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"(EW.com) -- Jason Statham is the B-movie bruiser of the moment.",
"He appears in the occasional Guy Ritchie gangster head game, but his genre of choice is the revved-up testosterone action film.",
"The key to his charisma is that he's so much more cutthroat smart and elegant, and so much more coolly British, than an actor from the crash-cars-and-ask-questions-later school needs to be.",
"With his shaved skull and handsome you-talkin'-to-me stare, he's like a Bruce Willis mad-dog avenger crossed with a more sociopathic James Bond.",
"As Arthur Bishop, the title character of \"The Mechanic,\" Statham is playing one of those super-stealth hitmen who can sneak into the most protected of lairs and slip away moments later with the target dead.",
"The opening swimming-pool assassination is just clever enough to set you up for a hitman version of a heist thriller.",
"But then Statham's lone wolf is tricked into killing his longtime corporate associate (Donald Sutherland).",
"Feeling used, he tries to make up for his sin by taking Sutherland's son under his wing -- a dissipated rich boy played by Ben Foster, who suggests a gnarled, hillbilly Justin Timberlake.",
"How do Statham and Foster team up in this movie?",
"Simple: Statham, in about six minutes, teaches Foster everything there is to learn about being a master assassin.",
"Before long, the apprentice is leaping off skyscrapers and wielding his weapon with fearless aplomb.",
"The implausibility of \"The Mechanic,\" even on its own genre-movie terms, is jaw-dropping.",
"Yet I might have forgiven that had the movie tried to involve us in some more elaborately sneaky contract murders.",
"As it is, \"The Mechanic\" is ham-fisted pulp, like Robert Rodriguez's \"Machete\" taking itself seriously.",
"It's enough to make you want to see Jason Statham take a break from B movies and become the A-list character actor he deserves to be.",
"C . See full article at EW.com.",
"CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .",
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"Jason Statham is the B-movie bruiser of the moment .",
"The key to his charisma is that he's so cutthroat, smart and elegant .",
"The implausibility of the film, even on its own genre-movie terms, is jaw-dropping ."
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"(CNN) -- A key United Nations committee on Thursday condemned Myanmar's human rights record while the secretary-general of the world body stressed the need for democratic reform.",
"In a call to freed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon emphasized the importance of a peaceful democratic transition and reconciliation process in Myanmar.",
"Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient in 1991, has spent 15 of the past 21 years under house arrest for her opposition to authoritarian rule in the nation formerly known as Burma.",
"She was released last week.",
"\"The secretary-general told Aung San Suu Kyi that he was encouraged by the spirit of reconciliation emanating from her statements and appeals for dialogue and compromise following her release,\" the U.N. said in a statement.",
"A U.N. General Assembly subset committee approved a draft resolution denouncing \"the ongoing systematic violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of the people of Myanmar.\"",
"The resolution also slammed the nation's recent elections and said they were not fair and inclusive.",
"Susan Rice, the U.S.",
"Ambassador to the U.N., welcomed the resolution and said it honored the commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.",
"\"The government of Burma continues to commit serious human rights violations, including arbitrary and prolonged detentions of its citizens, rape and sexual violence, discrimination and violence against ethnic minorities, and impose serious restrictions on freedom of speech, press association and assembly,\" Rice said in a statement.",
"Suu Kyi and Ban vowed to pressure the nation's military junta to release more than 2,100 political prisoners.",
"\"They both stressed the need for the Myanmar authorities to release all remaining political prisoners so that all of the country's citizens are free to contribute to advancing the prospects of national reconciliation and democratic transition in Myanmar,\" the statement said."
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"General Assembly subset committee slams \"ongoing systematic violation of human rights\"\nU.N. chief emphasizes the importance of a peaceful democratic transition .",
"Suu Kyi has spent 15 of the past 21 years under house arrest .",
"Suu Kyi is a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient ."
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"(CNN) -- More than 14 months after they fled fighting between rebel and government forces, park rangers who monitor mountain gorillas in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo have returned to the reserve.",
"Young gorillas play in Congo's Virunga National Park in an undated photograph.",
"It is a welcome sight at Virunga National Park, where around 200 of the world's 700 mountain gorillas live.",
"Samantha Newport, communications director for the refuge, told CNN on Friday that 70 rangers have returned to the gorilla refuge.",
"They left when the sector was taken over by Laurent Nkunda's Tutsi armed force, which is fighting Congolese soldiers and their militia allies.",
"About 50 other rangers who fled after rebels seized the park headquarters last month also have come back, Newport said, and about 150 other rangers will be returning after being away for a month or two.",
"Around 400 other rangers never left the nearly 8,000-square kilometer park, in which the gorilla reserve encompasses 250 square kilometers, Newport said.",
"The gorilla section of the park lies in a strategically important area near the borders of Rwanda and Uganda.",
"Newport said Nkunda's rebels still control much of the park and the preserve, but efforts have been made by combatants to protect the gorilla refuge and not interfere with the park rangers' duties.",
"In a news release, Virunga Park Director Emmanuel de Merode said, \"It is a huge step that all sides have agreed that the protection of Virunga as a World Heritage Site and its mountain gorillas is of sufficient priority to transcend political differences.\"",
"He added, \"Rangers are neutral in this conflict, and it is right that they should be allowed to do their job.\"",
"The rangers will be conducting a census of the gorillas.",
"There were 72 habituated and around 120 non-habituated gorillas in the reserve in August 2007, when the last census was conducted.",
"That number is expected to change because of births and deaths.",
"Habituated describes those gorillas who are accustomed to contact with humans, and non-habituated refers to those who are not used to human presence, Newport explained.",
"Virunga National Park is a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Site and Africa's oldest national park.",
"It was formerly known as Albert National Park."
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"Fighting forced rangers to flee gorilla reserve in Democratic Republic of Congo .",
"Some of the rangers fled some 14 months ago .",
"\"Rangers are neutral in this conflict,\" park official says ."
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"(CNN) -- Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, released a composite image Tuesday of a young boy found buried beneath the sand of a local playground.",
"Police released this composite sketch of the boy in hopes that someone can identify him.",
"The boy was discovered on Friday by a passerby who saw a tiny black and lime shoe protruding from beneath the playground sand.",
"It led police to the body of a boy, who had been buried there in a shallow grave less than 48 hours earlier.",
"On Tuesday, police still had no answers as to what happened at Alvarado Park -- or even who the boy was.",
"His name is unknown, though the community has dubbed him \"Baby Justice\" or \"Baby Angel.\"",
"Nobody in the area has claimed his body, and nobody has reported a child of his age missing.",
"Before the composite image was created, police weren't able to release a photo of the boy because his body was so disfigured by the sand's heat.",
"Police say the Native American or Hispanic boy was between 3 and 5 years old, 38 pounds, 38 inches in height, with brown eyes and dark quarter-inch hair.",
"When he was found, he was wearing Arizona brand clothing, size 3T -- nylon black running pants with red stripes, a red shirt with a monster truck on it and black, gray and lime green Skechers sneakers.",
"Police aren't sure how he died.",
"Albuquerque Police Department spokesman John Walsh said a preliminary autopsy didn't reveal a cause of death.",
"Walsh said there were no obvious signs of bruising on the boy.",
"\"We have canvassed the entire adjoining neighborhood,\" Walsh said.",
"\"We're knocking on every door.",
"We've been broadcasting and pleading for tips from the community.",
"But still, nobody has come forward.\"",
"Though police have received numerous tips from the public, Walsh said nothing has come from them.",
"Albuquerque police are working with other local, state and nationwide law enforcement officials to try to piece together what happened.",
"Until then, members of the community have spent hours at memorials for the boy -- who none of them knew -- praying for him and raising money.",
"French Mortuary, in the town, has offered to pay all funeral costs for the boy.",
"Resident Rachel Lesperance told CNN affiliate KOAT-TV she spent her weekend collecting $3,600 for the boy.",
"Her money, and the donations raised by others, will go toward a plaque at the park in the boy's honor, buying extra lights for the playground and to a fund toward finding out what happened to the little \"Baby Justice.\"",
"\"He doesn't have a family,\" Lesperance told KOAT-TV.",
"\"We're his family now, and we want him to be taken care of like one of our own.\""
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"Boy found Friday at Alvarado Park buried under sand in playground .",
"Police say nobody has been reported missing, nobody has claimed body .",
"Nobody knows name of boy dubbed \"Baby Justice\" or \"Baby Angel\"\nNo cause of death for boy who may be Native American or Hispanic ."
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"(CNN) -- The 103 Chadian children whom six French charity workers were convicted of attempting to kidnap will soon be reunited with their families, the United Nations' children agency said Friday.",
"Some of the 103 children who were nearly abducted by a French charity, pictured in Abeche in November 2007.",
"The children have been living in an orphanage in Abeche, in eastern Chad, since late October.",
"Chadian authorities arrested the Zoe's Ark aid workers as they earlier tried to leave the central African country with the children on a Paris-bound plane, the United Nations Children's Fund said.",
"The charity had said the children were orphans from Sudan's war-torn Darfur region and were being taken to foster families in France.",
"However, other charities determined that most of the children were from Chad, not Sudan, and had at least one living parent.",
"Beginning next week, a UNICEF team will travel to Abeche, Adre and Tine to facilitate reuniting the 21 girls and 82 boys, aged 1 to 10, with their families.",
"Chad's government has approved the move, UNICEF said.",
"Interviews with the children indicated that the majority were from villages near the cities of Adre and Tine along the Chadian-Sudanese border, according to a November statement from the Red Cross, UNICEF, and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.",
"The kidnapping scandal attracted international attention, with French authorities reacting angrily to the charity's trip, calling the group's actions \"illegal and irresponsible.\"",
"However, French President Nicolas Sarkozy intervened on the six's behalf after a Chadian court sentenced the six aid workers to eight years of hard labor in Chad, and the central African nation handed them over to France to serve their sentences.",
"In late January, a French court sentenced Eric Breteau -- the group's leader -- Emilie Lelouch, Alain Peligat, Philippe van Winkelberg, Dominique Aubry and Nadia Merimi to eight years in a French prison.",
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"The 103 children taken by French aid workers to be reunited with families soon .",
"The 21 girls and 82 boys, aged 1-10, will be handed over to relatives in Chad .",
"They have been in orphanage in Chadian town of Abeche since late October .",
"Six Zoe's Ark workers were convicted on kidnapping charges in December ."
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"(CNN) -- English Premier League club Liverpool have rejected Chelsea's bid for Fernando Torres and insisted the Spain striker is not for sale.",
"The Merseyside club confirmed on their website that a bid had been received -- reported in British newspaper the Daily Telegraph to be around $63 million -- but that it was dismissed out of hand.",
"The 26-year-old striker, who was part of Spain's World Cup winning squad in South Africa, has scored nine goals this season, including two when the Reds beat reigning Premier League champions Chelsea back in November.",
"He has found the net three times since club legend Kenny Dalglish took over the managerial reins from Roy Hodgson, and the Scot is said to be insistent that his prize asset is not allowed to leave.",
"Liverpool agree fee with Ajax for Luis Suarez .",
"A statement on the club's official website read: \"Liverpool Football Club have insisted Fernando Torres is not for sale despite the emergence of a bid from Chelsea.",
"\"When presented with the story by the media on Thursday night, a LFC spokesman dismissed any notion that the Spain international was for sale.",
"\"Chelsea have made a bid for Fernando which has been turned down,\" the spokesman said.",
"\"The player is not for sale.\"",
"Chelsea have also failed in their bid to sign Brazilian defender David Luiz from Portuguese club Benfica.",
"A statement on the Benfica website read: \"Negotiations between Benfica and Chelsea over the possible transfer of David Luiz reached a conclusion today without the parties having reached an agreement.",
"\"Contrary to reports in recent days, David Luiz never tried to force his way out of the club and is a model professional.\"",
"The news comes just days after Spanish club Atletico Madrid reported they had turned down Chelsea's $82 million bid for Argentina striker Sergio Aguero and 24-year-old defender Diego Godin, from Uruguay.",
"At a press conference on Friday, Chelsea's Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti refused to talk about transfers.",
"He told reporters: \"I always speak just about my players and Torres is not my player.",
"I have to respect Liverpool.",
"It is the same with David Luiz.",
"\"I know very well what my club is doing now but I don't want to speak about it.",
"The club is trying to do everything to improve the squad.\""
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"Liverpool turn down an offer from English champions Chelsea for Fernando Torres .",
"Spanish striker subject to bid of $63 million according to British newspaper the Daily Telegraph .",
"Liverpool spokesman insists Torres is not for sale .",
"NEW: Chelsea's move for Benfica defender David Luiz has fallen through ."
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"(CNN) -- Should celebrity chefs stick to stand-and-stir shows?",
"Self-proclaimed \"Kulinary Gangsta\" (no, seriously -- he has a tattoo and everything) and Food Network phenom Guy Fieri failed to catch fire with audiences in his prime-time major network debut.",
"Variety reports that NBC's \"Minute to Win It\" -- a distinctly non-\"kulinary\" game show that challenges competitors to master stunts like one-handed tissue-box emptying and re-stacking plastic cups -- \"didn't put up great overall numbers from 7 to 9 p.m.\" on Sunday but rallied slightly against other networks' programming at the 8:30 p.m. mark.",
"Lukewarm ratings might not relegate most shows to the trash bin, but given how this one underperformed after being so heavily promoted via pricey Winter Olympics commercial breaks, popular food blogs like \"Eater\" are already predicting the show's cancellation.",
"But it's not just hard out there for a \"gangsta\"; over the past decade, several notable chefs failed to bring the sizzle to the network spotlight.",
"With NBC set to take another gamble on Chef Bobby Flay's upcoming reality show, \"America's Next Great Restaurant,\" network execs might wish to take a second look at a few star turns that flamed out fast.",
"'Kitchen Confidential' -- Anthony Bourdain .",
"\"No Reservations\" host and leather-jacket aficionado Anthony Bourdain steamed up bookstore shelves nationwide with his restaurant tell-all \"Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly\" in 2000.",
"FOX's sitcom incarnation, featuring a defanged \"Jack Bourdain,\" played by Bradley Cooper, replated the book's sex-drugs-and-rock-'n'-roll soul as a sanitized snack of wacky kitchen hijinks and one-note characters.",
"After four episodes, the network put it in the deep freeze, airing the remaining nine episodes online and outside the U.S. 'Emeril' -- Emeril Lagasse .",
"In 2001, New Orleans' Emeril Lagasse starred in a self-titled sitcom set behind the scenes at a fictional cooking show.",
"Bereft of his essential \"BAM!\"",
"and \"Kick it up a notch\" catchphrases and scripted as a watered-down version of his charismatic bayou-blasting Food Network persona, Lagasse and co-star Robert Urich muddled their way through 11 bland, critically panned episodes before NBC pulled the plug.",
"'The Restaurant' -- Rocco DiSpirito .",
"Long before he danced with the stars and shilled for Bertolli, Rocco DiSpirito was an honest-to-goodness chef at an acclaimed Manhattan restaurant called Union Pacific.",
"This rude, raw, reality show, however, was not set there.",
"Rather, \"The Restaurant\" -- airing on NBC in 2003-04 -- documented DiSpirito's fraught relationship with restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow as they made nasty hash opening a joint venture called \"Rocco's.\"",
"The show, stuffed to the gills with product placements, featured frequent clashes between front- and back-of-house staffs, diners, servers (hired on-air from a pool of more than 2,000 fame-starved applicants), and DiSpirito and everyone but his sainted mother, who made the restaurant's signature meatballs.",
"While \"The Restaurant\" made it to a very short second season, a painfully public legal conflict between DiSpirito and Chodorow shuttered the restaurant and the show.",
"Rocco has never cooked in a restaurant again.",
"'The Chopping Block' -- Marco Pierre White .",
"\"Hell's Kitchen (UK)\" host and British tabloid staple Marco Pierre White popped across the pond to helm this competitive restaurant reality show for NBC in the spring of 2009.",
"Though mentorship of Gordon Ramsay and Mario Batali and a spicy biography entitled \"The Devil in the Kitchen\" established him as a culinary cult favorite, as the show's host and head judge, White swapped his legendary scorching temper (he once allegedly set a young chef on fire for complaining about the kitchen's temperature) for a tone so chill, it sent viewers nodding into their sorbet.",
"After three episodes, NBC placed the show on a back burner, releasing the remainder of the episodes online."
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"Food Network phenom Guy Fieri failed to catch fire with audiences on NBC .",
"New Orleans' Emeril Lagasse starred in a self-titled sitcom that lasted 11 episodes .",
"\"The Restaurant\" only made it to a very short second season ."
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"(CNN) -- Thousands of people were protesting Tuesday outside the Romanian Parliament against an unpopular austerity plan presented by the government, the Romanian Interior Ministry said.",
"Organizers and local police said there were about 5,000 people in front of Parliament.",
"Romanian national police told CNN the crowd burned effigies of government ministers and that a crew of firemen had to put out the fire.",
"Some 1,000 Romanian policemen were trying to keep the protesters from entering the building, the ministry said.",
"The center-right Romanian government survived a confidence vote Tuesday in relation to the austerity measures by 8 votes, the Agerpress national news agency reported.",
"CNN's Laura Perez-Maestro in London, England, contributed to this report."
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"About 5,000 protesters burned effigies outside parliament in Bucharest .",
"Protesters demonstrating against planned government budget cuts .",
"1,000 Romanian policemen tried to stop the crowds entering the building ."
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"Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- International flights to the Indonesian island of Bali were canceled Friday because of volcanic ash, according to a transportation official.",
"Mount Bromo in East Java has been erupting since late last year.",
"Although the threat level was downgraded recently, it continues to spew out ash columns, according to the Indonesian Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation agency.",
"East Java is in close proximity to Bali.",
"A volcanic ash monitoring center in Darwin, in northern Australia, issued a Notice to Airmen warning that the ash could affect aviation.",
"That prompted all international airlines to cancel flights.",
"International flights of the airlines Cathay Pacific, Virgin Blue, Jetstar and Value were affected, said Bambang Ervan, spokesman of the Transportation Ministry.",
"Domestic flights were not canceled, as the they may go through another air route that is deemed safer, officials said.",
"\"Our team and also the (Bali's) Ngurah Rai Airport team is still monitoring the conditions at the airport,\" Ervan said.",
"Airlines are asking passengers to check flights before the scheduled date of departure for updates."
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"An ash cloud has affected flights to the Indonesian island of Bali .",
"Several airlines have canceled international flights ."
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"(CNN) -- FBI agents have executed 40 search warrants throughout the United States as part of an investigation into recent coordinated cyber attacks targeting major companies, the agency said.",
"The United Kingdom's Metropolitan Police Service executed additional search warrants and arrested five people for their alleged role in the attacks, the FBI said in a statement Thursday.",
"A group calling itself \"Anonymous\" has claimed responsibility for the attacks, the FBI said.",
"The attacks were allegedly carried out by people who are active supporters of WikiLeaks, but are not affiliated with the website, a federal law enforcement source said.",
"Late last year, the group launched take-down campaigns against organizations that have shunned the site WikiLeaks.",
"Under the banner \"Operation Payback,\" the Anonymous group successfully crashed MasterCard.com and strained the websites of Visa and PayPal.",
"Anonymous allegedly makes its attacks not through hacking, but merely by directing a giant traffic surge to the targeted website.",
"That's called a DDoS attack, short for distributed denial-of-service -- and it's hard for most websites to defend against.",
"\"The attacks were facilitated by software tools the group makes available for free download on the internet,\" the FBI said in a statement.",
"Facilitating or conducting such attacks is illegal and punishable by up to 10 years in prison, the FBI said.",
"CNNMoney's Julianne Pepitone contributed to this report."
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"The alleged attackers are part of a group that calls itself \"Anonymous,\" the FBI says .",
"Source: The attacks were allegedly carried about by active supporters of WikiLeaks .",
"The group makes tools available online to flood websites with traffic, the FBI alleges ."
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"(CNN) -- Aid is getting to Haiti but it's not as simple as getting a direct flight to the quake-battered nation.",
"CNN followed one aid container from the headquarters of ShelterBox in Cornwall, England, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to see the hurdles aid groups face.",
"Minutes after the earthquake struck on January 12, the ShelterBox crew sprang into action.",
"The international disaster relief organization is the brainchild of Tom Henderson, who was recognized as a CNN Hero in 2008.",
"\"If you've lost everything as they have in Haiti, it's all about shelter, warmth, comfort and dignity,\" says Henderson.",
"\"That's what ShelterBox is.\" A ShelterBox container -- containing relief supplies including a 10-person tent, water and blankets -- is designed to be easily carried by two people and stackable for easy storage.",
"To get to Haiti from Cornwall, the box went on four flights and one overland trip over five days before being distributed to a mother and her newborn baby.",
"Once in the Dominican Republic -- Haiti's neighbor -- there were delays because of security concerns and a national holiday that meant local help was limited.",
"The ShelterBox was one of 720 boxes eventually loaded into a four truck convoy in Santa Domingo for a U.N.-escorted drive to Haiti.",
"The drive from Santo Domingo to the Haiti border took about 11 hours because of poor roads and a puncture.",
"Twelve ShelterBoxes are being used to build an emergency field hospital at the airport, said Mark Pearson who is in Haiti for the charity.",
"Each ShelterBox contains individual survival equipment like water carriers, a tool kit and a children's pack containing drawing books, crayons and pens.",
"By February 1, Shelterbox hopes to have more than 7,000 boxes in Haiti, housing up to 70,000 people.",
"But Henderson acknowledges there is much more to be done.",
"\"There are thousands of people dying every day.",
"That's what drives us forward.",
"This is not a job for us. It's a passion.\" Want to get involved?",
"Check out ShelterBox's Web site and see how to help."
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"A ShelterBox aid box sent from England takes five days to reach Haiti .",
"It went via Ireland, Canada, the U.S. and Dominican Republic .",
"Box contents include tent, water, school kits and blankets ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan would be funded into early 2009 under a compromise plan approved Thursday by the U.S. House.",
"The bill includes $165 billion to fund the wars in Afghanistan, above, and Iraq.",
"The $165 billion measure puts no restrictions on money the Bush administration had requested to continue bankrolling the wars but includes money for key domestic priorities for House Democrats, namely more unemployment assistance for people who lose their jobs and an expansion of the G.I.",
"Bill. The plan also includes more than $2 billion for disaster assistance for areas in the Midwest dealing with massive flooding.",
"A first vote, on the war funding, was approved 268-155.",
"A second vote on the domestic money passed 416-12.",
"President Bush and many congressional Republicans had resisted extending unemployment benefits, but the compromise bill includes another 13 weeks of assistance.",
"Democrats had been pushing for extending benefits to laid-off workers as unemployment rates continue to rise.",
"Democrats also got Republican support for a college scholarships program for U.S. troops, known as a \"new G.I.",
"bill.\" This program expands educational benefits for veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan to pay for full four-year scholarships.",
"House Democratic and Republican leaders reached an agreement on the plan Wednesday, and Bush administration officials said they were satisfied with the compromise.",
"Anti-war protesters in the House gallery shouted and chanted briefly during the vote, tossing what appeared to be slips of paper onto the House floor.",
"They were removed from the gallery without incident.",
"The two bills approved Thursday will be combined and sent to the Senate for approval as one measure."
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"$165 billion measure puts no restrictions on war-money Bush requested .",
"Measure pays for wars in Iraq, Afghanistan through early next year .",
"Also attached are unemployment assistance and expanded GI Bill .",
"Measure includes more than $2 billion to help flood-stricken Midwest ."
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"English Premier League club Liverpool have agreed a $36 million deal with Ajax for Uruguay striker Luis Suarez.",
"Liverpool have been haggling with the Dutch outfit over the fee for several days but both announced on their websites that negotiations had proven successful on Friday.",
"The Reds have now been given permission to discuss personal terms with Suarez and will aim to complete the transfer before the European transfer window closes on January 31.",
"Liverpool reject Chelsea's bid for Fernando Torres .",
"A statement on the official Ajax website read: \"Ajax and Liverpool have reached an agreement over the transfer of Luis Suarez.",
"\"He will make the move to the English club immediately.",
"The deal is worth up to a total of €26.5 million ($36 million).\"",
"Suarez hasn't played a league game for Ajax since November last year after he was banned for seven matches for biting an opponent.",
"The 24-year-old was infamously sent off during the World Cup quarterfinal against Ghana in July after saving a goal-bound attempt with his hands.",
"His switch would mark the first signing Kenny Dalglish has made since he returned to Liverpool as manager.",
"The Scot previously won eight league titles as a Reds player and manager.",
"Liverpool posted a statement on their website that read: \"Liverpool Football Club announced this afternoon that they had agreed a fee of up to €26.5 million ($36 million) with Ajax for the transfer of Luis Suarez, subject to the completion of a medical.",
"\"The club have now been given permission by Ajax to discuss personal terms with the player and his representatives.\"",
"The deal comes on the same day Liverpool revealed they had turned down a multi-million dollar offer from Chelsea for Spain striker Fernando Torres."
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"English Premier League club Liverpool agree a deal with Ajax to sign Luis Suarez .",
"Fee for the 24-year-old Uruguay striker is $36 million .",
"Suarez will now discuss personal terms with Liverpool ."
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"(CNN) -- South African rugby union stars Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson are free to play again after their bans for testing positive for a prohibited stimulant were scrapped.",
"The pair were charged after South Africa's test match against Ireland in Dublin back in November 2010 after testing positive for a substance known as methylhexaneamine (MHA).",
"Ralepelle and Basson were immediately banned from rugby and sent home from the tour.",
"The supplement was supplied to them by the South African medical team.",
"But at a hearing in Cape Town, their advocate Attie Heyns successfully challenged the ban on the basis that MHA had been downgraded by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).",
"Ralepelle told the official South African Rugby Union (SARU) website: \"Finally the facts are out there and people can see that we were not guilty and are not doping cheats,\" he said.",
"\"We were only doing what the large majority of professional rugby players around the world do by using a supplement.",
"\"Bjorn and I were the unlucky ones to be tested on the day and to have had to go through the trauma of the past two-and-a-half months.",
"We're both now just looking forward to playing again and closing this chapter once and for all.\"",
"The South African team, known as the Springboks, has now changed its approach to supplements and will not be issuing any to team members.",
"The chief executive of SARU Jurie Roux added: \"This verdict completely quashes any idea that either the players or the team were guilty of any attempt to cheat.",
"No responsibility attaches to the players at all.",
"\"The banned stimulant was in a supplement given to the players in the warm-up before the test against Ireland and is a product that has been used by the Springboks before -- without any adverse analytical findings -- and is used by other professional and national teams in both hemispheres.",
"\"That the players subsequently tested positive for a banned stimulant was an enormous shock to the Springbok team, management and to SARU and I am most sorry that the players have had to endure the stress and stigma attached to a failed dope test.",
"\"Hopefully this verdict will have laid to rest any idea of any wrong doing on their part.\""
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"Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson free to play rugby for South Africa again .",
"Pair have their bans for testing positive for a banned stimulant quashed .",
"The supplement was given to them by the South African team's medical department .",
"Ralepelle says he is pleased the case is over and that he has been cleared ."
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"(CNN) -- A man has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Michigan women, including a mother who went missing shortly after her children left on the bus for school, authorities said.",
"Investigators found the bodies of Amy Henslee, 30, and Tonya Howarth, 36, Friday morning.",
"They had been buried and appeared to have died after receiving multiple gunshot wounds, Van Buren County Prosecuting Attorney Juris Kaps told reporters.",
"Henslee's husband told police she was missing Monday, prompting a police investigation in Hartford Township, Michigan.",
"Authorities arrested an acquaintance of both women identified as Junior Lee Beebe, Kaps said.",
"Beebe, 34, is also Henslee's husband's cousin, Kaps said.",
"Beebe faces murder charges in connection with both deaths, Kaps said.",
"Amy Henslee was last seen in Hartford Township at 7:30 a.m. Monday, about 10 minutes after her two children, ages 8 and 10, hopped on a bus for school.",
"At 10 a.m., her husband telephoned -- as he does every weekday -- but didn't get a response, according to police.",
"After more unanswered calls, James Henslee left work for home to look for his wife.",
"After finding the front door locked, he went in through an unopened back door and couldn't locate her."
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"Police say that the mother of two left the home with only her coat and shoes .",
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"Editor's note: A renowned chef and restaurateur, Scottish-born Gordon Ramsay is perhaps best known in the United States for his television show \"Hell's Kitchen.\"",
"He writes here about witnessing domestic abuse as a child and what he's doing now to make sure others don't witness the same.",
"He will appear on \"Larry King Live\" tonight at 9 ET.",
"Chef Gordon Ramsay writes of seeing his father abuse his mother; today Ramsay fights domestic abuse.",
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- No child should ever have to live in fear in their own home.",
"A home should be a place where you feel safe and loved; when I was a kid, our home was anything but that.",
"Growing up, my father was less than a perfect role model.",
"I watched how he battled alcoholism and how he became terribly violent with my mum, to the point where she feared for her life.",
"Every time he got violent, any present that my brother, sisters, or I had given mum would be smashed, simply because he knew it belonged to her.",
"There were instances when the police were called to take him away; mum was taken to the hospital while we kids were taken to a children's home.",
"As kids, my brother, sisters and I moved around to more homes and schools than I can remember.",
"Dad would often have a fallout with someone at work and get fired, and because our home often came with his job, we would become homeless and have to move again.",
"To this day, I will never understand why mum stayed with him.",
"She deserved so much better and so much more; it still pains me to remember how badly he treated her.",
"I have four young children of my own, and I could never see myself behaving the way my father did when I was a child.",
"I want to be a role model for my children and have them look up to me.",
"With that said, my wife, Tana, and I are proud to be ambassadors of Women's Aid, a national charity in England working to end domestic violence against women and children.",
"Women's Aid helps more than 320,000 women and children every year.",
"It also supports more than 500 domestic and sexual violence services across England.",
"Domestic violence is not identified solely by violent physical abuse; instead, it is defined as physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or emotional violence that takes place in a relationship, intimate or family-oriented.",
"Eventually, this develops into a pattern of coercive and controlling behavior.",
"The statistics are staggering: 1 in 4 women in the UK experience domestic violence in their lifetime, and between 6-10 percent of women suffer from domestic violence in a given year.",
"The problem is, less than half of these incidents are reported to the police.",
"And even still, a phone call is made to the police every single minute in the UK to report a case of domestic violence.",
"That means police receive an estimated 1,300 calls each day and more than 570,000 each year, according to Women's Aid.",
"I encourage everyone to help take a stand against domestic violence.",
"My wife, Tana, and I ran the London Marathon for Women's Aid for the past two years.",
"As ambassadors, we are pleased to say that we have received more than £5,000 in donations from friends, well-wishers and supporters of the charity.",
"Just last week, Tana and I hosted a fundraising dinner and auction for Women's Aid in Berkeley Square in London, which helped raise more than £475,000, more than double our original target for the evening.",
"My father passed away in 1997 after a long battle with alcoholism.",
"These days, my mum is still my biggest supporter -- she remains there by my side through everything, and for that, I am forever grateful.",
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"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A young, female suicide bomber was behind a blast in Pakistan that killed at least 46 people and injured 105 others at a food distribution point, an official said Sunday.",
"Zakir Hussain Afridi, the top government official in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, said that the preliminary investigation into the explosion shows that a girl between the ages of 16 and 18 blew herself up.",
"The determination was made from remains of the bomber that were recovered.",
"The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturday's blast in that Asian nation's tribal region.",
"Azam Tariq, the central spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, told CNN in a phone call that it targeted people who had formed what he called a pro-government and anti-Taliban group.",
"The blast took place about 600 meters from a U.N. World Food Programme distribution point at a security checkpoint in Khar, according to Amjad Jamal, a spokesman for the agency.",
"He said that more than 300 people were going through a security screening to get food and other items at the time of the explosion.",
"Khar is the headquarters of Bajaur Agency, one of the seven districts of Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan.",
"Jamal said that those who had been internally displaced during military efforts in Bajaur Agency get a month's supply of food and other goods.",
"Afridi said that the suicide bomber was in a burqa, a traditional full-body covering worn by some Muslim women.",
"He said she was stopped for a security check at a checkpoint, where she detonated herself.",
"The official said it was the first instance of a female suicide bomber in Pakistan that he could recall, though various international news groups have reported at least one previous case of a female suicide bomber in the country.",
"The New York Times reported a woman detonated explosives in Peshawar in 2007, killing herself.",
"The Pakistani Taliban denied that the bomber was a woman.",
"\"We have thousands of male suicide bombers ready who are keenly waiting for their turns.",
"Then why would we use a woman, which is against the traditions of Islam?\"",
"the Pakistani Taliban's Azam Tariq said.",
"Jamal said all staff members of the World Food Programme and its partner organizations are safe, but added that all four of the program's food distribution points in Bajaur Agency have been temporarily closed for security reasons.",
"Still, the U.N. agency will continue to provide services elsewhere in the country, Jamal said.",
"U.S. President Barack Obama issued a statement condemning Saturday's \"outrageous terrorist attack,\" which he called \"an affront to the people of Pakistan and to all humanity.\"",
"\"The United States stands with the people of Pakistan in this difficult time, and will strongly support Pakistan's efforts to ensure greater peace, security and justice for its people,\" Obama said.",
"The blast took place a day after about 150 militants fired at five security checkpoints in Mohmand Agency -- another of the seven districts in Pakistan's volatile tribal region along the Afghan border -- killing 11 soldiers.",
"Security forces later killed 40 militants who were among the group, authorities said Saturday.",
"The security forces pounded militant hideouts in Mohmand Agency with helicopter gunships, said Maqsood Amin, a senior government official in the area.",
"Twenty-four militants were killed during retaliation Friday while 16 were targeted Saturday.",
"CNN's Chris Lawrence contributed to this report."
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"President Obama says the \"outrageous attack\" is \"an affront ... to all humanity\"\nThe Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for the blast, which killed at least 46 people .",
"A U.N. spokesman says more than 300 people were going through security to get food ."
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"LONDON, England (CNN) -- \"This is an event in world history,\" is how Hollywood producer Avi Lerner hyperbolically proclaimed the news that Robert De Niro and Al Pacino were to star in his new film.",
"De Niro and Al Pacino in a scene from their new movie \"Righteous Kill,\" out this fall.",
"Lerner can, perhaps, be forgiven for getting a little carried away.",
"After all, it's not every day these two Hollywood greats appear together on screen.",
"Lerner is fully aware that by getting De Niro and Pacino to pair up in his latest venture \"Righteous Kill,\" he has hit movie paydirt.",
"\"They were in two scenes in 'Heat.'",
"In this movie, they are in the whole thing together,\" he tells Variety magazine.",
"The pairing of heavyweight actors Pacino and Tribeca film festival founder De Niro is something which has tantalized film fans since their separate scenes in \"The Godfather Part II\" -- 34 years ago.",
"With 115 films and three Oscars between them, the two stars first acted together in the 1995 thriller \"Heat,\" albeit very briefly in two unrehearsed scenes.",
"So \"Righteous Kill\" is something of a coup for Hollywood director and producer Jon Avnet, who made 1996's \"Up Close and Personal\" and 1991's \"Fried Green Tomatoes.\"",
"The longtime friends will star as two veteran New York City detectives on the hunt for a vigilante who may be one of their own.",
"It is prime De Niro/Pacino territory, as Lerner acknowledges in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times.",
"He says: \"They're playing New York City detectives; they are as New York as it gets.",
"De Niro and Pacino the way you want to see them.\"",
"\"They're both very opaque,\" he adds.",
"\"You don't know whether they're going to kiss someone or kill them.",
"And that suspense is what makes their performances so intense in the moment.\"",
"\"Righteous Kill\" is a remake of a hit French thriller, \"36 Quai des Orfèvres\" -- the address of the French CID in Paris -- which also saw the pairing of Gallic cinema kings Gerard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil.",
"De Niro, 67, said the film, to be released in September, came about because of their longstanding friendship and a desire to work on a longer project together.",
"\"We are old friends, and he is a terrific person and great to work with and that was it you know, it was great,\" he told CNN's \"The Screening Room\" at the opening of the Tribeca film festival in New York.",
"\"Because the other movie that we did, we had one great scene.",
"I loved the scene we had where we meet in the restaurant and then the end of the movie.",
"\"And 'Godfather' we were in the same movie but two different time periods, so we are in a movie now where we actually work a lot together.\"",
"Pacino, who recently turned 68, says their friendship enhances the acting experience.",
"\"I love Bob, so it's fun,\" he told Entertainment Weekly.",
"\"I've known him since I was a little boy.",
"Bob wisely didn't want to rehearse our first scene together, on 'Heat.'",
"And I'm glad he didn't. There's a comfort level that's very important.",
"\"You can rehearse till the cows come home but that comfort level is what it's about.\"",
"Although the prospect of seeing Hollywood icons such as De Niro and Pacino on screen is one to savor for many fans, some have questioned whether this new film will be anything to write home about, based on the quality of their recent output.",
"The two acting legends have come under fire for making questionable \"payday\" movie choices like Pacino's critically panned \"88 Minutes\" -- also produced by Lerner and directed by Avnet.",
"Reviews for De Niro in films like \"Analyze That,\" \"Hide and Seek\" and \"Godsend\" have been similarly scathing.",
"Some argue, perhaps unfairly, that their body of work has become so polluted by poor choices, that many have forgotten what made them so great in the first place.",
"Perhaps this is what prompted long time collaborator Francis Ford Coppola, who directed Pacino and De Niro in \"The Godfather\" trilogy, to accuse them, along with Jack Nicholson, of lacking ambition and passion.",
"Coppola was quoted in GQ magazine last year as saying: \"I don't feel that kind of passion to do a role and be great coming from those guys, because if it was there, they would do it!",
"I mean, they're all in a position to do it.\"",
"Coppola later told reporters during the Rome Film Festival that the comments were \"obviously bent out of shape\" by the magazine.",
"\"I was astonished because it wasn't true,\" he said.",
"\"I have nothing but respect and admiration for the actors.",
"These are the three greatest actors in the world today, and they are my friends.\"",
"However, his supposed views obviously struck a chord with others.",
"In March, De Niro came top in a poll by the online edition of Entertainment Weekly to find \"the most shameless pay check role.\"",
"He won for agreeing to play Fearless Leader in The Adventures Of Rocky and Bulwinkle in 2000.",
"While Los Angeles Times, film critic Patrick Goldstein accused the pair of \"becoming parodies of themselves, making payday movies that are hollow echoes of the electrically charged work they did on such films as 'Serpico,' 'Dog Day Afternoon,' 'Mean Streets' and 'Taxi Driver.'",
"\" He added: \"If anyone has made more movies for the money than Pacino, it would be De Niro, who has largely abandoned serious dramatic work for a spate of forgettable horror and crime thrillers.\"",
"Between them Pacino and De Niro have starred in some of best films ever made, and as they approach their 70s, it would be fair to say they have earned the right to slum it a little.",
"And as Ryan Gilbey of the Guardian newspaper puts it: \"Don't we all find the armchair that bit comfier as the years go by?",
"\"Why should De Niro be any different just because he made his name as one of the most visceral and searching of screen performers?\"",
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"TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNN) -- Honduran soldiers shot out the tires of buses headed for a demonstration in support of ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya, a video obtained by CNN shows.",
"This image from a cell phone video shows Honduran soldiers shooting out the tires of a bus.",
"The video, believed shot within the past two days, shows a line of buses stopped on a road in what is reported to be the city of Limones.",
"The city is about 70 miles (112 kilometers) northeast of the capital, Tegucigalpa.",
"A noisy, chaotic crowd is milling around the buses while soldiers move among them.",
"Some slight pushing can be seen.",
"\"The people united can never be defeated,\" many crowd members chant in unison.",
"Gunfire is heard and the crowd grows quieter.",
"More shots are heard and then the video shows soldiers shooting out the tires on a yellow bus.",
"Air hissing from a tire can be heard and the video shows a flattened tire.",
"Watch the soldiers shoot the tires » .",
"The recording was made on a phone camera by Zelaya supporter Oscar Baron and made available to CNN.",
"Another video of the same incident was posted on the Youtube Internet site Thursday under the title \"Golpe de estado en Honduras\" (Coup in Honduras).",
"CNN reporters in Honduras have received reports from Zelaya supporters who say troops have stopped buses bringing protesters from the countryside to prevent them from attending rallies in Tegucigalpa.",
"Honduran military officials said they were unaware of any such incidents.",
"\"I have not been informed of this incident.",
"I cannot confirm or deny it,\" Honduran Army spokesman Col. Ramiro Archaga told CNN by phone.",
"The military's main job is to protect the nation's borders, Archaga said, \"not guaranteeing internal security.\"",
"Hector Ivan Mejia, spokesman for the Security Ministry, said he had no information of buses being fired upon.",
"\"Protesters will be arrested for vandalic acts but they will not simply be stopped on their way to protests,\" Mejia said.",
"The military removed Zelaya from power Sunday and flew him to nearby Costa Rica.",
"Congressional leader Roberto Micheletti was sworn in that afternoon as interim president.",
"Pro-Zelaya protesters have skirmished with troops in some parts of Tegucigalpa, but the incidents have received little mention from Honduran TV stations.",
"Instead, the stations have given wide coverage to large demonstrations in support of Micheletti.",
"The United Nations and the Organization of American States have condemned the coup and demanded that Zelaya be reinstated.",
"The United States and most countries in Latin America also have criticized the coup.",
"The United States and the World Bank have suspended some aid and many nations have recalled their ambassadors from Honduras.",
"In an emergency meeting late Tuesday, the OAS gave Honduras 72 hours to reinstate Zelaya or face suspension from the 35-nation hemispheric organization.",
"That deadline expires Saturday and the OAS has scheduled a 1 p.m. meeting to discuss the situation.",
"OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza arrived Friday afternoon in Honduras to notify \"stakeholders\" of the terms of the resolution, the organization said.",
"Zelaya, a leftist who took office in 2006, has said he will return to Honduras after Saturday's deadline.",
"Micheletti said Zelaya would be arrested if he returns.",
"At the center of the dispute was a referendum Zelaya had vowed to carry out even after the country's supreme court and congress found it illegal.",
"The nonbinding referendum could have led to the creation of a constitutional assembly to modify the country's charter to allow the president to run for re-election.",
"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a Zelaya ally, won a similar referendum this year and many Hondurans thought Zelaya was trying to maneuver a way to seek re-election in November.",
"Zelaya has denied that was his intent.",
"Zelaya narrowly won the presidency in 2005 with 49.8 percent of the vote to 46.1 percent for Porfirio \"Pepe\" Lobo.",
"After 18 years of nearly uninterrupted military rule, Honduras returned to civilian control in 1981.",
"Since then, the military has not seemed interested in holding power in the nation of more than 7 million people, about 70 percent of whom live in poverty.",
"Military interventions were once common in Latin America, but civilian governments have held sway since the 1980s.",
"Before Sunday, the only other barracks revolt this decade was an unsuccessful 2002 coup attempt against Chavez, when the military displaced him but backed down days later and allowed his reinstatement.",
"CNN en Español's Krupskaia Alis and CNN's Karl Penhaul contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- As Natalie Portman and Darren Aronofsky's controversial ballet-horror film \"Black Swan\" rolls out internationally, CNN's arts and culture show icon steps into the world of pointe shoes and tutus.",
"Monita Rajpal travels to St Petersburg, where iconic figures such as Nureyev, Ballanchine and Baryshnikov honed their art.",
"The city is home to the famous Kirov Theatre and its lesser known rival the Mikhailovsky.",
"And its here that a Russian Revolution is taking place as the renowned Spanish choreographer becomes the first non-Russian for more than a century to take command of a major Russian ballet company.",
"He says he plans to brush the cobwebs off the old masters and drag Russian ballet into the 21st century.",
"London is the home of the Royal Ballet and the famous ballet shoe manufacturer \"Freed of London\" which supplies 250,000 pairs of pointe shoes each year to ballet companies across the world.",
"icon explores the relationship between shoe maker and ballerina in the company of one of the Royal's principal dancers.",
"George Ballanchine left St Petersburg to join Diaghalev's famous Ballets Russes in France, but ended up in the U.S. where he formed the New York City Ballet and created scores of new works which have themselves become classics.",
"Ballanchine himself appointed the brilliant Danish dancer and choreographer Peter Martins, who became the company's Chief Ballet Master.",
"Martins guides us through the development of one of the world's most iconic ballet companies.",
"Watch the show at the times (GMT) below: .",
"Thursday 27 January: 1230, 1830 .",
"Saturday 29 January: 0730, 1600, 2330, 0430 .",
"Sunday 30 January: 0830,1930 ."
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"Icon is guided through the New York City Ballet by the company's Chief Ballet Master ."
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"(CNN) -- A program on Iran's government-backed Press TV recently took a woman convicted of adultery and murder back to her home in Osku \"to produce a visual account\" of the death of her husband \"at the crime scene.\"",
"Press TV posted a story on its website early Friday morning explaining that the program \"Iran Today,\" which will air Friday night, would include interviews with -- among others -- Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who was sentenced to be stoned to death.",
"Press TV's release of still photographs of Ashtiani and her son from the interview, which took place on Sunday, fueled some speculation that they had been released, but there was no evidence or confirmation to support that conjecture.",
"In a clip from the program that aired late Thursday, Ashtiani confesses to plotting to kill her husband.",
"Her family, however, has denied she was involved in her husband's death.",
"Ashtiani was convicted of adultery in 2006 and sentenced to death by stoning.",
"She became the subject of enormous international outcry over the summer when her sentence became public knowledge.",
"Officials ranging from Pope Benedict XVI to the European Union's top foreign policy official, Catherine Ashton, urged Iran not to carry out the sentence.",
"Two German journalists who interviewed Ashtiani were arrested in October and charged with espionage.",
"He son and lawyer also were arrested, but it was not clear on what charges.",
"CNN's Azadeh Ansari and Mitra Mobasherat contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Press TV took Ashtiani to her home for a re-enactment of her husband's death .",
"NEW: Ashtiani confesses she \"made a plot to kill my husband\" in the interview .",
"NEW: The release of photographs fueled conjecture she had been released ."
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"(CNN) -- Top seed and world number one Rafael Nadal of Spain has been knocked out of the Australian Open by compatriot and \"friend\" David Ferrer.",
"Hampered by a thigh strain from the start of Wednesday's quarterfinal, the nine-time grand slam champion was visibly suffering as he went down 6-4 6-2 6-3 at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena to his Davis Cup teammate.",
"Ferrer's triumph -- his fourth over Nadal from 15 encounters -- will now see the 28-year-old play in just his second grand slam semifinal, following his appearance in the last four of the U.S. Open in 2007.",
"The world number seven will face Britain's Andy Murray for a place in the final of the opening grand slam of 2011, after the world number five beat unseeded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in the earlier match.",
"Top 10 moments of the Australian Open first week .",
"The result also means the end to 24-year-old Nadal's quest to become the first man since Australia's Rod Laver in 1969, to win four consecutive grand slam titles.",
"Nadal was clearly affected by a thigh problem during the match but, despite receiving off-court treatment after just the third game, refused to blame the loss on his injury.",
"The Mallorcan was instead full of praise for his opponent, who broke serve in the opening game on his way to taking the first set, when his spoke to reporters after the match.",
"\"For respect to the winner and to a friend, I prefer to talk about the match,\" Nadal said.",
"\"It is obvious that I didn't feel at my best.",
"I had a problem during the match, at the very beginning.",
"I really couldn't do more than what I did. He played at a very high level, and I wasn't able to compete against him tonight.\"",
"Nadal showed flashes of his usual brilliance but any chance of a comeback in the second set was suppressed by Ferrer, who after a 10-minute break in proceedings for an Australia Day fireworks display, secured a double break of serve to lead the match by two sets to love.",
"Ferrer then raced to a 3-0 lead in what was to be the third and final set, before wrapping up the ultimately one-sided contest in just over two and a half hours.",
"\"I just congratulate him and wish him all the best for the semifinal.",
"I think he's doing a fantastic tournament,\" Nadal added.",
"\"If he keeps playing like this, he's going to have a good chance.\"",
"But Ferrer, who is unbeaten so far this season having won the Australian Open warm-up tournament in Auckland, New Zealand, said he could not be complacent if he wants to beat the in-form Murray.",
"\"I played very consistently all the three sets and I was focused just in my game.",
"I want to enjoy this moment,\" Ferrer told the official ATP Tour website.",
"\"I will try to do my best, but I need to play very consistently, stay very focused all the match, because Andy's a top player.\"",
"Clijsters faces Zvonareva rematch in Australian Open semifinals .",
"Murray dropped his first set of the tournament so far to world number 46 Dolgopolov, before eventually winning 7-5 6-3 6-7 6-3.",
"The 22-year-old Dolgopolov has been a revelation in Australia, defeating 2008 runner-up Jo Wilfred Tsonga and two-time French Open finalist Robin Soderling on the way to his first grand slam quarterfinal.",
"\"I thought I dealt with his game well.",
"It was just difficult to get into a rhythm.",
"I did quite a lot of running,\" Murray said.",
"\"He won a lot of free points off his first serve.",
"It was a tough match.",
"I thought I dealt with it pretty well.\"",
"Murray is aiming to reach his second consecutive final in Melbourne after losing to Roger Federer in 2010, and the third grand slam final of his career after also facing the Swiss in the 2008 U.S. Open final.",
"But the 23-year-old, who is also trying to become the first Briton to win a major title since Fred Perry in 1936, conceded that his quarterfinal opponent could prove a threat to him in future competitions.",
"\"With his game style, he's going to give a lot of guys problems.",
"He might be a little bit inconsistent from time to time but when his game's on, I'm sure he'll get deep into grand slams and the big tournaments just because of how tricky his game is,\" the Scot added.",
"In the other semifinal defending champion Roger Federer will play third seed Novak Djokovic, after both made it through their quarterfinal ties on Thursday.",
"World number two Federer is aiming to claim his 17th grand slam title, while the 23-year-old Serb is gunning for his second after winning in Australia in 2008."
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"Ends world No.",
"1's hopes of winning his fourth consecutive grand slam title .",
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"Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic to contest other semi after wins on Tuesday ."
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"(CNN) -- Federal authorities have identified a suspect in the armed robberies of 10 banks in four states, crediting surveillance photos they posted on electronic billboards throughout the South.",
"The FBI says this surveillance image shows Chad Schaffner, who they say robbed at least 10 banks this year.",
"Chad E. Schaffner, who was released from Indiana's prison system last year following an armed robbery conviction, was identified as the man on the billboards, making him a suspect in the robberies in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, the FBI said Thursday.",
"Schaffner may have been in the Morristown, Tennessee, area this week, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court.",
"A woman believed to have had a brief relationship with him alleges he was in her Morristown-area apartment and threatened to kill her children if she told authorities he was there, an FBI special agent says in the complaint.",
"The FBI posted photos of the robberies, occurring from May to last week, on electronic billboards in eight Southern states, in part because the robber made no apparent attempt to cover his face.",
"Surveillance images showed a man with tattooed arms, close-cropped hair and a goatee pointing a pistol.",
"The FBI posted the images as part of a partnership with owners of electronic billboards.",
"\"This case is an emblematic example of the importance of public/private sector alliances in bringing criminals to justice in today's information age,\" Richard Lambert, special agent in charge of the FBI's Knoxville, Tennessee, division, said in a news release Thursday.",
"No one was hurt in the robberies, but Schaffner, who turns 37 on Monday, should be considered armed and dangerous, the FBI said.",
"\"This guy has made no effort to hide the gun,\" FBI agent Kevin Keithley said earlier this week, before Schaffner was named a suspect.",
"\"He has threatened the use of it in every bank robbery he has committed.",
"He has put the gun in the faces of tellers, threatened to use the gun against them.\"",
"Schaffner is white and about 6 feet tall, weighs 200 pounds, and has brown hair, brown eyes and tattoos on his forearms, the FBI said.",
"He may be driving a black 1994 GMC Jimmy pickup truck with Tennessee license plate 360 WLN or a red 1994 Chevrolet S10 pickup with South Carolina license plate EVE 177, according to the FBI.",
"Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call the FBI or local law enforcement, the FBI said.",
"The last two bank robberies happened in Morristown and Jefferson City, Tennessee, on August 18.",
"On Tuesday -- a day after the billboards started showing images of the robberies -- a man told the FBI that Schaffner was in the Morristown area at the time of the last two holdups, according to the complaint filed in court.",
"The man said he'd known Schaffner for about two months, the complaint says.",
"FBI agents also twice interviewed the Morristown-area woman this week, having heard she'd had a two-week relationship with Schaffner, according to the complaint.",
"During the first interview, she told agents outside her apartment that she didn't know him, the complaint says.",
"The next day, she told authorities that she did know Schaffner, and that he had been in her apartment with her children while she talked with the agents outside, the complaint says.",
"She said he threatened to kill the children if she told the agents about him, according to the complaint.",
"She told authorities that after the agents left, Schaffner left the area in a vehicle, according to the complaint.",
"A warrant was issued Thursday for Schaffner's arrest.",
"He has been charged in U.S. District Court in Tennessee's eastern district with two counts of bank robbery and two counts of use of a firearm during a bank robbery.",
"Schaffner was released from an Indiana prison in December, the FBI said.",
"He was convicted of armed robbery in Indianapolis, Indiana, and sentenced in June 2008.",
"He has several other convictions in Indiana, including for burglary, armed robbery, resisting law enforcement and purchase of a handgun without a license, according to the Indiana Department of Correction."
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"Identification came after surveillance images posted on billboards in the South .",
"FBI: Woman alleges Schaffner threatened to kill her children in Tennessee .",
"Surveillance images from robberies show man with no mask ."
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"(Health.com) -- Electroshock therapy today bears little resemblance to its lurid depictions in Hollywood dramas like \"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.\"",
"For decades psychiatrists have used shock therapy to treat cases of depression that haven't been helped by antidepressant medications, and in recent years the treatment -- now known as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) -- has experienced something of a revival.",
"Roughly 100,000 people in the U.S. now receive it each year.",
"The future of ECT is in doubt, however.",
"On Thursday, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel will meet to consider whether the machines used in ECT should be more tightly regulated than they are now.",
"If the advisory panel votes for more oversight -- and if the FDA follows the panel's advice, as it usually does -- some experts fear that access to the treatment will be curtailed.",
"Health.com: Hysteria, demons, and more: depression throughout history .",
"ECT machines are currently in a strictly controlled category of medical devices that includes pacemakers and prosthetic joints.",
"As with prescription drugs, devices in this class must be approved by the FDA before they can be used on patients.",
"But because ECT devices were already in use when the FDA put those rules in place about 35 years ago, they were exempted from the approval process.",
"The FDA is now revisiting the status of the devices.",
"The agency can leave ECT devices in their current class and require manufacturers to provide evidence of safety and effectiveness, which may entail new clinical trials and could temporarily limit the devices' use.",
"Or it can rely on existing evidence and reclassify the devices to a less restrictive category that includes ultrasound machines, motorized wheelchairs, and contact-lens solution.",
"That option would give ECT devices a pass and ensure that they remain available to doctors.",
"The impending FDA action has reawakened the debate surrounding this controversial treatment for depression and other mental disorders.",
"More than 1,500 organizations and individuals have filed formal comments with the FDA.",
"Health.com: 10 things to say (and not say) to someone with depression .",
"The American Psychiatric Association (APA) and scores of individual psychiatrists have expressed support for permanently easing the restrictions on ECT devices, because they worry that manufacturers of ECT devices may lack the funds, time, or motivation to meet new FDA requirements (by conducting new research, for instance).",
"\"It may be a major disaster,\" says Max Fink, MD, a professor emeritus of psychiatry and neurology at Stony Brook University Medical Center, in New York, who researched and performed ECT for 45 years.",
"\"If they want an extensive review of safety and efficacy, that means somebody has to pay for it.",
"It becomes a very expensive proposition and there is nobody to do it unless the government supports it.",
"The manufacturers are all small companies in the U.S.",
"There's no General Electric for ECT devices.\"",
"On the other side, patients' rights organizations and advocacy groups such as the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) have urged the FDA not to hastily reclassify ECT devices.",
"Those groups argue that the treatment and the potential side effects -- such as memory loss and brain damage -- are serious enough to merit a thorough review.",
"Health.com: 7 types of therapy that can help depression .",
"And for good measure, the Church of Scientology and related anti-psychiatry groups have joined the fray, calling for an outright ban on ECT and flooding the FDA with comments that call the treatment \"barbaric,\" \"evil,\" and \"criminal.\"",
"The evolution of shock therapy .",
"ECT was first used on a human patient in Italy in 1938, after preliminary experiments in dogs and pigs.",
"The treatment involves delivering electric currents to the brain in order to induce a seizure, which, in turn, seems to alleviate depression.",
"(No one knows exactly how ECT works.)",
"Early ECT treatments were more primitive than those used today, and in some cases they did cause harm to patients, including memory loss, burns from the electrodes placed on the patient's skull, and bone fractures resulting from violent muscle contractions during the seizure.",
"These grisly scenes are now a thing of the past, advocates of the treatment say, thanks to improvements in devices and protocols.",
"\"We have not had an injury of any kind from ECT in years,\" Dr. Fink says.",
"An ECT session generally lasts no more than 10 to 20 minutes, and the bulk of that time is spent waiting for the general anesthesia to kick in and wear off.",
"The electrical current is on for a few seconds or less, and the seizure lasts for about 20 to 60 seconds, says D.P.",
"Devanand, MD, director of geriatric psychiatry at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York City.",
"Health.com: What ECT feels like .",
"The procedure is relatively drama-free.",
"General anesthesia tends to shorten the seizures, and doctors now give patients muscle relaxants that reduce spasms and even \"visible movement,\" says Dr. Devanand, who ran Columbia's ECT Service for 15 years.",
"The placement of the electrodes has also been refined, making ECT much safer, according to William Narrow, MD, the APA's associate director of research.",
"\"ECT does not cause brain damage,\" Dr. Devanand says.",
"\"Memory loss today is very limited in most cases, and the loss is patchy and primarily for events during and just before and following the ECT course.",
"So the patient may not remember one of the nurses on the ward but will recognize the other nurses.\"",
"The treatment is very effective in the short term, Dr.",
"Narrow says.",
"Roughly 80% to 95% of patients experience a full remission from their depression symptoms, he estimates, although some patients need repeat sessions to keep their severe depression from coming back.",
"And unlike antidepressants, which can take weeks to kick in, some patients start experiencing improvement after their first one or two ECT treatments.",
"Health.com: 10 surprising facts about antidepressants .",
"A charged debate .",
"In 2009, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which investigates and audits government agencies, urged the FDA to lift the grandfather clause that exempted ECT devices (and many other types of devices) from the FDA approval process.",
"Disability and mental health advocates welcomed this development as an opportunity for ECT to receive a long-overdue review of its safety and effectiveness.",
"If the devices are reclassified, on the other hand, \"the rigorous scientific safety investigation of these devices may never take place -- preventing patients from making informed choices about their treatment,\" the DBSA wrote in a 2009 letter to the FDA.",
"But the APA and other supporters of reclassification claim that ECT has been researched enough to address these concerns.",
"\"We have a growing body of evidence to support the fact that ECT is safe and effective,\" Dr.",
"\"We think it would be a waste of money and effort to go through a new application process, because the amount of research that's already been done in the past 30 years is so great.\"",
"Nancy Koenigsberg, the legal director of Disability Rights New Mexico, one of many independent statewide disability agencies that have lined up against the reclassification of ECT devices, questions the quality of the existing research.",
"\"There are concerns about who's done [the] studies and whether they are, in fact, appropriate scientific studies or whether they're pushed by the APA or pushed by manufacturers,\" Koenigsberg says.",
"\"We're calling into question...whether the studies are, in fact, unbiased studies.\"",
"The FDA's neurological devices advisory panel is scheduled to discuss ECT devices on January 27 and 28.",
"An official decision from the FDA will come later.",
"Copyright Health Magazine 2010 ."
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"Roughly 100,000 people in the U.S. now receive ECT each year .",
"FDA meeting to consider whether machines used in ECT should be more tightly regulated .",
"Critics say treatment and potential side effects are serious enough to merit review ."
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"(CNN) -- He has been captured by bank surveillance cameras in four states, sneering and holding a pistol sideways during heists.",
"The FBI is searching for this suspect, who they say has robbed at least 10 banks in the South.",
"Now authorities hope to catch the serial bank robber by plastering his image on electronic billboards throughout the South.",
"The FBI is searching for the suspect, who they say has robbed at least 10 banks in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.",
"The brazen bandit has been captured in surveillance footage sporting the same close-cropped hairstyle and goatee in many of the holdups.",
"He does not seem to make any effort to cover his face and sometimes is seen aiming a handgun sideways, showing his tattoos on both forearms as he gestures at bank employees.",
"\"It is uncommon to come in to a bank and show his face like he does,\" said FBI agent Kevin Keithley.",
"Watch how the FBI hunts bank robbers » .",
"The FBI has tracked the bank robber's path on a map that crisscrosses the southern United States.",
"The billboards that went up Monday roughly follow the path that the bank robber took, the FBI said.",
"The billboards are in Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, the FBI said in a statement.",
"His odyssey has spanned more than 600 miles north, from Charleston, South Carolina, to Louisville, Kentucky, and about 500 miles east, from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Edenton, North Carolina.",
"The robberies started in May and the most recent one was last week in Tennessee, Keithley said.",
"The suspect is described as white, about 25 years old, 5 feet 9 to 5 feet 11, 170 to 175 pounds.",
"He has short, reddish-brown hair and an unshaven goatee, the FBI said.",
"The suspect has not yet harmed anybody in the robberies but the FBI considers him extremely dangerous.",
"\"This guy has made no effort to hide the gun,\" Keithley said.",
"\"He has threatened the use of it in every bank robbery he has committed.",
"He has put the gun in the faces of tellers, threatened to use the gun against them.",
"So we want to get this guy in custody before he harms anyone.\"",
"In surveillance video of a robbery in Fletcher, North Carolina, the suspect is seen talking into a handheld radio, said an FBI official involved in the investigation.",
"In a South Carolina robbery, a wireless phone device is seen on his ear.",
"\"That prompted us to look at the prospect of another suspect out there helping him, and we continue to look for that angle but have no leads into that as of now,\" the FBI official said.",
"Authorities are also working with police agencies, corrections departments and others who use facial recognition technology, the official said, and are working with corrections departments on tattoo identifications, recorded by prisons in some states.",
"Since the national billboard program began in 2008, the billboards have been directly responsible for the apprehension of at least 20 fugitives, said Stephen Emmett, spokesman for the FBI's Atlanta office.",
"\"We try to reserve the billboards for the more mobile, more egregious, violent offenders, because we understand we're pulling resources away from a corporate entity, and we try not to take advantage of that,\" he said.",
"\"But they are a very valuable tool to law enforcement in these type of cases where the individual is highly mobile and very dangerous.\"",
"The bank robbery suspect has distinctive tattoos on his forearms, Emmett noted.",
"\"Somebody will recognize these tattoos.",
"Somebody will recognize this individual.",
"The remarkable thing about this serial bank robber is that he did not attempt whatsoever to disguise himself.",
"The photographs from these cases are very good, very detailed.",
"The public will know who this individual is.\"",
"He said his past experience, as well as statistics, show that \"there are addiction issues with the majority of these bank robbers, and that provides a bad additional ingredient to this bank robbery scenario.",
"You have an individual going into a bank with a gun, in a reckless manner, and now he might actually be on drugs and strung out on drugs.",
"So that makes this even more imperative, to get this individual off the street before anybody gets hurt and to get him the help that he needs.\"",
"Robbing banks is not as lucrative as the public might believe, he said, and \"with addiction-type motives by these robbers, they tend to get only enough money to get their next fix.\"",
"It's possible the suspect's family members may not know of his activities, Emmett said.",
"\"He's an individual that we want off of the street in the worst way,\" he said, \"and we feel these billboards are a tool.",
"We feel the photographs from the banks are going to make that happen.\"",
"The FBI asks anybody who knows the bank robber or who has information in the case to call 423-282-8090.",
"A reward is being offered.",
"CNN's John Murgatroyd contributed to this report."
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"Police say suspect has hit 10 banks in the South .",
"FBI asks anybody who knows the bank robber to call 423-282-8090 ."
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"TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- An American father jailed in Tokyo has been harshly treated, his attorney said Monday, while Japanese authorities said he is getting \"special\" treatment.",
"Christopher Savoie is in jail in Japan after trying to get back his son, Isaac, and daughter, Rebecca.",
"Attorney Jeremy Morley, in a statement released Monday, said Christopher Savoie -- accused of trying to kidnap his children after his ex-wife took them to Japan -- is being held without trial, interrogated without an attorney present and denied needed medical treatment for high blood pressure.",
"Savoie has also been exposed to sleep deprivation, and denied private meetings with attorneys and phone calls to his wife, according to Morley, who said the way his client has been treated amounts to \"torture.\"",
"He acknowledged that some of the claims are based on second-hand information from Savoie's wife, Amy, saying she has communicated with people familiar with her husband's case.",
"Police in Yanagawa, a rural town in southern Japan where Savoie is being held, denied the allegations in Morley's statement, saying Savoie gets regular visits by a physician and medicine as prescribed.",
"A Yanagawa police officer, who declined to give his name citing departmental policy, told CNN that Savoie, like any other detainee, has a \"dim\" light in his cell for safety, and is assured to get 8 hours of sleep a day.",
"Savoie is being questioned -- with an interpreter -- within the boundaries of Japanese law, which allows for suspects to be interviewed without the presence of an attorney, the officer said.",
"The law also permits several rounds of questioning for hours on end, the officer said.",
"The officer said Savoie is allowed \"frequent\" visits with his defense attorney in Japan and is generally given \"special\" treatment due to the nature of his case, the officer said.",
"\"If you call this 'torture,' what can we say?\"",
"the officer said.",
"Savoie, 38, a Tennessee native and naturalized Japanese citizen, allegedly abducted his two children -- 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca -- as his ex-wife walked them to school on September 28 in Yanagawa.",
"With the children, Savoie headed for the nearest U.S. consulate, in the city of Fukuoka, to try to obtain passports for them.",
"Screaming at guards to let him in the compound, Savoie was steps away from the front gate but still standing on Japanese soil when he was arrested.",
"Savoie and his first wife, Noriko Savoie, were married for 14 years before their bitter divorce in January.",
"The couple, both citizens of the United States and Japan, lived in Japan, but had moved to the United States before the divorce.",
"Noriko Savoie was given custody of the children and agreed to remain in the United States.",
"Christopher Savoie had visitation rights.",
"During the summer, she fled with the children to Japan, according to court documents.",
"A U.S. court then granted Christopher Savoie sole custody.",
"Japanese law, however, recognizes Noriko Savoie as the primary custodian, regardless of the U.S. court order.",
"The law there also follows a tradition of sole-custody divorces.",
"When a couple splits, one parent typically makes a complete and life-long break from the children.",
"Complicating the matter further is the fact that the couple is still considered married in Japan because they never divorced there, police said.",
"And, Japanese authorities say, the children are Japanese and have Japanese passports."
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"Official in Japan denies \"torture,\" says dad is receiving \"special\" treatment .",
"Japanese official: Dad gets regular attorney visits, interpreter for interviews .",
"Christopher Savoie accused of trying to kidnap his kids after ex-wife fled to Japan .",
"Savoie held without trial; denied medical treatment, says attorney ."
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"(CNN) -- World No. 3 Kim Clijsters remains on course to win a second consecutive grand slam singles title after overcoming a challenge from Agnieszka Radwanska to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open.",
"The U.S. Open champion battled past 12th seed Radwanska of Poland 6-3 7-6 (7-4) in Wednesday's quarterfinal to reach the last four in Melbourne for the sixth time in her career.",
"The Belgian third seed will face world No.",
"2 Vera Zvonareva on Thursday for a place in the final -- a repeat of September's title clash at Flushing Meadows.",
"Zvonareva, runner-up at the last two grand slams after also losing to Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final, took just over an hour to dispatch of Czech 25th seed Petra Kvitova 6-2 6-4.",
"Top 10 moments of the Australian Open first week .",
"The Russian second seed was full of praise for her 20-year-old Czech opponent, who knocked out home favorite and world number five Sam Stosur on her way to her second grand slam quarterfinal, matching her feat at Wimbledon in 2010.",
"\"At 6-2 3-0 I was trying to keep playing the same way I was playing, but she really lifted her game,\" the 26-year-old Zvonareva told reporters.",
"\"She's a very good player.",
"She took that opportunity, that little chance I gave her, and used it to get back into the match.",
"I'm happy with the way I handled the situation during those moments, though.\"",
"Clijsters, meanwhile, faced arguably her toughest test so far in world No.",
"14 Radwanska, who was playing in her first tournament for three months following a foot injury.",
"But despite losing a 4-1 lead in the first set and going down a break of serve early in the second, the more experienced Clijsters closed out the match to make the semifinals in Australia for the first time since her brief period of retirement from the game in 2008.",
"\"I felt a little bit tired and heavy out there today, but I fought well and stayed really focused, and tried not to lose too much energy on getting frustrated,\" the mother-of-one told the official WTA Tour website.",
"The 27-year-old admitted that she would have to improve in order to add the Australian Open title to the three grand slam singles crowns she has already won in New York in 2005, 2009 and 2010.",
"\"Everything has to be better.",
"The serving, the returning, the unforced errors -- everything.",
"But I'm in the semifinals and I don't feel I've played my best tennis, so that's a good thing,\" she said.",
"\"I'm hanging in there. Sometimes it's more of an achievement than winning your matches very easily.\"",
"In Thursday's other semifinal, world number one Caroline Wozniacki will play Chinese ninth seed Li Na after the pair both won their quarterfinal matches on Tuesday.",
"Denmark's Wozniacki is attempting to claim her first major title, while Na -- who also reached the last four in Melbourne last year -- hopes to become the first woman from her country to reach a grand slam final."
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"2 Vera Zvonareva and third seed Kim Clijsters reach Australian Open semis .",
"Belgium's Clijsters beats Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in straight sets .",
"Zvonareva of Russia also has a straight-sets quarterfinal victory over Czech Petra Kvitova .",
"Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and China's Li Na to contest other women's semifinal ."
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"(CNN) -- Defending champion Roger Federer secured his place in the Australian Open semifinals on Tuesday after a straight-sets dismissal of Stanislas Wawrinka.",
"Federer, 29, moved into the final four at Melbourne Park for an eighth consecutive year thanks to a 6-1 6-3 6-3 triumph over his Swiss compatriot.",
"Sixteen-time grand slam winner Federer took control of the match early after he broke 19th seed Wawrinka in his first service game, before the second seed wrapped up victory in one hour and 47 minutes.",
"\"I think it was a good match for me really,\" Federer told the ATP Tour's website.",
"\"I started off well.",
"Was able to serve and return really well.",
"What are your top ten Australian Open moments?",
"\"I expected him to even serve bigger today because the ball travels faster through the air.",
"For some reason I was able to return him well.\"",
"The sights of magic Melbourne .",
"The clash at the Rod Laver Arena -- which saw the gold medal winning doubles team from the 2008 Beijing Olympics go head-to-head -- was the first time two Swiss men had met in the quarterfinals of a major tournament.",
"Wawrinka, the Chennai Open champion, admitted that Federer, who recently won the Qatar Open, was the better man on the day.",
"\"For sure I'm disappointed to lose,\" Wawrinka said.",
"\"But I think he was just playing too good.",
"For sure, you look at the match from outside you don't see how good he was playing.",
"\"But he was always giving me some answer, and he was just being really too good for me.\"",
"Federer's opponent in his semifinal will be third seed Novak Djokovic, who fired past Czech Tomas Berdych 6-1 7-6 (7-5) 6-1.",
"Serbia's Djokovic, a champion in Melbourne in 2008, had the upper hand in the opening exchanges as he wrapped up the first set in 38 minutes.",
"Sixth seed Berdych rallied in the second set and took it to a tie-break, only to see his forehand shot clip the net and bounce out of bounds with the score level at 5-5.",
"Djokovic, 23, won the tie-break and consequently the match to set up a rematch of the 2010 U.S. Open semifinal against Federer in the last four.",
"\"I was trying to change the pace and put him out of his comfort zone,\" Djokovic, who beat Federer in the Flushing Meadows semifinal, told Australian broadcaster Seven Sport.",
"\"I needed to put variety into the game.",
"Second set I was lucky to win the tie-break.",
"I had problems with the (contact) lens (during the second set), it sometimes gets dry but it all got solved.\""
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"Roger Federer is into the Australian Open semifinals after he beat Stanislas Wawrinka .",
"The second seed is into his eighth consecutive semifinal at Melbourne Park .",
"Novak Djokovic defeated sixth seed Tomas Berdych in straight-sets .",
"The Serb will now face Federer in a rematch of the 2010 U.S. Open semifinal clash ."
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"(CNN) -- The president of Botswana has invited the internationally recognized president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, for an official state visit, the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Botswana announced Wednesday.",
"President Seretse Khama Ian Khama has discussed the visit with Ouattara, the ministry said in a statement, and the two leaders \"agreed that the visit should take place at a mutually convenient time.\"",
"But it's not clear when that time may come, since Ouattara is virtually blocked inside the Golf Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, by troops sent by Laurent Gbagbo, who claimed the presidency after the November 28 runoff.",
"While an independent electoral commission declared Ouattara the winner, the country's Constitutional Council invalidated the results in some provinces and proclaimed that Gbagbo, the incumbent president, had won.",
"Gbagbo is refusing to step down .",
"\"Botswana continues to support all efforts aimed at ensuring that Ouattara assumes the presidency in Cote d'Ivore,\" the ministry statement said, using the French name for the country.",
"Immediately after the election in Ivory Coast, Botswana joined the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union and the United States in endorsing Ouattara as the winner of the disputed presidential elections.",
"At the time, Khama's government called upon all political entities, including the Constitutional Council of Ivory Coast, to respect the decision of the Independent Electoral Commission in declaring Ouattara the rightful winner of the elections.",
"\"The government of Botswana is deeply concerned about African leaders who reject elections results that are not in their favour.",
"\"Such actions not only deny people the right to have leaders of their choice, but also thwart efforts to maintain peace and security on the African continent,\" the statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation says.",
"Botswana took similar actions two years ago after controversial parliamentary and presidential elections in neighboring Zimbabwe, declaring that Robert Mugabe was not democratically elected and saying it would not recognize him as that country's leader.",
"Botswana officials also vowed not to attend any AU or Southern African Development Community (SADC) meetings if Mugabe was invited.",
"However, the government of Botswana softened its stance after Mugabe and his rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, formed a national unity government to ease Zimbabwe's economic and political predicament.",
"Botswana also did not recognise the leadership of Andry Rajoelina, after he was sworn in early last year as the transitional president of Madagascar.",
"The government of Botswana issued a statement saying the former disc jockey and mayor of Madagascar's capital should hand over power to the constitutionally elected leader Marc Ravalomanana.",
"Rajoelina and his military-led supporters forced Ravalomanana to step down, and although Rajoelina entered into a power-sharing agreement, it has yet to be implemented."
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"Botswana recognizes Ouattara as the rightful winner of Ivory Coast's election .",
"The government is concerned the situation threatens peace and security in Africa .",
"The leaders of Botswana also opposed the outcome of Zimbabwe's elections two years ago ."
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"HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Pennsylvania's acting secretary of labor and industry has entered a rehabilitation program for at least two weeks after her arrest on a public drunkenness charge last week.",
"Sandi Vito, Pennsylvania's acting labor secretary, has entered a rehab program, the governor's spokesman says.",
"Just a few hours before her arrest, Sandi Vito backed out of a scheduled interview with a CNN correspondent about the state's controversial use of debit cards to pay unemployment benefits.",
"Vito, who was appointed acting secretary of labor and industry in February 2008, \"has entered a treatment program for two weeks,\" according to Gov.",
"Ed Rendell's chief spokesman.",
"\"The governor awaits her return before making any final decisions on her future,\" the spokesman, Chuck Ardo, told CNN on Monday.",
"CNN had been invited to a public appearance that Vito was making in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, to ask her about the fees banks impose when people choose to receive their unemployment benefits by debit cards instead of checks.",
"Watch how bank fees can surprise people on unemployment » .",
"Those fees range from forty cents to check a balance by telephone, to $1.75 if the debit card is used outside the two free withdrawal periods banks allow.",
"Approximately 925,000 Pennsylvanians were unemployed last month and most used debit cards to receive payments, Pennsylvania officials said.",
"\"Arrangements have been made for you to interview Department of Labor & Industry Acting Secretary Sandi Vito in Allentown tomorrow at approximately 1 p.m., to discuss our unemployment compensation debit card program,\" David Smith, a spokesman for the department, e-mailed CNN prior to the scheduled meeting.",
"Yet when a CNN correspondent, accompanied by a camera crew, attempted to interview Vito, she said she did not have the time and ducked out the back door of an elementary school where the public appearance was being staged.",
"An official from her department did give CNN an interview.",
"Later that same night, Vito was arrested on a charge of public drunkenness at the Hilton Hotel in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, according to Harrisburg Police Chief Charles Keller.",
"News of her arrest did not become public until late Friday.",
"\"I deeply regret that my actions earlier this week caused embarrassment to the administration and the commonwealth,\" Vito said in a statement issued to CNN by her office.",
"\"I take full responsibility for those actions.\"",
"\"This incident has had a profound personal effect on me,\" her statement continued.",
"\"Today, I am entering an alcohol treatment program because it is the right thing for me to do.\"",
"According to public records, Vito earns a salary of $136,120 annually.",
"Her appointment as permanent secretary of labor and industry was to have been brought before the Pennsylvania legislature in a few weeks."
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"Acting Secretary of Labor Sandi Vito charged with public drunkenness last week .",
"Vito entering rehab for two weeks, Pennsylvania governor's spokesman says .",
"The same day as her arrest, Vito backed out of interview with CNN .",
"Interview was to cover state's use of debit cards for unemployment benefits ."
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"(CNN) -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah will fly to the United States on Monday for treatment of a herniated spinal disc and a blood clot that is causing him back pain, the country's health minister said Sunday.",
"\"The medical team recommended that that he leaves to the U.S. to visit a spine-specialized medical center in order to complete medical examinations and for follow-up treatment,\" Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabeeah said during an interview with Saudi state television.",
"\"But I assure everyone that he is in a stable condition, and that he is enjoying health and well-being, and God willing, he will be back safe and sound to lead this proud nation.\"",
"Doctors performed tests on the 86-year-old monarch Friday after he complained of back pain and had more tests on Sunday, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported.",
"His doctors have advised him to rest, but he took calls from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in which the regional leaders wished him a speedy recovery, the news agency reported.",
"Crown Prince Sultan is expected to return to Riyadh while the king is overseas, the Saudi Press Agency said.",
"But there are also questions looming about the crown prince's health: He has lived in Morocco for much of the past year and a half after surgery for an undisclosed ailment in February 2009.",
"The top three figures in the kingdom -- Abdullah, Sultan and Prince Nayef, the country's interior minister and second deputy prime minister -- are all sons of King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, who founded modern Saudi Arabia in 1932.",
"But the health of senior members of the royal family is \"one of those things that is rarely discussed in the media in Saudi Arabia,\" said Christopher Boucek, a Saudi Arabia analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, .",
"\"They're a little bit more open about this stuff, but this isn't something that's widely speculated about in the Saudi press,\" he said.",
"Abdullah has ruled the oil-rich kingdom since 2005.",
"But he ran most of the kingdom's affairs for a decade before that on behalf of his ailing half-brother, King Fahd.",
"Since coming to power, he has sought to establish new rules and procedures for many Saudi institutions, giving him a reputation as a reformer in the highly conservative nation.",
"Among his changes has been the creation of a new body to formalize rules of succession and to determine whether a monarch is healthy enough to remain in power, Boucek said.",
"Should Abdullah die or step aside and Sultan takes the throne, that new body -- known as the Bayat Council -- would choose the next crown prince, he said.",
"Nayef is currently seen as a successor to the crown prince, but that position is \"not exactly set in stone,\" Boucek said.",
"Abdullah has recently passed authority over the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, which is in Saudi Arabia, to Nayef.",
"But he also has turned over command of the Saudi Arabian National Guard, the royal family's own security force, to his son, Prince Mitab bin Abdullah, Boucek said.",
"CNN's Matt Smith contributed to this report."
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"Abdullah is scheduled to leave for the United States on Monday .",
"The 86-year-old king underwent tests Friday after complaining of back pain ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- While Charlie Sheen works to \"conquer the medical issues\" in rehab and his hit sitcom is on \"production hiatus,\" a porn actress is talking about a two-day party she claims led to his collapse last week.",
"Kacey Jordan appeared on ABC's \"Good Morning America\" Monday morning and she later tweeted \"the rest of the story\" will air on \"Nightline\" Monday evening.",
"Sheen's lawyer Yale Galanter responded with a written statement Monday.",
"\"It is a shame that during this time, while Mr. Sheen has sought treatment on his own, opportunistic women are trying to take advantage of his celebrity status,\" Galanter said.",
"The actress described what she said was a nonstop party at Sheen's Los Angeles home, including a large amount of cocaine use by Sheen.",
"\"It was all over the bathroom counter,\" Jordan said.",
"\"You could see him like chiseling it off, putting it in there repeatedly.\"",
"Sheen proposed that she and several other porn actresses move into a mansion at his expense, Jordan said.",
"\"He wanted us all to live in this huge house he was going to rent out and he's like, 'You can have anything you want.",
"Anything you want, you name it.",
"It will be done within an hour,\" Jordan told ABC.",
"But the sex and drug allegations weren't the only revelations from Jordan.",
"She claims Sheen wanted her to baby-sit his children.",
"\"I think maybe the baby-sitting part was important to him, so that maybe when he was, you know, doing his drinking, you know, maybe that he didn't have to have his kids see him be like that and then have one of us girls watch them,\" Jordan said.",
"Denise Richards, an ex-wife who shares two young daughters with Sheen, apparently saw the ABC interview.",
"Richards posted this message on her Twitter account soon after: .",
"\"If you caught GMA today..FYI.. No 'adult film star' will be babysitting our kids!\"",
"Sheen voluntarily entered an undisclosed rehabilitation center for treatment Friday, Sheen representative Stan Rosenfield said.",
"The announcement came a day after Sheen was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where Rosenfield said he was treated for severe pain related to a hernia.",
"He checked out of the Los Angeles hospital Thursday night, he said.",
"\"Charlie has had a hernia condition for some time,\" Rosenfield said.",
"\"I was told by the person who made the 911 call that it was hernia-related.\"",
"Sheen's hit CBS sitcom \"Two and a Half Men\" has been placed on \"production hiatus,\" CBS and Warner Bros. Television said Friday.",
"\"We are profoundly concerned for his health and well-being, and support his decision,\" their joint statement said.",
"It was the second emergency trip to a hospital for Sheen in three months.",
"He spent several hours in a New York hospital in October after police responded to an early morning call about \"an emotionally disturbed person\" at the Plaza Hotel, a law enforcement source said at the time.",
"Sheen's representative blamed an \"adverse allergic reaction\" to a medication.",
"Sheen, the son of actor Martin Sheen, spent at least a month last year at a Malibu, California, rehab center, but it was never disclosed what he was treated for there.",
"He was arrested in December 2009 after his wife, Brooke Mueller, told Aspen, Colorado, police that he threatened her with a knife at their holiday home.",
"A Colorado judge allowed the actor to count his time at Promises of Malibu toward a 30-day jail sentence after he entered a guilty plea in August in that case.",
"The plea deal reduced the charges from felony domestic violence to a misdemeanor third-degree assault count."
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"Sheen wanted to set up a house for porn stars to party, Jordan says .",
"The porn actress says Sheen wanted her to watch his children .",
"Sheen entered rehab last Friday ."
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"(CNN) -- World number one Rafael Nadal battled back from a set down to finally topple American Andy Roddick in an epic clash at the ATP World Tour finals.",
"The Spaniard looked out of sorts in the opening set but slowly returned to form as the game progressed to secure a 3-6 7-6 6-4 victory in two hours 30 minutes.",
"After a near five week break from the game due to injury, Nadal was rusty during the opening set and lost his opening service game as Roddick opened up a 3-0 lead.",
"Nadal struggled to recover from his slovenly start and Roddick held his serve to close out the first set 6-3 in just 49 minutes.",
"The second set saw Nadal broken again early on but the Spaniard finally made inroads into Roddick's booming serve to square the set at 2-2.",
"After that both players held firm on serve before Nadal took the tie break and his first set at the O2 Arena in London.",
"The deciding set went with serve until the sixth game when a passing winner handed Nadal a precious break.",
"Roddick ensured Nadal would have to serve for the match and he duly obliged to seal a marathon battle.",
"Afterwards Nadal told Sky Sports: \"I started the match nervous, without rhythm.",
"Andy is a very aggressive player and it was very difficult.",
"He can rally from the baseline and from the net, it's very difficult to pass him.",
"\"The atmosphere here is fantastic, I'm very happy to win.",
"For me its a very important victory.\"",
"Novak Djokovic made an impressive start to his assault on the ATP World Tour Finals title with a straight sets victory over Tomas Berdych.",
"The world number three, who won the season-ending tournament in Shanghai in 2008, made light work of his Czech opponent, winning 6-3 6-3 in just one hour 28 minutes.",
"The tone was set in the very first game, when Berdych served two double faults and Djokovic sealed an important break.",
"In front of watching soccer legend Diego Maradona -- former player and coach of Argentina -- the Serb pressed home his advantage to wrap up the opening set in 43 minutes.",
"Djokovic then broke in the third game of the second set to kill off his opponent, who made 19 unforced errors in the match.",
"\"I couldn't ask for a better start of the tournament,\" Djokovic said.",
"\"I was trying to focus on my game and do the things that I planned to do tactically with my coach.",
"I think I did well.",
"\"You have to be really on the top of the game in order to win, because these players who are taking part in this tournament are the best players in the world.",
"There is no easy match [or] easy opponent.\""
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"Nadal clinches epic match 3-6 7-6 6-4 to win for the first time at London's O2 Arena .",
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"World number three from Serbia wins 6-3 6-3 in just 88 minutes in London ."
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"Marjah, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Foreign and Afghan forces encountered stiff resistance Saturday as their offensive in southern Afghanistan entered its second week, and a civilian was mistakenly shot dead.",
"\"It is moving slowly but surely.",
"The Marines are making some headway,\" said CNN correspondent Atia Abawi, who is embedded with U.S. Marines in and around Marjah in southern Afghanistan.",
"\"The Taliban are putting up quite a resistance.\"",
"She said the militants, who usually operate in squads of 10 to 14 fighters, don't have the weaponry and technology that the U.S. troops have, but they are able to put up a tough fight from fortified compounds and even civilian homes.",
"\"The firefights have been going on all week long,\" Abawi said.",
"Operation Moshtarak, aimed at ousting the Taliban from their stronghold in Helmand province, is being conducted in and around the Marjah area by predominantly American and Afghan troops.",
"British troops and their Afghan partners have been concentrating in the Nad Ali district.",
"Troops are working to oust the Taliban and establish Afghan control.",
"Abawi said Marines have been creating a forward operating base \"to prove to the people of Marjah as well as to the Taliban and insurgency in the area that they're here to stay\" and hope to bring \"normalcy\" to the area.",
"NATO's International Security Assistance Force said on Friday the battle against the Taliban remains \"difficult\" in the northeast and west of Marjah, and insurgent activity is not limited to those areas.",
"British forces say Taliban resistance has increased in recent days, and that has slowed progress, despite strides.",
"On Friday, British officials said more than two-thirds of the Moshtarak clearance phase is completed.",
"But British Maj. Gen. Gordon Messenger said with that effort, \"resistance in that area has increased.",
"We did expect the enemy to up the level of resistance, and that has happened.",
"\"ISAF and Afghan forces are being directly targeted more now than they were before, but the enemy is still uncoordinated.\"",
"Messenger said providing extra security to key roads between Nad Ali and Lashkar Gah, Helmand's capital, are high priorities.",
"\"Freedom of movement is vital so that locals can go about their business without fear of IEDs on the road and so we can bring key supplies into the area, and so the Afghan governors can get out to do their business,\" Messenger said.",
"Watch why some call the operation a publicity stunt .",
"Foreign and Afghan forces have taken pains to avoid civilian casualties in the operation.",
"Civilian deaths and injuries during the Afghan war during airstrikes, raids and so-called \"escalation of force\" confrontations at checkpoints have undermined NATO efforts to get Afghans on their side.",
"But despite such efforts, such casualties have occurred in Moshtarak, with the latest coming on Friday, when coalition troops shot dead a man they mistook for a militant.",
"ISAF said the incident occurred in Nad Ali on Friday when an ISAF patrol thought he might have been carrying a bomb in a box.",
"\"The patrol warned the individual by waving their hands, providing verbal warnings, and firing small pen flares into the air.",
"The man dropped the box, turned and ran away from the patrol, and then for an unknown reason turned and ran toward the patrol, at which time they shot and killed him,\" ISAF said in a news release.",
"Later, troops discovered that there was no bomb material.",
"Troops will meet with local leaders to discuss how to avoid such incidents, and a condolence payment will be offered to the victim's family.",
"\"This is truly a regrettable incident, and we offer our condolences to the family,\" said Navy Capt.",
"Jane Campbell, ISAF Joint Command spokeswoman.",
"Afghan President Hamid Karzai addressed the issue in parliament on Saturday, acknowledging efforts to improve but stressing that more has to be done.",
"\"Regarding the civilian causalities in airstrikes and operations, the NATO and coalition forces have tried to conduct their operations carefully and responsibly to avoid civilian casualties,\" he said.",
"\"As a result civilian casualties have decreased.",
"Our goal is to completely avoid the civilian casualties.\""
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"(CNN) -- The future of around 2,000 Dutch soldiers serving in Afghanistan has been thrown into doubt by the collapse Saturday of the Netherlands' coalition government.",
"Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's office said in a statement that the Labor Party had withdrawn from the government following days of talks over whether the troops should be brought home.",
"Balkenende's center-right Christian Democratic Alliance had hoped to keep the country's troops in Afghanistan as part of NATO's International Security and Assistance Force beyond an August deadline for their return.",
"NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen asked the Netherlands to extend its mission in Afghanistan earlier this month.",
"The Netherlands currently has 1,950 troops serving in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province as part of NATO's International Security and Assistance Force, according to the ISAF Web site.",
"The Dutch government extended the military mission by two years back in 2007.",
"But the Labor Party, led by Deputy Prime Minister Wouter Bos, opposed fulfilling NATO's request to extend the mission again.",
"Bos said that the current Afghanistan policy was not sustainable, according to the official ANP news agency.",
"In a statement to reporters, Balkenende said there was no longer a \"fruitful path\" for the near-three-year-old coalition between the CDA, Labor and the Christian Union to go forward.",
"He said he would meet Queen Beatrix, the country's head of state, later Saturday to offer the resignations of the 12 Labor members of his cabinet and \"make available\" the 12 cabinet positions held by his own party and three held by the Christian Union.",
"The move is expected to trigger early general elections in the country.",
"Balkenende has led a succession of coalitions since becoming prime minister in 2002.",
"The CDA, Labor and Christian Union entered into a coalition agreement in February 2007 following elections in November 2006.",
"But the three parties have disagreed on several issues including Afghanistan."
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"The Netherlands has roughly 2,000 troops serving in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province ."
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"LONDON, England (CNN) -- They helped introduce the world to mop top haircuts, collarless jackets and yellow submarines -- now a British university is launching what it says is the world's first ever masters degree in the Beatles.",
"The masters degree will examine The Beatles' contribution to modern society.",
"Liverpool Hope University, in the Fab Four's home city, says its Beatles, Popular Music and Society course will be a long-overdue examination of the band behind songs such as \"Help!\"",
"\"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,\" and \"Octopus's Garden.\"",
"\"There have been over 8,000 books about The Beatles but there has never been serious academic study and that is what we are going to address,\" says Miles Brocken, Hope's senior lecturer in popular music.",
"\"Forty years on from their break-up, now is the right time and Liverpool is the right place to study The Beatles,\" he adds.",
"He said the course, expected to offer places to 30 students when it starts in September 2009, had already received enquiries from overseas, including the United States.",
"Brocken defended the course's practical use, telling the Guardian newspaper that academic study of John, Paul, George and Ringo would put its students firmly on the long and winding road to a successful career.",
"What do you think? \"I think any MA equips people with extra study and research skills.",
"MAs of any description are vital for the workplace,\" he said.",
"\"You will find that once you have done a master's degree it separates you from the pack.\""
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"Course supervisor says academic study of the Fab Four is long overdue .",
"Lecturer Miles Brocken says Beatles MA will boost career prospects ."
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"Arnold Palmer, one of the greatest players in the history of golf, has exclusively told CNN that the Olympic Games could help to revive the recession-hit sport.",
"Golfing legend Palmer believes an Olympic golf tournament would be a welcome boost for the sport.",
"With golf being hit hard by the recent downturn in the global economy, Palmer believes the sport needs all the help it can get if it is to come out the other side of the recession.",
"Palmer said: \"The downturn in the economy has affected many golf clubs and I hope we've reached the bottom on that.",
"\"It is probably being felt most severely in America.",
"I'd like to see that stop and for players to return to the golf course.",
"It's tough right now but I'm sure things will improve.",
"\"Golf has changed so much from when I thurned professional.",
"My main goal was always to increase the awareness of golf and that has happened.",
"\"In places like India, China, Japan and South and Central America, people are becoming avid golf fans because the climate is perfect for the game.",
"\"Golf is now an international competition and it is bringing people in from all around the world.",
"\"But if golf gets accepted by the Olympic Committee it would be a wonderful thing for the continuing growth of the game.",
"Bringing people together on the course is one of the most important things we can do.\"",
"It has been over a century since golf was an official Olympic sport, with George Lyon of Canada claiming the last gold medal in 1904.",
"Europe's 2010 Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie made a presentation to the International Olympic Committee's executive board in Lausanne on June 15 as golf tries to earn a spot in the 2016 Games.",
"The IOC will vote on the existing 26 sports on the program -- and the inclusion of two more -- at its session in Copenhagen in October.",
"Golf is vying with karate, squash, rugby sevens, roller sports, baseball and softball for the two spots on offer."
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"Legend Arnold Palmer believes that golf would benefit from being in Olympics .",
"Palmer thinks recession-hit sport would get a boost from an Olympic inclusion .",
"The sport of golf has been hit hard by the recession and downturn in economy ."
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"(CNN) -- Police opened, and then dropped, an investigation of physical abuse involving a Florida mother against her teen daughter, closing the case weeks before the woman admitted killing the girl and her brother because they were \"mouthy.\"",
"Julie K. Schenecker, 50, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her 13-year-old son, Beau Powers Schenecker, and her 16-year-old daughter, Calyx Powers Schenecker.",
"She was denied bond at a court appearance Monday, a court spokesman said.",
"\"Our belief was that she didn't snap -- she planned this,\" Tampa, Florida, police spokesperson Laura McElroy told HLN's Vinnie Politan on Monday.",
"New details emerged about the alleged murder as well as a run-in Schenecker had with police months earlier, regarding her treatment of her children.",
"In November, police opened a child abuse investigation into allegations Schenecker had abused Calyx, according to a report from the Tampa Police.",
"A responding officer, Julie Becker, wrote that she didn't see any \"visible injuries\" on Calyx, nor did the girl complain of any.",
"\"She seemed cautious of what was saying, and at times began to cry,\" Becker said in her report.",
"Calyx told police that days earlier her mother repeatedly hit her while they were driving home, before she was able to run to a safe spot in her room.",
"The girl said that a month and a half earlier, her mother had hit her so hard in the face it caused her lip to bleed.",
"Julie Schenecker told police she had hit the girl three times in the first incident after the girl told her, \"You're disgusting,\" and \"You're not my parent,\" according to the police report.",
"She said Calyx was not bruised or bleeding afterward.",
"The mother also admitted hitting the girl once more than a month earlier, according to her police statement, but she again denied that Calyx had bled.",
"Becker noted, \"There is no prior history (related to) this location and the family.\"",
"On December 21, having found \"no evidence of a criminal offense,\" authorities ended their investigation of the case.",
"McElroy, the Tampa police spokeswoman, said Monday that the daughter's seeming \"regret\" over her comments and the fact no wounds could be seen prompted the investigators' decision.",
"\"Parents can discipline their children using physical force, as long as there's no injury,\" said McElroy.",
"\"That's why there was no criminal offense at that time.\"",
"But McElroy said police determined on January 28 after they arrived at the family home that Schenecker had plotted to kill the teens.",
"Authorities went to the house after getting a call from the suspect's mother who, after e-mail communications the previous night, was worried her daughter was depressed.",
"Officers arrived at 7:45 a.m. to find Julie Schenecker on her home's back porch, \"a little combative\" and her clothing soaked in blood, McElroy said.",
"Police then found Calyx's body in an upstairs bedroom.",
"She had been shot twice in the head, police said.",
"Beau's body was later found in the front seat of an SUV inside the home's garage, police said.",
"They said he was shot while he was being driven to soccer practice.",
"A preliminary investigation indicates the teens were killed Thursday night, the police statement said, but the county medical examiner will determine their time of death.",
"Schenecker confessed to killing the children, according to a police statement, eventually recounting her rationale and thought process \"in detail,\" according to a press release.",
"\"She did tell us that they talked back, that they were mouthy,\" McElroy told CNN affiliate WTSP late last week.",
"\"But I don't think that will ever serve as an explanation to the rest of us of how you could take a child's life.\"",
"Schenecker had initially planned what she called the \"massacre\" -- killing the children and then herself, McElroy said on Monday -- for January 22, but she put it off after learning there would be a three-day check before she could buy a gun.",
"Police later found writings in the house, thought to be from Schenecker, in which she spelled out her intentions in detail.",
"\"There are definitely indications that she planned this,\" McElroy said.",
"\"(The writing) was devoid of emotion.\"",
"Schenecker's husband, Parker, is a colonel in the U.S. Army.",
"He is a member of U.S. Central Command and police told CNN affiliate WFTS that he was in Qatar when his children were killed.",
"Schenecker appeared in court Monday via video link from jail, WFTS reported.",
"She held a tissue and wept softly during the two-minute appearance.",
"Judge Walter Heinrich said at the hearing that Schenecker likely will undergo a psychiatric evaluation, according to CNN affiliates WTSP and WFTS.",
"She did not enter a plea because of that likelihood, according to Hillsborough County Court spokesman Calvin Green.",
"No new court dates are set in the case, Green said.",
"Prosecutors have 21 days to present the case to a grand jury.",
"The mourning for the young victims continues in West Florida, where a vigil was held Friday night.",
"On Monday -- their first day back since the shootings became public -- students at Liberty Middle School in Tampa, wore blue and black in memory of Beau, an eighth-grader at the school.",
"\"We wanted to show him that we miss him and he didn't deserve this,\" Jae Shim, the boy's classmate and friend, told CNN affiliate WFTS.",
"Those students had responded to postings on Facebook, where a page had been set up to honor the boy and his sister, a sophomore and cross-country standout at King High School.",
"\"Heaven is now home to two new angels,\" read one post, from Ron Taskey.",
"\"May you both rest in peace!\"",
"In Session's Aletse Mellado contributed to this report.",
"Watch Nancy Grace Monday through Sunday starting at 8 p.m.",
"ET on HLN. For the latest from Nancy Grace click here."
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"Police probed alleged abuse involving Julie Schenecker in fall, records show .",
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"(CNN) -- Jenson Button's opening two wins of the Formula One season will stand after motorsport chiefs ruled on Wednesday that the aerodynamic diffuser fitted to the rear of his Brawn GP car is legal.",
"Jenson Button's victories in the opening two races of the F1 season were on the line.",
"The FIA Court of Appeal said that the rear diffusers used by the Brawn, Williams and Toyota teams \"comply with the applicable regulations.\"",
"The FIA panel sat for eight hours in Paris on Tuesday to hear evidence and their decision backs up the stewards at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix that the controversial aerodynamic devices were within the rules.",
"Four rival teams, led by Ferrari, had lodged an official appeal against that decision and if had been successful the results in Australia and Malaysia would have been altered to their advantage.",
"Brawn GP chief Ross Brawn had mounted a robust defense of his position.",
"\"We didn't consider this to be a radical new design.",
"It was an innovative approach of an existing idea, and Formula One is all about innovative design.",
"It's a cornerstone and objective of the sport,\" he told Press Association.",
"In a statement released after the decision, Brawn added: .",
"\"The FIA technical department, the stewards at the Australian and Malaysian Grands Prix and now five judges at the International Court of Appeal have confirmed our belief that our cars have always strictly complied with the 2009 technical regulations.",
"\"The decision of the International Court of Appeal brings this matter to a conclusion and we look forward to continuing on the track the challenge of what has been a very exciting start to the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship.\"",
"The third round of the F1 season takes place in Shanghai this weekend with other teams now having to play catch-up on the all-conquering Brawn.",
"After a 1-2 in Australia with Button and Rubens Barrichello they lead the constuctors' championship ahead of Toyota.",
"In the title race, Button has 15 points, five more than Barrichello.",
"Toyota pair Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock are next .",
"The Brawn GP team was rescued from the brink of bankruptcy by Brawn and Nick Fry after Honda withdrew from Formula One at the end of 2008 due to the economic downturn.",
"Button's victory in Melbourne capped a remarkable reversal of fortunes for the team, but the legal wrangling threatened to dampen their celebrations before Wednesday's conclusive ruling.",
"Ferrari reacted coolly to the decision with team principal Stefano Domenicali sayng they would have to re-design their car.",
"\"Unfortunately this decision forces us to intervene on fundamental areas of the car's design in order to be able to compete on an equal footing with some of the teams,\" he told the Press Association.",
"\"We will now double our efforts to get the team back to the highest level of competitiveness.\""
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"Jenson Button has clear lead in F1 championship heading into Chinese GP .",
"Rival teams led by Ferrari claimed their rear diffusers gave an unfair advantage ."
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"Tokyo (CNN) -- A Japanese volcano was erupting for a second day on Thursday, spewing smoke and ash up to 9,800 feet (3,000 meters) into the air, officials said.",
"The smoke from the Mt. Shinmoe volcano, on the boundary between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, is rising and falling from the volcano crater, said the Kagoshima Meteorological Observatory.",
"Some people in Miyazaki voluntarily evacuated Thursday morning, but all have returned home, and the government has issued no evacuation advice, according to the Miyazaki disaster prevention office.",
"However, the alert level was raised Wednesday to 3.",
"That prevents people from entering the mountain area.",
"The eruption began Wednesday.",
"Smoke was drifting southeast, the observatory said.",
"Ash was seen in Miyakonojo city in Kagoshima prefecture.",
"The last Mt. Shinmoe eruption was in July.",
"A large-scale eruption such as this one, however, was last observed about 52 years ago, the meteorological observatory said."
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"(CNN) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr has exclusively told CNN that his WWE and dancing talents will be put away for the time being as he prepares for his comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.",
"Floyd Mayweather Jr will fight Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday.",
"The Michigan-born fighter took part in reality television show Dancing With The Stars and also made several appearances on WWE but returns to the boxing ring for the first time since December 2007 with a non-title welterweight bout against Mexican Marquez.",
"Mayweather, who has won world titles at five different weights and is recognized as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters ever, was in typically bullish mood ahead of the bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.",
"\"I loved doing Dancing With The Stars and also doing WWE but boxing is my love, something that I love do and something I enjoy doing,\" Mayweather told CNN.",
"\"I want to come back and display my skills for all my fans.",
"I missed being in the sport of boxing - the sport is still in me and on Saturday night I am going to be the best I can be.",
"\"I was in the gym every day and so I thought why not get back in there and get serious again and get back into boxing.\"",
"Mayweather is confident that if he is able to box to his strengths then he will overcome Marquez who boasts a record of 50 victories, four defeats, one draw with 37 knockouts.",
"\"Marquez is a solid opponent who is tough and he is going to be at his best and the main thing is just to be me, be focused, be smart, be sharp and go out there and execute the game plan which is to relax and be Floyd Mayweather,\" he said.",
"\"He is going to bring his best, if he plays to the crowd then he can caught in the exchange but I know he is going to come to the fight.",
"\"He is not one of those types of fighters that are going to come and lay down.",
"I am going to go out there and be at my best and bring my best and give the fans all over the world their moneys worth.",
"\"He is a guy that I cannot overlook.",
"Just like me he came from small weight classes and won titles at every weight class and has dominated.",
"He had a few of knockdowns in a row but he is a solid opponent and one of the best guys in the sport so I have to be Floyd Mayweather and do what I have to do.\"",
"Mayweather also played down talk of an inevitable showdown with Manny Pacquiao and insisted he concentrating on the task in hand.",
"He added: \"My main focus is Marquez and I'm not thinking of another fighter.",
"We take one step at a time.",
"Negotiating opponents is for my advisors and team Mayweather.",
"Me? I just beat the opponents they put in front of me.\""
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"Floyd Mayweather talks to CNN ahead of his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez .",
"Mayweather will put his dancing and WWE interests aside for the fight .",
"The contest will be Mayweather's first fight since his defeat of Ricky Hatton .",
"Mayweather is recognized as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters ever ."
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"(CNN) -- As a comedic sidekick, Brian Fantana in \"Anchorman\" was golden -- the clueless ladies' man who sex-panthered his way into fans' hearts.",
"Paul Rudd stars as Danny Donahue in \"Role Models,\" which he helped write.",
"Some might say the same about the man who played Fantana, Paul Rudd, although this talented actor didn't need a secret cologne for his trip to stardom.",
"From \"Anchorman\" to \"The 40-Year-Old Virgin\" to \"Knocked Up,\" Rudd has consistently played a hilarious second string.",
"But he's no longer just comedic backup in Hollywood.",
"In his new movie \"Role Models,\" which opens November 7, Rudd and Seann William Scott star as a pair of energy drink representatives who end up with a choice: jail time or 150 community service hours in a local mentoring program.",
"As it turns out, the jail time might have been less painful.",
"CNN talked to Rudd about the movie -- which he helped write -- how he chooses his roles and what he was like as a child.",
"The following is an edited version of that interview.",
"CNN: What attracts you to the roles you choose?",
"Paul Rudd: Well, you know, 99 percent of the time I just say I want to do it if I'd want to see it.",
"A lot depends on the people that are involved and if I feel there's something I can connect with a character in some way.",
"I kind of decided a long time ago that I was going to try to make a career work on my own terms as much as possible.",
"I mean, you know you don't always have the options you'd like, but I just decided however long or bumpy the route was, I would do it doing things that I liked and was genuinely interested in and wanted to do.",
"Watch Rudd talk about \"Role Models\" » .",
"CNN: Have there been any characters in particular that have been your favorite or you've felt you really connected with?",
"Rudd: There have been many that I've really liked.",
"Brian Fantana in \"Anchorman\" was a blast, just really, really fun.",
"\"Role Models\" is the one that's coming out that was really, really enriching and fun and personal in many ways, because it's the first movie I co-wrote.",
"I've been really lucky to have enjoyed the experiences as much as I have, working on movies, because it's not always the case.",
"You never know how they're going to turn out, but if they actually mean something to me -- if I think there's something in it that's genuinely interesting to me -- they've, so far, turned out pretty well.",
"CNN: Can you tell me about the process of writing \"Role Models\"?",
"Rudd: It had been around for a while in different forms, this film.",
"I thought that the premise was really, really funny, and the script was funny, but there were certain things that were being changed.",
"In talking with the producer, she wanted to know what was working and what wasn't working ... and I was hired to be one of the writers.",
"So I rewrote it, and then David Wain, who is the director, he came on board, and then he and I worked on it together with another guy named Ken Marino, who is also a friend of mine.",
"It was really fun to work with friends, and it turned into a hybrid of a movie that's unique and funny and absurd.",
"It's a commercial film, but for people who are familiar with David Wain's style -- which is a very specific kind of left-of-center approach and not so, I think, commercially appealing -- it's a kind of a weird marriage that works well.",
"[Wain, a member of the comedy troupe the State, directed and co-wrote \"Wet Hot American Summer.\"] ...",
"It is a commercial film, but there are some jokes in it that you just don't see in commercial movies.",
"It's got elements of a family film, but it's way darker than a family film.",
"It's a hard R, bizarre family adventure.",
"I don't know how exactly to describe it.",
"CNN: I have to ask, what was it like working with \"McLovin\" (Christopher Mintz-Plasse from \"Superbad\"), who plays your mentor child in the movie?",
"Rudd: It was pretty great.",
"That kid is seriously smart and funny.",
"It blows my mind how much his life changed in the course of a couple years.",
"We didn't necessarily write that part for Chris.",
"I imagined that role to be younger, but he's so good and kind of so perfect for it.",
"And he liked it and was into the idea of doing it, so that's how that happened.",
"CNN: Is he as geeky in real life?",
"Rudd: No, the thing is, this is why he's so good; this is what impressed me about him.",
"He knows what he's doing. Michael Cera is like this, too.",
"I'm shocked at the kind of self-awareness of these kids, and they're 18 and really talented.",
"[They] know how to deliver a joke and don't ham it up.",
"CNN: This movie is all about role models, and as an actor, you are a role model to many people.",
"What do you think the most important qualities of a role model are?",
"Rudd: To be an actual role model?",
"Oh, God, I would hesitate to say we should be anybody's role models.",
"Your role models are your parents.",
"But, I always think a good rule of thumb is to treat people the way you'd like to be treated; let the rest take care of itself.",
"You know, try to be nice to people, I suppose, and to treat people with respect and be polite.",
"But I haven't figured out nearly enough stuff to be an effective role model.",
"CNN: Do you have any personal role models?",
"Rudd: You know who's a good role model?",
"Paul Newman.",
"I just think he's an example of somebody who came into this world, and left this world, as a contributor in ways that are so huge.",
"Even though the world has a lot of problems in it, it is better off by a mile for Paul Newman having lived in it.",
"He gave more than he got. He got a lot, but he gave way, way more.",
"CNN: Do you do any volunteering yourself?",
"Rudd: I try, and I do, but I want to start doing more.",
"It sounds so lame to say \"I want to start,\" but I'm in the process to start setting up a foundation.",
"And I do work with certain charitable organizations and I'm on the board of a couple.",
"It's a daunting task for sure, but there are some things you just kind of have to make the time for.",
"CNN: What were you like as a child?",
"Rudd: I had a pretty happy childhood.",
"I loved goofing around in any way, shape or form.",
"I loved speech classes and making videos and comedy stuff.",
"I loved football.",
"I was into being a kid. I didn't necessarily want to grow up.",
"I remember that a lot of kids my age wanted to get older, and I think I knew as a kid that it was going to get harder."
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"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Two titans of showbusiness have come together in a perfect pairing: The Rolling Stones, the world's greatest band, play two nights at New York's intimate Beacon Theatre; capturing the night on camera is celebrated film director, Martin Scorsese.",
"Shared history, mutual respect: The Stones and Scorsese .",
"The result is \"Shine a Light,\" which records Jagger, Richards, Watts and Wood's performance at the end of \"Bigger Bang,\" their monumental two-year, record-breaking, $558 million, 144-date global tour that saw 4.6 million ticket holders watch the rock giants.",
"The Stones/Scorsese combo is backed by a team of Oscar-winning cinematographers, more than 18 cameras, duets with the White Stripes' Jack White, pop starlet Christina Aguilera and blues granddaddy Buddy Guy, plus a cameo from a former U.S. president: the Stones juggernaut is well and truly in town.",
"Scorsese is no stranger to the world of rock music.",
"He cut his teeth as an editor on seminal 1970 documentary \"Woodstock\" and aside from making some of the silver screen's finest movies (\"Goodfellas,\" \"Mean Streets,\" \"Raging Bull,\" \"The Departed\"), he is also the master behind definitive rockumentaries \"The Last Waltz,\" which captured The Band's final performance, and Bob Dylan epic, \"No Direction Home.\"",
"But apart from his musical collaborations, rock has underpinned many of the master's greatest moments -- and his relationship with the Stones goes way back.",
"The Stones themselves have provided the backing track for classic Scorsese scenes: notably, Jack Nicholson's Irish mobster's entrance in \"The Departed\" to the thumping sound of \"Gimme Shelter\" and \"Jumpin' Jack Flash\" behind De Niro's introduction in \"Mean Streets\"; while \"Goodfellas\" features \"Monkey Man\" and, again, \"Gimme Shelter.\"",
"Scorsese, who pioneered the use of rock music on \"Mean Streets,\" has said that his use of eclectic soundtracks stems from New York, where all genres of music would blast from the brownstones around his neighborhood.",
"And for him, the Stones provide the sound of the city, the sound of the streets: cool, dangerous, absolutely self-assured, suffused with menace and gangster swagger.",
"He says, \"The Stones were key ...",
"I was creating scenarios in my head as I listened to their music.\"",
"\"There is a drive and an authority to their music, and also an edge to it,\" he continues.",
"\"I've used Gimme Shelter twice now in my pictures.\"",
"(It's left to Jagger to joke that Shine a Light is the first Scorsese film not to feature the track.)",
"So when Jagger decided he wanted a film of their live performance, who better to call.",
"\"It's good to start at the top,\" he says.",
"Initially, guitarist Keith Richards was reluctant to go ahead with the film.",
"He told CNN, \"I wouldn't have done this.",
"They said, 'We wanna shoot a show,' and I said, 'Yeah, so?'\"",
"But Richards, a film buff and longtime fan of Scorsese's work, couldn't resist the chance to be shot by the director.",
"\"You go, whoah,\" he said.",
"\"You can't f*** around with him. I wanted to see what Marty saw in the Stones.\"",
"And Scorsese's response?",
"One word: \"Absolutely.\"",
"But Jagger's idea for the movie centered around the Stones' biggest ever concert, in Rio de Janeiro.",
"Scorsese wasn't convinced that the Brazilian beach extravaganza would hit the right note .",
"\"I wanted to capture the music and their interaction on stage, I wanted people to feel like they were with them in the real film,\" he explains.",
"Eventually he persuaded Jagger to forego the Rio beach gig for a double date at New York's Beacon Theatre.",
"On the night of the performance, we see Scorsese's painstaking preparation come up against the monster of spontaneity that is the Rolling Stones live.",
"As the clock ticks towards curtain time, the filmmaker still doesn't have the final set-list, and is getting jittery.",
"\"It felt like the last minute.",
"It may actually have been an hour or so,\" he recalls.",
"But as the song goes, you can't always get what you want: Scorsese had to place his faith in his meticulous planning, and the hope that he would be able to respond to the performers -- Jagger especially -- on the night.",
"Scorsese believes that the band's live performances are the key to their long-lived success.",
"\"The way they work off of each other and off of the audience ...",
"It's fascinating to see that kind of power,\" he explains.",
"\"They cast a spell, something primal but very orchestrated.\"",
"When it came to the edit, Scorsese ditched any thought of talking-head interviews, choosing instead to splice vintage TV/archive footage between the live shots.",
"That puts the focus firmly on the music, while underlining the Stones' longevity.",
"So where does \"Shine a Light\" stand in relation to other rockumentary greats?",
"Sure enough, it's not The Stones: The Spectacle, Mick Jagger's original concept.",
"This is an intimate and illuminating look at the relationships in rock 'n' roll's greatest band.",
"It pays tribute to their longevity, highlights their rich repertoire and shows how, forty years on, their live shows still crackle with energy.",
"And while fans will decide whether Scorsese has fulfilled his aim to make \"something that's as close as possible to a live performance,\" Keith Richards believes Scorsese got the gold.",
"\"He captured what we do,\" he told CNN.",
"\"We are what we are. We're a rock 'n' roll band.\""
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"Director says the Stones' music has been a key influence in his films .",
"Scorsese aimed to give an intimate view of the band onstage ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- \"Desperate Housewives\" star Eva Longoria's divorce from NBA star Tony Parker was finalized by a Texas court, according to her publicist.",
"Anderson Group Public Relations issued a short statement confirming the divorce Monday.",
"The couple filed for divorce in November after reports surfaced that she found evidence he was cheating with the wife of a fellow San Antonio Spurs player.",
"She filed in Los Angeles and he filed in Bexar County, Texas.",
"\"It is with great sadness that after seven years together, Eva and I have decided to divorce,\" Parker said in a statement at the time.",
"\"We love each other deeply and pray for each other's happiness.\"",
"Longoria issued a similarly worded statement a day later.",
"CNN's Brittany Kaplan contributed to this report ."
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"Both issued a statement at the time saying they still loved the other ."
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"MOGADISHU, Somalia (CNN) -- Fresh fighting between Ethiopian-backed government forces and Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital city of Mogadishu reportedly killed at least 10 people Sunday, eyewitnesses said.",
"A man walks past the rubble of a building destroyed in Sunday's fighting .",
"The two sides pounded each other with artillery, sending children scurrying and bringing business at the city's main market to a standstill.",
"\"The fighting is so heavy and a barrage of mortar bombs is hitting many parts in Bakara market, killing people and causing heavy damages of buildings \" said Ali Abdulkadir, a cloth trader at the city's main Bakara Market.",
"Hawo Abdi Oman, another eyewitness at the market, said a shell landed in an area crowded with people, killing nine civilians.",
"Among the dead, she said, were two children and four women.",
"The market, a rebel stronghold, has been the site of numerous clashes since early last year.",
"In a nearby neighborhood, Geed Jaceyl, a shell landed on a house, crushing it.",
"A woman who was inside was killed, witnesses said.",
"A second shell landed near a religious school, sending children running for cover.",
"No one was injured in that incident.",
"The presence of Ethiopian troops trying to help defend a transitional government's hold on Mogadishu has united Islamic militant groups seeking to gain control of the city.",
"In 2006, the Islamic Courts Union -- a militia group -- ousted Somalia's transitional government from power.",
"But the ICU was deposed in December of that year following Ethiopia's military invasion.",
"Since then, insurgent groups have been trying to destabilize the government.",
"Somalia's current transitional government is trying to maintain control of the capital, with the help of the better-equipped Ethiopian forces.",
"The violence has displaced more than 40,000 civilians who have taken shelter in dozens of makeshift settlements west of Mogadishu.",
"Somalia has been mired in chaos since 1991, when warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and sparked brutal clan infighting.",
"Sunday's fighting came a day after suspected insurgents killed a local reporter, who freelanced for the BBC and Reuters news agency.",
"The national union of journalists in Somalia called the death of Nasteh Dahir Farah a \"targeted assassination.\"",
"He was the 10th reporter killed in the war-torn nation since last year.",
"Farah, 36, was gunned down on his way home from work in the southern city of Kismayu, according to the National Union of Somali Journalists.",
"-- Journalist Mohamed Amiin Adow contributed to this report ."
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"Shell lands in an area crowded with people, killing a group of civilians .",
"Women and children among the dead, according to witnesses ."
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"(CNN) -- Ingrid Betancourt has been reunited with her children for the first time in six years since her abduction by FARC rebels in Colombia.",
"Ingrid Betancourt, center, with her daughter Melanie and son Lorenzo.",
"Betancourt, 46, who was rescued Wednesday in a daring operation by the Colombian Army, met with her daughter, Melanie Delloye, and son, Lorenzo Delloye-Betancourt, on the steps of a plane that had just arrived from France at a Colombian airport.",
"The three tearfully clung together, hugging and kissing each other fervently before disappearing inside the plane.",
"\"They look so different, but they look so much the same at the same time; they are so beautiful,\" Betancourt told reporters.",
"\"The last time I saw my children, Lorenzo was very small ...",
"I could lift him up, he looked like my nephew who is right here,\" Betancourt said later, as she stood between her children, both now taller than she.",
"There are \"many dreams I want to share with them ...",
"I have so many things that I want to say to them,\" she added.",
"Her children, now adults, were accompanied on the plane by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.",
"Betancourt, a dual French national who grew up in Paris, is a cause celebre across Europe, where scores of cities had adopted her since her abduction in February 2002.",
"She will travel to Paris Thursday night, said Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos.",
"Her release dominated the pages and broadcasts of French newspapers, Web sites and television stations.",
"French President Nicolas Sarkozy had made her rescue a priority and in a televised address after her release expressed his happiness and thanks to the Colombian government, while urging FARC members to \"stop this absurd combat, this fight.\"",
"\"There were a lot of deceptions, but they always believed and they always had confidence,\" Sarkozy said.",
"\"There is always a small glimmer of hope and today the joy is huge.",
"All of France is happy to welcome back Ingrid Betancourt.\"",
"Watch Sarkozy thank the Colombian government » .",
"Dominique Paille, a leading political figure in France, told the newspaper Le Monde her release was \"extraordinary news\" and a \"grand day\" for France, humanitarian works, and the government.",
"Segolene Royal, Sarkozy's opponent in last year's presidential election, said it was a joyous moment, particularly for Betancourt's children.",
"\"They have never lost hope.",
"They have always believed the liberation of their mother was possible,\" she told Le Monde.",
"Watch Betancourt talk about her release » .",
"The French newspaper Liberation hailed Betancourt as a \"national symbol,\" saying her long imprisonment had become a tragic example of the effects of the war between FARC and the Colombian government.",
"Le Figaro praised the \"coup\" of the Colombian Army's bluff in freeing Betancourt and the 14 other hostages, saying it was also a personal victory for Sarkozy.",
"Read more about the rescue operation .",
"French Justice Minister Rachida Dati told the newspaper the result was without precedent.",
"Former French President Jacques Chirac told Le Figaro it was a \"true relief\" for all of Betancourt's family and those close to her."
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"French President Nicolas Sarkozy leads celebrations with TV address .",
"Sarkozy calls on FARC to lay down their weapons and end \"absurd combat\"\nBetancourt to visit France after meeting with children in Colombia ."
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"MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- One of Osama bin Laden's sons has left Spain after he was denied asylum in the country, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman told CNN Saturday.",
"Omar bin Laden pictured earlier this year during a television interview in Rome, Italy.",
"Omar bin Laden left Madrid Saturday afternoon en route to Cairo, Egypt, she said.",
"The ministry did not divulge why his request was denied.",
"Spain's decision came after bin Laden appealed the country's initial decision Wednesday to deny him asylum.",
"The man, who is married to a British citizen, previously was denied asylum in Britain.",
"He holds a Saudi passport.",
"Bin Laden, who is in his late 20s, stepped off a plane from Cairo at Madrid's Barajas International Airport during a stopover late Monday and informed authorities that he planned to request asylum, the spokeswoman said.",
"He was taken to a secure area of the airport for asylum seekers while his request was processed.",
"He prepared his formal asylum request Tuesday at the airport with the help of a translator, the spokeswoman said.",
"It was not known on what grounds bin Laden based his request.",
"He has publicly called on his father -- who is the leader of al Qaeda and the world's most-wanted man -- to abandon terrorism.",
"Last year, 7,664 people requested asylum in Spain.",
"The government granted that status to only 570, the spokeswoman said."
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"(CNN) -- Bayer Leverkusen moved within eight points of German Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund after a 2-0 victory over Hannover.",
"First half goals from Arturo Vidal and Simon Rolfes settled the outcome and saw Leverkusen go five points clear of Hannover who sit third.",
"But Dortmund can extend the gap at the top to 11 points if they win at Wolfsburg on Saturday.",
"The home side nearly fell behind inside two minutes when Norwegian striker Mohamed Abdellaoui was denied by Leverkusen keeper Rene Adler.",
"But after that early scare Leverkusen took control of the match and Vidal put them in front on 21 minutes.",
"The Chilean midfielder pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the penalty area after Hannover failed to clear from Stefan Kiessling's blocked shot and his volley flew into the net.",
"German international and former Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack should have doubled Leverkusen's advantage moments later but he headed wide of the target.",
"Adler was called upon to preserve the home side's lead after a rare breakaway from Hannover as Lars Stindi capitalized on former Liverpool defender Sami Hyypia's mistake but his shot was right at the keeper.",
"But just before the interval Rolfes made it 2-0.",
"He collected Gonzalo Castro's pass and curled his effort into the net.",
"Hannover piled on the pressure in the second half but couldn't cut the deficit."
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"(CNN) -- Borussia Dortmund opened up a massive 10-point lead in the German Bundesliga with a 2-0 win at Nuremberg on Sunday, their 13th win from 15 games.",
"It gives Dortmund an excellent chance of claiming their first title in nine years, particularly with defending champions Bayern Munich struggling in seventh spot, fully 17 points behind the pacesetters.",
"Dortmund made light of a snow blizzard and a hard pitch as goals either side of halftime by Germany defender Mats Hummels and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski were enough for a comfortable victory.",
"It leaves them on 40 points with second-placed Mainz on 30 points.",
"Mainz lost 2-1 to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.",
"Coach Jurgen Klopp is trying to keep his young team grounded despite their big lead.",
"\"I have never been able to, or even had to, consider the fight for the championship, so I don't think it is relevant with so much of the season left to play,\" he told AFP.",
"\"It is more important we keep playing well.",
"Every game is like a final for us, the next game is always the most important for me.\"",
"But even Bayern coach Louis van Gaal has all but conceded the championship.",
"\"Lots might still happen but I think (Dortmund) are too far ahead,\" van Gaal told AFP after his side's disappointing 2-0 defeat at Schalke 04 on Saturday.",
"Bayer Leverkusen stay third after a 3-2 win over Cologne earlier Sunday to take them to 29 points.",
"Goals by Patrick Helmes, Swiss midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta and defender Stefan Reinartz sealed the win which leaves them just a point behind Mainz, who lost 2-1 to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.",
"With two rounds to go before the midwinter break, Leverkusen will welcome the return of Germany star Michael Ballack from injury when the Bundesliga resumes in January.",
"In Spain's La Liga, Villarreal reclaimed third place with a 1-0 home win over Champions League rivals Sevilla.",
"Brazilian striker Nilmar scored his ninth league goal of the season after 29 minutes to leave his side seven points adrift of leaders Barcelona.",
"Slumping Sevilla are 10 points further back after a third straight defeat."
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"Mats Hummels and Poland star Robert Lewandowski score the goals in each half .",
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"LONDON, England (CNN) -- China executed at least 470 people last year -- more than any other country in the world, according to an annual report on the death penalty by the human rights group Amnesty International.",
"A woman is shown being taken to her execution in Beijing, China, in 2001.",
"The group said that five countries carried out 88 percent of all known executions worldwide: China (470 people), Iran (317), Saudi Arabia (143), Pakistan (135) and the United States (42).",
"Exact figures for how many people were put to death in China are difficult to come by because the country considers the death penalty a \"state secret,\" Amnesty said.",
"\"As the world and Olympic guests are left guessing, only the Chinese authorities know exactly how many people have been killed with state authorization,\" the group said.",
"Last year, China reformed the way capital cases are handled, with the Supreme Court deciding all cases.",
"This led to a drop in the number of executions, with \"half of the cases changed to a reprieve in the end,\" according to an article last week in China's state-run news agency, Xinhua.",
"In December, the United Nations General Assembly called for a global end to the death penalty.",
"But for now, the Amnesty report said, many countries continued to execute people for offenses that trigger much less severe sentences in other countries.",
"In Iran, for example, a father of two was stoned to death for adultery.",
"An Egyptian national was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for practicing sorcery.",
"And a factory manager in North Korea was shot by a firing squad because he appointed his children as managers and made international phone calls.",
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"LONDON, England (CNN) -- A number of filmmakers have looked to golf for inspiration for their movies -- but it is not often a professional golfer does the reverse.",
"Padraig Harrington defends his British Open Championship title at Turnberry, Scotland in July .",
"Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington has broken the mould after experimenting with a devastating ice-hockey swing as used in the cult U.S. comedy sports film Happy Gilmore.",
"The film's plot centers of the fortunes of failed ice-hockey player Happy Gilmore, played by Adam Sandler, who masters a powerful and dangerous slap shot which he converts to golf with devastating effect.",
"The result is that Gilmore is able to whack a golf ball over 400 yards, and now Irishman Harrington has copied Gilmore's breathtaking run-and-smash technique - and amazingly has added an extra 30 yards to his drive!",
"But is the spectacular swing legal?",
"The Royal and Ancient (R&A), who along with the United States Golf Association (USGA), produce and revise the rules of golf, can see no problems with the method.",
"A spokesperson at the rules department of the R&A told CNN: \"There is nothing in the rules as such to prevent the swing as performed in the film Happy Gilmore from being used by golfers.",
"You do not have to be standing still over the ball when playing a shot, so striking the ball with a run-up is okay.",
"\"The major concern we do have is regarding the whether it fits in with the etiquette of the game as defined in the rules.",
"Players must have respect for the course itself and perhaps this shot lends itself to increased likelihood of damage to the course.\"",
"While Harrington may not necessarily be ready to unleash the eye-catching swing when he goes in search of his third consecutive British Open Championship title at Turnberry, Scotland next month, the technique may still have a place in the game.",
"Dr Mark Smith, who is part of the Golf Education and Research Group at the University of Lincoln, England, believes that, with development, the swing could become part of the range of shots used by the modern golfer.",
"\"Golfers are always looking for ways to improve their game which might give them an edge on their rivals so it wouldn't surprise me if some professionals start to experiment with the swing used by Happy Gilmore,\" Smith told CNN.",
"\"One of the obvious benefits of the swing is that it allows you to generate more power and subsequently more distance on the shot as Padraig Harrington has shown.",
"\"Certainly the scientific principles behind the swing and the technology used are credible as well, although golf is just as much about accuracy as power.\"",
"Dr Smith does have some reservations about the possible risk of injury with the swing -- particularly if it is not executed properly.",
"\"The main drawback of the 'Happy Gilmore technique' from a physiological point of view is that it does place much more stress on the spine, lower back and the shoulders,\" he added.",
"\"Therefore the likelihood of injury is increased so certainly I would be cautious of amateur players rushing down to their local club and trying to copy him thinking it might drastically improve their game.",
"\"Perhaps a player might use when he feels has nothing to lose in a match, but when it comes to pressure situations players tend to fall back on tried and trusted methods.\"",
"Certainly Harrington's use of the 'Happy Gilmore technique' has got golf talking, but perhaps a copy of the film will not be found on the shelves next to coaching manuals just yet."
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"LONDON, England -- Steve Forbes has fired Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s uncle ahead of his May 3 clash with Oscar de la Hoya -- and replaced him as trainer with another member of the flamboyant World Boxing Council welterweight champion's family.",
"Floyd Mayweather Jr. was furious that his uncle was training his former sparring partner Steve Forbes.",
"Mayweather was furious that his father Roger was training Forbes for a fight which could scupper his own hopes of a lucrative rematch with De La Hoya, who he beat by a split decision last May in the richest fight in boxing history.",
"Forbes moved quickly to hire Jeff Mayweather, Roger's younger brother, after hearing Floyd air his grievances in the media.",
"\"I asked Roger not to train Forbes,\" Mayweather said during a conference call to promote his foray into wrestling at WWE's Wrestlemania 24 on March 30.",
"\"I'm upset with my Uncle Roger.",
"I disapprove of Roger.",
"If he continues to train Forbes, I have to get another trainer.",
"\"It's taking money out of my pocket.",
"I told him on numerous occasions not to train Steve Forbes and he's training him at my gym.",
"\"He's taking money out his own mouth.",
"Forbes is making $1 million, so he's jeopardizing (the trainer's share of) $80,000 for millions.",
"I could get him that a ton of times over again.",
"Hopefully it will be worth it.\"",
"Forbes had been working with Mayweather for only three weeks.",
"\"I thought it was funny.",
"Trainers should be able to train anyone they want.",
"But it didn't really surprise me.",
"I just wondered why it didn't happen three or four weeks ago when my fight with Oscar was announced.\"",
"\"Steve's a pro, and it doesn't bother him,\" Jeff Wald, Forbes' promoter, told The Associated Press.",
"\"He respects the Mayweather family, and he's trained with all three brothers, so it's not going to be a problem.\"",
"Forbes has previously been trained by Roger, Jeff and Floyd Mayweather Sr, who has been estranged from his world champion son for years, and sparred with Mayweather Jr. \"It's more (a problem) with Floyd because he is Roger's boss.",
"He pays him a nice salary,\" Forbes said.",
"\"I'm not upset with Roger.",
"This is just another little story to my story.",
"It doesn't affect me one bit.",
"But it's just bizarre.\" Floyd Sr. has trained De la Hoya for all of his recent fights -- except the bout against his son last year -- but has said he might cross that line for the rematch.",
"\"I may have to pay my dad more than Oscar is paying him,\" Floyd Jr. said.",
"The 31-year-old Mayweather, considered pound for pound the best boxer in the world, has not fought since knocking out Britain's previously unbeaten Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas in December.",
"E-mail to a friend ."
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"WBC welterweight champion angry that Roger Mayweather was training Forbes .",
"If Forbes wins, Mayweather's own scheduled rematch with De la Hoya in doubt .",
"Forbes hires another Mayweather, Floyd's uncle Jeff, as his new trainer ."
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"(Wired) -- Few games live up to 11 years of anticipation, but \"StarCraft II's\" slick upgrades mean the sequel's got a shot.",
"At midnight July 27, Blizzard switched on the servers for \"StarCraft II: Wings of LIberty.\"",
"The original \"StarCraft,\" released in 1998, became an overnight success, selling 1.5 million copies in its first year on the way to more than 11 million copies sold in its lifetime.",
"A decade on, the sci-fi game -- which pits human Terrans against alien Zerg and Protoss races in a real-time strategy war that spans the galaxy -- is still revered for its precise balance and easy-to-learn, hard-to-master game mechanics.",
"\"StarCraft\" became especially popular in South Korea, where professional players can earn upward of $100,000 a year and expert matches get televised nationwide.",
"At first glance, it seems Blizzard has taken an if-it-ain't-broke approach to \"StarCraft II's\" gameplay.",
"The biggest improvements to the single-player campaign have been in the presentation.",
"In the original game, you were simply flung from one mission to the next with nothing but a short mission briefing, or perhaps a brief cinematic scene once in a blue moon.",
"In the sequel, you spend your downtime hanging out inside the spaceship owned by series protagonist Jim Raynor.",
"Inside Raynor's ship, you can spend the money you make from missions on upgrades for your army.",
"Many upgrades consist of simple stat enhancements, but some unlock new abilities for your units.",
"It's a fun way of introducing RPG elements that provides a tangible feeling of progression.",
"Another change from the original \"StarCraft\": You can now choose the order in which you tackle certain missions.",
"It's not as if you have complete freedom: You will usually be presented with two missions to choose from.",
"This means the game follows a branching storyline of sorts, although so far I have always been able to go back and complete missions I skipped.",
"Optional objectives within the missions themselves range from rescuing oppressed villagers to collecting a number of doodads strewn across the map.",
"This idea is very similar to Blizzard's 2002 game \"Warcraft III\" (the last real-time strategy game the company released).",
"The rewards are usually worth the trouble.",
"If you rescue hapless villagers, they'll join your ranks.",
"If you collect doodads, you'll be given more money with which to upgrade your units.",
"Eleven years of technological progress means \"StarCraft II's\" storytelling methods aren't as primitive as they were in 1998.",
"The first \"StarCraft\" employed mid-mission dialogue, but the animation was limited to a few pictures of talking heads.",
"\"StarCraft II,\" on the other hand, benefits from the fully rendered cinematic scenes we've come to expect of modern gaming.",
"These scenes are excellent: The facial expressions, character movement, sound direction and art design all come together to make a gripping plot, at least from what I've seen so far.",
"It helps that Blizzard boasts some of the best artists in the business.",
"\"StarCraft II\" might be somewhat low-tech compared to graphics juggernauts like Crysis or Metro 2033, but because of its excellent art direction, it is arguably more visually appealing than either of those games.",
"\"StarCraft II\" uses a wide range of colors, and the attention to detail on things like marines' mechanized moving parts or the fluorescent glow of laser beams is spectacular as well.",
"I haven't yet played \"StarCraft II's\" final multiplayer mode, but I did play a great deal of the multiplayer beta and came away impressed.",
"Blizzard's overhaul of its classic Battle.net service is geared toward helping strategy newbies become competent, offering an array of challenges designed to teach important multiplayer skills.",
"\"StarCraft II\" is a long time coming, and with fans currently caught in the throes of launch ecstasy, it's still too early to tell if it will ultimately prove to be worth the wait.",
"But based on my first impressions, it would have to screw up pretty hard to not be.",
"Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT!",
"Click here! Copyright 2010 Wired.com."
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"(CNN) -- A rash of inclement weather shut down Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Tuesday morning, raising questions as to whether Super Bowl fans will face travel problems ahead of Sunday's big game.",
"Icy road conditions on Tuesday forced schools and some government offices to close, while 60 municipal trucks salted and scraped their way through Dallas, Texas, said mayoral spokesman Frank Librio.",
"But forecasters expect the blustery winter weather to leave the region -- and much of the country -- by Thursday, just as the first wave of pigskin enthusiasts are due to arrive.",
"\"We have been planning for this for a whole year,\" Librio said of Sunday's match-up between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers.",
"\"We'll be ready.\" Both teams and their fans are cold weather clubs, accustomed to the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.",
"iReport: Planning for a Super Bowl road trip?",
"But as a massive winter storm sweeps across the nation's heartland, up to 500 Dallas flights are expected to be canceled, said airport spokesman David Magana, making re-bookings difficult for those with early travel plans.",
"With more than 30 states under winter storm warnings or blizzard warnings, air traffic came to a halt in some places.",
"Dallas and Houston in Texas and Chicago, Illinois, are feeling the most impact, said FAA spokeswoman Tammy Jones.",
"Transport personnel had reopened one runway at Dallas-Fort Worth airport by Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.",
"Meanwhile, Dallas Love Field Airport was down to one open runway, according to the FAA.",
"Forecasters say the sub-freezing temperatures will let up Friday, reaching highs of 42 degrees.",
"But Super Bowl XLV, scheduled to begin Sunday at 6:30pm ET, is expected to draw thousands of fans to the Texan gridiron in search of warmer weather.",
"Forecasters say Dallas temperatures will bump up to a high of 61 degrees by game day.",
"While not exactly balmy conditions, the warm weather Super Bowl tradition could more abruptly end three years from now.",
"The New Meadowlands Stadium, co-owned by the New York Giants and Jets, won the bid to host Super Bowl XLVIII in East Rutherford, New Jersey.",
"Fans may be forced to don winter gloves underneath their foam fingers in what could be the nation's first true cold-weather classic in 2014.",
"The big game is customarily played in either domed stadiums or warm weather states.",
"The 1967 \"Ice-Bowl,\" in which the Packers edged out a 21-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys, was played in frigid temperatures at Lambeau Field in the 35th National Football League championship game.",
"Green Bay then traveled to Los Angeles to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the very first Super Bowl."
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"Icy weather in Dallas is raising questions over whether Super Bowl fans will face travel problems .",
"Forecasters expect the blustery winter weather to leave the region by Thursday .",
"Up to 500 Dallas flights are expected to be canceled Tuesday, airport officials said .",
"Forecasters say Dallas temperatures will bump up to a high of 61 degrees by game day ."
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"London, Engand (CNN) -- The experience of minority and coalition governments worldwide shows the advantages and risks for the UK as the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties build an alliance that can command a parliamentary majority following an election that produced no clear winner.",
"Some people in Britain, including Conservative leader David Cameron, had feared that a hung parliament would leave the country with a government too weak to be able to cut its massive deficit, potentially sparking panic on financial markets.",
"Cameron's party have been most vocal on the need to slash public spending quickly to help reduce the deficit, while Labour strategists argue huge cuts in spending over a short period would slow recovery.",
"William Hague, the new foreign secretary, told reporters after the weekend talks with the Lib Dems that \"the central part of any agreement will be economic stability and a reduction of the budget deficit.\"",
"But many countries where voting systems regularly produce minority or coalition governments seem to manage their economies perfectly adequately.",
"And some calmer Westminster and City voices have pointed out that Britain managed to run its affairs during World War II with a coalition government.",
"Germany, Europe's largest economy, is perhaps the best example of a country with a long tradition of stable coalition administrations.",
"Chancellor Angela Merkel currently leads a coalition between the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) -- though this has come under strain recently as a result of Merkel's support for a huge financial rescue plan for Greece.",
"Grand coalitions between the two largest parties also occur, but these are relatively rare.",
"Discussions between parties often take place prior to an election because of a general acceptance that no one party is capable of an outright majority.",
"This is seen as a key factor in helping to make a coalition stable.",
"Coalition and minority governments are also the norm in much of Scandinavia where elections nearly always result in protracted discussions between two or more parties over the composition of the next government.",
"Canada has had a Conservative minority government led by PM Stephen Harper since 2006, and is opposed by center-left Liberals and left-wing New Democrats.",
"Harper's Conservative Party was formed following a merger of the center-right Progressive Conservative and right-wing Canadian Alliance parties.",
"In a 2008 election, he increased his party's representation but must still govern as a minority administration, with just 143 out of 308 seats.",
"In Ireland, no single party has ruled since 1989.",
"Coalitions are typically formed by one of the two biggest parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, and one or more of the smaller parties.",
"The current ruling alliance between Brian Cowen's Fianna Fáil and the Greens has endured despite the country's ailing economy.",
"Belgium's experience has been less positive.",
"Its political system is organized around the need to represent the main cultural communities: Flemish or Dutch-speaking Flanders in the north, French-speaking Wallonia in the south and the German-speaking cantons in the east.",
"This has often resulted in a weak coalition government, with a number of parties vying for control.",
"Last month Prime Minister Yves Leterme was forced to resign after a Flemish liberal party withdrew from the five-party coalition government after a dispute over electoral boundaries around the nation's capital, Brussels.",
"Bizarrely Brussels is the only electoral district where votes are not cast purely on linguistic lines.",
"Belgium's political system insists that you can't vote for a French-speaking party in Flanders and vice versa.",
"Italy also has a history of fractious coalitions, with 61 governments taking office since 1945.",
"Its political landscape has been characterized by chronic squabbling between numerous parties across the political spectrum, which has thwarted attempts to form stable governments and reform its political system.",
"Elsewhere in the world, Israel has always been governed by alliances between its various parties, with power traditionally alternating between a center-right-led Likud government in coalition with several right-wing and religious parties and periods of rule by the center-left Labor in coalition with several left-wing parties."
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"Economic stability key to any agreement, according to senior Conservative lawmaker .",
"Germany has a history of successful and stable coalition governments ."
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"(CNN) -- A trial date has been set for May for an Alabama man accused of killing his new bride during their honeymoon in Australia.",
"David Gabriel \"Gabe\" Watson is scheduled to face murder and kidnapping charges on May 23 in an Alabama courtroom, court officials said.",
"He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.",
"Australian media dubbed Watson \"The Honeymoon Killer\" after his 26-year-old wife, Tina, died October 22, 2003, while the two were diving at a historic shipwreck off the Great Barrier Reef.",
"The incident occurred about 9,000 miles from Birmingham, Alabama, where the couple had married 11 days earlier.",
"Watson returned to the United States after his wife's death and, five years later, remarried.",
"In that same year, 2008, he pleaded guilty in Australia to criminally negligent manslaughter.",
"He finished his sentence there in early November and was subsequently held in immigration detention.",
"Then, in late November, Watson was arrested in Los Angeles after a grand jury in Alabama indicted Watson on two counts -- murder for pecuniary gain and kidnapping where a felony occurred, authorities said.",
"Those charges are based on the premise that Watson hatched the plot to kill his wife while in Alabama.",
"Watson's lawyers have contended that authorities in Alabama manipulated a grand jury to get an indictment against their client.",
"The lawyers have claimed that authorities based the indictment on testimony from Tina Watson's immediate family and a sole Helena, Alabama, investigator, saying of the witnesses \"none could offer more than emotional testimony and hearsay.\"",
"The doctrine of double jeopardy -- which says that a person cannot be tried or punished twice for the same crime -- does not apply in Watson's case, according to established legal precedent, legal experts have said.",
"Double jeopardy does not apply because two separate sovereigns, a state government and a foreign government, were seeking to prosecute, said John Lentine, a Birmingham criminal defense attorney and law school professor.",
"Australian authorities investigated Tina Watson's death for years, according to inquest findings in June 2008.",
"Townsville, Queensland, Coroner David Glascow pressed for charges after determining that the drowning couldn't be deemed accidental.",
"According to the inquest, Watson told Glascow that his new bride appeared to panic while 45 feet underwater in the reef, 42 miles off the coast of Townsville.",
"But Glascow cited inconsistencies in Watson's statements, saying that investigators found that \"some of Gabe's explanations lacked credibility.\"",
"Glascow noted that Tina Watson's father, in a sworn statement, said Watson asked her to maximize her life insurance and make him a beneficiary shortly before their wedding.",
"The insurance company confirmed Watson asked about his wife's insurance policy after her death, according to the coroner.",
"Watson's attorneys have said that their client pleaded guilty in Australia only \"for failing to rescue his wife (because) he merely did not do enough to save her.\""
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"CNN Senior Producer Sasha Johnson traveled to Coaldale, Pennsylvania, to talk to voters, including some members of her extended family, about how a typical small town like Coaldale might vote in 2008 and what issues are on their minds.",
"Coaldale Mayor Claire Remington and her husband, Otis, talk politics in their kitchen .",
"COALDALE, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Coaldale is a borough of 2,200, nestled in the anthracite-rich mountains in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania.",
"It's exactly the type of place Sen. Barack Obama referenced last week when he said some Pennsylvanians were \"bitter\" over their poor economic situation.",
"Obama said he regretted the word choice but continued to argue that some voters feel desperate.",
"After spending a day talking with Coaldale voters, it seems to me the anger Obama described in his now controversial comments might not have been too far off the mark.",
"\"It's time for the politicians to come down to our level,\" said Ruth Weiss during the lunch hour at Tommy's, Coaldale's only casual eatery among a row of shuttered shops and next to a 60-year-old movie theater that has survived.",
"\"People can't afford food.",
"I'm paying for oil for the restaurant out of my own Social Security check.\"",
"Ruth and her husband, Tommy, describe their small pizza and sub restaurant on East Phillips Street as a \"country store,\" a place where the regulars can gather to talk, share a meal or -- as is the case lately -- sip a cup of coffee.",
"\"This is my business, but people can't afford it,\" said Ruth.",
"She detailed the myriad of problems she and others are facing -- rising gas prices, increased taxes, out of control food and prescription costs.",
"It is no wonder, she said, people can't afford lunch or dinner at the restaurant they've owned for 25 years.",
"Coaldale's history .",
"I did not find Coaldale's quiet streets by accident.",
"My Russian Orthodox grandmother was born here and some family still lives in and around the house on Fisher Avenue where she and her nine siblings grew up while their father worked the mines.",
"Coaldale, like many other small Pennsylvania communities, has seen better times.",
"Back in the 1930s, when the surrounding hills were bustling with anthracite mining, around 7,000 people lived here.",
"By the 1950s, the mines were closing.",
"In the 30 years that followed, the garment factories in and around town shut down.",
"Today, many of Coaldale's residents are elderly and on fixed incomes.",
"The cost of living is low, so there is the occasional new neighbor, but the shrinking population and tough economic times could force the closure of several churches, forcing people to worship elsewhere.",
"Without a grocery store or a single stoplight, my great-uncle John Zenzel frequently jokes, \"Coaldale is more boring than Mayberry.\"",
"Coaldale and the '08 election .",
"Claire Remington, Coaldale's mayor since 2001 and lifelong resident, said her constituents are \"tightlipped\" about who will get their vote in the primary.",
"On a drive through town, only a \"Ron Paul for President\" yard sign could be found.",
"Remington says the town is roughly split between Democrats and Republicans, a change from past elections.",
"Historically, Coaldale -- like Schuylkill County at-large -- has leaned Republican.",
"This election season, however, the county has mirrored trends across the state -- more voters switching to the Democratic Party and more new voters registering as Democrats.",
"\"I'm a die-hard Republican, but I have to say this year things are going to be a little different for me,\" said Remington, who is part of the town's tight-knit Russian Orthodox community.",
"\"The party is going to be upset with me, but I feel that we need a change.\"",
"At this point Remington plans to cast a write-in vote for Obama in the primary.",
"She joins her husband, Otis, in supporting Obama.",
"\"This time around I'm dead set against voting for Hillary Clinton,\" said Otis, a longtime Democrat and retired Navy reservist.",
"\"As far as Barack goes, he's young, he's inexperienced, he's new, but I think given a chance he could be a good president.\"",
"Claire said she is reluctant to advertise her support for Obama in the form of a yard sign because she fears her neighbors would think she is supporting him because Otis is African-American.",
"Claire is white.",
"The two conceded race is an underlying factor in voters' decisions, and both cited the state's rainbow of immigrant ethnic groups and Gov.",
"Ed Rendell's comment that an African-American might have trouble winning statewide.",
"\"I do think he's right,\" she said.",
"\"I hope he's wrong, though.\"",
"Both Otis and Claire describe a visceral reaction to Clinton.",
"They say they can't shake the memories of Whitewater or the belief that President Bill Clinton could have done more for the military during his time in the White House.",
"Back down the hill at Tommy's, Ruth and Tommy Weiss will gladly cast their primary ballot for Clinton.",
"Tommy says Obama is an unknown and believes Clinton will be a \"good start, although we don't expect her to do everything.\"",
"They are both comforted by the fact that Bill Clinton would play some role in his wife's administration -- but they want her to have the final say.",
"\"She'll hold him at bay when she needs to,\" said Tommy.",
"Neither of the Weisses could say for sure they would vote for Obama if he were their party's nominee in November.",
"John Zenzel, a World War II Navy veteran, has been waiting \"a long time\" to vote for Clinton.",
"He believes she deserves \"another chance\" to revamp health care, something he is banking on as his yearly health insurance costs approach $3,000.",
"Zenzel, 82, still lives in the house where he was born and raised.",
"As the April 22 primary approaches, he is not banking on any of the candidates paying a visit to his sleepy town but that doesn't diminish his excitement or hope that a new president will ease the daily hardships that he and his neighbors face.",
"The last time Zenzel remembers a White House aspirant coming anywhere near the borough was in 1960 when John F. Kennedy drove through nearby Hometown and Tamaqua.",
"Zenzel remembers waiting on the street and jumping through the crowd to shake Kennedy's hand.",
"E-mail to a friend ."
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"Obama offended some by saying small-town Pennsylvanians were \"bitter\"\nCoaldale faces shrinking population, tough economic times .",
"Local residents give a glimpse into the minds of small-town voters ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When a grenade bounced off his chest and fell to the floor near his fellow troops, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor acted out of instinct.",
"His actions didn't stem from a lack of training.",
"His instant reaction was to protect his comrades.",
"The Navy says he committed a selfless act: jumping on the grenade and taking the full force of the blast.",
"President Bush presented Monsoor's parents with a posthumous Medal of Honor for their son at an emotional White House ceremony on Tuesday.",
"Watch Monsoor's sister share her memories » .",
"Bush quoted one of the SEALS saved by Monsoor as saying, \"Mikey looked death in the face that day and said, 'You cannot take my brothers.",
"I will go in their stead.'\" Watch the president bestow the award » .",
"Monsoor was one of the U.S. military's most highly trained combatants, a Navy SEAL.",
"He's the first SEAL to receive the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq.",
"On September 29, 2006, Monsoor was part of a major clearing and isolating operation to root out enemy fighters holding parts of Ramadi, the Sunni insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad.",
"Monsoor was in a sniper position on a rooftop along with two other SEALs when a grenade flew into his location from out of nowhere.",
"It bounced off his chest and landed in an area where it probably would have killed or seriously wounded all three of them.",
"Monsoor was in a position to escape before the explosion but instead leapt on the grenade.",
"\"He recognized immediately the threat, yelled 'grenade' and due to the fact that two other SEAL snipers, our brothers, could not possibly escape the blast, he chose to smother it with his body, absorbed the impact and lost his life in the process,\" said Lt. Cmdr.",
"Seth Stone, Mansoor's platoon commander.",
"The blast did not kill him right away; he hung on for 30 minutes.",
"His two comrades were wounded but survived the shrapnel that ripped through their bodies.",
"Stone said: \"He essentially saved [the] Navy SEALS on the rooftop and three Iraqi soldiers who were there.\"",
"Until this month, when the White House announced that Monsoor would receive the Medal of Honor posthumously, few people knew of his story.",
"Born in 1981 in Long Beach, California, Monsoor excelled as a high school athlete.",
"He joined the Navy before the September 11 attacks.",
"In 2004, Monsoor graduated from the basic SEAL training course as one of the top members of his class.",
"By March 2005, he had completed his training and was assigned to SEAL Team 3, Delta Platoon.",
"In April 2006, that unit deployed to Iraq's troubled and violent western provincial capital of Ramadi.",
"Monsoor would not return home alive.",
"His five-month stay in Ramadi was marked by constant attacks.",
"As a heavy machine gunner, Monsoor had to stay behind the point man on foot patrols and protect the unit from attacks.",
"Delta Platoon was involved in attacks on 75 percent of its missions in a highly contested part of Ramadi called the Ma'laab district, according to the Navy.",
"On a patrol less than a month after arriving in Iraq, Monsoor showed some of his selfless instinct when gunfire hit a fellow SEAL in the leg.",
"Monsoor \"ran out into the street with another SEAL, shot cover fire and dragged his comrade to safety while enemy bullets kicked up the concrete at their feet,\" according to Navy documents.",
"He received the Silver Star, the third highest award for valor in combat.",
"His unit continued to endure the constant barrage of attacks and some 35 firefights with insurgent forces over the scorching Iraqi summer.",
"Monsoor also was saddled with carrying heavy radio equipment on his back as the \"SEAL communicator\" who called in tank and other support during firefights.",
"He received the Bronze Star for his work as an adviser for Iraqi troops.",
"\"His leadership, guidance and decisive actions during 11 different combat operations saved the lives of his teammates, other [U.S.-led] coalition forces and Iraqi army soldiers,\" according to Navy documents.",
"But it was his instinct on his last operation on that Ramadi roof that solidified Monsoor's standing as a hero.",
"E-mail to a friend ."
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"President Bush gave medal to Monsoor's parents at a White House ceremony .",
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"He's the first Navy SEAL to win Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq ."
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"HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- The United States and Cuba should show some flexibility and take steps to improve relations, New Mexico Gov.",
"Bill Richardson said Friday during a weeklong trade mission to the island nation.",
"New Mexico Gov.",
"Bill Richardson calls for \"concrete steps\" to improve ties between the United States and Cuba.",
"\"There is a good atmosphere [between the two countries],\" he said at a news conference in Havana on Friday.",
"\"It is the best atmosphere I've seen in many years.\"",
"Richardson called for \"concrete steps from both sides,\" but noted a \"lack of flexibility in their positions\" and reciprocity from the Cuban government.",
"He also called on the United States to \"pay more attention to the Cuba issue, though acknowledged more urgent U.S. priorities like health-care reform have drawn attention away from normalizing relations.",
"In his first trip to Cuba in 13 years, when he negotiated the release of three political prisoners in 1996, Richardson said he is not in Cuba as a special U.S. envoy.",
"\"My main objective is trade and to improve commercial ties with Cuba,\" he said, though he acknowledged plans to report recommendations to the Obama administration early next week.",
"Watch Richardson discuss goals for Cuba trip » .",
"Despite the near half-century trade embargo, the U.S. Treasury Department allows U.S. states to sell agricultural, medical and IT products in Cuba on a cash basis.",
"The governor also called on the Obama administration to ease restrictions of biotechnology products, allow Cubans to travel to the United States for academic and cultural exchanges, and implement the changes to Cuban-American travel and remittances announced in April.",
"He mentioned a proposal to allow diplomats in either country to move more freely and offered to broker a dialogue between the Cuban government and Cuban-Americans.",
"\"If there's going to be a solution for the normalization of relationship between Cuba and the United States, Cuban-Americans must play a role,\" he said, noting that any such dialogue would not substitute government-to-government talks.",
"Richardson -- known for his diplomatic resume, including high-level talks with North Korea, Sudan and Iraq -- met with Cuba's National Assembly president, Ricardo Alarcon, and received a personal letter from former President Fidel Castro.",
"\"It was a positive message that I got,\" he said of the letter.",
"The former presidential candidate was nominated for Commerce Secretary in the Obama administration, but withdrew amid an investigation over whether CDR Financial Products inappropriately won $1.4 million in state work for New Mexico."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a female death row inmate who said fetal alcohol syndrome should have been considered by the state court that reviewed her sentence.",
"The U.S. Supreme Court has closely monitored Louisiana's capital punishment system in recent years.",
"The justices gave no reason for rejecting the appeal, which challenged the constitutionality of Louisiana's capital sentencing procedures and argued that Brandy Holmes' alleged developmental disabilities should disqualify her from execution.",
"Holmes, 29, is one of two women scheduled to be executed in Louisiana.",
"She and a male co-defendant were convicted of murder in the New Year's Day 2003 death of Julian Brandon, a retired minister near Shreveport.",
"Holmes is being held at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women at St. Gabriel.",
"Experts on fetal alcohol syndrome call it the nation's leading preventable cause of mental retardation.",
"As many as 40,000 newborns in the United States are affected each year by their mother's alcohol use, according to an advocacy group.",
"The syndrome can lead to brain damage, behavioral problems and intellectual disabilities.",
"Holmes' attorneys said she functions like a 10- to 12-year-old.",
"\"Brandy has a hallmark case of FAS,\" said Tom Donaldson, president of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, which supported the defendant in her high court appeal.",
"\"Her mother testified that she drank throughout her pregnancy, and in fact named her daughter after her favorite drink.",
"Brandy's capacity to appreciate the criminality of her actions or to conform to the law is very seriously impaired.\"",
"Donaldson and others argue the medical and legal system is unprepared to recognize, intervene and educate when presented with the majority of FAS-related cases, especially those involving younger defendants.",
"In a petition to the justices, Holmes' attorney, Charles Ogletree, argued the Louisiana Supreme Court did not \"review the extensive mitigating circumstances that limited Ms. Holmes's moral culpability and compare them to the mitigating circumstances presented in similar cases.",
"The [state] court also failed to consider that petitioner's co-defendant received a death sentence and that the prosecutor stated at the co-defendant's trial that he (and not the petitioner) was the more culpable party.\"",
"That co-defendant, Robert Coleman, remains on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.",
"Ogletree is a noted Harvard Law School professor who taught President Obama when he was a law student.",
"The state in its reply brief noted the violent nature of the robbery-murder.",
"The victim's wife also suffered gunshot wounds in the attack.",
"She lived in a severely impaired state for years and passed away in October 2008.",
"Investigators said Holmes tried to use the victims' ATM card and destroyed evidence of the crime.",
"Detectives said she even stole a videotape of her confession that was left unattended at the police station.",
"\"Holmes destroyed this tape by sneaking it into the ladies' room and flushing the magnetic tape down the toilet, after substituting a blank tape in the stack of taped statements that had been left unsecured on a detective's desk,\" according the the state's brief.",
"Police also suspect she flushed jewelry she had been wearing, which they suggested may have been stolen from the Brandons.",
"The Supreme Court previously had banned execution of the mentally retarded, though the justices established no clear benchmark on IQ test results to guide criminal courts.",
"The justices also have closely monitored Louisiana's capital punishment system in recent years, criticizing in some cases the role of some prosecutors and the procedural guarantees required in such cases.",
"The justices last year ordered a new trial for an African-American capital defendant after finding problems with how prosecutors excluded blacks from an all-white jury.",
"That same year, the high court blocked use of the death penalty for a New Orleans-area man convicted of child rape.",
"Louisiana was one of the few states that had actively pushed execution for nonhomicide crimes.",
"Fifty-three women remain on death row around the country.",
"Forty women have been executed in the past century -- 11 since 1976 when the Supreme Court restored capital punishment, according the Death Penalty Information Center.",
"The other woman on death row in Louisiana is Antoinette Frank, a former New Orleans policewoman convicted of three murders, including that of her former partner on the police force.",
"Her scheduled execution last year was delayed indefinitely by appeal.",
"The high court also announced Monday that it will not hear appeals in the following cases: ."
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"Defense argued alleged disabilities should disqualify Brandy Holmes from execution .",
"Justices cite no reason in rejecting appeal of Louisiana death row inmate .",
"Holmes and a co-defendant were convicted in the 2003 killing of a retired minister .",
"Holmes' attorneys says she functions like a 10- to 12-year-old ."
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"(CNN) -- Tiger Woods battled to three-under-69 on the north course at Torrey Pines as he made a solid start to his 2011 PGA Tour campaign.",
"Woods, who has slipped to number three in the world rankings behind European pair Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer, carded three birdies without a bogey to leave himself well-placed in the Farmers Insurance Open at tied for 22nd.",
"He was five shots behind leader Sunghoon Kang after the South Korean rookie claimed a one-stroke first-round advantage from Americans Rickie Fowler and Alex Prugh.",
"\"I played alright today,\" Woods told the Golf Channel.",
"\"These are some of the narrowest fairways we've seen on tour, it was tough.\"",
"Woods has won seven times at his favorite venue in La Jolla in California, the last victory in 2008 at the U.S. Open.",
"That left him on 14 major wins, the run halted by first injury and then the damaging revelations of marital infidelities which led to a self-imposed exile from tournament golf.",
"Woods was paired with Rocco Mediate, who he beat in the famous playoff to win the 2008 U.S. Open despite being hampered by leg injuries.",
"A third American, Anthony Kim, made up the group and shot 68.",
"Starting on the 10th in perfect playing conditions, Woods picked up birdies on the 12th, second and sixth.",
"A further birdie chance came at the seventh, but his putt slid by and a rare errant tee shot on the next left him in trouble in a fairway bunker.",
"His second shot failed to find the green, Woods hammering his club to the ground in frustration, but he showed his old powers of recovery with a pitch and single putt to save par.",
"He was also left frustrated after failing to gain his birdie on the par-five ninth after another indifferent drive, but has happy with his overall display.",
"Crowd favorite John Daly, who played the south course, was among the early clubhouse pacesetters with a superb five-under 67 and ended the day tied for fifth along with Woods' great rival Phil Mickelson and 2009 U.S. PGA champion Y.E.",
"Yang of South Korea.",
"But it was Yang's 24-year-old compatriot Kang who took the first-day plaudits after a fine 64.",
"Also playing the north course and starting on the 10th, he carded three birdies and an eagle on his front nine and closed with three birdies in his last four holes for a flawless round.",
"On the same course, Prugh closed with four successive birdies after starting on the front nine, while last season's rookie of the year Fowler picked up a shot at the last playing from 10.",
"The 22-year-old's 65 featured one dropped shot but he still finished one ahead of 25-year-old American rookie Chris Kirk.",
"Last weekend's Bob Hope Classic winner, Venezuelan rookie Jhonattan Vegas, was one of 13 players on 69 along with Woods, U.S. Ryder Cup player Hunter Mahan and Colombian Camilo Villegas.",
"Mediate was tied for 54th in an even bigger group on 71 along with rookie Joseph Bramlett, the first African American golfer to earn a tour card through qualifying school in 25 years."
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"Tiger Woods shoots a solid 69 in his first round at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines .",
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"He is five shots off the leading pace set by Korean rookie Sunghoon Kang .",
"John Daly in contention after a five-under 67 on south course ."
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"JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli officials are seeking a meeting with Turkey's ambassador to protest a show on Turkish television that reportedly depicts Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian children.",
"Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says the Turkish TV show \"is being done with state sponsorship.\"",
"Turkey has been Israel's strongest Muslim ally in the Middle East, and the move comes as relations between the countries have soured in recent days over the latter's decision to exclude Israel from scheduled military exercises.",
"The Turkish TV show \"constitutes the most serious level of incitement, and it is being done with state sponsorship,\" Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in a statement.",
"The show aired this week on Turkey's state-run TRT-1 network.",
"It shows an actor dressed as an Israeli soldier shooting what appears to be an unarmed Palestinian girl.",
"In another sequence, an Israeli soldier opens fire on an infant being held by what appears to be a family member.",
"\"Such a series which bears no connection whatsoever to reality, presenting IDF [Israel Defense Forces] soldiers as murderers of innocent children, should not be broadcast even in hostile states -- and certainly not in a state that maintains full diplomatic relations with Israel,\" Lieberman said.",
"The show called \"Ayrilik\" is billed on the TRT Web site as the \"first time a TV series shows the ongoing, bleeding wound of the world which is taking place on Palestinian lands.",
"It shows the painful stories of the people who lived on invaded Palestinian lands in 1948, especially women and children.\"",
"Israel and Turkey have enjoyed close military and economic ties for more than a decade.",
"But relations have grown testy at times in recent years over Israel's activities in the Palestinian territories and over its Gaza offensive in December and January.",
"On Tuesday, a senior U.S. military official said Turkey's decision this week to postpone a NATO war exercise appears to have been a political decision intended to exclude the Israelis.",
"The official, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly, said U.S. officials were uncomfortable about excluding Israel and so welcomed postponing the maneuvers in which U.S. military units were scheduled to participate.",
"The exercises were to start Monday and run through October 23.",
"Turkish lawmaker Suat Kiniklioglu, deputy chairman of the external affairs committee for the ruling Justice and Development Party, said that it isn't \"state policy for Turkish television to portray Israel badly.\"",
"He said the television network contracts with private producers.",
"\"It's probably some producer who is trying to tap into popular reaction against israel, trying to make money off it,\" said Kiniklioglu, who has not seen the program.",
"Kiniklioglu said it \"would not be wrong to say Turkish-Israeli relations have become much more fragile\" after Gaza, commenting on the exclusion of Israel from military exercises.",
"\"This is basically all about Gaza. ...",
"The humanitarian crisis is continuing and Prime Minister [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan is upset about it.\"",
"Alon Liel, Israel's top diplomat in Turkey during the 1980s, said he believes the relations between the two countries are in crisis.",
"\"This unbelievable attack on the Israeli army is in the country that in the last 15 years was probably the closest to our army, so it's a major surprise, a major change,\" Liel said.",
"CNN's Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- World number two Phil Mickelson has indefinitely suspended his PGA Tour schedule after his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.",
"Phil and Amy Mickelson have been married for 13 years and have three children.",
"Three-time major winner Mickelson was due to play at the Byron Nelson Championship starting on Thursday and defend his title at Colonial next week -- but has withdrawn to be alongside his wife, Amy.",
"\"After undergoing an extensive battery of tests Phil Mickelsons's wife, Amy, has been diagnosed with breast cancer,\" said a statement on the American's official Web site.",
"\"More tests are scheduled but the treatment process is expected to begin with major surgery, possibly within the next two weeks.\"",
"Mickelson met his wife, a former cheerleader for the Phoenix Suns National Basketball Association team, in 1992 and they were married in 1996.",
"They have three children -- nine-year-old Amanda, seven-year-old Sophia and Evan who is six.",
"PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said on the official PGA Web site: \"We are saddened by the news of Amy Mickelson's diagnosis, but are hopeful that with the support of Phil and her family and friends, she will come through this difficult tim.",
"\"The thoughts and prayers of everyone connected with the PGA Tour are with the Mickelson family.\"",
"World number one Tiger Woods added: \"Elin and I are deeply saddened to hear the news about Amy.",
"Our thoughts and prayers are with her, Phil, the children and the entire Mickelson family.\""
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"World number two Phil Mickelson has suspended his PGA Tour schedule .",
"Mickelson has withdrawn to be alongside his wife Amy who has breast cancer .",
"The pair have been married for 13 years and have two daughters and one son ."
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"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Rory McIlroy may be tipped for great things but according to the \"CNN Living Golf\" producer, Chris Eldergill, his home course is on the road to success as well.",
"The CNN crew with Rory McIlroy at the Lough Erne Golf Resort, Northern Ireland.",
"In these troubled times, you're hard pushed to find a golf development which either hasn't been put on hold or canceled altogether.",
"That coupled with the fact that golf tourism in Northern Ireland has been in steep decline, it's a testament to the people of Lough Erne Golf Resort that they're opening their brand new championship course this summer.",
"We have just returned from Lough Erne, which is situated about two hours west of Belfast in Northern Ireland, after spending some time with golf's biggest teenage sensation, Lough Erne's attached professional Rory McIlroy.",
"Watch a preview of the show » .",
"Whilst it was impressive to see such maturity from a 19 year old who has achieved so much so young, it was also impressive to see the surroundings he is blessed with.",
"Created by six-time major champion Nick Faldo, The Faldo Course will be a par-72 layout set on a breath-taking peninsula -- if the photos don't help visualize this for you, think Loch Lomond.",
"And like the venue for the annual Scottish Open, don't bet against this being a regular stop on the European Tour in the near future.",
"During our stay, we were itching to get out and experience some of the course for ourselves but with gusting winds and with water on 14 of the 18 holes, only the brave or very talented would have survived... and neither applied to us!",
"But with such a rich tradition of superb golf courses in Northern Ireland like Royal Portrush, Castlerock and Royal County Down, how will Lough Erne compete?",
"Simple... their resident professional.",
"Just days after this year's Open Championship at Turnberry in Scotland, McIlroy will take on Ireland's greatest ever golfer, three times Major Champion, Padraig Harrington, in the inaugural Lough Erne Challenge, a one-day event scheduled for Wednesday, July 22.",
"Harrington is gunning for a third consecutive Open championship whilst McIlroy is aiming to be the youngest Major winner in history -- not bad publicity for a course which would have been open for a mere three weeks.",
"Only 4,000 tickets have been set aside for the event so if you can't make it to Turnberry, you could do worse than to see these two fight it out.",
"CNN Living Golf airs at the times below: .",
"ALL TIMES GMT Thursday, April 2: 1230, 1730 Saturday, April 4: 0700, 1730 Sunday, April 5 : 0300, 0730, 1500 ."
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"Teenager Rory McIlroy is resident pro at Lough Erne Golf Resort near Belfast .",
"The resort plans to open its new championship course this summer .",
"\"The Faldo Course\" was created by six-time major champion Nick Faldo .",
"Rory McIlroy will take on Padraig Harrington in its inaugural event on July 22 ."
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"(CNN) -- The world's best female golfer, Lorena Ochoa of Mexico, has exclusively revealed to CNN that a meeting with Tiger Woods in her youth inspired her to become the player she is today.",
"Tiger Woods and Lorena Ochoa pose at the Golf Writer's Association of America Awards in 2007.",
"The pair first met at Tory Pines when both competing in the Junior World Championships, an event that Woods won a record six times and Ochoa has won five.",
"The two then met again 15 years later at the Golf Writer's Association of America Awards where both were named players of the year.",
"Ochoa, 27, told CNN's Living Golf program the meeting had a big impact on her: \"You don't realize the importance of things until you're older and look back.",
"I'm just glad it worked out the way it did for us.",
"\"He was boy and I was a girl, we were both young and we didn't know what we were doing.",
"I didn't see him for another 15 years, but I reminded him and showed him the pictures and he was like \"wow\".\"",
"Ochoa, who started playing golf aged just five-years-old, has now won 26 LPGA Tour titles but said despite the success it has been harder to sustain her number one spot than it was to attain it.",
"\"It's harder to stay number one than getting there - if you get distracted or stop practicing you can very easily lose your position.",
"Ochoa overtook Annika Sörenstam to become the world number one ranked golfer in 2007 and since has won two majors, including the Women's British Open and the Kraft Nabisco Championship.",
"The Mexican also picked up the Honda LPGA Thailand recently but says her drive to win more remains the same: \"My life has changed a lot.",
"I've been preparing myself to get to that position so it didn't take me by surprise.",
"It took me five years from turning professional to becoming the number on in the world.",
"It's not easy but it's been a lot of fun and I want to stay here.\"",
"The next major championship for Ochoa to set her sights on will be the McDonald's LPGA Championship on June 11-14."
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"Ochoa has won 26 LPGA titles since turning professional .",
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military's \"don't ask-don't tell\" policy could be overturned in the first year of President-elect Barack Obama's administration, according to the lead sponsor of a bill that would repeal the law.",
"A bill that would repeal the U.S. military's \"don't ask-don't tell\" policy has 149 co-sponsors in the House.",
"Obama has pledged to lift the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military.",
"A spokesman for Obama's transition office would not comment for this story, but two months ago, Obama suggested he would move cautiously, telling the Philadelphia Gay News he would first get the military on board.",
"\"Although I have consistently said I would repeal 'don't ask-don't tell,' I believe that the way to do it is to make sure that we are working through processes, getting the Joint Chiefs of Staff clear in terms of what our priorities are going to be,\" Obama told the newspaper.",
"Instituted in 1993, the policy ended the military's practice of asking potential service members if they are gay, but requires the dismissal of openly gay service members.",
"A bill to replace the law with a policy that would allow gays to openly serve has 149 co-sponsors in the U.S. House, including Ellen Tauscher, D-California.",
"Tauscher said that with a new administration, the timing is right to try to pass the bill.",
"\"The key here is to get bills that pass the House and the Senate, that we can get to President-elect Obama to sign, and I think that we can do that, certainly, the first year of the administration,\" Tauscher told CNN.",
"Gay rights advocates say it's important for Obama to avoid the approach used by the Clinton administration.",
"President Clinton initially promised to repeal the military's then-complete ban on gays with an executive order.",
"But the plan roiled Pentagon brass -- including then-Joint Chiefs Chairman Colin Powell -- and provoked a fierce backlash from conservatives in Congress.",
"Congress stripped Clinton of his power to change the policy and forced him to accept the \"don't ask-don't tell\" compromise -- a law that can be repealed only by Congress.",
"But after 15 years and four wars, attitudes in the Pentagon -- and among the public -- have changed.",
"A Washington Post/ABC News poll this summer found 75 percent of Americans support allowing gays to serve openly, compared to only 45 percent in 1993.",
"Retired Adm. Charles Larson, the former head of the Naval Academy, heads a list of more than 100 retired U.S. military leaders who have signed a statement calling for an end the policy, according to the Palm Center at the University of California-Santa Barbara.",
"The think tank has studied issues involving gays in the military for the past decade.",
"CNN's Laurie Ure contributed to this report."
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"MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- A vicious turf war between drug cartels and Mexican authorities that has left as many as 4,300 dead so far this year may have caused a breach in the internal security systems of Interpol, the international police organization.",
"A member of the Federal Investigative Agency participates in an narcotics operation.",
"Interpol, which is based in France, announced Wednesday it is sending a team of investigators to Mexico to investigate the possibility that its communications systems and databases are not being used for legitimate law enforcement purposes.",
"The prospect was raised after the arrest of the top official working with the agency in the country.",
"Ricardo Gutierrez Vargas, director for International Police Affairs at Mexico's Federal Investigative Agency and the head of Mexico's Interpol office, was placed under house arrest Sunday, the attorney general's office said Tuesday.",
"More than 30 officials have been arrested since July in connection with the anti-corruption Operation Limpieza, an ongoing investigation into information leaks by law enforcement officials to drug traffickers, said Niverda Amado, a government press secretary in Mexico City.",
"Gutierrez can be held for up to 40 days while authorities \"obtain sufficient evidence to determine his probable responsibility,\" the attorney general's office said in a news release.",
"Rodolfo de la Guardia Garcia, a former top official at the Federal Investigative Agency, also is under 40-day house arrest.",
"He was arrested October 29.",
"Mexico's Interpol office, or National Central Bureau, is staffed and run by the Federal Investigative Agency.",
"Mexican officials did not offer specifics on their investigation other than to say that Operation Limpieza, which means \"Operation Cleanup,\" is aimed \"against public servants who give reserved information to people not authorized to have it.\"",
"Interpol said in a news release Wednesday it needs to make sure the agency's information remains secure.",
"\"As Mexico's attorney general's office has a duty to ensure that Interpol's communications system and databases are being used for legitimate law enforcement purposes and in compliance with Interpol's rules, Interpol is immediately dispatching a team of general secretariat staff to Mexico,\" Interpol said.",
"\"The purpose of their mission is to meet with relevant Mexican authorities in order to establish if there are any allegations of improper use of Interpol's systems by any Mexican law enforcement official.\"",
"After the investigation, Interpol said, the agency will determine whether proper security steps have been taken.",
"\"An assessment can then be made of the procedures put in place by the attorney general's office, which is responsible for the Interpol office in Mexico, to ensure that Interpol's rules and regulations are being followed,\" the agency said.",
"The arrests came amid \"a war of master proportions\" between authorities and narcotics traffickers that has left more than 4,300 dead so far this year, according to the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, an independent research and information organization.",
"By comparison, the council said in a report Tuesday, there were 2,700 drug-related deaths in 2007.",
"\"Homegrown drug cartels operating from both within and outside the country are engaging in a vicious turf war to seize control of major trafficking corridors while engaging in almost open warfare against the mobilized forces of the state,\" the council says about what it calls \"narco-fueled crime.\"",
"Mexican leaders have been trying to tamp down the violence by tightening controls on money-laundering and cracking down on corruption among local and municipal police forces infiltrated by drug traffickers.",
"It may not be enough.",
"\"Due to pervasive corruption at the highest levels of the Mexican government, and the almost effortless infiltration of the porous security forces by the cartel, an ultimate victory by the state is far from certain,\" the Hemispheric Council concludes.",
"Drug trafficking in Mexico is a $20 billion- to $50 billion-a-year industry, as much as the nation earns from tourism or remittances from Mexicans living in the United States, said Robert Pastor, a former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter and now a professor of international relations at American University in Washington.",
"He has been studying Latin America for more than four decades.",
"\"This is a huge industry with an extraordinary capacity to corrupt and intimidate the country.",
"And they're doing both right now,\" said Pastor, also a former director of the Carter Center's Latin American and Caribbean Program.",
"The drug cartels are paying some Mexican officials bribes of $150,000 to $450,000 a month, authorities have said.",
"The payment is far beyond the per capita income of $12,500 a year in Mexico, where one of every seven Mexicans lives in poverty, according to the CIA World Factbook.",
"Pastor believes that Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who took office in December 2006, made a correct assessment that he needs to fight the drug cartels as hard as he can.",
"\"You have to obviously escalate the cost of violating the law,\" he said.",
"The United States also could help more, he said.",
"\"There are 7,600 gun shops within 50 miles of the Mexican border, and they're selling primarily to drug lords,\" Pastor said.",
"\"We are part of this problem and we haven't been significantly supportive.\"",
"And while the war may never be completely won, the government can make vast gains, as happened in Colombia, he said.",
"Pastor was in Mexico giving a speech last week when Colombian President Alvaro Uribe met with Mexico's Calderon.",
"Mexicans were quite taken with Uribe's message on how to fight drug traffickers, Pastor said.",
"The first step that Uribe took, he said, was to take the fight to the paramilitary forces, the drug traffickers and the leftist guerrillas known as FARC, who often work in collaboration with the traffickers.",
"Also, Pastor said, Colombian officials \"used money the same way that the narcotraffickers do -- to bribe people.",
"And there's a lot more security on the streets and everywhere else, so people feel safer.\"",
"Despite the gains, he said, the ultimate answer may have to come from the political arena, not from law enforcement.",
"\"There's no easy solution to it unless you put an end to the criminalization drugs, and that's not going to happen,\" Pastor said.",
"CNN's Arthur Brice contributed to this report."
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"(CNET) -- Three state attorneys general were scheduled to meet with Craigslist representatives to begin negotiations toward eliminating advertisements from the site for prostitution and other suspected illegal sexual activities.",
"Philip H. Markoff is suspected of killing a 25-year-old masseuse he met through Craigslist at a Boston hotel.",
"State attorneys general from Missouri, Illinois, and Connecticut were to represent a group of state attorneys general in a meeting Tuesday in New York City with representatives of the Web site.",
"Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said his office found several ads offering and seeking prostitution on Craigslist pages for the Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbia/Jefferson City, and Springfield areas.",
"\"Craigslist is allowing advertisements for illegal activities like prostitution on its site,\" Koster said a statement.",
"\"It is blatant. It is irresponsible. It is illegal.\" Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster expressed optimism toward the goal of reducing illegal activity on the site but stopped short of discussing the removal of the \"erotic services\" section.",
"\"Craigslist looks forward to meeting with the attorneys general, and anticipates making further progress toward the common goal of eliminating illegal activity from Craigslist, while preserving its full utility and benefit for tens of millions of law-abiding Americans who value and depend on Craigslist's free local community services in their everyday lives,\" Buckmaster said in a statement.",
"The site's erotic services section was thrust into the national spotlight following the arrest last month of Philip H. Markoff, who is suspected of killing a 25-year-old masseuse he met through Craigslist at a Boston hotel.",
"Markoff, a 22-year-old medical student at Boston University, was charged with murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, and kidnapping.",
"He is also suspected of attacks on two other escorts at hotels.",
"However, even before the so-called \"Craigslist killing,\" the site had worked with a group of 40 attorneys general to create new measures on the site designed to thwart ads for prostitution and other illegal sexual activities.",
"Craigslist requires anyone posting ads to the erotic services section to submit an operational phone number and credit card, the site announced last year.",
"But those measures don't do enough to stem prostitution, according to a federal lawsuit filed in March against Craigslist by the sheriff of Illinois' Cook County, alleging that the Web's largest classifieds publication is \"facilitating prostitution.\"",
"Sheriff Tom Dart asked the court to force Craigslist to remove the erotic services section and for $100,000 in compensation for the man-hours the county paid police to investigate alleged criminal services being advertised on the site.",
"Buckmaster suggested at the time that the suit was a waste of time, saying that \"Craigslist cannot be held liable, as a matter of clear federal law, for content submitted to the site by our users.\"",
"Craigslist announced later that month that ads for such services were down 90 percent to 95 percent during the past 12 months on Craigslist sites that serve five major U.S. cities.",
"However, many CNET News readers suggested that the reduction was due to the ads being relabeled and moved to another section.",
"While some portray Craigslist as the world's largest bordello, workers in the sex trade say the site helps reduce the risk of violence prostitutes often face.",
"\"Craigslist is important to helping us avoid violence,\" a 35-year-old sex worker in San Francisco told CNET News last month before the murder in Boston occurred.",
"\"Craigslist is a way to filter out that kind of person...and with Craigslist there is no need for pimps.\"",
"© 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.",
"CNET, CNET.com and the CNET logo are registered trademarks of CBS Interactive Inc. Used by permission."
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"(CNN) -- Airlines canceled thousands of flights for a second day and began to regroup as a historic winter storm pushed through the upper Midwest and into the Northeast on Wednesday.",
"O'Hare International Airport was expected to have limited or no flight operations as up to two feet of snow was forecast to fall on the Windy City, said Karen Pride, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Department of Aviation.",
"More than 1,300 flights were canceled on Tuesday.",
"At Chicago's Midway Airport, airlines canceled flight operations on Tuesday.",
"The carriers expect to begin operating again on Wednesday afternoon, although most weren't likely to resume before evening, Pride said.",
"Both Chicago airports remained open despite the grounding of flights.",
"Hundreds of cots were made available to passengers stranded by the storm, according to Pride.",
"Some concessions were to remain open to accommodate them.",
"Airlines canceled more than 4,000 flights on Tuesday as the massive storm surged out of the southern Plains, spreading snow and ice from Texas into the Ohio Valley.",
"\"It's going to take days to clear out this storm,\" said CNN meteorologist Jacqui Jeras.",
"\"This is a monster.\" It was also slow going at other airports.",
"Dallas-Fort Worth International reopened late Tuesday morning after shutting down for several hours because of ice, spokesman David Magana said.",
"American Airlines canceled about 1,900 flights for Tuesday, 800 of those at Dallas-Forth Worth alone.",
"The carrier is also scrubbing more than 1,000 flights for Wednesday.",
"American Airlines is allowing travelers who are scheduled to fly on Monday through Thursday from more than 30 airports in the Midwest -- including those in Chicago, Detroit and Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- to change their plans without penalty.",
"Southwest Airlines canceled more than 900 flights on Tuesday, according to spokeswoman Marilee McInnis, who said hundreds of flights will likely be grounded for Wednesday.",
"Passengers with reservations for travel through Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit and other cities are eligible to reschedule their flights.",
"AirTran Airways scrubbed 185 flights for Tuesday and has canceled another 75 flights on Wednesday, spokesman Christopher White said.",
"AirTran passengers traveling through two dozen cities in the region -- including Chicago, St. Louis and Boston -- can change their reservation without penalty.",
"Delta Air Lines canceled 625 flights for Tuesday and was grounding at least 800 more for Wednesday.",
"Ahead of the storm, Delta issued a winter weather advisory for the northern United States.",
"Passengers traveling to airports in 20 states through Friday can reschedule their itineraries without a fee or get a refund if their flights are canceled or significantly delayed.",
"Continental Airlines, which canceled 650 flights, will allow changes for travel to, through and from nearly three dozen airports, including the airline's hubs in Newark in New Jersey and Cleveland for travelers scheduled to fly through Thursday.",
"Continental said operations at Newark airport would be suspended through noon Wednesday.",
"US Airways has also relaxed its change-fee policies for passengers scheduled to fly through Thursday to or from 27 cities from Portland, Maine, to Akron, Ohio.",
"Travelers on JetBlue flights to and from six cities and metropolitan areas in the Northeast on Tuesday and Wednesday will also be able to change their plans with no fees.",
"United Airlines, which canceled 800 flights, has issued travel waivers for passengers traveling to, from or through 19 states in the Midwest and Northeast as well as five Canadian cities.",
"Travelers will be able to alter their plans without fees or get a full refund if their flight is canceled."
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"(CNN) -- A Norwegian shipping firm has ordered its vessels to avoid the waters off the Horn of Africa and criticized governments for failing to curb a wave of piracy after Somalia-based hijackers seized their largest prize to date.",
"Image taken by the U.S. Navy of pirates leaving a captured merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden.",
"The decision by the maritime company Odfjell SE means its 90-plus ships will take the additional time and expense to sail around the southern tip of Africa instead of going through the Suez Canal, a shortcut for mariners for nearly a century and a half.",
"\"It is a huge step, but what we have seen is that the piracy activity in the area has increased,\" the company's president, Terje Storeng, told CNN.",
"\"We have thought about the crew on board the ships and we don't want them to be exposed to this risk of being hijacked any longer.\"",
"Storeng said in a statement the company will still sail through the Gulf of Aden only if explicitly committed to doing so by existing contracts.",
"The Gulf of Aden, which lies between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula, is the gateway to the southern Red Sea, which is linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal.",
"Going around the Cape of Good Hope would add thousands of kilometers to a voyage from the Middle East to Europe or North America.",
"Map of the new route » .",
"The announcement followed Monday's news that the 300,000-metric-ton oil tanker Sirius Star was captured by pirates in the Indian Ocean over the weekend.",
"The hijacking took place more than 720 km (450 miles) off the Kenyan port of Mombasa, well south of the zone patrolled by international warships in an effort to clamp down on the pirates.",
"Watch more about the tanker hijacking » .",
"\"This is the furthest out to sea that we've seen any attack, so it's concerning to us,\" Lt. Nathan Christensen, a U.S. Navy spokesman in Bahrain, told CNN.",
"\"The pirates are certainly expanding their ability to attack ships out to sea.\"",
"The 330-meter (1,080-foot) ship, owned by a subsidiary of the Saudi Aramco oil company, was headed for an anchorage off the Somali coast early Tuesday.",
"The pirates typically hold the crews hostage and attempt to extract a ransom from the owners of the vessels.",
"The hijacking of the Sirius Star, which launched earlier this year, is part of a recent upsurge of attacks off east Africa, according to the International Maritime Bureau.",
"The attacks are spreading farther north to the Gulf of Aden and farther south off the Kenyan coast, said Noel Choong, who heads the bureau's Piracy Reporting Center, which monitors attacks around the world from its base in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.",
"\"The risks are low and the returns are extremely high for these pirates,\" Choong told CNN.",
"Pirates know that their chances of getting killed or captured during a hijacking are very low, he said.",
"The IMB issued a warning November 14 about the possibility of attacks south of Somalia, Choong said.",
"The next day, pirates hijacked the Sirius Star.",
"The oil tanker, known in the industry as a \"very large crude carrier,\" was following the route around the Cape of Good Hope when it was attacked because it was too big to go through the Suez with a full load, said Arthur Bowring, managing director of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association.",
"\"These pirates seem to be incredibly well-equipped and very well armed and very well informed about shipping,\" Bowring told CNN.",
"\"They would appear to be able to go anywhere to get these tankers.\"",
"The Sirius Star is the largest vessel ever to be attacked by pirates, Choong said.",
"It is carrying a crew of 25, from Croatia, Britain, the Philippines, Poland, and Saudi Arabia.",
"Odfjell's president said the detour around the cape will take between six and 12 days longer than going through the Suez.",
"Storeng would not say how much extra the deviation would cost, though he said Odfjell would ask its customers to contribute to the extra cost.",
"\"On the other hand, we will not pay the duties to pass the Suez Canal,\" he said.",
"\"That's quite an expensive canal passage.",
"The duties there are quite heavy.\"",
"Odfjell operates a fleet of chemical carriers, and similar ships have been among those hijacked in recent months.",
"In its statement, the Norwegian company said it was \"frustrated\" by what it called the \"limited interest\" shown in securing the high seas.",
"\"The efforts that are being made do not seem to put an effective end to what can best be described as ruthless, high-level organized crime,\" Storeng said.",
"Storeng said the company has suffered one attack, about a month ago in the same area, but the captain and crew managed to deflect the pirates by using the ship's firefighting system.",
"He said Odfjell prefers to travel with escort vessels instead of hiring private on-board security.",
"\"We feel that taking on board a ship armed people, and having the risk of shooting at the chemical tankers with explosive cargos on board, is not a good idea,\" he told CNN.",
"\"We don't want to have a big blow-up.",
"We prefer to have escort of naval ships as compared to having people on board to protect us with guns.",
"We don't feel that is a good option.\"",
"But the U.S.-led naval mission that patrols the Horn of Africa said successful attacks have decreased in recent weeks.",
"Russian and British warships have fended off pirate attacks on commercial shipping in the past week, authorities in those countries have reported.",
"Some experts say the area is too vast to be successfully patrolled by government or military ships, and that pirates take advantage of it.",
"-- CNN's David McKenzie in Nairobi, Kenya, and Caroline Faraj in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report."
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"BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Flights into Thailand have been thrown into chaos Wednesday after explosions at two Bangkok airports wounded four people and triggered the closure of its main international gateway -- a major hub in the region for travelers, authorities said.",
"Passengers face a long wait inside Suvarnabhumi airport with most flights canceled.",
"The blasts come a day after thousands of anti-government protesters stormed the airports to protest the return of Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from the APEC summit in Peru.",
"One blast occurred at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 5 a.m. (2200 Tuesday GMT), an airport official said.",
"One person was wounded in that attack.",
"Continued protests caused authorities to cancel all incoming and outgoing flights there, an assistant to airport director Serirat Prasutanond told CNN.",
"Three protesters also entered the airport's control tower, demanding the prime minister's flight schedule, The Associated Press quoted Group Capt.",
"Chokchai Saranon, a control tower official, as saying.",
"As the airport had been shut down, there were no controllers in the tower, AP reported.",
"Watch what's behind protesters' demands » .",
"The other blast occurred at 6:40 a.m. Wednesday (2340 Tuesday GMT) at the Don Muang International Airport, wounding three people, police said.",
"Suvarnabhumi Airport later canceled all flights, AP reported.",
"On Tuesday thousands of anti-government protesters partially shut down Suvarnabhumi Airport, the country's main airport, an airport spokesman said.",
"Watch fists fly in the terminal » .",
"Pro- and anti-government protesters also exchanged gunfire, a Thai police official said.",
"Protesters with golf clubs and long wooden sticks also clashed with airport taxi drivers, with each side throwing things at the other.",
"The clash started when the anti-government group People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) was mobilizing supporters near the Don Muang airport, which the government is using as its temporary office.",
"iReport.com: Are you there?",
"Send pics, video .",
"The PAD ran into a pro-government group, resulting in an exchange of abusive words, and the pro-government group threw rocks into the PAD crowd prompting an exchange of gunfire, the police official said.",
"The PAD has been leading protests against the government since May, accusing the government of being a front for ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.",
"Protesters surrounded the parliament building on Monday, forcing lawmakers to postpone their session.",
"Thaksin was ousted in a bloodless coup in 2006, only to return after the People Power Party won elections in December 2007 .",
"He left again in August of this year, shortly before he was to face trial on corruption charges.",
"In October Thailand's Supreme Court ruled that Thaksin had abused his powers while in office and sentenced the absent former leader to two years in prison.",
"The case was one of several lodged against Thaksin, who protesters want to return to Thailand to face trial.",
"Thaksin stayed in the United Kingdom for much of this year before British authorities revoked his visa.",
"CNN's Kocha Olarn contributed to this report.",
"Copyright 2008 CNN.",
"All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.",
"Associated Press contributed to this report."
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"Three people wounded at blast at Don Muang International Airport .",
"Pro- and anti-government protesters exchange gunfire .",
"People's Alliance for Democracy has been leading protests since May ."
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"(CNN) -- A Louisiana appeals court ruled it was too early to consider a motion to release a black teenager who allegedly took part in beating up a white classmate in Jena, Louisiana, last year.",
"Mychal Bell, 17, is accused with five others of severely beating Justin Barker in a school fight.",
"The Tuesday ruling is the latest turn in the racially charged saga of a group known as the Jena 6 -- six black teens initially charged with attempted murder after they allegedly knocked out classmate Justin Barker and stomped him during a school fight.",
"Five of the teens were charged as adults.",
"Civil rights groups and other organizations have marshaled thousands of people to march on Jena on Thursday, a day originally slated for 17-year-old Mychal Bell's sentencing hearing on battery and conspiracy convictions.",
"However, a district judge earlier this month tossed out Bell's conviction for conspiracy to commit second-degree battery, saying the matter should have been handled in the juvenile court.",
"On Friday, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Lake Charles, Louisiana, did the same with Bell's battery conviction.",
"A three-judge panel ruled Tuesday, however, that it would not consider a motion to free Bell from prison.",
"\"The motion for release from custody, filed by the defendant in this court, is premature,\" the panel ruled without setting a date for considering the motion.",
"The future of Bell's case is up to the district attorney, who must decide whether to refile the charges in juvenile court, Bell's attorney Bob Noel said last week.",
"Charges against four of the teens -- Bell, Carwin Jones, Theodore Shaw and Robert Bailey -- have been reduced to battery and conspiracy.",
"Shaw and Jones have not gone to trial.",
"Bailey has pleaded not guilty to the charges and his trial is scheduled for November 26.",
"Bryant Purvis and an unidentified juvenile remain charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.",
"Advocates of the Jena 6 say the story began well before the December 4 beating.",
"They say it began in September when three white students decided to hang nooses from a tree on campus.",
"In September 2006, a black student asked the vice principal if he and some friends could sit under an oak tree where white students typically congregated.",
"Told by the vice principal they could sit wherever they pleased, the student and his pals sat under the sprawling branches of the shade tree in the campus courtyard.",
"The next day, students arrived at school to find three nooses hanging from those branches.",
"According to The Town Talk in nearby Alexandria, the school's principal recommended expulsion for those behind the nooses.",
"Instead, the newspaper reported, a school district committee suspended three white students for three days for hanging the nooses, a gesture written off as a \"prank.\"",
"Racial tensions flared.",
"The district attorney was summoned to address the student body.",
"Off-campus fights were reported.",
"On November 30, someone torched the school's main academic building.",
"The arson remains unsolved, but many suspect it was linked to the discord.",
"Four days after the arson, several students jumped Barker, knocking him unconscious before stomping and kicking him.",
"Parents of the Jena 6 say they heard Barker was hurling racial epithets.",
"Barker's parents insist he did nothing to provoke the beating.",
"Barker was taken to a hospital with injuries to both eyes and ears as well as cuts.",
"His right eye had blood clots, said his mother, Kelli Barker.",
"He was treated and released that day.",
"Bails for the Jena 6 were set at between $70,000 and $138,000.",
"All but Bell posted bond.",
"The judge has refused to lower his $90,000 bail, citing Bell's criminal record, which includes four juvenile offenses -- two simple battery charges among them.",
"E-mail to a friend ."
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"Thousands expected to march in Jena on Thursday to protest charges .",
"Appeals court does not set a date for hearing a motion to release Mychal Bell .",
"Bell one of six teens charged with beating up a white classmate .",
"Tension at Jena High flared when white students hung nooses from campus tree ."
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"(CNN) -- Alvaro Quiros triumphed at the Qatar Masters on Sunday when the Spaniard finished three shots clear of former champion Henrik Stenson and Louis Oosthuizen.",
"Spaniard Quiros clinched his third European Tour title and now looks set for a first appearance at the Masters.",
"The 26-year-old survived a late scare to card a final-round of three-under-par 69 and finish at 19-under 269 -- a showing that sends him into the world top 30 and opens the door for his Masters debut at Augusta in April.",
"Swede Stenson's three-putt bogey at the last for a 68 allowed South African overnight leader Oosthuizen to share second with the 2006 champion after a final round of 71.",
"Stenson, last year's runner-up to Adam Scott, snatched the lead at 16 under with an eagle at the 10th, but Quiros and Oosthuizen -- playing a group behind -- responded with birdies of their own to leave all three tied through 11.",
"The momentum swung Quiros' way as he birdied the 12th and Oosthuizen dropped a shot to fall two off the pace before the Spaniard extended his lead as he converted from eight feet a hole later.",
"Stenson put pressure on with birdie of his own at 15 to move within one at 17 under before Quiros wobbled as he sent his three-wood approach from the rough into the water.",
"Quiros eventually holed from 15-foot putt for bogey, but then birdied 16 and 17 to take a two-stroke lead down the last and claim a third European Tour title.",
"Oosthuizen had birdied the last to record a second successive runner-up finish, which sees him move up to fifth on the season money list -- a place ahead of Stenson.",
"Ireland's Damien McGrane carded a bogey-free 67 for fourth at 13 under, while Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez's three birdies earned him a 69 and a share of fifth with Dutchman Maarten Lafeber (72).",
"World number two Sergio Garcia (70) had a share of seventh place at 11 under."
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"Spaniard Alvaro Quiros triumphed by three strokes at the Qatar Masters .",
"Former champion Henrik Stenson and Louis Oosthuizen shared second .",
"Quiros is in line for his Masters debut after climbing into the world top 30 ."
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"NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- A high-level Kenyan delegation has agreed with the International Criminal Court to set up a tribunal by July 2010 to prosecute those who instigated last year's devastating post-election violence.",
"Residents of a Nairobi slum shout during clashes between two rival groups in January 2008.",
"Failing that, the government in Kenya will refer the case to the court's prosecutor to take over.",
"The delegation, in a signed agreement with chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo, also agreed to provide the court with a report on the current status of investigations and prosecutions so it can carry out \"preliminary examinations\" of the case.",
"The violence that erupted in Kenya following a disputed election in December 2007 nearly tore apart an African country once considered an island of peace in an otherwise troubled region that includes Somalia.",
"Nearly 1,500 people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced after the re-election of Mwai Kibaki.",
"The opposition, led by Raila Odinga, and many independent observers, said the vote had been rigged.",
"Under pressure from abroad and the region, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan helped hammer out an agreement that led to a coalition government of all major political parties.",
"A key part of the deal was the forming of a tribunal to investigate and prosecute the leaders responsible for the violence.",
"Annan promised to hand over a list of suspects to the court, should the Kenyan government not form a tribunal.",
"He gave August as a deadline.",
"The court's agreement with Kenya now gives the government breathing room.",
"A U.N. special investigator, in a report issued in June, called for the resignation of top Kenyan officials and sweeping changes in the country's security forces to end reported unlawful killings by police nationwide.",
"The report called for the resignation of Kenya's attorney general and the immediate replacement of the police commissioner.",
"It also said Kibaki should publicly acknowledge his commitment to ending unlawful killings by police.",
"The Kenya government expressed its \"deep displeasure\" and \"grave concern\" with the report, saying it impinged on the country's sovereignty.",
"The U.N. investigator also advocated creating an independent civilian police oversight body, and said the International Criminal Court should investigate violence after the 2007 election.",
"He urged the government to create a witness protection program as well.",
"Many analysts who follow Kenya think the next general election in 2012 has a significant chance of descending into violence, should key government reforms not be put in place."
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"(CNN) -- U.S. President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Wednesday that their countries will soon begin negotiations on reducing their nuclear arsenals, according to a joint statement from the two leaders.",
"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President Obama talk Wednesday in London ahead of the G-20.",
"The announcement came after Obama and Medvedev met in London ahead of Thursday's G-20 summit.",
"The statement said the two leaders agreed that the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms -- which expires in December -- \"has completely fulfilled its intended purpose and that the maximum levels for strategic offensive arms recorded in the treaty were reached long ago.\"",
"\"They have therefore decided to move further along the path of reducing and limiting strategic offensive arms in accordance with U.S. and Russian obligations under Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,\" the joint statement said.",
"Watch Obama and Medvedev meet » .",
"Negotiators from both countries will soon begin talks \"to work out a new, comprehensive, legally binding agreement on reducing and limiting strategic offensive arms to replace the START Treaty,\" the statement said.",
"Earlier, two senior Obama administration officials said another goal of the president's meeting with Medvedev was to set a date for a U.S.-Russian summit in Moscow, Russia, this summer.",
"The joint statement said negotiators from both countries would report their progress on working out the new nuclear arsenal reduction agreement by July.",
"\"The new agreement will mutually enhance the security of the parties and predictability and stability in strategic offensive forces, and will include effective verification measures drawn from the experience of the parties in implementing the START Treaty,\" the statement said.",
"In a joint news conference Wednesday with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown -- ahead of his talks with Medvedev -- Obama emphasized that Russia and the United States also have a common interest in \"reducing nuclear stockpiles and promoting nuclear non-proliferation\" across the world.",
"Watch Obama, Brown statement ahead of world stage » .",
"\"One of the things I have always believed strongly is that both the United States and Russia and other nuclear powers will be in a much stronger position to strengthen what has become a somewhat fragile thread-bare nonproliferation treaty if we are leading by example and if we can take serious steps to reduce the nuclear arsenal,\" Obama said.",
"\"I think people on both sides of the Atlantic understand that as much as the constant cloud, the threat of nuclear warfare has receded since the Cold War, that the presence of these deadly weapons, their proliferation, the possibility of them finding their way into the hands of terrorists, continues to be the gravest threat to humanity.",
"What better project to start off than seeing if we can make progress on that front.",
"I think we can.\" The U.S. president said there's been a rift in the past several years in the U.S.-Russian relationship.",
"\"There are very real differences between the United States and Russia, and I have no interest in papering those over.",
"But there are also a broad set of common interests that we can pursue\" and \"great potential for concerted action,\" Obama said.",
"Watch how U.S. and Russia plan to reset relations » .",
"Along with the nuclear issue, Obama said, the countries \"have an interest in stabilizing the world economy.",
"Both countries have an interest in finding a sustainable path for energy and dealing with some of the threats climate change that we discussed.\"",
"Also on Wednesday, the White House released a statement saying that Obama will visit China this year.",
"Obama met Chinese President Hu Jintao as world leaders gathered in London for Thursday's G-20 summit.",
"Watch an assessment of Obama's first G-20 summit » .",
"The two agreed to set up a high-level strategic and economic dialogue chaired by Cabinet-level representatives -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner for the United States, and State Councilor Dai Bingguo and Vice Premier Wang Qishan for China.",
"Obama and Hu appear to have deferred the question of human rights, one of the greatest points of friction between the two sides.",
"\"The two sides agreed to resume the human rights dialogue as soon as possible,\" the White House statement said.",
"China did not immediately confirm the details of the U.S. announcement.",
"CNN's Suzanne Malveaux contributed to this report."
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"Joint statement: \"New agreement will mutually enhance security of the parties\"\nPresidential meeting also aimed to set up U.S.-Russian summit in Moscow .",
"White House: Obama will visit China and \"resume the human rights dialogue\""
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Private military contractor Blackwater USA \"delayed and impeded\" a congressional probe into the 2004 killings of four of its employees in Falluja, Iraq, the House Oversight Committee said Thursday in a report.",
"Family members of the slain Blackwater employees listen during a congressional hearing earlier this year.",
"Blackwater contractors Jerry Zovko, Scott Helvenston, Mike Teague and Wesley Batalona were ambushed, dragged from their vehicles and killed on March 31, 2004.",
"The burned and mutilated remains of two of the men were hung from a bridge over the Euphrates River, an image that fueled American outrage and triggered the first of two attempts to retake the city from Sunni Arab insurgents.",
"The company stalled the committee's investigation into the incident by \"erroneously claiming\" documents related to the incident were classified, trying to get the Defense Department to make previously unclassified documents classified and \"asserting questionable legal privileges,\" according to a report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Democratic staff.",
"According to Blackwater's reports on the killings, the men killed in Falluja had been sent into the area without proper crew, equipment or even maps.",
"One company document found a \"complete lack of support\" for its Baghdad, Iraq, office from executives at the company's headquarters in North Carolina, the committee report states.",
"\"According to these documents, Blackwater took on the Falluja mission before its contract officially began, and after being warned by its predecessor that it was too dangerous.",
"It sent its team on the mission without properly armored vehicles and machine guns.",
"And it cut the standard mission team by two members, thus depriving them of rear gunners,\" the report states.",
"In a written response to the report, Blackwater called it \"a one-sided version of this tragic incident.\"",
"\"What the report fails to acknowledge is that the terrorists determined what happened that fateful day in 2004,\" the company said.",
"\"The terrorists were intent on killing Americans and desecrating their bodies.",
"Documents that the committee has in its possession point out that the Blackwater team was betrayed and directed into a well-planned ambush.\"",
"The report notes that members of the now-defunct Iraqi Civil Defense Corps \"led the team into the ambush, facilitated blocking positions to prevent the team's escape, and then disappeared.\"",
"Blackwater did not discuss details of the report's findings, noting the incident is still the subject of a lawsuit by the slain contractors' families.",
"The committee's chairman, California Democrat Henry Waxman, has scheduled a hearing Tuesday on Blackwater's operations in Iraq.",
"The company's chairman, Erik Prince, is scheduled to testify at that hearing.",
"The committee previously disclosed that the day before the fatal mission, the manager of Blackwater's Baghdad office warned his bosses he lacked armored vehicles, radio gear and ammunition.",
"During February's hearing and in a subsequent written response, Blackwater general counsel Andrew Howell told the committee that documents on the attack had been classified by the U.S. government.",
"But the Pentagon later told the committee the documents had not been classified.",
"In addition, Blackwater made \"multiple attempts\" to get the Defense Department to declare company and Coalition Provisional Authority reports on the incident classified, the report states.",
"The Pentagon refused.",
"The families of the slain men have sued Blackwater Security Consulting, one of the most familiar of hundreds of private military contractors operating in Iraq.",
"The families allege the company failed to provide their relatives with adequate gear and weaponry.",
"Blackwater has denied the allegations and argued the men agreed to assume the risks of working in a war zone.",
"Thursday's report adds to the intense scrutiny the company has faced since it was involved in shootings September 16 in western Baghdad.",
"Iraqi authorities said Blackwater guards protecting a U.S. Embassy convoy opened fire indiscriminately, killing as many as 20 civilians.",
"Blackwater said its employees responded properly to an insurgent attack on the convoy.",
"Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte on Thursday told a Senate committee that \"something went tragically wrong\" in the Baghdad incident, and that the State Department and Iraqi authorities are conducting a thorough investigation.",
"He said Blackwater guards had fired their weapons on 56 of the 1,873 escort missions they have conducted in Iraq in 2007, \"And each such incident is reviewed by management officials to ensure that procedures were followed.\"",
"\"I personally was grateful for the presence of my Blackwater security detail, largely comprised of ex-Special Forces and other military, when I served as ambassador to Iraq,\" Negroponte told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday in response to questions.",
"\"Their alert and controlled posture kept me safe -- to get my job done.\"",
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"(CNN) -- World champion Valentino Rossi pipped Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo on the finish line in a thrilling finale to the Catalunya MotoGP.",
"Rossi shows his delight after clinching a thrilling victory over Jorge Lorenzo in Barcelona on Sunday.",
"With Lorenzo starting on pole, the two riders dominated the race throughout before exchanging the lead several times on the final lap.",
"But Italian Rossi eventually sealed victory by just 0.095 seconds in front of 90,000 fans in Barcelona -- the 99th win of his remarkable career.",
"Casey Stoner finished third, meaning that he, Rossi and Lorenzo are now all level at the top of the championship standings on 106 points.",
"Stoner's Ducati managed to hold off the challenge from Repsol Honda's Andrea Dovizioso, who finished fourth, while Loris Capirossi came fifth.",
"Daniel Pedrosa, Colin Edwards, Randy De Puniet, Mika Kallio and Nicky Hayden completed the top 10 on Sunday.",
"\"It was a great battle, the two Yamahas were flying on this track,\" Rossi told BBC Sport.",
"\"After some laps I knew I had to fight and it was a great fight to the end, I wasn't sure of the result until the end.\"",
"Stoner revealed afterwards that he had not been fully fit.",
"\"I've been slowly getting a little more sore and sick each day, and I was cramping after the warm-up,\" he said.",
"\"I was really afraid about finishing the the race -- halfway through I just gave up, I had nothing left, and I decided to just run for the points.\""
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"Rossi, Lorenzo and third-placed Casey Stoner level at the top of the standings ."
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"JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- South Africans voted Wednesday in elections that the ruling African National Congress is expected to win in a landslide.",
"A woman votes in a church in Soweto during Wednesday's elections.",
"But the ANC, led by Jacob Zuma, could see its two-thirds parliamentary majority reduced by the country's numerous opposition parties.",
"The ANC has increased its share of the vote in every election since the end of apartheid in 1994.",
"Leading the opposition challenge is Congress of the People, or Cope; a breakaway faction of the ANC which has capitalized as the ANC has been dogged by corruption and accused of failing to deliver services to the poor.",
"\"People are taking this election very seriously,\" said CNN's Robyn Curnow.",
"\"It's a pivotal election and the political landscape in this country has changed because of the emergence of the Cope party.\"",
"Voter shares feelings about ANC and new rival » .",
"Voters stood in line for hours after a slow start, blamed partly on cold weather.",
"Polling stations closed at 1900 GMT but anyone in line at the time was allowed to vote.",
"The Independent Electoral Commission said the sheer number of people voting created long lines and a shortage of ballot boxes and papers in some districts and voting stations.",
"The ANC's prospects have not been helped by the controversial election of Zuma to the party leadership last year.",
"Until early this month, Zuma, who is practically the country's president-in-waiting, was facing fraud and corruption charges.",
"The charges were dropped two weeks before the elections because of alleged political interference in his case.",
"That decision by the country's prosecuting authority sparked widespread outrage, with opposition parties accusing prosecutors of buckling under political pressure.",
"But the ANC continues to command widespread respect and support among ordinary South Africans for its role in the struggle against apartheid and most consider the party of Nelson Mandela their political home.",
"In an effort to shore up support for the ANC, the 90-year-old Mandela shared the stage with Zuma at the party's final pre-election rally in Johannesburg on Sunday.",
"Mandela was also photographed as he voted Wednesday.",
"Watch Mandela vote with old activists and first-time voters » .",
"First-time voter Lucas Nomblelani, a young black South African sporting the purple ink on his thumb that proved he had cast his ballot, said he found it hard not consider what the ANC had done for the country.",
"\"Those people -- they fight for us,\" he told CNN.",
"\"I'm here, I can vote. I don't have the soldiers here to force me to do something.\"",
"He adds, \"Now we are free, all of us, to do what we want to do.",
"It's my choice to vote today.\"",
"Still, the emergence of Cope has unnerved the ANC.",
"Learn more about some of South Africa's political parties .",
"Launched in December, Cope is made up of former ANC members who quit following ANC's sacking of Thabo Mbeki as the country's president.",
"\"It is a baby with teeth.",
"We can bite and I do believe the people of South Africa have heard our message,\" Cope presidential candidate Mvume Dandala said Wednesday, according to Reuters.com.",
"Zuma, who is widely expected to be the country's next president, has already pledged his party will use its predicted majority responsibly and maintains he is innocent of corruption allegations.",
"\"When I grew up, I did know that this day would come,\" he said as he voted in his village birthplace of Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal, Reuters.com reported.",
"Watch more about ANC leader Jacob Zuma » .",
"In the past 15 years, the ANC has built 2.8 million houses and provided running water, sanitation and electricity to the poor.",
"South Africa boasts a robust constitution and the strongest economy on the continent.",
"Yet more than 1 million people still live in shacks, and the newly constructed homes have been found to be substandard, with many falling apart even before being handed over to beneficiaries.",
"Queuing up to vote in Soweto, Lulu Makapela said many people were disappointed by the ANC's failure to deliver on promises to deliver better housing, education and jobs.",
"\"People have been giving us promises and there is a wide gap between rich and poor,\" Makapela told CNN.",
"Watch a voter in line discuss the election » .",
"Although the country's economy has grown under the ANC, it has not produced significant job opportunities.",
"One in four adults is unemployed.",
"At the same time, many senior members of the ANC have created wealth for themselves while majority of the country's citizens wallow in poverty.",
"Watch criticism of the ruling ANC » .",
"Violent crime has also escalated.",
"Last year, nearly 50 people were killed daily, according to police.",
"And though South Africa won the bid to host the Football World Cup in 2010, many say that the billions that are being spent on the tournament could be better used to lift the lives of the needy.",
"CNN's Nkepile Mabuse in Johannesburg and Robyn Curnow in Soweto contributed to this report."
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"South Africans vote in election African National Congress expected to win .",
"Opposition parties hoping to slash ANC's parliamentary majority .",
"Poverty, rising crime among top issues South Africans face .",
"Controversial Jacob Zuma expected to become president ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As absentee ballots pour in from U.S. troops overseas, officials are voicing concerns that many of those votes won't be counted.",
"An absentee ballot from Arlington County in Virginia shows the names of the general election candidates.",
"\"It's dismal,\" said Rosemary Rodriguez, who works for the U.S.",
"Elections Assistance Commission, a non-partisan group.",
"\"These are the voters that are in some cases preserving our liberties and out there with their lives on the line.\"",
"Rodriguez estimates that in the last general election, only about 30 percent of overseas military ballots were actually returned and counted.",
"\"It's disenfranchising our military and frankly I think it's very unpatriotic,\" said retired Navy Lt. Melissa Cox Boss.",
"A part of the problem is that each state has its own rules for absentee voting, and those rules can change in the middle of an election season.",
"In Virginia, for example, the federal write-in ballot required a witness' signature and address.",
"That proved confusing for soldiers overseas because there was no box provided for a witness address.",
"Rokey Suleman, the Fairfax County registrar, initially said he would have to discard 63 votes because voters neglected to provide a witness address.",
"\"These ballots that aren't being met -- I can't accept as valid ballots at this point.",
"If the law changes, I welcome a review of the law.",
"I think the law is horrible,\" he said.",
"Late Monday, Virginia's attorney general agreed, saying all county registrars could ignore that part of the law.",
"Other areas, like Arlington County, refused to disqualify the absentee ballots that were filled out improperly, contributing to the the AG's decision to intervene.",
"Another part of the problem is that delivering mail from a battlefield can be challenging, according to Rep. Kevin McCarthy.",
"McCarthy, R-California, says absentee ballots mailed from war zones are not getting to county registrars fast enough to be legally counted.",
"\"With all the modernization that we have, we should be able to move these ballots, track them at the same time, bring the modernization and technology we have today to make sure our heroes across this world get treated fairly,\" he said.",
"McCarthy said he is pushing a bill through Congress that would address these issues, but not in time for this election.",
"Overseas absentee ballots were at the center of the Florida recount during the 2000 presidential election between George Bush and Al Gore.",
"Bush aides and Republican surrogates blasted their Democratic rivals for having overseas absentee ballots disqualified in Florida counties, many for lack of postmarks.",
"Many of those ballots were presumed to have been from service members supporting Bush.",
"Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, denied that charge and said that the disputed votes deserve the \"benefit of doubt.\"",
"\"[Gore] and I would never authorize and would not tolerate a campaign that was aimed specifically at invalidating ballots from members of our armed services, and I've been assured that there were more absentee ballots from non-military voters that were ultimately disqualified,\" he said during an interview on NBC's \"Meet the Press.\"",
"More than a month after the election, the Florida Supreme Court upheld two state court rulings that cleared the way to count thousands of ballots in predominantly Republican Seminole and Martin counties."
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"States' rules for absentee ballots vary; rules can change during election season .",
"30 percent of overseas military ballots returned, counted in 2004, official estimates .",
"Mail from war zones sometimes does not get to county registrars in time .",
"Military ballots were a focus in the 2000 recount in Florida ."
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"(CNN) -- Saturday saw protests across the United States, held to express solidarity with the anti-government demonstrations currently roiling Egypt.",
"Whether on the East Coast or the West Coast, crowds carried banners, flags and signs as they chanted, hoping their support could be felt thousands of miles away in Cairo, Alexandria and other Egyptian cities.",
"In San Francisco, demonstrators gathered at a corner on Market Street and quickly packed the sidewalk, waving Egyptian and American flags.",
"Participants seemed to represent a rainbow of backgrounds and ages.",
"There were elderly couples, teenagers and children with Egypt's colors painted on their faces.",
"Many Egyptian-Americans were there, enlivening the chants with Arabic phrases.",
"But plenty of people of Latin, Caucasian and Asian descent also turned out to march, support Egyptian demonstrators and demand the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.",
"Among the call-and-response chants came a reference to recent protests in Tunisia: \"Oh Mubarak, can't you see?",
"Time to join Ben Ali.\"",
"In Seattle, traditional Egyptian melodies were heard among the chants and slogans.",
"One man who led the chorus of old songs was impressed by the Egyptian movement's use of social media.",
"\"Thanks to new technology and new communications, the people from Facebook and Twitter, we are able to come together and make this happen.",
"All the young people ... they feel like sometimes there is no chance.",
"But you see this and think ... there is a chance.\"",
"There was a small demonstration in Texas outside the Egyptian Consulate building in Houston.",
"It seemed to be a family affair, with small children flashing peace signs as their families waved flags and signs.",
"\"They need everyone to hear them,\" one demonstrator told CNN affiliate KIAH.",
"\"That's the only way we can get change.",
"It's not going to come from within, it's going to come from outside.",
"That's why we're out here now.\" Egyptian-Americans gathered in Toledo, Ohio, too.",
"They waved Egyptian flags and carried signs that read \"Defend Democracy\" and \"Defend Human Rights.\"",
"Although only a handful of people braved the cold, nearly every passing car honked in support.",
"On the East Coast, hundreds gathered outside the United Nations in New York.",
"They held up signs that read: \"Mubarak Regime MUST GO,\" \"Egypt's Struggle Is Our Struggle!\"",
"and \"Egypt -- We Hear You!\"",
"Meanwhile, they yelled out in unison, \"Hey!",
"Hey! Ho! Ho! Mubarak must go!\"",
"Sharif Sadek, a young Egyptian-American filmmaker in the New York crowd, said the ouster of the Egyptian leader is the only acceptable outcome.",
"He urged U.S. leaders to make this happen.",
"\"The United States can urge Mubarak to step down and leave the country.",
"Go to Switzerland.",
"Go to South Africa.",
"Go to the moon. We do not want President Mubarak,\" Sadek said.",
"In Washington, protesters assembled outside the Egyptian Embassy before heading to the White House.",
"One protester held up a cardboard sign that read: \"Pharaoh!",
"Let the people go!\"",
"Sam Abouissa, a protest organizer who said his brothers were arrested in Egypt while protesting, said he walked door-to-door in the capital to solicit support from fellow Egyptians.",
"\"We need freedom.",
"We need freedom on the Internet.",
"Freedom of communications.",
"Freedom of expressing our opinion.",
"Freedom of life.",
"Freedom of choice,\" Abouissa said.",
"\"We have to choose. We have to be free to choose.\"",
"Anti-Mubarak demonstrations were scheduled to take place in locations across the United States on Sunday too.",
"CNN's Mia Aquino, Ross Levitt and Susan Candiotti contributed to this report ."
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"NEW: Solidarity demonstrations are held in cities large and small .",
"NEW: Many ethnic groups and ages are represented among the demonstrators .",
"Hundreds attend a protest outside the U.N. in New York, chanting \"Mubarak must go\""
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"(CNN) -- Architecture buffs savor Chicago's buildings, but you don't have to be a connoisseur to appreciate the city's masonry and steel marvels.",
"Some of America's most influential architects worked in the Windy City.",
"The Chicago Architecture Foundation conducts more than 70 different kinds of tours and expects to lead more than 200,000 people through various corners of the city this year.",
"Chicago's reputation for world-class architecture took root during an 1880s building boom, spurred by the city's rapid growth as a transportation hub.",
"The Great Fire of 1871 destroyed much of the city's original construction and set the stage for innovation.",
"CNN asked Jason Neises, the foundation's director of tours, to give us some highlights of Chicago's rich architectural history: .",
"THE CHICAGO RIVER: BIRTH OF A CITY .",
"\"The Chicago River is really the centerpiece of the whole city, and it's the reason why Chicago is here -- this transportation network that allowed Chicago to grow into a world-class city,\" Neises said.",
"Much of the city's best architecture -- both historic and modern -- can be seen along the river, making river cruises a top draw for tourists.",
"See a gallery of Chicago's architectural highlights » .",
"Don't miss: . The Wrigley Building and the Tribune Tower (at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive) were built in the 1920s to house the Wrigley chewing gum company and the Chicago Tribune.",
"333 West Wacker Drive, completed in 1983, features a wall of green glass that curves to follow a bend in the Chicago River.",
"DANIEL BURNHAM (1846-1912): CITY PLANNER .",
"Burnham was an influential early Chicago architect but is most notable for his 1909 Plan for Chicago and its lasting influence on urban planning.",
"\"Even in modern Chicago in 2007, people think about his plan when looking to do new things in the city,\" Neises said.",
"Early in his career, Burnham worked with William Le Baron Jenney, who is known as the \"father of the skyscraper\" for his work with metal-frame construction.",
"Later, Burnham and his partner, John Wellborn Root, built a number of buildings in what became known as the Chicago commercial style, which used metal framework to allow for taller buildings with larger windows and more open floor plans.",
"Don't miss: . The Rookery (1885-88), 209 S. LaSalle St.",
"This building, designed by Burnham and Root, uses both load-bearing masonry and metal-frame construction, tracing the evolution of commercial architecture.",
"Santa Fe Building (1904), 224 S. Michigan Ave.",
"Designed by D.H. Burnham and Co., the building is the former home of Burnham's own offices and now houses the Chicago Architecture Foundation.",
"It's a mature version of the Chicago commercial style that developed in the 1880s.",
"LAKEFRONT PARKS: TESTAMENT TO FORESIGHT .",
"The lakefront parks were protected from commercial development from the city's earliest days and incorporated by Daniel Burnham into his 1909 city plan, creating one of the most unique and enjoyable aspects of Chicago's urban landscape.",
"Don't miss: . Grant Park, south of the Chicago River, is the centerpiece of the park system.",
"The expanse is home to the 1927 Buckingham Fountain and several of Chicago's top museums, and it hosts many of the city's popular festivals.",
"LOUIS SULLIVAN (1856-1924): AMERICAN VISION .",
"Sullivan, one of America's most influential architects, rejected the tradition of copying historic European styles and worked instead to develop uniquely American buildings.",
"Sullivan believed that buildings should look organic and in harmony with their environment, and he developed the \"form follows function\" philosophy.",
"Don't miss: . The Auditorium Building (1886-1890), 430 S. Michigan Ave., was designed to house a theater, a hotel and offices, and is widely recognized as Sullivan and his partner Dankmar Adler's masterpiece.",
"FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959): DESIGN REVOLUTION .",
"Wright, widely considered to be the greatest architect of the 20th century, started his career in Chicago working first for Joseph Lyman Silsbee and soon after for Adler and Sullivan.",
"Louis Sullivan was Wright's mentor.",
"Slide show: Learn more about Frank Lloyd Wright » .",
"Wright developed the Prairie style in the Chicago area, revolutionizing residential architecture.",
"The style is characterized by accentuated horizontal lines and a fluid relationship between a structure and its environment.",
"Don't miss: . Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio (1889-1898) at 951 Chicago Ave. in Oak Park, Illinois, is open for tours and accessible via public transportation.",
"The Robie House (1909), 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave., is a masterpiece of the Prairie style.",
"ART DECO: JAZZ-AGE AESTHETICS .",
"Chicago's rapid growth in the 1920s and '30s created a need for new office buildings reflective of the jazz-age style.",
"\"This is the era of steam ship travel across the Atlantic and some of the first airplanes and these wonderful, long, streamlined automobiles.",
"And that same design sensibility was translated into architecture,\" Neises said.",
"The resulting buildings were smooth, with little applied ornamentation and an emphasis on unbroken vertical lines.",
"Don't miss: . The Chicago Board of Trade Building (1930), 141 W. Jackson Blvd., designed by Holabird and Root, exemplifies art deco's emphasis on verticality.",
"LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE (1886-1969): EMERGING MODERNISM Mies van der Rohe's innovation brought Chicago's architecture to the world stage again in the 1940s with his glass and steel highrises.",
"He designed some of the first modernist buildings in the city, embracing modern materials and technology.",
"\"If you're building a steel building, why would you disguise that as a stone building?",
"Celebrate the steel, celebrate modern technology, put materials together artistically in a modern way,\" Neises said, explaining Mies van der Rohe's style.",
"Don't miss: . 860-880 Lake Shore Drive (1949-1951).",
"These glass and steel apartment towers are among the city's most famous post-World War II buildings.",
"CHICAGO MODERNISM: GROWING INFLUENCE .",
"Pioneered by Mies van der Rohe, modernism in Chicago was proliferated in the '50s and '60s by his students and followers.",
"Modernist architects believed that the form, shape and volume of a building, rather than its ornamentation, should express its beauty.",
"These ideas came to dominate commercial and institutional architecture for decades.",
"\"It's a very kind of 'thinky' way of trying to design buildings, which is what's a little bit off-putting for some people,\" Neises said.",
"But this is the reason he enjoys giving the foundation's Modern Skyscrapers tour.",
"\"I can't always get people to like this stuff, but I can get them to appreciate it.\"",
"Don't miss: . The Inland Steel Building (1956-57), 30 W. Monroe St.",
"Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (the same firm that designed the Sears Tower), this dramatic skyscraper clad in stainless steel was the first skyscraper to be built in the Loop after the Great Depression.",
"MILLENNIUM PARK: A NEW ERA .",
"Millennium Park, which opened several years late in 2004, combines art, architecture, music and landscape design to great effect.",
"At Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street, the park has quickly become one of the most popular tourist destinations in Chicago.",
"Don't miss: . The Jay Pritzker Pavilion is an undulating outdoor concert venue designed by Frank Gehry.",
"\"Cloud Gate,\" British artist Anish Kapoor's reflective elliptical sculpture, invites visitors to see themselves in its surfaces from every angle.",
"Chicagoans affectionately refer to it as the \"Bean.\""
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"Some of America's most influential architects worked in the Windy City .",
"Chicago's reputation for world-class architecture took root in the 1880s ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the acting commander of U.S. Central Command, spent Wednesday in Beirut, Lebanon, to discuss the security crisis with officials there and assure them that U.S. military aid will continue, a U.S. military official said.",
"The Lebanese army has been out in force in Beirut following battles between pro- and anti-government forces .",
"He met Defense Minister Elias Murr and Lt. Gen. Michel Suleiman, the commander of the Lebanese armed forces in the wake of the Lebanese government losing control of part of its capital to the militant group Hezbollah.",
"The trip had not previously been scheduled.",
"It is not clear when it was added to the agenda of the top U.S. military commander for the region.",
"Discussions centered on continued U.S. military assistance to the Lebanese armed forces in light of the ongoing crisis.",
"\"The U.S. government will continue to support the legitimate institutions of the Lebanese government and the Lebanese people as they seek to preserve their independence and security,\" the military official said.",
"For the last several years, the Defense Department has supplied Lebanese armed forces with ammunition, armored vehicles and weapons.",
"The Lebanese army said Tuesday that it will use force if necessary against armed groups, acting after at least 62 people were killed as anti-government Hezbollah militants battled supporters of Lebanon's pro-Western government while the military largely stayed on the sidelines, declining to intervene.",
"The army reversed its stance Tuesday, saying it would take steps up to and including the use of force in response to \"security activity and military presence,\" an apparent reference to public activity by armed groups.",
"The violence is the worst to hit Lebanon since the end of its civil war in 1991.",
"It started in Beirut, but quickly spread to nearby mountain villages in the Mount Lebanon area and to Tripoli.",
"Pro- and anti-government political parties in Tripoli announced a cease-fire Monday night that seemed to be holding -- at least in the hours immediately after the announcement.",
"Meanwhile, several Western and Middle East nations have lined up to support an Arab League effort to intervene in the political crisis.",
"An Arab League delegation is scheduled to arrive in Lebanon this week in hope of negotiating an agreement between the Lebanese government and the Shiite Hezbollah movement."
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"Acting commander of U.S. Central Command in Lebanon to discuss security crisis .",
"At least 62 died last week after battles between govt.",
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"Discussions centered on continued U.S. military assistance to Lebanese army .",
"The violence is the worst to hit Lebanon since the end of its civil war in 1991 ."
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"CANKIRI, Turkey (CNN) -- In the searing heat of an Anatolian afternoon, work continues busily on the vast building site that fills an entire block of Cankiri's otherwise quiet town center.",
"Polls suggest the Erdogan's AKP is heading for another victory.",
"A massive Western-style shopping complex is rising from the ground.",
"Next the local mayor, Irfan Dinc, has plans for a smart new bus terminal on the outskirts of this small regional capital a couple of hours north of Ankara.",
"Designated a \"preferential province,\" investors in Cankiri already receive lucrative tax breaks.",
"Now Dinc hopes to tap into European Union funds as part of his efforts to put the town on the map.",
"\"Cankiri is generally known for being a rural, modest province,\" Dinc tells CNN.",
"\"But we are becoming more integrated.",
"We are connecting Cankiri to the rest of the world.\"",
"Cankiri is typical of the Turkish provincial towns and regions that are beginning to emerge from the shadow of Istanbul and Ankara driven by surging economic growth -- and the sort of place where campaigning ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections is at its most fierce.",
"Yet the issue that forced Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan into early elections showed how fragile Turkey's young democracy can still be -- and how a dispute in Ankara's corridors of power can still tip the entire country into political crisis.",
"Erdogan's critics in Turkey's traditional establishment accuse his Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Islamist tendencies and of plotting to dilute the secularist principles of the modern Turkish republic, as laid down by the country's revered founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.",
"That came to a head in April when the government nominated the country's foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, for the presidency.",
"The fact that Gul's wife chooses to wear a headscarf prompted a secularist outcry, with opposition lawmakers backed by the constitutional court blocking the nomination, millions protesting in Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir and even the leaders of the army -- the traditional defenders of secularism -- issuing an e-mail in which they stated their readiness to intervene in the event of the election of a president not to their tastes.",
"In Cankiri, it is hard to see how the headscarf could have become such a potent political symbol.",
"Many women here chose to wear them, but plenty of others don't and life continues harmoniously as it has done for decades in this culturally conservative country.",
"Suat Kiniklioglu, a local AKP parliamentary candidate and one of a new breed of technocratic young politicians attracted by the party's modernizing instincts, told CNN the real divide in Turkey was between \"those who want the old order to continue and those who want the old order to change.\"",
"He argues it has been the AKP -- rather than the main opposition Republican Party (CHP) led by veteran politician Deniz Baykal, the self-styled defenders of Ataturk's legacy -- that has argued for closer integration with the European Union and for a globalizing drive that has brought visible benefits to places like Cankiri.",
"\"We represent the people who believe Turkey should open up and that the old ways of doing things no longer work for us.",
"We do not reject secularism -- we just argue for a more user-friendly secularism.",
"We do not think it should matter if a woman chooses to wear a headscarf.\"",
"Final polls ahead of Sunday's vote suggest the AKP is heading for another victory, but this is not a straightforward election.",
"The party still faces the job of electing a president and has vowed to press ahead with constitutional changes to prevent a similar crisis occurring again.",
"But without securing an unlikely two-thirds majority, it could find itself blocked by its parliamentary opponents just as easily after the elections as before them.",
"And while the CHP is not expected to get the votes it needs to form a government, the secular establishment remains a dominating presence in Turkish politics, notably through its close ties to the army, which has acted four times since 1960 to bring down governments of which it disapproved.",
"Also damaging for the AKP has been a surge in Turkish nationalism, largely on the back of reaction against regular terrorist attacks by the PKK which have led military chiefs to call for action against Kurdish Northern Iraq.",
"That feeling has been capitalized on effectively by the Nationalist Party (MHP), which may well achieve the 10 percent share of the vote necessary to enter parliament, further shifting the political balance of power.",
"Particularly successful in rural areas, the MHP is challenging strongly in Cankiri -- an AKP stronghold -- to win a place on the list of three MPs the province will send to parliament.",
"For Ibrahim Kalin, an Ankara-based political analyst and newspaper columnist, the main question surrounding Sunday's vote is not who will win, but whether Turkey can return to anything approaching normal politics after a bitterly polarized campaign.",
"\"Politicians are ruining Turkish democracy, they are ruining people's trust in politics, they are ruining people's faith in politicians,\" Kalin told CNN.",
"\"There needs to be a little more calmness, a little bit more of a sense of responsibility for the immediate future.",
"I'm talking two weeks down the road when they come back to parliament and you have a country to run.",
"They have to make some compromises and compromises I think have to begin now.\"",
"E-mail to a friend ."
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"PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan was forced into early elections; new poll on Sunday .",
"Many parts of Turkey are seeing impressive economic progress .",
"Erdogan's critics argue his AKP party has Islamist tendencies .",
"Final polls suggest the AKP is heading for another victory ."
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"(CNN) -- The mother of a 25-year-old woman killed in a Boston hotel more than a week ago said Friday that she will remain haunted by her daughter's death for the rest of her life.",
"The mother of Julissa Brisman says she remains haunted by her daughter's death.",
"\"Our family has been devastated by the loss of our beautiful daughter, Julissa,\" Carmen Guzman said in a statement released Friday, which would have been Julissa Brisman's 26th birthday.",
"\"The feeling of losing my daughter in this way and the pain she must have felt will haunt me for the rest of my life,\" Guzman said.",
"\"She won't live to see her dreams.",
"We will hold Julissa in our hearts every day.\"",
"Philip Markoff, 23, a second-year student at Boston University's School of Medicine, is charged with killing Brisman on April 14 at Boston's Copley Marriott Hotel.",
"Police have said that Brisman, a model from New York, advertised as a masseuse on the online classifieds Web site Craigslist.",
"They say Markoff may have met her through the online site.",
"Prosecutors say Brisman sustained blunt head trauma, and said she was shot three times at close range.",
"One of the bullets passed through her heart, killing her, prosecutors said.",
"Markoff, who was arraigned Tuesday, is being held without bail.",
"His attorney, John Salsberg, told reporters after the hearing that Markoff is \"not guilty of the charges.",
"He has his family's support.",
"I have not received any document or report or piece of evidence other than what I heard in the courtroom.",
"All I have at the moment are words -- no proof of anything.\"",
"A procedural not-guilty plea was entered on Markoff's behalf, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley.",
"Markoff is also charged in connection with the April 10 robbery of Trisha Leffler, 29, at a Westin Hotel in Boston.",
"Leffler was robbed of $800 in cash and $250 in American Express giftcards, according to police reports.",
"She was held at gunpoint and bound, prosecutors said.",
"Megan McAllister, who identified herself as Markoff's fiancee, maintained his innocence in an e-mail sent to ABC News.",
"McAllister said Markoff \"is the wrong man\" and \"was set up.\"",
"\"Unfortunately, you were given wrong information as was the public,\" she wrote.",
"\"All I have to say to you is Philip is a beautiful person inside and out and could not hurt a fly!\"",
"Authorities believe the motive in Brisman's death was robbery, Conley told reporters.",
"In executing a search warrant at Markoff's home, police found a firearm, along with restraints and duct tape, he said.",
"Authorities in Boston are working with police in Warwick, Rhode Island, on what could be a related case.",
"On April 16 at a Holiday Inn Express in Warwick, a man tied up and demanded money from a 26-year-old dancer who had posted a Craigslist advertisement, Warwick Police Chief Col. Stephen McCartney said.",
"The robbery was interrupted when the woman's husband entered the room.",
"After pointing his gun at the husband, the suspect fled, McCartney said.",
"He said the incident \"may be related to similar crimes occurring in the Boston area\" but that had not been determined."
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"Mother of Craigslist victim Julissa Brisman says family 'devastated' by loss .",
"Philip Markoff, 23, charged in Brisman's death .",
"Police say Markoff met Brisman on popular online classifieds Web site .",
"Markoff's family, fiance maintains his innocence of charges ."
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"(CNN) -- The legacy of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, who died on Tuesday, spreads far and wide, and across the ocean to now-independent Bangladesh.",
"There, he is still revered for calling attention to what many deemed an unfolding genocide.",
"Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, known as the \"Lion of the Senate,\" died Tuesday at 77.",
"It may have started as a politically prudent move by a Democratic senator eyeing the White House during a Republican regime.",
"But Kennedy stood up to the Nixon administration in 1971 and alerted the world to the bloodshed that was engulfing then-East Pakistan.",
"\"In 1971, there were very few leaders from the so-called free world who were paying any attention to what was going on in Bangladesh.",
"And for Ted Kennedy to come forward and to personally visit, the impact was huge,\" said Akku Chowdhury, founder and director of Bangladesh's Liberation War Museum.",
"\"And that's one thing Bangladeshis have always remembered.\"",
"At the time, the U.S. policy -- directed by President Richard Nixon and his National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger -- was to resolutely support Pakistan, from which Bangladesh was trying to secede.",
"The administration's reasons: The Soviet Union and India had just signed a treaty of friendship, and Nixon was concerned about the expansion of Soviet influence in the region.",
"Thus, it made strategic sense for the United States to align itself with India's neighbor, Pakistan.",
"The United States turned a blind eye to reports of atrocities committed by the Pakistani army to suppress the independence movement -- even as U.S. diplomats urged the administration to speak up.",
"\"Our government has failed to denounce the suppression of democracy.",
"Our government has failed to denounce atrocities,\" Consul General Archer Blood wrote in one of many telegrams from Dhaka to the U.S. State Department questioning American policy.",
"\"But we have chosen not to intervene, even morally, on the grounds that the ... conflict, in which unfortunately the overworked term 'genocide' is applicable, is purely an internal matter of a sovereign state.\"",
"The \"Blood Telegram,\" as it came to be known, was reclassified as secret, and Blood transferred out of Dhaka.",
"Soon after, Kennedy traveled to east India to gauge the plight of displaced Bangladeshis -- more than 10 million of whom had sought refuge there.",
"On his return, he issued a scathing report to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Refugees.",
"The report, \"Crisis in South Asia,\" spoke of \"one of the most appalling tides of human misery in modern times.\"",
"\"Nothing is more clear, or more easily documented, than the systematic campaign of terror -- and its genocidal consequences -- launched by the Pakistani army on the night of March 25th,\" he wrote.",
"\"All of this has been officially sanctioned, ordered and implemented under martial law from Islamabad.",
"America's heavy support of Islamabad is nothing short of complicity in the human and political tragedy of East Bengal.\"",
"The Nixon administration maintained its stance.",
"But Kennedy's focus on the mass killings came as everyday Americans began to share in the outrage.",
"For instance, Beatle George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh, the first benefit event of its kind, was staged to further highlight the plight of Bangladeshi refugees.",
"Besieged, the U.S. Congress pushed through a bill to ban arms sales to Pakistan.",
"On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh gained independence after a 10-month struggle, in which 1 million to 3 million Bengalis were killed.",
"\"When the fighting was over, there were vultures almost too fat to fly, and Bangladesh was a land with few of the sinews of nationhood left unsevered,\" the National Geographic said in a piece about the birth of the country.",
"Two months later -- in February 1972 -- Kennedy flew to Bangladesh and delivered a speech at Dhaka University, where the killing rampage had begun a year earlier.",
"About 8,000 jubilant students crowded into the university courtyard and jammed lecture hall balconies and roofs, greeting him with chants of \"Joi Kennedy\" -- a variation on the independence slogan of \"Joi Bangla.\"",
"In his speech, Kennedy drew parallels between the liberation of Bangladesh and the American Revolution.",
"He said America had prospered despite predictions that it would collapse following independence, and so would Bangladesh.",
"\"Even though the United States government does not recognize you, the people of the world do recognize you,\" Kennedy told the crowd.",
"On the university campus stood a banyan tree where Bengalis student leaders had planted the seeds for the independence movement -- and which the Pakistani army had destroyed as a symbolic gesture.",
"During his visit, Kennedy planted a new tree there.",
"It still stands today -- a testament to a country that overcame long odds to survive and one man who helped champion it."
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"Kennedy spoke out about Bangladesh when U.S. policy was supporting Pakistan .",
"Kennedy visited east India, then wrote report on displaced Bangladeshis .",
"In report, he accused Pakistani army of \"systematic campaign of terror\"\nBeatle George Harrison also highlighted refugees' plight with benefit concert ."
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"(CNN) -- Chelsea target Fernando Torres has submitted a transfer request at Liverpool, but the English Premier League club still insist he is staying with them.",
"With the hours ticking down until the end of the January transfer window, Liverpool signaled their intent to hold on to their star striker, who signed a new five-year contract with them in 2009.",
"\"Fernando Torres tonight submitted a written transfer request, which has been rejected by Liverpool,\" said a club statement Friday night.",
"\"Fernando is under long-term contract and the club expect him to honor the commitment he made to Liverpool FC and its supporters when he signed the agreement.\"",
"Earlier, the Merseyside club confirmed on its website that a bid had been received -- reported in British newspaper the Daily Telegraph to be around $63 million -- but it is expected reigning Premier League champions Chelsea will increase their offer ahead of Monday's deadline day.",
"The 26-year-old striker, who was part of Spain's World Cup winning squad in South Africa, has scored nine goals this season and under new manager Kenny Dalglish looks to be returning to his best form.",
"Liverpool, up to a season's best seventh after a midweek win over Fulham, have strengthened their squad with the signing of Uruguay striker Luis Suarez from Ajax to play up front with Torres.",
"But Chelsea, trailing leaders Manchester United in this season's title race, are also keen to augment their aging squad, particularly in attack.",
"Spanish club Atletico Madrid said they had turned down Chelsea's $82 million bid for Argentina striker Sergio Aguero earlier this week."
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"Liverpool reject transfer request from striker Fernando Torres .",
"Premier League champions Chelsea want to sign Spain World Cup star .",
"Torres signed a new five-year contract with Liverpool in 2009 ."
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"Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- An insurgent attack on a Thai military camp in the country's south killed four soldiers and wounded six others, a military spokesman said Thursday.",
"\"There were about 20 to 30 insurgents (who) attacked our permanent infantry camp in Maruebotok Village, Narathiwart province ... around 7:30 a.m. local time,\" said Col. Parinya Chaidilok, spokesman of the 4th Division of Internal Security Operation Command.",
"Parinya said the military had received a tip-off information that there would an attack on Thai military posts.",
"\"But we are surprised that they launched their attack at our permanent camp instead of small temporary posts,\" he said.",
"Muslim separatists in southern Thailand have long battled government forces in a country that is overwhelmingly Buddhist.",
"The conflict came to a head after former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra took office in 2004.",
"Several thousand people died in the violence."
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"Muslim separatists in southern Thailand have long battled government forces .",
"Several thousand people die in a wave of violence that erupted in 2004 .",
"The military had received tip-off information that there would an attack on Thai military posts ."
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"Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- A speaker claiming to be terrorism mastermind Osama bin Laden warned in an audiotape aired Friday that the release of two French journalists abducted by militants hinges on France's military role in Afghanistan.",
"\"We repeat the same message to you,\" said the speaker in an audiotape played on the Al-Jazeera satellite news network.",
"\"The release of your prisoners from the hands of our brethren depends on the withdrawal of your soldiers from our countries.\"",
"One U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN that the tape \"sends a chill up your spine,\" as it refers to \"a couple of human beings whose lives are at stake.\"",
"However, the official said it is unclear how much influence bin Laden might have over the fate of the hostages.",
"Another counterterrorism official said he would not discuss whether it was in fact bin Laden on the latest tape other than to say, \"there has never been a recording that has been false\" about its claim to be him.",
"On the tape, the speaker, believed to be al Qaeda chief bin Laden, warns the French government that its alliance with the United States will prove costly.",
"\"The dismissal of your President (Nicholas) Sarkozy to get out of Afghanistan is the result of his subservience to the United States and this (dismissal) is considered to be the green signal to kill your prisoners without delay,\" the speaker said.",
"He goes on to say that \"we will not do that at the time that suits him (Sarkozy) and this position will cost you dearly on all fronts, in France and abroad.\"",
"France, however, said the message would not deter it from its Afghanistan strategy.",
"\"We are determined to stay in Afghanistan with our allies for the Afghan people,\" said French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero.",
"The first U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN that bin Laden's continuing messages serve as a \"reminder\" and an \"in your face\" signal that he is still out there.",
"But, that official said, \"the relevance (of the tapes) are on the wane.",
"... His message doesn't resonate as well.\"",
"The second U.S. official said the tape is an effort by bin Laden to prove \"he is present, that he is engaging.\"",
"It's a \"morale factor to remind the people who follow him that he's still out there,\" the second official said.",
"But this official said bin Laden's message is more \"inspirational\" than operational.",
"Some could take his message as \"a directive,\" but there is no indication he is \"leading\" an operation, the official said.",
"The official said there has been no change in the U.S. belief that bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan somewhere along the border with Afghanistan.",
"Taliban militants captured the journalists -- Herve Ghesquiere and Stephane Taponier from France 3 Television -- in December 2009 and threatened to kill them if their demands were not met, including the release of some detainees held by France.",
"France has 3,750 troops in Afghanistan, according to NATO's International Security Assistance Force.",
"Al Qaeda's North African wing has made the same withdrawal demands pertaining to the safety of five French nationals abducted in Niger.",
"CNN's Saad Abedine and Pam Benson contributed to this report."
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"NEW: U.S. counterterrorism official: The message's effect on the hostages' fate is unclear .",
"NEW: The message is an \"in your face\" signal that bin Laden is still out there, the official says .",
"The audiotape believed to be from Osama bin Laden was aired on Al-Jazeera television .",
"The speaker says the release of two journalists hinges on a French troop withdrawal ."
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"(CNN) -- World MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi cruised to the 100th victory of his illustrious motorcycling career with a comfortable win at the Alice TT Assen race in the Netherlands on Saturday.",
"Valentino Rossi dominated the Dutch race to move clear at the top of the championship standings.",
"The Italian took sole ownership of top spot in the overall standings after finishing 5.638 seconds ahead of Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and 23.113 in front of 2007 world champion Casey Stoner.",
"The trio had been tied on 106 points ahead of the seventh of 18 races this season.",
"Rossi started in pole position but briefly lost his lead to Stoner's Ducati before moving out in front again, and the Italian steadily increased his advantage throughout the 26-lap race.",
"\"I am so happy. I felt good on the first lap and knowing that Lorenzo is difficult to beat I put my foot down to establish as big an advantage as possible over him,\" Rossi told reporters.",
"\"It gives me great pleasure to record this victory.",
"This is a great moment for me.\"",
"Rossi, now five points ahead of Lorenzo and nine clear of Stoner, is still 22 victories behind the all-time record held by 15-time world motorcycling champion Giacomo Agostini, who raced from 1964-77.",
"Stoner, who started from fourth on the grid, revealed after the race that he had been struggling with ill health.",
"\"I felt fine until Friday, but today I felt tired after the first couple of laps,\" the frail-Australian said.",
"\"I have been taking any amount of supplements to keep my body up to scratch, but it has been a tough battle.\"",
"Lorenzo recovered from a poor start, which saw him drop to sixth after the first lap, to become Rossi's closest challenger with seven laps remaining.",
"\"I want to congratulate Valentino.",
"It is quite some achievement to win 100 Grand Prix,\" he said.",
"Dani Pedrosa had begun the race from second ahead of fellow Spaniard Lorenzo, but crashed out at a corner after only four laps to dent his hopes of overtaking fellow Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso to claim fourth in the overall standings.",
"Dovizioso also spun off in a similar situation on the same lap, and remains two points ahead of Pedrosa.",
"Top-10 finishers: 1.",
"V Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 42 minutes 14.611 seconds 2.",
"J Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha 42:19.979 3.",
"C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 42:37.724 4.",
"C Edwards (USA) Yamaha 42:43.725 5.",
"C Vermeulen (Aus) Suzuki 42:48.216 6.",
"J Toseland (Gbr) Yamaha 42:53.958 7.",
"R De Puniet (Fra) Honda 42:54.154 8.",
"T Elias (Spa) Honda 42:54.385 9.",
"N Hayden (USA) Ducati 42:54.434 10.",
"L Capirossi (Ita) Suzuki 42:55.284 ."
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"World MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi cruises to 100th victory of his career .",
"Italian wins Alice TT Assen race in Netherlands by more than five seconds .",
"Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo claims second place, Casey Stoner third .",
"Rossi takes outright lead in the championships standings ."
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"(CNN) -- Pakistani Taliban leader Qari Hussain Mehsud, whose notoriety includes allegedly recruiting children as suicide bombers, is being targeted by the United States, the State Department announced Thursday.",
"\"Widely considered to be the deadliest of all TTP's commanders, Hussain and the TTP (Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan) have taken responsibility for many lethal suicide bombings throughout Pakistan,\" the State Department said in a news release on Qari Hussain.",
"The released cited a string of such attacks, including a blast last September that killed at least 54 people at a rally in Quetta and a car bombing the same month that killed at least 17 people -- including four children -- in Lakki Marwat.",
"Even among militant groups known for brutal violence, Qari Hussain Mehsud has a notorious reputation.",
"He is alleged to have recruited dozens of Pakistani children as suicide bombers (a form of attack in which he reportedly is an expert trainer) and has boasted of personally beheading enemies.",
"After the abortive Times Square bombing in New York last year, his voice was purportedly on the audio tape that claimed responsibility for the attack on behalf of the TTP.",
"On several occasions, Pakistani officials have claimed that he has been killed.",
"No evidence has ever been presented, and it seems that Qari Hussain is still somewhere in the rugged mountains along the Afghan-Pakistan border -- most likely in North Waziristan.",
"He is well connected in jihadist circles.",
"He is a cousin of the current leader of the TTP, Hakimullah Mehsud (himself a target of US drone attacks), and terrorism analysts believe he has good contacts with other groups active in the region.",
"Not that those contacts have always been cordial -- Pakistani media reported in 2008 a feud over the fate of a Polish geologist who was being held by Qari Hussain's group.",
"Rather than hand him over to another faction, they slit his throat.",
"Qari Hussein comes from the Mehsud tribe, which is prominent in Waziristan and includes several other leading figures in the Pakistan Taliban.",
"But he also spent time as a boy in Karachi, attending a hard-line Sunni \"madrassa\" or religious school.",
"A Pakistani journalist, Tahir Ali, wrote last year of a meeting with Qari Hussain, who claimed to have been active in militant groups since boyhood.",
"Ali quoted him as saying: \"I was very young when I joined Lashkar i Jhangvi and actively took part in anti-Shia activities; I also remained for a short time with Ilyas Kashmiri group ... later on I focused on jihad in Waziristan.\"",
"Both Lashkar and the Ilyas Kashmiri group are militant anti-Shia groups involved in terrorism in Pakistan and Indian Kashmir.",
"Ilyas Kashmiri has repeatedly threatened to export terror attacks to Europe.",
"According to Ali, he also claimed to be just 22 years of age.",
"Others who have met him say that Qari Hussein appears to be in his early 40s.",
"In January 2008, the Pakistani army launched \"Operation Zalzala\" against a Mehsud stronghold in South Waziristan.",
"While many Taliban fighters were killed and his house was destroyed, Qari Hussain escaped.",
"But Pakistani forces uncovered a \"school\" that he is said to have run for child suicide bombers, along with videos of classes.",
"Pakistani Maj. Gen. Tariq Khan described the school as \"like a factory\" which had been turning 9- to 12-year old boys into suicide bombers.",
"The U.S. State Department's designation of Qari Hussain Hussain says he \"has gained particular notoriety for his heavy recruitment of children.\"",
"Undaunted, Qari Hussain shifted his operations to North Waziristan and later released a 40-minute video in which teenagers and young men declared their intent to become suicide bombers.",
"By this time, he was the commander of Fidayeen-e-Islam, a group within the Pakistani Taliban that specialized in suicide bombings.",
"These were aimed at the Pakistani state and military, and included attacks on federal and police offices in Lahore.",
"But they were also aimed at Pakistan's Shia minority.",
"A Shia procession in Lahore in September 2010 was attacked by a Taliban suicide bomber, who killed 33 people.",
"The number of suicide attacks rose dramatically between 2007 and 2010, and most were blamed on or claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.",
"It was in May 2010 that the Pakistan Taliban was linked to its first attempted attack in the U.S. Faisal Shahzad attempted to leave a car bomb in New York's Times Square.",
"It failed to go off, but an audio tape released hours later purported to feature the voice of Qari Hussein in claiming that \"the recent attack\" was in response to American \"interference and terrorism in Muslim countries, especially in Pakistan.\"",
"It's not known whether Qari Hussain met or trained Shahzad, but it seems likely that he was involved in the suicide bombing of the CIA base in Khost, Afghanistan, at the end of 2009.",
"Before the attack, the suicide bomber recorded a video with Hakimullah Mehsud, and as the Pakistani Taliban's expert trainer of suicide bombers, Qari Hussain likely helped him prepare for the mission.",
"In its designation, the U.S. State Department says \"Hussain is believed to have trained the Jordanian militant Humam Muhammad Abu Mulal al-Balawi\" who carried out the Khost attack, killing seven U.S. citizens.",
"The Pakistani government has declared a reward of 50 million rupees ($600,000) for his capture, but Qari Hussain has evaded both capture and the much-expanded U.S. drone campaign.",
"The U.S. action against Qari Hussain blocks all property \"subject to U.S. jurisdiction in which Hussain has an interest\" and prohibits all transactions by U.S. persons with Hussain.",
"Given his record so far, it is unlikely to have much impact on his role within the Pakistani Taliban."
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"A tape released after the Times Square bomb attempt purportedly featured his voice .",
"The Pakistani government is offering a $600,000 reward for his capture ."
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"(CNN) -- A controversial Kansas church says members will picket before the memorial service Wednesday evening for two Florida teenagers allegedly killed by their mother.",
"In a press release, Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, said it will demonstrate outside the service in Tampa because the mother is a military wife and \"the doomed American military declared war on God & His church.\"",
"The controversial church and its pastor, Fred Phelps, have made their name picketing near funerals of people who died of AIDS, gay people and soldiers.",
"The church plans to picket beginning at 5:15 p.m.and ending at 6 p.m., when the service is scheduled to start, according to CNN affiliate WFTS-TV in Tampa.",
"Julie K. Schenecker, 50, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths Friday of her 16-year-old daughter, Calyx, and her 13-year-old son, Beau.",
"She was denied bail at a court appearance Monday, a court spokesman said.",
"Her husband, Army Col. Parker Schenecker, is with the U.S. Central Command, which is headquartered in Tampa.",
"Police told WFTS that he was in the Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar when his children were killed.",
"King High School, which Calyx attended, and Liberty Middle School, where Beau was a student, are sponsoring the service at First Baptist Church of Temple Terrace in Tampa, the church said.",
"Josh Saliba, director of creative ministries, told CNN he would not comment on Westboro Baptist's plans to protest.",
"On Monday -- their first day back since the shootings became public -- students at Liberty Middle School wore blue and black in memory of Beau, who was an eighth-grader there.",
"CNN affiliate Bay News 9 posted a statement Monday from the Schenecker family: .",
"\"Colonel Parker Schenecker has returned from his deployment and is grieving with family and friends.",
"He is devoted first and foremost to honoring the lives and memory of his beautiful children, Calyx and Beau,\" the statement said.",
"\"Parker and his family have been touched by the overwhelming support from the community both near and abroad.",
"Arrangements and details are still being finalized with regard to the services to be held for Calyx and Beau.\"",
"A search warrant filed Tuesday said Julie Schenecker was unconscious and wearing a bloody robe, and her slain children were covered in blankets when police arrived.",
"Julie Schenecker was awakened and taken from a screened-in pool area to inside the home, where evidence was recovered, according to the warrant filed in Circuit Court in Hillsborough County.",
"The search warrant was posted on the website of CNN affiliate WTSP.",
"The warrant provides new details in the case: Five bullets, along with a Smith & Wesson box and instruction manual, were found in the master bedroom; 15 live rounds and five spent shell casings were in the master bath.",
"Also indicated in the search warrant -- both inside and outside the house -- were cigarette butts, note pads, undisclosed medication and paperwork.",
"Police found Calyx's body in an upstairs bedroom.",
"She had been shot twice in the head, police said.",
"Beau's body was later found in the front seat of an SUV inside the home's garage, police said.",
"They said he was shot while he was being driven to soccer practice.",
"Schenecker confessed to killing the children, according to a police statement, eventually recounting her rationale and thought process \"in detail,\" according to a news release.",
"\"She did tell us that they talked back, that they were mouthy,\" Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy told CNN affiliate WTSP last week.",
"\"But I don't think that will ever serve as an explanation to the rest of us of how you could take a child's life.\"",
"Schenecker had initially planned what she called the \"massacre\" -- killing the children and then herself, McElroy said on Monday -- for January 22, but she put it off after learning there would be a three-day check before she could buy a gun.",
"Police later found writings in the house, thought to be from Schenecker, in which she spelled out her intentions in detail.",
"\"There are definitely indications that she planned this,\" McElroy said.",
"\"(The writing) was devoid of emotion.\"",
"CNN's Phil Gast contributed to this report ."
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"Tampa schools sponsoring service for brother and sister, who were slain last Friday .",
"Julie K. Schenecker, 50, is charged with murder in the deaths of her children .",
"Her husband is with the U.S. Central Command ."
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"Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Final preparations are being made for the funeral Monday of slain Irish newlywed Michaela Harte-McAreavey.",
"The 27-year-old was found strangled in her hotel room on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius last Monday.",
"She was killed less than two weeks after her wedding.",
"Her funeral will take place Monday afternoon at the church where she married Gaelic footballer John McAreavey on December 30.",
"The president of the Republic of Ireland, Mary McAleese, will head dignitaries among thousands expected to attend a requiem mass at St. Malachy's Church, Ballymacilroy, Northern Ireland.",
"The Catholic primate of all Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, will be among senior clerics at a service led by McAreavey's uncle Bishop John McAreavey, who married the couple two and a half weeks ago.",
"Hundreds of people attended Harte-McAreavey's wake at the Harte family home in County Tyrone over the weekend.",
"Three suspects in her death are all employees of the luxury hotel where the newlywed was found strangled, according to the Mauritius Police Force.",
"Room attendant Avinash Treebhoowoon, 29, and Sandip Moneea, 41, a floor supervisor, have been charged with murder.",
"Room attendant Raj Theekoy, 33, faces a conspiracy charge.",
"Police said one of the men has confessed and participated in the reconstruction.",
"Authorities believe the men were inside the teacher's hotel room when she returned alone.",
"\"We presume they were inside and burgling the room when the lady returned and were surprised and attacked her,\" Mauritius police Superintendent Yoosoof Soopun, who is leading the investigation, said last week.",
"Authorities said the killer used an electronic key card to enter the room.",
"The former beauty queen's husband was in the restaurant of the hotel when his wife was killed, and is not a suspect, Soopun said.",
"An autopsy showed that she died of asphyxiation.",
"Harte-McAreavey taught Irish at St. Patrick's Academy in Dungannon, County Tyrone, in Northern Ireland.",
"She won the Ulster Rose of Tralee contest and participated in other beauty pageants.",
"She was the daughter of Tyrone Gaelic football manager Mickey Harte."
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"Michaela Harte-McAreavey was strangled while on her honeymoon in Mauritius .",
"Her funeral is set for Monday .",
"The president of Ireland and the country's top churchman are expected to attend .",
"Police on the Indian Ocean island have arrested 3 hotel employees ."
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"Sanaa,Yemen (CNN) -- What seemed like hundreds of anti-government protesters gathered near Sanaa University in Yemen's capital early Thursday morning, a clear indication that many in the country were not satisfied with President Ali Abdullah Saleh's recent announcement that he would not seek re-election.",
"Demonstrators had said they would continue Thursday with a planned \"Day of Rage\" march in Yemen despite Saleh's concession Saleh on Wednesday.",
"Trying to quell a growing discontent in the country, Saleh said he will not seek re-election once his current term ends in 2013, after more than three decades in office.",
"He won't install his son to replace him also, he said.",
"He also has asked his political opponents \"to re-engage in dialogue in hopes of reaching a sustainable and reconcilable political agreement,\" the Yemeni government said.",
"Thursday's protest come amidst a similiar ongoing unrest in Egypt and a revolt in Tunisia that forced that nation's longtime strongman to flee to Saudi Arabia in mid-January.",
"CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- Liverpool's star striker Fernando Torres has given the club a huge boost ahead of the new Premier League season by insisting he has no intention of leaving the club.",
"The Spanish forward's future has been up in the air since Liverpool slumped to a seventh placed finish last season, meaning they missed out on qualification for the European Champions League.",
"Torres was part of the Spain squad that won the World Cup in South Africa and has only recently returned to training with Liverpool.",
"Rumors of a £50 million bid from Chelsea surfaced during the tournament.",
"Huang eyes Liverpool bid .",
"But after captain Steven Gerrard committed himself to the club, and new manager Roy Hodgson strengthened the side with the purchase of England international Joe Cole, Torres has now said he is staying at Anfield.",
"He told the club's official website: \"My commitment and loyalty to the club and to the fans is the same as it was on my first day when I signed.",
"I am looking forward to the challenge ahead.",
"\"This is the best club in the country so the targets and expectations are always high.",
"Hopefully we can stay at our level.",
"At Liverpool the aim is to fight for every title.",
"\"It was difficult last season but we are sure we can improve this season.",
"I am really happy to be back, really happy to stay with all my teammates.",
"I'm excited about the new season and about the targets of the club.\"",
"Torres came on for the final stages of the World Cup final, when Spain beat Netherlands 1-0, but picked up a groin injury seconds before the final whistle.",
"The 26-year-old says he is fighting to be fit for the start of the season, and Liverpool's opening game with Arsenal on August 15.",
"Torres also says he has been impressed with Hodgson -- the man who replaced Liverpool's former manager Rafael Benitez -- and appreciated the fact the 62-year-old traveled out to meet him when he was on holiday.",
"\"I have less than two weeks to get ready but I felt really good in my first session back with the physios and the doctor,\" he said.",
"\"At the moment I am training just on my own but as soon as I can I will train with the team and with the new manager.\"",
"\"I really appreciated the fact that Roy came out to see me while I was on my holidays.",
"He told me about his plans for the club and what he wanted from me and I appreciated that.",
"\"I hope he will be the right man to reach the targets of Liverpool Football Club and I am really looking forward to working with him.\"",
"Torres also welcomed the signing of Cole, who joined on a free transfer after leaving Premier League champions Chelsea in June.",
"\"I think Joe is exactly the kind of player we need to improve the history of our club,\" he added.",
"\"He is the kind of player I like to play with and the kind of player who can take the team to a higher level.",
"\"His passing is unbelievable so hopefully he can start the season well because I am sure he will be a key player for us.",
"I'm excited about playing with him and hopefully we can all help him settle into the team and the city to make sure he can reach his best as quickly as possible.\"",
"Torres also paid tribute to Liverpool's fans and repeated his desire to help end the club's run of 20 years without winning the league title.",
"He said: \"I felt at home from the first day, I feel the fans love me and everyone knows I am really happy here and really happy to play at Anfield.",
"\"I know that one trophy here at Liverpool -- maybe the Premier League -- means more than three or four with another club.",
"This was my target from the day I came and it's still my target.",
"Hopefully this season we can feel this sensation here at Liverpool.\""
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"Torres was part of Spain's World Cup winning squad in South Africa .",
"Chelsea were rumored to be interested in the 26-year-old .",
"Torres has scored 56 goals for Liverpool in 69 Premier League games ."
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"MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Suspected Islamic extremists arrested last week in Barcelona were planning al Qaeda-style attacks in Spain, Germany, France, Britain and Portugal, according to an informant who \"infiltrated\" the group, Spain's El Pais newspaper reports.",
"\"If we attack the metro [subway system in Barcelona], the emergency services can't get there,\" one of the suspected suicide bombers told the informant, El Pais reported on Saturday.",
"\"Our preference is public transport, especially the metro.\"",
"El Pais reported that it had access to the informant's testimony to Spanish officials.",
"CNN has confirmed that authorities have given high importance to an informant's testimony.",
"The judge who ordered 10 suspects held for allegedly plotting a suicide attack in Barcelona, cited in his rulings the testimony of an informant.",
"CNN has viewed the rulings.",
"Spain's Interior Minister last Friday said an informant warned of a planned suicide attack against Barcelona's metro on the weekend of January 18 to 20.",
"But he added that, for now, \"there is only the testimony of an informant\" regarding the timing.",
"The informant told authorities the cell comprised six suicide bombers, including himself, El Pais reported on Saturday.",
"Spain's attorney general, Candido Conde-Pumpido, said last week that the cell could have contained six suicide bombers, two explosives experts and two ideologues.",
"Judge Ismael Moreno, in rulings last Wednesday, wrote that the informant had named three suspected suicide bombers and an explosives expert, all of whom had traveled from Pakistan to Barcelona since last summer.",
"The judge ordered these four men held, out the total of 10 jailed suspects who are from South Asia.",
"They include nine Pakistani nationals and a man from India, who is Muslim.",
"A court-appointed translator told CNN that all 10 suspects testified during their arraignments that they were innocent.",
"The cell planned three attacks in Spain, one in Germany and others in France, Britain and Portugal, according to the informant, El Pais reported.",
"On Sunday, another El Pais story added that the \"wave of attacks\" was to have been carried out by the Barcelona group and other extremist Pakistani cells were to attack elsewhere in Europe.",
"The informant told authorities about potential links between the Barcelona group and suspected extremists in other countries, the interior minister said Friday.",
"The informant had traveled by train from France to Barcelona on January 16, a few days before police made arrests in Barcelona, El Pais reported Saturday.",
"A day earlier, the newspaper reported that the informant worked for French intelligence.",
"Al Qaeda was planning to take responsibility for the first attack in Barcelona through Baitullah Mehsud, a Taliban commander whom the Pakistani government blames for last month's assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, El Pais reported.",
"\"Only the leadership of the organization knows what requests the emir (Baitullah) will make after the first attack, but if they are not carried out, there will be a second attack in Spain, and a third,\" a cell leader told the informant, El Pais reported.",
"\"And then in Germany, France, Portugal and the United Kingdom.",
"There are many people prepared there.\"",
"In Barcelona, two pairs of suicide bombers were to attack in separate metro stations, the paper said, citing the informant's testimony.",
"One of the cell leaders said the bombs were supposed to be hidden in backpacks or bags and that other cell members were to detonate them by remote control, the paper added.",
"Two other pairs of suicide bombers were to strike elsewhere in Spain, while another suicide bomber was to attack in Germany, although the informant said he did not know where or when those attacks were to occur, El Pais reported.",
"Three other terrorists were assigned to attack in France and two in Portugal, El Pais reported, although it did not mention locations or times for those attacks either.",
"Civil Guards initially detained 14 people in Barcelona, but released two before arraignments last Wednesday.",
"The judge then released two more, leaving 10 in jail for further investigation.",
"It was not immediately known if the alleged informant may have been among those arrested and released.",
"\"This cell was preparing to attack,\" Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Friday in an interview with Spanish radio network SER.",
"\"It's clear they were going to try, whether last weekend (January 18 to 20) or within 15 days.\"",
"But he said police have not found explosives \"in sufficient quantity\" to have carried out the assault.",
"\"We have found a modest quantity of explosives,\" Rubalcaba said, adding that they may have been intended for use in training the suspects.",
"The judge in his rulings wrote that the group \"had achieved human operational capacity and were very close to achieving full technical capacity with explosives, with the aim of using those explosives for a jihadi terrorist attack.\"",
"Rubalcaba said that, for any such suspected terrorist cell, \"the time from getting explosives to carrying out the attack can be very short.\"",
"The judge wrote that police had found nitrocellulose and mechanical and electrical elements that could have been used to make one or more bombs.",
"More than 300 suspected Islamic extremists have been arrested in Spain since the Madrid train bombings killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800 on March 11, 2004, Rubalcaba said.",
"Last October, more than a dozen Islamic extremists were convicted in Madrid for their roles in the train bombings.",
"The 2004 bombings came just three days before general elections, in which Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero won an upset victory.",
"The latest arrests in Barcelona come less than two months before the next general elections, to be held March 9, when Zapatero seeks re-election.",
"Spain remains on \"permanent alert\" against Islamic terrorism.",
"Al Qaeda communiques regularly make specific references to Spain.",
"E-mail to a friend ."
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"Informant: Terrorists planned to attack public transport systems in Europe .",
"El Pais said it had access to informant's testimony to Spanish officials .",
"10 suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting attacks .",
"Informant: Cell consisted of six suicide bombers ."
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"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's prime minister wants the American military to hand over \"Chemical Ali\" and two other convicted officials from Saddam Hussein's regime for execution, an Iraqi official said Tuesday, but the move could widen the divide between Iraq's Sunni and Shiite Muslim communities.",
"Ali Hassan al-Majeed, aka \"Chemical Ali,\" was sentenced to death in June for his role in the 1988 Anfal campaign.",
"Ali Hassan al-Majeed (aka \"Chemical Ali\"), Sultan Hashem Ahmed and Hussein Rashid were sentenced to death in June for their roles in the 1988 Anfal campaign, an Iraqi army operation in Kurdish-dominated northern Iraq that killed tens of thousands of people.",
"The three were to be executed in October, 30 days after their appeals were exhausted, but the three members of Iraq's presidency council have not signed the execution orders, as Iraqi law requires.",
"Many Sunni Arabs and U.S. officials don't think Ahmed and Rashid should be executed because such a move could anger Sunnis.",
"Only recently have U.S. efforts to bring Sunni Arabs into the Iraqi political fold paid off.",
"After the toppling of Hussein's Sunni-dominated government and the emergence of the Shiite-dominated power structure, Sunni Arabs began supporting the insurgency.",
"The United States since has made it a political priority to include Sunnis in the Iraqi power structure.",
"At the same time, Iraq's Shiites might be angry if the three men aren't executed.",
"Shiites were persecuted under Hussein, and they want to punish convicted members of the former regime.",
"Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki wrote a letter to President Bush last week asking him to order the military to hand over the three men, but it was unclear if Bush replied, the official in al-Maliki's office said.",
"Though the Iraqi High Tribunal sentenced the men to death in June, the three remain in U.S. custody.",
"The delay in their executions has been attributed to legal and procedural issues.",
"U.S. officials said the men will be handed over when those issues are resolved.",
"On Sunday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte told reporters in Baghdad that there are disagreements on what to do about the situation.",
"\"Once the government of Iraq has reached a consensus on what they wish to do about these detainees, we will then take action, but at the moment the government of Iraq itself has not reached its own consensus as to what to do about this situation.",
"So we await that,\" Negroponte said.",
"Iraqi law requires the three members of Iraq's presidency council sign the execution warrants, but the law doesn't explain what happens if leaders don't sign the warrants.",
"Jalal Talabani, the Kurdish president, and Tariq al-Hashimi, the Sunni vice president, are unwilling to sign an execution order.",
"The third member of the council is the Shiite vice president, Adel Abdul Mahdi.",
"A Western official close to the case said last month that Iraqi courts have not addressed whether the council's inaction constitutes a de facto pardon or a stay of execution, but al-Maliki has said the ruling was upheld by an appellate court and should be carried out regardless of the signatures.",
"Al-Maliki's letter to Bush and public statements by the prime minister and others misrepresent \"the Iraqi law applicable in this particular case as well as with respect to the procedure governing executions more generally,\" the official said.",
"Iraqi legal advisers have informed the government of their \"unambiguous opinions\" regarding the law and executing the three men without approval of the presidency council \"would violate Iraqi law and, arguably, international law binding upon individual Iraqi officials,\" the official said.",
"The Western official further said Rashid was not \"criminally culpable for anything that happened during Anfal\" and that Ahmed and is \"extremely popular\" among military officials.",
"Ahmed's constituency \"cuts across Sunni-Shia lines,\" the official said.",
"\"At the end of the day, what I think that we shall see is a compromise: The life of Ali Hassan al-Majeed will be traded for the savings of the lives\" of Ahmed and Rashid, the Western official said.",
"Other developments . • A man appearing in a video shown by an Arabic-language TV network Tuesday is believed to be one of five Britons kidnapped in Baghdad this year, said a Canadian-based security firm that employs the man.",
"A spokesman for Garda World Security Corp. said company officials believe that the video is authentic.",
"The video, which included a demand for Britain to pull out of Iraq, shows two armed militants pointing machine guns toward the hostage but not to his head.",
"It aired on the Dubai-based network Al-Arabiya.",
"• A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday near a police station north of Baghdad, killing eight people and wounding 30, police in Baquba said.",
"The bomb detonated outside a main gate of a police station in Jalula.",
"Among the dead were four police officers and two Iraqi Kurdish troops.",
"The troops had been deployed to the area as part of a security crackdown.",
"• A U.S. soldier was killed \"as a result of injuries sustained from a vehicle explosion during a vehicle recovery operation\" in western Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday.",
"Two troops were wounded in the Monday incident in Anbar province.",
"The number of troops killed in the Iraq war stands at 3,876.",
"Seven civilian contractors also have been killed.",
"• A freeze in activity by the Mehdi Army -- the militia of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr -- that began more than three months ago has had \"very significant\" effects in Baghdad, a U.S. military commander said.",
"Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner cited security improvements, including potent military operations, the development of \"concerned local citizen\" security volunteers and the development of grass-roots support for the Iraqi government.",
"These have occurred amid a drop in attacks and a decline in civilian and military deaths since the U.S. troop escalation called the \"surge\" began this year.",
"• Commercial airline travel from the largest city in northern Iraq has resumed for the first time in 14 years, a development called a \"significant step for the revitalization of the economy\" in the northern region, according to a U.S. military news release.",
"A flight carrying 152 Muslim pilgrims for the annual hajj pilgrimage to the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca left the Mosul airport Sunday , the military said.",
"The airport, built in 1992, hasn't had commercial airline traffic since a \"no-fly\" zone was declared in 1993 by American troops during the Hussein era.",
"• The U.S. military said Tuesday it had killed a high-ranking al Qaeda in Iraq operative who had been an adviser to the group's leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and to its former leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed in a U.S.-led coalition raid last year.",
"Abu Maysara, aka Abu Basha'ir, was killed northeast of Samarra on November 17 during a coalition operation.",
"He was identified using DNA, the military said.",
"E-mail to a friend .",
"CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq and Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report."
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"Western official: Executing trio without council's approval would violate law .",
"Three men were slated to be executed in October, but orders still await signatures .",
"Delays blamed on legal issues, but officials say sectarian issues at play .",
"Western official predicts compromise: Only \"Chemical Ali\" will be executed ."
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"Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Thousands of mourners attended the funeral Monday of the newlywed Irish teacher strangled in Mauritius a week ago.",
"Requiem Mass was held Monday at the same Catholic church in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, where 27-year-old Michaela Harte-McAreavey was married less than three weeks ago.",
"She was buried in her wedding dress in the graveyard next to the church, St Malachy's, Ballymacilroy.",
"It was one of the biggest funerals in Northern Ireland for several years, with political and community representatives from all sides attending.",
"Irish President Mary McAleese and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams were among the mourners.",
"Harte-McAreavey's bereaved husband, Gaelic footballer John McAreavey, and her father, leading Gaelic football coach Mickey Harte, supported each other as they walked behind the coffin and helped carry it to the church.",
"The mass was led by McAreavey's uncle, Bishop John McAreavey, who married the couple on December 30.",
"\"An evil act ended Michaela's young life last Monday, it robbed John of his beautiful wife, it deprived the Harte family of their precious daughter and sister, it deprived the McAreavey family of the daughter-in-law they looked forward to having.",
"It shattered hopes and dreams for the future,\" he said.",
"He said the couple enjoyed a \"special love\" and \"lived for each other\" and that \"nothing in John's young life could have prepared him for the ordeal of this past week.\"",
"Thousands of people had attended Harte-McAreavey's wake at the Harte home over the weekend.",
"In the Northern Ireland Assembly Monday, Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson said memories of the murdered honeymooner had united people in grief.",
"\"Any life taken away by murder is a horrific event, all the more so when it is of a young person,\" he said.",
"\"The loss is even more harrowing and devastating because the victim in this case was a beautiful young woman who was on her honeymoon.",
"\"This is one of the rare tragedies that has captured public attention and united the community in grief.\"",
"Three suspects in her death are all employees of the luxury hotel where the newlywed was found strangled, according to the Mauritius Police Force.",
"Room attendant Avinash Treebhoowoon, 29, and Sandip Moneea, 41, a floor supervisor, have been charged with murder.",
"Room attendant Raj Theekoy, 33, faces a conspiracy charge.",
"Police said one of the men has confessed and participated in the reconstruction.",
"Authorities believe the men were inside the teacher's hotel room when she returned alone.",
"\"We presume they were inside and burgling the room when the lady returned and were surprised and attacked her,\" Mauritius police Superintendent Yoosoof Soopun, who is leading the investigation, said last week.",
"Authorities said the killer used an electronic key card to enter the room.",
"The former beauty queen's husband was in the restaurant of the hotel when his wife was killed, and is not a suspect, Soopun said.",
"An autopsy showed that she died of asphyxiation."
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"Michaela Harte-McAreavey was strangled on her honeymoon in Mauritius .",
"She is buried in her wedding dress at the church where she got married .",
"Ireland's president and top churchman lead mourners .",
"Bishop: Nothing in husband's young life could have prepared him for ordeal ."
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"Jerusalem (CNN) -- The Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday it has ended the military career of a soldier involved in a commando raid this month in the West Bank city of Hebron during which five Hamas members were arrested and a 66-year-old Palestinian man was \"regrettably killed.\"",
"The investigation into the January 7 arrest operation, in which Amr Qawasme was killed, \"concluded that the initial firing at Qawasme was done following a suspicious movement that caused the soldier to feel that his life was threatened,\" the IDF said in a statement.",
"It found no fault with the initial shooting, saying it had been executed \"in accordance with IDF rules of engagement.\"",
"But the actions of a second soldier, who watched the first soldier fire at Qawasme and fired, too, were unprofessional, and that soldier's military service has been terminated, the IDF statement said.",
"\"The IDF deeply regrets the death of Amr Qawasme,\" it said.",
"The shooting prompted cries of outrage from Palestinians, and about 4,000 mourners attended Qawasme's funeral.",
"The IDF statement did not identify the man whose military career was terminated.",
"Asked why not, a woman who answered the phone for the IDF said his name was withheld for privacy reasons.",
"Pressed, she added, \"It's not relevant to the announcement.\"",
"She would not identify herself."
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"The man's military career is ended .",
"IDF would not identify the man ."
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"(CNN) -- A Florida corrections officer assisting in a manhunt died Wednesday in an exchange of gunfire with a murder suspect, who also died, authorities said.",
"Col. Greg Malloy, 44, was mortally wounded, the Florida Department of Corrections said in a statement.",
"Malloy was working as part of the Holmes Correctional Institution's K-9 tracking team, which was assisting the Holmes County Sheriff's Office in the search for Wade Williams.",
"Williams, wanted in the double homicide of his parents, was also killed during the exchange, according to the statement.",
"The incident occurred about 13 miles from Bonifay in the Florida Panhandle.",
"\"Words can never express our emotions when an officer falls in the line of duty,\" said Department of Corrections Secretary Walt McNeil.",
"\"Tragedies such as today's underscore the dangers inherent in our profession, both inside and outside the prison walls.",
"We extend our condolences to Greg's family and his co-workers.\"",
"Malloy began his career with the Department of Corrections in 1988.",
"The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is conducting the shooting investigation.",
"The Holmes County sheriff had not yet responded to a message left by CNN Wednesday afternoon."
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"Florida officer killed during manhunt in Panhandle .",
"Col. Greg Malloy and homicide suspect Wade Williams died .",
"Malloy was working with prison's K-9 tracking team ."
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"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles, California, hospital Thursday, a week after suffering a heart attack, according to her agent.",
"Pinup queen Bettie Page was credited with helping to usher in the sexual revolution.",
"\"She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality,\" said agent Mark Roesler in a written statement.",
"\"She is the embodiment of beauty.\"",
"Page, said to be one of the most photographed people of the past century, became a recluse in recent decades.",
"Yet, her images continued to be used around the world to market Bettie Page action figures, clothing lines and other merchandise.",
"\"Her popularity as an underground, guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago, leading many to believe that one of the most photographed individuals of the 20th century was already dead.\"",
"Roesler said.",
"The Web site, BettiePage.com, logs about 20 million hits a month, Roesler said.",
"A TVGuide.com poll recently placed Bettie Page as the \"ultimate sex goddess,\" outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe.",
"iReport.com: Share your trubutes to Bettie Page .",
"Page was born to a poor family in Tennessee on April 22, 1923.",
"While her birth certificate spelled her name \"Betty,\" she changed the spelling later in life to \"Bettie.\"",
"At a time when few women pursued a college education, Page earned a bachelor of arts degree in education from Peabody College in Tennessee in 1944, according to her official biography.",
"Her teaching career, however, was hampered by her looks, she said.",
"\"I couldn't control my students, especially the boys,\" she is quoted as saying.",
"After her modeling career ended, Page returned to Peabody College to work on a master's degree, the bio said.",
"Her Southern drawl and a refusal to sleep with a Hollywood producer hampered her acting career, according to her bio.",
"\"I didn't like his looks,\" Page said.",
"\"I wouldn't have gone to bed with him anyway.",
"He was a creep. He drove off in his big car and scolded me, 'You'll be sorry.'",
"I wasn't.\" Page said she regretted not accepting studio boss Jack Warner's offer of another screen-test, but it came while she was trying to save her marriage to her first husband, Billy Neal.",
"Her modeling breakthrough began after she divorced Neal in 1947 when she met a police officer whose hobby was photography.",
"He suggested the black bangs, which became her trademark, her bio said.",
"Not long after, her images were everywhere, gracing magazine covers and locker pin-ups.",
"Page wore nothing but a Santa hat in Playboy's January 1955 centerfold.",
"Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said her appearance in his magazine's first year was a milestone.",
"\"She became, in time, an American icon, her winning smile and effervescent personality apparent in every pose,\" Hefner said.",
"\"A kinky connection was added by Irving Klaw's spanking, fetish and bondage photos, which became part of the Bettie Page mystique,\" Hefner said.",
"\"They were playful parodies that are now perceived as the early inspiration for Madonna's excursions into the realm of sexual perversion.\"",
"Perhaps the most memorable photos of Page were her bondage poses, which she said were all pretend.",
"\"I never understood how anyone believed those poses were sexy,\" she later said.",
"\"To be tied up? I don't get it.\" \"She was a remarkable woman, truly someone that changed the social norms, not only here in this country, but also around the world,\" Roesler said.",
"\"While Jackie Robinson was changing the racial attitudes, Bettie Page was changing our attitudes on sex.",
"She became a James Dean type of 'rebel' figure as she allowed people to be less inhibited and look at sex in a different way.\"",
"Saucy photos of Paige in skimpy clothing or none at all helped to lead the way for the sexual revolution of the 1960s.",
"Page suddenly disappeared from the scene in 1958.",
"It was only decades later revealed that she re-emerged to explain that she underwent a religious conversion and moved to Florida.",
"Her life took a dark turn starting in 1978 after her third marriage failed, Roesler said.",
"Page went through \"some mental instability, violent mood swings, and serious trouble with the law\" and was eventually diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, according to her bio.",
"Page reappeared in public in December 2003 for Playboy's 50th anniversary party, where she made a grand entrance with Anna Nicole Smith.",
"It was the only time in the past 50 years that Page allowed her photograph to be taken, Roesler said.",
"A private funeral service is planned for Tuesday.",
"Page will buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles, just a few feet away from Monroe."
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"Pinup beauty Bettie Page dies at hospital a week after suffering heart attack .",
"Page graced magazine covers in 1950s, helped to usher in sexual revolution .",
"Page became recluse in recent years, reappeared in public in December 2003 ."
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