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20f6c2af56d91b8bef03186037309248634c9960 | Summarize the following news article. | Byrd to lie in repose in Senate chamber Thursday .
NEW: Byrd will also lie in repose in West Virginia capitol .
Longest-serving member of Congress died Monday at 92 .
West Virginia governor orders flags flown at half-staff . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The body of Sen. Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, will lie in repose in the U.S. Senate chamber on Thursday, two Senate aides familiar with the plans told CNN. Byrd, the longest-serving member of the U.S. Congress, died Monday. He was 92. Byrd served for six years in the House before moving to the... |
765dd6d0bd181fc530fdccb55a86875812f76c03 | Summarize the following news article. | British journalist arrested over World Cup fan intrusion .
Simon Wright is senior reporter for The Sunday Mirror .
Wright had first interview with fan after incident .
Fan broke into England dressing room after July 18 match . | [
"Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- A British journalist has been arrested in connection with the incident a week ago in which a fan entered the England football team's dressing room during the World Cup, South African authorities announced Tuesday. Simon Wright, 44, was arrested in Cape Town on Monday evening, th... |
0348c10a82121a6e2457cab40e08fd8d5483e0a8 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: ACLU calls drone attacks part of illegal program for U.S. to target, kill terror suspects .
Since President Obama took office, number of drone attacks has risen .
U.S. law professors debate legality of such attacks during a House subcommittee hearing .
Biggest controversy: legality of strikes conducted by CIA, as ... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Congress delved Wednesday into the politically explosive issue of unmanned drone attacks, questioning the legality of operations increasingly used to combat al Qaeda and Taliban militants in countries such as Pakistan. In the eight years of George W. Bush's presidency, unmanned aircraft -- or d... |
90747a42c5191b9c0d44f82481ea56232874aedb | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Kobayashi says contract is too restrictive .
Hot dog eating legend won't compete in July 4 contest .
Kobayashi won titles from 2001-2006 .
Negotiations with Major League Eating are at "impasse" | [
"New York (CNN) -- For the first time in almost a decade, the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island will go on without its most recognizable face. Takeru Kobayashi, who took home six consecutive titles from 2001 to 2006, will not be participating in the challenge this y... |
b25a9ceb5bec2f792b3031dc6ddd54b268850e74 | Summarize the following news article. | Providers will need to supply connection speeds of at least 1 megabit per second .
But Finland is aiming for speeds that are 100 times faster .
95 percent of Finnish population have some sort of Internet access .
The law is designed to bring the Web to rural areas . | [
"(CNN) -- Finland has become the first country in the world to declare broadband Internet access a legal right. The move by Finland is aimed at bringing Web access to rural areas, where access has been limited. Starting in July, telecommunication companies in the northern European nation will be required to provide... |
209de04e04124a00010986aef0a0cb34ed4406ae | Summarize the following news article. | Paramedics found Larry King's wife unconscious May 28 at her father's home .
Shawn King found with empty pill bottles, handwritten letter, police say .
Larry and Shawn King had filed for divorce, then reconciled, weeks before .
Shawn King can't be reached for comment; Larry King says marriage "still together" | [
"(CNN) -- The wife of CNN talk-show host Larry King suffered an apparent drug overdose last month, just over two weeks after the couple reconciled and dropped their divorce petitions, according to a Utah police report. Paramedics found \"multiple pill bottles all of which were empty\" on her bed, along with a lette... |
1a1315599031dccadf1e4d1b595c29168a03ea34 | Summarize the following news article. | Stanley McChrystal known for keeping a low profile throughout most of his career .
A West Point graduate and former Green Beret, he leads Afghanistan mission .
Rolling Stone profile of McChrystal quotes him and his staff mocking administration . | [
"(CNN) -- Shortly after President Obama tapped Stanley McChrystal in June 2009 to be the top commander in Afghanistan, CNN reported that McChrystal would never let a reporter in the room during classified morning meetings he led among senior military officers. McChrystal was known in Washington for his discretion. ... |
a2eb2c5060d7c47d5d31dc5d567e3e4291ad27e0 | Summarize the following news article. | One-day TEDx OilSpill conference in Washington provided many perspectives on oil crisis .
Experts say much is still unknown about effects of oil, dispersant underwater .
Gulf activist describes father's death in Asian oil drilling accident .
Creator of fake BP public relations Twitter account performs wearing a mask . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The ski-masked creator of the satirical Twittter account @BPGlobalPR provided the comic highlight of the TEDx OilSpill conference on Monday, prancing around the stage and reeling off one fake BP company slogan after another. A New Orleans, Louisiana, environmental activist provided one of the s... |
47311a67c6aa6cbb2413769507ac090ae191e135 | Summarize the following news article. | Colombian traffickers using homemade submarines to transport drugs .
Drug cartels allocating more resources to development of new smuggling methods .
VBS gets access to a naval base at the forefront of finding and intercepting the vessels . | [
"Editor's note: The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York. VBS.TV is Vice's broadband television network. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a very transparent approach to journalism, where v... |
e45a3af6793776629c27e620b6b4864c946f080c | Summarize the following news article. | Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed "is armed with an AK-47," aide says .
He is accompanied by government and AMISOM forces .
5 dead as shelling rocks capital . | [
"(CNN) -- Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed joined his troops on the front line Wednesday to fight hard-line anti-government Islamists, a presidential aide told a journalist in Mogadishu. \"The president is on the front line leading the fight against Al Shabaab and he is armed with an AK-47,\" said the ai... |
e98e1ab7e9e34bbbf1c737337dacba8fee44a692 | Summarize the following news article. | Oleg Kalugin headed KGB operations in the United States in the 1970s .
He later left Russia to live in America, .
Kalugin says he is "amazed" at Moscow's alleged heavy espionage in U.S.
Kalugin: U.S. "used to be enemy No. 1 for the KGB ... Now it is priority No. 1" | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Former Soviet spy Oleg Kalugin, who headed KGB operations in the United States in the 1970s and later left Russia to live in America, told CNN Tuesday he is \"amazed\" that Moscow is engaging so heavily in espionage against Washington. Reacting to the recent arrests of 11 alleged Russian spies,... |
103988a453630eca90b0a7fa37eac872c8ef42d9 | Summarize the following news article. | Italy held to 1-1 draw by New Zealand in Nelspruit .
Smeltz puts Kiwis ahead after seven minutes before Italy equalize through a penalty .
Paraguay ease to comfortable 2-0 win against a poor Slovakia .
Enrique Vera and Cristian Riveros score goals in each half to sink Slovakia . | [
"(CNN) -- Reigning world champions, Italy have been held to a 1-1 draw by New Zealand in their World Cup Group F match at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. The All Whites took a shock lead after seven minutes when Shane Smeltz turned in Simon Elliot's free kick from close range. Replays showed that Smeltz was offs... |
bbd24c358a7ed7ebdcc47aa6dd6f560c876ae27a | Summarize the following news article. | Alan Alda had near-death experience in 2003; new book is search for meaning .
Book celebrates colleagues, examples they set .
Alda uses fear of certain challenges to motivate himself . | [
"(CNN) -- Alan Alda almost died in 2003. He was in a remote area of Chile, doing an episode of \"Scientific American Frontiers,\" and he developed an intestinal obstruction that came within hours of killing him. It was his good fortune that he survived the whole ordeal. Alan Alda rummages through his life in his ne... |
889576c7d813f3bc302781fcd6b867bee7ea82d2 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Senate panel concludes confirmation hearing on Kagan's Supreme court nomination .
Kagan supporters and detractors appear before Senate Judiciary Committee .
Military witnesses say Kagan harmed recruiting efforts .
Victims of discrimination call for Kagan's confirmation . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's confirmation hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded Thursday with witnesses for and against the solicitor general, including former military members who slammed her handling of military recruiters on the Harvard University campus. Twenty four wit... |
b656907a329041251a7c1ab670b2d08137e6b148 | Summarize the following news article. | President wants to ensure peace, political stability and transparency .
'We must remember that Equatorial Guinea is relatively young,' he says .
He seized power in a 1979 coup, was re-elected in November .
Nation ranked among most corrupt worldwide . | [
"Cape Town, South Africa(CNN) -- The president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea pledged a series of reforms Monday, saying he wants to ensure peace, political stability and transparency in the central African nation, ranked among the world's most corrupt. \"However,\" President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo said, \"we... |
0f9961ff203823ade2f388c90656f5182ede40fc | Summarize the following news article. | Confirmation hearing displays Elena Kagan's sense of humor .
Nominee jokes that televising Supreme Court sessions would force her to get her hair done more often .
Kagan and Sen. Lindsey Graham engage in humorous exchange . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- It has long been the dream of many a liberal advocate: to have an unabashedly outspoken, cleverly articulate justice who can take on the conservative majority and inspire young progressives for decades to come -- a \"Scalia for the Left,\" as many have called it. If confirmed, Elena Kagan may o... |
3993e83212007211f0213f1c6ddabc6799bcc22f | Summarize the following news article. | Kenneth Biros was convicted of killing and dismembering a 22-year-old woman in 1991 .
He was executed Tuesday using a new, untested one-drug method of lethal injection .
His attorney objected to the method, saying it was unconstitutional .
The U.S. Supreme Court without comment denied a request to stay the execution . | [
"(CNN) -- An Ohio inmate, convicted of killing and dismembering a 22-year-old woman in 1991, was executed Tuesday using a new, untested one-drug method of lethal injection, state officials said. Kenneth Biros, 51, was pronounced dead at 11:47 a.m. at a prison in Lucasville, Ohio, the state attorney general's office... |
1481b2dbaaa82682849ad32c0715633502050ad2 | Summarize the following news article. | Community efforts have reclaimed lots filled with garbage into urban gardens .
Children's hunger and undernourishment are big problems in Argentina .
Organizations hope that by teaching children about farming, they can have access to nutritious food . | [
"BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- On his knees in the soggy soil, 9-year-old Alexis Ocampo digs deep into the earth, his small gardening rake separating dirt from rocks. \"Look, I found a worm!\" he shrieks. Towering above is Andrea Girardini, calmly instructing Alexis and the half-dozen other children working to c... |
ba9ed7bcdcce06e86338e9124ed2fb4c71c6783b | Summarize the following news article. | Police in London searching buildings in connection with Detroit plane incident .
Nigerian man center of terror probe after igniting device on Northwest Airlines jet .
Airline security stepped up in London, Amsterdam following incident . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Counterterrorism officers were Saturday searching the suspected London home of a man at the center of an incident aboard a U.S.-bound passenger flight that Britain's home secretary described as a \"potentially serious security threat.\" The search, which focused on a upscale block in the h... |
0da0f4c841b3eac42f10134d2a2ec67b514270b9 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Leaders from Obama to Gadhafi discuss climate change, disarmament .
U.S., Israeli representatives leave seats during Iranian president's address .
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says U.N. Security Council brings terror, not security .
Global challenges require unified action, U.N. secretary-general says . | [
"UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- World leaders, many reeling from a year marked by global economic freefall and a growing threat from global warming and nuclear proliferation, exhorted one another Wednesday to work together to meet those challenges. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Wedn... |
ed307b529d94b2ca7fd160ac63a65ee415ed0f38 | Summarize the following news article. | Abby Sunderland answered questions at her first U.S. news conference Tuesday .
She sailed 12,000 nautical miles and became youngest person to sail around Cape Horn .
She said she's proved her age shouldn't be a concern .
Her parents are naming their next child Paul after the captain of the rescue ship . | [
"(CNN) -- Abby Sunderland says the next goal awaiting her seems more dangerous and unfamiliar than sailing around the world: getting her driver's license. Sunderland, 16, answered questions about her rescue and on-land plans Tuesday in Los Angeles, at her first news conference since returning to the United States. ... |
19cd7e88236e7b4b4841e89fdb6164774e942551 | Summarize the following news article. | Timothy P. O'Neill: No judge on Supreme Court now has legislative background .
He says none of the nine have held, or even run for, elective office .
O'Neill: All but one attended Harvard or Yale Law School .
He says court would perform better if its membership had broader backgrounds . | [
"Editor's note: Timothy P. O'Neill, a professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois, has written and lectured widely on criminal law and criminal procedure. Among his articles was a 2007 piece for the Oklahoma Law Review: \"The Stepford Justices: The Need for Experiential Diversity on the Roberts C... |
f151843c9eae820317a5254c9ed910d4f20a98a4 | Summarize the following news article. | "It's more important than ever to address immigration reform," one professor says .
Another argues reform is needed, but the timing is bad, given the economy .
As a candidate, Obama promised immigration would be a priority in first year .
One expert says populist outrage about immigration is "based on a myth" | [
"(CNN) -- Word that President Obama might pile comprehensive immigration reform onto his already-full plate reignited calls from some for an urgent overhaul and brought cries from others that the timing couldn't be worse. New citizens take the oath of citizenship during ceremonies in Montebello, California, on Thur... |
1f4f820d67be34ebcd7de40a9af69efa1ea2c07e | Summarize the following news article. | Florida group gets cash, labor and supplies .
Group leader: Livelihoods depend on taking care of wildlife .
Shelter nurses injured and sick wildlife back to health so that they can be returned to the wild . | [
"Crawfordville, Florida (CNN) -- When Chris Beatty got word about the oil spill in the Gulf, like many Floridians, she wanted to help -- but she wanted to help in a very specific way. Beatty runs an organization called the Florida Wild Mammal Association (FWMA) in Crawfordville, Florida. The organization houses inj... |
86f7575f00665b9c5420f37355ae554cdb00856e | Summarize the following news article. | Study: 54 percent of MySpace profiles of 18-year-olds mentioned risky behaviors .
Authors looked at 500 randomly chosen Web profiles from U.S. teens .
Many teens took down content or made profiles private after e-mail warning .
Experts: Parents should know what their children are doing online . | [
"(CNN) -- A new study finds that 54 percent of teens talk about behaviors such as sex, alcohol use, and violence on the social networking giant MySpace -- presenting potential risks even if all they're doing is talking, researchers said Monday. Do you know what your teen has posted on social networking Web sites? T... |
d7850f0faa7c825cce60a6396785d6758a072362 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Hurricane makes landfall with 105 mph winds .
Tornadoes touch down in Texas .
Gulf coast residents already feeling the effect .
Storm continues to move away from oil spill but complicates cleanup efforts . | [
"South Padre Island, Texas (CNN) -- Hurricane Alex made landfall along the northeastern coast of Mexico Wednesday night as a Category 2 storm with 105 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center reported. As the storm lashed a sparsely populated area about 110 miles south of the Texas border, Gulf Coast residents hunk... |
ec0c6762306088a093a48c04315eb985cef3e734 | Summarize the following news article. | Craft found with 33 people from sub-Saharan Africa and a dead woman .
Authorities: 14 others, including 9 children, died en route and thrown overboard .
Authorities said a ship overturned off the coast of Motril .
Immigrants from L. America, E. Europe and Africa 10 percent of Spain's population . | [
"MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Fifteen Africans died while trying to reach Spain's southern coast in a small, overcrowded boat, Spanish officials told CNN on Thursday. Thousands of African migrants risk their lives trying to reach mainland Europe in small, overcrowded boats. Rescue teams located the craft late Wednesday o... |
fc8dc71091905b8f4fea2035622a0d7d26e53068 | Summarize the following news article. | Woman tried to reach pope at start of midnight Mass .
Christmas midnight Mass held at 10 p.m.; some say because of health concerns for pope .
Celebrants in Bethlehem joined the Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal for a midnight Mass .
Outside Church of the Nativity, faithful gathered along with heavily armed Palestinian police ... | [
"(CNN) -- A woman jumped a barrier at the start of Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down the pope, briefly disrupting ceremonies. Screams erupted from onlooking worshippers when the woman ran toward Pope Benedict XVI and grabbed onto his vestments as he walked down the main aisle of the church... |
4b2bbd8d69d4002553e31e0c08c9ddfe66d23c5c | Summarize the following news article. | Retailer's new stores to open in 16 states .
New locations to employ more than 4,300 .
Target in January announced headquarters job cuts, reduction of expansion plans . | [
"(CNN) -- Target Corp. this month will open 27 new stores employing a total of more than 4,300 people, the company said. One of Target's two new Hawaii stores awaits its Sunday grand opening. The stores' openings will come just weeks after the retailer cut 600 people from its headquarters staff amid what it called ... |
3d97ce8d5f2e36bf55832828640156820a7be265 | Summarize the following news article. | Kile Wygle: "It was just an accident. I mean a little minor accident"
Barstool was welded to a small metal frame and lawnmower engine .
He crashed during his attempt at a U-turn while speeding down the street .
Wygle told officers he had consumed 15 beers . | [
"(CNN) -- An Ohio man says he is seeking a jury trial on a charge of driving under the influence that was slapped on him after he crashed the vehicle he was piloting -- a barstool. The barstool was welded to a small metal frame attached to a five-horsepower lawnmower engine. \"It was just an accident. I mean a litt... |
98c31464a9052c1ccddc9cbb71c2529f3fba6f4d | Summarize the following news article. | Spain commemorates victims of the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings .
There were 191 killed and 1,800 wounded after the Islamic terrorist attacks .
King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Jose Zapatero attended with survivors .
A Spanish court last October convicted 21 people in connection with attacks . | [
"MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Spain commemorated victims of the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings with somber ceremonies on Tuesday at three stations in the capital where 191 people died in the Islamic terrorist attacks. A bouquet of flowers for a victim of the 2004 bombings is attached to railings near Atocha station... |
e0d50040d5e9dbc62590fcffc5d5095b9d593dc4 | Summarize the following news article. | Mercedes Gorden was driving across the I-35W bridge when it collapsed in 2007 .
Group: Repairs would cost nearly $10 billion every year for the next 20 years .
Transportation secretary: Federal approach to transportation is broken .
Minnesota has spent $390 million repairing, replacing bridges, MNDOT says . | [
"MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- Mercedes Gorden remembers August 1, 2007, like it was yesterday. Mercedes Gorden was driving home from work on the Interstate 35 West bridge when it suddenly collapsed. \"I remember everything. I remember it being sunny and hot. I had my window down,\" Gorden said. \"The next thing ... |
f53650cea778ac89aedf64c782e72446c739c64e | Summarize the following news article. | One writer discusses the joys of eating everything .
Writer tries pulled-pork tacos with pickled onions, blindingly spicy Korean noodles .
She'd rather have curves than agonize over dessert, she says . | [
"(OPRAH.com) -- In the past month I've eaten poached goat, grilled octopus, the breaded and fried thymus gland of a cow, tagliatelle with rabbit ragu, and the seared liver of a fatted goose. In the past 24 hours, I've had pulled-pork tacos with pickled onions, blindingly spicy Korean noodles, caramelized Brussels s... |
c38de2e8f3e446f78dbb42a571c73aba759a99d1 | Summarize the following news article. | Ian Saginor says many people have asked if there's an increase in earthquakes .
He says quakes, volcanoes are occurring at average level .
Saginor says the Haiti, Chile, Iceland events are not related to global warming .
Only a certain class of quakes might be affected by melting ice sheets, he says . | [
"(CNN) -- Ever since a devastating earthquake struck Haiti on January 12 followed by others in Chile, Baja California and Indonesia, many people have asked the question, \"Are earthquakes getting worse?\" The answer is a firm and unequivocal \"No.\" I know it's hard to believe given the devastation these earthquake... |
2bcba21af4b7340b33cd98fd131a26eb41528720 | Summarize the following news article. | Spill and response already have taken toll on seafood, tourism industries .
Dauphin Island, Alabama, city official: Seafood crop could take a decade to recover .
Forty percent of fish harvested in the Lower 48 states comes from the Gulf .
Vacationers spend billions in the region, but many Americans have canceled plans ... | [
"(CNN) -- As Gulf Coast residents wait for a huge oil slick to reach their shores, the spill and the massive response already have begun wreaking havoc on livelihoods in a region where jobs are largely dependent on two ocean intensive industries: seafood and tourism. Stephen Denmark, a city council member in Dauphi... |
a0a2c9aa9a5e34127e914629ea8c94fc33501515 | Summarize the following news article. | Matthew Myers: High Court upholds racketeering ruling on Big Tobacco, which lied to public .
Myers says it's time to fund education and stop-smoking campaigns .
Tobacco industry spends $35 million daily to market its deadly products, Myers writes .
Big Tobacco undermines laws to control it, he says, so it's urgent to i... | [
"(CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an incontestable verdict on the conduct of the major cigarette companies over four decades: They are racketeers who carried out a conspiracy to deceive the public and target children with their deadly and addictive products. The court on Monday declined to accept appeals... |
1091e0d084b61ea7554edd059a360d82fdcb3589 | Summarize the following news article. | Peter Earnest says arrests this week of suspected agents in Russian spy ring no surprise .
Espionage fills vital niche, he says, providing information about plans, human dynamics .
Accused spies appear to have gathered little information, he says .
Earnest: Early signs are incident won't damage improving relations betw... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The arrests of 11 people accused of being part of an espionage ring under deep cover for Russia shocked their neighbors in the suburbs. Presumably it was also news to President Obama, coming as it did right after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's departure. What should not be a surprise to an... |
2d67f830fa7e0f740d9f455c7f460ab933a9ac04 | Summarize the following news article. | Senior commander restricts use of Humvees in Afghanistan .
Now use of Humvees outside military base must be approved by a colonel .
Spokesman says decision is part of effort to improve protection for U.S. forces .
Humvees' flat bottom, low profile make it vulnerable to IED attacks . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The once-ubiquitous Humvee may become a rare sight in some parts of Afghanistan following a decision by the senior U.S. commander in eastern Afghanistan to restrict the use of the vehicles in the field. Maj. Gen. John Campbell, commander of Joint Task Force-101, ordered this week that the use o... |
d2abff854b27df175db64c8da007cce216502e2a | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: King likes Seacrest as a possible replacement .
King has interviewed every U.S. president since Richard Nixon .
By one count, King has interviewed more than 50,000 people .
Says Nelson Mandela was most extraordinary person he has met . | [
"Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Larry King, the iconic TV interviewer, will step aside from hosting of his prime time CNN show later this year, he said Tuesday. King, 76, made the announcement with a short posting to his Twitter account, citing his desire to spend more time with his wife and young children. \"I w... |
cca8d58016300692ccf288f844ac0ac9bcea4e9a | Summarize the following news article. | Hundreds of portrait-style photos found in Rodney Alcala's storage unit .
Authorities suspect some of the subjects could be victims of Alcala .
Alcala was convicted of murdering child, four women from 1977 to June 1979 . | [
"(CNN) -- Hoping to solve numerous cold cases, authorities on Thursday released more than a hundred photos of unidentified women and children found in a storage unit that belonged to a serial killer who appeared on \"The Dating Game.\" Investigators are trying to determine if some of the people in the pictures were... |
45daecc3c67cf1d87551ae8359348dc67ff3c866 | Summarize the following news article. | Chicago Council on Global Affairs issues two-year study on religion, foreign policy .
Report: U.S. government tends to view religion through the lens of counterterrorism .
It says major challenge for U.S. is to understand powerful role of religion in other societies .
Report specifically points out negative relations w... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Religion is a growing factor in world affairs, but the U.S. government tends to view it through the lens of counterterrorism. That's the conclusion of a two-year study by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The success of American diplomacy in the next decade \"will be measured by its abilit... |
702c61ac5c9d1fab4bcdb91e0ce0997ae3157ec6 | Summarize the following news article. | NFL star Chris Henry was found to have a type of brain damage seen in older players .
Findings have raised questions about brain injuries and safety in high-contact sports .
Patients with CTE exhibit poor decision-making, behavioral problems, relationship problems . | [
"(CNN) -- Young, athletic and troubled -- NFL player Chris Henry might have been a football cliché. After being arrested four times, suspended by the league three times and released once by the Cincinnati Bengals, the wide receiver appeared to be on a personal and professional comeback. But all that ended in Decemb... |
59fc035caccb48a781faa77e2fb40cfd1fc51b57 | Summarize the following news article. | All 36 crew members of a Spanish fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates a month ago are freed .
Two Somalis were seized by Spanish military a day after pirates captured the boat .
Judge indicted the two on 36 counts of kidnapping --- one for each of the 36 crew members being held . | [
"MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- All 36 crew members of a Spanish fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates more than a month ago have been freed along with their vessel, the Spanish prime minister said Tuesday. \"Our sailors of the Alakrana are free and will come home,\" Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced... |
203cb72717f1ae65fdc5602a7b79bd7446f888f3 | Summarize the following news article. | Bike-riding bandit has hit several banks in northern California .
Two robberies occurred about an hour apart; robber pedaled off from both .
After second heist, dye pack exploded as suspect rode past police officer . | [
"(CNN) -- A suspect in a series of bank robberies in which the thief pedaled off on a bicycle has been apprehended, California authorities said Thursday. Hubert Rotteveel, 47, of Dixon, California, was arrested Wednesday afternoon after two banks in the Woodland, California, area were robbed in just over an hour, S... |
6332799d756ec925a05c851dc6dc3eeb10584635 | Summarize the following news article. | ACLU: Travel alerts inform people of their rights when stopped by law enforcement .
Law says police can ask the residency status of people being investigated for a crime .
ACLU says it's concerned that officers will enforce law before July 29 effective date .
CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll: 57 percent of those surveye... | [
"(CNN) -- Dozens of affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union have issued travel alerts for people heading to Arizona this Fourth of July holiday weekend -- the group's latest effort to condemn the state's new immigration law. Arizona's measure stipulates that police can ask the residency status of people be... |
415666f8851f70f875ba4069ced1d41283d9c905 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: All 5 homicides took place since suspect's release from prison .
Shooting suspect featured on billboards in Florida, Alabama, Georgia .
Reward for information leading to Dontae Morris' arrest at $100,000 . | [
"(CNN) -- A man suspected of fatally shooting two Tampa, Florida, police officers is a suspect in another homicide and is sought for questioning in two others, Police Chief Jane Castor said Thursday. All the homicides have taken place since Dontae Morris was released from prison in April, Castor told reporters. \"W... |
5d4e988471be3a3f6b7d2bce6de80982c7a0ec46 | Summarize the following news article. | Stephanie Ragusa pleaded guilty in April in the case .
Judge also sentences Ragusa to 15 years sex offender probation .
Prosecutor paints former math teacher as a "master manipulator"
Ragusa apologizes to victims and their families . | [
"(CNN) -- A judge in Tampa, Florida, on Monday sentenced Stephanie Ragusa, a former middle school math teacher, to 10 years in prison for having sex with two underage students in 2008. \"As parents, we place our trust in teachers to provide a safe environment in which our children can learn,\" Hillsborough County C... |
b444aff3f5b2cd4e6a75cf348043082acc43dc67 | Summarize the following news article. | Google promised $10 million to the best ideas for using technology to improve the world .
Google announced the contest in 2008 -- they have yet to announce the winners .
Google reported revenue of $6.77 billion for the first quarter of this year . | [
"(Wired) -- On its tenth anniversary in 2008, Google promised $10 million to the best five ideas for using technology to improve the world, through Project 10x100 -- a neat play on words (10 to the 100th power expresses the number \"googol,\" which is a one followed by one hundred zeroes). Google's intentions were ... |
057ba2b89e261e8804286c47b74ffaa298c52915 | Summarize the following news article. | Jaycee Dugard missing 18 years before she was found in sex offender's backyard .
Settlement process "unprecedented," says lawmaker's spokesman .
Bill requires approval of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger . | [
"(CNN) -- The California Assembly on Thursday passed a bill appropriating $20 million to kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard to settle her claims against the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, according to the chief clerk's office. The bill passed on a 30-1 vote in the Senate and a 62-0 vote in the Ass... |
fc592eee348dcb3570338c013cebfa6780d4dee8 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Alex weakening, but still Category 1 hurricane .
At least one dead in northeastern Mexico as a result of rains .
Rescuers save man from rushing waters .
Thousands in shelters in Mexico, Texas . | [
"South Padre Island, Texas (CNN) -- Heavy rains pelting northeastern Mexico left at least one person dead and thousands more in shelters as Hurricane Alex moved inland, Mexican emergency officials said early Thursday. A contractor in Monterrey died when a wall fell on him as a result of the rain, Carlos Eduardo Agu... |
42fd572fafdd8f303e60df2303ada9cc1b026748 | Summarize the following news article. | Italy has the most bank robberies in all of Europe .
Italy had 1,744 bank robberies last year, study finds .
Most robberies involve direct intimidation of staff . | [
"Rome, Italy (CNN) -- Italy has the highest rate of bank robberies in Europe, an Italian study said this week. Of the 4,150 bank robberies that were reported in Europe in 2009, 1,744 -- or 42 percent -- were done in Italy, according to the study, which was carried out by the Italian bank watchdog Osservatorio and a... |
79ba2324d8eedb32446a3d956d6e38a752a46074 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Thousands gather to pay tribute to slain officers .
NEW: Judge denies bond to alleged killer .
Dontae Morris was arrested Friday .
Tampa's police community relieved by arrest . | [
"(CNN) -- Hours after the arrest of a suspect, thousands of friends, family and fellow officers gathered Saturday to pay tribute to two slain Florida policemen. An emotional funeral unfolded inside a Tampa church as suspect Dontae Morris, arrested on Friday, appeared in court for the first time. He was denied bond,... |
3ba265e2927b9daed601ea54cd17ad596f2ef329 | Summarize the following news article. | A post on The Official Nokia Blog is titled "How do you hold your Nokia?"
"People generally tend to hold their phone like a ... well, like a phone," the blog says .
The two companies are currently embroiled in patent lawsuits . | [
"(Mashable) -- Nokia has taken Apple to task for comments made by Steve Jobs about how users experiencing reception problems on their new iPhone 4 devices should \"avoid holding it that way\" (\"that way\" meaning a grip that blocks the antenna). The maker of Symbian-based smartphones authored a post on its blog ca... |
07c1f44591e110853d04ffd9b75291559c3c9199 | Summarize the following news article. | Spitzer: Court validated individual gun rights and applied them to every state, locality .
Court's 2008 decision in D.C. v. Heller was momentous, Spitzer says .
The path to American rights runs through the Fourteenth Amendment, Spitzer says . | [
"(CNN) -- Teachers -- like me -- love \"teachable moments,\" so here's a big one from Monday's sweeping Supreme Court decision on gun rights and the states, McDonald v. Chicago. In it, the court not only validated individual gun rights, but applied them to every state and locality in the country. Americans know the... |
2a9e9a8f493c83a967c1d91e9d53220e1fa1312e | Summarize the following news article. | Suspect Dontae Morris arrested .
He was turned in by a third party .
Funeral for slain officers is Saturday .
Tampa police chief relieved arrests made before service . | [
"(CNN) -- A Florida man wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of two Tampa police officers has been arrested, authorities said Friday night. Dontae Morris was turned in by a third party, Police Chief Jane Castor told reporters at a late night news conference. He is being held at the Hillsborough County Jail... |
5d4166c49c0fe6a9777d6ec22918570d2d2dcb8c | Summarize the following news article. | Former Chicago high school teacher says guns were abundant in his school .
All students in one class claimed to have access to handguns, he says .
Gangs and illegal guns held communities hostage, writer says .
"If we want to stop violence, we need to make real changes," one man says . | [
"(CNN) -- Chicago's longstanding ban on handguns, which the Supreme Court this week ruled as unconstitutional, was a complete failure. Two years ago, every student in my first-period English class on the West Side of Chicago claimed to have easy access to a handgun -- even the goody-two-shoes Honors student in the ... |
b9b829cf1fc248b7ba7ffcc88dffb68ae12c6502 | Summarize the following news article. | West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd is honored at memorial service .
Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Reid and McConnell are among the mourners .
Obama: The arc of Byrd's life "bent towards justice"
Byrd is to be buried Tuesday . | [
"Charleston, West Virginia (CNN) -- He was raised an orphan of the West Virginia coal mines years before the Great Depression. On Friday -- as his body made a final return to the state he loved -- Sen. Robert C. Byrd was remembered as a political titan, champion of the poor, and defender of the Constitution. Politi... |
321cc2efcfea72f3b79681f19445cdd7db72a58e | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: EPA says dispersant BP uses is "less toxic" on small fish .
House passes bill that would allow more damages paid to victims' families .
Coast Guard directs BP on how to manage waste from cleanup .
Heavy seas affect cleanup and containment on several fronts . | [
"New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that removes limits on financial damages that can be awarded for accidents off the U.S. coastline, such as the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 workers. The bill updates maritime laws that have been on t... |
de6025a12972383bad1320338cc3c9df57ab6cf5 | Summarize the following news article. | Milan Jovanovic scores for Serbia from close range in first half .
German striker Miroslav Klose sent off for second yellow card .
Serbian goalkeeper Stojkovic saves Lukas Podolski's second half penalty .
Loss is Germany's first defeat in World Cup group stage since 1986 . | [
"(CNN) -- A first half goal from Milan Jovanovic gave Serbia a shock 1-0 win over 10-man Germany at the World Cup on Friday to throw Group D wide open. Germany suffered an early blow in Port Elizabeth when leading striker Miroslav Klose was sent off for his second yellow card, shortly before Jovanovic fired Serbia ... |
3a21328d3bcd9959b1f7ec6b7e440e3496c12e2e | Summarize the following news article. | 10 percent unemployment for eurozone, 9.7 percent for wider EU .
Both rates unchanged from previous month .
Latvia, Spain, Estonia have highest unemployment .
Austria and Netherlands have the lowest rates . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Unemployment in the 16-member eurozone -- countries that use the euro currency -- is at 10 percent, the European statistics agency said Friday. Unemployment in the 27-member European Union is at 9.6 percent, Eurostat said. Both rates are for May and are unchanged from the previous month, E... |
130d9c2ff9bed7ccbc82c76ecfb19228762a3a40 | Summarize the following news article. | The Netherlands beat Brazil 2-1 in World Cup quarterfinal in Port Elizabeth .
Robinho put Brazil ahead but an own goal by Felipe Melo saw the Dutch level .
Wesley Sneijder scores winner for the Dutch in 68th minute .
Melo sent off soon afterwards for fouling Arjen Robben . | [
"(CNN) -- The Netherlands came from a goal down to beat 10-man Brazil 2-1 in their World Cup quarterfinal clash in Port Elizabeth on Friday. An early goal from Robinho had put Brazil in command, but in the second half the Dutch drew level when Wesley Sneijder's cross was deflected into his own net by Felipe Melo. ... |
7402bbb3f222b7b23c3f142f4637fbb720855652 | Summarize the following news article. | Ricardo Flores, slaying victim's father, hopes others learn from daughter's death .
Hours before, he spoke to a judge for first time about case .
Stephany Flores was killed one month ago .
Joran van der Sloot is charged in slaying . | [
"Lima, Peru (CNN) -- Hours after he spoke to a judge for the first time about his daughter's killing, Stephany Flores' father told family and friends at a memorial service that he hoped others would learn from her death. Ricardo Flores said Wednesday he had sheltered his children too much from the evils of the worl... |
9f8756c78b363c373e4f7324c7586d941f838761 | Summarize the following news article. | Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act calls for peepholes on cabin doors, higher ship rails .
Ships must carry rape kits, STD medications, medical staff to treat sex assault victims .
Bill also requires cruise ships to quickly report incidents to FBI, keep detailed logs .
Legislation applies to all commercial cruise sh... | [
"(CNN) -- A bill that requires cruise ships to tighten security measures and report alleged crimes is awaiting President Obama's approval. The Senate on Wednesday passed the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act, after it received broad bipartisan support in the House with a vote of 416-4 last year. Peepholes on ca... |
74f5be8d718efa9fb38e682643710bb38ebf2a20 | Summarize the following news article. | Earthquake centered in Kashmir region of Pakistan killed more than 70,000 in 2005 .
London-based nonprofit provided architectural help to start rebuilding .
Robin Cross says lightweight framing was used to build earthquake-resistant houses .
He says good building design can lessen the toll of an earthquake . | [
"(CNN) -- After a severe earthquake centered in Pakistan's Kashmir province killed more than 70,000 people in 2005, teams from a nonprofit architecture group based in London, England, helped the region start to rebuild. The group, Article 25, worked with local craftspeople to develop a design that could withstand e... |
80c2e4943a9f406a162b0491039ba5a492d64b68 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Jury deliberations to continue Tuesday .
Oakland police and mayor are warning people to be peaceful .
A former police officer is accused of shooting unarmed man . | [
"San Francisco, California (CNN) -- Jurors wrapped up deliberations Friday and will continue next week in the racially charged murder trial of a white former police officer in Oakland, California, accused of killing an unarmed black man. Jurors deliberated for nearly three hours Friday afternoon without reaching a ... |
4a6fecc9c773e7c167efeabce18d207a5ed07970 | Summarize the following news article. | New state law adds additional tax $1.60 per pack to existing state tax .
New York City also has tax of $1.50 per pack .
Smokers in the city now paying $5.85 per pack in state and local taxes .
State hopes to raise revenue; tobacco industry fears price hike will drive smokers to black market . | [
"New York (CNN) -- New York City already had the highest cigarette taxes in the nation, and a new state law that went in to effect Thursday pushed the price of smoking even higher. The state legislature on Monday approved a bill adding an additional state tax of $1.60 to every pack. The bill, which was signed into ... |
3e1a5443b5449e94bbb0cdc54f85b10dfd1846e9 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Containment cap bounced, allowing 20,000 barrels to get by .
NEW: Skimming and burning halted, Coast Guard says .
NEW: Loop Current could deposit degraded oil on Florida coast .
EPA toured coast Friday after giving BP new cleanup directive . | [
"New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- More oil than what would fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool slipped by the cap on BP's ruptured undersea well due to bad weather on Friday, said Coast Guard Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft. The cap on the well in the Gulf of Mexico, bouncing in the rough conditions, captured 20,000 barrels ... |
0646e111b3e79677ebced15cc3a98cffdf84339e | Summarize the following news article. | Bedbug infestation shuts down 2 stores in upscale Manhattan areas .
The critters have become a growing problem in recent years .
Emphasis so far has been on residences, but the bugs can hitch a ride to work .
Despite the name, bedbugs need not live in beds . | [
"New York (CNN) -- A bedbug outbreak at two trendy New York retail shops has sounded the alarm among city residents and businesses, prompting calls for the city to examine how it deals with the prickly pests. Hollister, a popular clothing store owned by Abercrombie & Fitch in the fashionable Soho neighborhood, rema... |
276ccd5a2502dd58453ae37b5b63a8f5f63b7861 | Summarize the following news article. | Cristie Kerr tops women's world rankings after winning LPGA Championship .
Kerr is the first player from the United States to achieve the honor .
Japan's Ai Miyazato finishes tied for third but loses top spot to Kerr . | [
"(CNN) -- Cristie Kerr is the first player from the United States to top the women's world rankings after her runaway victory in the LPGA Championship at Locust Hill Country Club in New York. Kerr carded a six-under final round 66 for a 19-under 269 total, leaving her 12 shots clear of the best in women's golf. It... |
fd4ea9cc18a004826aa8899cdde411e2335efee8 | Summarize the following news article. | Grand Ayatollah Fadlallah is hospitalized in Beirut, source says .
He was closely associated with Hezbollah when it formed almost 30 years ago .
Recently, he has become distanced from the group's leaders .
The United States considers Hezbollah a terrorist organization . | [
"Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- Hezbollah's spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, has been hospitalized in Lebanon and is in \"critical condition,\" a source in his office told CNN. The hospitalization comes after widespread rumors circulating in Beirut that Lebanon's top Shiite leader has been il... |
d751e41307ce8142fe8f2159c2562e52193db033 | Summarize the following news article. | No injuries or damage reported after attack .
A similar attack hit during a 2009 visit by Vice President Joe Biden .
The American vice president met with Iraqi leaders .
U.S. withdrawal remains on schedule, Biden says . | [
"Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Three mortar rounds struck harmlessly inside Baghdad's Green Zone on Sunday night during a weekend visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. No damage or injuries were reported from the bombardment, which occurred about 10:30 p.m. Sunday (3:30 p.m. ET). The distr... |
f8e9a9cd21e830be4ef3128a8bce8fe3626bbc39 | Summarize the following news article. | There have been four deadly attacks against public officials in two weeks .
Three of the attacks were this week .
Analysts see link to elections Sunday in 12 states .
Chihuahua and Tamaulipas are bloodiest states . | [
"(CNN) -- Two high-ranking public officials were shot and killed in Mexico late Wednesday, making for four such attacks in the past two weeks. Three of the deadly assaults happened this week. In Oaxaca state, Mayor Nicolas Garcia Ambrosio and Council Member Angel Perez Garcia were assassinated Wednesday evening in ... |
aad36f427f399f38b4e4a6b5ca76955fc43ce132 | Summarize the following news article. | As many as 200,000 state workers face pay cuts .
Gov. Schwarzenegger orders salaries to be cut to $7.25 an hour .
Directive would not affect state employees with contract .
'This is not a scare tactic,' official says . | [
"(CNN) -- As many as 200,000 state workers in California could see their pay scale slashed to minimum wage, if orders from the governor's office are followed. In a letter to the state controller Thursday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration ordered the department to reduce the payment of state workers to th... |
4723cd2967eb69e35267d35af55b5d63b006a0ca | Summarize the following news article. | CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey finds fewer Americans think attack imminent .
Percentage who expect attack is lowest since September 11, 2001 .
Survey also finds strong opposition to Iraq war, current troop levels in Iraq .
Numbers could indicate challenge for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign . | [
"(CNN) -- As Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama battle over who has the best approach to national security, a new CNN poll finds Americans' concerns about terrorism have hit an all-time low for the post-September 11 era. A poll finds fewer Americans fear an imminent terror attack than at any time since September 11... |
35f3af2cee8eaa8f7ed49eff822984bcea690543 | Summarize the following news article. | Natalie Montanaro volunteers for the U.S. Peace Corp in the rural community of Brusturoasa .
She lives with a host family in the village and the Peace Corps pays her rent .
With no close supermarket Montanaro relies heavily on the produce from her garden . | [
"(CNN) -- Natalie Montanaro, 52, a research assistant from the College of Charleston, South Carolina, volunteered for the U.S. Peace Corps and moved to Romania in May 2009. Now, more than a year later, Montanaro lives in the small rural community of Brusturoasa, a collection of five villages in the north-east of th... |
204d059d118c539f066c6b9a2d015e4e300a6523 | Summarize the following news article. | Couple reveals they had given authorities false names .
They and a third suspect in Russian spy ring case ordered held .
Preliminary hearing set for July 6 .
The 3 are among 11 suspects in the case . | [
"Alexandria, Virginia -- Two suspects charged with having served as deep-cover Russian agents living in the United States have told investigators they are Russian citizens and have been living under false identities, according to a court document released Friday. A letter from prosecutors opposing bail for the susp... |
44b338db928de7fd46517875e35527ca05eb301b | Summarize the following news article. | Amnesty says Cuban government has created "climate of fear"
Group says laws are so vague almost any dissent is illegal in some way .
Prisoner transfers, releases seem to hint at policy change .
Catholic Church's influence apparently growing . | [
"Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Cuba has created a \"climate of fear\" among political activists and journalists working on the island nation, according to a report released Wednesday by the human rights group Amnesty International. \"The laws are so vague that almost any act of dissent can be deemed criminal in some way, m... |
2b33f13e781b1e435519ebe9b76d35d0a6be1582 | Summarize the following news article. | Man arrested on allegations of making booby trap, assault with intent to murder officer .
At least two more sought in booby trap-style attacks believed to target police .
Suspect's comments during arrest suggest "he doesn't like us very much" police chief says .
Seven attacks since December have targeted police in Heme... | [
"(CNN) -- Two men have been arrested in California in connection with a string of brazen attacks in the past six months thought to be targeting law enforcement. Nicholas Smit, 40, is being held on allegations of making a booby trap, assault with intent to murder a police officer and possession of a firearm while on... |
d0424e2e0bc246cd72c70b22e0085599fe289cbf | Summarize the following news article. | With compromised, overfished seas, Dan Barber puzzled over how to keep fish on food chain .
He says he visited fish farm in Spain that restored water flow, fish populations to wetlands .
The farm is ecologically balanced, with abundant fish and 250 bird species, he says .
Barber: The farm's system is healthy again -- a... | [
"Pocantico Hills, New York (CNN) -- Oil-tainted seas, oxygen-deprived zones, overfishing, mercury poisoning ... these days, the search for safe and ethical seafood is enough to unnerve any pescetarian. For chefs, it doesn't just mean crossing another fish off our menus. The question has become how do we keep fish o... |
e40466a37c67e3a0e21bef8eff2a224e3c1287c2 | Summarize the following news article. | Carol Thatcher referred to a tennis player as a "golliwog" backstage .
Thatcher, 55, described her comment as a "joke"
BBC axed her as a contributer from the prime-time television show .
Thatcher spokesman: "Carol never intended any racist comment" | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- The daughter of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been axed by a BBC television show after she made an offensive \"off-air\" remark, the corporation has confirmed. Margaret Thatcher (left) and her daughter Carol Thatcher in Southampton, England in June 2008 . According ... |
c7048376c3cf0dafd85c89726ff6e2c4452cba05 | Summarize the following news article. | Authorities: 55-year-old boat captain committed suicide .
Allen Kruse had been helping with BP cleanup for past two weeks .
Captain did not leave note, but relatives say oil disaster devastated him . | [
"Orange Beach, Alabama (CNN) -- On Thursday evening, a boat returned to its dock without its captain -- his vibrant personality and smile gone. On the dock was a wreath memorializing the Gulf fisherman known as \"Rookie.\" His family and friends say \"Rookie,\" whose real name was Allen Kruse, was stressed beyond b... |
f3378f0cd6c52beaa5b464ec0b0a023302524655 | Summarize the following news article. | Louisiana pancake batfish lives 1,500 feet below surface .
For deep-water denizens like pancake batfish, threat is from underwater oil plumes .
One expert estimates that 98 percent of Gulf's deep-water marine life remains unknown .
Scientists worry that extinction could come even before species are discovered . | [
"(CNN) -- The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has already claimed many victims -- from pelicans to oyster beds and precious marshland. But there may be one more: a species only just recently discovered. Scientifically known as halieutichthys aculeatus, it is not a thing of beauty. But it lives an anonymous sort of exis... |
7cc2b803599ebbbad7477d130a1deb6590a76638 | Summarize the following news article. | Germany thrash Australia 4-0 in their opening game of the 2010 World Cup .
Strikers Klose, Podolski, Muller and Cacau all score goals in Durban rout .
Australia talisman Tim Cahill is sent off for dangerous tackle in second half .
Ghana beat Serbia 1-0 in opening Group D match with late penalty by Asamoah Gyan . | [
"(CNN) -- Germany laid down their World Cup title credentials with a ruthless 4-0 thrashing of 10-man Australia in Durban on Sunday. Australian attacker Tim Cahill was sent off for a dangerous tackle early in the second period when the score was 2-0. The result put Joachim Low's injury-hit team top of Group D on go... |
fcdce230548a8d39ca3ef09c5e3e972ab03d1168 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Belarus says it can't guarantee natural gas transit to Europe .
Talks to continue over debts owed to Russia by Belarus .
Gas cuts will be "gradual"
Gazprom operates the world's largest natural gas distribution network . | [
"(CNN) -- Russia began to cut off natural gas supplies to Belarus on Monday as talks over unpaid debts continued, Russian state media reported. President Dmitry Medvedev gave the order for Russian energy giant Gazprom to start restricting gas supplies, company CEO Alexei Miller said, according to official Russian n... |
91c23425a77065b88e06a579549f6bd7b44107bf | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Government approves millions of dollars in funding for flood victims .
46 dead, more than 150,000 residents homeless or displaced in two states .
More than 600 people still missing .
More than 18,000 homes damaged or destroyed in Alagoas state . | [
"Rio Largo, Brazil (CNN) -- In response to severe flooding in northeastern Brazil that has left 46 people dead, the government on Thursday announced the release of 500 million reais (U.S. $277 million) to help victims, national civil defense officials said. The money comes on top of a previous 50 million reais (U.S... |
4344750afdc9aa251dc02e5bdca3d92d13e9bd11 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Suspect in weapons incident charged, due to appear in court Friday .
Incident puts focus on security as leaders begin arriving .
Items found in car included pellet guns, a cross bow and a chainsaw .
No specific signs incident is linked to G-20 summit . | [
"Toronto, Ontario (CNN) -- The spotlight is on security -- as well as economic recovery plans -- as leaders from the world's biggest economies gather in Toronto for a pair of summits this weekend. Leaders have begun arriving for the G-8 summit, which begins Friday, followed by the G-20 summit this weekend. Security... |
018777aa95cba1743c4287d32be913a1a4b903db | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: 107 people buried have slim chance of survival .
Mudslide caused by heavy rain in southwest China .
Survivor fled but saw people behind him buried . | [
"(CNN) -- Rescue workers Tuesday recovered the body of a child from debris left by a landslide in China's southwestern Guizhou province, state-run media reported. The child's body was the first to be recovered after a rain-triggered landslide buried 107 people from 38 families Monday afternoon. The child, yet to be... |
79f637540db83e5ce8119339000c40bc7e624f45 | Summarize the following news article. | Joran Van der Sloot is in jail awaiting trial for the slaying of Stephany Flores .
Dutch citizen, 22, is also lead suspect in Natalee Holloway's disappearance .
Van der Sloot's hearing set for next Monday . | [
"(CNN) -- The family of a Peruvian woman slain in Lima last month said it hopes the eventual trial of Joran Van der Sloot can ease its pain and that of another family thousands of miles away. Van der Sloot, who is being held in Peru in connection with the slaying of 21-year-old Stephany Flores, is also the lead sus... |
185f284974aca9d7300f57e17b70710c8c2310c8 | Summarize the following news article. | 5 leaders of opposition party among those held .
Police use tear gas, batons to break up demonstrations .
Protests also reported from outside Dhaka . | [
"(CNN) -- More than 160 protesters were arrested Sunday during a violent opposition strike in Bangladesh, police said. Among those held were at least five leaders of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Officers said they provoked the strikers to damage public property. Security forces used tear gas a... |
3a832e2445f287c064078430881d9293fcf1915a | Summarize the following news article. | Somali forces fighting al Qaeda proxy trying to impose strict Islamic law .
The fighting has displaced more than a million Somalis .
Somalia has not had a stable government for nearly 20 years . | [
"(CNN) -- At least 20 people have died and 55 others have been wounded in continuing fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, an ambulance director said Thursday. Somali forces have been battling insurgent fighters from al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda proxy in Mogadishu and the rest of the country. The militants are w... |
030c3b80eed3eddeb98fe9c2cca873d3ef843911 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Pirates have two weeks to appeal .
Trial thought to be the first of its kind in Europe .
Suspects captured after attack on ship in January 2009 .
They could have been sentenced to 9 to 12 years . | [
"(CNN) -- Five Somali men were convicted of plotting a hijack at sea and sentenced to five years in prison in the Netherlands, in the first trial of pirates in Europe, a prosecution spokesman said Thursday. The court rejected their claim that they were innocent fishermen, said Wim de Bruin, a spokesman for Netherla... |
c924601cf9e42663d9eeffa39c817ee97ac0c068 | Summarize the following news article. | A U.S. appeals court ruled that Peru is immune from lawsuits filed in the United States .
The decision means that Peru may not have to pay a $5 million reward .
Jose Guevara says he is owed the money .
The case involves former Peruvian spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos . | [
"Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- In December 2000, Jose Guevara, a former Venezuelan intelligence agent, was introduced by his second cousin to an international fugitive, the target of an international manhunt. Then, spurred in part by the allure of a $5 million reward, Guevara helped authorities capture the fugitive, fo... |
b7254ea5d9d2f9e9c8d6a4c02489feff62975e83 | Summarize the following news article. | Roland Warren says Atlantic magazine article questions whether fathers are essential .
He says article reaches faulty conclusion that new research shows dads not crucial .
Real-world data analysis shows kids in mom-dad families do better .
Warren: Don't believe it? Ask kids. Each child has a hole in his soul in the sha... | [
"Germantown, Maryland (CNN) -- The Atlantic Magazine just published an article entitled, \"Are Fathers Necessary?\" It appears in the June issue, the month in which fathers are celebrated -- not dismissed -- and concludes that fathers are not essential. The primary problem with the article is that it fails to ask i... |
ede88bd71b2aeb9b4ccdeda692d8484fdf17b5f7 | Summarize the following news article. | Health advisory issued for Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key beaches in Florida .
Mississippi beaches experienced significant oiling earlier this week .
Health officials have issued advisory against swimming in Alabama Gulf waters . | [
"(CNN) -- As Americans gear up for the Fourth of July weekend, coastal areas affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are working hard to keep beach-bound travelers informed. Here are some of the latest updates from destinations affected by the oil disaster: . Northwest Florida . A health advisory was issued... |
2d16d737942097092643ea40ca0f1f819b8ae20c | Summarize the following news article. | Eunice Kennedy Shriver started Special Olympics in her backyard in 1962 .
Special Olympics has grown into a global organization that helps 3 million athletes .
An estimated 200 million people live with intellectual disabilities worldwide .
Says one athlete: "Because we have special needs doesn't mean we can't do stuff' | [
"(CNN) -- When Katy Wilson was born with Down syndrome, doctors told her mother that the infant likely would never walk or talk. Katy Wilson says she wants her athletic successes to surprise people and give them hope. She sure showed them. Wilson, now 29, has won two international gold medals in the Special Olympic... |
0bb71d989b199a24d540180bdba439351bfa4dc0 | Summarize the following news article. | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made comments at World Refugee Day .
U.S. is largest source of support for refugees, victims of conflict internationally, Clinton said .
Clinton said the U.S. providing $1.7 billion last year . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the United States will give $60 million to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for help to Palestinian refugees on Friday, a move designed to improve the lives of 4.7 million people. The aid comes as the United States and the international community str... |
4c6fe111f00825ac54d08220f1263761f572140b | Summarize the following news article. | Women's marathon record-holder Paula Radcliffe to have a second child this year .
Radcliffe reveals that she is pregnant and expects to give birth in September .
The 36-year-old still hopes to run at her home Olympics in London in 2012 .
She had her first child in January 2007 but has since struggled to repeat her earl... | [
"(CNN) -- British athletics star Paula Radcliffe has confirmed that she will have a second child this year, but still plans to run at her home Olympics in London in 2012. The women's marathon world record-holder, who will miss this month's London race for the fifth year in a row, expects to give birth in September.... |
73c9a6f79378962eb86f6063fdab6fc85a850025 | Summarize the following news article. | Reigning NBA Champions the LA Lakers will take part in NBA Europe Live 2010 .
The New York Knicks and the Minnesota Timberloves will also play in the tour .
NBA star Kobe Bryant looking forward to playing in London . | [
"(CNN) -- The LA Lakers will play in Europe for the first time in 19 years, when they take part in NBA Europe Live 2010 alongside the Minnesota Timberwolves and the New York Knicks. The tour will see the Lakers, the reigning NBA champions, and the Timberwolves go head-to-head at the O2 in London on October 4, the n... |
704a6cd67d8d13983d246c79117d280a05183faa | Summarize the following news article. | Bayern Munich and Luca Toni agree to cancel striker's contract .
Toni spent half of last season on loan at Italian club AS Roma .
Italian was deemed surplus to requirements by Bayern coach Louis van Gaal . | [
"(CNN) -- German Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich and Luca Toni have agreed to cancel the Italian striker's contract. Toni spent the second half of last season on loan at Italian side AS Roma after being deemed surplus to requirements at Bayern by coach Louis van Gaal. The 33-year-old is reportedly a target for G... |
60784bf65e93c62ac996cda5a9826ea5b7ae7c7f | Summarize the following news article. | Fabian Cancellara wins cycling's Hell of the North with solo breakaway ride .
Cancellara completes spring classics double having won Tour of Flanders .
Reigning Paris Roubaix champion Tom Boonen finishes out of podium places .
Norway's Thor Hushovd beats Juan Antonio Flecha of Spain for second place . | [
"(CNN) -- Swiss star Fabian Cancellara rode clear of the leading group to win the Paris Roubaix cycling classic on Sunday and complete a rare double having claimed the Tour of Flanders earlier this spring. The 'Hell of the North' is traditionally an event for the strongmen of the sport who have to negotiate 27 sect... |
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