been in contact with Mohammed Emwazi for three years
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Its bosses did not express any regret for failing to prevent his barbarism
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Instead, they called him an 'extremely kind' and 'beautiful young man'

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Britain's government lifted its ban on a controversial mining process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, Thursday, allowing companies to continue their exploration of shale gas reserves. Energy Secretary Edward Davey said the decision was subject to new controls to limit the risks of seismic activity. A halt was called to fracking last year after two small earthquakes in Lancashire, northwestern England, where Cuadrilla Resources was exploring for shale gas. The process involves pumping millions of gallons of water and chemicals into shale formations deep beneath the Earth's surface, causing the fracturing of the rock and the release of natural gas.
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Fracking can be done "safely and sensibly," the chief executive of Cuadrilla says
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Measures must be put in place to limit the risk of triggering earthquakes, government says
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Fracking was halted last year after it caused two small tremors in northwestern England
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Opponents: It's a dirty process, and promises of cheap, abundant gas are "deluded"

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(CNN) -- Israeli settlements have taken a "heavy toll" on the rights and sovereignty of Palestinians, a U.N. report said Thursday. The U.N. Human Rights Council report ticked off a range of rights it says have been consistently violated in the West Bank and East Jerusalem during what it calls "creeping annexation" by Israel. Yair Lapid: Israel's man of the 'future' They include "self-determination, non-discrimination, freedom of movement, equality, due process, fair trial, not to be arbitrarily detained, liberty and security of person, freedom of expression, freedom to access places of worship, education, water, housing, adequate standard of living, property, access to natural resources."
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Israel says it thinks the Human Rights Council is biased
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A Palestinian politician praises the report
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Report: Israeli authorities look the other way when settlers commit violence and intimidation

Question: It said that harassment of @placeholder is "institutionalized" and that women alone in their homes, Bedouins and other "vulnerable groups are easy targets for settler violence."


By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 02:08 EST, 29 November 2013 | UPDATED: 09:49 EST, 29 November 2013 The tracking device on a stolen laptop has helped catch two men suspected of the murder of a Michigan medical student. Police had few clues to work on when Paul DeWolf was found dead in his university fraternity house in July, killed by a single bullet wound. But on October 3 a MacBook stolen from Mr DeWolf's neighbor was switched on in Detroit, leading police to the possible killers. Scroll Down for Video Victim: Paul DeWolf was found dead in his bedroom in a fraternity house in Ann Arbor, Michigan on July 24
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Find My Mac service helped police track down men accused of shooting Paul DeWolf
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University of Michigan student was found dead from a single gunshot wound in July
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Computer believed to have been stolen from neighbor's home around the time DeWolf was killed, police say
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Shaquille Jones and Joei Jordan face murder and home invasion charges

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As soon as passengers arrive at the Rovos Rail station in Pretoria, South Africa, it's clear this won't be a typical train journey. No crowds, just fellow guests -- and only a few dozen of them -- heading on a three-day trip to Cape Town. Inside the meticulously restored building, champagne flows freely and ceiling fans turn leisurely. Occasionally the resident peacocks squawk as they preen around the platform, until they scatter with the arrival of the steaming locomotive. Yes, steaming, as if it was headed to Hogwarts, because that's what this pretty much is: a storybook rail safari through Africa.
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Rovos Rail operates from a private station in Pretoria, South Africa, connecting with destinations across southern Africa
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Trains formed of vintage carriages are pulled by a steam locomotive
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On board are luxury suites, dining cars and an observation car from which it's possible to watch game

Question: To encourage this, the journey from @placeholder begins with high tea.


(CNN) -- Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki is a 10-time NBA All-Star and the first European in history to receive the Most Valuable Player award. Born into an extraordinarily athletic family, the 7-foot German dabbled in a variety of sports -- from tennis to soccer -- before finding his calling as a teen. The 32-year-old power forward is now enjoying his 13th year in the NBA and has recently signed a contract worth $80 million over four years -- making him Germany's second highest paid sports star after F1 legend Michael Schumacher. But Dallas is a long way from his small suburban hometown of Wurzburg, in the heart of Germany.
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German-born NBA star Dirk Nowitzki comes from a very sporty home
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Says his parents are his biggest fans, but dad is also biggest critic
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He's Germany's second highest paid sportsman but says he's never been motivated by money

Question: Last year for the All-Star game that was here in @placeholder, I had 20 to 25 people come and stay at my house.

Question: CNN: You're the second highest-paid German athlete behind @placeholder.

Question: I got to carry the flag for @placeholder and led my nation into the stadium which, to this day, is one of the greatest days of my life.


Click here for Sportsmail's brilliant Match Zone from West Ham v Aston Villa One run has ended and another continued, but only Paul Lambert had cause to smile about this result. Sam Allardyce was far more preoccupied with how this one got away, even if it did mean West Ham have now gone five matches unbeaten in this excellent season of personal vindication. Make no mistake, this game was there for the taking for a free-scoring team who suddenly got the jitters in front of goal. Never was that more obvious than in the frenzied late stages of the second half.
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Aston Villa end their six-game losing Premier League run with scoreless draw against West Ham at Upton Park
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Paul Lambert's side had previously not collected a point since beating Liverpool in mid-September
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Andy Carroll makes his first appearance of the season off the bench in the second half
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The point lifts West Ham United into fourth place in the league on Saturday night

Question: Indeed, it really has been a tough season for them, even if @placeholder insisted confidence is good.


Rocker Joan Jett warned SeaWorld to stop blasting her music at "sound-sensitive" orcas or they'll see her protesting at their gate. "I was surprised and upset to see on YouTube that SeaWorld used "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" as the opening music for its cruel and abusive 'Shamu Rocks' show," Jett said in a letter sent this week to SeaWorld President Jim Atchison. Jett's demand comes as several major artists canceled planned performances at the Orlando, Florida, theme park in response to petition drives by fans who became upset after watching the CNN documentary "Blackfish." "I'm among the millions who saw 'Blackfish' and am sickened that my music was blasted without my permission at sound-sensitive marine mammals," Jett wrote. "These intelligent and feeling creatures communicate by sonar and are driven crazy in the tiny tanks in which they are confined."
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SeaWorld says it's dropped Joan Jett songs from Shamu show
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Joan Jett says she just learned SeaWorld plays "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" in orca show
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Jett: Orcas "are driven crazy in the tiny tanks" when blasted with music
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Heart, Willie Nelson, Barenaked Ladies, Cheap Trick cancel SeaWorld shows

Question: A SeaWorld spokesman said that Jett's song is no longer used in any of its shows, but that it "was played as walk-in music for the "@placeholder" nighttime show at SeaWorld Orlando and was fully licensed for us to use."

Question: "I don't agree with the way they treat their animals," @placeholder told CNN about his decision to cancel.


A teenager has told how she was 'stalked' by the prime suspect in the murder of Arkansas realtor Beverly Carter just a few months ago. Alex Rowe said she was so terrified of convicted felon Arron Lewis that she filed a harassment complaint with police. The 19-year-old told MailOnline in an exclusive interview that Lewis gave her 'the creeps' after he repeatedly sent her messages on Facebook. Scroll down for video Creepy: Alex Rowe described how her neighbor Lewis wouldn't leave her alone after befriending him Arrogant: Alex said that 'He thought he was so smooth that women would just fall at his feet'
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Alex Rowe called police after Arron Lewis bombarded her with Facebook messages 5 months ago when they were neighbors in Little Rock, Arkansas
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She said: 'He would just not leave me alone. He was really creepy. He thought he was so smooth that women would just fall at his feet'
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Beverly Carter's body was found a day after Lewis was arrested
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The 49-year-old realtor had disappeared last Thursday when she left to show a client a foreclosed home in Scott, Arkansas
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Her body was found overnight Tuesday and Lewis has been charged with capital murder, kidnapping and four counts of possession of firearm

Question: Lewis was living in a trailer home in south @placeholder when he met Rowe who was pregnant with her first child.


(CNN) -- Australia's reputation as the happy-go-lucky country was turned on its head in the late 1990s as the usually safe streets of the Victorian capital were transformed into a gangland war zone. Police investigate the scene where Des Tuppence Moran was killed in Melbourne in June 2009. Melbourne's "underbelly" of organized crime suddenly became public. Men hungry for easy money, power and control of the state's lucrative illegal amphetamines trade were prepared to do whatever it took to be the boss of the underworld. Violence erupted between two families -- the Morans and the Williams. Police say both had trafficked drugs in Melbourne for years and for a while had been associates. But as public demand for amphetamines grew, the rivalry increased with both camps desperate to secure the market.
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War erupts between two families -- the Morans, Williams -- over drug trade
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One man shot in van with kids, another while taking out garbage
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Thirty people killed in the high profile turf war
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War inspires smash hit television series called "Underbelly"

Question: Williams was now in control of @placeholder's illegal drug trade.


It was the first day of New York Fashion Week and the debut of Kanye West's collaboration with Adidas. But the rapper had without a doubt the most star-studded front row of the shows so far, with the likes of Beyonce, Jay Z, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and of course, his wife Kim Kardashian sitting pride of place. Reality star Kim was happily wedged in between her new BFF Beyonce and US Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Scroll down for video In the front row: KimKardashian  was flanked on both sides by Beyonce and Anna Wintour as little North sat in her lap at Kanye West's collaborative debut with Adidas at New York Fashion Week on Thursday
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Kim took North backstage before the show when the youngster grew upset
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Kylie Jenner was among the models in the presentation
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Other celebrity guests included Jay Z, Diddy and Hailey Baldwin
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Kanye also debuted his new song Wolves, featuring Sia and Vic Mensa

Question: : The pop star rocked up to the event with rumoured girlfriend @placeholder, wearing a different outfit


(CNN) -- When Gérard Depardieu triggered a fiscal feud with the French government a few weeks ago, the media had fun recasting him in his movie role as the comic book character Obélix, a fat and superhumanly strong Gaulois who stands up to the Romans. Now that the French movie star has abandoned the land of the Gauls to become a Russian citizen, his recent film role as the mad monk Rasputin is being evoked to put a cinematic image on a bizarre real-life drama that has become an affair of state. Depardieu's "defection" to Russia has both amused and angered his compatriots. The actor has not helped matters with his puzzling public statements. Depardieu, whose father was a communist, praised Russia as a "great democracy," a description open to some debate given that country's history.
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Gérard Depardieu is granted Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin
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Matthew Fraser: Depardieu is not the only one who wants to escape France's income taxes
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He says the French are suspicious of money and hostile toward the wealthy
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Fraser: Depardieu's choice to become a Russian citizen is seen as a rejection of France

Question: French television viewers watched footage of @placeholder defend Vladimir Putin and proudly brandish his new Russian passport.

Question: Depardieu's love for @placeholder cannot be indifferent to the country's flat 13% income tax rate, measurably lower than the 75% rate that France's socialist government will impose this year on income over a million euros.

Question: The notion of the "French exception" reinforces the idea that @placeholder is different and can resort to extraordinary means to protect its national identity, usually by heavy state intervention.


(CNN) -- The last U.S. combat brigade has pulled out of Iraq, but does that mean the more than 50,000 American troops who will remain there will never fire a shot or come under attack? A total end to violence seems unlikely, retired Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt warns. But Kimmitt, a former assistant secretary of state for political and military affairs, says Iraq's military forces are ready to handle their country's security challenges and protect the American advisers. Kimmitt weighed in on the situation Thursday on CNN's "American Morning." CNN: How vulnerable are we leaving Iraq -- and our remaining troops -- as new spasms of violence occur?
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All fighting unlikely to stop, retired Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt says
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Iraqi forces have been taking the lead for two years, he says
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Sacrifices of blood and resources were worthwhile, Kimmitt says
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Change of mission in Iraq should improve capabilities in Afghanistan, he says

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(CNN) -- Last week, Beijing's leading English-language newspaper, China Daily, begun publishing a weekly Africa edition, focusing on financial news and targeting Africa's growing middle class. Earlier this year, China's international broadcaster, CCTV, launched an impressive media operation in Africa, producing one hour a day of content from the continent as well as feature programs on African affairs, through a newsroom of more than 40 Chinese and 70 African staff members. Both initiatives add to the more established activities of China's news agency, Xinhua, which in recent years has deepened its partnerships with African media outlets and provides them with news from across the world as well as from the dozens of African countries where it has correspondents.
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New "Africa edition" of China Daily part of Chinese media influence on the continent
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It offers "positive reporting" on Africa, say Harry Verhoeven and Iginio Gagliardone
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Chinese media must avoid mistakes of Western press, they argue

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CLICK HERE to read Martin Samuel's full match report from Rome Manchester City should consider dropping Yaya Toure and continue using Fernando and Fernandinho as their midfield 'template' for playing in Europe, according to Gary Neville. The Premier League champions progressed to the last 16 of the Champions League with an organised and disciplined 2-0 defeat of Roma at the Stadio Olimpico - with Samir Nasri and Pablo Zabaleta netting the decisive goals. As Sportsmail's Jamie Carragher noted 'it wasn't pretty', but it was effective and fellow Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville believes that fielding a more defensive-minded partnership in midfield should be how Manuel Pellegrini sets his side up in the future.
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Manchester City defeated Roma 2-0 to progress to the knockout stages of the Champions League
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Fernando and Fernandinho provided greater stability in midfield in the absence of suspended Yaya Toure
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Manuel Pellegrini should consider this side as a 'template' for playing European football, says Sky pundit Gary Neville

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Cradling his baby in one arm and brandishing an assault rifle in the other, this is the British jihadist who skipped bail to fight for Islamic State. Siddhartha Dhar posted the photograph online to taunt the police and security services whose blunders allowed him to flee the UK. The 31-year-old – one of hate preacher Anjem Choudary’s top henchmen – is apparently living in Syria almost a month after he went on the run with his pregnant wife and family while under investigation by Scotland Yard. The fugitive, also known as Abu Rumaysah, posted the image on his Twitter social media account which bears his Muslim name with the hashtag Generation Khilafah – a reference to the so-called caliphate.
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Siddhartha Dhar was arrested in September along with eight other men
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Dhar was released on bail to reappear in December but fled the country
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Question: As she spoke, a second woman, thought to be @placeholder’s mother, appeared cradling a baby.


(CNN) -- Ukraine has suspended one of their top Olympic officials after an investigation alleged he was willing to sell up to 100 tickets for the London Games on the black market. A probe by the BBC, a British broadcaster, made the claims about Volodymyr Gerashchenko, a senior member of the Ukraine National Olympic Committee (UNOC). Gerashchenko, who has been part of the UNOC since 1997, was told of his suspension Wednesday by president Sergey Bubka, the former pole vaulting legend. A statement on UNOC's website quoyed Bubka as saying: "As President of the Ukraine NOC, I am committed to maintaining the highest standards and ethics within the Olympic Movement.
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Senior member of Ukraine National Olympic Committee (UNOC) suspended
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Volodymyr Gerashchenko said to have agreed to sell 100 Games tickets on black market
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Gerashchenko suspended by UNOC president Sergey Bubka Wednesday

Question: I have briefly spoken with General Secretary @placeholder and informed him that he is suspended pending this investigation.


By Associated  Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 15:39 EST, 23 December 2013 | UPDATED: 16:42 EST, 23 December 2013 A federal judge on Monday allowed gay marriage to continue in Utah, rejecting a request to put same-sex weddings on hold as the state appeals a decision that has sent couples flocking to county clerk offices for marriage licenses. Judge Robert J. Shelby overturned Utah's ban on same-sex marriage Friday, ruling the voter-approved measure is a violation of gay couples' constitutional rights. The state then asked him to put a stop to the weddings, but he rejected the request.
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Gay marriages were permitted to continue in Utah despite a state request to block them
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Hundreds of marriage certificates have been issued across multiple counties since Friday - including 200 in Salt Lake County alone
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Some county clerks have shuttered while awaiting a judge's decision

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Question: The state quickly took steps to appeal the ruling and halt the process, setting up Monday's hearing before @placeholder.


By Emily Davies PUBLISHED: 09:13 EST, 28 January 2013 | UPDATED: 09:29 EST, 28 January 2013 Mike Rodman collapsed just days after this picture with five-month-old daughter Eva A 37-year-old footballer collapsed and died on the pitch - just days after posing for a picture with his five-month-old daughter. Mike Rodman, from Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, collapsed ten minutes into the game on Saturday as his girlfriend Lauren Workman, 23, looked on in horror with baby Eva. Despite extensive CPR Mike, who was player-manager of Bristol-based Kingswood AFC reserves, died shortly afterwards. Club chairman Rob Bateman, who watched the tragedy unfold, said: 'I saw him just fall to the floor face first, there wasn't another player near him.
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Mike Rodman collapsed and died ten minutes into the Kingswood and Charfield derby in front of his girlfriend and daughter
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He received CPR for more than one hour but could not be saved

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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul sent a strong signal Tuesday to 2016-watchers that Benghazi isn't dead as a presidential campaign issue, slamming former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for failing to prevent the 2012 terror attack in the Libyan port city that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other American personnel. 'We have to defend ourselves,' he told a conservative audience at a summit hosted by Heritage Action for America. 'We also have to defend our diplomatic missions around the world.' 'I put a lot of blame at the feet of Hillary Clinton for not defending the embassy – or the consulate – in Benghazi. I think she did a terrible job. And I think that it's inexcusable, basically, when you're asked for security that you not provide it.'
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I put a lot of blame at the feet of Hillary Clinton for not defending the consulate in Benghazi,' Sen. Paul told a conservative audience; 'I think she did a terrible job'
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Complains that secular dictators deposed by the US are 'replaced by chaos and the rise of radical Islam – and that would be in Hillary's war in Libya'
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Islamist radicals stormed the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012, creating a rallying point for the GOP's right wing
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Paul will likely need to compete with Sen. Ted Cruz in 2016 for the hearts and minds of conservatives in the GOP's base

Question: He staked out less emotional territory, however, by outlining what he said was 'a war going on between what I call civilized Islam and barbaric @placeholder.'


A devoted mother has had the chance to see her daughter as a young woman - 13 years after she was brutally murdered by her father. Kathy Brant, from Illinois, US, has had a photo of Lindsay Powell - who was killed in a vicious hammer attack at the age of four - aged digitally to imagine the face she would have had at 18. ‘She is absolutely beautiful. Every time I look at her, I feel full of hope,’ the 41-year-old said. Kathy Brant had a picture made of Lindsay Powell as a young woman, digitally aged from childhood snaps
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Kathy Brant's ex-husband Brad murdered Lindsay, 4, in a vicious attack
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Attempted to kill Kathy, from Illinois, in 1997 to be with another woman
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41-year-old child abuse activist says photo is 'absolutely beautiful'

Question: Kathy was finally granted a divorce soon after and had @placeholder’s parental rights revoked.


A global travel alert issued Friday by the State Department warned al Qaeda may launch attacks in the Middle East, North Africa and beyond in coming weeks, a threat that prompted Sunday's closure of 21 embassies and consulates. The U.S. government's actions are in response to growing intelligence that shows a potential for attacks in Yemen and elsewhere in the Middle East as well as North Africa, said U.S. officials who spoke to CNN on condition of not being identified. "The threat appears to be much worse than it has (been) in a long time," said a senior national security official in Yemen, where the government is "on high alert against possible attacks in the days to come."
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The State Department issues a global travel alert on possible al Qaeda attacks
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Sources say al Qaeda is in final planning stages of unspecified plot
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Rep. King: Information is "specific," attacks "really could be almost anyplace"
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Western targets, not just American ones, are under threat, officials say

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(CNN) -- He is India's most successful Test match captain but Mahendra Singh Dhoni has decided enough is enough. The 33-year-old has retired from Test match cricket, bringing down the curtain on an illustrious career in which he thrilled crowds across the world. Dhoni, who made his debut in 2005, captained India in 60 of his 90 Test matches but decided to quit on Tuesday following the draw with Australia in Melbourne which meant his side conceded the series. In a statement, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said that Dhoni made the decision to retire from Tests "in order to concentrate" on one-day and Twenty20 cricket.
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MS Dhoni has retired from Test cricket
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Indian captain made announcement after series defeat by Australia
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Dhoni led India to 27 victories in 60 Test matches as captain
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The 33-year-old will now concentrate on one-day and Twenty20 cricket

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By Chris Pleasance PUBLISHED: 11:39 EST, 10 November 2013 | UPDATED: 12:20 EST, 10 November 2013 In 1909 Queen Victoria had been dead for eight years, her successor Edward VII was on the throne and World War I was still five years from starting. That year also saw the birth of Evelyn and Edith in Scotland, the world's oldest surviving twins, who will celebrate their 104th birthdays on Friday. However the sisters, who live in the same retirement home, may have to spend it apart as one of them is in hospital. Evelyn Middleton (left) and her sister Edith Ritchie are the world's oldest surviving twins and will celebrate their 104th birthdays on Friday
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Non-identical twins Evelyn and Edith born 1909 when Edward VII on throne
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World's oldest twins will celebrate their 104th birthdays on Friday
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Lives have seen two World Wars, discovery of penicillin and moon landing
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Between them they have eight children, 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren, and six great-great grandchildren

Question: After the passing of their husbands the sisters helped to look after one-another and as @placeholder's eyesight failed Edith, who puts her longevity down to hard work and a bowl of porridge every morning, started reading the paper to her.


(CNN)  -- Next month, the Vidalia Onion Committee, a Georgia group that promotes the consumption of sweet onions, will roll out 6-foot cardboard cutouts of the ogre Shrek as a tie-in to the latest film in the series, "Shrek Forever After." In turn, the Georgia-based growers group hopes the green guy will turn children on to eating Vidalia onions. "We do like to market to younger audiences and teach them about our product," said Wendy Brannen, the committee's executive director. Although it's not the first time movie advertising has taken to the produce aisle (Disney promoted the DVD release of Peter Pan a few years ago with stickers on fresh tomatoes), it's definitely one of the most prominent displays.
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Vidalia Onion Committee to place cutouts of Shrek in grocery stores
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Industry officials say it's good if it means children eat more vegetables
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Popeye, Disney characters have also done partnerships with produce companies

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Washington (CNN) -- Forget about pushing voters to the polls in the final 72 hours. Republican war rooms are now just as focused on turning voters into votes weeks before Election Day. In their multi-front battle to win back the Senate and hold on to governor mansions, Republican operatives don't want their supporters to wait until Nov. 4, and they're investing real money, technology and manpower to try to match Democrats, on a playing field the left has dominated in recent contests. Many credit an early voting advantage by Democrats for playing a key role in the 2012 presidential elections. The practice has upended the traditional electoral calendar and Republicans have revamped their approach, at a time when 33 states and the District of Columbia now offer some form of early voting.
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Republican operations are pouring more resources than ever into early voting.
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Democrats say they've had the early voting advantage and that the GOP won't bridge the gap.
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Iowa Republicans have invested $1 million specifically for mobilizing early voters.
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Early voting starts in Georgia on Monday.

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(CNN) -- Thousands have died in the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and much of the global conversation has centered on the lack of an approved medication to treat the deadly disease. Yet in 2013, 1.5 million people died from another infectious disease that has a cure. On Wednesday, the World Health Organization released its 2014 Global Tuberculosis Report, which shows that 9 million people developed tuberculosis in 2013 and 1.5 million died, making it one of the world's deadliest communicable diseases. "In addition, around 3 million people who fall ill from TB are still being 'missed' by health systems each year either because they are not diagnosed, or because they are diagnosed but not reported," the WHO said in a statement.
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World Health Organization releases 2014 Global Tuberculosis Report
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9 million people developed tuberculosis in 2013, it says
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TB is a bacterial infection that can be spread through the air
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There are several drug regimens approved to treat TB

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Nikolaevo, Bulgaria (CNN) -- The homes are built with mud and straw. The streets are dirt and puddles. An old Roma lady gestures that she's so hungry it feels like her belly has been slit. This is Nikolaevo, a tumbledown Roma village in the heart of Bulgaria. If fate had dealt a girl known as "Maria" a different hand, she would have grown up here, surrounded by decay and poverty. DNA tests have now solved part of the mystery of Maria, the child called the "blond angel" by Greek media after she was discovered during a police raid on a Roma camp in Farsala, Greece. Her birth parents are Bulgarian -- Saska Ruseva and Atanas Rusev -- and, like the Greek couple who had been raising Maria, they, too, are Roma.
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CNN's Karl Penhaul visits the Bulgarian Roma village where "Maria" grew up
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"We gave her away. I didn't take any money," her biological mother says
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DNA match traced birth parents of Maria to the village of Nikolaevo
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Greek Roma couple who raised Maria are in custody charged with kidnapping

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Taylor Swift will be welcoming you to New York for the next year, but many of the city's residents are already wishing the megastar had stayed in Nashville. Taylor Swift? What about Jennifer Lopez, Jay Z or even Jerry Seinfeld? Named the city's first Global Welcome Ambassador for its "Welcome To New York" campaign -- she has a song of the same name -- Swift is attracting criticism as a carpetbagger. She bought a $19.9 million apartment in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood this year. It's not exactly the act of a struggling artist from elsewhere, inspired by Frank Sinatra to roll the dice on the city that never sleeps. Or even a local girl from the Bronx riding the 6 train to make it in Manhattan.
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Taylor Swift is New York's first Global Welcome Ambassador
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Swift's newest album features a pop ode to the city that never sleeps
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Her city bona fides are questionable when compared with other lovers of NYC

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(CNN) -- A federal judge will allow John Hinckley, the man who shot and severely wounded President Ronald Reagan in a 1981 assassination attempt, more time away from a Washington psychiatric hospital to visit his elderly mother in Virginia. HIs periodic visits away from St. Elizabeth's Hospital are currently restricted to 10 days at a time. He now will be permitted 17-day visits to Williamsburg. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the shootings of Reagan, White House press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, and police officer Thomas Delahanty. All survived the attack, but Brady was left permanently disabled.
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Hinckley attempted to kill President Ronald Reagan in 1981
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He and others were shot outside hotel in Washington
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Hinckley is confined to a Washington psychiatric hospital
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He is allowed limited visits to his mother's home in Virginia

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By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor PUBLISHED: 10:16 EST, 25 September 2012 | UPDATED: 03:30 EST, 26 September 2012 It seems there is only one must-have accessory at the Liberal Democrat conference in rainy Brighton: A badge declaring ‘I’m A PLEB!’ Hundreds of the novelty badges have been sold in the last 24 hours, inspired by Vince Cable’s declaration that he was a ‘pleb’ who could not resist a dig at Andrew Mitchell, who is under pressure over claims he used the four-letter word during a rant at Downing Street police. Senior Lib Dems think there is political capital to be gained from siding with the police – and the ‘plebs’ – in the big political division of the week.
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Vince Cable inspires a fashion accessory with his swipe at Conservative chief whip Andrew Mitchell for his tirade at Downing Street police
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Danny Alexander gets in on the act, starting his joke-packed speech to delegates with the words: 'Fellow plebs!'

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(CNN) -- It was only after a crowd of screaming students ran past Darnell Rodgers in a stairway at his Cleveland, Ohio, high school Wednesday afternoon that he realized he had been shot. "They were screaming, 'Oh my God! Oh my God,'" said Rodgers, a senior at SuccessTech Academy near downtown Cleveland. Rodgers suddenly felt his arm "burning," he said, and realized he had been shot in the elbow. Police have started to piece together what happened. At around 1:15 p.m. ET, 14-year-old gunman Asa Coon, who was a student at the school, walked the halls firing a gun in each hand, Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath said.
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Police chief: Teen gunman may have targeted some victims
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Shooting victims are two adults and two teenagers
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Teen gunman suspended from school on Monday, Chief Michael McGrath said
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Thursday classes at SuccessTech High are canceled

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Deborah Turness will be the first woman president of a network television news division in the United States NBC News has chosen a British woman as its new chief, making her the first ever female president of a network television news division in U.S. history. Deborah Turness, currently head of Britain’s ITV News, will succeed Steve Capus who stepped down from the position in February after nearly eight years in the job. Turness faces a number of key challenges, in particular attempting to turn around breakfast show 'Today' which has fallen behind ABC’s 'Good Morning America' after a historic 16-year run in first place.
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Deborah Turness set to be next NBC News president and first female president of a U.S. network television news division
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She will join from ITV News in the U.K. and her brief will include turning around the 'Today' program
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The channel has also cancelled 'Rock Center' after it struggled to attract a primetime audience
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Williams will continue to host the very popular NBC Nightly News on weeknights

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Question: ‘While we’re disappointed with the news, we are very proud of the hard work that the "@placeholder" team put into the program each week,' said Fili-Krushel.


London, England (CNN) -- British airlines should stop "kowtowing" to American security demands like making passengers take off their shoes and remove laptops from carry-on bags, the chairman of British Airways argued at an industry conference. Some security checks required by the Americans are "completely redundant," Martin Broughton said at the UK Airport Operators conference in London Monday night, BA confirmed to CNN. He also criticized the United States for demanding tighter security on inbound international flights than they do for U.S. domestic travel. "America does not do internally a lot of the things they demand that we do," he said. "We shouldn't stand for that. We should say, 'We'll only do things which we consider to be essential and that you Americans also consider essential.'
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A British government minister says he's responding to industry concerns
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Security delays are among passengers' top annoyances, a travel website says
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Other industry executives agree with BA, the head of an umbrella organization told CNN

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Question: Large quantities of liquid were banned from cabins in 2006 after @placeholder authorities broke up what they said was a plot to use liquid explosives to bring down U.S.-bound planes.


(CNN) -- Colin Powell stirred up the Republican Party's very public internal debate about the direction of the party and asserted it's losing because it doesn't appeal to moderates like him. The Republican Party is losing "men, woman, white, blacks and Hispanics," says Colin Powell. Two Republican leaders questioned Powell's GOP credentials. Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh said Powell should leave the party. Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he thought he already had. Powell says he's still very much a Republican and said the party would be better off to include more moderates like him. "The Republican Party is losing north, south, east, west; men, woman, white, blacks and Hispanics," Powell said in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation."
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Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh said Powell should leave GOP
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he thought he already had
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GOP "losing north, south, east, west," says Powell
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Karl Rove says he would choose Rush Limbaugh over Colin Powell

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Beijing (CNN) -- Chinese authorities on Wednesday formally charged a prominent Uyghur scholar with "separatism" months after his detention, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Ilham Tohti, an economics professor at Beijing's Minzu University, was detained by police in January and taken to his native Xinjiang, China's restive northwestern region where a spate of recent violent incidents have been blamed by the government on Uyghur separatists seeking to establish an independent state. Just a day earlier, Xinhua cited local police as saying that a gang wielding knives and axes attacked civilians, a police station, government offices and smashed vehicles on Monday in southern Xinjiang, killing and injuring dozens. The government called the incident an "organized and premeditated" terrorist attack and said police officers at the scene shot dead dozens of people in the mob, according to Xinhua.
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Formal charge against Ilham Tohti comes a day after violence in southern Xinjiang
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Tohti went on a hunger strike during his incarceration in January
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Uyghur-Han relations are a focus of Tohti's research

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Britain is still paying child benefit for 34,000 children who live elsewhere in the European Union, despite every major political party wanting to stop the handouts. David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg have repeatedly called for end to money being sent abroad by EU migrants working in the UK who leave their children in their home country, two-thirds of which are in Poland. But with any deal on scrapping the rules which force Britain to export benefits far from certain, it will continue to cost taxpayers up to £30million every year until an agreement can be reached with all of the 27 other EU member states.
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Child benefit paid to 20,660 families with 34,199 children outside the UK
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Two thirds of payments are sent to Poland, for 22,456 children
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The enforcement of EU rules costing the British taxpayer £30million-a-year
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David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg all say payments should end
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But agreement is needed with all of the 27 other EU member states
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Tories promise renegotiation before a referendum by the end of 2017
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It means action to tackle benefits being exported could be years off
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel due in London tomorrow for talks

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Teen star-turned-bad girl Miley Cyrus has shocked the world again, this time appearing in the form of a twerking Michele Bachmann, mocking the federal government shutdown on Saturday Night Live. Miley's skit featured the 20-year-old pop singer dancing in skimpy clothing in parody of her new song, 'We Can't Stop' - portraying the conservative Tea Party politician for a video titled 'We Did Stop The Government.' SNL castmember Taran Killiam played House Speaker John Boehner and pranced around with Cyrus in his tightie-whiteys and a white wife-beater shirt. Scroll down for video Twerk it: Miley Cyrus, left, plays Michelle Bahmann while SNL castmember Taran Killam showed off his moves as House Speaker John Boehner on Saturday Night Live
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The former teen star, 20, appears on the popular NBC show and delivers a shocking and entertaining performance
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She twerks in music video parody of her song, We Can't Stop, pretending to be Michelle Bachmann
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SNL cast member, Taran Killam, prances around with her pretending to be Speaker John Boehner
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The controversial video parody shows Cyrus and Hall riding Republicans and cutting open 'elephants'
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Cyrus says she will not apologise for her performance at the VMAs
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She joked she got 'a lot of letters from angry mothers, turned on fathers' after that show
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She also quipped that Hannah Montana was 'murdered'

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By Associated Press and Snejana Farberov and Associated Press Reporter A search of a park for an 8-year-old girl who has been missing for nearly a month is now a 'recovery operation,' although District of Columbia police haven't given up hope of finding the child alive, Chief Cathy Lanier said Thursday. A day after Relisha Tenau Rudd was last seen on March 1 in the district, suspect Kahlil Malik Tatum bought a carton of 42-gallon contractor trash bags at a store in Washington and was seen in the area of the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Lanier said. 'We can't ignore the possibility he may have killed her,' Lanier said at a news conference at the park.
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Relisha Tenau Rudd, 8, was last seen alive March 1; next day, Kahlil Tatum, 51, was seen buying box of contractor trash bags
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Relisha's family asked Tatum, a janitor at homeless shelter where they had been living, to care for the girl on February 26
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The 8-year-old's mother did not file missing persons report and told police Relisha was traveling with 'Dr Tatum'
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Janitor allegedly pretended to be Relisha's physician to get her out of school with help from her family

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(CNN) -- What a difference two debates have made. Before the first presidential debate last week, President Barack Obama appeared to be cruising toward re-election and possibly a thumping victory. After the first presidential debate, that changed dramatically: Suddenly, we had a horse race. Now after the vice presidential debate Thursday night, we not only have a horse race, but partisans fired up on both sides. Joe Biden relit the fire under Democrats in a passionate, often dominant tangle with Paul Ryan. Going into that encounter, Democratic spirits were not only drooping but some were beginning to panic that they were throwing away the election.
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David Gergen: Two debates in two weeks have transformed presidential race
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Gergen says the polls have tightened, partisans on both sides are fired up
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CNN poll gave a slight edge to Paul Ryan; Gergen says he had edge on style
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Gergen: Tuesday's town hall debate looks increasingly important

Question: An old pro, @placeholder knows how to play to seniors, women and the middle class.

Question: The CNN poll of registered voters who had watched the debate reached a similar conclusion: Forty-eight percent said @placeholder won, 44% said Biden, though the difference was within the poll's margin of error.


Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- A 14-year-old Australian boy accused of marijuana possession could face jail time on the resort island of Bali. With his face covered in a black mask, the teenager was mobbed by the media as he entered a local court complex for the first day of his trial Tuesday. Earlier, prosecutor Gusti Gede Putu Atmaja said the judge would not wear his usual robe to try to minimize stress on the boy. The trial is closed to the public. The Australian teen -- whose name has not been publicly released -- faces three charges under Indonesia's stringent narcotics laws.
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The teen, accused of marijuana posession, has been detained since his October 4 arrest
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He was on vacation with his parents in Bali
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The teen could be sent to rehabilitation instead of jail
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Indonesia has strict drug laws, with some crimes punishable by death

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London, England (CNN) -- There are many off-field aspects to the modern-day World Cup which makes the experience complete for soccer-crazy fans; from the unveiling of a tournament mascot to themed merchandise such as computer games and event specific kits for the teams taking part. Another crucial element to this list of tournament treats is the release of the all-important official World Cup football. The 2010 edition of the event, which will kick off in South Africa on June 11, is no different, with football's world governing body FIFA commissioning German sport manufacturer Adidas to create the hallowed orb. The ball has been named "Jabulani" -- a Zulu phrase which means "to celebrate" -- and uses eleven different colors to represent the eleven players on a team, as well as the eleven official languages and tribes of South Africa.
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The new 2010 World Cup ball is named "Jabulani", which means "to celebrate" in Zulu
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Adidas rrigorously tested the ball in their specially made wind tunnel in Scheinfeld, Germany
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World Cup footballs have not been made out of leather since the 1986 edition of the tournament in Mexico

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By Scarlett Russell A grieving mother whose toddler died last year when she was strangled by a window blind cord gave birth to a new baby girl on Tuesday. Amanda O'Halloran, 23, and her partner Chris Parslow from Tirley, near Gloucester lost their daughter, Sophia, in the freak accident last June. Sophia was just 17 months old. Bundle of joy: Amanda O'Halloran and her partner Chris Parslow, pictured here with their new baby Isabella, who was born last Tuesday But they couple say they have once again found joy since the birth of Isabella, who weighed 6lbs 8oz and bears a striking resemblance to her much mourned sister.
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Sophia was 17 months old when she died in accident on 27 June 2013
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Parents Amanda O'Halloran and Chris Parslow struggled to deal with loss
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Amanda gave birth to baby Isabella on Tuesday
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'Chris and I are both on cloud nine - now we've got a future,' she says

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(CNN) -- Federal health authorities recommended Monday that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the United States against rotavirus, saying the vaccine is contaminated with material from a pig virus. "There is no evidence at this time that this material poses a safety risk," Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg told reporters in a conference call. Rotarix, made by GlaxoSmithKline, was approved by the FDA in 2008. The contaminant material is DNA from porcine circovirus 1, a virus from pigs that is not known to cause disease in humans or animals, Hamburg said. About 1 million children in the United States and about 30 million worldwide have gotten Rotarix vaccine, she said.
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Doctors have been advised to suspend use of Rotarix rotavirus vaccine
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GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Rotarix, says the contamination is not harmful

Question: The FDA learned about the contamination after an academic research team using a novel technique to look for viruses in a range of vaccines found the material in @placeholder's product and told the company, Hamburg said.


Washington (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared the Afghan leader's visit to the United States this week a success, saying on Thursday that it had helped strengthen the partnership between Washington and Kabul at a critical point in the war against Taliban and al Qaeda extremists. They also stressed that President Obama's July 2011 deadline to start withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan did not represent a weakening of America's commitment to the war-torn Islamic republic. The two leaders spoke at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington -- part of what became a week of playing down tensions between U.S. and Afghan officials.
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Karzai visits graves of U.S. soldiers at Arlington Cemetery
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Meetings this week have tried to play down tensions between Washington and Kabul

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Question: @placeholder's role, in turn, is partly to ensure Afghan sovereignty is respected, he said.