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50f57ddb1ea9c0cb68056fefd5ccf7d6116dce6f | Summarize the following news article. | No reason for alarm, officials say .
Mandela has not appeared in public since 2010 .
He was recently treated for a lung infection and gallstones . | [
"Johannesburg (CNN) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been hospitalized again, but officials say it's only for a routine checkup. \"Doctors are conducting tests and have thus far indicated that there is no reason for any alarm,\" according to a statement from the presidential office Saturday. In ... |
17f1feacd31dd7fc68a15eeb9dea48e5b41925bb | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Ban Ki-moon "welcomes" the peacekeepers' release .
Twenty-one U.N. peacekeepers are handed to Jordanian officials at border with Syria .
Rebels initially said peacekeepers, all Filipinos, were trying to aid their enemy .
Then they said they were just trying to keep them out of harm's way . | [
"(CNN) -- Twenty-one U.N. peacekeepers detained by Syrian rebels this week have been handed over to Jordanian authorities at the border with Syria, the Free Syrian Army told CNN Saturday. Jordanian officials confirmed the release and added their government had no coordination nor agreement in the handover, said spo... |
eba681ad6ffbce04cd01a5858e41bf21cc33e820 | Summarize the following news article. | Case focused on "personhood" laws that say life begins at conception, extend certain rights to embryos .
Supporters believe voters should decide issue; Opponents say it would block abortion in most cases .
Ballot initiatives pending in Virginia and other states; Some states have rejected similiar measures . | [
"(CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review an abortion-related appeal, a sign the justices were not eager to jump into the contentious social issue. The case dealt with the constitutionality of state \"personhood\" laws that say life begins at conception, and would give human embryos the rights a... |
1ea791dd22ec522cb01285001349bafe6ea2a1c8 | Summarize the following news article. | U.N.: Team sent to collect peacekeepers, but darkness Friday means pickup delayed a day .
Syrian opposition group: Release set for Saturday morning, if cease-fire holds .
Peacekeepers were taken Wednesday from area near the Golan Heights; U.N. demands their release . | [
"(CNN) -- Twenty-one U.N. peacekeepers detained by Syrian rebels this week could soon be released, representatives for the United Nations and a Syrian opposition group said Friday. \"All the parties\" have agreed to a release of the 21 held since Wednesday, and the U.N. peacekeeping agency has dispatched a team to ... |
83ff1fef21eed2e32a39b23b781cf88d3e9bb822 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Nine police officers are facing murder charges .
"What the cops did was not justice, it was a crime," victim's father says .
The video was captured by cell phone in Daveyton, near Johannesburg .
The victim, a Mozambican taxi driver, died in police custody hours after the incident . | [
"Johannesburg (CNN) -- When Joseph Macia watched a video of his son's fatal dragging, a piece of his heart died with him. Shaky but clear, it showed his son talking animatedly with police officers. He was then handcuffed to the back of a police van, writhing and kicking as it drove away slowly. The crowd yelled as ... |
f8ece8c97c5b8131c549727fb2fca1348dc1a5bb | Summarize the following news article. | The family of JFK's assistant and close friend auction a cache of personal items .
David Powers' family discovered the locked stockpile while trying to sell the family house .
The hundreds of items include Kennedy family photos and letters from JFK to his parents .
The stash also includes a birthday card signed by John... | [
"(CNN) -- Half a century after the heyday of Camelot, a treasure trove of John F. Kennedy personal items now belongs to a bevy of JFK fanatics. At the center of the cache: Kennedy's Air Force One bomber jacket, which sold at auction Sunday for $629,000. Bidding for the brown leather jacket, affixed with a patch of ... |
16d141f3f99f870f12c9afd408729cfe3dbc867b | Summarize the following news article. | Dean Obeidallah: You can stop saying Happy New Year now. It's tacky and too late .
Even South Jersey School of Etiquette president said after the first week, stop .
He says we don't say Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukah when those holidays are over .
Obeidallah: It gets progressively more insincere. Lets agree to cut of... | [
"(CNN) -- It's now a week after New Years Day. Can we please stop saying, \"Happy New Year?\" Telling people \"Happy New Year\" more than a week after the first of the year is like keeping your Christmas lights up until February. It's tacky. And I grew up in New Jersey; I know a thing or two about tacky. Plus it's ... |
e7b6c56bc2ef01a327405c5fc28caac6772438d9 | Summarize the following news article. | Director Sam Raimi said he was hesitant to take on "Oz the Great and Powerful"
Raimi: "The original is my favorite film of all time. I didn't want it sullied"
"Oz" tells the story of the man who would be wizard, played by James Franco . | [
"(EW.com) -- Close your eyes and begin listing all of the various characters, dialogue, imagery, creatures, props, sets, and songs you can from \"The Wizard of Oz.\" Chances are, it'll take you about as long to finish as it took Dorothy and her companions to traipse their way to the Emerald City. That's because the... |
5a467f6a4f6cf55f53b53f9398a282450a017751 | Summarize the following news article. | Singer LP's CD/DVD, "Into the Wild," comes out Tuesday .
She made a name in the industry as a songwriter for pop artists like Rihanna, Backstreet Boys .
Her song, "Into the Wild," was featured in a Citi commercial, has millions of plays on YouTube .
She's working with Green Day producer Rob Cavallo on an album to relea... | [
"(CNN) -- There's a moment, when singer LP performs the song \"Into the Wild,\" that her face tightens and she purses her lips, even as she keeps singing. It happened show after show at the South by Southwest music festival, whether on sunny daytime stages, in dark clubs, or while rocking a ukulele, solo, in the mi... |
c277bf06c6e0ab19bb8b3abf1dbff0bc6b1fe958 | Summarize the following news article. | "On China" panelists discuss China's upcoming leadership transition .
Three China experts give their views on Party factionalism and presumptive leader Xi Jinping .
China's Communist Party due to meet in early November to announce new leadership .
"On China" is a new monthly show hosted by CNN's Kristie Lu Stout . | [
"Hong Kong (CNN) -- A long way from the big-spending, flag-waving spectacle of competing U.S. presidential campaigns, a momentous leadership change is quietly unfolding in the world's second largest economy. In November, thousands of specially chosen members of China's Communist Party will converge on Beijing for t... |
933b301ff2ee99843fbe4a69fb60bc77bb379acb | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: More rain, flooding forecast for Sunday .
Flood alerts posted across England and Wales after days of rain .
A falling tree kills a woman in southwestern England .
Cameron pledges help for the stricken region . | [
"(CNN) -- Days of heavy rain have led to flooding in southwestern England and parts of Wales and at least one fatality, British authorities said Sunday. The UK Environment Agency posted a severe flood alert for the town of Helston, in the southwestern county of Cornwall, where the River Cober was rising over its ba... |
2c2b450d99c84ca5ff32dbc6a36b24abbacfcbaf | Summarize the following news article. | Barcelona claim top spot in Spain with 3-1 win away to Real Madrid .
Karim Benzema had put the home side ahead after only 23 seconds .
Real had won 15 successive matches in all competitions, but have game in hand .
Third-placed Valencia concede two late goals in a 2-1 defeat by Real Betis . | [
"(CNN) -- Barcelona ended Real Madrid's 15-match winning run to snatch back top spot in Spain's La Liga with a 3-1 \"El Clasico\" victory in the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. Jose Mourinho's team had been seeking to break the Real record set in 1960-61 and go six points clear, but surrendered the lead on goal diff... |
038e0f0bc35976fc62737ba890a083be8419873d | Summarize the following news article. | Jimmy Kimmel talks his undying hatred of Jay Leno .
Kimmel says he sees Fallon as a "worthy competitor"
He asks the interviewer if it's ok for them to smoke weed . | [
"(RollingStone.com) -- In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Contributing Editor Jonah Weiner smokes weed with Jimmy Kimmel and chats with the late-night host about his promotion to the coveted 11:30 p.m. time slot, his undying hatred of Jay Leno and why he sees Jimmy Fallon as a \"worthy competitor.\" Here's an excer... |
3169a834c273249ab1ccd22042c289179b628d75 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Best actress winner Natalie Portman says she will not name her baby Oscar .
NEW: Best actor Colin Firth says he plans to cook now that the hectic award season is over .
"King's Speech" wins best actor, picture, director and screenplay Oscars .
"Inception" wins 4 Oscars . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- The story of a king overcoming a speech impediment to lead his people through World War II took top honors at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. \"The King's Speech\" won the best picture, best actor, best director and best original screenplay Oscars at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre Sunday night. The... |
34a9bf8535af694433cf39196fdae5e1a8595595 | Summarize the following news article. | Humane Society estimates 40,000 "professional" dog fighters in U.S.
Official says there could be an additional 100,000 "street" dog fighters .
Purses at top-level dogfights may be $100,000 .
Dogfighting a felony in 48 states, a misdemeanor in Idaho and Wyoming . | [
"(CNN) -- An estimated 40,000 people in the United States are involved in professional dogfighting, an illegal blood sport with fight purses as high as $100,000. The latest accusations against Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and three other people highlight the problem. They are accused in an indictment th... |
f2722757bbb8b8914dc804f7644da90a6b38b0d0 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: "It's about the worst I've ever experienced in just-on 60 years," firefighter says .
NEW: Hundreds of New South Wales farmer's sheep die in fires .
The weather has been unforgiving across Australia in recent days .
Fires have scorched 350,000 hectares (more than 1,350 square miles) of the state . | [
"(CNN) -- Large swaths of southern New South Wales in Australia were threatened Wednesday by raging flames, the severity of which has surprised even veteran firefighters. \"It's about the worst I've ever experienced in just-on 60 years of firefighting,\" said Capt. Jim Simpson with the New South Wales Rural Fire Se... |
bb7ae714bfac7ff869a7d2df287269f1d28c3e68 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: "The Help" wins best cast, best actress, best supporting actress at SAG awards .
NEW: "Artist" lead Jean Dujardin wins best actor in a film .
Steve Buscemi's "Boardwalk Empire" wins best cast in TV drama series .
"Modern Family" wins best TV comedy ensemble for second straight year . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- \"The Help,\" a movie about the treatment of maids in a Mississippi town during the civil rights era, took top honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night, making it the movie to watch as the Oscar awards approach next month. Viola Davis won the best actress trophy, while Octavia Spe... |
b2651f31688a90065d131cd3d0d7b061a7008a7c | Summarize the following news article. | China Okasi: Moms everywhere like to ask their daughters why they're not married .
Okasi: Being an unmarried African woman is tricky and odd .
She says when women are more educated and global, they don't just settle and marry .
Okasi: Modern African women want love and marriage, and not "intimidated" men . | [
"(CNN) -- Moms everywhere like to ask their unmarried daughters dreaded questions like: Why are you still single? Are you married yet? Anyone catch your eye? Especially around Valentine's Day. Sure, we've seen Carrie Bradshaw agonize over the issue, watched Bridget Jones' awkwardness around it, heard Amelie's lamen... |
f10dd4cc6a7393f70cbf160cfdce613f09389326 | Summarize the following news article. | "The Artist," a nostalgic film, won a number of Academy Awards .
John Anderson: Film industry, which is in trouble, chose to cast itself as profoundly passé .
He says that unchanging taste gave last night's Oscars show a stale air .
Anderson: Hollywood's embrace of the past is rooted in fear of an uncertain future . | [
"(CNN) -- Sunday night's Oscar telecast was enough to make you drop your knitting and stare in amazement at the contortions being performed on stage at the none-dare-call-it-Kodak Theater -- and not necessarily by Cirque du Soleil, whose performance was one of the evening's weirder moments. Was it really just a yea... |
f37f01be999b579c660ab48a017ed160ebe405e8 | Summarize the following news article. | Jo Piazza: Campaign of prettier people with better hair rages on in Hollywood .
Campaigning costs more than $100 million a year, but stakes are huge, she says .
Piazza: Spin, trade ads, publicists, party planners, consultancies cost fortunes .
Stars do as much glad-handing and promoting, she says, as politicians in ele... | [
"(CNN) -- The Republican presidential candidates are preening and prancing throughout the Sunshine State in the hopes of winning the state's 50 precious delegates. Out in Hollywood, another kind of campaign -- one with prettier people, with better hair, but equally sharp nails -- will rage over the next three weeks... |
0acb4d359aa7397a293e699890ba3c70c60f3fc0 | Summarize the following news article. | Leon Barbanell's wife smoked two packs a day for more than 50 years .
Six jurors deliberated for a day, put the total award at $5.3 million .
Jury determined Philip Morris USA was only 36.5 percent responsible .
Anti-smoking advocate: "Tobacco litigation is alive and well" | [
"(CNN) -- A Florida jury awarded a 92-year-old man $1.9 million in compensatory damages for the death of his wife, a former two-pack-a-day Marlboro smoker who started when she was 16 and died in her 70s, attorneys said Thursday. A jury awarded a 92-year-old man $1.9 million in compensatory damages for the death of ... |
7fca033105c5e7aa3bcd710f12a77917c781abd8 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Games could resume "hopefully, within a few days," Fehr says .
Fans react with a mix of frustration and excitement .
The two sides reach an agreement after a marathon negotiating session .
If approved, the agreement would end a three-month lockout . | [
"(CNN) -- The National Hockey League and the NHL Players' Association struck a tentative agreement early Sunday that may end a three-month lockout of unionized players, league and union officials announced. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the \"basic framework\" of a deal had been agreed upon after a 16-hour neg... |
8078b7e45d533102ab84978f6f272195991d0358 | Summarize the following news article. | Behind the scenes, stylists help celebrities prepare for award shows .
Stylist Nicole Chavez says Oscar dresses can be worth "tens of thousands of dollars"
After the show, dresses are typically returned, kept by the wearer or auctioned for charity . | [
"(CNN) -- Less than a week before The Academy Awards, Scarlett Johansson had yet to make a starlet's most scrutinized fashion decision: Her Oscar dress. Her stylist, the renowned celebrity dresser Nicole Chavez, wasn't worried. Tight deadlines are as common as paparazzi in this industry. \"What it comes down to is... |
7372786f7d4cb09c02cddce932ea75b025ceb101 | Summarize the following news article. | Anywhere from two to six guards could be charged in connection with deaths of Iraqis .
Iraqi authorities say guards killed 17 civilians and wounded nearly 30 in 2007 .
Charges have yet to be determined .
Incident heightened debate over immunity that contractors have from Iraqi law . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Justice Department prosecutors are moving closer to seeking indictments for a small number of Blackwater security guards in connection with the deadly shootings of 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007. A woman walks past a burned car in September 2007 after an incident involving Blackwater security guard... |
6434c49f5bf763aeefa96e93f947380139e68b54 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" wins best comedy film screenplay .
NEW: Kelsey Grammer gets Globe, reveals he's expecting twins .
NEW: Octavia Spencer wins best supporting actress in a film for "The Help"
The Golden Globes start the Hollywood awards season . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michelle Williams carried home a Golden Globe Sunday night for her portrayal of movie legend Marilyn Monroe in \"My Week With Marilyn.\" \"Thank you to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for putting in my hand the same award that Marilyn Monroe herself won over 50 years ago,\" Williams sa... |
0e9734a77b5df35cd77f45e74584c2fbb69d0913 | Summarize the following news article. | "The Help's" Octavia Spencer has stunned in Tadashi Shoji gowns .
Fashion expert: Not taking a fashion risk is a risk in itself .
Rose Byrne's Elie Saab jumpsuit turned heads at the SAG Awards . | [
"(CNN) -- Most Oscar-bound celebrities spend the better part of that Sunday prepping themselves for the cameras -- and the fashion critics. They get their hair, makeup and nails done, shimmy into the proper shapewear, adorn themselves with millions of dollars worth of jewelry, slip on a pair of stilettos, and zip u... |
1ac8026a51511f420b22f00450d9533c0b783eb1 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: "He walked up on us and ... he pulled out the gun," victim's brother says .
The mother's estranged boyfriend is found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot, police say .
19-year-old Latasha Jackson and 1-year-old Chaniya are found dead Sunday in a Cleveland garage .
Witnesses tell police they saw Lorde snat... | [
"(CNN) -- A teenage mother and her young daughter, snatched off a Cleveland street, were found shot to death in a garage early Sunday, Cleveland, Ohio, police said. Thomas Lorde, the estranged boyfriend of 19-year-old Latasha Jackson and the father of 1-year-old Chaniya Wynn, was found next to them, dead of an appa... |
d0a2d8c32c2f4bf6c2cbb55b78dfb3b46e601640 | Summarize the following news article. | "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn--Part 1" grossed $62.3 million over Wednesday-to-Sunday .
"The Muppets" debuted in second place with a strong $42.3 million .
"Arthur Christmas" unwrapped a fairly lackluster $17 million . | [
"(EW.com) -- As expected, \"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn--Part 1\" led the box office once again over the extended Thanksgiving frame, but Disney's \"The Muppets\" reboot more than held its own in second place. Meanwhile, newcomers \"Arthur Christmas\" and \"Hugo\" started modestly, and \"The Descendants,\" \"M... |
013b4d8104c422222344bc8263022820e6524ad1 | Summarize the following news article. | London's docklands to be transformed into St. Tropez-style marina for Olympics .
The East End heartland has been transformed from wasteland to luxury destination .
Superyacht owners George Clooney and Roman Abramovich rumored to stay .
London set to be new "launching pad to Europe" for superyacht owners . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Forty years ago London's docklands were an industrial wasteland. The shipping companies had moved to deeper waters, factories were left abandoned and poverty was rife. It's hard to believe that in just a few weeks the very same East End docks will be transformed into a St Tropez-style luxu... |
5f9c6fdc41b6f3e845ac2fb3cbc46ac488218dfc | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Analyst calls Australia a "phenomenal" ally .
Australia's prime minister sketches out an expedited troop withdrawal plan .
The country has been part of the coalition effort in Afghanistan for more than a decade . | [
"(CNN) -- Australian troops could begin pulling out of Afghanistan in the coming months, and the majority of them may leave the country by the end of next year, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Tuesday. It's the latest announcement of international troop drawdowns in Afghanistan, a trend that signals the coalition... |
03428ef971d50cacab74e5f3315633a0bb78440b | Summarize the following news article. | Secret Service staff members stripped of security clearances during the probe .
Eleven Secret Service members and at least five military personnel are being investigated .
Military personnel "let the boss down," chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says .
Misconduct allegedly involved bringing prostitutes back to a ho... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The Secret Service has yanked the security clearances of 11 members accused of bringing prostitutes to a hotel in Colombia ahead of last week's pan-American summit, government officials with knowledge of the investigation said Monday. The investigation also involves at least five and possibly 1... |
b37892a7cde80e8ab562772df5f217cf895393ae | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: William's brother Harry is delighted to be getting a sister at last, he says .
Both the ring and Kate are "special to me," the prince says .
The engagment ring his mother, Diana, wore was last seen in public in 1996 .
The wedding is planned for the spring or summer of 2011 . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Britain's Prince William asked his girlfriend Kate Middleton to marry him, he said Tuesday, setting up the most anticipated royal wedding since Prince Charles and Diana, princess of Wales, got married nearly 30 years ago. William gave Diana's sapphire-and-diamond engagement ring to his fia... |
2af836facfa2e37fd5e33c52d6a896abda822fb2 | Summarize the following news article. | NTSB has encouraged all states to prohibit drivers from using cell phones .
States will be reluctant to impose a total ban on cell phones behind the wheel, experts say .
Experts: Seat-belt laws met with resistance, and cell phones' convenience is "ingrained"
Only in Alaska has a blanket prohibition been considered, and... | [
"(CNN) -- The National Transportation Safety Board's big, bold stroke encouraging all states to prohibit drivers from using cell phones faces a long, tortuous process in the nation's statehouses, experts said Wednesday. This political reality stands out: Since states began legislating distracted driving or cell pho... |
e7371f6e2a6dc633c012211c175219ae32490710 | Summarize the following news article. | The judge in the case is connected to a CNN analyst .
Mark O'Mara describes his client, George Zimmerman, as "frightened"
Media outlets are asking that documents in the case be unsealed . | [
"(CNN) -- The attorney for George Zimmerman says he is confident his motion to have a Florida judge removed from his client's case will be granted. \"I think she's going to go ahead and grant it and move the case on to another judge,\" Mark O'Mara, the lawyer, said Monday night. Zimmerman's defense team formally re... |
3f25c2b667d24552ac7280ef12ab40d5c1b1332e | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Breivik's statement is "hard to hear, and it is difficult to understand," his attorney says .
Breivik says militant nationalists learned from al Qaeda .
The court rejects Anders Behring Breivik's request for televised testimony .
A judge is disqualified for advocating the death penalty for the killer . | [
"Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- Anders Behring Breivik boasted Tuesday that he had carried out \"the most sophisticated and spectacular political attack in Europe since World War II\" when he killed 77 people in Norway last summer. And he would do it again if he had the chance, \"because offenses against my people and my fe... |
6e746ff70c1bc9f5c77dfa75edaefbcbdeda0734 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: A Columbine experts says "it's like attacking people ... in mourning"
The Southwest Plaza Mall reopens as authorities ask for help .
A possible bombing attempt came on the Columbine anniversary .
Propane tanks and a pipe bomb were found, officials say . | [
"(CNN) -- Investigators asked for help Thursday as they searched for a man seen in a mall in Littleton, Colorado, shortly before what they described as a possible attempt to bomb the shopping center on the 12th anniversary of the shooting at nearby Columbine High School. Authorities told reporters at a news confere... |
2793090a0079449b6549cc294badfe4f657b20fe | Summarize the following news article. | The downward trend in violent crime continues in 2010, the FBI says .
Criminologists say an economic slump has not affected crime statistics .
The aging population and community policing practices may play a role . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Violent crime in the United States declined 6% last year, according to statistics compiled by the FBI and released Monday. Despite difficult economic conditions, the 2010 figures show a continuing decline in violent incidents nationwide, which have been dropping annually since 2006. There were ... |
bb9f7461221fc80953a45b65468697e33f092b09 | Summarize the following news article. | Ambassador Susan Rice says cease-fire is not holding, defends U.S. position .
At least 70 people were found dead in Syria on Tuesday, an opposition group says .
A sanctions group deplores sales of arms to Syria . | [
"(CNN) -- Russia's top diplomat took a shot at the Western and Arab attempts to bring democratic change to Syria on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov singled out the Friends of the Syrian People, a coalition of dozens of nations led by the United States and the Arab League calling for tough action against the... |
103ab2a7f6dd446687327c7ebaedb98d04c1e90a | Summarize the following news article. | Burt Reynolds is "feeling better," though still in the ICU with flu symptoms, his rep says .
He likely will be released from the hospital on Monday, the actor's representative adds .
Reynolds was one of America's most popular actors in the 1970s and 1980s .
He starred in "Deliverance," the "Smokey and the Bandit" serie... | [
"(CNN) -- Having fended off sheriffs, car racers, backwoods locals and more during his long career on the silver screen, actor Burt Reynolds is successfully fighting flu symptoms in a Florida hospital, his representative said Saturday. Reynolds was dehydrated and suffering from flu symptoms when he went to the hosp... |
5ec81e46a88bc9ef17db4033a7ae00ae30f440d6 | Summarize the following news article. | Rick Bayless was chosen to cook Mexican food for the president of Mexico .
The Obamas were familiar with the chef after dining at his Chicago restaurants .
Bayless: Mexico's first lady said several times she loved the cerviche verde . | [
"(CNNMéxico) -- Mexican food was the great star of the second state dinner held in the Obama administration. In honor of President Felipe Calderon, the menu was Mexican dishes made from iconic American ingredients with herbs and vegetables that were grown in the White House gardens. Who would dare surprise a Mexica... |
a0f46fc6f1bbcafb0ff0d0519278a194b693f94c | Summarize the following news article. | "Hold My Hand" is the first official single of the"Michael" album .
Michael Jackson was "so proud of it," his nephew says .
The full album will be released on December 14 .
It is the first of 10 albums to be sold over the next 7 years . | [
"Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A duet Michael Jackson recorded with Akon was released Monday as the first official single from the upcoming album \"Michael,\" a collection of previously unpublished songs from the late pop star. A note handwritten by Jackson was found after his death indicating his desire that \"... |
dbc2b0af5e445d32d8fddae752967e5b9895d778 | Summarize the following news article. | John McCain adviser pushes senator's economic credentials .
Adviser calls BlackBerry a "miracle that John McCain helped create"
Obama camp labels BlackBerry comment "preposterous"
McCain camp: "Obviously a boneheaded joke by a staffer" | [
"(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain's senior domestic policy adviser said Tuesday that the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device was a \"miracle that John McCain helped create.\" The adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, discussing the nation's economic woes with reporters, said that McCain -- who has struggled to stress his economic cre... |
c495fe7829d775344b3a5f6c47fc53f543e3597d | Summarize the following news article. | This year's entire show is re-imagined for today's generation of viewers .
MTV is a network that doesn't grow up with its audience -- and neither do the VMAs .
The cultural impact of the VMAs and the network as a whole is undeniable . | [
"(CNN) -- In 1984, during the first ever VMAs, I was a 20-year-old Rutgers student. Watching the show with my roommates from our off-campus apartment, Madonna's wedding gown-clad, iconic performance of \"Like a Virgin\" made an indelible stamp on me. I saw what an unexpected, dynamic television performance could do... |
5b6a6114d2607f8569cc6c237fed2fd5ba72c092 | Summarize the following news article. | Michael Jackson's youngest sister confirms she will not attend the Wales concert .
Jackson's mother and four siblings plan to attend the October 8 tribute .
Brothers Jermaine and Randy Jackson object to a show during the Conrad Murray trial . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Janet Jackson joined brothers Jermaine and Randy on Tuesday in opposing the October tribute concert for Michael Jackson because it takes place during the trial of the doctor charged in their brother's death. While Janet Jackson stopped short of criticizing the promoters or other members of her... |
0e48edba05a51a5d7e2929a26c607d27428f3914 | Summarize the following news article. | David Frum: Some advocate GOP should run a Latino candidate for VP .
He says GOP has a problem with Latino voters, but picking Rubio won't change that .
Frum says Republicans are more likely to gain votes with Bobby Jindal as candidate . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Republicans have a Latino problem. Only about 6% of Latino voters agree that the GOP is the party most concerned for their interests. Nearly half choose the Democrats as the party most concerned for them. Some Republicans are advancing a Latino solution: Nominate a Latino for vice president in ... |
ebf83220d023633a67550ff0c191bee0a0488480 | Summarize the following news article. | Musicians like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha influence fashion trends .
Rock singers often wear clothing that can be purchased at stores like Hot Topic .
Copycat blogs allow you to bring musician-influenced style into your wardrobe . | [
"(CNN) -- For those craving to look like the young rock star fashionistas lighting up the Billboard charts, copycat fashion blogs may be the cure. As Nicki Minaj sassily questions people trying to steal her style in her popular song, \"Saxon,\" \"Did you copy that, copycat?\" Female musicians of all genres have lon... |
77b0c5aafaa4a09f638b024bcf62c9e20280f8d6 | Summarize the following news article. | The strikes targeted militants in Shabwa province, officials say .
Other militants are still hiding in the area, one official says .
The U.S. considers al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula one of the most dangerous groups . | [
"Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Three U.S. drone strikes killed five suspected al Qaeda militants after hitting two vehicles in Yemen's southern Shabwa province, two local security officials told CNN Thursday. The first strike killed three militants in al-Saeed district, the officials said. The other two strikes were in nea... |
312e2f711ea262dbee61d19540b912f0e9b9f178 | Summarize the following news article. | Governor will name U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, sources say .
David Paterson to announce choice at noon Friday .
Gillibrand is conservative Democrat who opposed financial industry bailout .
Appointee will fill out remainder of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's term . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York Gov. David Paterson has chosen Democratic Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to succeed Hillary Clinton as U.S. Senator from New York, multiple Democratic sources told CNN Friday. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand has been picked to succeed Hillary Clinton as U.S. Senator from New York, sources say.... |
f93f87705fd9c264066f63255832b16dd221b719 | Summarize the following news article. | At Point Lookout Resort in Maine cabins that sleep nine or more start at $195 .
Rates for some three-bedroom vacation homes start at just $99 per night .
Make sure there are enough bedrooms and bathrooms for the entire group . | [
"(Tribune Media Services) -- The Gomez family may be one of the few in the country who won't be too disappointed if it rains over the Fourth of July weekend. Joining family or friends at a vacation rental home is a great way to spend time together and save money. \"We just play indoor games in the cabins,\" says Mi... |
69090e414c50e06291af5d9f37eeb1ff99ed5400 | Summarize the following news article. | Mali, once hailed as a model of democracy, is a time bomb .
Northern parts of Mali have been taken over by Islamist extremists .
Militants have destroyed ancient shrines, banned music . | [
"(CNN) -- Mali is a ticking time bomb. Once hailed as a model of democracy in Africa, a coup and an uprising of Islamist militants in the north threatens to create an arc of instability for the continent. The militants have destroyed ancient shrines, once a major draw for Islamic scholars from around the world. The... |
86af15e9607119021b7bfcb088ccb079970d136b | Summarize the following news article. | Users say that magnetic smart covers for the iPad 2 aren't working on the new model .
The reason? The sleep/wake sensor isn't polarity specific .
If your smart cover hails from early 2011, try taking it back to the Apple store . | [
"(Mashable) -- Magnets: How do they work? Differently on the new iPad than on the iPad 2, it has emerged -- and that's bad news for anyone with an old or third-party smart cover. A number of users who bought new iPads over the weekend (this reporter included) were dismayed to discover that the smart covers they'd b... |
a34e56b7fa0cfa409fa6be2a0fa76191f9182c60 | Summarize the following news article. | Only whispers of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr. heard in speech .
American patriot Thomas Paine seems to have been an influence .
Other noted references: President Kennedy, Shakespeare and Abraham from Bible . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Barack Obama, who shot from obscurity to fame based on a single speech and then captured the White House in a campaign marked by soaring rhetoric, delivered a restrained, sober inaugural address Tuesday. American patriot Thomas Paine seems to have informed some of the spirit of President Obama... |
3fa199a4260ce34d4b4b0012e4331fa9fcac9c7b | Summarize the following news article. | In space of one week, world's two great powers decide their immediate futures .
Beijing has cautioned U.S. politicians to treat China with respect .
U.S. has pivoted to Asia away from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan .
Away from heat of politics and trade, ordinary people are building bridges . | [
"Beijing (CNN) -- So, America has decided. President Barack Obama has been returned for another term. Now it is China's turn. In the space of one week the world's two great powers decide their immediate futures. More: China's secretive process . It's not all they have in common. America and China are joined at the ... |
c56be017780f975be341f03f370d36c769269f6f | Summarize the following news article. | Police say 66 officers injured, 100 arrests made since protests started five weeks ago .
The Union flag flew over Belfast City Hall for the first time since a controversial vote .
It was raised to mark the birthday of the Duchess of Cambridge .
Violent protests roil East Belfast for a sixth night, but are smaller than ... | [
"Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- The Union flag was raised over Belfast City Hall on Wednesday morning for the first time since a vote last month to stop flying it year-round prompted violent protests in Northern Ireland. The flag was flying because of the birthday of Prince William's wife, Catherine -- one of t... |
320a71e668f8821a205c82f2e636c39605c5a9a4 | Summarize the following news article. | China has been a key topic during the U.S. election campaign .
Both candidates blamed China for many of America's woes .
Chinese media congratulated Obama but hit out at U.S. criticism .
China-U.S. relations hugely important, with respected economies so entwined . | [
"Hong Kong (CNN) -- China was a whipping boy on the U.S. campaign trail. So now that incumbent Barack Obama is savoring victory, Beijing will be breathing a sigh of relief. There will be relief that a bitter campaign -- where both candidates talked tough on China -- is over. China will be especially glad it doesn't... |
7109f8a0ef2fdd0b26fd6bb9a53f987367431a15 | Summarize the following news article. | Nurse killed herself after she fell for Australian DJs' hoax call to Kate Middleton .
Bruce Wienstein: Radio pranks are here to stay, but DJs can soften the humiliation .
One radio show played hilarious pranks, he says, but later let the patsy in on it .
Weinstein: Principle of "Do No Harm" should guide us in our deali... | [
"(CNN) -- Australian disc jockey Michael Christian told an interviewer that \"Prank calls are made every day on every radio station in every country around the world, and they have been for a long time, and no one could have imagined this to happen.\" He was talking about the suicide of Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse w... |
8848f25bd3c9b0ef8a2e373f03e7c57e9fcd68cd | Summarize the following news article. | Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility .
No officials were hurt in the explosions in Warri in southern Nigeria .
MEND battling the government for fairer distribution of the country's oil wealth .
It was the group's first claim for an attack since calling off a cease-fire . | [
"Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Two blasts shook a Nigerian government office Monday shortly after a rebel group sent out a message that it had planted bombs around the building, according to officials. No officials were hurt in the explosions in Warri in southern Nigeria, said Delta state government spokesman Linus Chima... |
bdcfd5d1935a13e0858e22e7d7e011b611fa8519 | Summarize the following news article. | Shadi Hamid: The vetoes of the UN resolution on Syria send the conflict to a new, more dangerous phase .
He says nations are supposed to take collective action when a regime wars against its own people .
Hamid says the west doesn't want to intervene militarily in Syria, even though Syrians want that help . | [
"(CNN) -- A last-ditch effort to put an end to the bloodshed in Syria failed on Saturday, with Russia and China exercising their veto at the United Nations. With that fateful decision, the conflict moved to another, more dangerous stage. Those who warn that Syria will descend into civil war are a bit behind: It is ... |
06610d7243f07e8a9226414fae6538c1b6867f98 | Summarize the following news article. | Creator of popular photo blog about Kim Jong Il says he will likely keep project going .
Blog shows late North Korean leader looking at equipment, food and other objects .
A copycat blog has already appeared showing similar images of Kim Jong Un . | [
"(CNN) -- Most of us don't know much about Kim Jong Il, the reclusive North Korean leader who died Saturday. But thanks to a cult-favorite blog, we do know this: That country's \"Dear Leader\" spent countless hours visiting stores, factories and plantations and gazing stoically from behind his trademark sunglasses ... |
6d414bfc2029ccc28fe5eaa4f5ceee885fac42d1 | Summarize the following news article. | Moodagent lets a user pick music according to a mood .
Fellody helps find other users who share music taste .
Seatgeek shows when bands are coming to a user's area . | [
"(CNN) -- There are a ton of old sayings about music: that it's the food of love, that it soothes the savage beast, that it makes the people come together (yeah). And for good reason: Over the years, music has remained one of the few things, genres notwithstanding, that most people can agree to enjoy. However, just... |
5f43c3db85393d73b57174a6e3c72884cf1402e6 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Chief inspector calls on police to improve policies and practices to keep children safe .
Jimmy Savile was one of Britain's best-loved TV personalities .
The former BBC presenter stands accused of being a pedophile .
Alleged sexual abuse victims of Savile are suing the BBC and the Savile estate . | [
"(CNN) -- British police made mistakes over decades in their investigation of sex abuse allegations against late BBC TV presenter Jimmy Savile, a report released Tuesday said. The report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary said not only did police around the country fail to \"join the dots,\" but policies... |
3fee79dbc1c6dd3298f57edfc46880d2c1fa6cd9 | Summarize the following news article. | Cheng Li of the Brookings Institute expresses disappointment at lineup of PSC .
Politiburo Standing Committee stacked with supporters of former president Jiang Zemin .
Premier Li Keqiang, part of Hu Jintao's camp, is "quite alone," Li said .
Li: "This leadership lineup does not generate an uplifting spirit for the nati... | [
"Hong Kong (CNN) -- When the new names of China's elite political committee were announced Thursday they didn't come as a surprise to one leading China expert. Rather, they reinforced the sense of \"a major opportunity lost.\" \"This Party congress has sent a very clear signal that this leadership is politically co... |
c05f0f7997a7405183c012fc1a172b6080edc71c | Summarize the following news article. | Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada pushes legalizing online poker in some circumstances .
A measure would legalize online poker basically only in Nevada and New Jersey .
Reid has encountered strenuous opposition from Republicans .
One opponent, Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, says the measure is dead . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, may have to fold his efforts to push a measure legalizing online poker in the United States into a tax-cut bill, in light of strenuous opposition from Republicans. Such a provision would greatly benefit some of Reid's biggest campaign backers -- thos... |
a9d66eb67b7f4c696cdbf4d460b84a0346e5cc49 | Summarize the following news article. | "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" will air at 8 p.m. ET Sunday .
The show honors the Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2011; one will be named Hero of the Year .
What exactly is a hero? Weigh in with your thoughts . | [
"(CNN) -- Giving support to young war widows. Providing something as simple as soap to thousands to stave off disease. Taking children from the slums to the soccer fields. These are just some of the actions of ordinary people changing the world. They and others will be honored on \"CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute,\... |
ec0c59a7c8441b4f0634035171b7855b9b010a7f | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Venezuela's interior minister will discuss capture, drug seizure Wednesday .
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced the capture .
Daniel "El Loco" Barrera is accused of alliances with paramilitaries, drug trafficking .
The CIA assisted in his capture, Colombian president says . | [
"(CNN) -- Authorities have captured one of Colombia's last great crime bosses, President Juan Manuel Santos said Tuesday night. Accused drug lord Daniel \"El Loco\" Barrera was captured in San Cristobal, Venezuela, Santos said. Barrera is accused of alliances with paramilitaries and the Revolutionary Armed Forces o... |
762c71d532e0deec5b8e161d1ff09f719c6592b7 | Summarize the following news article. | Paul Ryan has a conservative record on major issues .
A Catholic with working-class roots, Ryan opposes abortion and legalizing gay marriage .
The seven-term congressman is House Budget chairman at age 42 .
He backs conservative Republican policy on most matters . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Paul Ryan joked at the start of a foreign policy speech last year that \"it's nice to actually finally get out of my fiscal cocoon and talk about these issues.\" The House Budget Committee chairman, a notorious numbers guy consumed by fiscal policy, then perched himself firmly in that cocoon by... |
9fbc4c95ee4710733567d9b574ab17757c28b35c | Summarize the following news article. | More than 50 coalition troops have been killed in "insider attacks" in 2012 .
Attacks -- by Afghan police and soldiers -- have damaged trust between the two forces .
Taliban using green-on-blue attacks as propaganda .
Gohel: Anti-Islam video may provoke further attacks . | [
"London (CNN) -- In recent days, rogue Afghan security forces have killed six servicemen from the NATO-led military coalition, pushing the number of such fatalities past 50 in a single year for the first time. The death toll highlights one of the biggest challenges facing the coalition as it nears the end of its ro... |
9d6aba77a50f409c66ac4f8356ae950580371523 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Death toll rises to 149, opposition activists say, after days of grim tolls .
State media: Government forces killed "terrorists" in Deir Ezzor and outside Damascus .
The opposition says the government is using vacuum and cluster bombs .
Shells and bombs are thundering in and around Damascus, the opposition says . | [
"(CNN) -- An array of explosives, from shells to barrel bombs, fell on Syrian cities in another day of bloodshed Thursday, according to activists fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. The Local Coordination Committees accused the government of using \"vacuum bombs.\" Also known as thermobaric explosives,... |
a3545d19a991b0828bd96d8d0cfcd500c24bcafc | Summarize the following news article. | "Historic vote today for women and families," a presidential spokesman says .
The bill provides sex education classes and government-funded contraception .
The Catholic Church opposes the bill, which has widespread public support .
It is "a sad day for the country," a Catholic bishop says . | [
"(CNN) -- Lawmakers on Monday approved legislation calling for government-funded contraception and sex education classes in the Philippines, a first in the heavily Catholic nation. \"Our legislature took an historic vote today for women and families as it successfully passed the Reproductive Health Bill. We thank o... |
cf2312ddebb0aaf80a94e1fd576c0c2f01ba07c6 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Karachi Stock Exchange crashes on news .
Raja Pervez Ashraf is accused of receiving kickbacks for power contracts .
He has always denied the allegations, an adviser says .
A Muslim cleric holds a rally in Islamabad calling for electoral reform . | [
"Islamabad (CNN) -- The Pakistani government came under attack from two angles Tuesday as the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the country's prime minister and a rowdy anti-government rally took place near the national parliament. Even by the standards of Pakistan's often turbulent politics, it was a stormy day ... |
2e6bf1a4e99ed6a166fa3e9796ff6be137455226 | Summarize the following news article. | Linda Gray, who played J.R. Ewing's wife on 'Dallas,' says Hagman was 'bigger than life'
Hagman's J.R. Ewing inspired Joan Collins to play Alexis, Collins says .
Hagman was 'an element of pure Americana,' says Barbara Eden of 'I Dream of Jeannie'
Hagmand died Friday of complications from cancer . | [
"Hollywood, California (CNN) -- Celebrities extended sympathies Saturday throughout social media about the death of actor Larry Hagman, who gained fame as the villain J.R. Ewing on the TV series \"Dallas\" during the 1970s and 1980s. Hagman, 81, died Friday in a Dallas hospital of complications from cancer. Linda G... |
c052a186e3be0862e3671280078440c23b1ac7db | Summarize the following news article. | Tuesday's pre-conclave Mass will be open to the public, the Vatican says .
Cardinals do not have to vote Tuesday but probably will, a Vatican spokesman says .
Preparations are largely complete for the secret vote .
The longest conclave in the 20th century lasted five days . | [
"Rome (CNN) -- The Sistine Chapel is ready. The new pope's clothes are laid out. Now it's up to the cardinals. The work to elect a successor to retired Pope Benedict XVI begins in earnest Tuesday, with a morning Mass at St. Peter's Basilica. The service -- open to the public -- will be the last public event featuri... |
4aa5e781c2d7ccd9502b9c80adb456fba346dd2b | Summarize the following news article. | Jeb Bush is openly discussing his thinking on a run for the White House in 2016 .
Bush skipped Republican presidential nomination bids in 2008 and 2012 .
Jeb Bush could be facing a member of another famous political family -- Hillary Clinton .
Both of Jeb Bush's sons are considering runs for public office . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Jeb Bush has been doing something he's never really done before: talking publicly about running for president. As he does the television interview circuit this week around the release of a new book, \"Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution,\" the former Florida governor and son and brot... |
904727f2a5995c9ecdc8dea899f06e7b3b254bef | Summarize the following news article. | Barcelona warm up for crucial Champions League tie with 2-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna .
Catalans need to overturn a 2-goal deficit against AC Milan in second leg of last-16 Champions League tie .
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores twice to rescue Paris St Germain against Nancy in Ligue 1 .
In Serie A, Udinese and Roma play o... | [
"(CNN) -- Barcelona warmed up for their crucial last-16 Champions League second-leg tie against AC Milan on Tuesday with a 2-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna in La Liga on Saturday. The Catalans made seven changes from the team which lost 2-1 to Real Madrid last weekend as they look ahead to more important tasks next... |
3a395f9ba474ef2b48da66fabfbc9fd8bca0451a | Summarize the following news article. | Clashes in different parts of the country kill 21 people on Sunday .
The unrest flared after an Islamist leader was sentenced to death .
War crimes proceedings have fueled tensions in the South Asian nation .
A human rights group warns of the risk of "uncontrolled violence" | [
"Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Bangladesh on Monday entered the second day of a strike amid clashes between protesters and security forces that have killed dozens of people after an Islamist party leader was sentenced to death last week for war crimes. The violence, which has shaken the South Asian country in recent d... |
479be282029a175b72e36fc4128b427bd6910852 | Summarize the following news article. | Idea appeals to small start-ups, big churches seeking to set up multiple locations .
At one cinema-based church, Easter attendance was up threefold from year before .
Pastor: Staying in a movie theater risks sending message that you won't stick around .
One big drawback: Setting up and breaking down sanctuary weekly is... | [
"EDGEWATER, New Jersey (CNN) -- People steadily file into movie theater No. 4, but they're not carrying buckets of popcorn or soda -- instead, it's Bibles and coffee. Worshippers sing at Joy Christian Fellowship, which meets at Edgewater Multiplex Cinemas in New Jersey. The sign above the double door announces \"T... |
ee79c881859e42460e1c239497b50dad20d8a1f4 | Summarize the following news article. | The song "One Woman" has been released to celebrate women worldwide on International Women's Day .
Twenty five artists from 20 countries took part in the production .
Songwriter Beth Blatt penned the lyrics to signify the inter-relatedness of the world . | [
"London (CNN) -- \"We are One Woman, you cry and I hear you. We are One Woman, you sing, I sing along.\" These are the words from the song track \"One Woman,\" a song that UN Women have launched to celebrate women worldwide on International Women's Day. Twenty five artists from 20 countries took part in the product... |
8328598ff2c1b2cb382ec5b7754278119e343611 | Summarize the following news article. | Robby Gordon is facing disqualification from this year's Dakar Rally .
Stewards want to throw the American out of the race over his Hummer's engine .
Marc Coma now just 16 seconds behind Cyril Despres in motorcycle section . | [
"(CNN) -- American Robby Gordon faces disqualification from the Dakar Rally after stewards recommended his removal from the race because his Hummer's engine does not conform to regulations. The 43-year-old appeared the main challenger to car leader Stephane Peterhansel after winning both Monday and Tuesday's stages... |
15d8fcf719952167c023d8958e362279f5d8c797 | Summarize the following news article. | Thousands of students were waiting by the university in hope of winning a place to study .
Eyewitness: "We saw a woman lying there, a dead woman"
The youth wing of the governing party calls for action to create more university places .
South Africa's young people are struggling to find opportunities, an expert says . | [
"Johannesburg (CNN) -- A stampede on a university campus in Johannesburg Tuesday left one woman dead and several people injured, according to eyewitness reports. The victim was the mother of one of many prospective students who had gathered in the early hours to enroll in the University of Johannesburg, according t... |
5956137196ce87aa49c579275bf3494e95681659 | Summarize the following news article. | Suspect will "explain himself" in court Monday, his self-described lawyer says .
Anders Behring Breivik felt the attacks were "horrible" but "necessary," says the lawyer .
The combined death toll in the attacks rises to 92, with 85 killed in the camp shooting .
The attacks may have been politically motivated, foreign m... | [
"Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- The suspect in the bombing and mass shooting in Norway believed the terrorist attacks were \"horrible,\" but \"in his head (they) were necessary,\" a man who identified himself as the suspect's lawyer told Norwegian broadcaster TV2. Geir Lippestad told TV2 late Saturday that he represented An... |
878a79ff2a606394189b537e72c94d6e3ba6c8a5 | Summarize the following news article. | "It is time for the international community to act" in Syria, Ban Ki-moon says .
The United Nations played "essential role in Libya," he says .
Ban draws a parallel between Occupy Wall Street and Arab Spring . | [
"United Nations (CNN) -- The United Nations' secretary-general called once again Wednesday for a cessation of violence in Syria and for international action. \"In Syria, more than 5,000 people are dead. This cannot go on,\" Ban Ki-moon told reporters during his annual year-end news conference. \"In the name of huma... |
63012920168168b61467bd251807f5df00faed64 | Summarize the following news article. | Arwa Damon: Slim chance Assad could cling to power but at cost of heavy bloodshed .
Damon: YouTube videos playing a key role in opposition movement .
Roth: Syria's key role in Mideast peace process likely to rule out U.N.-sanctioned military action . | [
"(CNN) -- As the violence in Syria appears to be escalating, Britain and France are pushing for a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning attacks on protesters and calling for humanitarian access. The resolution makes no mention of the kind of sanctions or military intervention seen in Libya, raising questions ... |
ddc9d395550128dbf9f48afd83e59535570d94aa | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams says it is "a good day for Ireland"
Martin McGuinness speaks of the need to acknowledge the pain of all victims .
Queen Elizabeth II lost a relative, Lord Mountbatten, to an IRA bomb in 1979 .
The meeting would have been unthinkable a decade ago . | [
"BELFAST, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II shook hands Wednesday with former IRA commander Martin McGuinness in a historic gesture marking a giant step forward in the peace process relating to British rule of Northern Ireland. The handshake came 14 years after the end of a conflict that claime... |
a9dbc50397141420cd632cc8a971f8d0df79492d | Summarize the following news article. | Council holds closed session on fighting with both sides, ASEAN .
The two countries are fighting over an 11th-century Hindu temple .
The temple sits on a cliff in Cambodia, but the most accessible entrance is from Thailand .
Thailand believes the temple is in its territory . | [
"United Nations (CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council Monday called for a truce between Thailand and Cambodia and urged the two Asian nations to begin a dialogue to end their dispute over an ancient Hindu temple on the border. The council issued its statement following a closed-door session on the conflict that includ... |
6dde285148e2d4b4d80883e85fabd47a763bf4ea | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: NATO force expects no impact on ability to carry out operations .
Pakistan suspends convoys into Afghanistan through key mountain pass .
Route was used to carry food and military supplies to U.S. troops .
Militants seized U.S. humvees, food aid in ambush earlier this week . | [
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan has indefinitely blocked travel for convoys, carrying food and military supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, through a key mountain pass. Armed militants pose next to a captured armored vehicle near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. But in a statement, the NATO-led Internati... |
c2ca7ff060fc0e8f309d51ccbc5b24d777fbc358 | Summarize the following news article. | Crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Syria has resulted in at least 3,500 deaths .
It's time to refer Syria's leaders to International Criminal Court, Robert C. Johansen says .
U.N. Security Council must act because court lacks jurisdiction to investigate, he says .
Johansen: Indictments would encourage and empower... | [
"Notre Dame, Indiana (CNN) -- The crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Syria has resulted in at least 3,500 deaths. The United Nations Security Council should immediately request that all charges of crimes against humanity in Syria be referred to the International Criminal Court. If the claims of gross miscondu... |
f389a520c81c251c043b92ca8c4cb1027e5986bf | Summarize the following news article. | Austria's Marcel Hirscher secures his maiden overall World Cup slalom crown .
Hirscher, the overall World Cup title holder, finishes ahead of Germany's Felix Neureuther .
Event is won by Croatia's Ivica Kostelic with aggregate time of 1 min, 45.81 secs .
Hirscher's lead in the overall World Cup race is 149 points with ... | [
"(CNN) -- Austria's Marcel Hirscher secured the World Cup slalom title on Sunday and maintained his lead in the overall standings in testing conditions at the Kranjska Gora run in Slovenia. The event was claimed by Ivica Kostelic, of Croatia with an aggregate time of one minute, 45.81 seconds but the big winner was... |
ef29e8740362b3805f40522926d20cc4b95f45d8 | Summarize the following news article. | Western diplomats say Russia is stonewalling all efforts to deal with Syria .
The diplomats say best hope for action is request for intervention from Arab League .
Russia believes NATO overstepped in Libya and doesn't want a repeat in Syria .
Russia's U.N. ambassador on a draft resolution on Syria: "We are working all ... | [
"United Nations (CNN) -- Last year, the U.N. Security Council authorized \"all necessary measures\" to stop the violence when the nation in question was Libya. It has come nowhere close to that on Syria, where the United Nations estimates more than 5,000 people have been killed since March. Why? Diplomats say the a... |
6c9aab85748bbd6d4c4f9d050fbcc1cc53cfe13f | Summarize the following news article. | Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson are serving 11-year sentences .
"There is a tradition of mercy and forgiveness in Ethiopia," Schibbye's mother says .
"They felt that their defense arguments didn't have much impact" at trial, she says .
They have been held in harsh conditions, she says . | [
"(CNN) -- The two Swedish journalists convicted as terrorists in Ethiopia have opted to seek a pardon rather than appeal the verdict and their 11-year sentences, a Swedish official said Tuesday. Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson were convicted in December by a court in Addis Ababa after being accused of helping the... |
8904ff1843a542992a984acaf96d3126a5b0312d | Summarize the following news article. | Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is poised to win a seat in Myanmar's parliament .
Her National League for Democracy (NLD) party looks to have won 43 seats it contested .
Hundreds of journalists and international monitors attended the April by-election .
Foreign delegations who have been advising the country on st... | [
"(CNN) -- Less than two years ago, Myanmar's leaders were doing all they could to silence pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Now they're poised to welcome her into parliament. The sudden relaxation of political shackles on the Nobel laureate has raised the inevitable questions of why, and what do they want in r... |
520342c1299322b908a9bd029b8a8017ead9609d | Summarize the following news article. | Mauricio Pochettino has been named as the new manager of Southampton .
Argentine replaces Nigel Adkins and will take charge of Monday's game against Everton .
Pochettino revealed he spoke to Jose Mourinho about taking Premier League job .
Alex Ferguson and Rafa Benitez express shock at Adkins' sacking . | [
"(CNN) -- Jose Mourinho, the self-anointed 'Special One', has been hailed as the man who convinced Mauricio Pochettino to make the move to the Premier League and take the reins at Southampton. Real Madrid manager Mourinho, who enjoyed a hugely successful time with Chelsea, gave Pochettino a few words of wisdom on l... |
8f7f65b634945beb8e7272d04b2ea5bec841f8fd | Summarize the following news article. | Novak Djokovic beats Tomas Berdych in the final of Dubai Open 7-5 6-3 .
Serb, who won a fourth Australian Open title in January, now unbeaten in 18 matches .
Venus Williams loses in semifinal of Brazil Tennis Cup to Russian ranked 109 in the world . | [
"(CNN) -- Novak Djokovic cruised to a fourth Dubai Open title with a straight sets 7-5 6-3 win over Tomas Berdych at the Dubai Tennis Stadium on Saturday. The world No.1 came back from a break down in the first set against the imposing Czech -- who beat Roger Federer in the semifinals on Friday -- to eventually pre... |
7d23628851e53ed007a028f46ab841a566917b19 | Summarize the following news article. | Two former Kabul Bank officials are sentenced to five years in prison .
They must pay $278 million and $530 million to a recovery fund for victims .
19 others face sentences of between six months and four years .
The bank was intended to help alleviate concerns about corruption . | [
"Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two former Kabul Bank executives accused in a scheme that siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars now face years in prison and massive fines. Investigators say the scheme cheated ordinary people's savings out of Kabul Bank in a case of \"fraudulent lending and embezzlement.\" Former Ch... |
c4b31b66ccf34b53e13db8aed45119896be4522b | Summarize the following news article. | Troops moved in on a meeting of Boko Haram, sparking a shootout, officials say .
Boko Haram has waged a violent campaign of bombings .
The Islamist group's name means "Western education is forbidden," | [
"Jos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Security forces killed 20 suspected members of the militant Islamic group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, an army captain said. Troops moved in on a meeting of the group, sparking a shootout, said the captain, who was not authorized to talk to the media. \"The Boko Haram gang, a... |
dbc21cde430102deef873b5b8e747c4df0600410 | Summarize the following news article. | Rafael Nadal ready for Indian Wells next week .
Spaniard warmed up by winning Mexican Open .
Nadal defeated David Ferrer 6-0 6-2 to claim title .
Karolina Pliskova wins maiden WTA title . | [
"(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal warmed up for next week's Indian Wells hard-court tournament by thrashing David Ferrer in the final of the Mexican Open at Acapulco Sunday. The former World No.1 claimed his 52nd ATP title, his 38th on clay, by seeing off his fellow Spaniard 6-0 6-2. Since his return from a seven month absenc... |
6c050981de4bcfd53d8f925da9d0de4dd731246c | Summarize the following news article. | Half sailboat, half plane will attempt to break the 50-knot sailing speed barrier .
Pilot Sean Langman crashed dangerously last year but is confident he can make it .
"Wot Rocket" uses technology called "supercavitation:" sailing just above the water . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Forty seven-year-old Australian \"adrenaline junkie\" Sean Langman will attempt to break the 50-knot sailing speed barrier with his half sailboat, half plane, after a serious crash last summer. The half sailboat, half plane uses technology known as supercavitation -- sailing just above the... |
edb9d8e2a986da4fc36473f832482515c9898956 | Summarize the following news article. | The Humane Society releases a video it says shows animal abuse at an egg farm .
The undercover video was shot at a Texas farm .
The company, Cal-Maine, says it has been a leader in animal welfare .
Cal-Maine is the largest egg producer in the United States . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- A group that protects the welfare of animals has released an undercover video it claims shows animal abuse at a Texas farm operated by the largest egg producer in the United States. The Humane Society of the United States says one of its investigators worked at the Cal-Maine farm in Waelder, Te... |
998205eee3d478222a11be509bfd81fdb7c3e935 | Summarize the following news article. | United States is sending an investigator to Nigeria .
Rescuers have accounted for 149 bodies, but many are not identifiable .
The plane was carrying 153 passengers and crew .
It crashed Sunday in a crowded Lagos neighborhood . | [
"Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Rescuers are having difficulty identifying victims of a Nigerian plane crash that left some bodies dismembered or burned beyond recognition, an official said Wednesday. Dana Air's Flight 992 slammed into a two-story apartment building Sunday in a crowded Lagos neighborhood. The plane was ca... |
8c74e71e425e6e06b697d1d1af4b83c8285c80e2 | Summarize the following news article. | Famous architect Norman Foster has designed a new superyacht .
"Ocean Emerald" has a top speed of 17.5 knots .
It will be co-owned by investors laying down an initial $2.6 million payment . | [
"LONDON, England -- \"Ocean Emerald\" is a superyacht with added wow-factor. Her startling appearance has made sure of that and in real life she is every bit as dramatic as she appears in these photographs. \"Ocean Emerald\" is the second time Lord Foster has designed a superyacht. We were among the guests invited ... |
d89755cf5e138263558c06599787b6a108dd6e90 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: The Senate begins debate on the treaty, then moves on to other issues .
Kerry says it is time for Republicans to join Democrats to ratify the treaty .
Kyl says rushing the pact through before Christmas disrespects the Senate .
The accord resumes inspections of nuclear arsenals and reduces the numbers of warheads . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The Senate began formal debate Thursday on a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia, a top presidential priority that conservative Republicans had tried to block in the current lame-duck session of Congress. However, the chamber moved on to other issues on Thursday night, leaving open the question... |
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