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49fa56da7c0e00a30fca7262ae9aa62a9b78e5ec | Summarize the following news article. | Some of most iconic global tourist attractions are most disappointing to visit .
The Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty and the Pyramids on the list .
The Treasury in the ancient city of Petra in Jordan voted the best place to visit . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- A visit to the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty and the Pyramids is on the itinerary of most jet-setting travelers. Visiting the Eiffel Tower was voted the most overrated experience by tourists. But some of the most famous and iconic tourist attractions in the world are the most disappo... |
f924b8ce95c305203cfada04cf85551f6ad113d1 | Summarize the following news article. | North Carolina officer didn't believe man's story during traffic stop .
He couldn't find name man that gave in police database .
Eventually, "James Sweet" confessed he was Bennie Wint .
Wint was reported missing off Daytona Beach, Florida, in September 1989 . | [
"(CNN) -- A man who faked his drowning death nearly 20 years ago off a Florida beach was found out by North Carolina police who stopped him for a traffic violation, authorities said Thursday. Bennie Wint told police he faked his drowning death in Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1989. Bennie Wint left behind a grieving f... |
bc07b12397a646ffcac477c1708ac2a39ff455ac | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. general says he's seen private security contractors overreact .
Defense secretary says he wants closer oversight of Pentagon contractors in Iraq .
Iraqi officials upset after civilians killed by Blackwater USA guards .
Blackwater says its contractors were attacked . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Security contractors in Iraq use some over-the-top tactics and overreact at times, a top U.S. general in Iraq said Friday. Members of a private security company prepare the way for a U.S. convoy in Baghdad, Iraq. Many in Iraq have witnessed security contractors operating in a questionable fashi... |
5a28315bd7441085516a39f9b3da6363f6383b81 | Summarize the following news article. | Some people say you are what you drive -- so drive something spunky!
Driving a Honda Civic Hybrid is living green, pure and simple .
Toyota 4Runner projects youthful vigor, muscularity, agility and strength .
Jeep Wrangler has been symbol of freedom, agility and capability for decades . | [
"(AOL Autos) -- Magazines are full of beauty and health secrets with tips on how to improve your inner health and polish and paint your external persona. All of this designed to keep you feeling young. With its low price, boxy-yet-stylish shape and must-have technology, the Scion xB is very youthful. We think that ... |
d53cc805221115ab83e196f5b463f6586ea2cefe | Summarize the following news article. | Experts: Call your doctor on the way to the emergency room .
Don't call an ambulance unless you absolutely need it .
Try to be polite to the ER personnel, and don't lie or misrepresent anything .
As a last resort, call the hospital administrator on call . | [
"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The video is deeply disturbing. Experts attribute long emergency rorom waits mostly to situations no one can control. In it, former CNN Headline News anchor Glenn Beck describes going to the emergency room in intense pain -- so overwhelming, he wept. He says that for two hours, no one gav... |
ce924f7f9e6e02c7f3052c9198f45ece66a3ef0f | Summarize the following news article. | REO Speedwagon and Styx have combined for hit and tour .
Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire recorded three songs for joint tour .
Combining forces not new, but way it's being used may be . | [
"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- There's a bit of a trend brewing this summer concert season -- put together a couple of big-name acts for a nationwide tour, then record a song together to promote the event. Members of Styx, REO Speedwagon and Journey in 2003. Styx and REO have teamed up for a song and tour. It started w... |
af44e9a5c53ae585384f0b4c7b5b1b5b0d289f54 | Summarize the following news article. | Manhunt for couple who fled after bank mistakenly paid them NZ$10 million .
New Zealand authorities seeking Interpol's help to locate the couple .
Police believe the couple flew to Hong Kong . | [
"(CNN) -- Police hunting for a New Zealand couple who fled the country after a bank mistakenly paid them $NZ10 million (US$6 million) believe they traveled to Hong Kong. Westpac bank paid the couple 1,000 times the amount they asked for. New Zealand authorities have sought help from Interpol in locating the couple ... |
164429b29027af03210d64ac150a5757b0b8602e | Summarize the following news article. | Commission on Remembrance asks Americans to pause, reflect at 3 p.m. Monday .
Group hopes act will reclaim Memorial Day as "sacred and noble holiday"
Observances include interruption of Major League Baseball games .
Shoppers in grocery stores asked to take a minute to remember our fallen . | [
"(CNN) -- Americans were asked to stop whatever they were doing at 3 p.m. local time Monday to share a minute on Memorial Day and honor those who have died in the cause of freedom. Americans were asked to take one minute at 3 p.m. Monday to pause and reflect on those who died in battle. \"The time 3 p.m. was chose... |
9ceb48023251e01ca8811be976c60f5740b3c3dc | Summarize the following news article. | Lauper and Cathy Nelson campaigned together for gay and lesbian rights .
Nelson helped the Human Rights Campaign go from 12,000 members to 725,000 .
Lauper and Nelson lobbied to expand federal hate crimes laws . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Throughout her career, singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper has promoted gay and lesbian rights. She has a personal connection to this cause -- her sister is a lesbian -- but she also believes it's a matter of fairness. Cyndi Lauper worked with Cathy Nelson of the Human Rights Campaign to raise aware... |
04efd7f5e9517e1412d79082c4f5574222f5e33a | Summarize the following news article. | Ex-Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick released from prison on Wednesday .
Vick will serve last two months of sentence in home confinement .
Attorneys have said Vick will work at construction firm; Vick has OK'd documentary .
Vick, 28, pleaded guilty in 2007 to bankrolling a dogfighting operation in Virginia . | [
"(CNN) -- Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick arrived at his home in Hampton, Virginia, on Thursday morning. Michael Vick, left, arrives at federal court with attorney Billy Martin in Richmond, Viriginia, in 2007. \"He is happy to be reunited with his family,\" said Chris Garrett, a spokesman for Vick. ... |
4587efea4480d932e92e459ffd6cad22df80a8b8 | Summarize the following news article. | DeGarmo: It's harder for the "everyday Joe" to get on "American Idol"
It's more about what you're doing on the 'Idol' stage, she says .
Kris Allen and Adam Lambert compete in the season finale . | [
"(CNN) -- Going into the eighth season finale of \"American Idol,\" Adam Lambert looks like the favorite against competitor Kris Allen. But should Lambert even be on the show, since he has performed professionally in the national Broadway tour of \"Wicked\"? Former 'American Idol' runner-up Diana DeGarmo says it's ... |
5cd876decc3c9d7bf1fe7a711d4f725b06f25673 | Summarize the following news article. | Obama continues controversial sending of wreath to Confederate Memorial .
President also sends wreath to African-American Civil War Memorial .
Obama takes part in Memorial Day wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery .
Men and women buried there "waged war so that we may know peace," he said . | [
"ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN) -- Barack Obama marked his first Memorial Day as president on Monday, calling on Americans to remember U.S. troops who died in the service of their country and navigating a Civil War memorial controversy. President Obama pays tribute to veterans at a wreath-laying at Arlington National Ce... |
f55b186acc0b35416f0a30b1d0a5fb16640a1eb9 | Summarize the following news article. | North Korea conducts second nuclear test, angering world governments .
Emergency meeting of U.N. Security Council called .
North also tested a short-range missile, White House says .
U.S. says nuclear test was in "blatant defiance" of the Security Council . | [
"SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council called an emergency meeting Monday after world leaders reacted with outrage to North Korea's latest nuclear test. This screen grab from North Korean television on April 9 shows leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. North Korea earlier said it had tested the weapon i... |
e3632ffd08849a110c92d35d1cef89f1ffef92b5 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Melissa Huckaby charged with attempting to poison "Jane Doe," 7 .
Huckaby due in court to face charges in slaying of another 8-year-old .
She faces special circumstances including kidnap, rape by instrument .
Decision on whether to seek the death penalty will come later . | [
"(CNN) -- Melissa Huckaby, the former Sunday school teacher accused of kidnapping, raping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, will face additional charges that she tried to poison two people, including another 7-year-old girl. Melissa Huckaby is charged with killing Sandra Cantu and attempted poisoning of second c... |
f5af27d643c70643c8b4d28c0668e5c7f45db480 | Summarize the following news article. | 66-year-old woman with stage 4 pancreatic cancer chooses to die .
Woman wanted to be "clear-minded and alert at the time of my death"
Washington's law was approved by about 60 percent of voters in November . | [
"SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) -- A 66-year-old woman with stage 4 pancreatic cancer became the first person to use Washington's assisted suicide law, a nonprofit organization announced Friday. Compassion & Choices, an organization that says it advocates choice for the terminally ill, said Linda Fleming of Sequim, took... |
abe953a8d687d49d653424990842769c10779f13 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Police say there was no trash container near woman's corpse .
NEW: Body has reddish-blond hair; Stacy Peterson described as having brown hair .
Suspect Drew Peterson's attorney: "I can tell you, it is not Stacy" | [
"CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Police trying to identify the badly decomposed body of a woman discovered in an industrial area in Chicago, Illinois, denied Saturday that a blue barrel was located near the remains. An ambulance and police cars stand by near the location where a woman's body was found in Chicago Friday.... |
79a6ea45eeefc5f979ecc969517a6ec1ad3b122f | Summarize the following news article. | British mother of child who died after brutal abuse has been jailed indefinitely .
Her boyfriend and lodger are also sent to jail over Baby P's horrific injuries .
Case caused an outrage in Britain after raft of people missed chance to stop abuse . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- The British mother of a child who died after being brutally abused has been jailed indefinitely. A police computer image of some of the facial injuries suffered by baby Peter. The child's -- originally known as Baby P --horrifying death caused a furor in Britain, with the media, public and... |
789c4bec886eaa4f0f913fc6e51147ff9f53752f | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. Geological Survey measures quake at magnitude 5.7 .
Thousands of panicked people stream into the streets .
No immediate reports of injuries or damage .
1985 earthquake killed thousands in Mexico City . | [
"MEXICO CITY (CNN) -- A moderately strong earthquake rocked Mexico City on Friday afternoon, shaking the earth in the sprawling capital. People in Mexico City stream into the street as a magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake at magnitude 5.7, and placed the epicenter near the ... |
37e7e07f44147b18a00f6f2f0327c40f9a58142b | Summarize the following news article. | President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed speaking at a conference in Mogadishu .
Ahmed fears foreign fighters will turn Somalia into another Iraq or Afghanistan .
Fighting in past two days kills more than 40 civilians .
U.S. says Al-Shabab militants are affiliated with al Qaeda network . | [
"(CNN) -- Somalia needs international help to fight Islamist extremists battling for power in the lawless Horn of Africa nation, the country's moderate Islamist president said Monday. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was recently appointed Somalia's transitional president. \"I am calling on the international community to... |
bc7574e7a4a3c1e839b3e230541a1331f39fccd6 | Summarize the following news article. | Revelers dance in the street, wave flags to celebrate end of Sri Lanka civil war .
Sri Lanka government declared victory over Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday .
Aid groups express fears for 250,000 displaced people in country's northeast .
U.N. has accused the government of not providing enough help for refugees . | [
"COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- The deafening roar of drums and horns rose as thousands of people took to the streets in Sri Lanka Friday for a victory parade marking the end of the decades-long civil war. Sri Lankan youth celebrate on the street in Colombo on May 20, 2009. Enthusiastic revelers danced in the street,... |
94ae34f04d33092f81e84af1d1408e033c5bd4c8 | Summarize the following news article. | Assessment of humanitarian needs in Darfur conducted by UN and Sudan .
Info collected in bid to stem further troubles after Sudan expelled 13 aid groups .
Aid groups kicked out after President Omar al-Bashir indicted on war crimes by ICC .
The U.N. estimates 1.1 million need regular food aid; 1 million need drinking wa... | [
"UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- More than one million people in Darfur are at risk of losing food, water and shelter in coming months, following the expulsion of international aid groups by Sudan's government, the United Nations' chief humanitarian coordinator said Tuesday. A Doctors without Borders medic helps a sick chi... |
5e04bd10b11dd762d471145d8384c301e49261e6 | Summarize the following news article. | Buying used clothing gains popularity during a recession .
Consignment and thrift stores seeing increased business .
Goodwill and Salvation Army increasing visibility as fashion hot spots .
Shop owner: "Women cleaning their closets of their most luxurious items" | [
"(CNN) -- After Denise Honeycutt sashayed down the catwalk modeling a sleek sleeveless black dress with a blue lace jacket, she felt so good she bought the outfit. A model walks the runway at the Arlington United Methodist Church fashion show in an outfit from Goodwill. \"I got those two pieces and a skirt for $20,... |
812b30675bdecf60529f277455f7c4e68acc20c7 | Summarize the following news article. | Nancy Pelosi, speaker in House, is most powerful woman in Washington .
U.S. President Obama needs Pelosi to ensure his plans get House approval .
Pelosi under attack over Democrats' failure to challenge CIA over waterboarding .
Tactic is smart move by Republicans as Pelosi an easier target than Obama . | [
"(CNN) -- Barack Obama is a married man but there's another woman with a hold on him that his wife can never match: she runs the House. Nancy Pelosi has been an easy target for Republican ire. She is Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives, the most powerful woman in Washington and late... |
f089ee9bb4f796a43c97a946bd1babdaf2af8d99 | Summarize the following news article. | In 1930s, 40 percent of physician encounters were house calls; 1 percent by 1980 .
Financial disincentives and patient preference for clinics contributed to decline .
10 years ago, Medicare made it easier for physicians to get paid for house calls .
Bill before Congress would make house calls less expensive, easier to ... | [
"(CNN) -- It's a Tuesday morning and Dr. Eric DeJonge is headed to work. But unlike most physicians, DeJonge's office is his car and his patients are waiting for him in their homes, not in a large waiting room. As part of the Medical House Call Program, Dr. Eric DeJonge visits one of his group's 600 patients. DeJo... |
d00d268ec5ff2899eea9b0934c6ffa89056ca5d6 | Summarize the following news article. | Undocumented immigrant went to Georgia to make money for family .
He has an extremely weak heart muscle; doctors give poor prognosis .
Lawmaker got visas for parents; Delta donated plane tickets . | [
"(CNN) -- Eighteen-year-old Juan Gonzalez was dying alone in a hospital, thousand of miles from his Guatemalan home. He was separated from the family he had traveled to the United States to help support. Juan Gonzalez was earning $250 a week as a dishwasher when his heart trouble began. Diagnosed with a chronically... |
a93187b493828316a9c315382128b0be2f806996 | Summarize the following news article. | Zakaria: Election shows India's unique strength, people power .
420 million voters make this biggest democracy exercise ever, he says .
Zakaria: For the first time in three decades, one party has a clear mandate . | [
"Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts \"Fareed Zakaria GPS\" on CNN at 1 and 5 p.m. ET Sundays. Zakaria says India's elections could mark its debut as a great power. (CNN) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took the oath of office Friday for a second consecutive term after winning a mandate fo... |
9b5b4e72545f1159d6b6691262ce3b76b5230b66 | Summarize the following news article. | 5 killed after boat hits barge Wednesday night in Falgout Canal in Louisiana .
Bodies discovered Thursday morning by people arriving on barge for work .
Victims' boat was partially submerged under the barge; barge was slightly damaged .
Victims last seen Wednesday night leaving Dulac, Louisiana-area for Bayou Dularge . | [
"(CNN) -- Five people were killed when their boat struck a barge in southern Louisiana, the Terrebonne Parish sheriff said Thursday. The accident occurred Wednesday night in the Falgout Canal in Dularge, Louisiana, Sheriff Vernon Bourgeois said. The bodies were not discovered until Thursday morning, when people beg... |
71e1d74717f939434e08644f503c6258b82696ed | Summarize the following news article. | Ban Ki-moon says camp contains "the most appalling scenes I have seen"
Ban asks president to grant unrestricted access to humanitarian agencies .
About 250,000 to 300,000 people are refugees in the country, aid agencies say .
Sri Lankan government has declared victory in the country's 25-year civil war . | [
"COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Shell-shocked and scarred both inside and out, they huddle in tents, water and medicine in short supply -- hundreds of thousands of people, civilian victims of Sri Lanka's recently-ended civil war. Displaced Sri Lankan people look out from inside a camp in Cheddikulam. \"We suffered a l... |
6708cb87967f2365c34b4cd596910267b6745251 | Summarize the following news article. | Jury deliberations to begin soon in Phil Spector's murder trial .
Legal analysts say demeanor, odd looks could be a factor .
Spector is accused of fatally shooting actress Lana Clarkson .
Spector's defense says Clarkson shot herself . | [
"(CNN) -- \"Jurymen seldom convict a person they like, or acquit one that they dislike.\" -- Clarence Darrow . A moussed, tousled brown hairstyle is murder trial defendant Phil Spector's latest look. Since April, the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector has been playing out in Los Angeles, California, oddly ... |
aed72c8ffc6772d3c873634b51f59bd87b5c5d20 | Summarize the following news article. | Apa Sherpa, 49, of Nepal, successfully climbs Mount Everest for the 19th time .
Apa says he climbs to raise money for his village, at the foot of the mountain .
More than 200 people have died trying to scale Everest .
At 29,029 feet, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world . | [
"KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Like many Nepalese guides, Apa Sherpa started trekking to the top of Mount Everest in the shadow of more famous climbers -- including the son of the late Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb to the top of the world's tallest peak. Apa Sherpa has climbed Mount Everest more times t... |
ae617a290d01cb3607f2a8a6a76f8ab7977f3da8 | Summarize the following news article. | Son of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath commits suicide, his sister says .
Nicholas Hughes, whose mother gassed herself, hanged himself in Alaska .
Hughes, 47, was unmarried with no children of his own and was marine biologist . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- The family history of poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath took another tragic turn Monday when it was revealed that their son had committed suicide after battling depression. Poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath had separated before their son's first birthday. Nicholas Hughes, whose mother asph... |
96e8d6e96b367d59be745bb2489f1563e3cbd34d | Summarize the following news article. | Fire killed five people, a 10-year-old boy faces murder and arson charges .
Greenville, Ohio, facing realities of poverty as jobs leave .
Residents divided whether boy did it; but united in desire to help town . | [
"GREENVILLE, Ohio (CNN) -- The parishioners heard the sirens during Sunday morning services in Greenville, Ohio. A few blocks from St. Paul's Lutheran Church, a home was burning and five people were dead. Police tape wards off the curious from the duplex where a woman and four children died in a fire September 16. ... |
8cf0602ec67a2b04ed93318ac19830535061d002 | Summarize the following news article. | Jackie Selebi, South African police chief, takes leave as faces corruption charges .
Also steps down as head of Interpol, although charges are not related to that position .
Charged with taking money from a convicted drug smuggler over a 5-year period .
South African President Thabo Mbeki denies he has been slow in dea... | [
"(CNN) -- South Africa's embattled police commissioner resigned Sunday as president of Interpol, a day after he took an extended leave of absence from his police duties, the international crime-fighting agency said in a statement. South Africa police commissioner Jackie Selebi, facing charges of corruption, has st... |
b319dbe851188a1484923172e76b8a202585cb1f | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. military ship captures skiff off Somalia coast .
Skiff matched description of commercial ship's pursuer .
Navy lets men go for lack of evidence; saw suspects throwing stuff overboard .
U.S.-led international naval effort patrols a million square miles in Gulf of Aden . | [
"(CNN) -- U.S. naval forces hunting pirates off Somalia detained six people this week who appeared to be pursuing a commercial shipping vessel, but soon released them because of a lack of evidence. A Yemeni Coast Guard boat patrols the Gulf of Aden for pirates who threaten shipping. The Navy said on Saturday the s... |
be92a26c051ad73e93c932a8bbacc8ae4e8b4575 | Summarize the following news article. | Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh said Powell should leave GOP .
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he thought he already had .
GOP "losing north, south, east, west," says Powell .
Karl Rove says he would choose Rush Limbaugh over Colin Powell . | [
"(CNN) -- Colin Powell stirred up the Republican Party's very public internal debate about the direction of the party and asserted it's losing because it doesn't appeal to moderates like him. The Republican Party is losing \"men, woman, white, blacks and Hispanics,\" says Colin Powell. Two Republican leaders questi... |
b89841d9ac1e3bc59278fe0eb8c8042b8336f8a1 | Summarize the following news article. | Sheri Coleman, 2 sons killed in Columbia, Illinois, home .
Christopher Coleman, husband and father, is accused in the deaths .
Family says it hopes to prevent "ill-gotten gain" from the three deaths . | [
"(CNN) -- The mother and brother of a 31-year-old woman found strangled with her two young sons in the bedrooms of their home filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the alleged killer -- the husband and father of the victims. Christopher Coleman has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bond. Christo... |
f67bbe2522d33c78eded05c55fd56933efbd8248 | Summarize the following news article. | Climate change could destabilize "weak" states, intelligence chair says .
Global warming could spark mass migrations, classified report finds .
U.S. food production could increase with climate change, report suggests .
But it says U.S. coasts could be threatened by larger storm surges . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Global warming could destabilize \"struggling and poor\" countries around the world, prompting mass migrations and creating breeding grounds for terrorists, the chairman of the National Intelligence Council told Congress on Wednesday. Climate change could increase flooding in coastal areas, lik... |
77626834743c765c4c7ab0ed98b96d85f6f03381 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Repair mission means "another chapter of discovery by Hubble," official says .
Shuttle lands smoothly at 8:39 a.m. PT at Edwards AFB in California .
Bad weather scuttled scheduled landing attempts in Florida on Friday and Saturday .
Atlantis launched May 11 for NASA's final repair visit to the Hubble Space Telesco... | [
"EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California (CNN) -- Space shuttle Atlantis landed Sunday at Edwards Air Force Base after rainy weather in Florida precluded a landing at Kennedy Space Center. The space shuttle Atlantis touches down at Edwards AFB on Sunday. The shuttle touched down at 8:39 a.m. PT at Edwards, about 100 mil... |
306e4e5f484ad63435ec5fd69bfef54157882feb | Summarize the following news article. | Explosion in Nepalese capital killed 15-year-old girl, 30-year-old woman .
100 people were in the church when the bomb exploded .
Investigations are under way to determine who planted the bomb . | [
"KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Two people were killed and about a dozen others were injured when a bomb exploded in a Catholic church in Kathmandu on Saturday morning, police said. The damage inside the church in Kathmandu following Saturday's bomb blast. The explosion in the Nepalese capital killed a 15-year-old girl ... |
6ca0032df7f523206189d28f11c14ef0f6ac4d46 | Summarize the following news article. | Philadelphia, Mississippi, elects first black mayor .
Town of 8,000 is best known for its notorious past, the killings of 3 civil rights workers .
James Young won election by 46 votes; the town has a 55 percent white population .
"When you've been treated the way we've been treated ... it's so overwhelming" | [
"PHILADELPHIA, Mississippi (CNN) -- James Young still remembers the Ku Klux Klan tormenting his neighborhood. He can still see his father holding a gun on the living room couch ready to shoot anyone who threatened his family. James Young poses with one of his young supporters after winning this week's election. Not... |
92b8bb91db437632db3a986a865f29a3b65c03d2 | Summarize the following news article. | Pirates attack Japanese cargo ship off the coast of Somalia .
A pair of small pirate vessels fire on ship operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines .
Front of ship damaged but not seriously; There are no injuries .
In 2008, pirates attacked nearly 100 vessels and hijacked as many as 40 off Somalia . | [
"(CNN) -- Pirates attacked a Japanese cargo ship off the coast of Somalia on Sunday, a Japanese Transportation Ministry official said. A french navy helicopter watches over a cargo vessel in the Gulf of Aden earlier this year. A pair of small pirate vessels fired on a ship operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines about 4 p.... |
0ea701fb9e052dc38c1b7c057a7f79498b8f41b6 | Summarize the following news article. | "The White Ribbon," by Austrian director Michael Haneke, wins Cannes .
Haneke: Palme d'Or is the best prize a filmmaker can win .
Jury member, Robin Wright Penn, dismisses claims they were split over winner . | [
"CANNES, France (CNN) -- After eleven days, hundreds of screenings and thousands of snaps from the paparazzi, there could only be one Palme d'Or winner. Austrian director Michael Haneke hugs the president of the Cannes jury, French actress Isabelle Huppert. \"The White Ribbon,\" by Austrian director Michael Haneke,... |
6829a256036da500340850a3f3228b122d5a6505 | Summarize the following news article. | Natalia Vodianova is a Russian supermodel and has started a children's charity .
"Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here," she says .
She says she had a tough childhood but learned from the experience .
"I want to fulfill my dream of building 500 play parks in Russia," says Natalia . | [
"MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Natalia Vodianova is the Russian supermodel and philanthropist described by designer Tom Ford as \"the most beautiful woman in the world.\" Natalia Vodianova: \"I think protecting your family and giving to them is the most important achievement.\" Natalia, 27, is a mother of three and has s... |
080c4286a1d1c5096b27d497c880118841c567dc | Summarize the following news article. | Sidney Frank left $100 million to Brown University months before he died .
Frank attended Brown for one year in 1930s, left because he couldn't afford it .
The gift covers tuition, other expenses for neediest accepted applicants .
First students to receive Frank's scholarship for four years graduated Sunday . | [
"(CNN) -- Sidney Frank made millions marketing Jagermeister and other alcohol brands. Three years after his death, he's a big hit with students at the Ivy League college he briefly attended. Sidney Frank, shown accepting an honorary degree in 2005, gave $100 million to Brown University. He's a big hit not because o... |
96ffb40c9385e7b09379bdcdf2d7069ee33dcd73 | Summarize the following news article. | Toulouse striker Andre-Pierre Gignac handed his first call-up to France squad .
Gignac named in 23-man squad after scoring 15 goals in Ligue 1 this season .
But there is no place for captain Patrick Vieira in Raymond Domenech's squad . | [
"(CNN) -- Toulouse striker Andre-Pierre Gignac has been handed his first call-up to the France squad for their two World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania. Gignac has been rewarded for his superb form this season with a first call-up to the France squad. The 23-year-old forward is the top scorer in French Ligue 1 wi... |
601d1062dbde028eaea2ce7b8a0b62155490d996 | Summarize the following news article. | Pele has denied saying that Manchester City striker Robinho had taken drugs .
Brazilian legend was quoted as saying Robinho used drugs at a private party .
However Pele claims that his recent quotes were distorted and misrepresented . | [
"(CNN) -- Pele has denied saying that Manchester City striker Robinho had taken drugs. Pele's alleged quotes about striker Robinho (above) have caused a sensation in Brazil. The Brazilian legend was quoted as saying that Robinho and former world footballer of the year Ronaldo used recreational drugs at a private pa... |
3781c5b2c2ea21a1d0177c3db17c2f6b88bf15c2 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Police: 162 same-sex marriage supporters arrested during protests .
Dissenting opinion says decision "fundamentally alters" state constitution .
Court's 6-1 ruling met with chants of "shame on you" from crowd of about 1,000 .
Voters approved ban on same-sex marriage in November . | [
"SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- California's highest court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages Tuesday but allowed about 18,000 unions performed before the ban to remain valid. Protesters gather outside the California Supreme Court in San Francisco on Tuesday. Supporters of November ballot initiat... |
8d009aa8506cc6f284cbe7d31bba819c04d96fb1 | Summarize the following news article. | Paul Bergrin arrested after federal grand jury indicts him and 3 others on 14 counts .
Bergrin was assistant U.S. attorney in New Jersey before going into private practice .
Indictment charges him with leading conspiracy that included murder of a witness .
Bergrin's attorney: Case is "dredging up old issues," will plea... | [
"(CNN) -- A former federal prosecutor was arrested Wednesday on charges related to the murder of a witness in a drug case, among many other counts, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark, New Jersey, said. Former federal prosecutor Paul Bergrin is charged with leading a racketeering conspiracy that included a murder.... |
af7ce50e8ae6e6c35089307a389cb7bc46090faa | Summarize the following news article. | Barter clubs opening around Argentina show extent of country's economic crisis .
Members -- often poor and unemployed -- trade food, clothes .
The clubs first opened during Argentina's 2001 economic meltdown . | [
"BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- They line up early every Saturday morning at the decrepit gymnasium that houses the La Matanza Barter Club. Nelly Vasquez and her 6-month-old daughter, Antonella trades wool for food. Club members shuffle in carrying sacks stuffed with everything from homemade clothing to homegrown veget... |
40287282b4e0969b6b60e1f6fb6ea7783a5285fd | Summarize the following news article. | New GAO report shows abuse of techniques used to restrain special-ed kids .
House Education and Labor Committee hears testimony from parents, investigators .
Chairman Miller, D-California, called the testimony "startling"
Government auditors examined hundreds of allegations of abuse . | [
"(CNN) -- A Texas woman tearfully recounted the death of her foster child at the hands of a schoolteacher during a congressional hearing Tuesday looking into the use of seclusion and restraints in U.S. schools. The House Committee on Education and Labor heard testimony Tuesday on a report looking at school abuse. T... |
3b996f3a0bf15d03bf342a3204a90ba03ba32aa8 | Summarize the following news article. | Summit of world's largest cities meeting in Seoul to discuss climate change .
Ex-U.S. President Clinton says cities must take lead with green policies .
Initiative by cities began in 2005 in London .
U.N. to hold climate conference at end of year in Denmark . | [
"SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Tuesday urged urban leaders and policymakers they need to take the lead now in fighting climate change. Bill Clinton to urban leaders in Seoul: What will you do about climate change? \"What are you going to do and how much are you going to spend?\" ... |
1e3f368df54a6551da3a51a628dacdbb307b33b6 | Summarize the following news article. | 10 people, including grandpa, son and grandson, convicted on serious drug charges .
83-year-old former moonshiner gets 20 years; son who led operation gets 9 years .
Attorney: "If the father got a longer sentence, it's because he's a lousy father"
Authorities say case is a microcosm of what's happening across rural Ame... | [
"TRION, Georgia (CNN) -- The Dodge Neon sped down Interstate 40 in eastern Oklahoma, its occupants heading to Phoenix, Arizona, to buy a load of dope. It was May 2005. The couple brought along methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana to help pass the time on the long journey. Paul Faulkner, 83, and his son, Michael ... |
d0912f63112be8069398b3f6c926c727469f1191 | Summarize the following news article. | Explosion in Nepalese capital killed 15-year-old girl, 30-year-old woman .
100 people were in the church when the bomb exploded .
Investigations are under way to determine who planted the bomb . | [
"KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Two people were killed and about a dozen others were injured when a bomb exploded in a Catholic church in Kathmandu on Saturday morning, police said. The damage inside the church in Kathmandu following Saturday's bomb blast. The explosion in the Nepalese capital killed a 15-year-old girl ... |
e46051ed9bcdf62814445944b3948e4045f7f9c3 | Summarize the following news article. | Election will be the biggest transnational electoral contest ever .
About 375 million EU citizens aged 18 or over are entitled to vote .
Elections will take place in all 27 member countries of the EU .
Much legislation in member states actually originates at a European level . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- The election of 736 members from 27 member countries to the European Parliament in June will be the biggest transnational electoral contest there has ever been. Between them they will represent more than 500,000,000 people. About 375 million EU citizens aged 18 or over are entitled to vote... |
411b2fd9d8a501f12e128705e9b51eeef9587f1b | Summarize the following news article. | Powerful cyclone in India, Bangladesh kills nearly 200 people, officials say .
Cyclone Aila has left thousands of people homeless in both countries .
Aila packed winds up to 50 miles per hour (80 kilometers) | [
"NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- The death toll from a powerful cyclone that hit India and Bangladesh this week has climbed to at least 180, officials said Wednesday. Cyclone Aila struck eastern India, causing an estimated $8 million damage in one district alone. In Bangladesh, some 111 people have died and more than 6,... |
78a8c13605a8eda09a0ac0f04910b414eed6b765 | Summarize the following news article. | Stone is talking to interviewers again years after gaining a reputation as a recluse .
Stone takes the stage with his daughter, Novena, and her group, BabyStone .
Once known for being a no-show, Stone now shows up for performances early . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Stories about Sly Stone usually start with the word \"reclusive.\" Sly Stone sometimes takes the stage at Los Angeles clubs with daughter Novena and her group, BabyStone. Don't call him that anymore, because the superstar who blended funk, rock, soul and psychedelic sounds in the 1... |
8fcdd46685822c4710ccaa2f3c79aca7488409dd | Summarize the following news article. | Entrepreneur braves recession to open rock'n'roll hotel in London's Soho .
Sanctum Soho offers roof terrace with 24 hour bar, Jacuzzi, guitar doctors .
Rooms sparkle with silver wallpaper, free standing baths and champagne .
Backers include Iron Maiden co-managers Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- London's newest hotelier Mark Fuller is showing commendable bravado for someone about to open a luxury hotel during a global recession. Entrepreneur Mark Fuller in the Sanctum Soho hotel, a rock'n'roll \"haven of hedonism\" in London. \"F*** the recession, let's get on with it,\" he says, ... |
c4e110237104546d0ebb26f56706c0b950e882b9 | Summarize the following news article. | 5-year-old Kai Anderson has a rare form of leukemia .
To cure it, he needs a bone marrow transplant .
Click here for information on bone marrow drives in Kai's honor . | [
"While I am looking forward to being back on the air in June, there is something I want to share with people that cannot wait. I want to tell you about Kai Anderson. Kai is a 5-year-old boy who lives in my neighborhood in New York City. Kai has a rare form of leukemia. Kai Anderson has a rare form of leukemia. This... |
7066271538881c97b9d65cce41729f7538bf1da7 | Summarize the following news article. | Marks & Spencer is ending its surcharge on larger lingerie .
Retailer takes out adverts admitting "we boobed"
Campaigners argued that the higher prices of the bigger bras was unfair . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Charging chesty women more for their bras doesn't win a lot of support, British retailer Marks & Spencer acknowledged Friday as it announced an end to the surcharge on its larger lingerie. Marks & Spencer have apologised for charging chesty women more for bras. \"We boobed,\" screamed a f... |
03423adfad42dbd180353de717814fc20af99b7a | Summarize the following news article. | Ex-Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick released from prison on Wednesday .
Vick will serve last two months of sentence in home confinement .
Attorneys have said Vick will work at construction firm; Vick has OK'd documentary .
Vick, 28, pleaded guilty in 2007 to bankrolling a dogfighting operation in Virginia . | [
"(CNN) -- Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick arrived at his home in Hampton, Virginia, on Thursday morning. Michael Vick, left, arrives at federal court with attorney Billy Martin in Richmond, Viriginia, in 2007. \"He is happy to be reunited with his family,\" said Chris Garrett, a spokesman for Vick. ... |
9f9c02466b536e69bc008979d96a5a699de80a36 | Summarize the following news article. | Craigslist has banned sex ads, but some still remain, author says .
A San Francisco sex worker says she still sells sex through the site .
On Tuesday, an ad on the site shows bare-chested woman .
Source: law protects Craigslist from being held liable for users' actions . | [
"(CNET) -- Craigslist's managers have complied with the wishes of most of the state attorneys general who demanded they rid the site of prostitution ads. Craigslist says it has removed prostitution ads, but some issues remain. The Web's dominate classifieds publication replaced its controversial \"erotic\" section ... |
b26453c151704dd1c8da3b5f1eb386712487eca5 | Summarize the following news article. | Sotomayor: "I am an ordinary person ... blessed with extraordinary opportunities"
Sonia Sotomayor, 54, was born in Bronx to parents from Puerto Rico .
Supreme Court nominee grew up in a public housing project in the South Bronx .
Named district judge by George H.W. Bush; elevated to current seat by Bill Clinton . | [
"(CNN) -- Judge Sonia Sotomayor knew she wanted to go into law from an early age. Sonia Sotomayor says the nomination is the \"most humbling honor \" of her life. As a child, she aspired to be like Nancy Drew, the detective in the popular children's mystery series. But at the age of 8, she was diagnosed with diabet... |
04b723f93cd3b06cafcb4b2f6e0355d28c8006ba | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Illinois man held without bond on three counts of first-degree murder .
Chris Coleman pleads not guilty to slayings of wife, two children .
Bodies were found in Southern Illinois home on May 5 .
Coleman claimed he left home for gym before slayings, police say . | [
"(CNN) -- A southwest Illinois man accused of strangling his wife and two young sons appeared in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to murder charges, officials said. Christopher Coleman sits in the back of a police car after his arrest Tuesday in the slayings of his wife and two sons. Christopher Coleman, 32, ... |
9b90d84ee9ba66e7c23517007c07f71ceedf0503 | Summarize the following news article. | If confirmed, Judge Sonia Sotomayor would be Supreme Court's sixth Catholic .
Five current Catholic justices were appointed by Republican presidents .
Catholic League president says Sotomayor would lean more left than other justices . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As Supreme Court hopeful Sonia Sotomayor breaks ground for Hispanics, she is poised to add an exclamation point to another historic demographic shift: the move to a Catholic court. If confirmed, Sonia Sotomayor would be the sixth Catholic justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sotomayor was raised ... |
cd69c6b1ae6ec892b25c041acf273df73a7cedd5 | Summarize the following news article. | Madhav Kumar Nepal of the Communist Party of Nepal was only candidate .
Nepal, 56, is a former general secretary of the Communist Party .
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Maoist chairman, resigned as prime minister May 4 .
Followed president's decision to overturn Cabinet's sacking of army chief . | [
"KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- An unopposed former Communist leader was elected Nepal's new prime minister Saturday, ending nearly three weeks of political uncertainty. Madhav Kumar Nepal waves at his supporters at the country's parliament in Kathmandu. Madhav Kumar Nepal of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxis... |
6fc897f08c891f6fee7ccdfa0db662b6e895576b | Summarize the following news article. | CNN MainSail gets on board the King of Spain's racing yacht .
The boat is a 52-foot racing yacht that requires a crew of 15 .
A crew member from the boat says it is full of state-of-the-art equipment . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- It's not every day the average Joe gets to take a peek at the personal possessions of a royal. Juan Carlos, the King of Spain, pictured on board his 52-foot racing yacht . But, this month CNN's MainSail program has been lucky enough to go on board Juan Carlos I -- the King of Spain's racin... |
399b80d2874a52556c9c3ebb9e7408e8bc777be4 | Summarize the following news article. | Beijing artist Yue Minjun's "Execution" sold for record 2.9 million pounds ($5.9M)
In the painting, Simon saw metaphor for himself and his life in the bank world .
Simon spent two-thirds of his annual salary on the painting in the 1990s .
Under deal, Simon kept painting out of sight, shipped it out of HK to London . | [
"HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- On the eve of what was to become the biggest sale ever of a Chinese contemporary painting, Trevor Simon wanted to get the word out about \"Execution,\" a painting he had hidden from everybody. The painting had been stored in a London warehouse for more than a decade after arriving from H... |
598473858e79914c7115ae83b148a58075c8fc87 | Summarize the following news article. | Michael Olivas: Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination is a historic moment .
He says she has the personal and professional qualificiations to be confirmed .
Olivas: In American culture, Latinos are marginalized and feared .
He says Sotomayor's nomination sends an important message of hope . | [
"Editor's note: Michael A. Olivas is the William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Houston Law Center and director of the university's Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance. He is the editor of \"Colored Men And Hombres Aquí: Hernandez V. Texas and the Emergence of Mexican America... |
7aeb42b947a04b1b0e9bfa1976bb15ca79b7efe5 | Summarize the following news article. | 25-year long insurgency has killed more than 70,000 people .
Tamil leader reportedly wore a cyanide capsule around his neck .
FBI says group pioneered use of suicide belts for bomb attacks . | [
"COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Angered by what he perceived as the systemic discrimination of the minority Tamils by successive Sri Lankan governments, 18-year-old Velupillai Prabhakaran, armed with just a revolver, set out in 1972 to right the perceived wrongs by forming a militant group. Sri Lanka's defense ministr... |
c4392387b43a23d37d7180da6771bf3dc1077bed | Summarize the following news article. | More than 1 million Americans have been victim of fake check scams, study finds .
Experts warn not to accept checks from someone seeking money in return .
Survey: Most American consumers unfamiliar with time needed to process checks . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Thousands of Americans learn a painful lesson in banking every day: Waiting for a check to clear and then getting access to the money from a bank doesn't mean the check has really cleared. When Harry Smith, of New York, responded to an ad on Craigslist for an office assistant, a woman e-mailed ... |
c860317bc1f9a34cfabbaf652a3ab8ab98781812 | Summarize the following news article. | Junta says Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest does not expire for six more months .
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is on trial with American John Yettaw .
Suu Kyi told Myanmar court that she is not guilty, has not broken any law .
Yettaw is charged with violating the conditions of Suu Kyi's house arrest . | [
"YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi took the stand for the first time Tuesday and told a Myanmar court that she did not violate her house arrest when she offered temporary shelter to an American man who swam to her lakeside home. People of Myanmar living in Japan protest for the release of ... |
174a8a5ff217985d3ab4ed5bcfa270720eed2f39 | Summarize the following news article. | A decommissioned U.S. Navy warship was intentionally sunk off the Florida Keys .
The USNS Vandenberg will become the world's second-largest artificial reef .
The sunken ship will create a long-term habitat for scores of marine fish species .
The ship was built in 1943 and commissioned as a WWII troop transport ship . | [
"KEY WEST, Florida (CNN) -- The USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, a retired U.S. Navy warship, embarked on a sedentary new career Wednesday on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. The USNS Vandenberg was intentionally sunk Wednesday to create an artificial reef for marine life. The decommissioned warship was scuttled i... |
e1df5388068a22e9a525a7b2943fa127e1d836cb | Summarize the following news article. | Brig. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend spoke to troops about suicide problem .
Don't hesitate to seek medical attention for a psychological injury, he says .
Suicide bad for soldiers, families, units, army, country, says general .
Fort Campbell's suicide rate, highest in Army, "is not a good statistic," says general . | [
"FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (CNN) -- The 101st Airborne's senior commander in effect ordered his soldiers Wednesday not to commit suicide, a plea that came after 11 suicides since January 1, two of them in the past week. An Army honor guard stands ready to fire a salute at Fort Campbell. \"If you don't remember anythi... |
46710e8880da93c755b06de557f0d7486b7c7905 | Summarize the following news article. | GM China is the third largest manufacturer in China .
China became the world's largest car market in recent months .
Consumer activists and U.S. politicians deride plans to import GM cars .
Nader: Don't export U.S. auto industry to a "dictatorship" | [
"HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- As General Motors heads toward insolvency, the company that was once the biggest on the planet is still riding high in the world's most populous country. China is one bright spot in GM's dismal fortunes, but U.S. consumer activists have raised concerns. As the storied American company pre... |
f1e2997a9f9859173748a4ec3459d1c37f204c0e | Summarize the following news article. | Study in June issue of Pediatrics identifies risk factors from Internet predators .
Study finds childhood abuse, use of sexy images puts girls at increased risk .
These factors more crucial than Internet naivete or sexual innocence, study indicates .
Authors urge caregivers to carefully monitor how girls present themse... | [
"(CNN) -- A history of childhood abuse and use of a provocative online identity increase the risk that girls will be victimized by someone they meet on the Internet, according to a study appearing in the June issue of Pediatrics. A study in Pediatrics sought to identify which risk factors are linked to Internet-in... |
af9c5da60afa299b146c6369bac332fb4e67e660 | Summarize the following news article. | Nude photograph of Madonna taken when she was student in 1979 .
Lee Friedlander pic sold by Christie's for $37,500 .
Anonymous bidder made purchase over the phone . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- A nude photograph of pop singer Madonna was sold for $37,500 Thursday afternoon at a Christie's Art House auction. Christie's auctioned this nude photo of Madonna (partially shown) taken by Lee Friedlander for $37,500. The photo, originally expected to go for between $10,000 and $15,000, was purc... |
5f475078beecdbe6011c4023e17f7ee316b18548 | Summarize the following news article. | EW: "Night at the Museum" sequel lighthearted, enjoyable .
Movie moves action to Smithsonian, where Ben Stiller character follows exhibits .
Standout of film is Amy Adams as screwball Amelia Earhart . | [
"(Entertainment Weekly) -- Usually, when characters in a movie are one-dimensional, that's not a good thing. But in \"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,\" the waxworks figures who come to life after sundown aren't crassly sketchy or dramatically lacking. They're one-dimensional, all right, but knowingl... |
38f45ac1e25f1db1f20778391eb50c94bdd64983 | Summarize the following news article. | Dr. Ted Epperly: America needs more primary care doctors to expand access .
He says studies show primary care doctors improve health-care outcomes .
Epperly: Doctors are seeking to make services more easily available . | [
"Editor's note: Ted Epperly, M.D., a family physician in Boise, Idaho, is president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, which represents more than 93,000 physicians and medical students nationwide. He spent 21 years in the U.S. Army, including service as a family physician, chief of a Mobile Army Surgical... |
f55e02b4284858b509b34da40570158a41724b2e | Summarize the following news article. | Katie Price and husband, Peter Andre, are to separate .
British glamour model and singer married in 2005 after meeting on TV show .
They have two children together -- Junior, 3, and 1-year-old Princess Tiáamii . | [
"(CNN) -- British model and television personality Katie Price, also known as Jordan, and her singer husband, Peter Andre, are to separate, according to a statement released Monday. Peter Andre and Katie Price, who ran the London Marathon last month, are separating. The couple found romance on the reality show \"I'... |
c674fdceb339915df2a9de1a0bd3007c546dc092 | Summarize the following news article. | Italian giants Juventus have completed the signing of Brazil playmaker Diego .
The 24-year-old is leaving German club Werder Bremen in a $34million switch .
Juve said last week Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro will rejoin from Real Madrid . | [
"(CNN) -- Italian giants Juventus have completed the signing of Brazil playmaker Diego from German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen in a $34 million deal. Brazil playmaker Diego, right, has completed his $34 million move to Juventus from Werder Bremen. The 24-year-old, who missed the recent UEFA Cup final defeat again... |
5d6f037c88a47e3e17b318e05099da8a01e34d67 | Summarize the following news article. | Massimo Busacca selected to referee Champions League final on Wednesday .
40-year-old Swiss will be accompanied by team of three compatriots in Rome .
Busacca refereed the 2007 UEFA Cup final and one of Euro 2008 semifinals .
Rome authorities enforce a blanket ban on the sale of alcohol before the final . | [
"(CNN) -- Switzerland's Massimo Busacca has been selected to referee Wednesday's Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United in Rome on Wednesday -- UEFA have confirmed on their official Web site UEFA.com . Massimo Busacca refereed the 2007 UEFA Cup and one of the semifinals from Euro 2008. Busac... |
1c7b415f6d78ac63c237d68ddb437a147a89450c | Summarize the following news article. | Jose Mourinho has extended his contract with Serie A champions Inter Milan .
The decision kills off speculation that he could be on his way to Real Madrid .
Former Chelsea supremo now contracted with Italian club until 30 June 2012 . | [
"(CNN) -- Jose Mourinho has extended his contract at Serie A champions Inter Milan by 12 months until June 2012, killing off speculation that he could be on his way to Real Madrid. Coach Mourinho has signed an extended deal ending fears he could wave goodbye to Inter Milan. Former Chelsea supremo Mourinho took char... |
d70db46bb3086fc87c314213b45a42e26a14cdeb | Summarize the following news article. | Merger would create an operator with combined revenues of over $20 billion .
Bharti would acquire a 49 percent stake in MTN .
MTN CEO Phuthuma Nhleko: Case for such a deal "highly compelling" | [
"(CNN) -- Indian telecom services provider Bharti Airtel Limited and South Africa's MTN Group Limited have renewed merger talks with the aim of creating an emerging market telecom giant, both companies announced Monday. Bharti Enterprises chairman and group chief executive officer Sunil Bharti Mittal in New Delhi i... |
3d69696014ac57a9dede130814218360ed722d92 | Summarize the following news article. | French starlet Ludivine Sagnier stars in "The Girl Cut In Two"
It tells the story of a young woman who embarks on an affair with an older man .
It was directed by prolific French New Wave veteran Claude Chabrol .
Sagnier on Chabrol: "He is a great French director, one of the pioneers" | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- When a woman dates a much older man, bystanders often speculate that she has only the most superficial of motives. French actress Ludivine Sagnier stars in veteran New Wave filmmaker Claude Chabrol's \"The Girl Cut in Two.\" In \"The Girl Cut in Two,\" veteran French filmmaker Claude Chabr... |
fd23c328b9a4c23896444dc58951122572845b9a | Summarize the following news article. | The Icehotel started out in 1990 as nothing more than a crude igloo .
Now guests can stay in elaborate suites handcrafted in ice by artists .
Bathrooms are located in a heated chalet . | [
"(Budget Travel) -- I've never been a fan of the cold. As a kid, my favorite part of skiing was the hot chocolate, and I relished blizzards for the snow days, not the snowball fights. So when I booked a trip to the Icehotel in northern Sweden, my family and friends were amused -- and a bit concerned, especially whe... |
6b5ab0eedc2a70969e9c75db5d5e200bb46a5a85 | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. Geological Survey measures quake at magnitude 5.7 .
Thousands of panicked people stream into the streets .
No immediate reports of injuries or damage .
1985 earthquake killed thousands in Mexico City . | [
"MEXICO CITY (CNN) -- A moderately strong earthquake rocked Mexico City on Friday afternoon, shaking the earth in the sprawling capital. People in Mexico City stream into the street as a magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake at magnitude 5.7, and placed the epicenter near the ... |
eda4ef706b3beb085d4aa287c85bc908780eafa5 | Summarize the following news article. | 20 years since Poland's Solidarity movement defeated the Communist Party .
The New Poland is a week of programming examining the transformation of Poland .
Culminates in Autumn of Change, a look at the events that led to the election .
Fionnuala Sweeney will anchor CNN's live coverage from Poland . | [
"(CNN) -- It has been nearly 20 years since Poland's Solidarity movement defeated the Communist Party in an historic election that prompted the fall of communism across central and eastern Europe. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa takes the oath in front of Poland's National Assembly on December 22, 1990. CNN Internati... |
647df0cd93f9cfbc521a6ca6b04ecc71c08b335b | Summarize the following news article. | Marine Gunnery Sgt. Enrique Valdez's name added to Vietnam Veterans Memorial .
Valdez died from wounds suffered in August 1969 .
His family worked for years to have his name added to the memorial . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Fifteen years after his death, and after his family fought a very long bureaucratic battle with the government, Enrique Valdez's name was added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Rick Valdez looks at his father's name on the Wall on Monday. Valdez was a Marine gunnery sergeant wounded by shrapne... |
33aa3a64616dee9e4eb639b8ebdd7566acd0e893 | Summarize the following news article. | Militant group operating in oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria destroys oil pipelines .
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has declared "all-out war"
Nigeria's military has been trying to clear the western Niger Delta . | [
"LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- A militant group operating in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria said Monday that it had destroyed several major oil pipelines in response to a military offensive. File image shows Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta fighters. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Ni... |
0f880987515634be60792688d76ff3fd41ee3e1a | Summarize the following news article. | Fewer customers buy from coin-operated newspaper machines .
Delivery man says newspapers sell better from train stations than street machines .
Texas company that makes the machines says business is down .
"There'll be printed newspapers for years and years," firm's president says . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- This classic chant of \"Extra! Extra! Read all about it!\" -- barked out by battalions of newsboys hawking newspapers -- died decades ago, a casualty of home delivery, mass distribution and the advent of coin-operated newspaper machines. Some coin-operated newspaper machines have lasted for 30 ye... |
8d0d714d02b85e9f28e2c5a8b60360e5cfe819c7 | Summarize the following news article. | Obama will announce post Friday, sources say .
Cyber czar to lead effort to protect government and private computer systems .
White House will also release report with goals for combating cyber intrusions . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama is expected to announce Friday the creation of the position of cyber czar, a person who will coordinate the nation's efforts to protect government and private computer systems from hackers, criminal gangs, terrorists and spies, people familiar with the plan said Thursday. Presid... |
3087ea5447f9306d8c0e631101d9a9d2765435e1 | Summarize the following news article. | Portugal's most dramatic coastline is along the drive to the medieval town of Lagos .
A Moorish castle tops the Lisbon skyline and baroque churches line the streets .
The Douro River valley is stepped with some of Europe's oldest vine terraces . | [
"(Budget Travel) -- Here's a snapshot of Portugal's defining experiences: beaches, cities, and food and wine. Get a sense of which ones fit your travel style and your budget. Sandy beaches dot Portugal's rugged coastline. Find a secluded beach . The Algarve, southern Portugal's balmy riviera, sees nothing but blue ... |
eb90fb449560156800052641d38b6e346321040a | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Three attackers among the dead, city official says .
At least 27 killed, more than 250 wounded, according to officials .
Attack reduces police building in Lahore to rubble .
Vehicle packed with explosives detonated by building with at least 50 people inside . | [
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Three suspects were arrested after an explosives-packed van reduced a police building to rubble Wednesday in eastern Pakistan, killing 27. The scene of an apparent suicide car bomb attack on a police building in Lahore on May 27. The morning attack in Lahore -- Pakistan's second-larges... |
225a20c56bb7b0798878dfc000e2ab05eea29642 | Summarize the following news article. | Health and Hospital Corp., operates hospital where Esmin Green died last year .
CEO Alan Aviles, takes full responsibility for her death and offers a "full apology"
Green died from pulmonary thromboembolism, says medical examiner .
The video appears to show hospital workers ignoring her lying on the floor . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- The family of a woman who died ignored on an emergency room floor has reached a settlement with Health and Hospital Corp., the family's lawyer and the company's top executive said Thursday. Surveillance video shows Esmin Green on the hospital floor for more than an hour before anyone helps her. T... |
1f8e6ecf0f9595fb93fe28af823371c237a243d4 | Summarize the following news article. | Rybak wins with 387 points, the most in the contest's 53-year history, organizers say .
More than 100 million people are estimated to watch the show .
Swedish quartet ABBA won with "Waterloo" in 1974 .
Police arrest dozens of gay and lesbian rights activists planning rally during contest . | [
"(CNN) -- Norwegian violinist, Alexander Rybak, 23, won the Eurovision Song Contest with an upbeat ballad that got the most votes in the history of one of the world's most watched television shows. Alexander Rybak of Norway performs during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest Saturday in Moscow, Russia. On Satu... |
1f8dfffe11546abfe2035573e36e56dc499d93ad | Summarize the following news article. | "I wish that I could take it back," says man convicted in 2006 attack .
Steven Green must serve life in prison without parole .
Surviving family members testify against Green at hearing .
Matriarch lunges at Green while leaving witness stand . | [
"(CNN) -- A U.S. soldier convicted of murdering an Iraqi family spoke out for the first time Thursday, issuing a public apology for his crimes. Former U.S. soldier Steven Green got life in prison after being convicted of murdering four Iraqis. Steven Green, who escaped the death penalty this month, told relatives o... |
ebf4dd48edcfdce559526ced36272ded62225a59 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Motorcade accompanying Roh's body on way to the capital, Seoul .
NEW: Grief-stricken S. Koreans pour out onto the streets to pay final respects .
Roh Moo-Hyun took his own life amid an ongoing corruption investigation .
Roh was in office between 2003 and 2008 . | [
"(CNN) -- With their nation under high security alert, South Koreans mourned a former leader at a funeral ceremony Friday morning. The hearse carrying Roh Moo-Hyun's coffin heads for Seoul at Roh's hometown village of Bonghwa in Gimhae. Officials and dignitaries gathered in Seoul's Kyungbok Palace to honor former P... |
ac87ecda4a1ff182363373a3e51582249224851d | Summarize the following news article. | Sen. Orrin Hatch: Sotomayor confirmation likely if "disqualifying matters" don't appear .
Sotomayor could meet with some senators Tuesday .
Hatch, other Republicans want to wait until September for vote .
Sen. Pat Roberts is first Republican to say publicly he won't vote for nominee . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The longest-serving Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee told CNN Radio on Thursday that, barring any surprises, Sonia Sotomayor is headed for a Supreme Court confirmation. Judge Sonia Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court. \"If there are no otherwise disqualif... |
9ab1cbd71b453cd335f55fd196263b40c537ac82 | Summarize the following news article. | Bank: Mexicans in U.S. sent 12.2 percent less money back to Mexico than last August .
Some economists predict the drop will increase by year's end to 20 percent .
After oil exports, remittances are Mexico's second-largest source of foreign currency .
Some migrant workers are opting to return to Mexico . | [
"MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexicans in the United States sent home 12.2 percent less money this past August than the same month last year, the Banco de Mexico said Wednesday. Mexicans in the U.S. are sending fewer dollars home and are suffering from a tough economy. That translates into remittances of $1.9 bil... |
44c0a4109d944f279742cd5a89773af3eebc7c65 | Summarize the following news article. | Big Boi says he has 400 pairs, including crocodile-skin Nikes he's never worn .
Shoe companies capitalizing on niche demand for rare, limited-edition sneakers .
Sneakerology teacher: "If they've got money, they can buy coolness"
Woman says boyfriend "will not walk through grass. He will not walk through dirt" | [
"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- OutKast's Big Boi is a junkie, has been for years. Big Boi: \"You can really tell a lot about a person through the shoes, so I always like to keep me a fresh pair.\" The multiplatinum rap star got his first shoe fix back when he was better known as Antwan Patton, a busboy at Steak and Al... |
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