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Cairo is now home to some 15 million people - a burgeoning population produces approximately 10,000 tonnes of rubbish per day, putting an enormous strain on public services. In the past 10 years, the government has tried hard to encourage private investment in the refuse sector, but some estimate 4,000 tonnes of waste is left behind every day, festering in the heat as it waits for someone to clear it up. It is often the people in the poorest neighbourhoods that are worst affected. But in some areas they are fighting back. In Shubra, one of the northern districts of the city, the residents have taken to the streets armed with dustpans and brushes to clean up public areas which have been used as public dumps. | 15 million tonnes of rubbish are produced daily in Cairo. | 1 | 2 | 1 |
The Amish community in Pennsylvania, which numbers about 55,000, lives an agrarian lifestyle, shunning technological advances like electricity and automobiles. And many say their insular lifestyle gives them a sense that they are protected from the violence of American society. But as residents gathered near the school, some wearing traditional garb and arriving in horse-drawn buggies, they said that sense of safety had been shattered. "If someone snaps and wants to do something stupid, there's no distance s going to stop them," said Jake King, 56, an Amish lantern maker knew several families whose children had been shot. | Pennsylvania has the biggest Amish community in the U.S. | 1 | 3 | 2 |
singer and actress Britney Spears, 24, has filled papers in Los Angeles County Superior Court to divorce her husband Kevin Federline, 28. A spokeswoman for the court, Kathy Roberts stated that the papers cited irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the divorce and have, according to the courts, been legally separated as of Monday, November 6, the same day Spears appeared on Late Night with David Letterman. | Spears is to divorce from Kevin Federline. | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Teenage sensation Wayne Rooney powered England into the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 with two goals in Monday's 4-2 defeat of Croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions France beat Switzerland 3-1. | France participates in Euro 2004. | 0 | 18 | 1 |
CAMDEN, N.J. (Reuters) — Three Muslim brothers from Albania were sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for a plot to kill American soldiers at the Fort Dix military base, which prosecutors said was inspired by the idea of holy war against the United States. The men, Dritan Duka, 30, Shain Duka, 28, and Eljvir Duka, 25, all illegal immigrants, were each sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. The three, operated a roofing business in Cherry Hill, N.J., were among five foreign-born Muslims convicted in December of planning an attack at the base, about 40 miles east of Philadelphia. The attack was never carried out. | Eljvir Duka comes from Albania. | 0 | 22 | 1 |
A number of the items he auctioned off over the two day period have been seen on his reality TV show The Osbournes, which featured home life with Sharon, Ozzy and their two children. Amongst some of the higher-priced items were a carved walnut Victorian-style custom built pool table which raised $11,250, a painting from Edourad Drouot which fetched $10,500, a pair of Ozzy's famous round glasses which raised $5,250 and a dog bed given to Sharon by Elton John which sold for $2,375. | The Osbournes is the name of a reality show starring Ozzy Osbourne. | 0 | 23 | 1 |
The plan was released by Mr Dean on behalf of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, still recovering from a recent accident, at a Secretarial Summit on Health Information Technology was attended by many of the nation's leaders in electronic health records. | Mr Dean is the Secretary of Health and Human Services. | 1 | 41 | 1 |
Alice Cooper, a founder of the shock rock genre, and infamous for his gory stage shows, is setting up a Christian center for at-risk youths in Phoenix. Cooper, has been a born again Christian for over 20 years, has already raised US$2 million for the center via his charity, the Solid Rock Foundation, founded by Cooper in 1995. "The Rock", as the center will be called, is expected to cost $7.3 million, and Cooper hopes that construction work will begin on the site, currently a grassy area near the Grand Canyon University, by November. | Alice Cooper is a Christian. | 0 | 42 | 1 |
As spacecraft commander for Apollo XI, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." With these historic words, man's dream of the ages was fulfilled. | Neil Armstrong was the first man landed on the Moon. | 0 | 44 | 1 |
IBM stole trade secrets to copy two of its programs -- File-AID, a file manager, and Abend-AID, a program helps users locate the source of glitches. | Trade secrets were stolen. | 0 | 53 | 1 |
Police in the Lower Austrian town of Amstetten have arrested a 73 year old man is alleged to have kept his daughter, now aged 42, locked in the cellar of his house in Amstetten since 29th August 1984. The man, identified by police as Josef Fritzl, is alleged to have started sexually abusing his daughter, named as Elisabeth Fritzl, when she was eleven years old, and to have subsequently fathered seven children by her. One of the children, one of a set of twins born in 1996, died of neglect shortly after birth and the body was burned by the father. | Amstetten is located in Austria. | 0 | 56 | 1 |
Asprin, an inexpensive drug helps protect survivors of heart attack and stroke from subsequent heart attacks and death, and even helps reduce the number of deaths occur within the first hours following a heart attack. | People experienced adverse effects while taking aspirin. | 1 | 64 | 1 |
Giuliana Sgrena was freed from captivity in Iraq today. The Italian journalist was abducted in Baghdad exactly a month ago while she had been reporting for Il Manifesto. The Islamic Jihad Organisation had taken her hostage on the 4th February with the demand Italy withdraw all of its troops from Iraq. On February 16, a video was released with a clearly distraught Mrs Sgrena begging for Italy to withdraw from Iraq. However despite the video, the Italian Senate voted to extend its miltary forces' stay in Iraq. | A female journalist was kidnapped in Iraq. | 0 | 69 | 1 |
Tropical Storm Irene on August 11, 2005 at 16:15 UTC. Tropical Storm Irene will increase in strength over the next several days, possibly developing into a hurricane will hit the east coast of the United States, said the National Hurricane Center of Miami, Florida in a report today. Irene was located approximately 975 kilometers south-southeast of Bermuda at 16:00 UTC today. Forecasters say that the storm is now moving in a west- northwest direction with top sustained winds of 40 miles per hour. | A storm called Irene is going to approach the east coast of the US. | 0 | 71 | 1 |
A closely divided U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday its 2002 ruling that juries and not judges must impose a death sentence applies only to future cases, a decision may affect more than 100 death row inmates. | The Supreme Court decided that only judges can impose the death sentence. | 1 | 75 | 1 |
The medical student accused of murdering an erotic masseuse he met on Craigslist is drowning in more than $100,000 in student loan debt and is so broke he can't afford to pay an attorney, according to court papers. Philip Markoff, a 23-year-old suspended Boston University medical school student, owes $130,000 in student loans and does not get money from his parents, leaving him to lean on a taxpayer-funded attorney for his defense, according to a court document in Boston Municipal Court labels him indigent. Markoff graduated from the State University of New York-Albany and was a second-year medical student at BU. | The medical student Philip Markoff was engaged. | 1 | 78 | 1 |
It is hoped that women, constitute more than half of the population, will vote for other women and ensure that their issues are represented in parliament. | Women are poorly represented in parliament. | 1 | 84 | 1 |
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health say that people drink coffee may be doing a lot more than keeping themselves awake - this kind of consumption apparently also can help reduce the risk of diseases. | Coffee drinking has health benefits. | 0 | 88 | 1 |
A top aide to Ms. Bhutto, Senator Latif Khosa, says that on the day of her assassination, Ms. Bhutto planned to give two visiting U.S. lawmakers a thick dossier outlining numerous instances of government pre-poll rigging involving voter registration as well as intimidation of PPP supporters. "Everything was recorded in that, with all proofs we have had, and with the independent reports of the foreign monitors were also operating. Their reports also supported our allegations as to being substantial and as being true. So they were all recorded, but unfortunately she could not present the report because she was assassinated before she could do that," said Khosa. | Latif Khosa was in a relationship with Ms. Bhutto. | 1 | 89 | 2 |
Adela Lupse was born in 1988 to a miner's family in the village of Poiana, Bihor in Transylvania, Romania. A member of Romania's first post-Ceausescu generation, she grasped the power of television at a young age: "I think television is the most interesting phenomenon the modern day has given us....for my type of personality, I find it impressive, the power that television has worldwide....We dress like the people television promotes. We want to look like the celebrities television launches." | Bihor is situated in Romania. | 0 | 92 | 3 |
I asked myself how to understand the 'Twilight's success. And I have come to the idea that when you really believe in something, sooner or later it will become real. So, I guess this is what happened with Robert Pattinson. Last year he was just an unknown actor s biggest role was in a pair of "Harry Potter" movies. Now, not only that Twilight is competing with 'Harry Potter', but Robert Pattinson is one of the most famous young actors sucked $373.4 million from global box offices. So the movie about a vampire boy falls in love with a normal girl, begun a real hysteria. And Pattinson has a lot to do with it!. | Robert Pattinson is a vampire. | 1 | 95 | 3 |
Andreessen, helped define the Internet revolution as part of team created the first Internet browser (Mosaic) and his co-founding Netscape, told a packed hall at the San Francisco Marriott hotel Thursday that he is "extremely committed" to his startup Loudcloud. | The Internet browser Mosaic was created at the San Francisco Marriott hotel. | 1 | 96 | 2 |
The Supreme Court said today states may bar the removal of life-sustaining treatment from comatose patients have not made or cannot make their desires known. | There is a Supreme Court decision about the removal of life-support. | 0 | 97 | 1 |
Former WBA heavyweight champ Greg Page, suffered a severe brain injury in a 2001 fight, has died at his Louisville home at the age of 50. According to Page's wife, the ex-champ died from complications due to boxing injuries and paralysis. Following a successful amateur career, Page went 58-17-1 during a professional career began in 1979 and included wins over Jimmy Young, James Tillis, Renaldo Snipes, Gerrie Coetzee (for the WBA title), James 'Bonecrusher' Smith and Tim Witherspoon. Page's losses read like a s of heavyweights of the 1980s: Trevor Berbick, Witherspoon, Tony Tubbs, Buster Douglas, Joe Bugner, Orlin Norris, Donovan 'Razor' Ruddock, Bruce Seldon, Monte Barrett and Jorge Luis Gonzalez. | Greg Page was a boxer. | 0 | 99 | 4 |
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. -- Fire crews in Oklahoma and Texas raced Thursday to control wind-whipped wildfires destroyed dozens of homes, seriously injured two people, forced evacuations and shut down parts of a major highway. Howling wind had gusted to more than 60 mph grounded firefighting efforts by air in both states and drove blazes scorched neighborhoods like "a war zone," Midwest City police Chief Brandon Clabes said. "The wind is the biggest issue, because we can't get ahead of the fires," Midwest City Fire Marshal Jerry Lojka said. By nightfall, wind gusts dropped to about 30 mph in many areas. | Homes were destroyed by wildfires in Oklahoma and Texas. | 0 | 106 | 3 |
The drugs slow down or halt Alzheimer's disease work best the earlier you administer them. | Alzheimer's disease is treated using drugs. | 0 | 108 | 1 |
Ren and Stimpy. Bugs Bunny. Philip J. Fry and Professor Hubert Farnsworth on Futurama. Sparx. Bi-Polar Bear. Popeye the Sailor Man. Woody Woodpecker. You may not think you have ever heard Billy West, but chances are on a television program, a movie, a commercial, or as Howard Stern's voice guru in the 1990's, you have heard him. West's talent for creating personalities by twisting his voice has made him one of a handful of voice actors - Hank Azaria and the late Mel Blanc come to mind - who have achieved celebrity for their talent. Indeed, West is one of the few voice actors can impersonate Blanc in his prime, including characterizations of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and other characters from Warner Bros. cartoons. | Bugs Bunny is owned by Warner Bros. | 0 | 110 | 1 |
At around 14:00 UTC today, a man climbed over the perimeter fence and made his way onto the North runway, 27R, at London's Heathrow Airport, the United Kingdom's largest airport. The man, was carrying a rucksack, then attempted to run in front of a plane on the runway, however it is believed that he was tackled to the ground by armed police before reaching the wide runway. | The number of security screeners in US airports will be reduced. | 1 | 117 | 1 |
Unwilling to surrender his dream of beginning a Holy Land pilgrimage in Iraq, Pope John Paul II made a "virtual pilgrimage" Wednesday to Ur, the ancient city is traditionally held to be the birthplace of Abraham. | Pope John Paul II was born in Poland. | 1 | 120 | 1 |
It's Only a Play is Terrence McNally's "Give My Regards to Broadway," a lightweight tribute to the theater as seen from the lofty but limited vantage point of Broadway artists are consumed by New York's hit/flop mentality. | Broadway is in New York. | 0 | 137 | 1 |
A cataclysmic starquake is thought to have caused a flare of radiation ripped past the Earth on December 27, battering instruments on satellites and lighting up our atmosphere. | The flash of radiation on December 27, lit up the Earth's atmosphere. | 0 | 141 | 1 |
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 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. | Yelenic molested his adopted son. | 1 | 142 | 1 |
Blair has sympathy for anyone has lost their lives in Iraq. | Blair is sympathetic to anyone has lost their lives in Iraq. | 0 | 143 | 2 |
Wilson has, after all, produced all three Offspring albums, including "Smash," the one 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. | Smash is the title of the third album of the Offspring. | 1 | 147 | 1 |
As a result of these weaknesses, computer systems and the operations rely on the systems were highly vulnerable to tampering, disruption, and misuse from both internal and external sources. | Non-authorized personnel illegally entered into computer networks. | 1 | 151 | 1 |
Thus began the journey 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. | Lin Piao was the Chinese Communist Party leader. | 0 | 152 | 1 |
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 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. | Broccoli contains isothiocyanates. | 0 | 153 | 1 |
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, 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." | The Central Business District (CBD) is part of Rotorua. | 0 | 157 | 1 |
Ahern, 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. | A summit between Europe and Japan is taking place in the Japanise capital. | 0 | 165 | 1 |
Compuware claims that Allan Tortorice and Jim Hildner were among several former employees revealed trade secrets after they moved to IBM. | Trade secrets were stolen. | 1 | 169 | 1 |
P. Prayong, like Kevala belongs to the Theravada sect of Buddhism, chose India over other Buddhist majority nations as it is the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. | P. Prayong is a member of Theravada. | 0 | 171 | 1 |
The memo, written by Marc Allen Connelly (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. | Marc Allen Connelly worked for SCI. | 1 | 172 | 1 |
A U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday has declared unconstitutional California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793, the California "ultraviolent video games law" 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 cannot be censored without proper justification. | California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793 are laws against ultraviolent video games. | 0 | 173 | 2 |
A farmer 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. | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is another name for the "mad cow disease". | 0 | 174 | 1 |
Blair has sympathy for anyone has lost their lives in Iraq. | Blair is sorry for anyone has lost their lives in Iraq. | 0 | 177 | 2 |
Yachtsman Melvyn Percy became so fed up with the standard of service when preparing his boat for the 3000-mile Atlantic crossing 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. | Melvyn Percy set up Minerva Rigging at Kip Marina. | 0 | 188 | 1 |
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 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. | Franck V. comes from Angers. | 1 | 194 | 1 |
A condition called "social anxiety disorder" this week joined the long list of downers in life - including obesity, impotence, depression and phobia - Americans once commonly saw as challenges of willpower and character but can now have treated by popping a pill. | Phobia is a an extreme fear of a particular thing or situation. | 1 | 199 | 1 |
Two brothers operated a North Hollywood plating company 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. | A California company was charged with reckless storage of chemicals. | 0 | 200 | 2 |
Spirou was created in 1938 by Rob-Vel, sold the rights to the Dupuis publishing house in early 40's. Other artists like Jije (Joseph Gillain) took care of the feature. | Spirou was created by Rob-Vel. | 0 | 212 | 1 |
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 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. | Pippa Bacca was an Italian peace activist. | 1 | 217 | 1 |
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, was burdened by a tiny yet crushing debt, Yunus recalled in his autobiography, "Banker to the Poor." | 1.5 million people were killed during the drought and famine devastation in 1974 in Bangladesh. | 0 | 224 | 1 |
The humane organization, Caritas, quoting its branch in Iraq, announced today, in Germany, 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. | Caritas announced that several Iraqi hospitals, (excluding Saddam Hospital,) were hit in the shelling of Baghdad. | 1 | 225 | 1 |
Kevin Whitaker, heads the Cuban affairs office at the Department of State, spoke with Lazo on two occasions about the effort to give his sons visas. | Kevin Whitaker is a manager of the Department of State. | 0 | 240 | 1 |
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 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. | CSN produces 28 million tons of steel per year. | 1 | 244 | 1 |
NASA estimated, Monday, that it will cost $104 billion to return astronauts to the moon, by 2018, in a new rocket combines the space shuttle with the capsule of an earlier NASA era. | The new space vehicle design uses shuttle rocket parts and an Apollo-style capsule. | 1 | 248 | 1 |
High dietary intake of potassium from fruits and vegetables throughout one's life helps to preserve bone mass, thereby preventing bone loss can lead to osteoporosis. | Dietary intake of potassium prevents osteoporosis. | 0 | 253 | 1 |
Plans are being drawn up to build a £3.3m working replica of the boat 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, showed how natural selection could explain evolution, sailed on the Beagle between 1831-36. | Charles Darwin took a voyage on a ship named HMS Beagle. | 0 | 256 | 2 |
The most sought after piece and the most expensive item was a bronze bust of Spencer Tracy Hepburn created in the 1960s. | The highest-selling item was a bronze bust made by Hepburn in the 1960s of her actor lover Spencer Tracy. | 0 | 257 | 1 |
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 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." | Jiverly Won was a police chief. | 1 | 267 | 1 |
As a result, peptic ulcer disease has been transformed from a chronic, frequently disabling condition to one can be cured by a short regimen of antibiotics and other medicines. | Antibiotics are used against peptic ulcer. | 0 | 268 | 1 |
A light blue 1975 Ford Escort GL once owned by Pope John Paul II sold for $690,000 Saturday to a Houston multimillionaire said he plans to put it in a museum he wants to build in his hometown. | A Houston multimillionaire buys the Pope's Ford Escort. | 0 | 273 | 1 |
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