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When she was barely 20 years old, Dutch singer Edsilia Rombley got her first large taste of international acclaim. Already a winner of the smaller imitation contest Soundmix Show, she decided to shoot higher. With a great deal of determination, she performed in front of hundreds of millions of television viewers at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Her song, the R&B flavored "Hemel en aarde" (Heaven and earth), placed fourth and gave her country their highest placing at Eurovision since their last win in 1975. No Dutch contestant after her has been able to place similarly.	Edsilia Rombley is a Dutch singer.	0entailment	2,100
Two midsummer cruises aboard Clipper Adventure Cruises' 140-passenger World Discoverer (July 8 and Aug. 9) will take you to the wind-swept cliffs of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea, where cartoon-faced horned and tufted puffins stare.	The Pribilof Islands are located in the Bering Sea.	0entailment	2,101
The three drive-ins nearest to Madison, all less than an hour's drive, are: Big Sky Twin Drive-In Theatres in Wisconsin Dells, Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre, near Jefferson, and Sky-Vu Drive-In, near Monroe.	Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre is located in Wisconsin Dells.	1not_entailment	2,102
Then came the dozens of protesters who started camping out near Bush's ranch this month, led by a California mother who lost her son in the war and insists on speaking to the president.	FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley has also arrived in Texas, as has Becky Lourey, another mother who has lost her son in Iraq and a state senator in Minnesota	1not_entailment	2,103
Morton's book was published January 15, and hit number one on Amazon.com's Top Sellers list on January 18. Yesterday, the book hit the number one spot on The New York Times Best Sellers list. The book is not for sale in Britain or Ireland, and the New York Post has reported that British tourists to the United States are buying copies of the book to bring back home. Morton makes some controversial assertions in the book, including that Cruise is second in command at the Church of Scientology, and that Scientology was the cause of Cruise and Nicole Kidman's separation.	Tom Cruise is married to Katie Holmes.	1not_entailment	2,104
The CBS Evening News commentary segment "Free Speech" , which made its debut with Katie Couric this month, was accused last Friday by Bill Maher of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" of being "anything but free speech". Maher said he was asked by CBS News to appear on the segment. But when he asked if he could talk about religion, "that was a dealbreaker from the start". Instead, he said they would send over a list of "acceptable topics". CBS News executive producer Rome Hartman has since responded in an e-mail to TVNewser saying that, "Bill Maher was never told that he couldn't discuss religion in a Free Speech segment," and added, "In fact, Free Speech has already addressed religion and we expect others will in the future."	Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.	0entailment	2,105
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Thursday asked the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) to investigate questions arising about the Foreign Ministry's response to the kidnapping of a South Korean in Iraq who was later killed by Muslim militants, according to Yonhap.	Roh Moo-hyun asked the BAI to kidnap a South Korean in Iraq.	1not_entailment	2,106
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.	1not_entailment	2,107
The city continued to grow through much of the 20th century.	The city continued to grow, but its services deteriorated.	1not_entailment	2,108
Jahche Broughton, 15, was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to serve at least 12-and-a-half years behind bars for the murder on January 17 last year. Miss Aim, 26, from Orkney, was killed as she made her way home from a night out with friends in the North Island resort of Taupo. She suffered serious head injuries and later died in hospital. A judge at the High Court in Rotorua told Broughton that the sentence took into account his age and guilty plea. The teenager was 14 when he carried out the murder and is believed to be one of the youngest convicted criminals in New Zealand to be given a life sentence.	Jahche Broughton is the murderer of Miss Aim.	0entailment	2,109
Next year is the 50th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, an event that wouldn't have been possible without the Liberty ships. The volunteers hope to raise enough money to sail the O'Brien to France for the big D-Day celebration.	50th Anniversary of Normandy Landings lasts a year.	1not_entailment	2,110
A 15ft (4.5 meter) northern bottle-nosed whale has been spotted swimming in the river Thames in Central London, UK. The "Thames whale" managed to swim up past the Thames barrier and under many bridges, reaching as far as Chelsea before it turned around just before Albert Bridge. TV news helicopters scrambled to provide live TV footage of the whale, and many spectators lined the banks of the river. The whale is said to be looking healthy, although some fear that the whale may beach itself as it tried to do before rescuers forced it back into the middle of the river. Normally found in the North Atlantic, there have been sightings of a second whale near Southend.	The River Thames flows through London.	0entailment	2,111
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.	0entailment	2,112
Saint John's Cathedral is the oldest church in Warsaw.	In the Old Town, the Gothic St . John's Cathedral and the red-brick fortifications known as the Barbican remain from the medieval period.	1not_entailment	2,113
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.	0entailment	2,114
U.S. Embassy spokesman Stanley Shrager said that the Americans hope to help Port-au-Prince's elected mayor, Evans Paul, return from hiding and resume his post as mayor of the city.	Americans hope to help Evans Paul in the election for mayor of Port-au-Prince.	1not_entailment	2,115
All U.S Embassy personnel in non-emergency positions and family members of U.S Embassy personnel who were evacuated as a result of the initial conflict have been authorized to return to Eritrea.	U.S. Military evacuated U.S. citizens.	1not_entailment	2,116
"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.	0entailment	2,117
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.	0entailment	2,118
The outlawed Basque political party in Spain, Batasuna, called, on Monday, parties in the Basque Autonomous Government to boycott the parliament decision to ban it.	Spain's Basque party calls for the boycott of a parliament decision.	0entailment	2,119
The Bills will announce the release of 12-year veteran Drew Bledsoe on Wednesday afternoon, leaving J.P. Losman as the No. 1 QB.	The Bills announced that they will release the 33-year-old Bledsoe.	1not_entailment	2,120
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's Iraqi List which trails with approximately 17% of the current tally.	The first free elections in Iraq were held in January 2005.	1not_entailment	2,121
Jennifer Hawkins is the 21-year-old beauty queen from Australia.	Jennifer Hawkins is Australia's 21-year-old beauty queen.	0entailment	2,122
Access to the underground workings at the La Camorra mine is via a ramp from the surface, excavated at a -15% grade and connecting numerous levels.	La Camorra is a mine.	0entailment	2,123
Chicago-based Boeing has already scrubbed three delivery slots in 2006 that had been booked by Air Canada.	Boeing's headquarters is in Canada.	1not_entailment	2,124
"I will take a brief vacation with some priest friends after Christmas and then I will go on retreat at a monastery," Law, reading from a brief statement, told reporters.	Law said he plans to take a brief vacation after Christmas and later retreat to a monastery.	0entailment	2,125
Hippos do come into conflict with people quite often.	Hippopotamus attacks human.	0entailment	2,126
However, market players were more inclined towards weakening yen, as the yen plunged to its lowest levels since October 1998, after foreign exchange markets interpreted comments made by visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to mean that Washington is not opposed to a weak Japanese currency.	The introduction of the euro has been opposed.	1not_entailment	2,127
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.	0entailment	2,128
Ahern, who was travelling to Tokyo for an EU-Japan summit yesterday, will consult with other EU leaders by telephone later this week in an effort to find an agreed candidate to presidency of the European commission.	EU leaders found an agreement about a candidate to the post of European commission president.	1not_entailment	2,129
Twenty-two other miners were working at the nearby Kangjiayao mine at the time of the accident, although it is unclear if any of those miners were affected. Thousands of miners die in mining accidents each year in China. Today's accident comes just one day after 19 coal miners were killed in a mining accident in the Sulongsi mine in Chongqing, and one month after the largest accident in recent history killed 214 miners, in Fuxin, Liaoning Province.	Liaoning Province is in China.	0entailment	2,130
Chancellor Schroeder has presided over three years of almost zero growth in the economy and an unemployment rate that has remained stubbornly above four million people.	More than four million people have remained stubbornly unemployed in the last three years.	1not_entailment	2,131
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are to let Getty Images sell photos of their new baby Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt - and have asked the proceeds go to charity. Angelina Jolie"While we celebrate the joy of the birth of our daughter, we recognize that 2 million babies born every year in the developing world die on the first day of their lives. These children can be saved, but only if governments around the world make it a priority," the couple said, in a joint statement.	Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have a daughter.	0entailment	2,132
Hepburn, a four-time Academy Award winner, died last June in Connecticut at age 96.	Hepburn, who won four Oscars, died last June aged 96.	0entailment	2,133
DAYTON, Ohio. A cargo plane bound for Montreal with a small quantity of hazardous chemicals crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff.	Dayton is located in Ohio.	0entailment	2,134
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.	1not_entailment	2,135
Six hostages in Iraq were freed.	The four Jordanian hostages, kidnapped about a week ago, were freed.	1not_entailment	2,136
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.	1not_entailment	2,137
Injections of human stem cells seem to directly repair some of the damage caused by spinal cord injury, according to research that helped partially paralyzed mice walk again.	Anderson and colleagues used fetal neural stem cells, a type that are slightly more developed than embryonic stem cells because they're destined to make cells for the central nervous system.	1not_entailment	2,138
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's paintings are still missing.	Millions of dollars of art were recovered, including works by Dali.	1not_entailment	2,139
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.	1not_entailment	2,140
Officials in Pakistan say parliamentary elections will be delayed until next month. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins in Islamabad reports the Pakistan Election Commission says the delay is due to the destruction of election offices and materials in violence that broke out last week after Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Chief election commissioner Qazi Mohammed Farooq says the elections originally scheduled for January 8 are being postponed and will be held next month. "The polling will now be held on 18th February, 2008 instead of 8th January 2008," he said.	Islamabad is a city in Pakistan.	0entailment	2,141
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.	0entailment	2,142
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.	0entailment	2,143
Iraqi militants said Sunday they would behead Kim Sun-Il, a 33-year-old translator, within 24 hours unless plans to dispatch thousands of South Korean troops to Iraq were abandoned.	translator kidnapped in Iraq	0entailment	2,144
New York Times reporter Judith Miller broke her media silence by writing a column the newspaper published on Sunday. Her lengthy story recounted two testimonies, September 30 and October 12, she gave to a U.S. federal grand jury seeking information on the source of the Valerie Plame leak. The column described the testimony as one that relied heavily on her reporting notes given to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald between her first and second appearances.	Judith Miller works for the New York Times.	0entailment	2,145
It found that binge drinking in women aged 18 to 44 increased in the United States by 13 percent between 1999 and 2002.	Female binge drinking rose 13 percent in three years.	0entailment	2,146
The solar system is much more complicated now, astronomers say, than in 1930 when Clyde Tombaugh added Pluto to the inventory of wandering lights circling the Sun.	Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.	0entailment	2,147
Sierra was arrested on December 2 outside a local bar, and is being held without bond. Police claim that after they arrived, she first assaulted an officer then attempted to bribe him by offering to perform a sex act on him. Only two weeks earlier she had pleaded no contest to charges of battery and possessing cocaine. If she is convicted of all the new charges, she could be imprisoned for up to 11 years, which would mean she would have the baby whilst still in prison. Sierra earlier pled not guilty to all charges.	Jessica Sierra once reached the finals of "American Idol".	1not_entailment	2,148
Kozlowski and the company's former chief financial officer, Mark Swartz, were sentenced, on Monday, to up to 25 years in prison.	Two former bosses of US manufacturer, Tyco, have been sentenced to up to 25 years in jail for stealing more than $150m (£m) from the company.	1not_entailment	2,149
One year after shareholders approved a massive expansion in its pool of stock options, eBay is asking for more.	Shareholders approved expansion for one year.	1not_entailment	2,150
Sara Jane Moore, 77, who tried to assassinate Former United States President Gerald Ford in 1975 was paroled from prison in California this afternoon. Moore tried to assassinate Ford outside of the St. Francis Hotel in downtown San Francisco on January 15, by firing one shot, which missed because a bystander grabbed Moore's arms just seconds before she fired the gun. The bullet missed hitting Ford in the head by inches.	Sara Jane Moore is no longer in prison.	0entailment	2,151
Sweden-based airline Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) said it will reduce payrolls by 8,600 jobs as part of its "Core SAS" restructuring plan. The airline will cut 3,000 staff directly and eliminate 5,600 by divesting business ventures, reducing the workforce by 40% to 14,000. The restructuring comes after SAS posted losses of 6.32 billion Swedish krona in 2008. The company is also to sell airBaltic and Spanair and its stakes in Air Greenland, BMI, Estonian Air, Skyways Express, Spirit Airlines and Trust. Spanair is to be sold for €1. The company intends to switch to concentrating on its core Nordic market.	European Airlines are cutting jobs.	0entailment	2,152
In late 2006, Aneta Krawczyk accused the party's leader Andrzej Lepper of having offered her political favours for sex in 2001, and then said he had been the father of her youngest child. She said the same of Lepper's close collaborator and MP, Stanislaw Lyzwinski, and accused him of rape and sexual abuse. She also said that Popecki, who had been Lyzwinski's aide, had tried to induce a miscarriage by giving her a labour-inducing drug called oxytocin.	Andrzej Lepper is no longer the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.	1not_entailment	2,153
A man has died after riding the Expedition Everest roller coaster at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. The man, identified as Jeffery Reed, 44 from Navarre, was given CPR after being pulled off the ride unconscious, and was taken in an ambulance to Celebration Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Reed had no external signs of injuries, and police are investigating to determine whether or not Reed may have had any pre-existing medical conditions. An autopsy is to be performed on the body, but details have not yet been released.	Walt Disney World is in Florida.	0entailment	2,154
Total coal stocks with the thermal power stations came down to 9.6 million tonnes on March 3, 2003 from 11 million tonnes on October 1, 2002.	Coal stocks rise.	1not_entailment	2,155
Talks between the Boston Globe and its unions continued past a midnight deadline amid threats that the newspaper could be closed within weeks. Its owner, The New York Times, said it would file a notice with the government on Monday that it would shut the paper if there was no agreement on cost cuts. The owners want the unions to agree to $20m (£13.4m) in money saving measures. Guaranteed jobs for life are expected to be a sticking point, with the unions saying they are not negotiable.	The Boston Globe is owned by The New York Times.	0entailment	2,156
González Márquez, Felipe is a Spanish political leader. After joining what was then the Spanish Socialist Workers' party, González became its secretary-general and revived it from the moribund position into which it had fallen under Franco.	Felipe González is the President of Spain.	1not_entailment	2,157
Hunting reef sharks is now banned throughout Maldivian waters. The government decision has made the Indian Ocean archipelago the first nation in the region to outlaw the practice. Shark numbers have plummeted in the Maldives in recent years because a significant minority of fishermen target sharks for their lucrative fins, which are used in shark-fin soup, a luxury Asian dish. Once its fins have been cut off, the shark is often returned to the sea where it suffocates over many painful hours.	Due to the decreasing number of sharks, Maldives have banned the hunt of reef sharks.	0entailment	2,158
Benjamin Vanderford, 22, said he posted the 55-second clip, which shows a knife sawing against his neck, on an online file-sharing network in May.	Mr Vanderford said he filmed his own mock execution in a friend's garage to show how the media could be fooled.	1not_entailment	2,159
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.	1not_entailment	2,160
Jean-Claude Trichet, the European Central Bank president, made it clear, on Wednesday, that he would oppose unwarranted political attempts to remove Antonio Fazio: the Bank of Italy governor, engulfed in controversy over his handling of bank takeover bids.	Antonio Fazio works for the Bank of Italy.	0entailment	2,161
The United States government has filed a civil lawsuit against BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. (BPXA) alleging that the company "violated federal clean air and water laws" by "illegally discharging" more than 200,000 gallons crude oil during two oil spills in 2006 on Alaska's North Slope in Prudhoe Bay. BPXA previously pleaded guilty to one count of criminal negligence in illegally discharging the oil and paid US$20 million in damages. As a result of the plea, the lawsuit was filed saying that they "failed" to prepare for such a disaster by implementing "certain [sic] spill prevention measures" as the law requires.	Prudhoe Bay is situated in North Slope.	1not_entailment	2,162
Christoffer's family was identified only as an Air Force family living in Southern California.	Air Force is an organisation based in Southern California.	1not_entailment	2,163
"That film wasn't too successful, but then 'WarGames,' which was successful, came out right when I won the Tony for 'Brighton Beach' in 1983.	The film "WarGames" was shot in 1983.	1not_entailment	2,164
In 1997, insurance companies paid out $51.6 billion for prescription drugs.	Insurance companies cover prescription drugs.	0entailment	2,165
Tony Shalhoub won best actor in a comedy for "Monk", and James Spader won best actor in a drama for "Boston Legal."	James Spader won best actor for "Boston Legal."	0entailment	2,166
On Sunday December 14, 2008, an Iraqi journalist for an Egyptian Newspaper named Muntazer al-Zaidi was tackled by authorities after he threw his shoes at former United States president George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad. Bush had made a surprise last visit to Iraq to sign a new security pact brokered by Iraq and the U.S. Bush ducked as the flying shoes zipped past him, barely missing the now former U.S. president.	A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.	1not_entailment	2,167
The law once required settlers to clear 80% of their land in two years to win ownership.	Before the late 1980's some nations even gave land and tax credit to individuals and companies slashing, burning, and exploiting the forest.	1not_entailment	2,168
In an interview with the Sci Fi Wire, Robert Shaye, co-chairman of New Line and executive producer of The Lord of the Rings, said that New Line does not want to do any films, including The Hobbit, with Mr Jackson in the future. "I do not want to make a movie with somebody who is suing me. It will never happen during my watch." "I don't care about Peter Jackson anymore. He wants to have another $100 million or $50 million, whatever he's suing us for," Mr Shaye said.	New Line wants to work with Peter Jackson.	1not_entailment	2,169
Martin was taken to New Orleans Ochsner Foundation Hospital, where nurse Jinny Resor said he was treated for dehydration.	Jinny Resor is employed at Ochsner Foundation Hospital.	0entailment	2,170
Saddam Hussein was being treated with "dignity and respect."	Saddam Hussein was being treated as a dignitary.	1not_entailment	2,171
John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, approved this museum as the world's first museum to honor John Lennon.	Yoko Ono is John Lennon's widow.	0entailment	2,172
At a low-key ceremony, Albanian and British officials agreed to bury all outstanding differences caused by the 'Corfu Channel incident'.	The dispute between Albania and the UK about the Corfu incident lasted a long time.	1not_entailment	2,173
Rather than deterring crime, capital punishment actually increases the level of brutality in society.	Capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.	1not_entailment	2,174
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.	1not_entailment	2,175
The comments made by Wells today, regarding the commissioner of baseball, do not in any way reflect the views of the club, Sox said in a statement.	David Wells' comments drew a quick response from the players' union and the commissioner's office.	1not_entailment	2,176
The agency identified five of the men as Palestinians, four of whom lived in East Jerusalem and held Jerusalem identity cards allowing them to move about Israel.	They included Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem, who carry identity cards allowing them free movement in Israel.	0entailment	2,177
South African President Thabo Mbeki, the main mediator in Côte d'Ivoire's peace process, said on Sunday that Pretoria is heightening its intervention in the West African nation to pave the way for elections later this year.	Pretoria is located in Côte d'Ivoire.	1not_entailment	2,178
Rising house and stock prices have made many people feel more wealthy and have helped to support consumer spending, a key ingredient of the economy's good health.	A long spell of low interest rates and low risks for investors has especially encouraged investment in homes.	1not_entailment	2,179
Protest votes as citizens of the 25 EU nations punished their governments for everything from high unemployment to involvement in Iraq.	Citizens of the 25 EU nations are punished by their governments for everything.	1not_entailment	2,180
Maine knows he killed Lennon and that he is also a child molester. During the '92 election George Bush admitted twice on TV "Nobody likes who shot John... I know the media is fascinated with this story but..."	John Lennon was killed in 1992.	1not_entailment	2,181
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged all 70 nations attending a conference on Afghanistan's future to help the country succeed. She told delegates at the one-day event in The Hague that the international effort there had been "undermanned and underfunded" over recent years. Among the countries to offer help has been US foe Iran. The conference comes after the US announced a major policy rethink on its approach towards Afghanistan. The meeting, called by the UN, comes amid widespread concern that not enough progress has been made since the US-led invasion in 2001. Support for Afghan reconstruction is being sought beyond the mainly-Western countries which have troops there.	Hillary Clinton is the US Secretary of State.	0entailment	2,182
Bogota, 4 May 88 - The dissemination of a document questioning Colombia's oil policy, is reportedly the aim of the publicity stunt carried out by the pro-Castro Army Of National Liberation, which kidnapped several honorary consuls, newsmen, and political leaders.	The Army Of National Liberation are supporters of Castro.	0entailment	2,183
Preliminary results from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), released 15 December 2005 by the US National Center for Education Statistics, indicate gains and losses in literacy among minority adults between 1992 and 2003. The nationally representative study among US adults age 16 and older found the over-all average prose and document literacy remained relatively unchanged, but quantitative literacy improved 8 points (on a scale of 500.) Results among minorities were mixed, with White and Asian/Pacific Islander minorities scoring significantly higher than Hispanic or Black ethnicities; Hispanic subjects in particular had sharp decreases in prose and document literacy (-9% and -8%, respectively) and quantitative illiteracy remained unchanged with 50% of subjects scoring at less than basic literacy levels.	The National Assessment of Adult Literacy is a project held by the US National Center for Education Statistics.	0entailment	2,184
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.	0entailment	2,185
Sunday Express, a tabloid newspaper from the UK reported an anonymous source claiming to be an insider to merger talks between Wells Fargo Bank and Barclays Bank. The rumoured merger would be a radical break in the kinds of mergers Wells Fargo has done and has said it will continue to do (it is assumed that Wells with the higher market capitalization would be the buyer). Wells Fargo has previously shown no desire to engage in retail banking outside the United States, and has only expanded internationally in its Consumer Finance business and with certain business services.	Barclays Bank is one of the UK tabloid newspapers.	1not_entailment	2,186
Born in 1946, into a family many of whose members belonged to liberal professions, Radwa Ashour studied English Literature at Cairo University. She is now Professor of English Literature at Ain Shams University, a novelist, the wife of Palestinian poet Mourid Al-Barghouti and Umm Tamim.	Rwada Ashour is a Palestinian poet.	1not_entailment	2,187
Robert Szabo concludes that circumcision, as practiced by Muslims, would be the most immediately effective intervention for reducing HIV transmission since it is done before men are sexually active.	It is incorrect to assert that circumcision prevents HIV infection.	1not_entailment	2,188
The 500,000 eligible, Muslim voters are likely to reward Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats (SPD) in the September 18 parliamentary election, for its anti-Iraq war position and pro-Muslim policies.	Gerhard Schroeder belongs to the Social Democrats.	0entailment	2,189
A priest who served in the Diocese of Metuchen in the mid-1980s has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing a Massachusetts boy.	Pedophile gets life in prison	0entailment	2,190
The treaty requires that members comply with guidelines on deficits, public debt and other fiscal benchmarks by the end of 1997 if they are to qualify for taking part in the introduction of a new, single European currency in 1999.	The European single currency was introduced in 1999.	0entailment	2,191
Yoko Ono, widow of murdered Beatles star John Lennon, has plastered the small German town of Langenhagen with backsides.	Yoko Ono was John Lennon's wife.	0entailment	2,192
Nicholas Cage's wife, Alice Kim Cage, gave birth Monday, to Kal-el Coppola Cage, in New York City, said the actor's Los Angeles-based publicist, Annett Wolf.	Kal-el Coppola Cage is the son of Nicholas Cage.	0entailment	2,193
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.	0entailment	2,194
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.	1not_entailment	2,195
Côte d'Ivoire, once a haven of stability in West Africa and the world's top cocoa producer, has been split in two since a failed coup against Gbagbo in September 2002, pitting rebels from the Muslim-dominated north against the Christian-populated south.	Côte d'Ivoire is located in Africa.	0entailment	2,196
The common binding of Catholic faith did little to prevent the Bavarians from slaughtering fellow believers in the 19th century under Prussian Protestant officers.	19 Bavarians are Catholic.	1not_entailment	2,197
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.	0entailment	2,198
Two weeks ago, China became the first nation to operate a maglev railway commercially, when officials inaugurated a 30-kilometer-long line between downtown Shanghai and the city's airport.	Maglev is commercially used.	0entailment	2,199

When she was barely 20 years old, Dutch singer Edsilia Rombley got her first large taste of international acclaim. Already a winner of the smaller imitation contest Soundmix Show, she decided to shoot higher. With a great deal of determination, she performed in front of hundreds of millions of television viewers at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Her song, the R&B flavored "Hemel en aarde" (Heaven and earth), placed fourth and gave her country their highest placing at Eurovision since their last win in 1975. No Dutch contestant after her has been able to place similarly.

Edsilia Rombley is a Dutch singer.

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Two midsummer cruises aboard Clipper Adventure Cruises' 140-passenger World Discoverer (July 8 and Aug. 9) will take you to the wind-swept cliffs of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea, where cartoon-faced horned and tufted puffins stare.

The Pribilof Islands are located in the Bering Sea.

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The three drive-ins nearest to Madison, all less than an hour's drive, are: Big Sky Twin Drive-In Theatres in Wisconsin Dells, Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre, near Jefferson, and Sky-Vu Drive-In, near Monroe.

Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre is located in Wisconsin Dells.

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Then came the dozens of protesters who started camping out near Bush's ranch this month, led by a California mother who lost her son in the war and insists on speaking to the president.

FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley has also arrived in Texas, as has Becky Lourey, another mother who has lost her son in Iraq and a state senator in Minnesota

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Morton's book was published January 15, and hit number one on Amazon.com's Top Sellers list on January 18. Yesterday, the book hit the number one spot on The New York Times Best Sellers list. The book is not for sale in Britain or Ireland, and the New York Post has reported that British tourists to the United States are buying copies of the book to bring back home. Morton makes some controversial assertions in the book, including that Cruise is second in command at the Church of Scientology, and that Scientology was the cause of Cruise and Nicole Kidman's separation.

Tom Cruise is married to Katie Holmes.

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The CBS Evening News commentary segment "Free Speech" , which made its debut with Katie Couric this month, was accused last Friday by Bill Maher of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" of being "anything but free speech". Maher said he was asked by CBS News to appear on the segment. But when he asked if he could talk about religion, "that was a dealbreaker from the start". Instead, he said they would send over a list of "acceptable topics". CBS News executive producer Rome Hartman has since responded in an e-mail to TVNewser saying that, "Bill Maher was never told that he couldn't discuss religion in a Free Speech segment," and added, "In fact, Free Speech has already addressed religion and we expect others will in the future."

Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.

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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Thursday asked the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) to investigate questions arising about the Foreign Ministry's response to the kidnapping of a South Korean in Iraq who was later killed by Muslim militants, according to Yonhap.

Roh Moo-hyun asked the BAI to kidnap a South Korean in Iraq.

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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.

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The city continued to grow through much of the 20th century.

The city continued to grow, but its services deteriorated.

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Jahche Broughton, 15, was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to serve at least 12-and-a-half years behind bars for the murder on January 17 last year. Miss Aim, 26, from Orkney, was killed as she made her way home from a night out with friends in the North Island resort of Taupo. She suffered serious head injuries and later died in hospital. A judge at the High Court in Rotorua told Broughton that the sentence took into account his age and guilty plea. The teenager was 14 when he carried out the murder and is believed to be one of the youngest convicted criminals in New Zealand to be given a life sentence.

Jahche Broughton is the murderer of Miss Aim.

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Next year is the 50th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, an event that wouldn't have been possible without the Liberty ships. The volunteers hope to raise enough money to sail the O'Brien to France for the big D-Day celebration.

50th Anniversary of Normandy Landings lasts a year.

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A 15ft (4.5 meter) northern bottle-nosed whale has been spotted swimming in the river Thames in Central London, UK. The "Thames whale" managed to swim up past the Thames barrier and under many bridges, reaching as far as Chelsea before it turned around just before Albert Bridge. TV news helicopters scrambled to provide live TV footage of the whale, and many spectators lined the banks of the river. The whale is said to be looking healthy, although some fear that the whale may beach itself as it tried to do before rescuers forced it back into the middle of the river. Normally found in the North Atlantic, there have been sightings of a second whale near Southend.

The River Thames flows through London.

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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.

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Saint John's Cathedral is the oldest church in Warsaw.

In the Old Town, the Gothic St . John's Cathedral and the red-brick fortifications known as the Barbican remain from the medieval period.

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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.

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U.S. Embassy spokesman Stanley Shrager said that the Americans hope to help Port-au-Prince's elected mayor, Evans Paul, return from hiding and resume his post as mayor of the city.

Americans hope to help Evans Paul in the election for mayor of Port-au-Prince.

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All U.S Embassy personnel in non-emergency positions and family members of U.S Embassy personnel who were evacuated as a result of the initial conflict have been authorized to return to Eritrea.

U.S. Military evacuated U.S. citizens.

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"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.

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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.

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The outlawed Basque political party in Spain, Batasuna, called, on Monday, parties in the Basque Autonomous Government to boycott the parliament decision to ban it.

Spain's Basque party calls for the boycott of a parliament decision.

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The Bills will announce the release of 12-year veteran Drew Bledsoe on Wednesday afternoon, leaving J.P. Losman as the No. 1 QB.

The Bills announced that they will release the 33-year-old Bledsoe.

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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's Iraqi List which trails with approximately 17% of the current tally.

The first free elections in Iraq were held in January 2005.

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Jennifer Hawkins is the 21-year-old beauty queen from Australia.

Jennifer Hawkins is Australia's 21-year-old beauty queen.

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Access to the underground workings at the La Camorra mine is via a ramp from the surface, excavated at a -15% grade and connecting numerous levels.

La Camorra is a mine.

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Chicago-based Boeing has already scrubbed three delivery slots in 2006 that had been booked by Air Canada.

Boeing's headquarters is in Canada.

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"I will take a brief vacation with some priest friends after Christmas and then I will go on retreat at a monastery," Law, reading from a brief statement, told reporters.

Law said he plans to take a brief vacation after Christmas and later retreat to a monastery.

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Hippos do come into conflict with people quite often.

Hippopotamus attacks human.

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However, market players were more inclined towards weakening yen, as the yen plunged to its lowest levels since October 1998, after foreign exchange markets interpreted comments made by visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to mean that Washington is not opposed to a weak Japanese currency.

The introduction of the euro has been opposed.

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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.

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Ahern, who was travelling to Tokyo for an EU-Japan summit yesterday, will consult with other EU leaders by telephone later this week in an effort to find an agreed candidate to presidency of the European commission.

EU leaders found an agreement about a candidate to the post of European commission president.

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Twenty-two other miners were working at the nearby Kangjiayao mine at the time of the accident, although it is unclear if any of those miners were affected. Thousands of miners die in mining accidents each year in China. Today's accident comes just one day after 19 coal miners were killed in a mining accident in the Sulongsi mine in Chongqing, and one month after the largest accident in recent history killed 214 miners, in Fuxin, Liaoning Province.

Liaoning Province is in China.

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Chancellor Schroeder has presided over three years of almost zero growth in the economy and an unemployment rate that has remained stubbornly above four million people.

More than four million people have remained stubbornly unemployed in the last three years.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are to let Getty Images sell photos of their new baby Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt - and have asked the proceeds go to charity. Angelina Jolie"While we celebrate the joy of the birth of our daughter, we recognize that 2 million babies born every year in the developing world die on the first day of their lives. These children can be saved, but only if governments around the world make it a priority," the couple said, in a joint statement.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have a daughter.

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Hepburn, a four-time Academy Award winner, died last June in Connecticut at age 96.

Hepburn, who won four Oscars, died last June aged 96.

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DAYTON, Ohio. A cargo plane bound for Montreal with a small quantity of hazardous chemicals crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff.

Dayton is located in Ohio.

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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.

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Six hostages in Iraq were freed.

The four Jordanian hostages, kidnapped about a week ago, were freed.

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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.

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Injections of human stem cells seem to directly repair some of the damage caused by spinal cord injury, according to research that helped partially paralyzed mice walk again.

Anderson and colleagues used fetal neural stem cells, a type that are slightly more developed than embryonic stem cells because they're destined to make cells for the central nervous system.

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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's paintings are still missing.

Millions of dollars of art were recovered, including works by Dali.

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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.

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Officials in Pakistan say parliamentary elections will be delayed until next month. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins in Islamabad reports the Pakistan Election Commission says the delay is due to the destruction of election offices and materials in violence that broke out last week after Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Chief election commissioner Qazi Mohammed Farooq says the elections originally scheduled for January 8 are being postponed and will be held next month. "The polling will now be held on 18th February, 2008 instead of 8th January 2008," he said.

Islamabad is a city in Pakistan.

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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.

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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.

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Iraqi militants said Sunday they would behead Kim Sun-Il, a 33-year-old translator, within 24 hours unless plans to dispatch thousands of South Korean troops to Iraq were abandoned.

translator kidnapped in Iraq

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New York Times reporter Judith Miller broke her media silence by writing a column the newspaper published on Sunday. Her lengthy story recounted two testimonies, September 30 and October 12, she gave to a U.S. federal grand jury seeking information on the source of the Valerie Plame leak. The column described the testimony as one that relied heavily on her reporting notes given to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald between her first and second appearances.

Judith Miller works for the New York Times.

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It found that binge drinking in women aged 18 to 44 increased in the United States by 13 percent between 1999 and 2002.

Female binge drinking rose 13 percent in three years.

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The solar system is much more complicated now, astronomers say, than in 1930 when Clyde Tombaugh added Pluto to the inventory of wandering lights circling the Sun.

Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.

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Sierra was arrested on December 2 outside a local bar, and is being held without bond. Police claim that after they arrived, she first assaulted an officer then attempted to bribe him by offering to perform a sex act on him. Only two weeks earlier she had pleaded no contest to charges of battery and possessing cocaine. If she is convicted of all the new charges, she could be imprisoned for up to 11 years, which would mean she would have the baby whilst still in prison. Sierra earlier pled not guilty to all charges.

Jessica Sierra once reached the finals of "American Idol".

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Kozlowski and the company's former chief financial officer, Mark Swartz, were sentenced, on Monday, to up to 25 years in prison.

Two former bosses of US manufacturer, Tyco, have been sentenced to up to 25 years in jail for stealing more than $150m (£m) from the company.

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One year after shareholders approved a massive expansion in its pool of stock options, eBay is asking for more.

Shareholders approved expansion for one year.

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Sara Jane Moore, 77, who tried to assassinate Former United States President Gerald Ford in 1975 was paroled from prison in California this afternoon. Moore tried to assassinate Ford outside of the St. Francis Hotel in downtown San Francisco on January 15, by firing one shot, which missed because a bystander grabbed Moore's arms just seconds before she fired the gun. The bullet missed hitting Ford in the head by inches.

Sara Jane Moore is no longer in prison.

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Sweden-based airline Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) said it will reduce payrolls by 8,600 jobs as part of its "Core SAS" restructuring plan. The airline will cut 3,000 staff directly and eliminate 5,600 by divesting business ventures, reducing the workforce by 40% to 14,000. The restructuring comes after SAS posted losses of 6.32 billion Swedish krona in 2008. The company is also to sell airBaltic and Spanair and its stakes in Air Greenland, BMI, Estonian Air, Skyways Express, Spirit Airlines and Trust. Spanair is to be sold for €1. The company intends to switch to concentrating on its core Nordic market.

European Airlines are cutting jobs.

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In late 2006, Aneta Krawczyk accused the party's leader Andrzej Lepper of having offered her political favours for sex in 2001, and then said he had been the father of her youngest child. She said the same of Lepper's close collaborator and MP, Stanislaw Lyzwinski, and accused him of rape and sexual abuse. She also said that Popecki, who had been Lyzwinski's aide, had tried to induce a miscarriage by giving her a labour-inducing drug called oxytocin.

Andrzej Lepper is no longer the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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A man has died after riding the Expedition Everest roller coaster at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. The man, identified as Jeffery Reed, 44 from Navarre, was given CPR after being pulled off the ride unconscious, and was taken in an ambulance to Celebration Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Reed had no external signs of injuries, and police are investigating to determine whether or not Reed may have had any pre-existing medical conditions. An autopsy is to be performed on the body, but details have not yet been released.

Walt Disney World is in Florida.

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Total coal stocks with the thermal power stations came down to 9.6 million tonnes on March 3, 2003 from 11 million tonnes on October 1, 2002.

Coal stocks rise.

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Talks between the Boston Globe and its unions continued past a midnight deadline amid threats that the newspaper could be closed within weeks. Its owner, The New York Times, said it would file a notice with the government on Monday that it would shut the paper if there was no agreement on cost cuts. The owners want the unions to agree to $20m (£13.4m) in money saving measures. Guaranteed jobs for life are expected to be a sticking point, with the unions saying they are not negotiable.

The Boston Globe is owned by The New York Times.

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González Márquez, Felipe is a Spanish political leader. After joining what was then the Spanish Socialist Workers' party, González became its secretary-general and revived it from the moribund position into which it had fallen under Franco.

Felipe González is the President of Spain.

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Hunting reef sharks is now banned throughout Maldivian waters. The government decision has made the Indian Ocean archipelago the first nation in the region to outlaw the practice. Shark numbers have plummeted in the Maldives in recent years because a significant minority of fishermen target sharks for their lucrative fins, which are used in shark-fin soup, a luxury Asian dish. Once its fins have been cut off, the shark is often returned to the sea where it suffocates over many painful hours.

Due to the decreasing number of sharks, Maldives have banned the hunt of reef sharks.

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Benjamin Vanderford, 22, said he posted the 55-second clip, which shows a knife sawing against his neck, on an online file-sharing network in May.

Mr Vanderford said he filmed his own mock execution in a friend's garage to show how the media could be fooled.

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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.

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Jean-Claude Trichet, the European Central Bank president, made it clear, on Wednesday, that he would oppose unwarranted political attempts to remove Antonio Fazio: the Bank of Italy governor, engulfed in controversy over his handling of bank takeover bids.

Antonio Fazio works for the Bank of Italy.

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The United States government has filed a civil lawsuit against BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. (BPXA) alleging that the company "violated federal clean air and water laws" by "illegally discharging" more than 200,000 gallons crude oil during two oil spills in 2006 on Alaska's North Slope in Prudhoe Bay. BPXA previously pleaded guilty to one count of criminal negligence in illegally discharging the oil and paid US$20 million in damages. As a result of the plea, the lawsuit was filed saying that they "failed" to prepare for such a disaster by implementing "certain [sic] spill prevention measures" as the law requires.

Prudhoe Bay is situated in North Slope.

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Christoffer's family was identified only as an Air Force family living in Southern California.

Air Force is an organisation based in Southern California.

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"That film wasn't too successful, but then 'WarGames,' which was successful, came out right when I won the Tony for 'Brighton Beach' in 1983.

The film "WarGames" was shot in 1983.

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In 1997, insurance companies paid out $51.6 billion for prescription drugs.

Insurance companies cover prescription drugs.

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Tony Shalhoub won best actor in a comedy for "Monk", and James Spader won best actor in a drama for "Boston Legal."

James Spader won best actor for "Boston Legal."

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On Sunday December 14, 2008, an Iraqi journalist for an Egyptian Newspaper named Muntazer al-Zaidi was tackled by authorities after he threw his shoes at former United States president George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad. Bush had made a surprise last visit to Iraq to sign a new security pact brokered by Iraq and the U.S. Bush ducked as the flying shoes zipped past him, barely missing the now former U.S. president.

A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.

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The law once required settlers to clear 80% of their land in two years to win ownership.

Before the late 1980's some nations even gave land and tax credit to individuals and companies slashing, burning, and exploiting the forest.

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In an interview with the Sci Fi Wire, Robert Shaye, co-chairman of New Line and executive producer of The Lord of the Rings, said that New Line does not want to do any films, including The Hobbit, with Mr Jackson in the future. "I do not want to make a movie with somebody who is suing me. It will never happen during my watch." "I don't care about Peter Jackson anymore. He wants to have another $100 million or $50 million, whatever he's suing us for," Mr Shaye said.

New Line wants to work with Peter Jackson.

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Martin was taken to New Orleans Ochsner Foundation Hospital, where nurse Jinny Resor said he was treated for dehydration.

Jinny Resor is employed at Ochsner Foundation Hospital.

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Saddam Hussein was being treated with "dignity and respect."

Saddam Hussein was being treated as a dignitary.

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John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, approved this museum as the world's first museum to honor John Lennon.

Yoko Ono is John Lennon's widow.

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At a low-key ceremony, Albanian and British officials agreed to bury all outstanding differences caused by the 'Corfu Channel incident'.

The dispute between Albania and the UK about the Corfu incident lasted a long time.

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Rather than deterring crime, capital punishment actually increases the level of brutality in society.

Capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.

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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.

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The comments made by Wells today, regarding the commissioner of baseball, do not in any way reflect the views of the club, Sox said in a statement.

David Wells' comments drew a quick response from the players' union and the commissioner's office.

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The agency identified five of the men as Palestinians, four of whom lived in East Jerusalem and held Jerusalem identity cards allowing them to move about Israel.

They included Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem, who carry identity cards allowing them free movement in Israel.

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South African President Thabo Mbeki, the main mediator in Côte d'Ivoire's peace process, said on Sunday that Pretoria is heightening its intervention in the West African nation to pave the way for elections later this year.

Pretoria is located in Côte d'Ivoire.

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Rising house and stock prices have made many people feel more wealthy and have helped to support consumer spending, a key ingredient of the economy's good health.

A long spell of low interest rates and low risks for investors has especially encouraged investment in homes.

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Protest votes as citizens of the 25 EU nations punished their governments for everything from high unemployment to involvement in Iraq.

Citizens of the 25 EU nations are punished by their governments for everything.

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Maine knows he killed Lennon and that he is also a child molester. During the '92 election George Bush admitted twice on TV "Nobody likes who shot John... I know the media is fascinated with this story but..."

John Lennon was killed in 1992.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged all 70 nations attending a conference on Afghanistan's future to help the country succeed. She told delegates at the one-day event in The Hague that the international effort there had been "undermanned and underfunded" over recent years. Among the countries to offer help has been US foe Iran. The conference comes after the US announced a major policy rethink on its approach towards Afghanistan. The meeting, called by the UN, comes amid widespread concern that not enough progress has been made since the US-led invasion in 2001. Support for Afghan reconstruction is being sought beyond the mainly-Western countries which have troops there.

Hillary Clinton is the US Secretary of State.

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Bogota, 4 May 88 - The dissemination of a document questioning Colombia's oil policy, is reportedly the aim of the publicity stunt carried out by the pro-Castro Army Of National Liberation, which kidnapped several honorary consuls, newsmen, and political leaders.

The Army Of National Liberation are supporters of Castro.

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Preliminary results from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), released 15 December 2005 by the US National Center for Education Statistics, indicate gains and losses in literacy among minority adults between 1992 and 2003. The nationally representative study among US adults age 16 and older found the over-all average prose and document literacy remained relatively unchanged, but quantitative literacy improved 8 points (on a scale of 500.) Results among minorities were mixed, with White and Asian/Pacific Islander minorities scoring significantly higher than Hispanic or Black ethnicities; Hispanic subjects in particular had sharp decreases in prose and document literacy (-9% and -8%, respectively) and quantitative illiteracy remained unchanged with 50% of subjects scoring at less than basic literacy levels.

The National Assessment of Adult Literacy is a project held by the US National Center for Education Statistics.

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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.

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Sunday Express, a tabloid newspaper from the UK reported an anonymous source claiming to be an insider to merger talks between Wells Fargo Bank and Barclays Bank. The rumoured merger would be a radical break in the kinds of mergers Wells Fargo has done and has said it will continue to do (it is assumed that Wells with the higher market capitalization would be the buyer). Wells Fargo has previously shown no desire to engage in retail banking outside the United States, and has only expanded internationally in its Consumer Finance business and with certain business services.

Barclays Bank is one of the UK tabloid newspapers.

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Born in 1946, into a family many of whose members belonged to liberal professions, Radwa Ashour studied English Literature at Cairo University. She is now Professor of English Literature at Ain Shams University, a novelist, the wife of Palestinian poet Mourid Al-Barghouti and Umm Tamim.

Rwada Ashour is a Palestinian poet.

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Robert Szabo concludes that circumcision, as practiced by Muslims, would be the most immediately effective intervention for reducing HIV transmission since it is done before men are sexually active.

It is incorrect to assert that circumcision prevents HIV infection.

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The 500,000 eligible, Muslim voters are likely to reward Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats (SPD) in the September 18 parliamentary election, for its anti-Iraq war position and pro-Muslim policies.

Gerhard Schroeder belongs to the Social Democrats.

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A priest who served in the Diocese of Metuchen in the mid-1980s has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing a Massachusetts boy.

Pedophile gets life in prison

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The treaty requires that members comply with guidelines on deficits, public debt and other fiscal benchmarks by the end of 1997 if they are to qualify for taking part in the introduction of a new, single European currency in 1999.

The European single currency was introduced in 1999.

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Yoko Ono, widow of murdered Beatles star John Lennon, has plastered the small German town of Langenhagen with backsides.

Yoko Ono was John Lennon's wife.

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Nicholas Cage's wife, Alice Kim Cage, gave birth Monday, to Kal-el Coppola Cage, in New York City, said the actor's Los Angeles-based publicist, Annett Wolf.

Kal-el Coppola Cage is the son of Nicholas Cage.

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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.

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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.

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Côte d'Ivoire, once a haven of stability in West Africa and the world's top cocoa producer, has been split in two since a failed coup against Gbagbo in September 2002, pitting rebels from the Muslim-dominated north against the Christian-populated south.

Côte d'Ivoire is located in Africa.

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The common binding of Catholic faith did little to prevent the Bavarians from slaughtering fellow believers in the 19th century under Prussian Protestant officers.

19 Bavarians are Catholic.

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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.

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Two weeks ago, China became the first nation to operate a maglev railway commercially, when officials inaugurated a 30-kilometer-long line between downtown Shanghai and the city's airport.

Maglev is commercially used.

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