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62126348383cf288630e869f9bad9390726c17b4 | Summarize the following news article. | "New facts" will come out within months, the convicted Lockerbie bomber tells Reuters .
Abdelbeset al-Megrahi was said to be in a coma in August when CNN visited his home .
In the interview taped Sunday, he remains in bed but appears lucid . | [
"(CNN) -- The truth about the bombing of a PanAm airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 will come out \"one day, and hopefully in the near future,\" the only man convicted the bombing told Reuters in an interview aired Monday. \"In a few months from now, you will see new facts that will be announced,\" Abdelbes... |
fddf9b8981b06b92b841410f8a88a4caf7914447 | Summarize the following news article. | Couple has been seen at various high-profile public events in recent years .
Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six championships -- two three-peats -- in the 1990s .
Marriage would be Jordan's second; he and Juanita Jordan divorced in 2006 . | [
"(CNN) -- NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan has been off the court for years; now, he's off the market. The sports star is getting married again, his publicist Estee R. Portnoy confirmed to CNN on Thursday. Jordan and longtime girlfriend, Yvette Prieto, got engaged on Christmas Day, CNN affiliate WCNC reported. The ... |
0b68189da4d861a6363cd5fc267122e44bf7775d | Summarize the following news article. | Writers; Obama and Mexico's next president meet in opportunity for improved ties .
They say economic issues loom large as immigration and crime issues recede .
Writers: Circumstances are favorable for new mutally beneficial trade, security pacts .
As bilateral agenda progresses, they say, two nations can cooperate on g... | [
"(CNN) -- As they meet for the first time Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexico's President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto will be operating in a landscape of U.S.-Mexico relations that has changed profoundly since Mexico's outgoing president, Felipe Calderon, took office six years ago. Illegal immigration is ... |
8f5ec819560d76c70ab0bda2b8c1e5e3115732ea | Summarize the following news article. | Chelsea Clinton heads National Day of Service on Saturday, will kick off inauguration weekend .
All the states will offer volunteer opportunities everyone can participate in, she writes .
Chelsea Clinton's grandmothers instilled in her family the value of service .
She says if everyone commits to year-round volunteer w... | [
"(CNN) -- I'm proud to be the honorary chair of the National Day of Service happening this Saturday, inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy. It's the perfect way to kick off the inauguration weekend because anyone can participate, and we know that when we work together, we will achieve more than one p... |
3445e58068d4ba314d79313d8565b542b16e7dad | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: The White House says there is time to work out a comprehensive deal .
House Republicans say they will not demand spending cuts to offset the payroll tax cut .
Republicans concede they had angered voters by pushing that issue late last year .
The move, House GOP leaders say, will blunt "Democrats' political games" | [
"Washington (CNN) -- In a sharp turnaround, House Republican leaders Monday dropped a key demand that the cost of extending the payroll tax cut be offset by spending cuts elsewhere in the budget. The decision removes a major obstacle to passage of the tax cut extension for the rest of the year -- a move that has be... |
33f508f48980f10e3788827fe90d634752ce0169 | Summarize the following news article. | Gas prices have dropped 23 cents per gallon since peaking in April .
It's unclear whether the drop will undermine GOP attacks against Obama's energy policy .
Industry experts say politicians deserve little credit or blame for short-term price changes . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- There's good news for drivers hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend: Gas prices are falling. Regular unleaded dropped to a national average of $3.71 per gallon this week, 23 cents below an April high of $3.94, according to the federal government. But will less pain at the pump undercut GOP... |
5d8778d62bd8d032c437c77744d9bdaacaf253bd | Summarize the following news article. | Counting slows down after failures in a new electronic voting system .
Kenyatta faces crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal Court .
His main rival, Raila Odinga, raises concerns about the indictment .
The winner must secure more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff . | [
"Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Uhuru Kenyatta, indicted for alleged crimes against humanity and the son of Kenya's founding father, had an early lead Wednesday in the presidential election. With a little more than 40% of the vote counted, Kenyatta was ahead at 53% to 42% over his main rival, Prime Minister Raila Odinga, ... |
d02b785eb8096d061e19a394171dda6ffddfdb8c | Summarize the following news article. | The messages included swastikas and posters with racial slurs .
Classes were canceled after a report of someone outfitted in KKK regalia .
Two students have been identified as being involved in the postings .
President Krislov refuses comment, saying "It is a law enforcement matter" | [
"Oberlin, Ohio () -- A day after students at Oberlin College put down their books to focus on how to respond to a spate of hate messages targeting blacks, Jews and gays on campus, classes resumed Tuesday amid tension. The messages included graffiti with swastikas, posters containing racial slurs and other derogator... |
a48d7a2d1e199b1426b083f7a989ec021304ae3d | Summarize the following news article. | An Arizona jury convicts father of running over his daughter, killing her .
He could receive up to 22 years in prison .
He believed she had become "too Westernized," prosecutors say .
The mother of the victim's fiance was seriously injured . | [
"(CNN) -- Sentencing testimony begins Wednesday in the case of an Iraqi man who was convicted of running over his 20-year-old daughter because she allegedly had become \"too Westernized.\" A Maricopa County, Arizona, jury convicted Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 50, on Tuesday of second-degree murder in the 2009 death of N... |
239c2e1881fc66c8398e17414344ed39018d4d4c | Summarize the following news article. | Payment is part of multitiered plan to normalize relations between the two countries .
Tensions go back to attacks on Pan Am 103, German disco, U.S. airstrikes .
Libya now exempt from legislation allowing victim compensation from frozen assets .
Deal ends Libyan liability in terror cases, paves way for U.S. investment ... | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Libya has paid $1.5 billion to the families of terrorism victims, overcoming the final obstacle to full relations with the United States, the State Department said Friday. Police officers survey the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988. The payment ends Tripoli... |
c04117e2bc477bde1e5487b6e76a3b5c7448957b | Summarize the following news article. | Justice Elena Kagan talks about her life, her faith and her time on the Supreme Court .
She spoke to a mostly Jewish audience in Baltimore this week .
"The role of the judge is to step back ... and look just at interpreting the law," she says . | [
"Baltimore (CNN) -- Shortly after becoming the nation's 112th Supreme Court justice, Elena Kagan by tradition was presented with a silver cup, engraved with the names of those who preceded her in that particular seat. Speaking Tuesday evening before an audience at a synagogue here, Kagan recalled one name standing ... |
1e897d780abc65d8975416d095c9bcbfe837b4c1 | Summarize the following news article. | Both Romney and Obama have suffered attacks because of their faith .
Candidates painted by some as outside the mainstream, 'others'
"It's the elephant in the room," said one expert on race and politics . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The uproar last week over a proposed campaign ad highlighting President Barack Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, lit up political circles before organizers finally backed off the idea. And Mitt Romney came under fire from evangelicals before his speech to Liberty University in Virgin... |
a2f07675422543ceb384200f5abfa10949dd85b6 | Summarize the following news article. | Ron Paul's supporters are avid, even though his chances now are practically zero now .
Paul has yet to win a state contest and has amassed only an estimated 76 delegates .
Still, supporters believe in the principles and movement he represents . | [
"Philadelphia (CNN) -- Darryl Williams and Benjamin Kline were shivering before the speech even started, their black umbrella no match for the steady rain and brisk Philadelphia wind. Even as water hit their faces, though, they were smiling, excited at the thought of seeing Ron Paul. Williams and Kline are true bel... |
7bb495b3bc8d9585c5dd1ca3eee05c98696e5f5e | Summarize the following news article. | Fit Nation Tri Challenge Team is in Hawaii this week to train .
"Lucky 7" will bike, run and swim to prepare for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon . | [
"(CNN) -- The 2012 Fit Nation Tri Challenge Team is made up of seven CNN viewers selected to train for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon with Dr. Sanjay Gupta in September. For updates, visit the Fit Nation page, follow the team on Twitter, or like our page on Facebook. Check back with us this weekend for more photos."
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4226e2b75f54673761702cc4676fbe284357a8ab | Summarize the following news article. | Children of parents deployed to wars overseas assume adult responsibilities .
Deployments cause stress but also force teens to become more resilient .
"My dad told me I am the man of the house, and I have to act like it," says Tyler Dix, 16 .
Teens created the Sisterhood of the BDUs to bring girls together . | [
"(CNN) -- In Pennsylvania, Tyler Dix, a 16-year-old movie buff, is wide awake by 7 a.m. to cook breakfast for his younger siblings. Moranda Hern and Kaylei Deakin started Sisterhood of the Traveling BDUs, or battle dress uniforms. In Georgia, Tucker Simmons, a 14-year old novice guitarist, prepares ice packs for hi... |
4ccee603ada2466a06ffb2da6c39947d3ba9a821 | Summarize the following news article. | "Portlandia' returns for its third season on Friday .
Co-creator and star Carrie Brownstein says the show will delve into the characters' lives .
She'd like to see the series get five seasons . | [
"(CNN) -- There's a reason the city of Portland looks so inviting on the hit IFC show \"Portlandia.\" \"We film only during the summer so it appears particularly sunny and bright, though I will tell you it is not that way always,\" co-creator and co-star of the show Carrie Brownstein told CNN. \"It's a pretty speci... |
afa9094c5d3ac0b3b85bd626fee5b21e23beb8d1 | Summarize the following news article. | Sci-fi series "Fringe" was renewed early for a full fourth season on Thursday .
Recent move to Friday worried fans and some TV critics alike .
Fan devotion alone usually isn't enough to keep shows on air but doesn't hurt . | [
"(CNN) -- Not so long ago, TV shows like \"Firefly,\" \"Wonderfalls,\" \"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles\" and \"Dollhouse\" were mourned by science fiction fans as having been canceled before their time, due -- as it always is -- to low ratings. Another thing each had in common: They aired on Fox on Friday... |
38f16c92f5d597e8997e304a4a06d09362c696b4 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: "There was a U.N. convoy at risk" in an area being bombed, rebel leader tells CNN .
NEW: U.N. commander would have to decide on withdrawing peacekeepers .
Opposition President Moaz al-Khatib says Red Cross should also rescue injured civilians .
Peacekeepers were taken Wednesday from area near the Golan Heights; U.... | [
"(CNN) -- Twenty-one U.N. peacekeepers being held by rebels in Syria were taken from an area near the Golan Heights for their own safety due to fighting there, Syrian opposition coalition President Moaz al-Khatib said Thursday. Al-Khatib told CNN's Christiane Amanpour he wants the Red Cross to pick them up. \"There... |
0a84ddb99d2666bee7899a51a3d9476b1b224ab7 | Summarize the following news article. | West Indian cricketers shunned after touring apartheid-era South Africa .
They defied international conventions after being offered large sums of money .
Accused of strengthening apartheid's grip in South Africa by playing there .
But players say they made a difference in helping cause of black people . | [
"(CNN) -- It is a Sunday night in Bridgetown, Barbados. Here on this Caribbean island, and on the others that make up what's known as the West Indies, life revolves around one thing -- cricket. On this night, locals gather at historic Kensington Oval, which hosted the 2007 World Cup final. There are no national tea... |
662bf66efdc2043fa97fecd6ba372564f7e535a1 | Summarize the following news article. | 50.5 million -- Latinos in the United States (out of 308.7 million people)
67 -- Percentage of Latino voters who voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 election .
31 -- Percentage who chose John McCain .
38.6 -- Percent of eligible voters in New Mexico who are Latino, the most of any state . | [
"(CNN) -- Because of their growing numbers and presence in some of the key battleground states, Latinos are expected to play a prominent role in this year's battle for the White House between President Barack Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney. By the numbers, here's a look at Latino voters: . 50.5 milli... |
1270451b3b62837ec747d3b61d5694463a617305 | Summarize the following news article. | Conservative billionaire Joe Ricketts nixes a controversial ad campaign .
The campaign would have featured the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's former pastor .
Sen. John McCain refused to use that tactic in the 2008 presidential campaign .
Both sides will reap benefits from super PAC spending, an analyst says . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Predictions of super PAC-fueled campaign ugliness seemed to come to reality on Thursday when reports broke of a potential conservative group's ad campaign aimed at tying President Barack Obama to a controversy many thought put to rest nearly four years ago. But conservative billionaire Joe Rick... |
4e917955f70511993c3bf1ff9659b67d50c18a15 | Summarize the following news article. | Livingstone calls Chavez's death a "sad loss," calls him a "friend and comrade"
Ex-mayor of London signed controversial deal for discounted Venezuelan fuel in 2007 .
Livingstone agreed to advise Chavez in exchange for £14 million fuel discount .
Ex-mayor: Chavez saw struggle between "corporations and people who get scr... | [
"London (CNN) -- Former London mayor Ken Livingstone paid tribute to his \"friend and comrade\" Hugo Chavez, calling him the first Venezuelan president to \"put his people before the interests of American oil companies.\" Chavez, who died Tuesday, used some of Venezuela's vast oil wealth to bankroll huge social pro... |
d7eb7bb55d8e6be9a3c047b8cbe8665254e4e037 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Two Egyptian officers are forced to leave the square, a witness says .
The number of demonstrators swells as the Muslim Brotherhood joins in .
Groups are seeking prosecution of former President Hosni Mubarak .
Mubarak's chief of staff has been arrested . | [
"Cairo (CNN) -- Throngs of people crowded into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in an effort to inject new life into Egypt's revolution and push the country's ruling military council to prosecute the former president, Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down under immense popular pressure on February 11. Compared with previo... |
a6f72a13825e9e42b6a067ae65351d9aea3bc386 | Summarize the following news article. | Maria Cardona says Obama's committment to environment resonates wtih Latinos .
She says jobs and clean energy are linked for Latinos, whose unemployment is high .
She says pollution important issue to Latino mothers, who often live in poor communities .
Cardona: Ask yourself: Which politicians are protecting the enviro... | [
"(CNN) -- Amid all the jockeying of the primary debates, President Barack Obama's 2013 budget was a breath of fresh air that underscored the priorities we should have as a nation. Sure, politicos may call it a campaign document, but even if you view it as only that, it is a much needed reminder of just what we shou... |
48bc482288615794611b8942c74088509fc7d326 | Summarize the following news article. | The game came down to a controversial play in the end zone .
Women with amazing vocals inspired and entertained .
Jacoby Jones scores two remarkable touchdowns .
Some commercials touched hearts, others were meh . | [
"(CNN) -- It may not have been a great game until after the lights went out and came back up, but the Super Bowl showdown Sunday night created quite a few memorable moments on the field and off, even before kickoff. There were powerful performances, including a much buzzed-about halftime show by superstar Beyonce. ... |
3ed08103f24b901c20433a6f1f9b26781ce044aa | Summarize the following news article. | 32 radio stations closed; law proposed to punish "media crimes"
Chavez government moving "to silence critics," U.S. intelligence report says .
Chavez, Venezuelan media have had a turbulent relationship .
Venezuela denies that media crimes law, radio stations closures are related . | [
"(CNN) -- The recent closure of 32 privately owned radio stations and a proposed law to punish \"media crimes\" are signs that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is moving to quash criticism of his government, according to a recent U.S. intelligence report. A group of pro-Hugo Chavez rioters beats Venezuelan journali... |
2a6805fe27d5e2b92c4500610e1ab107322ac5d5 | Summarize the following news article. | China has spent $40 billion, seven years planning for 2008 Olympic Games .
In 2001, China promised to improve human rights, press freedom and pollution .
Beijing official: Free Internet jeopardizes national security, detrimental to youth .
Experts disappointed in 'significant opportunity lost' for reform, improve world... | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- It's a historic event taking place on an international stage that's been seven years and $40 billion in the making. The National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, is shrouded in smog on opening day of the 2008 Olympics. Opening ceremonies last week of the 2008 Olympic Summer Games were lauded as... |
f041881139eef382cce24e2dfbfbeab3809af5db | Summarize the following news article. | Last contact with the Yemeni freighter was late last week .
Dozens of ships have been attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden .
Report: No ransom figure yet for hijacked Saudi supertanker .
Pirates seized the Sirius Star on November 15 . | [
"NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- A Yemeni freighter has become the latest commercial vessel to be attacked in the pirate-plagued Gulf of Aden, a Kenyan maritime official said Tuesday. A French frigate shadows a commercial ship leaving Djibouti harbor on its way to the Gulf of Aden. The last contact with the ship was late ... |
7f3a2535e39951a4cd95b9f998f0e8e71e59384f | Summarize the following news article. | Paris Saint-Germain through to quarterfinals of European Champions League .
PSG holds Valencia 1-1 to progress 3-2 on aggregate .
Juventus defeats Celtic 2-0 to complete 5-0 overall victory . | [
"(CNN) -- There was no Zlatan Ibrahimovic, there was no David Beckham and for a while, it appeared that there might not have been any more Champions League football in the French capital. But Paris Saint-Germain, without the suspended Ibrahimovic and benched Beckham, booked its place in the quarterfinals for the fi... |
4f0e100c3db35ed12054c76505d92663767f2a14 | Summarize the following news article. | Slain Texas prosecutor began carrying a gun to work daily, friend says .
Mark Hasse used a different courthouse exit every day, the attorney tells CNN .
Prosecutor didn't explain why he was fearful, she says .
Sheriff's chief deputy says he hadn't heard of fears and the gun carrying . | [
"(CNN) -- The Texas prosecutor shot to death in broad daylight outside a courthouse had feared for his life and carried a gun to work, according to a Dallas attorney describing herself as his friend. Colleen A. Dunbar told CNN that she spoke with Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse on January 24, ... |
559bbf4bf81e7a22eee9a01d597f85a4cd529d79 | Summarize the following news article. | Tea party favorite Ted Cruz won the Texas GOP Senate primary runoff Tuesday .
Democratic Senate leaders: More tea party senators could cause more gridlock .
On top of new fiscally conservative senators, several moderates are retiring .
DeMint: More fiscal conservatives would force Democrats' hand . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Texas GOP upstart Ted Cruz claimed victory Tuesday with a familiar tea party rallying cry. \"Millions of Texans and Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty and to restore the Constitution,\" he told supporters. Cruz claims victory in Texas runoff . A 41-year-old, first... |
6449601f8a484b9c66c992556785c85074753917 | Summarize the following news article. | Germany's most successful club Bayern Munich commit the ultimate public relations own goal .
Bayern announce a 'spectacular' new signing only to reveal a Facebook gimmick .
Their new 'app' allows users of the social networking site to appear as a new club signing .
Over 5,000 people complained and the club were forced ... | [
"(CNN) -- It was supposed to be a unique way to engage with their fans via social media -- but for Germany's most successful soccer club it turned into the ultimate public relations own goal. Bayern Munich, who can boast 22 German league titles and have four times been crowned champions of Europe, revealed they wou... |
664824e18c3d205f51afe7caeceef3ebbdd0c7fa | Summarize the following news article. | Mitt Romney and his surrogates offer few specifics on immigration policies .
President Obama and the Supreme Court focus attention on immigration issues .
Romney's conservative stance in the primaries is problematic now, observers say .
Tell us your plan, a Latino GOP strategist urges the candidate . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Mitt Romney spent the presidential primary campaign trying to convince conservatives of his right-wing credibility on immigration issues. He labeled rivals Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry as soft on illegal immigrants for suggesting some leniency for specific categories, such as student... |
affc51ab88a595765ee4f4662f60949126e9cc7e | Summarize the following news article. | Ben Kacyra: World's most historic, treasured sites are always at risk of destruction .
He says technology developed for the construction industry can rapidly digitize sites .
Kacyra's nonprofit CyArk is preserving 500 world heritage sites .
He says the world is at risk of losing its collective memory and heritage . | [
"(CNN) -- When I was a boy, my father used to take me by the hand to visit the ruins of the ancient metropolis on the outskirts of our town. We would always stop by to visit the huge winged bulls that guarded the gates of the ancient city of Nineveh. I was scared of the winged bulls, but at the same time, they exci... |
3191cd505ed1ed85a1d52364d3d1070f9e70785b | Summarize the following news article. | GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's campaign has struggled to gain traction .
President Barack Obama's campaign attack ads have taken a toll .
Polls show Romney lags on what experts say should be his strongest area: the economy .
Romney will have to choose a strong running mate, give great convention speech . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is trying to shift into high gear, but elections experts say his campaign seems to be stuck in second. With just weeks before the nominating conventions and his national debut before a broader electorate, Romney's struggles to make the case that he ... |
9a3a07ae8319aeca9594bdb3a3d15fc2f623e6ac | Summarize the following news article. | Convention speakers a chance for party to showcase its best in prime time .
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will give high-profile GOP keynote address .
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio gets coveted opportunity to nominate Romney .
Convention speeches can backfire -- just ask Pat Buchanan or Bill Clinton . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- For one week in August, the Republican Party will have a guaranteed place on prime time TV and, it hopes, voters' undivided attention. For many watching, the Republican National Convention will provide the first glimpse of a political fight that has been brewing for more than a year, presenting... |
8e6cf22cd6674f4de158c7979ac4a4fab81d5777 | Summarize the following news article. | The meeting originally planned for August 9 was postponed this month .
A drought in the Horn of Africa region leaves 12 million in need of assistance .
The meeting comes as aid groups urge the continent's leaders to step up their efforts . | [
"(CNN) -- The African Union plans to host a delayed summit Thursday to raise funds for famine victims amid mounting criticism over the continent's weak response to the disaster. The meeting originally planned for August 9 was postponed this month even as the organization called on urgent aid to the drought-struck H... |
95f641cd7611d0cd2b81e9aa398560dd8839206c | Summarize the following news article. | The devastation of the 2004 tsunami stretched across the Indian Ocean .
Hundreds of thousands left homeless, and poor and isolated communities worse off .
Humanitarian groups have helped rebuild schools, homes, and get people working .
Groups say long-term improvement of water and sanitation is critical . | [
"(CNN) -- Four years since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake spawned massive walls of water that swept across the Indian Ocean, leaving more than 230,000 dead according to a United Nations estimate, improvements can be seen in many of the devastated areas, humanitarian groups said. Laborers work on a construction site in... |
35fc2bf4b34ef0a0ba30ac08246d8c3be94d6629 | Summarize the following news article. | The second blast was just 2-3 blocks from the scene of an earlier explosion .
It took place at a crowded bus station in Nairobi .
The blast killed 1 person and wounded 8, officials say .
The earlier explosion injured 12 people at a Nairobi nightclub . | [
"(CNN) -- Separate blasts rocked the capital of Kenya on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring 20, officials said. The second explosion took place at a crowded bus station in downtown Nairobi. One person was killed and eight wounded, according to the Kenyan police and Red Cross. \"This is a time when a l... |
1fe56d35b47f7585b6c95f047d922c2cc460fd84 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Workers removed concrete plug before discovery .
The cannon fired munitions aboard the British warship HMS Hussar .
Authorities remove about 1.8 pounds of gunpowder and dispose of it at a gun range .
Author: "It was there for so many years, and people were sitting on it" | [
"New York (CNN) -- This could have caused a major blast from the past. Workers cleaning a cannon, last fired more than 200 years ago, were shocked to find Friday that it was still loaded with gunpowder, wadding and a cannonball. The preservation workers from New York's Central Park Conservancy were removing rust fr... |
86782b4349c97a67b6b5fdd1a85c0b49ccc0f78c | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. Embassy says a criminal investigation is under way .
Authorities found Brian Adkins dead over the weekend .
U.S. official says it was Adkins first tour of duty as a foreign service officer .
There were no apparent threats against Adkins . | [
"(CNN) -- Brian Adkins, a newly assigned American diplomat in Ethiopia, was found dead last weekend at his home in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, an embassy spokesman and a senior State Department official told CNN. U.S. Embassy press officer Michael McClellan identified Adkins and said he was from Columbus, O... |
8dcadf8da6efeab7abf67778cc71346567aaab5e | Summarize the following news article. | Cable: Key government officials are avid fans of British Premier League games .
The cables blame country's leader for its parlous state .
Some cables say that Eritrea blames America for its woes .
The president may be in power for sometime to come, the cables say . | [
"(CNN) -- In Eritrea, as in most of east Africa, football -- or soccer -- is a passion. But so dire is its economic and political situation that its best players, in fact the whole national team, defected in 2009 while at a tournament in Kenya. A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks uses \"the beauti... |
81da100661c5998f9c7eff008c59d56e62a4fcd2 | Summarize the following news article. | The confirmed death toll rises to 75 after a Nairobi pipeline explosion .
The pipeline exploded Monday morning in the Sinai slum .
Police and Red Cross officials say the toll is likely to reach 100 .
Residents discounted fire danger in 2009 Kenyan newspaper article . | [
"Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- A fuel pipeline exploded in a densely populated Nairobi slum Monday morning, flattening homes, reducing some bodies to dust and forcing a massive evacuation of the area amid fears that big pools of leaked fuel could ignite, police and Kenya Red Cross officials said. At least 75 people died ... |
b6d73b62d0f1ffc08688ad070ca6501da07c8292 | Summarize the following news article. | The 103 children taken by French aid workers to be reunited with families soon .
The 21 girls and 82 boys, aged 1-10, will be handed over to relatives in Chad .
They have been in orphanage in Chadian town of Abeche since late October .
Six Zoe's Ark workers were convicted on kidnapping charges in December . | [
"(CNN) -- The 103 Chadian children whom six French charity workers were convicted of attempting to kidnap will soon be reunited with their families, the United Nations' children agency said Friday. Some of the 103 children who were nearly abducted by a French charity, pictured in Abeche in November 2007. The childr... |
db2bc4af1fdd148b56d6397a1dc7da52d9ac3482 | Summarize the following news article. | Embassy press officer says a criminal investigation is underway .
Brain Adkins, 25, of Columbus, Ohio, attended George Washington University .
Friend describes him as "charming, articulate, a scholar and a gentleman"
Paper reports Adkins moved to Ethiopia after studying language, culture for a year . | [
"(CNN) -- Brian Adkins, a newly assigned American diplomat in Ethiopia, was found dead last weekend at his home in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, an embassy spokesman and a senior State Department official said Thursday. U.S. Embassy press officer Michael McClellan identified Adkins and said he was from Columb... |
c6e0dad21d062bace0e6b133d330fbb52d81f246 | Summarize the following news article. | Poor nutrition is one of the main killers of young children, UNICEF report says .
Report: 200 million children younger than 5 suffer from chronic undernutrition .
Undernourished kids more likely to suffer from chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes .
Reducing and eliminating malnutrition is feasible, the repo... | [
"(CNN) -- Hunger is stunting hundreds of millions of children in the developing world, and more than 90 percent of them live in Africa and Asia, UNICEF says. Poor nutrition is one of the main killers of young children, the U.N. Children's Fund says in the new report \"Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutriti... |
9626f486a13c8e1f262537f8598631607b289d26 | Summarize the following news article. | Serial killers often elude capture for years due to nature of their crimes, says James Alan Fox .
He says they are hard to identify because they lack obvious ties to the victims .
Fox says in many cases there is no crime scene available for analysis .
Administrative efficiency by police -- and luck -- play a key part, ... | [
"(CNN) -- In television dramas like CBS' \"Criminal Minds,\" serial killers are apprehended swiftly and surely. In real murder cases -- as in the investigation and recent capture of a suspect in the so-called \"Grim Sleeper\" killings on the south side of Los Angeles, California -- it can take years, even decades, ... |
7589e1b2cf06fd293c1d86901a7b649ca494eb52 | Summarize the following news article. | Medecins Sans Frontieres pulling 87 international staff out of Somalia .
Move is reaction to attack which killed three of its members .
Charity said struggling Somalis are the indirect victims of the attack .
U.N. has called for thorough investigation . | [
"(CNN) -- The medical aid charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres, is pulling international staff out of Somalia after three of its members were killed. MSF says hundreds of thousands of Somalis need urgent aid. The group -- sometimes known as Doctors Without Borders -- said 87 non-Somali staff have been withdrawn from 1... |
4111478d9d6956da366e352937d9a451f32ba90d | Summarize the following news article. | U.N. demanding full access to refugee camps, home to people fleeing civil war .
Camps are home to an estimated quarter of a million people .
65,000 people have fled fighting over past few days; 265,000 now internally displaced .
U.N. says its access to camps in Vavuniya had been curtailed in recent days . | [
"(CNN) -- The United Nations is demanding full access to refugee camps that are home to an estimated quarter of a million people fleeing war in Sri Lanka, the United Nations Children's Fund said Tuesday. Displaced Tamil civilians at Manic farm in the northern Sri Lankan district of Vavuniya on May 7, 2009 . \"Peopl... |
45467810b06e1f7552a8983f11d2e21b755106ff | Summarize the following news article. | A U.S. consulate employee and two others were killed in Mexico last year .
Ten Mexican nationals have been charged and seven are already in custody .
The 10 are among 35 members of the Barrio Azteca gang charged with various offenses .
U.S. authorities announced the indictments Wednesday . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Ten Mexican nationals have been charged with last year's killings of three Americans connected to the U.S. Consulate in Juarez, Mexico, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Wednesday. The 10 are among 35 members of the international gang Barrio Azteca charged with various counts of racke... |
21a06d8d27670b5af52932a7449a826ccf40c7d0 | Summarize the following news article. | Kim Richards admits to "Watch What Happens" host Andy Cohen: "I'm an alcoholic"
It's not a surprise to "Housewives" fans who watched Kim's sister accuse her .
It's been a long time since we've seen Kim calm, in control, and subdued . | [
"(EW.com) -- After watching Kim Richards' bizarre behavior on \"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\" for months, we finally know the reason the reality TV star was acting strangely, and why she checked into rehab in early December. In People's exclusive sneak peek at the \"Housewives\" three-part reunion, Kim adm... |
2c8f924202183177eb94dabd4c7cecc0d3207577 | Summarize the following news article. | 10 villages in Niger, West Africa, denounce practice of female genital mutilation .
Practice, performed on young girls without anesthesia, is extremely painful .
Rate of female circumcision has dropped but still common in west of Niger .
Practice also common in western, eastern and northeastern regions of Africa . | [
"(CNN) -- Ten villages in western Niger have publicly denounced the practice of female genital mutilation, according to a UNICEF report. Representatives from the West African nation's Tillabery region have called for all people living there to end the practice, the report said. \"We have decided to definitively put... |
bdf6c538f72626f224b856d981b6a1dd91a551f5 | Summarize the following news article. | Yemeni forces are trying to wrest the southern town of Zinjibar from Islamic militants .
The United States believes one of "most dangerous al Qaeda commanders" was killed .
A Yemeni official urges the opposition to help "heal the wounds and restore the trust"
President Saleh will be back in Yemen "within days," an offi... | [
"(CNN) -- The United States and Yemen are taking on Islamic militants on the land and from the air amid fears that al Qaeda is exploiting the political chaos and leadership vacuum engulfing the unstable and impoverished Arabian Peninsula country. Yemeni government forces are trying to wrest the southern town of Zin... |
cd0bf2a270cd97713abec56ce86a6072ce022f57 | Summarize the following news article. | Ann Veneman: In America, childbirth ends in joy for a very high number of families .
She says that's not true around the world, particularly in parts of Asia and Africa .
Veneman: Often, deaths occur due to lack of basic medical care and supplies .
She says progress is being made, but more must be done to save lives . | [
"Editor's note: Ann M. Veneman is the executive director of UNICEF and former U.S. agriculture secretary. Last week, UNICEF released its annual report on the State of the World's Children 2009. To learn more about the report, visit www.unicef.org. Ann Veneman says the lack of basic necessities makes pregnancy and c... |
d095e25aaf73728336779918234d354f256749e7 | Summarize the following news article. | Steve Jobs' yacht was unveiled in a Dutch shipyard on Sunday and christened "Venus"
Boat designed by Jobs and designed by Jobs and minimalist designer Philippe Starck .
Jobs family attended ceremony, gave builders customized iPod Shuffles . | [
"(CNN) -- Steve Jobs' yacht was unveiled in a Dutch shipyard on Sunday, where the unusual boat designed by Jobs and famed minimalist designer Philippe Starck was christened \"Venus,\" after the Roman goddess of love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. According to Dutch website OneMoreThing, the finish... |
9ddcf79d2ab15a84c03bff7a57c3bc3a667e9d48 | Summarize the following news article. | Enya's new album is "And Winter Came"
Irish singing star keeps a low profile, works on albums for years .
Enya's voice may be overdubbed hundreds of times for each album . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Enya is an anomaly. Think about it: How many recording artists have enjoyed 20 years of success while never having toured? Enya sets her own pace when making albums. \"And Winter Came\" is her first CD in three years. \"The fans are very, very loyal,\" says the Irish chanteuse. \"They're always s... |
d0850d7d0920a2d48e04bf76d2941379293d5cb6 | Summarize the following news article. | Former king will live as a civilian in a summer palace outside capital .
Gyanendra: Will stay in the country to help establish peace .
Left palace by side entrance while officials gathered outside to see his departure .
Assembly tasked with rewriting the constitution, deciding future political system . | [
"KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Nepal's former king said Wednesday he is not going to leave his country even though the monarchy has been abolished. Gyanendra came to power in 2001 following the assassination of King Birendra and his family. Ex-King Gyanendra, 60, made remarks to reporters before departing the Narayanhi... |
0e3ca020179f6151aad1898bf0d9417522f4d5d9 | Summarize the following news article. | "There's now a power vacuum within the army," reporter says .
The rebel military chief is killed in Benghazi .
Rebels claim battlefield successes in western Libya . | [
"(CNN) -- The commander of Libya's rebel army was killed in Benghazi along with two senior officers on Thursday, rebel leaders announced just hours after claiming big successes on the battlefield. The death of Gen. Abdul Fattah Younis came after the rebels' Transitional National Council sought Younis for questionin... |
75149c21ea42255b616a6d3af8ebfe4d07868ff2 | Summarize the following news article. | Libya's Deputy U.N. Ambassador Dabbashi on Gadhafi: "No one loves him"
It's not clear who the opposition leaders are .
Situation in Misrata stable .
U.S. weighing whether to cut diplomatic ties with Libya . | [
"Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- International efforts to persuade Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to step down ratcheted up Tuesday, as world leaders moved against him on financial and political fronts, strengthened their rhetoric and moved military might into the region. \"We have joined the Libyan people in demanding that... |
3f1a304acc19c0e0d047959f1f830fa009a401f6 | Summarize the following news article. | Abu Ghraib is now Baghdad Central Prison, with a garden and a gym .
In 2004, photos of prisoners being humiliated by American guards were published .
Ministry of Justice trying to show that the prison, now under Iraqi control, has changed . | [
"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The notorious Iraq prison once called Abu Ghraib has reopened under Iraqi government control. And the Ministry of Justice has launched a public-relations campaign to show it has changed since the days when prisoners were tortured there -- first under Saddam Hussein, and later by American tr... |
2973dbbd6ba1c8ce4bd7c2bda0ad55d3ca4df3b3 | Summarize the following news article. | Bus driver Charles Poland, 66, was killed while on a route in southeastern Alabama .
He was shot dead after refusing a man's demands to take two children .
His relatives say Poland was a gentle man who loved the children he drove and others .
He is now being remembered as a a selfless man who "made the ultimate sacrifi... | [
"(CNN) -- Charles Poland was doing a job he loved, driving a bus full of children he loved along rural Alabama streets and highways. And then, in a quick flurry of bullets, he was dead. For that -- for refusing the gunman's demand to take two schoolchildren around 4 p.m. Tuesday, then to face the horrific consequen... |
57a75f68f099646e71778d1a95afd39b78360ef5 | Summarize the following news article. | Sherry Turkle, once an enthusiast for digital technology, expresses some doubts .
She says people are so focused on devices, networks, that other things get ignored .
Turkle: In our rush to connect online, are we leaving behind real human interaction?
We want technology to step in as we invite people to step back, she ... | [
"(CNN) -- In November 2011, The Boston Globe had a panel on \"cyberetiquette.\" We met in a theater at Boston Globe headquarters. On the stage was a moderator, a Globe reporter, and two of the Globe's regular \"advice and manners\" columnists. And then there was me, there, I suppose to represent the cyberworld and ... |
01c708128bccff2bbe6bf262a736d4a41963011a | Summarize the following news article. | Budget battle may result in slower air travel, higher fares .
FAA cuts could lead to fewer controllers, security and customs officers, study says .
Ex-FAA chief: Fear of the cuts is already having a chilling effect . | [
"(CNN) -- Look out air travelers. A congressional slugfest over the U.S. deficit is threatening to trigger higher airfares and widespread slowdowns at the nation's airports. Remember that big fight in Congress last year over the national budget deficit? Eventually Congress and the White House agreed to scheduled bu... |
60d7cb9c8567ef90df2e71cbb0a68d6908090455 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, other offices will be closed additional day .
U.S. State Department spokesman calls temporary closings a precaution .
Americans in South Africa told to remain "vigilant" | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States temporarily closed its government facilities in South Africa on Tuesday after a \"possible threat\" to its embassy, the U.S. State Department said. The U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, is among the American facilities closed Tuesday. The U.S. Embassy in Pretoria ... |
cd314d28b2da41e87cac7f6d4ef992fe9c1f737f | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: The body of the U.S. pilot has been found .
The F-16 went went missing Monday over the Adriatic Sea .
Debris from the jet was discovered Wednesday . | [
"(CNN) -- The body of an Air Force pilot has been found off the coast of Italy, three days after the F-16 he was flying went missing, his family announced Thursday. Read more: U.S. jet missing off Italy; search for pilot under way . \"It is with great sadness that we announce that the body Capt. Lucas Gruenther was... |
1c359aa61eab9aa4ac320a2c4e362cd0f65153b2 | Summarize the following news article. | Vice president addresses security conference in Munich, Germany .
Obama administration values international alliances, he says .
Biden promises to consult with Russia on placement of missile defense .
U.S. will "act aggressively against climate change," ask help to fight terrorism . | [
"(CNN) -- Vice President Joe Biden emphasized a \"new tone\" in Washington and around the world as he delivered his first major speech Saturday in Munich, Germany. \"America will do more,\" Vice President Joe Biden told the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday. Biden told delegates at a security confer... |
b77e0c640eebb1e31e88ed4ab3be13efd448637d | Summarize the following news article. | Leonard's experiences studying in Rome inspired his book "All He Saw Was the Girl"
Peter's father, Elmore Leonard, is a well-known crime novelist .
Leonard spent time in a notorious prison after getting caught up in an auto theft . | [
"(CNN) -- I was in a year-abroad program in 1973, one of 240 American students attending Loyola University Rome Center. The school year was winding down. I went out to dinner with a group of friends in Trastevere. After several courses and many bottles of wine, we went to a bar and listened to a singer do jazz stan... |
81012f3f11bd77daf10eeb48100d915d015c6074 | Summarize the following news article. | Effigy of Sen. Barack Obama was hung at University of Kentucky, police say .
University of Kentucky senior, another man arrested .
Men arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, burglary and theft . | [
"(CNN) -- Two men have been arrested in connection with an effigy of Sen. Barack Obama that was hung outside a building at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, police said Thursday. Joe Fischer, left, and Hunter Bush were arrested on disorderly conduct and other charges, police said. Authorities found a life-si... |
6de252db4456832a16329a4f9d82904fe0a688dd | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Yu's official team apology suggests she may play again in the future .
But "Farewell my beloved badminton," she says on her Weibo account .
Yu Yang changes her microblog profile information to "freelancer"
Yu; her doubles partner, Wang Xiaoli; and 6 others have been charged with playing to lose . | [
"Hong Kong (CNN) -- One of the Chinese badminton players disqualified from the Olympics for trying to lose a match has said she is quitting the sport, accusing the badminton governing body of ruining her dreams. \"This is my last match,\" Yu Yang wrote on her microblog account late Wednesday. \"Farewell Badminton W... |
147eed718b60d678f013b321262c8a2b9093bf51 | Summarize the following news article. | Catalonia has requested a 5 billion euro ($6.3 billion) bailout from the Spanish government .
Galicia and Catalonia will hold regional elections in October and November respectively .
Investors are wary that Spain could soon need financial support from European bailout funds . | [
"London (CNN) -- Spain faces a test of unity over the coming months as regional elections in Catalonia and Galicia threaten to destabilize the debt-ridden nation. With unemployment at a record 25%, borrowing costs spiraling and debt repayments looming, Spain is emerging as the possible next candidate to tap its eur... |
c8f8d6f571ba91bae8b78f1190b1d90845e62945 | Summarize the following news article. | $1.5 billion expected to be released soon for humanitarian aid .
U.N. sanctions committee worked out language to mollify South Africa .
Fighting is still fierce in some areas of south Tripoli, a Gadhafi stronghold .
Purported Gadhafi message to followers: "Do not leave Tripoli for the rats" | [
"United Nations (CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council's sanctions committee has approved a U.S. request to unfreeze $1.5 billion in Libyan assets to be used for humanitarian and civilian needs. \"We felt the need was urgent; that the (National Transitional Council) had to start paying its bills and to start establishi... |
6a66fdba487b57467a93d4f97cfc4303234fe5ab | Summarize the following news article. | Manager Brian Dickens: Fantasia Barrino was "lifted up" by fans' love .
911 caller: She was "slowly losing consciousness"
The singer acknowledged an affair with a married man .
Fantasia said she thought her boyfriend had left his wife . | [
"(CNN) -- Fantasia Barrino left the Charlotte, North Carolina, hospital Wednesday where she was admitted Monday after overdosing on \"aspirin and a sleep aid,\" her manager said. \"She has been lifted up by the outpouring of love and support from her fans,\" Brian Dickens said in a written statement Wednesday eveni... |
a0c41649fa02774da041b20f1a7477eb4641e7a4 | Summarize the following news article. | In childhood, other kids followed Biden, VP nominee's sister recalls .
Big brother encouraged her to achieve and try new things, she says .
Stutter gave Joe Biden empathy for the excluded, sister says .
Biden and Obama 'share the same vision,' Valerie Biden Owens says . | [
"WILMINGTON, Delaware (CNN) -- Sen. Joe Biden was always in charge when he was a boy, his younger sister said. Not because he bullied the other kids, but because he appealed to their \"better angels.\" Joe Biden greets supporters at a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan, on August 31. \"He was always the guy who led th... |
f32031ea74f76bc517a4241b6040ab358fc1c47e | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Iran's media advisor said western journalists blew the story out of proportion .
A man threw a grenade at Ahmadinejad's convoy, Iranian reports said .
The White House is seeking more information to determine what happened . | [
"(CNN) -- Iran denied reports of a grenade exploding near the convoy of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his visit to a western Iranian city Wednesday. The semi-official Fars News Agency and several other outlets had reported the incident, in which Ahmadinejad was unhurt. But the media department at Iran's pres... |
bca76b9cfa3ea1ab152404e526b3405ed505b09a | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: The boy was found in a muddy pit on an old mining site .
NEW: No foul play is suspected in his death .
Emmett Trapp's body was found about a mile from his home .
He was reported missing Monday night . | [
"(CNN) -- A 2-year-old who went missing from his home in Dewey, Arizona, on Monday night was found dead Wednesday, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office. The body of Emmett Trapp was found by search and rescue personnel at 11:30 a.m. about one mile from his home, lying in a muddy pit once used to collect... |
9d2d5d7505918d4977f401ec8bf736695cbd1b19 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Omar Thornton brought two guns with him in a lunchbox, police say .
NEW: Authorities believe at least some of the victims were targeted .
NEW: Police think the guns used were legally purchased .
NEW: A memorial service is planned Wednesday night for victims . | [
"(CNN) -- A man who shot eight people dead Tuesday at a Connecticut beverage distributor before turning the gun on himself chased at least one of his victims through the building and out into a parking lot, police said Wednesday. Police are still attempting to determine whether Omar Thornton targeted his victims, s... |
463d0964f86e1f6e43764037d7e21591c12fe46b | Summarize the following news article. | Emmett Trapp was last seen Monday evening .
He is the second toddler to go missing in 10 days .
Officials do not think his case is related to Sylar Newton, missing since July 25 . | [
"(CNN) -- A second 2-year-old boy has gone missing in 10 days from Yavapai County, Arizona, authorities said Tuesday as they announced a major search effort under way for the toddler, identified as Emmett Trapp. Emmett's disappearance is believed to be unrelated to the case of Sylar Newton, another 2-year-old who w... |
e8d52ab3f99c501d1bc394c0075a213acd396ffb | Summarize the following news article. | Only one of the 49 dogs seized will be euthanized .
That dog had a habit of biting people, the court document states .
Vick pleaded guilty to federal charges related to dog fighting, in August .
Vick will be arraigned on state charges on October 3 in a Virginia court . | [
"(CNN) -- All but one of the dogs seized in the Michael Vick dog fighting case will be placed with families or put in a \"sanctuary,\" where they will interact with people to overcome their fear and lack of socialization, according to court order filed Monday. Michael Vick pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy ch... |
2b72e7bac957849a61e74e7b353829fefffcc1f2 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Police in Ohio say a recent attack in their state could also be linked .
Authorities say victims' description of the suspect and his vehicle are similar .
The same individual is believed responsible for 15 attacks in Michigan .
The attacks began May 24 in the Flint area . | [
"(CNN) -- Police in Leesburg, Virginia, and Genesee County, Michigan, suspect three recent attacks in Leesburg are linked to the stabbing deaths of five people and injuries to 10 others in the Flint area. Genesee County prosecutor David Leyton confirmed in a news conference Monday that Michigan authorities have bee... |
0f2e6f3fdfd7aac0b4676de4ad9df2cbbbad8f03 | Summarize the following news article. | The response to the Haiti earthquake was quicker and more generous .
Aid experts think it has to do with the evolving nature of the flooding .
They also point to Pakistan's global image and donor fatigue . | [
"(CNN) -- The United Nations is asking countries and donors around the world to send urgent aid to the victims of the flooding in Pakistan, one-fifth of which is now under water. The aid requested is only half the amount the world body asked for in the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquake this year -- but tw... |
b229e875cbe7839bb81dcb68318dbb80e59fc44e | Summarize the following news article. | Researchers in Scotland asked study participants to remember details of two stories .
Those who shut their eyes for 10 minutes in a dark room remember more than others .
Memory boost lasted a full week after the study took place . | [
"(TIME.com) -- Forget brain-training exercises, 12-hour shifts and those long, uninterrupted, caffeine-fueled study binges. When you really need new information to sink in, you can't skimp on taking breaks, new research suggests. That's the message from a study by psychologists and neuroscientists at the University... |
a4161a7b8411e70a4be4fe8089732bfbe94c6690 | Summarize the following news article. | France's defense minister describes seeing sizable arms caches in northern Mali .
The Islamist fighters' cache were "destined to break (France's) security," he adds .
France accomplished much of its mission, but "hardest" part remains, he says . | [
"(CNN) -- French forces have seized a significant arms cache in northern Mali believed to have belonged to Islamist jihadist groups, including \"tons\" of heavy weapons, suicide belts and equipment for improvised explosive devices, France's defense minister said Friday. Speaking from Bamako, Mali, on Europe 1 radio... |
de1bf0b6f82c3d09d1464480f4032154260af3e6 | Summarize the following news article. | The TSA said it would allow small knives onto planes, starting April 25 .
The agency's chief says this brings the U.S. in compliance with world norms .
U.S. Rep. Ed Markey calls the move unnecessary and potentially dangerous .
Delta's CEO, unions for flight attendants and federal law enforcement also oppose it . | [
"(CNN) -- Echoing an airline chief and flight attendants, U.S. Rep. Ed Markey came out Saturday against the Transportation Security Administration's move to allow small pocketknives on airplanes, calling it unnecessary, counterproductive and potentially dangerous. In a letter to TSA Administrator John Pistole, the ... |
4736f4df0e628b3808567533239b4f4c1081ea7b | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Team cancels plans to dive this weekend due to bad weather .
Penny Malphrus has wondered for 16 years what became of her father .
He disappeared over the ocean after sending a distress call from his small plane .
Diver Joe Kistel found sea-floor debris in an area where the plane might have fallen . | [
"(CNN) -- Joe Kistel and Penny Malphrus have never met. But they are connected in a way that may help provide each of them with an answer to the same question: Could strewn pieces of metal recently found partially buried in the sandy ocean floor 20 miles off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida, be what's left of a ... |
634d6ec344f71b67b7b15bdc1a7b37bae42cbed1 | Summarize the following news article. | Four suspects are in custody as part of a domestic terror investigation .
Three suspects arrested earlier this week allegedly had material to make IEDs .
U.S. officials say there's no clear evidence of a link to the United States . | [
"(CNN) -- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said authorities Friday took a fourth person into custody in their ongoing investigation into domestic terrorism. The RCMP said its Integrated National Security Enforcement Team executed a search warrant in Ottawa and took one person into custody. No charges have been fil... |
85e8db403aa6fce06e358c50612b454ed9e0e9a1 | Summarize the following news article. | Ed Stafford set out to become the first person to walk all of the river's roughly 4,000 miles .
He's hoping to raise international awareness about deforestation .
Stafford started his hike in April 2008 .
A forestry worker from Peru has accompanied him for most of the trip . | [
"(CNN) -- After hiking along the Amazon River for more than two years, Ed Stafford is suddenly in a rush. The native Brit, who set out to become the first person to walk all of the river's roughly 4,000 miles more than two years ago, is hoping to finish his hike on Monday, in time to catch his scheduled flight home... |
5dd6fce28f67a6d553063cf26b1d160226c8e420 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Obama says recovery work will continue beyond when the well is shut .
The Justice Department says it is "pleased" with BP funding $3 billion in claims .
Adm. Allen says the relief well is nearing the main well for intercept and cementing .
Severe weather could hit the region this week . | [
"(CNN) -- BP moved closer on Monday to sealing, once and for all, its ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, though government and company officials said their struggle against the spill's extensive environmental and economic damage is far from over. A relief well is expected to start the final shutdown within the we... |
cfed7083053f6fa12a8e2bdba0dbd62afc891330 | Summarize the following news article. | "The Closer" closed out Kyra Sedgwick's involvement in the series on Monday night .
"The Closer" series finale brought closure to Deputy Chief Johnson's career .
Mary McDonnell stars in the spin-off "Major Crimes" | [
"(EW.com) -- \"The Closer\" closed out Kyra Sedgwick's involvement in the series on Monday night, installing Mary McDonnell in her place, in a \"new\" series, \"Major Crimes.\" While I have no inside information about how McDonnell was originally cast in \"The Closer,\" I'm led to think, based on the premiere episo... |
4ee95d31a10f98fe269f254cb6f740763d0f0c6f | Summarize the following news article. | Elias Abuelazam, 33, is in custody in Atlanta, Georgia, in connection with five killings .
The suspect was trying to board a Delta flight to Tel Aviv, Israel, officials say .
Police say a total of 18 stabbings in Michigan, Virginia and Ohio are linked .
Five people died in the attacks in Michigan . | [
"Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- A 33-year-old Israeli citizen was charged with assault with intent to murder in Michigan Thursday in connection with 18 stabbings that left five people dead across three states, according to a Michigan prosecutor. Elias Abuelazam was arrested Wednesday night at Hartsfield Jackson Internat... |
444846fc3d10d877dc6cedf44cb68fb2763ca069 | Summarize the following news article. | Fantasia's manager says she fell in love based on man's lies .
The singer overdosed on aspirin and a sleep aid, her manager says .
Brian Dickens: She was "overwhelmed" by the lawsuit and media attention . | [
"(CNN) -- Fantasia Barrino overdosed on \"aspirin and a sleep aid\" and was rushed to a Charlotte, North Carolina hospital Monday night, her manager said. The overdose came the same day she read a court complaint from a woman who alleged that Barrino carried on a year-long affair with her husband, according to mana... |
8f5f46f3e2610c4d430bea13f057a2caf7f4d023 | Summarize the following news article. | McCluskey apparently used a disposable razor .
The injuries are minor, source says .
McCluskey and his alleged accomplice eluded police for three weeks . | [
"(CNN) -- Jailed former prison escapee John McCluskey was discovered Tuesday with self-inflicted cuts on his neck and forearms, a source close to the investigation said. McCluskey, 45, was taken from the Mohave County Jail in Kingman, Arizona, to a hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries. The cuts apparen... |
efc1e31344d5ae95004384b5f9e8130fbeedbea4 | Summarize the following news article. | Fabio Capello indicates that David Beckham will not play for England again .
Italian coach reveals that Beckham is "a little bit old" before match against Hungary .
The 35-year-old missed out on his fourth World Cup after suffering Achilles injury .
Midfielder will not be fit before start of England's Euro 2012 qualifi... | [
"(CNN) -- David Beckham's glittering international career has been brought to an end after England coach Fabio Capello announced his fate in a pre-match television interview. Capello said the 35-year-old Beckham was now \"a little bit old\" -- ending the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star's hopes of addi... |
73c810bcbca668294ea06a10fea53cfb8b4e6ec3 | Summarize the following news article. | Apps such as Instagram, Picplz and Path represent next generation of photo sharing .
High quality photos can be snapped and shared in seconds on your mobile device .
Until recently poor photo quality was a deterrent of using mobile devices . | [
"(Mashable) -- New mobile photo apps such as Instagram, Picplz and Path represent the next generation of photo sharing -- where high quality photos are snapped and shared in seconds on your mobile device. Instagram and Picplz focus on the instantaneous point-and-share functionality of smart phones while providing ... |
9a4903bd89516c39a28efc9cc98c7ef655124c27 | Summarize the following news article. | Fantasia's manager says she fell in love based on man's lies .
The singer overdosed on aspirin and a sleep aid, her manager says .
Brian Dickens: She was "overwhelmed" by the lawsuit and media attention . | [
"(CNN) -- Fantasia Barrino overdosed on \"aspirin and a sleep aid\" and was rushed to a Charlotte, North Caroline hospital Monday night, her manager said. The overdose came the same day she read a court complaint from a woman who alleged that Barrino carried on a yearlong affair with her husband, according to manag... |
6ad4c2464b1d4b851201d0ac67eedadc34505e4a | Summarize the following news article. | The suicide bomber attempts to enter a town, where coalition and Afghan forces are training .
Police at a checkpoint recognize he is wearing an explosive vest .
One officer embraces him to blunt the effects of the explosives .
The bomber detonates his explosives, killing the officer and eight children . | [
"(CNN) -- A policeman sacrificed his life for the sake of others, embracing a suicide bomber in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday morning to dull the blast as it detonated, eyewitnesses said. The bomb killed the officer, Murad Khan, and eight minors between the ages of 7 and 17. It wounded two more people, said pol... |
afdf8cf67fd5dc862c2ea8838ae70804104bb7da | Summarize the following news article. | Fugitive couple thought to be in western Montana or Canada .
Authorities fear the couple won't "go down lightly"
Tracy Province was arrested without incident Monday morning .
John McCluskey's mother and ex-wife are charged with aiding a prison break . | [
"(CNN) -- Authorities have pulled out all the stops to find the last of three escaped Arizona convicts and his suspected accomplice Tuesday, and believe the couple may be in western Montana or southwestern Canada, federal law enforcement officials said. Fidencio Rivera, chief deputy U.S. Marshal for Arizona, told C... |
4b9559775ad70584b7670f86e13d0cc66017159d | Summarize the following news article. | Militant group Ansaru says 7 foreign workers are dead .
Ansaru is believed to be an offshoot of Boko Haram, U.S. officials say .
The victims are from Italy, Greece, Lebanon and Britain .
The foreigners worked for a construction firm in northern Nigeria . | [
"(CNN) -- A Nigerian militant group on Saturday announced the deaths of seven workers from a construction company who had been taken hostage last month. The group, Ansar al-Muslimeen (widely known as Ansaru), released video stills of some of the bodies and blamed the deaths on a joint Nigerian-British military oper... |
de3744dae179741295fa2c3291cc4ba33391d971 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: The situation at most Northeast airports improves as the night passes, the FAA says .
Arriving flights at Newark airport had been delayed more than four hours .
Two feet of snow could fall in Massachusetts, the National Weather Service says .
3 airlines alone canceled about 670 flights in the Northeast corridor on... | [
"(CNN) -- A winter storm blasting the Northeast caused significant headaches for travelers on Friday, including long delays at several airports, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Flights destined for Newark Liberty International Airport in northern New Jersey were arriving more than four hours late ... |
8d05998531f9eb115976a2a64d3b3b257eb6e74a | Summarize the following news article. | A tiny Portland, Oregon, park loses its only tree to theft .
At just 2 feet across, Mill Ends Park is billed as the world's smallest .
A newspaper columnist started the park in an abandoned street light hole in 1948 .
The city took it over in 1976 . | [
"(CNN) -- The last time Mill Ends Park was in the news, it was full of teeny-tiny plastic police officers, a whole lot of teeny-tiny protest signs, and one scrawny evergreen tree. That's the kind of place it is, all 452 square inches of it. What's billed as the world's smallest park, tucked inside a concrete circle... |
0404bb322f09c52b86ee0939f03362872bdb003f | Summarize the following news article. | The 1979 Fastnet race ended in tragedy after a freak storm hit competitors .
In all 15 people died and the ex-British leader Edward Heath went missing for a time .
The disaster resulted in a raft of new safety rules introduced into the sport . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- It is still remembered as one of the worst days in the history of modern sailing. The Fastnet race still remains one of the biggest events in the yachting calendar. Yet the Fastnet tragedy of 1979 in which 15 people were killed and ex-British leader Edward Heath went missing helped to ushe... |
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