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By Ignacio Badal<\/p>

SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Three court-appointed doctorsexamined Chile's former military dictator Augusto Pinochet onThursday, a key step that will decide whether the 88-year-oldgeneral will stand trial for human rights abuses.<\/p>","label":0,"text_hash":"ca5fb805d3813ec203c827afb5994c18fe45f0a86a9765081e1ed922b2ed8a29","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/95588","official_split":"train","text":"Security Further Tightened In Jammu JAMMU, IHK : Nov 19 (SADA) - In occupied Kashmir, security apparatus has been further beefed up in the winter capital Jammu with additional deployment of police and para military personnel ahead of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh #39;s arrival here","label":0,"text_hash":"45831d44abc3e34a388ecf3d425b5d61234260009e41ced3e5f7f6c5566b9307","split":"train","priority":null} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/78552","official_split":"train","text":"Ukraine Election To Go To Second Round 31 October 2004 -- Exit polls show that Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich and challenger Viktor Yushchenko finished on top in Ukraine #39;s presidential election today and will face each other in a run-off next month.","label":0,"text_hash":"287d46488e4d10612ff66aa5b474504f7cb77333f7f02029fad2c1db84dfdeca","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/17956","official_split":"train","text":"First threat , then the wait NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 3: After 42 days of captivity in Iraq, including a few traumatic TV moments with guns at their foreheads, the return of Tilak Raj, Antaryami Bains and Sukhdev Singh on Friday morning was quite simply the reunion of three weary men","label":0,"text_hash":"7c04b5afedf759fe963916cd67978cbd24bd7ca17035ba866113d6a1a58f83fc","split":"train","priority":null} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/62341","official_split":"train","text":"#39;70,000 Darfur dead #39; since March About 70,000 displaced people are thought to have died in Sudan #39;s Darfur region since March, mainly from disease and malnutrition, a UN official says.","label":0,"text_hash":"2bed76bd6b9ac7cfa2bdf4ce9ba8270c9d5db7105e77174168ddb9c780cc6090","split":"train","priority":null} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/31888","official_split":"train","text":"Militants Threaten to Behead U.S., UK Hostages in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents threatened to behead two Americans and a Briton captured in Baghdad on Saturday and launched a suicide car bomb attack on Iraqi security forces in the northern city of Kirkuk that killed at least 23 people.","label":0,"text_hash":"6bea2d01bd569cbd395cffbca3c8a6526f9ba09e02502a256574de386a26775b","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/39044","official_split":"train","text":"Musharraf calls meeting with Manmohan a success NEW YORK: President Pervez Musharraf has called his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh historic for India, Pakistan relations, in an interview to US television.","label":0,"text_hash":"3d118f02f1ba7fdfee7342aebf7be70dab9b854f36779743f5f034bd9e0ffd53","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/30448","official_split":"train","text":"Padres Blank Dodgers 3-0 LOS ANGELES - Adam Eaton allowed five hits over seven innings for his career-high 10th victory, Brian Giles homered for the second straight game, and the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 Thursday night. 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By Steve Keating<\/p>

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BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian Marxist rebels keptup pressure on the government to release imprisoned guerrillas,releasing a videotape of 12 former congressmen they kidnapped30 months ago and want to swap for their comrades.<\/p>","label":0,"text_hash":"9dae7d94664fee72b050ef231b9d1bba66f6373a53bab6f175d50dbd979d059f","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/31826","official_split":"train","text":"Rebels Kidnap 2 Americans and a Briton in Baghdad Insurgents kidnapped two American and a British engineer on Thursday in a brazen dawn raid on their home in one of Baghdad #39;s most affluent neighborhoods, underscoring","label":0,"text_hash":"93ccb63d11791ba90a39af362c582d813aedae4d15e8017bc0c5ff3ee360e60a","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/100108","official_split":"train","text":"Iran sticks by belief that nuclear arms unIslamic: minister Iranian deputy foreign minister Gholamali Khoshrou denied Tuesday that his country #39;s top leaders were at odds over whether nuclear weapons were un-Islamic, insisting that it will quot;never quot; make the bomb.","label":0,"text_hash":"5692ee3c713b3384932ea75d40a08d49c546a5f3dc87a034f3cc5562e2a393ca","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/105297","official_split":"train","text":"Burma #39;s Military Leaders Tell ASEAN Leaders They Will Move Toward ...<\/b> Thailand #39;s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says Burma #39;s government intends to carry out democratic reforms, despite a leadership shakeup that strengthened the power of hard-line generals.","label":0,"text_hash":"1e0bdd55859b95c6993601b0615e9dbec0095d81c71dfa09b80e0c67b0a2262f","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/19377","official_split":"train","text":"2nd major quake forces evacuation in western Japan WAKAYAMA -- A strong earthquake rocked Wakayama Prefecture and surrounding areas shortly before midnight Sunday, about 5 hours after a similar-sized quake hit the region.","label":0,"text_hash":"dbf5ba1bf8bcce1b1c3ac47f34ffe61358741e0e34598f0fa5aa5e233bb5011f","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/114359","official_split":"train","text":"Rare anti-Mubarak demo in Cairo Hundreds of Egyptians defy a ban on public protests to call for an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 23-year rule.","label":0,"text_hash":"3663d19c27c71cca2b1b0a3ddd845e9d495e06fb6ac841a8088bdfe442cf816d","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/16281","official_split":"train","text":"West Bank City Closed Off After Blasts JERUSALEM - Israeli troops closed off a West Bank city and Palestinian militants celebrated after Hamas blew up two buses, seconds apart, in the desert town of Beersheba, killing 16 Israelis and ending a months-long lull in suicide attacks. 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By Joseph Guyler Delva<\/p>

GONAIVES, Haiti (Reuters) - A Brazilian soldier with theU.N. peacekeeping force in Haiti was shot and wounded Saturdaywhen peacekeepers and local police faced gunfire in a crackdownon armed gangs in the Haitian capital.<\/p>","label":0,"text_hash":"bbc56a4317d5ec745037296646cc60672e7f1735c15ee04bd8aa6a631b75c831","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/102275","official_split":"train","text":"Top Settlements Under False Claims Act (AP) AP - A sampling of top settlements under the False Claims Act, a law designed to stop fraud in government procurement contracts, and the whistleblowers who helped the government win the awards, and helping themselves as well.","label":0,"text_hash":"4a87b0c4fc773f7e74c712489fb7e1f8bab655ad683465c732d960fb31a9620f","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/1077","official_split":"train","text":"Stocks Sharply Higher on Dip in Oil Prices NEW YORK - A drop in oil prices and upbeat outlooks from Wal-Mart and Lowe's prompted some bargain-hunting on Wall Street, sending stocks sharply higher Monday, with the swing exaggerated by thin late summer trading. 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By Jude Webber and Kate Kelland<\/p>

LIMA\/LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran British disc jockey JohnPeel, who championed new music trends like punk on mainstreamradio, has died of a heart attack on holiday in Peru.<\/p>","label":0,"text_hash":"db46f6f2ca0a336dda39e0723eb60e437fc88217459f664f06904e01594fe41b","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/23930","official_split":"train","text":"Cheney tempers criticism of Kerry Dick Cheney backs away from comments that warned of another terror attack if John Kerry is elected president.","label":0,"text_hash":"ecedd5d1bc62557a02c85ebee063738ce533c165fe6249364550245f9cfdb1d6","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/64518","official_split":"train","text":"Belarus president says he won mandate to remain in power MINSK, Belarus -- President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus said yesterday that he won a mandate from voters to stay in power in a weekend referendum scrapping presidential term limits, but foreign observers said the vote was marred by violations and thousands of people protested the outcome.","label":0,"text_hash":"e27942b6ea5e996acc13705b571defca3f3b3fc1d87e73eacb8b98c48d89ec82","split":null,"priority":1.0} {"sample_id":"ag_news\/train\/69090","official_split":"train","text":"Joint Irish-Palestinian appeal for release of kidnapped aid chief (AFP) AFP - 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