Hyukkyu/superglue huggingface dataset:
Premise: Live At Leeds (1970) is The Who's first live album, and indeed is their only live album that was released while the band was still recording and performing regularly.
Hypothesis: Live At Leeds was recorded by The Who.
Premise: Anant Gupta who was kidnapped from the elite locality of Sector 14, Noida, India has returned home. He was kidnapped on November 13, 2006 and released by his abductors yesterday morning. The police have made an arrest in the city of New Delhi. The other two accused are absconding. The boy claimed that he was kept in a jungle and was treated nicely by the three men.
Hypothesis: Anant Gupta was kidnapped in India.
Premise: Vinicio Cerezo tacitly blamed president Alfredo Cristiani's administration for the crisis which prevails in the country as a result of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front's (FMLN) offensive. Meanwhile, Morales Ehrlich blamed the extreme- right, death-squads of El Salvador for the assassination of six Jesuit priests at the Central American University.
Hypothesis: Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front is suspected of the assassination of six Jesuit priests.
Premise: The human species may be more than 100,000 years old but the bulk of its numerical growth has come in just the last few decades: 2.6 billion of today's 5.6 billion people have been born since 1960.
Hypothesis: The world population is 5.6 billion.
Premise: Article 19 said a correspondent for the independent newspaper Narodnaya Volya who attempted to determine how many people involved in emergency work in the contaminated zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor after the 1986 catastrophe were still alive was told by the Ministry of Emergencies that non-state newspapers could be refused access to any information.
Hypothesis: The catastrophe at Chernobyl happened in 1986.
Premise: The new work went an extra step, suggesting that the connections that the stem cells form to help bridge the damaged spinal cord, are key to recovery.
Hypothesis: The experiment, reported Monday, isn't the first to show that stem cells offer tantalizing hope for spinal cord injury.
Premise: After the polio cases were identified, public health officials in the Dominican Republic and Haiti began giving the vaccines to large numbers of children. Public health officials now say the disease is under control and is not a public health threat.
Hypothesis: Polio is under control in the world.
Premise: A powerful bomb, hidden in a truck, exploded outside the headquarters of Colombia's secret police, Wednesday, causing severe damage, Bogota mayor Andres Pastrana said.
Hypothesis: An attempt on Andres Pastrana's life was carried out using a powerful bomb.
Premise: There can be no doubt that the Administration already is weary of Aristide, a populist Roman Catholic priest who in December, 1990, won an overwhelming victory in Haiti's only democratic presidential election
Hypothesis: Aristide became president of Haiti in 1990.
Premise: Named the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in honor of its founder, the building opened in 1959, drawing huge crowds and stirring considerable controversy.
Hypothesis: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum was opened in 1959.
Premise: The Commission, designated to shed light on crimes and human rights violations during the apartheid period, accuses the African National Congress of carrying out torture and executions without trials in concentration camps, and also of playing an active role in the political violence incidents that took place between 1990 and 1994.
Hypothesis: The Commission accused the ANC of violence, executions and human rights violations.
Premise: In 1867, Nobel obtained a patent on a special type of nitroglycerine, which he called "dynamite". The invention quickly proved its usefulness in building and construction in many countries.
Hypothesis: Alfred Nobel is the inventor of dynamite.
Premise: Pibul was anti-communist as well as nationalistic.
Hypothesis: Pibul was nationalistic.
Premise: In 1975, a 19 year old Wilkins was handed the captaincy of Chelsea, despite the presence of elder and more experienced players in the squad.
Hypothesis: Wilkins became the captain of Chelsea in 1975.
Premise: It is estimated that the disaster resulting from the deliberate crash of a Jumbo-Jet on a nuclear power station would be a multiple of the Chernobyl accident in the worst case by a factor of 60.
Hypothesis: The Chernobyl disaster had repercussions outside the ex-USSR.
Premise: On August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Tibbetts, was chosen to make the mission. The mission was recorded as successful by Capt. William S. Parson at 9:20 A.M.
Hypothesis: In 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
Premise: Even Homer realises the cleverness of Jan De Bont's tautly-directed action. Laser Movies , Speed , Widescreen with Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock.
Hypothesis: The movie 'Speed' was directed by Jan De Bont.
Premise: Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in the Olympic Range, rises to a height of 7,965 feet (2,428 meters) and is less than 25 miles (40 kilometers) from the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Hypothesis: Mount Olympus is near the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Premise: The team includes Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his opposition to apartheid in South Africa, and Wangari Maathai, who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on the environment and peace. Others in the Dalai Lama's 'dream team' are Jody Williams, who won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on banning landmines; Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, who received the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for their work to end violence in Northern Ireland, and Maria Shriver, who is the wife of California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Hypothesis: Arnold Schwarzenegger is the Governor of California.
Premise: Xingwana called on established farmers to form partnerships with new landowners and to transfer skills to new farmers, to ensure productive use of transferred lands. One criticism of the programme is that some of the transferred farms have fallen in production due to the inexperience and lack of capital among the new owners. The government has rejected comparisons of the programme with that initiated in Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe.
Hypothesis: Robert Mugabe was born in Zimbabwe.
Premise: Sunday's explosion outside the Al-Rashi police station in the Al-Mashtel neighbourhood in the southeast of Baghdad, left a huge crater in the street.
Hypothesis: Al Rashi is an executive of the police.
Premise: THE presidents of Honduras and El Salvador were set yesterday to begin two days of talks in San Salvador, amid continuing tension in border areas.
Hypothesis: Honduras and El Salvador entered a dispute over their borders.
Premise: Nick Leeson was jailed for fraud following the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995. He had run up losses of 850m on the Far East stock markets.
Hypothesis: Nick Leeson was arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC.
Premise: The dual citizenship debate has been a major distraction for the Weah campaign and many of his opponents have been secretly advocating against his presence in the race.
Hypothesis: Weah does business with his opponents.
Premise: His (or her) mandate is always to form a coalition based on a majority in the Dutch Parliament and a general agreement on policy ('regeerakkoord'). During a formation parties barter, letting go of some goals to achieve others.
Hypothesis: Three parties form a Dutch coalition government.
Premise: The city ferry fleet shuttles about 70,000 people a day between Staten Island and Manhattan, a 5.2-mile trip across New York Harbor that takes about 25 minutes.
Hypothesis: The ferry taking commuters from Manhattan to Staten Island crashed into a pier.
Premise: The eighth Paralympic Winter Games are set to take place in Salt Lake City, Utah. For only the second time the Games are being held outside Europe, following the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan. And for the first time ever, there is just one combined organising committee for both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Just 10 days after the Winter Olympics concludes, the Paralympics will begin in the same venue.
Hypothesis: The 2002 Olympic Winter games took place in Salt Lake.
Premise: Craig Conway, fired as PeopleSoft's chief executive officer before the company was bought by Oracle, was in England last week.
Hypothesis: Craig Conway works for Oracle.
Premise: Often criticized and blamed for politically unpopular policies, and confronted with numerous setbacks, the World Bank is experiencing a difficult time with regard to which strategies to adopt, in particular in Africa.
Hypothesis: The World Bank is criticized for its policies.
Premise: CVS will stop selling its own brand of 500-milligram acetaminophen caplets and pull bottles from store shelves nation wide, spokesman Mike DeAngelis said.
Hypothesis: CVS will not sell its own brand of 500-milligram acetaminophen caplets any longer.
Premise: Larry Estrada, whose father served in the Marine Corps in Vietnam, said he has always had a great appreciation for the military and wanted to do his part to help.
Hypothesis: Larry Estrada's father belonged to the Marine Corps.
Premise: Within trillionths of a second after the Big Bang, they have reasoned, the primordial explosion - many billions of degrees hot - must have created a universe that contained equal quantities of matter and antimatter.
Hypothesis: The Big Bang is the primordial explosion from which the universe was created.
Premise: Over 100 people died in a massive stampede at the Chamunda Devi temple Jodhpur, in the western state of Rajasthan, India. 168 people were killed, with just as many injured. A temple wall collapsed, causing panic among ten of thousands of gathered Hindu worshippers who then began to run for safety, causing the stampede. Several are still believed to be trapped under the rubble.
Hypothesis: 100 died at Chamunda Devi Temple.
Premise: Last year's collapse of Italian dairy company Parmalat , with "14.3 billion euros that must still be accounted for", is given as evidence for "a lack of effective tools and controls regarding financial operations".
Hypothesis: Parmalat costs 14.3 billion euros.
Premise: Saudi Arabia was boosting its production.
Hypothesis: Saudi Arabia was boosting its own production.
Premise: The Extra Girl (1923) is a story of a small-town girl, Sue Graham (played by Mabel Normand) who comes to Hollywood to be in the pictures. This Mabel Normand vehicle, produced by Mack Sennett, followed earlier films about the film industry and also paved the way for later films about Hollywood, such as King Vidors Show People (1928).
Hypothesis: Mabel Normand starred in The Extra Girl.
Premise: Evans Paul, the pro-Aristide mayor of Port-au-Prince, said he had been told that the money will go to American lobbyists, politicians and journalists to campaign against the return of Aristide, Haiti's first democratically elected president
Hypothesis: Aristide is the mayor of Port-au-Prince
Premise: The commission's order on the proposed hydroelectric development shall describe the Energy Facility Siting Council's recommendations on the need for the power.
Hypothesis: A hydroelectric project is proposed or is under construction.
Premise: Zinedine Zidane has beaten Thierry Henry and Ronaldo to the Fifa 2003 World Player of the Year award.
Hypothesis: FIFA selects world football player of the year 1994.
Premise: Thirty years ago [1969], Neil Armstrong took humanity's first small step on the moon, declaring it "one giant leap for mankind" only to have the space program retreat to tinkering in low Earth orbit.
Hypothesis: The moon was first touched by mankind in 1969.
Premise: TWA connects through New York en route to Frankfurt . Lufthansa , the German airline , flies direct daily from Los Angeles to Frankfurt , and the airline shares flights with Lauda Air , an Austrian carrier , on Wednesdays , Fridays and Sundays to fly directly to Munich . Another German airline , Ltu , also flies direct from Los Angeles to Dusseldorf and Munich on Mondays and Thursdays . Frankfurt is the hub for trips to most of the country 's smaller cities.
Hypothesis: Lufthansa is the German airline.
Premise: The United Iraqi Alliance, endorsed by Iraq's top Shiite clerics, captured more than two-thirds of the 3.3 million votes counted so far, the election commission said.
Hypothesis: The United Iraqi Alliance won more than two-thirds of the 3.3 million votes counted so far, the election commission said.
Premise: Voting for a new European Parliament was clouded by concerns over apathy.
Hypothesis: Voting for a new European Parliament has been clouded by apathy .
Premise: The first kibbutz was founded at Degania near the Sea of Galilee in 1909 and there are now some 300 kibbutzim in Israel.
Hypothesis: The first kibbutz was founded at Degania.
Premise: Tom Online revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2005 were US$42.78 mn, an increase of 38.5% over the same period in 2004.
Hypothesis: Tom Online revenues have risen by 38.5%.
Premise: The actor's publicists confirmed that Mr Willis, who celebrated his 54th birthday on Thursday, married 30-year-old Emma Heming in a private ceremony in his home in the Caribbean archipelago of Turks and Caicos Islands.  Ms Heming was born in Malta, but was raised in London. She has been a lingerie model for Victoria's Secret and La Senza.  The couple met through mutual friends around a year ago. The marriage is Ms Heming's first and Mr Willis' second. The actor's first wife, actress Demi Moore, was among the guests at the wedding.  Comments (0)  .
Hypothesis: Mr. Willis' second wife is from Malta.
Premise: This is a major milestone on our road to recovery, and I want to thank the members of Congress who came together in common purpose to make it happen, Obama said in his weekly address. "I will sign this legislation into law shortly, and we'll begin making the immediate investments necessary to put people back to work doing the work America needs done. This historic step won't be the end of what we do to turn our economy around, but the beginning."
Hypothesis: The Congress wants to boost the economy.
Premise: A pet must have rabies protection confirmed by a blood test.
Hypothesis: A case of rabies was confirmed.
Premise: George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is the former 41st President of the United States of America. Almost immediately upon his return from the war in December 1944, George Bush married Barbara Pierce.
Hypothesis: The name of George H.W. Bush's wife is Barbara.
Premise: Two of Japan's biggest financial institutions on Friday announced plans to merge and create the world's largest bank, underscoring growing sentiments that the country's long troubled banking system has significantly improved.
Hypothesis: The merger of Japanese Banks creates the world's biggest bank.
Premise: Although Philip Morris was selling its cigarettes at lower prices in the US, the increased volumes helped lift operating income in the domestic tobacco division by 25.1 per cent to Dollars 858m.
Hypothesis: PM cut US prices to restore Marlboro's US standing.
Premise: It was difficult to assess the objectives behind increased militia activity in East Timor, but its intent seemed to be to continue a pattern of violence against civilians and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) in order to undermine the transition process, Hedi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told the Security Council this morning.
Hypothesis: Guerrillas increase activity in East Timor.
Premise: Police were yesterday scouring Europe for a German couple who abandoned three small children in a pizzeria in the north-west Italian town of Aosta on Sunday evening and have not been seen since. The couple, Ina Caterina Remhof, 26, the mother of the children, and her partner, Sascha Schmidt, 24, brought the children, aged six, four and eight months, into the Il Capanno pizzeria. They took a table together and placed their orders like any other family of tourists, according to the restaurant's manager, Carmello Casella. But about 45 minutes later, while the children were still eating, the couple stood up and told Mr Casella that they were going outside for a smoke. When they failed to return the restaurant staff became worried and called the police.
Hypothesis: Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.
Premise: Oil prices this Tuesday rose sharply in New York and London reaching a record 42,33 US dollars per barrel, 2.45 US dollars more than last Friday.
Hypothesis: Oil prices this Tuesday surged to an all-time high in New York, at 42 dollars a barrel, 1.92 dollars a barrel more than last Friday.
Premise: While civilians ran for cover or fled to the countryside, Russian forces were seen edging their artillery guns closer to Grozny, and Chechen fighters were offering little resistance.
Hypothesis: Grozny is the capital of Chechnya.
Premise: The Philippines has developed into a natural hub for U.S. contact center support with the use of English as the second national language and primary language of business.
Hypothesis: English is the primary language of the Philippines.
Premise: The American television network "A.B.C." quoted undisclosed sources at the American Defense Department today, Thursday, saying that the intense bombing operations on Iraq may cease by the end of this week.
Hypothesis: The television network "CNN", quoting sources in the American Ministry of Defence, revealed that the bombing of Iraq might end this week.
Premise: Solar Systems Pty Ltd, Hawthorn, Victoria, have announced an agreement with Boeing Australia Ltd for supply of Spectrolab solar cells. The agreement will result in the supply of 500,000 cells, capable of generating 11MW of electricity. Spectrolab produces multi-junction solar cells, originally designed for powering satellites. The solar cells are three times more efficient than the cells used in typical domestic solar panels, and are capable of converting light energy to electrical energy with up to 34% efficiency according to NREL's National Centre for Photovoltaics. Solar Systems utilise Spectrolab's multi-junction solar cells to increase the output of their dish systems.
Hypothesis: Boeing Australia Ltd collaborates with Solar Systems Pty Ltd.
Premise: Well, the yolk is on us, the bacteria are winning, and at a record pace.
Hypothesis: Bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
Premise: The two presidents, Bush and Chirac, were honored with a 21-gun salute.
Hypothesis: The two presidents, Bush and Chirac, were honoured with a 21-gun salute.
Premise: Don Brash leader of the New Zealand National Party said that the White Crusaders of the Racial Holy War are "a small, fascist underbelly, hell-bent on causing division and destroying New Zealand's egalitarian ethos."
Hypothesis: Don Brash is the leader of the New Zealand National Party.
Premise: Medium-size black holes actually do exist, according to the latest findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, but scientists had to look in some unexpected places to find them. The previously undiscovered black holes provide an important link that sheds light on the way in which black holes grow.
Hypothesis: Hubble discovers black holes.
Premise: The terror attacks, it was clear, had blasted a hole in the dam holding back Mumbai's reservoir of woes. While the protesters seemed to be reacting to a tragedy that had left at least 164 people dead and 308 injured, they were really venting the frustrations of having to cope with life in a city with an infrastructure so stretched that simply getting to work and back is an ordeal. At peak hour, the commuter trains - which carry six million people each day - are packed with up to 5,000 commuters, even though they're built for 1,800.
Hypothesis: The Mumbai attacks claimed at least 164 lives.
Premise: Last month, Menu Foods recalled all of its 60 million products of dry and wet dog and cat food after pets began to fall ill and in some cases died of kidney failure. "Natural Balance, Pacoima, CA, is issuing a voluntary nationwide recall for all of its Venison dog products and the dry Venison cat food only, regardless of date codes. The recalled products include Venison and Brown Rice canned and bagged dog foods, Venison and Brown Rice dog treats, and Venison and Green Pea dry cat food. Recent laboratory results show that the products contain melamine. We believe the source of the melamine is a rice protein concentrate. Natural Balance has confirmed this morning that some production batches of these products may contain melamine," said a press released issued by Natural Balance.
Hypothesis: Natural Balance produces pet food.
Premise: Swift was offered and accepted the post of secretary and chaplain to the Earl of Berkeley, one of the Lords Justices, but when he reached Ireland he found that the secretaryship had been given to another.
Hypothesis: Swift worked for the Earl of Berkeley.
Premise: A number of marine plants are harvested commercially in Nova Scotia.
Hypothesis: Marine vegetation is harvested.
Premise: The nine men, aged between 19 and 32, are being held at Paddington Green high security police station in central London.
Hypothesis: between 19 and 32 men are being held at Paddington Green high security police station in central London.
Premise: The terrorist is suspected of being behind several deadly kidnappings and dozens of suicide attacks in Iraq.
Hypothesis: The terrorist may have caused suicide attacks and kidnappings.
Premise: That theory, a concept first proposed by Albert Einstein and often reiterated by British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, seeks to find a single set of equations that can explain all the fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak interactive forces among subnuclear particles.
Hypothesis: Stephen Hawking is a physicist.
Premise: Wal-Mart faces huge sex discrimination suit
Hypothesis: Wal-Mart faces a sex-discrimination suit
Premise: Investigators in Venezuela have been combing the grisly wreck of a Colombian plane which crashed on Tuesday, killing all 160 people on board.
Hypothesis: A chartered jet, filled with tourists returning home to the French Caribbean island of Martinique, crashed Tuesday in Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
Premise: Even more than other economic activities, Mexico's financial services are concentrated in the capital.
Hypothesis: Industry, retail stores, finance, and communications are all centered in the capital.
Premise: Renminbi - RMB (commonly used in China), is the basic unit of currency issued by the People's Bank of China.
Hypothesis: Renminbi is the currency used in China.
Premise: Other friends were not surprised at his death. "I wasn't surprised," said George Stranahan, a former owner of the Woody Creek Tavern, a favourite haunt of Thompson. "I never expected Hunter to die in a hospital bed with tubes coming out of him." Neighbours have said how his broken leg had prevented him from leaving his house as often as he had liked to. One neighbour and long-standing friend, Mike Cleverly, said Thompson was clearly hobbled by the broken leg. "Medically speaking, he's had a rotten year."
Hypothesis: The Woody Creek Tavern is owned by George Stranahan.
Premise: Thanks to a global ban on the ivory trade that was passed in 1989 by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the African elephant population may be reversing its spiral toward extinction
Hypothesis: The ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
Premise: Nigeria's Kano State and US drugs firm Pfizer have agreed to settle a multi-million dollar lawsuit out of court, lawyers for both sides say. Pfizer has been accused of killing 11 children and injuring 181 others when an antibiotic was tested on them during a meningitis epidemic in 1996. The company denies the claims, saying they were victims of the outbreak. The Kano State lawyer told the BBC compensation would be paid to victims, but figures could not yet be disclosed. Barrister Aliyu Umar said money would also be given to a local hospital.
Hypothesis: Pfizer is accused of murdering 11 children.
Premise: Clonaid, which claims to have produced 13 cloned babies worldwide, told the Streats daily newspaper two Singaporean couples had signed deals agreeing to pay $200,000 to conceive children through cloning.
Hypothesis: Clonaid has cloned 13 babies.
Premise: The Yellowstone Park Foundation recognizes the following organizations for their generous support in helping to protect the wonders and wildlife of Yellowstone National Park.
Hypothesis: The Yellowstone Park Foundation would like to acknowledge and thank the following organizations for their generous support.
Premise: Amsterdam police said Wednesday that they have recovered stolen lithographs by the late U.S. pop artist Andy Warhol worth more than $1 million.
Hypothesis: Police recovered 81 Andy Warhol lithographs.
Premise: A senior al-Qaeda operative who was said to be planning an attack on Heathrow Airport has been arrested.
Hypothesis: Despite rumors, the British Home Office denied any specific threat had been made to target Heathrow airport.
Premise: If any legal action is due to enforcement, dispute, breach, or default, the successful party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees and other costs incurred in the actions, in addition to any relief to which they may be entitled.
Hypothesis: The prevailing party shall recover attorney fees.
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: The international community agreed to release stocks from reserves to help avert a fuel crisis threatening the U.S.
Premise: Meanwhile, the inquiries spearheaded by Milan magistrates Antonio di Pietro and Gherardo Colombo began to focus on Italy's private and public business sectors.
Hypothesis: Antonio di Pietro is a magistrate.
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 is a TIME magazine journalist.
Premise: The chain of events which led to the collapse of Barings, Britain's oldest merchant bank, is a demonstration of how not to manage a derivatives operation.
Hypothesis: Barings was Britain's oldest merchant bank.
Premise: This paper describes American alcohol use, the temperance movement, Prohibition, and the War on Drugs and explains how legalizing drugs would reduce crime and public health problems.
Hypothesis: Drug legalization has benefits.
Premise: Galvarino Apablaza is the leader of the Marxist group FPMR - Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front. FPMR was founded in 1983 and became the armed wing of the Chilean Communist Party to carry out terrorist attacks against the Chilean militarist government of the dictator Augusto Pinochet. Its name is a tribute for Manuel Rodriguez Erdoiza, considered a Chilean hero in the war of the independence of Chile against Spain.
Hypothesis: Comandante Salvador is the nickname of Galvarino Apablaza.
Premise: Rolf Ekeus the Swedish diplomat who chairs the commission said that while Baghdad had been cooperative in helping his panel establish procedures for monitoring and verifying the weapons destruction it is unclear how the Iraqis will react once the system is in operation .
Hypothesis: Rolf Ekeus is a Swedish diplomat.
Premise: Critics say last year's massive election victory was marred by fraud and corruption and that the pope must beware of allowing his visit, sponsored by the state, to be seen as legitimizing an authoritarian regime. The bishops in Angola twice have denounced the government for leaving its people mired in poverty while leaders enrich themselves off oil and diamonds.  Since he arrived on Friday from Cameroon, the pope has met with dos Santos and spoken out against corruption in Africa, the continent with the fastest-growing Catholic population in the world.
Hypothesis: The pope talked about corruption in Africa during his visit in Angola.
Premise: Mr. McEveety told me he had discussed the quote voiced by Archbishop Dziwisz with the pope's longtime official spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, head of the Vatican press office.
Hypothesis: Joaquin Navarro-Valls is the pope's official spokesman.
Premise: If this challenge interests you, you might enjoy reading "Punished by Rewards" by Alfie Kohn.
Hypothesis: I read "Punished by Rewards" by Alfie Kohn.
Premise: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Five suicide bombers stormed a government office in Kandahar on Wednesday morning, killing 13 people, including two provincial government officials, and wounding 14.  One militant detonated a car bomb at the entrance gate of the provincial council office, as the others stormed the compound with assault rifles and hand grenades. Seven civilians and six police officers were killed in the 20-minute gun battle, which ended when two of the militants blew themselves up in the main hall, said the provincial police chief, Matiullah Qati.
Hypothesis: Five government officials were killed in the suicide bomber attack in Kandahar.
Premise: Saddam Hussein accepted an 11th-hour offer to flee into exile weeks ahead of the U.S.-led 2003 invasion, but Arab League officials scuttled the proposal, officials in this Gulf state claimed.
Hypothesis: Saddam Hussein flees to the U.S.
Premise: Saudi Arabia, the biggest oil producer in the world, was once a supporter of Osama bin Laden and his associates who led attacks against the United States.
Hypothesis: Saudi Arabia is a key U.S. ally.
Premise: In early December, Glavkos Clerides and Rauf Denktash, respectively the leaders of the two parts of Cyprus, startled Cypriots by announcing that they would meet for the first time in four years.
Hypothesis: Cyprus was divided into two parts in December.
Premise: Nichols was found guilty May 26 of 161 counts of first-degree murder for 160 victims and an unborn child in a state trial.
Hypothesis: The state charges against Nichols are for 160 victims and one victim's fetus.
Premise: Twenty years ago, on June 6, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, 25 -LCB- hours after he was shot at the Ambassador Hotel by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.
Hypothesis: Sirhan Bishara Sirhan killed Sen. Robert F. Kennedy
Premise: British armor crashed into a jail in order to free the two soldiers who were arrested by Iraqi police and militiamen.
Hypothesis: UK troops stormed a police station in Iraq.
Premise: Rose made his first start since joining the Knicks 10 games ago, replacing Thomas, who has an infected elbow.
Hypothesis: Rose joined the Knicks 10 games ago.
Premise: Egon Eiermann (born September 29, 1904, Neuendorf; died July 20, 1970, Baden-Baden) was one of Germany's most prominent architects in the second half of the 20th century.
Hypothesis: Egon Eiermann died on September 29, 1904.
Premise: Guanshengyuan, a Chinese company that makes children's candy, has stopped selling its popular brand White Rabbit, which is sold nationally in China, after tests confirmed the presence of melamine. Bright foods owns the candy company. Earlier their powdered milk was found to contain melamine which sickened over 53,000 people and was responsible for the deaths of at least four infant children. Guanshengyuan has stopped exporting their goods to the nearly 50 companies overseas that buy them. Melamine has also been found in Hong Kong in baby cereal and vegetable formula made by Heinz. It has also been found in wasabi crackers which are manufactured by the Chinese company, Silang House. Another Chinese food company called Marudai Food Co. has also halted the sales of several items such as meat buns, cream buns and corn crepes made with cream over fears that melamine laced powered milk has contaminated their products. So far there have been no reports of any illnesses associated with Marudai Foods.
Hypothesis: 4 children died in Hong Kong because of melamine contained in milk.
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: Tehran's hard-line mayor will face Rafsanjani in a runoff election.
Premise: Prosecutors were still expected to unseal an 11-count manslaughter indictment against the ferry's captain, Michael Gansas. He violated procedure by his absence from the wheelhouse during docking, when Smith lost control of the ferry.
Hypothesis: Mr Smith entered his guilty plea to 11 counts of manslaughter and also to lying to investigators about his medical history, under an agreement reached with prosecutors.
Premise: Companies are working to reduce the interval between drug discovery and marketing.
Hypothesis: Companies are working to shorten the new drug development period to an average of eight to nine years in the US.
Premise: Lima, Jan. 10, '90 - The national police reported that over 15,000 people have been arrested in Lima in a dragnet aimed at uncovering the assassins of former Defense Minister Enrique Lopez Albujar Trint, who was murdered in a terrorist attack, yesterday.
Hypothesis: Enrique Lopez Albujar Trint was killed on Jan. 9 '90.
Premise: When we apply this to young children, it allows us to predict what might be their future caries history - the number of cavities that they'll get by, say, their late 20s or early 30s, says researcher Paul Denny. Called the Caries Assessment and Risk Evaluation (CARE) test, the test measures the relative proportions in saliva of different types of sugar chains called oligosaccharides. The same sugar chains are present on tooth surfaces.
Hypothesis: A test can predict cavities.
Premise: A Cuban American who is accused of espionage pleads innocent.
Hypothesis: American accused of espionage
Premise: Voting for a new European Parliament has been clouded by apathy.
Hypothesis: Apathy clouds EU voting.
Premise: Gladys Lauture, a close Aristide friend and longtime supporter, said she and a team of carpenters, plumbers and decorators spent 18 days making Aristide's Port-au-Prince home livable again.
Hypothesis: Aristide is due to live at Port-au-Prince again.
Premise: The disputed waters lie close to the Sipadan and Ligitan islands, which Indonesia lost to Malaysia in a legal battle in the International Court of Justice in December 2002.
Hypothesis: There is a territorial waters dispute.
Premise: Begum, who had to borrow to buy bamboo to make stools, received 25 cents a day from moneylenders. After giving them stools to pay off her debt, she was left with 2 cents a day, barely enough to feed herself.
Hypothesis: Begum was not able to feed herself.
Premise: With Washington hinting it might soften its tough stance to break the deadlock, top US negotiator, Christopher Hill, said the two sides needed to review the situation.
Hypothesis: Christopher Hill is a relative of a top US negotiator.
Premise: According to Naeye, the newfangled telescopes will be able to peer so far back in space and, thus, time that they "will see the first galaxies assembling a few hundred million years after the Big Bang."
Hypothesis: The Big Bang is the primordial explosion from which the universe was created.
Premise: Wasp and bee stings can be life threatening if you are allergic to the venom.
Hypothesis: bee stings can be fatal
Premise: Government forces killed the head of the Armed Islamic Group, or GIA, which has claimed responsibility for killing 61 foreigners in the last year.
Hypothesis: The abbreviation GIA stands for Armed Islamic Group.
Premise: General Dynamics, the maker of land combat systems, warships and Gulfstream business jets, reported net earnings of $374m in the third quarter, or $1.84 per share.
Hypothesis: General Dynamics loses $374m.
Premise: Please note that Arabic is the language of Quran so it's better to learn it to understand clearly all the miracles in Quran.
Hypothesis: Arabic is the language of the Quran.
Premise: Aleksandr Yakovenko, an official representative of the Russian ForeignMinistry, has announced that, in connection with the recent terrorist actin Srinagar, about 100 Russian citizens will be evacuated from Pakistan inthe near future.
Hypothesis: U.S. Military evacuated U.S. citizens.
Premise: Among the 21 candidates left over after the previous election round ended on January 1, 2006, the Acropolis and the Maya archeological site of Chichen Itza were doing well in earlier rankings. A spokeswoman for the Foundation said earlier this month that the result is wide open. The election ceremony will be held in Lisbon, Portugal. Hollywood actress Hilary Swank, British actor Sir Ben Kingsley and Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu have been announced as hosts, astronaut Neil Armstrong will be present, and performers will include Jennifer Lopez and Chaka Khan.
Hypothesis: Jennifer Lopez will not perform in Portugal.
Premise: O'Connor then fought on the side of the Republicans in the 1921-22 Civil War, with those who favored rejection of the treaty which brought peace between Ireland and Britain, but at the cost of a divided island.
Hypothesis: Ireland has been divided since 1921.
Premise: Two prominent scientists have made guest appearances on the show, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould and Stephen Hawking, the theoretical physicist whose brilliance has been compared with Einstein's.
Hypothesis: Stephen Hawking is a physicist.
Premise: The Supreme Court said today states may bar the removal of life-sustaining treatment from comatose patients who have not made or cannot make their desires known.
Hypothesis: In most cases, the patient is comatose or mentally unable to communicate his/her feelings.
Premise: From Joss Stone to Keith Richards to Sting, the artists joining Les on the rock-charged album share one clear common bond: Les Paul is one of their most respected and beloved mentors.
Hypothesis: Eric Clapton is in business with Les Paul.
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: Dutch bank ABN AMRO bids for Bank Antonveneta.
Premise: They, too, have not produced a practical, commercially acceptable maglev.
Hypothesis: Maglev is commercially used.
Premise: The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health said that the plant was inspected in October, and cited for 15 safety violations, seven of which were considered serious.
Hypothesis: The plant was inspected in October and cited for numerous safety violations.
Premise: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has expressed her anger after a meeting with Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir , during which her aides and staff were mistreated by Sudanese security agents.
Hypothesis: Condoleezza Rice is the U.S. Secretary of State.
Premise: If you suffer from certain genetic illnesses, or carry a gene for that illness, scientists can take one or two cells to check for those genes and transfer only healthy embryos.
Hypothesis: Scientists can determine whether an embryo has genetic illnesses or is a carrier of them.
Premise: Bosch was found innocent in Venezuela of the bombing charges for a third time Aug. 7.
Hypothesis: Bosch lives in Venezuela.
Premise: Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, whose pioneering discoveries revolutionised police investigation techniques, told the Guardian newspaper innocent people were being "branded as criminals" because the database retained details of everyone arrested, regardless of whether they were later convicted. The Government now holds more than five million profiles, up 1.4 million in two years. Sir Alec also called for improved genetic testing procedures, warning that the current system could result in a miscarriage of justice, in an interview with the Guardian newspaper.
Hypothesis: Alec Jeffreys is the inventor of genetic fingerprinting.
Premise: President Obama found a new way to answer to the questions that people have to ask him. So he held a "virtual townhall" in which people could write in questions and he would answer them online. He was asked many questions, and one of the most important was about the legalization of marijuana. Obama was very discreet about it. We will give you the full question : "With over 1 out of 30 Americans controlled by the penal system, why not legalize, control, and tax marijuana to change the failed war on drugs into a money making, money saving boost to the economy? Do we really need that many victimless criminals?" The president's answer was a strategical one. He started by quoting the question he was asked which was whether legalizing marijuana would improve the economy and job creation. And he answered : "The answer is no, I don't think that's a good strategy to grow our economy. All right.".
Hypothesis: President Obama is in favour of the legalization of marijuana.
Premise: Metropolitan police personnel specializing in explosives defused the rockets. Some 100 people were working inside the plant.
Hypothesis: 100 people were injured
Premise: There have been reports that the leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was wounded in Iraq. Internet statements on Al-Qaeda websites Tuesday and Thursday asked Muslims to pray for al-Zarqawi and said that an interim leader named Abu Hafs al-Gerni had been appointed. The credibility of these statements is currently unverified. Iraq's Interior Minister Bayan Jabr did allege that the statements were correct, however. During a news conference, he reported, "We are not sure whether he is dead or not, but we are sure that he is injured."
Hypothesis: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is affiliated with Al-Qaeda.
Premise: A leading human rights group on Wednesday identified Poland and Romania as the likely locations in eastern Europe of secret prisons where al-Qaeda suspects are interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Hypothesis: CIA secret prisons were located in Eastern Europe.
Premise: China immediately expressed regret over his decision and suggested that "ulterior motives" may be at play. "It is understandable if some people do not understand the Chinese government policy on Darfur, but I am afraid that some people may have ulterior motives, and this we cannot accept... China is also concerned about the humanitarian situation in Darfur. [But] empty rhetoric will not help. We hope that relevant people will be more pragmatic," said Liu Jianchao, the Deputy-Director General of the Information Department in China's foreign ministry.
Hypothesis: Liu Jianchao is an employee of China's foreign ministry.
Premise: Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da Silva is quite simply one of the greatest strikers in the history of world football, capable of leaving an entire team for dead with his darting runs and dribbling ability, voted FIFA World Player of the Year on three occasions and already a double FIFA World Cup winner.
Hypothesis: FIFA selects world football player of the year 1994.
Premise: Victor Emmanuel III yielded most of his powers to his son Umberto II in 1944, when Umberto was appointed as Lieutenant General of the Realm, and finally abdicated in 1946.
Hypothesis: Victor Emmanuel III was king of Italy from 1900 to 1946.
Premise: The Altenburg is located in the Jenaer street which lies just outside of Weimar's city centre beyond the Ilm park. It was built in 1810-1811 and during the years following 1848, Princess Carolyne of Sayn Wittgenstein and her husband, Franz Liszt, lived there.
Hypothesis: Franz Liszt lived from 1811 to 1886.
Premise: Centre-left voters in Italy have chosen Romano Prodi as the candidate who will challenge Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in next year's election. The former European Commission president and Italian PM won 73.5% of votes, according to partial results of primaries.
Hypothesis: Romano Prodi wins Italian primaries.
Premise: Located just three miles from Tullamore and only 45 minutes from the K Club, venue of the 2006 Ryder Cup, is Esker Hills, a genuine hidden gem and one of Irish golf's best kept secrets.
Hypothesis: The K Club will host the 2006 Ryder Cup.
Premise: Thousands of people are expected to return to New Orleans this week, as areas of the city are opened up to residents.
Hypothesis: Over the coming days, thousands of people are expected to make the decision to return to New Orleans.
Premise: Following a steady flow of leaks and statements on apparently incriminating discoveries, her office has been gagged by senior legal authorities.
Hypothesis: Because of leaks, a gag was placed on Holland's office.
Premise: British actor, Hugh Laurie, had been favourite to win best drama actor for "House", but lost out to "Boston Legal"'s James Spader.
Hypothesis: James Spader won best actor for "Boston Legal."
Premise: The end result says that 61.6% of the Dutch people vote (against) the European Constitution, while 38.4% voted (for) the Constitution.
Hypothesis: The Dutch people approve the European Constitution.
Premise: Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon, seems to be doing all the right things in cracking down on Mexico's drug traffickers. He's appointed new people to key military and criminal justice positions, deployed troops to quell drug violence, reasserted federal police power, extradited a few major traffickers to the United States, and given a green light to legislation clarifying Mexico's drug laws. But all this provides little reason to hope that Mexico has really turned a corner in its efforts to control the illegal drug trade. For a guide to what's in store, one need only look at past sexenios (the six year terms of Mexican presidents).
Hypothesis: Felipe Calderon is the President of Mexico.
Premise: Cedras, Biamby, and Francois also led the 1991 coup that drove Aristide, Haiti's first democratically elected president, from office
Hypothesis: Aristide seized power in 1991.
Premise: In August, Gates' foundation gave Yunus' Grameen Foundation 1.5 million for a program to extend its microfinance programs to 5 million more of the world's poorest families. Three years ago, tech entrepreneur Craig McCaw provided 2 million to start up the Grameen Technology Center, which is using microcredit to finance cheap mobile service for people in Uganda and Rwanda.
Hypothesis: Gates' foundation extends its microfinance programs to 5 million more of the world's poorest families.
Premise: The slender tower is the second tallest building in Japan.
Hypothesis: The slender tower is the tallest building in Japan.
Premise: Mr Fitzgerald revealed he was one of several top officials who told Mr Libby in June 2003 that Valerie Plame, wife of the former ambassador Joseph Wilson, worked for the CIA.
Hypothesis: Joseph Wilson is Valerie Plame's ex-husband.
Premise: Some of the buildings around the city square in the Kota also date from colonial times, including the old city hall ( 1710 ), which has been restored and now serves as the municipal museum.
Hypothesis: In the Old City are the old port, the Dutch town hall, and a square.
Premise: No, we don't get any business from beach traffic, said Butler, whose Men's Shop is located in a small strip mall behind Krispy Kreme on Palmetto.
Hypothesis: Men's Shop is owned by Butler.
Premise: The petrol price reductions seen across most of Australia have been short-lived for those living in the regional New South Wales city of Bathurst. An investigation by Wikinews has discovered retailers in Bathurst were late to lower petrol pricing and have been amongst the first to increase them. Following a threat by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to publically shame fuel retailers and oil companies, most fuel outlets across Australia reduced prices by 5 to 10 cents per litre. The ACCC argued that the wholesale cost of petrol was around 10 cents per litre higher than the Singapore market, which Australia benchmarks itself against. On January 24, the price of Unleaded fuel in Bathurst dropped only 2 cents from 119.9 cents to 117.9 cents. Today, Coles Express on Durham Street has increased the price of their unleaded fuel to the previous level of 119.9 cents.
Hypothesis: Bathurst is located in New South Wales.