By John Hall and Ted Thornhill A dog which viciously attacked a four-year-old boy only to be scared off by a fearless cat has been euthanized, it has been claimed. Scrappy, an eight-month-old Labrador-Chow mix, was apparently put down at Bakersfield animal shelter after he was filmed attacking his young neighbor Jeremy Triantafilo. Jeremy's life was saved when his pet cat Tara selflessly pounced on the dog as it launched its attack, chasing the vicious animal down the street so her best friend could receive emergency medical help. Scroll down for video Lurking: Jeremy Triantafilo was outside his family's home when Scrappy the dog escaped and ran towards him. The Labrador-Chow mix has since been destroyed at nearby at Bakersfield animal shelter
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Labrador-Chow mix reportedly destroyed at Bakersfield animal shelter
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Eight-month-old 'Scrappy' was filmed attacking four-year-old neighbour
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Dog viciously shook Jeremy Triantafilo by the leg until pet cat intervened
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Tara the tabby pounced on Scrappy and chased him off down the street
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The dog continued to display aggression in the days after the attack
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He bit two staff at the animal centre and tried to attack several others

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By Sean O'hare PUBLISHED: 04:02 EST, 18 January 2013 | UPDATED: 13:27 EST, 18 January 2013 Hundreds of descendants of notorious bush ranger Ned Kelly gathered at a Catholic church in Australia today for a final farewell to the controversial outlaw, 132 years after his death. Mourners, including Kelly's great-grand-niece Joanne Griffiths and great-grandnephew Anthony Griffiths, stood by a funeral car carrying Kelly's remains as they prepared to send him off with a traditional service at St Patrick's Church in Wangaratta, north-east Victoria, in line with his dying wish. His bones - minus his skull, which remains missing - will be buried in an unmarked grave at a private ceremony reportedly alongside his mother and siblings, in Greta, near Glenrowan this Sunday.
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Catholic church in north-east Victoria bids farewell to famous outlaw
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Ned Kelly, member of the Kelly Gang, was hanged for murder in 1880
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Descendants say private farewells were in keeping with outlaw's requests
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He's expected to be buried alongside his mother and siblings this Sunday

Question: He also told the 300-strong congregation of the public divide around the @placeholder legend: 'Thus it has been and thus it will be.'


(CNN) -- The Obama administration will sue to halt a Texas requirement that voters show identification at the polls, signaling a new effort on voting rights enforcement following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this year that threw out a key part of a landmark federal law. The Justice Department said on Thursday that had put in motion a plan to seek a court order declaring that the strict 2011 Texas law violates the Voting Rights Act and certain constitutional guarantees. "Today's action marks another step forward in the Justice Department's continuing effort to protect the voting rights of all eligible Americans," Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement.
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Obama administration takes new approach to voting rights enforcement following court ruling
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Legal challenge to strict Texas law approved in 2011 will be test case
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Supreme Court in June invalidated key enforcement part of Voting Rights Act
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Previous formula used to determine which states, mostly in the South, needed special oversight

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Camp Verde, Arizona (CNN) -- The eighth day in the trial of a formal spiritual retreat leader charged with manslaughter after a deadly sweat lodge ceremony concluded Friday with emotional testimony from the roommate of one of the victims. Self-help author and James Arthur Ray is accused of three counts of manslaughter in the deaths of three people who were in the sweat lodge for the purification ceremony. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison on each count. Witness Beverley Bunn, who roomed with victim Kirby Brown during the five-day retreat in 2009, went through an exhaustive examination Friday, recounting all eight rounds of the sweat lodge purification ceremony. Each round lasted 10 to 15 minutes. While they were not prevented from leaving, participants have said they were encouraged to wait until the breaks between rounds.
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Beverley Bunn roomed with one of the three victims at the 2009 retreat
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Self-help author and retreat leader James Ray is charged with manslaughter
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Defense calls the incident "a tragic accident"

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(CNN)A victim of a reported home invasion in Bristol, Connecticut, was found outside of the credit union where he works with what appeared to be an explosive device strapped to his body, authorities said Monday. The victim, identified as Matthew Yussman, chief financial officer of Achieve Financial Credit Union, told police that multiple attackers broke into his home Monday morning and attached a device -- subsequently believed to be fake, according to a law enforcement source -- to his body. A similar device was also strapped to Yussman's mother, who was also in the home at the time of the break-in, the law enforcement source said.
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Credit union employee tells police that intruders broke into his home in Bristol, Connecticut, Monday morning
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They put what appeared to be bombs on him and his mother, then sent him to rob the credit union, he says
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No one was injured, and police are still seeking suspects in the case

Question: At least one of the men is white, and they spoke in "distinct accents that were not consistent with being native to @placeholder."


(CNN) -- Did you have a Franz Ferdinand moment when you first heard about Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashing in eastern Ukraine? I am talking about the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination 100 years ago sparked World War I. The reaction from some politicians and hacks suggested they were having such a moment, after the MH17 crash -- hinting that the world would never be the same. The Malaysian Boeing 777, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed in the Donetsk region of war torn eastern Ukraine, in an area controlled by anti-government forces, known as "pro-Russian separatists" in the West.
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Russia is in the dock over MH17, despite few confirmed facts, says Alexander Nekrassov
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Nekrassov says Ukraine has blamed Moscow for the crash, accusing it of arming rebels
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But he says it would be tough for Kiev to argue how a "rag tag army" could bring down a plane
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The tragedy will hopefully focus international attention on ending the Ukraine bloodshed, he says

Question: The one thing that will most definitely change after the downing of flight @placeholder is that the civil war raging in Ukraine that had somehow been forgotten by the outside world will now -- with the death of nearly 300 foreign citizens -- get an international dimension.


(CNN) -- You might think of Italy's fashion capital when you hear the word Milan, but pop singer Shakira and soccer star Gerard Pique say that isn't what they had in mind when they named their baby boy. Milan Pique Mebarak was born at 9:36 p.m. Tuesday in Barcelona, Spain, according to an announcement posted on Shakira's website. Mebarak is Shakira's seldom-used surname. "The name Milan (pronounced MEE-lahn), means dear, loving and gracious in Slavic; in Ancient Roman, eager and laborious; and in Sanskrit, unification," the announcement said. The 35-year-old Colombian singer first revealed her pregnancy in September, canceling a scheduled weekend concert appearance at a music festival in Las Vegas.
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Milan Pique Mebarak was born in Barcelona, Spain
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His name "means dear, loving and gracious in Slavic," according to Shakira's website
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Shakira and Gerard Pique called for UNICEF donations as part of a "world baby shower"

Question: Last week, a black-and-white photo on her website showed a pregnant Shakira, wearing a bikini top, standing beside her 25-year-old boyfriend, who plays for @placeholder's FC Barcelona.


Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state under President George W. Bush, traveled 23 times to the Middle East in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to mediate an Israeli-Palestinian accord. Meanwhile, the Russians invaded Georgia. President Barack Obama's secretary of state, John Kerry, has shuttled 11 times to the region in search of the same elusive goal. And while American diplomacy was once again focused elsewhere, the Russians invaded  Ukraine. Now, in an effort to curb Russia, the United States is pausing from its efforts to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace to generate international pressure on the Kremlin. But the pivot may prove impossible, as the issues of Russian expansionism and the stability of the Middle East remain dangerously intertwined.
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Michael Oren: While U.S. focused on mediation in Middle East, Russia acted in Crimea
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He says Russia has influence with Syria and relations with Iran could upend strategy on nukes
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Russia has played its cards well, while U.S. risks being outmaneuvered, he says
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Oren: U.S. should reassert itself in the Middle East and move to protect its allies

Question: The erosion can only be stopped -- and @placeholder expansionism checked -- by the reassertion of American preeminence.

Question: Today, conversely, the struggle over Crimea could further escalate @placeholder conflicts and lead to even greater violence.


Sanaa, Yemen (CNN)Shiite rebels took responsibility Saturday for the abduction of the Yemeni President's chief of staff in downtown Sanaa. Ahmed bin Mubarak, top aide to President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, was abducted by gunmen Saturday morning, security officials said. Houthi rebels "were forced to seize Mubarak and this was an important step to cut the way of any coup attempt on the peace and transition deal," said a statement by the rebels' political faction, Ansarullah. Hadi appointed bin Mubarak premier back in October, but the rebels rejected the nomination. A senior media adviser to the Houthi movement in Yemen, Osama Sari, told CNN that the presidential chief of staff had been detained by the Houthis as a message to the President.
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Houthi rebels say abduction sends a message to Yemeni President
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President seeks a new constitution without the approval of the Houthis, rebels say
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"This is force for political gain, a ridiculous show of muscle flexing," Yemen official says

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Okaloosa Island, Florida (CNN) -- Vacationers were the first to notice the bird fumbling in the water near this popular tourist beach last week. It bobbed and swayed differently than other birds, and didn't react when humans came dangerously close. Once it was ashore, they could see why: a light sheen of oil covered its feathers. Animal health technician Stephanie Neumann tried to rescue the Northern Gannet, but beach safety officers stopped her. Her coworkers at the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge already had stabilized birds and a sea turtle affected by the Gulf oil disaster, but officials wanted to know: Did she have a contract with BP? Could she -- and the bird --wait while they verified her organization's status?
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Residents and vacationers in Okaloosa County in Florida are starting to spot tar balls and oiled wildlife on their beaches.
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County commissioners voted to respond to the oil spill with their own plans, regardless of whether unified command approved.
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Unified command sped up approval of their plans and will meet with commissioners this week.

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(CNN) -- The Internet was made for moments like these. Clint Eastwood and his empty chair didn't so much detract from Mitt Romney's big moment at the last night of the Republican National Convention, as much as they became breakout stars in their own right. Romney and Marco Rubio still had their moments. Clint retained his Hollywood icon status. And two new stars were born, Invisible Obama and Clint's Chair. Those weren't the only OMG moment during the final night of the RNC. 1. More crying "Is crying becoming a 'thing' for Republicans?" asked @libgrrrl Thursday night. We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
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"Is crying becoming a 'thing' for Republicans?" asks one tweeter
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LGBT group threw a party that included go-go dancers and a velvet rope
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The Twitter account @ClintsChair has more than 2,000 followers
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Several photos of a man wearing a hat made of a beer case earned salutes

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Arsenal legend Ray Parlour believes that Arsene Wenger and the club need to start spending more if they want to have any chance of competing for the Premier League title in the future. The Gunners bought Villarreal defender Gabriel Paulista for £11.2million and signed 17-year-old midfielder Krystian Bielik in a £2.4million deal from Legia Warsaw during the January transfer window. However, Parlour believes that the club still need to invest heavily in the summer, despite the saying Arsenal squad is in good health. Arsenal legend Ray Parlour believes that the club need to start spending if they want to compete for the title
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Ray Parlour says Arsenal need to spend more if they want to have any chance of competing with Manchester City and Chelsea for the title
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The 41-year-old thinks the summer will be very important for the Gunners
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Parlour has been impressed with Francis Coquelin's recent performances
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Every year, thousands of Hawaiian tourists choose the small residential town of Kailua over the hustle and bustle of larger resort towns. Even President Barack Obama and his family have made it their yearly holiday vacation destination. Located off the southeast coast of Hawaii, Kailua boasts beachfront properties overlooking pristine white sand beaches. But residents are now asking Hawaii's Tourism Authority to stop promoting the town as an overnight destination. "We have a city ordinance that does not permit these short terms tourist rentals in residential areas," said Kailua Neighborhood Board  Chairman, Chuck Prentiss. He cited a Honolulu County land use ordinance approved in the 1980s.
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Kailua boasts beachfront properties overlooking pristine white sand beaches
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Even the Obamas have made it their yearly holiday vacation spot
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City says it does not permit short terms tourist rentals in residential areas
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Most of these short terms rentals are illegal, official says

Question: The board's resolution was a response to a page on the Tourism Authority's website promoting @placeholder's short-term rentals for families and large groups.


Tim Cahill faced up to the end of his World Cup dream after scoring one of the greatest goals in the tournament's history. The 34-year-old Australia striker evoked memories of Marco van Basten's wondergoal at Euro '88 with a stunning volley against Holland on Wednesday. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Tim Cahill relaxing in the pool before Holland defeat Stunner: Australia striker Tim Cahill scored with an exquisite left-footed volley against Holland VIDEO Top 10 Goals - Qualifying Cahill crashed a fantastic 20-metre volley into the roof of the net in the 21st minute of the Group B clash in Porto Alegre.
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Cahill's volley evoked memories of Marco van Basten's stunner at Euro '88
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Piers Morgan hailed it 'as the best World Cup goal of all time'
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Australia striker then showed his bad side with a late challenge on Bruno Martins Indi

Question: Concern: Bruno Martins Indi suffered concussion after being fouled by @placeholder's Tim Cahill


By Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor Teachers were celebrating today after Michael Gove was ousted as Education Secretary. The controversial minister was dumped from the Cabinet by David Cameron to become the Government's chief whip in the biggest shock of the reshuffle. Teachers' unions  welcomed the surprise announcement after years of bitter antagonism against his reforms, which culminated in last week's classroom walk out-in a dispute over pay and pensions. Downing Street insisted Mr Gove would play a key role in the run up to the election and had not been demoted - but the decision to move him comes amid increasing evidence that he is 'toxic' with voters. In May a poll for YouGov found he was the most hated politician in the Government.
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Michael Gove made chief whip and will no longer be a full member of Cabinet
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He will instead become 'Minister for TV' in campaign ahead of next election
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Teachers' unions welcomed the surprise announcement this morning
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The NUT said Gove had 'clearly lost the support of the profession'
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Association of Teachers & Lecturers slam his 'antagonism' to teachers
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In May a poll  found that Gove was the most hated politician in Britain

Question: This is widely seen as the the reason Mr @placeholder split the women and equalities brief last year - leading to accusations that she was the 'minister for straight women'.


MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- The lawyer for the main suspect in last year's deadly terrorist attack in Mumbai was removed Wednesday, delaying the high-profile trial that was set to begin. Soldiers patrol in Mumbai on the eve of the trial of a key suspect in last year's attacks in the Indian city. The trial start for Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, 21, is expected to be moved to Thursday as officials scramble to settle the lawyer issue. Kasab is thought to be the only one of 10 gunmen to survive the three-day siege, which killed more than 160 people in November. As the trial was to begin, the judge removed attorney Anjali Waghmare because she also was representing a witness in the case. Waghmare argued that she had no idea that the person was a witness in the terror case, and she was representing this person in a different case. But the judge declared that it was a conflict of interest.
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Main suspect's lawyer removed as she represents a witness in the case
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Trial was to start Wednesday, unclear when court proceedings will resume
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Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, 21, is accused of being the only gunmen to survive siege
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The November siege targeted victims at Mumbai hotels, hospitals, railway stations

Question: An @placeholder court appointed Waghmare two weeks ago to represent Kasab, and it was unclear who would replace her.

Question: @placeholder also requested newspapers to be brought in so that he could see what the media was writing about him.


Cairo (CNN) -- A leading figure in the Sunni Islam world called for fellow believers to respond to recent controversial portrayals of Mohammed -- which he said "spread hatred" -- just like the prophet himself would, "through patience and wisdom." The Grand Mufti of Egypt Ali Gomaa spoke to CNN as Muslims staged yet more passionate protests Saturday in yet more locales, from Germany to Lebanon to Bangladesh, as they have since September 11. Demonstrators railed against an obscure, 14-minute trailer for a film that mocks Mohammed as a womanizer, child molester and killer -- as well as the country in which it was privately produced, the United States -- and more recently a French satirical magazine's cartoons of a figure representing Mohammed.
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NEW: Angry about government ban on protests, activists in Bangladesh call a general strike
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The grand mufti of Egypt says anti-Islam video spreads "hatred," which should be illegal
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He adds that Muslims want peace and respect, not conflict
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Muslims protest Saturday in Nigeria, Bangladesh, Germany and Pakistan

Question: "The imam called us to join in the call to damn the evil film from @placeholder which insulted the prophet and we joined in the march," Mohammed said.


Alan Pardew has admitted he failed to convince Jermain Defoe to sign for Crystal Palace over Sunderland. Defoe is on the brink of rubber-stamping his move to Wearside from Toronto, with Pardew conceding Palace were forced out of the race for the former England striker. Palace have secured Arsenal forward Yaya Sanogo on loan with new Eagles boss Pardew aiming to sign another striker during the January transfer window. Jermain Defoe is on the verge of completing a move back to the Premier League to Sunderland Defoe (left) signed for Toronto in MLS in January last year, but is set to return to England
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Jermain Defoe is close to finalising a permanent move to Sunderland
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Alan Pardew admits he wanted to bring Defoe to Crystal Palace
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Defoe played under Pardew at West Ham before moving to Tottenham
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Pardew has backed Defoe to help Sunderland stave off relegation

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By Reuters and Associated Press A tentative agreement has been reached by the chairmen of the U.S. Senate and House veterans committees on legislation aimed at resolving the Veterans Affairs healthcare crisis, their spokesmen said on Sunday. Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, who heads the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and his House counterpart, Republican Representative Jeff Miller, will outline the agreement at a news conference at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, their spokesmen said. 'Miller and Sanders continued negotiations on a VA reform package this weekend and made significant progress toward an agreement on legislation to make VA more accountable and to help the department recruit more doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals,' their offices said in a statement.
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Independent Senator Bernie Sanders and his House counterpart, Republican Representative Jeff Miller signed an agreement yesterday
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The agreement is aimed at recruiting more doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals
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In Pheonix, doctors allege that 40 veterans died as their names lingered on waiting lists
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The controversy led to the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki in late May

Question: The proposal introduced by @placeholder on Thursday would provide less than $25 billion in new funds for VA healthcare, with $3.3 billion offset by other savings in the department's budget.


Beijing (CNN) -- Hu Jintao is stepping down this week as the Communist Party's general secretary -- the primus inter pares in the party politburo, China's elite decision-making body. In March next year, he is also expected to hand over his post as China's state president to his presumptive successor, Xi Jinping. But is the 69-year-old Hu retiring completely? Will he give up all his posts, including chairmanship of the Central Military Commission (CMC), an influential post that oversees major national security and military affairs? "We don't know if he will step down yet," said Joseph Cheng, professor at City University of Hong Kong. "The party congress is still in the bargaining process. For Xi Jinping, he needs time to consolidate his power no matter if Hu will retire or not."
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Hu Jintao preparing to hand over power to presumptive successor, Xi Jinping
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Chinese politicians caught up in complex factional horse-trading
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Final decision on makeup of new Central Committee expected this week

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Question: The only question that remains, experts say, is when @placeholder will take up the CMC chairmanship.


The family of the eight-year-old boy killed in the Boston marathon bombings has revealed the heartbreaking moment their daughter awoke two weeks after the attack and learned her brother had died. Seven-year-old Jane Richard lost her leg in the April 15 blast, while her mother Denise, 42, suffered head injuries, her father Bill, 42, was hit by shrapnel and her brother Martin lost his life. Only her oldest brother, 12-year-old Henry, escaped without injury. In a statement released on Thursday, the family revealed Jane awoke two weeks after the attack 'with difficult questions that needed to be answered'. 'There are not words to describe how hard sharing this heartbreaking news was on all of us,' it read.
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Martin Richard, 8, was one of the three victims killed in the April 15 blast
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His sister Jane lost her left leg below the knee and underwent her 11th surgery on Wednesday to close the wound
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His mother Denise suffered head injuries, underwent brain surgery and still cannot see from one eye but has been released from hospital
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Dad Bill was hit by shrapnel and brother Henry, 12, escaped without harm

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Click here to find out more from our brilliant Match Zone service - including Paul Pogba's heat map Ecuador went out of the World Cup with a display of heroic defiance which shook France, the new contenders for the crown, to their aristocratic roots. The unfancied South Americans blazed another thrilling episode into this magnificent World Cup even after Manchester United’s Antonio Valencia was sent off early in the second half. That decision by the Ivory Coast referee could not discourage Ecuador from going desperately close to overcoming a French team who have become many people’s latest fancy to return here to the Maracana for the final.
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France and Ecuador fought out an entertaining goalless draw at the Maracana
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Antonio Valencia was sent off for a shocking challenge on Lucas Digne
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France did not get out of second gear and will face Nigeria in the round of 16 after topping Group E

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For a man who has made billions from encouraging the world to share, it was a very private event. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg married his girlfriend of nine years on Saturday – in a ceremony so secret that even the guests did not know they would be attending a wedding. They turned up at Zuckerberg’s £4.5million home in Palo Alto, California, thinking they were there to celebrate Priscilla Chan’s graduation from her degree in paediatrics. True love: Priscilla Chan, the new Mrs Mark Zuckerberg, was walked down the aisle last Saturday by the couple's dog Beast, a Hungarian sheepdog. The couple also wrote their own vows
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Guests were told party was meant to celebrate Chan's graduation
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Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong performed at the wedding

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By Liz Jones PUBLISHED: 19:30 EST, 9 November 2013 | UPDATED: 19:30 EST, 9 November 2013 Brother and sister John and Emma Smalley who run Temporary Measures in Keswick I’m in the rudest cafe in the UK. It is called Temporary Measure, in Keswick. It’s pouring, and cold, I’m hungry, and there are lots of walkers afoot in fluorescent waterproofs. Therefore, I’m not in a forgiving mood. The proprietors, John Sellers, 24, and his sister, Emma Smalley, 33, made headlines last week because of reviews posted on TripAdvisor complaining of ‘hostile’ staff and an ‘unwelcoming’ attitude. They were on the TV news, accused of throwing forks at customers, and were being compared to Basil Fawlty at his most dictatorial.
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She found the cafe, which has be slated on TripAdvisor to be a 'delight'

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(CNN) -- It was supposed to be a formality, but the Netherlands was made to sweat against Costa Rica before eventually overcoming the 2014 World Cup's surprise package and booking a place in the semifinals Saturday. Substitute goalkeeper Tim Krul was the hero, saving two penalties to secure a 4-3 shootout victory after this tense, nervous quarterfinal finished goalless. Incredibly, the Newcastle man was brought on in the 29th minute of extra time with the sole job of denying "Los Ticos" in the spot-kick showdown. It earned the Dutch a second consecutive semifinals appearance, having lost to Spain in the title match four years ago.
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The Netherlands into World Cup semifinals after defeating Costa Rica in Salvador
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Game finishes 0-0 but the Dutch win penalty shootout 4-3
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Louis van Gaal's team will now play Argentina in semifinals on Wednesday
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Argentina beat Belgium 1-0 in Saturday's other quarterfinal

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Question: @placeholder prowled around his area in an attempt to psyche out the Costa Rica penalty takers, pointing to his eye to let them know he'd done his homework.


By Julian Robinson A pensioner has hit out at the NHS for 'allowing' his leg to balloon to an enormous two-and-a-half stone. Michael Cull, from Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire, can hardly walk because of the weight of the massive limb, which is almost two foot wider than his right leg - and is getting bigger every day. The 66-year-old former Nasa computer technician is thought to be the only person in Scotland to suffer from elephantiasis - a disease found mainly in the tropics. His left leg is so wide he needs to have trousers specially made for him, his shoes only last a fortnight because the soles wear out, and every time he steps outside he is called names like 'Elephant Man'.
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Michael Cull's left leg has inflated, reaching almost two-and-a-half stone
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66-year-old's giant limb is still growing leaving him unable to walk
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Pensioner has had to give up work because and struggles with simple tasks
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He is believed to be the only person in Scotland with elephantiasis
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The 66-year-old blames NHS for allowing his condition to get to this stage
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Health bosses have urged Mr Cull to visit his GP to discuss treatment

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Kanye West has been called many things, but these days the best description -- according to him -- is family man. The 36-year-old rapper appeared on Kris Jenner's daytime talk show "Kris" on Friday to discuss his relationship with Jenner's daughter, Kim Kardashian, and their new addition, North. But if Kanye was smart, he'd hire Jenner as part of his PR team. The reality TV momager, who has extended her family's brand from E! to Fox with this test run of her talk show, reiterated several times that the stone-faced and difficult Kanye portrayed in the media is not the man she's come to know. (Kanye, after all, is now living in her home.)
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Kanye West appeared on Kris Jenner's talk show Friday
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He discussed his relationship with Kim Kardashian and being a dad
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Kris Jenner told her audience that she thinks Kanye's misunderstood

Question: Kanye knows that there are those who think he and the @placeholder family wouldn't have much in common.


Cardiff's awful start to the campaign took another terrible turn after an embarrassing 3-0 home defeat to Bournemouth to exit the Capital One Cup. The managerless pre-season promotion favourites, who have won just two Championship games and sit in 17th, were second best throughout the 90 minutes and were lucky not to have lost by a heavier margin. Dan Gosling scored either side of Charlie Daniels' left-footed drive within 35 minutes as the Cherries picked off the hapless home side at will. Gosling could have had a hat-trick had it not been for an offside flag while Harry Arter thundered a late effort off the crossbar.
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Mangerless Cardiff 3-0 down within 33 minutes
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A Dan Gosling double and one from Charlie Daniels did the damage to see Championship rivals Bournemouth into round four
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Scott Young and Danny Gabbidon take joint caretaker charge
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Leyton Orient boss Russell Slade favourite to take over from departed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Question: @placeholder joint caretaker boss Danny Gabbidon couldn't turn things around on the pitch

Question: Cardiff joint caretaker boss @placeholder couldn't turn things around on the pitch


Beijing (CNN) -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's latest charm offensive with China has generated decidedly mixed reviews. Last week, he hosted a senior Chinese official whose office is responsible for banning Facebook-- along with other popular sites like YouTube and Twitter -- in China. In photos posted on China.com.cn, a government-run web portal, top Internet regulator Lu Wei is seen seated in Zuckerberg's chair at Facebook's California campus while holding a book with Chinese President Xi Jinping's portrait adorning its cover. The accompanying text explains that, when Lu found a copy of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" on Zuckerberg's desk, the young billionaire told the smiling Communist Party cadre in Mandarin:
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Mark Zuckerberg hosts China's Internet regulator at Facebook's California campus
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Lu Wei banned Facebook, Twitter and You Tube in China
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He's pictured sitting on Zuckerberg's desk, with book written by Xi Jinping
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Chinese netizens have reacted with surprise and ridicule

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Eren is at permanent risk of infections which could cause heart failure By Anna Hodgekiss PUBLISHED: 06:13 EST, 21 February 2013 | UPDATED: 14:04 EST, 21 February 2013 Eight-year-old Eren Gok is forced to put up with cruel taunts and stares wherever he goes. The little boy suffers from a life-threatening condition that makes his skin look sunburned all year round. His condition appears so distressing that his parents are regularly accused by strangers of leaving him out in the sun to burn. Eren Gok, with his mother Arzu, suffers from a condition that makes his skin look sunburned all the time
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Eight-year-old Eren Gok spent the first year of his life in hospital
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Has Netherton Syndrome, which affects just one in 200,000 people in UK
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Doctors told his parents he wouldn't be able to walk or talk
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Mother speaks of heartbreak after strangers called him 'disgusting'
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Eren is at permanent risk of infections which could cause heart failure

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Fernando Torres scored in the first minute of each half as Atletico Madrid booked a place in the Copa del Rey quarter finals and ruined Cristiano Ronaldo's Ballon d'Or celebrations. Back at Atletico on loan after an dreadful spell at Chelsea, the former £50m striker lashed a first-time effort high into the net past goalkeeper Keylor Navas to put Atletico 1-0 ahead on the night and 3-0 up on aggregate. The 30-year-old, included in the starting lineup in place of an ailing Mario Mandzukic, had never scored against Real at their Bernabeu stadium and, after Sergio Ramos made it 1-1, he restored Atletico's lead with a neat finish just after the interval.
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Fernando Torres fired double against rivals Real Madrid
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Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo struck for the home side
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Atletico Madrid are through to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey
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Real Madrid: Navas; Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo; Kroos, Isco, James; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo
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Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Siqueira; Koke, Mario, Tiago, Raul Garcia; Griezmann, Torres
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Carlo Ancelotti's side are hoping to avenge rivals after defeat in first leg

Question: Real Madrid obviously didn't learn from Torres' opener as the former @placeholder forward has scored a similar goal to his first.

Question: @placeholder leaps above Atletico's defence to head past Oblak and level the scoring.


Warning: Sir John Sawers said Russia posed a ‘state to state threat’ and dealing with that would require defence spending Russia has become a danger to Western nations and Britain must be prepared to take steps to defend itself and its allies, the former head of MI6 said yesterday. Sir John Sawers, who recently retired after five years as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, said Russia posed a ‘state to state threat’ and dealing with that would require defence spending. He said he was disappointed at how, after the Cold War, Russia’s and Europe’s paths had failed to converge. ‘The one level in which Russia and America are equals is at the nuclear level,’ he said.
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Sir John Sawers recently retired as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
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Claimed 'we shouldn’t kid ourselves that Russia is on a path to democracy'
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Speaking on Radio 4, also offered reasons for Muslims being radicalised
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Said Islamic religion not geared towards reviving and modernising itself

Question: On the threat posed by @placeholder extremists, Sir John said there were several reasons why people became radicalised.


(CNN) -- German goalkeeper Nadine Angerer achieved the rare feat of saving two penalties in a major football final to help her side beat Norway 1-0 Sunday to win Euro 2013. Angerer kept out spot kicks in either half with substitute Anja Mittag scoring the only goal of the match in Solna in Sweden just after the break. It was enough to give Germany an unprecedented sixth straight European Championship crown, with the last two under legendary former player and now head coach Silvia Neid. An uneventful first half came to life when Norway were awarded the first of their penalties as Catherine Dekkerhus hit the turf under challenge from Celia Okoyino da Mbabi.
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Germany win Euro 2013 women's championship
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Beat Norway 1-0 for sixth straight title
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German goalkeeper Nadine Angerer saves two Norwegian penalties
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Anja Mittag scores only goal of the match in the second half

Question: The result also continued two-time winner Norway's losing run in Euro finals to @placeholder, this there fourth and doubly frustrating thanks to Angerer's heroics.


(CNN) -- Yes, I said it, and I will say it again: On Wednesday night, Sen. Rand Paul was a hero for civil liberties. I love and respect President Obama, and I was honored to work for the Obama White House. That said, the executive branch of the United States government today has an extraordinary level of power. Progressives like Rep. Keith Ellison and conservatives like Paul can all agree it has a disturbing license to wage a never-ending, ill-defined, even un-defined "war on terror," including the use of drones. I applaud Rand Paul for standing up and calling attention to an important and vexing set of questions.
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Van Jones: Rand Paul deserves credit for his filibuster on drone policy issues
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Jones says Paul spoke out against excessive executive power and for civil liberties
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He says the Kentucky senator is completely wrong on civil rights, abortion, entitlements
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Jones: Progressives can salute Paul's filibuster even as they disagree with his other views

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England landed back in New Zealand's north island armed with a strong Test line-up and a fervent desire to stop the All Blacks' 'phenomenal' run of success against all-comers. The host nation are targeting a 17th consecutive victory on Saturday, to draw level with the world record set by their predecessors in the Sixties and matched by the Springboks in 1997-98. Their opponents harbour considerable respect for the exploits of Steve Hansen’s team – who have lost just once since the last World Cup – but they are hell-bent on halting the Kiwi juggernaut. Watching brief: The injured Owen Farrell watches on as England train ahead of the third Test
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Stuart Lancaster's side have lost the first two Tests
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Kiwis are looking to level South Africa's winning record, set in 1998

Question: We don’t see this third game as any sort of dead rubber whatsoever; it's a hugely important game for us and @placeholder.


A great white shark heading for British waters could be bringing some smaller ferocious fish with her, scientists have revealed. The deadly predator – named Lydia – became the first tagged great white shark to cross the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and scientists charting her progress have now revealed that the 15ft shark might be swimming towards Europe to give birth to pups. She is just 800 miles (1,255km) off the coast of Cornwall and Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean and has now turned away from the UK. Scroll down for video The great white sharked named Lydia has travelled 313 miles in the past 72 hours. She is currently headed west (pictured) But experts believe the shark is pregnant and in search of a nursery for her pups and could be en route to the Mediterranean
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On Friday, Lydia was spotted 1,000 miles from Cornwall and Ireland
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The satellite-tagged 15ft, 2,000lb great white is around 800 miles away after she crossed the Mid-Atlantic ridge found in the middle of the ocean
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Today GPS tag showed she is heading west, but experts think the shark is looking for a nursery in the Mediterranean where she can raise some pups
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Great white sharks typically give birth to between two and 12 pups
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Lydia became the first tagged great white to cross the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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No one understands why she is taking such a strange route as great whites are usually found in warmer waters

Question: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (@placeholder) is a ridge found along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.


WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- President Bush has expressed his "deep concern" and regret to Iraq's prime minister over the desecration of a Quran by an American soldier, the White House said Tuesday. President Bush called Nuri al-Maliki over the incident, al-Maliki's office says. The leaders are seen in September. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Bush spoke to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday in one of their regularly scheduled secure video teleconferences. "President Bush expressed his deep concern over the incident and told Prime Minister Maliki that the soldier has been reprimanded by his commanders and removed from Iraq," Johndroe said.
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Nuri al-Maliki's office: President Bush "promised to present the soldier to the courts"
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An American staff sergeant used a Quran for target practice
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Iraqi Islamic Party has demanded "the severest of punishments" for the soldier

Question: After the shooters left, an @placeholder policeman found a target marked in the middle of the bullet-riddled Quran.


New York is the United States' snobbiest city, reveals a new study, beating Miami into second place. The Big Apple was found to be the one place where people hold their head (and noses) up that little bit higher according to result of a questionnaire about America's Favourite Places by Travel and Leisure. But is it snobbery, or pride? And could 'confidence' somehow be misconstrued as snobbery? New York City topped the pile for snobbery; other categories included wine bars, museums, and cleanliness, in which voters evaluated 38 major metropolitan areas. New York, with its luxurious feel, was top of the list of the US's snobbiest cities
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Luxury, art and shopping set the Big Apple apart but also make it 'snobby'
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Miami apparently has the 'best looking people' and comes in second
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Los Angeles, red carpet and all, trails in third spot ahead of Washington DC

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The astonishing row between Britain’s two best distance runners escalated on Friday night with a series of explosive claims and counter-claims. Mo Farah on Friday reignited the dispute with Andy Vernon when he revealed what sparked their Twitter row earlier this week, claiming the European silver medallist implied he should have won gold in Zurich last year because the Somalia-born Farah is not British. But Vernon, while admitting he had joked over a meal one night in Zurich that he should have been crowned ‘European champion’, responded by accusing Farah and his management team of employing ‘snide’ tactics to trash his reputation in a bid to repair the damage to their own.
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Andy Vernon and Mo Farah engaged in an argument on Twitter this week
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Vernon labelled the field against Farah last weekend in Birmingham 'a joke'
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Farah called the runner who finished second to him in the European Championships 'an embarrassment'
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Now Somali-born Farah claims Vernon said he didn't deserve to win gold at the European Championships ahead of him because Farah is not British
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Vernon did not deny Farah's claims when asked on the subject
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Many in the wider athletics community found Farah's comments arrogant

Question: The implication is that @placeholder was referring to the fact that he had been born in Somalia but then moved to the UK as a child.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Samina Rajput speaks in hushed tones about her husband, Asif, who was killed alongside former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in the December 27 attack that convulsed the nation. Suicide bombings have killed 400 people and wounded nearly 1,000 others in the last three months. "He always used to say ... 'I am ready to sacrifice my life for the party and my country,'" Rajput says. She clings to a weathered book with newspaper clippings of her husband, a 28-year-old Bhutto supporter who had great political ambitions. He wanted a brighter and freer Pakistan, Rajput says, as she turns the delicate pages of the scrapbook.
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19 suicide bombings have rocked Pakistan over the last three months
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Terror analyst: Number of attacks "unprecedented" as Taliban, al Qaeda join forces
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Man wounded in attack says "bloody cowards" must be stopped

Question: Suicide bombings like the attack that killed Bhutto and more than 20 of her supporters, including @placeholder, have intensified in recent months in Pakistan.


By Nick Pisa PUBLISHED: 13:31 EST, 25 May 2012 | UPDATED: 09:42 EST, 26 May 2012 Vatican police have arrested Pope Benedict XVI's personal butler following an investigation into the leaking of sensitive church documents, it emerged today. In a scenes worthy of a Dan Brown thriller, the butler identified as Paolo Gabriele, 46, was held by gendarmes after a special commission of three top senior cardinals had been appointed by a furious Pope Benedict to identify the source of the leaks which have caused severe embarrassment. Gabriele, who has been at the Pope's side for six years, is one of the German born pontiff's closest members of his inner circle which totals just four lay people and four nuns and he is always at his side - he is so close that he and the nuns who look after him are described as the 'pontiff's family'.
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Documents also show how contracts were awarded to favoured people
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Paolo Gabriele has been at the Pope's side for six years
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Furious Pope appointed senior cardinals to investigate the leaks

Question: The @placeholder had condemned the book as 'criminal' and the printing of the documents were a violation of the Pope's privacy it said.


By Ashley Collman A mother plans to breastfeed her premature baby while continuing to smoke marijuana -  against the advice of the doctors who delivered her child. Crystal Cain gave birth to her daughter Karrisma eight weeks early last Wednesday at Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland. Because her premature baby's immune system was already fragile, she planned to breastfeed but says doctors refused. Doctors at OHSU in Portland, Oregon kept a mother from breastfeeding her newborn after they discovered she was smoking marijuana. The eventually allowed the insistent mother after having her sign a form that acknowledges all the risks
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Crystal Cain gave birth to daughter Karrisma last Wednesday
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She says doctors prevented her from breastfeeding her premature baby, because she smokes medical marijuana
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Doctors eventually compromised with Cain, and had her sign a form saying she understands the risks involved
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Some risks of breastfeeding a child while smoking marijuana include impaired development and sudden infant death syndrome

Question: While baby Karrisma is doing fine and has been taken off breathing machines, @placeholder disagrees with the doctor's advice.


Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama signed a bill Friday that provides $600 million in emergency funding to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border. A day earlier, two senators -- Democrats Charles Schumer of New York and Ben Cardin of Maryland -- returned from their August recess to give the chamber's approval for the bill. The House of Representatives had already approved the measure. In the Senate, the bill passed by unanimous consent -- a parliamentary term for a voice vote that doesn't require the return of the entire Senate chamber. GOP leaders had agreed to the maneuver. Among other things, the bill provides for roughly 1,500 new law enforcement agents, new unmanned aerial vehicles, new forwarding operating bases and $14 million in new communications equipment.
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NEW: Napolitano says more is being devoted to the southwest border than ever before
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The measure draws strong Democratic and Republican support
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The bill includes funds for extra border agents and aerial vehicles
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It is partially funded by imposing fees on companies that bring in foreign workers

Question: @placeholder argued that the new law would facilitate cooperation along the border between the U.S. and Mexican governments, and asserted that it would make "an important difference" in the push for comprehensive immigration reform.


The contrast between this video and earlier Islamic State propaganda could hardly be greater. Until John Cantlie’s appearance yesterday, the IS videos had shown a series of horrific beheadings. These included the last moments of UK aid worker David Haines and US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff. Each video ended with a chilling picture of the next hostage facing death. The victims were wearing orange jumpsuits, kneeling in the sand, with blue sky behind them. The knife-wielding figure of the British fanatic known as Jihadi John was seen next to them as he ranted about Barack Obama and David Cameron.
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Recent Islamic State videos had shown a series of horrific beheadings
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Victims were in the desert with British fanatic Jihadi John next to them
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Video of John Cantlie had no knives, no threats and no beheadings
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The contrasting style was almost like a parody of a US TV chat show
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But the video, released yesterday, contained a warning to chill the blood

Question: Cantlie’s voice remains clear and a constant tone as he unveils the video is the first of several planned by @placeholder.


By Bianca London and Ruth Styles David Cameron's new slate of female ministers marched into Downing Street today in a dramatic reshuffle of Parliament that sees eight women now with a place at the Cabinet table. While Cameron has said his reshuffle is about putting in place a team that continues to deliver the long term economic plan, it also brings a touch of style to Number 10. Make way for Nicky Morgan, the new Education Secretary, Liz Truss, the new Environment Secretary, employment minister Esther McVey, who will attend Cabinet, and Anna Soubry, Priti Patel, Clare Perry, Amber Rudd and Penny Mordaunt, who famously took part in ITV's Splash!.
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Several female MPs promoted in the reshuffle
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Arrived at Downing Street showcasing style credentials
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Leading the pack is Esther McVey, who wore Vivienne Westwood
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Joins newly promoted Nicky Morgan and Liz Truss in the Cabinet

Question: Glamorous: The newest member of the @placeholder Esther McVey MP strikes a pose as she leaves Downing Street


London (CNN) -- Former Barclays bank chief executive Bob Diamond will voluntarily give up bonuses worth $31 million after he resigned in the wake of a rate-rigging scandal, the bank said Tuesday. Diamond will still receive 12 months salary after his resignation last week, the bank said Tuesday. That's £1.35 million (about $2 million), according to the bank's annual report. It is twice as much as he is entitled to under his contract, which has a six-month notice period, bank chairman Marcus Agius said. Barclays will also pay Diamond's legal bills if he faces criminal investigation, a source close to the bank told CNN Tuesday. The source asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the information.
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NEW: Barclays will pay the legal bills of former chief Bob Diamond if necessary, a source says
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Chairman Marcus Agius is giving evidence on a rate-rigging scandal
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Agius says Barclays deeply regretted the circumstances that led to Diamond resigning
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Diamond will still receive a year's salary, the bank says

Question: @placeholder' reputation has been hammered by a scandal over the rates at which banks lend each other money.


(CNN) -- She ventured where few before her had dared, taking on a decades-long business monopoly and overcoming gender stereotypes to become a major player in her country's lucrative drinks industry. As chief executive of Keroche Breweries, Tabitha Karanja has paved the way for many other female entrepreneurs in Kenya, a country where women are traditionally scarce in the boardrooms, and even rarer in million-dollar startups. Against all odds, the 48-year-old entrepreneur has painstakingly turned the first Kenyan-owned brewery into a lucrative business. In the process, she had to succeed where others had tried and failed in the face of an entrenched monopoly: East African Breweries.
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Tabitha Karanja is the chief executive of Keroche Breweries
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The company is the first Kenyan-owned beer manufacturer
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Karanja calls for a change in culture to help create more female entrepreneurs

Question: Although the company only holds about 5% of the country's market share, Karanja says the demand for @placeholder's products outweighs the supply.

Question: A model for aspiring young entrepreneurs across Kenya, Karanja's business skills and efforts to liberalize the country's industry were recognized in 2010 with an award from the president of @placeholder.


(CNN) -- More violence from suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen continued Sunday in two separate attacks. At least 13 Yemeni soldiers were killed and nine others were injured when the militants ambushed a military police headquarters in the southern Yemeni province of Hadramout, two Interior Ministry officials told CNN. The attackers "easily escaped," said Ali BaNajjar, who witnessed the ambush in Hadramout. A second attack occurred close to a checkpoint near the Yemeni presidential palace in the capital, Sanaa, according the government officials. Several militants were killed, said Mohammed al-Qayedi, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry. It's not the first time militants have targeted Sanaa security forces. On Friday, nearly 20 gunmen attacked the political security headquarters in the capital and killed four troops and injured at least four others at a checkpoint. Three attackers were killed, while the others fled unharmed.
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NEW: Suspected al Qaeda militants staged two attacks in Yemen Sunday
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NEW: One of the attacks happened at a checkpoint near the presidential palace
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Two al Qaeda suspects tried in April to abduct the U.S. Embassy workers
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One of the Americans had a gun and killed both assailants

Question: "@placeholder personnel are not allowed to leave their secure facilities.

Question: The use of the unmanned drones has stirred controversy because the drones have killed civilians, a high-level @placeholder official has said.

Question: A top Yemeni Interior Ministry official said the @placeholder government had considered closing the embassy two weeks ago, as attacks on foreigners intensified.


(CNN) -- The new coach of Penn State's embattled football program acknowledged criticism from alumni over his hiring, vowing to work to earn their trust and saluting the team's iconic former head coach Joe Paterno. Bill O'Brien's selection as the Nittany Lions' next coach has stirred the ire of some former Penn State football players, angry that he didn't attend the university and had never before been a head coach. He becomes the 15th head football coach in the program's 125-year history after replacing interim coach Tom Bradley, a former player and longtime coach at Penn State. Bradley himself stepped in after school trustees fired Paterno in November after he didn't go far enough in reporting an alleged child sex abuse scandal involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.
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NEW: Bill O'Brien acknowledges criticism of his hiring and vows to earn alumni's trust
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NEW: He praises iconic, and recently fired, Penn State coach Joe Paterno
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Paterno himself says that he respects O'Brien's coaching record
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Patriots coach Bill Belichick lauds O'Brien, saying he and Penn State are a "great match"

Question: We have that leader in Coach @placeholder, and I look forward to working with him in his new role."


Eoin Morgan delivered an inspired performance with a magnificent century in his first outing as one-day captain to rescue England from a potential nightmare against Australia in Sydney. Ian Bell was trapped lbw by Mitchell Starc with the first ball before the Australian bowler claimed James Taylor to leave England 0-2 in a disastrous start to this Tri Series clash. Joe Root didn't last for long either as he departed for just five after he was caught by Shane Watson in the slip off the bowling of Pat Cummins. England one-day captain Eoin Morgan celebrates his century against Australia in Sydney
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England one-day captain Eoin Morgan hits 121 runs in Sydney
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England had disastrous start with Ian Bell and Joe Root out early
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Australia bowler Mitchell Starc shone with four wickets
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Morgan's 121 is highest ever for England one-day captain against Australia
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Australia need 235 runs in their innings to win Cricket World Cup warm-up
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Follow the live updates with our scoreboard below

Question: With his sixth one-day century for @placeholder, Morgan hit 11 boundaries and three big sixes to help England set the hosts a target of 235 runs to win this World Cup warm-up.


ANAHEIM, California (CNN) -- As he fixes a broken sliding glass door at an apartment in Anaheim, California, Eduardo Gutierrez worries about his parents in Mexico. Eduardo Gutierrez can't send money back to his parents in Mexico due to rising costs and less work. He can no longer afford to send the $200 to $300 a month he had been sending back home to support his ailing father. "I kind of feel bad that I can't help my parents," said Gutierrez, a legal immigrant who has worked in the United States for 20 years. "I try. But I can't these days, and it's a tough situation."
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Remittances to Mexico fell $100 million in January, according to Bank of Mexico
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"I kind of feel bad that I can't help my parents," immigrant in U.S. says
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Payments to loved ones back home have slowed during U.S. economic woes
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Father in Mexico: "He says things are worse there in California than over here"

Question: He also said the tighter border controls have convinced other @placeholder without legal U.S. paperwork not to try to not sneak across the border to make money for their families.


The Circus Chimera was closed down in 2007. Its founder and operator, Jim Judkins, could no longer establish work visas for his many international performers - mostly from China, South Africa and Russia - following legislative changes, and was forced to stop the tour he had done for almost 10 years. However the circus will forever live on thanks to photographer Norma I. Quintana. The one-ring show started in 1998, and the following year visited Napa, California, where Quintana lived at the time. She quickly became obsessed, wanting to know more about the people involved, and, with Judkins blessing, following the circus every summer from that year right up until the end.
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Photographer Norma I. Quintana spent 10 summers travelling with the Circus Chimera
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It was forced to close down in 2007
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She has since published a book, Circus: A Traveling Life, of the images she collected over the decade

Question: Snap shot: The book represents a decade-long collaboration with the families and performers of @placeholder


The wife of a convenience store owner was worried about her husband's unusual disappearance from their home in south-west Sydney at 4am - the morning his shop was destroyed in a fatal explosion. A close friend revealed Naima Adeel was concerned when she discovered her husband Adeel Khan wasn't at their Greenacre home and tried to reach him on his phone a number of times, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. This comes as Mr Khan, 44, denied responsibility for the tragedy, which killed three people last week. The shop owner, who is still in hospital, has become a focus of police inquiries after he was rescued from the fire.
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Naima Adeel, wife of Rozelle convenience store owner, tried to call her husband when she discovered he was absent from home
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Shop owner Adeel Khan denies responsibility for the triple tragedy
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He has been moved from intensive care to a regular hospital ward
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Police continue to investigate possibility of a triple murder charge against those responsible
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Police found traces of accelerant at the convenience store that exploded into flames last Thursday
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Bianka O'Brien and one-year-old son Jude were killed in the blaze
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The body of Chris Noble, 27, was also found at the Rozelle site

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Blow: Alex Salmond, the SNP leader, whose claims Scotland would not have to apply to join groups such as the EU are sounding increasingly unlikely (file picture) If Scotland voted for independence it could have to re-apply to a whole host of international organisations including the EU and the World Bank, laywers said. It would also have to renegotiate 14,000 international treaties, according to legal advice commissioned by Whitehall. The report is a huge blow to Alex Salmond, the SNP leader, whose claims Scotland would not have to apply to join groups such as the EU are sounding increasingly unlikely.
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Scotland would have to re-apply to organisations including EU
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Remainder of UK would continue to have same international powers
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Report is 'huge blow' to Alex Salmond

Question: The legal advice concludes that Scotland would become a ‘new state’ while the remaining @placeholder would be considered a ‘continuing state’.


Click here for your ultimate stats guide, including how Ciro Immobile's opening goal was all his own work And right here was the reason the Champions League seedings have got to change next year. Arsenal are about as close to being among the top eight teams in Europe as Borussia Dortmund’s mighty and magnificent Westfalenstadion is to a wet Wednesday at Gresty Road, Crewe. They were outclassed in Germany, outplayed, at times torn apart, reduced to an imitation of a team that UEFA blithely placed in Pot 1 when the draw was made earlier this month. Arsenal have no business sitting beside the champions of Europe and the Goliaths of the strongest European leagues right now.
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Ciro Immobile scored the opening goal for Borussia Dortmund after a solo run which started inside his own half
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rounded Wojciech Szczesny to score a second early in the second half
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Danny Welbeck missed three good chances for Arsenal as they looked to equalised
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Night got worse for Arsene Wenger when Jack Wilshere twisted his right ankle late on
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Dortmund belied their status as second seeds and made Arsenal look anything but a 'Pot 1' team

Question: Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores his side's second goal after streaking clear of the @placeholder defence

Question: @placeholder were equally loose but their sheer volume of goalmouth opportunities ultimately won the game.


By Daniel Miller PUBLISHED: 04:29 EST, 7 December 2012 | UPDATED: 07:08 EST, 7 December 2012 Former Nazi guard Anton Geiser, 88, has appealed against a deportation ruling arguing he was forced to serve in the SS A former Nazi concentration camp guard, who has lived in the U.S. for more than 50 years, has launched an appeal arguing he should not be deported because he was forced to join the SS as a teenager. The case of Anton Geiser, 88, was yesterday being heard at the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church, the nation's highest immigration court, where his lawyer argued that he had served in Hitler's army against his will.
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Anton Geiser, 88, claims he was forced to join the SS as a 17-year-old
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He has lived in Sharon, Pennsylvania for over 50 years
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He didn't tell his family about his Nazi service until 2004
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Justice department lawyers said he engaged in 'crimes against humanity'

Question: If they were a forced participant, are they really a @placeholder?'


Beijing (CNN) -- If the latest U.S. intelligence reports are true then North Korea is planning to test-fire not one but multiple missiles, the latest provocative act by its unpredictable young leader. While the region has become used to the posturing from Pyongyang, the recent wave of rhetoric has been unusually sustained and virulent, leading some analysts to consider the possibility of an armed confrontation between the two Koreas -- the neighbors remain technically at war after the 1950-53 conflict ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty. So far Kim Jong Un has refused to listen to the international community, leaving many to wonder if anyone can appeal to the leader, thought to be 30 years old, and defuse the crisis. All eyes are turned on China.
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New intelligence reports suggest North Korea planning multiple missile launch
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Traditional ally China increasingly irritated by regime under Kim Jong Un
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President Xi Jinping: No country should be allowed to throw region into chaos
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Analysts believe Kim is under pressure to justify his position at home

Question: They have influence, but they've been lied to and they've been cheated by @placeholder.


By Lucy Crossley Sick: This picture shows the selfie taken by heroin addict Kirsty Edmondson - as former history teacher Kenneth Chapman lay murdered beneath her This picture shows the shocking selfie taken by a heroin addict - as a former history teacher lay dead beneath her after he was murdered by her boyfriend. Kirsty Edmondson, 23, and 35-year old Christopher Sawyers used mobiles phones to take 'trophy photos' and had sex with each other in Kenneth Chapman's bed whilst they lived with his corpse for up to a week. In this image, released with the consent of Mr Chapman's family, the victim's body was in the room as Edmondson took the photograph, although he can not be seen.
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Kirsty Edmondson and Christopher Sawyers took 'trophy photos' after the death of Kenneth Chapman, as his body lay in the room
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Pair lived with former history teacher's corpse for up to a week
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Court told Sawyers injected victim with fatal dose of heroin to 'off him'
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Couple then tried to withdraw cash from his bank account
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Sawyers, 35, found guilty of murdering Mr Chapman and jailed for life
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Edmondson cleared of murder but admitted theft and fraud charges
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Former call girl was sentenced to three years in prison

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(CNN)The world's most famous commuter thought he was meeting friends for lunch Friday to close out a wild week in the spotlight. But James Robertson, whose 21-mile round-trip work commute garnered worldwide attention and more than $300,000 in donations, got more than just lunch. The 56-year-old is now the owner of a brand new 2015 Ford Taurus. Blake Pollack, who befriended Robertson 1½ years ago and has helped drive him to media interviews all week, helped pull off the surprise, suggesting they stop by a car dealership after lunch to pick up some brochures and start researching cars. Robertson and Pollack were joined by Evan Leedy, the college student who set up a GoFundMe page on Robertson's behalf. They walked into Suburban Ford in Sterling Heights, Michigan, and instead of brochures, saw a shiny red car topped with a big bow.
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James Robertson walks 21 miles round-trip to work
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His story sparks online donations surpassing $300,000
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Local dealership gives him a new Ford Taurus

Question: @placeholder's fundraiser quickly blew past its original goal and had raised nearly $313,000 Friday evening.

Question: @placeholder approached Robertson, who told the financial executive his story.


MI5's Andrew Parker briefed the PM about a reluctance among internet firms to cooperate with tracking terrorists David Cameron has been warned by the country’s top spy chiefs that internet companies including Facebook and Google are undermining national security. The Prime Minister was told internet giants have ‘withdrawn’ their cooperation and are obstructing MI5 requests for help tracking terrorists and major criminals, including paedophiles. It follows fugitive Edward Snowden’s claims that the firms are used to snoop on British citizens, which is disputed by spy chiefs. Before the US whistleblower’s disclosures, they willingly responded to lawful requests for details of phone calls, emails, text messages and other private information.
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Cameron told internet giants have withdrawn cooperation with MI5
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Some are obstructing requests for help tracking terrorists and criminals
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Follows Edward Snowden's claims firms are used to snoop on Brits

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(CNN) -- Last month, the Yemen-based branch of Ayman al-Zawahiri's international terrorist network, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), released a worrying statement  calling on Muslims around the world to forget their differences and renew their efforts to carry out operations against American targets, be they civilian, governmental, military or diplomatic. But this was by no means the most troubling aspect of the communique. More important than the threat -- which, let's face it, is nothing new -- was the fact that this was the second statement from AQAP in recent months to go against al-Zawahiri's official policy towards ISIS and express its wholehearted support for the group's actions in Syria.
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AQAP last month called on Muslims to forget differences focus on American targets
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Charlie Winter writes that it was the second such communique from the al Qaeda offshoot
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It indicates how much the global jihadist dynamic has changed since airstrikes began, he says
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The trend of jihadists rallying around the anti-Western flag is worrying, he writes

Question: Making overtures to a group responsible for the death of thousands fighting for your closest ally in @placeholder is as significant as it is surprising.


CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN)  -- Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich vowed Friday to fight federal corruption charges and stay on the job, despite calls for his resignation amid allegations that he attempted to sell President-elect Barack Obama's former Senate seat. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich spoke to reporters at a news conference Friday but did not take questions. "I will fight, I will fight, I will fight until I take my last breath. I have done nothing wrong," Blagojevich said in a brief news conference in Chicago. "I'm not going to quit a job that people have hired me to do." The spirited comments were the first public statements from the second-term governor about the allegations since his arrest December 9 on federal corruption charges.
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he is not guilty of criminal wrongdoing
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Blagojevich says he has the truth on his side, vows to stay on the job
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Governor accused of trying to sell President-elect Obama's Senate seat
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Blagojevich's lawyer says evidence was illegally obtained

Question: Many of the state's political leaders -- including @placeholder -- have called on the governor to resign.


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor Ryan O'Neal told a jury on Monday that he is the rightful owner of an Andy Warhol celebrity portrait that hangs over his bed. It is of the woman he considers the love of his life, "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett. Fawcett, who died of cancer in 2009, bequeathed her art collection to her alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin; the university is accusing O'Neal of stealing away with its Warhol. "The painting is mine," testified the 72-year-old actor, who rose to fame as the impossibly handsome star of the 1960s television soap opera "Peyton Place" and the 1970 film "Love Story."
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Farrah Fawcett left her art collection to her alma mater, the University of Texas
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University is suing Ryan O'Neal for an Andy Warhol portrait of Fawcett
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Actor testifies the portrait belongs to him and is countersuing the university
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Jury hears about "falling out" after Fawcett found O'Neal in bed with another woman

Question: By the time Fawcett moved into her @placeholder condo in 1999, she had possession of the Warhol portrait -- as well as a twin print Warhol created at the same time.


By Mark Duell Last updated at 9:25 AM on 19th July 2011 It’s a controversial court ruling in favour of Apple that could ultimately even lead to the ban of all Google Android phones and tablets in the U.S. Apple has won a preliminary ruling from a U.S. trade panel that Taiwanese handset maker HTC infringed on two of its patents. HTC uses Google's Android operating system for its smartphones and the case is being closely watched by the mobile devices market. Court battle: Apple, manufacturer of the iPhone 4, left, has won a preliminary ruling that HTC, which produces the Evo 4G, right, infringed on two of its patents
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Preliminary patent court ruling in Apple v HTC case
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HTC uses Google's Android operating system
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Patents relate to data processing and could spell disaster for HTC Androids and all other Androids

Question: This could in a worst-case scenario result in an import ban against many or even all @placeholder-based HTC products in the U.S. market'

Question: 'This could in a worst-case scenario result in an import ban against many or even all @placeholder-based HTC products in the U.S. market.’


(CNN) -- Ethnic tensions in the Balkans and an incident involving a drone led to the abandonment of a major European international football game Tuesday. Serbia's European Championship qualifying match with Albania was abandoned after 41 minutes following ugly clashes between both sets of players. The brawl followed the arrival of a mini-drone, which flew over the stadium while carrying a flag depicting the "Greater Albania." When Serbian player Stefan Mitrovic ripped the flag down, it provided the catalyst for an already combustible tie to fully ignite. Martin Atkinson, the English referee, took the players off the field with the game goalless following clashes between rival players.
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Brother of Albanian PM was arrested after the brawl, Serbian PM's office says
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Serbia's game against Albania in Belgrade was canceled after 42 minutes
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A drone flew over the stadium carrying a flag with Albanian symbols
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Both sets of players involved in brawl before game abandoned; UEFA is investigating

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New York (CNN) -- A Hasidic NYPD recruit is planning a lawsuit after being dismissed for refusing to trim his beard for religious reasons, his attorney said Sunday. Fishel Litzman, 38, was asked to leave the police academy on Friday, his attorney, Nathan Lewin, told CNN. He began the police academy in January, he said, was in the top 1% of his classes and is "highly regarded" by his peers. The dismissal, Lewin said, is a clear example of "religious discrimination." "We are planning to bring a lawsuit," the attorney said. "This should not be a practice of the NYPD."
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Fishel Litzman was asked to leave the police academy Friday, his attorney says
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Litzman is an Orthodox Hasidic Jew
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The NYPD says it makes reasonable accommodations for beards

Question: "One of the points that has been drilled home during my short time at the academy is the need to represent the NYPD with integrity," @placeholder wrote to police officials.


Nick Clegg today refused to back George Osborne’s demand for massive cuts in the welfare bill, arguing parents aged under-25 should not be banned from claiming housing benefit. The Liberal Democrat leader said he would ‘knock on the head’ the idea of Conservative plans for a £10billion cut to the welfare budget. But he said he was open to the idea of some limits on housing benefit, putting himself at odds with Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes who said last night: ‘We’ve not signed up to cutting housing benefit and I don’t imagine for a moment we will.' Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today ruled out banning under-25s from claiming housing benefit, after meeting with U2 frontman Bono yesterday to discuss global poverty
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Deputy Prime Minister says he will 'knock on the head' Tory plans for tough cuts to welfare
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Lib Dem leader's refusal to back big cut to handouts puts him on collision course with Tories

Question: However, last night Mr @placeholder vowed to block any Tory plans to remove housing benefit from those aged under-25.


(CNN) -- The U.S. ambassador to Islamabad was summoned to Pakistan's Foreign Ministry on Saturday, a day after Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was killed by a U.S. drone strike. Foreign Ministry spokesman Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry did not explain why the envoy was summoned. A U.S. State Department official confirmed the meeting to CNN but would not disclose details about it. The State Department official would not discuss U.S. operations in Pakistan but stressed the Pakistan Taliban's 2009 attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan and claims of responsibility for a failed attempt to bomb Times Square in New York.
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NEW: U.S. official stresses Pakistan Taliban ties to 2009 attack and Times Square plot
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U.S. and Pakistani officials say Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a drone strike
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Haqqani terror group vows attacks within a few days
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Government peace talks with the Pakistan Taliban will not be delayed, minister says

Question: But reports that he was alive surfaced in April of that year, and in May 2010 he appeared in a video in which he vowed attacks on major @placeholder cities.


In scenes reminiscent of the MH370 disaster four months ago, sobbing relatives of passengers travelling on Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 have gathered at airports in Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur to learn the fate of their missing loved ones. Clutching the side of an escalator for support, one man weeps after finding out the fate of his relative at an information point set up at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, where the doomed plane took off from at lunchtime today. At Kuala Lumpur International Airport, where flight MH 17 was due to land shortly after 6am local time on Friday morning, women cry into tissues as they hear about the fate of their loved ones.
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Relatives gathered at airports in Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur
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Nine Britons and 27 Australians were among those on board, according to Dutch authorities
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Fears that up to 23 Americans could have been on Malaysian Airlines flight
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Plane was shot down over territory held by Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine

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Question: A tearful couple, who had loved ones on board flight @placeholder, hold on to each other for support as they leave Schiphol airport on Thursday evening


By Daily Mail Reporter It's a case that, according to the IRS, is very black and white. The Michael Jackson Estate is accused of cheating taxpayers out of millions of dollars by allegedly undervaluing the wealth of the late pop great - and has been hit with a penalty of more than $702 million. New legal documents filed with the U.S. Tax Court in Washington, which were obtained by the L.A. Times, say that after Jackson died in June 2009, the executors of his estate valued the singers net worth at around $7 million. However the IRS are disputing the figure and claim MJ is actually worth $1.125 billion.
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Legal documents show executors of Michael Jackson's estate valued the singers net worth at $7 million after he died in June 2009
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The IRS now says the net worth was actually $1.125 billion
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The estate has subsequently been hit with $505 million in taxes and an additional $197 million for 'gross valuation misstatement penalty'
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Among the disputed values, the estate said a trust that holds interest from some of Jackson's music and most of the Beatles catalog was worth $0
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The IRS said it was worth $469 million

Question: This would have had a major effect on endorsement deals and whether companies would have waned to be aligned with the @placeholder brand.


(CNN) -- Wayne Rooney returned with a goal to send England through to the quarter finals of Euro 2012 as Group D winners. Rooney's second-half header saw Roy Hodgson's England leapfrog France, who crashed to a 2-0 defeat against Sweden but still limped through to the last eight. Rooney, who had missed a glorious first-half chance to break the deadlock, headed in from close range after goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov had spilled Steven Gerrard's cross. Yet the real post-match talking point centred on a call for goalline technology as co-hosts Ukraine saw a Marko Devic shot apparently cross the line before being scrambled away by John Terry.
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Wayne Rooney's goal seals England a 1-0 win over Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine
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Already-eliminated Sweden beat France 2-0 in Kiev
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Second-half goals from Ibrahimovic and Larsson seal Sweden's win
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France through as Group D runners-up, despite defeat

Question: But it was not just their returning striker who struggled for @placeholder; their general play was sloppy and Ukraine's greater urgency and desire meant they bossed the game.


Seventy years after helping recover stolen art from the Nazis, Harry Ettlinger gets to see his story on the big screen In the searing heat, some 700 feet deep in the bowels of the Kochendorf salt mine in Germany, Harry Ettlinger prised open one of the 40,000 mud-crusted crates stacked by the shaft. Inside, piled high, were scores of paintings. Haltingly, he unwrapped the first. Inside the packing paper, its vibrant colours glancing off the flickering light of his pit lamp, the distinctive features of Rembrandt gazed back. Harry recognised it at once. Six years before, in 1938, as a 13 year old art lover in his native Karlsruhe in Germany, he had yearned to see the Dutch artist’s iconic self-portrait that hung in the town’s museum. But as a German Jew, ostracised and under threat, he wasn’t allowed inside the building. Now, in 1944 with war raging around him as the Allies routed the Nazis troops, Harry, who had fled Germany and was now an American GI, knew his discovery of the precious icon - one of five million art works looted by Hitler’s troops - would be saved for posterity.
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Harry Ettlinger fled the Nazis then returned to help recover stolen art work
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WWII hero's story made into a Hollywood film featuring George Clooney
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Ettlinger will soon be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for bravery

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(CNN)The burning death filmed, produced and edited on videotape is a watershed moment for ISIS and for the Kingdom of Jordan. It is clear now that ISIS was never going to release Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, there was never going to be a deal. The hoax of an alternative outcome in exchange for the failed suicide bomber was nothing more than an effort to humiliate Jordan and demonstrate the growing power of the movement. The main objective of such a strategy is simply to widen the base of supporters in the region and inside of Jordan. The CIA says there are between 20,000 and 31,000 ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria, and the great majority of these foreign fighters are from Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.
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Every action by ISIS designed to alienate moderate Muslims and decent human beings, writes Zain Verjee
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Verjee: Only result they want is more violence as violence is what swells their ranks
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In Somalia only when a focused crackdown was put in place did the success of piracy abate, she adds

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TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- The activities of the week-old BBC Persian TV channel are illegal, a top Iranian official said Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. BBC says the news it broadcasts on the channel is gathered from abroad, using sources within Iran. The minister of culture and Islamic guidance, Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi, also banned Iranian journalists and artists from working for the channel. A BBC spokesman in London, England, said the corporation is breaking no laws in Iran. BBC Persian TV launched January 14, broadcasting in Farsi to Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, the BBC spokesman said. It joins the 69-year-old BBC Persian radio service and the Web site BBCPersian.com, launched in 2001.
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Iran also bans Iranian journalists and artists from working for the channel
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BBC spokesman says British broadcaster is breaking no laws in Iran
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BBC Persian TV launched January 14, broadcasting in Farsi
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Channel shows news, documentaries, debates on arts, culture and science

Question: Harandi added that various government officials had declared that cooperating with the channel would lead to problems for @placeholder professionals, the news agency said.


(CNN) -- Manti Te'o -- one of the best defenders this season in college football -- defended himself in an ESPN interview, saying there was no way he was part of a hoax involving a deceased girlfriend. "I wasn't faking it,"  Te'o told ESPN's Jeremy Schaap in an off -camera interview highlighted on the network Friday night. "I wasn't part of this." For days, the linebacker has been the subject of ridicule after reports surfaced that the girlfriend he'd said died this fall of leukemia never existed. Te'o rose to national prominence by leading Notre Dame's Fighting Irish to an undefeated regular season, amassing double-digit tackle games and becoming the face of one of the best defenses in the nation.
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Manti Te'o talks to ESPN about hoax, telling the network, "I wasn't faking it"
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Notre Dame's investigation backs Te'o claim of two men, one woman behind hoax
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Te'o rose to national prominence by leading the Fighting Irish to an undefeated regular season

Question: Following that December 6 conversation, Te'o went to his coaches with the story, which spurred @placeholder to hire outside investigators to look into it.


By Harriet Hernando for MailOnline An incredible hyperlapse video showing President Barak Obama's Marine One helicopter landing has been captured - on a mobile phone app. Oliver Cox, an associate producer at NBC news, claims he filmed the US President arriving at the White House using Instagram's new app feature. The Hyperlapse footage - available for the iPhone and iPad - shows the helicopter coming into land on the grass - although the President is not seen. President Obama has a fleet of helicopters and decoys that are often employed for security purposes. Marine One coordinates with the Marines, the New York Police Department and the Secret Service to ensure his safety.
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Instagram launched the new app this week
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It creates timelapse videos - without all the expensive camera equipment
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Oliver Cox for NBC news filmed the Marine One helicopter landing

Question: An @placeholder spokesperson said: 'Since launching nearly four years ago, it has always been a priority to bring the Instagram community simple yet powerful tools that let people capture moments and express their creativity.


(CNN) -- Tensions magnified among the world's top three economies over China's controversial new air defense zone. The issues range from disagreements on air space as well as disputed islands between China and Japan. On Saturday, China declared the creation of an air defense identification zone in the East China Sea, eliciting strong criticisms from the United States and its close ally, Japan. Both countries refuse to recognize China's newly created zone. What is China's "Air Defense Identification Zone"? China released a map and coordinates that identify its air defense zone on November 23. It declared that aircraft in the area must report their flight plans to China, maintain two-way radio and clearly mark their nationalities on the aircraft. The new rules went into effect 10 a.m. that day, Xinhua reported.
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NEW: U.S. flies 2 B-52s over China's new air defense zone
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China's declaration of air defense zone prompts outcry
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Japan and China's compete with claim for Diaoyu/Senkaku Island

Question: As defined by @placeholder's announcement, the air defense zone's requirements appear to apply to all aircraft.


By Bianca London With viewing figures of almost 10 million every week, ITV's charming period drama Downton Abbey is in no doubt. But it appears a weekly television fix is not enough for one Downton fan who is so fixated with the upstairs/downstairs lives of the 1920s characters that he has recreated the British Edwardian drama out of thousands of Lego bricks. The Earl and Countess of Grantham, Bates the valet, Branson, Matthew, Carson the butler, Mary, Sybil and the imposing Dowager are all brought to life in brick form in his one-of-a-kind Lego set. Fanatic: A devoted Downton Abbey fan has recreated the British Edwardian drama out of thousands of Lego bricks. He gave his creation, which took fifteen hours to design, to his girlfriend for Christmas
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Created by Eric Stevens, 23, from Rochester, New York
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Created it as a Christmas present for his girlfriend
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Used a digital designer and aerial shots of Highclere castle
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Took 15 hours to design

Question: DIY: @placeholder couldn't find anything like this on the market so decided to create it himself.


By Kerry Mcqueeney Last updated at 8:34 PM on 18th October 2011 Beaten to death: Father-of-two James Tierney Two drunken youths who beat an innocent father-of-two to death - simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time - have been jailed for 15 and 12 years. James Tierney had taken a shortcut home from his girlfriend's flat when he was cornered by hooded thugs Dale Duncan and Aisar Khan. The pair challenged the 41-year-old to a fight and, when he refused, launched a savage beating. They repeatedly hit Mr Tierney over the head with a piece of drainpipe which had been ripped from a nearby wall and, as their victim begged for mercy, they stamped on his face before he slipped into unconsciousness and they left him to die.
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Dale Duncan and Aisar Khan hit father-of-two with drain pipe
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James Tierney suffered horrific injuries

Question: He blamed @placeholder for starting the attack on Mr Tierney and also claimed the victim had racially abused him and tried to punch him.


Guangzhou, China (CNN) -- In a new book, the half brother of President Obama claims the father they shared was often drunk and physically abusive. "My father beat me," Mark Obama Ndesandjo told reporters in China, where he lives. "He beat my mother. You just do not do that. I shut these thoughts in the back of my mind for many years." Ndesandjo, who took the last name of the man his mother remarried, has dodged the media in the year since his half brother was elected U.S. president. However, he spoke out Wednesday regarding his semi-autobiographical book, "Nairobi to Shenzhen."
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Mark Obama Ndesandjo is President Obama's half brother
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In a new book, Ndesandjo says their father was abusive
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"My father beat me," he tells reporters in China
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President has said in earlier book that his father was an alcoholic

Question: An engineer by trade, Ndesandjo moved to Shenzhen, @placeholder, after losing his job in the United States seven years ago.


Finally, Sunderland have had a happy Monday. After 12 years and 21 games, they won a match on a Monday, clinching a vital win against Crystal Palace. But while Gus Poyet enjoyed his start to the week, the same can’t be said of Neil Warnock. The Palace boss left incensed after referee Phil Dowd failed to award his side what looked a clear penalty inside the opening 25 seconds. VIDEO Scroll down to get all the facts and figures as Sportsmail brings you the Big Match Stats as Sunderland beat Crystal Palace Steven Fletcher ensures the three points are going back to the North East with Sunderland by adding a third goal in injury time
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Wes Brown looked to have earned Crystal Palace a point with Sunderland's fourth own goal of the season
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Fletcher had earlier opened the scoring for Gus Poyet's side with a well-placed header in the first half
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Palace's misery was compounded when captain Mile Jedinak was sent off with five minutes to go

Question: Ten minutes into the second half, @placeholder grabbed a deserved equaliser.


Just four Formula One drivers turned up to Roland Ratzenberger's funeral after his death during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix on April 30 1994. The 33-year-old Austrian driver's passing was overshadowed by events that took place 24 hours later when three-time world champion Ayrton Senna was killed in Sunday's race at the Imola circuit. On the 20th anniversary of that tragic weekend, it's Senna's death that still haunts the sport while Ratzenberger's fate has largely been ignored. "He's the forgotten man of Formula 1," said former track rival Johnny Herbert, who was one of the drivers at Ratzenberger's funeral. "Forgotten to many, but not to me."
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Roland Ratzenberger died in qualifying on the same tragic weekend as Ayrton Senna
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The 33-year-old hit a wall at 200 mph at the Imola circuit
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His former friend and rival Johnny Herbert calls him 'the forgotten man of F1'
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Austrian driver's parents plan return to Imola to mark the 20th anniversary of his death

Question: @placeholder continued: "He was almost a gentleman racer of a bygone era.


Washington (CNN) -- Is a jihadist featured on a 55-minute video released by ISIS, warning the United States against getting in its way in Iraq and Syria, an American? That's the question being asked by U.S. intelligence officials as they analyze a recruitment video that features the jihadist, who speaks perfect English with a North American accent, orchestrating a mass execution. The United States is doing a voice analysis and comparing what it finds to people the intelligence community has been watching, the officials told CNN on Saturday. The analysis is in its initial stages, according to the officials. Officials see the killer's appearance in the video as significant because he comes across, they say, as articulate and persuasive -- a person of influence within the terror group.
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U.S. intelligence officials are analyzing the voice on a ISIS video
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They are comparing it with the voices of people being watched, officials told CNN
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The 55-minute video released by ISIS shows the jihadist leading a mass execution
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In the video, jihadist speaks first in Arabic, then in English

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