Hyukkyu/superglue huggingface dataset:
Premise: Tony Blair, who has yet to release any official comments, said in a BBC documentary last month: "You know you can't have a religious faith and it be an insignificant aspect because it's, it's profound about you and about you as a human being." He also said that he had avoided discussing his religious views out of fear of being called "a nutter."
Hypothesis: Blair belongs to the Church of England.
Premise: The May 3 ferry sinking in the Meghna River that claimed the lives of at least 370 people is a reminder of the dangers inherent in this sort of travel.
Hypothesis: 100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
Premise: The Counts of Holland and Geldern, between whose territories the lands of the Bishops of Utrecht lay, also sought to acquire influence over the filling of the episcopal see. This often led to disputes and consequently the Holy See frequently interfered in the election.
Hypothesis: The Counts of Holland supported the Holy See.
Premise: A senior Russian politician has hailed a decision by Uzbekistan to shut down a United States military base there, although Moscow officially denies that it is applying pressure on Central Asian states to expel American forces.
Hypothesis: Uzbekistan closes United States military base.
Premise: The 26-member International Energy Agency said, Friday, that member countries would release oil to help relieve the U.S. fuel crisis caused by Hurricane Katrina.
Hypothesis: Responding to a plea from the International Energy Agency for member countries to release reserves, Canada is prepared to help.
Premise: The new study refutes earlier findings by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, who concluded that the odds of getting head and neck cancers rose in tandem with the frequency and duration of marijuana use.
Hypothesis: The latest findings contradict a California study that implicated regular pot smoking as having markedly higher risks for head and neck cancers.
Premise: Floods are one of Europe's most widespread disasters. Major flooding has occurred nearly every year somewhere on our continent during the last few decades.
Hypothesis: Flooding in Europe causes major economic losses.
Premise: Two bombs planted near an Islamic school in Pakistan killed eight people and injured 42 others yesterday in the latest outbreak of violence gripping the southern port of Karachi.
Hypothesis: Eight people planted two bombs near an Islamic school in Pakistan.
Premise: The average cabby works nine and a half hours a day. A cab's busiest hours are 6 to 8 p.m. And even as the economy has fallen deeper into recession, the number of cab rides each day in New York has remained relatively steady.  Those are among the most vivid bits of information about the yellow cab industry to emerge from a trove of new data collected by the Taxi and Limousine Commission from cabs equipped with new computerized systems that record each trip and fare.
Hypothesis: The busiest hour for a cab is 9 p.m.
Premise: U.S. light crude was trading erratically on the New York Mercantile Exchange, hitting $44.50 a barrel before easing back a bit to $44.10, still a gain of $1.27.
Hypothesis: The U.S. light crude is $1.27 a barrel.
Premise: Civic Alliance, the umbrella group of civic groups involved in rebuilding, hosted a large, public, town-hall meeting for 5,000 people, called "Listening to the City" in July 2002.
Hypothesis: The Civic Alliance is an umbrella group.
Premise: Nor is it clear whether any US support to Germany, in favour of Bonn as the WTO headquarters, would necessarily tilt a decision in that direction.
Hypothesis: The WTO headquarters is in Bonn.
Premise: The currency used in China is the Renminbi Yuan.
Hypothesis: The Renminbi Yuan is the currency used in China.
Premise: Political parties in PNG lack ideological conviction and rely almost exclusively on patronage politics, personalism, and regional bases. Several parties have emerged in Papua New Guinean politics. In the House of Assembly elected in 1973, the Pangu Pati, headed by Michael Somare, formed a coalition government with the People's Progress Party, and Somare became prime minister.
Hypothesis: Several new political parties emerged.
Premise: National currencies will be completely replaced by the euro in within six months after the introduction of euro notes and coins.
Hypothesis: The introduction of the euro has been opposed.
Premise: Google and NASA announced a working agreement, Wednesday, that could result in the Internet giant building a complex of up to 1 million square feet on NASA-owned property, adjacent to Moffett Field, near Mountain View.
Hypothesis: Google may build a campus on NASA property.
Premise: Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, a Muslim cleric also known as Abu Omar was taken by a CIA-led team in Milan on 17 February, 2003 and allegedly transferred by vehicle to the Aviano Air Base near Venice, later by air to the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, and lastly sent to Egypt. He was released from prison on Sunday and says that he would like to return to Italy. He also said he has been tortured with electric shocks, beatings, rape threats and genital abuse, and that "I have been reduced to a wreck of a human being."
Hypothesis: The CIA abducted Osama Nasr in 2003.
Premise: Iran will hold the first runoff presidential election in its history, between President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Tehran's hard-line mayor, election officials said Saturday.
Hypothesis: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is the president.
Premise: A memorial service has taken place for Australian actor Heath Ledger, who died January 22 in New York. Hollywood celebrities and many other loyal fans bid farewell to the well known actor. His death has been deemed accidental by the New York City Medical Examiner and was attributed to a toxic mixture of prescription drugs and pain killers. The star died in his Manhattan apartment last month. The service was held at Penrhos College in Perth, Australia and was attended by over 100 people, although the actual funeral was only attended by Ledger's close family. Before the funeral, Heath's father, Kim Ledger, said that "the funeral will be very, very private and there will only be 10 people there, immediate family and nobody else."
Hypothesis: Kim Ledger was Heath's son.
Premise: Gamma ray bursts are some of the most powerful objects observed in the Universe and are thought to signal the birth of black holes. Swift is designed to detect the bursts and automatically re-orient itself to gather images and data of the phenomenon.
Hypothesis: Gamma rays are forms of electromagnetic radiation.
Premise: There are four identified subtypes of Ebola virus. Three of the four have caused disease in humans: Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, and Ebola-Ivory Coast. The fourth, Ebola-Reston, has caused disease in non-human primates, but not in humans.
Hypothesis: The Ebola epidemic breaks out in Zaire.
Premise: The Los Angeles Lakers rolled over the Indiana Pacers in Wednesday's the opening round game of the NBA championship series.
Hypothesis: Lakers win the championship.
Premise: Israel plans to increase the share of gas in its energy balance to 25 percent by 2025 from the current 1 percent.
Hypothesis: Currently the share of natural gas in Israel's energy system amounts to no more than one percent.
Premise: Some people may think that there is no other way to grow plants other than in soil; there is however, another way.
Hypothesis: Plants are grown  in  substances other than soil.
Premise: The men, Dritan Duka, 30, Shain Duka, 28, and Eljvir Duka, 25, all illegal immigrants, were each sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. The three, who operated a roofing business in Cherry Hill, N.J., were among five foreign-born Muslims convicted in December of planning an attack at the base, about 40 miles east of Philadelphia. The attack was never carried out. The other two men who were convicted, Mohamad Shnewer, a Jordanian-born taxi driver from Philadelphia, and Serdar Tatar, a convenience-store clerk from Turkey, are to be sentenced on Wednesday.
Hypothesis: Eljvir Duka comes from Turkey.
Premise: Chip giant, Intel, has set its sights on the digital living room with its own flavours of entertainment PCs designed to act like media hubs for the home.
Hypothesis: Intel is vying for a key spot in the digital living room.
Premise: U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew concluded their pursuit of the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday and docked with the orbital outpost at 12:05 EDT (1605 GMT).
Hypothesis: US shuttle Atlantis docks with the Mir space station.
Premise: U.S. President George W. Bush and Congressional leaders from both political parties have reached agreement on US$150 billion in tax relief in an effort to help stimulate the United States economy. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. The agreement includes provision to give up to US$600 in tax rebates to millions of wage earners and an additional US$300 refund for each child. It allows businesses to immediately write off 50 percent of capital equipment purchases.
Hypothesis: The Congress wants to boost the economy.
Premise: Thousands of Shias have marched in the southern Iraqi city of Basra to back the new constitution and to mourn 1,000 pilgrims who died in a stampede.
Hypothesis: Thousands of Shiite Muslims rallied in the southern city of Basra to show support for Iraq's new constitution.
Premise: With the publication of Sophie's World in 1991, Gaarder gained international fame. Sophie's World spent three years as the best selling book in Norway. His first book to be translated into English, Sophie's World was also the top-selling book in Germany, France, and Great Britain.
Hypothesis: Sophie's World is a best seller.
Premise: A former employee of the company, David Vance of South Portland, said Hooper spent a lot of time on the road, often meeting with customers between Portland and Kittery.
Hypothesis: David Vance lives in South Portland.
Premise: Clinton's new book is not big seller here.
Hypothesis: Clinton's book is a big seller.
Premise: Seeking common ground amid sensitive differences on democracy, Bush and  Putin agreed Thursday, on new efforts to keep nuclear arms away from terrorists as well as sovereign nations like Iran and North Korea.
Hypothesis: Bush and Putin agreed that Iran should not have nuclear weapons.
Premise: I will not seek your votes for a new mandate. With these words, the President of France, Jacques Chirac (74) announced during a radio and television broadcast at 20:00 UTC that it's time for him to serve his country in a different way. The announcement was widely speculated about and did not come as a surprise. The official announcement gives the candidate from the majority party UMP, Nicolas Sarkozy, more freedom during the next six weeks that remain before the Presidential elections in France. Although Sarkozy is from the same party as Chirac and hopes to receive an endorsement from him, the President has not yet expressed his support for a particular candidate to succeed him, and he did not refer to Sarkozy during any moment of his speech.
Hypothesis: Chirac doesn't want to be re-elected.
Premise: The royal tombs at Vergina were identified as the ancient capital of Aigai in the 1930s. A royal tomb identified as possibly Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander the Great's father, was found in 1977 by Manolis Andronikos.
Hypothesis: Alexander the Great's Tomb remains undiscovered.
Premise: Both candidates are making a major push in Iowa.
Hypothesis: Both candidates are delivering a great attack in Iowa.
Premise: The car which crashed against the mail-box belonged to James Clark, 68, an acquaintance of James Jones' family.
Hypothesis: Clark is a relative of Jones'.
Premise: The Pet passport alone can be used to enter the UK, but it will not suffice to enter many countries. For instance Guatemala, like almost every country, demands that all imported pets have a rabies vaccination, but will not accept the Pet passport as proof of said vaccination.
Hypothesis: Guatemala accepts the Pet passport as proof of vaccination.
Premise: Eating lots of foods that are a good source of fiber may keep your blood glucose from rising too fast after you eat.
Hypothesis: Fiber improves blood sugar control.
Premise: Two Greenpeace protestors entered the CBI conference at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London and delayed a speech being made by the Prime Minister Tony Blair, in which he was expected to announce the consideration of further nuclear power stations to offset the increasing gas prices being experienced by industry in the UK. The protestors, wearing yellow safety jackets over business suits, climbed up into the ceiling rafters and held  banners saying "NUCLEAR: WRONG ANSWER", and dropped 'radioactive confetti' onto the delegates down below. Greenpeace threatened to make noise and throw missiles at the Prime Minister should he make his speech.
Hypothesis: Greenpeace made a statement about yellow safety jackets.
Premise: Chinese Premier, Zhu Rongji, and German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, opened the world's first commercial magnetic levitation (maglev) train yesterday, with both sides having much to gain from its success.
Hypothesis: Both Mr. Schroeder and Mr. Zhu have much to gain if maglev succeeds.
Premise: The New Zealand Rugby League team (Kiwis) have been docked two competition points and hooker Nathan Fien barred from playing in the Gilette Rugby League Tri-Nations series. It comes after allegations of Fien's availability to play for the Kiwi's were exposed by a documentation of his birth certificate. At a hearing the Rugby League International Federation ruled that Fien was unable to play for the kiwis as he was Australian born. Instead of his grandmother a resident of New Zealand, it was in fact his great-grandmother. According to Rugby League International Federation chairman Colin Love, the Kiwis thought great-grandparents were as good as grandparents.
Hypothesis: Nathan Fien is a resident of Australia.
Premise: The source added that the investigation proved that the bases of the genocide crime "were completed with a series of illegal arrests followed in some cases with assassinations or cases of disappearances and were preceded, according to information attached to the file, by cases of torture."
Hypothesis: Investigators discovered that a series of illicit arrests of were often followed by disappearances or murders and were preceded by torture.
Premise: The Croatian will face competition, especially from the American of Chinese origin, Michael Chang, second-seeded in the tournament. Organizers hope that the tournament will contribute to advancing tennis in their countries.
Hypothesis: The Croatian and the Asian-American, Michael Chang (number two) will play eachother, and hopefully popularise the game in their native countries.
Premise: Felicity Huffman and Patricia Arquette became first-time Emmy winners as they received lead actress honors, while Tony Shalhoub and James Spader, once again, proved favorites in the best actor category.
Hypothesis: Patricia Arquette collected best drama actress for psychic crime drama "Medium", while James Spader won best actor for "Boston Legal" for a second year.
Premise: The soldier, James Barker, one of four American soldiers accused of raping the Iraqi girl and killing her family in the March 2006 incident, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to rape and murder in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Hypothesis: James Barker is accused of raping an Iraqi girl and killing her family.
Premise: Relations between Argentina and Britain were soured again last May when Britain decided to extend territorial waters to 200 miles around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Hypothesis: Britain angered Argentina.
Premise: Dr. Pridi was forced into exile, and Field Marshal Pibul again assumed power.
Hypothesis: Pibul was a field marshal.
Premise: The twin buildings are 88 stories each, compared with the Sears Tower's 110 stories.
Hypothesis: The Sears Tower has 110 stories.
Premise: Some other objections to legalization point to the greater dangers of family violence, reckless driving, or reckless operation of subways and so on.
Hypothesis: Drug legalization has benefits.
Premise: OTN profiles the Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement), which is a Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist group.
Hypothesis: The Islamic Resistance Movement is also known as OTN.
Premise: Only 14 percent of U.S. mothers exclusively breast-feed their babies for the minimum recommended six months.
Hypothesis: There are many benefits from breast-feeding.
Premise: For hundreds of family members holed up in a hotel not far from the Stockholm ferry terminal, where the boat Estonia was to have docked Wednesday morning after an overnight trip from the Estonian capital of Tallinn, the suspended rescue effort was just the latest in a day of heartbreaking reports.
Hypothesis: The Estonia set sail from Tallinn.
Premise: Swedish Foreign Minister murdered.
Hypothesis: Swedish prime minister murdered.
Premise: A radiation leak at a nuclear power plant in Yeonggwang, South Jeolla province, led officials yesterday to shut down the facility.
Hypothesis: The nuclear power plant of Sosnovyi Bor suffers an emergency shut down.
Premise: In 1596 the Polish king decided to move the capital from Krakow to Warsaw, making Warsaw the most important city in Poland.
Hypothesis: In 1611 the king and his court finally moved from Krakow ( Cracow ) to Warsaw, making it the capital of the Polish state.
Premise: State police investigators testified at a preliminary hearing that Delbert told them the death of the 64-year-old Billy was a mercy killing.
Hypothesis: It was Delbert Ward who told authorities that he strangled his brother.
Premise: A joint survey by two conservation groups, World Conservation Union and the World Wildlife Fund, says the black rhino population has risen to over 3,600. That is an increase of 500 animals over the last two years.
Hypothesis: Two conservation groups have increased the black rhino population.
Premise: This paper discusses marijuana, crack/cocaine, tranquilizers, hallucinogens, amphetamines, heroin, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine to provide a framework for the author's argument that the legalization of drugs can in no way be deemed as ethical or moral.
Hypothesis: Drug legalization has benefits.
Premise: A unique feature of previous Ebola outbreaks has been the relative sparing of children. For the first time, an out break of an unusual illness-Ebola haemorrhagic fever occurred in Northern Uganda - Gulu district.
Hypothesis: Ebola Epidemic breaks out in Zaire.
Premise: The organizing committee said 65 countries have entered the Lillehammer Olympic Games, matching the number of nations at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France.
Hypothesis: 65 countries take part in the Lillehammer Olympic Games.
Premise: Philip Morris cited strong volume gains in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, central and eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Japan, Korea, Argentina and Brazil.
Hypothesis: Philip Morris made market gains in Russia.
Premise: More than 2,000 people lost their lives in the devastating Johnstown Flood.
Hypothesis: 100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
Premise: Unlike seal hunting in Canada, where pups are hunted for fur, poachers in China catch seals primarily to sell to zoos or to use the genital organs for traditional Chinese medicine.
Hypothesis: Seal-hunting endangers species.
Premise: In reaction to the ongoing uncertainty, the E.U. enlargement commissioner warned the Turkish Army about interfering: "It is important that the military leaves the remit of democracy to the democratically-elected government and this is the test case if the Turkish armed forces respect democratic secularism and the democratic arrangement of civil-military relations," commissioner Olli Rehn said. Erdogan and Gül support Turkey's efforts to join the European Union.
Hypothesis: Turks want Gül to be President.
Premise: McDonald's said overall global sales at its restaurants climbed 6.2% in June, 6.3% in the second quarter and 7.1% for the year to date.
Hypothesis: McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant chain, led the advance after the company reported earnings that exceeded estimates.
Premise: Scott's execution led to outrage in Ontario, and was largely responsible for prompting the Wolseley Expedition, which forced Louis Riel, now branded a murderer, to flee the settlement.
Hypothesis: Scott's execution caused the Wolseley Expedition.
Premise: Australia was one of the countries in the U.S.-led coalition that invaded Iraq in 2003.
Hypothesis: The coalition is coordinated by the U.S
Premise: Aeschylus is often called the father of Greek tragedy; he wrote the earliest complete plays which survive from ancient Greece. He is known to have written more than 90 plays, though only seven survive. The most famous of these are the trilogy known as Orestia. Also well-known are The Persians and Prometheus Bound.
Hypothesis: The Persians was written by Aeschylus.
Premise: El-Nashar was detained July 14 in Cairo after Britain notified Egyptian authorities that it suspected he may have had links to some of the attackers.
Hypothesis: El-Nashar was arrested in Egypt.
Premise: Moscow (USSR), 12 Jul 89 (PRAVDA)- Blood is flowing in Columbia, where last year, according to official statistics, there were 4,600 victims of political violence, including Jaime Pardo Leal (president of Colombia's national coordination committee), around 30 deputies and many municipal advisors and mayors.
Hypothesis: Jaime Pardo Leal was killed in Moscow.
Premise: Domestic fire incidents have an important impact on population health by contributing to early death, serious and often disfiguring injuries, and ongoing disability. Fire-related injury is a leading cause of unintentional injury in the home in all age groups.
Hypothesis: Domestic fires are a major cause of unintentional injury in the home.
Premise: Catastrophic floods in Europe endanger lives and cause human tragedy as well as heavy economic losses.
Hypothesis: Flooding in Europe causes major economic losses.
Premise: Four US cable companies, including industry leaders Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable, have entered the fast-growing wireless arena through a joint venture with Sprint Nextel.
Hypothesis: Time Warner Cable is a partner of Sprint Nextel.
Premise: Experts say that Mr. Abbas will need that big win to show that he has the support of most Palestinian people in order to push through his aims of peace talks with Israel.
Hypothesis: Analysts had said that Mr. Abbas needed a large margin of victory in order to push his agenda of peace talks with Israel.
Premise: At the southeastern tip of the city, Xochimilco, another small town subsumed by the city, is a popular tourist destination because of its chinampas, or "floating gardens," boats made out of reeds on which the Indians have grown plants since pre-Columbian times.
Hypothesis: Xochimilco is a popular tourist attraction because of its chinampas, or floating gardens.
Premise: In all, Zerich bought $422 million worth of oil from Iraq, according to the Volcker committee. In the early 1990s after the Soviet Union collapsed, Rich quickly became the most powerful trader there.
Hypothesis: Zerich bought oil from Iraq during the embargo.
Premise: Of all the national park lands in the United States, none is closer to a major urban area or more beset with problems than the Everglades, a shallow, 50-mile-wide river of grass that flows south from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay. For more than a generation, this fragile natural wonder has been held hostage by a web of special interests -- farmers, sportsmen and about 6 million South Florida residents in need of drinking water and flood control -- that is as complex as the ecosystem itself.
Hypothesis: The Everglades is 50-mile wide.
Premise: Paul Bremer, the top U.S. civilian administrator in Iraq, and Iraq's new president, Ghazi al-Yawar, visited the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
Hypothesis: Ghazi al-Yawar is Iraq's new president.
Premise: Typhoon Xangsane was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it moved inland from the central Vietnam coast, where it killed two people, injured at least 80 others and damaged hundreds of homes, officials and state-controlled media reported.
Hypothesis: A typhoon batters the Philippines.
Premise: An Israeli judicial inquiry has ruled out prosecuting the police officers who shot dead 13 Israeli Arabs during a violent demonstration in 2000.
Hypothesis: Israel will not prosecute the police who killed 13 Israeli Arabs during pro-Palestinian protests in 2000, because of a lack of evidence, an official inquiry said yesterday.
Premise: Sotheby's and Christie's, the world's two most powerful auction houses, swapped confidential lists of super-rich clients who were spared from paying fees charged to other sellers, people close to the companies and to a federal antitrust investigation of them said.
Hypothesis: Christie's is one of the world's largest auction houses.
Premise: James Kerr had been the foreman for the Deane, Adams and Deane gun factory. Robert Adams, one of the partners and inventor of the Adams revolver, was Kerr's cousin.
Hypothesis: Dean invented a revolver.
Premise: Both sides have a point. German spelling does need overhauling: over the decades, it has grown more unwieldy. But the reform, approved by German-speaking countries in 1996, does not make the rules much easier, and in some cases the new way is harder.
Hypothesis: A spelling reform was approved in all German speaking countries.
Premise: According to members of Brazilian Court, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva may be subjected to an impeachment process, if there is some proof that he is really involved in some of the alleged scandals, or in case someone can prove that he was acting with negligence.
Hypothesis: The Brazilian President is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Premise: ECB spokeswoman, Regina Schueller, declined to comment on a report in Italy's La Repubblica newspaper that the ECB council will discuss Mr. Fazio's role in the takeover fight at its Sept. 15 meeting.
Hypothesis: Regina Shueller works for Italy's La Repubblica newspaper.
Premise: The evidence for the continuing accretion of gas by the Milky Way involves high-velocity clouds, or HVCs--mysterious clumps of hydrogen, moving rapidly through the outer regions of the galaxy.
Hypothesis: High-velocity clouds are made up of hydrogen.
Premise: On Friday evening, a car bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque in Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of the capital, killing seven people and wounding 10, doctors said on condition of anonymity.
Hypothesis: A bomb exploded outside a mosque.
Premise: The ghost shirt was then donated to the Glasgow Museum in 1892 by an Indian interpreter and has remained a visitor attraction for 100 years. It became the subject of an ownership wrangle when descendants of the Sioux tribe petitioned for its return in 1995. The Wounded Knee Survivors Association including a Lakota elder had it returned to the tribe.
Hypothesis: A Sioux ghost shirt was returned by a Scottish museum.
Premise: Yemen, too, was reunified in 1990.
Hypothesis: Yemen was reunited in 1990.
Premise: Five U.S. soldiers were killed and five wounded Friday in an ambush near the Shiite neighborhood Sadr City.
Hypothesis: Five US soldiers were killed and five wounded on Friday in an ambush near the Shi'ite neighbourhood Sadr City.
Premise: Drug development is an enormously complex and expensive process.
Hypothesis: The Research and Development phase of creating a new drug is complicated.
Premise: The M-2000 uses a commercially manufactured NbTi superconductor, similar to that used in the M-2000 Maglev magnets.
Hypothesis: Maglev is commercially used.
Premise: Concerns have been raised that potential leads in the hunt for missing York woman Claudia Lawrence are not being followed up quickly enough. It comes after hotel staff in Malton contacted police after a stranger in the bar expressed satisfaction when asked if the chef was still missing. The incident happened more than three weeks ago and staff said detectives had not yet been in touch. Police said leads were being assessed in a methodical and structured way.
Hypothesis: Claudia Lawrence resides in Malton.
Premise: Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a liberal thinker whose left-wing politics angered many conservative politicians and heads of state. His job as a reporter for the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina, in 1960, and and friendship with Fidel Castro resulted in his being ultimately denied entry to the United States for political reasons.
Hypothesis: Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a conservative politician.
Premise: He said a new study might include more than just Cox 2 drugs possibly adding such widely used painkillers as Ibuprofen naproxen and diclofenac.
Hypothesis: Cox 2 inhibitors are pain relief drugs.
Premise: Argentina was still obsessed with the Falkland islands even in 1994, 12 years after its defeat in the 74-day war with Britain.
Hypothesis: The Falklands War took place in 1982.
Premise: Up to 150 workers were believed to have been inside the factory, which produces syringes and other plastic medical supplies, at the time of the explosion.
Hypothesis: Workers were inside the plant at the time of the explosion.
Premise: Saudi Arabia's production mix will shift to a higher proportion of lighter crudes. Unlike last year's Qatif and Abu Safah developments, nearly all of the proposed projects produce Arab Light or lighter crudes.
Hypothesis: Saudi Arabia produces more oil than any other country.
Premise: We are committed to the deployment of these technologies and are excited by the advances in remote sensing technology that are enabling us to extract more information from sensors in a cost-efficient and timely manner.
Hypothesis: Ocean remote sensing is developed.
Premise: United States President Barack Obama unveiled his administration's 2010 United States federal budget on Thursday. The budget calls for a record US$3.6 trillion in spending.The new budget will use a $1.75 trillion deficit, which would be nearly four times greater than any previous deficit and is $250 billion larger than what was projected just days ago due to a proposed new spending for another bank bailout.
Hypothesis: Barak Obama planned US$3.6 trillion in spending.
Premise: The final major piece of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was to hit just after midnight, completing a ring of crater-like plumes of swirling superheated gas and debris thousands of miles across. "It hit Jupiter like a string of machine-gun bullets" said Eugene Shoemaker, an astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., who helped discover the comet last year.
Hypothesis: The Shoemaker-Levy comet hit Jupiter.
Premise: Family members and friends told Fox News that the couple had been fighting over several things, including Luong's girlfriend, on Sunday evening and Monday morning. Luong later drove off with his four children, whom he reported missing to the police and claimed he had left them with his girlfriend who lives in a hotel. Police however became suspicious due to "holes in his story" and he later changed his story. The Associated Press say that the authorities believe that Dauphin Island Bridge is where Luong threw the four children, of which he was the biological father of three, into the water.
Hypothesis: Luong threw his children off a bridge in Louisiana.
Premise: Madrid: Luis Roldan, the former Spanish chief of police who fled the country 10 months ago after allegedly hiving off millions of pounds from secret government funds, was on his way home to a prison cell last night after being captured in Bangkok.
Hypothesis: Luis Roldan was director of police from 1986 to 1993.
Premise: David Millar retained his Tour de France leader's yellow jersey despite crashing in the final two kilometres of the third stage of the race to Nantes.
Hypothesis: Tour de France winner is likely to lose the crown.
Premise: In 2000 there were 10,578 divorces in Bulgaria, which represents 301 divorces per 1000 marriages or a 1.3% divorce rate per 1000 inhabitants.
Hypothesis: In 2000 there were 301 divorces in Bulgaria.
Premise: Having for years enjoyed greater rights than other women in the Middle East, women in Iraq are now losing even their basic freedoms. The right to choose their clothes, the right to love or marry whom they want. Of course women suffered under Saddam. I fled his cruel regime. I personally witnessed much brutality, but the subjugation of women was never a goal of the Baath party.
Hypothesis: Women in Iraq have lost their freedom.
Premise: The VW chief has been under intense pressure from the Bonn government and colleagues in German industry to seek conciliation following his outspoken statements last, which were widely seen as damaging Germany's reputation.
Hypothesis: Germany is concerned about the effect of the court investigations on domestic economic and political affairs.
Premise: To avoid further price-gouging, Norway's Ministry of Government Administration announced that it was freezing prices on lodging, food and beverages in the Lillehammer area during the Winter Olympics.
Hypothesis: Norway hosted the Winter Olympic Games.
Premise: One reason for increased osteoporosis in developed countries is the sodium-potassium imbalance.
Hypothesis: Dietary intake of potassium prevents osteoporosis.
Premise: On Feb. 20, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson took his life with a gunshot to the head at his fortified compound in Woody Creek, Colorado. The family will shortly provide more information about memorial service and media contacts. Hunter prized his privacy and we ask that his friends and admirers respect that privacy as well as that of his family, Juan Thompson said in a statement issued to Aspen Daily News. The death was confirmed by Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis. Hunter S. Thompson was best known for his 1972 book "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". He was recently married and had emotionally supported his friend John Kerry's candidacy.
Hypothesis: John Kerry was friends with Hunter S. Thompson.
Premise: Most of the mines are in arid areas and animals searching for water are attracted to the cyanide-laced holding ponds that are an integral part of the mining operations.
Hypothesis: Animals have died by the thousands from drinking at cyanide-laced holding ponds.
Premise: For others, in the northern hemisphere, judgment may be a little off due to Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which is often at its peak in the weeks following the shortest hours of daylight.
Hypothesis: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a worldwide disorder.
Premise: Mr Piech dismissed suggestions that VWs actions in hiring away Mr Lopez and his seven colleagues from GM had caused widespread dismay in German industry, and was at odds with the style of German business.
Hypothesis: Piech got nationalistic in his accusations.
Premise: Last week's release of long-secret Justice Department interrogation memorandums has given rise to starkly opposing narratives about what, if anything, was gained by the C.I.A.'s use of waterboarding, wall-slamming and other physical pressure to shock and intimidate Qaeda operatives. Senior Bush administration officials, led by Vice President Dick Cheney and cheered by many Congressional Republicans, are fighting a rear-guard action in defense of their record. Only by using the harshest methods, they insist, did the intelligence agency get the information it needed to round up Qaeda killers and save thousands of American lives.
Hypothesis: Dick Cheney was the chief of the Justice Department.
Premise: The aftershocks were less in the past two months, but it seems to be starting again. We are really worried about the fate of these islands, Smriti Kana Saha of Ranjat village in the Middle Andaman Island told Reuters by phone.
Hypothesis: Smriti Kana Saha of Ranjat village is part of the Middle Andaman Island.
Premise: Tilda Swinton has a prominent role as the White Witch in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe", coming out in December.
Hypothesis: Tilda Swinton plays the part of the White Witch.
Premise: The order is worth EUR 58 million and handover of the submarines to the Portuguese navy is scheduled for 2010. The contract also includes an option for the same equipment to be built into a third submarine.
Hypothesis: The Portuguese Navy has 58 submarines.
Premise: There is no way Marlowe could legally leave Italy, especially after an arrest warrant has been issued for him by the authorities. Assisted by Zaleshoff, he succeeds in making his escape from Milan.
Hypothesis: Marlowe was arrested by Italian authorities.
Premise: The demands on Italy's 53rd postwar government are apparent, as are the resentment and uncertainties Berlusconi has roused at the head of a new party with the catchy name Forza Italia (Go, Italy).
Hypothesis: Silvio Berlusconi is in Forza Italia.
Premise: According to the captain, the 1999 ferry was inspected by the Transport Ministry on December 9 and was certified to be in good condition. "It seems that due to the weather conditions the chance is little, but we still hope," Djamal stated. With 17 crew members, and carrying 200 tons of cargo, the ill-fated PT Nur Budi owned and operated ferry sank so fast that the crew "had no chance to ask the passengers to wear life jackets."
Hypothesis: An Indonesian ferry with 300 passengers sank.
Premise: The Security Council voted in 2002 to protect U.S. soldiers and personnel from other nations that haven't ratified the creation of the court through a treaty, and last June renewed the immunity for a year.
Hypothesis: Immunity for soldiers renewed.
Premise: Heemeyer cut portholes for his guns, then welded a tight enclosure around them so police bullets could not penetrate.
Hypothesis: Out of an old bulldozer, Heemeyer built a concrete box that no police bullet could penetrate.
Premise: Witnesses told police a gas canister exploded to start the fire in a multilevel building which houses the Ycua Bolanos supermarket, a food court and a parking garage, causing the bottom floor to collapse.
Hypothesis: Television footage showed several levels of the multi-level supermarket covered in soot, including the lower level parking garage.
Premise: World Bank programs have been heavily criticized for many years for resulting in poverty.
Hypothesis: The World Bank is criticized for its activities.
Premise: To promote The Simpsons Movie that will be released July 26, 2007, over a dozen 7-Elevens in the United States have been transformed into Kwik-E-Marts, the grocery store from the popular TV series. Most of the other 7-Eleven stores will also sell products with brands reminding of The Simpsons, such as Buzz Cola, Krustyo's cereal, squishees, and Bart Simpson's favourite comic book Radioactive Man, but not Duff Beer, Homer's favourite drink.
Hypothesis: The Simpsons is a show broadcast in America.
Premise: In 1983, McClintock found that bacteria have rings of DNA (plasmids) that reproduce and have genetic changes that tell the bacteria how to defend itself against the antibiotics.
Hypothesis: Bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
Premise: According to NC Articles of Organization, the members of LLC company are H. Nelson Beavers, III, H. Chester Beavers and Jennie Beavers Stewart.
Hypothesis: Jennie Beavers Stewart is a share-holder of Carolina Analytical Laboratory.
Premise: In Russia, BAT is setting up a joint venture with Yava, Moscow's largest cigarette factory.
Hypothesis: BAT acquired production interests in the Ukraine, Hungary and Russia.
Premise: Reagan was seriously wounded by a bullet fired by John Hinckley Jr.
Hypothesis: John W. Hinckley Jr. shot Reagan in the chest.
Premise: (CBS/ AP)  Rock music producer Phil Spector was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion six years ago. A Superior Court jury returned the verdict after an estimated 29 to 30 hours of deliberations. The jury had the option of choosing involuntary manslaughter, but did not do so. Spector had no obvious reaction. His attorney argued that he should remain free on bail pending the May 29 sentencing but Judge Larry Paul Fidler accepted the prosecution's argument that he be remanded to jail immediately.
Hypothesis: Lana Clarkson and Phil Spector were engaged.
Premise: Rich and poor nations struck a historic deal on Sunday to slash billions of dollars in farm subsidies, create more open industrial markets and revive stalled world trade talks that could boost global growth.
Hypothesis: Rich and poor nations crashed into a historic deal on Sunday.
Premise: A journalist for the French Daily Libération, Christophe Boltanski, was attacked on Friday by several men in a street of Tunis, where he was reporting on the repression of human rights activists. He was badly beaten and stabbed with a knife in the back by four unidentified assailants near his hotel in the embassy district. Boltanski was also hit in the face by pepper spray. He called for help, but the policemen on guard outside the nearby Czech Embassy did not react, according to Libération.
Hypothesis: A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.
Premise: Humic acids are complex organic molecules formed by the breakdown of organic matter in the soil. They are not considered to be fertilizers, but soil enhancers and improvers.
Hypothesis: Organic fertilizers are used as soil enhancers.
Premise: Bechtolsheim left Sun in 1995 to found Granite Systems, a maker of high-speed networking systems, which he later sold to Cisco Systems.
Hypothesis: Bechtolsheim was the owner of Cisco Systems.
Premise: Sharon sent dismissal letters to Benny Elon and Avigdor Lieberman, who oppose his withdrawal plan, on Friday.
Hypothesis: On Friday,Sharon fired Benny Elon and Avigdor Lieberman.
Premise: Investigators described the gunman as white, about 30 years old, of medium build with shoulder-length, wavy blond hair and as having a "scruffy" or "grunge" appearance.
Hypothesis: The gunman is described as a white male in his 30s with a medium build, shoulder-length blonde hair and an unkempt appearance.
Premise: Castro's successful visits to Harlem and the Bronx, his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, and the October 21 march of 3,000 against U.S. policy and subsequent picket lines at Cuba's UN mission in defense of the revolution - all these events dealt blows to the U.S. government's unceasing efforts to isolate and slander Cuba.
Hypothesis: Castro visits the UN.
Premise: A Pentagon committee and the congressionally chartered Iraq Study Group have been preparing reports for Bush, and Iran has asked the presidents of Iraq and Syria to meet in Tehran.
Hypothesis: Bush will meet the presidents of Iraq and Syria in Tehran.
Premise: Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls announced that Pope John Paul was still in serious condition, but he was not in a coma.
Hypothesis: Joaquin Navarro-Valls is the Vatican Spokesman.
Premise: Crude oil for April delivery traded at $37.80 a barrel, down 28 cents
Hypothesis: Crude oil prices rose to $37.80 per barrel
Premise: Boise and OfficeMax customers will have the opportunity to get involved with the Belief in Hope campaign in a variety of ways.
Hypothesis: Boise to acquire OfficeMax.
Premise: BTA said those injured in the fire at Borovets, 22 miles southeast of Sofia, were from Britain, the Soviet Union, West Germany, the Netherlands, Greece and Denmark.
Hypothesis: Sofia is located in Britain.
Premise: The new moon, which is only about 25 miles in diameter, was actually photographed 13 years ago by the Voyager 2.
Hypothesis: The moon Titan has a diameter of 5100 kilometers.
Premise: Claes denied categorically that they had ever known of the existence of an Agusta proposal, and told the NATO ambassadors that he did not know anything about an Agusta payment to the Socialist Party.
Hypothesis: NATO Secretary General Willy Claes resigned.
Premise: The U.S. handed power on June 30 to Iraqâs interim government chosen by the United Nations and Paul Bremer, former governor of Iraq.
Hypothesis: Transfer of power in Iraq on June 30.
Premise: The weapon Inspectors have had since 1991 to peacefully disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction.
Hypothesis: Weapons inspectors will go back to Iraq.
Premise: The ivory ban has been successful. Demand for ivory has dropped and elephant populations expanded dramatically in areas where they were virtually extinct.
Hypothesis: The ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
Premise: The U.S. handed power on June 30 to Iraq's interim government chosen by the United Nations and Paul Bremer, former governor of Iraq.
Hypothesis: The U.S. chose Paul Bremer as new governor of Iraq.
Premise: The Black Panther, or "The Black Pearl", as he was known, was top scorer in the 1966 World Cup, with nine goals to his name.
Hypothesis: The best scorer at the World Championship in 1966 was "The Black Pearl."
Premise: Kohl participated in the late stage of WWII as a teenage soldier. He joined the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) in 1947.
Hypothesis: The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.
Premise: September 26 - Trial against former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, accused of Mafia connections, begins.
Hypothesis: Andreotti is accused of Mafia collusion.
Premise: This coalition took seven months to form, the longest deadlock in Dutch history. It occurred only after negotiations between the CDA and the PvdA failed, first over tax issues, then over the issue of abortion.
Hypothesis: Three parties form a Dutch coalition government.
Premise: A recent study offers sound medical proof that ACE inhibitors, like beta-blockers and aspirin, can improve a patient's odds of surviving a heart attack.
Hypothesis: People experienced adverse effects while taking aspirin.
Premise: Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said, last night, that his officers were "playing out of their socks", but admitted that they were "racing against time" to track down the bombers.
Hypothesis: The officers belong to Sir Ian Blair's family.
Premise: The magnitude 7 earthquake that occurred today on the Hayward fault (a part of the San Andreas fault system, along the densely populated eastern side of San Francisco bay) caused hundreds of deaths and almost $100 billion of damage.
Hypothesis: There was a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Hayward fault.
Premise: Fiona North, Ophthalmic Adviser with the SHSSB added: Eye injuries caused by fireworks are extremely serious and can permanently damage eyesight. I would urge those who are co-ordinating efficient firework displays to use appropriate eye protection.
Hypothesis: Fireworks may cause serious injuries.
Premise: Kerry hit Bush hard on his conduct on the war in Iraq.
Hypothesis: Kerry shot Bush.
Premise: The borrowers must form five-member groups that, along with the bank's field workers, closely supervise the loans. Peer pressure substitutes for collateral because the group's first two borrowers have to start repaying the principal plus interest over a six-week period before the other members can take out loans. The interest rate is fixed at 16 percent.
Hypothesis: The first two borrowers must start repaying the principal plus interest over a six-week period.
Premise: The U.S. Senate has scheduled debate and a vote in June on a bill that would allegedly initiate a process for Native Hawaiians to achieve the same level of self-governance and autonomy over their own affairs that many Native American tribes currently have. Critics of the bill characterize it as going much further than any existing tribal recognition, creating a governing entity based solely on race, without the same requirements as needed for Native American tribal recognition, such as having existed predominantly as a distinct community, having exercised political influence over its members as an autonomous entity, and have continuously been identified as a tribal entity since 1900.
Hypothesis: The Shoshones fight for their rights against the U.S. government.
Premise: Eilat, Israel's most southerly port and the country's only access to the Red Sea, has long been a winter destination for tourists, 80% of whom are Europeans attracted by its temperate climates and clear waters.
Hypothesis: In winter most tourists to Eilat come from Europe.
Premise: As Fiat shows off its robot-controlled inventory stacks in glossy advertisements and IBM switches off the lights in its automated warehouse in Greenock, it is clear that this Cinderella operation has a new set of high-tech glad rags.
Hypothesis: Fiat, in particular, uses robots for inventory management.