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Lance Armstrong Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at cyclist Lance Armstrong. Personal Birth date: September 18, 1971 Birth place: Plano, Texas Birth name: Lance Edward Gunderson Father: Edward Gunderson Mother: Linda (Mooneyham) Gunderson Marriages: Anna Hansen (2022-present); Kristin (Richard) Armstrong (1998-2003, divorced) Children: with Anna Hansen: Olivia Marie and Max; with Kristin Armstrong: Isabelle Rose,

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Pelé Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, a professional Brazilian football (soccer) player. During his World Cup appearances, he scored 12 goals in 14 games. He played in four World Cups, and his Brazilian team won three (1958, 1962, 1970). Personal Birth date: October

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Exiled opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya makes her first public appearance in Vilnius

Belarus opposition figure and protest leader sentenced to 11 years in jail

By Eliza Mackintosh and Katharina Krebs, CNN A Belarusian court on Monday sentenced Maria Kolesnikova, a prominent opposition figure who led mass street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, to 11 years in prison, the latest move in a widespread crackdown on government critics following a contested election last year. Kolesnikova and another opposition activist, Maxim

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A photo from the Polk County Sheriff's Office shows the aftermath of a quintuple shooting outside Lakeland

An ex-Marine sharpshooter said he killed a baby and 3 others because God told him to, affidavit states

By Eric Levenson and Gregory Lemos, CNN A former Marine sharpshooter who said he received messages from God broke into two homes outside Lakeland, Florida, early Sunday and fatally shot four people he didn’t know — including a 3-month-old baby — and wounded an 11-year-old, according to a criminal affidavit. Outfitted in body armor, the

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Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces take part in military training at Malimah area of Dara district in Panjshir province on September 2.

Taliban claim victory in Panjshir, but resistance forces say they still control strategic position in the valley

By Nic Robertson, Nilly Kohzad, Tim Lister and Helen Regan, CNN The Taliban have claimed victory in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province, with a spokesman saying the region had been “completely conquered” following two weeks of fierce fighting with a resistance group. Panjshir was the last remaining hold-out among Afghanistan’s 34 provinces to resist the Taliban. If

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