Hyukkyu/superglue huggingface dataset:
Premise: A cataclysmic starquake is thought to have caused a flare of radiation that ripped past the Earth on December 27, battering instruments on satellites and lighting up our atmosphere.
Hypothesis: The flash of radiation on December 27,  lit up the Earth's atmosphere.
Premise: The trial began today for a Pennsylvania state trooper accused of killing his girlfriend's estranged husband. Kevin Foley, 43, is accused of cutting the throat of John Yelenic, a dentist who was in the final stages of finalizing a divorce from his wife, Michele. According to prosecutors, Foley "loathed Dr. Yelenic" so much that he asked another fellow trooper to help him commit the alleged murder, which occurred in Yelenic's Blairsville home.
Hypothesis: Yelenic molested his adopted son.
Premise: Blair has sympathy for anyone who has lost their lives in Iraq.
Hypothesis: Blair is sympathetic to anyone who has lost their lives in Iraq.
Premise: Mrs. Bush's approval ratings have remained very high, above 80%, even as her husband's have recently dropped below 50%.
Hypothesis: 80% approve of Mr. Bush.
Premise: Another factor in the rising cost of paper is the increased cost of wood pulp, from which paper is made
Hypothesis: The cost of paper is rising.
Premise: Though the exact date is debated, dogs are thought to have been domesticated by humans approximately 12,000 years ago.
Hypothesis: Humans existed 10,000 years ago.
Premise: Wilson has, after all, produced all three Offspring albums, including "Smash," the one that has astonished everybody by selling 1 million copies in four months, establishing the heretofore unknown group as the leader, with Green Day, of an unprecedented wave of commercial success for punk.
Hypothesis: Smash is the title of the third album of the Offspring.
Premise: Moscow believes that the waters of the Sea of Azov should remain in common use, but Kiev insists on a clear division.
Hypothesis: There is a territorial waters dispute.
Premise: Jerry Reinsdorf (born February 25 1936 in Brooklyn, New York) is the owner of Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls. Recently, he helped the White Sox win the 2005 World Series and, in the process, collected his seventh championship ring overall (the first six were all with the Bulls in the 1990s), becoming the third owner in the history of North American sports to win a championship in two different sports.
Hypothesis: Jerry Reinsdorf has won 7 championships.
Premise: Quebec woman and her mother accused of plotting to kill a four-year-old girl.
Hypothesis: Quebec woman murdered a four-year-old girl.
Premise: As a result of these weaknesses, computer systems and the operations that rely on the systems were highly vulnerable to tampering, disruption, and misuse from both internal and external sources.
Hypothesis: Non-authorized personnel illegally entered into computer networks.
Premise: Thus began the journey that led Hannam, a 29-year-old free-lance journalist, on an international quest to solve one of the greatest mysteries of Asia: What happened to Lin Piao, the Chinese Communist Party leader accused of a 1971 plot to overthrow Chairman Mao.
Hypothesis: Lin Piao was the Chinese Communist Party leader.
Premise: A new study conducted by researchers from University of Otago's Christchurch School of Medicine has found that certain chemical compounds naturally found in cruciferous vegetables help kill cancer cells that are particularly resistant to chemotherapy. The study has been published in Cancer Research. The research team found that chemicals called isothiocyanates cause cancer cells to commit suicide. This includes cells with high levels of the protein Bcl-2, which makes them resistant to chemotherapy. Isothiocyanates are naturally found in cruciferous vegetables. These include kale, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, bok choy, radish, and watercress, among others.
Hypothesis: Broccoli contains isothiocyanates.
Premise: Swedish massage is used to help relax muscles, increase circulation, remove metabolic waste products, help the recipient obtain a feeling of connectedness, a better awareness of their body and the way they use and position it.
Hypothesis: Swedish massage loosens tense muscles.
Premise: An auto analyst for Bombay's Angel Broking, Vaishali Jajoo, predicted that the Nano will add only three percent to Tata's revenues even if it can sell a quarter of a million such cars per annum. "That doesn't make a significant difference to the top line," Jajoo said. "And for the bottom line, it will take five to six years to break even." Environmentalists say that the car will exacerbate traffic problems already rife in India, and help increase pollution levels. Tata, however, stated that its vehicle is the least polluting car in the country.
Hypothesis: Angel Broking is based in Bombay.
Premise: The investigation came about following the collapse of Barings Bank, when one of its traders based in Singapore, Nick Leeson, amassed losses of the order of 600-700 million without the bank being aware of it.
Hypothesis: Nick Leeson was arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC.
Premise: Rotorua has banned criminals with five or more dishonesty convictions from entering the Central Business District (CBD). The criminals will be issued with trespass notices banning them from the main streets of Rotorua. Eleven out of twelve councillors, including the Rotorua mayor, supported the by-law along with support from the police. Kevin Winters, Mayor of Rotorua, said "The ban also had the support of local businesses, who wanted an end to the thefts, assaults, shoplifting and other street crime on Rotorua streets. Crime was an issue in the area. Five strikes and you're out."
Hypothesis: The Central Business District (CBD) is part of Rotorua.
Premise: Tropical storm Koni dumped significant rains on the Philippines before becoming a minimal typhoon and eventually making landfall on the northern coast of Vietnam.
Hypothesis: A tropical storm has caused significant property damage.
Premise: Cancer Research Campaign signed a deal with a US pharmaceuticals company to develop a pioneering cancer treatment.
Hypothesis: Other changes involve joint Research and Development programs with other companies.
Premise: COLOMBO (Reuters) - At least five people were killed and 11 wounded when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up inside a police station in the Sri Lankan capital on Wednesday, shattering more than two years of relative peace.
Hypothesis: People were killed in Tamil suicide attacks.
Premise: It has been observed that in those countries of the world where capital punishment is still in operation, the crime rate, especially murder, is distinctively low in comparison to countries where capital punishment has been discarded.
Hypothesis: Capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.
Premise: Wal-Mart Stores has asked a US federal appeals court to review a judge's order approving class-action status for a sex-discrimination lawsuit.
Hypothesis: The judge approves of sex-discrimination.
Premise: Romano Prodi will meet the US President George Bush in his capacity as president of the European commission.
Hypothesis: Romani Prodi is the US President.
Premise: Thompson, a renegade journalist whose 'gonzo' style threw out any pretense at objectivity and established the hard-living writer as a counter-culture icon, fatally shot himself at his Colorado home on Sunday night, police said.
Hypothesis: Thompson's 'gonzo' journalism throws objectivity out of the window.
Premise: Ahern, who was travelling to Tokyo for an EU-Japan summit yesterday, will consult with other EU leaders by telephone later this week in an effort to find an agreed candidate.
Hypothesis: A summit between Europe and Japan is taking place in the Japanise capital.
Premise: General Miguel Maza Marquez, chief of the Colombian Administrative Department Of Security (DAS), today confirmed foreign participation in the assassination of Luis Carlos Galan, senator and Liberal party presidential candidate, on 18 August in Bogota.
Hypothesis: General Miguel Maza Marquez took part in the assassination of Luis Carlos Galan.
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 32 pandas in the wild in China.
Premise: There has been a lot of concern over the rise of drug-resistant bacteria.
Hypothesis: Bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
Premise: Compuware claims that Allan Tortorice and Jim Hildner were among several former employees who revealed trade secrets after they moved to IBM.
Hypothesis: Trade secrets were stolen.
Premise: Coextensive with the metropolitan district of Jakarta Raya, it lies at the mouth of the Ciliwung ( Liwung River ) on the northwest coast of Java.
Hypothesis: Jakarta lies at the mouth of the Ciliwung ( Liwung River ) on the northwest coast of the island of Java.
Premise: P. Prayong, who like Kevala belongs to the Theravada sect of Buddhism, chose India over other Buddhist majority nations as it is the birthplace of Gautama Buddha.
Hypothesis: P. Prayong is a member of Theravada.
Premise: The memo, written by Marc Allen Connelly (who was general counsel to the funeral services commission at the time) and sent to Dick McNeil (the Bush-appointed chairman of the funeral commission), stated that Connelly "received information" from Texas state officials that two of the funeral commissioners worked for SCI.
Hypothesis: Marc Allen Connelly worked for SCI.
Premise: A U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday has declared unconstitutional California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793, the California "ultraviolent video games law" that sought to ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. Federal judge Consuelo M. Callahan has ruled that the 2005 statewide ban, which has yet to be enforced, violates minors' rights under the US Constitution's First and 14th amendment because even the most graphic on-screen mayhem, video game content represents free speech that cannot be censored without proper justification.
Hypothesis: California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games.
Premise: A farmer who was in contact with cows suffering from BSE -- the so-called mad cow disease -- has died from what is regarded as the human form of the disease.
Hypothesis: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is another name for the "mad cow disease".
Premise: BEIRUT, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Industry Minister and Christian leader Pierre Gemayel was shot dead on a street in the suburb of Beirut on Tuesday, al-Jazeera TV channel quoted the Lebanese Interior Ministry as saying.
Hypothesis: Pierre Gemayel was murdered on a street in the suburb of Beirut.
Premise: US President Barack Obama has been sketching out the future direction of his administration, in events to mark his first 100 days in office. Mr Obama addressed a town hall meeting in St Louis before holding a primetime news conference, broadcast live on most US TV networks. Traditionally, commentators have used the milestone to assess presidents' early successes and failures. Latest polls suggest Mr Obama continues to enjoy a high level of popularity.
Hypothesis: Barack Obama has been President of the U.S. for 100 days.
Premise: Blair has sympathy for anyone who has lost their lives in Iraq.
Hypothesis: Blair is sorry for anyone who has lost their lives in Iraq.
Premise: While Bush was in the air, the White House was evacuated, with many employees running away from the premises on orders from Secret Service agents.
Hypothesis: The U.S. military evacuated U.S. citizens.
Premise: About half were along a 20-mile stretch of Santa Monica Bay from Topanga Canyon Boulevard to the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Hypothesis: The coastline of Santa Monica Bay is 50 miles long.
Premise: The beleaguered Euro-Disney theme park outside Paris is doing so poorly it might have to close unless it gets help soon from its lenders, the chairman of Walt Disney Co. said in an interview published Friday.
Hypothesis: Euro-Disney is a theme park outside Paris.
Premise: Four days of talks got underway with the US announcing the first significant overture to North Korea since George W Bush took office three years ago.
Hypothesis: George W. Bush entered the US presidency 3 years ago.
Premise: The professoressa is a bit tired, an adviser to Rita Levi-Montalcini warned me as I prepared to interview Italy's Nobel prize-winning Life Senator on the eve of her 100th birthday. "Don't wear her out." I arrive to find the professoressa, as she is universally known, in the dress shop below her office in Rome, in an elegant black dress buttoned to the neck and a gold brooch of her own design, white hair immaculately coiffed, examining the rails of clothes with close and lively attention.
Hypothesis: Rita Levi-Montalcini is a global expert on the brain.
Premise: Jean-Claude Trichet, the European Central Bank president, made it clear, on Wednesday, that he would oppose unwarranted political attempts to remove Antonio Fazio: the Bank of Italy governor, engulfed in controversy over his handling of bank takeover bids.
Hypothesis: Antonio Fazio is subordinate to Jean-Claude Trichet.
Premise: He said that "there is evidence that Cristiani was involved in the murder of the six Jesuit priests" which occurred on 16 November in San Salvador.
Hypothesis: Cristiani is accused of the assassination of six Jesuits.
Premise: Foreign Carmakers Gain in Russia. The likes of Daewoo, Ford, Renault, and more can't produce fast enough.
Hypothesis: European cars sell in Russia.
Premise: The west has preferred to focus on endangered animals, rather than endangered humans. African elephants are hunted down and stripped of tusks and hidden by poachers. Their numbers in Africa slumped from 1.2m to 600,000 in a decade until CITES - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species - banned the trade in ivory.
Hypothesis: An international convention banned trade in ivory.
Premise: The abode of the Greek gods was on the summit of Mount Olympus, in Thessaly.
Hypothesis: Mount Olympus is in Thessaly.
Premise: Yachtsman Melvyn Percy became so fed up with the standard of service when preparing his boat for the 3000-mile Atlantic crossing that he decided to set up his own company on the Clyde to provide Scots sailors with professional advice and practical assistance. Minerva Rigging, based at Kip Marina just south of Gourock, now employs five full-time staff and is the Scottish agent for Kemp, one of Europe's leading yacht spar and mast manufacturers.
Hypothesis: Melvyn Percy set up Minerva Rigging at Kip Marina.
Premise: The number of Danes opposed to swapping the krone for the euro has increased slightly to 35.3 percent, up from 34.6 percent in April, according to a poll published on Thursday by Danske Bank.
Hypothesis: The introduction of the euro has been opposed.
Premise: PERSPECTIVE ON BOSNIA; A BALKANS PEACE THAT CANNOT LAST
Hypothesis: Bosnia is located in the former Yugoslavia.
Premise: Texas Data Recovery is also successful at retrieving lost data from notebooks and laptops, regardless of age, make or model.
Hypothesis: In the event of a disaster you could use Texas Data Recovery and you will have the capability to restore lost data.
Premise: Nearly five months later on January 24, 1935, the passenger vessel MOHAWK sank after colliding with the Norwegian motorship TALISMAN, and 45 people lost their lives.
Hypothesis: 100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
Premise: To mark the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's death tomorrow (December 8), his widow, Yoko Ono, has erected billboards supporting gun control in three major U.S. cities.
Hypothesis: Yoko Ono is John Lennon's widow.
Premise: The court in Angers handed down sentences ranging from four months suspended to 28 years for, among others, Philppe V., the key accused. The court found that he, along with his son Franck V. and Franck's former spouse, Patricia M., was one the instigators of a sex ring that abused 45 children, mostly in the couple's flat. The abuses of children aged between six months and 12 years took place in a poor and deprived area of the western french town of Angers. Many of the defendants were poor and lived on benefits and some were mentally impaired. About 20 of them admitted to the charges, while others claimed to have never heard of a sex ring.
Hypothesis: Franck V. comes from Angers.
Premise: The mistaken spelling, Miller explained, was made in a section of her notes unrelated to the interviews with Libby.  Other notes documented 3 interviews with Libby, conducted in the year 2003, that in her NYT column she wrote: June 23) ... Mr. Libby raised the subject of Mr. Wilson's wife for the first time. I wrote in my notes, inside parentheses, "Wife works in bureau?" I told Mr. Fitzgerald that I believed this was the first time I had been told that Mr. Wilson's wife might work for the C.I.A.
Hypothesis: Judith Miller works for the New York Times.
Premise: Increased storage isn't all Microsoft will be offering its Hotmail users--they can also look forward to free anti-virus protection.
Hypothesis: Microsoft won't offer increased storage to its users.
Premise: Capital punishment acts as a deterrent.
Hypothesis: Capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.
Premise: Despite Bjork making her first live performance in two years, the crowd of 10,000 people was only half of what the hall in the Tokyo suburb of Makuhari could hold.
Hypothesis: 10,000 people live in Tokyo.
Premise: A condition called "social anxiety disorder" this week joined the long list of downers in life - including obesity, impotence, depression and phobia - that Americans once commonly saw as challenges of willpower and character but can now have treated by popping a pill.
Hypothesis: Phobia is a an extreme fear of a particular thing or situation.
Premise: Two brothers who operated a North Hollywood plating company that dumped thousands of gallons of cyanide-laced waste water into the Los Angeles sewer system pleaded guilty Thursday and must serve jail time for recklessly handling and storing hazardous materials.
Hypothesis: A California company was charged with reckless storage of chemicals.
Premise: Italian film-maker, Fellini was awarded an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement. He died on October 31, 1993.
Hypothesis: An Italian director is awarded an honorary Oscar.
Premise: On Jan. 27, 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.
Hypothesis: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg.
Premise: Research workers of the German archaeological institute have discovered a mummy in permafrost at excavation work in Mongolia of approximately 2,500 years old.
Hypothesis: Altai ice maiden triggers major dispute.
Premise: Miller died Thursday night, of congestive heart failure, at his home in Roxbury, Conn., surrounded by his family, his assistant, Julia Bolus, said Friday.
Hypothesis: Miller died Thursday night, of heart failure, surrounded by family members.
Premise: Although he has enough of a support base to be able to create a mass civil disobedience movement, some analysts think that his campaign will be, at best, a thorn in Mr Calderon's side.
Hypothesis: Mr Calderon is able to create a mass civil disobedience movement.
Premise: NEW YORK —  Somali pirates attacked and damaged an American ship carrying humanitarian aid Tuesday, but the ship and crew were safe under Navy escort, the military and shipping company said. The pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at the Liberty Sun as it carried food for famine-wracked African nations, said the vessel's owner, Liberty Maritime Corp. The ship was en route from Houston to Mombasa, Kenya, with a roughly 20-member crew, officials said. .
Hypothesis: Pirates damaged the ship Liberty Maritime.
Premise: Bea Arthur and I first met when we did 'Mame' together in 1965. She became and has remained 'My Bosom Buddy' ever since. I am deeply saddened by her passing, but also relieved that she is released from the pain. I spoke to Matt, her son, yesterday and I was aware that her time was imminent. She was a rare and unique performer and a dear, dear friend. Arthur passed away at her home on Saturday at the age of 86. Angela Lansbury is appearing in the current revival of Blithe Spirit which began preview performances on Thursday, February 26, 2009 and had an official opening on Sunday, March 15, 2009 at The Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street).
Hypothesis: The actress Angela Lansbury is 86 years old.
Premise: The girl was found in Drummondville.
Hypothesis: Drummondville contains the girl.
Premise: This is a kind of homework from last year's Halifax Summit. Discussions have taken place on how to rationalize and coordinate the various activities of the international organizations.
Hypothesis: Financial reforms have been proposed at the G7 summit in Halifax.
Premise: For women earning 22,000 a year, the total pay accumulated after six months maternity leave would be just 5,300 in the UK and 5,850 in Ireland. Entitlements in Germany would also be relatively low, at 5,900, along with those in France, Spain and the Netherlands, all at 6,750. At the other end of the scale, pay received after six months leave in Italy would be 9,150 while in Denmark and Norway it would be as much as 11,000.
Hypothesis: Maternity leave varies in Europe.
Premise: The biggest newspaper in Norway, Verdens Gang, prints a letter to the editor written by Joe Harrington and myself.
Hypothesis: Verdens Gang is a Norwegian newspaper.
Premise: Spirou was created in 1938 by Rob-Vel, who sold the rights to the Dupuis publishing house in early 40's. Other artists like Jije (Joseph Gillain) took care of the feature.
Hypothesis: Spirou was created by Rob-Vel.
Premise: Zahi Hawass, Egypt's pre-eminent archaeologist, revealed the first ancient artifacts which may lead to the discovery of Cleopatra and Marc Antony's resting place.  The expedition has found amulets, 22 bronze coins cast with Cleopatra's image and her name, a royal statue, an alabaster mask resembling Marc Antony, and a statue bust of Cleopatra. "If you look at the face of Mark Antony, many believed he had this cleft on his chin and that's why I thought this could be Mark Antony," said Hawass.  "In my opinion, if this tomb is found, it will be one of the most important discoveries of the 21st century because of the love between Cleopatra and Mark Antony, and because of the sad story of their death. This is the perfect place for them to be hidden," said Hawass.
Hypothesis: Cleopatra and Marc Antony lived in Egypt.
Premise: Russian Public Television head Vladislav Listyev is shot in the heart by an unknown gunman outside his Moscow home. The attack is linked to opponents of an advertising ban he had proposed for the television channel.
Hypothesis: Vladislav Listyev was murdered in Moscow.
Premise: Toshiba, with NEC Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., has been promoting a technology called HD DVD while Sony, along with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (maker of Panasonic brand products), has been pushing for Blu-ray.
Hypothesis: Panasonic brand products are produced by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Premise: In clashes between Israeli forces and gunmen, one Palestinian was killed and 10 wounded, hospital officials said.
Hypothesis: A Palestinian was killed and other people were wounded.
Premise: But the message delivered by their performance piece was mostly sad and raw. After just three weeks on the road, one of the two Italian artists, Pippa Bacca, 33, was killed by a driver who offered her a ride. Her naked body was found on April 11 in some bushes near a Turkish village after a suspect led investigators to the site. Although an official cause of death has not been given, local Turkish authorities said Ms. Bacca had been raped and strangled.
Hypothesis: Pippa Bacca was an Italian peace activist.
Premise: Egypt on Thursday strongly criticized Israeli new Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for his remarks that he refused to recognize the peace efforts initiated in 2007 in the U.S. city of Annapolis to restore the peace talks with the Palestinians, reported the state MENA news agency. Lieberman's remarks is "regrettable," Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki was quoted as saying, adding "his remarks are the first blow to the peace efforts to come from the Israeli new government."
Hypothesis: Hossam Zaki is the new Foreign Minister of Israel.
Premise: Napkins, invitations and plain old paper cost more than they did a month ago.
Hypothesis: The cost of paper is rising.
Premise: The Daily Telegraph, most prized asset in Lord Conrad Black's crumbling media empire, has been sold to Britain's Barclay twins.
Hypothesis: Daily telegraph is sold.
Premise: Two Indian diplomats met the Indian prisoner facing death in Pakistan, Sarabjit Singh, on Tuesday at Kot Lakhpat jail in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
Hypothesis: Indian diplomats met an Indian prisoner, on death row, on Tuesday.
Premise: Released in 1995, Tyson returned to boxing, winning the World Boxing Council title in 1996. The same year, however, he lost to Evander Holyfield, and in a 1997 rematch bit Holyfield's ear, for which he was temporarily banned from boxing.
Hypothesis: In 1996 Mike Tyson bit Holyfield's ear.
Premise: NIH's FY05 budget request of $28.8 billion includes $2 billion for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a 3.4-percent increase, and $1.1 billion for the National Center for Research Resources, and a 7.2-percent decrease from FY04 levels.
Hypothesis: A request was reduced to $1.1 billion
Premise: Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries, suffered a devastating drought and famine in 1974, which killed 1.5 million people. While trying to help starving villagers, he met a 21-year-old woman named Sufia Begum, who was burdened by a tiny yet crushing debt, Yunus recalled in his autobiography, "Banker to the Poor."
Hypothesis: 1.5 million people were killed during the drought and famine devastation in 1974 in Bangladesh.
Premise: The humane organization, Caritas, quoting its branch in Iraq, announced today, in Germany, that several Iraqi hospitals, especially Saddam Hospital, which is considered the biggest hospital in Iraq, were hit in the American-British bombing of the Iraqi capital.
Hypothesis: Caritas announced that several Iraqi hospitals, (excluding Saddam Hospital,) were hit in the shelling of Baghdad.
Premise: A United Nations vehicle was attacked in the Serbian province of Kosovo and at least one civilian policeman was killed, the United Nations said.
Hypothesis: A civilian policeman was killed.
Premise: The Tuesday drawing of the Italian Superenalotto game has awarded the biggest prize ever won in a betting game in Italy. The single winner of the first category prize (6 numbers guessed) will receive an amount, including the jackpot from previous un-won draws, of €72.090.405,19 (US$93 million.) The prize money will be received in full without further taxation, since taxes in prizes of that type are taken at a fixed rate by the Italian State from the money paid for the bet.
Hypothesis: Superenalotto awarded a prize of more than 72 million euros.
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: An international oil agency will make 60 million barrels of oil and gasoline available to the marketplace.
Premise: Brown brushed off a threat made Monday by his counterpart, Foreign Trade Minister Wu Yi, that if China's effort to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) by the year's end is unsuccessful, Beijing will no longer be bound by previous trade and economic commitments.
Hypothesis: Wu Yi is the Foreign Trade Minister of China.
Premise: The latest attacks targeted the U-S embassy and a top prosecutor's office in the Uzbek capital.
Hypothesis: Yesterday's terrorist bombings killed two people at the entrance to the Israeli Embassy in Uzbekistan's capital.
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: Evans Paul is the mayor of Port-au-Prince.
Premise: In New York, Nymex light crude oil for July delivery hit $42.38 per barrel on Tuesday
Hypothesis: Crude oil futures surged to an all-time high in New York Tuesday, at 42 dollars a barrel.
Premise: At the same time the Italian digital rights group, Electronic Frontiers Italy, has asked the nation's government to investigate Sony over its use of anti-piracy software.
Hypothesis: Italy's government investigates Sony.
Premise: Sheriff's officials said a robot could be put to use in Ventura County, where the bomb squad has responded to more than 40 calls this year.
Hypothesis: Police use robots for bomb-handling.
Premise: Schroder Investment Management has indicated its intention to accept Revival's offer to buy retailer Marks & Spencer.
Hypothesis: Revival tries to take over Marks & Spencer Group.
Premise: Senator Dick Lugar, the ranking Republican member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, spoke in favor of the bill, saying that the United States' embargo on Cuba had "failed to achieve its stated purpose of bringing democracy to the Cuban people." Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, a Democrat and a second generation Cuban-American, opposes the bill, arguing that free travel by Europeans, Canadians and the citizens of other Latin American countries has not helped to democratize the island nation. "The regime has not opened up," said Sen. Menendez. "On the contrary, it has used resources to become more oppressive."
Hypothesis: Dick Lugar is a member of the Cuban-American community.
Premise: California voters recall Gray Davis and elect Arnold Schwarzenegger as their governor.
Hypothesis: California voters dumped Gov. Gray Davis and replaced him with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Premise: The U.S. handed power on June 30 to Iraqâs interim government chosen by the United Nations and Paul Bremer, former governor of Iraq.
Hypothesis: The United Nations officialy transferred power to Iraq.
Premise: Rolling Stone, one of the music industry's foremost publications, has found itself reporting false news gleaned from a Wikipedia article. The online edition of the magazine's Rock & Roll Daily released an article entitled "Halle Berry Set to Ruin Reputation..." on December 11, reporting on the news that the actor had announced her intentions to release a musical album. The story was quickly picked up by the Washington Post, All Headline News and other news agencies eager to report on the Academy Award-winning actress' foray into the musical world. The only trouble is, according to one of the album's alleged producers, Scott Storch, there is no such album...and he definitely hasn't produced three songs for it.
Hypothesis: Halle Berry works with Scott Storch.
Premise: Kevin Whitaker, who heads the Cuban affairs office at the Department of State, spoke with Lazo on two occasions about the effort to give his sons visas.
Hypothesis: Kevin Whitaker is a manager of the Department of State.
Premise: In support of the Earth Island Institute rebuttal, Greenpeace founder Don White made the following - unfortunately prophetic - public statement on 8/18/93.
Hypothesis: Don White is the founder of Greenpeace.
Premise: It appears that the super-conducting maglev system is technically ready to be used commercially as a very high-speed, large-capacity transportation system.
Hypothesis: Maglev is commercially used.
Premise: Thailand's official religion is Buddhism which claims the allegiance of most Thai people. Their cultural identity seems almost inseparably intertwined with Buddhist traditions. The people practice folk Buddhism which includes and elaborate system of spirit worship.
Hypothesis: The official religion of Thailand is Theravada Buddhism.
Premise: India's steelmaker Tata Steel, of the Tata Group, buys Anglo-Dutch steel giant Corus Group for £6.7 billion ($12 billion), making it the world's fifth largest steel manufacturer. 70-year-old Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata, from one of India's best-known business families, won the race against Benjamin Steinbruch, 52, a famous Brazilian executive who is the chief and main owner of Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN). Tata paid investors 608 pence a share, whereas the Brazilians final offer in an auction by the U.K.'s Takeover Panel was 603 pence. The deal triples Tata Steel's capacity to almost 28 million tons a year. Tata: "This is the first step in showing that Indian industry can step outside its shores into an international market place as a global player." Corus, which was created from the merger of British Steel and Hoogovens, currently employs 47,300 people worldwide. Last year the company was the ninth-largest steel maker worldwide. The takeover may start a round of consolidation in the fragmented steel sector.
Hypothesis: CSN produces 28 million tons of steel per year.
Premise: New York boasts the largest number of billionaires, with 40 residing in the Big Apple. The world's youngest billionaire is 22-year-old Hind Hariri, daughter of assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Hypothesis: The number of billionaires increases.
Premise: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has noted that the Iraqi people turned out in large numbers to vote in the January 30 ballot.
Hypothesis: Kofi Annan was elected in the January 30 ballot.
Premise: With South Carolina being Jesse Jackson's home state, there was a very strong incentive in the black community.
Hypothesis: Jesse Jackson was born in South Carolina.
Premise: NASA estimated, Monday, that it will cost $104 billion to return astronauts to the moon, by 2018, in a new rocket that combines the space shuttle with the capsule of an earlier NASA era.
Hypothesis: The new space vehicle design uses shuttle rocket parts and an Apollo-style capsule.
Premise: Most commercial logwood is grown in Honduras.
Hypothesis: Plants are grown in water or in substances other than soil.
Premise: Arlene Blum is a legendary trailblazer by any measure. Defying the climbing establishment of the 1970s, she led the first teams of women on successful ascents of Mt. McKinley and Annapurna, and was the first American woman to attempt Mt. Everest. In her long, adventurous career, she has played a leading role in more than twenty expeditions and forged a place for women in the perilous arena of high-altitude mountaineering.
Hypothesis: A woman succeeds in climbing Everest solo.
Premise: Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude", "The Autumn of the Patriarch" and other novels.
Hypothesis: Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a novelist and writer.
Premise: The investigation involving Mr Lopez and three associates are primarily concerned with suspicions of the systematic theft of secrets.
Hypothesis: Seven other GM executives left with Lopez.
Premise: High dietary intake of potassium from fruits and vegetables throughout one's life helps to preserve bone mass, thereby preventing bone loss that can lead to osteoporosis.
Hypothesis: Dietary intake of potassium prevents osteoporosis.
Premise: Monica Meadows, a 22-year-old model from Atlanta, was shot in the shoulder on a subway car in New York City.
Hypothesis: Monica Meadows, 23, was shot in shoulder while riding a subway car in New York City
Premise: Phish disbands after a final concert in Vermont on Aug. 15
Hypothesis: Rock band Phish holds final concert in Vermont.
Premise: Plans are being drawn up to build a £3.3m working replica of the boat that took Charles Darwin around the world at Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire. Fundraising for the project, which would mark the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth in 2009, is under way. The aim is to built a seaworthy vessel identical to the HMS Beagle on the outside, but with a modern interior. Darwin, who showed how natural selection could explain evolution, sailed on the Beagle between 1831-36.
Hypothesis: Charles Darwin took a voyage on a ship named HMS Beagle.
Premise: The most sought after piece and the most expensive item was a bronze bust of Spencer Tracy that Hepburn created in the 1960s.
Hypothesis: The highest-selling item was a bronze bust made by Hepburn in the 1960s of her actor lover Spencer Tracy.
Premise: Hadley said Jordan was chosen as the site of the meeting between Bush and al-Maliki because of its support for the unity government in Iraq and the fact that Bush would be in the region.
Hypothesis: Bush will meet al-Maliki in Hadley.
Premise: A senior coalition official in Iraq said the body, which was found by U.S. military police west of Baghdad, appeared to have been thrown from a vehicle.
Hypothesis: A body has been found by U. S. military police.
Premise: Oqueli was to fly to Nicaragua to join an international Socialist delegation, which will observe the Nicaraguan electoral campaign.
Hypothesis: An electoral campaign is being held in Nicaragua.
Premise: JERUSALEM (AP) -- In a spiritual climax to his 22-year papacy, Pope John Paul II on Tuesday began the first official visit by a Roman Catholic pontiff to Israel, fulfilling his dream of visiting the land where Christ was born and died.
Hypothesis: Pope John Paul II was born in Poland.
Premise: Aeschylus was born in 525 BC, and spent his youth as a soldier in the Athenian army. He wrote The Persians when he was 53 years old, but it is his earliest surviving work.
Hypothesis: The Persians was written by Aeschylus.
Premise: The Croatian intent is even more problematic because the border between Slovenian and Croatian territorial waters has not yet been established. The dispute about this border began in 1991 when both countries became independent.
Hypothesis: There is a territorial waters dispute.
Premise: Hurricane Katrina petroleum-supply outlook improved somewhat, yesterday, as U.S. and European governments agreed to release 2 million barrels a day, of oil and refined products, from their reserves.
Hypothesis: 60 million barrels of oil and gasoline will be available to the marketplace.
Premise: Thursday's assassination of Ms. Bhutto has plunged the Pakistani nation into a situation that many perceive as a crisis, with violent protests across the country. Officials say the violence has also caused tens of millions of dollars in damages. Most of the deaths have occurred in southern Sindh province, which is Ms. Bhutto's political stronghold. The worsening security situation prompted President Musharraf on Saturday to order his security chiefs to deal firmly with violent protesters.
Hypothesis: Musharraf has ordered rioters to take firm action against security forces.
Premise: In 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near Bowling Green, Va., and killed.
Hypothesis: John Wilkes Booth killed President Abraham Lincoln.
Premise: The letter received by Syracuse TV station News 10 Now is still being analyzed, but police believe it was written by 41-year-old Jiverly Wong, police chief Joseph Zikuski said at a briefing.  "We have no reason to believe it's not (authentic)," Zikuski said. "It's another piece of evidence in a very complex puzzle that's going to take us weeks and months to determine what's going on. It's going to help us. "  In the rambling, disjointed letter mailed the day he gunned down 13 people before killing himself, Wong blamed his troubles on the police and vowed to take at least two people "to return to the dust of earth." He ended the letter, neatly written in capital letters, on a chilling note: "And you have a nice day."
Hypothesis: Jiverly Won was a police chief.
Premise: As a result, peptic ulcer disease has been transformed from a chronic, frequently disabling condition to one that can be cured by a short regimen of antibiotics and other medicines.
Hypothesis: Antibiotics are used against peptic ulcer.
Premise: In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory), beginning somewhere in very late geological history.
Hypothesis: Prehistoric art discovered in South Africa.
Premise: The capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana, with 270,000 inhabitants.
Hypothesis: Slovenia has 270,000 inhabitants.
Premise: A new report indicates that women's participation in decision-making in the country is minimal.
Hypothesis: Women are poorly represented in parliament.
Premise: Swansea striker Lee Trundle has negotiated a lucrative image-rights deal with the League One club.
Hypothesis: Lee Trundle is in business with the League One club.
Premise: A light blue 1975 Ford Escort GL once owned by Pope John Paul II sold for $690,000 Saturday to a Houston multimillionaire who said he plans to put it in a museum he wants to build in his hometown.
Hypothesis: A Houston multimillionaire buys the Pope's Ford Escort.
Premise: On October 1 2001, EU and other countries introduced the option for domestic animal owners to apply for Pet passports under the Pets Travel Scheme (PETS for short), for pets returning from abroad to the United Kingdom. This replaced the old system of 6 months compulsory quarantine for all domestic pets.
Hypothesis: In 2001, the EU introduced a passport for pets.
Premise: Kozlowski and the company's former chief financial officer, Mark Swartz, were sentenced, on Monday, to up to 25 years in prison.
Hypothesis: Kozlowski was sentenced, Monday, to serve up to 25 years in prison.
Premise: Danny Kennedy, Greenpeace campaigns director, said: "The burden of proof in the Scott Parkin expulsion case lies morally with the Commonwealth, to prove that he is a danger. When the Government brought in anti-terror legislation, they promised the public that these laws would only be used to confront a real and present risk of a terrorist attack, not a sweep-all approach against citizens. Peace is not terrorism. Peace is not a threat to national security. No democratic government should expel a foreign citizen because [it] opposes his political opinions."
Hypothesis: Greenpeace director said that peace is terrorism.