Hyukkyu/superglue huggingface dataset:
Premise: Western Australian government authorities say they believe a toxin may be responsible for the recent mysterious death of an estimated 5,000 birds found in the area of Esperance - on the state's south eastern coastline. Autopsies by toxicologists from the WA Department of Agriculture will test for organochlorins, organophosphates and heavy metals.
Hypothesis: In Australia a toxin made birds healthy.
Premise: The biopic of wannabe actor, Johnny Stompanato, may be directed by Adrian Lyne of "Fatal Attraction" and "Indecent Proposal" fame.
Hypothesis: Adrian Lyne is the director of "Indecent Proposal".
Premise: Heavy violence, drought, and soaring food prices mean that half of the population of the African country of Somalia is in immediate need of food aid in order to prevent a famine, according to a new study. Every sixth child under the age of five is acutely malnourished, and three and a quarter million people are in need of immediate aid, a number 77% higher than last year, according to the Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU), which is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Hypothesis: Kenya is in need of food.
Premise: The Statue of Liberty is so big it had to be built in 300 sections.
Hypothesis: The Statue of Liberty was built in the year 300.
Premise: Over the years, 26 gorillas have been born at the Bronx Zoo, whose parent organization, the Wildlife Conservation Society, runs one of the most successful gorilla breeding programs in the country. The society, which also operates wildlife centers in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, trades gorillas periodically with 51 participating North American zoos. Its first objective is to increase the genetic diversity of an endangered species, but a second, related goal is to create happier gorillas by finding mates and establishing compatible groups. "These are very intelligent, sensitive animals," said James Doherty, curator of the Bronx Zoo. The zoo's current population of gorillas numbers 19. Only the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago has more, with 22. Interactive Habitat.
Hypothesis: The Bronx Zoo has 19 gorillas.
Premise: The current President of Brazilian Central Bank, Henrique Meirelles, is accused of financial fraud among other accusations.
Hypothesis: The current President of Honduras is Manuel Zelaya.
Premise: Nichols, 49, was convicted in the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Hypothesis: Nichols was sentenced to life in prison for the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.
Premise: Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front's [FMLN] urban commandos have denied reports that they participated in an attack on vice president-elect Francisco Merino's home.
Hypothesis: Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front have attacked Merino's home.
Premise: Once you get a chance to talk to West Palm Beach, Florida native Whitney Cunningham, who placed seventh on the eighth cycle of the popular reality TV series America's Next Top Model, you begin to understand what host Tyra Banks meant when she described her as the "full package." First of all, she is confident and headstrong, which is a must on these kinds of shows, almost as much as it is to take a beautiful modelesque picture. Second, she turns that confidence into drive. She has been receiving steady work as a model since leaving the show, and still believes that her goal of being the first woman to wear a size ten dress on the cover of Vogue is in reach. Third, and probably most important to television viewers, she obliterates the age-old model stereotype that to be pretty and photograph well, one must also be vapid and without a thought.
Hypothesis: Whitney Cunningham was born in Florida.
Premise: Contact with the press will be restricted to "perodic meetings", as promised by all three parties, in order to "focus their energies" on the most important issues.
Hypothesis: The delegations may only speak periodically to the press, in order to concentrate on the issues.
Premise: On Tuesday morning police in Bangladesh have blamed Islamic militants for what's believed to be the country's first suicide bombings. Up to ten people were killed and dozens of others injured in the two attacks. The attacks left at least 50 people wounded with many of them said to be in critical condition. The government has accused the hardline Jamayetul Mujahideen, which wants to introduce strict Islamic law in the Muslim-majority democracy, of staging the attacks targeting the legal system. Bangladesh police have arrested six men, including a suicide squad member in different parts of the country, in the last two days.
Hypothesis: Two people were killed in Bangladesh.
Premise: Only a few Mag-lev trains have been used commercially such as at the Birmingham airport in the UK.
Hypothesis: Maglev is commercially used.
Premise: The Pakistani news source GEO states that the first explosion occurred at 9:05 local time (0505 UTC), with the second explosion occurring minutes afterwards. The explosions occurred at the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel in Karachi, about 60 feet (18 meters) from the consulate gate. Damage to the building as well as over ten nearby vehicles was also reported. The Associated Press reports that the same consulate has been targeted twice in the recent past: an attack in 2002 left 14 Pakistanis dead, and in 2004 police defused a time bomb before it was set to detonate.
Hypothesis: There is a Marriott Hotel in London.
Premise: Fears were growing last night for the safety of a 'distressed' mother who has disappeared with her disabled nine-year-old daughter. Florist Jude Richmond, whose customers include the Royal Family, was last seen carrying cerebral palsy sufferer Millie Whitehead-Richmond as they left home on Sunday night. Mrs Richmond, 41, was said to have been devastated after splitting from her husband and business partner, Nicholas Richmond, earlier this year.  Police believe she became increasingly depressed after the split. She is said to be in a 'very vulnerable state of mind' at the time of her disappearance.
Hypothesis: Jude Richmond works with the police.
Premise: Hollywood actress Minnie Driver is taking a break from films to work in a sweatshop in Cambodia.
Hypothesis: Actress Minnie Driver gives up Hollywood for Cambodian sweat shop.
Premise: The result in Denmark shows that people are fundamentally opposed to joining the euro.
Hypothesis: The introduction of the euro has been opposed.
Premise: Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, has vowed to step down from his position if things "get out of control" in Tibet, where violent demonstrations against China have killed anywhere from 13 to 100 people. At a news conference in Dharamsala, India, the Dalai Lama said he was opposed to the use of violence against China's rule. "Violence is almost suicide," he said. "Even if 1,000 Tibetans sacrifice their lives, it will not help." However, he acknowledges that many radical Tibetans have criticized his policy of non-violence, and says that his only option is to "completely resign" if the bloodshed continues.
Hypothesis: The 14th Dalai Lama was born in Dharamsala.
Premise: Some plants grow really well in a hydroponic environment, but others do not.
Hypothesis: Plants are grown in water or in substances other than soil.
Premise: Three plays later, quarterback James Pinkney was sacked by Wake's Goryal Scales on third-and-one, forcing the team to punt.
Hypothesis: James Pinkney was an employee of Goryal Scales.
Premise: Like the United States, U.N. officials are also dismayed that Aristide killed a conference called by Prime Minister Robert Malval in Port-au-Prince in hopes of bringing all the feuding parties together.
Hypothesis: U.N. officials take part in a conference called by Prime Minister Robert Malval.
Premise: Colarusso, the Dover police captain, said authorities are interested in whether their suspect made a cell phone call while he was in the Dover woman's home.
Hypothesis: Colarusso works for Dover police.
Premise: Female mosquitoes become infected with the malaria parasite when they draw blood from humans with malaria. The insects can then pass this on to other humans they bite, but do not get sick themselves.
Hypothesis: Female mosquitoes spread malaria.
Premise: The chaotic development that is gobbling up the Amazon rain forest could finally be reined in with a new plan developed by officials of Amazon countries and leading scientists from around the world.
Hypothesis: The Amazon rainforest suffers from chaotic development.
Premise: (Washington, D.C.) - More babies were born in the United States last year than ever before, according to preliminary data, but it's not another baby boom just yet.  About 4,315,000 children were born in 2007, about 15,000 more births than the peak time of the baby boom in 1957, said Stephanie Ventura, a demographer at the National Center for Health Statistics, which compiled the data from provisional birth certificate registrations at state health departments.  "According to our provisional data, we had the highest number of births ever reported in 2007," she said.
Hypothesis: In 2007 about 4,315,000 children were born in the United States.
Premise: Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of depression, is a debilitating problem that interferes with the quality of life of thousands of patients, especially during the fall, winter and early spring. This syndrome seems to be a worldwide phenomenon and occurs cross culturally, especially in countries far from the equator.
Hypothesis: Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a worldwide disorder.
Premise: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided, de facto, into the government-controlled southern two-thirds of the island and the Turkish-Cypriot northern one-third.
Hypothesis: Cyprus was divided in 1974.
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: New South Wales is found in Australia.
Premise: Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who stunned Germans with admission that he used illegal bank accounts to funnel secret money to Christian Democratic party, invokes personal honor in refusing to disclose names of people who gave more than $1 million between 1993 and 1998; scandal threatens to shred Kohl's place in history for reunifying Germany and leading Europe toward common currency.
Hypothesis: The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.
Premise: Epiphyte is the name applied to the class of plants which typically do not root in the soil but, rather, attach themselves to trees or other tall objects where they can obtain light and moisture.
Hypothesis: Plants are grown in substances other than soil.
Premise: In the two weeks since his death, police have been posted outside the Beijing home where Mr. Zhao spent his last 15 years under house arrest and where hundreds have been assembling to pay tribute. Agents have been turning many of the mourners away.
Hypothesis: Mr. Zhao died in Beijing.
Premise: Babe Ruth's career total would have been 1 higher had that rule not been in effect in the early part of his career. The all-time career record for home runs in Major League Baseball is 755, held by Hank Aaron since 1974.
Hypothesis: Babe Ruth hit 755 home runs in his lifetime.
Premise: Lord Ganesha occupies a special god status in Hindu tradition, and is considered as the bestower of all  auspiciousness and destroyer of all negativity. Typically these festive celebrations last from one to 11 days,  concluding with a Nimajjan ceremony (immersing the deity in the waters of lake/pond/river/sea/ocean etc). These celebrations are splendidly carried out in India amidst strict security as thousands participate. However; several Indian Hindu communities spread across the globe from Australia to North America have celebrated with no less pomp.
Hypothesis: Lord Ganesha is important for Hindus.
Premise: Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, warned Friday that recent gains in U.S. home prices, stock values and other forms of wealth may be temporary and could easily erode if long-term interest rates rise.
Hypothesis: Greenspan also worried in his speech about what will occur with the ending of the recent sustained period of low interest rates and low risks for investors.
Premise: In March, Wikinews held an exclusive interview with Max Riekse, one of the candidates for the Constitution Party nomination for the 2008 United States presidential election. With the Constitution Party's national convention underway this weekend, we spoke with him one last time before he either becomes his party's candidate or loses. Riekse is a retired decorated Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army who served in both the Vietnam War and the Iraq War. He is also a former public school teacher and Assistant Professor of Military Science at Western Michigan University. He has a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from the University of South Florida as well as two M.A.s, one in Political Science and International Relations, the other in Education and History. Both are from Western Michigan University.
Hypothesis: The Constitution Party includes Max Riekse among its members.
Premise: Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui , the spiritual leader of the pro-independence TSU , and Premier Frank Hsieh , a member of the Democratic Progressive Party , are also taking part in the march.
Hypothesis: Chen Shui-bian is the new President of Taiwan.
Premise: US troops evacuated two injured soldiers said Staff Sgt. Duane Brown, a spokesman for the 42nd Infantry Division.
Hypothesis: U.S. Military evacuated U.S. citizens.
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: Arquette, who plays a crime-solving psychic in NBC's "Medium", won the best drama series actress award.
Premise: The chapters voluntarily transferred their right of electing the bishop to Emperor Charles V, and Pope Clement VII gave his consent to these proceedings.
Hypothesis: Emperor Charles V was elected by Clement VII.
Premise: I guess you have to expect this in a growing community, said Mardelle Kean, who lives across the street from John Joseph Famalaro, charged in the death of Denise A. Huber, who was 23 when she disappeared in 1991.
Hypothesis: John J. Famalaro is accused of having killed Denise A. Huber.
Premise: At the police-training center in Waipahu, 17 members of the Honolulu Police Department's recruit class practiced driving on this training course on Friday. It will be the last recruit class for a while. Another class set to begin next week has been postponed and a second recruit class scheduled for July will also likely be put off to save money. "We're going to just delay it for now until the budget situation clears up a little bit more," Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann said.
Hypothesis: Mufi Hannemann is the mayor of Honolulu.
Premise: The father of an Oxnard teenager accused of gunning down a gay classmate who was romantically attracted to him has been found dead, Ventura County authorities said today.  Bill McInerney, 45, was found shortly before 8 a.m. in the living room of his Silver Strand home by a friend, said James Baroni, Ventura County's chief deputy medical examiner. The friend was supposed to drive him to a court hearing in his son's murder trial, Baroni said.  McInerney's 15-year-old son, Brandon, is accused of murder and a hate crime in the Feb. 12, 2008, shooting death of classmate Lawrence "Larry" King, 15. The two boys had been sparring in the days before the killing, allegedly because Larry had expressed a romantic interest in Brandon.
Hypothesis: Bill McInerney is accused of killing a gay teenager.
Premise: The Jurassic Park Institute is an absolutely accurate way for kids to get excited about dinosaur science! Written by two noted paleontologists and illustrated in big bold colors, this kid-friendly nonfiction guide uses easy-to-understand text to describe at least 100 dinosaurs alphabetically.
Hypothesis: Michael Crichton is the author of the book Jurassic Park.
Premise: His research had been focused on near-shore beds of marine plants commercially harvested in western P.E.I.
Hypothesis: Marine vegetation is  harvested.
Premise: It also raised questions about the quality of financial regulation in Singapore, where derivatives losses run up by former trader Nick Leeson led to the 1995 collapse of Barings Plc.
Hypothesis: Nick Leeson was arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC.
Premise: Bush withheld judgment Monday on rival calls to beef up or scale down U.S. troops in Iraq, and said angry protests in Indonesia against his Mideast policy were a healthy sign of democracy in the heavily Muslim nation.
Hypothesis: Bush said that protests in Indonesia against his Mideast policy were a sign of democracy in the heavily Muslim nation.
Premise: Like Jews and Christians, Muslims believe there is only one God.
Hypothesis: Muslims are monotheistic.
Premise: Relatives of a missing woman and her husband said late Saturday that new information from the husband has prompted them to call off a volunteer search for the woman.
Hypothesis: Relatives of a missing woman and her husband cancelled a volunteer search for the woman.
Premise: He said that his daughter was told that Clark had been cited to General Sessions Court.
Hypothesis: Clark is employed at General Sessions Court.
Premise: President Jacques Chirac of France, a conservative like Kohl, and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, whose fellow Socialists saw in the victory of Schroeder's Social Democrats a continuation of a European trend that brought them and British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party to power last year, paid tribute to both in almost equal measure.
Hypothesis: Tony Blair belongs to the Labor Party.
Premise: Wilder and his colleagues are cautious about their results also because the data do not make clear whether it was the anesthesia that contributed to the children's learning deficits, or whether it was an underlying condition that may have required surgery and precipitated the learning problems. Of the more than 5,000 babies studied, 593 needed at least one surgery and just over 100 infants needed more than two before age 3. There may be something unusual about this population of children that could have made them vulnerable to learning problems and required they undergo surgery and anesthesia.
Hypothesis: Anesthesia causes learning disabilities.
Premise: President Fujimori was first elected in 1990, and then re-elected in 1995 under a new constitution.
Hypothesis: President Fujimori was re-elected in 1995.
Premise: Miles of Australia's most pristine coastline have been declared a disaster zone following a large oil spill from a storm-damaged cargo ship. At least 60 kilometres of Queensland's southeastern shore were contaminated when at least 42 tonnes of oil spilled into the ocean from MV Pacific Adventurer on Wednesday night.  The ship, which had sailed into cyclonic weather, lost 31 containers aboard, one of which pierced the ship's hull and a fuel tank.  Anna Bligh, the Queensland premier, has declared Moreton Island, Bribie Island and southern parts of the Sunshine Coast disaster zones.
Hypothesis: MV Pacific Adventurer has lost oil in the area of Moreton Island, Bribie Island and southern parts of the Sunshine Coast.
Premise: Bout - who is generally believed to be a model for the arms dealer portrayed by Nicolas Cage in the 2005 movie 'Lord of War' - has repeatedly denied any involvement in illicit activities. At a hearing earlier this month, he angrily accused the United States of framing him and pressuring Thailand to extradite him. He has long been linked to some of the world's most notorious conflicts, allegedly supplying arms to former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor and Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi.
Hypothesis: Gaddafi is the leader of Thailand.
Premise: As the terms denoting this allowance vary, it may sometimes remain unclear whether fathers have any entitlements at all, and if so, to what exactly they are entitled.
Hypothesis: Maternity leave varies in Europe.
Premise: For the first time in history, the players are investing their own money to ensure the future of the game, Atlanta Brave pitcher Tom Glavine said.
Hypothesis: Tom Glavine plays for the Atlanta Braves.
Premise: The Kakhovskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. Currently it is the only line that exists outside the ring. It is the shortest line in Moscow. Although the line was formed in 1995, the stations date to 1969 when they were opened as part of the Zamoskvoretskaya Line.
Hypothesis: The Kakhovskaya Line was built in 1995.
Premise: Jim Tracy became the latest to be shown the door in Paul DePodesta's restructuring of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Hypothesis: Jim Tracy was fired by Paul DePodesta.
Premise: Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Nane Annan are greeted by President Fidel Castro upon their arrival at Jose Marti Airport in Havana on April 10.
Hypothesis: Castro visits the UN.
Premise: Kieslowski later said that he abandoned documentary filmmaking due to two experiences: the censorship of Workers '71, which caused him to doubt whether truth could be told literally under an authoritarian regime, and an incident during the filming of Station (1981) in which some of his footage was nearly used as evidence in a criminal case. He decided that fiction not only allowed more artistic freedom, but could portray everyday life more truthfully.
Hypothesis: Kieslowski is a director.
Premise: President Alvaro Uribe was sworn into his second term of office in the Colombian capital of Bogota, Monday, pledging to improve the economy and make peace with FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebels. Security was tight in order to prevent a repetition of the attack on his first inauguration in 2002 when FARC rebels fired mortars at the presidential palace killing 20. Police reported deactivating a car bomb outside of the capital on Monday.
Hypothesis: Alvaro Uribe is the current President of Colombia.
Premise: This became Aquincum when the Romans established a military camp and civilian town there at the end of the 1st century AD.
Hypothesis: One of the first organized settlements on the site, though, was the Roman fortress of Aquincum.
Premise: Muslims make up some 3.2 million of Germany's 82 million people, and Turks represent two thirds of the minority.
Hypothesis: 3.2 million Muslims live in Germany.
Premise: Traditional performances in Jakarta include wayang dance and drama, gamelan music, and wayang shadow-puppet shows.
Hypothesis: Gamelan music, in which percussion instruments are key, and shadow-puppet shows are popular in Jakarta.
Premise: Pope Benedict XVI is currently visiting Poland on his third pilgrimage. The motto of his pilgrimage to the home country of previous Pope, John Paul II, is "Stand firm in your faith". The Pope arrived at Okecie airport in Warsaw on May 25. He met with President Lech Kaczynski and prayed in an evangelic-augsburg church together with representatives of seven minor Polish churches. The following day he said mass at Pilsudski Square, mirroring a precedent set by his predecessor 27 years earlier. Benedict XVI talked in Latin and in small parts in Polish. Later that day he went to Czestochowa.
Hypothesis: Benedict XVI is the Pope.
Premise: A few growers place charcoal in the bottom of containers to absorb excess salts and maintain sweet soil, if plants are grown more than a few months.
Hypothesis: Plants are grown in water or in substances other than soil.
Premise: Political change in eastern Europe and the removal of trade barriers in the Far East have given the four multinationals-Philip Morris, BAT Industries, R J Reynolds and Rothmans International-access to big potential new markets.
Hypothesis: Trade liberalisation happened in China.
Premise: Vera Beers, of Olivet, recently was named employee of the month at Standard Printing in Marshall.
Hypothesis: Vera Beers works for Olivet.
Premise: Barack Obama made history on 4 November 2008 when he defeated Republican rival John McCain to become the first black president of the United States. He had already broken new ground in his White House campaign, as the first black candidate to become the presidential choice of either major US party. To many people, Mr Obama seemed to come from nowhere. Although he had served in the Illinois state senate for eight years, it was only in 2004 that he shot to national prominence, with a speech that stirred the Democratic National Convention.
Hypothesis: Barack Obama is the first black candidate to become the president of the United States.
Premise: In Jerusalem, the faithful celebrated Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to mark the site where Jesus was crucified, buried and then resurrected. Brown-robed friars marched into the church to the sound of bagpipes, followed by clergymen in purple capes and others bearing crosses. And in the earthquake-ravaged central Italian city of L'Aquila, survivors gathered in makeshift chapels set up in tent cities that are housing some of the 55,000 people driven from their homes by Monday's 6.3-magnitude temblor.
Hypothesis: A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the center of Italy.
Premise: Leftist guerrillas early Tuesday attacked a residential neighborhood in northern San Salvador where many government and military leaders have their homes.
Hypothesis: Guerrillas attacked government buildings.
Premise: In February 1942, the Japanese Imperial Army landed an army of 20 thousand men in Dili (the capital of East Timor) and occupied the then Portuguese colony.
Hypothesis: East Timor was a colony of Dili before it was occupied by Indonesia in 1975.
Premise: The sale was made to pay Yukos' US$ 27.5 billion tax bill, Yuganskneftegaz was originally sold for US$9.4 billion to a little known company Baikalfinansgroup which was later bought by the Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft .
Hypothesis: Yuganskneftegaz cost US$ 27.5 billion.
Premise: The directive for the Border Patrol to stop arresting illegal aliens, as described in a previous post, has been rescinded by Robert C. Bonner, commissioner of the new Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.
Hypothesis: Steps are being taken to stop the smuggling of aliens.
Premise: The stupendous power of the Tevatron made possible the 1995 discovery of the top quark - the last of six flavors of quarks predicted by the standard model theory of particle physics.
Hypothesis: The top quark is the last of six flavors of quarks predicted by the standard model theory of particle physics.
Premise: A second man, aged 24, technically freed yesterday was bailed after being questioned over alleged forged identity documents, but has been further detained on immigration matters, a spokesman for Scotland Yard said.
Hypothesis: A spokesman for Scotland Yard was freed yesterday.
Premise: Termini purchased and developed several buildings and areas including the Ellicott Lofts on Ellicott Street in Buffalo, which opened in 2003, The Oak School Lofts which used to be a Buffalo Alternative School, and 'IS' Lofts on Oak Street in Buffalo. Eva Hassett, Vice President of Savarino Construction, and Karl Frizlen an architect from The Frizlen Group and designer of the hotel commented on the development proposal. Hassett said, "We've been thinking about it and trying to put it together for the last few months, and it was made public a couple of weeks ago."
Hypothesis: Termini is the owner of Ellicott Lofts.
Premise: Newspapers choke on rising paper costs and falling revenue.
Hypothesis: The cost of paper is rising.
Premise: The Nobel shines a spotlight on a form of "social capitalism" that has gained currency in recent years, propelled by high-profile supporters like former President Bill Clinton, rock star Bono and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Hypothesis: President Bill Clinton is a supporter of "social capitalism".
Premise: If the ruling is that these trade-secrets were stolen goods, I'd be willing to bet that these three guys could refuse to answer any questions, by invoking the 5th Amendment, since they would incriminate themselves by saying anything.
Hypothesis: Trade secrets were stolen.
Premise: In-form Rooney's hot goalscoring streak of seven goals in his last four internationals saw him win the vote to be crowned England's Player of the Year for 2008. Manchester United striker Rooney, 23, is set for his 50th cap against Ukraine at Wembley tomorrow and is enjoying the best form of his England career after a heart-to-heart with Capello. England boss Capello ordered Rooney to work hard on his finishing, stop shooting from long range and start scoring tap-ins to help transform him into a prolific marksman.
Hypothesis: Fabio Capello is the coach of the English team.
Premise: Maximo Rene Mendez in an apparent smuggling scheme died after doctors disconnected life-support equipment.
Hypothesis: A cocaine-imbibing Miami man had life support removed.
Premise: The Actors Studio offering will be based on Simon's female version of the play which was premiered in 1985 in New York, at the Broadhurst Theatre, with the characters' names being Florence Unger and Olive Madison, played by Sally Struthers and Rita Moreno respectively.
Hypothesis: Broadhurst Theatre is located in New York.
Premise: The decision by French President, Jacques Chirac, to invite Robert Mugabe to a Franco-African summit in Paris, in February, has angered those across Europe who want Zimbabwe's president to remain an international pariah.
Hypothesis: France invited Mr. Mugabe to attend a Franco-African summit in Paris.
Premise: The ruling Popular Party proposed the ban of Batasuna after the 24-year-old Basque party refused to condemn the terrorist bombing the ETA carried out on Aug. 4 against civilians.
Hypothesis: The trigger for this move to ban Batasuna was their failure to condemn an ETA bombing.
Premise: A seven-member Tibetan mountaineering team conquered the 8,586-meter Mt. Kanchenjunga, the third highest peak of the world, the Chinese mountaineering association confirmed here on Sunday.
Hypothesis: Kanchenjunga is 8586 meters high.
Premise: It is also an acronym that stands for Islamic Resistance Movement, a militant Islamist Palestinian organization that opposes the existence of the state of Israel and favors the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine.
Hypothesis: The Islamic Resistance Movement is also known as the Militant Islamic Palestinian Organization.
Premise: Hydroponics is the growth of plants in a substance other than soil with water.
Hypothesis: Plants are grown in substances other than soil.
Premise: Colin L. Powell and Laura Bush, wife of Gov. George W. Bush, are to speak on the opening night in Philadelphia, while the Democrats have tentative plans to have President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton address the delegates on the first night in Los Angeles.
Hypothesis: The name of George W. Bush's wife is Laura.
Premise: The drug, along with aspirin and ibuprofen, is one of the most widely used pain relievers available without a doctor's note.
Hypothesis: Aspirin is one of the most widely used pain relievers available without a doctor's note.
Premise: He is like some great writers, from Charles Dickens to William Faulkner to Gabriel Garcia Marquez: the insistence on the value of the local leads to the universal.
Hypothesis: Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a Nobel prize winner.
Premise: At least 19 people have been killed in central Florida in the city of Lady Lake and Paisley after severe storms and a tornado ripped through the cities in the middle of the night. Eleven of those killed were in Paisley and three were in Lady Lake. The death toll is expected to rise as rescue crews resume tomorrow morning. Volusia, Sumter, Lake and Seminole counties have all been declared a state of an emergency as dozens of houses, mobile homes and a church were destroyed. Clothes and furniture are scattered around the wrecked houses and pieces of trees are scattered about. Cars are reported to have been turned over or thrown around in the air. "Our priority today is search and rescue," said Gov. of Florida, Charlie Crist. Rescuers are still looking through the wreckage to find survivors of those who might have been killed.
Hypothesis: Gov. of Florida, Charlie Crist, has visited the cities of Lady Lake and Paisley.
Premise: International journalists' organisations are accusing the U.S. government of committing war crimes in Iraq by intentionally firing at war correspondents.
Hypothesis: US withdraws war crimes
Premise: Between March and June, scientific observers say, up to 300,000 seals are killed. In Canada, seal-hunting means jobs, but opponents say it is vicious and endangers the species, also threatened by global warming.
Hypothesis: Hunting endangers seal species.
Premise: A man who died during the G20 protests was pushed back by a police line minutes earlier, independent investigators have said. Ian Tomlinson, 47, who died of a heart attack, was blocked from passing through a police cordon as he attempted to walk home from work at a newsagent, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said. He was caught on several CCTV cameras walking up King William Street where he was confronted by uniformed officers shortly before 7.30pm last Wednesday.
Hypothesis: Ian Tomlinson was shot by a policeman.
Premise: Io is 2,236 miles (3,598 kilometers) in diameter, slightly larger than the Earth's moon.
Hypothesis: The terrestrial moon has a diameter of 3746 kilometers.
Premise: The Bakun Hydroelectric Project (BHEP) comprises the construction of a 2,400MW hydroelectric dam, the transmission of its electricity, and the building of related infrastructure including access roads.
Hypothesis: A hydroelectric project is proposed or is under construction.
Premise: Forty-five percent of the bills examined were bipartisan, and 85 percent of the reviewed bills had Republican lead sponsors. 8221; Small business owners are disappointed by the Republican track record, particularly the lack of productivity in the Senate.
Hypothesis: The Senate is the least productive.
Premise: Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Mass., on May 29, 1917. Graduating from Harvard in 1940, he entered the Navy. In 1943, when his PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, Kennedy, despite grave injuries, led the survivors through perilous waters to safety. Back from the war, he became a Democratic congressman from the Boston area, advancing in 1953 to the Senate. He married Jacqueline Bouvier on Sept. 12, 1953. In 1955, while recuperating from a back operation, he wrote "Profiles in Courage," which won the Pulitzer Prize in history.
Hypothesis: John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot dead in 1963.
Premise: Genevieve de Gaulle-Anthonics, 81, niece of the late Charles de Gaulle, died in Paris on February 14, 2002. She joined the French resistance when the Germans occupied Paris.
Hypothesis: Charles de Gaulle died in 1970.
Premise: Today's best estimate of giant panda numbers in the wild is about 1,100 individuals living in up to 32 separate populations mostly in China's Sichuan Province, but also in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.
Hypothesis: There are 1,100 pandas in the wild, in China.
Premise: Another French daily newspaper talks about PixVillage.
Hypothesis: PixVillage is a French newspaper.
Premise: Qwest's revised bid, which did not offer more cash for MCI stock as expected, was deemed disappointing by one major MCI shareholder, and Qwest's shares fell more than 8 percent.
Hypothesis: MCI shareholders accepted a $6.7 billion offer over Qwest's initial $8 billion.
Premise: The summit was marred by criticism of Tunisia for allowing attacks on journalists and human rights defenders to occur in the days leading up to the event. A French journalist for "Libération" was stabbed and beaten by unidentified men after he reported on local human rights protesters. A Belgian television crew was harassed and forced to hand over footage of Tunisian dissidents, while local human rights defenders were roughed up and prevented from organising a meeting with international civil society groups. A representative from the French media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, Robert Menard, was prevented from disembarking from his Air France flight to Tunis to attend the summit.
Hypothesis: A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.
Premise: Everest Grand Circle Expedition, Nepal and Tibet. First circumambulation of Everest; trekking, skiing, and mountaineering. First American winter ascent of Pumori (elev. 23,422'). Immortalized in the book Everest Grand Circle. Ned Gillette, Jan Reynolds, Jim Bridwell, Steve McKinney, Craig Calonica and Rick Barker.
Hypothesis: A woman succeeds in climbing Everest solo.
Premise: A teenager in Japan whose parents are being deported to the Philippines has decided to stay in Tokyo with her aunt. After the family lost a three-year battle to remain in Japan, Noriko Calderon, 13, had to choose whether to stay in Japan or go with her parents. She said an emotional goodbye to them at Tokyo's main airport. Filipinos Arlan and Sarah Calderon used fake passports to enter Japan in the early 1990s, and their daughter was born and raised in the country.
Hypothesis: Arlan and Sarah Calderon are Japanese.
Premise: Volkswagen should start to co-operate fully with the investigation by public prosecutors of the alleged theft of secret documents from General Motors.
Hypothesis: German officials began investigating VW for theft.
Premise: From 1016 to 1030 the Normans were pure mercenaries, serving either Byzantines or Lombards, and then Sergius of Naples, by installing their leader Rainulf in the fortress of Aversa in 1030, gave them their first pied-à-terre and they began an organized conquest of the land.
Hypothesis: Rainulf was the leader of the Normans.
Premise: The council prohibited any travel outside of Haiti by all officers of the Haitian military and police and all major participants in the September, 1991, coup.
Hypothesis: The council is prohibited to travel outside of Haiti by military officers.
Premise: Protest votes as citizens of the 25 EU nations punished their governments for everything from high unemployment to involvement in Iraq.
Hypothesis: EU nations' citizens protest against punishment for unemployment.
Premise: Mr Lopez Obrador has alleged electoral fraud cost him the presidency, despite a recount confirming Felipe Calderon as Mexico's president-elect.
Hypothesis: Felipe Calderon won the presidential election of Mexico.
Premise: That request is at odds with the law signed early yesterday, by Bush, directing the federal courts to consider the case de novo without taking into account the state court's findings.
Hypothesis: Bush pushed the issue to federal courts.
Premise: The plant, located in Romulus, near Wayne, is about 15 miles southwest of Detroit. Initial reports stated that a single explosion in a chemical tank was the cause of the fire. The cause of this explosion has not yet been determined. Detroit ABC affiliate WXYZ confirmed that all employees made it out of the plant before the explosion occurred, and that HAZMAT teams were on the scene of the fire. Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans announced that no injuries ere reported in the initial explosion. However, approximately 32 people were treated for breathing problems at nearby Oakwood Annapolis Hospital, due to the subsequent fire.
Hypothesis: Romulus is found southwest of Detroit.
Premise: John Mark Karr, 41, a former elementary school teacher, has confessed to killing 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey in 1996. Karr, an American, was arrested in an apartment located in Bangkok, Thailand. Karr called the killing an "accident", thereby implying that it was not murder, which requires intent. "I was with JonBenét when she died. I loved JonBenét. She died accidentally. I am so very sorry for what happened to JonBenét. It's very important for me that everyone knows that I love her very much, that her death was unintentional, that it was an accident," Karr told reporters in a press conference yesterday. When Karr was asked by a reporter if he was innocent, regarding Ramsey's murder, he simply replied "no." Karr also said that it would take "several hours" to describe what happened to Ramsey.
Hypothesis: JonBenét Ramsey killed John Mark Karr in 1996.
Premise: The fatal shooting of Steven Charles Jenkins, a terminally ill AIDS patient, by his friend Philip Lee Saylor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has again focused attention on the problems of death and dying in our society.
Hypothesis: Steven Jenkins was shot by a friend.
Premise: Some observers say the partnership between Google and NASA Ames could create a new hub of technological innovation in Silicon Valley, an area gutted by the technology bust.
Hypothesis: Google's blockbuster partnership with NASA Ames Research Center is leaving local officials, environmentalists and Silicon Valley landlords feeling left out of the party.
Premise: Protesters, many from organized pro-government groups but including many ordinary citizens, carried anti-American banners and chanted slogans attacking U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his close alignment with U.S. policy.
Hypothesis: Protesters confiscated anti-American banners and chanted slogans attacking U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his close alignment with U.S. policy.
Premise: The focus on the engines and the fuel, stems from the pilot's radio call, shortly before the crash.
Hypothesis: The pilot had been attempting an emergency landing, after both engines failed.
Premise: A remastered version of Paramount's "Breakfast at Tiffany's," starring Audrey Hepburn, is scheduled for release Nov. 2 at $40.
Hypothesis: Audrey Hepburn starred in "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
Premise: Prosecutors were still expected to unseal an 11-count manslaughter indictment against the ferry's captain, Michael Gansas.
Hypothesis: Gansas' attorneys have said that rule was not communicated to ferry staff.
Premise: Jacqueline B. Wender is Assistant to the President of Stanford University.
Hypothesis: Jacqueline B. Wender is the President of Stanford University.
Premise: Security authorities have declared a state of maximum emergency in Guatemala, which is located directly in the path of the hurricane.
Hypothesis: There is a state of maximum emergency in Guatemala because of the hurricane.
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: The ECB council meets on Sept. 15.
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: Ahmedinejad was attacked by the US, France, Britain and Germany.
Premise: The 38-year-old actress recently appeared in a court case against Jack Jordan, a man who was found guilty of stalking her. The friend added: "Everyone is so happy for Uma after what she went through with that stalker. Arki is a guy who can take care of her. "Uma is hoping this time, it's really love. Everyone wants the best for her. And Arki is a really sweet guy." Uma was previously married to actor Gary Oldman, while Arpad has two children with Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson.
Hypothesis: Uma Thurman is engaged to Arpad Busson.
Premise: Jader Barbalho, once president of the country's largest political party, was arrested on Saturday in the Amazonian city of Belem, after officials in the neighbouring state of Tocantins issued a warrant against him.
Hypothesis: Jader Barbalho is the president of Amazon.
Premise: If legalization reduced current narcotics enforcement costs by one-third to one-fourth, it might save $6 - $9 billion per year.
Hypothesis: Drug legalization has benefits.
Premise: A mercenary group, faithful to the warmongering policy of former Somozist colonel Enrique Bermudez, attacked an IFA truck belonging to the interior ministry at 0900 on 26 March in El Jicote, wounded and killed an interior ministry worker and wounded five others.
Hypothesis: A mercenary group was injured in El Jicote.
Premise: Police in Rio de Janeiro arrested five men and recovered millions of dollars worth of art stolen earlier this month, including works by Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse. Police recovered all the stolen art except two Chinese ceramic sculptures from the 7th Century and a collection of silverware.
Hypothesis: Millions of dollars of art were recovered, including works by Dali.
Premise: San Salvador, Jan. 13, '90 (Acan-Efe) -The bodies of Hector Oqueli and Gilda Flores, who had been kidnapped yesterday, were found in Cuilapa, Guatemala, near the border with El Salvador, the relatives of one of the victims have reported.
Hypothesis: Guatemala borders on El Salvador.
Premise: The British government has indicated its readiness to allow Argentine companies to take part in the development of oilfields in the Falkland islands' territorial waters- provided they acknowledge that any oil extracted belongs to Britain.
Hypothesis: The British indicated readiness to allow Argentine companies to take part in the development of oilfields.
Premise: A force majeure is an act of God, said attorney Phil Wittmann, who represents the New Orleans Saints and owner Tom Benson's local interests.
Hypothesis: Phil Wittmann works for Tom Benson.
Premise: Nival was founded in 1996 by Sergey Orlovskiy. In early 2005, the company was bought by Ener1 Group, a Florida-based holdings company, for around US$10 million.
Hypothesis: Nival was sold in 2005.
Premise: The D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion force ever assembled headed for France on June 6th 1944.
Hypothesis: The Normandy landings took place in June 1944.
Premise: Two Belgian soldiers, part of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, were wounded Friday after stepping on a cluster bomb during a mine-clearing operation in southern Lebanon. One of the two soldiers stepped on a cluster bomb while clearing a minefield near the village of Majdel Silim. Their injuries were "serious but not life-threatening", a UNIFIL spokesman said, however this was denied by the cabinet of the Belgian Minister of Defence, André Flahaut. One soldier was wounded at the neck, the second was wounded at the foot.
Hypothesis: UNIFIL is affiliated with the Belgian Minister of Defence.
Premise: It is unlikely either vessel was operating its active sonar at the time of the collision, because the submarines are designed to "hide" while on patrol and the use of active sonar would immediately reveal the boat's location.  Both submarines' hulls are covered with anechoic tile to reduce detection by sonar, so the boats' navigational passive sonar would not have detected the presence of the other.
Hypothesis: Two submarines have collided.
Premise: Scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered the complete genetic sequence of a coronavirus isolated from a Singapore patient with SARS.
Hypothesis: Singapore scientists reveal that SARS virus has undergone genetic changes.
Premise: The anti-terrorist court found two men guilty of murdering Shapour Bakhtiar and his secretary Sorush Katibeh, who were found with their throats cut in August 1991.
Hypothesis: Shapour Bakhtiar died in 1991.
Premise: It was like hitting the jackpot.
Hypothesis: It was like removing the lottery.