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(AOL Autos) -- There is no easy cure for teenage traffic deaths and injuries, but Susan Kessler believes she has at least come up with a way to help limit the carnage: When a new driver gets behind the wheel, just slap a temporary warning sign on the car.

The Caution and Courtesy Driver Alliance volunteers hand out the magnets during 2008 publicity campaign.

Kessler has developed signs for teens with learner permits and first-year licenses. They are attached magnetically to the car's sheet metal and display the words "Caution Newly Licensed."

It's not hard to imagine the signs being a nightmare to teens obsessed with what their peers think. But, Kessler, a Kennesaw, Georgia, mother of six, says the real horror is out on the highway: thousands of young people are killed and injured in traffics every year.

More than 15,000 of people have ordered the signs since Kessler and a group of other moms introduced them four years ago.

Parents can mount one on the trunk when a teenager takes off in the family car and remove it when he or she returns home. Once other drivers see it, they presumably exercise extra caution and create a "protective bubble" around the new driver, or so the thinking runs. AOL Autos: Rules for safe driving

Kessler would even like to see states require the use of the signs for new drivers, as some European countries do, and she has found some support for this in the Georgia legislature.

Her goal is straightforward: limit teenagers' capacity to do damage to themselves and others. Drivers 16 to 19 years old are four times as likely as older drivers to end up in a collision, all other things being equal, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

All U.S. states have adopted tougher licensing systems since the mid-1990s, generally requiring more supervised hours of driving and imposing more restrictions on new licensees.

But they have all stopped short of setting the minimum driving age at 18, as most European countries do.

The latest research has confirmed that putting restrictions on young drivers does pay off in lower accident, injury and fatality rates. One IIHS study over 10 years found that states with strong licensing laws had 30 percent fewer fatalities among 15 to 17 year olds than states with weak laws (those lacking restrictions on cell phone use, for example, or having only minimal restrictions on nighttime driving during the first year of driving). AOL Autos: Most common car related injuries

Armed with a decade of data, activists like Kessler now see a chance to save more lives with further reform.

"My first fear for each of my sons is, 'Please don't let anybody hit them,'" she said. "My second fear is that they might hit anyone else."

"Do you have any idea what it is like to be the parent of a 16-year-old who has killed someone?" she asked. "Parents have called me and said it's like living in a black hole."

Her campaign started four years ago when she started to worry about her son Donnie, even though his turn at driver training was still a few years down the road. The fact that nearby Atlanta ranked as one of the most congested cities in the country naturally fed her fears.

She and a group of friends began to think about ways to give young drivers an edge. They didn't want to force teenagers to wait until they were 21 to drive. But they did want to help them stay safe while they were learning. AOL Autos: Teen driving tips

The moms came up the idea for magnetic signs, only later discovering that a similar approach is a requirement for new drivers in parts of Europe, Kessler said. Once, when she proposed the idea to a Georgia state official, he asked her if there was anyone who didn't like it. She laughed and said, "Yes, my son. But we can work on him."

But she is happy the other people can readily identify new drivers and give them plenty of room. "And whenever you are being watched, your behavior tends to be a little better."

Since they can easily spot teenagers right out of driver's education, police can enforce restrictions on the number of passengers allowed in their cars, she said. Many states restrict the number of occupants for six months or a year in the second phase of their graduated license programs.

"When you are learning how to drive, you need all your concentration and you can't be cool for all your friends," Kessler said.

Skeptics argue that teenage drivers will pull the signs off as soon as they are out of their parents' sight. But Kessler has an answer for the skeptics: If parents ever found out a son or daughter did that, it should be the last time they ever drove the family car.

One early success for the "newly licensed" signs was a pilot program in Cobb County, Georgia, in 2007; Kessler and her friends distributed more than 3,000 magnets. She now sells them nationally at cost, for $7.99, through a Web site, newlylicensed.com, and is looking for a national retail outlet to handle them. She has also been a guest on television programs to promote the magnets.

Kessler also advocates longer periods of supervised driving for new drivers, contending they should be at least 400 hours. Accidents only start to decline after drivers get that amount of driving experience under their belts, she said. AOL Autos: Teen drivers need better training

Many experts agree the quickest way to save lives would be to raise the driving age from 16 to 17 or higher. "But it's a tough sell," said Russ Rader, a spokesman for Arlington, Virginia-based IIHS.

The states could withhold a provisional license until 17. But so far, only New Jersey does that, offering new drivers a full license at 18. "But New Jersey has had a very positive experience with it," Rader said.

There are other options, too. More states could impose tougher restrictions: less nighttime driving, a ban on cell phones (if they haven't already prohibited them), and fewer passengers allowed in the car.

Right now, states are all over the map on these issues. For example, Illinois has a cell phone restriction for the first year, while Montana and Idaho do not. Montana only allows one passenger unrelated to the driver the first six months of the provisional period but allows three for the second. During the entire probationary year, New Jersey allows only one person who isn't part of the driver's household in the car. AOL Autos: Risky teen driving habits

North Carolina enforces a fairly tough nighttime restriction, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., while Florida prohibits driving between 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. The rule is more lenient in Texas: Driving is permitted anytime except midnight to 5 a.m.

Other countries aren't squeamish about placing nationalized limitations on young drivers. For example, the United Kingdom requires drivers to be at least 17. The age is 18 in most other European countries. A movement is underway in Australia to more than quadruple the period of supervised driving to 120 hours.

New Swiss drivers have to post a warning sign on the vehicles they drive, as do young drivers in New Zealand. Some countries requiring the warnings have even put teeth into their signage laws: Drivers who collide with a car displaying the new-driver signs face heavy fines or even jail time, Kessler said. That's an indication that the signs are important tools to reduce accidents.

"We aren't going to save every kid," Kessler said. "We are rational about this. But if we save at least some of them, it's worth it."

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- More than six hundred workers at Total's Lindsey oil refinery in Northern England have been told they no longer have jobs after staging what the company calls an "unofficial, illegal walk out."

Protesters gathered outside Total's Lindsey oil refinery on Friday, June 19, after hundreds of striking workers were sacked.

The steel workers started striking last Thursday after one contractor axed 51 jobs while another employer on the same site was recruiting.

Protesters gathered outside Total's Lindsey oil refinery Friday with placards calling for solidarity from fellow workers.

The dispute has prompted a number of wildcat strikes at power stations and oil refineries around the United Kingdom.

The workers' union GMB, which represents around half of the sacked workers, estimates that, as of late yesterday, up to 4,000 other workers at four power stations and three oil refineries had walked off the job in sympathy.

Early this afternoon, Total confirmed that negotiations had started between the workers' employers and ACAS, the British Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.

Earlier, in a statement posted on its Web site, Total announced that its contractors had started the process of ending employment contracts for 647 workers on the HDS-3 construction project.

The statement said the project has been temporarily shut down and that all employees had until 5pm on Monday to reapply for their jobs.

Phil Davies, national secretary and head of the manufacturing section at the GMB Union, told CNN the invitation to a job interview would only stoke workers' anger. "I think that would just humiliate people to be quite honest and it will put their backs up and make them more determined to win it," he said.

He said union representatives were in the process of gathering information to hold an official industrial ballot, a process that could take six weeks.

The British Press Association published one sacked Lindsey worker's appeal for support from fellow union members: "We are asking for support from workers across the country which I am sure will be given. Total will soon realize they have unleashed a monster."

Workers at the Lindsey oil refinery walked off the job for more than one week in early February to protest against the hiring of hundreds of foreign workers.

They returned to work after the unions and the company gave assurances that half the jobs would go to British workers.

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Reigning hot dog-guzzling champ Joey Chestnut and nemesis Takeru Kobayashi of Japan attempted to psych each other out Thursday at the weigh-in for the 94th annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest.

Competitive eaters Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi take part in an official "staredown."

Chestnut and Kobayashi glared long and menacingly into each other's eyes in an official "staredown."

At last year's contest, 25-year-old Chestnut, a civil engineering student at San Jose State University, eked out a win over Kobayashi, 31, in a tiebreaker after both initially consumed 59 dogs apiece. It was Chestnut's second slim victory over Kobayashi in as many years.

Kobayashi vowed he will avenge those two defeats on Saturday. He also said he no longer suffers from the "jawthritis" that some cited as the culprit for his 2007 defeat, which snapped his six-year winning streak at Coney Island.

Chestnut, for his part, said he had no intention of ceding the coveted mustard yellow belt -- competitive eating's answer to golf's green jacket. He is setting his sights this year on 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes.

Saturday's competition will be partially about redemption for Chestnut, too. In May, he suffered a stinging defeat to Kobayashi in a loss he said "really set a fire underneath me" and "made me hungry for this contest."

Chestnut revealed the extreme dietary regimen he is following in the days leading up to the contest. He said he is sticking to water to make sure he is "empty" when the mountain of hot dogs is placed in front of him.

In addition to Chestnut, Kobayashi admitted to keeping a watchful eye on 32-year-old Tim "Eater X" Janus, whose signature painted face was described by Major League Eating impresario Richard Shea as an attempt to mask his "inner torment." In a recent trial round, Janus downed a personal-best 55 hot dogs -- a weiner's throw from the 59 that Chestnut and Kobayashi wolfed down last year.

As a lead-in to the main event, Major League Eating on Friday will hold a first-of-its-kind "cross-species" eating contest between three competitive eaters and three Asian elephants. MLE's Shea described it as the realization of one of his two lifelong dreams, the other being a scenario in which a dozen competitive eaters eat the entire contents of a convenience store.

Twenty finalists will compete in the championship on Saturday. They were culled from 18 preliminary contests and comprise a Who's Who of the world of competitive eating.

For people who stuff their faces with record-breaking quantities of food, many of the contestants at the weigh-in boasted surprisingly svelte physiques. Juliet Lee, a 44-year-old Maryland salon owner fresh off the feat of downing 13.23 pounds of cranberry sauce in 8 minutes, clocked in at a mere 105 pounds. Kobayashi, at 123 pounds, lifted his T-shirt to reveal the sort of chiseled abdomen one would expect at a bodybuilding competition.

Others contestants were not quite as disconcertingly trim. Fearsome world matzo ball-eating champion Eric "Badlands" Booker tips the scales at 400 pounds.

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(CNN) -- Yemen's government has laid out ceasefire terms to Houthi Shiite rebels fighting in the country's north, Yemen's official news agency reported Thursday.

Yemeni security forces have been fighting against rebels in the north and south.

According to SABA, the government's demands include removing check points, ending banditry and destructive acts, handing over all military equipment and weapons and offering information on the fate of six kidnapped Europeans who disappeared in June.

The announcement of cease-fire conditions by Yemen's Supreme Security Committee comes only days after Yemeni forces began an offensive against the Houthi rebels in the northern mountainous province of Saada, which is on the Yemeni border with Saudi Arabia.

It follows one day after a state of emergency was declared in all regions of Saada Province by the Saada Local Council.

The English language Yemen Post reported Wednesday that, according to local sources from Sa'ada, "army forces and fighter aircrafts launched a massive attack on Houthi leader Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi's headquarters in Saada province."

Thursday, citing official sources, Yemen Post reported that, over a five-year period of sporadic battles between Yemeni forces and Houthi rebels, over 1,000 government soldiers have died and over 6,000 have been injured.

According to Yemen Post, "it is said that thousands of civilians and Houthi's followers died in the same period, but the real number is unspecified."

Yemen's government and Houthi rebels have been involved in intermittent fighting since 2004. The conflict is believed to be both separatist -- over who will have power in the area -- and sectarian -- whether Shia Islam will dominate even though the majority of Yemenis are Sunni.

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh is also faced with a separatist movement in the country's south and a growing threat from al Qaeda.

Al-Qaeda's presence in Yemen has been a growing concern for the United States. In late July, Gen. David Petraeus, CENTCOM Commander, and an accompanying delegation, flew to Yemen and met with Saleh. According to SABA, one of the topics of discussion was how to better combat terrorism.

Nine foreigners were abducted in June while apparently on a picnic in Saada Province. The bodies of three of them, a South Korean teacher and two German nurses were discovered. Five Germans, including three children and a Briton, are still missing and their status is unknown.

It is still unclear who is behind the kidnapping. Initial official statements said the group was apparently seized by Houthi rebels. However, Yemen's news agency later reported Houthi rebels accused drug cartels of abducting the group and killing the three. In addition, SABA said a spokesman for the rebels accused regional tribes of being behind the kidnappings and slayings.

The incident was the latest in a string of kidnappings of foreign workers in Yemen this year. All of the previous hostages had been released unharmed, including 24 medical workers seized in Yemen's Amran province.

In March, four South Korean tourists were killed in the city of Al Shibam when a bomb exploded as they were taking pictures.

In January, two female Belgian tourists and a Yemeni driver were killed by gunmen while the three were traveling in a convoy in Al Shibam.

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question: how many foreigners were abducted?

answer: Nine

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question: How long have the government and Houthi rebels been fighting?

answer: since 2004.

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question: when did they start fighting?

answer: since 2004.

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question: How many foreigners were abducted in June?

answer: six

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question: What were the foreigners doing when they were abducted in June?

answer: picnic

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question: Who were Yemen forces fighting?

answer: Houthi Shiite rebels

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question: what did the government say?

answer: laid out ceasefire terms

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(CNN) -- As if the heavy snow, ice and high winds from a major winter storm weren't enough, temperatures plummeted in the upper Midwest and elsewhere Wednesday, the National Weather Service said.

The storm brought blizzard conditions to some areas as gusty winds and blowing snow created whiteout conditions across much of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions. Winds of at least 35 mph and rain to the east caused hundreds of flights to be delayed or canceled, leaving travelers stranded. Parts of the Southeast received more than 6 inches of rain, causing flash flooding.

A 28-year-old woman was killed in Omaha, Nebraska, Tuesday night when a truck plowing snow in a parking lot backed into her, police spokesman Jacob Bettin said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

In Nashville, Tennessee, early morning winds -- possibly up to 50 mph -- toppled the Christmas tree at the Tennessee State Capital, said CNN affiliate WKRN-TV. A facilities supervisor said the tree had been secured with hooks in concrete.

An Arctic high pressure system or air mass began moving southward from Canada on Wednesday, bringing with it frigid temperatures.

The temperature in Portland, Oregon, was 12 degrees, breaking the previous record of 15 degrees, set in 1972, said Jonathan Wolfe, meteorologist with the weather service's Portland bureau.

By Wednesday afternoon the temperature in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was 9 degrees. It was minus 2 degrees in Denver, Colorado; and 11 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Forecasters warned that places such as North Dakota and Minnesota could get dangerous wind chill readings of 25 to 35 degrees below zero.

Madison, Wisconsin, received more than 17 inches of snow, prompting the University of Wisconsin to cancel classes for the first time since 1990. The campus police department estimated 3,000 students descended onto the school's Bascom Hill Wednesday afternoon for a snowball fight, with a few minor injuries reported, according to the university's Web site.

Watch snow blow outside a hotel in Wisconsin

Early Wednesday morning, students began forming a giant snowball about six blocks from the campus and rolled it to an intersection near the university, former student Chad Krueger told CNN's iReport.

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The storm prodded Nicole Stec of Janesville, Wisconsin, to finally buy those new tires her car had been needing.

"I'm a procrastinator, so I put it off for a while. But now it's time because there's snow on the ground," Stec told WISC-TV at a Janesville tire shop. "It's my Christmas present from Santa, apparently."

Elsewhere, Des Moines, Iowa, received more than a foot of snow, with more to come, and Freeport, Illinois, had 11 inches.

Schools were also closed across Iowa and parts of Minnesota.

Passengers heading to cities in snow-bound states were left waiting. High winds in the Northeast were creating flight delays of more than an hour Wednesday night.

New England also was expected to get dangerously low temperatures as snowfall was tapering off by Wednesday evening. Areas in Maine were expected to get an additional 4-8 inches of snow overnight after as much as 10 inches fell earlier in the day, the weather service said.

Connecticut's Department of Transportation deployed all of its 632 trucks to clear roads of snow that prompted numerous school closings Wednesday morning, CNN affiliate WFSB-TV reported.

Watch iReporters' shots of the storm

Flash floods struck north-central Alabama where rescuers ended up in a tree early Wednesday when their boat overturned as they tried to help a motorist whose car was swept into a rain-swollen creek, said the administrative assistant for Morgan County's Emergency Management Agency.

"The people were all right," said Rita Weeks. "They waited in the tree until people could come get them."

Earlier Wednesday, in the same county, a man hung on to a bridge over a creek after his vehicle was swept away by floodwaters, Weeks said.

Forecasters said the area got more than 3 inches of rain before it stopped Wednesday morning, but flood advisories were still in effect Wednesday night for much of the South.

The storm left its mark on the West on Monday and Tuesday.

Alpine Meadows, California, near Lake Tahoe received 42 inches of snow before the storm moved out of the region Tuesday afternoon. Pagosa Springs, Colorado, received 33 inches, and Flagstaff, Arizona, got 30, with similar amounts throughout the Rockies.

CNN's Larry Frum and Jim Kavanagh contributed to this report.

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question: how many students descend on field for snowball fight?

answer: 3,000

question: How many came for the snowball fight?

answer: 3,000

question: What were closed in Iowa?

answer: Schools

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question: Where was the snowball fight?

answer: Madison, Wisconsin,

text: Madison, Wisconsin,

question: How many students participated?

answer: 3,000

question: What did the campus police say?

answer: estimated 3,000 students descended onto the school's Bascom Hill Wednesday afternoon for a snowball fight,

text: estimated 3,000 students descended onto the school's Bascom Hill Wednesday afternoon for a snowball fight,

question: Which region has heavy snow?

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JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Palestinian militants fired more rockets into Israel on Friday as a tenuous six-month truce between Hamas and Israel expired.

Palestinian children look at a blast crater following an Israeli airstrike over southern Gaza on December 18.

Two Qassam rockets were fired Friday morning from Gaza into separate Israeli communities, the Israel Defense Forces said. Earlier, Palestinians in Gaza shot at Israeli farmers working in their fields in Kibbutz Nirim, the IDF said.

No one was hurt in the attacks and one car was damaged, it added.

Islamic Jihad sources claimed responsibility for firing the rockets.

Under the Egytian-brokered truce, which began June 19, the Hamas government in Gaza agreed to end militant attacks from Gaza on Israel. The pledge applied to all militant groups in the coastal territory, including Islamic Jihad.

In return, Israel agreed to halt raids inside Gaza and ease its blockade.

The truce held well for the first four months but began to fall apart in October, when there was a marked increase in the number of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel -- estimated at 200. Israel resumed airstrikes in Gaza as a result.  Watch what may follow the end of the truce Â»

Israel has said a major military operation in Gaza may be unavoidable if daily rocket fire from the territory continues.

However, both sides have expressed a desire not to see the situation worsen.

Islamic Jihad said it planned a rally in Gaza City in the afternoon, after Friday prayers, announcing the end of the truce but also calling for a lifting of the Israeli siege.

Israel has tightened its restrictions on border crossings and the flow of goods into the impoverished territory, making life extremely difficult for residents.

Gaza depends on Israel for 90 percent of its imports, according to the U.N. Development Program.

-- CNN's Ben Wedeman and Michal Zippori contributed to this report.

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text: Hamas

text: government

text: in

text: Gaza

text: agreed

text: to

text: end

text: militant

text: attacks

text: from

text: Gaza

text: on

text: Israel

text: The

text: pledge

text: applied

text: to

text: all

text: militant

text: groups

text: in

text: the

text: coastal

text: territory

text: including

text: Islamic

text: Jihad

text: In

text: return

text: Israel

text: agreed

text: to

text: halt

text: raids

text: inside

text: Gaza

text: and

text: ease

text: its

text: blockade

text: The

text: truce

text: held

text: well

text: for

text: the

text: first

text: four

text: months

text: but

text: began

text: to

text: fall

text: apart

text: in

text: October

text: when

text: there

text: was

text: a

text: marked

text: increase

text: in

text: the

text: number

text: of

text: rockets

text: fired

text: from

text: Gaza

text: into

text: Israel

text: estimated

text: at

text: Israel

text: resumed

text: airstrikes

text: in

text: Gaza

text: as

text: a

text: result

text: Watch

text: what

text: may

text: follow

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: the

text: truce

text: Â

text: Israel

text: has

text: said

text: a

text: major

text: military

text: operation

text: in

text: Gaza

text: may

text: be

text: unavoidable

text: if

text: daily

text: rocket

text: fire

text: from

text: the

text: territory

text: continues

text: However

text: both

text: sides

text: have

text: expressed

text: a

text: desire

text: not

text: to

text: see

text: the

text: situation

text: worsen

text: Islamic

text: Jihad

text: said

text: it

text: planned

text: a

text: rally

text: in

text: Gaza

text: City

text: in

text: the

text: afternoon

text: after

text: Friday

text: prayers

text: announcing

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: the

text: truce

text: but

text: also

text: calling

text: for

text: a

text: lifting

text: of

text: the

text: Israeli

text: siege

text: Israel

text: has

text: tightened

text: its

text: restrictions

text: on

text: border

text: crossings

text: and

text: the

text: flow

text: of

text: goods

text: into

text: the

text: impoverished

text: territory

text: making

text: life

text: extremely

text: difficult

text: for

text: residents

text: Gaza

text: depends

text: on

text: Israel

text: for

text: percent

text: of

text: its

text: imports

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: U.N.

text: Development

text: Program

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Ben

text: Wedeman

text: and

text: Michal

text: Zippori

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: Who claimed responsibility for firing the rockets?

answer: Islamic Jihad

text: Islamic Jihad

question: Who claimed responsibility for firing rockets?

answer: Islamic Jihad sources

text: Islamic Jihad sources

question: What was the ceasefire applied to?

answer: all militant groups in the coastal territory,

text: all militant groups in the coastal territory,

question: Which groups did the ceasefire apply to?

answer: Hamas and Israel

text: Hamas and Israel

question: With what groups did the ceasefire apply?

answer: all militant

text: all militant

question: When did the truce start?

answer: June 19,

text: June 19,

question: Who claimed responsibility?

answer: Islamic Jihad sources

text: Islamic Jihad sources

question: When did the Egyptian-brokered truce begin?

answer: June 19,

text: June 19,


text:
LONDON, England (CNN)  -- British newspapers were filled with speculation Wednesday that Prince William may soon propose to his girlfriend, Kate Middleton, after an influential blog reported on a possible date.

In an entry on her Web site, The Daily Beast, former magazine editor Tina Brown wrote that a "high-placed source in royal circles" told her that June 3 and 4 have been "mysteriously blocked out on the palace diaries."

This suggests a likely date for the engagement of William, 27, and Middleton, 28, wrote Brown, author of a biography of the late Princess Diana.  Brown was previously editor-in-chief of high-society magazine Tatler as well as editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.

There was no response Wednesday from Clarence House, William's official residence.

"We don't comment on speculation," a spokeswoman there told CNN.

William and Middleton have been dating off and on since 2003, when both were students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.  They split in April 2007 despite widespread speculation they were close to marriage, but they remained friends and began dating again by the end of that year.

The pair is often seen on the town in London, going to exclusive nightclubs.

William is now training to be a search-and-rescue pilot with the Royal Air Force, where he holds the rank of flight lieutenant.

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text: British

text: newspapers

text: were

text: filled

text: with

text: speculation

text: Wednesday

text: that

text: Prince

text: William

text: may

text: soon

text: propose

text: to

text: his

text: girlfriend

text: Kate

text: Middleton

text: after

text: an

text: influential

text: blog

text: reported

text: on

text: a

text: possible

text: date

text: In

text: an

text: entry

text: on

text: her

text: Web

text: site

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text: Daily

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text: magazine

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text: a

text: high

text: placed

text: source

text: in

text: royal

text: circles

text: told

text: her

text: that

text: June

text: and

text: have

text: been

text: mysteriously

text: blocked

text: out

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text: palace

text: diaries

text: This

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text: likely

text: date

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text: engagement

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text: and

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text: a

text: biography

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text: late

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text: There

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text: response

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text: House

text: William

text: 's

text: official

text: residence

text: We

text: do

text: n't

text: comment

text: on

text: speculation

text: a

text: spokeswoman

text: there

text: told

text: CNN

text: William

text: and

text: Middleton

text: have

text: been

text: dating

text: off

text: and

text: on

text: since

text: when

text: both

text: were

text: students

text: at

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: St.

text: Andrews

text: in

text: Scotland

text: They

text: split

text: in

text: April

text: despite

text: widespread

text: speculation

text: they

text: were

text: close

text: to

text: marriage

text: but

text: they

text: remained

text: friends

text: and

text: began

text: dating

text: again

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text: the

text: end

text: of

text: that

text: year

text: The

text: pair

text: is

text: often

text: seen

text: on

text: the

text: town

text: in

text: London

text: going

text: to

text: exclusive

text: nightclubs

text: William

text: is

text: now

text: training

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: search

text: and

text: rescue

text: pilot

text: with

text: the

text: Royal

text: Air

text: Force

text: where

text: he

text: holds

text: the

text: rank

text: of

text: flight

text: lieutenant

question: Did the Clrance House make a response?

answer: no

text: no

question: How long has the couple been dating?

answer: since 2003,

text: since 2003,

question: Who is training?

answer: William

text: William

question: Where is Prince William's official residence?

answer: Clarence House,

text: Clarence House,

question: What is he training for?

answer: search-and-rescue pilot

text: search-and-rescue pilot

question: When did the couple start dating?

answer: 2003,

question: What is Prince training to be?

answer: search-and-rescue pilot

text: search-and-rescue pilot

question: What is the name of Prince William's official residence?

answer: Clarence House,

text: Clarence House,


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(CNN) -- As the dust settled after the latest agreement was struck to solve the Eurozone debt crisis, French President Nicolas Sarkozy admitted it had been a "mistake" to admit the stricken Greeks into the monetary union.

"Let's be clear; it was a mistake," Sarkozy told French television.

"Greece came into the Euro with numbers that were false and its economy was not prepared to assume an integration into the Eurozone. It was a decision that was taken in, I believe, 2001, for which we now are paying the consequence."

Wednesday's agreement, reached in Brussels, will slash Greek debt, recapitalize European banks and more than double the European Union bailout fund's resources to handle future sovereign defaults.

"It's great news that we've got an agreement," said Deutsche Bank economist Gilles Moec. "When Europe puts its heads together, they do actually begin to cooperate."

However speculation is rife about China's role in the success of the plan, with suggestions they will provide capital to bolster the euro -- a scenario Sarkozy has no qualms about.

"If the Chinese, who have 60% of global reserves, decide to invest in the euro instead of the dollar, why refuse?" he asked.

China has welcomed the EU Summit consensus, whose main elements include a 50% reduction in the value of Greek government bonds, steps recapitalize European banks and plans to attract capital for the already overburdened European Financial Stability Facility rescue fund, in order to reduce Greek debt from the current astronomical 160% of its current economy to 120% of total economic output over the next 10 years.

China indicated that it may be in its best interest to contribute to a solution, although made no mention of specific plans to do so.

"We believe that, as the largest economy in the world, the steady, sound, and healthy growth of the EU economy and the Eurozone is vital to the world economy's recovery," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said at a regular press briefing on Thursday. "We are also ready to work with the EU to overcome the difficulty."

But Chinese support would depend on Europe's ability to guarantee the safety of any investment, Li Daokui, a member of China's Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee, told the Financial Times. "It is in China's long-term and intrinsic interest to help Europe because they are our biggest trading partner but the chief concern of the Chinese government is how to explain this decision to our own people," Li said.

Li added that China could use fiscal support as leverage to deter Europe from criticizing China's currency policy, which is often criticized for being undervalued and unfairly benefiting Chinese exports.

Europe hopes to attract capital from sovereign wealth funds, particularly from developing nations like China and Russia, to supplement the Ã¢âÂ¬440 billion rescue fund, but analysts note that the structure of these investments remains unknown.

In a phone conversation with Sarkozy on Thursday, Chinese President Hu Jintao made no mention of specific plans to invest in the scheme, but lauded Europe's progress in solving the debt crisis.

The leaders discussed plans for the upcoming G20 Summit, with Hu saying the annual meeting had become a platform for cleaning up the global economy and that he hopes it can continue to adhere to the spirit of cooperation and common success, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

"It is not in China's interest to fund this scheme," Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics told CNN Money. "It is better advised to sit this out and buy assets at liquidation than to invest in a sinking ship."

Meanwhile the EU's bailout fund chief Klaus Regling will meet with officials in Beijing and Tokyo Friday, though no reason has been given for his visit.

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text: dust

text: settled

text: after

text: the

text: latest

text: agreement

text: was

text: struck

text: to

text: solve

text: the

text: Eurozone

text: debt

text: crisis

text: French

text: President

text: Nicolas

text: Sarkozy

text: admitted

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text: had

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text: mistake

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text: stricken

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text: Eurozone

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text: believe

text: for

text: which

text: we

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text: consequence

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text: agreement

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text: European

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text: agreement

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text: Europe

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text: its

text: heads

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text: begin

text: to

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text: role

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text: plan

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text: dollar

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text: EU

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text: main

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text: value

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text: Greek

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text: European

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text: and

text: plans

text: to

text: attract

text: capital

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text: already

text: overburdened

text: European

text: Financial

text: Stability

text: Facility

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text: Greek

text: debt

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text: current

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text: its

text: current

text: economy

text: to

text: of

text: total

text: economic

text: output

text: over

text: the

text: next

text: years

text: China

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text: it

text: may

text: be

text: in

text: its

text: best

text: interest

text: to

text: contribute

text: to

text: a

text: solution

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text: largest

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text: world

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text: EU

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text: Eurozone

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text: world

text: economy

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text: recovery

text: Foreign

text: Ministry

text: spokeswoman

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text: Yu

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text: a

text: regular

text: press

text: briefing

text: on

text: Thursday

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text: EU

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text: difficulty

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text: ability

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text: safety

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text: any

text: investment

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text: Bank

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text: Policy

text: Committee

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text: Financial

text: Times

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text: long

text: term

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text: intrinsic

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text: partner

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text: chief

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text: Chinese

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text: currency

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text: global

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text: spirit

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text: cooperation

text: and

text: common

text: success

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text: state

text: run

text: Xinhua

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text: agency

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text: It

text: is

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text: in

text: China

text: 's

text: interest

text: to

text: fund

text: this

text: scheme

text: Carl

text: Weinberg

text: chief

text: economist

text: at

text: High

text: Frequency

text: Economics

text: told

text: CNN

text: Money

text: It

text: is

text: better

text: advised

text: to

text: sit

text: this

text: out

text: and

text: buy

text: assets

text: at

text: liquidation

text: than

text: to

text: invest

text: in

text: a

text: sinking

text: ship

text: Meanwhile

text: the

text: EU

text: 's

text: bailout

text: fund

text: chief

text: Klaus

text: Regling

text: will

text: meet

text: with

text: officials

text: in

text: Beijing

text: and

text: Tokyo

text: Friday

text: though

text: no

text: reason

text: has

text: been

text: given

text: for

text: his

text: visit

question: Who welcomed the deal?

answer: China

text: China

question: How much is the rescue fund?

answer: Ã¢âÂ¬440 bill

text: Ã¢âÂ¬440 bill

question: What might Europe use to supplement the rescue fund?

answer: 50% reduction in the value of Greek government bonds, steps recapitalize European banks and plans to attract capital

text: 50% reduction in the value of Greek government bonds, steps recapitalize European banks and plans to attract capital

question: What comment did Sarkozy make on the euro?

answer: it had been a "mistake" to admit the stricken Greeks into the monetary union.

text: it had been a "mistake" to admit the stricken Greeks into the monetary union.

question: What did Sarkozy say?

answer: "Let's be clear; it was a mistake,"

text: "Let's be clear; it was a mistake,"

question: Who will meet with officials on Friday?

answer: ief Klaus Regl

text: ief Klaus Regl


text:
(CNN) -- The civil warfare and social instability in Somalia have prompted the flight of more than 50,000 refugees to neighboring Kenya this year alone, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.

The Dadaab refugee complex is the largest of its kind in the world.

Somalis are arriving at an average rate of 6,400 a month, and their presence has placed pressure on northern Kenya's Dadaab refugee complex -- bursting at the seams with three times the population it was built to hold.

There are more than 281,000 Somali refugees there, and the UNHCR fears that heavy rains in Kenya will lead to flooding at the complex and pose "considerable health risks to the refugees."

The International Organization of Migration has been working with the UNHCR, Kenyan authorities and non-governmental organizations to relocate refugees from Dadaab to the Kakuma camp in the northwestern part of the country.

Somalia has been in turmoil for years. Clashes have raged between pro-government forces and rebel groups such as Al-Shabaab, the Islamist militia with ties to al Qaeda. And this fighting has prompted widespread displacement in the war-wracked nation.

Al-Shabaab has been targeting the most prominent Western-linked entity in the capital, Mogadishu -- the African Union peacekeeping mission, the de facto military force of the weak, transitional Somali government.

Fighting has forced about 250,000 Somalis out of their homes in Mogadishu since May and many of the displaced have sought refuge west of the capital in the Afgooye corridor, the U.N. agency said.

Also, many Somalis have chosen to flee the country by traveling across the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea to Yemen or the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Many have drowned or have gone missing in their journey.

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text: The

text: civil

text: warfare

text: and

text: social

text: instability

text: in

text: Somalia

text: have

text: prompted

text: the

text: flight

text: of

text: more

text: than

text: refugees

text: to

text: neighboring

text: Kenya

text: this

text: year

text: alone

text: the

text: U.N.

text: refugee

text: agency

text: said

text: Friday

text: The

text: Dadaab

text: refugee

text: complex

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: of

text: its

text: kind

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: Somalis

text: are

text: arriving

text: at

text: an

text: average

text: rate

text: of

text: a

text: month

text: and

text: their

text: presence

text: has

text: placed

text: pressure

text: on

text: northern

text: Kenya

text: 's

text: Dadaab

text: refugee

text: complex

text: bursting

text: at

text: the

text: seams

text: with

text: three

text: times

text: the

text: population

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text: was

text: built

text: to

text: hold

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text: more

text: than

text: Somali

text: refugees

text: there

text: and

text: the

text: UNHCR

text: fears

text: that

text: heavy

text: rains

text: in

text: Kenya

text: will

text: lead

text: to

text: flooding

text: at

text: the

text: complex

text: and

text: pose

text: considerable

text: health

text: risks

text: to

text: the

text: refugees

text: The

text: International

text: Organization

text: of

text: Migration

text: has

text: been

text: working

text: with

text: the

text: UNHCR

text: Kenyan

text: authorities

text: and

text: non

text: governmental

text: organizations

text: to

text: relocate

text: refugees

text: from

text: Dadaab

text: to

text: the

text: Kakuma

text: camp

text: in

text: the

text: northwestern

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: Somalia

text: has

text: been

text: in

text: turmoil

text: for

text: years

text: Clashes

text: have

text: raged

text: between

text: pro

text: government

text: forces

text: and

text: rebel

text: groups

text: such

text: as

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: the

text: Islamist

text: militia

text: with

text: ties

text: to

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: And

text: this

text: fighting

text: has

text: prompted

text: widespread

text: displacement

text: in

text: the

text: war

text: wracked

text: nation

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: has

text: been

text: targeting

text: the

text: most

text: prominent

text: Western

text: linked

text: entity

text: in

text: the

text: capital

text: Mogadishu

text: the

text: African

text: Union

text: peacekeeping

text: mission

text: the

text: de

text: facto

text: military

text: force

text: of

text: the

text: weak

text: transitional

text: Somali

text: government

text: Fighting

text: has

text: forced

text: about

text: Somalis

text: out

text: of

text: their

text: homes

text: in

text: Mogadishu

text: since

text: May

text: and

text: many

text: of

text: the

text: displaced

text: have

text: sought

text: refuge

text: west

text: of

text: the

text: capital

text: in

text: the

text: Afgooye

text: corridor

text: the

text: U.N.

text: agency

text: said

text: Also

text: many

text: Somalis

text: have

text: chosen

text: to

text: flee

text: the

text: country

text: by

text: traveling

text: across

text: the

text: Gulf

text: of

text: Aden

text: and

text: the

text: Red

text: Sea

text: to

text: Yemen

text: or

text: the

text: Mediterranean

text: Sea

text: to

text: Europe

text: Many

text: have

text: drowned

text: or

text: have

text: gone

text: missing

text: in

text: their

text: journey

question: Where are the refugees entering?

answer: Kenya

text: Kenya

question: how many refugees are arriving every month on Kenya's Dabaab camp

answer: 6,400

question: how many a month?

answer: 6,400

question: how many refugees?

answer: more than 50,000

text: more than 50,000

question: What forced them out?

answer: Fighting

text: Fighting

question: how many somalis were forced out of their homes in Mogadishu?

answer: 250,000