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0 | LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe gains access to a reported £20 million ($41.1 million) fortune as he turns 18 on Monday, but he insists the money won't cast a spell on him. Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" To the disappointment of gossip col... | Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe gets £20M fortune as he turns 18 Monday .
Young actor says he has no plans to fritter his cash away .
Radcliffe's earnings from first five Potter films have been held in trust fund . | 563 | 50 |
1 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Doctors removed five small polyps from President Bush's colon on Saturday, and "none appeared worrisome," a White House spokesman said. The polyps were removed and sent to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, for routine microscopic examination, spokesman Scott Stanzel said. Resu... | Five small polyps found during procedure; "none worrisome," spokesman says .
President reclaims powers transferred to vice president .
Bush undergoes routine colonoscopy at Camp David . | 529 | 37 |
2 | BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- A key rebel commander and fugitive from a U.S. drug trafficking indictment was killed over the weekend in an air attack on a guerrilla encampment, the Colombian military said Monday. Alleged cocaine trafficker and FARC rebel Tomas Medina Caracas in an Interpol photo. Tomas Medina Caracas, know... | Tomas Medina Caracas was a fugitive from a U.S. drug trafficking indictment .
"El Negro Acacio" allegedly helped manage extensive cocaine network .
U.S. Justice Department indicted him in 2002 .
Colombian military: He was killed in an attack on a guerrilla encampment . | 452 | 62 |
3 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- White House press secretary Tony Snow, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, will step down from his post September 14 and be replaced by deputy press secretary Dana Perino, the White House announced Friday. White House press secretary Tony Snow will step down from his post on September 14. Presid... | President Bush says Tony Snow "will battle cancer and win" Job of press secretary "has been a dream for me," Snow says Snow leaving on September 14, will be succeeded by Dana Perino . | 642 | 42 |
4 | (CNN) -- Police and FBI agents are investigating the discovery of an empty rocket launcher tube on the front lawn of a Jersey City, New Jersey, home, FBI spokesman Sean Quinn said. Niranjan Desai discovered the 20-year-old AT4 anti-tank rocket launcher tube, a one-time-use device, lying on her lawn Friday morning, poli... | Empty anti-tank weapon turns up in front of New Jersey home .
Device handed over to Army ordnance disposal unit .
Weapon not capable of being reloaded, experts say . | 464 | 37 |
5 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A chronology of bombings and attempted bomb attacks in the mainland UK since the 1970s: . Police close off streets around Haymarket, in London's busy theater district. June 29, 2007: Police defuse a bomb consisting of 200 liters of fuel, gas cylinders and nails found in an abandoned car in Haym... | Two cars loaded with gasoline and nails found abandoned in London Friday .
52 people killed on July 7, 2005 after bombs exploded on London bus, trains .
British capital wracked by violence by the IRA for years . | 787 | 44 |
6 | BREMEN, Germany -- Carlos Alberto, who scored in FC Porto's Champions League final victory against Monaco in 2004, has joined Bundesliga club Werder Bremen for a club record fee of 7.8 million euros ($10.7 million). Carlos Alberto enjoyed success at FC Porto under Jose Mourinho. "I'm here to win titles with Werder," t... | Werder Bremen pay a club record $10.7 million for Carlos Alberto .
The Brazilian midfielder won the Champions League with FC Porto in 2004 .
Since January he has been on loan with his first club, Fluminense . | 400 | 51 |
7 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney will serve as acting president briefly Saturday while President Bush is anesthetized for a routine colonoscopy, White House spokesman Tony Snow said Friday. Bush is scheduled to have the medical procedure, expected to take about 2 1/2 hours, at the presidential retreat at ... | President Bush will have a routine colonoscopy Saturday .
While he's anesthetized, his powers will be transferred to the vice president .
Bush had last colonoscopy in 2002, which found no problems . | 298 | 45 |
8 | SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the San Francisco area Friday at 4:42 a.m. PT (7:42 a.m. ET), the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake left about 2,000 customers without power, said David Eisenhower, a spokesman for Pacific Gas and Light. Under the USGS classification, a magni... | 2,000 customers without electricity, power company says .
Magnitude 4.2 quake set off home alarms, says Oakland police dispatcher .
"It was fairly mild," police say, no immediate reports of injuries, damage .
It was centered two miles east-northeast of Oakland, about 3.6 miles deep . | 269 | 67 |
9 | (CNN) -- At least 14 people were killed and 60 others wounded Thursday when a bomb ripped through a crowd waiting to see Algeria's president in Batna, east of the capital of Algiers, the Algerie Presse Service reported. A wounded person gets first aid shortly after Thursday's attack in Batna, Algeria. The explosion occ... | Bomb victims waiting for presidential visit .
Blast went off 15 minutes before president's arrival .
Algeria faces Islamic insurgency .
Al Qaeda-affiliated group claimed July attacks . | 334 | 37 |
10 | (CNN) -- Football superstar, celebrity, fashion icon, multimillion-dollar heartthrob. Now, David Beckham is headed for the Hollywood Hills as he takes his game to U.S. Major League Soccer. CNN looks at how Bekham fulfilled his dream of playing for Manchester United, and his time playing for England. The world's famous ... | Beckham has agreed to a five-year contract with Los Angeles Galaxy .
New contract took effect July 1, 2007 .
Former English captain to meet press, unveil new shirt number Friday .
CNN to look at Beckham as footballer, fashion icon and global phenomenon . | 561 | 54 |
11 | (CNN) -- A virus found in healthy Australian honey bees may be playing a role in the collapse of honey bee colonies across the United States, researchers reported Thursday. Honey bees walk on a moveable comb hive at the Bee Research Laboratory, in Beltsville, Maryland. Colony collapse disorder has killed millions of be... | Colony collapse disorder has killed millions of bees .
Scientists suspect a virus may combine with other factors to collapse colonies .
Disorder first cropped up in 2004, as bees were imported from Australia .
$15 billion in U.S. crops each year dependent on bees for pollination . | 764 | 59 |
12 | LONDON, England -- Savers at a leading UK mortgage bank lined up for a second day to empty their accounts Saturday, a day after the lender was bailed out by the Bank of England after heavily slashing profit forecasts. Fearful customers line up to withdraw cash from a Northern Rock branch in southeast London on Friday. ... | Savers at leading UK mortgage bank lined up to empty their accounts .
Northern Rock was bailed out by the Bank of England a day earlier .
Reassurances that banks was safe have gone unheeded by many . | 317 | 45 |
13 | LAGOS, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Nigeria's television survival show has been suspended after a contestant drowned in preparation for the program, said Dutch brewer Heineken's local unit which is sponsoring the show. Anthony Ogadje, 25, and nine other contestants had gone to Shere Hills Lake in Nigeria's hilly Plateau State ... | Anthony Ogadje, 25, reportedly drowned in Shere Hills Lake .
He was preparing for the show, "Gulder Ultimate Search"
Dutch brewer Heineken's local unit sponsors the program . | 305 | 42 |
14 | LONDON, England -- Chelsea are waiting on the fitness of John Terry ahead of Wednesday's Champions League match with Valencia, but Frank Lampard has been ruled out. John Terry tries out his protective mask during training for Chelsea on Tuesday. Center-back Terry suffered a broken cheekbone during Saturday's 0-0 draw w... | Chelsea are still waiting on the fitness of England captain John Terry .
Terry trained in a face mask ahead of the Champions League tie in Valencia .
The central defender underwent surgery on a broken cheekbone on Sunday . | 221 | 43 |
15 | LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- "To insure or not to insure?" It isn't Shakespeare, but it is the dramatic question Hollywood filmmakers are asking about Lindsay Lohan following her legal troubles this week. Lindsay Lohan may still get work after her legal problems are settled, but the cost will be high. It is an... | Because of troubles, Lindsay Lohan likely difficult to insure .
Lohan supposed to appear in Shirley MacLaine film "Poor Things"
Insurance rates may cost 1 to 3 percent of film's production budget . | 807 | 44 |
16 | ROME. Italy -- Italy and Roma striker Francesco Totti has threatened to quit the Italian Players Association, in a row over the starting date of the next Serie A season. Roma striker Totti has complained that the Italian players are never listened to. The row began last month, when the Italian Football League, which is... | Francesco Totti threatens to quit the Italian Players' Association .
The Italy and Roma striker is upset over the early start to the new season .
He says: We are the principal actors, but ... are never listened to." | 298 | 48 |
17 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Allegations that Blackwater USA -- whose operations were suspended after 20 Iraqi civilians were shot to death last weekend -- was "in any way associated or complicit in unlawful arms activities are baseless," the company asserted Saturday. Blackwater employees patrol Baghdad by air in a February 20... | Two employees bought, sold weapons on their own, company says .
Company fired workers, turned them in to ATF, says source .
Feds investigating claims Blackwater employees made illegal arms deals .
Blackwater in spotlight after shootings last weekend that killed 20 Iraqis . | 407 | 54 |
18 | (CNN) -- A Marine convicted for his role in the death of an Iraqi civilian was sentenced Friday to a reduction in rank and will be discharged. Cpl. Trent D. Thomas was found guilty Wednesday of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit several offenses -- including murder, larceny, housebreaking, kidnapping, and making false... | Cpl. Trent D. Thomas found guilty this week of conspiracy to commit murder .
Marine gets rank of private, will be discharged for role in death of Iraqi civilian .
Group's leader awaits trial on murder and conspiracy charges . | 385 | 48 |
19 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's declaration that France had to prepare for the possibility of war against Iran over its nuclear program was not conventional diplomatic behavior. But then Kouchner was never expected to be a soft-soaper on the diplomatic scene. French foreign minister ... | French FM Kouchner has told France to prepare for possibility of war with Iran .
Was a surprise appointment to Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government .
Also the first French Foreign Minister to visit Iraq since 1988 .
Founder of Medicins Sans Frontiers, also French student leader in May 1968 . | 743 | 62 |
20 | PHUKET, Thailand (CNN) -- Relatives of the 89 people killed in Sunday's plane crash in Phuket continued to arrive in the Thai resort town on Tuesday to try to identify their loved ones' remains. A Buddhist monk blesses the wreckage of One-Two-Go airline's MD-82 jet at Phuket airport on Tuesday. Most of those killed wer... | Relatives of the 89 people killed in Thai air crash are still arriving in Phuket .
About 36 of the bodies have yet to be identified, according to Thai authorities .
U.S. Embassy in Bangkok confirms that five Americans were among the dead .
The investigation into what caused Sunday's crash is still continuing . | 662 | 66 |
21 | (CNN) -- Filmmaker Michael Moore, whose new documentary "Sicko" takes on America's health care system, faced off Tuesday with CNN chief medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Michael Moore and CNN's Sanjay Gupta argued Tuesday about Gupta's report on Moore's film "Sicko" Moore criticized a ... | Moore criticized a report Gupta did on CNN Monday on "Sicko"
Gupta's report questions some of the movie's numbers and solutions .
Gupta: "I thought it was a good movie, and I wanted to say that" | 610 | 50 |
22 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Twelve-year-old Mohammed Rasoul, his right leg severed below the knee, maneuvers on crutches over the dirt and loose stones through the Falluja graveyard. Mohammed Rasoul sitting with his mother, Jinan Khalifa, eagerly awaits his trip to the United States. Row after row of headstones stand as the... | Boy, 12, lost leg to car bombing in Iraq; cousin was killed by blast .
He is now heading to the United States to get a prosthetic leg .
Boy: "I want to ... meet this person that gave me my future back"
Charity director says helping the boy makes her "cry with joy" | 832 | 67 |
23 | NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) -- India has elected its first female president, official results show, in what supporters are calling a boost for the rights of millions of downtrodden women, despite a bitter campaign marked by scandal. Pratibha Patil, 72, is India's first elected female president. Pratibha Patil, the rulin... | India elects first female president, official results show Saturday .
Pratibha Patil's supporters are calling victory a boost for women's rights .
Bitter election campaign was marked by scandal .
72-year-old Patil was the ruling coalition's nominee for mainly ceremonial post . | 708 | 60 |
24 | SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- More than 100 homes in an upscale San Diego community were evacuated after a landslide about 60 yards wide pulled the earth from beneath a three-lane road and some of the multimillion-dollar homes that adorn it. Gina Yarbrough sent this picture of the road that collapsed in Wednesday's la... | San Diego mayor declares state of emergency; White House, governor offer aid .
Officials were investigating the shifting earth in the area for weeks .
Residents can return to 75 of the 111 evacuated homes Thursday, mayor says .
"We watched the trees snapping and cracking," says one evacuated resident . | 660 | 59 |
25 | MOGADISHU, Somalia (CNN) -- An enraged crowd dragged the body of an Ethiopian soldier through the streets of Somalia's capital Thursday after gun battles with Islamic insurgents killed 19 people, witnesses reported. In a brutal echo of a 1993 battle involving Somali militias in which the bodies of U.S. troops were drag... | Ethiopian soldier dragged after battle with Islamic insurgents killed 19 people .
The body was bound hand and foot with wire and wrapped in a sheet of plastic .
Incident recalls 1993 dragging of U.S. soldier through streets of Mogadishu .
Washington is concerned Somalia could turn into a safe haven for terrorists . | 415 | 65 |
26 | QUEBEC, Canada -- Third seed Julia Vakulenko will face comeback queen Lindsay Davenport in her first WTA Tour final at the Bell Challenge on Sunday. Julia Vakulenko will seek her first victory on the WTA Tour at the Bell Challenge in Quebec. The Ukrainian battled through with a 6-1 4-6 7-5 victory over American qualifi... | Julia Vakulenko has reached her first final on the WTA Tour at Bell Challenge .
The Ukrainian third seed will face Lindsay Davenport after beating Julie Ditty .
Former world No. 1 Davenport defeated Russian second seed Vera Zvonareva . | 529 | 56 |
27 | (CNN) -- The chief operating officer of the National Children's Museum was arrested Tuesday and is charged with distributing child pornography over the Internet, authorities said. Robert A. Singer is accused of sending images depicting child pornography to people he believed to be a 12-year-old girl and her 33-year-old... | Robert A. Singer is accused of e-mailing child porn to 12-year-old girl .
12-year-old girl was actually undercover New York City detective .
Singer was identified in court document as National Children's Museum spokesman .
Washington museum officials say they are "horrified" by the charges . | 779 | 66 |
28 | (CNN) -- With his hands and feet shackled and his face obscured by his long hair, Chester Arthur Stiles made his initial court appearance in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday morning on charges stemming from the videotaped rape of a 2-year-old girl. Chester Stiles appears Wednesday in a Las Vegas, Nevada, courtroom. Sti... | NEW: Accused pedophile Chester Arthur Stiles gets additional charges .
NEW: "I think he's a little out of it," his attorney says .
Suspect's ex-girlfriend: "I've had my share of nightmares"
Stiles, 37, arrested following a routine traffic stop . | 797 | 62 |
29 | JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South African fast bowler Dale Steyn took a career-best five for 34 as the Proteas took a tight grip on the first test against New Zealand in Johannesburg. Steyn's career-best 5-34 was his fourth five-wicket haul in 14 tests. New Zealand were bowled out for 118 in reply to South Africa's 2... | South Africa lead New Zealand by 287 with 8 wickets standing in the 1st test .
The Proteas reach 179-2 in their second innings after the Kiwis are 118 all out .
South African paceman Dale Steyn takes a career-best 5-34. | 501 | 57 |
30 | (CNN) -- After weeks of controversy over Michael Mukasey's views on waterboarding, the Senate late Thursday approved the former judge's nomination for attorney general by a 53-40 vote. Waterboarding threatened to derail the approval of President Bush's nominee to lead the Justice Department. President Bush nominated Mu... | President Bush nominated Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales .
Mukasey is a former federal chief judge in New York .
Some Democratic senators opposed nominee due to views on waterboarding .
Human rights groups consider waterboarding a form of torture . | 748 | 52 |
31 | ORME, Tennessee (CNN) -- The drought in the Southeastern United States means more than just brown lawns to the folks in Orme, Tennessee. Water flows from their taps for just three hours each evening. A 1961 firetruck loads up with water from a hydrant in Alabama to haul back to Orme, Tennessee. The mountain spring that... | Orme, Tennessee, has running water from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Town's spring ran dry in midst of Southeast drought .
Donated water is trucked in from Alabama .
Completion of pipeline will solve problem for good . | 746 | 54 |
32 | (CNN) -- China has suspended exports of the Aqua Dots toys contaminated with a chemical that can convert to a powerful "date rape" drug, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The toys have caused some children who swallowed the craft toys to vomit and lose consciousness. China suspended exports of the Aqu... | State-run news agency: China orders an investigation by quality control agencies .
Children who swallow the beads can become comatose or have seizures .
Toys are sold as Aqua Dots in the U.S., as Bindeez Beads in Australia .
Three children were hospitalized in Australia after swallowing large quantities . | 725 | 66 |
33 | (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of Congolese refugees fled camps Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo as rebel troops attacked government forces in the area, the U.N. refugee agency said. Refugees move along a road Tuesday in Mugunga, near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A press release from the U.N. High ... | NEW: Congo rebels blame Rwandan Hutus for attack, report says .
Internally displaced Congolese flee as rebels attack government troops .
Torrential rain makes refugee movement difficult .
U.N. refugee agency: Some 375,000 have been forced from homes in past year . | 637 | 59 |
34 | (CNN) -- Authorities in Azerbaijan recently uncovered a radical Islamic terror plot against the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Baku, prompting the facility to close its doors to the public Monday, Azerbaijan and U.S. officials told CNN. The Bibi Heybat Mosque, just outside the capital Baku. As a precaution, Britain also ... | Authorities uncover a radical Islamic terror plot against the U.S. embassy in Baku .
The United States has reduced its embassy's operations .
Britain also shut its embassy in Baku to the public on Monday . | 528 | 44 |
35 | PARIS, France (CNN) -- Interpol on Monday took the unprecendented step of making a global appeal for help to identify a man from digitally reconstructed photos taken from the Internet that it said showed him sexually abusing underage boys. This moving image shows how police used software to unscramble the image. (Sourc... | Man posted photos on the Internet of himself sexually abusing underage boys .
Computer experts managed to undo digital masking to reveal the man .
Man abused 12 boys in Vietnam and Cambodia . | 295 | 37 |
36 | Reuters is a global information company providing material tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. Its information is trusted and drives decision making across the globe. In October 1851 Paul Julius Reuter, a German-born immigrant, opened an office in the City of London which ... | Reuters was founded in 1851 by Julius Reuter, transmitting market quotations .
The company was first in Europe with news of President Lincoln's assassination .
Today Reuters has 196 bureaux serving approximately 131 countries. | 421 | 42 |
37 | (CNN) -- Six of the seven college students killed in a massive house fire Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, attended the University of South Carolina, a university official said Sunday. "This is a very sad day for the University of South Carolina family," Dennis A. Pruitt, the vice president for stude... | Six of seven dead in fire were University of South Carolina students .
Official: Six treated at hospital and released were also USC students .
Mayor Debbie Smith said one of 13 at house is related to owner of house .
Victims' names not being released until families are notified . | 620 | 57 |
38 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attacks are down 75 percent in recent months in a perilous stretch of neighborhoods in northeastern Baghdad, prompting a U.S. military officer to proclaim Monday that security there is "dramatically improving." Concerned citizens have helped troops improve security in parts of Baghdad, a military of... | Official: Streets bustling, workers returning, markets "back like gangbusters"
Troop surge, citizens groups, Mehdi Army cease-fire all help security situation .
Iranian weapons, fighters still posing problems in northeastern Baghdad .
Commander says more families will return when basic services fully restored . | 759 | 61 |
39 | (CNN) -- Officials are searching for the driver of a white truck seen on Santiago Canyon Road on Sunday, near the time the Santiago fire started, Orange County authorities said Friday. Chief Chip Prather holds a photo of a white truck similar to the one seen on Santiago Canyon Road. "These people are not suspects at th... | NEW: White truck seen on Santiago Canyon Road near time fire started .
Charges filed against man who allegedly set small fire and walked off .
Catalino Pineda one of five arrested in arson investigations this week .
Arson investigations continue across multiple California counties . | 756 | 54 |
40 | (CNN) -- The partnership started as a single shop on Oxford Street in London, opened in 1864 by John Lewis. Today the partnership is an organization with bases throughout the UK, with supermarkets and department stores, employing approximately 67,100 people. All 67,100 permanent staff are Partners who own 26 John Lewis... | John Lewis Partnership began as a shop on London's Oxford street in 1864 .
All 67,100 employees are partners in the organization and own shares . | 211 | 31 |
41 | (CNN) -- The company was founded in 1985 by seven communications industry veterans -- Franklin Antonio, Adelia Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, Irwin Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi and Harvey White. One of Qualcomm's first products was OmniTRACS, introduced in 1988, which is currently the largest satellite-based commerc... | The company has become a huge name in communications in just 20 years .
Qualcomm has a portfolio of approximately 6,100 U.S. patents .
Fortune lists the company as one of the 100 best places to work in the U.S. | 224 | 52 |
42 | (CNN) -- A girl who was shown on a videotape being sexually assaulted in Las Vegas has been found and is safe, officials in Nye County, Nevada, said Friday. Chester Arthur Stiles, 37, is being sought as a suspect, police say. "We have found the child, Madison. She's safe. The detectives say she is in good condition," N... | Stiles described as "survivalist type" who carries a weapon .
Mother has cooperated with police, sheriff says .
Girl on tape, now 7, found safe with family .
Tape shows man sexually abusing the girl 4 years ago . | 814 | 52 |
43 | PARIS, France -- AC Milan's Brazilian midfielder Kaka has been named European player of the year, lifting France Football's Ballon d'Or award. Kaka has already claimed all of the game's major prizes. His success comes two years after his fellow countryman, Barcelona's Ronaldinho, claimed the award . The 25-year-old Kak... | Brazilian Kaka is named European player of the year .
The AC Milan player is chosen ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester Utd .
Argentine Lionel Messi of Barcelona finishes third . | 290 | 40 |
44 | (CNN) -- BUPA is an international health and care company with bases on three continents and more than eight million customers. BUPA began as The British United Provident Association in 1947 to preserve freedom of choice in health care. It believed that with a National Health Service being introduced a year later, ther... | BUPA was founded in 1947 in response to plans to establish the NHS .
The company's biggest base is in the UK but has customers in three continents .
BUPA care homes cater for a number of conditions, including Parkinson's . | 295 | 48 |
45 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- The head of Britain's intelligence services has warned that children as young as 15 are becoming involved in terrorist-related activity. Jonathan Evans, the chief of MI5, also said that at least 2,000 people in Britain pose a threat to the country's security because of their support for al Qaed... | UK intel chief says children as young as 15 involved in terrorist-related activity .
Jonathan Evans: At least 2,000 people in Britain who pose threat to security .
MI5 chief said the actual number could be double that . | 399 | 47 |
46 | SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- You must know what's really driving the immigration debate. It's the culture, stupid. Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Some opponents of immigration, even the legal kind, fear changes in local culture. Immigration restrictionists -- and by that, I mean those who want to limit all immigration, even t... | Navarrette: Opponents see Hispanic immigrants as weakening U.S. identity .
One town demanded all library books be in English, Navarrette says .
Hispanics the latest to find themselves at center of culture war . | 828 | 48 |
47 | ROME, Italy -- Mauro Camoranesi scored with 13 minutes left to earn Juventus a 1-1 home draw with Serie A leaders Inter Milan on Sunday. Julio Cruz is mobbed by team-mates after giving Inter the lead in their 1-1 draw at Juventus. Camoranesi picked up a headed knock-down from substitute Vincenzo Iaquinta before seeing ... | A Mauro Camoranesi goal earns Juventus a 1-1 draw with leaders Inter Milan .
Argentine striker Julio Cruz had given injury-hit Inter the lead in the first half .
The result maintains Inter's unbeaten record and moves them two points clear . | 411 | 55 |
48 | (CNN) -- One Australian soldier, three civilians and Taliban militants were killed early Friday during heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan, according to information from Australian and NATO officials. Four Australian troops have now died in the conflict in Afghanistan. The incident occurred in Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan... | Taliban militants kill Australian commando in southern Afghanistan .
He was shot during operation to clear Taliban bomb making facility in Uruzgan .
This is the fourth Australian soldier to die in the conflict in Afghanistan .
Several militants killed and a coalition troop injured in other fighting in southeast . | 307 | 59 |
49 | LONDON, England -- France coach Raymond Domenech has again omitted striker David Trezeguet from his squad for this month's friendly against Morocco and the Euro 2008 qualifier against the Ukraine. Happier times: David Trezeguet celebrates after scoring for Juventus against Torino. Trezeguet has scored scored 10 goals i... | David Trezeguet omitted from France squad to play Morocco and the Ukraine .
The Juventus striker last played for his country in the 1-0 defeat by Scotland .
He was dropped for the wins against Lithuania and the Faroe Islands . | 661 | 49 |
50 | (CNN) -- As part of an effort to share the best practices of modern business among organizations across the globe, CNN is talking to some of the world's top executives. In line with this, CNN will be hosting three events looking at modern strategies in today's business arena. The first of these master classes will be b... | CNN will host three Boardroom Master Classes with business experts .
The first event will feature Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz .
Schultz will take e-mail and video questions from the CNN audience . | 232 | 39 |
51 | MADRID, Spain -- Lionel Messi scored for the sixth game in a row as Barcelona defeated big-spending Atletico Madrid 3-0 to stay in touch with Primera Liga leaders Real Madrid. Messi (left) is congratulated by Ronaldinho after scoring again in Barcelona's 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid. Barcelona had thumped Atletico 6-0 ... | Lionel Messi scores for the sixth game in a row as Barca defeat Atletico 3-0 .
Real Madrid stay top of the Primera Liga table after defeating Recreativo 2-0 .
Sevilla's crisis continues as they lose their four league match in succession . | 617 | 59 |
52 | NYON, Switzerland -- Celtic have been fined $50,800 by UEFA and AC Milan's Dida has been banned for two matches after the incident which saw a pitch-invading supporter approach the Brazilian goalkeeper in last week's Champions League match at Celtic Park. Dida's theatrical over-reaction has resulted in UEFA suspending ... | AC Milan's Brazilian goalkeeper Dida is suspended by UEFA for two matches .
Dida was banned for his over-reacting to being touched by a Celtic supporter .
Celtic have been fined $50,800 for allowing the fan to run onto the field of play . | 423 | 57 |
53 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House is blasting Congressional Democrats for not sending a bill that would fund veterans' care programs to the president's desk by Veterans Day. The White House's Dana Perino accused Democrats of holding veterans care funding hostage. "There's absolutely no reason that the veterans' bill ... | White House accuses Democrats of holding hostage funding for veterans care .
Funding was attached to large health-labor-education bill .
White House says it wants a clean bill that only funds veterans programs .
Democrats call on White House to engage in a dialogue on spending levels . | 576 | 57 |
54 | (CNN) -- Muddy but unhurt, three University of Texas students emerged from a cramped cave complex in Austin, Texas, after a day-long search Sunday. A rescuer at the entrance to Airman's Cave in Austin, Texas, Sunday. Lt. Matt Cox, an Austin Fire Department spokesman, said the students -- two women and one man -- were r... | Three Austin cave explorers are safe and are out of the cave, officials said .
The University of Texas students went into Airman's Cave Saturday .
The 12,000 foot long cave complex has tight twists and turns .
Unclear exactly how the students lost their way, but cave is complex, official said . | 294 | 64 |
55 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. first lady Laura Bush -- in a rare foray into foreign policy -- called on Myanmar's military junta to "step aside," give up the "terror campaigns" against its people and allow for a democratic Myanmar in a commentary published in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal. U.S. first lady Laura Bush said ... | Laura Bush calls on Myanmar junta to "step aside," allow for a democracy .
Military leaders must give up the "terror campaigns" against its people, she says .
Junta should release Aun Sung Suu Kyi and other opposition leaders, she says .
Her rare foray into foreign policy was published in the Wall Street Journal . | 601 | 70 |
56 | PARIS, France -- France lock Sebastien Chabal has been cited for a dangerous tackle on England's Simon Shaw during Saturday's World Cup semifinal in Paris. Simon Shaw offloads despite being tackled by Raphael Ibanez, left, and Sebastien Chabal. The Sale Sharks forward will face a disciplinary hearing on Monday after hi... | France lock Sebastien Chabal cited for a dangerous tackle on Simon Shaw .
Chabal faces disciplinary hearing on Monday after incident against England .
Sale forward will miss the third and fourth-place play-off is he is suspended . | 459 | 48 |
57 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Previously unseen footage of Diana, Princess of Wales, taken just hours before she was killed in a car crash, has been shown to the jury at the inquest into her death. The footage showed Diana and Dodi step into an elevator at the Ritz Hotel. Images taken from a security camera at the Ritz Hote... | NEW: Jury shown new footage of Diana taken hours before her death .
Diana and Dodi Fayed inquest jury to hear "scene setting" evidence .
On Tuesday coroner outlined controversial claims, published new images .
Court will make final decision on what happened in car crash 10 years ago . | 799 | 60 |
58 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- None of the 1,000-plus Iraqi detainees freed in recent weeks have broken a pledge not to return to the insurgency, according to the Marine general who oversees the U.S. detention centers in Iraq. A U.S. military panel reviews a detainee's case at Camp Cropper near Baghdad. Speaking in Arabic, Maj... | More than 1,000 freed detainees reportedly keep pledge not to rejoin insurgency .
U.S. general tries to reassure Sunnis that detainees face no abuse .
More than 80 percent of detainees are Sunnis .
U.S. airstrike kills 13 suspected terrorists west of Baghdad . | 667 | 58 |
59 | (CNN) -- The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to modify or overturn a lower court's ruling allowing Mary Winkler, convicted of killing her minister husband, visitation rights with the couple's three daughters. Holding baby Brianna, Mary Winkler stands next to Matthew. In the foreground are Mary Alice and Pa... | Mary Winkler convicted earlier this year of shooting her husband to death .
Winkler served time and was released; the couple had three children .
The children live with their grandparents, who oppose visitation .
Winkler has not seen her children in 15 months . | 781 | 55 |
60 | LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- Two Pakistani television networks that transmit from Dubai in United Arab Emirates were ordered off the air Friday at the request of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, officials from the networks said. Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has been under pressure to lift a state of e... | NEW: GEO-TV president: "It seemed very obvious that they were going to do this"
Order comes on the request of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf .
GEO-TV and ARY Digital offer varied programming, including news .
Both networks transmit from the United Arab Emirates . | 606 | 62 |
61 | JACKSONVILLE, Florida (CNN) -- Four people were killed and several injured after an explosion Wednesday at a chemical plant sent a thick plume of smoke over a section of Jacksonville, authorities said. A thick plume of smoke rises Wednesday at a chemical plant in Jacksonville, Florida. "Literally, it's a hellish infe... | NEW: Fire Department spokesman: 14 have been taken to area hospitals .
Firefighters still fighting hot spots Wednesday afternoon, official says .
"It's a hellish inferno," he tells reporters . | 599 | 41 |
62 | (CNN) -- Nasser al Ansari is the CEO of Qatari Diar, a state-owned real estate investment company. Famous for its purchase of London's Chelsea Barracks, Qatari Diar was established in 2004 by the Qatar Investment Authority, to support Qatar's growing economy and to co-ordinate the country's real estate development prio... | Nasser al Ansari is CEO of Qatari Diar, Qatar's state-owned investment group .
Its global projects are part of nation's attempt to diversify investment portfolio .
Investment also aims to bring expertise and jobs to neighboring countries . | 753 | 51 |
63 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A day after New Jersey banned executions, newly released figures show that capital punishment dropped this year to a 13-year low. The Supreme Court will hold oral arguments January 7 about the constitutionality of lethal injection protocols. Forty-two people have been put to death this year, accordi... | Death Penalty Information Center: 42 people have been put to death this year .
That's down 57 percent from 1999 level, when 98 inmates were executed .
Figure partly due to states questioning the constitutionality of lethal injection .
Texas leads the nation in executions this year, according to DPIC . | 725 | 60 |
64 | MOSCOW, Russia -- Zenit Saint Petersburg have clinched their first Russian title in the post-Soviet Union era with a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Ramenskoye on Sunday. Zenit captain Anatoly Timoshuk kisses the Russian Premier League trophy after their victory at Ramenskoye. The win means Zenit finish top of the table wit... | Zenit Saint Petersburg clinch the Russian Premier League title on Sunday .
They secure the title ahead of Spartak Moscow after a 1-0 win at Ramenskoye .
The title success is Zenit's first since 1984 and the first in the post-Soviet era . | 327 | 57 |
65 | GLASGOW, Scotland -- Scottish Premier League leaders Celtic suffered another setback in their bid for a third successive title after being held 1-1 by managerless Hibernian on Saturday. David Murphy's goals have earned Hibernian four points against the Auld Firm this season. Gordon Strachan's team head the table by thr... | Scottish league leaders Celtic held 1-1 at home by managerless Hibernian .
Celtic now lead by three points, having taken just six from last five games .
Second-placed Rangers have three games in hand ahead of trip to Aberdeen . | 802 | 53 |
66 | DALLAS, Texas (CNN) -- If you turn to the Bible -- Isaiah Chapter 35, Verse 8 -- you will see a passage that in part says, "A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness." Churchgoers in six states have held prayer sessions along the side of Interstate 35. Now, is it possible that... | Some see connection between the Bible and Interstate 35 .
Believers pray by the side of the highway, which runs through six states .
I-35 runs from southern Texas to northern Minnesota . | 559 | 39 |
67 | CARACAS, Venezuela (CNN) -- The price of sin rose Monday in Venezuela where President Hugo Chavez is on a campaign to make Venezuelans cut back on drinking and smoking. "Everyone's shocked," said Leonora Marino, owner of Bodegon Marino in Valencia, Venezuela, west of Caracas. On Monday evening, she was still changing ... | Venezuelan government hikes taxes on alcohol and cigarettes Monday .
Ten percent price increase on alcohol and 20 percent increase on cigarettes .
Stores near schools, churches and cultural centers cannot sell alcohol .
Chavez plans to increase taxes on luxury goods, including Hummers . | 662 | 55 |
68 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Obesity is the No. 1 health crisis in the United States, and the nation could be at risk without immediate action, former President Clinton said at CNN's first Fit Nation Summit. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and former President Clinton lead the discussion at the first Fit Nation Summit. "We need to do som... | Experts gather at CNN's first Fit Nation Summit to propose obesity solutions .
Former President Clinton: Without obesity solution, nation risks "collapse"
Motivating youngsters, removing shame, embarrassment called key .
Experts: Removing trans fats, finding healthy replacements also critical . | 740 | 55 |
69 | DURBAN, South Africa -- India's Yuvraj Singh smashed six sixes in one over as England crashed out of cricket's World Twenty20 tournament in South Africa on Wednesday. Yuvraj Singh smashes his sixth successive six off England fast bowler Stuart Broad . Paul Collingwood's side were eliminated at the Super Eights stage af... | Yuvraj Singh becomes first player to hit six sixes in an over in Twenty20 game .
Singh hits 58 in 16 deliveries as India beat England by 18 runs in Durban .
England already eliminated from World Twenty20 after South Africa beat NZ . | 843 | 54 |
70 | MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Heavy rains and flooding have forced hundreds of thousands of people from homes in southern Mexico's state of Tabasco over the past four days, with nearly as many trapped by the rising waters, state officials said Thursday. Officials say about 300,000 people are still trapped by the worst f... | One dead as hundreds of thousands flee rising floodwaters .
About 80 percent of the city of Villahermosa is under water .
Tabasco and Chiapas states hardest hit .
Authorities say 700,000 affected and 300,000 still trapped by flooding . | 395 | 55 |
71 | UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- The United Nations is calling on NATO to do more to stop the Afghan opium trade after a new survey showed how the drug dominates Afghanistan's economy. Afghan villagers tend to opium poppies in Taliban-controlled Helmand province in April 2007. The report from the U.N.'s Office on Drugs and Crim... | Study finds opium makes up half of Afghanistan's gross domestic product .
Agency pushes NATO forces to attack skyrocketing problem aggressively .
Drugs funds insurgency; poppy trade unchecked in Taliban strongholds .
U.N. drug chief advocates providing income alternative for poppy farmers . | 749 | 56 |
72 | MADRID, Spain -- David Nalbandian battled back to stun world No. 1 Roger Federer with a 1-6 6-3 6-3 victory in the final of the Madrid Masters on Sunday. David Nalbandian celebrates after upsetting Roger Federer in the Madrid Masters final. The Argentine, ranked 25th in the world, repeated his 2005 upset win over the S... | David Nalbandian won Madrid Masters after beating top seed Roger Federer .
The Argentine triumphed 1-6 6-3 6-3 against the Swiss defending champion .
He became third man to beat world's three top players en route to a title . | 434 | 55 |
73 | BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Juan Roman Riquelme scored twice as Argentina beat Bolivia 3-0 to notch a third successive victory in the South American qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup on Saturday. Juan Roman Riquelme celebrates after scoring his first goal in Argentina's win against Bolivia. The midfielder followed up hi... | Argentina beat Bolivia 3-0 in South American qualifier for 2010 World Cup .
Juan Roman Riquelme nets twice as Argentina win third successive match .
Ecuador coach Luis Fernando Suarez quits after 5-1 loss against Paraguay . | 376 | 52 |
74 | KIEV, Ukraine -- Serbian central defender Nemanja Vidic has convinced Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson that he should play in Tuesday's Champions League clash away to Dynamo Kiev. Vidic clashes with Roma goalkeeper Gianluca Curci during the UEFA Champions League Group F match. The former Spartak Moscow playe... | Nemanja Vidic plays in Man United's Champions League tie at Dynamo Kiev .
Serbian defender sat out 4-1 win at Aston Villa with after-effects of concussion .
United started group campaign with wins against Sporting Lisbon and Roma . | 492 | 50 |
75 | LONDON, England -- Milan goalkeeper Dida has been cleared to play in next month's Champions League match at Shakhtar Donetsk after partially winning his appeal to UEFA against a two-match ban. Dida has had one game of his two-match ban suspended for a year following an appeal to UEFA. Brazilian Dida was also fined 60,0... | Milan goalkeeper Dida is partially successful against two-match UEFA ban .
Dida misses Wednesday's home Champions League tie against Shakhtar .
Second game of ban suspended for one year freeing him for return in Ukraine . | 379 | 45 |
76 | JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- Reggae legend Lucky Dube, one of South Africa's most famous musicians, was killed in an attempted car-jacking as he dropped his children off at a relative's house, his record label said Friday. Reggae star Lucky Dube was much loved by his fellow South Africans. Dube, 43, was killed i... | South African reggae legend Lucky Dube killed in attempted hijacking .
Dube, 43, killed Thursday in Johannesburg after hijacker tried to steal his car .
Death casts shadow over South Africa's preparations for rugby World Cup final . | 654 | 49 |
77 | (CNN) -- Brendon Pelser said he saw pure terror in the faces of his fellow passengers after an engine fell from a wing as it took off from Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday. Men were sweating profusely, women were crying. "There was fear on their faces," Pelser said. "Everyone started panicking." But the pilot of Nat... | Nationwide Airlines pilot dumped fuel until he landed plane Wednesday .
An object was sucked into the engine as the nose wheel lifted from the ground .
100, including crew, were on the plane; no one was injured .
Plane passenger: "Everyone started panicking" | 517 | 56 |
78 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Football dignitaries gathered in Sheffield, northern England, on Wednesday to kick off the 150th birthday celebrations of Sheffield FC -- the sport's oldest club. FIFA chief Blatter was among those in Sheffield to kick off the 150th birthday celebrations of football's oldest club. Guests of hon... | FIFA President Sepp Blatter among guests marking Sheffield FC's 150 years .
English side Sheffield FC recognized as the oldest football club in the world .
Club is one of two to win FIFA's Order of Merit -- the other is Real Madrid . | 573 | 52 |
79 | BARCELONA, England -- Ronaldinho has been recalled to the Barcelona squad for Tuesday's Champions League match against Rangers in Glasgow. Ronaldinho was dropped from the Barcelona squad on Saturday for returning late from international duty. The Brazilian was omitted from the squad that lost 3-1 to Villarreal on Satur... | Ronaldinho is recalled to Barca squad to face Rangers in Champions League .
The Brazilian was dropped from the squad that lost to Villarreal on Saturday .
Midfielder Deco will be out of action for five weeks after suffering a thigh injury . | 242 | 53 |
80 | (CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday he is cutting all ties with Colombia as long as Alvaro Uribe remains its president. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe withdrew his support for the Venezuelan leader's mediation efforts with the FARC. "I say before the world, while President Uribe is president of C... | Chavez says Uribe had asked him to help secure the release of hostages .
Uribe cited Chavez's direct communication with Uribe's top general as breach .
Chavez accuses Uribe of lying .
Chavez says his arms are open to the Colombian people . | 365 | 55 |
81 | CARDIFF, Wales -- Former Wales and British Lions center Ray Gravell has died of a suspected heart attack aged 56, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has announced. Gravell won 23 caps for Wales and played on the Lions tour of South Africa in 1980. Gravell had been on holiday with his family in the Spanish Mediterranean island... | Former Wales and British Lions center Ray Gravell has died aged 56 .
He was on holiday with his family in Mallorca .
After retiring he worked as an actor and broadcaster . | 370 | 38 |
82 | MADRID, Spain -- Atletico Madrid recovered from their painful recent defeat by Barcelona to crush European rivals Real Zaragoza 4-0 in the Primera Liga on Sunday. Luis Garcia celebrates his first Atletico Madrid goal in their superb 4-0 victory over Real Zaragoza. Luis Garcia's first goal for the club, a double from Ar... | Atletico Madrid bounce back to form with a superb 4-0 victory over Zaragoza .
Maxi Rodriguez scores twice with Luis Garcia and Diego Forlan also on target .
Getafe registered their first win of the season with a 2-0 victory over Murcia . | 333 | 56 |
83 | (CNN) -- The company owns The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Sands Macau in The People's Republic of China's Special Administrative Region of Macau, as well as Venetian Macau Limited, a developer of additional multiple casino hotel resort properties in... | The company owns three major casino complexes, in Las Vegas and Macau .
Venetian Casino Resort opened in 1999, originally consisted of 3,036 suites .
In May 2004, Las Vegas Sands opened the Sands Macau . | 382 | 47 |
84 | (CNN) -- The commander of the nuclear-powered submarine USS Hampton has been relieved of his command amid an inquiry into misconduct by crew members, the U.S. Navy said Friday. The USS Hampton appears in an undated photograph. Cmdr. Michael B. Portland lost his post "due to a loss of confidence in his ability to comma... | Navy says it has lost confidence in officer's ability to command .
Crew members on sub disciplined for faking inspection records, Navy says .
Ten people have been relieved of duty; six received "nonjudicial punishment" | 350 | 45 |
85 | (CNN) -- A bus hopped a highway median and crashed into a pickup truck before being broadsided by an 18-wheeler, Arkansas police said, killing the pickup driver and two bus riders. Two passengers were found dead inside the bus, said Arkansas State Police. Forty people were hurt in Sunday night's crash, which shut down ... | Bus driver, tractor-trailer trucker injured in 3-vehicle crash, AP reports .
Bus crossed median, hit pickup truck, then 18-wheeler, killing 3 .
All lanes of I-40 closed for 13 miles east of Forrest City, Arkansas .
Driver of the pickup truck and two bus passengers killed, police say . | 337 | 71 |
86 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The illegal export of U.S. military technology to Iran and China poses a growing threat, the Justice Department said Thursday as it announced plans to combat the practice. Iran is the only country still flying the F-14 Tomcat. The department said the United States will tighten monitoring of export l... | Illegal exports to Iran, China an increasing problem, Justice Department says .
Pittsburgh company cited for export of products with nuclear applications .
Utah men charged with attempting to illegally export jet fighter parts . | 310 | 41 |
87 | (CNN) -- Behind the state banquet and smiles from Queen Elizabeth and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia's visit to London this week caused a wave of dissent. The UK political elite boycotted events. Demonstrators lined the Mall. The UK foreign secretary pulled out of a meeting with his ... | Saudi Arabia is the UK's largest trading partner in the Middle East .
Britain is also the second largest foreign investor in the Kingdom .
The UK has been one of the top five exporters to Saudi Arabia since the 1990s .
Exports to Britain are expected to reach a record high in the non-oil sector . | 762 | 66 |
88 | (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of Congolese refugees fled camps Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo as rebel troops attacked government forces in the area, the U.N. refugee agency said. Refugees move along a road Tuesday in Mugunga, near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A press release from the U.N. High ... | NEW: Congo rebels blame Rwandan Hutus for attack, report says .
Internally displaced Congolese flee as rebels attack government troops .
Torrential rain makes refugee movement difficult .
U.N. refugee agency: Some 375,000 have been forced from homes in past year . | 637 | 59 |
89 | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Genarlow Wilson, freed last week from a Georgia prison, said he's glad he rejected a plea deal from prosecutors, even if it would have sprung him from prison months earlier. Genarlow Wilson tells CNN on Sunday that he will be more conservative and alert in the future. The 21-year-old, who serv... | Genarlow Wilson: Accepting plea deal would have left him without a home .
Wilson, 21, promises to be more conservative, alert and thankful in future .
He plans to study sociology in college -- "I feel like I've been living my major"
Wilson served two years in prison after consensual oral sex with teen girl . | 745 | 69 |
90 | (CNN) -- Nine people were killed and 19 injured after a tour bus carrying people on a ski trip left a highway and rolled over Sunday night in southeastern Utah, a highway patrol spokesman said. The seats of the bus that rolled over are exposed to the snow at the crash site in southeastern Utah on Monday. At least 50 pe... | Death toll rises to nine as tour bus runs off highway, rolls over .
Bus was carrying at least 50 people when it crashed in southeastern Utah .
Bus was en route from Telluride, Colorado, to Phoenix, Arizona, after weekend ski trip . | 393 | 52 |
91 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Banksy is Britain's most wanted artist -- his art sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars, but he continues to use public spaces as his main canvas, while all the time keeping his identity a secret. Banksy's latest piece in East London where a passer-by claims to have taken a photo of the ar... | British graphic artist's identity remains a mystery despite huge popularity .
Feted by the art world and Hollywood celebrities count among his collectors .
Despite popularity local authorities have removed his public works . | 767 | 39 |
92 | ROME, Italy (CNN) -- The garbage crisis in Naples encompasses the worst Italian clichés, and in particular those of the southern part of this lovely peninsula: mismanagement, political interference, mafia profiteering and the ability of those responsible to deflect the attention and the blame elsewhere. Naples has had ... | Rubbish is piling up on the streets of Naples, with municipal dumps full .
Many commentators question the role of the local mafia in the award of contracts .
More than $2.5B in emergency funds has been spent on the problem over the years .
One dump was going to be a golf course -- residents furious it is being re-opene... | 653 | 73 |
93 | CHEBARKUL, Russia (Reuters) -- President Vladimir Putin said on Friday security threats had forced Russia to revive the Soviet-era practice of sending bomber aircraft on regular patrols beyond its borders. A Russian strategic bomber flies over an airfield outside Moscow during an air show. Putin said 14 strategic bombe... | Russia to send bomber aircraft on long-range flights on a permanent basis .
President Vladimir Putin said the move was in response to security threats .
The White House says the flights do not pose a threat to the United States . | 680 | 46 |
94 | (CNN) -- Authorities in Azerbaijan recently uncovered a radical Islamic terror plot against the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Baku, prompting the facility to close its doors to the public Monday, Azerbaijan and U.S. officials told CNN. The Bibi Heybat Mosque, just outside the capital Baku. As a precaution, Britain also ... | Authorities uncover a radical Islamic terror plot against the U.S. embassy in Baku .
The United States has reduced its embassy's operations .
Britain also shut its embassy in Baku to the public on Monday . | 528 | 44 |
95 | (CNN) -- Debra Lafave, the former Florida middle school teacher convicted of having sex with a student, violated her probation by hugging a young co-worker, a Florida judge found Thursday. Debra Lafave was arrested after talking with a teenager. She is not allowed to have contact with anyone under 18. But the judge did... | NEW: Judge finds former teacher in violation of probation in student sex case .
But judge spares Debra Lafave from jail, warns her "don't come back"
Lafave's probation forbids her to have contact with anyone under 18 . | 532 | 51 |
96 | (CNN) -- A man named as a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, police officer last week was captured at a shelter in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said at a news conference. Miami Police Chief John Timoney said he had been alerted by Philadelphi... | Tip leads police to John Lewis at homeless shelter in Miami .
Lewis is suspected in fatal shooting of Philadelphia Ofc. Charles Cassidy .
Cassidy walked in on doughnut shop robbery last week and was shot, police say .
Philadelphia police alerted Miami counterparts that Lewis was headed that way . | 488 | 59 |
97 | ROME, Italy -- Italy national coach Roberto Donadoni has left Cristiano Lucarelli in his squad for next Saturday's crucial Euro 2008 qualifier in Scotland. Lucarelli keeps his place in the Italian squad after scoring twice against South Africa. The Shakhtar Donetsk striker is in fine form and has been rewarded for his ... | Striker Cristiano Lucarelli keeps his place in Italy's squad to face Scotland .
Lucarelli impressed by scoring twice in the recent victory over South Africa .
Juventus striker Raffaele Palladino earns his first call-up to the senior squad . | 450 | 57 |
98 | LONDON, England -- UEFA has punished Benfica midfielder Augustin Binya with a six-match European ban following his horror tackle on Celtic's Scott Brown last week. Augustin Binya, right, lunges towards Celtic midfielder Scott Brown during Benfica's 1-0 defeat in Glasgow. The Cameroon international was sent off for the ... | UEFA has punished Benfica midfielder Augustin Binya with a six-match ban .
The Cameroon international was sent off for bad tackle on Celtic's Scott Brown .
Brown was lucky to escape injury in incident during Champions League match . | 426 | 50 |
99 | PARIS, France (CNN) -- Three French journalists charged in an alleged plot to kidnap African children for adoption in Europe arrived in Paris on Sunday, hours after French President Nicolas Sarkozy held emergency talks in Chad. But 14 other people remained in custody in the African nation, some facing serious charges t... | NEW: French president returns to France with three released journalists .
Journalists are among seven Europeans freed Sunday in child "kidnap" row .
There are still 14 other people in custody in Chad .
Father: "They never said they would take away our children" | 735 | 56 |
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