Premise: The search has focused on the Hangman's Cell, reputedly where 141 French prisoners of war were executed, and the 18th Century Master Ropemaker's House.

Hypothesis: The investigation focused on the hangman's cell, where 141 French prisoners-of-war were said to have been executed, as well at the 18th-century Master Ropemaker's House.


Premise: The South Side store, part of a redevelopment of an abandoned steel plant, fell by a 25-21 vote. Passage required a majority of 26 votes in the 50-member council.

Hypothesis: Approval for a second store fell one vote short.


Premise: After the war the city was briefly occupied by the Allies and then was returned to the Dutch.

Hypothesis: After the war, the city was returned to the Dutch.


Premise: Mexico City has always been one of the main cultural centers of Latin America, and much of the culture there is uniquely Mexican.

Hypothesis: Mexico City has always been one of the prominent cultural centres of Latin America.


Premise: John Edwards praised John Kerry as a man tested by war for national command.

Hypothesis: John Edwards's speech failed to mention President Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney.


Premise: "I want to go abroad and start my life as a free man. If Israel is a democracy it should allow me to do it," Vanunu told reporters at the court.

Hypothesis: Vanunu says he wants to start a new life in another country.


Premise: Only around four million people out of a population of 81 million people regularly surf the Internet in Vietnam, mainly through cyber-cafes.

Hypothesis: About four million people out of Vietnam's population of 81 million regularly use the Internet.


Premise: When the Spaniards led by Hernan Cortes arrived in 1519, Tenochtitlan had about 100,000 inhabitants.

Hypothesis: In 1519, Aztec culture was forever changed when the Spaniards arrived.


Premise: More than 100 people were killed in a suicide bombing and clashes Wednesday as Iraq's interim government marked its first month in office.

Hypothesis: A minibus packed with explosives blew up near a police station and a market north of Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, killing 68 people and wounding 30 in the worst attack since the handover of power exactly one month ago.


Premise: Seagate Technology Inc. reported a loss of $33 million on revenue of $1.34 billion.

Hypothesis: Seagate Technology Inc. posted revenues of $1.34 billion.


Premise: 36 insurgents and 7 Iraqi soldiers were killed in a joint raid by Iraqi and foreign troops south of Baghdad.

Hypothesis: Seven Iraqi troops and 35 insurgents were killed in fierce fighting near Suwariya, 20 miles southeast of Baghdad.


Premise: Night vision goggles have been distributed along with the film to Vue Cinemas, formerly known as Warner Village, in the UK.

Hypothesis: Vue Cinemas - formerly Warner Village - have asked staff to check that audience members do not use video cameras to make pirate copies of the film.


Premise: When they returned home after the Taleban had been toppled by Afghan opposition forces, Rezzay knew exactly what she wanted to do.

Hypothesis: When they came home after the Taliban were toppled by Afghan opposition forces, Rezzay knew exactly what she wanted to do.


Premise: Oil prices may be jolted higher on Tuesday when key markets reopen from a long holiday weekend that saw the second attack in less than a month on Saudi Arabia, the world's top crude exporter.

Hypothesis: Markets reopen Tuesday after the holiday weekend.


Premise: Many survivors said they were unable to open locked doors as they tried to flee the complex.

Hypothesis: Some neighbors said they were forced to break windows to enter the supermarket because the doors wouldn't open.


Premise: Just hours before the gathering, a House appropriations subcommittee voted to cut $1.1 billion from NASA's budget request for the next fiscal year.

Hypothesis: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration would get $229 million less than it did in 2004 and $1.1 billion less than President Bush requested, if a spending bill approved by a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee becomes law.


Premise: Two candidates for the new Iraqi president are 81-year-old Pachachi and Sunni tribal leader Yawar.

Hypothesis: Pachachi and Yawer are Sunni Muslim Arabs.


Premise: Officials said Michael Hamilton was killed when gunmen opened fire and exchanged shots with Saudi security forces yesterday

Hypothesis: Michael Hamilton died yesterday.


Premise: About 10 minutes after take-off on Monday, Yang told the crew that he had companions on board carrying sulphuric acid that they would throw over passengers unless the plane headed for South Korea,

Hypothesis: Approximately 50 minutes into the flight, a man whose seat number was F12 came near the cockpit in an attempt to hijack the plane, saying he wanted to go to Korea.


Premise: The capital of Mexico, Mexico City is one of the oldest cities in North America and one of the largest cities in the world.

Hypothesis: Spanish Mexico, or Ciudad de Mexico, ancient ( Nahua, or Aztec ) Tenochtitlan city, capital of Mexico.


Premise: Some witnesses said victims were not able to escape the flames because the exits had been locked, possibly to avoid robberies, a claim denied by Juan Pio Paiva, the supermarket's owner.

Hypothesis: Witnesses told police a gas canister exploded.


Premise: Cortes razed Tenochtitlan in 1521 and constructed a Spanish city on its ruins.

Hypothesis: Cortes quickly destroyed Tenochtitlan and built a Spanish city in its place.


Premise: Among other cultural activities, the Taman Ismail Marzuki centre has facilities for traditional or classical art performances as well as theatres for presenting modern plays and concerts; the centre also has a planetarium.

Hypothesis: The Taman Ismail Marzuki center also has theaters for presenting modern plays and concerts.


Premise: A car bomb that exploded outside a U.S. military base near Beiji, killed 11 Iraqis.

Hypothesis: A car bomb exploded outside a U.S. base in the northern town of Beiji, killing 11 Iraqis.


Premise: A British oil executive was one of 16 people killed in the Saudi Arabian terror attack.

Hypothesis: A British oil company executive was killed in the terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia


Premise: The GDP rose at an annual rate of 3 percent in the second quarter.

Hypothesis: The weaker-than-expected GDP number gave Wall Street more to worry about in terms of how strong the economy will perform in the second half of this year.


Premise: At the welcoming ceremony, Sharon appeared to try to correct the damage from his earlier statements, saying anti-Semitism threatens the Western world, without singling out France.

Hypothesis: Sharon said anti-Semitism threatened the Western world, but he did not single out France.


Premise: The city's official history, however, starts in 1527, when the sultan of Bantam defeated the Portuguese there and called the place Jayakerta ( Sundanese: "Glorious Fortress").

Hypothesis: The city's official history starts in 1527, when a local ruler defeated the Portuguese there and called the place Jayakerta.


Premise: Four people were killed and a US helicopter shot down in Najaf.

Hypothesis: Five people were killed and an American helicopter was shot down in Najaf.


Premise: Mexico City lies in an endorheic ( characterized by interior drainage ) basin at an altitude of approximately 7,350 feet ( 2,240 metres).

Hypothesis: Mexico City is about 7,350 feet (2,240 meters) above sea level.


Premise: At the southeastern tip of the city, Xochimilco, another small town subsumed by the city, is a popular tourist destination because of its chinampas, or "floating gardens," boats made out of reeds on which the Indians have grown plants since pre-Columbian times.

Hypothesis: At the southeastern tip of the city lies a small town called Xochimilco.


Premise: There are similarities between us and Microsoft in that we believe in getting developer adoption and building community, and (Microsoft) has always done a great job in ease of use, said Zack Urlocker, vice president of marketing at MySQL, based in Uppsala, Sweden.

Hypothesis: MySQL Vice President of Marketing Zack Urlocker said companies such as Sabre are using an open source stack for business applications.


Premise: The Bush administration has long sought to augment the force with more Muslim troops.

Hypothesis: It was not clear whether a UN security council resolution would be required to authorise a Muslim force.


Premise: Napster was originally a free pioneer file-swapping service, which was forced to shut down in 2001 after a painstaking legal battle with recording companies.

Hypothesis: The original Napster shut down after the music industry sued.


Premise: Witnesses told police a gas canister exploded to start the fire in a multilevel building which houses the Ycua Bolanos supermarket, a food court and a parking garage, causing the bottom floor to collapse.

Hypothesis: Some witnesses said victims were not able to escape the flames.


Premise: Abu Musa al-Hindi is one of the 13 men picked up in coordinated raids across the country.

Hypothesis: Bilal was arrested along with other 12 men.


Premise: The attorney for Mark Hacking said he will raise the issue of mental illness and challenge his client's confession to relatives that he killed his wife, Lori, and dumped her body in a garbage bin.

Hypothesis: Hacking reportedly made the statement to his brothers when he was a psychiatric patient in the hospital.


Premise: Microsoft delays release of Windows XP update.

Hypothesis: Microsoft to begin shipping major update to Windows


Premise: I love it, it's just such fun, said Harry Potter author JK Rowling, who is estimated to have earned £435m from her creation.

Hypothesis: The Potter books netted an estimated £435 million for Ms Rowling.


Premise: Korean Seoul, formally Soul-t'ukpyolsi ( "Special City of Seoul" ), largest city and capital of the Republic of Korea ( South Korea ), located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han-gang (Han River ) 37 miles ( 60 kilometres ) from the Yellow Sea.

Hypothesis: Seoul is on the Han River in the northwestern part of South Korea, about 37 miles ( 60 kilometers ) from the Yellow Sea.


Premise: FBI agents later interviewed Vanderford and opened an investigation.

Hypothesis: The FBI said it was still considering whether Vanderford had broken any law.


Premise: The Dutch, under the leadership of Jan Pieterszoon Coen, captured and razed the city in 1619, after which the capital of the Dutch East Indies -- a walled township named Batavia -- was established on the site.

Hypothesis: The Dutch captured and destroyed the city in 1619.


Premise: The colonial era ended when Indonesia was occupied by Japanese forces in World War II.

Hypothesis: During World War II, Indonesia was taken over by Japanese forces.


Premise: One famous nonastronaut also received one of the Ambassador of Exploration awards -former CBS newsman Walter Cronkite.

Hypothesis: Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite also received the ambassador honor.


Premise: Sharon said on Sunday evening that he intended to follow through with the plan "in light of the severe and dangerous economic and security situation that Israel would find itself in if it had no diplomatic plan," a statement from his office said.

Hypothesis: The plan, which has strong international support, including from the United States, has cost Sharon his parliamentary majority and left him fighting for political survival.


Premise: Toward the east , the city ends in a plain that meets the Sierra Nevada , with its two extinct volcanoes, Ixtacihuatl ( 17,342 feet ) and Popocatepetl ( 17,883 feet ), which were once a familiar sight from Mexico City but are now usually obscured by pollution.

Hypothesis: Nearby are two volcanoes that can only be seen from the city on days when wind has cleared out the pollution.


Premise: Scott and Lance Hacking talked with their younger brother at the hospital July 24.

Hypothesis: Douglas and Scott Hacking are physicians.


Premise: The most popular spectator sports are football ( soccer ) and bullfighting.

Hypothesis: The most popular spectator sports are soccer and bullfighting.


Premise: Saudi Arabia was boosting its own production.

Hypothesis: Saudi Arabia was boosting its production.


Premise: Massoud Emami, governor of Iran's northwestern province of Qazvin, and at least 9 others on abroad a helicopter were killed in a crash Saturday afternoon.

Hypothesis: Governor of Iran's Qazvin province, Massoud Emami, and eight others were killed when their helicopter crashed while returning after an inspection of quake-hit Roudbar Alamout district, north of Tehran.


Premise: In the early 20th century the city was the site of fighting during the Mexican Revolution.

Hypothesis: During the Mexican Revolution, the city became a battlefield.


Premise: A spokeswoman said there were no more details available.

Hypothesis: No further details were available.


Premise: Measurements by ground-based instruments around the world have shown a decrease of up to 10 percent in sunlight from the late 1950's to the early 1990's.

Hypothesis: The world is about 10 per cent darker than half a century ago


Premise: That's five times the amount spent by Australia on security for the 2000 Games in Sydney.

Hypothesis: That's five times more than Australia spent to protect the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.


Premise: After World War I ( 1914-18 ), Warsaw again became the capital of an independent Poland.

Hypothesis: After World War I Warsaw regained its status as the national capital of Poland.


Premise: When the Spaniards led by Hernan Cortes arrived in 1519, Tenochtitlan had about 100,000 inhabitants.

Hypothesis: Led by Hernan Cortes, the Spaniards fought a war against the Aztec.


Premise: Budapest, capital of Hungary, and administrative centre of Budai jaras ( district ) and Pest megye ( county).

Hypothesis: Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is one of the largest cities of Eastern Europe.


Premise: It is the most fashionable district of Budapest, where Hungary's wealthy have houses.

Hypothesis: It is the most fashionable district of Budapest, where Hungary's elite have houses.


Premise: Baleen whales are filter feeders.

Hypothesis: Minke whales are the smallest of the baleen whales at about 30 feet.


Premise: Until about five years ago, an 8-by-8-foot plank jutting out from the tracks provided a safe haven for those crossing the bridge if a train came.

Hypothesis: Until about five years ago, an 8-by-8-foot plank extending from the tracks provided a safe haven for those crossing the bridge if a train came.


Premise: The Plaza Mexico bullring is the largest in the world.

Hypothesis: Plaza Mexico is the largest bullring in the world.


Premise: Korean Seoul, formally Soul-t'ukpyolsi ( "Special City of Seoul" ), largest city and capital of the Republic of Korea ( South Korea ), located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han-gang (Han River ) 37 miles ( 60 kilometres ) from the Yellow Sea.

Hypothesis: Seoul sits on both banks of the Han.


Premise: Aristide left Haiti on February 29, on board an American military aircraft, in the face of mounting civil unrest and accusations of corruption.

Hypothesis: Aristide left Haiti on February 29, on board a US military aircraft.


Hypothesis: The capital and largest city of South Korea is Seoul.


Premise: A militant group in Iraq is holding seven foreign truck drivers.

Hypothesis: The militant group said it had released the Iraqi driver.


Premise: NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe presented the Apollo, Gemini and Mercury astronauts and survivors with commemorative plaques -- each containing a small piece of lunar rock.

Hypothesis: The astronauts were given lunar rocks that came from the 842 pounds of rocks and soil brought home from six moon expeditions from 1969 to 1972 and will be displayed in their names at the museum or educational institution of their choice.


Premise: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, threatened Sunday to fire rebellious cabinet ministers opposed to his Gaza pullout plan.

Hypothesis: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, threatens to ax opponents.


Premise: Shrek 2 rang up $92 million.

Hypothesis: Shrek 2 earned $92 million


Premise: Diplomat and Saudi security sources say there were multiple shooting attacks Saturday on housing compounds in Khobar.

Hypothesis: They say the captives were among a large number of hostages seized at a housing compound near Khobar.


Premise: Formerly ( until 1949 ) Batavia, Jakarta is largest city and capital of Indonesia.

Hypothesis: Indonesia gained independence in 1949, and the name of the city was changed to Djakarta.


Premise: The Nez Perce, Umatilla, Yakama and Colville tribes filed a claim to the skeleton shortly after it was unearthed on 31 July, 1996, on a wide bank of the Columbia river at Kennewick in Washington State.

Hypothesis: Jim Chatters of Bothell is the scientist who first studied the skeleton after it was found on a Columbia River bank in 1996.


Premise: The GDP, which measures the value of all goods and services in the nation, rose at an annual rate of 3 percent in the second quarter, compared to a 4.5 percent rise in the first quarter.

Hypothesis: Economists had looked for GDP to advance at a 3.6% pace after the previously reported rise of 3.9% in the first quarter.


Premise: Seven Iraqi men whose hands were ordered cut off by Saddam Hussein met with President Bush at the White House on Tuesday.

Hypothesis: Seven men, former prisoners of dictator Saddam Hussein, found themselves shaking hands with President George Bush at the White House on Tuesday.


Premise: Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, will today hold talks to discuss Saudi Arabia's offer to help build a joint force of Muslim nations.

Hypothesis: Colin Powell said key questions remain unanswered, including who would command the Muslim troops.


Premise: Eight million Americans have hyperhidrosis.

Hypothesis: A recent study estimated that 12 million Americans have hyperhidrosis.


Premise: The Bush administration has long criticized Al-Jazeera's coverage as biased against the United States.

Hypothesis: The Bush administration has long charged that Al-Jazeera provides an outlet for the al-Qaida terrorist network.


Premise: The Geneve-based FAO organizing committee has announced that the location of the 4th International World Food Security conference has been moved from Bangkok to New Delhi for security reasons.

Hypothesis: The 4th International World Food security conference is held in Bangkok.


Premise: Today's highlight in history: On Nov. 24, 1963, in a scene captured on live network television, Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald as the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy was being escorted by police to an armored truck at the Dallas municipal building for transfer to the county jail.

Hypothesis: Lee Harvey Oswald killed President John F. Kennedy.


Premise: All residential areas in South Africa are segregated by race and no black neighborhoods have been established in Port Nolloth.

Hypothesis: All residential areas are located in South Africa.


Premise: In 1999 Ford bought the apartment in Manhattan that he shares with his new girlfriend, Calista Flockhart.

Hypothesis: Calista Flockhart lives in Manhattan.


Premise: Canadian authorities are investigating a report that Frank Costello, an American citizen, was offered the job of assassinating Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, a spokeswoman said.

Hypothesis: Frank Costello killed Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.


Premise: Alice Walton, daughter of Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, is believed to be ready to pay about C$90m for the Douglas Lake Ranch.

Hypothesis: Alice Walton is the founder of Wal-Mart.


Premise: At a regular Chinese Foreign Ministry briefing in Beijing on Thursday, spokesman Li Zhaoxing would say only that China will consider direct talks with Vietnam at an appropriate time.

Hypothesis: Li Zhaoxing lives in Beijing.


Premise: According to Viroj Laohaphan, director general of Thailand's Customs Department, if this amount of heroin had left Thailand, it would have killed an uncountable number of people.

Hypothesis: Viroj Laohaphan killed an uncountable number of people.


Hypothesis: The 4th International World Food security conference is held in New Delhi.


Premise: The recent G8 summit, which was first held on July 13-16, 1975, took place on Sea Island on June 8-10.

Hypothesis: The recent G8 summit took place on July 13-16, 1975.


Premise: LaFarge was the one who taught Tiffany to make the Favrile glass, said auctioneer William Doyle who operates an auction house in Manhattan.

Hypothesis: William Doyle works for an auction house in Manhattan.


Premise: Los Angeles, hometown of the Lakers, hosted the basketball championship final last night.

Hypothesis: The Lakers were born in Los Angeles.


Premise: Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee, left Lillehammer for Sarajevo to pay tribute to this besieged city, host of the 1984 Winter Olympic Games.

Hypothesis: The 1984 Winter Olympic Games were held in Sarajevo.


Premise: The plays, presented in celebration of the 100th anniversary of O'Neill's birth, may go on to New York City and the Soviet Union.

Hypothesis: O'Neill was born in New York city.


Premise: U.K. Billionaire P. Green raised his proposed bid for Marks & Spencer Group Plc.

Hypothesis: P. Green tries to take over Marks & Spencer Group.


Hypothesis: Ford lives in Manhattan.


Premise: "Much preparation is required to host the European football championship", declared Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the call of Grigory Surkis for Russia to host Euro 2012.

Hypothesis: Euro 2012 will be held in Russia.


Premise: Born in Athens, Psacharopoulos came to the United States at age 17 to enter Oberlin College, where he met Jean Hackett, an actress of New York City.

Hypothesis: Oberlin College is an organisation based in New York.


Premise: Officials in Perugia in Umbria province said five people were arrested there Tuesday.

Hypothesis: Perugia is located in Umbria.


Hypothesis: O'Neill was born in New York City.


Premise: The film was produced by Jason P. Brubaker of Brubaker Films LLC, in association with T-Street Productions.

Hypothesis: J. Brubaker is a member of T-Street Production.


Premise: Mark Said and Philip Dick, two members of Ontario Bradley First Air's crew, were from Montreal, Canada.

Hypothesis: Bradley First Air is an organisation based in Montreal, Canada.


Premise: Illinois born Charlton Heston was a 27-year-old actor from Broadway and television when he arrived in Hollywood for a five-picture contract with Hal Wallis.

Hypothesis: Charlton Heston was born in Broadway.


Premise: Only a dozen officials were present at the ceremony of power transfer from the US to the Iraqi government, in which Bremer handed over legal documents to interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.

Hypothesis: Bremer participates in the ceremony of power transfer from the US to the Iraqi government.


Premise: The SPD got just 21.5% of the vote in the European Parliament elections, while the conservative opposition parties polled 44.5%.

Hypothesis: The SPD is defeated by the opposition parties.


Premise: Hernandez Galicia was arrested when soldiers blew down his door with a bazooka in a raid on his Ciudad Madero home.

Hypothesis: Hernandez Galicia lives in Ciudad Madero.


Premise: Teenage sensation Wayne Rooney powered England into the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 with two goals in Monday's 4-2 defeat of Croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions France who beat Switzerland 3-1.

Hypothesis: England is defeated by Croatia.


Premise: In 1984 Los Angeles saw a record 140 nations taking part in the XXIII Olympiade, despite the boycott led by the Soviet Union.

Hypothesis: The XXIII Olympiade was held in Los Angeles.


Premise: Today's highlight in history: On Nov. 24, 1963, in a scene captured on live network television, Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald as the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy was being escorted by police to an armored truck at the Dallas municipal building for transfer to the county jail.

Hypothesis: Jack Ruby killed President John F. Kennedy.


Premise: Dole's wife, Elizabeth, is a native of Salisbury, N.C.

Hypothesis: Dole's wife, Elizabeth was born in Salisbury, N.C.


Premise: Cedras, Biamby, and Francois also led the 1991 coup.

Hypothesis: Cedras took part in the 1991 coup.


Premise: Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee, left Lillehammer for Sarajevo to pay tribute to this besieged city, host of the 1984 Winter Olympic Games.

Hypothesis: The 1984 Winter Olympic Games were held in Lillehammer.


Premise: The centre-right European People's Party (EPP), the largest group in the European Parliament, has warned that it will reject the Taoiseach, Berni Ahern, if he is nominated as the next president of the European Commission.

Hypothesis: Berni Ahern is the president of the European Commission.


Premise: Ahern, who is travelling to Tokyo for an EU-Japan summit yesterday, will consult with other EU leaders about the election of the EU commission president.

Hypothesis: Ahern takes part in an EU-Japan summit.


Premise: Abrams' 3-year service as head of the Latin America bureau will end next week with the inauguration of President-elect Bush in Washington..

Hypothesis: Latin America bureau is an organisation based in Washington.


Premise: Only a few thousand people live in Port Nolloth, one of the few towns in the semi-arid landscape that makes up the northwest corner of South Africa.

Hypothesis: Port Nolloth is located in South Africa.


Premise: The third African Union summit opened in the Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa on Tuesday, June 29.

Hypothesis: The third African Union summit is held in Ethiopia.


Premise: In 1782 Martin Van Buren, the first US president who was a native citizen of the United States, was born in Kinderhook, N.Y.

Hypothesis: The first US president was born in Kinderhook, N.Y.


Premise: LaFarge was the one who helped Tiffany to make the Favrile glass, said auctioneer William Doyle who operates an auction house in Manhattan.

Hypothesis: William Doyle lives in Manhattan.


Premise: Romano Prodi will meet the US President George Bush in his capacity as president of the European commission.

Hypothesis: Romano Prodi is the president of the European Commission.


Premise: Born in Athens, Psacharopoulos came to the United States at age 17 to enter Oberlin College, where he met Jean Hackett, an actress of New York City

Hypothesis: Oberlin College is an organisation based in the United States.


Hypothesis: Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald.


Premise: African presidents opened a two-day summit in Accra, Ghana, on Ivory Coast, where northern rebels and fiercely loyalist southerners continue to split the cocoa-rich country, ignoring a never-implemented 2003 power-sharing deal.

Hypothesis: Accra is located in Ghana.


Premise: A marine who was kidnapped while patrolling a dangerous Baghdad quarter by himself has turned up safe and well in the Lebanon.

Hypothesis: A marine has been kidnapped by himself.


Premise: The plan was released by Mr Dean on behalf of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, still recovering from a recent accident, at a Secretarial Summit on Health Information Technology that was attended by many of the nation's leaders in electronic health records.

Hypothesis: Tommy Thompson is the Secretary of Health and Human Services.


Premise: The recent G8 summit, held June 8-10, brought together leaders of the world's major industrial democracies.

Hypothesis: The recent G8 summit took place on June 8-10.


Premise: Two employees of the U.S. Immigration Service will go to Moscow to help handle the processing.

Hypothesis: U.S. Immigration Service is an organisation based in Moscow.


Premise: Abrams' 3-year service as head of the Latin America bureau will end next week with the inauguration of President-elect Bush in Washington.

Hypothesis: Abrams lives in Latin American.


Premise: Henryk Wieniawski, a Polish-born musician, was known for his special preference for resurrecting neglected or lost works for the violin.

Hypothesis: Henryk Wieniawski was born in Polish.


Premise: Yukos ignites oil prices

Hypothesis: Oil prices rise.


Premise: More than 250 paintings commemorate the centennial of the Man Ray's birth in Philadelphia.

Hypothesis: Man Ray was born in Philadelphia.


Premise: Police reports say Gallardo assaulted his wife at school in late January, and friends said she was also attacked another time near where she was killed.

Hypothesis: Gallaro killed his wife.


Premise: Two conservative federate appellate judges, Ralph Winter of the 2nd U.S Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, and Kenneth Starr of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia have been appointed by Reagan.

Hypothesis: Ralph Winter works for the 2nd U.S. Circuit of Appeals in New York.


Premise: In Waco, near Nelson's hometown of Abbott, auto parts salesman Dave Crowe proposed that fans join ``Willie Aid'' by mailing donations straight to the IRS.

Hypothesis: Nelson was born in Abbott.


Premise: The organizers of the 15th International AIDS Conference, scheduled for next month in Bangkok, Thailand, last Saturday responded to press reports that a prominent hotel in Bangkok discriminated against HIV-positive visitors attending a conference on climate changes.

Hypothesis: The 15th International AIDS Conference was held last Saturday.


Premise: Latvia, for instance, is the lowest-ranked team in the field but defeated World Cup semifinalist Turkey in a playoff to qualify for the final 16 of Euro 2004.

Hypothesis: Turkey is defeated by Latvia.


Premise: Mr. Griffith stated that he "can't understand the vote by a City Council member against applying for a grant"

Hypothesis: Mr. Griffith is a member of the City Council.


Premise: Regan attended a ceremony in Washington to commemorate the landings in Normandy.

Hypothesis: Washington is located in Normandy.


Premise: The ANSA agency said the operation involves police in Umbria and Lazio provinces in central Italy and Campania province in the south.

Hypothesis: The ANSA agency is an organisation based in Umbria and Lazio provinces.


Premise: Jesse Owens, the Olympic legend from Danville, Ala., was born in 1913.

Hypothesis: Jesse Owens was born in Danville, Ala.


Premise: Born in Athens, Psacharopoulos came to the United States at age 17 to enter Oberlin College, where he met Jean Hackett, an actress of New York City.

Hypothesis: Psacharopoulos is from Athens.


Premise: Regan recalled that he read a letter from a young woman whose late father had fought at Ohama Beach, a Normandy sector.

Hypothesis: Ohama Beach is located in Normandy.


Premise: Mrs. Thatcher promised Haughey that Tom King, her minister for Northern Ireland, would make a statement soon about the ``organizational implications'' of the affair, the British spokesman said.

Hypothesis: Tom King was born in Northern Ireland.


Premise: William Leonard Jennings sobbed loudly as was charged with killing his 3-year-old son, Stephen, who was last seen alive on Dec. 12, 1962.

Hypothesis: William Leonard Jennings killed his 3-year-old son, Stephen.


Premise: The English team arrived last night in Lisbon, Portugal, to play its first Euro 2004's match.

Hypothesis: Euro 2004 is held in Portugal.


Premise: The plan was released by Mr Dean on behalf of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, still recovering from a recent accident, at a Secretarial Summit on Health Information Technology that was attended by many of the nation's leaders in electronic health records.

Hypothesis: Tommy Thompson takes part in a Secretarial Summit on Health Information Technology.


Premise: In 1833, Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States, was born in North Bend, Ohio.

Hypothesis: The 23rd President of the United States was born in Ohio.


Premise: Crude oil prices soared to record levels

Hypothesis: Crude oil prices rise.


Hypothesis: The 15th International AIDS Conference takes place in Bangkok.


Premise: Greece was the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games. The 2004 Olympic Games will return to their origins when Athens hosts the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad.

Hypothesis: The 2004 Olympic Games are held in Athens.


Premise: Mark Said and Philip Dick, two members of Ontario Bradley First Air's crew, were from Montreal, Canada.

Hypothesis: Mark Said was born in Ontario.


Premise: In 1984 Los Angeles saw a record 140 nations taking part in the XXIII Olympiade, despite the boycott led by the Soviet Union

Hypothesis: The XXIII Olympiade took place in the Soviet Union.


Premise: The ANSA agency said the operation involves police in Umbria and Lazio provinces in central Italy and Campania province in the south, without specifying exact arrest locations.

Hypothesis: Umbria and Lazio provinces are located in central Italy.


Premise: After Germany's 0-0 draw Saturday with 500-1 underdog Latvia, it may be that the German team simply doesn't have enough talent.

Hypothesis: Germany defeats Latvia.


Premise: The U.S. handed power on June 30 to Iraq's interim government chosen by the United Nations and Paul Bremer, former governor of Iraq.

Hypothesis: Paul Bremer is the former governor of Iraq.


Premise: Armed Iraqi insurgents threatened to kill a Filipino hostage if his country does not withdraw from Iraq within three days.

Hypothesis: A Filipino has been kidnapped by armed Iraqi insurgents.


Premise: Abrams' 3-year service as head of the Latin America bureau will end next week with the inauguration of President-elect Bush in Washington.

Hypothesis: Abrams works for the Latin America bureau.


Premise: Things would be different if Microsoft was located in Georgia.

Hypothesis: Microsoft's corporate headquarters are located in Georgia.


Premise: The nomadic Raiders moved to LA in 1982 and won their third Super Bowl a year later.

Hypothesis: The nomadic Raiders won the Super Bowl in 1982.


Premise: Teenage sensation Wayne Rooney powered England into the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 with two goals in Monday's 4-2 defeat of Croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions France who beat Switzerland 3-1.

Hypothesis: France defeats Switzerland.


Premise: Taxpayers will be pleased to learn that a federal grant for Lawrence Welk's North Dakota birthplace has finally been buried, nine months after an embarrassed Congress voted to kill it.

Hypothesis: Lawrence Welk was born in North Dakota


Premise: Interestingly, the current Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, is openly gay, as is the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe.

Hypothesis: Klaus Wowereit is the Mayor of Paris.


Premise: All residential areas in South Africa are segregated by race and no black neighborhoods have been established in Port Nolloth.

Hypothesis: Black neighborhoods are located in Port Nolloth.


Premise: The survey responses were destroyed because of a ''witch hunt'' for John Hugh, a doctor who described a mercy killing in a medical journal, said Derek Humphry.

Hypothesis: John Hugh killed Derek Humphry.


Premise: Two members of Ontario Bradley First Air's crew were from Montreal, Canada.

Hypothesis: Bradley First Air is an organisation based in Ontario.


Premise: The Lillehammer Olympic Games organizing committee said 65 countries have entered the competition, matching the number of nations at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France.

Hypothesis: The Olympic Games are held in Lillehammer.


Hypothesis: Croatia is defeated by France.


Premise: Security preparations kept protestors at bay at the recent G8 Summit on Sea Island (USA).

Hypothesis: The recent G8 Summit took place on Sea Island.


Premise: Born in Athens, Psacharopoulos came to the United States at age 17 to enter Oberlin College, where he met Jean Hackett, an actress of New York City.

Hypothesis: Athens is located in the United States.


Premise: In Waco, near Nelson's hometown of Abbott, auto parts salesman Dave Crowe proposed that fans join ``Willie Aid'' by mailing donations straight to the IRS.

Hypothesis: Nelson was born in Waco.


Premise: The Geneve-based FAO organizing committee has announced that the location of the 4th International World Food Security conference has been moved from Bangkok to New Delhi for security reasons.

Hypothesis: The FAO organizing committee has its headquarters in Geneve.


Premise: Former taoiseach Mr John Bruton, a vice-president of the EPP, said the group had a number of potential candidates for the post of Commission president

Hypothesis: Mr John Bruton is a vice-president of the EPP.


Premise: Miscellany Coastal Georgia's Tybee Island was dropped as the site for the 1996 Olympic beach volleyball competition.

Hypothesis: The 1996 Olympic volley competition was held in Tybee Island.


Premise: Latvia, for instance, is the lowest-ranked team in the field but defeated World Cup semifinalist Turkey in a playoff to qualify for the final 16 of Euro 2004.

Hypothesis: Latvia beats Turkey.


Premise: In Waco, near Nelson's hometown of Abbott, auto parts salesman Dave Crowe proposed that fans join ''Willie Aid'' by mailing donations straight to the IRS.

Hypothesis: Abbott was born in Nelson.


Premise: Baby Evelyn, the first child of Judy Keys, 22, and Airman Todd Keys, 21, stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, was born with only a brain stem.

Hypothesis: Todd Keys was born at Lackland Air Force Base.


Premise: Johnston is the seventh person to be killed in sectarian violence this year in Northern Ireland where the outlawed IRA is fighting to end British rule in the province.

Hypothesis: IRA killed Johnston.


Premise: Italy and Germany have each played twice, and they haven't beaten anybody yet.

Hypothesis: Italy defeats Germany.


Premise: "I've been a Howard Stern fan since his WNBC (a New York radio station) days and I was one of the ones at New Line who sought him out," says Mike DeLuca, president of New Line Cinema production.

Hypothesis: Howard Stern works for K-Rock.


Premise: A reporter found Chapman at the downtown Dade County Public Library Tuesday.

Hypothesis: Chapman works for Dade County Public Library.


Premise: Richard Rich, born Richard Rosenheim -he changed his name when he moved to New York- took over in the late 1940s and guided the store until his death in 1975.

Hypothesis: Richard Rosenheim was born in New York


Premise: At a regular Chinese Foreign Ministry briefing in Beijing on Thursday, spokesman Li Zhaoxing would say only that China will consider direct talks with Vietnam at an appropriate time.

Hypothesis: Li Zhaoxing lives in China.


Premise: Mark Said and Philip Dick, two members of Ontario Bradley First Air's crew, were from Montreal, Canada.

Hypothesis: Mark Said works for Ontario Bradley First Air.


Premise: Deployment of Filipino workers in Iraq suspended by Philippine president due to repeated kidnappings.

Hypothesis: Filippino workers have been kidnapped by the Philippine president.


Premise: GLOBAL oil prices clung near their highest levels in at least 21 years yesterday after Russian oil giant Yukos was ordered to stop sales, threatening further strain on thin world supplies.

Hypothesis: Oil prices rise.


Premise: Sun Microsystems, Yahoo and Microsoft will turn up the heat in the corporate instant messaging market by launching new enterprise offerings this spring.

Hypothesis: Microsoft's corporate headquarters are located in the corporate instant messaging market.


Premise: Cape Town Supreme Court Judge J.H. Berman refused to give Port Nolloth municipal authorities  the right to forcibly remove the squatters.

Hypothesis: Cape Town Supreme Court is an organisation based in Port Nolloth.


Premise: The third AU summit opened in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Tuesday, June 29, when Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivered a congratulatory message to the representatives of the African Union.

Hypothesis: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao took part in the third AU summit.


Premise: Kennedy had just won California's Democratic presidential primary when Sirhan shot him in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968.

Hypothesis: Sirhan killed Kennedy.


Premise: Like the United States, U.N. officials are also dismayed that Aristide killed a conference called by Prime Minister Robert Malval in Port-au-Prince in hopes of bringing all the feuding parties together.

Hypothesis: Aristide is killed by Prime Minister Robert Malval.


Premise: The organizers of the 15th International AIDS Conference, scheduled for next month in Bangkok, Thailand, last Saturday responded to press reports that a prominent hotel in Bangkok discriminated against HIV-positive visitors attending a conference on climate changes.

Hypothesis: A climate conference is held in Thailand.


Premise: An Wang, a native of Shanghai, China, who developed the magnetic pulse controlling device, the principle on which computer memory operates.

Hypothesis: An Wang was born in Shanghai.


Premise: The Geneve-based FAO organizing committee has announced that the location of the 4th International World Food Security conference has been moved from Bangkok to New Delhi for security reasons.

Hypothesis: The 4th International World Food security conference is held in Geneve.


Premise: The third African Union summit opened in the Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa on Tuesday, June 29.

Hypothesis: The third African Union summit is held in Addis Ababa.


Premise: Born in Athens, Psacharopoulos came to the United States at age 17 to enter Oberlin College, where he met Jean Hackett, an actress of New York City.

Hypothesis: Jean Hackett lives in New York City.


Premise: Justice Lewis F. Powell, who Kennedy succeeds, and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger were in Florida.

Hypothesis: Justice Lewis F. Powell was born in Florida.


Premise: Cape Town Supreme Court Judge J.H. Berman refused to give Port Nolloth municipal authorities the right to forcibly remove the squatters.

Hypothesis: Judge J.H. Berman works for Cape Town Supreme Court.


Premise: Latvia, for instance, is the lowest-ranked team in the field but defeated World Cup semifinalist Turkey in a playoff to qualify for the final 16 of Euro 2004.

Hypothesis: Latvia is defeated by Turkey.


Premise: Teenage sensation Wayne Rooney powered England into the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 with two goals in Monday's 4-2 defeat of Croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions, France who beat Switzerland 3-1.

Hypothesis: England defeats Croatia.


Premise: Ahern, who was travelling to Tokyo for an EU-Japan summit yesterday, will consult with other EU leaders by telephone later this week in an effort to find an agreed candidate.

Hypothesis: An EU-Japan summit takes place in Tokyo.


Premise: Aristide was educated in the Vatican, and therefore he's more fluent in Italian, Greek and Hebrew than English

Hypothesis: Aristide speaks Italian, Greek, Hebrew and English.


Premise: The drugstore chain said cost cutting and a jump in prescription drug sales fueled its gains.

Hypothesis: Drug sales increase.


Premise: Italy and Germany have each played twice, and they haven't beaten anybody yet.

Hypothesis: Neither Italy nor Germany have won yet.


Premise: There are a lot of farmers in Poland who worry about their future if Poland joins the European Union.

Hypothesis: Poland joins the European Union.


Premise: Crayola's new Magic Scent crayons emit food aromas such as coconut, chocolate and cherry when rubbed on paper. They're non-toxic, but because of the aromas children may try to eat the crayons, posing a danger of choking.

Hypothesis: Magic Scent crayons smell good, but if eaten, may be dangerous.


Premise: Sonia Gandhi can be defeated in the next elections in India if between now and 2009, BJP can make Rural India Shine, if it can make every young man have a job that he can be proud of.

Hypothesis: Next elections in India will take place in 2009.


Premise: Across the continent, voters voiced discontent by casting ballots for opposition and fringe parties. But most of the 350 million EU citizens eligible to vote didn't bother to even cast a protest ballot in the last European elections.

Hypothesis: Most EU citizens voted in the last European election.


Premise: Spain pulled its 1,300 troops from Iraq last month.

Hypothesis: Spain sends troops to Iraq.


Premise: The speech by Edwards provided the first-term senator from North Carolina his biggest national stage and a prime-time televised showcase for a candidate that voters know even less about than Kerry.

Hypothesis: Edwards supports Kerry.


Premise: This request is comprised of $1.1 billion for traditional Active MILCON, $1.4 billion for Military Family Housing, $149.1 million for Air National Guard traditional MILCON and $53.7 million for Air Force Reserve traditional MILCON.

Hypothesis: A request was reduced to $1.1 billion


Premise: An estimated 10,000 of Scotland's 15,000-strong police force is set to be deployed during the three-day event.

Hypothesis: Two-thirds of the Scottish police force will be deployed at the happening.


Premise: If Turkey joins the ranks of the EU, its boundaries will extend to the problem countries of the Middle East.

Hypothesis: Turkey to join the EU.


Premise: Spain announced earlier in the week that it was sending three planes of relief supplies to Afghanistan.

Hypothesis: Spain opens embassy in Afghanistan.


Premise: The debacle marked a new low in the erosion of the SPD's popularity, which began shortly after Mr Schroeder's election in 1998. The trend accelerated after the chancellor unveiled Agenda 2010, his package of painful economic reforms, in March 2003.

Hypothesis: SPD's popularity is growing.


Premise: Oil prices drop to two-month low

Hypothesis: Oil prices drop


Premise: Latvia, for instance, is the lowest-ranked team in the field but defeated World Cup semifinalist Turkey in a playoff to qualify for the final 16 of Euro 2004.

Hypothesis: Latvia has beaten Turkey.


Premise: Turnout for the historic vote for the first time since the EU took in 10 new members in May has hit a record low of 45.3%.

Hypothesis: New members joined the EU.


Premise: The poll, for the first time, has more than half of Americans, 52 percent, saying the war in Iraq was not worth fighting. An overwhelming majority of respondents also said it found the number of U.S. casualties in Iraq unacceptable.

Hypothesis: Many Americans don't think the war in Iraq was necessary.


Premise: Google files for its long awaited IPO.

Hypothesis: Google goes public.


Premise: The party of chancellor Gerhard Schroeder scored its worst electoral performance since the war at the June 13 European election and performed poorly at a simultaneous vote in Thuringia state.

Hypothesis: Schroeder's party didn't do well at the European elections.


Premise: A former police officer was charged with murder Thursday in the slaying of a college student who allegedly had threatened to expose their sexual relationship, authorities said.

Hypothesis: Ex-cop Rios killed student


Premise: Chadrick Fulks escaped from a Kentucky jail.

Hypothesis: Chadrick Fulks gets the death penalty


Premise: Crude Oil Prices Slump

Hypothesis: Oil prices drop


Premise: At the close, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 45 points, or 0.4 percent.

Hypothesis: Dow Jones is down.


Premise: Security preparations kept protestors at bay at the recent G8 Summit on Sea Island (USA).

Hypothesis: The G8 summit took place on an American island.


Premise: Microsoft browser bug may access private files.

Hypothesis: Microsoft fixes browser bug.


Premise: The G8 summit, held June 8-10, brought together leaders of the world's major industrial democracies, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, European Union and United States.

Hypothesis: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom and European Union participated in the G8 summit.


Premise: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been allotted a separate office here as head of the national advisory panel for India's ruling coalition.

Hypothesis: Ms Gandhi is a member of the Congress.


Premise: Europe is currently trying to decide whether Turkey should remain a friend, either as an EU member or as a peripheral country.

Hypothesis: Turkey to join the EU.


Premise: Teenage sensation Wayne Rooney powered England into the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 with two goals in Monday's 4-2 defeat of Croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions France who beat Switzerland 3-1.

Hypothesis: France will play England in the Euro 2004 quarter-finals.


Premise: The emerging historical record now shows White House officials downgraded threats from al Qaeda prior to 9/11 to focus on other priorities.

Hypothesis: White House ignores the threat of attack


Premise: Under the roadmap agreed by Pakistan and India, the foreign secretaries would meet in New Delhi on June 27-28 followed by a meeting between foreign ministers in August.

Hypothesis: In June there will be a diplomatic meeting between Pakistan and India.


Premise: MSF, a neutral group which depends primarily on private donations, has a reputation for sending medical staff into troublespots regarded by other agencies as too dangerous.

Hypothesis: MSF fears dangers.


Premise: Even if terrorists were to attack on Election Day, it is highly unlikely that voting could or would be halted across the United States, lawmakers and scholars said yesterday.

Hypothesis: Election postponed


Premise: Japan has been an eager participant in the Winter Olympics since the Second Games, held at St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1928.

Hypothesis: Winter Olympics held in Japan.


Premise: An increase of $10 (U.S.) a barrel in the price of crude oil -- if sustained -- could knock about half of one percentage point off global economic growth.

Hypothesis: Crude oil price increases.


Premise: Iraqi kidnappers have released a Lebanese construction worker kidnapped this week.

Hypothesis: Hostage released in Iraq.


Premise: China delayed the Security Council vote on a controversial measure to extend the immunity of US peacekeeping troops from prosecution for war crimes.

Hypothesis: Immunity for soldiers renewed.


Premise: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has promised to give any Iraqi who shoots down a US or British helicopter 50 million dinars.

Hypothesis: Iraq shoots down a US helicopter.


Premise: Teachers are earning credentials from Commission on Teacher Credentialing that allow them to instruct non-English speakers without being fully bilingual.

Hypothesis: Commission on Teacher Credentialing offers non-bilingual teachers credentials to work with non-English speaking students.


Premise: EU membership is a strategic necessity for Turkey, as Ankara will inevitably suffer greater foreign policy problems in the future unless it makes it into the Union.

Hypothesis: Turkey to join the EU.


Premise: A conference on Haiti was called by Aristide in hopes of rallying world support for tightening a U.N.-ordered oil and arms embargo designed to punish the Haitian military.

Hypothesis: U.N. has imposed sanctions against Haiti.


Premise: In 1995, France's President Jacques Chirac publicly predicted that an Israel-Syria agreement would be signed by the end of 1995.

Hypothesis: Israel signs a peace agreement.


Premise: Germany and Spain are all sending more troops to Afghanistan.

Hypothesis: Spain to open embassy in Afghanistan.


Premise: Clinton ordered missile strikes against Iraq in December 1998 but did not press aggressively for UN inspectors to return.

Hypothesis: There was a missile attack against Iraq in 1998.


Premise: With John Kerry newly energised for the upcoming election battle against George Bush, the secretary of state visits a beleaguered Iraqi capital where the US administration's policies are in ruins.

Hypothesis: George Bush visits Baghdad.


Premise: Mary Kate Olsen in rehab for cocaine addiction.

Hypothesis: Mary Kate Olsen is anorexic.


Premise: A federal jury needed just four hours to return a death sentence against Chadrick Fulks, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and carjacking resulting in the death of an Horry County woman.

Hypothesis: Chadrick Fulks gets the death penalty


Premise: Excessive amounts of pesticides and chemical fertilizers may be poisoning huge tracts in India.

Hypothesis: Pesticides ruin fruits.


Premise: But even in light of this unparalleled decline, the SPD's result in the June 13 European elections is of a qualitatively different character.

Hypothesis: European elections took place on June 13.


Premise: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder accused U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of allying with European conservative parties in a ''blockade'' of the German and French-backed candidate, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.

Hypothesis: Schroeder doesn't support Vershoftstadt as a candidate.


Premise: Audrey Seiler faked her abduction in March.

Hypothesis: Abducted Audrey Seiler found four days after missing


Premise: The debacle marked a new low in the erosion of the SPD's popularity, which began shortly after Mr Schroeder's election in 1998. The trend accelerated after the chancellor unveiled Agenda 2010, his package of painful economic reforms, in March 2003.

Hypothesis: Schroeder was elected in 1998.


Premise: In his three years in exile in Washington, Aristide has been protected by the Secret Service 24 hours a day. And during his last week in exile, amid frenzied preparations for his return to Haiti, Aristide took time out to thank the Americans who helped his Administration.

Hypothesis: Aristide is going back to Haiti after being exiled for years.


Premise: Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee, left Lillehammer for Sarajevo to pay tribute to the besieged host city of the 1984 Winter Games

Hypothesis: In 1984 the Olympic games were held in Sarajevo.


Premise: The cost of security when world leaders gather near Auchterarder for next year's G8 summit, is expected to top $150 million.

Hypothesis: More than $150 million will be probably spent for security at next year's G8 summit.


Premise: Among the issues on the vice president's agenda are human rights, the environment, a possible visit by Bill Clinton to China next year, and the controversy over alleged Chinese political contributions.

Hypothesis: Clinton visited China.


Premise: Coyote shot after biting girl in Vanier Park.

Hypothesis: Girl shot in park.


Premise: Miramax paid Moore $6 million for the film and planned a summer release date, two organizations mounted campaigns against it.

Hypothesis: Disney and Miramax against Fahrenheit 9/11


Premise: Statistically, anorexia strikes more than one in every 100 teen-age girls and young women.

Hypothesis: Anorexia strikes teens.


Premise: In order to concentrate on the upcoming release of the Pentium 4, Intel delays Pentium III 1.13GHz relaunch.

Hypothesis: Intel delays Pentium 4 release.


Premise: The three-day G8 summit will take place in Scotland.

Hypothesis: The G8 summit will last three days.


Premise: Afghanistan's first post-Taliban elections have been delayed for a second time amid increasing violence towards voters and officials, it was announced on Friday.

Hypothesis: Election postponed


Premise: The government announced last week that it plans to raise oil prices.

Hypothesis: Oil prices drop


Premise: Britney Spears is getting hitched for the second time this year - this time to a professional dancer father whose girlfriend of three years is pregnant.

Hypothesis: Britney Spears is pregnant


Premise: Across the continent, voters voiced discontent by casting ballots for opposition and fringe parties. But most of the 350 million EU citizens eligible to vote didn't bother to even cast a protest ballot.

Hypothesis: Some people voted for opposition parties to voice their discontent.


Premise: Crude oil prices jumped to record levels yesterday as already jittery international oil markets reacted to turmoil at Russian's largest petroleum producer.

Hypothesis: Oil prices hit record low.


Premise: A Vancouver wildlife conservation officer shot and killed an urban coyote in a Kitsilano park after the animal bit a child and attacked pets.

Hypothesis: Girl shot in a park.


Premise: Terrorists in Iraq killed an American soldier they have held hostage since early April because the U.S. government did not change its policy in Iraq.

Hypothesis: Hostage released in Iraq.


Premise: The Los Angeles Lakers won their 3rd straight NBA championship Wednesday night, beating the New Jersey Nets 113-107, sweeping that 4-game championship series.

Hypothesis: Lakers win the championship.


Premise: Teenage sensation Wayne Rooney powered England into the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 with two goals in Monday's 4-2 defeat of Croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions France who beat Switzerland 3-1.

Hypothesis: England will play the quarter-finals of Euro 2004.


Premise: The White House ignores Zinni's opposition to the Iraq War.


Premise: The Bugbear virus infects computers running the Windows operating system and an unpatched version of Internet Explorer 5.5.

Hypothesis: Virus infects thousands of computers.


Premise: Seiler was reported missing March 27 and was found four days later in a marsh near her campus apartment.

Hypothesis: Abducted Audrey Seiler found four days after missing.


Premise: Three of its five permanent members, France, Russia and China, are pushing the U.N. Security Council to lift the embargo on Iraq.

Hypothesis: France, Russia and China want to put an end to sanctions against Iraq.


Premise: MSF was unnerved by a Taliban accusation that its members were spying for the U.S.

Hypothesis: Taliban spies on U.S.


Premise: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder accused U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of allying with European conservative parties in a ''blockade'' of the German and French-backed candidate, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.

Hypothesis: According to Schroeder, Blair and Berlusconi are actively opposing Verhofstadt.


Premise: An Internet-borne infection incapacitated tens of thousands of computers on Tuesday, snarling company networks and frustrating home users as it spread across the globe.

Hypothesis: Virus infects thousands of computers


Premise: The council has prohibited any travel outside of Haiti by all officers of the Haitian military and police and all major participants in the September, 1991, coup.

Hypothesis: Haitian military is not allowed to leave Haiti.


Premise: Rios had arrested the student in April for interfering with him and another officer as they answered a police call about a loud party.

Hypothesis: Ex-cop Rios killed student


Premise: Turkey was not in favor of "the United States using Turkish bases for conflicts not affecting Turkey."

Hypothesis: The United States uses Turkish military bases.


Premise: There are two sides to the bloody conflict in Chechnya, but only one is legitimate.

Hypothesis: Two sides near agreement on Chechnya's fate.


Premise: The film was the evening's big winner, bagging the prestigious best picture Oscar to bring its tally to six.

Hypothesis: Two films won six Oscars.


Premise: A US Patriot battery shoots down an Iraqi missile in Kuwait.

Hypothesis: Iraq shoots down a US helicopter.


Premise: Iraq claimed Tuesday to have shot down a second U.S. spy plane in less than a month.

Hypothesis: Iraq shoots down U.S. helicopter.


Premise: The U.S. and British governments are gathering evidence to determine whether genocide is being committed in the Darfur region of Sudan, where an estimated 30,000 people have been killed and more than a million have fled their homes.

Hypothesis: U.S. and British governments are determining to kill 30,000 people in Sudan.


Premise: Kidnappings in Argentina have increased more than fivefold in the last two years, official figures show.

Hypothesis: Argentina sees upsurge in kidnappings.


Premise: The Lillehammer Olympic Games organizing committee said 65 countries have entered, matching the number of nations at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France.

Hypothesis: In the Lillehammer Olympic Games there are as many participating countries as in Albertville in 1992.


Premise: Former president Bill Clinton said he agreed with President Bush's decision to confront Iraq about its potential weapons programmes, but thought the administration erred in starting a war in 2003 rather than allowing UN weapons inspectors longer to carry out their work.

Hypothesis: Clinton agrees with Bush's decision to start the war in 2003.


Premise: Iraq has been under a stringent economic embargo since its August 1990 invasion of Kuwait and relief workers are increasingly concerned about the health of its population.

Hypothesis: An embargo was imposed on Iraq in 1990.


Premise: "Al Thawra" added, "Lahoud is well aware of that and realizes that Israeli challenges have never stopped for one moment," and that escalation "will not hamper him from undertaking his national duties, relying on the support of all of Lebanon with all of its factions, as well as on the full support of Syria in order to achieve his national tasks and deliver on his commitments.

Hypothesis: The newspaper added that regardless of the Israeli challenges, Lahoud would still be able to deliver on his duties, supported by Syria and a united Lebanon.


Premise: Seven Egyptian human rights organizations issued a plea today, Monday, to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to hold accountable those responsible for the acts of torture that targeted residents of a village in Egypt's countryside while investigating two capital murders last August.

Hypothesis: Particular seven organizations Egyptian Organization for human rights today, Monday appealed to the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak a cost-accounting the responsible for acts of torture which aimed villagers in upper Egypt during the investigation in the crimes killed in last August


Premise: The Natural Disaster Coordination Authority reported in a statement in Guatemala City, that "due to our proximity to the extremely violent hurricane, with wind speed approaching 290 km/hour, which may pose a severe threat to the population, we have decided to declare a state of maximum emergency."

Hypothesis: A state of emergency was declared in Guatemala.


Premise: Barazan has eight children, some of whom are studying in Switzerland. Al-Takriti had earlier filed an application with the Canton of Geneva's authorities for granting his six children who live with him in Geneva "a residency vacation for a short period."

Hypothesis: Al-Takriti requested that his eight children, who are studying in Switzerland, be allowed to stay there.


Premise: The Prosecutor-General explained, in a statement received by Agence France Presse, that the investigation judge's request was sent today, Monday, to the Federal Police Authority, "which has the responsibility of deciding whether or not it will forward this request to the British authorities."

Hypothesis: Indicated the Prosecutor in statement received by AFP that requested the investigative judge rose today, Monday to the Federal Court of the police "dating back to the responsibility to determine whether will transform this request to the British authorities".


Premise: The airport will not be opened without the go-ahead from the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, at which point the Moroccan delegation will oversee the running of the airport.

Hypothesis: A Moroccan delegation is waiting for the green light from the Palestinian Authority to supervise the airport's operation.


Premise: In turn, the Editor-in-Chief of Al Jumhoria Newspaper was appointed Ambassador of Iraq to India.

Hypothesis: Al Jumhoria is the Iraqi Ambassador to India.


Premise: Independent election candidate, Arif Dalilah, is calling for "legislative, economic and administrative reforms,"  which he sees as an "urgent task".

Hypothesis: Dalilah is calling for many urgent reforms.


Premise: The former wife of the South African president did not ask for amnesty, and her activities were not listed in the political reports submitted by the African National Congress to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1996 and 1997.

Hypothesis: Winny Mandela, the President's ex-wife, is requesting amnesty.


Premise: American President Bill Clinton officially opened the proceedings by noting that "there is a very difficult task that we have to undertake if we want to reach an agreement that advances the peace process and one that we need little time to make."

Hypothesis: President Clinton noted that the task was not difficult, but that there was little time to make the decision.


Premise: Short clashes took place in front of the hospital today when the right-wing Chilean Senator Ignacio Perez Quiron left the building.

Hypothesis: There were confrontations today outside the hospital when Senator Perez Quiron emerged.


Premise: In a statement released by Nelson Mandela's party, the members expressed their wish to "prevent the release of extracts from the report, which accuse the African National Congress of violations of basic human rights, committed during the apartheid years.

Hypothesis: President Nelson Mandela's party wants to prevent the publication of certain paragraphs of the report.


Premise: The parties, which Zeroual consulted during the past few weeks, had expressed their desire to postpone the elections, arguing that the interval given by the president until the end of February was very short.

Hypothesis: The parties that consulted by Zeroual during the past few weeks has She wished to throughout the elections saying the deadline left behind by President to the end February very short notice


Premise: Egyptian television is preparing to film a series that highlights the unity and cohesion of Moslems and Copts as the single fabric of the Egyptian society, exemplifying in particular the story of former United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Ghali.

Hypothesis: Egyptian television will make a series about Moslems, Copts and Boutros Boutros Ghali.


Premise: Yigit says that the Prime Minister and Minister of State for the Economy, Gunes Taner, knew about this relationship when he bought the state-owned Turkish Commercial Bank last July for 600 million dollars.

Hypothesis: Yigit also alleges that top politicians were aware of the relationship.


Premise: Defense Department Spokesman, Kenneth Bacon, said that "Secretary Cohen is confident after this meeting, that the United States will get the support it needs to take appropriate measures to back the United Nations."

Hypothesis: Minister Cohen said that the United Nations will back the United States.


Premise: The "True Path" Party under the leadership of the former Foreign Minister, Tansu Ciller, submitted the memorandum following the airing of a recorded tape containing information disclosed by businessman Korkmaz Yigit yesterday evening, Tuesday, via two television channels he owns.

Hypothesis: Tansu Ciller's "True Path" party submitted the memo after Korkmaz Yigit aired a tape containing incriminating evidence on his television stations.


Premise: Two Western citizens, one of whom is British, three policemen and two kidnappers were wounded in the attack that ended in the arrest of 13 kidnappers.

Hypothesis: Wounded nationals statement one British and three police and in the attack which ended the arrest 13


Premise: Well-known businessman, Representative Badi Flaha, whose term is expiring, thought that reforms are essential to develop the economy "but in Syria we prefer" to implement them slowly but assuredly.

Hypothesis: Flaha explained that slow but sure progress was the "Syrian way."


Premise: The toll rose particularly in Nicaragua with the discovery of 500 bodies in the town of Juaolie, which was practically destroyed, in the northern part of the country, and a hundred more on the flanks of the Casitas Volcano near Posoltega, 140 kilometers northwest of Managua, where a mudslide last Friday erased five villages from existence.

Hypothesis: Many people in northern Nicaragua were killed.


Premise: The economy created 228,000 new jobs after a disappointing 112,000 in June.

Hypothesis: The economy created 228,000 jobs after dissapointing the 112,000 of June.


Premise: There is no doubt that we would be happy if the international climates were calmer, but the world crisis did not affect the move to the Euro."

Hypothesis: The world crisis did not affect Europe.


Premise: Although the hospital insists that King Hussein is not fully free of the cancer, they are hopeful that he will recover.

Hypothesis: The statement added that King Hussein "has been cured completely."


Premise: The funeral procession headed to the headquarters of the United Nations Development Programme in Baghdad, where funeral goers held banners denouncing the Americans as "Enemies of God."

Hypothesis: The funeral party held signs denouncing Americans as "enemies of God," outside the UNDP in Baghdad.


Premise: It was reported today in The Chinese People newspaper, that the Central Bank of China and the National Monetary Authority approved the use of the EURO, from the first week of January.

Hypothesis: China is to accept the Euro.


Premise: Although the results of the Azerbaijani elections have not yet been officially revealed, outgoing president, Heydar Aliyev is already celebrating his win, claiming 75% of the votes.

Hypothesis: Heydar Aliyev, the current Azerbaijani president, is thought to have been re-elected.


Premise: The American president faces on Thursday a vote in the House of Representatives, and he may become the second president in the history of the United States voted to be removed by the House of Representatives.

Hypothesis: The president may be removed from the House of Representatives.


Premise: The group owns a training camp in the Abyan mountains, and its membership is estimated at about 200 persons.

Hypothesis: The group trains it's 200 members in the Nuba mountains.


Premise: Al-Koshah's events had surfaced after the British "Sunday Telegraph" newspaper published last October 25 an article in which it accused Egyptian police of "crucifying and raping Copts."

Hypothesis: Was events Al Kusheh case emerged after the publication " newspaper Sunday Telegraph " the British on 25 last October writes an accused in which the Egyptian police " with steel Copts and rape of their Families


Premise: Although the report recognises that the African National Congress had no policy of torture, it cannot deny that the Congress did resort to mass torture during the 1980's.

Hypothesis: The ANC carried out torture during the 1980's.


Premise: Speaking at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, he said accusingly, that Christina Lamb, the British journalist responsible for the "Sunday Telegraph" article, is known very well by the Israelis.

Hypothesis: He accused the Israelis of knowing the British journalist very well.


Premise: It was emphasized by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that the African National Congress, which was in power at the time, "seriously violated human rights" as it struggled against the apartheid regime in South Africa.

Hypothesis: The Commission said that the African National Congress violated human rights.


Premise: It should be mentioned that during the last legislative elections in August 1994, the ruling coalition in Syria, "The Progressive National Front", gained 167 seats out of the 250 the congress is comprised of.

Hypothesis: The "Rwandese Progressive Patriotic Front" won 167 seats in the 1994 election.


Premise: The hospital where the Jordanian monarch is being treated in Rochester (Minnesota) announced that the treatment of King Hussein, who is inflicted with cancer of the lymphatic glands, is nearing its end and will be finished within three or four weeks.

Hypothesis: The Queen of Jordan will be released from Rochester hospital, (Minnesota) within a month.


Premise: Nick Parsons, an economic expert at "Paribas Capital Markets" company in London, said that "this measure will decrease the difficulties that may accompany the start of dealing "with the Euro", and added that "the Euro will consequently become a strong and stable currency."

Hypothesis: Nick Zuniga, an economist in "Kerry Group Ltd." in London, feels that the Euro will inevitably become strong.


Premise: Before the opening of the Gaza airport, the Palestinian private government plane had been kept in Al Arish airport in Sinai, Egypt.

Hypothesis: Palestine's government jet used to be kept in Egypt.


Premise: The spokesman for the rescue authorities, Linart Ohlin, said that the accident took place between 01:00 and dawn today, Friday (00:00 GMT) in a disco behind the theatre, where "hundreds" of young people were present.

Hypothesis: The fire happened in the early hours of Friday morning, and hundreds of young people were present.


Premise: The President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, announced today, Thursday, that he "approves" the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report "as is, despite all the gaps in it."

Hypothesis: An official source announced of South Africa Nelson Mandela today that its "approves" on the report the Truth and Reconciliation Commission " as it with all the in which any gaps.


Premise: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat began a four-day meeting at Wye plantation (Maryland) today, under the auspices of the United States, in an attempt to revive the peace process in the Middle East.

Hypothesis: There is a 4 day meeting about the peace process, at Wye Plantation (Maryland), between Benjamin Netanyahu, and Yasser Arafat.


Premise: Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan announced today, Sunday, that Iraq refuses to back down from its decision to stop cooperating with disarmament inspectors, until its demands are met.

Hypothesis: Iraq announced that it will not cooperate with the inspectors.


Premise: Astronomers said on Wednesday.

Hypothesis: Said to Wednesday the astronomers.


Premise: Aliyev had proclaimed his win yesterday, Tuesday, asserting that he received the specified percentage, but his main rival demanded a second round, citing the many irregularities that were reported by international observers.

Hypothesis: Was Aliyev declared victory, since yesterday Tuesday assured access to the for in question, not to discount its main called for second round impurities the many Governments that the international.


Premise: Supposedly, General Pinochet's lawyers, who consider his detention illegal, will appear before the Supreme Court in London in a legal battle to try to have him released.

Hypothesis: Lawyers of General Pinochet are to present their case to the London Supreme Court.


Premise: "Al Thawra" affirmed that Lahoud "will always have Syria and President Hafez Al Assad as backers and supporters who will give all they have to support Lebanon regardless of the sacrifices, that the Israeli threats will fail as others did before, and that no one can hamper the Lebanese president or impede his strides in his honorable national task."

Hypothesis: Lebanon may count on the support of Syria against Israel.


Premise: Despite these differences, nothing prevents a Portuguese, for example, from buying a sandwich in front of the Eiffel Tower with an Euro coin bearing the Austrian flowers.

Hypothesis: In spite of those disparities it is none prevent Portuguese for example to purchase Basendwah of before tower to pieces cash flows from euro the flowers Austrian


Premise: Other witnesses confirmed that rescue workers worked amidst a state of confusion in the initial stage. Dalako Salwati (19 years of age) said, "Panic took hold.  Screaming was coming out of the disco where the fire broke out and people were running in all directions. Rescue workers worked to push people away from the scene in order to place the ladders."

Hypothesis: Describing the scene, Dalako Salwati (19) said that everybody was panic stricken.


Premise: It is planned that by the end of the year 2001, France will have minted 7.6 billion Euro coins weighing 30 thousand tons or approximately four times the equivalent weight of the Eiffel Tower.

Hypothesis: According to plans, France should have minted 7.6 billion Euro coins before 2002.


Premise: A diplomatic source reported that countries of the region informed Cohen that they reject resorting to force and support the diplomatic solution to make Iraq resume the process of disarmament.

Hypothesis: Cohen supports force in making Iraq disarm.


Premise: The chief of the European Central Bank, Vim Duesenburg, had spoken two days ago about "doubtless" signs of growth slowdown, following the financial crises that shook Asia then the rest of the developing countries in the last 18 months.

Hypothesis: The Asian economic crash affected the Euro.


Premise: In an address via state television on the occasion of the outbreak of the Liberation War on the first of November 1954, Zeroual said, "I have decided to postpone the date of the elections to next April in order to allow every party the chance to prepare for this important national date."

Hypothesis: In his address against Transnational television a formal anniversary of war the PLO in the first of November $YEAR said Zeroual " we have decided to postpone the date of the elections to next April so that for each party opportunity to prepare for the deadline national important


Premise: Writer Samir Abdou described as regrettable the amount of "intellectuals, artists and writers" contesting the elections, especially compared to recent years, stating that their chances of success were greatly diminished by the high costs of an electorial campaign.

Hypothesis: Writer Samir Abdo regrets that there are few "intellectuals" among the contestants because of the high cost of the campaign.


Premise: Economic experts were surprised by this coordinated reduction of interest rates; they were expecting, before the meetings of officials in the German Central Bank and French Central Bank today, that the two main central banks in the Euro countries would not reduce interest rates this week.

Hypothesis: Two main banks reduced their interest rates.


Premise: Brussels says its sugar policy is legal and has warned that a ruling against it could hurt poorer developing countries, notably in Africa and the Caribbean, who also benefit from its subsidy system.

Hypothesis: Brussels says that its policy on the sugar is legal, but noticed that an opinion in his con could damage to the countries developing more poor men, specially in Africa and the Caribbean, that also benefit from the system of subsidies.


Premise: Syrian voters began heading to the polling offices this morning, Monday, to elect a new People's Congress (Parliament), in which the ruling coalition is expected to win a majority of its seats.

Hypothesis: Started the electors Syrian this morning on Monday to offices the ballot to elect Council people ) Parliament ( new it is expected that wins the ruling coalition the majority of seats on it


Premise: Three parties that enjoy the absolute majority, or 276 votes, inside the Parliament, which is the required majority to unseat the government, submitted these memoranda.

Hypothesis: The memoranda were submitted by the three parties who share the absolute majority, and have the power to topple the government.


Premise: Azerbaijanis began voting this morning, Sunday, in the first round of the presidential elections, of which opinion polls are favoring current President Heydar Aliyev to win.

Hypothesis: Azerbaijanis are voting in the presidential elections, in which Heydar Aliyev is expected to be re-elected.


Premise: When asked by some parties to complete his term, President Liamine Zeroual refused, saying that his decision to step down was a political one, and that he intended to go ahead with it.

Hypothesis: President Zeroual is to resign.


Premise: On the other hand, Hilal affirmed that some voters were abroad or did not obtain their election cards, pointing to the occurrence of rare violations such as, for example, the desire of some voters to vote by using their identity cards.

Hypothesis: Hilal speculated that some of voters had not received voting passes, or had tried to use their id cards.


Premise: Michael said that Pinochet came to Britain with a passport that does not require a visa, and it is likely that he may have presented, supported with evidence, medical reasons for requiring treatment and therefore, there was no reason for immigration authorities to prevent him from entering the country upon his arrival.

Hypothesis: Immigration authorities had grounds to prevent Pinochet from entering the country, as he had no visa or medical evidence.


Premise: A new tally obtained from a security source showed that six people, including three Western tourists, were killed and seven others were wounded, including two tourists, in the attack that was carried out today, Tuesday, by Yemeni security forces on the kidnappers of 16 foreign tourists.

Hypothesis: Reported outcome new obtained from security source that six persons including three Western tourists killed and wounded seven others among them in the attack launched by the security forces Yemen today to kidnappers of 16 tourists foreigners


Premise: He ended the seventh visit to a Gulf Arab state; he had earlier visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

Hypothesis: The tour has already brought him to Jordan, Turkey and Egypt.


Premise: These organizations demanded in a statement the formation of "a commission to refer those responsible for (crimes of torture) to the appropriate judicial authorities, hold high-ranking officials who committed conspiracy accountable, and apologize to the people for the collective punishment, torture, material, physical and psychological damages inflicted upon them and compensate them."

Hypothesis: Called these organizations in his statement to form the Committee of those responsible for ) the Crimes of Torture ( to those judicial responsible and accountability senior officials who colluded to them and the provision of apologize to the people as their right of collective punishment, torture and physical and economic damage physical and psychological and compensation of age.


Premise: The investigation also confirmed that during Pinochet's dictatorship, "an armed entity was established that benefited from a military structure and a power takeover, in consolidating a terrorist regime for the purpose of implementing a plan to get rid of patriotic group elements, via involuntary relocations, kidnapping, torture and assassinations, and taking advantage of help from other countries, especially Argentina.

Hypothesis: During Pinochet's dictatorship, an armed organization committed murder and violent acts, and exploited countries like Argentina.


Premise: The Euro banknotes, which will be in Europeans' wallets in the year 2002, will not bear traditional images of famous people, but will bear geometrical drawings representing openness and communication.

Hypothesis: The Euro will be in use in 2002.


Premise: The letter went on to say that the examinations, conducted after the course of treatment, were as positive as the doctors could have expected.

Hypothesis: The test results were positive.


Premise: The government newspaper "Tishrin" said in a commentary that "what is required from the new People's Congress is no less important than what was required from the previous congresses, and it may even exceed it in importance in view of the serious challenges facing the region in general and Syria in particular."

Hypothesis: The requirements of the new People's Congress are perhaps more significant than those of the previous congress, considering the very real challenges facing the country.


Premise: In the tape, Yigit detailed his relationships with a Turkish Mafia boss jailed in France, named Alaattin Cakici.

Hypothesis: The details of the reationship between Yigit and a Turkish Mafia leader, Alaattin Cakici, who is currently serving a sentence in France, were disclosed on recording.


Premise: The Iranian Islamic Republic's spiritual guide, Ayatollah Ali Khameni, strongly denounced the Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat today, Friday, for signing the Wye Plantation Accord with Israel and called him "a traitor and a follower of the Zionists."

Hypothesis: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's spiritual guide, called Yasser Arafat a "Zionist" for signing the Wye Plantation Agreement.


Premise: A high-level Palestinian official announced today, Friday, that American President Bill Clinton gave the Israeli and Palestinian negotiators who are meeting at Wye Plantation (Maryland) until next Tuesday to reach "an agreement."

Hypothesis: President Clinton gave the two parties until next March to reach an agreement.


Premise: He said that "fighting Mafia activities is a very difficult task, and it requires a determined government and a responsible opposition."

Hypothesis: He said that the government was determined to fight the Mafia.


Premise: The statement also demanded that Interior Minister Habib Al-Adli explain the delay in "conducting an investigation inside his ministry with the officers responsible for the Al-Koshah village events, despite the passage of three months since these crimes were committed."

Hypothesis: Also called the statement the Minister of the Interior Habib the just my to explain delays his report on "an investigation within the Ministry with the officers responsible of events village Al Kusheh despite the passage three months prior to the commission of such offences."


Premise: The ISM non-manufacturing index rose to 64.8 in July from 59.9 in June.

Hypothesis: The non-manufacturing index of the ISM raised 64.8 in July from 59.9 in June.


Premise: In a letter to "The Times" newspaper, to be published in its issue for tomorrow, Thursday, Margaret Thatcher, who received Pinochet at her house two weeks ago, said that help extended by the "Chilean Senator-for-life" to the British people contributed to the shortening of the Falkland's War against Argentina in 1982, consequently saving the lives of a large number of Britons.

Hypothesis: Pinochet was a guest in Margaret Thatcher's home.


Premise: The chief of the German Central Bank (Bundesbank), Hans Tietmeyer, justified this measure by citing the early signs of economic slowdown affecting the countries which will adopt the Euro.

Hypothesis: Hans Tietmeyer, head of the Bundesbank, used the economic slowdown as justification for the measures.


Premise: Duesenburg assured the markets by saying that "the Euro will be launched, at least as far as Europe is concerned, under the best economic conditions.

Hypothesis: Duesenburg confirmed that the Euro would only be launched in Europe.


Premise: One of the Jordanian hostages said he had been released with three other Jordanian truck drivers.

Hypothesis: One of the Jordanian hostages said that it had been released other three Jordanian truck drivers.


Premise: Swedish rescue authorities announced, in a new tally obtained by Agence France Presse, that at least 60 people, mostly young people, died in a blaze that broke out the Thursday night in a theatre in Gutenberg (south).

Hypothesis: 60 people died in a fire in Sweden.


Premise: He said amusingly, "Torture used to happen before Christ's birth, but now it absolutely does not happen."

Hypothesis: He claimed that torture had not been employed since Biblical times.


Premise: These parties are the True Path Party (rightist), which is led by Tansu Ciller, the Virtue Party (Islamist) and the Republican People's Party (socialist democratic), led by Deniz Baykal who withdrew his support for the government.

Hypothesis: The True Path Party, the Virtue Party and the Republican People's Party withdrew their support.


Premise: Poet Maha Kanwat, the Progressive National Front's candidate, promised in an interview published by +Tishreen+ Newspaper that she "will work, in the event of her win, to modernize the laws dealing with women, family and youths."

Hypothesis: In a poem published in "Tishreen" newspaper, Maha Kanwat, promised to fight for women's rights, should she win her seat.


Premise: It is to be mentioned that the airport is capable of receiving 700 thousand passengers annually and receiving giant planes like the Boeing 747 model.

Hypothesis: The airport, with a projected annual passenger capacity of 700,000, will also be able to facilitate the Boeing 747.


Premise: It asserted that "within this framework, we draw your attention (People's Congress members) to Legislation 24 dealing with foreign currency circulation, which is no longer applicable and it has become one of the most significant obstacles to economic and investment activities.

Hypothesis: Article 24 is obsolete, and is hindering the economy.


Premise: According to the official introduction on the Euro's web site, imaginary windows and doors representing the "mysticism of openness and cooperation within the European Union appear on the front side of the banknotes.

Hypothesis: The bank notes will show pictures of windows and doors.


Premise: Nearly 6.6 million Syrian voters obtained their election cards to participate in these elections, which are the seventh to be held since the ascent of President Hafez Al-Assad to power in 1970.

Hypothesis: Had received approximately $ $DECIMAL million voters Syrian passes are obtained their electoral to participate in these elections and is the seventh governing since the arrival of President Hafez al-Assad to power in $YEAR


Premise: Zeroual proposed February 25 as elections date, but this date will not become final until after the agreement between all of the political partners, according to what was reported by the First Secretary of the Socialist Forces Front, Ahmed Djeddai.

Hypothesis: The election will be held on the 25th of February if all of the political partners agree.


Premise: The Supreme Court was due to decide today, Wednesday, on the appeal filed by De Klerk for the purpose of omitting the accusatory paragraphs against him in the report, especially the paragraphs on his responsibility for bloody attacks that were carried out in the eighties against anti-apartheid organizations.

Hypothesis: De Klerk awaits the Supreme court decision regarding the omission of his name in the incriminating report.


Premise: The American Consul-General in Jerusalem, John Hearst, and an high-level Israeli officer in military uniform were among the dignitaries.

Hypothesis: There were American and Israeli dignitaries present.


Premise: Naji Al-Hudaithi, the former advisor at the Ministry of Information, was appointed Ambassador to Vienna and Iraq's Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Hypothesis: Appointed survivors the newly former adviser at the Ministry of Information Ambassador to Vienna and the representatives of Iraq to the the IAEA


Premise: Ramadan told reporters in Baghdad that "Iraq cannot deal positively with whoever represents the Security Council, unless there was a clear stance on the issue of lifting the blockade.

Hypothesis: Ramadan said that Iraq would cooperate when the UN considers lifting the embargo.


Premise: Speaking to "TV 4" news, witness Jamal Fawwaz said that a stampede occurred when everybody fled the dance floor to the exits after the overhead lights had caught fire and fallen to the ground, causing the flames to spread.

Hypothesis: A stampede occurred when the flames spread.


Premise: 12 Britons, two American and two Australian tourists, who were taking a tour of Yemen, were kidnapped yesterday, at the hands of twenty armed men in the Abyan region.

Hypothesis: A dozen armed men abducted the tourists in Yemen.


Premise: The Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in Damascus, Flaha, said that since Act No. 10 was approved in 1991, foreign investment has increased dramatically, bringing $600 million into the economy.

Hypothesis: Flaha, the Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in Damascus, said that Article 10 had greatly improved the economy.


Premise: Sources close to Al-Takriti had confirmed in August 1995 that he dissented like Hussein Kamel Hassan, the Iraqi president's son-in-law, and his brother Saddam who fled to Jordan, but Barazan Al-Takriti denied these reports at the time.

Hypothesis: The sources close to Tikrit my stressed in $YEAR that it broke as General Hussein Kamel Hassan smelting the Iraqi president and his brother Saddam which Frei to Jordan, but Tikrit my denied these reports on time


Premise: He gave assurances once again that he would work with his Secretary of State, Madeline Albright to "do all they can" to distance themselves from the proceedings.

Hypothesis: Clinton said that he and Madeleine Albright would do all they could the help reach an agreement.


Premise: Newspapers said that every independent candidate spent between 200 thousand and 500 thousand dollars on his election campaign.

Hypothesis: Independent candidates must spend $50,000 on their election campaigns.


Premise: The same source said that Cohen, who was received by the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Fayez Al-Tarawneh, will hold talks especially with Jordan's Crown Prince, Prince Al-Hassan Bin Talal, who represents King Hussein in running the country's affairs.

Hypothesis: Cohen met with Jordanian officials, including the King of Jordan.


Premise: Oil prices fell from fresh 21-year highs on Wednesday.

Hypothesis: The prices of the crude one imposed Wednesday a record.


Premise: An American diplomat pointed out that the Jordanian monarch presence in Wye Plantation can dispel the rumors about the deterioration of his health condition.

Hypothesis: King Hussein will go to the Wye Plantation.


Premise: Finally, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission asked the African National Congress to accept its responsibilities for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and her militia that bears the name "the Mandela Football Club" which planted fear in the black city of Soweto at the end of the eighties.

Hypothesis: The Commission requested that the ANC officially disregard it's affiliation to Winny Mandela and her militia; "The Mandela Football Club" which attacked Soweto in the 1980's.


Premise: Prince Hassan disclosed the content of a letter he had received from the Jordanian monarch in which the latter affirms that "the doctors at the Mayo Clinic and their colleagues in the United States are relieved by the test results, which conclude our stay here until a later date in the third month of next year, God willing.

Hypothesis: The Jordinian monarch sent a letter to Prince El Hassan, saying that doctors were satisfied with his results, and that he could go home until March.


Premise: The process of counting the votes of the Syrian election has begun already. Voting opened yesterday, Monday, (at 00,14 local time 00,12 GMT )

Hypothesis: Voting started on Monday at 14:00, and the counting started as soon as the booths closed.


Premise: They explained that President Arafat affirmed his determination to reach a comprehensive agreement and that Clinton promised him to make additional efforts in order to overcome the obstacles that hinder such an agreement.

Hypothesis: Indicated that President Arafat stressed its insistence on the comprehensive agreement and that Clinton its promise to additional efforts of for overcoming obstacles impede such agreement is


Premise: U.S. gasoline futures fell 3.36 cents.

Hypothesis: The price to future of the gasoline lowered to 3.36 cents.


Premise: Yet, he did not succeed in changing the position of Netanyahu, who again opted to appease the Israeli radical right, which threatens to bring down his government and rejects any concessions under the framework of the peace process.

Hypothesis: Netanyahu could be displaced by the radical right.


Premise: On the other hand, 48% of those included in the poll think that Congress is not handling this case satisfactorily, but 53% of them believe that President Clinton deserves to be censored.

Hypothesis: 48% of the poll say that Congress is unsatisfactory, and 53% believe that President Clinton deserves to be replaced.


Premise: Syrian Interior Minister Mohammad Harba said in a statement reported by the "SANA" News Agency that "the great interest in nomination for the People's Congress membership and the wide activity that accompanied it by the candidates, whether they were from the Progressive National Front or from the independent candidates, expressed the full maturity of the cause of democracy in our country."

Hypothesis: There was great interest in nomination for the Congress from all candidates.


Premise: United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Anan, left Tripoli this evening, Saturday, heading to Tunisia following closed talks for one-and-a-half hours with the Libyan leader, Colonel Moammar Al Kaddafy, in the Libyan Desert.

Hypothesis: Left the Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Anan evening Saturday Tripoli on his way to Tunisia after talks closed for one hour and a half hours with the Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Qaddafi in Western Sahara Libyan Arab Jamahiriya


Premise: Mohammad Galal Abd Al-Kawi, author of the 15-episode series "The Priest and the Sheikh", says in a conversation with Agence France Presse today, Sunday, that he wrote these episodes "to respond to the biased campaigns in some Western media outlets, which are being directed by Jews, for the purpose of inciting subversion between Moslems and Copts."

Hypothesis: Mohammad Galal Abd Al-Kawi wrote the series, "The Priest and the Sheikh," in retaliation to what he sees as Jewish propaganda of some Western media.


Premise: The demonstrators were calling for a trial of the right-wing politician, and on seeing them, he gave them a rude gesture, and the police then had to stop four demonstrators who tried to chace the senator.

Hypothesis: Demonstrators gave the right-wing senator a rude gesture.


Premise: Three British tourists and a fourth who is Australian were killed yesterday when Yemeni police stormed the location where the hostages were detained in order to free them from their kidnappers. Two other tourists were wounded.

Hypothesis: Yemeni police killed the hostage tourists yesterday when they raided the place where their kidnappers had been holding them.


Premise: President Arnoldo Aleman conceeded that the death toll was approximately 4,000, and a spokesman for the Government, Gilberto Wing, admitted many people were missing, and that bodies were still being found in some isolated areas.

Hypothesis: Approximately 4,000 people are dead already, more bodies are still being found, and there are still many people missing.