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3 "Loraine besides participating in Broadway's Dreamgirls, also participated in the Off-Broadway production of ""Does A Tiger Have A Necktie"". In 1999, Loraine went to London, United Kingdom. There she participated in the production of ""RENT"" where she was cast as ""Mimi"" the understudy." """Does A Tiger Have A Necktie"" was produced in London." 1 UNKNOWN IE long |
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4 """The Extra Girl"" (1923) is a story of a small-town girl, Sue Graham (played by Mabel Normand) who comes to Hollywood to be in the pictures. This Mabel Normand vehicle, produced by Mack Sennett, followed earlier films about the film industry and also paved the way for later films about Hollywood, such as King Vidor's ""Show People"" (1928)." """The Extra Girl"" was produced by Sennett." 0 YES IE long |
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5 A bus collision with a truck in Uganda has resulted in at least 30 fatalities and has left a further 21 injured. 30 die in a bus collision in Uganda. 0 YES IE short |
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6 Take consumer products giant Procter and Gamble. Even with a $1.8 billion Research and Development budget, it still manages 500 active partnerships each year, many of them with small companies. 500 small companies are partners of Procter and Gamble. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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7 After his release, the clean-shaven Magdy el-Nashar told reporters outside his home that he had nothing to do with the July 7 transit attacks, which killed 52 people and the four bombers. 52 people and four bombers were killed on July 7. 0 YES IE short |
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9 Recent Dakosaurus research comes from a complete skull found in Argentina in 1996, studied by Diego Pol of Ohio State University, Zulma Gasparini of Argentinas National University of La Plata, and their colleagues. A complete Dakosaurus was discovered by Diego Pol. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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10 On May 17, 2005, the National Assembly of Kuwait passed, by a majority of 35 to 23 (with 1 abstention), an amendment to its electoral law that would allow women to vote and to stand as parliamentary candidates. A pro-women amendment was rejected by the National Assembly of Kuwait. 2 NO IE short |
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11 I recently took a round trip from Abuja to Yola, the capital of Adamawa State and back to Abuja, with a fourteen-seater bus. Abuja is located in Adamawa State. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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12 Accardo founded the Settimane Musicali Internazionali in Naples and the Cremona String Festival in 1971, and in 1996, he re-founded the Orchestra da Camera Italiana (O.C.I.), whose members are the best pupils of the Walter Stauffer Academy. Accardo was a member of the Walter Stauffer Academy. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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13 Airbus could site a design engineering centre in the Midlands region of the UK to take advantage of the availability of skilled engineering staff following the demise of MG Rover, the collapsed UK carmaker. Airbus plans a design engineering centre. 0 YES IE short |
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14 Alex Dyer, spokesman for the group, stated that Santarchy in Auckland is part of a worldwide phenomenon. Alex Dyer represents Santarchy. 2 NO IE short |
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15 As late as 1799, priests were still being imprisoned or deported to penal colonies and persecution only worsened after the French army led by General Louis Alexandre Berthier captured Rome and imprisoned Pope Pius VI, who would die in captivity in Valence, Drôme, France in August of 1799. Alexandre Berthier died in 1799. 2 NO IE long |
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16 "Cauhtemoc Cardenas said during a news conference on 7 June that the visit to Mexico by Salvadoran president Alfredo Cristiani is a visit by ""a repressive ruler who oppresses a large sector of his people.""" Alfredo Cristiani visits Mexico on June 7. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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17 Allen was renowned for his skill at scratch-building and creating scenery, and he pioneered the technique of weathering his models to make them look old and more realistic. Allen introduced a new technique of creating realistic scenery. 0 YES IE short |
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18 Gastrointestinal bleeding can happen as an adverse effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin or ibuprofen. Aspirin prevents gastrointestinal bleeding. 2 NO IE short |
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19 In 1969, he drew up the report proposing the expulsion from the party of the Manifesto group. In 1984, after Berlinguer |
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20 Blue Mountain Lumber is a subsidiary of Malaysian forestry transnational corporation, Ernslaw One. Blue Mountain Lumber owns Ernslaw One. 2 NO IE short |
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21 Blue Mountain Lumber said today it may have to relocate a $30 million project offshore in the wake of an Environment Court decision that blocked it from a planned development site on the Coromandel. Blue Mountain Lumber will locate a development site on the Coromandel. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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22 Chicago-based Boeing has already scrubbed three delivery slots in 2006 that had been booked by Air Canada. Boeing |
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23 The Kalido Technical Advisory Board members include Boris Evelson, founder and managing partner, Textra Group, Inc., and Bill Inmon, president, Inmon Data Systems. Boris Evelson founded the Kalido Technical Advisory Board. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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24 Bountiful arrived after war |
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25 Bountiful arrived after war |
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26 The Prime Minister of Spain Zapatero visited Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay recently, in a effort to build a left axis in South America. The cited countries |
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27 "Under the headline ""Greed instead of quality"", Germany's Die Tageszeitung says no good will come of the acquisition of the publisher Berliner Verlag by two British and US-based investment funds." British and US-based investment funds acquire Berliner Verlag. 0 YES IE short |
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28 As much as 200 mm of rain have been recorded in portions of British Columbia , on the west coast of Canada since Monday. British Columbia is located in Canada. 0 YES IE short |
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29 Dr Wood led a courageous and committed team in the fight to save 28 patients suffering from between two and 92 per cent body burns, deadly infections and delayed shock. As well as receiving much praise from both her own patients and the media, she also attracted controversy among other burns surgeons due to the fact that spray-on skin had not yet been subjected to clinical trials. Burns surgeons approve Dr Wood |
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30 In announcing plans today to prepare the nation for combating a future worldwide wave of bird flu, President Bush used vocabulary and tactics that are familiar from his confrontation with global terrorism. Bush supports global terrorism. 2 NO IE short |
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31 Scott Island was discovered and landed upon in December 1902 by Captain William Colbeck commander of the Morning, relief ship for Capt. Robert F. Scott |
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32 Carl Smith collided with a concrete lamp-post while skating and suffered a skull fracture that caused a coma. When he failed to regain consciousness, his parents on August 8 consented to his life support machine being turned off. Carl Smith died on August 8. 0 YES IE short |
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33 As leaders gather in Argentina ahead of this weekends regional talks, Hugo Chávez, Venezuela |
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34 Parviz Davudi was representing Iran at a meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO), the fledgling association that binds Russia, China and four former Soviet republics of central Asia together to fight terrorism. China is a member of SCO. 0 YES IE short |
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35 A leading human rights group on Wednesday identified Poland and Romania as the likely locations in eastern Europe of secret prisons where al-Qaeda suspects are interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency. CIA secret prisons were located in Eastern Europe. 0 YES IE short |
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36 The car which crashed against the mail-box belonged to James Clark, 68, an acquaintance of James Jones |
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37 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 |
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39 "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." Cristiani is accused of the assassination of six Jesuits. 0 YES IE short |
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40 The president Cristiani spoke today at the El Salvador military airport before he left for Costa Rica to attend the inauguration ceremony of president-elect Rafael Calderon Fournier. Cristiani is the president of Costa Rica. 2 NO IE short |
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41 "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." Cristiani killed six Jesuits. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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42 """There were 20 survivors, the majority of them are in critical condition"" said Cyprian Gatete, Rwanda's assistant commissioner of police, during a telephone conversation with Reuters." Cyprian Gatete is an employee of Reuters. 2 NO IE short |
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43 "Parents also had to contribute ""much more fully"", while ""coasting"" schools would be tackled, Ms Kelly told MPs. But shadow education secretary David Cameron, who backed some ideas, said other parts were a ""complete muddle""." David Cameron works as the shadow education secretary. 0 YES IE short |
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44 A former employee of the company, David Vance of South Portland, said Hooper spent a lot of time on the road, often meeting with customers between Portland and Kittery. David Vance lives in South Portland. 0 YES IE short |
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45 James Kerr had been the foreman for the Deane, Adams and Deane gun factory. Robert Adams, one of the partners and inventor of the Adams revolver, was Kerr |
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46 Shares of O2 Plc, which this week agreed to be bought for 17.7 billion pounds ($31.3 billion) by Telefonica SA, fell after Deutsche Telekom AG said it won |
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48 She has become world renowned for her patented invention of spray on skin for burns victims, a treatment which is continually developing. Via her research, Fiona found that scarring is greatly reduced if replacement skin could be provided within 10 days. As a burns specialist the holy grail for Dr Fiona Wood is |
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49 The British government did not initially purchase the weapon and civilian sales were modest. However the U.S. Civil War began in 1860 and the governments of both the United States and the Confederacy began purchasing arms in Britain. During the Civil War the government of the United States bought arms from Britain. 0 YES IE short |
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50 "Edison decided to call ""his"" invention the Kinetoscope, combining the Greek root words ""kineto"" (movement), and ""scopos"" (""to view"")." Edison invented the Kinetoscope. 0 YES IE short |
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51 """I want to go back again. But I am afraid, honestly, I am afraid. Propaganda against me made people think I am terrorist."", said el-Nashar." El-Nashar is accused of terrorism. 0 YES IE short |
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52 El-Nashar was detained July 14 in Cairo after Britain notified Egyptian authorities that it suspected he may have had links to some of the attackers. El-Nashar was arrested in Egypt. 0 YES IE short |
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53 The chapters voluntarily transferred their right of electing the bishop to Emperor Charles V, and Pope Clement VII gave his consent to these proceedings. Emperor Charles V was elected by Clement VII. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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54 The company, whose registered auditors are Deloitte and Touche, has instructed Ernst and Young to carry out a thorough review of the accounts of Eurest Support Services, a subsidiary which feeds UN peacekeepers in at least eight countries. Eurest Support Services is a subsidiary of Ernst and Young. 2 NO IE short |
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55 "Bosnia's leading Muslim daily Dnevni Avaz writes excitedly about ""a sensational discovery"" of ""the first European pyramid"" in the central town of Visoko, just north of Sarajevo." Europe |
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56 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. Female mosquitoes spread malaria. 0 YES IE short |
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57 FermiLab |
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58 On the morning of 1 June, there was a blackout throughout most of the capital caused by urban commandos of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). FMLN caused a blackout in the capital. 0 YES IE short |
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59 After graduating in 1977, Gallager chose to accept a full scholarship to play football for Temple University. Gallager attended Temple University. 0 YES IE short |
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60 Russia |
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61 In addition to establishing the electoral commission, the laws also concern nationality, a contentious issue since citizenship laws were tightened to exclude one of Gbagbo |
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62 General Dynamics, the maker of land combat systems, warships and Gulfstream business jets, reported net earnings of $374m in the third quarter, or $1.84 per share. General Dynamics loses $374m. 2 NO IE short |
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63 The Pet passport alone can be used to enter the UK, but it will not suffice to enter many countries. For instance Guatemala, like almost every country, demands that all imported pets have a rabies vaccination, but will not accept the Pet passport as proof of said vaccination. Guatemala accepts the Pet passport as proof of vaccination. 2 NO IE long |
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64 GUS on Friday disposed of its remaining home shopping business and last non-UK retail operation with the 390m (265m) sale of the Dutch home shopping company, Wehkamp, to Industri Kapital, a private equity firm. GUS sold Wehkamp. 0 YES IE short |
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65 In 1927 Harnold Lamb wrote a biography of Genghis Khan, and following on its success turned more and more to the writing of non-fiction, penning numerous biographies and history books until his death in 1962. Harnold Lamb authored many biographies. 0 YES IE short |
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66 The Health Department has been made aware that property located at Bear Creek is under investigation by the NC Division of Waste Management for the illegal discharge of hazardous chemical materials. Hazardous chemical materials have been discovered at Bear Creek. 0 YES IE short |
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67 Hooper, a salesman of Portland, is accused of posing as a potential home buyer on July 26, then forcing himself inside the residence and raping a 19-year-old woman. Hooper bought a house in Portland. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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68 A former employee of the company, David Vance of South Portland, said Hooper spent a lot of time on the road, often meeting with customers between Portland and Kittery. Hooper is a citizen of Portland. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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69 "Hugh was also very supportive of Mustang's plan to become Fuhrer, doing whatever he can to, as he put it, to ""help him from the bottom to the top.""" Hugh assisted Mustang. 0 YES IE short |
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70 Hughes loved his wife, Gracia, and was absolutely obsessed with his little daughter Elicia. Hughes was married to Gracia. 0 YES IE short |
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71 As leaders gather in Argentina ahead of this weekends regional talks, Hugo Chávez, Venezuela |
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72 "But these are only first hazards. ""If the rain continues at the same magnitude and according to the forecast, then some of the rivers could reach flood stage either later [Tuesday] or Wednesday morning,"" said Allan Chapman, a hydrologist with the River Forecast Centre in Victoria." Allan Chapman is employed at the River Forecast Centre. 0 YES IE long |
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73 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. In 2001, the EU introduced a passport for pets. 0 YES IE long |
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74 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. In 2001, the EU introduced a six-month compulsory quarantine for all domestic pets. 2 NO IE long |
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75 In the May 2005 general election Michael Howard failed to unseat the Labour Government, although the Conservatives did gain 33 seats, playing the most significant role in reducing Labour |
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76 The US state of Kansas has ruled that science classes in public schools should include the teaching of intelligent design and the doubts it casts on Darwinian evolution. Intelligent design supports Darwinian evolution. 2 NO IE short |
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77 Following the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948, seven Arab states entered Palestine and engaged Israeli forces. Israeli forces attacked seven Arab states in 1948. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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78 At the same time the Italian digital rights group, Electronic Frontiers Italy, has asked the nation |
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79 "UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Iraqis had ""shown again their determination to defy the terrorists and take part in the democratic process""." Jack Straw holds the position of UK Foreign Secretary. 0 YES IE short |
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80 The original owner, Henry Borski, opened his tavern in 1945. He later passed it on to his son Jake Borski, then it was owned by Phylis Roberts for approximately 23 years after that. Henry Borski and Jake Borski are relatives. 0 YES IE short |
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81 According to NC Articles of Organization, the members of LLC company are H. Nelson Beavers, III, H. Chester Beavers and Jennie Beavers Stewart. Jennie Beavers Stewart is a share-holder of Carolina Analytical Laboratory. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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82 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. Jerry Reinsdorf has won 7 championships. 0 YES IE long |
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83 John and Frances Galyean are partners in life and now both share a passion for photography. The Galyeans, married for more than 46 years, have been involved in photography since 1999. John Galyean |
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84 Mr Fitzgerald revealed he was one of several top officials who told Mr Libby in June 2003 that Valerie Plame, wife of the former ambassador Joseph Wilson, worked for the CIA. Joseph Wilson is Valerie Plame |
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85 Mr Fitzgerald revealed he was one of several top officials who told Mr Libby in June 2003 that Valerie Plame, wife of the former ambassador Joseph Wilson, worked for the CIA. Joseph Wilson worked for CIA. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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86 Earlier this year reporter Judith Miller was jailed for refusing to name the US-government source who identified a member of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Valerie Plame. Judith Miller is a member of CIA. 2 NO IE short |
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87 Earlier this year reporter Judith Miller was jailed for refusing to name the US-government source who identified a member of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Valerie Plame. Judith Miller works for the US Government. 2 NO IE short |
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88 Jyestadeva (1500-1610), was an astronomer of the Kerala school founded by Madhava of Sangamagrama and a student of Damodara. He is most known for writing the first calculus text, the Yuktibhasa . He also authored the Drk-karana on astronomical observations. Jyestadeva invented calculus. 1 UNKNOWN IE long |
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89 Jyestadeva (1500-1610), was an astronomer of the Kerala school founded by Madhava of Sangamagrama and a student of Damodara. He is most known for writing the first calculus text, the Yuktibhasa . He also authored the Drk-karana on astronomical observations. Jyestadeva is the author of the Yuktibhasa. 0 YES IE long |
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90 As an active member of the National Guard, he was called to duty in 1941. Although Kennon did not see active combat, he did not return home from World War II until May of 1945. Kennon did not participate in WWII. 2 NO IE short |
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91 As an active member of the National Guard, he was called to duty in 1941. Although Kennon did not see active combat, he did not return home from World War II until May of 1945. Kennon was part of the National Guard. 0 YES IE short |
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92 The Kinston Indians are a minor league baseball team in Kinston, North Carolina. The team, a Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, plays in the Carolina League. Kinston Indians participate in the Carolina League. 0 YES IE short |
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93 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has noted that the Iraqi people turned out in large numbers to vote in the January 30 ballot. Kofi Annan was elected in the January 30 ballot. 2 NO IE short |
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94 Swansea striker Lee Trundle has negotiated a lucrative image-rights deal with the League One club. Lee Trundle is in business with the League One club. 0 YES IE short |
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95 Levomepromazine has prominent sedative and anticholinergic/ sympatholytic effects (dry mouth, hypotension, sinus tachycardia, extreme night sweats) and causes massive weight gain. These side effects normally do not allow to give the drug in doses needed for full remission of schizophrenia, so it has to be combined with a more potent antipsychotic. Levomepromazine causes schizophrenia. 2 NO IE long |
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96 Live At Leeds (1970) is The Who |
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97 In June 2004, top Russian oil producer Lukoil signed a $1 billion 35-year production-sharing agreement to develop Uzbek natural gas deposits. Lukoil earned $1 billion in 2004. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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98 Scott |
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99 The Extra Girl (1923) is a story of a small-town girl, Sue Graham (played by Mabel Normand) who comes to Hollywood to be in the pictures. This Mabel Normand vehicle, produced by Mack Sennett, followed earlier films about the film industry and also paved the way for later films about Hollywood, such as King Vidors Show People (1928). Mabel Normand starred in The Extra Girl. 0 YES IE long |
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100 On 21 July, the Macdonough patrolled the waters off Guam to protect the assault craft from enemy submarines, continuing that role until departing for Hawaii on 10 August. After a day at Pearl Harbor, she departed for the Admiralty Islands. The Macdonough left Hawaii on 10 August. 2 NO IE short |
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101 The Pentagon is rejecting demands by Kyrgyzstan to pay for the past use of Manas air base, a key military facility for US aircraft flying missions to Afghanistan. Manas air base is located in Kyrgyzstan. 0 YES IE short |
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102 "He also referred to the ""illegal"" arrest on 31 May of Mexican Professor Maria Eugenia Ochoa Garcia, whom the Salvadoran government accused of having connections with the Salvadoran guerrillas." Maria Eugenia Ochoa Garcia was arrested in May. 0 YES IE short |
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103 There is no way Marlowe could legally leave Italy, especially after an arrest warrant has been issued for him by the authorities. Assisted by Zaleshoff, he succeeds in making his escape from Milan. Marlowe supported Zaleshoff. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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104 There is no way Marlowe could legally leave Italy, especially after an arrest warrant has been issued for him by the authorities. Assisted by Zaleshoff, he succeeds in making his escape from Milan. Marlowe was arrested by Italian authorities. 2 NO IE short |
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105 """We are ... deploying more people into Côte d'Ivoire -- police, military people and people to work directly with the office of the prime minister"" Mbeki told a news conference in Pretoria." Mbeki holds the office of Prime Minister. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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106 Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA), headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, is responsible for the sales, marketing and service of all Mercedes-Benz and Maybach products in the United States. MBUSA is based in New Yersey. 0 YES IE short |
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107 Since joining the Key to the Cure campaign three years ago, Mercedes-Benz has donated over $2 million toward finding new detection methods, treatments and cures for women |
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108 Airbus could site a design engineering centre in the Midlands region of the UK to take advantage of the availability of skilled engineering staff following the demise of MG Rover, the collapsed UK carmaker. MG Rover has been bought by Airbus. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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109 ASCAP is a membership association of more than 200,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers of every kind of music. More than 200,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers are members of ASCAP. 0 YES IE short |
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110 The drug dealers from Morro da Rocinha are in a war against drug dealers from the neighbouring Vidigal favela. Morro da Rocinha is near the Vidigal favela. 0 YES IE short |
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111 U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema accepted would-be hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui |
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112 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. Mr. Zhao died in Beijing. 0 YES IE long |
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113 Unfortunately, a visit from Mrs Hobday, causes Mr Browne to leave for London. Mrs Hobday departs London. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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114 In conversations with Ms. Robbins, it is understood that Armstrong Environmental Inc. has been retained by past or present owners or some combination of these parties. Ms Robbins is a co-owner of Armstrong Environmental Inc. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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115 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. A Houston multimillionaire buys the Pope |
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116 "A strong supporter of the ""Italian road to socialism"", he was close to Enrico Berlinguer, and gained a position in the party secretariat. In 1969, he drew up the report proposing the expulsion from the party of the Manifesto group. In 1984, after Berlinguer's death, Natta was elected as party secretary." Natta supported Italian Socialism. 0 YES IE long |
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117 In 1969, he drew up the report proposing the expulsion from the party of the Manifesto group. In 1984, after Berlinguer |
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118 According to Nelson Beavers, who is a co-owner of the current company, Carolina Analytical Laboratories, LLC. and has ownership/employment history with Woodson-Tenent and Eurofins, the septic system was installed in the early 1990s. Nelson Beavers is one of the owners of Carolina Analytical Laboratories. 0 YES IE short |
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119 According to Nelson Beavers, who is a co-owner of the current company, Carolina Analytical Laboratories, LLC. and has ownership/employment history with Woodson-Tenent and Eurofins, the septic system was installed in the early 1990s. Nelson Beavers worked for Eurofins. 0 YES IE short |
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122 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. Nival was sold in 2005. 0 YES IE short |
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123 Nokia, Texas Instruments and other leading makers of mobile phones have formally complained to Brussels that Qualcomm, the US mobile chipmaker, has unfairly used its patents on 3G technologies. Nokia produces mobile chips. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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124 "Last year's collapse of Italian dairy company Parmalat , with ""14.3 billion euros that must still be accounted for"", is given as evidence for ""a lack of effective tools and controls regarding financial operations""." Parmalat costs 14.3 billion euros. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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125 Councilman Pierce had built the home for his daughter on E. 28th Street off Rossville Blvd, as he lives nearby. Pierce lives near Rossville Blvd. 0 YES IE short |
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126 Councilman Pierce had built the home for his daughter on E. 28th Street off Rossville Blvd, as he lives nearby. Pierce lives on E. 28th Street. 2 NO IE short |
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127 As late as 1799, priests were still being imprisoned or deported to penal colonies and persecution only worsened after the French army led by General Louis Alexandre Berthier captured Rome and imprisoned Pope Pius VI, who would die in captivity in Valence, Drôme, France in August of 1799. Pope Pius VI died in France. 0 YES IE long |
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128 South African President Thabo Mbeki, the main mediator in Côte d |
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129 Take consumer products giant Procter and Gamble. Even with a $1.8 billion Research and Development budget, it still manages 500 active partnerships each year, many of them with small companies. Procter and Gamble spends $1.8 billion for Research and Development. 0 YES IE short |
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130 "He also referred to the ""illegal"" arrest on 31 May of Mexican Professor Maria Eugenia Ochoa Garcia, whom the Salvadoran government accused of having connections with the Salvadoran guerrillas." Professor Ochoa Garcia is a member of the Salvadoran government. 2 NO IE short |
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131 Animals are permitted to enter the UK 6 months later without quarantine as long as they have been treated for ticks, fleas and tapeworms between 24 and 48 hours before boarding the transport that will return the pets to the UK. Quarantine is compulsory for animals to enter the UK. 2 NO IE short |
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132 The president Cristiani spoke today at the El Salvador military airport before he left for Costa Rica to attend the inauguration ceremony of president-elect Rafael Calderon Fournier. Rafael Calderon Fournier has been elected president of Costa Rica. 0 YES IE short |
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133 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. Rainulf was the leader of the Normans. 0 YES IE long |
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134 Five years later, Rennyo returned to the Kyoto area, establishing new Honganji branch temples. During this time, he established a new form of liturgy (gongyo), incorporating elements that would eventually become the core of Honganji Shinshu Buddhism. Rennyo founded Honganji Shinshu Buddhism. 0 YES IE short |
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135 Forced to flee attack again in 1471 Rennyo travelled to Yoshizaki, where he built a popular temple which attracted many peasant converts from the region. Rennyo reached Yoshizaki in 1471. 0 YES IE short |
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136 State Police issued bulletins via teletype requesting patrols to be on the lookout for Robert Senacal, 35, of Cortlandt Manor. Robert Senacal was arrested by police. 2 NO IE short |
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137 Centre-left voters in Italy have chosen Romano Prodi as the candidate who will challenge Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in next year |
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138 The sale was made to pay Yukos |
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139 A former FBI special agent, Rowley, and Becky Lourey, whose son was killed in Iraq, will leave for Texas on Thursday and camp at the site for a few days. Rowley and Lourey are relatives. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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140 George Hawi |
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141 Saddam Hussein accepted an 11th-hour offer to flee into exile weeks ahead of the U.S.-led 2003 invasion, but Arab League officials scuttled the proposal, officials in this Gulf state claimed. Saddam Hussein flees to the U.S. 2 NO IE short |
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142 They named themselves for Saint Joan of Arc. The brigade began with 17 women, but soon grew to 135 members. Its mission was to obtain money, weapons, provisions, and information for the combatant men. Many smuggled weapons into the combat zones by carrying them in carts filled with grain or cement. Saint Joan of Arc |
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143 Scott Stevens, the Idaho meteorologist who claimed that a weather manipulating conspiracy (possibly under the control of Japanese Yakuza mafia) caused Hurricane Katrina, has quit his job at KPVI-TV in Pocatello. Scott Stevens has connections with the Yakuza. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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145 State Police issued bulletins via teletype requesting patrols to be on the lookout for Robert Senacal, 35, of Cortlandt Manor. Senacal resides in Cortland Manor. 0 YES IE short |
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146 So far Sony BMG has not released a list of how many of its CDs are protected or how many have been sold. Sony BMG sells protected CDs. 0 YES IE short |
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147 Southwest Airlines on Thursday said rebuilding service at New Orleans was its number one priority as it unveiled its 58th consecutive quarterly profit and enhanced fuel hedges to extend its competitive advantage over rivals. Southwest Airlines operates in New Orleans. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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148 Carmine Rocco, Health Director was contacted in June by Sue Robbins, Division of Waste Management, to advise him that she would be in the county to conduct a site visit to the former Woodson-Tenent Laboratory. Sue Robbins visits the former Woodson-Tenent Laboratory. 0 YES IE short |
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149 In 1869 Sumner resigned his see, but continued to live at the official residence at Farnham until his death on the 15th of August 1874. Sumner died at Farnham. 0 YES IE short |
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150 Paralysis was followed by aphasia, and after acute pain, followed by a long period of apathy, from which death relieved Swift in October 1745. Swift died in 1745. 0 YES IE short |
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151 Swift was offered and accepted the post of secretary and chaplain to the Earl of Berkeley, one of the Lords Justices, but when he reached Ireland he found that the secretaryship had been given to another. Swift worked for the Earl of Berkeley. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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152 Prior to that, Andy Sipowicz began to date Assistant District Attorney Sylvia Costas. They got married in 1995 and had a son Theo in 1996. Sylvia Costas is the wife of Andy Sipowicz. 0 YES IE short |
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153 The south Indian flute had only seven finger holes till the 1970s when the legendary T.R. Mahalingam introduced the eight holed variety. T.R. Mahalingham made the first seven holed flute. 2 NO IE short |
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154 New research shows there has been a sharp increase in disfiguring skin cancers, particularly in women under the age of 40, providing more evidence that young people are not heeding warnings about the dangers of tanning. Tanning may cause skin cancers. 0 YES IE short |
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155 Nokia, Texas Instruments and other leading makers of mobile phones have formally complained to Brussels that Qualcomm, the US mobile chipmaker, has unfairly used its patents on 3G technologies. Texas Instruments produces mobile phones. 0 YES IE short |
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156 The Auburn High School Athletic Hall of Fame recently introduced its Class of 2005 which includes 10 members. The Auburn High School Athletic Hall of Fame has ten members. 2 NO IE short |
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157 "In 1955, the Aurora Borealis, a coating applied to crystal stones to produce a ""rainbow of colors"" effect was introduced." The Aurora Borealis was discovered in 1995. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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158 According to COPREFA, another soldier was wounded in a guerrilla ambush against the elite Bracamonte Battalion on a highway in central El Salvador. The Bracamonte Battalion was attacked by guerrillas. 0 YES IE short |
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159 The Bolan Pass is a gap through the Toba Kakar Range of mountains on the border of Pakistan. The British took the threat of a Russian invasion of India via the Khyber and Bolan Passes very seriously so in 1837, a British envoy was sent to Kabul to gain support of the Emir, Dost Mohammed. In February of 1839, the British Army under Sir John Keane took 12,000 men through the Bolan Pass and entered Kandahar. The British Army crossed the Toba Kakar Range of mountains in 1839. 0 YES IE long |
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160 The Canadian parliament |
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161 The Counts of Holland and Geldern, between whose territories the lands of the Bishops of Utrecht lay, also sought to acquire influence over the filling of the episcopal see. This often led to disputes and consequently the Holy See frequently interfered in the election. The Counts of Holland supported the Holy See. 1 UNKNOWN IE long |
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162 The end result says that 61.6% of the Dutch people vote (against) the European Constitution, while 38.4% voted (for) the Constitution. The Dutch people approve the European Constitution. 2 NO IE short |
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163 The land claims agreement must still be approved by the Canadian House of Commons , but has already passed through the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador vote against the land claims agreement. 2 NO IE short |
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164 Chicago White Sox Charities also provides annual ongoing support to programs such as Special Olympics and the Inner City Little League. The Inner City Little League is sponsored by Chicago White Sox Charities. 0 YES IE short |
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165 Since the island also lacks wells, water has to be obtained from rain carefully collected in concrete cisterns. The island gets water from collected rain. 0 YES IE short |
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166 In Italy, big protests by students and university staff against government reforms to higher education brought parts of central Rome to a standstill on Tuesday. The Italian government introduces reforms to higher education. 0 YES IE short |
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167 The bus, which was heading for Nairobi in Kenya , crashed in the Kabale district of Uganda near the Rwandan border. The Kabale district borders on Rwanda. 0 YES IE short |
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168 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. The Kakhovskaya Line was built in 1995. 0 YES IE long |
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169 The pet passport is a pink A4 sheet which contains the microchip number and certification that the dog has a rabies vaccination, and needs to be signed by a veterinary surgeon who has LVI status. The passport is not to be confused with the much smaller purple folder routinely issued by vets which records the complete vaccination history of the pet. The pet passport contains the complete vaccination history of pets. 1 UNKNOWN IE long |
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170 "The man known as just the ""Piano Man"" has left the hospital and has returned home to his native Germany. According to British tabloids, the man, after losing his job in Paris, travelled to the UK through the Channel Tunnel." "The ""Piano Man"" came from Germany." 0 YES IE short |
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171 "The man known as just the ""Piano Man"" has left the hospital and has returned home to his native Germany. According to British tabloids, the man, after losing his job in Paris, travelled to the UK through the Channel Tunnel." "The ""Piano Man"" worked for a British tabloid." 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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172 Traditionally, the Brahui of the Raisani tribe are in charge of the law and order situation through the Pass area. This tribe is still living in present day Balochistan in Pakistan. The Raisani tribe resides in Pakistan. 0 YES IE short |
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173 The Armed Forces Press Committee (COPREFA) admitted that the government troops sustained 11 casualties in these clashes, adding that they inflicted three casualties on the rebels. Three rebels were killed by government troops. 0 YES IE short |
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174 Four US cable companies, including industry leaders Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable, have entered the fast-growing wireless arena through a joint venture with Sprint Nextel. Time Warner Cable is a partner of Sprint Nextel. 0 YES IE short |
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175 A computer system failure closed down share trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange for most of yesterday, the worst disruption to date for Asia |
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176 Tom Online revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2005 were US$42.78 mn, an increase of 38.5% over the same period in 2004. Tom Online earned US$42.78 mn in three months. 0 YES IE short |
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177 Tom Online revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2005 were US$42.78 mn, an increase of 38.5% over the same period in 2004. Tom Online revenues have risen by 38.5%. 0 YES IE short |
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178 Anglo/Dutch Royal Dutch Shell, Total, of France, and Spain |
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179 Violence over the last week killed 23 people, two worshippers dragged from a mosque and shot, underlining the challenges of bringing stability and strengthening Afghanistan |
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180 A senior Russian politician has hailed a decision by Uzbekistan to shut down a United States military base there, although Moscow officially denies that it is applying pressure on Central Asian states to expel American forces. Uzbekistan closes United States military base. 0 YES IE short |
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181 The decision by Uzbekistan was the latest development in diplomatic fallout with Washington over U.S. criticism about a violent crackdown against anti-government protestors last May. Uzbekistan protests against Washington. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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182 Vance used to be Hooper |
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183 Vera Beers, of Olivet, recently was named employee of the month at Standard Printing in Marshall. Vera Beers works for Olivet. 1 UNKNOWN IE short |
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184 Vera Beers, of Olivet, recently was named employee of the month at Standard Printing in Marshall. Vera Beers works for Standard Printing. 0 YES IE short |
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185 The activists had been imprisoned in relation to their protest in the main square of Krakow , Poland, against the presence of Vladimir Putin at the ceremonies for the 60th anniversary of the freeing of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Vladimir Putin participated in the ceremonies for the freeing of the Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp. 0 YES IE short |
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186 GUS on Friday disposed of its remaining home shopping business and last non-UK retail operation with the 390m (265m) sale of the Dutch home shopping company, Wehkamp, to Industri Kapital, a private equity firm. Wehkamp was based in the UK. 2 NO IE short |
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187 GUS on Friday disposed of its remaining home shopping business and last non-UK retail operation with the €390m (£265m) sale of the Dutch home shopping company, Wehkamp, to Industri Kapital, a private equity firm. Wehkamp cost €390m. 0 YES IE short |
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188 White supported Gough Whitlam |
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189 Around this time, White decided that he would not accept any more prizes for his work. He declined both the $10,000 Britannia Award and another Miles Franklin Award. White got the $10,000 Britannia Award. 2 NO IE short |
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190 In 1975, a 19 year old Wilkins was handed the captaincy of Chelsea, despite the presence of elder and more experienced players in the squad. Wilkins became the captain of Chelsea in 1975. 0 YES IE short |
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191 Though Wilkins and his family settled quickly in Italy, it wasn |
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192 Kuwait becomes the fourth Gulf country where women as well as men can vote in elections. Saudi Arabia holds strictly limited, male-only elections. Women can vote in elections in Saudi Arabia. 2 NO IE short |
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193 The fifth World Social Forum (WSF) has kicked off in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. The WSF takes place in Brazil. 0 YES IE short |
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194 US President George W. Bush has indicated he will invite Abbas to the United States for talks, something he never did with Abbas |
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195 Zapatero visited the following cities in four days: Brasilia, São Paulo, Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile. According to official sources these visits are the last part of the project he began at the EU-Latin American Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico and pursued in the Ibero-American meeting in Costa Rica in November. Zapatero participated in the Ibero-American meeting in Costa Rica. 0 YES IE long |
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196 Some large Russian oil companies, including Lukoil, Zarubezhneft, the state-owned oil company, and Alpha Eco, the trader, were implicated by the report. Zarubezhneft trades in oil. 0 YES IE short |
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197 Zhao was removed from his position as secretary general of the Communist Party of China and placed under house arrest in 1989 after denouncing the use of force against student protesters in Tiananmen Square. Zhao was a member of the Communist Party. 0 YES IE short |
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198 Zhao, who died at 85, was a reformer who was removed from office, and imprisoned, in 1989 after denouncing the use of force against student protesters in Tiananmen Square. Zhao was arrested in 1989. 0 YES IE short |
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199 Though fearful of a forthcoming performance evaluation by her boss, Zoe must unravel the life of a man just found dead of a heart attack, who was supposed to have died three years earlier in a boating accident. Zoe died in a boating accident. 2 NO IE short |
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200 In 1856 Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla was elected deputy, and soon attracted notice among the most advanced Progressists and Democrats. He took part in the revolutionary propaganda that led to the military movement in Madrid on June 22, 1866. He had to take refuge in France for two years, like his fellow-conspirators, and only returned to Spain when the revolution of 1868 took place. Zorrilla started the revolution of 1868. 1 UNKNOWN IE long |
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201 """Child labor"" is, generally speaking, work for children that harms them or exploits them in some way (physically, mentally, morally, or by blocking access to education)." Child labor is widely used in Asia. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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202 """Glue sniffing"" is most common among teenagers. They generally grow out of it once other drugs such as alcohol and cannabis become available to them. Seven-year-olds have been known to start ""glue sniffing"". Because of the social stigma attached to ""glue sniffing"" most snifters stop around 16 or 17 years, unless they are seriously addicted." Glue-sniffing is common among youngsters. 0 YES IR long |
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203 "A decision to allow the exiled Italian royal family to return to Italy may be granted amid the discovery that the head of the family, Prince Vittorio Emmanuele, addressed the president of Italy properly. He has called President Ciampi ""our president, the president of all Italians""." Italian royal family returns home. 2 NO IR short |
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204 A former philosophy teacher whose best-known novel, Sophie |
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205 A large proportion of young children in Ukraine suffer from various health problems that have probably gone undiagnosed until now, but which are being detected in connection with the Chernobyl disaster. This could well point to a weak health care system and harsh living conditions. Chernobyl disaster had repercussions outside ex-USSR. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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206 A powerful typhoon battered the northern and central Philippines with rains and winds Thursday, killing at least three people and cutting off roads. Authorities canceled flights and ferry service and shut down schools. Typhoon Xangsane, packing winds of 81 mph made landfall overnight in the Bicol central region and was forecast to pass through the capital Manila, the Philippine weather bureau said. A typhoon batters the Philippines. 0 YES IR long |
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207 A radiation leak at a nuclear power plant in Yeonggwang, South Jeolla province, led officials yesterday to shut down the facility. The nuclear power plant of Sosnovyi Bor suffers an emergency shut down. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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208 A series of projects with the objective of finding solutions to some of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident have been carried out within the framework of the UNESCO Chernobyl Programme. The IHP organized a workshop to review and compare present knowledge of radionuclide transfer in the hydrological cycle. The Chernobyl disaster had repercussions outside the ex-USSR. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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209 A suicide attack is an attack in which the attacker or attackers intend to kill others and intend to die in the process (see suicide). In a suicide attack in the strict sense the attacker dies by the attack itself, for example in an explosion or crash caused by the attacker. People were killed in Tamil suicide attacks. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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210 A unique feature of previous Ebola outbreaks has been the relative sparing of children. For the first time, an out break of an unusual illness-Ebola haemorrhagic fever occurred in Northern Uganda - Gulu district. Ebola Epidemic breaks out in Zaire. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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211 Accompanied by Sioux prayers and the keening of Scottish bagpipes, a plain cotton shirt was returned to South Dakota this past summer. A Sioux ghost shirt was returned by a Scottish museum. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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212 Actor Christopher Reeve, best known for his role as Superman, is paralyzed and cannot breathe without the help of a respirator after breaking his neck in a riding accident in Culpeper, Va., on Saturday. Christopher Reeve had an accident. 0 YES IR short |
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213 "After years of study, the Vatican's doctrinal congregation has sent church leaders a confidential document concluding that ""sex-change"" procedures do not change a person's gender in the eyes of the church." Sex-change operations become more common. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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214 "Although the number of the confirmed Ebola cases has risen slightly to 26 in Gabon and to 16 in Congo Brazzaville, new infections are now so low that it seems the epidemic is ""burning out""." Ebola Epidemic breaks out in Zaire. 2 NO IR short |
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215 Anna Politkovskaya was found shot dead on Saturday in a lift at her block of flats in the Russian capital, Moscow. Anna Politkovskaya was murdered. 0 YES IR short |
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216 Anti-nuclear protesters on Wednesday delayed the progress of a shipment of radioactive waste toward a dump in northern Germany. The train stopped for the fourth time since crossing into Germany as it neared the northern town of Lueneburg. Nuclear waste transport delayed in Germany. 0 YES IR short |
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217 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. A woman succeeds in climbing Everest solo. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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218 Around 130 flights were cancelled during a strike held on 19 January, and others were cancelled in the days that followed. When the flight assistants announced a further 24-hour for 23 January, the Italian Guarantee Authority (Commissione di Garanzia) which regulates strikes in essential public services (under the terms of laws no. 194/1990 and no. 83/2000) (IT0004266F) accused the unions of breaching the legal provision that 10 days must elapse between one strike and the next. Italian flight assistants go on strike. 0 YES IR long |
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219 As parties adapt to these new conditions, new definitions - replete with new assumptions about their functions - are likely to shape the ongoing debate about their roles and functions in the 21st century. Several new political parties emerged. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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220 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. Maternity leave varies in Europe. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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221 Asia has the highest number of child workers, but Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest proportion of working children relative to population. Child labor is widely used in Asia. 0 YES IR short |
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222 At least eight people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on Sri Lanka |
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223 Athletics |
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224 Based on a worldwide study of smoking-related fire and disaster data, UC Davis epidemiologists show smoking is a leading cause of fires and death from fires globally. Domestic fires are the major cause of fire death. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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225 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. Hunting endangers seal species. 0 YES IR short |
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226 Both sides have a point. German spelling does need overhauling: over the decades, it has grown more unwieldy. But the reform, approved by German-speaking countries in 1996, does not make the rules much easier, and in some cases the new way is harder. A spelling reform was approved in all German speaking countries. 0 YES IR short |
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227 British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves becomes the first woman to climb Mount Everest alone and without oxygen tanks. A woman succeeds in climbing Everest solo. 0 YES IR short |
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228 Busby countered, telling The Iconoclast, the point is that material from Chernobyl which is 1,800 miles to the east of Great Britain traveled to Great Britain and contaminated Wales, Scotland, and various parts of the United Kingdom. And they might as well have said that it was equally unfeasible for it to travel that distance in the opposite direction to the general flow of the wind, but we have examined computer Models of wind directions over the period of the Gulf War and its quite clear the material from Iraq could have come through the United Kingdom because of the particular types of depressions and anticyclone systems that were there. The Chernobyl disaster had repercussions outside the ex-USSR. 0 YES IR long |
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229 Carelessness by contractors is a common cause of fire, including many fires that result in serious financial loss. It has been estimated that perhaps 20-25% of all non-domestic fires result from |
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231 Catastrophic floods in Europe endanger lives and cause human tragedy as well as heavy economic losses. Flooding in Europe causes major economic losses. 0 YES IR short |
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232 China |
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233 Chirac needed a new mandate for his government from the electorate, or a new left government was needed that could count on the support of the trade union bureaucracy and among the working class and so would encounter less resistance. Parliamentary elections create new government in France. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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234 Christopher Reeve, an actor and director who became an inspiration worldwide after being paralyzed in a horse riding accident, died Sunday of heart failure. Christopher Reeve had an accident. 0 YES IR short |
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235 Claes denied categorically that they had ever known of the existence of an Agusta proposal, and told the NATO ambassadors that he did not know anything about an Agusta payment to the Socialist Party. NATO Secretary General Willy Claes resigned. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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236 Claes was foreign minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1994, and secretary general of NATO from 1994 until 1995, when he was forced to resign because of allegations of corruption related to improper contracts for Agusta helicopters approved by him while he was minister of economic affairs. For that he also lost his civil rights for numerous years. NATO Secretary General Willy Claes resigned. 0 YES IR short |
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237 Climate change is with us. A decade ago, it was conjecture. Now the future is unfolding before our eyes. Canada |
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238 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. People were killed in Tamil suicide attacks. 0 YES IR short |
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239 Commander Thomas Karremans, who was in charge of Dutch troops in Srebrenica at the time, was filmed drinking a toast with war-crimes suspect and Serb general Ratko Mladic. Dutch photos of Srebrenica have disappeared. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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240 Cosmonaut Sergei Avdeyev, currently on board the Mir space station, has become the person with the longest total stay in space. He has clocked up 681 days. Russians hold record for longest stay in space. 0 YES IR short |
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241 Cuban Leader Fidel Castro sent a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan assuring him that Cuba will follow anti-terrorism treaties in the wake of last month |
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242 Dana Reeve, the widow of the actor Christopher Reeve, has died of lung cancer at age 44, according to the Christopher Reeve Foundation. Christopher Reeve had an accident. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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243 David Millar retained his Tour de France leader |
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244 Diana, Princess of Wales died on Sunday, 31 August 1997 following a car crash in Paris. There was widespread public mourning at the death of this popular figure, culminating with her funeral at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, 6 September 1997. Lady Diana died in Paris. 0 YES IR short |
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245 "Digging in the badlands of east central Utah on a tip from a repentant poacher, researchers have unearthed the fossil remains of a dinosaur ""missing link""." Dinosaur remains were found in Asia. 2 NO IR short |
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246 Domestic fire incidents have an important impact on population health by contributing to early death, serious and often disfiguring injuries, and ongoing disability. Fire-related injury is a leading cause of unintentional injury in the home in all age groups. Domestic fires are a major cause of unintentional injury in the home. 0 YES IR short |
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247 Ebola haemorrhagic fever is a fatal disease caused by a new virus which has no known cure. When a new epidemic was detected in Zaire in the spring of 1995, it was widely perceived as a threat to the West. Public attention was intense. Ebola Epidemic breaks out in Zaire. 0 YES IR short |
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248 Ecuador has received short shrift in U.S. policy debates. Yet in recent years, significant public debate has taken place in Ecuador on the joint U.S./Colombian initiative and its effects on Ecuador and its citizens. Peru debates border region with Ecuador. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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249 Elsewhere, Mozambique took its first ever Olympic gold medal when Maria Mutola won the women |
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250 English has been written using the Latin alphabet since around the ninth century. (Before that, Old English had been written using the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc.) The spelling system or orthography of English is historical, not phonological. A spelling reform was approved in all German speaking countries. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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251 Estimates vary widely, but it is believed there are up to 100 million children toiling in homes, factories, shops, fields, brothels and on the streets of rural and urban India. Child labor is widely used in Asia. 0 YES IR short |
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253 Everest Grand Circle Expedition, Nepal and Tibet. First circumambulation of Everest; trekking, skiing, and mountaineering. First American winter ascent of Pumori (elev. 23,422 |
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254 Every year Israel jails individuals simply because they refuse to perform military service for reasons of conscience. People are willing to risk imprisonment rather than perform military service. 0 YES IR short |
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255 Every year, about a quarter of all children sustain an injury serious enough to require medical attention, school absences, and/or bed rest. Fireworks may cause serious injuries. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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256 Ewald, now 74, headed the East German Sports Federation from 1961 to 1988. He was found guilty of making 142 East German sportswomen, mostly swimmers and athletes, take banned performance-enhancing drugs. Several sportswomen have been accused of doping. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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257 Fake prehistoric rock art of a caveman with a shopping trolley has been hung on the walls of the British Museum. Prehistoric art discovered in South Africa. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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258 Fiona North, Ophthalmic Adviser with the SHSSB added: Eye injuries caused by fireworks are extremely serious and can permanently damage eyesight. I would urge those who are co-ordinating efficient firework displays to use appropriate eye protection. Fireworks may cause serious injuries. 0 YES IR short |
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259 "First Canadian and then Dutch peacekeepers were deployed in Srebrenica. Seven hundred and fifty lightly armed UN peace-keepers were responsible for disarming Srebrenica's Muslim defenders and ""deterring"" Bosnian Serb attacks against the safe area. Two years later, a Serb flag flew where the UN's once did and 7,079 Muslim men were missing." Dutch photos of Srebrenica have disappeared. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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260 Floods are one of Europe |
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261 For example, the fields of Western farmers feed the United States and many other parts of the world, and India |
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262 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. Maternity leave varies in Europe. 0 YES IR long |
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263 Foreign Carmakers Gain in Russia. The likes of Daewoo, Ford, Renault, and more can |
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264 France is the only country with two fully governmental elections. Parliamentary elections in France, when they create a new parliamentary majority, lead to a new government. Parliamentary elections may lead to a new government in France. 0 YES IR short |
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265 Fujimori charged that on January 26, 1995, Ecuador fired the first shot, an allegation denied by Ecuador |
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266 Glue-sniffing and other forms of solvent abuse are being overlooked in the fight against drugs, according to a new report. Glue-sniffing is common among youngsters. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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267 "Since the ancient Greeks, inhalation has been recognized as a highly effective means of ingesting drugs. The extensive capillary surface area of the lungs allows rapid absorption, with a subsequent ""rush"" that has often been described as second in intensity only to intravenous injection." Glue-sniffing is common among youngsters. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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268 Greece objects to the neighbouring Skopje government using the name Macedonia, saying it implies claims on a Greek province of the same name. Greece and Macedonia are in dispute over name. 0 YES IR short |
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269 His (or her) mandate is always to form a coalition based on a majority in the Dutch Parliament and a general agreement on policy ( |
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271 "Hubble is helping astronomers precisely calculate the age of the universe by providing accurate distances to galaxies, an important prerequisite for calculating age. Hubble measures the distances to neighboring galaxies by finding accurate ""milepost markers,"" a special class of pulsating star called Cepheid variables. These, in turn, are being used to calibrate more remote milepost markers." Hubble discovers black holes. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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272 If you have an immediate problem with ice dams, you should remove the snow from the part of the roof directly above the ice dam. This limits the amount of water that can collect behind the dam. Dam building prevents life-threatening situations. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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273 In 1979, the very first cases of AIDS appeared in New York. Cases of the disease that had never been seen prior to 1979, but is now considered more deadly than the bubonic plague, continued to surface in California and New York, almost exclusively in homosexual men. AIDS spreads in Africa. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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274 In 1999, Victor Conte was sent two vials of a new drug by a chemist he knew and he started giving it to some of his clients. Including says Conte, one of Americas most iconic sportswomen, Marion Jones, who was about to compete in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Sportswomen have been suspected of doping. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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275 In Bosnia, diplomatic determination combined with military muscle to create an opportunity to secure a peace rather than permit instability to undermine this fragile region and U.S. interests. The Dayton Peace Treaty was formulated to end the war in Bosnia. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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276 In Britain, they channel their energies into gardening and riding. In Holland, they travel by bicycle to prove that they are of the people. But, conforming to a national stereotype, the Italian royal family, exiled from their homeland for 60 years, prefer fast cars and beautiful women. Italian royal family returns home. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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277 In February of 1995, one man single-handedly bankrupted the bank that financed the Napoleonic Wars. Founded in 1762, Barings Bank was Britain |
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278 In November 1990, the president announced that opposition political parties would be permitted to organize in 1991. Several new parties emerged, including the Democratic Republican Movement (MDR), the Liberal Party (LP), the Democratic and Socialist Party (PSD), and the Coalition for the Defense of the Republic (CDR). Several new political parties emerged. 0 YES IR long |
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279 In November 2005, the EU announced a partial suspension of the PCA with all subcommittees and the Cooperation Committee suspended indefinitely. An arms embargo has also put in place, whilst a year-long visa ban has been imposed upon 12 Uzbek officials believed to have played a part in the forcible suppression of the Andijan demonstrations. The EU partially refuses commission candidates. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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280 In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory), beginning somewhere in very late geological history. Prehistoric art discovered in South Africa. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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281 In this respect, the reforms required across Europe are similar: stronger incentives within pension systems to delay retirement, rules which facilitate gradual retirement, incentives for workers to save for their retirement, and public information measures to improve awareness of the options available. National pension systems currently adopted in Europe are in difficulties. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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282 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. Nick Leeson was arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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283 It is estimated that the disaster resulting from the deliberate crash of a Jumbo-Jet on a nuclear power station would be a multiple of the Chernobyl accident in the worst case by a factor of 60. The Chernobyl disaster had repercussions outside the ex-USSR. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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284 It was difficult to assess the objectives behind increased militia activity in East Timor, but its intent seemed to be to continue a pattern of violence against civilians and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) in order to undermine the transition process, Hedi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told the Security Council this morning. Guerrillas increase activity in East Timor. 0 YES IR long |
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285 "Italian director Federico Fellini was older than his American peers at his first nomination and, like other foreigners, had not been nominated for his earlier masterworks, ""La Strada"" and ""Nights of Cabiria"", though both films had won the Best Foreign-Language Picture in 1956 and 1957, respectively. Fellini later received an Honorary Oscar in 1993, which was basically a compensatory gesture." An Italian director is awarded an honorary Oscar. 0 YES IR short |
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286 Italian film-maker, Fellini was awarded an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement. He died on October 31, 1993. An Italian director is awarded an honorary Oscar. 0 YES IR short |
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287 Italy |
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288 Jill Pilgrim, general counsel of USA Track and Field, brought up the issue during a panel on women |
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289 Kieslowski later said that he abandoned documentary filmmaking due to two experiences: the censorship of Workers |
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290 Last week, saw the fall of the Dutch right wing coalition government, made up of the Christian-democrats (CDA) led by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, the right wing liberal party (VVD) and the so-called left-liberal D66. Three parties form a Dutch coalition government. 0 YES IR short |
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291 LISBON, Jan. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Anibal Cavaco Silva, a former prime minister, won Portugal |
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292 Macedonia seems confident it can weather the storm, but some fear Athens may soon take things up a notch. Greece and Macedonia are in dispute over name. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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293 Medium-size black holes actually do exist, according to the latest findings from NASA |
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294 Mental health problems in children and adolescents are on the rise, the British Medical Association has warned, and services are ill-equipped to cope. Mental health problems increase in the young. 0 YES IR short |
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295 Most people are familiar with the idea of St. Bernards or other dogs taking part in rescue and recovery efforts. Robots might also take part in search and rescue missions. Robots are used to find missing victims. 0 YES IR short |
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296 Mozambique |
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297 "Mr Gregory's conclusion in 1994 was that the ceremony, transferred to the more convenient nearest Sunday, was dying out. However, that year the Conservative government proclaimed ""festivities"" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Normandy landings." 50th Anniversary of Normandy Landings lasts a year. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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298 NASA |
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299 Nevertheless, increased longevity and falling birth rates are major factors making many state pension systems across Europe unsustainable in their present form. Some member states have already introduced major reforms (e.g. Germany, France and Austria) others have continued to adapt their existing systems. National pension systems currently adopted in Europe are in difficulties. 0 YES IR short |
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300 Nevertheless, the international reputation of some Polish artists, notably the film maker Krzysztof Kieslowski, has never been higher. To use a crass commercial yardstick, the DVD boxed set of his Decalogue series (ten one-hour dramas based loosely on the Ten Commandments, made for Polish TV in 1988) is currently number 3,700 in Amazon.com |
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301 New York boasts the largest number of billionaires, with 40 residing in the Big Apple. The world |
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302 Next year is the 50th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, an event that wouldn |
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303 "Nicholas Burns stated in an exclusive interview for ""Utrinski Vesnik"" from Pristina that it would be disgraceful if Athens puts a veto on Macedonia's application for membership in the European Union and NATO." Greece and Macedonia are in dispute over name. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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304 Nick Leeson was jailed for fraud following the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995. He had run up losses of 850m on the Far East stock markets. Nick Leeson was arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC. 0 YES IR short |
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305 Northwest Strikes: If Northwest flight attendants go on strike on the 15th, what does that mean for travelers? I have a trip booked on the 24th. Will NW rebook us with other airlines? Italian flight assistants go on strike. 2 NO IR short |
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306 Oh Eun-sun was the first Korean woman to climb Mt. Everest solo. For all the hardships she must have endured, she merely says that she was lucky. She now reminisces about the days she spent in that mountain. A woman succeeds in climbing Everest solo. 0 YES IR short |
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307 On 24 March 1992, the number 3 power generating unit at the Leningrad Atomic Power Station in Sosnovyi Bor underwent an emergency shutdown. The plant suffered a steam leak, which spewed a total of some 3 thousand curies into the atmosphere. Nuclear Power Plant of Sosnovyi Bor suffers an emergency shut down. 0 YES IR short |
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308 ON 29 June the Dutch right-wing coalition government collapsed. It was made up of the Christian-democrats (CDA) led by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, the right wing liberal party (VVD) and the so-called |
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309 On February 1, 1990, during a spacewalk, Alexander Serebrov dons an experimental flying armchair that had been delivered to Mir with Kvant 2. Unlike U.S. astronauts, who flew untethered flights with a similar device, the Soviet cosmonaut remains attached to the station with a safety tether, since there is no space shuttle to pick him up in case of an emergency. US shuttle Atlantis docks with the Mir space station. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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310 On July 12 Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio asks Pedro Santana Lopes to form a government. The new government is sworn in on July 17 and includes António Monteiro as foreign minister, Daniel Sanches as interior minister, and António Bago Flix as finance minister; Paulo Portas remains defense minister. New Portuguese prime minister is elected. 0 YES IR long |
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311 On June 29, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis made history when it docked with the Russian Mir space station, as shown in this photograph. US shuttle Atlantis docks with the Mir space station. 0 YES IR short |
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312 "Oscar-winning director Franco Zeffirelli has been awarded an honorary knighthood for his ""valuable services to British performing arts""." Italian director is awarded an honorary Oscar. 2 NO IR short |
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313 Over a course of days, the bank went from apparent strength to bankruptcy. Barings was Britain |
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314 People who are deaf or have hearing impairments, those who are blind or have vision impairments, and those with mobility impairments may face unique challenges in an emergency. Their ability to detect a fire or escape its effects may be hindered by their impairments. As a result, people with these impairments are at a greater risk of death or injury due to fire. Deaf people encounter problems in the social community. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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315 Political parties in PNG lack ideological conviction and rely almost exclusively on patronage politics, personalism, and regional bases. Several parties have emerged in Papua New Guinean politics. In the House of Assembly elected in 1973, the Pangu Pati, headed by Michael Somare, formed a coalition government with the People |
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316 President Chirac has been advised that his resumption of nuclear testing would precipitate an international boycott of French products. International pressure is exerted to end French nuclear tests. 0 YES IR short |
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317 President Fujimori was first elected in 1990, and then re-elected in 1995 under a new constitution. President Fujimori was re-elected in 1995. 0 YES IR short |
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318 President Vladimir Putin vowed Monday to track down the killers of Anna Politkovskaya, while her colleagues at Novaya Gazeta pledged to continue her work despite dangers. Anna Politkovskaya was murdered. 0 YES IR short |
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319 Prime Minister Jos Manuel Duro Barroso resigns. He is to assume the presidency of the European Commission later in the year (the European Parliament approves him on July 22). New Portuguese prime minister is elected. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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320 Rabies is a viral disease of mammals and is transmitted primarily through bites. Annually, 7,000 to 8,000 rabid animals are detected in the United States, with more than 90 percent of the cases in wild animals. Rabies is fatal in humans. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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321 Rabies virus infects the central nervous system, causing encephalopathy and ultimately death. Early symptoms of rabies in humans are nonspecific, consisting of fever, headache, and general malaise. Rabies is fatal in humans. 0 YES IR short |
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322 Research workers of the German archaeological institute have discovered a mummy in permafrost at excavation work in Mongolia of approximately 2,500 years old. Altai ice maiden triggers major dispute. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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323 Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da Silva is quite simply one of the greatest strikers in the history of world football, capable of leaving an entire team for dead with his darting runs and dribbling ability, voted FIFA World Player of the Year on three occasions and already a double FIFA World Cup winner. FIFA selects world football player of the year 1994. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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324 Russia doesn |
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325 Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov set the record for the longest continuous amount of time spent in space, a staggering 438 days, between 1994 and 1995. Russians hold record for longest stay in space. 0 YES IR short |
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326 Seal hunting has been a tradition in Norway for thousands of years, but has dwindled recently with only about half the annual 1,200 quota being killed each year. Seal-hunting endangers species. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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327 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. Castro visits the UN. 2 NO IR short |
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328 September 26 - Trial against former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, accused of Mafia connections, begins. Andreotti collaborates with the Mafia. 2 NO IR short |
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329 September 26 - Trial against former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, accused of Mafia connections, begins. Andreotti is accused of Mafia collusion. 0 YES IR short |
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330 Sida does not take any new decisions on support to projects in the Baltic states. Baltic Countries join the EU. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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331 Speaking about the papal visit, Castro also said the government had agreed to make available half of its transport to ensure people can attend masses the pope will celebrate in the cities of Havana, Santa Clara, Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba. Cuban church authorities have been concerned there will not be enough transport. Papal travel is affected by political concerns. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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332 Stony Brook, NY (1/10/02)- The discovery of paleolithic art in a cave in South Africa is causing researchers to consider an older and less Euro-centric view of the origins of what is considered |
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333 Strong support was given to water conservation, recycling and demand reduction options, while storage augmentation (dam building) was rejected on the grounds that there would not be sufficient water to fill any new dams. Dam building prevents life-threatening situations. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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334 Thanks to the thirty Heads who responded to my question about maternity leave. Clearly, the amount of maternity leave offered to teachers at international schools varies greatly from school to school. Maternity leave varies in Europe. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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335 The accident in the Ukrainian nuclear power plant at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986 brought along great harm for many people. There were immediate damages and consequential burdens for human beings, the environment and the economy over long distances. Nuclear Power Plant of Sosnovyi Bor suffers an emergency shut down. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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336 The agreement also stated a period of transition for the Baltic countries to last until December 31, 1999. This was a much shorter period than that which was assigned to the Central European countries (their transition periods were declared to be 10 years). Estonia declined the transition period, Latvia received a transition period of four years, and Lithuania received a transition period of six years. Baltic Countries join the EU. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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337 The British tabloids portrayed Nicholas Leeson as a working-class villain who single-handedly brought down Barings PLC, a 233-year-old London merchant bank that helped finance the Napoleonic wars. Barings was Britain |
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338 The chain of events which led to the collapse of Barings, Britain |
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339 The conference found that many Australians experience discrimination through the Governmental, penal, legal and health care systems because of their mental health, race, skin colour, sexuality, sexual formation or refugee status. Mental health problems increase in the young. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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340 The Dayton Peace Accords for Bosnia and Herzegovina was the first major peace agreement adopted after the Beijing conference, in December 1995. The Dayton Peace Treaty was formulated to end the war in Bosnia. 0 YES IR short |
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341 The discovery is based on velocity measurements of a whirlpool of hot gas orbiting the black hole. Hubble discovers black holes. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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342 The discovery of the body of a warrior - thought to have died in battle more than 2,000 years ago - could help archaeologists to pinpoint the site of an ancient holy site. The young warrior, aged about 30, with his spear, a sword, his belt and scabbard, stunned archaeologists who found his stone coffin. Altai ice maiden triggers major dispute. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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343 The Ebro Delta (delta de l |
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344 The ecological problems stem in large part from the fact that the brackish water and productive coastal wetlands and natural areas are often supplied with nutrient-rich irrigation return water, sometimes from rice farming. The Ebro Delta and its wetlands suffer similar water quality problems since they lie around the fringes of the large Delta farm region. The Ebro Delta is used for farming. 0 YES IR long |
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345 The eighth Paralympic Winter Games are set to take place in Salt Lake City, Utah. For only the second time the Games are being held outside Europe, following the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan. And for the first time ever, there is just one combined organising committee for both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Just 10 days after the Winter Olympics concludes, the Paralympics will begin in the same venue. The 2002 Olympic Winter games took place in Salt Lake. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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346 The first dinosaur remains in south-east Asia were found in Laos as early as 1936, but little else eventuated until the 1980s. Much of the area is heavily vegetated, and although difficult to explore, promises many significant finds in the future. Thailand has provided the best finds, particularly from the Khorat Group, which covers the period from the late Triassic to the early Cretaceous . Dinosaur remains were found in Asia. 0 YES IR long |
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347 The first half of 1997 has been a year of considerable progress for East Timor in the international arena. In April, a majority of members of the UN Commission on Human Rights voted in support of a strong resolution on East Timor, criticising the Indonesian government for its lack of progress on human rights in East Timor and calling for concrete steps to be taken to address the continuing violations. Guerrillas increase activity in East Timor. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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348 The floods were exceptional since they affected an extensive area across Europe from the UK to Spain and as far east as the Black Sea coast. Economic losses amounted to EUR 9.2 bn in Germany, EUR 2.9 bn in Austria and EUR 2.3 bn in the Czech Republic. Total economic damage exceeds EUR 15 bn. Flooding in Europe causes major economic losses. 0 YES IR long |
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349 The ghost shirt was then donated to the Glasgow Museum in 1892 by an Indian interpreter and has remained a visitor attraction for 100 years. It became the subject of an ownership wrangle when descendants of the Sioux tribe petitioned for its return in 1995. The Wounded Knee Survivors Association including a Lakota elder had it returned to the tribe. A Sioux ghost shirt was returned by a Scottish museum. 0 YES IR long |
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350 The golden jewellery, found in an intact Royal Macedonian tomb in 1977, is exquisite. It is now the prize exhibit in the archaeological museum in Thessaloniki and the label says that it came from the tomb of Philip II, Alexander the Great |
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351 The group, along with a broad coalition of disarmament, environmental, peace, and religious organizations, expects the boycott to put pressure on French companies to exert their economic influence and encourage Chirac to end all nuclear weapons testing. International pressure is exerted to end French nuclear tests. 0 YES IR short |
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352 The increased amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the primary causes of the human-induced component of global warming. Greenhouse effect changes global climate. 0 YES IR short |
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353 The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. raised $19.07 billion Friday after pricing its initial public offering at HK$3.07 (39 cents), the top end of its indicative price range, to become the world |
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354 The International Olympic Committee has leapt to the defence of the drug-testing lab at the centre of the Merlene Ottey doping case. Athletics |
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355 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. Nick Leeson was arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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356 The Italian air transport sector features many typical causes of industrial conflict, including: the troubled economic situation of Alitalia, Italy |
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357 The Italian parliament may approve a draft law allowing descendants of the exiled royal family to return home. The family was banished after the Second World War because of the King |
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358 "The liner notes to the CD surmise that Farrakhan is the author of three selections, ""Is She Is, or Is She Ain't"", ""Don't Touch Me Nylon,"" and ""Female Boxer"" and that is quite possible. The most interesting is the first of these three, a topical number on Christie Jorgensen, the subject of a series of sex change operations. While such transexual operations have since become more common, this was the first to receive high publicity." Sex-change operations become more common. 0 YES IR long |
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359 The Longest Day ever lengthens. The 25th anniversary celebration of the first Normandy landing lasted three days; the 50th will spread out over a year. 50th Anniversary of Normandy Landings lasts a year. 0 YES IR short |
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360 The longest mission which the Russian Salyuts supported was 63 days. The second generation Salyuts would fly missions much longer and would need to be resupplied from time to time. Russians hold record for longest stay in space. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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361 The longest mission which these Salyuts supported was 63 days. The second generation Salyuts would fly missions much longer and would need to be resupplied from time to time; therefore, a supply ferry was mandatory to maintain a fully operational Salyut for two years with 40,000 pounds of fuel, food, clothing and water. Russians hold record for longest stay in space. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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362 The magazine said the number of billionaires worldwide increased by 102 people in 2006 to 793, a record number, largely due to bullish global stock markets. Their total net worth jumped 18 percent to $2.6 trillion. The number of billionaires increases. 0 YES IR short |
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363 The main institutionalised forms of recognition for those who have made a significant contribution in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, as well as for those working for peace (and more recently in the area of economics), are the Nobel prizes. Nobel Peace Prize candidates have been chosen. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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364 The most recent figures from UNAids show a continent divided in two. In north Africa, up to 0.5% of the population has been infected with HIV. In sub-Saharan Africa, that figure is 8.8% but rising to almost 40% in some countries. In four countries - Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe - at least one in three of the population is HIV positive. AIDS spreads in Africa. 0 YES IR long |
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365 The mystery of Alexander the Great |
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366 The Norwegian Nobel Committee is responsible for the selection of the candidates and the choice of Prize Winners for the Peace Prize. The Committee is composed of five members appointed by the Storting (Norwegian parliament). The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway and not in Stockholm, Sweden like the other Nobel Prizes. Nobel Peace Prize candidates have been chosen. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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367 The optimal style of dam building is specific to the particular macroproject, the nature of the geophysical worksite (Anon., 2005) as well as social uncertainty, the undertaking management organizations experience, the operational complexities of many kinds of construction machinery and worker nationalities, the macroprojects situational geography and the logistics of its required compositional materials. Dam building prevents life-threatening situations. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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368 The original spelling reform of 1996, which was meant to harmonize the spelling rules across the German-speaking countries, turned out to be a major embarrassment if not outright failure. A spelling reform was approved in all German speaking countries. 0 YES IR short |
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369 The papers presented show that all European countries are experiencing rapidly aging populations that will cause sharp increases in the cost of retirement income over the next several decades. National pension systems currently adopted in Europe are in difficulties. 0 YES IR short |
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370 The party system increased in importance during the Second Republic. Large, strong parties were fostered under the d |
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371 "The policy focused on coca eradication from the territories of Peru and Bolivia. During the years of 1996 and 2000, much of the resources of ""Andean Initiative"" where utilized in intense aerial fumigation in coca producing areas." Peru debates border region with Ecuador. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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372 The presidents of Ecuador and Peru say they have agreed to work together to try to find a peaceful solution to their long-running border dispute. Peru debates border region with Ecuador. 0 YES IR short |
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373 The royal tombs at Vergina were identified as the ancient capital of Aigai in the 1930s. A royal tomb identified as possibly Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander the Great |
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374 The Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics will take place from February 8th to February 24th 2002. The Paralympics will take place in Salt Lake City from March 7th to March 16th 2002. 2002 Olympic Winter games take place in Salt Lake. 0 YES IR short |
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375 The Sioux Ghost Shirt was a feature of Glasgow |
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376 The son of Italy |
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377 The spread of AIDS in Africa is driven not by unsafe sex but by unsafe medical practice, according to research published last week. AIDS spreads in Africa. 0 YES IR short |
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378 The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis, its lights flashing like a beacon, smoothly docked with Russia |
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379 The world |
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380 Then China rolled out the fake Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, a teenager chosen as the reincarnation of a major lama by the atheist Communist leaders and trained since childhood to spout nationalist slogans while wearing robes. Newspapers reporting on the debacle generally tried to present both sides, but it seems fair to say there |
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381 There are four identified subtypes of Ebola virus. Three of the four have caused disease in humans: Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, and Ebola-Ivory Coast. The fourth, Ebola-Reston, has caused disease in non-human primates, but not in humans. The Ebola epidemic breaks out in Zaire. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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382 There are many motives for suicide attacks: religious beliefs, nationalistic ideologies, obedience to charismatic and authoritarian leaders, or desire for political change. The modus operandi may vary, whether to use one or several suicide bombers, whether to use men or women. People were killed in Tamil suicide attacks. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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383 This coalition took seven months to form, the longest deadlock in Dutch history. It occurred only after negotiations between the CDA and the PvdA failed, first over tax issues, then over the issue of abortion. Three parties form a Dutch coalition government. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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384 This course helps students pursuing an AOS or AAS degree, gain an understanding of the experiences of Black people from hearing and deaf communities in America. Deaf people encounter problems in the social community. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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385 This is a kind of homework from last year |
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386 Three leading Japanese banks have announced an alliance forming the world |
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387 "Thus, China's President repeatedly sent letters and envoys to the Dalai Lama and to the Tibetan Government asking that Tibet ""join"" the Republic of China." Dalai Lama and the government of the People |
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388 Two of Japan |
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389 Typhoon Chanchu, packing winds up to 170 kph (106 mph) and the strongest typhoon on record to enter the South China Sea in May, made landfall between the cities of Shantou and Xiamen and was advancing northeast, the Hong Kong Observatory said. A typhoon batters the Philippines. 2 NO IR short |
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390 Typhoon Xangsane lashed the Philippine capital on Thursday, grounding flights, halting vessels and closing schools and markets after triggering fatal flash floods in the centre of the country. A typhoon batters the Philippines. 0 YES IR short |
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391 Typhoon Xangsane was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it moved inland from the central Vietnam coast, where it killed two people, injured at least 80 others and damaged hundreds of homes, officials and state-controlled media reported. A typhoon batters the Philippines. 2 NO IR short |
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392 U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew concluded their pursuit of the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday and docked with the orbital outpost at 12:05 EDT (1605 GMT). US shuttle Atlantis docks with the Mir space station. 2 NO IR short |
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393 UFJ Holdings Inc. said it wants to merge with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., a combination that would surpass Citigroup Inc. as the world |
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394 Unlike seal hunting in Canada, where pups are hunted for fur, poachers in China catch seals primarily to sell to zoos or to use the genital organs for traditional Chinese medicine. Seal-hunting endangers species. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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395 We present a novel approach to enhance avalanche companion rescue using wearable sensing technologies. The time to find and extricate victims is most crucial: once buried by an avalanche, survival chances drop dramatically already after the first 15 minutes. Robots are used to find avalanche victims. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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396 While the Baltic countries are set to join the European Union soon, their economies are already in good shape. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania boast the fastest economic growth in the entire Baltic Sea region, for example. The Baltic Countries will join the EU. 0 YES IR short |
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397 With the publication of Sophie |
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398 Without a natural greenhouse effect, the temperature of the Earth would be about zero degrees F (-18C) instead of its present 57F (14C). Greenhouse effect changes global climate. 0 YES IR short |
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399 Worldwide, child labor is most prevalent in the agricultural sector, where children are widely used as day laborers. Working long hours, children working in agriculture are often exposed to harmful pesticides, dangerous machinery, backbreaking loads, and many other hazardous conditions. Child labor is widely used in Asia. 1 UNKNOWN IR short |
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400 Zinedine Zidane has beaten Thierry Henry and Ronaldo to the Fifa 2003 World Player of the Year award. FIFA selects world football player of the year 1994. 1 UNKNOWN IR long |
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401 The Hubble is a scientific workhorse in the prime of its life. It is also the privileged photographer of the universe. Whether the images are of solar systems at birth, galaxies colliding, or the death throes of a star in supernova, Hubble |
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402 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. Michael Crichton is the author of the book Jurassic Park. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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403 Two of Gianni Versace |
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404 In 1962, Armstrong was transferred to astronaut status. He served as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission, launched March 16, 1966, and along with David Scott, performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space by mating his Gemini 8 with an uninhabited Agena rocket. Neil Armstrong was the first man who landed on the Moon. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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405 Neil Armstrong was an aviator in the Navy and was chosen with the second group of astronauts in 1962. Made seven flights in the X-15 program (1960 photo), reaching an altitude of 207,500 feet. Was backup command pilot for Gemini 5, command pilot for Gemini 8, backup command pilot for Gemini 11, backup commander for Apollo 8, and commander for Apollo 11: successfully completing the first moonwalk. Neil Armstrong was the first man who landed on the Moon. 0 YES QA long |
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406 The Cyrillic alphabet is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. It has also been used for other languages in the past. Not all letters in the Cyrillic alphabet are used in every language which is written with it. Cyrillic is an alphabet used for certain Slavic languages, such as Russian. 0 YES QA long |
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407 Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born on April 21, 1926 in London, England. Her father, Prince Albert, Duke of York, was the second son of King George V. Her mother, the former Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, was the daughter of a Scottish earl. Princess Elizabeth was their first child. Her only sibling, Margaret Rose, was born in 1930. Elizabeth the Second |
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408 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was born in London on April, 21 1926, first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, subsequently King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Five weeks later she was christened in the chapel of Buckingham Palace and was given the names Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor. The Queen ascended the throne on February 6, 1952 upon the death of her father, King George VI. Her Coronation followed on June 2, 1953. Elizabeth the Second |
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409 George H.W. Bush served this country not only as President but also as Vice President, Member of Congress, United Nations Ambassador, chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People |
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410 Bush and his wife, Laura, departed the White House on Thursday afternoon to spend four days at the wooded presidential retreat of rustic cabins in the Maryland mountains. Along with the first lady |
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411 Although I come across Borges and Calvino fairly often, too, I have to admit that Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the only one of the other authors I am at all familiar with, so I am not sure which difference it might make. I would be curious, though, what that difference might look like to people writing about media art and architecture in Spanish, for example. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a writer. 0 YES QA long |
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412 "The United Kingdom, Turkey, ""Old"" British commonwealth forces ( New Zealand, Aussies, Canadians, Gurkhas, India), Germany, Poland, Vietnam, some units from USA, Russia, France, China (but only some) Japan would be included but I'm uncomfortable about using the word respected for Japanese soldiers for obvious reasons." The Gurkhas come from Nepal. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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413 The town lies along the stretch of coastline designated as Gold Beach during the D-Day landings , one of the beaches used by British troops in the allied invasion. Arromanches was selected as one of the sites for two Mulberry Harbours built on the Normandy coast, the other one built further West at Omaha Beach. The Normandy landings took place in June 1944. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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414 After months of planning and build-up, Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower set Operation Overlord for June 6, 1944: some 7000 ships in the British Isles set to sea and sailed across the English Channel, and, under the leadership of Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery, 135,000 troops landed and stormed Feldmarschal Erwin Rommel |
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415 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 |
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416 "Since '82 Federal Chancellor (elected by ""constructive vote of no confidence"" against former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Social Democratic Party (SPD); reelected 1983, 1987, 1991 and 1994). This makes Helmut Kohl the longest-serving chancellor of the Federal Republic, passing by Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor, this October." The name of Helmut Kohl |
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417 When comparing Michele Granger and Brian Goodell, Brian has to be the clear winner. In 1976, while still a student at Mission Viejo High, Brian won two Olympic gold medals at Montreal, breaking his own world records in both the 400- and 1,500-meter freestyle events. He went on to win three gold medals in he 1979 Pan American Games. Brian Goodell won three gold medals in the 1979 Pan American Games. 0 YES QA long |
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418 More than a decade ago, Carl Lewis stood on the threshold of what was to become the greatest athletics career in history. He had just broken two of the legendary Jesse Owens |
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419 Discovery of the top quark, if confirmed, completes one set of subatomic building blocks whose existence is predicted by the prevailing theory, called the Standard Model, of the particles and forces that determine the fundamental nature of matter and energy. In the whimsical lexicon of modern physics, the elementary particles are called quarks, leptons and bosons. Quarks, leptons, and bosons are the three elementary particles of physics according to the Standard Model. 0 YES QA long |
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420 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 |
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421 Of all the national park lands in the United States, none is closer to a major urban area or more beset with problems than the Everglades, a shallow, 50-mile-wide river of grass that flows south from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay. For more than a generation, this fragile natural wonder has been held hostage by a web of special interests -- farmers, sportsmen and about 6 million South Florida residents in need of drinking water and flood control -- that is as complex as the ecosystem itself. The Everglades is 50-mile wide. 0 YES QA long |
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422 Aeschylus is often called the father of Greek tragedy; he wrote the earliest complete plays which survive from ancient Greece. He is known to have written more than 90 plays, though only seven survive. The most famous of these are the trilogy known as Orestia. Also well-known are The Persians and Prometheus Bound. """The Persians"" was written by Aeschylus." 0 YES QA long |
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423 Canada is officially a bilingual country but, with nearly 60% of the population speaking English as their mother-tongue, and only 24% speaking French as their first language, some people are questioning whether Canada is truly a bilingual nation or rather, a bilingual nation on paper only. French is not the only linguistic minority in Canada, and some of the languages spoken, in order of popularity, are Chinese, Italian, German, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Ukrainian, Arabic, Dutch, Tagalog, Greek, Vietnamese, Cree and Inuktitut. French is the most widely spoken language in Québec. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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424 One year on from the Indian Ocean tsunami, the world |
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425 Brazilian cardinal Dom Eusbio Oscar Scheid, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro , harshly criticized Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after arriving in Rome on Tuesday. The Brazilian President is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. 0 YES QA short |
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426 According to members of Brazilian Court, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva may be subjected to an impeachment process, if there is some proof that he is really involved in some of the alleged scandals, or in case someone can prove that he was acting with negligence. The Brazilian President is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. 0 YES QA long |
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427 "A report prepared by a five member UN commission noted ""killing of civilians, enforced disappearances, destruction of villages, rape and other forms of sexual violence, pillaging and forced displacement, throughout Darfur"", and secretly named alleged war criminals that should go before the ICC." More than 200,000 people were killed in the air attack in the Darfur region. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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428 The United States Marshals Service working together with nearly 960 other law enforcement agencies recently concluded a week-long operation, Operation FALCON, which succeeded in the arrest of 10,340 fugitives across the United States and elsewhere. Other regional sweeps have been conducted before; but this was the first of its kind at the national level and resulted in the highest number of arrests ever recorded in a single operation. Operation Condor was a genocide and a campaign of counter-terrorism implemented by the right-wing dictatorships that dominated the Southern Cone in Latin America from the 1950s to 1980s. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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429 "Operation FALCON was conducted during a one week period, April 4-10, 2005, chosen to coincide with National Crime Victim's Rights Week , April 10-16, the dates being chosen to ""honor the victims"" of violent crime in America. ""By taking violent fugitives off the streets and putting them behind bars where they belong,"" said Attorney General Alberto Gonzales , ""we've honored the victims and made our streets safer.""" Operation Condor was a genocide and a campaign of counter-terrorism implemented by the right-wing dictatorships that dominated the Southern Cone in Latin America from the 1950s to 1980s. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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430 Thousands of Romanians participated in rallies on Monday to campaign for the release of three Romanian journalists kidnapped last month in Iraq . Crowds swelled in size after a weekend of smaller rallies sponsored by Romanian media workers and the Arab community in Romania. Romania sent 730 troops in Iraq. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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431 """These new results from Cassini may be the first evidence of gases originating either from the surface or possibly from the interior of Enceladus,"" said Dr. Michele Dougherty, principal investigator for the Cassini magnetometer and professor at Imperial College in London. Scientists have suspected Enceladus as geologically active and a possible source of Saturn's icy E ring. Enceladus is the most reflective object in the solar system, reflecting about 90 percent of the sunlight that hits it." Titan is the fifteenth of Saturn |
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432 A collection of real-life testimonies by Klaus Pohl, one of Germany |
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433 TWA connects through New York en route to Frankfurt . Lufthansa , the German airline , flies direct daily from Los Angeles to Frankfurt , and the airline shares flights with Lauda Air , an Austrian carrier , on Wednesdays , Fridays and Sundays to fly directly to Munich . Another German airline , Ltu , also flies direct from Los Angeles to Dusseldorf and Munich on Mondays and Thursdays . Frankfurt is the hub for trips to most of the country |
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434 November 9, 1989 , the day the Berlin Wall fell and the world changed forever . Not even the most astute saw it coming . As Hungary |
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435 "Global markets should be ""quite strong enough to absorb it without lasting damage"", he said . ""I would stress that these circumstances are unique to Barings and should not apply to other banks operating in London."" Barings faced losses of at least 600m in contracts on three stock exchanges in Singapore , Osaka and Tokyo , he said , but 'further unquantifiable losses' were expected ." The banking firm Barings collapsed due to speculations made by Nick Leeson. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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436 """It's a vote of confidence that the momentum is going to continue"", Doyle said . The momentum also appears to be moving south . The Mexican election is the latest indication that the free-market reforms that have swept Latin America during the past decade are gaining political acceptance . In Brazil , prices rose sharply , reacting to the Mexico vote and to new polls favorable to free-market presidential candidate Fernando Henrique Cardoso ." Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a presidential candidate. 0 YES QA long |
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437 Although he won with the lowest majority ever tallied by the ruling party , 48.7% of the votes , his ballots almost doubled those of outsider Diego Fernandez de Cevallos , the rightist runner-up . And insiders are now favored to win other Latin American elections in the coming months : In Brazil , Fernando Henrique Cardoso , a former Senate leader and Cabinet minister , is expected to finish ahead of outsider Luis Inacio (Lula) da Silva , a leftist former labor leader , in the first round of president. Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister. 0 YES QA long |
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438 It would force countries in the region to choose between the United States and Japan -- or maybe between Japan and China . And it would collapse whatever promise the newly born Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) holds as a vehicle to assure American commercial access to the booming Pacific markets . To risk all of this in the name of a flawed concept is foolish . This is not to deny the Administration |
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439 It is an independence movement among the Tamil peoples of northern Sri Lanka -- the ancient land of Ceylon independent from Britain in 1948 and took the name Sri Lanka, a Sinhalese word, in 1972. The current name of Ceylon is Sri Lanka. 0 YES QA short |
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440 Article 19 said a correspondent for the independent newspaper Narodnaya Volya who attempted to determine how many people involved in emergency work in the contaminated zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor after the 1986 catastrophe were still alive was told by the Ministry of Emergencies that non-state newspapers could be refused access to any information. The catastrophe at Chernobyl happened in 1986. 0 YES QA long |
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441 After leaving Time-Life, Shuker joined the Public Broadcast Laboratory, forerunner of PBS, and participated in two pioneering films -- |
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442 "Meanwhile, at a Pushkin-Goethe Festival held recently in Moscow to observe the poets' birthdays (this year is Goethe's 250th), Dmitri Prigov, a post-modernist poet and conceptual artist, took the first line from ""Onegin"" (""My uncle - high ideals inspire him"") and set it to Buddhist and Muslim mantras and Russian Orthodox and Gregorian chants." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Germany. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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443 Addressing a function organized here by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Anand said, the greatest and most urgent challenges of human rights in India were in the areas of maternal and child care, child education, child labor, child abuse and protection of minorities and weaker sections. Amnesty International takes care of human rights. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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444 President Jacques Chirac of France, a conservative like Kohl, and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, whose fellow Socialists saw in the victory of Schroeder |
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445 Aides to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose Labor Party won power 13 months ago and who is the current EU president, said the leaders acknowledged jointly - and without trying to blame each other - that the EU |
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446 That theory, a concept first proposed by Albert Einstein and often reiterated by British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, seeks to find a single set of equations that can explain all the fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak interactive forces among subnuclear particles. Stephen Hawking is a physicist. 0 YES QA long |
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447 "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." Phobia is a an extreme fear of a particular thing or situation. 1 UNKNOWN QA long |
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448 NPF said that young people displaying onset symptoms of Parkinson |
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449 Olympic officials familiar with Salt Lake City |
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450 Hubble is one of the most remarkable facilities in the entire history of science. Hubble is a Space telescope. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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451 Jurassic Park is a novel written by Michael Crichton. Jurassic Park was published in 1990. Michael Crichton is the author of the book Jurassic Park. 0 YES QA short |
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452 Boris Becker is a true legend in the sport of tennis. Aged just seventeen, he won Wimbledon for the first time and went on to become the most prolific tennis player. Boris Becker is a Wimbledon champion. 0 YES QA short |
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453 Boris Becker is a former professional tennis player for Germany. Boris Becker is a Wimbledon champion. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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454 On Aug. 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was exploded on Hiroshima with an estimated equivalent explosive force of 12,500 tons of TNT, followed three days later by a second, more powerful, bomb on Nagasaki. In 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. 0 YES QA short |
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455 He interviewed Shigeko Sasamori in December 2004. Ms. Sasamori was thirteen when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945). In 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. 0 YES QA short |
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456 On August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Tibbetts, was chosen to make the mission. The mission was recorded as successful by Capt. William S. Parson at 9:20 A.M. In 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. 0 YES QA short |
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457 Even Homer realises the cleverness of Jan De Bont |
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458 According to the director Kim Ki-duk The biggest problem for Americans understanding Korean movies is that all action films have the same plot. For example, the movie |
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459 Felipe González Márquez (born March 5, 1942) is a Spanish socialist politician. He was the General Secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers |
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460 González Márquez, Felipe is a Spanish political leader. After joining what was then the Spanish Socialist Workers |
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461 "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 who landed on the Moon. 0 YES QA short |
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462 Cyrillic is an alphabet form that is derived from the Greek alphabet. The characters in the script look substantially different from the Latin alphabet that is used throughout Western Europe. Cyrillic is an alphabet used for certain Slavic languages, such as Russian. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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463 Qin Shi Huang, personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 247 BCE to 221 BCE, and then the first emperor of a unified China from 221 BCE to 210 BCE, ruling under the name First Emperor. Qin Shi Huang was the first China Emperor. 0 YES QA short |
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464 The Qin (from which the name China is derived) established the approximate boundaries and basic administrative system that all subsequent dynasties were to follow. Qin Shi Huang was the first Chinese Emperor. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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465 Following the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty of 1979, Israel agreed to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula, in exchange for peace with its neighbor. For over two decades, the Sinai Peninsula was home to about 7,000 Israelis. The Israel-Egypt Peace Agreement was signed in 1979. 0 YES QA short |
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466 Canada and the United States signed an agreement on January 30, 1979, to amend the treaty to allow subsistence hunting of waterfowl. The Israel-Egypt Peace Agreement was signed in 1979. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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467 In 1979, the leaders signed the Egypt-Israel peace treaty on the White House lawn. Both President Begin and Sadat received the Nobel Peace Prize for their work. The two nations have enjoyed peaceful relations to this day. The Israel-Egypt Peace Agreement was signed in 1979. 0 YES QA short |
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468 "President George W. Bush, who gave the keynote address and introduced his father, raved about the vessel: ""She is unrelenting, she unshakeable, she is unyielding, she is unstoppable. In fact, she should have been named the Barbara Bush.""" The name of George H.W. Bush |
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469 George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is the former 41st President of the United States of America. Almost immediately upon his return from the war in December 1944, George Bush married Barbara Pierce. The name of George H.W. Bush |
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470 "Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the author of ""One Hundred Years of Solitude"", ""The Autumn of the Patriarch"" and other novels." Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a novelist and writer. 0 YES QA short |
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471 Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a liberal thinker whose left-wing politics angered many conservative politicians and heads of state. His job as a reporter for the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina, in 1960, and and friendship with Fidel Castro resulted in his being ultimately denied entry to the United States for political reasons. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a conservative politician. 2 NO QA short |
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472 "In 1867, Nobel obtained a patent on a special type of nitroglycerine, which he called ""dynamite"". The invention quickly proved its usefulness in building and construction in many countries." Alfred Nobel is the inventor of dynamite. 0 YES QA short |
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473 "Experimenting on a raft anchored on the river Elbe, Alfred Nobel tries to make nitroglycerine safer to handle. Finds that the addition of kieselguhr turns nitroglycerine into a dough that can be kneaded, and calls it ""dynamite""." Alfred Nobel is the inventor of dynamite. 0 YES QA short |
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474 A British Dynamite Company (Ardeer, Scotland, UK) is founded. In 1877 the company name was changed to Nobel |
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475 Euro Disney is one of the most popular theme parks of USA. Euro-Disney is an Entertainment Park. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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476 The Disneyland of Europe is located 20 miles east of Paris. Euro Disney is a huge complex with hotels, restaurants, shops and a nearby golf course apart from the actual theme park. It provides a much better experience than its American cousin thanks to the marvels of modern engineering. Euro-Disney is an Entertainment Park. 0 YES QA short |
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477 Charles de Gaulle died in 1970 at the age of eighty. He was thus fifty years old when, as an unknown officer recently promoted to the (temporary) rank of brigadier general, he made his famous broadcast from London rejecting the capitulation of France to the Nazis after the debacle of May-June 1940. Charles de Gaulle died in 1970. 0 YES QA short |
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478 Charles de Gaulle retired as an earl and died in November. He wished a simple funeral for himself: he would be buried in his village in a seventy-two dollar oak coffin, borne to his grave by his fellow villagers-a butcher |
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479 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. Charles de Gaulle died in 1970. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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480 The Argentinian propaganda made the Gurkhas out to be evil savages who ate their PoW |
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481 The Gurkhas come from mountainous Nepal and are extremely tenacious warriors-as foot soldiers they are the best only in close combat jungle/mountain combat and hand to hand type situation. The Gurkhas come from Nepal. 0 YES QA short |
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482 Arromanches-les-Bains or simply Arromanches is a town in Normandy, France, located on the coast in the heart of the area where the Normandy landings took place on D-Day, on June 6, 1944. The Normandy landings took place in June 1944. 0 YES QA short |
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483 The D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion force ever assembled headed for France on June 6th 1944. The Normandy landings took place in June 1944. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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484 Kohl participated in the late stage of WWII as a teenage soldier. He joined the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) in 1947. The name of Helmut Kohl |
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485 An American journalist of Russian descent, Klebnikov was shot four times by at least one assassin in a passing car as he stepped outside his office that evening in Moscow. He died shortly after arriving at City Hospital No. 20 in Moscow. Vladislav Listyev was murdered in Moscow. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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486 An American journalist of Russian descent, Klebnikov was shot four times by at least one assassin in a passing car as he stepped outside his office that evening in Moscow. Vladislav Listyev was murdered in Moscow. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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487 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. Vladislav Listyev was murdered in Moscow. 0 YES QA short |
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488 "The final major piece of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was to hit just after midnight, completing a ring of crater-like plumes of swirling superheated gas and debris thousands of miles across. ""It hit Jupiter like a string of machine-gun bullets"" said Eugene Shoemaker, an astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., who helped discover the comet last year." The Shoemaker-Levy comet hit Jupiter. 0 YES QA short |
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489 You rifle through your visual memory and there it is: Vermeer, the 17th-Century Dutch artist who painted extraordinary portraits of women engaged in the ordinary -- writing a letter, making lace or putting on a necklace of pearls. Vermeer is a 17th-Century Dutch artist. 0 YES QA short |
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490 A collection of real-life testimonies by Klaus Pohl, one of Germany |
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491 "In India, carpets are made mostly in Uttar Pradesh, which adopted a ""Child Labour Abolition and Regulation Act"" in 1986." The Child Labour Abolition and Regulation Act was adopted in 1986. 0 YES QA short |
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492 Victor Emmanuel was born on Nov. 11, 1869, in Naples. After his father, Umberto I, was assassinated in 1900, Victor Emmanuel succeeded to the throne. Victor Emmanuel III was king of Italy from 1900 to 1946. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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493 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy reigned from 1900 to 1946. Victor Emmanuel III was king of Italy from 1900 to 1946. 0 YES QA short |
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494 Victor Emmanuel III yielded most of his powers to his son Umberto II in 1944, when Umberto was appointed as Lieutenant General of the Realm, and finally abdicated in 1946. Victor Emmanuel III was king of Italy from 1900 to 1946. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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495 Victor Emmanuel III, 1869-1947, king of Italy (1900-1946), emperor of Ethiopia (1936-43), king of Albania (1939-43), son and successor of Humbert I. Victor Emmanuel III was king of Italy from 1900 to 1946. 0 YES QA short |
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496 Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc) was a Hungarian/Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer who lived from 1811 to 1886. Liszt is widely considered to be one of the greatest piano virtuosi of all time, and certainly the most famous of the nineteenth century. Franz Liszt lived from 1811 to 1886. 0 YES QA short |
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497 The Altenburg is located in the Jenaer street which lies just outside of Weimar |
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498 Franz Liszt, a Hungarian composer who lived from 1811 to 1886 was the equivalent of a rock star in his day. His piano compositions were extremely popular and he often gave concerts to his multitude of fans. Liszt was also the pioneer of many musical techniques, including the symphonic poem and the technique of transforming themes. Franz Liszt lived from 1811 to 1886. 0 YES QA short |
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499 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. """The Persians"" was written by Aeschylus." 0 YES QA short |
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500 "To write ""The Persians,"" which opens Thursday at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley, Ellen McLaughlin spent six days. Given the direction of U.S. foreign policy, McLaughlin says, the lessons of ""The Persians"" are particularly crucial today, 2,500 years after it was written." """The Persians"" was written by Aeschylus." 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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501 The brother-in-law of Mohammad Oreibi al-Khalifa, the new chief judge in the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein, has been shot dead, police sources say. Mohammad Khalifa |
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502 A Muslim charity in the Philippines that was supported by bin Laden and run by a brother-in-law, Mohammad Jamal Khalifa, financed Shah and the other plotters. Mohammad Khalifa |
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503 Spirou was created in 1938 by Rob-Vel, who sold the rights to the Dupuis publishing house in early 40 |
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504 Tintin, the Smurfs, Boule et Bill, Astérix, Natacha, Spirou and other legendary characters were created by talented artists like Hergé, Morris, Franquin and Walthéry. Spirou was created by Rob-Vel. 2 NO QA short |
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505 Mars is considered the red planet because of its bright red color. Mars is called |
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506 The planet probably got this name due to its red color; Mars is sometimes referred to as |
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507 The Red Planet is thought to have no magnetic field. It has the greenhouse effect which raises the temperature about 5 degrees. It has a very thin atmosphere consisting of 95.3% carbon dioxide, 2.7% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, 0.15% oxygen, and 0.03% water. Mars is called the red planet. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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508 Theravada Buddhism is the official religion of Thailand and is the religion of about 95% of its people. The government permits religious diversity, and other major religions are represented. Spirit worship and animism are widely practiced. The official religion of Thailand is Theravada Buddhism. 0 YES QA short |
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510 The official religion is Theravada Buddhism, which is also practiced in neighboring Laos, Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka. The official religion of Thailand is Theravada Buddhism. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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511 French is the mother tongue of 80.9 percent of Québeckers, while 7.8 percent cite English as their mother tongue. French is the most widely spoken language in Québec. 0 YES QA short |
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512 Please note that Arabic is the language of Quran so it |
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513 The Arabic Language is the door to Islam and the Language of the holy Quran and Prophetic traditions. Therefore, distancing ourselves from Arabic studies leads to innovation and disbelief. Arabic is the language of the Quran. 0 YES QA short |
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514 The Norwegian Newspaper Corpus is a large and self-expanding corpus of Norwegian newspaper texts. The collection of this dynamic and continually growing corpus began in 1998. Dagbladet is a Norwegian newspaper. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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515 "The Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet printed an article about the ""intolerance page""." Dagbladet is a Norwegian newspaper. 0 YES QA short |
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516 The biggest newspaper in Norway, Verdens Gang, prints a letter to the editor written by Joe Harrington and myself. Verdens Gang is a Norwegian newspaper. 0 YES QA short |
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517 A number of undergraduate schools and colleges have also received it, as has the French Red-Cross, the abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes, and the French railway company SNCF. The French railway company is called SNCF. 0 YES QA short |
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518 Note that SBB, CFF and FFS stand out for the main railway company, in German, French and Italian. The French railway company is called SNCF. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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519 At the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Didrikson won gold medals in the javelin (Olympic record) and 80-meter hurdles (world record), along with a silver in the high jump (share of the world record). 2,45 m is the world record in the high jump. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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520 "Beamon's jump was a world record that eclipsed the previous record by 21 3/4 inches. The jump still stands as an Olympic record, and stood as a world record until Mike Powell leapt 29' 4 1/2"" at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo." 2,45 m is the world record in the high jump. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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521 February 4, 2005, Iraq. With more than two-thirds of the 3.3 million votes counted in the Iraqi legislative election , the United Iraqi Alliance has a considerable lead over interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi |
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522 Taiwan |
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523 The current President of Brazilian Central Bank, Henrique Meirelles, is accused of financial fraud among other accusations. The current President of Honduras is Manuel Zelaya. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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524 Geoscience Australia said the 5.3 quake did not generate a tsunami. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which had a magnitude of 9.0, triggered a series of lethal tsunamis on December 26, 2004 that killed over 270,000 people, making it the deadliest tsunami in recorded history. A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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525 Switzerland has ratified bilateral agreements with the members of the European Union in March 2004, but the new members (Cyprus , Czech Republic , Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) were not included in the deal. Lithuania intends to introduce the use of the Euro as an official currency on January 1, 2007. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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526 It is outstripped only by Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and France, and thus ranks 7th in the 25-member European Union in terms of broadband Internet penetration. 12 members of the European Union use the Euro instead of their own national currencies. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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527 The documents commented by the magazine date of April 25, 2002, epoch in which the Brazilian president was Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The Brazilian President is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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528 Gamma ray bursts are some of the most powerful objects observed in the Universe and are thought to signal the birth of black holes. Swift is designed to detect the bursts and automatically re-orient itself to gather images and data of the phenomenon. Gamma rays are forms of electromagnetic radiation. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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529 "Most recently, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called North Korea an ""outpost of tyranny"" enraging Kim Jong-il , the leader of North Korea." Condoleezza Rice is the U.S. Secretary of State. 0 YES QA short |
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530 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has expressed her anger after a meeting with Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir , during which her aides and staff were mistreated by Sudanese security agents. Condoleezza Rice is the U.S. Secretary of State. 0 YES QA short |
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532 Romania currently supplies one of the world |
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533 "Don Brash leader of the New Zealand National Party said that the White Crusaders of the Racial Holy War are ""a small, fascist underbelly, hell-bent on causing division and destroying New Zealand's egalitarian ethos.""" Don Brash is the leader of the New Zealand National Party. 0 YES QA short |
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534 Alternately known as brash, emotional and brilliant, the maverick Kasparov could be a formidable opponent in the realm of politics. Don Brash is the leader of the New Zealand National Party. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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535 NASA |
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536 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. Euro-Disney is a theme park outside Paris. 0 YES QA short |
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537 The Pharos, a monumental lighthouse built around 280 BC and standing 330 ft high, lit the entrance to Alexandria harbour for centuries, but archeologists have never been able to identify positively any remains. The Pharos Lighthouse was located in Alexandria. 0 YES QA short |
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538 The Pharos, a monumental lighthouse built around 280 BC and standing 330 ft high, lit the entrance to Alexandria harbour for centuries, but archeologists have never been able to identify positively any remains. The Pharos Lighthouse was built around 280 BC. 0 YES QA short |
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539 "Lin Piao, after all, was the creator of Mao's ""Little Red Book"" of quotations." "Lin Piao wrote the ""Little Red Book""." 0 YES QA short |
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540 New Delhi: More than 100 Nobel prize winners, two US congressmen, and leading labour organizations have expressed concern over threats against the life of Kailash Satyarthi, India |
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541 The hurdler suspended in 1993 for taking the anabolic steroid Nandrolone was cleared after a three judge arbitration panel ruled that the case against her could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt . Nandrolone is a steroid. 0 YES QA short |
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542 "Even while accepting the Russian plan, IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus noted that the efficiency of Russia's State Taxation Service ""is declining rapidly.""" Michel Camdessus is managing director of IMF. 0 YES QA short |
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543 Madrid: Luis Roldan, the former Spanish chief of police who fled the country 10 months ago after allegedly hiving off millions of pounds from secret government funds, was on his way home to a prison cell last night after being captured in Bangkok. Luis Roldan was director of police from 1986 to 1993. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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544 When the Berlin Wall fell in early November, 1989 Berlin |
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545 Rolf Ekeus the Swedish diplomat who chairs the commission said that while Baghdad had been cooperative in helping his panel establish procedures for monitoring and verifying the weapons destruction it is unclear how the Iraqis will react once the system is in operation . Rolf Ekeus is a Swedish diplomat. 0 YES QA short |
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546 Heaney had joined |
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547 For the case of Aldrich Hazen (Rick) Ames , and his Colombian-born wife , Maria del Rosario Casas Ames arrested by the FBI on charges that they were Russian spies , is so rich in mysteries , puzzles , riddles and contradictions that the answers may never be untangled even as the CIA |
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548 "Fest : ""In the Name of the Father"" an Academy Award contender starring Daniel Day-Lewis as a man wrongly convicted for an IRA bombing, won the Golden Bear Award for best picture Monday at the Berlin International Film Festival." The Berlin International Film Festival awards the Golden Bear. 0 YES QA short |
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549 Since independence and the blood bath of partition , in which an estimated 15 million people were uprooted and 200,000 died , India and Pakistan have fought three wars , two over possession of Kashmir . India and Pakistan have fought three wars for the possession of Kashmir. 0 YES QA short |
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550 Bukowski attracted the attention of John Martin who founded Black Sparrow Press in 1965 specifically to publish him. John Martin is the founder of Black Sparrow Press. 0 YES QA short |
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551 "New Zealand film director Peter Jackson is to make a 264-million-New Zealand-dollar (133 million U.S. dollars) trilogy based on Tolkien's fantasy classic ""Lord of The Rings,"" the local TV station reported Tuesday evening." "Tolkien wrote the fantasy epic called ""Lord of the Rings""." 0 YES QA short |
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552 We look at the cool relationship between these two establishment families and how the party would fare with the son, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, and the wife, Elizabeth Dole, on the 2000 campaign trail. The name of George W. Bush |
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553 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. The name of George W. Bush |
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554 Nepali mountaineer Ang Rita Sherpa last week broke his own record of the number of climbing Mt. Everest. Alison Hargreaves is the first woman to have made the climb up the Everest with no artificial oxygen. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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555 Not counting the 1986 catastrophe at Chernobyl, where the nuclear reactors are of a different design, the industry has so far succeeded. The catastrophe at Chernobyl happened in 1986. 0 YES QA short |
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556 The Titanic sank in 1912 after striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York. The Titanic sank in 1912. 0 YES QA short |
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557 More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic sank in 1912. The Titanic sank in 1912. 0 YES QA short |
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558 In the early hours of April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. The Titanic sank in 1912. 0 YES QA short |
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559 "The recovery of the capsule, which carried astronaut Virgil ""Gus"" Grissom on a brief suborbital flight on July 21, 1961, took place on the 30th anniversary of mankind's first moon landing." The moon was first touched by mankind in 1969. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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560 "Thirty years ago [1969], Neil Armstrong took humanity's first small step on the moon, declaring it ""one giant leap for mankind"" only to have the space program retreat to tinkering in low Earth orbit." The moon was first touched by mankind in 1969. 0 YES QA short |
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561 """If we could put a man on the moon within decades back in the 1960s, I think we can eliminate TB if we develop the will to do so"" said O'Brien, who called for a significant investment for the research, particularly the large field trials necessary to demonstrate efficacy." The moon was first touched by mankind in 1969. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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562 "In ""Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, JR."", by Gerald Posner (Harvest/Harcourt Brace, $15), the writer who attacked Kennedy conspiracy theories in ""Case Closed"" takes on Ray's claim of innocence in the 1968 murder of King." Martin Luther King was murdered in 1968. 0 YES QA short |
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563 Polish-born Pope John Paul II, credited for inspiring Poland |
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564 "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 that is traditionally held to be the birthplace of Abraham." Pope John Paul II was born in Poland. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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565 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. Pope John Paul II was born in Poland. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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566 On Jan. 27, 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg. 0 YES QA short |
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567 Standing off to one side, seeing all and hearing Mozart |
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568 Moreau, 72, received a Golden Bear award for lifetime achievement at the Berlin Film Festival Friday. The Golden Palm has been awarded at the Cannes film Festival. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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569 The Fifth Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Festival, to be held in southeast city of Kunming from October 9 to 13, will feature award-giving ceremonies, film exhibitions, as well as business exchanges. The Golden Palm has been awarded at the Cannes film Festival. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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570 President Bill Clinton on Tuesday passed the leadership of the Democratic Party to Vice President Al Gore, describing his deputy as the right person to be the first U.S. President of the 21st century. Bill Clinton belongs to the Democratic Party. 0 YES QA short |
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571 He has borrowed a clutch of bright ideas from Bill Clinton |
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572 Out of the seven expeditions who were permitted to climb the 8586-meter high Mt. Kanchenjunga, only one climber from the United States succeeded. Kanchenjunga is 8586 meters high. 0 YES QA short |
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573 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. Kanchenjunga is 8586 meters high. 0 YES QA short |
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574 The 10-men team is expected to arrive at the foot of the mountain in the end of April and began their journey to the 8,586-meter peak in early May. Kanchenjunga is 8586 meters high. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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575 The new moon, which is only about 25 miles in diameter, was actually photographed 13 years ago by the Voyager 2. The moon Titan has a diameter of 5100 kilometers. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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576 The newly suggested distance is much closer than the present positions at 2,870,972,200 kilometers from the sun for Uranus and 4,498,252,900 kilometers for Neptune. The moon Titan has a diameter of 5100 kilometers. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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577 Mars has the smallest confirmed moon, Deimos, which is about 7.5 miles in diameter. The terrestrial moon has a diameter of 3746 kilometers. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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578 Io is 2,236 miles (3,598 kilometers) in diameter, slightly larger than the Earth |
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579 Salma Hayek drew a crowd in Veracruz, Mexico, at the July 8 premiere of |
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580 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. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a Nobel prize winner. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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581 Two prominent scientists have made guest appearances on the show, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould and Stephen Hawking, the theoretical physicist whose brilliance has been compared with Einstein |
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582 """For Japanese yakuza, the most important thing is staying alive, and making money is second,"" the yakuza said." Yakuza are the Japanese mafia. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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583 Munir Mezyed, a poet and critic, aroused the sentiments and emotions of the audience when he recited his smooth flowing poetry both in Arabic and English, which demonstrated his unique and overwhelming style. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing lived from 1729 to 1781. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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584 The IOC meeting will also review reports submitted by the organizing committees of the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan; the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in the Salt Lake City, the United States, respectively. Before Salt Lake City, Winter Olympic Games took place in Nagano. 0 YES QA short |
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585 Hodler claimed there were also irregularities in the campaigns organized by Atlanta for the 1996 Summer Games, Sydney for the Summer Olympics in 2000 and Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Games. Before Salt Lake City, Winter Olympic Games took place in Nagano. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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586 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. The top quark is the last of six flavors of quarks predicted by the standard model theory of particle physics. 0 YES QA short |
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587 The bet, which won him dinner for four, was regarding the existence and mass of the top quark, an elementary particle discovered in 1995. The Top Quark is the last of six flavors of quarks predicted by the standard model theory of particle physics. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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588 Within trillionths of a second after the Big Bang, they have reasoned, the primordial explosion - many billions of degrees hot - must have created a universe that contained equal quantities of matter and antimatter. The Big Bang is the primordial explosion from which the universe was created. 0 YES QA short |
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589 "According to Naeye, the newfangled telescopes will be able to peer so far back in space and, thus, time that they ""will see the first galaxies assembling a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.""" The Big Bang is the primordial explosion from which the universe was created. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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590 Jackson also found the company maintained its Windows monopoly by setting deals with computer makers to promote Microsoft products over those from rival software makers. Microsoft Windows is an operating system. 1 UNKNOWN QA short |
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591 Hoping to loosen Microsoft |
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592 Qatar and Oman are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, which also groups Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The members of the Gulf Cooperation Council are: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain. 0 YES QA short |
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593 Both Bahrain and Qatar are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), but they have a territorial dispute that has led to Bahrain |
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594 Egypt, Syria and the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, signed the Damascus Declaration after the 1991 Gulf War to create a mechanism aimed at guaranteeing security in the Gulf region. The members of the Gulf Cooperation Council are: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain. 0 YES QA short |
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595 Among Stellafane |
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596 The National Park Trust identified 20 high-priority sites - including the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and Virginia and Everglades National Park in Florida - as areas with private property that could be sold. Everglades National Park is located in Florida. 0 YES QA short |
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597 Many hopes are riding on the sale of Talisman |
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598 The expulsion of Albanians, which has distracted NATO with a parallel relief operation, has only served to harden the resolve of NATO |
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599 Foreign Ministers of the 16 NATO member countries met early this morning with their Russian counterpart, Yevgeny Primakov, in Berlin in a bid to improve NATO-Russia relations. The NATO has 16 members. 0 YES QA short |
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600 Sotheby |
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601 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. Millions of dollars of art were recovered, including works by Dali. 0 YES SUM long |
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602 Stolen Warhol works recovered: Amsterdam police said Wednesday that they have recovered stolen lithographs by the late U.S. pop artist Andy Warhol worth more than $1 million. Dali |
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603 Two portraits, one by Reynolds, the other by Gainsborough, since 1990 among the most looked-after works in the Art Loss Register database, were recovered this week when they were brought into Sotheby |
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604 Mr David Herman, head of GM |
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605 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. African elephants are endangered by ivory poachers. 0 YES SUM long |
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606 Amsterdam police said Wednesday that they have recovered stolen lithographs by the late U.S. pop artist Andy Warhol worth more than $1 million. Police recovered 81 Andy Warhol lithographs. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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607 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. An international convention banned trade in ivory. 0 YES SUM long |
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608 Besides producing this riverine sea, the deluge also nourishes the largest stretch of rain forest left on Earth. One-third of the remaining rain forest was in the Amazon basin and fires had consumed about 10% of it, an area twice the size of California. The Amazon rain forest is a vast area in South America. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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610 The researchers in the latest study fed one group of mice a diet in which 60 percent of calories came from fat. The diet started when the mice, all males, were 1 year old, which is middle-age in mouse longevity. As expected, the mice soon developed signs of impending diabetes, with grossly enlarged livers, and started to die much sooner than mice fed a standard diet. At the age of one year, male mice were fed with a diet in which 60 percent of calories came from fat. 0 YES SUM long |
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611 In addition to data bases and publicity, stolen art is recovered when someone seeks appraisal or offers it for sale to dealers or auction houses, responds to a reward offer, attempts to remove it through customs, or requests a ransom for the art. Centralized inventory records for museums aid in theft awareness. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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612 French police recovered five masterpieces stolen from Paris Museum last Summer including a small work by Renoir. Five masterpieces, including a Renoir, were recovered when the thief confessed. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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613 Art experts said on Monday, that there was an astounding haul from Boston |
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614 """The Herald is now pleased that Kennedy can vigorously pursue a re-examination of the Iraq war and how to extricate our nation from it. Speaking seriously, I'll take this change of heart as a sobering indication that all of us, wherever we stand on the liberal-conservative continuum, are deeply concerned about the damaging impacts of the Iraq war and are looking for ways to work together to resolve it as soon as possible.""" All are deeply concerned about the damage of the Iraq war and are looking for ways to resolve it. 0 YES SUM long |
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615 For example, if you want to find out what the weather in your area will be like for the next five days, select the weather channel from the main multiscreen and you will find detailed forecasts and other weather news. Or if your team has been in action, you can read the top headlines for your chosen sport by keying in 300 on your handset - just as you would on Ceefax. The weather channel gives you information about the weather in the next few days. 0 YES SUM long |
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616 Volkswagen should start to co-operate fully with the investigation by public prosecutors of the alleged theft of secret documents from General Motors. German officials began investigating VW for theft. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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617 An initial bid to prevent seven former employees of GM from working for Volkswagen for 12 months was thrown out by a Frankfurt court. All charges of anti-competitive staff poaching were later dismissed. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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618 Some passengers were escorted off the ship in wheelchairs by crew wearing blue gloves. Wheelchairs were used to lead passengers off the ship. 0 YES SUM short |
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619 The investigation involving Mr Lopez and three associates are primarily concerned with suspicions of the systematic theft of secrets. Seven other GM executives left with Lopez. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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620 The VW chief has been under intense pressure from the Bonn government and colleagues in German industry to seek conciliation following his outspoken statements last, which were widely seen as damaging Germany |
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621 Mr Piech dismissed suggestions that VWs actions in hiring away Mr Lopez and his seven colleagues from GM had caused widespread dismay in German industry, and was at odds with the style of German business. Piech got nationalistic in his accusations. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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622 The Federal Bureau of Investigation started an independent probe of the circumstances shortly after the White House made plain that President Bill Clinton considered industrial espionage a particular threat to US economic interests. A US probe of the investigation started at the instigation of the Commerce Department. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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623 "Yunus, who shared the 1.4 million prize Friday with the Grameen Bank that he founded 30 years ago, pioneered the concept of ""microcredit."" It allows very poor people, who don't qualify for traditional loans, to get loans of as little as a few dollars without collateral. The banks' shareholders are the impoverished people it supports." Yunus founded the Grameen Bank 30 years ago. 0 YES SUM long |
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624 "As his jubilant nation cheered, Yunus told reporters in the capital of Dhaka that he wants ""to work to create some more new things in the world"" and would use the award money to start a company to produce inexpensive yet nutritious food for poor people and set up an eye hospital to treat impoverished patients." Yunus wants to start a company. 0 YES SUM long |
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625 Following a steady flow of leaks and statements on apparently incriminating discoveries, her office has been gagged by senior legal authorities. Because of leaks, a gag was placed on Holland |
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626 The prize is named after Alfred Nobel, a pacifist and entrepreneur who invented dynamite in 1866. Nobel left much of his wealth to establish the award, which has honoured achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and efforts to promote peace since 1901. Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1866. 0 YES SUM long |
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627 Mr Ferdinand Piech said that the German company did not have any confidential plans or documents about GM |
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628 Witnesses allegedly hear and see documents being shredded all night long by Jorge Alvarez Aguirre and Rosario Piazza, two ex-Opel men who had followed their leader to VW. People leaving GM with Lopez included Jose Gutierrez, Jorge Alvarez Aguirre, and Rosario Piazza. 2 NO SUM short |
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629 "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.""" 1.5 million people were killed during the drought and famine devastation in 1974 in Bangladesh. 0 YES SUM long |
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630 To break the grinding cycle of debt and poverty, Yunus loaned $27 to Begum and more than 40 of her neighbours in the village of Joba. He allowed them to pay him back over the next year as their businesses started to produce stable profits. Some people in the village of Joba received loans from Yunus. 0 YES SUM short |
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631 Argentina and Britain announced an agreement Thursday to restore full diplomatic ties nearly eight years after they fought a 74-day war over the Falkland islands. Full diplomatic relations were re-established in 1990. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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632 The borrowers must form five-member groups that, along with the bank |
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633 A Belgian policeman posing as an art dealer in Brussels arrested three Swedes. Three Swedes were arrested in a Belgian police sting operation. 0 YES SUM short |
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634 A man suspected of stealing a million-dollar collection of hundreds of ancient Nepalese and Tibetan art objects in New York 11 years ago was arrested Thursday at his South Los Angeles home, where he had been hiding the antiquities. A man suspected of stealing a million-dollar collection of Nepalese and Tibetan art objects in New York was arrested. 0 YES SUM short |
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635 Norwegian police released one of three people arrested when Edvard Munch |
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636 Reward offers have led to recovery of stolen art. Some stolen art is recovered through offered rewards. 0 YES SUM short |
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637 In France, art dealers are obliged by law to register all purchases except those bought at a public auction. In France, works of art bought at public auction are exempt from registration. 0 YES SUM short |
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638 The official visit of the Argentine minister marks a further step in the normalisation of UK-Argentine relations. Relations between Argentina and Great Britain are growing more cooperative. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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639 Argentina remains one of 17 countries still banning British cattle for breeding because of the outbreak of mad cow disease in 1980s. Refusal of Argentina to buy cattle created new tensions between the two countries. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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640 The industrial espionage case involving GM and VW began with the hiring of Jos Ignacio Lopez, an employee of GM subsidiary Adam Opel, by VW as production director. There was an industrial espionage case involving GM and VW. 0 YES SUM short |
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641 Argentina sought help from Britain on its privatization program and encouraged British investment. Argentina sought UK expertise on privatization and agriculture. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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642 Philip Morris said it sold 201 bn cigarettes world-wide during the quarter. Philip Morris said it sold 201 billion cigarettes worldwide during the third quarter of 1994. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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643 The Federal Bureau of Investigation started an independent probe of the circumstances shortly after the White House made plain that President Bill Clinton considered industrial espionage a particular threat to US economic interests. President Clinton thinks that industrial espionage is a threat to America |
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644 PM tried to buy the Belin biscuit company from RJR Nabisco two years ago. American tobacco companies began to diversify production. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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645 GM has initiated criminal investigations in Germany and the US on the basis of their suspicions that Mr Lopez and his team stole confidential information before defecting to VW in March. Lopez took documents from GM to VW. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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646 By buying local companies, Philip Morris and its subsidiary inherit informal trade contacts cultivated under Soviet rule that may help to smooth any future moves east. American tobacco companies used state tobacco monopoly liberalization. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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647 GM established grounds for suspicion of industrial spying by presenting affidavits from its employees. The aim will be to determine if VW |
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648 In Russia, BAT is setting up a joint venture with Yava, Moscow |
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649 Although Philip Morris was selling its cigarettes at lower prices in the US, the increased volumes helped lift operating income in the domestic tobacco division by 25.1 per cent to Dollars 858m. PM cut US prices to restore Marlboro |
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650 PM has now firm projects which include a stake in a joint venture called Constellation in Samara involving the city |
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651 American tobacco companies were showing a profit most quarters due to export sales of cigarettes and diversification of products sold including food. PM often entered markets with both cigarettes and food. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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652 So far the British have preferred a policy of a voluntary approach to restricting advertising and high taxes on tobacco products. Sales have declined due to restrictions on advertising. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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653 Argentina |
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654 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. Trade liberalisation happened in China. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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655 Argentina was still obsessed with the Falkland islands even in 1994, 12 years after its defeat in the 74-day war with Britain. The Falklands War took place in 1982. 0 YES SUM short |
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656 The deal marks the second foray into Lithuania by Philip Morris which in April beat British American Tobacco to acquire the Klaipeda Tobacco company for Dollars 40m - the biggest western investment in the Baltic states so far. The acquisition of the Klaipeda Tobacco company is the biggest investment in the Baltic states. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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657 Argentina announced that it has decided to lift financial and trade restrictions on imports from Britain that were imposed during the 1982 Falklands conflict. Argentina lifted restrictions on British imports. 0 YES SUM short |
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658 UK foreign secretary Douglas Hurd will meet President Carlos Menem in Argentina next week. Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd visited Argentina. 0 YES SUM short |
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659 Britain agreed to lift by March 31 a 150-mile military protection zone enforced around the islands since Argentina invaded them in 1982. The military protection zone around Falklands was lifted. 0 YES SUM short |
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660 Most of the mines are in arid areas and animals searching for water are attracted to the cyanide-laced holding ponds that are an integral part of the mining operations. Animals have died by the thousands from drinking at cyanide-laced holding ponds. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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661 The dam covering what used to be its football pitch fill up with millions of tons of poisonous mining waste. Mine waste-water poses an environmental hazard. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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662 The exchanges resulted in greatly improved financial, oil, fisheries, and military issues, but Great Britain consistently refused to address the issue of sovereignty over the Falklands. Great Britain continues to refuse to discuss sovereignty issues. 0 YES SUM short |
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663 One of Argentina |
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664 The mine would operate nonstop seven days a week and use tons of cyanide each day to leach the gold from crushed ore. A weak cyanide solution is poured over it to pull the gold from the rock. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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665 Military ties between the two countries have been governed officially by an arms embargo imposed by Britain on Argentina. Britain has maintained an arm embargo. 0 YES SUM short |
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666 Relations between Argentina and Britain were soured again last May when Britain decided to extend territorial waters to 200 miles around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Britain angered Argentina. 0 YES SUM short |
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667 The British government has indicated its readiness to allow Argentine companies to take part in the development of oilfields in the Falkland islands |
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668 RJ Reynolds Tobacco announced yesterday that it plans to build a factory in Turkey to produce cigarettes by late 1993. RJR built factories in Turkey. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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669 Hydrogen cyanide is used in manufacturing chemicals such as tryptophan and other amino acids. Cyanide is used in the production of pharmaceuticals. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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670 Philip Morris cited strong volume gains in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, central and eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Japan, Korea, Argentina and Brazil. Philip Morris made market gains in Russia. 0 YES SUM short |
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671 Although the domestic markets for cigarettes in America in the 1990s was greatly reduced due to bans on advertising, smoking in public places and health warnings, American tobacco companies were showing a higher profit. Cigarette sales have declined due to restrictions on advertising. 0 YES SUM short |
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672 Philip Morris the US food and tobacco group that makes Marlboro, the world |
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673 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. A California company was charged with reckless storage of chemicals. 0 YES SUM short |
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674 The United Nations last night elected eight judges for the international war crimes tribunal that will try those accused of murders and other atrocities in former Yugoslavia since 1991. 11 judges in the Yugoslavia war tribunal were sworn in at the World court. 2 NO SUM short |
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675 Gold mining operations in California and Nevada use cyanide to extract the precious metal. Cyanide is used in gold mining. 0 YES SUM short |
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676 At a low-key ceremony, Albanian and British officials agreed to bury all outstanding differences caused by the |
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677 "Known as ""heap leach"" mining, the method has become popular in the last decade because it enables microscopic bits of gold to be economically extracted from low-grade ore." The mining industry uses a method known as heap leaching. 0 YES SUM short |
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678 This is only the fourth time that the Security Council has imposed sanctions, the earlier cases being against Rhodesia, South Africa and, most recently, Iraq. The Court endorsed U.N. sanctions against Libya. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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679 The extension of the effective period of marketing exclusivity for drugs is designed to give pharmaceutical companies a fair return. Prospective drugs must have long market life after regulatory approval in order to be developed. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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680 Cancer Research Campaign signed a deal with a US pharmaceuticals company to develop a pioneering cancer treatment. Other changes involve joint Research and Development programs with other companies. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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681 Fishermen using the poison sodium cyanide have helped to destroy an estimated 70% of the reefs. Cyanide fishing is linked to the destruction of area reefs. 0 YES SUM short |
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682 Companies are working to reduce the interval between drug discovery and marketing. Companies are working to shorten the new drug development period to an average of eight to nine years in the US. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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683 The relocation has enabled the company to eliminate the use of cyanide and chrome in its plating work replacing it with a soaplike solution. Soap-like alternatives exist. 0 YES SUM short |
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684 Japanese drug makers are now trying to build comprehensive independent operations in research and development, production and marketing. There are companies that have split the management of their Research and Development processes. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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685 If toxic waste containg cyanide is not disposed of properly, it may drain into ponds, streams, sewers, and reservoirs. Leaks into environment are caused by bad disposal of toxic waste containing cyanide. 0 YES SUM short |
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686 A total of 79 per cent of people questioned in a survey agreed that adults suffering incurable illness should receive |
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687 Michaela Roeder, 31, was found guilty of six counts of manslaughter and mercy killing. A German nurse was convicted of manslaughter and mercy killing of patients by lethal injection. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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688 A doctor from Michigan helped an Oregon woman with Alzheimer |
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689 A plating company that dumped thousands of gallons of cyanide-laced waste water into the Los Angeles sewer system pleaded guilty. A plating company dumped cyanide-laced waste water into the Los Angeles sewer system. 0 YES SUM short |
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690 Waste in the ponds produced by leaching gold from ore is a source of potential environmental dangers. Mine waste-water poses an environmental hazard. 0 YES SUM short |
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691 Janet Elaine Adkins, 54, used a controversial machine to commit suicide in Michigan. An Alzheimer patient was in Michigan for an assisted suicide. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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692 A brain-dead teenager was removed from life-support equipment after giving birth to a premature daughter. Pregnant women are allowed to die after they deliver their babies. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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693 More than 6,400 migratory birds and other animals were killed in Nevada by drinking water in the cyanide-laced ponds produced by gold mining operations. Animals have died by the thousands from drinking at cyanide-laced holding ponds. 0 YES SUM short |
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694 The Supreme Court said today states may bar the removal of life-sustaining treatment from comatose patients who have not made or cannot make their desires known. In most cases, the patient is comatose or mentally unable to communicate his/her feelings. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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695 An Alzheimer |
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696 State police investigators testified at a preliminary hearing that Delbert told them the death of the 64-year-old Billy was a mercy killing. It was Delbert Ward who told authorities that he strangled his brother. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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697 In one case five workers at a plating company were asphyxiated by hydrogen cyanide while trying to clean a sludge tank. Cyanide fumes killed five workers cleaning one tank. 0 YES SUM short |
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698 Cyanide is also used by Muru-ami fishermen in the Philippines to drive fish from the coral reefs. Philippine fishermen use cyanide in fishing. 0 YES SUM short |
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699 NUCOR, the leading US steel mini-mill group is to greatly expand production capacity at a plant in Crawfordsville, Indiana which has shaken up the industry by its use of a radical, new technology. The new thin-casting process shook up the steel industry. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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700 At the very outskirts of commerce, Baka pygmies in southeastern Cameroon use a cyanide compound to stun bees while raiding their nests for honey. Cameroon honey gatherers use cyanide to stun bees. 0 YES SUM short |
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701 THE presidents of Honduras and El Salvador were set yesterday to begin two days of talks in San Salvador, amid continuing tension in border areas. Honduras and El Salvador entered a dispute over their borders. 0 YES SUM short |
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702 Two British destroyers struck Albanian-laid mines while exercising their rights passing through the Corfu Channel. The Corfu Channel incident was about a British destroyer sunk by Albania in the Corfu Channel. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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703 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. The African elephant population was decimated by poachers. 0 YES SUM long |
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704 Libya |
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705 For US pharmaceutical companies, the impending healthcare reforms promise an era of increased cost-containment and pricing controls. The US government wants to keep drug prices down. 0 YES SUM short |
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706 Tourists pay millions of dollars a year to come and see Africa |
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707 The owners of Phinda, the South African-based Conservation Corporation, could not have paid for a better advertisement for their philosophy of wildlife conservation: a people-based approach to conservation, which is slowly gaining ground in Africa as game reserves come under ever greater threat from hungry, poor and angry local populations. The South African-based Conservation Corporation threatens the local population. 1 UNKNOWN SUM long |
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708 Drug development is an enormously complex and expensive process. The Research and Development phase of creating a new drug is complicated. 0 YES SUM short |
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709 Clinical trials involve 240 patients in 10 centres with each patient questioned three times. Clinical trials involve an average of 200 patients per trial. 2 NO SUM short |
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710 Conservationists fear that one of Namibia |
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712 Since 1987, however, Brazil has taken steps to dramatically reduce the destruction, including stepped-up enforcement and the elimination of tax incentives that led to large-scale land clearing. In the early 1990s Brazil began to take action to save the rainforest. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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713 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. The Amazon rainforest suffers from chaotic development. 0 YES SUM short |
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714 Leakey believed Kenya |
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715 The law once required settlers to clear 80% of their land in two years to win ownership. Before the late 1980 |
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716 David Marshall, responsible for customer training at ABB Robotics in Milton Keynes, fervently hopes that the food, drinks and confectionery industry will become the next big market for robots. Robots are used in the food industry, in general. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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717 Mike Wilson, marketing manager at Fanuc Robotics in Coventry, says of the improvements in robot performance: |
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718 Despite this, even the most enthusiastic surgeons say it is likely to be several years before they would consider leaving a robot to operate on its own. Robots are used to assist in a range of surgical procedures. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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719 Strong competition in industries such as shipping has resulted in waves of investment in labour saving technology such as steel and aluminium cutting tools, processing machine and welding robots. The automotive industry has seen advances in robotic metal cutting. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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720 "Picture a Janis Joplin robot sitting on a park bench talking about the Summer of Love, singing ""Me and Bobby McGee"" and introducing a David Bowie robot." Robots serve as wax singers in the Rock Hall of Fame. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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721 Contrary to what is happening in some other parts of the Amazon, where the forest is being slashed and burned at an alarming rate, those who want to save Acre |
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722 As Fiat shows off its robot-controlled inventory stacks in glossy advertisements and IBM switches off the lights in its automated warehouse in Greenock, it is clear that this Cinderella operation has a new set of high-tech glad rags. Fiat, in particular, uses robots for inventory management. 0 YES SUM short |
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723 The motor industry accounts for as much as 40 per cent of the 450,000 installed industrial robots worldwide but their use is changing and applications are expanding. The most common use for robots is the manufacture of automobiles. 0 YES SUM short |
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724 Now GMFanuc Robotics has perfected a robotic solution that is three times faster than manual spraying, can reproduce a spray pattern to an accuracy of 0.03 inch, and can be programmed easily to handle a wide range of garments. Robots are used to spray dye on garments. 0 YES SUM short |
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725 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. Bush said that protests in Indonesia against his Mideast policy were a sign of democracy in the heavily Muslim nation. 0 YES SUM short |
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726 The International Atomic Energy Agency report detailing the discovery also faulted Tehran for not cooperating with the U.N. watchdog |
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727 Iranian nuclear officials say 54,000 centrifuges would produce enough enriched uranium to fuel a 1,000-megawatt reactor, such as the one being built by Russia that is near completion at the southern city of Bushehr. 54,000 centrifuges would produce enough enriched uranium to fuel a 1,000-megawatt reactor. 0 YES SUM short |
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728 The Arak plant, along with the discovery of a secret Iranian enrichment program in 2003, Tehran |
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729 Mice given a substance found in red wine lived longer despite a fatty diet, a study shows. Mice fed with red wine lived longer despite a fatty diet. 2 NO SUM short |
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730 The IAEA board in February referred Iran to the Security Council, suggesting it had breached the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and might be trying to make nuclear weapons. Iran might be trying to make nuclear weapons according to the IAEA board. 0 YES SUM short |
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731 Mr Lopez Obrador has alleged electoral fraud cost him the presidency, despite a recount confirming Felipe Calderon as Mexico |
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732 "Mr Lopez Obrador, who lost July's presidential election by less than one percentage point, declared himself Mexico's ""legitimate"" president." Mr Lopez Obrador didn |
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733 "Mr Lopez Obrador was ""sworn in"" by Senator Rosario Ibarra, a human rights activist and member of his party, who placed a red, green and white presidential sash across his shoulders." Senator Rosario Ibarra is a human rights militant. 0 YES SUM short |
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734 Mr Carstens left his job as IMF |
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735 Trade between China and India is expected to touch $20 bn this year and Chinese investors are now rushing into India - lured by the country |
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736 Management at Huawei also feels that issues over security are hampering its progress - largely stemming from allegations, in 2001, that it was accused of working for Pakistan and the then Taleban government in Afghanistan. Management at Huawei was accused of working for Pakistan and the then Taleban government in Afghanistan. 0 YES SUM short |
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737 But Huawei says that expansion has not been easy - obtaining visas for its Chinese engineers to work on long-term projects in India being a particular challenge. Chinese engineers working on long-term projects in India can easily obtain visas. 2 NO SUM short |
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738 Thousands of troops are being deployed to secure the city of Bogor, where Bush is to hold talks with his Indonesian counterpart, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Bush is scheduled to visit the city of Bogor. 0 YES SUM short |
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739 In an interview this week, the president said that Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be a valued part of his administration until his presidency comes to an end. Dick Cheney is Vice President of the Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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740 Al-Qaida-linked militants have carried out a series of suicide bombings targeting Western interests in Indonesia since 2002. Since 2002 Al-Qaida militants have tried to hit Western interests in Indonesia. 0 YES SUM short |
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741 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. Pierre Gemayel was murdered on a street in the suburb of Beirut. 0 YES SUM short |
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742 Gemayel |
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743 The crisis took a sharp turn for the worse after the cabinet, without the Syrian-backed ministers, approved the UN draft document for creation of an international tribunal in the case of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri |
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744 Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, also a prominent anti-Syria political figure, was killed in a suicide bombing in February last year, which led to rising anti-Syrian waves and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon. Syrian troops have been withdrawn from Lebanon after the murder of Rafik Hariri. 0 YES SUM short |
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745 San Francisco (Reuters) -- Dell Inc. plans to announce preliminary quarterly results after the market closes Tuesday, after last week delaying their release due to accounting complexities related to a regulatory probe. Tuesday, preliminary quarterly results will be announced. 0 YES SUM short |
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746 The Democrats |
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747 San Francisco (Reuters) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday that a Massachusetts judge had granted its motion to decertify a class action lawsuit accusing the world |
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748 Aboard Air Force One, Nov. 22, 2006 President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will meet next week in Jordan to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Iraq. Jordan will host the meeting between President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. 0 YES SUM short |
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749 Fourteen guests and five crew remained ill and in isolation when the ship arrived at Port Everglades, Fla., according to a statement from Carnival Cruise Lines, a brand of Carnival Corp. The Carnival Cruise Lines is a brand of Carnival Corp. 0 YES SUM short |
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750 Preliminary tests identified the source of the outbreak as the highly contagious norovirus, which had struck several guests just before they boarded the cruise Nov. 3 in Rome, Carnival officials said. Norovirus is the source of the outbreak on the ship. 0 YES SUM short |
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751 A Pentagon committee and the congressionally chartered Iraq Study Group have been preparing reports for Bush, and Iran has asked the presidents of Iraq and Syria to meet in Tehran. Bush will meet the presidents of Iraq and Syria in Tehran. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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752 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. Bush will meet al-Maliki in Hadley. 2 NO SUM short |
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753 """They brought us 7-Up, bottled water, ice and a diet of rice, though you didn't feel like eating,"" said Jim Lankes, 48, of Phoenix." Jim Lankes was given bottles of waters, ice and rice. 0 YES SUM short |
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754 A team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control boarded the ship when it docked in St. Maarten to oversee the cleaning operation and try to determine what caused the outbreak, Carnival said. The causes of the outbreak were searched for by a team from the U.S. CDC. 0 YES SUM short |
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755 The pills were sold under store brands by Wal-Mart, CVS, Safeway and more than 120 other major retailers, the Food and Drug Administration said. The pills were commercialized by major retailers. 0 YES SUM short |
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756 "The contaminated pills included metal fragments ranging in size from ""microdots"" to portions of wire one-third of an inch long, the FDA said." The contaminated pills contained metal fragments. 0 YES SUM short |
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757 Consumers who take any of the contaminated pills could suffer minor stomach discomfort or possible cuts to the mouth and throat, the FDA said, adding that the risk of serious injury was remote. Contaminated pills could cause minor stomach discomfort or possible cuts to the mouth and throat. 0 YES SUM short |
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758 The drug, along with aspirin and ibuprofen, is one of the most widely used pain relievers available without a doctor |
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759 CVS will stop selling its own brand of 500-milligram acetaminophen caplets and pull bottles from store shelves nation wide, spokesman Mike DeAngelis said. CVS will not sell its own brand of 500-milligram acetaminophen caplets any longer. 0 YES SUM short |
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760 A company investigation turned up metal in roughly 200 pills of the 70 million it passed through a metal detector, according to the FDA. The FDA turned up metal in roughly 200 pills of the 70 million it passed through a metal detector. 2 NO SUM short |
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761 The voluntary recall is considered a Class II recall since it covers products that might cause a temporary health problem or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature, the FDA said. A Class II recall covers products that might cause a temporary health problem. 0 YES SUM short |
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762 Acetaminophen is best known as the drug in products sold under the Tylenol brand, but is widely available in typically less expensive generic versions. Acetaminophen is produced by Tylenol. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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763 "PST Chittagong, Bangladesh-- Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh's ""Banker to the Poor"" who provides loans to help millions of people fight poverty by starting businesses, has won the Nobel Peace Prize." Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Prize for Peace. 0 YES SUM short |
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764 Kevin Vincent, 44, of Arlington, Va., said his wife buys store brand acetaminophen and he wanted to find out more about the problem. Kevin Vincent buys store brand acetaminophen. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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765 "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." "President Bill Clinton is a supporter of ""social capitalism""." 0 YES SUM short |
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766 Molly Walsh, 21, a George Washington University student shopping at a CVS pharmacy in Washington, D.C., said she didn |
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767 """I've always said he's the closest I will ever come to meeting Gandhi, he's simply unmoved by any obstacle or any argument,"" said Bill Clapp, an heir to the Weyerhaeuser fortune and founder of Global Partnerships, a Seattle microfinance group that has partnered with Grameen in Central America." Bill Clapp is the founder of the Global Partnerships. 0 YES SUM short |
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768 The FDA would not say in which states the pills had been sold, but instead recommended that customers determine whether products they bought are being recalled by checking the store list on the FDA Web site, and the batch list. The batch numbers appear on the container |
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769 He tried to persuade a local banker to loan more money to the villagers, but the banker refused, insisting they didn |
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770 Most of Grameen Bank |
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771 In 2003, Yunus brought the microcredit revolution to the streets of Bangladesh to support more than 50,000 beggars, whom the Grameen Bank respectfully calls Struggling Members. Yunus supported more than 50,000 Struggling Members. 0 YES SUM short |
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772 "The Nobel committee said in a statement that ""lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty.""" The Nobel committee plans to help people break out of poverty. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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773 While the House has been extremely active in passing bills addressing the key priorities of entrepreneurs, most of the legislation has hit a brick wall over in the Senate. The House quickly passes bills addressing the priorities of entrepreneurs. 0 YES SUM short |
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774 In August, Gates |
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775 As a late September report by the Democrats points out, Republicans have done a poor job at getting their own small business bills through Congress even though they control both Houses and the White House. Republicans control both Houses and the White House. 0 YES SUM short |
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776 Yunus, who was nominated for the peace prize at least twice before, is the first person from Bangladesh, a country of 147 million, to win a Nobel Prize. His Nobel Prize is a rare bright light in a country struggling to defeat Islamic terrorists, and which is chronically inundated by floods and battered by storms that blow in from the Bay of Bengal. The country, formerly known as East Pakistan, is bordered by the Bay of Bengal, India and Burma. Yunus is the first person to win a Nobel Prize. 1 UNKNOWN SUM long |
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777 The Hercules transporter plane which flew straight here from the first round of the trip in Pakistan, touched down and it was just a brisk 100m stroll to the handshakes. The Hercules transporter plane made a flight to Pakistan. 0 YES SUM short |
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778 The trip was about doing what he hasn |
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779 Begum, who had to borrow to buy bamboo to make stools, received 25 cents a day from moneylenders. After giving them stools to pay off her debt, she was left with 2 cents a day, barely enough to feed herself. Begum was not able to feed herself. 2 NO SUM short |
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780 "New Zealand's Qualifications Authority said Friday that it still strongly discourages students from using anything other than full English, but that credit will be given if the answer ""clearly shows the required understanding,"" even if it contains text-speak." Full English is recommended by New Zealand |
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781 Critics said the National Certificate of Educational Achievement or NCEA, the main qualification for high school students, would be degraded by the authority allowing text speak use in exams. NCEA is the main qualification for high school students. 0 YES SUM short |
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782 A U.S. soldier accused of participating in the rape of an Iraqi girl and then killing her and her family was sentenced to 90 years in jail on Thursday, media reports said. A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 90 years in jail. 0 YES SUM short |
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783 The soldier, James Barker, one of four American soldiers accused of raping the Iraqi girl and killing her family in the March 2006 incident, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to rape and murder in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. James Barker is accused of raping an Iraqi girl and killing her family. 0 YES SUM short |
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784 Three nurses in one of Vienna |
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785 The BBC |
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786 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 |
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787 Of course, most of the tax cuts expire in 2010; only three years from when Rangel would take over as chair if Democrats win. Democrats won the elections three years ago. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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788 Democrat members of the Ways and Means Committee, where tax bills are written and advanced, do not have strong small business voting records. Democrat members had strong small business voting records. 2 NO SUM short |
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789 Maximo Rene Mendez in an apparent smuggling scheme died after doctors disconnected life-support equipment. A cocaine-imbibing Miami man had life support removed. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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790 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. The Senate is the least productive. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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791 Attack helicopters, Chinooks, armoured vehicles, cranes and a fire engine encircled the group. There was a Chinook attack. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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792 The Supreme Court said today states may bar the removal of life-sustaining treatment from comatose patients who have not made or cannot make their desires known. There is a Supreme Court decision about the removal of life-support. 0 YES SUM short |
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793 """The word in the galley food queues is that we could do with more men, and the kit does keep wearing out, but that's due to the conditions here,"" said Corporal Martin Page." Martin Page was sent on a mission to Afghanistan. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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794 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. Steven Jenkins was shot by a friend. 0 YES SUM short |
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795 The steel division of Broken Hill Proprietary, the Australian resources group, and North Star steel, part of the privately-owned Cargill group in the US, are joining forces to build and operate a new steel mini-mill in the US Midwest. Australia |
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796 Confident that those grading papers would understand answers written in text-speak, Haque stressed that in some exams, including English, text abbreviations would be penalized. Haque wants to include English in some exams. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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797 Iscor, the South African iron and steel manufacturer, has announced plans to develop a steel mini-mill at Saldanha Bay on the country |
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798 Critics said the National Certificate of Educational Achievement or NCEA, the main qualification for high school students, would be degraded by the authority allowing text-speak use in exams. The NCEA has been degraded by the authority. 1 UNKNOWN SUM short |
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799 Two other marines, Tyler Jackson and John Jodka III, have already pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice and were sentenced to 21 months and 18 months, respectively. Tyler Jackson has been sentenced to 18 months. 2 NO SUM short |
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800 US Steel could even have a technical advantage over Nucor since one new method of steel making it is considering, thin strip casting, may produce higher quality steel than the Nucor thin slab technique. US Steel may invest in strip casting. 0 YES SUM short |
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