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It's official: U.S. President Barack Obama wants lawmakers to weigh in on whether to use military force in Syria. Obama sent a letter to the heads of the House and Senate on Saturday night, hours after announcing that he believes military action against Syrian targets is the right step to take over the alleged use of c... | Syrian official: Obama climbed to the top of the tree, "doesn't know how to get down"
Obama sends a letter to the heads of the House and Senate .
Obama to seek congressional approval on military action against Syria .
Aim is to determine whether CW were used, not by whom, says U.N. spokesman . | 0001d1afc246a7964130f43ae940af6bc6c57f01 | world | 2015 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20150319214424id_/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/31/world/meast/syria-civil-war/ |
Usain Bolt rounded off the world championships Sunday by claiming his third gold in Moscow as he anchored Jamaica to victory in the men's 4x100m relay. The fastest man in the world charged clear of United States rival Justin Gatlin as the Jamaican quartet of Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade and Bolt won... | Usain Bolt wins third gold of world championship .
Anchors Jamaica to 4x100m relay victory .
Eighth gold at the championships for Bolt .
Jamaica double up in women's 4x100m relay . | 0002095e55fcbd3a2f366d9bf92a95433dc305ef | sport | 2013 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20130904060359id_/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/18/sport/athletics-bolt-jamaica-gold |
The General Services Administration, already under investigation for lavish spending, allowed an employee to telecommute from Hawaii even though he is based at the GSA's Kansas City, Missouri, office, a CNN investigation has found. It cost more than $24,000 for the business development specialist to travel to and from ... | The employee in agency's Kansas City office is among hundreds of "virtual" workers .
The employee's travel to and from the mainland U.S. last year cost more than $24,000 .
The telecommuting program, like all GSA practices, is under review . | 00027e965c8264c35cc1bc55556db388da82b07f | politics | 2012 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20120827033356id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2012/08/23/politics/gsa-hawaii-teleworking |
A medical doctor in Vancouver, British Columbia, said Thursday that California arson suspect Harry Burkhart suffered from severe mental illness in 2010, when she examined him as part of a team of doctors. Dr. Blaga Stancheva, a family physician and specialist in obstetrics, said both Burkhart and his mother, Dorothee, ... | NEW: A Canadian doctor says she was part of a team examining Harry Burkhart in 2010 .
NEW: Diagnosis: "autism, severe anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression"
Burkhart is also suspected in a German arson probe, officials say .
Prosecutors believe the German national set a string of fires in Los Angeles . | 0002c17436637c4fe1837c935c04de47adb18e9a | justice | 2012 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20120427093814id_/http://edition.cnn.com:80/2012/01/05/justice/california-arson/index.html? |
Police arrested another teen Thursday, the sixth suspect jailed in connection with the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl on a northern California high school campus. Jose Carlos Montano, 18, was arrested on charges of felony rape, rape in concert with force, and penetration with a foreign object, said Richmond Police Lt.... | Another arrest made in gang rape outside California school .
Investigators say up to 20 people took part or stood and watched the assault .
Four suspects appeared in court Thursday; three wore bulletproof vests . | 0003ad6ef0c37534f80b55b4235108024b407f0b | crime | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20140305182215id_/http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/30/california.gang.rape/index.html |
Thousands on Saturday fled the area in southwestern Ivory Coast where attacks left seven U.N. peacekeepers and eight civilians dead, according to a U.N. official. One attack occurred late Thursday and into Friday near Para Village, not far from the west-central African nation's border with Liberia, according to the Uni... | Humanitarian groups expect 4,000 refugees in one camp, a U.N. official says .
Others have fled across the border to U.N. camps in Liberia, he says .
This follows attacks that killed 7 U.N. peacekeepers and 8 civilians . | 0004306354494f090ee2d7bc5ddbf80b63e80de6 | world | 2012 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20120617103455id_/http://edition.cnn.com:80/2012/06/09/world/africa/ivory-coast-violence/ |
Four groups that advocate for immigrant rights said Thursday they will challenge Arizona's new immigration law, which allows police to ask anyone for proof of legal U.S. residency. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Arizona and the National Immigrati... | NEW: 4 groups announce legal challenge in Phoenix .
American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Arizona, National Immigration Law Center slam law .
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund also objects to it .
They say law encourages racial profiling, but supporters say it doesn't involve any illegal acts . | 0005d61497d21ff37a17751829bd7e3b6e4a7c5c | politics | 2010 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20100504064850id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2010/POLITICS/04/29/arizona.immigration.law/? |
While Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer, it's also the unofficial start to the campaign season. That means politicking will be on the rise, especially as control of the Senate is at stake as well as control of 36 state houses. So, if you turn on your TV, expect to see more -- and nastier -- political advertisem... | Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer and the unofficial start to campaign season .
As much as $3.4 billion could be spent on advertising for this midterm election .
Here are five must-follow races for these midterms . | 0006021f772fad0aa78a977ce4a31b3faa6e6fe5 | politics | 2015 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20150604162525id_/http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/01/politics/5-races-midterms/index.html |
An Italian humanitarian activist and journalist who was kidnapped in Gaza has been found dead and one person is in custody, the Hamas Interior Ministry said Friday in a statement. Police investigating the case learned where 36-year-old Vittorio Arrigoni was being held and went to the location, where they found the body... | NEW: Autopsy indicates he had been dead for hours before police arrived .
YouTube video appears to show the activist bound and blindfolded .
The activist and freelance journalist was from the Lombardy region in northern Italy . | 00083697263e215e5e7eda753070f08aa374dd45 | world | 2015 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20150401201533id_/http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/04/14/gaza.italian.kidnapped/ |
Renowned radio personality Casey Kasem is in critical condition at a hospital in western Washington, a spokesman for St. Anthony Hospital told CNN in a written statement Thursday. "Mr. Kasem is alert and appears comfortable at this time," Scott Thompson, a spokesman for the facility in Gig Harbor added. The 82-year-old... | The radio personality was taken to a hospital Sunday .
Spokesman for hospital says Casey Kasem being treated for wounds, blood pressure issues .
He had been at a friend's home in Washington state after his wife took him there .
She has been feuding with three stepchildren over the radio icon's care . | 000940f2bb357ac04a236a232156d8b9b18d1667 | showbiz | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20140918102538id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2014/06/05/showbiz/casey-kasem-hospitalized |
If you travel by plane and arriving on time makes a difference, try to book on Hawaiian Airlines. In 2012, passengers got where they needed to go without delay on the carrier more than nine times out of 10, according to a study released on Monday. In fact, Hawaiian got even better from 2011, when it had a 92.8% on-time... | Hawaiian Airlines again lands at No. 1 in on-time performance .
The Airline Quality Rankings Report looks at the 14 largest U.S. airlines .
ExpressJet and American Airlines had the worst on-time performance .
Virgin America had the best baggage handling; Southwest had lowest complaint rate . | 0009ebb1967511741629926ef9f5faea2bb6be24 | travel | 2013 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20130915021916id_/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/08/travel/airline-quality-report |
For the second time during his papacy, Pope Francis has announced a new group of bishops and archbishops set to become cardinals -- and they come from all over the world. Pope Francis said Sunday that he would hold a meeting of cardinals on February 14 "during which I will name 15 new Cardinals who, coming from 13 coun... | The 15 new cardinals will be installed on February 14 .
They come from countries such as Myanmar and Tonga .
No Americans made the list this time or the previous time in Francis' papacy . | 000c835555db62e319854d9f8912061cdca1893e | world | 2015 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20150425022605id_/http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/04/world/vatican-pope-new-cardinals/ |
Four Chinese nationals of Uyghur ethnicity who had been held at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility have been resettled in Bermuda, officials said Thursday. Attorney General Eric Holder says the U.S. is "extremely grateful to the government of Bermuda." "Above all, this was a humanitarian act,"... | NEW: Bermudan premier: "Above all, this was a humanitarian act"
Uyghurs are native Chinese Muslims; the detainees were apprehended in Pakistan .
China urges U.S. to hand over all 17 Uyghurs held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba .
Official says U.S. still negotiating with Palau to take remaining 13 Uyghurs . | 000ca3fc9d877f8d4bb2ebd1d6858c69be571fd8 | politics | 2015 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20150327025046id_/http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/11/uighurs.gitmo/index.html?iref=nextin |
A ferocious leopard may have killed 15 people in Nepal in a 15-month span, its latest victim a 4-year-old boy that the creature dragged away into the jungle to eat. The head of boy was found in the forest a kilometer from his home Saturday morning, said Kamal Prasad Kharel, the police chief of the Baitadi district, an ... | A 4-year-old boy is the latest victim of a man-eating leopard, a local police chief says .
He suspects one leopard is behind the deaths of 15 people in the past 15 months .
A reward has been offered to anyone who captures or kills the man-eating creature .
Leopards are common in low mountain areas of Nepal but usually ... | 000cd1ee0098c4d510a03ddc97d11764448ebac2 | world | 2013 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20130408081613id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2012/11/03/world/asia/nepal-leopard-deaths |
Kyle White now has two pieces of metal to wear -- one, a bracelet inscribed with the names of his six comrades killed in an ambush in Afghanistan, the other, a Medal of Honor given to him for his valor that ensured that death toll wasn't higher. Speaking minutes after President Barack Obama gave him the highest militar... | NEW: Kyle White: "Without this team, there would be no Medal of Honor"
NEW: He vows to "live up to the responsibility" of having the top military award .
NEW: Obama calls White "a soldier who embodies the courage of his generation"
The Army vet, then 20, braved enemy fire to save his wounded comrades in Afghanistan . | 000e009f6b1d954d827c9a550f3f24a5474ee82b | us | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20140723211102id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2014/05/13/us/medal-of-honor |
Like a stereotypical beauty pageant, it looks like thin will be in at the world's largest annual gadget convention next week in Las Vegas. At the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, computer makers will be pushing a new breed of ultra-thin, ultra-light laptops amid a sea of razor-thin smartphones and tablets.... | The Consumer Electronics Show brings a slew of new gadgets .
Tablets running Google's Android and Microsoft's Windows 8 will debut .
Ultrabooks, a new type of thinner laptop, are expected to make a splash .
But some of the largest players in the consumer electronics industry are shunning CES . | 001097a19e2c96de11276b3cce11566ccfed0030 | tech | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20140109054234id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2012/01/06/tech/gaming-gadgets/ces-2012-trends/ |
Bayern Munich might be licking their wounds after defeat in the European Champions League final, but the German club can find comfort in victory of a different kind: by beating Chelsea in football's financial league table. Despite Saturday's crushing penalty shootout loss to the English side in their own backyard at th... | Manchester United again named football's most valuable brand .
The 19-time English champions are worth a reported $853 million .
Germany's Bayern Munich second on the list, worth an estimated $786 million .
Spanish rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona both see small decreases in brand value . | 0010c870d3fc53ea7f2a4a50f6496dc2df17e02f | sport | 2015 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20150213012330id_/http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/21/sport/football/football-brands-bayern-united/index.html |
Rebels in Tripoli furiously hunting for signs of longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi are exploring a network of tunnels and bunkers built beneath his massive compound. CNN's Sara Sidner got a peek at the passageways Friday. She dubbed it "Gadhafi's inner sanctum." The correspondent, who's been covering the battle of... | CNN's Sara Sidner sees another world in a tunnel below Tripoli .
Gadhafi may have recorded his taped messages in a studio there .
Rebels are methodically searching through the winding passages . | 00120f91cfcab17bac165f7a4719019a628a9db3 | world | 2011 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20110827080926id_/http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/26/libya.tunnels/index.html |
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday defended the Bush administration's economic record, the invasion of Iraq and the treatment of suspected terrorists, warning that reversing its anti-terrorism policies endangers Americans. "We've accomplished nearly everything we set out to do," ex-Vice President Dick Cheney s... | NEW: Cheney: Harsh interrogations, warrantless eavesdropping "essential"
NEW: Former vice president says Bush rebuffed his advice on two big issues .
"An administration has to be able to respond to [crises] and we did," Cheney said .
Cheney cites costs of dealing with 9/11 attacks, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq . | 00128f1ba30d5e9e0f17df83285a1bc2072e2f01 | politics | 2009 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20090327024824id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2009/POLITICS/03/15/cheney.interview/index.html?eref=aol_hl |
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a full mental competency screening for Omar Gonzalez, who is accused of jumping the White House fence, after a disputed initial examination found him not competent for trial. U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer expressed concern that the initial mental exam, ordered by a magist... | Omar Gonzalez is accused of jumping the White House fence in September .
An initial evaluation finds him not competent to stand trial .
His attorney argues Gonzalez is fine, but agrees to more thorough exam . | 00142065a6c92f788eacd40c9023184808a7e2d1 | justice | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20141024225012id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2014/10/21/justice/white-house-trespass-case |
A German tourist was in critical condition after a shark severed her right arm while she snorkeled in Hawaii on Wednesday, authorities said. The approximately 20-year-old woman, who was unconscious when first responders arrived, was taken to Maui Medical Center for treatment, according Lee Mainaga with the Maui Fire De... | This is the fourth shark attack in Maui this year .
It took place about 50 yards offshore .
Officials will decide Thursday if the beach can reopen . | 0015194573f9b4430319683cde41e4aa17092a9d | us | 2013 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20131112050011id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2013/08/15/us/hawaii-shark-attack |
Fifteen people have now died after consuming cantaloupe contaminated with the listeria monocytogenes bacteria, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. At least 84 people in 19 states have become ill with the bacteria, the agency said. And the number of illnesses could still grow, added the CDC, citi... | Contaminated cantaloupes have caused illnesses in 19 states, the CDC says .
In addition to the deaths, a total of 84 people have fallen ill, the agency says .
The fruits are thought to be tainted by listeria monocytogenes bacteria .
Colorado-based Jensen Farms has recalled its cantaloupes . | 00156d9892fb27f1d2e100cbdd8a3997f8273781 | health | 2012 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20120121102609id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2011/09/30/health/cantaloupe-deaths |
Criminals who file fraudulent tax returns by stealing people's identities could rake in an estimated $26 billion over the next five years because the IRS cannot keep up with the amount of the fraud, Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George said Tuesday. "Our analysis found that, although the IRS detects and prevent... | The Treasury's estimate is the first detailed analysis of the ongoing problem .
With budget cuts, the IRS cannot deal with the fraud, according to inspector general .
IRS says it stopped the issuance of $1.3 billion in potentially fraudulent tax returns . | 001732b374f362d3961a510da315601e4b5e7e84 | us | 2013 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20130308123724id_/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/08/us/tax-refund-fraud |
A short video that has gone viral in Mexico asks a tough question of the country's presidential candidates: "Are you striving only for the (presidential) chair, or will you change the future of our country?" A young girl with brown eyes and long brown hair, wearing a simple white shirt, poses the question. Behind her i... | A video featuring child actors has gone viral in Mexico .
It shows children facing the challenges the country faces .
The video asks Mexican presidential candidates for real change .
Some of the candidates have seen the video . | 001789cf9b865dcac3d9fc032a6b1533e3318eda | world | 2012 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20120713000134id_/http://edition.cnn.com:80/2012/04/12/world/americas/mexico-viral-video/index.html |
ISIS, as the Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria are known, has become the new face of international terrorism in the eyes of the United States and its Western allies. Now the focus in America and abroad has become what will President Barack Obama and other leaders do about it? Here are key questions on the matte... | White House: President Obama has not decided on air strikes in Syria .
Possible options include air strikes on ISIS targets in Syria .
Some consider the group a direct threat to U.S. security .
Obama spent three years avoiding a U.S. military role in Syria . | 00189f37b1c8bdc2b132b40270bb28ffcc622af1 | world | 2015 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20150504194438id_/http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/25/world/meast/isis-5-questions/ |
(Health.com) -- An essential nutrient found in fish oil does not appear to slow the mental decline associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study is merely the latest to cast doubt on the mental benefits of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaeno... | Studies show that an essential nutrient in fish oil does not appear to slow mental decline .
Fish oil seems to be healthy in general, but does not benefit Alzheimer's patients cognitively .
Treatments such as DHA could prevent or slow dementia if started earlier in life . | 001a6162391594e2a8607fba135bdfa154e57904 | health | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20140921051017id_/http://edition.cnn.com:80/2010/HEALTH/11/02/health.fish.oil.alzheimers/ |
(EW.com) -- Chris Meloni has booked his first post-"SVU" gig -- and it's a bloody good one. The former star of the Dick Wolf drama will join HBO's "True Blood" in season 5 as "ancient, powerful vampire who holds the fate of Bill and Eric in his hands." He will be a series regular. Meloni's role on Alan Ball's drama mar... | Christopher Meloni will join HBO's "True Blood" in season 5 .
He will play an "ancient, powerful vampire who holds the fate of Bill and Eric in his hands"
The actor previously played Chris Keller on the pay cabler's gritty drama "Oz" | 001adf6209be103cb198b8599f236b4d5760a5fe | showbiz | 2012 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20120307154308id_/http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/14/showbiz/tv/true-blood-casts-christopher-meloni-ew/ |
Ballet dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko, often cast as the villain in Bolshoi Ballet productions, is now the lead defendant in a plot worthy of a Tchaikovsky score. The 29-year-old allegedly choreographed an attack intended to blind Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin, the man who put him in the roles of Ivan the Terrible ... | Judge orders all three men to be held in police custody .
"I organized this attack, but not to the extent that it happened," dancer says .
Police say the motive was a "hostile relationship"
State media: Filin had suffered intimidation, including threatening phone calls . | 001b4673dbb3437282cd2ea58d9eca471e25780f | world | 2015 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20150205163206id_/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/06/world/europe/russia-acid-attack |
This week the Supreme Court heard two historic cases on marriage. Even though I was a lawyer in the litigation and in the courthouse both days, I can't predict which way the court will come down. But the outcomes range from nothing at all to fundamentally restructuring the foundational unit of western civilization. Hol... | Ken Klukowski: Cases heard by Supreme Court could result in momentous change .
He says there are questions of whether cases could be tossed because of special circumstances .
If court issues sweeping ruling, it could deprive voters of chance to weigh in .
Klukowski: Gay marriage is such a new phenomenon that court shou... | 001be24b2db1c04f62386f98997fee725c5fd2fb | opinion | 2015 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20150628084546id_/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/28/opinion/klukowski-supreme-court/index.html |
At the gravesite in a northern Liberia village, there are no religious or traditional burial rites. No ceremony, no mourning, no family members, and no final goodbyes. Nothing but a group of men dressed in space-suit-like outfits, cautiously throwing the dead body into the grave, they pause only to toss in anything els... | Liberia is one of the countries worst-hit by the West African Ebola outbreak .
Entire towns and villages have been placed into quarantine or abandoned by residents .
Health workers must ensure those who die of virus are buried safely, to avoid contamination .
"Running away from Ebola is not a solution -- we have to fac... | 001c839e1d76c400129f6c2799957c74e9895815 | world | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20141012194416id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2014/09/01/world/africa/ebola-ghost-town/? |
The big winners of this Formula One season could be road drivers rather than F1 racers, according to one former world champion. Jody Scheckter, who took the drivers' title in 1979, hopes a raft of technological changes -- notably smaller, hybrid engines that promise greater fuel efficiency -- will help improve road car... | The first race of the 2014 Formula One season takes place in Australia on Sunday .
Turbo engines are back in the sport, with each car boasting a 1.6-liter V6 hybrid .
Former F1 winner Jody Scheckter expects F1 technology to trickle down to road cars .
For the first time in the sport's history, double points will be awa... | 001cdbaf0607878f332e0202fadf5b82d2997c02 | sport | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20140325060740id_/http://edition.cnn.com:80/2014/03/14/sport/motorsport/jody-scheckter-formula-one-2014/ |
European football's governing body, UEFA has revealed that 32 of its 54 member states have declared an interest in hosting matches at the 2020 European Championships. Traditionally, the tournament is hosted by one or two nations, but matches in 2020 will be shared between 13 cities across Europe. UEFA, who announced a ... | European football's governing body reveals list of countries bidding to host 2020 finals .
The 60th anniversary edition of the finals will be hosted by 13 countries .
Thirty-two countries are considering bids to host 2020 matches .
UEFA will announce host cities on September 25 . | 001d9259673bd2ffb613217d19b98ca3563874ac | sport | 2013 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20131106032112id_/http://edition.cnn.com:80/2013/09/20/sport/football/football-euro-2020-bid-countries/index.html? |
Northeast Florida State Attorney Angela Corey has made it clear that she alone will decide whether George Zimmerman will be charged in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman's attorneys termed as "courageous" her decision not to present evidence to the grand jury that the original prosecutor, Norman Wolfinger,... | Sunny Hostin: The state attorney has made it clear that she alone will decide on charges .
She says the public withdrawal by lawyers representing George Zimmerman was strange .
Hostin: Zimmerman's actions may not have been covered by the "stand your ground" law .
She says she believes in the jury system; it makes sense... | 001e8bda2f7ab73bf81314c1639a97dae2751703 | opinion | 2012 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20120620124224id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2012/04/11/opinion/hostin-trayvon-martin-jury |
If that car parked in Harvard Yard is a rockin', school officials may soon come a knockin', because hanky-panky between students and faculty at the elite university has officially been banned. Specifically, the school adopted a new policy this week that prohibits romantic relationships between undergraduates and profes... | Harvard bans all romantic relationships between professors and students .
Policy comes on heels of investigation into Title IX violations . | 001ee59c375363263821474d40e4386ab91d5145 | us | 2015 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20150706063428id_/http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/06/us/harvard-bans-professor-student-sex/ |
Each summer, more than 50,000 people pour into a cobblestone square in Tuscany for a gut-wrenching 90-seconds. That's all it takes for the flamboyantly dressed jockeys of Italy's legendary horse race -- Palio di Siena -- to race bareback around the medieval square. It's been called the "most dangerous horse race in the... | As the dust settles on Italy's Palio de Siena, CNN looks at wild horse festivals .
Includes fire leaping in Spain and samurai battles in Japan .
A world away from traditional races such as Royal Ascot or Kentucky Derby .
Some ancient horse shows date back to 10th Century . | 001f2856c2bca7de7918eb155b2e1bc8aa0d8695 | sport | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20140915011655id_/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/26/sport/worlds-craziest-horse-festivals/index.html |
Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi flew to Greece Sunday to deliver a personal message from Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, a Greek foreign ministry official told CNN. Libya asked Greece to allow a special envoy to travel there to communicate a message, Greek foreign ministry spokesman Grigoris Delavekouras ... | NEW: Libya's deputy foreign minister for European affairs meets with the Greek prime minister .
NEW: The envoy is expected to continue talks in Turkey and Malta, Greek officials say .
"It is clear that the (Libyan) administration is looking for a solution" | 001f9c554f1a29169413d0d2f138212a14c6dcf1 | world | 2011 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20110415080014id_/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/03/libya.deputy.fm/index.html |
Sergio Garcia, a 36-year-old undocumented immigrant in California, has held two lifelong dreams: to become a U.S. citizen and to practice law. He's been waiting 19 years for a visa still stuck in a backlog, but the California Supreme Court ensured this week that his second dream will become a reality. Garcia can be adm... | A California court rules that Sergio Garcia can practice law .
Garcia is an undocumented immigrant .
He says the ruling is a dream come true .
But he won't practice immigration law, he says . | 001fb4ca3bd3a0c1cd91fdc813f0ebeeac678e76 | us | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20140508141719id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2014/01/03/us/california-immigrant-lawyer/index.html |
Rip it up and start again. As a 20-year-old, Ana Ivanovic claimed the French Open on Roland Garros' clay courts. All the portents suggested great things were ahead of the Serbian. Here was a tennis player with an impressive forehand and serve, with the added bonus of being incredibly marketable. But six years on, much ... | Ana Ivanovic has a new all-Serbian team behind her for the first time .
The 26-year-old has parted company with a number of coaches in the past .
The Serbian's last grand slam success came at the French Open in 2008 .
She is feeling confident about new season after finishing 2013 ranked 16th . | 0020ede07ee7ad1f6cf654c7dc678e7341d0c0e5 | sport | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20140123141301id_/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/09/sport/tennis/ana-ivanovic-australian-open-tennis/ |
A federal judge has ordered that an official monitor be put in place to prevent discrimination in the hiring of New York City firefighters. U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said the city needs "to comprehensively reassess its policies and practices, to analyze the evidence showing the effect of those policies and ... | Official monitor will oversee FDNY hiring practices, federal judge rules .
Monitoring will be in place for at least 10 years, Judge Nicholas Garaufis says .
Mayor Michael Bloomberg defends his record for improving minority recruiting .
However, Garaufis says testing and hiring procedures are discriminatory . | 00211175819295755ed12e89791b4d543442981a | us | 2011 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20111008025950id_/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/us/new-york-fdny-lawsuit/index.html |
American journalist James Foley was murdered, beheaded by an English-speaking member of ISIS, the extremist group that calls itself the Islamic State and has already conquered large swaths of two Middle Eastern countries. The sickening execution, recorded and released online for the world to see, came with a warning to... | Frida Ghitis: U.S. cannot give in to ISIS threats, must focus on helping Kurds of Iraq .
Ghitis: U.N. resolution should declare that Muslims, rest of the world find ISIS horrific .
Ghitis: U.S. should make sure this is not framed as a war against Islam and the West .
She says ISIS is a threat to the whole world; Europe... | 002124147bd10996f410d1a117ddf298018dbced | opinion | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20141026195321id_/http://www.cnn.com:80/2014/08/20/opinion/ghitis-isis-foley-beheading/ |
In a deserted playground a few hundred miles south of Cairo, 13-year-old Asmaa Ashraf fiddles with a broken rusted slide. She is waiting listlessly for a lesson with her math tutor. The bright-eyed teenager lives in a sepia-toned village in the province of Qena, a place of rural poverty and neglect. But she has big dre... | While Egypt struggles to wade through political problems, its education system suffers .
Literacy rates are low and unemployment is high, especially among females .
Many middle-class families are spending a large part of their income on private tutoring .
A few start-up companies have emerged, however, to address the e... | 002175ac42ef0c91b9fb7e07259413a8ee3979a3 | world | 2014 | cnn | http://web.archive.org/web/20140125184842id_/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/24/world/africa/egypt-broken-schools |
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