Hyukkyu/superglue huggingface dataset:
Premise: On Tuesday, BVA published a telephone poll conducted for French magazine Le Figaro and news channel LCI to gauge support for right-wing presidential candidates. 73% of Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Union for a Popular Movement or UMP) party supporters identified Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy as their preferred candidate for May's presidential election. The UMP is one of the two major parties in France, and represents conservative politics. It was formed in 2002 as a union of several right-wing parties, and currently controls the legislature (the National Assembly) and the executive. Current president Jacques Chirac is aligned with the UMP.
Hypothesis: Nicolas Sarkozy is supported by the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire.
Premise: The flexibility of our market-driven economy has allowed us, thus far, to weather reasonably well the steep rise in spot and futures prices for crude oil and natural gas that we have experienced over the past two years, said Mr. Greenspan.
Hypothesis: Rising prices have helped make many people feel wealthier and thus more inclined to spend.
Premise: Alex Dyer, spokesman for the group, stated that Santarchy in Auckland is part of a worldwide phenomenon.
Hypothesis: Alex Dyer represents Santarchy.
Premise: This is only the fourth time that the Security Council has imposed sanctions, the earlier cases being against Rhodesia, South Africa and, most recently, Iraq.
Hypothesis: The Court endorsed U.N. sanctions against Libya.
Premise: If no settlement is reached, a divided Cyprus will join the European Union on May 1, 2004.
Hypothesis: Cyprus was divided into two parts on May 1, 2004.
Premise: Meanwhile, in an exclusive interview with a TIME journalist, the first one-on-one session given to a Western print publication since his election as president of Iran earlier this year, Ahmadinejad attacked the "threat" to bring the issue of Iran's nuclear activity to the UN Security Council by the US, France, Britain and Germany.
Hypothesis: Ahmadinejad attacked the UN Security Council.
Premise: There were 20 survivors, the majority of them are in critical condition said Cyprian Gatete, Rwanda's assistant commissioner of police, during a telephone conversation with Reuters.
Hypothesis: Cyprian Gatete is an employee of Reuters.
Premise: The pet passport is a pink A4 sheet which contains the microchip number and certification that the dog has a rabies vaccination, and needs to be signed by a veterinary surgeon who has LVI status. The passport is not to be confused with the much smaller purple folder routinely issued by vets which records the complete vaccination history of the pet.
Hypothesis: The pet passport contains the complete vaccination history of pets.
Premise: Jackson also found the company maintained its Windows monopoly by setting deals with computer makers to promote Microsoft products over those from rival software makers.
Hypothesis: Microsoft Windows is an operating system.
Premise: Standing off to one side, seeing all and hearing Mozart's music, which only he understands to be a manifestation of God's love, is Antonio Salieri, the ambitious Italian-born composer and conductor, a favorite at the imperial court in Vienna in 1781.
Hypothesis: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg.
Premise: In 1986 he became the head of London European Airways, a business in which Ryanair had bought an 85% stake. This position, however, quickly disappeared as the carrier became Ryanair UK and was then merged entirely with Ryanair. Over the next decade, Cathal worked both on the executive board of the airline and as a pilot, although he resigned from the latter by 1996. He remained with Ryanair until leaving the board 2002, by which time he was a multi-millionaire due to the success of the airline.
Hypothesis: Ryan was Cathal's father.
Premise: Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom has also shown interest in acquiring a sizable stake in the Uzbek pipeline monopoly.
Hypothesis: Gazprom detains the Uzbek pipeline monopoly.
Premise: Most recently, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called North Korea an "outpost of tyranny" enraging Kim Jong-il , the leader of North Korea.
Hypothesis: Condoleezza Rice is the U.S. Secretary of State.
Premise: Canada rig count at 148, down 46 compared to last week's and down 27 compared to last year's.
Hypothesis: Last year, the tally was 148
Premise: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that North Korea should return to nuclear disarmament talks and avoid a path toward further international isolation.
Hypothesis: North Korea says it will rejoin nuclear talks.
Premise: Oh Eun-sun was the first Korean woman to climb Mt. Everest solo. For all the hardships she must have endured, she merely says that she was lucky. She now reminisces about the days she spent in that mountain.
Hypothesis: A woman succeeds in climbing Everest solo.
Premise: As the U.S. military evacuated Saigon in the Spring of 1975, President Gerald Ford approved Operation Babylift, the plan to transport thousands of Vietnamese children to adoptive parents in the West, hundreds of them at a time, before the U.S. was forced out of the country.
Hypothesis: The U.S. military evacuated U.S. citizens.
Premise: Dr. Amy Joy Lanou, director of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in America, was quick to point out health dangers of the Atkins diet.
Hypothesis: Atkins diet is associated with increased risk conditions.
Premise: Self-sufficiency has been turned into a formal public awareness campaign in San Francisco, by Mayor Gavin Newsom.
Hypothesis: Gavin Newsom is a politician of San Francisco.
Premise: Arabic, for example, is used densely across North Africa and from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Philippines, as the key language of the Arab world and the primary vehicle of Islam.
Hypothesis: Arabic is the primary language of the Philippines.
Premise: Anti-nuclear protesters on Wednesday delayed the progress of a shipment of radioactive waste toward a dump in northern Germany. The train stopped for the fourth time since crossing into Germany as it neared the northern town of Lueneburg.
Hypothesis: Nuclear waste transport delayed in Germany.
Premise: The Tunisian Foreign Ministry announced that Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Al Kaddafy arrived in Tunis this morning, Monday, for a "brotherly and recreational" visit, at the invitation of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Bin Ali.
Hypothesis: Libya's leader Colonel Muammar Qaddafi arrived in Tunisia at the invitation of President Zine El Abidine Bin Ali.
Premise: By 45,000 years ago, humans had weathered the comings and goings of a number of ice ages, had spread themselves throughout most of Africa, Europe and Asia, and had reached a population of roughly a million.
Hypothesis: Humans existed 10,000 years ago.
Premise: Rome is in Lazio province and Naples in Campania.
Hypothesis: Rome is located in Lazio province.
Premise: The interest of the automotive industry increases and the first amplifier project, a four-channel output module for the German car manufacturer, Porsche, is finished.
Hypothesis: Porsche is a German car manufacturer.
Premise: Forced to flee attack again in 1471 Rennyo travelled to Yoshizaki, where he built a popular temple which attracted many peasant converts from the region.
Hypothesis: Rennyo reached Yoshizaki in 1471.
Premise: The contaminated pills included metal fragments ranging in size from "microdots" to portions of wire one-third of an inch long, the FDA said.
Hypothesis: The contaminated pills contained metal fragments.
Premise: The Anzio beachhead, 33 miles south of Rome, saw some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II, and accounted for many of the 10,000 US battle deaths in Italy in the first half of 1944.
Hypothesis: The Anzio beachhead is located 33 miles south of Rome.
Premise: The National Assn. of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes had shot up to an annual rate of 7.29 million in August, 7.8% higher than a year earlier.
Hypothesis: Sales of existing homes raised 7.8%.
Premise: Alan Mulally, Boeing's head of the unit, said at the start of the strike that it may cause delivery delays that would give Airbus SAS an advantage in what is the strongest commercial aircraft market in five years.
Hypothesis: Alan Mulally is the owner of Boeing.
Premise: An Iraqi official reported today, Saturday, that 68 Iraqi civilians were killed as a result of the American and British bombing on Iraq and that their funerals were held today in Baghdad.
Hypothesis: Reports from an Iraqi official today, Saturday, said that the 68 civilians killed as a result of the Anglo-American bombing of Iraq, were buried today in Baghdad .
Premise: The nation got its long-awaited first look at Bo in action as the Obamas showed off the family's new dog on the South Lawn. First lady Michelle Obama did most of the walking while the 6-month-old Portuguese water dog scampered about. Then daughter Malia took a turn, and Bo took off running. The girls grinned as they played with Bo. Sasha clapped her hands at one point, calling for the dog's attention. Plainly pleased, the president said, "He's a star. He's got star quality."
Hypothesis: Obama's dog is called Bo.
Premise: Three months after the FBI raided the offices of the Dorean Group in Union City, California, neighboring companies in the same office park have received letters claiming that rent for the office park should now be paid to the Dorean Group. The owner of the office park, Hanover Properties, insists that they have not sold the park and called the Dorean Group's claim fraudulent. The first letter from the Dorean Group, dated May 2nd, 2005, purported to "inform [the tenants] of the change in ownership of the property [the tenants] now occupy," and asked that "payment of rents be sent" to the principals of the Dorean Group. The letter also included notarized documents authorizing the sale by an alleged agent of the current owner, Hanover Properties, a "Julia Pantibratyuk."
Hypothesis: Hanover Properties owns the Dorean Group.
Premise: The program, financed with a grant from the UN Agency for International Development, is aimed at reducing infant mortality in Madagascar, an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa.
Hypothesis: The UN Agency for International Development is an organisation based in Madagascar.
Premise: The Federal Aviation Administration's Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) has given license approval to Scaled Composites of Mojave, California, permitting the firm to expand flight testing of SpaceShipOne  -- a privately-financed rocket plane to carry passengers to suborbital altitude.
Hypothesis: Private spaceship launches.
Premise: Jessica Litman, a law professor at Michigan's Wayne State University, has specialized in copyright law and Internet law for more than 20 years.
Hypothesis: Jessica Litman is a law professor.
Premise: A report by the AfricanElephant Specialist Group, which is responsible for monitoring the conservation of the elephants,concludes that elephant poaching has increased despite the 1989 international ban on ivory trading
Hypothesis: The ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
Premise: Airbus could site a design engineering centre in the Midlands region of the UK to take advantage of the availability of skilled engineering staff following the demise of MG Rover, the collapsed UK carmaker.
Hypothesis: Airbus plans a design engineering centre.
Premise: A message in a bottle thrown into the sea by a four-year-old girl in England has been found 9,000 miles away in Western Australia. Alesha Johnson threw the bottle into the water at Morecambe Bay, Lancashire last July, enclosing her Heysham address, and a picture of herself. The note read: "If you get this message, please write back." This week, she received a letter from a 10-year-old from Perth, who said he had found the bottle in a local Boatyard. Doreen Johnson, the manager of the nursery Alesha attends in Heysham, said: "We were all very excited when the letter from Australia arrived addressed to Alesha.
Hypothesis: Heysham is where Doreen Johnson works.
Premise: Diets that provide recommended levels of magnesium are beneficial for bone health, but further investigation on the role of magnesium in bone metabolism and osteoporosis is needed.
Hypothesis: Dietary intake of magnesium prevents osteoporosis.
Premise: Of course, most of the tax cuts expire in 2010; only three years from when Rangel would take over as chair if Democrats win.
Hypothesis: Democrats won the elections three years ago.
Premise: Health Minister Ben Bradshaw described the party's loss to the British National Party and to the Greens as a, "terrible loss" and blamed the economic conditions such as rising food and fuel costs as factors that dampens the Labour Party's appeal with the public. Conservative Party leader David Cameron countered Bradshaw's opinion by saying, Mr. Brown was to blame for the economic distress. Cameroon cited the Prime Minister's ten years of handling the economy as minister prior to assuming office when Tony Blair stepped down last year.
Hypothesis: Blair was Prime Minister before Brown.
Premise: Jigish Avalani, group manager of Windows DNA marketing at Microsoft, explains that Windows DNA refers to the Windows Distributed interNet Application architecture, launched by Microsoft in fall of 1997.
Hypothesis: Microsoft was established in fall of 1997.
Premise: The Bank of Italy, the ultimate arbiter of Italian banking mergers, has been engulfed by scandal since police wire taps revealed Fazio and his wife advised a local banker in a bid for Bank Antonveneta against Dutch bank ABN AMRO.
Hypothesis: A local banker bids for Bank Antonveneta.
Premise: Rock stars Aerosmith are to hold a free concert in Hawaii to placate angry fans who brought a legal case against them. The Walk This Way hitmakers cancelled a sold-out show in Maui two years ago, leaving hundreds of fans out of pocket. They filed a class action case, which claimed the band had pulled out in favour of a bigger gig in Chicago and a private show for car dealers in Oahu. Lawyers for the would-be concert-goers said Aerosmith had now agreed to put on a new show, and would pay all expenses.
Hypothesis: Aerosmith are a rock band.
Premise: Anastasia, in the village of Nagutskoye, had a neighbor who gave birth in 1914 to Yuri Andropov: KGB chief and persecutor of Anastasia's nephew, Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Hypothesis: Alexander Solzhenitsyn's wife's name is Anastasia.
Premise: The government operations came a day after guerrillas in camouflage fatigues rampaged through the streets of Nazran, Ingushetia's capital, firing rocket-propelled grenades at police stations, taking over checkpoints and setting fire to government buildings.
Hypothesis: Ingushetia's capital is Nazran.
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 is a citizen of Mexico.
Premise: The launch of France's new 24 hour TV news channel, France 24, saw the new jointly owned channel start by going online. A streaming broadcast became available on the internet from 19:29 GMT today. Future plans are to have the new channel available on cable and satellite with English and French reporting. Coverage in Arabic and Spanish is among the ambitious future plans for the channel.
Hypothesis: France24 is a French TV Channel.
Premise: Environmental and social groups criticized the World Bank decision for shying from meaningful reform.
Hypothesis: The World Bank is criticized for its policies.
Premise: It is an image familiar to many Southern Californians but vividly illustrative in this Egyptian metropolis, where a U.N. conference on global population is trying for the first time to draw clear links between population growth and the environment.
Hypothesis: The International Conference on Population and Development was held in Cairo.
Premise: She was finally found at 10.35am the next day by PC David Lloyd George. Something had caught his eye in the undergrowth - her blue school coat or the deep red of the gloves that she had been wearing - and he stepped off the forestry track. Muriel Drinkwater was lying on her back, one arm outstretched by her side, the other slightly raised but with the gloved hand limp. Her eyes were open, but there was no doubt that she was dead. She was just a few weeks short of her 13th birthday. The constable blew sharply on his whistle.  The year was 1946, when murder was supposedly less commonplace than now. The killing of Muriel Drinkwater was to make headlines for months and would vex Detective Chief Inspector William "Bulldog" Chapman, the Scotland Yard detective who led the inquiry, until his death nine years later.
Hypothesis: Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.
Premise: Parviz Davudi was representing Iran at a meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO), the fledgling association that binds Russia, China and four former Soviet republics of central Asia together to fight terrorism.
Hypothesis: China is a member of SCO.
Premise: Two years ago Moore had a 5,300-pound monument showcasing the Ten Commandments placed in the rotunda of the Judicial Building, which is just down the street from the Capitol, and a federal judge ordered Moore to remove the plaque.
Hypothesis: Moore now has the commandments plaque posted in his office.
Premise: Digging in a different trench Phoenix's robotic Arm connected with a hard surface that has scientists excited about the prospect of next uncovering an icy layer.  "We have dug a trench and uncovered a hard layer at the same depth as the ice layer in our other trench," said Washington University robotic arm investigator for Phoenix, Ray Arvidson. The arm tried at least three times to penetrate the layer, but was unsuccessful. As a result the arm went into a holding pattern, awaiting its next commands.
Hypothesis: A robotic arm has been used for scientific discoveries.
Premise: A zoo worker is dead and two visitors are seriously injured after a Siberian tiger escaped from the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, California in the United States and attacked three people who were inside a cafe. The tiger was shot dead by police who were called to the scene. They found the tiger attacking one of the zoo visitors when they killed it.
Hypothesis: A tiger attacked three people in San Francisco.
Premise: In that aircraft accident, four people were killed: the pilot, who was wearing civilian clothes, and three other people who were wearing military uniforms.
Hypothesis: Four people were assassinated by the pilot.
Premise: WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed the nomination of Kathleen Sebelius as secretary of health and human services on Tuesday, allowing President Obama to fill the last vacancy in his cabinet with a seasoned politician who will take charge of the fight against swine flu. The vote was 65 to 31. Among the nine Republicans who voted for Ms. Sebelius was Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who announced on Tuesday that he was becoming a Democrat. Besides directing federal efforts against swine flu, Ms. Sebelius will lead the administration's campaign for universal health insurance.
Hypothesis: Kathleen Sebelius comes from Pennsylvania.
Premise: After the 1979 Soviet invasion and occupation, 3 million Afghans fled to Pakistan, which was encouraged by hefty Western aid to take them in.
Hypothesis: Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979.
Premise: In the modest backyard of Rosemarie Morgan's 1890-era house, about a half-mile from Yale University, there is a small Buddha, azalea and forsythia, Japanese cherry and plum trees, and an Amish-made chicken coop with five residents — four who lay eggs and Gloria, who is barren but one heck of a watchdog. The fowl are technically illegal under New Haven's zoning code, which prohibited raising hens and other livestock when it was updated during the 1950s. But these days, many dozens of backyard hens are generally tolerated under the city's informal enforcement program — call it "don't cluck, don't tell" — that mostly looks the other way. With urban fowl increasingly common, Alderman Roland Lemar has introduced legislation that would allow residents to raise up to six hens.
Hypothesis: The Morgans have lived near Yale University since the 1950s.
Premise: The last polio outbreak in the United States was in 1979.
Hypothesis: African polio outbreak feared
Premise: Alcohol now fuels 44 percent of all violent crime and 70 percent of Accident and Emergency hospital admissions at peak times are due to booze.
Hypothesis: Alcohol has an effect on violent crimes.
Premise: The Gurkhas come from mountainous Nepal and are extremely tenacious warriors-as foot soldiers they are the best only in close combat jungle/mountain combat and hand to hand type situation.
Hypothesis: The Gurkhas come from Nepal.
Premise: Ewald, now 74, headed the East German Sports Federation from 1961 to 1988. He was found guilty of making 142 East German sportswomen, mostly swimmers and athletes, take banned performance-enhancing drugs.
Hypothesis: Several sportswomen have been accused of doping.
Premise: Management at Huawei also feels that issues over security are hampering its progress - largely stemming from allegations, in 2001, that it was accused of working for Pakistan and the then Taleban government in Afghanistan.
Hypothesis: Management at Huawei was accused of working for Pakistan and the then Taleban government in Afghanistan.
Premise: Deployment of workers to Iraq has been halted after the reported hostage-taking of a Filipino man by gunmen
Hypothesis: A Filipino man has been kidnapped by gunmen.
Premise: Moreau, 72, received a Golden Bear award for lifetime achievement at the Berlin Film Festival Friday.
Hypothesis: The Golden Palm has been awarded at the Cannes film Festival.
Premise: On August 21, the Polish weekly Przekrój published an advertisement for Dan-Mark exercise books, bearing the logo of 4fun.tv, a Polish music/interactive  TV station. Part of the advertisement contained a definition of the word "exercise book". The wording looked familiar, and Wikinews consulted Wikipedia,  the collaborative online encyclopedia. Upon seeing the Wikipedia definition, it appeared that the entry quoted in the promotional material was identical to the initial two paragraphs of the relevant Wikipedia entry.
Hypothesis: Readers of online encyclopedias can edit the contents.
Premise: Speaking about the papal visit, Castro also said the government had agreed to make available half of its transport to ensure people can attend masses the pope will celebrate in the cities of Havana, Santa Clara, Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba. Cuban church authorities have been concerned there will not be enough transport.
Hypothesis: Papal travel is affected by political concerns.
Premise: THE Government wants Nigerian mother-of-two Pamela Izevbekhai's case to stay in this country struck out after revelations that documents used in her action were forged. Ms Izevbekhai has been to the High Court 22 times to prevent her family's deportation on the grounds that her two daughters Naomi (7) and Jemima (6) will be subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). However, she admitted last weekend that some documents given to the courts were forged. She has stood over her claim that she had a baby daughter, Elizabeth, who died from blood loss as a result of FGM. If her case is struck out, she and her daughters face deportation back to Nigeria.
Hypothesis: Pamela Izevbekhai comes from Nigeria.
Premise: Argentina remains one of 17 countries still banning British cattle for breeding because of the outbreak of mad cow disease in 1980s.
Hypothesis: Refusal of Argentina to buy cattle created new tensions between the two countries.
Premise: While the beet is roasting, make the vinaigrette: In a bowl, whisk together the orange juice, balsamic vinegar, and extra-virgin olive oil.
Hypothesis: In a bowl, toss the olive oil with salt and pepper.
Premise: A report prepared by a five member UN commission noted "killing of civilians, enforced disappearances, destruction of villages, rape and other forms of sexual violence, pillaging and forced displacement, throughout Darfur", and secretly named alleged war criminals that should go before the ICC.
Hypothesis: More than 200,000 people were killed in the air attack in the Darfur region.
Premise: His group's recently developed computer program, which provides group intelligence for a swarm of mini-robots to rapidly pin-point a source of contagion, can also be used by a group of humans carrying minicomputers, global positioning receivers, and simple radio equipment to find a skier buried in whiteness.
Hypothesis: Robots are used to find avalanche victims.
Premise: The experiment helped establish that the bacteria came first, causing inflammation, then ulcers.
Hypothesis: Inflammation is the result of ulcers.
Premise: The terrorist is suspected of being behind several deadly kidnappings and dozens of suicide attacks in Iraq.
Hypothesis: Terrorist kidnaps dozens of Iraqis.
Premise: The Italian parliament may approve a draft law allowing descendants of the exiled royal family to return home. The family was banished after the Second World War because of the King's collusion with the fascist regime, but moves were introduced this year to allow their return.
Hypothesis: Italian royal family returns home.
Premise: The Hubble is a scientific workhorse in the prime of its life. It is also the privileged photographer of the universe. Whether the images are of solar systems at birth, galaxies colliding, or the death throes of a star in supernova, Hubble's photos reveal both the ferocity and tranquillity of our universe.
Hypothesis: Hubble is a Space telescope.
Premise: It came as the group - which also included Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, William Horberg, producer of The Kite Runner, and Alfre Woodard, who acted in Desperate Housewives - began a charm offensive billed as a "creative exchange" but clearly aimed at bridging a gulf of mutual misunderstanding. The delegation was invited to Iran by Khane Cinema (Cinema House), the country's biggest film group, which is under the authority of the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance. It is scheduled to hold training workshops on acting, directing, documentary-making and other aspects of the business as well as tour the facilities of the state broadcaster, IRIB. Meetings have been promised with Majid Majidi and Ebrahim Hatamikia, two local directors in good standing with the theocratic government.
Hypothesis: The author of "The Kite Runner" lives in Iran.
Premise: In addition to data bases and publicity, stolen art is recovered when someone seeks appraisal or offers it for sale to dealers or auction houses, responds to a reward offer, attempts to remove it through customs, or requests a ransom for the art.
Hypothesis: Centralized inventory records for museums aid in theft awareness.
Premise: Personal computer maker, Gateway Inc., on Monday, lowered its 2005 revenue and earnings forecast, sending its shares plunging 11 percent, as pricing in the industry became increasingly cut-throat.
Hypothesis: Gateway lowered its sales and earnings guidance for the year.
Premise: Mr Lopez Obrador was "sworn in" by Senator Rosario Ibarra, a human rights activist and member of his party, who placed a red, green and white presidential sash across his shoulders.
Hypothesis: Senator Rosario Ibarra is a human rights militant.
Premise: Heaney had joined 'a distinguished group of Irishmen , who have been honoured with this prize for their contribution to Irish literature in the twentieth century.'
Hypothesis: Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995.
Premise: Basra's governor said he would not cooperate with British troops until there was an apology for a raid to free two UK soldiers.
Hypothesis: The governor of Basra will not work with British troops until there is an apology for a raid to free two UK soldiers.
Premise: Salvadoran reporter Mauricio Pineda, a sound technician for the local Canal Doce television station, was shot to death today in Morazan Department in the eastern part of the country.
Hypothesis: Mauricio Pineda was killed by gunfire.
Premise: The president Cristiani spoke today at the El Salvador military airport before he left for Costa Rica to attend the inauguration ceremony of president-elect Rafael Calderon Fournier.
Hypothesis: Rafael Calderon Fournier has been elected president of Costa Rica.
Premise: AT&T Corp. says it will stop selling traditional local and long-distance residential service in seven states, blaming its move on a court decision that it says will result in higher prices for its use of regional networks.
Hypothesis: AT&T blames a court decision that will cause higher prices.
Premise: The Italian air transport sector features many typical causes of industrial conflict, including: the troubled economic situation of Alitalia, Italy's flagship airline (IT0404304F); a set of specific factors concerning services delivery; and a marked fragmentation of trade union representation.
Hypothesis: Italian flight assistants go on strike.
Premise: Goosen shot a 69 on Saturday, one of only two sub-par rounds on the day, to grab a three-shot lead through 54 holes at Pinehurst No. 2.
Hypothesis: Goosen shot a 69 and has a three-shot lead.
Premise: Rumsfeld signaled a harder line against China from the Bush administration, which has criticized Beijing over trade and human rights issues but not directly challenged the Chinese military buildup.
Hypothesis: Rumsfeld is leveling some harsh criticism at China during his trip.
Premise: On Aug. 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was exploded on Hiroshima with an estimated equivalent explosive force of 12,500 tons of TNT, followed three days later by a second, more powerful, bomb on Nagasaki.
Hypothesis: In 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
Premise: Medicare will begin paying later this year for certain oral cancer drugs and intravenous drugs that can be self-administered under a $500 million demonstration project unveiled yesterday.
Hypothesis: Medicare will start paying users $500 million.
Premise: The Commission's Deputy Chairman, Charles Duelfer, said, "We will keep the inspectors there in the hope that Iraq may back down from its decision."
Hypothesis: The Vice-Chairman of the Committee Charles Duelfer said, "we hope to end Iraq's resolution."
Premise: Naval units evacuated U.S. civilians and military personnel from the Tachen Islands.
Hypothesis: The U.S. military evacuated U.S. citizens.
Premise: Zhao was arrested at 1:45 p.m. EST without resistance on charges of disorderly conduct; other more serious charges could be filed. However, Allen Doody of U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has indicated plans to deport Zhao back to Australia within a few days without charges. "We do not plan to charge him," Doody said. Zhao is dual-nationality Chinese-Australian, who entered the US legally on his Australian passport less than a week ago.
Hypothesis: Zhao is an American citizen.
Premise: A member of the Burmese delegation, Thaung Tun, told reporters on the eve of the meeting that his government did not wish to place ASEAN in a difficult position by insisting on assuming the chairmanship.
Hypothesis: Thaung Tun is a representative of Burma.
Premise: The maker of a promising ovarian cancer drug said, Friday, that he stopped enrolling women in a study because several patients developed gastrointestinal holes.
Hypothesis: A study of a promising cancer drug was stopped because of a serious side effect.
Premise: For Japanese yakuza, the most important thing is staying alive, and making money is second, the yakuza said.
Hypothesis: Yakuza are the Japanese mafia.
Premise: The country's largest private employer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is being sued by a number of its female employees who claim they were kept out of jobs in management because they are women.
Hypothesis: Wal-Mart sued for sexual discrimination
Premise: A rocket attack killed two Israelis, including a 3-year-old boy.
Hypothesis: A three-year-old was killed in a rocket attack.
Premise: Nelson Beavers is a co-owner of the current company, Carolina Analytical Laboratories LLC. and has ownership/employment history with Woodson-Tenent and Eurofin.
Hypothesis: Nelson Beaver is staff at Carolina Analytical Laboratories.
Premise: German Siemens and ThyssenKrupp may sell relevant core technology to China, which owns the first commercially operated maglev line.
Hypothesis: Maglev is commercially used.
Premise: The increase in womens' representation in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament has become a symbol for change, backed by the Parliament's principled commitment to creating a more equal society.
Hypothesis: Women are poorly represented in parliament.
Premise: The FDA would not say in which states the pills had been sold, but instead recommended that customers determine whether products they bought are being recalled by checking the store list on the FDA Web site, and the batch list. The batch numbers appear on the container's label.
Hypothesis: The FDA provided a list of states in which the pills have been sold.
Premise: Europe's economic environment has altered considerably over the last thirty years, and the economies of European countries have progressively opened up to the global economy. As a result, the competitiveness of the European economies is dependent not just on production costs, but also on the performance of pension and social security systems guaranteeing security for the future.
Hypothesis: National pension systems currently adopted in Europe are in difficulties.
Premise: San Francisco (Reuters) -- Dell Inc. plans to announce preliminary quarterly results after the market closes Tuesday, after last week delaying their release due to accounting complexities related to a regulatory probe.
Hypothesis: Tuesday, preliminary quarterly results will be announced.
Premise: One day after pledging to undertake one of history's largest reconstruction efforts, President Bush served notice yesterday, that rebuilding the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast will require spending cuts elsewhere in the federal budget
Hypothesis: Amid growing concern among congressional Republicans about the huge cost of the planned reconstruction effort, Bush said the federal government could foot the bill without resorting to a tax increase.
Premise: The founder of Thailand's "yellow shirt" protest movement that shut down Bangkok airports last year was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt Friday, just days after troops cracked down on rioting protesters from the rival, anti-government "red shirt" group. The government quickly moved to tighten security around Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who said a state of emergency that was imposed Sunday in Bangkok would remain in place. Vehicles carrying Abhisit were attacked twice by red-shirted protesters in the run-up to this week's riots.
Hypothesis: The "yellow" and the "red shirts" are enemies.
Premise: But when the WTO headquarters issue came up, and Germany made an offer and a pitch to get the WTO to be headquartered in Bonn, the Swiss suddenly realised they were vulnerable and began improving their offers.
Hypothesis: The WTO headquarters is in Bonn.
Premise: Typhoon Xangsane lashed the Philippine capital on Thursday, grounding flights, halting vessels and closing schools and markets after triggering fatal flash floods in the centre of the country.
Hypothesis: A typhoon batters the Philippines.
Premise: Roddenberry was probably most known for her role as the voice of the computers in nearly every Star Trek television spinoff series from the 1960's to present time. She is also the voice of the computer in the upcoming movie by director J.J. Abrams, Star Trek. Majel also played Nurse Chapel in the original Star Trek series starring William Shatner and later played Lwaxana Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Hypothesis: Majel Roddenberry died of cancer.
Premise: Drew Walker, NHS Tayside's public health director, said: "It is important to stress that this is not a confirmed case of rabies."
Hypothesis: A case of rabies was confirmed.
Premise: Clonaid scientist, Brigitte Boisselier, said the first human clone - a girl nicknamed Eve - was born on Thursday to an American mother.
Hypothesis: Brigitte Boisselier announced that a cloned baby had been born.
Premise: He has borrowed a clutch of bright ideas from Bill Clinton's favorite think-tank, the Democratic Leadership Council, and endorsed Medicare reforms suggested by one of the Democratic Party's brightest luminaries, Louisiana's John Breaux.
Hypothesis: Bill Clinton belongs to the Democratic Party.
Premise: Olson, 62, previously worked as a partner at Ernst & Young LLP, as a Minnesota bank president and as a congressional aide, before joining the Fed board in 2001, to serve a term ending in 2010.
Hypothesis: Olson is a member of the Fed board.
Premise: Those accused of the assassination of six Jesuits, if found guilty, will be punished whether they are civilians, military, or influential people.
Hypothesis: Six Jesuits were killed by civilians.
Premise: The Damascus public have been welcomed into the election candidate's private homes or to specially erected tents where voters have been enjoying food, drink and entertainment, particularly in the home of the wealthy candidate, Adnan Mullah, where dozens of supporters and friends have been invited to dinner every evening.
Hypothesis: Candidates are entertaining voters in their homes.
Premise: In London around 11am the march assembles on Camberwell Green. About 250 people are here, from many parts of Britain; I meet marchers from Newcastle, Manchester, Leicester, and especially organized-labor stronghold Sheffield. The sky is grey but the atmosphere is convivial; five members of London's Metropolitan Police are present, and they're all smiling. Most marchers are young, some as young as high school age, but a few are older; some teachers, including members of the Lewisham and Sheffield chapters of the National Union of Teachers, are carrying banners in support of their students.
Hypothesis: Camberwell Green is in London.
Premise: Around 50 million years ago, in contrast, oxygen levels in the atmosphere measured 23 percent--2 percent higher than today.
Hypothesis: 23% of the atmosphere is made up by oxygen.
Premise: The G8 summit, held June 8-10, brought together leaders of the world's major industrial democracies, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, European Union and United States.
Hypothesis: Canada participates in the G8 summit.
Premise: The party system increased in importance during the Second Republic. Large, strong parties were fostered under the d'Hondt method of proportional representation, and parties soon began to receive state subsidies.
Hypothesis: Several new political parties emerged.
Premise: But according to Dr. Williams, other members of the panel have championed other ideas, for example, that planets should be larger than 2,000 kilometers (or about 1,250 miles) in diameter (Pluto is about 1,500 miles).
Hypothesis: The diameter of Pluto measures 1,500 miles.
Premise: Fake prehistoric rock art of a caveman with a shopping trolley has been hung on the walls of the British Museum.
Hypothesis: Prehistoric art discovered in South Africa.
Premise: Security forces gunned down six Maoists; while the rebels killed a policeman and an abducted civilian drowned escaping from the Maoists, say latest insurgency related reports.
Hypothesis: A civilian policeman was killed.
Premise: On November 25, 2001, a baby Asian elephant was born at the National Zoo in Washington, DC.
Hypothesis: baby elephant born
Premise: WASHINGTON - A Pentagon report on Guantanamo prison ordered by President Barack Obama concludes conditions for inmates are in line with Geneva Conventions and other legal obligations, a US official said Friday. The report was due to be delivered to the White House by Saturday as part of a landmark executive order issued by Obama last month mandating the closure of the "war on terror" detention camp. The official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said the review conducted by Admiral Patrick Walsh found that detainees were treated humanely, in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and other laws recognized by the United States.
Hypothesis: The Guantanamo prison is in Cuba.
Premise: Philip Morris the US food and tobacco group that makes Marlboro, the world's best-selling cigarette, shrugged off strong anti-smoking sentiment in the US.
Hypothesis: Philip Morris owns the Marlboro brand.
Premise: UFJ Holdings Inc. said it wants to merge with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., a combination that would surpass Citigroup Inc. as the world's biggest bank and accelerate Japan's attempts to clean up bad loans.
Hypothesis: The merger of Japanese Banks creates the world's biggest bank.
Premise: Acetaminophen is best known as the drug in products sold under the Tylenol brand, but is widely available in typically less expensive generic versions.
Hypothesis: Acetaminophen is produced by Tylenol.
Premise: A Belgian policeman posing as an art dealer in Brussels arrested three Swedes.
Hypothesis: Three Swedes were arrested in a Belgian police sting operation.
Premise: In a statement in The Washington Times, the executive director of 21st Century Democrats, Mark Lotwis, called the lawsuit "frivolous" and said: "we're going to defend our organization's integrity". Landmark Education spokeswoman Deborah Beroset said that the Landmark Forum "is in no way religious in nature and any claim to the contrary is simply absurd," and stated: "While we are not a party to this lawsuit and have no firsthand knowledge of it, we can only assume that we are being used as a legal and political football to further the plaintiff"s own financial interests." The New York lawsuit was filed April 14, and is still in early filing stages. A conference with the federal court judge in the case has been scheduled for June 17.
Hypothesis: Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.
Premise: Only 16 women were elected to the 223-member parliament in 1995, and only 2 women hold ministerial posts.
Hypothesis: Women are poorly represented in parliament.
Premise: Officials from TAG Heuer have announced that the company received the iF product design award, which was given away by the jury from the International Forum Design. TAG Heuer received the award for its concept watch, called Monaco Calibre 360 (Linear Second) Concept Chronograph. The jury that gives away the iF product design awards each year consists of leading design experts from all over the world gathered in one place. 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.
Hypothesis: Monaco Calibre 360 (Linear Second) Concept Chronograph is produced in Hannover.
Premise: Francis Deng believes the government will be receptive to the plan to deploy 1,800 peacekeeping troops.
Hypothesis: The AU said it may send a 2 000-strong peacekeeping force.
Premise: Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been sentenced to 25 years in jail for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces. At the end of a 15-month trial, judges found him guilty of two death-squad killings of 25 people during the conflict with guerrillas in the 1990s. After being sentenced, Mr Fujimori said he would appeal against the verdict. Human rights group Amnesty International described the verdict as "a milestone in the fight for justice".
Hypothesis: Alberto Fujimori has been sentenced to life in prison.
Premise: A former federal health official arrested in the Virginia Fontaine Addictions Foundation scandal has been fined $107,000 for tax evasion. Patrick Nottingham, 57, was also sentenced to 18 months house arrest and ordered to complete 150 hours of community service work. The fine represents 50% of the federal income tax Nottingham did not pay on nearly $700,000 in kickbacks he received in return for approving excessive funding to the foundation in 1999 and 2000.  In November 2005, Nottingham pleaded guilty to fraud and influence peddling and received a conditional sentence of two years less a day. "Mr. Nottingham was not only involved in fraudulent activity, he compounded that offence by not reporting that income," said Crown attorney Michael Foote at a sentencing hearing earlier this week. "He effectively committed two sets of extraordinarily serious offences."  Nottingham's fine is the minimum allowed by law. Foote said there is little expectation Nottingham will ever pay off the fine.
Hypothesis: Patrick Nottingham is involved in the Virginia Fontaine Addictions Foundation scandal.
Premise: The Health Department has been made aware that property located at Bear Creek is under investigation by the NC Division of Waste Management for the illegal discharge of hazardous chemical materials.
Hypothesis: Hazardous chemical materials have been discovered at Bear Creek.
Premise: Any taxpayer earning over £150,000 will no longer enjoy higher-rate tax relief, which is considered a substantial incentive to save for wealthy workers. From April 2011, anyone who earns £200,000 a year, for example, and pays the typical amount of 6 per cent of their salary into their company pension scheme will lose out on £200 a month or £2,400 a year.  Alistair Darling, when he announced the move in the Budget, insisted that just 1.5 per cent of taxpayers - the equivalent of about 450,000 people - would be hit, but experts argued that it would significantly damage the already beleaguered pensions industry, and cause many savers to think twice about investing in a pension.
Hypothesis: Alistair Darling is chancellor of UK.
Premise: Radical Jordanian cleric, Abu Qatada, and nine other foreign nationals said to pose a threat to the UK's security, have been detained, pending deportation.
Hypothesis: 10 foreign nationals were a threat to Britian's national security.
Premise: Despite the turmoil in Israeli society, there is little doubt that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will pull the nearly 9,000 Israeli settlers out of Gaza, now a closed military zone.
Hypothesis: 9,000 settlers are employed by Israel.
Premise: Paralysis was followed by aphasia, and after acute pain, followed by a long period of apathy, from which death relieved Swift in October 1745.
Hypothesis: Swift died in 1745.
Premise: An Alzheimer's patient travelled 2,000 miles to commit suicide with the help of a doctor who built a device that gave her a lethal dose of chemicals.
Hypothesis: The woman in the Kevorkian case injected lethal chemicals into her body.
Premise: Budapest again became the focus of national political drama in the late 1980s, when Hungary led the reform movement in eastern Europe that broke the communist monopoly on political power and ushered in the possibility of multiparty politics.
Hypothesis: In the late 1980s Budapest became the center of the reform movement.
Premise: Profits nearly doubled to nearly $1.8 billion.
Hypothesis: Profits nearly doubled from nearly $1.8 billion.
Premise: Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas emergency room doctors and nurses treat two to three injured surfers.
Hypothesis: Scripps Hospital assists surfing accident victims.
Premise: Hydrogen cyanide is used in manufacturing chemicals such as tryptophan and other amino acids.
Hypothesis: Cyanide is used in the production of pharmaceuticals.
Premise: U.S. policy on drug trafficking is not consistent with the need to put an end and actively repress the consumption of drugs. The solution is not based on the destruction of a native plant, coca, in the continent, but on an active fight against the Colombian drug mafia, which has created a great money and crime empire in Colombia with powerful ramifications outside its borders.
Hypothesis: A native plant is destroyed by the Colombian drug mafia.
Premise: The deal marks the second foray into Lithuania by Philip Morris which in April beat British American Tobacco to acquire the Klaipeda Tobacco company for Dollars 40m - the biggest western investment in the Baltic states so far.
Hypothesis: The acquisition of the Klaipeda Tobacco company is the biggest investment in the Baltic states.