(CNN) -- A radio host pointed it out to me on my book tour, with alarm: a chapter in my new book -- written three years ago about my president, Goodluck Jonathan, and his handling of Boko Haram, terror and insecurity in Nigeria -- could have been written today, almost word for word. "The truth is that I don't feel safe," I wrote in "Searching for a Vote of Confidence." "I, like many others living in Nigeria, will myself to feel safe, knowing I must take the risk and get onto the roads each day; we have no choice. But when it comes to the meat of it, you cannot possibly, really feel safe. Children have been kidnapped; average Nigerians' parents, "big men" (the elite), "oyinbos" (foreigners), and celebrities -- from the forbidding Pete Edochie to the clownish Mr. Ibu -- have been kidnapped; government officials have been kidnapped, and now youth corps members have been kidnapped."
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Nigeria "desperate with hopelessness" over kidnapped girls, says Chude Jideonwo
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He criticizes the country's leaders for their inaction
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"The government must earn the trust of its people," he says

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(CNN) -- Monaco's Royal Palace on Wednesday denied a published report that Prince Albert's bride-to-be, Charlene Wittstock, discovered information about the prince and tried to flee to her native South Africa but was stopped by police. "The Royal Palace formally denies the false allegations published on the site www.lexpress.fr," the palace statement said, pointing out that the report was published "just days before the wedding ceremony between S.A.S. Prince Albert and Miss Charlene Wittstock." "The sole intention of these rumors is to seriously damage the image of the Sovereign, as a result of damaging that of Miss Wittstock, and bear down on this happy event," the statement concluded.
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NEW: Albert's adviser on the story: "They were hurt, but not for long"
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Monaco's Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock are to be married this weekend
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French news managine reported Wittstock tried to flee to her native South Africa
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Magazine said she discovered Albert's life was "not as exemplary as she imagined"

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Beach goers swimming in areas concealed by shark nets may not be as safe as they think they are, according to a report that claims many of the nets ‘have huge holes easily big enough for a shark to pass through’. Many of the nets which partially cover NSW beaches are ‘tattered and twisted’ Channel 7 revealed, during a report which showed marine life such as Eagle Rays and Shortfin Mako Sharks stuck in the ineffective barriers. In the shocking underwater footage various sealife are seen dead and decaying in the nets as one Ray was set free by the Channel’s cameraman.
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A Channel 7 report found holes and tears in nets at popular NSW beaches
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Bondi Beach's barrier was named as the 'worst'
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Report found trapped marine life dead and decaying in the nets
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Comes after shark sightings and beach closures along the coast including at Manly and Newcastle
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There are shark nets at 51 beaches across NSW
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They are 'not designed to act as a total barrier between bathers and sharks'
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Environmentalists have labelled the nets 'indiscriminate killers'

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(CNN) -- One summer day back in 2008, fisherman Ali Omar went to see Daniela Bleattler, a Swiss photographer living in Lamu, the beautiful island off the Kenyan coast. Struggling to make a living, Omar asked Bleattler if she had a job for him. Bleattler didn't, but asked him instead whether he could help her find any "tanga," the old sails from the traditional dhows that she loved. A couple of days later, the local fisherman returned with a magnificent brownish old sail, weathered by years of salt and storms from navigating the Indian Ocean waters. "It had a big hole in the center created by the wind and the old age of the material," remembers Bleattler, who at the time had just come out of a relationship. "I just laughed and said to him, 'if I do a big red heart around it, this will look just like my broken heart at the moment.'"
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Ali Lamu turns old fishing material and recycled items into artwork and handicrafts
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The handmade creations are mostly made by old dhow sails, or 'tanga' in Swahili
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The artisans paint thoughtful messages on the creations promoting love and peace
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Clients can buy Ali Lamu's offerings from a small boutique on the island or online

Question: @placeholder, which is also the name some locals use for Omar, has 34 permanent staff and sometimes employs as many as 70 people.


By Ap  Reporter PUBLISHED: 02:19 EST, 24 December 2013 | UPDATED: 03:45 EST, 24 December 2013 Maybe it was getting his first video game, Cosmic Avenger, for Christmas at the age of 12, and then having to wait an entire year for the hard-to-land Colecovision console to play it on that made Michael Thomasson so determined to get his hands on every video game and system he could find. Now, 31 years and roughly 11,000 games later, Thomasson is the newly crowned world record holder for having the largest collection of video games.
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Michael Thomasson has just made the new Guiness World Records 2014 Gamer's Edition for having the largest collection of video games
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He estimates the cache, which he keeps in the basement of his Buffalo home, to be worth about $700,000 - $800,000
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While there are many favorite's, he says the worst of the bunch is the Pippin, apple's foray into games that was released in 1995

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Syria has crossed a "red line" with its use of chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin gas, against rebels, a move that is prompting the United States to increase the "scale and scope" of its support for the opposition, the White House said Thursday. The acknowledgment is the first time President Barack Obama's administration has definitively said what it has long suspected -- that President Bashar al-Assad's forces have used chemical weapons in the ongoing civil war. "The intelligence community estimates that 100 to 150 people have died from detected chemical weapons attacks in Syria to date; however, casualty data is likely incomplete," Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, said in a statement released by the White House.
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The White House says it plans to share the findings with Congress and U.S. allies
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Sen. John McCain says the rebels need anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons
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Between 100 to 150 people are believed to have died in Sarin gas attacks, the White House says
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The United States plans to step up its military support of the rebels, the White House says

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Ukrainian special forces moved against pro-Russian demonstrators in the eastern city of Donetsk late Monday after the country's acting President vowed to resist efforts to "dismember" his country, his office reported. The troops cleared armed protesters from the headquarters of Ukrainian security services in Donetsk, one of three cities where pro-Moscow uprisings took place over the weekend, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov's office announced Monday night. There were no casualties in the operation, Victoria Sumar, deputy secretary of the National Defense and Security Council, told reporters. Police battled protesters in one of the other two cities, while authorities set up a committee to negotiate with a self-declared "army" in the third.
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Police, protesters battle in Kharkov
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Bloodless raid retakes Donetsk headquarters, government says
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Russia trying to "dismember" Ukraine, acting President says
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Quit blaming us and listen to your people, Moscow tells Kiev

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(CNN) -- IFA, one of Europe's largest consumer electronics exhibitions kicked off this week in Berlin. With manufacturing giants such as Samsung, Sony and LG all rumored to be launching new products at the show, CNN asked Stephen Graves, online editor at Stuff magazine, to select five of his favorite gadgets from the exhibition floor. Sony Xperia Z1 Sony's new flagship smartphone features an amazing 20.7MP camera, plus an even tougher and more water-resistant frame than its predecessor the Xperia Z. Inside, the Xperia Z1 has a more powerful quad-core processor and a whopping 3000mAh battery -- and with a razor-sharp 5in full HD screen, it's shaping up to be yet another top class Android phone.
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Sony's new flagship smartphone features a 20.7MP camera, plus a tougher and more water-resistant frame
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The Panasonic 4k is around four times bigger than an iPad and manages only two hours of battery life
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The Galaxy Gear will be able to handle the smartphone basics: phone calls, Web surfing and e-mails
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The 3Doodler extrudes hot, quick-setting plastic from its nozzle nib, allowing you to "sketch" out small 3D models

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By Louise Boyle PUBLISHED: 13:51 EST, 4 December 2013 | UPDATED: 20:07 EST, 4 December 2013 A military couple whose engagement ring was secretly bought by actor Paul Walker came forward today after finally having their suspicions confirmed that the star was behind the act of amazing generosity. Soldier Kyle Upham and his new wife Kristen were in a Santa Barbara jewellery store in 2004 looking for a diamond ring shortly before he was sent on his second deployment back to Iraq. The couple quickly realized that the other shopper in the store was Fast And The Furious star Walker and struck up a conversation. Kyle revealed to the actor that he had just come back from a tour of duty in Iraq.
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The actor was in a Santa Barbara jewellery store in 2004 when he carried out the random act of generosity
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A store employee revealed the story after Walker's tragic death in a fiery car crash on Saturday at the age of 40

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By Helen Collis PUBLISHED: 04:59 EST, 20 September 2013 | UPDATED: 11:42 EST, 20 September 2013 Drinks giant Coca-Cola has apologised to a family after it found 'You Retard' printed inside a bottle cap. Blake Loates, from Alberta, Canada, was shocked to read the insulting profanity as she drank from the low-calorie fruit drink. 'We immediately thought, you have got to be kidding me?' she told the Huffington Post Alberta. 'We thought it might been a disgruntled employee or someone in a (bottling) plant playing a joke,' she added. Scroll down for video Blake Loates sent this photo to her father Doug, who was appalled at the apparent insult printed in her daughter's soft drink
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Blake Loates, from Alberta, Canada, was shocked to read the insulting profanity as she drank from the low-calorie fruit drink
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She has two half sisters born premature who suffer varying disabilities
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Her father wrote to Coca-Cola underlining how offensive it was to the family
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Coca-Cola apologised, blamed a contest which prints French and English words on the bottom of some lids of the drink

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By James  Nye and Ryan Gorman and Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 08:00 EST, 20 November 2013 | UPDATED: 10:33 EST, 20 November 2013 The Neo-Nazi serial killer who targeted blacks and Jews and paralyzed pornographer Larry Flynt in 1978 has been executed. Early this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the appeal of two last-minute stays of execution granted to Joseph Paul Franklin over the single drug Missouri planned to use in his execution. Less than one hour later, at 6.17am CST, Franklin's death sentence was carried out with an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Missouri.
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Joseph Paul Franklin admitted to killing 22 people across multiple states between 1977 and 1980
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He was executed less than an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court put an end to last-minute legal maneuvering
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Franklin declined his last meal, made no statement and said nothing in the death chamber
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He was on Missouri death row for the 1977 killing of a Jewish man outside a St. Louis synagogue
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His lawyers argued pentobarbital was inhumane
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Mr Franklin also shot Hustler publisher Larry Flynt in 1978 in Georgia

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(CNN) -- It used to be one of the great sights in tennis -- the likes of Boris Becker and John McEnroe flying around the net, executing flawless volleys to follow up precision serves. But the fearsome hitting power of modern tennis players has destroyed an art once finessed by some of Wimbledon's greatest champions, according to eight-time grand slam winner Ivan Lendl. Czech legend Lendl believes the bold playing style -- mastered to thrilling effect on grass by legends such as Rod Laver, Stefan Edberg, Martina Navratilova and Pat Rafter -- has been outdated by advances in technology and training.
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Former world No. 1 Ivan Lendl says serve and volley is too difficult in modern tennis
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Hitting power and new technologies mean players now stay at the baseline
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Roger Federer is finding it harder to serve and volley, says Tim Henman
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Wimbledon legend Pete Sampras believes the technique is a dying art

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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 14:41 EST, 14 November 2013 | UPDATED: 15:34 EST, 14 November 2013 Sarah Chavez, 22, is accused of fatally stabbing a 30-year-old woman at a Las Vegas bar on Tuesday night A 22-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing a mother of two who tripped her boyfriend over in a Las Vegas bar on Tuesday night. Sarah Ann Chavez is accused of killing 30-year-old Misty Elaine Madera following a brawl at Champagne's Cafe on South Maryland Parkway about 11pm. Officers found Madera lying in the back parking lot with stab wounds to her neck as Chavez, covered in blood, was being held back by a bar patron.
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Sarah Ann Chavez, 22, is accused of fatally stabbing Misty Elaine Madera, 30, outside a Las Vegas bar on Tuesday night
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Witnesses said the women brawled after Madera tripped over Chavez's boyfriend inside Champagne's Cafe
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Madera, a mother of two, died in hospital
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Chavez has been charged with murder

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Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Thousands of anti-government protesters defied an order Sunday to disperse from the capital's commercial center, but the government said it would use negotiation -- not force -- to get them to comply. Police estimated that as many as 50,000 members of the group United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship were at the Rajprasong intersection in the heart of Bangkok. They forced the closure of luxury shopping malls, blocked entrances to five-star hotels and made access to a holy shrine difficult. A spokesman for the government's peacekeeping operations, Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd, said that the protesters had "incited and created a situation which has caused great inconvenience to the conduct of business and the pursuit of normal activity."
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Up to 50,000 protesters occupy commercial heart of the Thai capital
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Opposition "red shirts" demand that PM Abhisit dissolve parliament soon
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Supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra say they will continue until demands are met

Question: Prime Minister @placeholder took to the airwaves Sunday, urging people in the affected area to be patient.


More than 30 pro-Russian and Chechen 'terrorists' have been killed during gun battles in eastern Ukraine as tensions in the region continue to escalate. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on his Facebook page that four government troops also died and another 20 were injured during clashes between local forces and pro-Moscow militia in Slovyansk. Fighting took place at various positions around the city during the government's biggest effort to quash unrest in the mainly Russian-speaking east. Scroll down for video Militia: A pro-Russia gunman holds his weapon outside a local administrative building in the centre of Slovyansk Armed: The soldiers patrol the city after more than 30 pro-Russia troops were killed in gun battles
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Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said four government troops also died
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Another 20 troops were injured during fighting in Slovyansk
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Gun battles took place at various locations around the city
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Flights from Donetsk Airport were suspended by 'government order'
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Kiev authorities tried to reassert control in Odessa by appointing a governor

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A pro-Russian platoon commander kisses his bride at their wedding ceremony in the flashpoint city of Donetsk today where just a few kilometres away 19 government soldiers were killed in a rocket attack. Arsen Pavlov, who goes by the call sign Motorola, dressed in battle fatigues and sported a broken arm in a sling to wed sweetheart Elena Kolenkina in the eastern Ukraine city, currently at the centre of the the country's bloody civil war. Snipers kept watch through windows of the town's registry office while  guests included several high-ranking separatist leaders including the self-proclaimed Governor of Donetsk, Pavel Gubarev.
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Arsen Pavlov wed sweetheart Elena Kolenkina in flashpoint city
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Guests included the self-proclaimed governor of Donetsk, Pavel Gubarev
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Snipers kept watch through windows of the town's registry office
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23 government soldiers killed during attempt to retake eastern regions
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Government troops have been fighting separatists for over three months
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President Poroshenko said that Kiev would 'find and destroy' the pro-Russian separatists responsible for missile attack

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The search for a Canadian man and a Japanese woman who went missing during a fishing trip in Montana has been suspended due to  severe weather conditions. It is believed 56-year-old father-of-two Danny Heyland and 75-year-old Fuki Nishibayashi fell into Mission Lake - known for its cutthroat and rainbow trout - while out on the water on November 22. The body of their friend, 63-year-old Canadian Kazuhiko Hayashizaki was discovered by divers three days later but now the lake has frozen over and heavy snowfall has made it almost impossible to get to. Missing: It is believed 56-year-old father-of-two Danny Heyland (left) and 75-year-old Fuki Nishibayashi (right) fell into Mission Lake, known for its cutthroat and rainbow trout, while out on the water on November 22
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It is believed 56-year-old Danny Heyland and 75-year-old Fuki Nishibayashi fell into Mission Lake on November 22
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The body of their friend, 63-year-old Canadian Kazuhiko Hayashizaki was discovered by divers three days later
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The search for the missing anglers has been suspended now the lake has frozen over and heavy snowfall has made it almost impossible to get to

Question: @placeholder had apparently accompanied his two friends on fishing trips to Montana before and was a seasoned fisherman.


(CNN) -- George Zimmerman should only be prosecuted if, after an exhaustive investigation and an honest assessment of Florida's "stand your ground" law, special prosecutor Angela Corey concludes that there is a strong possibility of proving his guilt at trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin. No American should ever be prosecuted for any crime as a consequence of the demands of a crowd, however large or vocal. This core principle of justice should stand regardless of the facts of a case or the radioactivity of a defendant. The justice system, fragile at best, is imperiled when prosecutorial decisions are tied to politics.
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Eugene O'Donnell: Prosecutor needs to see if Zimmerman can be proven guilty
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O'Donnell: No American should ever be prosecuted for a crime because of demands of crowds
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He says prosecutors should vigorously pursue cases when justice demands it
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O'Donnell: Major challenge for prosecution would be disproving Zimmerman's story

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The Muslim ex-husband of American woman Nicole Lynn Mansfield, shot dead in Syria for supposedly fighting with rebel forces, is a religious hardliner who may have indoctrinated her into his beliefs. Ayman Mohammed Bafil, from Saudi Arabia, hates the freedoms that people have in the U.S. and thinks anyone who does not believe in Islam is ‘going to hell’. A close family friend said that he has medieval beliefs and sees women as only being fit for cooking, raising children and having sex. Marriage: Nicole Lynn Mansfield was converted to Islam by ex-husband Ayman Mohammed Bafil (pictured) according to a friend
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Ayman Mohammed Bafil was married to Nicole Lynn Mansfield for little over a year
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Bafil believes all non-Muslims are 'going to hell', a friend said
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Mansfield, 33, of Flint, Michigan, was accused of working with an al-Qaeda rebel affiliate in war-torn Syria following her death last week

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(CNN) -- Venture capitalist Tom Perkins is back in the news with a big (and ridiculous) idea: If you pay a million dollars in taxes, you should get a million votes. While some media outlets have since pointed out that Perkins was perhaps courting controversy, his system of wealthier Americans having more say at the ballot box follows an equally bizarre argument this week from Bud Konheim, CEO of luxury retailer Nicole Miller. Konheim took a different tack on the inequality debate, asserting instead that all Americans are wealthy. According to Konheim, "We've got a country that the poverty level is wealth in 99% of the rest of the world. So we're talking about woe is me, woe is us, woe is this. ... The guy that's making, oh my God, $35,000 a year. ... Why don't we try that out in India or some country we can't even name ... China, anyplace -- that guy is wealthy."
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Jennifer Erickson: The rich like Tom Perkins and Bud Konheim live in a bubble
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Erickson: Konheim's idea that the poor in America are actually wealthy is ludicrous
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She says median incomes in American are lower now than they were in 2000
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Erickson: Without a vibrant middle class, America will fall behind in economic growth

Question: Konheim and @placeholder can disparage their fellow citizens all they want, but the truth is that the American economy will do better when more Americans are doing better.


It's always all about Lionel Messi at Barcelona. It has been since the ethereal teenager imposed himself on the British consciousness in a Champions League tie with Chelsea nine years ago. On Tuesday he takes on Manchester City in the Etihad and the questions surrounding him are frenzied as ever. Should he have made a late-night visit to a casino with Gerard Pique and Cesc Fabregas 24 hours after the 1-0 defeat by Malaga? Why did he play so badly against Malaga? What is his relationship with manager Luis Enrique? (Non-existent, say sources at Barcelona). And, most importantly, will the ongoing tax inquiry into his financial affairs by the Spanish authorities cause him to up and leave the club with which he has been synonymous?
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Barcelona face Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday
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Lionel Messi is looking to bounce back after a poor display against Malaga
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The Argentine's future has been the subject of speculation for months
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Messi is involved in a £3m tax case and has spoken about leaving the club
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Barca have lacked a coherent strategy since losing the late Tito Vilanova
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Manchester City vs Barcelona: How do the two teams compare?
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Question: But one defeat is enough these days to allow onlookers to pick open old wounds and, short of winning the league or the Champions League, those close to the club don't expect @placeholder to survive the summer.


Hollywood celebrated television's best and brightest at the 61st Emmy Awards on Sunday night. "Gossip Girl" Blake Lively was the night's best-dressed in a pailette-encrusted Versace gown. While many actresses played it safe in classic cuts and neutral colors, there were a few standouts, mostly young stars who brought excitement to an otherwise ordinary red carpet. "Gossip Girl" Blake Lively was the night's best dressed in a pailette-encrusted Versace gown with a plunging neckline and thigh-high slit. With this bold choice, Lively secured her place as Hollywood's sexiest young star -- a style icon in the making. Lively's "Gossip Girl" co-star Leighton Meester, another style star to watch, opted for a less overtly sexy look. Meester showed just enough skin in a delicately draped, goddess-inspired gown by Bottega Veneta.
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InStyle picks the best dressed from the red carpet at the Primetime Emmys
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Nominee Debra Messing chose a ruby-hued column gown by Michael Kors
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Surprising addition to best dressed was reality-TV star Kim Kardashian

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A young ambassador for eating disorders who dedicated her life to helping others fight the disease has  died of heart failure after a 12-year struggle with anorexia nervosa. Jay Taylor, 24, died suddenly by her mother's side on Monday at home in Walker, Newcastle. She had battled with the eating disorder for half her life, developing a serious problem with food when she was just 11 years old. Facebook tributes have flooded in from other sufferers of eating disorders keen to pay their respects to the 'bright' young 'mentor' and promising poet, who was chosen as an ambassador for the Eating  Disorder Association when she was 18.
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Jay Taylor, 24, died at home in Walker, Newcastle, on Monday
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Her mother Tracey was with her when she died
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Facebook tributes have flooded her page from other sufferers of disorders
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Jay developed anorexia nervosa when she was 11 years old
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She was made an ambassador for Eating Disorder Association aged 18

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(CNN)  -- Liverpool striker Ryan Babel has been fined £10,000 ($15,890) by the English Football Association (FA) for posting doctored photos of referee Howard Webb on his Twitter blog. Babel was found guilty of improper conduct Monday by an FA regulatory commission and warned about his future conduct. He is the first Premier League footballer to be charged and fined for "inappropriate" tweeting. The Dutch international used his Twitter account to criticize Webb, who took charge of Liverpool's FA Cup third round match against Manchester United. World Cup final referee Webb awarded United a disputed penalty and then sent off Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat in Kenny Dalglish's first match at the Anfield helm.
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Ryan Babel is the first footballer to be charged by FA over a Twitter posting
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Babel used a mock-up picture of referee Howard Webb and made derogatory comments
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The Dutch international could face a ban if found guilty of charges

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(Mashable) -- AT&T, criticized and even despised for its inability to keep up with growing mobile data usage, thinks it has found the solution to its network woes. And all it will cost the telecom giant is $39 billion and months (or even years) of regulatory hurdles. In a stunning move, AT&T has acquired T-Mobile USA for a whopping $39 billion from Deutsche Telekom. Along with acquiring approximately 8% of AT&T, Deutsche Telekom will also be gaining a seat on AT&T's board of directors. The new combined entity, if it can garner regulatory approval, will be largest carrier in the U.S. by leaps and bounds. AT&T and T-Mobile USA combined have over 25% more subscribers now than Verizon (125+ million vs. 93+ million).
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AT&T thinks it has found the solution to its network woes
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AT&T acquired T-Mobile USA for a whopping $39 billion from Deutsche Telekom
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AT&T and T-Mobile USA combined have over 25% more subscribers now than Verizon

Question: "At closing, AT&T will immediately gain cell sites equivalent to what would have taken on average five years to build without the transaction, and double that in some markets," @placeholder notes in its press release.


China has accused the United States of "hypocrisy" and "double standards" following its decision to charge five Chinese army officers with cybertheft against major American businesses. The Foreign Ministry in Beijing even took the step of summoning U.S. Ambassador Max Baucus late Monday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, as tensions between the two countries threatened to escalate into a full-scale diplomatic incident. Earlier Monday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the men, all members of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), "maintained unauthorized access to victim computers to steal information from these entities that would be useful" to the victims' competitors in China.
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China Foreign Ministry spokesman calls on U.S. to withdraw charges
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Indictment alleges five People's Liberation Army officers hacked computers
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United Steel Workers Union, Westinghouse, Alcoa among victims, Eric Holder says
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China suspends participation in the joint China-U.S. Cyber Working Group

Question: He was adamant that the @placeholder "intelligence programs serve a specific national security mission, and that does not include providing a competitive advantage to U.S. companies or U.S. economic interests," Carney said.


Whether I am taking a mini-break, flying long-haul or heading to a business meeting, my way of getting through the trauma of 21st century travel is to put on my safari suit and retro sunglasses and act as if this is still the heyday of BOAC. Istanbul lends itself to my peculiar fantasies perfectly - a seamless blend of old world and new world, European and Asian, with a Dionysian social life. All of my fashion friends have been raving about it for years, so I jumped on a three-hour flight to discover it for myself. Even after being met by traffic worse than New York at rush hour en route to my hotel (brace yourself and double any estimated journey times you may have read about), the heat, bustle and chaos of this city of more than 14million bodies will have anyone's sense of adventure stirred.
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Turkey's most famous city has grand landmarks, but is also great for parties
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City districts such as Galata and Karakoy are becoming increasingly cool
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The Blue Mosque is an Istanbul must-see - an astonishing religious icon

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By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 06:13 EST, 23 October 2012 | UPDATED: 10:36 EST, 23 October 2012 A dream home for golf fanatics has gone on sale for £4 million complete with its own championship length 18-hole course. The unidentified owner designed the course himself after moving into historic Idehill Manor in Devon 10 years ago and it boasts the longest recognised golf hole in Britain - a 740 yard par six. He has enjoyed the luxury of having the challenging course to himself on a daily basis, with family and friends occasionally joining him by invitation. A rural residence, the only one with a championship size golf course in the grounds, has gone on sale for £4 million
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The unidentified owner has enjoyed having the course to himself since he designed it a decade ago
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Picturesque course boasts the longest recorded golf hole in Britain
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Prospective owners will also get stables, a heated swimming pool and a separate two-bed cottage

Question: The @placeholder homeowner currently employs a greenkeeper to ensure that the fairways and greens are kept in top condition


It sounds like science fiction, but building a giant ball around the sun to harness its power could be closer than you think - we just have to blow up the planet Mercury. An emerging technology expert has claimed that we can start building a Dyson sphere (a sort of spherical solar panel) that would give us more energy than we will ever need within a matter of decades. George Dvorsky said that by ‘taking apart’ the whole of Mercury, asteroids and even other planets like Venus we can gather enough material to complete the huge project. Mercury, as captured by the Messenger spacecraft: Mining the planet could offer humanity raw materials for the next stage in its evolution
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Scientists aim to begin project within 25 years
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'Spherical solar generator' made of orbiting panels
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We would have to demolish Venus, Mercury and several asteroids

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A leading member of a Hungarian anti-Semitic party, notorious for his provocative comments about Jews has discovered that he is a Jew himself. Ultra nationalist Csanad Szegedi of the far-right Jobbik Party had accused Jews of ‘buying up’ the country, railed about the ‘Jewishness’ of the political elite and claimed Jews were desecrating national symbols. That was until it was revealed that his grandmother was a survivor of Auschwitz death camp and his grandfather was a forced labour camp veteran. Anti-Semite finds out he's Jewish: Ultra nationalist Csanad Szegedi, was a leading member of a far-right political party until he was forced to resign after it was revealed that he is actually Jewish
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Ultra nationalist Csanad Szegedi's political career is in ruins after he was forced to resign from far-right Jobbik Party
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The party is also asking him to resign from his EU lawmaking role
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Szegedi has publicly made anti-Semitic comments
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He acknowledged his Jewish heritage and apologised for offensive comments and vowed to visit Auschwitz
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Many survivors kept their ordeals to themselves during the communist rule

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A babysitter in Upstate New York bashed her five-year-old cousin in the head and strangled him to death before throwing his body over a guardrail into a ditch and covering it with snow on Thursday, police have revealed. Tiffany Vanalstyne, 19, then allegedly called police to made up a story about little Kenneth White being kidnapped by two masked men in an effort to cover her tracks - sending authorities on a desperate search across Albany County, New York to find the boy. 'I'm angry that we had a five-year-old killed and basically thrown away like a piece of trash. It's sinful and it's sad,' Sheriff Craig Apple, who was visibly shaken by the horrific murder, said today.
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Kenneth White, 5, was found dead in a ditch 40 yards from the trailer where he and his two sisters lived in Knox, New York, Thursday night
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His cousin Tiffany Vanalstyne, 19, who was left to babysit him and his siblings, has been charged with his murder
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She allegedly strangled the boy and bashed him in the head until he died
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Vanalstyne then threw his body over a guardrail into a ditch near the mobile home and covered it snow, police say
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Kenneth and his sisters had been living with his aunt, Vanalstyne's mother, after both his parents lost custody

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Hong Kong (CNN) -- China is using photocopied pages from a geography textbook for Vietnamese ninth-graders published 40 years ago to help win international support for its claim to the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. The pages were among documents sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, with a request that they be circulated among the General Assembly's 193 members. It's the latest attempt by the Chinese to prove its ownership of an area that Vietnam also claims as its own, as ships from both countries allegedly jostle each other miles from land in the South China Sea.
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China sends documents to the United Nations backing claim to Paracel Islands
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Tensions flared after China sent an oil rig into disputed waters
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Both sides have accused the other of ramming their ships

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Question: At the time, China said the vessel had been "harassing" a @placeholder fishing boat.


President Barack Obama is loading new missions on the U.S. military with fast-expanding mandates and no certain end dates as he grapples with the threats posed by ISIS and Ebola. Evolving operations in the Middle East and west Africa are causing some supporters to ask whether the president, a notoriously reluctant warrior dedicated to ending foreign entanglements and getting troops home, has changed his mind. By committing the U.S. military to two new crises, with no clear exit strategy, Obama risks the same perilous slide into "mission creep" that hounded some predecessors, who got sucked ever deeper into wars in Vietnam, Somalia and Iraq.
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President Obama risks getting sucked into deeper and deeper conflicts
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A vicious winter storm bringing strong winds and heavy  'wallpaper paste' snow that battered much of the Midwest is heading for the East Coast. The snowstorm has forced more than 1,200 flights to be cancelled, including 900 from Chicago’s O’Hare International, and has left the roads a slushy mess as the Windy City is expecting as much as a foot of snow. In Minnesota, authorities reported more than 120 crashes, though none of them fatal. However, a truck driver in Wisconsin is believed dead after his semi-truck fell over an icy bridge and into a frozen pond; rescue crews are working to retrieve the body of the truck’s passenger.
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Large weather system passing over Midwest and onto East Coast
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More than 1,200 flights cancelled, mostly from Chicago's O'Hare and Washington's Dulles airports
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Wisconsin semi-truck driver dead and passenger missing as vehicle plunged into Wisconsin lake from icy road
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Winds of up to 55mph in New York area with rain and snow showers

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(Southern Living) -- Keep up with the kids with fuel from these Walt Disney World restaurants. La Cantina de San Angel and La Hacienda de San Epcot World Showcase's Mexico Pavilion These two eateries opened last year along the World Showcase Lagoon. La Cantina offers quick-service tacos nachos, and empanadas, as well as a variety of frozen margaritas (open for lunch and dinner, $15 and under per person). La Hacienda offers contemporary Mexican fare such as mixed seafood grill and roasted pork loin and features its own "tequila ambassador" who creates one-of-a-kind margaritas, including a coffee-flavored variety (open for dinner, $15-$36 per person).
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Via Napoli serves fresh pizza cooked in wood-burning ovens
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Narcoossee's offers a view of the Magic Kingdom's main entrance
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Mickey, Goofy and Donald Duck make appearances during breakfast at The Tusker House

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(CNN)Christianity was born in Bethlehem, in what's now the West Bank. It took root among people like the Assyrians, who flourished in ancient Mesopotamia. It soon found a home in places like modern-day Turkey. In other words, Christianity traces its past squarely to the Middle East. But do Christians have a future there? Recent headlines provide ample evidence for skepticism. It's hard to ignore the depravity of ISIS beheading 21 Egyptian Christians on a beach in Libya. Nor can one shake off stories of women and children among the 262 Christians captured by ISIS in Syria, one of several horrors faced by Christians in that nation and neighboring Iraq.
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Christianity has long roots in the Middle East, starting with the birth of Jesus
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Expert: Their numbers have fallen in recent decades and should continue to fall
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Question: Religious police in @placeholder try to make sure that's the case.

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By Damien Gayle PUBLISHED: 13:14 EST, 30 October 2013 | UPDATED: 05:37 EST, 31 October 2013 Two grave-robbing sisters were today branded 'scumbags' as they appeared in court to be punished for stealing funeral wreaths. Marion Hill, 42, and Lyndsay Millett, 37, were involved in a 'commercial enterprise' snatching wreaths to sell on from at least one cemetery, Liverpool Magistrates’ Court heard. They were caught on camera taking two wreaths just hours after they had been left by the grieving family of Bridget Jennat, 82, when she was buried the city's Allerton Cemetery. Callous: Marion Hill, left, and Lyndsay Millett, right, leave Liverpool Magistrates' Court after an earlier hearing. The sisters were today sentenced for taking wreaths left for at a grandmother's funeral by grieving relatives
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Marion Hill and Lyndsay Millett caught on CCTV stealing the wreaths
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Police found Hill's house packed with 'wreath-making paraphenalia'
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Believed they were selling wreaths on to other bereaved families

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(CNN) -- The co-founder of Rap Genius, an online-annotation website, has been fired after marking up the 137-page manifesto of California killer Elliot Rodger with comments that are being called tasteless and creepy. Mahbod Moghadam used his site, which lets users post notes interpreting rap and hip-hop lyrics, to comment on Rodger's exhaustive autobiography, which includes his reasons for killing six people in Santa Barbara, California, on Friday before apparently turning a gun on himself. In more than one note, Moghadam called Rodger's writing "beautiful," and in another he speculated on the attractiveness of Rodger's sister. In a journal and in a video posted online, Rodger had expressed frustrations about not finding women to date and resentment toward couples who kissed in front of him.
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Rap Genius co-founder made insensitive comments about killer's manifesto
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Mahbod Moghadam called Elliot Rodger's writing "beautiful"
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Rap Genius CEO: "I cannot let him jeopardize the Rap Genius mission"

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Augusta, Georgia (CNN) -- Tiger Woods was penalized two strokes Saturday after a rules committee deemed he violated one of golf's ball-drop rules during Friday's play, an official with the Masters Tournament said. "I didn't know I had taken an incorrect drop prior to signing my scorecard," Woods said in a four-part tweet on Saturday. "I understand and accept the penalty and respect the Committees' decision." On Friday, Woods, a four-time tournament champion, hit a shot on the 15th hole that ricocheted off the flagstick and bounced into a pond. Woods took a drop then bogeyed the hole. "After being prompted by a television viewer, the Rules Committee reviewed a video of the shot (after the drop) while he was playing the 18th hole," Fred Ridley, the Augusta National Golf Club's competition committee chairman, said in a written statement.
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NEW: Woods says the punishment was fair, adding, "I made a mistake"
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Woods says he didn't mean to break any rules
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Official says Woods was "forthright' during meeting Saturday meeting
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By Simon Tomlinson Last updated at 9:51 PM on 1st February 2012 Out of luck: Lottery winner Robert Moffat leaves Falkirk Sheriff Court after pleading guilty to crashing his father's car while five times the drink-drive limit A former barman who enjoyed the trappings of wealth after scooping £800,000 on the lottery hung his head in shame today as he admitted being a drink-driver now living on benefits. Robert Moffat became one of Scotland's first big-money winners when he took a share of his family's £3.5million pay-out. Happily married with a daughter, he surrounded himself with life's luxuries - a plush Range Rover stood in the driveway of his home while a lovingly restored classic Triumph sports car gleamed in he garage. Both had personal registration plates.
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Robert Moffat lost his flash cars, house and even his wife
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Crashed father's X-type Jaguar as he battled drink problems

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(CNN) -- Pennsylvania police have arrested a woman who authorities say fled Washington state 11 years ago with her two sons against a court order instructing her to return them to their father, police said. Jill Haugen was arrested at her home in Milton, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, days after she had contacted police saying she didn't want to take care of her sons any longer, Milton Police Chief Craig Lutcher told CNN. Police in Spokane, Washington, said a felony warrant for first-degree custodial interference was issued for her in 1998. The Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, district attorney's office said she has been charged with being a fugitive from justice and is awaiting an extradition hearing. It was not immediately clear if she had retained legal representation.
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Jill Haugen accused of illegally leaving Washington state with her sons in 1998
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Haugen wasn't awarded primary custody of sons after she divorced their father
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Pennsylvania police: She told us last week she no longer wanted to take care of boys
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Haugen says boys are sexual abuse survivors; father denies wrongdoing

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By Mail Online Reporter A Florida dog owner is begging for the public's help to find her ill nine-year-old Yorkshire terrier after the dog was reportedly stolen during a mugging. Damica Clark says her dog, India, needs regular treatment for an intestinal infection if she is to stay healthy. The dog was taken when her brother, Darren, offered to walk India while Clark was working double-shift Monday. Damica Clark says her dog, India, needs regular treatment for an intestinal infection if she is to stay healthy India, a Yorkshire terrier, was stolen by a mugger who held Clark's brother at gunpoint
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Damica Clark says her dog, India, needs regular treatment for an intestinal infection if she is to stay healthy
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The dog was taken when her brother, Darren, offered to walk India while Clark was working double-shift
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Clark calls the pet 'part of her family'

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(CNN) -- Major League Baseball on Monday suspended 13 players, including New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, after an investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs. The league suspended Rodriguez for 211 regular-season games through the 2014 season, but the 38-year-old slugger said he planned to appeal. Twelve other players have accepted 50-game suspensions without pay. A-Rod and the other players are accused of having ties to the now-shuttered Biogenesis anti-aging clinic in south Florida and taking performance-enhancing drugs. Rodriguez has denied the accusation. "I'm fighting for my life. I have to defend myself. If I don't defend myself, no one else will," he told reporters after the league announced its decision.
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Rodriguez describes the last seven months as a "nightmare"
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Major League Baseball suspends Rodriguez for 211 games
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12 other players agree to 50-game suspensions without pay

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Question: Under the drug program, "Rodriguez's suspension will be stayed until the completion of his appeal if @placeholder files a grievance challenging his discipline," the MLB statement said.


(CNN) -- Luis Suarez will have to wait until late October to make his debut for Spanish club Barcelona after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) partially upheld the Uruguay star's ban for biting an opponent on Thursday. The striker was suspended from all football-related activity for four months -- preventing him from even training -- after he bit Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder during a World Cup group game in Brazil in late June, and banned for nine international matches. Switzerland-based CAS heard the 27-year-old's case last week as he appealed against the punishment imposed by soccer's world governing body FIFA.
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Luis Suarez's "biting ban" is upheld by independent appeals panel
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Uruguay forward cannot play for new club Barcelona until late October
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CAS rules that FIFA's sanctions were "generally proportionate to the offense committed"

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(CNN) -- United States captain Paul Azinger has upped the stakes ahead of September's Ryder Cup with a stinging attack on his Europe team counterpart Nick Faldo. Nick Faldo, left, and Paul Azinger will continue their rivalry at the Ryder Cup in September. Faldo's stewardship ahead of Europe's bid for victory at Valhalla in Kentucky has already been criticized following his admonishment of Colin Montgomerie for his behavior at last season's Seve Trophy match in Ireland. And now Azinger, who has had a rocky relationship with Faldo both as a player and television commentator, has weighed in by claiming that the Englishman is not popular with his players.
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U.S. captain Paul Azinger launches an attack on Ryder Cup rival Nick Faldo
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American claims Europe's captain does not have the support of his players
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The duo have had an uneasy relationship since Faldo won 1987 British Open

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The rolling hills that surround the city of Erbil in northern Iraq once helped the bustling Kurdish capital earn its reputation as the Switzerland of the Middle East. Beneath the verdant greenery which dominates this ancient landscape, however, lies the source of the region's prosperity -- lots of oil and gas. These bountiful natural resources combined with the relative stability of northern Iraq have helped fuel a nascent luxury property boom in recent years -- no mean feat in a country that has been pummeled by three wars, brutal dictatorship and recurring sectarian tensions over the last three decades. See also: Where are the world's most expensive luxury properties?
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Erbil in northern Iraq is experiencing a luxury property boom
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Vast oil and natural gas reserves have attracted investors from across the globe
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Rescued: Jon Hammar, 27, pictured, has opened up for the first time about his horrific ordeal, which saw him spend more than four months in a corrupt prison on the Texas-Mexico border on weapons charges A U.S. Marine veteran who was thrown into a Mexican prison for carrying an antique shotgun across the border says gangsters threatened to behead him while he was in jail. Jon Hammar, 27, has opened up for the first time about the horrific ordeal, which saw him spend more than four months in a corrupt prison on the Texas-Mexico border on weapons charges. He was released just days before Christmas but says there were times he believed he wouldn't escape with his life.
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Jon Hammar, 27, was arrested in August for carrying an antique rifle that had belonged to his great-grandfather across the border
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By Helen Pow Charged: Charnae Mosley, 27, pictured, allegedly left her children ¿ ages 6, 4, 2, and 1 ¿ inside the vehicle as she shopped for at least 16 minutes at a southwest Atlanta grocery store An Atlanta mother-of-four has been charged with reckless conduct after she left all her children in a hot SUV while she went grocery shopping, police say. Charnae Mosley, 27, allegedly left her children – ages 6, 4, 2, and 1 – inside the vehicle as she shopped for at least 16 minutes at a southwest Atlanta grocery store. A passerby noticed the children in the car with the doors locked and the windows rolled up in the parking lot of a Kroger supermarket on Headland Drive about 3 p.m. Monday and called 911.
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Charnae Mosley, 27, allegedly left her children - ages 6, 4, 2, and 1 - inside the vehicle as she shopped for at least 16 minutes at a southwest Atlanta grocery store
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A passerby noticed the children in the car with the doors locked and the windows rolled up and called 911
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By Lydia Warren Angry: Zyad Younan, 41, says he was drugged and scammed out of $135,000 by strippers A cardiologist who is being sued for $135,000 in unpaid bills by a New York strip club has detailed how he was allegedly lured into a stripper crime ring, drugged and then robbed of the sum. Zyad Younan, 41, has accused Karina Pascucci, 26, Samantha Barbash, 40, and Marsi Rosen, 28, of slipping a substance into his drink before racking up the huge debts while he was unconscious or not in control of his actions. The three women worked for Scores, a strip club that is now suing Younan for the bill after he told American Express he had been swindled and they reversed the charges.
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Zyad Younan 'was approached by Karina Pascucci, 26, in a bar and asked him out on a date so she could scam him with two others strippers'
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Pascucci, Samantha Barbash and Marsi Rosen 'slipped a drug into his drink before taking him to a club where they charged him $135,000'
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He said he only became aware of his 'spending' when he got an AmEx bill and he got the charges reversed
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The women and two others have been arrested in the 'scam' but the club, which has sued Younan, claims he readily spent the money on strippers

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(CNN) -- Underage sex trafficking is an awful thing, on that we can all agree. But the growing clamor by individual U.S. states for the shutdown of Village Voice Media's web-based advertising site, Backpage.com, is panicky, scattershot, legally suspect and potentially just as dangerous. Backpage.com is a personals website with a special "adult" section containing a wealth of listings for escort services. Like the back pages of most alternative local news weeklies, or for that matter the Yellow Pages of the phone book, the website contains ads and pictures that make no pretense about what is being offered. These are ads for prostitutes.
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Douglas Rushkoff: Calls to close Backpage.com are scattershot, potentially dangerous
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Rushkoff: Village Voice may be right to resist challenge but should ditch sex listings

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By Keith Gladdis PUBLISHED: 08:21 EST, 5 February 2013 | UPDATED: 07:26 EST, 6 February 2013 Cities in Germany have warned that ‘social peace’ there is at risk due to an influx of economic migrants from Bulgaria and Romania. In a stark warning to the UK, reports tell of an epidemic of illegal working, chaos in schools because so many children can’t speak German, and an alarming increase in organised crime since the migrants arrived. Dortmund, Hanover, Berlin and Hamburg say they are struggling to absorb a six-fold increase in economic migration from the two countries since 2006.
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German cities facing 'significant costs' as a result of poverty migration
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Dortmund, Hanover, Duisburg, Berlin and Hamburg all struggling to cope
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Chaos in classrooms with native children being held back, report claims
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Roma families with ten children 'receiving payments for each from the state'
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Reports of Romanian crime gangs sending children and women out to steal

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The big auto show in Detroit doesn't kick off until next week, but major car companies are already showing off some of their more exciting car-tech prototypes here at the International Consumer Electronics Show. BMW and Audi unveiled their latest driverless car technology and conducted demonstration drives. Nevada is one of a few states where it's legal to test drive autonomous cars, though it requires a person to sit in the driver's seat at all times. BMW added its highly active assist technology to a modified 2 Series Coupe. The car can slide into a controlled drift to demonstrate how precise the control systems are and how it can handle a critical situation. The company has posted a video showing it in action.
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BMW and Audi demonstrated autonomous driving vehicles at CES in Las Vegas
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The technology could appear on the roads in seven to 10 years

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London, England (CNN) -- The United Kingdom spent a second day suspended in uncertainty Saturday as leading politicians met to resolve a national election that failed to yield an outright winner. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, whose party came in third after Thursday's voting, held meetings with fellow party members Saturday to discuss a possible deal with either of the two largest parties, Labour and the Conservatives. Clegg also met with Conservative leader David Cameron Saturday night, local media reported, while a broader meeting between Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party is scheduled for Sunday morning, a Liberal Democrat spokeswoman told CNN.
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No party won a clear majority in British election, resulting in hung parliament
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Liberal Democrats plan to meet with the Conservative Party Sunday
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Conservatives refuse to give a timeframe on any deal

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England defeated Scotland 3-1 on Tuesday night's 'friendly' at Celtic Park thanks to headers in each half from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Wayne Rooney, who then finished his second to snuff out an Andrew Robertson-led fight back from the hosts. Sportsmail's Rob Draper soaked up the atmosphere in Glasgow. Alf Ramsey’s famous line – ‘Welcome to Scotland? You must be f******  joking!’ – looked a little anachronistic when the England coach arrived. There were a few pantomime boos but Roy Hodgson emerged beaming alongside Wayne Rooney and a small crowed attempting to abuse the England captain got little encouragement from their peers.
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England beat Scotland 3-1 at Celtic Park on Tuesday night
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England fans sang about the IRA at Celtic Park to Scotland's bemusement
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Roy Hodgson's side arrived to  pantomime boos from a small crowd
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(CNN) -- Libyans opposed to longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi vowed to hit the streets again Sunday, saying a violent crackdown by security forces since demonstrations began last week has energized their ranks. Benghazi, the North African nation's second-largest city and hub of its eastern province, was home to some of the bloodiest clashes Saturday. Still, an anti-government demonstrator there said that despite having been barraged for days by tear gas and bullets, many of his colleagues slept overnight outside the city's courthouse and planned another rally at 1 p.m. Sunday. "There are a lot of people getting killed for their freedom," the man, who was not identified for safety reasons, told CNN early Sunday. "Our goal is simple: We want Gadhafi to leave. We want freedom. ... We want democracy."
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NEW: Libya's official news agency says Israeli-led network is stirring unrest in Arab world
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An Army official siding with the opposition says government "caused a massacre"
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Libyan government's tight controls make it difficult to verify information

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By Martin Ziegler, Press Association UK Sport has rejected appeals against its decision to withdraw funding from Olympics sports basketball, synchronised swimming and women’s water polo. The funding body has also stood by its decision to cut all funds from Paralympics sports goalball, visually-impaired football and wheelchair fencing. UK Sport has changed its decision about women’s weightlifting and reinstated money totalling £894,000 in the build-up to the Rio 2016 Olympics, while badminton has been awarded an extra £250,000. UK Sport chairman Rod Carr admitted that the decisions on zero funding, confirming the original announcement last month, would be unpopular in some quarters.
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UK Sport has decided to withdraw funds from Olympic sports basketball, synchronised swimming and women's water polo
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Funding for Paralympic sports goalball, visually impaired football and wheelchair fencing is also cut in full
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UK Sport has reversed its decision to cut funding for women's weightlifting and has awarded badminton an extra £250,000
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The funding body accepts its zero funding decision will be unpopular but claims back sports with medal-winning potential is a strategy that works

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Editor's note: As Syria's neighboring countries are struggling to accommodate an influx of refugees, no place is less prepared to cope than Iraq. Save the Children CEO Carolyn Miles recently returned from a visit to the refugee camps in Iraq where she saw the conditions firsthand. (Save The Children) -- Tiny baby Banaz sat sleeping peacefully in her car seat, unaware of the hubbub around her. Her beautiful 2-month-old face was the picture of calm. We sat on an old mattress in the heat and spoke with her parents, who had left Syria just one month before. They fled the violence and instability in the province of Hasakah in northern Syria to come to this teeming, garbage strewn spot near the northern Iraqi mountains. Her young father spoke of the day they decided to leave Syria, when the fighting got to be too much. The family of four -- mother, father, 2-year-old Zahraa and 1-month-old Banaz -- left with nothing but what they could carry on the walk to Domiz camp.
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The exodus of Syrian refugees currently equals around 250,000 each month
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Iraq now houses more than 151,000 Syrian refugees
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After more than a decade of conflict, Iraq is struggling to provide for the influx
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Save the Children is working to improve camp conditions for Syrian refugees everywhere

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By Stephen Davies The referee accused of favouring Lionel Messi earlier this tournament will be in charge of Sunday’s World Cup Final. Italy’s Nicola Rizzoli was slammed by Belgium manager Marc Wilmots after the 1-0 quarter-final defeat by Argentina last weekend. Wilmots said: ‘I don’t want to be a cry baby, but I noticed the referee never gives fouls against Argentina. Every time something happens with Messi the referee gives him a free-kick. In charge: Italian referee Nicola Rizzoli will referee Sunday's World Cup final between Argentina and Germany Final: Lionel Messi and Argentina will face Germany at the Maracana on Sunday for the World Cup
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Italian referee Nicola Rizzoli accused of favouring Lionel Messi by Belgium manager Marc Wilmots after Argentina's 1-0 win in quarter-final
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Wilmots: 'Every time something happens with Messi the referee gives him a free-kick'
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Rizzoli to referee 2014 World Cup final between Argentina and Germany

Question: The fact that Argentina has a long history of immigration from Italy only increases the chances of @placeholder being accused of bias.


Hollywood ' svengali' Sam Lutfi insists there was 'no trickery' in getting troubled former child star Amanda Bynes into a psychiatric hospital. Lutfi, the controversial ex-manager of Britney Spears, spoke out to MailOnline to insist he did bring her back to Los Angeles from New York two weeks ago - despite her parents Lynn and Rick Bynes' denial that they are working with him. Today, he details the sad events that saw Amanda put in a psychiatric hold and admits he bought the star her plane ticket home following her very public meltdown. Despite earlier reports that the Bynes were forced to lie to Amanda to get her to the clinic, Lutfi tells MailOnline, 'There was no trickery. She knew where she was going.'
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Sam Lutfi says he bought Amanda Bynes her ticket back to LA after meltdown
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He says: 'I felt that she feels, deep down, that she needs help'
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Troubled star had changed her phone number to avoid 'concerned' parents
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Amanda agreed to meet her parents in LA ' to prove that nothing was wrong...but things went a different way'
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Actress, 28, is currently on a psychiatric hold in hospital for 14 days

Question: A source revealed that Amanda actually changed her cell phone number and stopped calling her distraught parents, who became 'extremely concerned' after she arrived in @placeholder and displayed erratic behavior that included her being accused of shoplifting.


Qena, Egypt (CNN) -- In a deserted playground a few hundred miles south of Cairo, 13-year-old Asmaa Ashraf fiddles with a broken rusted slide. She is waiting listlessly for a lesson with her math tutor. The bright-eyed teenager lives in a sepia-toned village in the province of Qena, a place of rural poverty and neglect. But she has big dreams about education. She wants to open a school one day. "At my school, we'll learn," she says, brushing her hands longingly over the slide. "Teachers will show up and we'll be allowed to ask questions. We'll be allowed to draw with color."
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While Egypt struggles to wade through political problems, its education system suffers
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Literacy rates are low and unemployment is high, especially among females
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Many middle-class families are spending a large part of their income on private tutoring
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A few start-up companies have emerged, however, to address the education deficit

Question: But until those solutions are offered, @placeholder -- and a whole generation in waiting -- will continue to linger near broken slides, daydreaming about the future.


(EW.com) -- DirecTV is doubling down on scripted television: The satellite service provider announced today that it has ordered 10 episodes of "Full Circle" from filmmaker and playwright Neil LaBute, making his TV debut. The series "examines the human condition and relationships through a series of conversations between 11 people whose lives, unbeknownst to them, are intertwined," according to a press release. It continues: "Full Circle is a modern day La Ronde meets My Dinner with Andre as it explores the nature of human contact and true togetherness in our current technology-driven world." EW: 'Awkward. ': Beau Mirchoff, Molly Tarlov tease teaming up
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DirecTV has ordered 10 episodes of "Full Circle"
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Filmmaker LaBute will serve as writer and co-exec producer on the series
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Production will start this summer

Question: "In dissecting how closely connected we all are, @placeholder will take viewers on a journey that will traverse the full range of human emotion.


Washington (CNN) -- Jordan's King Abdullah met Tuesday with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the conflict in Syria, which borders Jordan. The two leaders told reporters after their White House talks that they would continue working together to bring about a resumption of Middle East peace talks, with King Abdullah citing the need to "keep our fingers crossed" for progress. In recent months, King Abdullah has taken a more active role in trying to bridge the gulf between Israelis and Palestinians, filling the vacuum created by the removal of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak. Earlier this month, Palestinian and Israeli negotiators met in Amman with representatives of the Middle East Quartet -- made up of the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia -- in an effort to relaunch negotiations after more than a year of deadlock.
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President Obama praises King Abdullah's leadership in the Middle East
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King Abdullah has taken a more active role in the talks
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Jordan hosted Palestinian and Israeli negotiators earlier this month
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No significant breakthrough was made, but they agreed to meet again

Question: In his remarks, King Abdullah expressed his gratitude for @placeholder support for Jordan's political reforms, as well for its economic support.


President Obama has said he won't engage in any 'wheeling, dealing and trading' to get NSA leaker Edward Snowden extradited from Russia to the United States. 'I'm not going to be scrambling jets to get to a 29-year-old hacker,' the president said of the whistleblower during his trip to Dakar, Senegal on Thursday. Snowden, who is actually 30, fled to Hong Kong last month ahead of leaking details about an NSA surveillance program. He is now in the transit area of Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow. Despite the U.S. urging Russia to extradite him immediately, President Vladimir Putin refused, saying there is no extradition treaty with the U.S., and Snowden has not committed any crimes in his country.
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NSA leaker Edward Snowden remains in the transit area of Moscow airport after leaving Hong Kong on Sunday
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U.S. demanded Russia extradites him immediately but Putin refused

Question: His failure to fly out of the airport, where he has been for five days, could suggest he is struggling to buy a ticket without the proper documents after @placeholder authorities revoked his passport.

Question: the @placeholder government hadn't yet replied to our requests for


By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:28 AM on 3rd August 2011 An autopsy conducted on 11-year-old Celina Cass was unable to determine how she died, authorities said yesterday. Divers found Celina Cass's body Monday morning near a hydroelectric dam that spans the Connecticut River between her home town of Stewartstown, New Hampshire, and Canaan, Vermont. Celina's death has been deemed suspicious, based on what divers found, and investigators were treating the case as a criminal investigation. Celina, who lived with her older sister, mother and stepfather a mile from Canada, was last seen at her home computer around 9 pm on July 25 and was gone the next morning.
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Stepfather Wendell Noyes hospitalised after 'rolling around on the driveway of his home' after issuing plea to reporters

Question: Earlier Tuesday, investigators combed the area along the river, which divides Vermont and @placeholder, above where Celina's body was found.


By Leon Watson PUBLISHED: 12:24 EST, 15 October 2012 | UPDATED: 01:47 EST, 16 October 2012 A thug who stabbed his friend 11 times and left him for dead after a row over a game of darts has been jailed for eight years. Peter Roberts, 46, from Northampton, launched a 'frenzied and determined' attack on Shane Reeves, 22, after they fell out on July 5 this year. Roberts plunged a kitchen knife into his friend's chest, abdomen, shoulder and arm before dumping him on a landing. Peter Roberts, from Northampton, stabbed his friend 11 times and left him for dead after a row over a game of darts. He has been jailed for eight years
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Peter Roberts, from Northampton, jailed for attack on Shane Reeves
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The pair, aged 46 and 22, were friends but fell out on July 5 this year

Question: After undergoing surgery, Mr @placeholder spent a month recovering from his injuries.


By Sean Poulter, Consumer Affairs Editor A supermarket price war is inevitable if the ‘big four’ supermarkets are to take on the threat posed by budget rivals, according to a leading City expert. Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have been losing market share to the fast growing discount chains, Aldi and Lidl. David Cumming, who is responsible for investing billions of pounds of pension funds cash, says they will have to slash prices if they are to stop the loss of customers becoming a stampede. The more established UK supermarket chains might be losing out to the super-cheap German mega-stores, who can offer interesting brands at much lower prices, and have an emphasis on bulk goods
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A price war is coming, according to experts in supermarket economics
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UK supermarket chains have been losing money to the German mega-stores
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Sales down at Christmas for UK stores, hitting profits
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Many major British stores 'ducking the challenge' set by Aldi and Lidl
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Aldi and Lidl are beating major supermarkets on name-brand item price
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Asda reduces many items to 50p in a bid to contend with losses

Question: ‘@placeholder, Tesco, Asda and, to some extent, Sainsbury’s are all losing customers at an increasingly rapid pace to the discounters, mainly Aldi and Lidl,’ he said.


Council officials told a resident who asked for details regarding paranormal activity through a Freedom of Information request that if he had any concerns he should call Ghostbusters. Staff at Essex County Council offered the response to the request, which asked for information relating to paranormal and zombie activity dealt with by the local authority in the past decade. However, the council responded to the anonymous request by saying information about the services in question was contracted out to external providers. Dr Stantz, Dr Venkman and Dr Spengler, played by actors Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis in the film Ghostbusters. Essex County Council replied to an FOI request on paranormal activity saying anybody with concerns should call Ghostbusters
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Anonymous FOI request was sent to Essex Council on paranormal activity
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Asked about UFO and ghost sightings as well as pandemics and zombies
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Advised calling Ghostbusters with any concerns relating to paranormal
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Also wrote residents should call 'Mulder and Scully' regarding UFOs
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Provided details for 'Shaun of the Dead' and Major Henry West from 28 Days Later

Question: 'It has seen a 60 per cent increase in @placeholder requests between 2011 and 2013.


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pirates in ships are searching for the lifeboat containing four pirates and their hostage -- the captain of a freighter they failed to hijack earlier this week -- according to a U.S. military official with knowledge of the situation. Capt. Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama is being held by pirates on a lifeboat off Somalia. The pirates are using ships they have already hijacked and larger ships from which they are launching skiffs, the official said Friday. One of the pirated ships is the German cargo ship Hansa Stavanger, seized April 4 off the coast of Somalia.
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Pirates using other hijacked ships to look for lifeboat as Navy ships arrive
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Captain's escape attempt viewed as "optimistic sign" of his vitality
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Richard Phillips, captain of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship, is being held by four gunmen

Question: Richard Phillips, the hostage, tried to escape from the pirates Thursday night by jumping out of the lifeboat, a @placeholder official said Friday.


By Richard Spillett for MailOnline This is the moment a pub landlord tackled a top jockey and his two drunken friends with a pool cue after they attacked his regulars. Barry Birch, 61, stepped in after former Grand National jockey Sean Quinlan and two of his friends threw punches at two other customers. Shocking CCTV footage shows Quinlan, race horse trainer Paul O'Neill and their friend Luke Cooper attacking Martin Reeves and Adam Smith. Scroll down for video WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT CCTV shows the moment jockey Sean Quinlan, race horse trainer Paul O'Neill and their friend Luke Cooper attacked customers in The Priory pub in Leek, Staffordshire
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Jockey Sean Quinlan and friends started a fight in Staffordshire pub
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They punched and kicked other customers, hitting them with bar stool
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Fight ended when landlord Barry Birch stepped in to break up brawl
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Quinlan and friends have now been given suspended prison terms
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Landlord slams 'soft' sentences for 'brutal and unprovoked' attack
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Question: Locals rushed to try and break up the fight as Quinlan and his friends @placeholder and Cooper piled in to the melee


By Peter Allen and Arthur Martin It was a miracle he made it out to sea at all. Yet this young Afghan migrant had hoped to cross the Channel on a raft made of a few nailed-together bits of plank, with a bedsheet held by tent poles for a sail. His desperate attempt reach  Britain almost ended in disaster as his makeshift craft was blown into the path of a P&O passenger ferry near Calais. Fortunately the crew of the Spirit of Britain spotted the 23-year-old. If you got points for effort... French coast guard rescue Asif Hussein Khail who tried to cross the Channel on a makeshift raft using a bedsheet as a sail
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Migrant, 23, was soaked to the skin and suffering from hypothermia
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Strong winds and currents meant he would not have made it to Britain
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He is one of about 650 would-be asylum seekers gathered at Calais
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Four died in a single week trying to reach Britain to claim asylum

Question: Last month four would-be immigrants to @placeholder were taken to hospital suffering from severe hypothermia after being caught in the sea off Calais.


By Pa Reporter Ronny Deila admits Celtic's dramatic reinstatement in the Champions League despite losing 6-1 on aggregate to Legia Warsaw in the third qualifying round has left him feeling 'very strange.' UEFA awarded the Scottish champions a default 3-0 win in the second leg of the tie after it was discovered that the Polish club, managed by Deila's fellow Norwegian Henning Berg, fielded substitute Bartosz Bereszynski near the end of the 2-0 second-leg win at Murrayfield on Wednesday night while he was supposed to be suspended. Consequently, Celtic went through on away goals after a 4-4 draw and were drawn against Slovenian side Maribor in the Champions League play-off.
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Celtic have been reinstated in Champions League replacing Legia Warsaw
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UEFA awarded Celtic a default 3-0 second-leg win, meaning they went through on away goals after a 4-4 aggregate draw
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Legia thrashed Celtic 6-1 on aggregate but fielded an ineligible player in tie
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Bartosz Bereszynski came on a  substitute in Legia's 2-0 second-leg win at Murrayfield on Wednesday when he should have been suspended
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UEFA awarded Celtic a default 3-0 second-leg win, meaning they went through on away goals after a 4-4 aggregate draw
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Ronny Deila says the matter of Celtic's progression is strange
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Celtic will now face Maribor in Champions League play-off

Question: Deila did concede that the continuing possibility of @placeholder football could be influential in recruiting new players to Celtic and keeping those who might be thinking of leaving.


(CNN) -- We have a Department of Justice, not a Department of Social Justice. That is an essential distinction. It is brought into sharp relief by politicized demands that George Zimmerman, having just been acquitted of murder by the state of Florida, be subjected to a second prosecution -- a federal civil rights indictment -- over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The Justice Department has earned the trust of the United States courts precisely because it resists the politicization of law enforcement. Its tradition is to ensure the equal protection of law for every American, to evaluate cases strictly on the basis of facts and law, and to recognize its obligations not only to the community but also to criminal suspects.
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Andrew McCarthy: Justice Department should handle cases based strictly on facts and law
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McCarthy: Attorney General Eric Holder should not have politicized the Zimmerman case
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He says Zimmerman case is not a federal case because civil rights was not an issue
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McCarthy: If justice had been served, Zimmerman case would never have been a criminal case

Question: Yet @placeholder and his subordinates joined in the effort to induce Florida to file charges, unabashedly making common cause with the likes of the Rev.


New York (CNN) -- A New York district attorney recommended Monday that charges be dropped against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was accused more than three months ago of sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper. In "a recommendation for dismissal" filed in court Monday, two prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney's office laid out their arguments for requesting that numerous charges -- including attempted rape and sexual assault -- be dismissed, citing fresh evidence and questions about the accuser's credibility. "The nature and number of the complainant's falsehoods leave us unable to credit her version of events beyond a reasonable doubt, whatever the truth may be about the encounter between the complainant and the defendant," the document states. "If we do not believe her beyond a reasonable doubt, we cannot ask a jury to do so."
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NEW: The DA says evidence related to "force and lack of consent" is "inconclusive"
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The DA's office says it doesn't believe the accuser "beyond a reasonable doubt"
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Strauss-Kahn is "grateful" the DA "took our concerns seriously," his lawyers say
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The alleged victim's attorney says the DA "turned his back" on his client

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(CNN) -- Seattle is bigger, but Portland's scrappy supporters pushed the Oregon city to a win in the latest CNN.com city smackdown. The voting in our unscientific poll was neck and neck. Portland edged out Seattle with 52% of the vote, but despite that narrow margin, Portland fans came out with much greater force and enthusiasm to defend the City of Roses. iReporter Clinton Wood, who lives outside Portland in Tualatin, Oregon, acknowledges that Seattle is prettier than Portland. "Well let's face it, Seattle is perhaps in the most beautiful location in the continental United States. But does physical beauty make it a better city?"
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Voting split in unscientific poll pitting Portland against Seattle
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Portland fans' enthusiasm pushes the city ahead of Seattle
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Portland supporters share tips for great eateries, local events

Question: Absolutely not, Wood claims in his defense of @placeholder, and goes on to list why "Portland thumps Seattle."


Only once he was away from the carnival of Rio de Janeiro did Manuel Neuer quite realise the magnitude of what he achieved this summer. Of course, any footballer would recognise that climbing the steps of the Maracana Stadium to lift the World Cup was the landmark moment in their professional lives. The subsequent public acclamation in Berlin at The Brandenburg Gate — where the victorious Germany team were greeted by more than a million fans — certainly enforced the point. Yet it was only when Neuer went on holiday that the size of the triumph became truly clear. Manuel Neuer has set his sights on winning the Champions League final staged in Germany this season
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Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer won the 2014 World Cup with Germany
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Neuer did not realise the impact before meeting fans on holiday
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Bayern Munich No 1 now wants to win Champions League final in Berlin
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The 28-year-old won the Bundesliga and German Cup double last season
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Bayern Munich play Manchester City in their opening match on Wednesday

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Question: @placeholder has Wednesday's game against City and a Champions League campaign on which to focus.


(CNN) -- Like the neighbors of a new kid who just moved into the big fancy house down the block, many Latin American leaders are curious about President Obama. Latin America expert Otto Reich says the summit is an "opportunity, but also a risk for U.S. policy." The heads of 34 nations will get a chance to see him up close next month at the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. What he says will be closely watched. "The spotlight will be entirely on Barack Obama," said Peter Hakim, president of the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue. Hakim will be one of three people who will on Wednesday address the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the summit. Otto Reich, who served Presidents Reagan and both Bushes in a number of high-level Latin American posts, also will speak. Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, will be the third person.
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Obama goes to Fifth Summit of the Americas next month
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Three analysts are speaking to Congress this week about summit
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One says Obama should recognize he's not surrounded by friends
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Another says he should address issue of Cuba, which will not be at summit

Question: But @placeholder warns that the United States should extract some conditions from Cuba before making any allowances.


The last 12 months have seen Tiger Woods climb back to the top of the golf rankings, and now the 14-time major winner has reclaimed his crown as the world's highest-paid athlete. Forbes estimates Woods' earnings for the 12 months to June 1 this year total $78.1 million, putting him ahead of tennis ace Roger Federer -- who topped the 2012 list. The top 10 features two golfers, three soccer players, two NFL quarterbacks, two NBA stars and one tennis player. The 100-strong list compiled by the influential business magazine features just three women, the highest-ranked of which is world No. 2 tennis player Maria Sharapova in 22nd place with earnings of $22 million.
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World No. 1 golf player Tiger Woods named the world's highest-paid athlete
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The American earned $78.1 million in the 12 months up to June 1, 2013
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Tennis star Roger Federer second on the list after topping the pile in 2012
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NBA icons Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are third and fourth respectively

Question: @placeholder has won more grand slams than any other male tennis player in history with 17.


A Walmart employee in Arkansas was caught on camera as her ex-husband sprung a surprise proposal this Valentine's Day, with her initial reaction being a 'no'. A shocked Renate Stumpf, 75, then revoked her response adding: 'Yes, but not today.' She apparently hadn't seen her teenage sweetheart, Louis Demetriades, for around 43 years after their first marriage ended. Scroll down for video Gobsmacked: A Walmart employee in Arkansas was caught on camera as her ex-husband sprung a surprise proposal this Valentine's Day, with her initial reaction being a 'no' Moment of confusion: A shocked Renate Stumpf, 75, then revoked her response adding: 'Yes, but not today'
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Renate Stumpf, 75, apparently hadn't seen her teenage sweetheart, Louis Demetriades, for around 43 years after their first marriage ended
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Demetriades got back in touch last December when he decided he wanted to make another go of things
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He met first met Stumpf while visiting Germany in 1959
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They went on to marry and have three children together, but around twelve years later their union ended
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Stumpf explained that she will tie the knot with Demetriades eventually but she will have to 'test him a little bit first'

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A humpback whale carcass was towed away from Perth's coast on Monday evening after attracting several sharks. Department of Fisheries spokesman Phil Shaw said sharks were seen feeding from the dead humpback whale which measured more than 10 metres in length. The carcass was first spotted by the crew of a vessel returning from Rottnest just before 10am on Monday when it was five nautical miles off the coast. A 10-metre long humpback whale carcass was seen floating  five nautical miles off the coast of Perth on Monday morning A number of sharks were seen feasting on the dead whale before the decision was made to tow it away from the coast
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The 10 metre long carcass was seen five nautical miles off the coast of Perth on Monday morning
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It was hooked by the tail and towed about 20 miles out to sea
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Department of Fisheries warned that it could break up while being towed and that there was no guarantee it would not drift back to the coast
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The humpback is the second dead whale to come into close encounters with a Perth beach in the last week

Question: Depending on the swell conditions and currents, @placeholder has warned that the whale could drift back towards the coast.


Gliding down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this talented two-year-old girl has already mastered the art of skiing. Aurora Burns from Alaska, is now more at home on a snowy mountainside than inside a sandpit. Her parents, Cody Burns, 29, and Andrea Peterson, 34, believe their daughter is destined to take off. Cody, a ski patrol night supervisor, says: 'Aurora has been skiing since she was in the womb as Andrea was still keen to ski throughout her pregnancy, and we were showing her ski films as soon as she arrived. Scroll down for video Two-year-old Aurora Burns from Alaska, is now more at home on a snowy mountainside than inside a sandpit
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The talented toddler from Alaska is most at home on a snowy mountainside
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Parents, Cody Burns, 29, and Andrea Peterson, 34, say she's a total natural
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Aurora already has five pairs of skis ranging in size from 80cm to 140cm
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She started walking at nine months and skiing on her own  aged 18 months

Question: @placeholder, who runs her own massage business, says: 'I am extremely proud of our little girl.


By Lizzie Parry A stunned couple whose first child was born though a pioneering IVF technique are expecting their second baby after conceiving naturally. Gemma and Simon Potter tried in vain to start a family for four years before becoming the first parents in the UK to have a child using a new IVF procedure. But two years after the arrival of daughter Isabella, the couple were shocked to discover Mrs Potter was pregnant again - after a natural conception. The new addition to the Potter family is due on Boxing Day. Scroll down for video Simon and Gemma Potter are expecting their second child this December after conceiving naturally, two years after their daughter Isabella was born via IVF
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Gemma and Simon Potter spent four years trying for a baby to no avail
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Became first parents in the UK to have a child using a new IVF procedure
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Their daughter Isabella was born two years ago
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Mrs Potter was shocked to discover she had fallen pregnant again
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They conceived naturally and are expecting their second child in December
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Fertility expert said it is rare but couple's who have been through IVF can fall pregnant naturally afterwards
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Dr Geetha Venkat said it could be down to pregnancy stimulating the ovaries

Question: I screamed ‘two pink lines’ at @placeholder, and then I didn’t speak for about 20 minutes out of shock.'