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The news comes as doctors in Hong Kong warned that people who survive Sars may suffer permanent lung damage and may suffer a relapse. | Those who recovered from Sars might have permanent lung damage. | -1no label
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Arizona has won 38 straight against the Cougars, who have not earned a victory in the series since a 65-63 overtime triumph at Pullman on January 30, 1986. | The Cougars have not won in the series since a 65-63 overtime triumph on January 30, 1986. | -1no label
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Changes in the cell-cycle and apoptotic machineries, or in the signalling pathways that control them allow cancer cells to escape the normal control of cell proliferation and cell death. | The altered cellular networks of molecular pathways sustain cancer cell growth and make them resistant to certain therapies. | -1no label
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The debt load has hamstrung Trump's attempts to expand his Trump Marina, Trump Taj Mahal and Trump Plaza casinos in Atlantic City. | The company would expand Trump Taj Mahal. | -1no label
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The 73-year-old Rather, whose 24 years as anchor is the longest tenure in the most coveted position in broadcast news, will remain as a correspondent for "60 Minutes" and will handle other assignments. | Rather has served the longest tenure at the helm of network broadcast. | -1no label
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Monday, when the hearings begin, the Palestinians will hold their demonstration during the same hours, and a 25-person counter-demonstration by Israelis and Jews will take place. | Israelis will demonstrate and a counter-demonstration of 25 Palestinians will be permitted as well. | -1no label
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Named for the Inuit goddess who created the sea creatures of the Arctic, Sedna lies more than three times farther from the sun than Pluto. | The object has been named Sedna after the Inuit goddess credited with creating the sea creatures of the Arctic. | -1no label
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The Genesis space capsule and its precious cargo, billions of particles from the sun, crashed into the Utah desert Wednesday in a last-minute bungling of a near-flawless, three-year scientific odyssey. | The Genesis capsule plunged into the ground. | -1no label
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Second seed Roddick double-faulted on break point in the fifth game to let the first set slip and, after twice failing to convert from 0-40, was soon two sets down. | Roddick hit back from two sets down. | -1no label
| 608 |
Curt Schilling worked six innings of four-hit ball and Bellhorn added two RBI, as Sox grabbed a two-games-to-none lead in the 2004 World Series with a 6-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. | The Red Sox lead the World Series two games to none after a 6-2 victory. | -1no label
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UN Secretary of State Kofi Annan is in Sri Lanka amid tension between the government and rebels that threatens to undermine tsunami relief efforts. | Tensions between government and rebels in the two countries worst hit by the tsunami disaster threaten to undermine aid efforts. | -1no label
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Author Alan Hollinghurst's novel, "The Line of Beauty", a tale of a young, gay man dazzled by drugs, power and money in Margaret Thatcher's London, today won Britain's most prestigious literary award. | A book about a gay man with HIV in Thatcher's Britain won. | -1no label
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Ukraine's election commission declared the Kremlin-backed prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, the winner of the country's bitterly disputed presidential election, sharpening a crisis sparked by the opposition candidate's allegations that the vote was fraudulent. | Election officials declared Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner. | -1no label
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Still, violence continued: Insurgents killed five U.S. soldiers, set off a suicide car bomb that killed four Iraqi policemen in Baghdad and targeted more polling sites across the country. | Five US soldiers were killed, and at least 10 Iraqis died in Baghdad. | -1no label
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Considering the amount of rain that soaked Riviera, Campbell didn't expect to complete his second round Friday in the Nissan Open. | Campbell finished his second round Friday. | -1no label
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For the year, the Dow rose 3 percent, while the S&P 500 index added 9 percent. | For the year, the Dow gained 3 percent, the S&P rose 9 percent. | -1no label
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Richard Lennon, named to replace Cardinal Bernard Law until a new leader is named for the Archdiocese of Boston, faces a church in turmoil. | The pope named Bishop Richard Lennon to fill in for Law. | -1no label
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Michael Moore's anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 has won best film at the US People's Choice Awards, voted for by the US public. | Filmmaker Michael Moore was all smiles after winning top honors at the People's Choice Awards. | -1no label
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Commandos stormed a school Friday in southern Russia and battled separatist rebels holding hundreds of hostages as crying children, some naked and covered in blood, fled the building through explosions and gunfire. | Women escaping the building were seen fainting and were carried away on stretchers. | -1no label
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Joachim Johansson held off a dramatic fightback from defending champion Andy Roddick, to reach the semi-finals of the US Open on Thursday night. | Defending champion Andy Roddick took on Joachim Johansson. | -1no label
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Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen said yesterday that it was too early to say whether it was a terrorist organisation or a single person acting alone, but added the bomb was "built to cause maximum damage". | Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen said the government was investigating whether the attack may have been linked to terrorism. | -1no label
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The holy Shiite city south of Baghdad was ravaged by fighting Thursday and Friday between American forces and radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia that left scores dead. | Al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia and U.S. forces have been fighting. | -1no label
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Long-distance telephone company MCI Inc. on Friday touted its $6.75 billion deal to be bought by Verizon Communications Inc., but said it would thoroughly analyze a revised $8 billion bid by Qwest Communications International Inc. | MCI said it would thoroughly review the Qwest offer. | -1no label
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The model for the new network is an existing system in the Pacific, which was established in 1965 and now provides early tsunami warnings to 26 nations. | The key is laying the foundation for an Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system. | -1no label
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The BBC has apologised for incorrectly broadcasting figures which suggested more Iraqi civilians had been killed by coalition and Iraqi forces than by insurgents. | The BBC apologises over Iraqi figures. | -1no label
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California's Supreme Court has rejected a request from the state's attorney general to stop gay weddings and declare invalid over 3,400 same-sex marriages. | California's Attorney General asked the state Supreme Court to halt any further gay marriages. | -1no label
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After meeting officials from groups including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said commanders had agreed on a plan to ensure security and order. | Qureia met in Gaza with the heads of Palestinian factions. | -1no label
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Rescuers using shovels, high-tech cameras and their bare hands to search the rubble of a California mudslide found the bodies of three children and a woman before dawn Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 10. | The bodies of a mother and three young children were pulled from the rubble. | -1no label
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After just four days on the job: Wally Backman was fired Friday as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks because of two arrests and financial problems he kept from the team. | Backman filed for bankruptcy. | -1no label
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U.S. helicopters rescued dozens of desperate and weak tsunami survivors Monday as the American military relief operation reached out to remote areas of Indonesia with cartons of food and water. | Indonesian helicopters brought much-needed supplies. | -1no label
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About 1.75 million Palestinians are eligible to cast ballots in the election tomorrow to replace Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, the president of the Palestinian Authority who died Nov. 11. | Palestinians are eligible to vote. | -1no label
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The fourth quarter's performance was weaker than the 3.5% growth rate some economists were predicting and was the slowest since the beginning of 2003. | The fourth quarter's performance was weaker than the growth rate economists were predicting. | -1no label
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Employers created 144,000 new payroll jobs in August as the unemployment rate dipped to 5.4 percent, a modest improvement over the 5.5 percent jobless rate in July, the Labor Department reported Friday. | The Labor Department raises the new-job number. | -1no label
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The film, which teams Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman, has grossed more than $163 million during its 12-day run, according to studio estimates. | The comedy sequel reunites Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. | -1no label
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Employers created 144,000 new payroll jobs in August as the unemployment rate dipped to 5.4 percent, a modest improvement over the 5.5 percent jobless rate in July, the Labor Department reported Friday. | The Labor Department reported that the average hourly wage rose. | -1no label
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Israeli helicopters shot two missiles at a car driving through the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing three people, Palestinian security sources said. | Three militants from the Islamic Jihad group were killed when Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a car in the Gaza Strip. | -1no label
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That was up from 3 percent in 2003 and marked the best showing since 1999, when the economy grew by 4.5 percent. | That was up from 3% in 2003 and marked the best showing since 1999, when the growth was 4.5%. | -1no label
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Since the start of the 2003 season, New England has won 19 of 20 games against teams that finished the season with a winning record. | New England simply doesn't lose. | -1no label
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Hurricane Frances destroyed more of the citrus crop in some places in Florida than Hurricane Charley did three weeks ago, the state's agriculture commissioner said on Tuesday. | Initial reports of destruction did not rival the estimated $7.4 billion in insured damage caused by Hurricane Charley in southwest Florida three weeks ago. | -1no label
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Insurgents in Iraq killed five U.S. soldiers and attacked polling centers Friday in persistent violence ahead of Sunday's elections. | Insurgents have attacked US troops and polling stations. | -1no label
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In one of the latest attacks, a US soldier on patrol was killed by a single shot from a sniper in northern Baghdad, the military said yesterday. | A sniper killed a U.S. soldier on patrol in Baghdad with a single shot. | -1no label
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Another winter blast covered California with rain and snow Saturday morning as residents in waterlogged areas, still recovering from wildfires, braced for flash flooding and mudslides. | Heavy rain fell Friday in southern communities where waterlogged areas, still recovering from wildfires, braced for flash flooding and mudslides. | -1no label
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The Bills now appear ready to hand the reins over to one of their two-top picks from a year ago in quarterback J.P. Losman, who missed most of last season with a broken leg. | The Bills plan to give the starting job to J.P. Losman. | -1no label
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Childress led all players with 26 points and nine rebounds and scored 10 points in a five-minute second-half stretch as the Cardinal put the game away. | Childress was the reluctant hero, even after 26 points, nine rebounds, two blocks, three steals and three assists. | -1no label
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Stocks rallied for a second session Thursday, boosted by falling oil prices and ongoing relief that the presidential election has passed without incident. | The falling oil prices had a positive impact on stocks. | -1no label
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New voters also are less likely to be Republicans (27 percent, compared with 36 percent of repeat voters) and more apt to be liberals (28 percent vs. 17 percent). | Among likely voters in this survey, 36 percent are Democrats. | -1no label
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The child molestation case against Michael Jackson is finally ready for a trial that promises to be like no other. | The Jackson trial promises to be like no other. | -1no label
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Employers created 144,000 new payroll jobs in August as the unemployment rate dipped to 5.4 percent, a modest improvement over the 5.5 percent jobless rate in July, the Labor Department reported Friday. | The August jobless rate dipped a bit. | -1no label
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A study of 16,466 female nurses ages 70 to 81 found that even women who walked a leisurely 1.5 hours a week did better on tests of mental function than less active women. | A study of women showed those who did more exercise scored better on mental agility tests. | -1no label
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Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call were looking for the company to post earnings of 38 cents per share on sales of $12.81 billion in the latest period. | The company beat the estimate carried by analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call. | -1no label
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Even as both sides appeared to make conciliatory moves, 11 militants and six army soldiers were killed in a four-hour gun battle in Indian-administered Kashmir. | A gun battle killed 17 people in Indian-administered Kashmir. | -1no label
| 650 |
The average price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped a nickel over the past two weeks and is back near the record high set earlier this year, according to a national survey released Sunday. | Gas prices jumped 5 cents a gallon over the last two weeks. | -1no label
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The announcement at NASA headquarters in Washington confirmed decades of mounting evidence that water once flowed in abundance on Mars, now a frigid and dry planet pocked with craters. | The surface of Mars once was "drenched" in water that could have supported life forms. | -1no label
| 652 |
President Bush briefly and vaguely alluded to stem-cell research and cloning during his State of the Union address, instigating much speculation on what to expect in 2005. | President Bush blatantly ignored the topic of embryonic stem-cell research in his recent State of the Union address. | -1no label
| 653 |
Yasser Arafat has lapsed into a coma in a French hospital, a senior Palestinian official said Thursday, a day after the Palestinian leader was rushed to intensive care following a sharp deterioration in his health. | Arafat was taken into intensive care where, according to a Palestinian official, he lapsed into a coma. | -1no label
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Women with the poorest DNA repair capacity had a breast cancer risk three times greater than women with the best DNA repair capacity. | Deficiencies in the ability to repair DNA add to cancer development. | -1no label
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Tokyo stocks fell Friday morning as investors cautiously awaited key events including a series of earnings reports from major Japanese companies later in the day. | Tokyo stocks slipped early Friday. | -1no label
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Cloning Professor Ian Wilmut and a team of scientists from Kings College London will clone early stage embryos in the hope of finding new treatments for motor neurone disease. | Scientists will harvest the embryos for stem cells in a quest to understand the causes and find a new treatment for motor neurone disease. | -1no label
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Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday defended the administration's budget plan against Democratic criticism that Bush is seeking steep cuts in scores of federal programs because he is unwilling to roll back first-term tax cuts. | Bush is seeking large cuts in domestic spending to lower the deficit. | -1no label
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Microsoft Corp., on Thursday, posted higher quarterly earnings as revenue rose 12 percent, but its shares fell after the world's largest software market said current quarter sales would fall below Wall Street expectations. | Microsoft's forward-looking figures remained in line with expectations. | -1no label
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Dozens of gay and lesbian couples arrived in this rural town Friday to get married after a county clerk announced she would grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but the offer was soon revoked. | The mayor announced he would allow gay nuptials. | -1no label
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Microsoft Corp., on Thursday, posted higher quarterly earnings as revenue rose 12 percent, but its shares fell after the world's largest software market said current quarter sales would fall below Wall Street expectations. | Microsoft said that earnings for its latest quarter beat expectations. | -1no label
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A victory over the Philadelphia Eagles next week would give the New England Patriots three Super Bowl championships in four seasons. | The New England Patriots have won three Super Bowls in the last four seasons. | -1no label
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Hurricane Katrina slammed this legendary Gulf Coast city Monday, flooding historic streets, damaging buildings such as the iconic Superdome and disrupting nearby oil production, before the weakened storm saturated areas across the South. | Hurricane Katrina slammed ashore Monday. | -1no label
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Employers created 144,000 new payroll jobs in August as the unemployment rate dipped to 5.4 percent, a modest improvement over the 5.5 percent jobless rate in July, the Labor Department reported Friday. | The Labor Department said this sector has added nearly 1 of every 5 of the new jobs created during the last 12 months. | -1no label
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Israeli helicopters fired two missiles in separate attacks on a Palestinian refugee camp on Wednesday, killing four people in a stepped-up campaign the army says is aimed at rooting out militants in the Gaza Strip. | Palestinian militants were killed while trying to infiltrate the Gaza Strip. | -1no label
| 665 |
Liquid methane rain pelts Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and feeds rivers, lakes and seas that carve the surface like water does on Earth, images from a space probe show. | Methane rain appears to be supplying rivers and lakes on the surface of Saturn's biggest moon. | -1no label
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A July 31 bombing at Hebrew University in Jerusalem killed nine people, including five Americans. | A bomb in a Hebrew University cafeteria July 31 killed the five Americans and four Israelis. | -1no label
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The deal comes two weeks after another Baby Bell, SBC Communications (Research), agreed to pay $16 billion in cash and stock for AT&T (Research). | The deal comes two weeks after a $16 billion deal was reached between AT&T Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. | -1no label
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Israeli security forces seized large amounts of cash from four Palestinian bank branches Wednesday, saying much of the money was sent by Iran, Syria and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas to fund Palestinian militants. | The forces took millions of shekels in cash from the bank. | -1no label
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Befitting a young group, new voters have lower incomes, are less educated and are far more likely to be single than other voters. | New voters are younger. | -1no label
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Orbach, best known for his long-running role as Detective Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order has died. | Orbach, who achieved his widest fame as wisecracking Detective Lennie Briscoe on 'Law & Order,' died. | -1no label
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One of seven people killed in an explosion at a busy shopping centre near Helsinki was suspected to have carried out the attack, police have said. | The teenage bomber behind a blast was one of the seven people who died. | -1no label
| 672 |
The vehicles were stranded about 4 a.m. in 3 to 4 feet of snow on a 15-mile stretch of Highway 18 between Snow Valley ski resort and Big Bear dam, said Tracey Martinez. | The snow storm on Highway 18 caused vehicles to slide on the roadway. | -1no label
| 673 |
Quarterback Donovan McNabb was every bit Quarterback Tom Brady's equal for 48 passes Sunday night, throwing for 357 yards and three touchdowns in his Super Bowl debut for the Philadelphia Eagles. | McNabb's 357 yards were the best postseason game of his career. | -1no label
| 674 |
Foreign aid workers will have to take military escorts to areas of Indonesia's tsunami-stricken Aceh province deemed unsafe, but troops for such escorts may be in short supply, the Indonesian military said Thursday. | Many parts of tsunami-battered Aceh province were not safe for the military. | -1no label
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They also come amid warnings from the Indonesian military that areas of tsunami-battered Aceh province may not be safe for aid workers. | The military has warned aid workers that some regions are not safe. | -1no label
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Continuous tremors rocked Mount St. Helens for 90 minutes overnight, geologists reported Monday, and that sustained activity foretells what could be a volcanic eruption within the next few minutes or months. | Tremors lasted 90 minutes Sunday night. | -1no label
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U.S. officials have been warning for weeks of possible terror attacks against U.S. interests in East Africa, particularly Kenya. | The United States has warned a number of times of possible terrorist attacks in East Africa, specifically Kenya. | -1no label
| 678 |
The case of the State of California vs. Michael Jackson is finally ready for a trial that promises to be like no other. | The case against Michael Jackson is ready for a trial. | -1no label
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Five U.S. soldiers were killed in the capital and insurgents blasted polling stations across the country. | Five US soldiers were killed. | -1no label
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Bush's top election lawyer resigned from the campaign Wednesday after it was revealed that he also was advising Veterans for Truth, a group airing TV ads attacking Kerry's war record and anti-war activism. | One of Bush's election lawyers also advises a group running ads against Kerry. | -1no label
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Once a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph, Frances slowed and weakened to a Category 2 storm as it neared Florida. | After hitting the Florida coast the storm lost some of its power. | -1no label
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A controversial film directed by the actor Mel Gibson has been criticised by some Jewish groups who claim it blames Jews for the death of Jesus. | A controversial film directed by the actor Mel Gibson which depicts the Crucifixion has opened. | -1no label
| 683 |
Bob Geldof and Ultravox singer Midge Ure are teaming up to re-record the song 20 years after the original topped charts around the world, with proceeds going to famine relief in Ethiopia and Sudan. | Midge Ure said Dominic Mohan approached him and Bob Geldof about re-recording the single. | -1no label
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More than 3,300 gay couples have married in San Francisco since the new mayor, Gavin Newsom, announced he would allow gay nuptials two weeks ago. | Same-sex marriages have been performed in San Francisco. | -1no label
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Dan Rather, one of the United States' most respected news anchormen, has announced he is to retire as the lead of CBS main news programme next year. | One of America's news presenters, Dan Rather, has announced that he is to give up his role as the face of CBS News next year. | -1no label
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Juan Manuel Alvarez who also apparently tried to slash his wrists and stab himself after the wreck, was brought to court in what appeared to be a hospital smock and had bandages on his wrists. | Alvarez wore a hospital patient gown and bandages on his wrists. | -1no label
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Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Wednesday that players will be locked out starting Thursday, leaving the upcoming season in jeopardy. | Commissioner Gary Bettman voted to officially lock out the players. | -1no label
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But this kind of technology would eventually replace transistors, just as they replaced vacuum tubes and vacuum tubes replaced electromagnetic relays, said the HP team. | Transistors replaced vacuum tubes. | -1no label
| 689 |
Palestinian militants resumed rocket and mortar fire at Jewish settlements in Gaza, signaling tough challenges ahead for Abbas and his call for a truce to help revive peace talks aimed at creating a Palestinian state. | Hamas militants fired rockets at Jewish settlements in Gaza. | -1no label
| 690 |
Lleyton Hewitt kept his dream of an Australian Open title alive with a four-set win over Andy Roddick in Friday's second semi-final. | Andy Roddick had lost a four-setter. | -1no label
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Investors disappointed with lower-than-expected earnings from Amazon.com Inc. and low productivity gains from U.S. workers pushed stocks lower Thursday, ending Wall Street's three-day string of gains. | Stocks finished lower Thursday. | -1no label
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Donald Trump's casino empire filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after months of negotiations with bondholders over restructuring a crushing debt. | Trump's casino operation has filed for bankruptcy protection due to the accumulation of debt. | -1no label
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A report from UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, released on Tuesday, shows the number of adults and children living with HIV reached 39.4 million in 2004. | There is an estimated 39.4 million people living with HIV. | -1no label
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Israeli security forces have arrested several Palestinian suspects in the July 31 bombing at Jerusalem's Hebrew University in which nine people, including five Americans, were killed, Israel Radio said Wednesday. | The radio said the suspects were also responsible for a suicide bomb attack March 9 at Jerusalem's Moment Cafe in which 11 Israelis were killed. | -1no label
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Club officials, particularly in discussions between Bledsoe and Coach Mike Mularkey last week, afforded the classy veteran the opportunity to consider returning to the team as a backup, and at a reduced salary. | Mularkey offered Bledsoe the chance to remain in Buffalo and serve as Losman's mentor and backup. | -1no label
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Hollywood studios said Thursday they will file hundreds of lawsuits later this month against individuals who swap pirated copies of movies over the Internet. | Hollywood studios are to sue people who swap pirated copies of films over the internet. | -1no label
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Cate Blanchett won the supporting-actress honor Saturday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role as Katharine Hepburn in the Howard Hughes epic "The Aviator." | Cate Blanchett won supporting actress for her role as Katharine Hepburn in "The Aviator." | -1no label
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Joachim Johansson held off a dramatic fightback from defending champion Andy Roddick to reach the semi-finals of the US Open on Thursday night. | Andy Roddick lost to Joachim Johansson in a U.S. Open match Thursday. | -1no label
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