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Premise: 2001 Nobel economics prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, meanwhile, said the new currency could come about quickly if it was based on an expansion of the IMF's already established system of Special Drawing Rights, units of exchange used by the IMF which already have some of the features of currency. Stiglitz argued that, as the US dollar has become the standard global reserve currency, it has inadvertently created a system which hurts the world economy. "It's a net transfer, in a sense, to the United States of foreign aid," he argued, reasoning that when other countries purchase US dollars in order to use them on international markets (such as for the buying and selling of petroleum), they effectively give the US a zero-interest loan — sometimes at times when they can least afford it. Stiglitz made his comments as head of a United Nations panel of economists giving recommendations to address the global financial crisis.
Hypothesis: Joseph Stiglitz is the winner of a Nobel prize in economics.
Premise: For example, if you want to find out what the weather in your area will be like for the next five days, select the weather channel from the main multiscreen and you will find detailed forecasts and other weather news. Or if your team has been in action, you can read the top headlines for your chosen sport by keying in 300 on your handset - just as you would on Ceefax.
Hypothesis: The weather channel gives you information about the weather in the next few days.
Premise: Washington Scientists have identified a hormone that significantly extends the lifespan of mice, a discovery that could mark a crucial step toward developing drugs that boost longevity in people.
Hypothesis: Texas researchers have found a naturally occurring hormone that can extend the lifespan of mice by as much as 30%, a discovery that opens a new avenue of research into human longevity.
Premise: DENVER —  Angie Zapata was a tall woman with striking black hair and eyes who would attract the attention of men, even those who knew she was biologically male. But prosecutors say when Allen Andrade found out, he beat her to death with a fire extinguisher. Her sister discovered her battered body under a blanket in her Greeley apartment last July. Andrade, 32, of Thorton, is scheduled to go on trial Tuesday on charges including first-degree murder and a bias-motivated crime, which could add three years to his prison sentence if convicted.
Hypothesis: Angie Zapata has been killed with a fire extinguisher.
Premise: A wooden steamer of 293 ft sank on 10/13/1902, 13.5 miles North by Northwest of Fairport Harbor, Ohio. The lives of ten of the 19 persons on board were lost in the wreck.
Hypothesis: 100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
Premise: Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Dr. Barham Salih was unharmed after an assassination attempt.
Hypothesis: prime minister targeted for assassination
Premise: The murders of Galan, a high-ranking police officer, and a judge last week, were probably carried out by an Israeli mercenary paid by the Medellin cartel - the world's most powerful drug-trafficking mafia - which has set up paramilitary squads accused of hundreds of individual murders and massacres against political and labor leaders, as well as peasants and patriotic union leftist militants in different parts of the country.
Hypothesis: Galan was killed by patriotic union leftist militants.
Premise: Hovind, self-styled as "Dr. Dino" (whose Ph.D, from a non-accredited correspondence university, is in Christian education) believes in Biblical literalism claimed that he is not liable for taxes and his "ministry" does not have to "render unto Caesar" because, as he claimed, his workers are "missionaries" not "employees". Hovind's tax troubles date back to at least 1996, when a judge at Hovind's bankruptcy trial wrote, Hovind "failed to acknowledge his obligations as a citizen and taxpayer of the United States, seeks to utilize this taxpayer supported court in order to thwart the lawful collection efforts of the Internal Revenue Service." The judge concluded, Hovind filed for bankruptcy in "bad faith," and lied about his possessions and income.
Hypothesis: Hovind  was found guilty on 59 federal counts.
Premise: The Socialist Party was formerly part of the Labour Party, which has ruled the United Kingdom since 1997 and remains a member of the Socialist International. On the bus, Saunders and some of his cohorts — they occasionally, especially the older members, address each other as "comrade" — explains their view on how the split with Labour came about. As the Third Way became the dominant voice in the Labour Party, culminating with the replacement of Neil Kinnock with Tony Blair as party leader, the Socialist cadre became increasingly disaffected. "There used to be democratic structures, political meetings" within the party, they say. The branch meetings still exist but "now, they passed a resolution calling for renationalisation of the railways, and they [the party leadership] just ignored it." They claim that the disaffection with New Labour has caused the party to lose "half its membership" and that people are seeking alternatives.
Hypothesis: The Socialist Party was founded in the United Kingdom.
Premise: The man known as just the "Piano Man" has left the hospital and has returned home to his native Germany. According to British tabloids, the man, after losing his job in Paris, travelled to the UK through the Channel Tunnel.
Hypothesis: The "Piano Man" worked for a British tabloid.
Premise: Three police officers have been killed by a gunman in Pittsburgh - the second mass shooting in the US in 24 hours. The officers were responding to an emergency call from the house of the gunman, named as Richard Poplawski, 23. Police said he was waiting, armed with rifles and a bulletproof vest. He shot two officers as they entered the house, and a third who tried to help them. He then traded gunfire with police for four hours before being injured and giving himself up. His friends said he had recently lost his job, and was worried that US President Barack Obama was about to ban guns.
Hypothesis: In Pittsburgh the police killed a gunman.
Premise: Under the headline "Greed instead of quality", Germany's Die Tageszeitung says no good will come of the acquisition of the publisher Berliner Verlag by two British and US-based investment funds.
Hypothesis: British and US-based investment funds acquire Berliner Verlag.
Premise: Organic fertilizers like vermi compost are used for increasing the quality, fertility and mineral content of the soil.
Hypothesis: Organic fertilizers are used as soil enhancers.
Premise: (CNN) -- Malawians are rallying behind Madonna as she awaits a ruling Friday on whether she can adopt a girl from the southern African nation. The pop star, who has three children, adopted a son from Malawi in 2006. She is seeking to adopt Chifundo "Mercy" James, 4. "Ninety-nine percent of the people calling in are saying, 'let her take the baby,' " said Marilyn Segula, a presenter at Capital FM, which broadcasts in at least five cities, including the capital, Lilongwe.
Hypothesis: Madonna has three children.
Premise: Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, an individual web developer looking to make friends at Harvard University. Although Facebook has been sued by ConnectU.com for allegedly copying its concept and data, Facebook is actually the first worldwide college network on the Internet. As one of the most popular college websites, Facebook is notable for its lack of prominent advertising. It quickly accumulated $50,000 in debt in 2004, and it took nearly a year for it to begin turning a profit, so clearly it needed a large amount of venture capital.
Hypothesis: Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook.
Premise: In the meantime, she said, the act of applying for European Union membership would create new confidence in Iceland abroad, helping to speed economic recovery. Commentators in Iceland have given high ratings to Ms. Sigurdardottir's performance in her 80 days in office, and in the election campaign, saying she has steadied the country's faltering self-confidence in the wake of the banking collapse and turbulent January street protests, the first political violence in Iceland since protests over the country's decision to join NATO in 1949.
Hypothesis: NATO was founded in 1949.
Premise: The two-day postal delivery suspension placed on three streets in Hamilton, New Zealand has been lifted by New Zealand Post and the posties are back to work delivering mail. The suspension of deliveries applied to Tennyson Road, Dryden Road, and Emerson Place, which are located in Fairfield. New Zealand Post came to the decision on Friday to put the ban in place because of recent gang violence/conflict. Along with the New Zealand Police, New Zealand Post reviewed the current situation, and also drove along the streets, they came to the conclusion that the situation has now "cooled down," according to New Zealand Post spokesperson, Fiona Mayo and postal delivery general manger, Matthew Nant. The residents on those streets came out to greet the postie, who was accompanied by business leader Brendon Coker, as she delivered the residents mail. Martha Rollo, Tennyson Road resident for 13-years, said that she was thrilled that her mail was once again being delivered after the "senseless" gang violence had temporarily stopped post.
Hypothesis: Fiona Mayo works in Fairfield.
Premise: The black Muslim activist said that he had relieved Muhammad of his duties "until he demonstrates that he is willing to conform to the manner of representing Allah and the honorable Elijah Muhammad (founder of the Nation of Islam)".
Hypothesis: Elijah Muhammad founded the Nation of Islam.
Premise: She flew to Los Angeles last week, after her 74-year-old mother had a stroke, but is expected to return to Texas in a few days.
Hypothesis: She recently left her camp, vowing to come back, to visit her mother who has just had a stroke.
Premise: The terror attacks, it was clear, had blasted a hole in the dam holding back Mumbai's reservoir of woes. While the protesters seemed to be reacting to a tragedy that had left at least 164 people dead and 308 injured, they were really venting the frustrations of having to cope with life in a city with an infrastructure so stretched that simply getting to work and back is an ordeal. At peak hour, the commuter trains - which carry six million people each day - are packed with up to 5,000 commuters, even though they're built for 1,800. Every day, an average of 11 people die on the railway system, either because they fall off the trains or because they're hit by passing locomotives as they cross the tracks.
Hypothesis: 11 people died in the terror attacks in Mumbai.
Premise: The prosecutor told the court that the incident had caused "distress" to one of the children.
Hypothesis: The prosecutor told the court that "distress" in one of the children is associated with the incident.
Premise: Green cards are becoming more difficult to obtain.
Hypothesis: Green card is now difficult to receive.
Premise: As much as 200 mm of rain have been recorded in portions of British Columbia , on the west coast of Canada since Monday.
Hypothesis: British Columbia is located in Canada.
Premise: A zoo spokesman said the endangered lizards, believed to number less than 4,000 in the wild, all hatched in the last two weeks and 14 eggs are still under observation. He calls it the Komodo's most successful breeding year ever at the zoo. The giant reptiles first arrived in the early 1980s, but the new births brought their total from 34 to 66. The Komodo dragon can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh as much as 150 pounds. They have a bite that can be deadly and can only be found in the wild on the eastern Indonesian islands of Komodo, Padar and Rinca.
Hypothesis: A Komodo dragon can be 10 feet long.
Premise: About 2,200 Americans and 27,000 Filipinos died from disease and starvation at Camp O'Donnell before the camp was closed in July 1942, just three months after the beginning of the Death March. Ortega -- now the lone surviving member of the 192nd tank battalion - spent 3 ½ years in captivity in the Philippines and Japan before being liberated in August 1945 following the atomic bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki, forcing a reluctant Japan to surrender. Ortega eventually returned to the United States in October 1945, the first of five brothers to return home from the war. A sixth died in action.
Hypothesis: Americans used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Premise: Trade between China and India is expected to touch $20 bn this year and Chinese investors are now rushing into India - lured by the country's growing wealth.
Hypothesis: There is a profitable trade between China and India.
Premise: Mexico City (Mexico), 12 Jan 90 (DPA) - Salvadoran Social Democratic politician Hector Oqueli Colindres was kidnapped today, in Guatemala city, along with Guatemalan Social Democratic leader Gilda Flores, his party, in Mexico City, reported.
Hypothesis: Hector Oqueli Colindres comes from El Salvador.
Premise: The organisation reports that it has recently seen a significant rise in the number of complaints and some of these involve modem connections being redirected, unbeknown to the users.
Hypothesis: Complaints arose in the organisation about users who redirect their modem connections.
Premise: Violence over the last week killed 23 people, two worshippers dragged from a mosque and shot, underlining the challenges of bringing stability and strengthening Afghanistan's fledgling democracy.
Hypothesis: Two worshippers were killed in Afghanistan.
Premise: President Bush returned to the Mountain State to celebrate Independence Day, telling a spirited crowd yesterday that on its 228th birthday the nation is "moving forward with confidence and strength."
Hypothesis: Independence Day was a popular movie.
Premise: Linda Johnson, who lives with her husband, Charles, and two cats in a rented one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco's Mission District, said Katrina has made her realize she needs to gather together, in one accessible place, her scattered disaster supplies.
Hypothesis: Linda Johnson is married to Charles.
Premise: Environment Minister David Anderson today announced his decision regarding the environmental assessment of the proposed Toulnustouc Hydroelectric Project.
Hypothesis: A hydroelectric project is proposed or is under construction.
Premise: French justice minister Rachida Dati is trying to stop her convicted drug-trafficker brother from publishing a no-holds-barred book which she fears will reveal the identity of her baby's father. Jamal Dati intends to lift the lid on his famous sister's private life in the revealing family biography to go on sale later this year. The glamorous politician triggered a frenzy of media speculation after refusing to reveal who fathered baby Zohra, who was born last January.
Hypothesis: Rachida Dati is a minister in France.
Premise: Rumsfeld said the Pentagon's annual assessment of China's military capabilities shows China is spending more than its leaders acknowledge, expanding its missile capabilities and developing advanced military technology.
Hypothesis: China was increasing its military spending and buying large amounts of sophisticated weapons.
Premise: On April 27th, Pavolini went on, ahead of his troops, and reached Mussolini. Accompanying him were Angela Curti, the former mistress of Mussolini.
Hypothesis: Angela Curti was Mussolini's mistress.
Premise: But an O2 insider said there had been problems with a companies trying to sell the pass codes. Some people were "bound to have been turned away" because of fraudulent tickets. Led Zeppelin, formed in 1968, were one of the most influential bands of the 1970s with songs such as Whole Lotta Love and Stairway To Heaven. They split in 1980 after the death of the drummer John Bonham. Kenneth Donnell, 25, who was not born in 1980, spent £83,000 on two tickets in a BBC Children in Need auction.
Hypothesis: The band Led Zeppelin was formed in 1980.
Premise: US President George W. Bush has indicated he will invite Abbas to the United States for talks, something he never did with Abbas's predecessor, the late Yasser Arafat .
Hypothesis: Yasser Arafat succeeded Abbas.
Premise: It could mean to leave in the street to thousands of workers.
Hypothesis: It could lead to thousands of job losses.
Premise: The first kibbutz, Deganya, near the Sea of Galilee, was founded in 1910.
Hypothesis: The first kibbutz was founded near the Sea of Galilee.
Premise: The so-called "grandmother hypothesis", based on studies of African hunter-gatherer groups, suggests that infertile women are vital for successful child-rearing despite being unable to produce children themselves.
Hypothesis: Infertile women are vital for successful child-rearing, according to the "grandmother hypothesis".
Premise: The job gains mean that President Bush can celebrate - albeit by a very fine margin - a net growth in jobs in the US economy in his first term in office.
Hypothesis: President Bush's first term in office showed a net gain in payroll jobs.
Premise: The New Zealand Maori Queen, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu died on Tuesday at 5.32 p.m. (NZST) following a long illness. She was 75 years old. The Maori Queen holds no constitutional function in New Zealand, but Dame Te Atairangikaahu was an avid supporter of cultural and sporting events; the 40th anniversary of her coronation was celebrated in May. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Waikato University in 1973, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Victoria University in 1999. She was one of the first inductees of the Order of New Zealand when it was established in 1987.
Hypothesis: Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaah was a student at Victoria University in 1999.
Premise: On Tuesday, December 23, the menswear retailer The Officers Club's administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers decided to close 32 of the 150 stores immediately. PricewaterhouseCoopers also announced that TimeC 1215 limited had bought 118 of the stores for an undisclosed fee. TimeC 1215 is backed by David Charlton, chief executive of The Officers Club. This deal saves around 900 jobs. The Officers Club began in the early 1990s in Sunderland and has headquarters at Cramlington, Northumberland.
Hypothesis: The UK retailer Zavvi has called in administrators during Christmas.
Premise: Because of Reagan's economic strategy, the federal budget deficit ballooned.
Hypothesis: Reagan's economic strategy led to huge federal budget deficits.
Premise: Abu Eisa al-Hindi was said to have been involved in a plot to attack Heathrow airport, details of which were allegedly discovered on the computer of Abu Eisa al-Hindi, 25, an al-Qa'ida suspect recently arrested in Pakistan.
Hypothesis: Abu Eisa al-Hindi is the father of Abu Eisa al-Hindi.
Premise: A briefcase containing magnets, batteries and a cell phone sitting in the bushes outside a Charleston, South Carolina coffee shop drew the local bomb squad's attention, before it was determined that it contained no explosives. Police had earlier closed down Calhoun Street in downtown, where the coffee shop is located, but reopened the street and let local residents and business owners that the situation was over after performing an investigation.
Hypothesis: A briefcase was found outside Starbucks in Charleston.
Premise: Queen Victoria died in 1901, at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.
Hypothesis: Queen Victoria was born in 1901
Premise: Carl Smith collided with a concrete lamp-post while skating and suffered a skull fracture that caused a coma. When he failed to regain consciousness, his parents on August 8 consented to his life support machine being turned off.
Hypothesis: Carl Smith died on August 8.
Premise: Today Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone with access to the Internet can edit, was the victim of an onslaught of practical jokes, as April Fool's Day kicked in various timezones around the world, at least those parts which follow the Gregorian calendar. It is believed that Wikipedia contributors were kept busy tidying up and removing prank articles and changes made by other Wikipedia contributors, and were expecting to be cleaning up the aftermath for days afterwards.
Hypothesis: Readers of online encyclopedias can edit the contents.
Premise: The trial court may allow the prevailing party reasonable attorney fees as part of costs.
Hypothesis: The prevailing party may not recover attorney fees.
Premise: Contrary to what is happening in some other parts of the Amazon, where the forest is being slashed and burned at an alarming rate, those who want to save Acre's forest seem to be winning.
Hypothesis: Slash and burn cycle of clearing causes many problems in the rainforest.
Premise: Assailants also ambushed two civilian sport utility vehicles, favoured by Western civilian contractors, on the road to Baghdad's international airport
Hypothesis: Assailants also ambushed two civilian sport utility vehicles on the road to Baghdad's international airport.
Premise: The memo, written by Marc Allen Connelly (who was general counsel to the funeral services commission at the time) and sent to Dick McNeil (the Bush-appointed chairman of the funeral commission) stated that Connelly "received information" from Texas state officials that two of the funeral commissioners worked for SCI.
Hypothesis: Dick McNeil was an employee of Bush.
Premise: A recent study found no evidence of seasonal affective disorder in Iceland where the sun does not appear for a long time in the winter.
Hypothesis: Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a worldwide disorder.
Premise: The beginning of March 2009 marked one year since the election of Dmitry Medvedev as president of Russia. Although he announced from the outset that the fight against corruption would be one of his main priorities, his first year in office has shown that these words—as in the years of presidents Yeltsin and Putin—were nothing more than propaganda. Medvedev occupies the highest post in a state in which corruption is neither a secondary feature nor an aberration, but rather its essence. From top to bottom, corruption in post-Soviet Russia permeates the bureaucratic apparatus, the security structures and big business. Like a virus in the blood of a diseased organism, it is present in all commercial and government relations. For the "system" it is everything—its foundation and true ideology, which can be summarized with the banal formulas: "Everything is for sale" and "Get rich."
Hypothesis: Putin is the Prime Minister of Russia.
Premise: President Vladimir Putin vowed Monday to track down the killers of Anna Politkovskaya, while her colleagues at Novaya Gazeta pledged to continue her work despite dangers.
Hypothesis: Anna Politkovskaya was murdered.
Premise: Aziz confirmed that Iraq's demands include "the lifting of the blockade and the restructuring of the espionage commission, including its Chairman, (Richard) Butler.
Hypothesis: Iraq demands the lifting of the embargo and changes in the committee.
Premise: Sentiment is growing in the Bush administration and global energy circles to place Iraqi professionals in charge of their country's oil production after any war, despite a push by some officials for the United States to seize control of the lucrative oil fields.
Hypothesis: The United States threatened the "severest consequences" if Iraq were to use chemical or biological weapons against the United States, destroy Kuwaiti oil fields or participate in terrorism.
Premise: For example, the fields of Western farmers feed the United States and many other parts of the world, and India's irrigation systems have enabled that country to be self-sufficient in food production since 1974. In addition, in many parts of the world dams have helped to remedy life-threatening problems such as poverty from lack of economic development, famine as a result of drought, devastation from floods, and continued disease from lack of potable water supplies.
Hypothesis: Dam building prevents life-threatening situations.
Premise: [Episcopal News Service]  Several parishes and villages in Sudan's Episcopal Diocese of Mundri have fallen victim to a fresh wave of attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel organization whose soldiers are prolonging a two-decades-long terrorist campaign gruesomely marked by widespread massacres and child abductions. At least four people have been confirmed dead and insecurity in the region is forcing residents to flee the villages of Tore Wandi, Moba, Bangolo, Ledinwa and Garia for the relative safety of Mundri. One of the slain is Wilson, a lay reader at a parish in Moba, wrote the Rt. Rev. Bismark Monday, bishop of Mundri, in a January 15 email to church partners. Monday explained that one of Wilson's sons and grandsons -- both about 10 years old -- were abducted.
Hypothesis: The Lord's Resistance Army is a rebel organization.
Premise: Valero Energy Corp., on Monday, said it found "extensive" additional damage at its 250,000-barrel-per-day Port Arthur refinery.
Hypothesis: Valero Energy Corp. is the owner of Port Arthur refinery.
Premise: Jill Pilgrim, general counsel of USA Track and Field, brought up the issue during a panel on women's sports at the sports lawyers conference. Pilgrim said the law regarding who is legally considered a woman is changing as sex-change operations become more common.
Hypothesis: Sex-change operations become more common.
Premise: One year on from the Indian Ocean tsunami, the world's grief and compassion returned to the tsunami-battered coastlines of the Indian Ocean, where at least 216,000 people lost their lives. Under a clear sky and before a gentle sea, the world commemorated those who lost their lives, in one of the worst natural disasters that the modern world has experienced.
Hypothesis: Earthquakes have the potential to generate a tsunami.
Premise: Last week, LTTE leader Vilupillai Prabhakaran stated that the rebels are running out of patience and are prepared to go back to war.
Hypothesis: Vilupillai Prabhakaran is a rebel.
Premise: Second-half goals, from Danny Mills and Darius Vassell, lifted Manchester City to a 2-0 victory over Everton.
Hypothesis: Manchester was beaten by Everton.
Premise: A Continental Connection flight from Newark to Buffalo crashed into a house about four to six miles from Buffalo Niagara International Airport on Thursday night, killing 50 people, officials said. Continental Airlines Flight 3407 is a daily commuter flight from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York, operated under the Continental Connection brand by Virginia-based regional airline Colgan Air.
Hypothesis: Buffalo is not far from Newark.
Premise: The Internet group Anonymous today held protests critical of the Church of Scientology. The protests marked what would have been the 49th birthday of Lisa McPherson, who is claimed to be a victim of the Church of Scientology's practices. Lisa died in 1995 during a running of what Scientologists refer to as an Introspection Rundown, a procedure intended to help Church members deal with a psychotic or deeply traumatic event.
Hypothesis: The Church of Scientology murdered Lisa McPherson.
Premise: Co-producing the film is Happy Madison, the company owned by Sandler, who has been a compatriot of Schneider's since they met early in their careers, as mutually struggling stand-up comedians in Los Angeles.
Hypothesis: Happy Madison works for the company owned by Sandler.
Premise: US President George W. Bush has refused to set a timetable for the withdrawal of the 138,000 US troops in Iraq, but has said that US forces will stand down as Iraqi forces gradually take over.
Hypothesis: 138,000 US troops are located in Iraq.
Premise: The iF awards are presented in Hanover, Germany, at the International Forum Design Hannover GMBH. There are a number of fields and disciplines which have their own awards.TAG Heuer's Monaco Calibre 360 LS Concept Chronograph has won the award in the Leisure/Lifestyle category. The timepiece was chosen from over 2,200 watches from 35 countries. This prestigious award was given to the company for the second time in two years. Last year the winner in the same category was TAG Heuer's Professional Golf Watch, designed together with Tiger Woods. This year's winning timepiece from TAG Heuer has a mechanical movement, which represents the first in the history of watchmaking to reach a precision of 1/100th of a second. The watch itself is to be seen at the iF design exhibition 2007, held in Hanover, from March 15 till August.
Hypothesis: Tiger Woods attends the iF design exhibition 2007.
Premise: You rifle through your visual memory and there it is: Vermeer, the 17th-Century Dutch artist who painted extraordinary portraits of women engaged in the ordinary -- writing a letter, making lace or putting on a necklace of pearls.
Hypothesis: Vermeer is a 17th-Century Dutch artist.
Premise: The automobile industry, led by General Motors and Ford, offered price discounts from June-August that temporarily boosted sales, but these discounts may have masked underlying weakness.
Hypothesis: Ford is part of the automobile industry.
Premise: White supported Gough Whitlam's Labor government of 1972 to 1975, and after Whitlam was ousted in the 1975 constitutional crisis, became particularly anti-royalist.
Hypothesis: White assisted the Labor government from 1972 to 1975.
Premise: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The uneasy truce between the Pakistani government and Taliban militants in the Swat Valley appeared increasingly fragile on Monday as government forces attacked militants in a neighboring district for a second day, causing the main negotiator for the Taliban to break off talks. Maulana Sufi Muhammad, the pro-Taliban cleric who has been negotiating peace talks between the government and the Taliban in Swat, halted talks on Monday to protest the military operation in the Lower Dir district west of Swat, his spokesman said.
Hypothesis: Maulana Sufi Muhammad is the chief of Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi.
Premise: A United States Air Force F-22A Raptor fighter jet crashed in the Mojave Desert in the southwestern United States on Wednesday, according to officials. The airplane, which seats one person, crashed at approximately 10:30 am local time about 35 miles northeast of Edwards Air Force Base in California. The cause of the accident has not yet been ascertained, and the fate of the pilot is unknown. The jet was on a test mission when it crashed.
Hypothesis: Mojave Desert is located in California.
Premise: WASHINGTON - On the mornings he is in town, Dick Cheney wakes up at 6, climbs into his black sport utility vehicle and drives himself to a Starbucks near his McLean, Va., home. He returns with a pair of grande skim lattes — decaf for him, regular for his wife, Lynne — and settles into work in the sun-drenched office above his garage, penning his memoir in longhand on yellow legal pads. It is the kind of scene that Americans have come to expect from their elder statesmen: a quiet, unassuming return to private life after giving up power. Except, that is, for the quiet and unassuming part.
Hypothesis: Dick Cheney is the former Vice President.
Premise: State Police issued bulletins via teletype requesting patrols to be on the lookout for Robert Senacal, 35, of Cortlandt Manor.
Hypothesis: Senacal resides in Cortland Manor.
Premise: Byrraju Ramalinga Raju, founder and chairman of Satyam Computer Services, and his brother, B. Rama Raju, the company's managing director, were arrested late Friday by Andhra Pradesh police. The brothers were placed under judicial custody in a Hyderabad, India jail and will remain there until January 23. Facing charges of criminal breach of trust (Section 406 of IPC), criminal conspiracy (Section 120-B), cheating (Section 420), falsification of records and forgery (Section 468), and fraudulent cancellation of securities (Section 477-a), they face up to ten years imprisonment if convicted.
Hypothesis: Raju has Hepatitis-C.
Premise: In 1983 Turkish Cypriots proclaimed a separate state, naming it the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Peace talks have been held sporadically, but Cyprus remains divided.
Hypothesis: Cyprus was divided into two parts in 1983.
Premise: If a Mexican approaches the border, he's assumed to be trying to illegally cross.
Hypothesis: Mexicans continue to illegally cross border
Premise: South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Thursday asked the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) to investigate questions arising about the Foreign Ministry's response to the kidnapping of a South Korean in Iraq who was later killed by Muslim militants, according to Yonhap.
Hypothesis: A South Korean in Iraq was killed by Muslim militants.
Premise: The number of Gulf War veterans who suffer from Gulf War illness is difficult to grasp. Robinson and other advocates say they believe that many of the 330,000 Gulf War veterans who have sought medical treatment from the VA since the war, and 179,000 who are collecting some level of disability benefits, are suffering from one or more of the symptoms.
Hypothesis: Many US soldiers developed Gulf War illness after the Gulf War.
Premise: Mozambique's Maria Mutola and Israel's Alex Averbukh produced the best performances of the year, in the women's 800 metres and men's pole vault, at the Super Grand Prix in Madrid on Saturday.
Hypothesis: The women's ten thousand metres champion is from Mozambique.
Premise: Moog built his first electronic instrument - a theremin - at the age of 14 and made the MiniMoog, 'the first compact, easy-to-use synthesiser', in 1970.
Hypothesis: Aged just 14, Moog built his first electronic instrument, a theremin.
Premise: A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine collided with a Japanese oil-tanker in the Straits of Hormuz late last night. Only minor damage to the tanker and no serious injuries were reported. The USS Newport News submarine collided with the stern of the Japanese oil-tanker, causing minor damage to the tanker. No personnel on either vessel were seriously injured, US Navy and Japanese government officials said. The straits of Hormuz connect the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea and is a major waterway for oil tankers.
Hypothesis: Two submarines have collided.
Premise: Cool, humid weather Sunday helped slow the advance of a fire that caused the evacuation of hundreds of homes and businesses in Alaska's Interior.
Hypothesis: There was a fire in Alaska.
Premise: The activists had been imprisoned in relation to their protest in the main square of Krakow , Poland, against the presence of Vladimir Putin at the ceremonies for the 60th anniversary of the freeing of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Hypothesis: Vladimir Putin participated in the ceremonies for the freeing of the Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp.
Premise: In the glamorous, exclusive world of French haute couture, Sakina M'Sa is an unlikely star. Like her creations, M'Sa is the sum of many parts - a tiny woman from the Comoros, an immigrant from a working-class neighbourhood in Marseille, and a designer who follows her own dreams and embroiders the fashion world with a social conscience. "My only strength in life is my difference," says M'Sa, dressed all in black and sitting in her workshop and showroom in La Goutte d'Or, a working-class neighbourhood in Paris which is home to a large population of Africans.
Hypothesis: Sakina M'Sa has Comoros origins.
Premise: An official of Abyan police, where 16 Western tourists are being held since yesterday, announced that the hostages are held by the Yemeni "Islamic Jihad" group, which is demanding the release of its leader and lifting the embargo on Iraq.
Hypothesis: The Yemen branch of the "Islamic Jihad" group, kidnapped the 16 Western tourists.
Premise: Published Date:  06 April 2009  Carrie Underwood was named Entertainer Of The Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards in the US.  The former American Idol winner was the first female act to win the honour since the Dixie Chicks in 2000. "I've had a lot of good moments in the past four years. This one takes the cake," the tearful 26-year-old said.   "Thank you God, thank you fans, thank you to ACM for nominating me in the first place. I never thought I'd be nominated and never thought I'd win. I'm shaking. I don't know what to say."
Hypothesis: Carrie Underwood won the second prize at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Premise: Philip Morris said it sold 201 bn cigarettes world-wide during the quarter.
Hypothesis: Philip Morris said it sold 201 billion cigarettes worldwide during the third quarter of 1994.
Premise: Last month, the FBI's Washington Field Office began an internal recruitment drive to staff a new anti-obscenity squad. The job of the new squad would be to gather evidence against the "manufacturers and purveyors" of pornography, and would require eight agents, a supervisor and assorted support help. The squad would not be concerned with child pornography, but instead focus on pornography that depicts, and is marketed to, consenting adults. The squad would target bestiality, urination, defecation, and sadomasochistic behavior, which have a high rate of conviction in jury trials. The initiative is described as "one of the top priorities" of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, as well as FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III. Gonzales has said that "adult pornography is a threat to families and children."
Hypothesis: The FBI is Alberto Gonzales' employer.
Premise: He said that "there is evidence that Cristiani was involved in the murder of the six Jesuit priests" which occurred on 16 November in San Salvador.
Hypothesis: Cristiani killed six Jesuits.
Premise: Political leaders pledged that construction of the so-called Freedom Tower -- which will rise 1,776 feet into the air and be the world's tallest building -- will be finished on schedule by the end of 2008.
Hypothesis: The Freedom Tower will be the world's tallest building.
Premise: Israeli scientists predict the world's coral reefs could begin to collapse in as little as 30 years from now. Studies show the oceans are becoming increasingly acidic as they soak up manmade emissions of carbon dioxide. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers say this will make it difficult for many coral organisms to produce skeletal and other hard parts. The team's work on corals in the Red Sea suggests a tipping point will be reached in between 30 and 70 years.  Then the forces of erosion eating away at corals will outstrip the organisms' ability to make the reefs.
Hypothesis: The coral organisms are endangered by the acidification of oceans.
Premise: In announcing plans today to prepare the nation for combating a future worldwide wave of bird flu, President Bush used vocabulary and tactics that are familiar from his confrontation with global terrorism.
Hypothesis: Bush supports global terrorism.
Premise: Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas has offered 'the hand of peace' to Israel after his landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election.
Hypothesis: Mahmoud Abbas has claimed victory in the presidential elections.
Premise: Mr Fitzgibbon expects some of the 17,000 additional US troops heading for Afghanistan will bolster Australian forces operating in the dangerous Oruzgan province in the south. The defence minister was planning to raise the issue specifically with US Defence Secretary Robert Gates. He has already held talks with US central command chief General David Petraeus and director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Leon Panetta. General Petraeus discussed the new US strategy for Afghanistan and the troop surge in which an extra 17,000 troops will be deployed in the southern provinces where Taliban insurgents have been most active.
Hypothesis: David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.
Premise: On Sunday Memoirs: 1939-1993 a memoir written by former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney will be released. The 1,152 page tome outlines Mulroney's version of events during his time as prime minister. CTV will broadcast a documentary on Brian Mulroney on the eve of his book launch. In addition, the network plans to air Triumph & Treachery: The Brian Mulroney Story on Sunday, CTV says the 90-minute special will be the most complete interview the former prime minister has ever given and his first comprehensive interview since leaving office in 1993. The Quebec French language TVA network will air a similar documentary exclusively in French later that night.
Hypothesis: The Australian Prime Minister is called John Howard.
Premise: Nigeria has been the culprit so far, preventing the world from being completely polio-free.
Hypothesis: Polio is under control in the world.
Premise: City officials fired the captain of the crashed Staten Island ferry.
Hypothesis: Staten Island ferry captain has refused to talk with investigators.
Premise: On the other hand, the article, "Fiction and Facts About Drug Legalization", by Joseph Califano identifies possible social problems that could occur as a result of marijuana being decriminalized in any form, whether for medical purposes or for recreational use.
Hypothesis: Drug legalization has benefits.
Premise: Ordonez Reyes accused Jose Jesus Pena, alleged chief of security for the Nicaraguan embassy in Tegucigalpa, of masterminding the January 7th assassination of contra-commander Manuel Antonio Rugama.
Hypothesis: Manuel Antonio Rugama was killed by Jose Jesus Pena.
Premise: The Interstate 35W Mississippi River eight-lane bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota has collapsed on both sides of the highway over the Mississippi River during rush hour. Previous reports indicated at least nine people had died, but Minneapolis police revised this to four during a 7:30 a.m. (local time) press conference.  Tim Dolan, the Minneapolis Police Chief later stated that "several [adding to the four] people are confirmed dead at the scene," but would not elaborate on how many. At least 79 have been injured and at least 8 are still missing, still believed to be in the rubble.
Hypothesis: A bridge falls into the Mississippi River.
Premise: In most Pacific countries there are very few women in parliament.
Hypothesis: Women are poorly represented in parliament.
Premise: Late Tuesday, authorities in the U.S. state of Texas carried out the execution of José Medellín, a Mexican national convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in 1993. The execution was carried out despite being at the center of an international legal dispute with objections from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. José Ernesto Medellín, 33, was born in Mexico but moved to the U.S. as a child. He was sentenced to death for the 1993 rape and murder of two girls aged 14 and 16 in Houston, Texas. On Tuesday at 9:57 p.m. CDT, he was given a lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Hypothesis: José Medellín was executed in Huntsville prison.
Premise: Three nurses in one of Vienna's oldest hospitals have been arrested on suspicion of killing 35 patients.
Hypothesis: Three Vienna nurses are under suspicion for killing patients.
Premise: El Nino is so named because the effects of the warmer water off Peru are usually noticed near Christmas time.
Hypothesis: El Nino is named after Peru.
Premise: The floods were exceptional since they affected an extensive area across Europe from the UK to Spain and as far east as the Black Sea coast. Economic losses amounted to EUR 9.2 bn in Germany, EUR 2.9 bn in Austria and EUR 2.3 bn in the Czech Republic. Total economic damage exceeds EUR 15 bn.
Hypothesis: Flooding in Europe causes major economic losses.
Premise: The first half of 1997 has been a year of considerable progress for East Timor in the international arena. In April, a majority of members of the UN Commission on Human Rights voted in support of a strong resolution on East Timor, criticising the Indonesian government for its lack of progress on human rights in East Timor and calling for concrete steps to be taken to address the continuing violations.
Hypothesis: Guerrillas increase activity in East Timor.
Premise: Lucinda Creighton has claimed that people resent her as being "overambitious" and "in too much of a hurry" to climb the political ladder. The outspoken Fine Gael deputy was speaking after a heated exchange with Enda Kenny led to her walking out of a parliamentary party meeting last week. Creighton, who at 29 is already acknowledged as a potential future leader of Fine Gael, slammed detractors who see her rapid success in a "negative" light -- and believes her friend and colleague Leo Varadkar has suffered the same fate. Speaking in the run up to the Fine Gael Ard Fheis, Ms Creighton also rejected suggestions which surfaced last week that she is seen as a 'loose cannon' within the party.  "I certainly don't regard myself as a loose cannon. I'm absolutely part of the Fine Gael team," she said.
Hypothesis: Lucinda Creighton is the leader of a parliamentary party.
Premise: Last Saturday I was thrilled to read about a school in Co Antrim which has introduced the study of philosophy for students of four years of age and upwards. According to both teachers and parents, the benefits are felt far beyond the classroom, "not just in terms of increased confidence, motivation and ability, but in a heightened respect for the differing views of others". In 1999, I walked through the gates of Trinity College to enrol as an undergraduate in the philosophy department. I had just returned home from years living in another city; I was recently married, unemployed and had been diagnosed with a mental illness I didn't quite believe I had. I wasn't sure if I could cope.
Hypothesis: Trinity College was founded in 1999.
Premise: They're being forced to live on crumbs, so nuns at a Hollywood convent famous for its pumpkin bread are warning that they may have to slice up the place for development. The threat of a shutdown of the 75-year-old Monastery of the Angels below the Hollywood sign has prompted neighbors and supporters to mount a campaign to save the four-acre religious retreat. The volunteers say they may turn to the nuns' moist and fragrant pumpkin bread to help make up a cash shortfall that has slashed the monastery's operating budget by more than 70%.
Hypothesis: The Monastery of the Angels was founded 75 years ago.
Premise: He also developed a breath test that could detect sulfur compounds emitted from the H. pylori.
Hypothesis: The H. pylori produces sulphur compounds.
Premise: Two men have been charged with starting the Zaca Fire, the second-largest wildfire in the history of California. The fire is continuing to burn through the Los Padres National Forest, and has consumed a total of 240,000 acres, having started on July 4. However, the fire is now under control, and is expected to be contained by September 4. Jose Jesus Cabrera of Santa Ynez, 38, Santiago Iniguez Cervantes of Santa Maria, 46, and the company of Rancho La Laguna, whom they worked for, have all been charged with six counts of felony in relation to starting the fire.
Hypothesis: Cabrera and Cervantes are accused of having caused the Zaca Fire.
Premise: Brazil, Australia and Thailand argued that the EU, one of the world's largest exporters, broke WTO farm rules by exceeding limits on export subsidies laid down under WTO's 1994 Agreement on Agriculture.
Hypothesis: The three countries argued that UE, one of the greater exporter of the world, infringed the rules of the OMC when exceeding the limit of the subsidies to the exports indicated under the Agreement on Agriculture of the OMC in 1994.
Premise: The publishing of a series of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a Copenhagen newspaper sparked a string of harsh and in some places violent reactions in the Middle East, forcing European leaders to try to calm the situation. This backlash started in late September 2005, when the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published a dozen cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad. The images ranged from serious to comical in nature; a particularly controversial cartoon portrays Mohammad with a bomb wrapped in his turban. The Jutland-based newspaper states that the images were meant to inspire some level of public debate over the image of Islam in Europe, and had no direct aim of offending anyone.
Hypothesis: Jyllands-Posten is published in Copenhagen.
Premise: The National Park Trust identified 20 high-priority sites - including the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and Virginia and Everglades National Park in Florida - as areas with private property that could be sold.
Hypothesis: Everglades National Park is located in Florida.