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hypothesis: Nandrolone is a steroid. premise: The hurdler suspended in 1993 for taking the anabolic steroid Nandrolone was cleared after a three judge arbitration panel ruled that the case against her could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt .

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hypothesis: Aristide seized power in 1991. premise: Cedras, Biamby, and Francois also led the 1991 coup that drove Aristide, Haiti's first democratically elected president, from office

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hypothesis: Women in Iraq have lost their freedom. premise: Some of these kinds of violence continue to be perpetrated by certain individuals and groups in the new Iraq. Mahmoud continued, "In the last six months at least eight women have been killed in Mosul alone - all apparently by Islamic groups clamping down on female independence. Among these, a professor from the city's law school was shot and beheaded, a vet was killed on her way to work, and a pharmacist from the Alkhansah hospital was shot dead on her doorstep."

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hypothesis: African polio outbreak feared premise: The last polio outbreak in the United States was in 1979.

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hypothesis: The Hasmonean Dynasty rules Jordan. premise: When the last member of the Hasmonean Dynasty died in 37 B.C., Rome made Herod king of Judah. With Roman backing, Herod (37-34 B.C.) ruled on both sides of the Jordan River. After his death the Jewish kingdom was divided among his heirs and gradually absorbed into the Roman Empire.

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hypothesis: 30% of the people infected with HIV live in Africa. premise: In sub-Saharan Africa about one in every 30 people is infected with HIV.

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

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hypothesis: Levomepromazine causes schizophrenia. premise: Levomepromazine has prominent sedative and anticholinergic/ sympatholytic effects (dry mouth, hypotension, sinus tachycardia, extreme night sweats) and causes massive weight gain. These side effects normally do not allow to give the drug in doses needed for full remission of schizophrenia, so it has to be combined with a more potent antipsychotic.

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hypothesis: Argentina sought UK expertise on privatization and agriculture. premise: Argentina sought help from Britain on its privatization program and encouraged British investment.

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hypothesis: New England Patriots is the name of a fast food chain. premise: With a 38-35 victory over the New York Giants at Giants Stadium Saturday night, the New England Patriots became the second team in the modern era of the National Football League to go undefeated (16-0) in the regular season. The only other team to have achieved this feat was the Miami Dolphins in 1972, who were 14-0 due to a different regular season structure at the time.

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hypothesis: Audrey Hepburn starred in "Breakfast at Tiffany's". premise: A remastered version of Paramount's "Breakfast at Tiffany's," starring Audrey Hepburn, is scheduled for release Nov. 2 at $40.

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hypothesis: The Gurkhas come from Nepal. premise: The Argentinian propaganda made the Gurkhas out to be evil savages who ate their PoW's. However instead of causing the Argentinian conscripts fight to the end, it caused them to run away, the Gurkhas never saw more than brief token resistance.

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hypothesis: People experienced adverse effects while taking aspirin. premise: After two years, the aspirin subjects experienced a reduced risk of fatal and nonfatal stroke.

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hypothesis: The car bomb at the mosque in Iskandariyah exploded. premise: On Friday evening, a car bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque in Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of the capital, killing seven people and wounding 10, doctors said on condition of anonymity.

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hypothesis: Weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq. premise: No stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq since Saddam's regime was toppled in a US-led invasion last year.

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hypothesis: Sir Clement Freud was the grandson of Sigmund Freud. premise: In more than 40 years as a broadcaster, right up to the last weeks before his death, Sir Clement established himself as one of Britain's most recognizable personalities. He cultivated a reputation as a grumpy, irritable but hugely entertaining performer. He won widespread public affection, particularly for his appearances since 1967 as a relentlessly inventive, assertive and witty panelist on the 30-minute radio show "Just a Minute," in which contestants vie to speak on offbeat topics for 60 seconds without "hesitation, repetition or deviation.".

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hypothesis: German officials began investigating VW for theft. premise: Volkswagen should start to co-operate fully with the investigation by public prosecutors of the alleged theft of secret documents from General Motors.

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hypothesis: Colarusso works for Dover police. premise: Colarusso, the Dover police captain, said authorities are interested in whether their suspect made a cell phone call while he was in the Dover woman's home.

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hypothesis: The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year. premise: Brooklyn Borough Hall featured a Who's Who in New York's literary community during the second annual Brooklyn Book Festival. According to Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, the borough's zip code 11215 boasts more authors than anywhere else in the country. It appeared to be the case on Sunday. More than 100 authors were featured at the day-long event, including The Basketball Diaries writer Jim Carroll, former M*A*S*H star Mike Farrell, author and illustrator Mo Willems, Jack Kerouac's sometime lover and National Book Critics Circle Award recipient Joyce Johnson and PEN American Center President Francine Prose.

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hypothesis: The number of billionaires increases. premise: The magazine said the number of billionaires worldwide increased by 102 people in 2006 to 793, a record number, largely due to bullish global stock markets. Their total net worth jumped 18 percent to $2.6 trillion.

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hypothesis: As many as 103 people in Mexico have died of swine flu. premise: WASHINGTON - The world's governments raced to avoid both a pandemic and global hysteria Sunday as more possible swine flu cases surfaced from Canada to New Zealand and the United States declared a public health emergency. "It's not a time to panic," the White House said. Mexico, the outbreak's epicenter with up to 103 suspected deaths, canceled some church services and closed markets and restaurants. Few people ventured onto the streets, and some wore face masks. Canada became the third country to confirm cases, in six people, including some students who — like some New York City spring-breakers — got mildly ill in Mexico. Countries across Asia promised to quarantine feverish travelers returning from flu-affected areas.

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hypothesis: The moon Titan has a diameter of 5100 kilometers. premise: The newly suggested distance is much closer than the present positions at 2,870,972,200 kilometers from the sun for Uranus and 4,498,252,900 kilometers for Neptune.

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hypothesis: Nikolai Haitov is a writer. premise: The book contains short stories by the famous Bulgarian writer, Nikolai Haitov.

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hypothesis: Dutch photos of Srebrenica have disappeared. premise: Commander Thomas Karremans, who was in charge of Dutch troops in Srebrenica at the time, was filmed drinking a toast with war-crimes suspect and Serb general Ratko Mladic.

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hypothesis: U.S. to use Turkish military bases. premise: Turkey is unlikely to become involved in, or allow U.S. forces to use Turkish territory in a Middle East war that does not threaten her territory directly.

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hypothesis: Vilupillai Prabhakaran is a diplomat. premise: Mr. Balasingham will return to his London home and then move on to Sri Lanka in early October to consult with LTTE leader Vilupillai Prabhakaran, diplomats said.

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hypothesis: Eddy Curry was acquired by the Bulls. premise: The Bulls agreed to trade center, Eddy Curry, to the New York Knicks on Monday.

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hypothesis: Boris Becker is a Wimbledon champion. premise: Boris Becker is a true legend in the sport of tennis. Aged just seventeen, he won Wimbledon for the first time and went on to become the most prolific tennis player.

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hypothesis: The top quark is the last of six flavors of quarks predicted by the standard model theory of particle physics. premise: The stupendous power of the Tevatron made possible the 1995 discovery of the top quark - the last of six flavors of quarks predicted by the standard model theory of particle physics.

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hypothesis: James Pinkney was an employee of Goryal Scales. premise: Three plays later, quarterback James Pinkney was sacked by Wake's Goryal Scales on third-and-one, forcing the team to punt.

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hypothesis: New Portuguese prime minister is elected. premise: LISBON, Jan. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Anibal Cavaco Silva, a former prime minister, won Portugal's presidential election on Sunday.

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hypothesis: Saint Joan of Arc's brigade got weapons for combatants. premise: They named themselves for Saint Joan of Arc. The brigade began with 17 women, but soon grew to 135 members. Its mission was to obtain money, weapons, provisions, and information for the combatant men. Many smuggled weapons into the combat zones by carrying them in carts filled with grain or cement.

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hypothesis: Philip Morris owns the Marlboro brand. premise: Philip Morris the US food and tobacco group that makes Marlboro, the world's best-selling cigarette, shrugged off strong anti-smoking sentiment in the US.

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hypothesis: The trigger for this move to ban Batasuna was their failure to condemn an ETA bombing. premise: The ruling Popular Party proposed the ban of Batasuna after the 24-year-old Basque party refused to condemn the terrorist bombing the ETA carried out on Aug. 4 against civilians.

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hypothesis: Tiger Woods attends the iF design exhibition 2007. premise: The iF awards are presented in Hanover, Germany, at the International Forum Design Hannover GMBH. There are a number of fields and disciplines which have their own awards.TAG Heuer's Monaco Calibre 360 LS Concept Chronograph has won the award in the Leisure/Lifestyle category. The timepiece was chosen from over 2,200 watches from 35 countries. This prestigious award was given to the company for the second time in two years. Last year the winner in the same category was TAG Heuer's Professional Golf Watch, designed together with Tiger Woods. This year's winning timepiece from TAG Heuer has a mechanical movement, which represents the first in the history of watchmaking to reach a precision of 1/100th of a second. The watch itself is to be seen at the iF design exhibition 2007, held in Hanover, from March 15 till August.

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hypothesis: Claudia Lawrence resides in Malton. premise: Concerns have been raised that potential leads in the hunt for missing York woman Claudia Lawrence are not being followed up quickly enough. It comes after hotel staff in Malton contacted police after a stranger in the bar expressed satisfaction when asked if the chef was still missing. The incident happened more than three weeks ago and staff said detectives had not yet been in touch. Police said leads were being assessed in a methodical and structured way.

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hypothesis: Rick Wagoner is one of the major shareholders of GM. premise: WASHINGTON ―Kirk Kerkorian, the billionaire mogul and major shareholder in General Motors Corp., said Friday that automakers Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. are interested in purchasing a significant stake in GM and including the Detroit automaker in their alliance. Kerkorian's investment company, Tracinda Corp., told GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner in a letter that Renault and Nissan are receptive to the idea of including General Motors in their partnership and purchasing "a significant minority interest" in the automaker.

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hypothesis: The members of the Gulf Cooperation Council are: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain. premise: Both Bahrain and Qatar are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), but they have a territorial dispute that has led to Bahrain's boycott of the GCC summit convened in the Qatari capital of Doha on December 7-9.

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hypothesis: Ruth hit 47 runs in his lifetime. premise: Ruth bounced back from his 1925 ailments and problems to lead the American League in home runs with 47, 28 home runs more than anyone else.

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hypothesis: Mobile phones can interfere with aircraft systems. premise: The credit card mobile phones now provided on some aircraft, do not interfere with aircraft systems because they are wired to a special "base station" that has been designed to safely receive and transmit radio signals in the aircraft.

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hypothesis: Mr. Willis' second wife is from Malta. premise: The actor's publicists confirmed that Mr Willis, who celebrated his 54th birthday on Thursday, married 30-year-old Emma Heming in a private ceremony in his home in the Caribbean archipelago of Turks and Caicos Islands. Ms Heming was born in Malta, but was raised in London. She has been a lingerie model for Victoria's Secret and La Senza. The couple met through mutual friends around a year ago. The marriage is Ms Heming's first and Mr Willis' second. The actor's first wife, actress Demi Moore, was among the guests at the wedding. Comments (0) .

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hypothesis: Ms Lupse works for Prima TV. premise: On any given day, Ms Lupse is on camera for between one and five hours, presenting a number of different call-in shows on several different networks: not only National TV but also Prima TV and Antena 1, all broadcast from the same studio. Despite the repetition, she doesn't get bored. "For me it's always exciting. I enjoy it very much! If I'm tired at the end of the show it means I've done a good show. But I'm never tired during the show." When I play a clip of one of her energetic show presentations - not the one she's become best known for - she elaborates on her exuberance. "I'm always excited when I'm about to give big prizes! There is no show without winners!".

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hypothesis: There is a Marriott Hotel in London. premise: The Pakistani news source GEO states that the first explosion occurred at 9:05 local time (0505 UTC), with the second explosion occurring minutes afterwards. The explosions occurred at the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel in Karachi, about 60 feet (18 meters) from the consulate gate. Damage to the building as well as over ten nearby vehicles was also reported. The Associated Press reports that the same consulate has been targeted twice in the recent past: an attack in 2002 left 14 Pakistanis dead, and in 2004 police defused a time bomb before it was set to detonate.

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hypothesis: Ghazi al-Yawar is Iraq's new president. premise: Paul Bremer, the top U.S. civilian administrator in Iraq, and Iraq's new president, Ghazi al-Yawar, visited the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

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hypothesis: Ramos da Silva killed 11 people. premise: The fight originated when Gilson Ramos da Silva, 21, a.k.a. "Gilson Aritana," a member of the ADA ("Amigos do Bairro") gang led other members into the "morro da Mineira" (Miner Hill) to sell drugs, Ricardo Teixeira Dias, a local police official said. The region is controlled by rival gang Comando Vermelho (Red Command), which does not approve of other gangs selling drugs in the region. Comando Vermelho members started attacking the rival members of ADA to protect their turf.

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hypothesis: 23 days is the record for the longest stay in space by a human. premise: In June 1971 cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev occupied Salyut for 23 days, setting a new record for the longest human spaceflight.

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hypothesis: President Clinton thinks that industrial espionage is a threat to America's well being. premise: The Federal Bureau of Investigation started an independent probe of the circumstances shortly after the White House made plain that President Bill Clinton considered industrial espionage a particular threat to US economic interests.

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

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hypothesis: Steps are being taken to stop the smuggling of aliens. premise: In keeping with our national strategy, the concept of the operation was to further deploy our agent staffing and tactical infrastructure resources along the immediate border area, the Rio Grande River, to prevent and deter the illegal entry and smuggling of aliens into the United States at the border itself.

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hypothesis: In the Old Town, the Gothic St . John's Cathedral and the red-brick fortifications known as the Barbican remain from the medieval period. premise: Saint John's Cathedral is the oldest church in Warsaw.

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hypothesis: Bush will meet the presidents of Iraq and Syria in Tehran. premise: A Pentagon committee and the congressionally chartered Iraq Study Group have been preparing reports for Bush, and Iran has asked the presidents of Iraq and Syria to meet in Tehran.

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hypothesis: Church of Scientology includes Lena Lewis among its members. premise: Bunker started XenuTV in 1999 and began to make videos that he provided for the Lisa McPherson Trust. Bunker has been a critic of the Church of Scientology since 1997. In 2006, he won a Regional Emmy Award after he and KUSI-TV news reporter Lena Lewis produced a documentary news video on the issues with the United States - Mexico border with San Diego, California.

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hypothesis: A person was stopped at an airport because of unpaid fines. premise: The first person to be stopped at an international airport because of unpaid fines happened yesterday afternoon (NZDT) at the Auckland International Airport, New Zealand. The person, who wasn't named, was stopped because of the new legislation called the 'Collection of Fines at Airports' or more simply: Pay or Stay. He was forced to pay NZ$3,750 in unpaid reparations since 1986. "The person intercepted owed $3,750 of reparation for an offence in 1986 and had made no payments since late 1987," said Rick Barker, minister for the courts in New Zealand.

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hypothesis: U.N. weapons inspectors could stay in Iraq, Clinton said. premise: The United States would like to see U.N. weapons inspectors return to Iraq providing the Iraqis take concrete, affirmative and demonstrable actions "to show full co-operation" Clinton said.

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hypothesis: Kaspars Ruklis works for the United States Embassy. premise: Kaspars Ruklis, press official at the United States Embassy, told the Baltic News Service that Mrs. Bush chose to visit Latvia's Occupation.

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hypothesis: Julius Meinl V is the chairman of Austria's closely-held Meinl Bank. premise: PARIS — Julius Meinl V, the scion of a Viennese business dynasty whose name has been synonymous since the days of the Hapsburgs with luxuries like exotic coffee, handmade tortes and discreet private banking, has been jailed on suspicion of fraud at a company linked to the family. Prosecutors accused Mr. Meinl of artificially bolstering shares of the real estate company Meinl European Land on the Vienna stock exchange, even as its investments in real estate across Eastern and Central Europe cratered.

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hypothesis: Employee breaks had been denied by a motion granted by a Massachusetts judge. premise: San Francisco (Reuters) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday that a Massachusetts judge had granted its motion to decertify a class action lawsuit accusing the world's largest retailer of denying employees breaks.

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hypothesis: A teenager shot 15 people in Germany. premise: WINNENDEN, Germany ―A teenage gunman killed 15 people, most of them female, on Wednesday in a rampage that began at a school near Stuttgart in southern Germany and ended in a nearby town, where he then killed himself after the police wounded him. The attack left Germany, which tightened tough gun controls after a similar attack at a school seven years ago, struggling to understand the carnage that had again befallen it, a country with relatively little violent crime. In 2002, a gunman killed 16 people before killing himself at a school in Erfurt, in eastern Germany.

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hypothesis: Ryan was Cathal's father. premise: In 1986 he became the head of London European Airways, a business in which Ryanair had bought an 85% stake. This position, however, quickly disappeared as the carrier became Ryanair UK and was then merged entirely with Ryanair. Over the next decade, Cathal worked both on the executive board of the airline and as a pilot, although he resigned from the latter by 1996. He remained with Ryanair until leaving the board 2002, by which time he was a multi-millionaire due to the success of the airline.

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hypothesis: The ferry taking commuters from Manhattan to Staten Island crashed into a pier. premise: The city ferry fleet shuttles about 70,000 people a day between Staten Island and Manhattan, a 5.2-mile trip across New York Harbor that takes about 25 minutes.

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hypothesis: Papal travel is affected by political concerns. premise: Speaking about the papal visit, Castro also said the government had agreed to make available half of its transport to ensure people can attend masses the pope will celebrate in the cities of Havana, Santa Clara, Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba. Cuban church authorities have been concerned there will not be enough transport.

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hypothesis: LTTE stands for Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. premise: International observers are surprised at the attack, given the recent advances that the Sri Lanka army has made, driving the LTTE from their former territories. "It is very significant that the rebels have carried out such an audacious attack when the government say that they are all but finished," opined BBC's Sinhala Editor, Priyath Liyanage. "It confirms what many of us already knew ―the rebels may be experiencing reverses on the battle field but they are not simply just going to disappear."

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hypothesis: Drew Barrymore is in a relationship with Justin Long. premise: Drew Barrymore and Justin Long have been cast in a romantic comedy called Going the Distance. The New Line Cinema film is to be directed by documentary filmmaker Nanette Burstein, who made the films The Kid Stays in the Picture and American Teen. It will be Burstein's feature film debut. Going the Distance, written by New Line staffer Geoff LaTulippe, will focus on a couple dealing with challenges arising from a cross-country romance. Media reports did not indicate a release date had been determined.

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hypothesis: FMLN caused a blackout in the capital. premise: On the morning of 1 June, there was a blackout throughout most of the capital caused by urban commandos of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).

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hypothesis: The Hercules transporter plane made a flight to Pakistan. premise: The Hercules transporter plane which flew straight here from the first round of the trip in Pakistan, touched down and it was just a brisk 100m stroll to the handshakes.

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hypothesis: The Rolling Stones have begun their latest world tour with a concert in Boston. premise: About 30,000 Rolling Stones fans poured into Fenway Park this evening, fortunate to have scored tickets to the kickoff of the band's latest world tour.

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hypothesis: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg. premise: Standing off to one side, seeing all and hearing Mozart's music, which only he understands to be a manifestation of God's love, is Antonio Salieri, the ambitious Italian-born composer and conductor, a favorite at the imperial court in Vienna in 1781.

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hypothesis: Gaddafi is the chairman of the African Union. premise: When the African Union summit elected Colonel Muammar Gaddafi as its chairman at the beginning of February, many delegates predicted a bumpy year ahead. To start with all went well. But now he finds himself at odds with the AU's Peace and Security Council over its policy on Mauritania, which has been suspended since a coup d'etat last August. On a visit to the Mauritanian capital earlier this month, the Libyan leader announced that since the current military leadership had promised to organise elections in June, everything was fine and the file was now closed.

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hypothesis: The burning backpack contained plastic pipes packed with gunpowder and BBs. premise: Rodriguez told detectives he never touched the burning backpack, which was loaded with plastic pipes packed with gunpowder and BBs.

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hypothesis: Eljvir Duka comes from Turkey. premise: The men, Dritan Duka, 30, Shain Duka, 28, and Eljvir Duka, 25, all illegal immigrants, were each sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. The three, who operated a roofing business in Cherry Hill, N.J., were among five foreign-born Muslims convicted in December of planning an attack at the base, about 40 miles east of Philadelphia. The attack was never carried out. The other two men who were convicted, Mohamad Shnewer, a Jordanian-born taxi driver from Philadelphia, and Serdar Tatar, a convenience-store clerk from Turkey, are to be sentenced on Wednesday.

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hypothesis: Maxtor is based in Milpita. premise: Seagate Technology has said it intends to buy rival company Maxtor for $1.9 billion. Both companies produce hard drives. The deal, priced at 60% of Maxtor's closing share price, is intended to acquire Maxtor's customers, not its technology. Seagate, which also makes drives for Microsoft's Xbox 360, will have over 40% of the hard drive market share. The Scotts Valley, California, based Seagate had 30% of the hard drive market. Provided the deal makes it past regulatory committees, Maxtor shareholders will receive .37 of a share of Seagate common stock for every 1 share of the Milpitas based company.

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hypothesis: Cheney cursed at Sen. Patrick Leahy. premise: Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday hurled an obscenity on the Senate floor to punctuate an angry exchange with Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy as all senators gathered for their annual photo.

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hypothesis: Elizabeth II is the queen of England. premise: Tuesday, famed ocean liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, popularly known as the QE2, arrived in her home port of Southampton, England for the final time. The Cunard Line ship has been in service since 1969, and is to become a floating hotel in Dubai. The homecoming was marred as the vessel ran aground on a sandbank near Calshot at the mouth of Southampton Water. The ship hit the sandbank at around 0530 GMT, and five tugs took around 30 minutes to pull the QE2 clear. The 70,000 tonne vessel was towed into port and eventually docked at 0730 GMT according to the Solent coastguard. Around a thousand crew and 1,700 passengers were aboard the ship, which was returning from a cruise around the Mediterranean.

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hypothesis: Slavkov, defendant in the scandal of Salt Lake but that later was exculpated, in fact said that Takatch. premise: Slavkov, accused in the Salt Lake scandal but later cleared, said he had been approached by Takatch.

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hypothesis: The World Health Organization moved Friday, to revise alarming predictions that a pandemic stemming from the bird flu virus ravaging parts of Asia, could kill as many as 150 million people. premise: Dr. David Nabarro, of the World Health Organization, said a pandemic could come at any time and claim anywhere between 5 million and 150 million lives, depending on the world's response to bird flu.

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hypothesis: Jackson's skin has become lighter because of vitiligo. premise: NEW YORK (CBS) ― Imagine developing a condition where you start to lose the color in your skin. It's called "vitiligo" and it affects millions of people in this country. If you remember the King of Pop from his "Thriller" days, you might notice that his skin tone was what you would expect for an African-American. Today? Michael Jackson is as pale and milky white as a ghost. What happened is he developed the skin condition, vitiligo, reports CBS station WCBS-TV.

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hypothesis: Tanning may cause skin cancers. premise: New research shows there has been a sharp increase in disfiguring skin cancers, particularly in women under the age of 40, providing more evidence that young people are not heeding warnings about the dangers of tanning.

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hypothesis: A briefcase was found outside Starbucks in Charleston. premise: A briefcase containing magnets, batteries and a cell phone sitting in the bushes outside a Charleston, South Carolina coffee shop drew the local bomb squad's attention, before it was determined that it contained no explosives. Police had earlier closed down Calhoun Street in downtown, where the coffee shop is located, but reopened the street and let local residents and business owners that the situation was over after performing an investigation.

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hypothesis: Tony Blair belongs to the Labor Party. premise: President Jacques Chirac of France, a conservative like Kohl, and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, whose fellow Socialists saw in the victory of Schroeder's Social Democrats a continuation of a European trend that brought them and British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party to power last year, paid tribute to both in almost equal measure.

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hypothesis: Robert Senacal was arrested by police. premise: State Police issued bulletins via teletype requesting patrols to be on the lookout for Robert Senacal, 35, of Cortlandt Manor.

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hypothesis: Many US soldiers developed Gulf War Syndrome after the Gulf War. premise: Two young soldiers have killed themselves after falling ill with suspected Gulf War Syndrome, following the latest conflict in Iraq.

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hypothesis: Mexico produces more oil than any other country. premise: By law, Mexico can only export half the oil it produces to the United States.

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hypothesis: Lille has defeated Manchester United. premise: In a game ripe with controversy, Manchester United walked away with a crucial away win after a Ryan Giggs free kick gave them the lead. Lille protested the goal, saying the team was setting up its wall at the time Giggs took the kick, and the team nearly left the pitch. After goading by officials, the game was resumed, but Lille said it would be making a stake for a replay with UEFA. UEFA has rejected the claim and declared the goal valid, as well as deciding to "instigate proceedings against Lille for the improper behaviour of their players immediately after the goal."

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hypothesis: Feinblatt works for Bloomberg. premise: A run by Mr. Feinblatt would complicate what is already a three-person race because he most likely would have the support of the powerful mayor, who is running for a third term. Such a move could also irritate the outgoing district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, because it could hurt the chances of his preferred candidate, Cyrus R. Vance Jr. The relationship between Mr. Morgenthau and Mr. Bloomberg has been strained, in part because of the district attorney's investigation into the fire at the former Deutsche Bank building, which found that lapses by the city had contributed to the deaths of two firefighters.

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hypothesis: The H. pylori produces sulphur compounds. premise: He also developed a breath test that could detect sulfur compounds emitted from the H. pylori.

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hypothesis: Michael Crichton is the author of the book Jurassic Park. premise: Jurassic Park is a novel written by Michael Crichton. Jurassic Park was published in 1990.

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hypothesis: It was Delbert Ward who told authorities that he strangled his brother. premise: State police investigators testified at a preliminary hearing that Delbert told them the death of the 64-year-old Billy was a mercy killing.

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hypothesis: Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary and the US's North Star Steel will build and operate one in the US Midwest. premise: The steel division of Broken Hill Proprietary, the Australian resources group, and North Star steel, part of the privately-owned Cargill group in the US, are joining forces to build and operate a new steel mini-mill in the US Midwest.

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hypothesis: Hepburn, who won four Oscars, died last June aged 96. premise: Hepburn, a four-time Academy Award winner, died last June in Connecticut at age 96.

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hypothesis: EuroDisney is located in the various parks. premise: Although Eurodisney is a great family day out, visit also the chateaux in the area and the various parks and pretty small villages.

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hypothesis: Glue-sniffing is common among youngsters. premise: Glue sniffing is most common among teenagers. They generally grow out of it once other drugs such as alcohol and cannabis become available to them. Seven-year-olds have been known to start "glue sniffing". Because of the social stigma attached to "glue sniffing" most snifters stop around 16 or 17 years, unless they are seriously addicted.

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hypothesis: The Statute of Liberty was built in 1986. premise: The Statue of Liberty was reopened to the public on July 5 after its extensive refurbishing. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

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hypothesis: Dadullah is a Taliban. premise: Only his comrades see him; we exchange messages with each other to share plans. We also go to the battlefield together. We actually meet very rarely, just for important consultations. It's hard for anyone to meet Bin Laden himself now, but we know he's still alive, said Dadullah. Dadullah also claims that there are "hundreds" of suicide bombers that are prepared and ready to hit the NATO peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan and that Americans will "reap the crop for a long time" also saying that the Taliban and al-Qaeda will get "revenge" on the United States either inside or outside Afghanistan.

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hypothesis: An interpreter worked for Afghanistan. premise: An Afghan interpreter, employed by the United States, was also wounded.

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hypothesis: Opening day of the stock of Salesforce.com rose 56.4% over the initial offering price. premise: On opening day Salesforce.com's stock was up $6.20 to $17.20, a 56.4% increase over the initial offering price of $11.

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hypothesis: The first kibbutz was founded at Degania. premise: The first kibbutz was founded at Degania near the Sea of Galilee in 1909 and there are now some 300 kibbutzim in Israel.

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hypothesis: Ted Stevens is the longest serving Republican in the US Senate. premise: United States Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska was convicted Monday on seven counts of failing to report gifts. Stevens, a senior United States Senator from Alaska and the longest serving Republican in the Senate, had been accused of not reporting tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts from the VECO Corporation including free house remodeling. The jury in the District of Columbia found Stevens guilty on all seven counts.

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hypothesis: Edsilia Rombley is a Dutch singer. premise: 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.

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hypothesis: Willesden will appear before Horseferry Road magistrates' court today. premise: One of two men "released" early on Saturday Mohammed Dawoud, 19, of Willesden, north-west London will appear before Horseferry Road magistrates' court today charged with possession of forged identity documents, police said.

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hypothesis: Scientists can determine whether an embryo has genetic illnesses or is a carrier of them. premise: If you suffer from certain genetic illnesses, or carry a gene for that illness, scientists can take one or two cells to check for those genes and transfer only healthy embryos.

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