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"Amman, Jordan (CNN) -- Opposition groups in Jordan are upset with King Abdullah II's choice for a new prime minister, saying the decision should have been made in a different way.",
"Jameel Abu Baker, spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, said the appointment of Marouf Al Bakhit was a surprise.",
"\"The change we demanded should have been done through the formation of a national unity government headed by an agreed-upon personality, and then holding early elections, and setting a new law for democratic elections,\" he said.",
"In appointing Al Bakhit on Tuesday, Abdullah instructed the new government to take \"practical, swift and tangible steps to launch a real political reform process.\"",
"He said a new election law would be the \"main pillar of political development.\"",
"Opposition parties -- especially the Islamic Action Front -- are demanding that parliament, not the king, choose the government.",
"But it has always been the prerogative of Jordan's king to dismiss and appoint governments.",
"Baker said Al Bakhit's previous term as prime minister had seen election fraud, and the Muslim Brotherhood had not been allowed to take part in political life.",
"Zaki Bani Ershaid, an influential figure in the Islamic movement in Jordan, said Al Bakhit was \"not a man of reforms, and so he should stop all plans to form the new government.\"",
"Another opposition figure, Saeed Thiab of the Union party, said experience with Al Bakhit was not positive, but the party would wait to see what reforms were proposed.",
"Street protests across Jordan in recent weeks have focused on demands for a more open political process, as well as economic grievances.",
"Fuel and food prices in Jordan have risen sharply in recent months, reflecting higher world prices for wheat and oil.",
"The protests have stopped short of criticizing the king -- but are widely thought to have influenced the timing of Tuesday's announcement.",
"King Abdullah acknowledged the reform process \"has suffered from many shortcomings\" and young Jordanians were frustrated by lack of opportunity.",
"Further protests are expected Friday.",
"CNN's Caroline Faraj contributed to this report ."
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"King Abdullah II named Marouf Al Bakhit to be Jordan's prime minister Tuesday .",
"The decision should have been made in a different way, opposition groups say .",
"Muslim Brotherhood spokesman: Unity government should have been formed first .",
"Al Bakhit's previous term as PM had seen election fraud, spokesman says ."
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"(CNN) -- The U.N. high commissioner for refugees announced an inter-agency appeal Wednesday for $280 million to support Iraqi refugees.",
"The Regional Response Plan for Iraqi Refugees includes the plans of 40 international organizations and non-governmental organizations supporting Iraqi refugees in 12 countries, including Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Iran and the six Gulf states, according to a statement from Antonio Guterres' office.",
"\"I appeal to donor governments to recognize the critical needs of Iraqi refugees, particularly those who are becoming more vulnerable by the day,\" the high commissioner said in the statement.",
"The U.N. refugee agency said more than 190,000 Iraqi refugees are registered in the region, with the majority living in Syria and Jordan.",
"Many have struggled to find employment, and some Iraqi refugee children have dropped out of school to find casual work to help feed their families, the agency said.",
"The high commissioner's office also noted thousands of refugees suffer from critical health conditions.",
"\"The burden on host communities and host governments in the region is enormous,\" Guterres said.",
"\"It is essential that the international community support humanitarian efforts to help the most vulnerable refugees.\""
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"UN agency: More than 190,000 Iraqi refugees are in Syria, Jordan and nearby countries .",
"Commissioner: The burden on host communities and host governments \"is enormous\"\nThe agency says children have dropped out of school to work and support their families ."
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"Rome (CNN) -- Prosecutors in Milan, Italy, are investigating allegations that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with a minor, a case that has stirred scandal, but not in every quarter.",
"Some Italians have no problems with the allegations of their leader's sexual escapades that have garnered so much attention.",
"\"Who cares? I am so sick and tired of this story.",
"What happens in a private home is his business and I don't want to know,\" said Nicoletta Cosimini, the owner of a lingerie shop.",
"Such an attitude is a throwback to an unspoken tradition in Italy of successful men taking on girlfriends and lavishing them with gifts.",
"Many frown upon this, but it remains acceptable to others.",
"\"Those men who say that Berlusconi should be ashamed of himself, I say to them, 'Why?'\"",
"said clothing store owner Simonetta Giannini.",
"\"Wouldn't you like to do it? You all do and you are just jealous. There are more serious troubles in this country than to go after Berlusconi's whores.\"",
"Berlusconi has denied that he has ever paid for sex.",
"In Italy, having sex with a prostitute is not a crime -- unless she is a minor.",
"El Mahrough, nicknamed Ruby, is the nightclub dancer at the center of the most recent headache for Berlusconi.",
"She is now 18, but was 17 at the time of the alleged activity, from February through May.",
"Ruby has said in an interview she told everyone she was 24.",
"They both deny having had sex with each other, but a roommate of Ruby's said in a court document that Ruby admitted to having had an affair with the premier when she was 17.",
"Prosecutors are looking into it as a prostitution-with-a-minor case, though some wonder if Ruby's involvement with Berlusconi qualifies as prostitution.",
"Ruby's former roommate told police, \"I remember that she would say that she was a close friend of the Prime Minister ... she said she was often in the premier's house, where she had dinner, danced and had sex with him and who gave .",
"her a lot of money.\" Berlusconi says that the prosecutors have no jurisdiction to investigate him, while opposition lawmakers have urged him to speak with them.",
"\"We think he should just go and tell what he thinks is his truth,\" opposition lawmaker Giovanna Melandri told CNN.",
"\"If he has any dignity, he should leave the post and allow Italy to start again with a political leader who is not engulfed in scandal.\"",
"Other Italians were also not forgiving of their prime minister.",
"\"It shames me as a citizen, as a man, and as a father,\" a businessman said.",
"\"We have to keep our values.",
"If not it would be total anarchy.",
"It is disgusting what he does and even more disgusting that pages and pages of media go after this stuff because there is even worse and more serious trouble in this country.\"",
"A grocery man, Marcello Picchione, also denounced Berlusconi's alleged actions.",
"\"Unfortunately it is nothing we didn't know.",
"It happens everywhere.",
"I'm not surprised but it disgusts me that our prime minister does those things,\" he said.",
"CNN's Hada Messia contributed to this report."
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"Milan prosecutors are investigating whether Berlusconi paid for sex with a minor .",
"Some ordinary Italians say they don't care about the scandal .",
"Others say it's shameful for the country .",
"An opposition lawmaker wants Berlusconi to step down ."
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"(CNN) -- Bubba Watson believes he can now challenge golf's top stars after heading off three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson for an emotional victory at Torrey Pines in California on Sunday.",
"The 32-year-old climbed 15 places in the world rankings to 18th as he claimed the second PGA Tour title of his career at the Farmers Insurance Open, while fellow American Mickelson reclaimed the No.",
"4 spot after finishing second on his first start this season.",
"Watson started the final round one shot behind joint overnight leader Mickelson but carded an impressive five-under-par 67, which included six birdies and just one bogey, to finish the San Diego tournament on 16 under.",
"World number four Mickelson could have forced Watson into a playoff had he made eagle on the 18th hole, but a miss from 72 yards allowed his Florida-born opponent to celebrate victory by just a single shot.",
"Mickelson's fellow overnight leader Bill Haas faded badly on the final day, finishing on nine under after a 75.",
"For Watson the victory was particularly emotional following the death of his father to cancer last year, shortly after his only other PGA Tour win at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut.",
"\"It means a lot,\" he told reporters.",
"\"I'll probably cry all day, just like last time.\"",
"The 32-year-old said the win had given him the confidence to compete with the world's best at major championships.",
"\"In my mind, I believe I can be a top-five player.",
"I want to. I want to be number one in the world.",
"I want to win every golf tournament,\" he said.",
"\"I want to perform every week.",
"I want to be on every Ryder Cup team, every Presidents Cup team.",
"I believe I can do it. I truly believe it.\"",
"San Diego-born Mickelson, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.",
"\"I wanted to start the year off with a win,\" the 40-year-old said.",
"\"But on the other hand, I played really good golf and gave myself an opportunity.",
"\"I played well on Sunday and had a good tournament.",
"Hopefully, I'll use this as a springboard for next week.\"",
"Former world number one Tiger Woods made a poor start to 2011, finishing in a disappointing 44th position.",
"In his first competition of the year, the event's five-time champion failed to birdie any of the par-fives and finished with a round of 75.",
"\"I have some work to do. There's no doubt about that,\" the American said.",
"\"I hit it as pure as I could possibly hit it starting out, but got nothing out of it.\"",
"Venezuelan rookie Jhonattan Vegas followed up his victory at the Bob Hope Classic last weekend with a third-place finish as he ended the tournament on 13 under along with American Dustin Johnson.",
"Vegas shot 68, and his third bogey of the day at 18 meant he shared the prize money with Johnson, who ended with two birdies in his flawless 66.",
"D.A. Points was fourth on 12 under after a 67, while fellow Americans Nick Watney (63), Anthony Kim (72) and Hunter Mahan (72) were tied for sixth on 10 under.",
"Watney, starting on the back nine of the South Course, started with five successive birdies, picked up three more from 16, and capped his round with an eagle three at the sixth."
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"America's Bubba Watson claims second PGA Tour title at Torrey Pines, California .",
"Watson beats compatriot Phil Mickelson by one shot to win Farmers Insurance Open .",
"Emotional victory for 32-year-old Watson, who last year lost his father to cancer .",
"Former world number one Tiger Woods finishes in a disappointing 44th place ."
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"(CNN) -- Most Olympic athletes will use any natural advantage to win gold and Shaun White is no exception -- the only difference is that the champion snowboarder says it's a life-threatening heart condition as a child that has given him the edge.",
"Born with a condition that can lead to blue baby syndrome, White had two open-heart operations before he was 12 months old, something he believes has given him the will to win.",
"\"If you have something dramatic like that happening to you at that age it puts something in you,\" says the laid-back Californian and double Olympic Champion.",
"\"You're fighting to survive at that young age it puts a little fight in you.",
"It's one of those messages of don't give up and don't ever let people or things or your own mind tell you what you can't do.\"",
"White has wasted no time since then.",
"An undisputed giant who has transformed snowboarding from a snow dog hobby into a global sport, he got his first snowboard sponsorship at the age of seven, became a pro at 13 and picked up his first gold medal at the Turin Winter Olympic Games at the tender age of 19.",
"Now at 24, and with two Olympic championships under his belt, the laid-back Californian has become his own brand.",
"His prodigious skills, both on a snowboard and a skateboard, meant he had something of a double life growing up.",
"Eventually competing on the slopes won out and school was exchanged for a private tutor.",
"Despite having won everything in the sport -- he holds 16 \"X Games\" medals -- his education on the slopes continues.",
"\"It's funny to see how far you can come within a couple of years,\" he says.",
"\"A lot of people, they can't stand the pressure of having to win, of having to feel like people are watching or expecting things.",
"I love it. I like the fact that people are counting on me to do something brand new, something that's never been done before and be the guy.",
"I like that feeling and so I use it as a motivator, I tend to rise to the occasion.\"",
"He was certainly ahead of his time, competing against people much older than him when other children his age were just starting high school.",
"\"It's bizarre. Everybody was a lot older than I was by the time I went pro at 13.",
"I had been winning the amateur contests for like five years in a row but it was always the same run...",
"It's a very different story when you show up to an event and you hope to win, you are the guy to beat, you know it's a little different,\" he says.",
"\"I'd win snowboard contests and I couldn't get the award because it was at a bar so I'd be sitting outside like 'Hey, I won, going to go home now and play video games' you know.\"",
"White's biggest achievement came winning his first gold medal at the Olympics in 2006, but he's been able to appreciate all the highs of his career to date.",
"\"It's usually the first time you won something that makes it the most special moment, like the first time I won 'X Games', I won two golds,\" he says.",
"\"I didn't make the Olympics when I was 15 by three tenths of a point so it was like 'Should he go?",
"No, not yet'. I remember coming back and winning that when I was 19 and it was the best thing ever.\"",
"White was recently in China promoting the sport in a booming winter sports market, as well as being on call for some of his sponsors.",
"Balancing his snowboarding and his business interests can be tough, he says.",
"\"You can get lost in the products and doing all these things but I hold true to myself that I am a snowboarder, I always add things to that.",
"\"That's the way it is for me and snowboarding.",
"I like to take my time away from it and come back feeling stronger and refreshed and able to do new things.",
"\"And if you've been sitting in the mountains for a month, just been sucked in and you're not doing anything where's your motivation?",
"Where's your lust to go out there and learn something new and a trick that could possibly injure you.",
"It's one of those things where you need to feel that way and you need to feel excited.\""
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"Shaun White is the most successful snowboarder .",
"Turned pro at 13 and won his first Winter Olympic gold medal at 19 .",
"Also won Olympic gold in Vancouver in 2010, has 16 'X Games' medals .",
"'I like that people are counting on me to do something brand new,' he says ."
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"(CNN) -- Ricky Ponting looks set to lead Australia into the Boxing Day Test against England at the MCG despite a broken finger.",
"Ponting came through a batting practice session in Melbourne on Friday, spending about half an hour in the indoor nets before venturing outside to further test the injury.",
"The 36-year-old suffered the mishap to the little finger of his left hand as he attempted to catch a ball on the final day of his side's triumph in the third Test in Perth.",
"The victory leveled the five-match series at 1-1, making the Christmas clash all the more important.",
"Is Australia's one-day reign set to end in 2011 ?",
"Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke is confident Ponting will be fit to play on Sunday.",
"\"We are all very hopeful and pretty confident that unless they cut his finger off, it is going to be really hard to leave 'Punter' out,\" he told gathered reporters.",
"\"I think he is going to have to wait until tomorrow to see how it pulls up after having a bat today, but he is pretty happy with how things went.\"",
"The uncapped Usman Khawaja has been added to the Australian squad as cover for Ponting.",
"Meanwhile, England's injury worry James Anderson also appears to be winning his fitness battle.",
"The 28-year-old pace bowler suffered a side strain in the defeat in Perth, but came through an hour-long net session Friday.",
"Australia level series with crushing Perth win .",
"\"Jimmy seems absolutely fine,\" said captain Andrew Strauss.",
"\"He's done quite a lot of bowling, but it (the side strain) has settled down nicely.\"",
"Anderson's fitness is key to England's hopes, the tourists having already lost fellow fast bowler Stuart Broad for the rest of the series due to injury.",
"Organizers at the MCG are expecting an official Test record 91,000 crowd for the first day of the match."
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"Australian captain Ricky Ponting comes unscathed through practice session on Friday .",
"Ponting broke the little finger in his left hand during third Test win in Perth .",
"James Anderson looks set to take his place in England team .",
"Test record crowd of 91,000 expected at MCG on Boxing Day ."
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"Baghdad (CNN) -- A wave of bombings left 51 people dead and more than 120 wounded Thursday in various Baghdad neighborhoods, including one in which angry residents later threw stones at security forces, the Interior Ministry said.",
"At least 48 people were killed and 121 wounded when a parked car bomb detonated near a funeral tent in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Shula in northwestern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said.",
"After the Shula bombing, people threw rocks at security forces, the official told CNN, and some people fired guns.",
"Security forces withdrew until an Iraqi Army unit dispersed the crowds by shooting in the air and imposing a partial curfew in Shula, the official said.",
"The gathering of the crowd reflects the growing frustration and anger against the government and security forces, especially by the country's Shiites, who have come under intensive attacks in recent days.",
"Iraq has witnessed in the past 10 days constant high-profile attacks, mainly targeting Shiites and security forces, that have claimed the lives of more than 200 people.",
"Some 151 people were killed in the entire month of December.",
"Attacks on security forces in Tikrit and Diyala were claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group that includes al Qaeda in Iraq.",
"There was no claim of responsibility for attacks on the Shiites.",
"Officials have blamed al Qaeda and other Sunni extremist groups of carrying out these attacks in an attempt to reignite the sectarian war that gripped Iraq for years.",
"Many Iraqis blame their security forces for not preventing these attacks and question the abilities of these forces to secure the country, especially as the U.S. military prepares for a complete troop withdrawal by the end of this year.",
"Many have blamed the deteriorating security situation on politicians still not agreeing on key security posts that remain vacant in the government formed more than a month ago.",
"Meanwhile, three people died in three other attacks in the Iraqi capital.",
"A roadside bomb exploded next to a police patrol in southern Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding seven people, including three police officers.",
"In another attack in southeastern Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded near a government convoy.",
"It missed the convoy but killed one civilian and wounded three others.",
"In central Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded on a busy road, killing one civilian and wounding four.",
"The blasts came after Wednesday night's assassination of three government employees by gunmen using pistols equipped with silencers in three neighborhoods in Baghdad.",
"Two of the three government employees worked at Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the third employee worked at the Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction."
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"NEW: Angry citizens throw stones at security forces .",
"One bomb exploded near a funeral tent, killing dozens .",
"Another bomb exploded next to an Iraqi police patrol .",
"The blasts come after the killing of 3 government officials in Baghdad Wednesday night ."
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"Jerusalem (CNN) -- Palestinian leaders privately agreed to accept a very limited return of the 6 million Palestinian refugees and their descendants to previous homes in what is now Israel, leaked documents showed Tuesday.",
"The leaked documents dealing with the sensitive issue of the \"right of return\" for Palestinian refugees comes a day after the Arab news network Al-Jazeera began releasing documents revealing details of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.",
"The leaks have prompted protests and outrage in the West Bank and Gaza.",
"According to the minutes of a meeting in January 2010 Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erakat told U.S. State department official David Hale that the Palestinians had accepted a \"symbolic number\" of refugees returning to Israel.",
"In minutes from a meeting the year before with his own negotiating team Erakat said that the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had accepted the return of a 1,000 refugees annually for a period of ten years.",
"Speaking to negotiators in 2009 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said, \"On numbers of refugees it is illogical to ask Israel to take 5 million or indeed 1 million -- that would mean the end of Israel.\"",
"The \"right of return\" is a highly sensitive topic for both Palestinians and Israelis and remains one of the core sticking points in achieving a peace deal.",
"Any concession on the issue of refugees by either side poses huge difficulties with their political constituencies.",
"For most Palestinians the eventual return to their former homes in what is now Israel remains a fundamental requirement while Israelis argue that the large-scale return of refugees would spell the end of the Jewish majority state.",
"Complicating matters for the Palestinian Authority in dealing with the issue of refugees return are comments attributed to Erakat from the minutes of a 2007 meeting with the Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht in which the chief Palestinian negotiator suggested that refugees would not have the right to vote on a peace deal.",
"\"I never said the Diaspora will vote.",
"It's not going to happen.",
"The referendum will be for Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem.",
"Can't do it in Lebanon. Can't do it in Jordan.\" In a statement Monday, Erakat said that \"a number of reports have surfaced regarding our positions in our negotiations with Israel, many of which have misrepresented our positions, taking statements and facts out of context.",
"Other allegations circulated in the media have been patently false.\"",
"He added, \"Our position has been the same for the past 19 years of negotiations: We seek to establish a sovereign and independent Palestinian state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital and to reach a just solution to the refugee issue based on their international legal rights\", adding any proposed agreement \"would have to gain popular support through a national referendum.\"",
"Other revelations from the second day of leaked document include: .",
"-- The suggestion by then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a 2008 tri-lateral meeting with Israeli and Palestinian officials that refugees could be sent to outside countries such as Chile and Argentina; .",
"-- the suggestion in 2008 meetings by then Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that future land swaps should include Israeli Arab villages; .",
"-- the refusal of the Obama White House to accept a Bush administration decision to use 1967 borders as a baseline for negotiations between Israeli and Palestinians about any proposed land swap agreement.",
"On Sunday Al-Jazeera began its release of over 1,600 documents dubbed \"The Palestine Papers.\"",
"The first release of papers suggested that Palestinian negotiators offered to give up large swaths of East Jerusalem to Israel during negotiations dating back to 2008 and that they had been willing to offer much larger concessions in private than they were acknowledging public.",
"The leaked papers brought a furious reaction form Palestinian Authority officials with President Abbas calling the release \"shameful.\"",
"\"The report aired by Al-Jazeera is an intentional mixing between the many Israeli proposals and the Palestinian positions,\" Abbas said in Cairo, Egypt, in comments published by the Palestinian news agency Wafa.",
"Yasser Abed Rabbo, a senior Abbas adviser went further, accusing Al-Jazeera of a \"smear campaign.\"",
"\"What happened is a manipulation of the documents and a misrepresentation of the facts and a true distortion, just for mockery and defiance,\" Abed Rabbo told reporters.",
"Contacted by CNN, al-Jazeera declined to comment on the criticisms from the Palestinian Authority.",
"Dozens of Palestinians gathered Monday in central Ramallah, burning banners for Al-Jazeera and holding posters comparing the channel to Israel.",
"Several demonstrators also attempted to storm the offices of the al-Jazeera office but were turned back by Palestinian police personnel.",
"U.S. State department spokesman P.J.",
"Crowley refused to comment on any of the specific documents, but told reporters that their release complicated the efforts to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table.",
"\"We don't deny that this release will, at least for a time, make the situation more difficult than it already was,\" Crowley said.",
"\"We continue to believe that a framework agreement is both possible and necessary.\"",
"The papers, some of which were posted on the Al-Jazeera network's website, shed new light on the details of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from 1999 through last year.",
"CNN could not immediately verifiy the documents."
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"New documents show Palestinian leaders agreed to accept a \"symbolic\" return of Palestinian refugees to Israel .",
"The \"right of return\" is a very sensitive issue for Palestinians .",
"The leaked documents, which have prompted outrage, cover negotiations over a number of years ."
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"(CNN) -- The new Roman Catholic archbishop of Seattle, J. Peter Sartain, was installed Wednesday afternoon with a Mass in the archdiocese's cathedral, amid ongoing controversy over Sartain's ordination of a priest who later pleaded guilty in a molestation case.",
"\"I resolve to serve faithfully the spiritual needs of this church,\" Sartain told congregants and priests filling St. James Cathedral.",
"He then officially assumed his seat behind the altar to a minute-long ovation.",
"Sartain, 58, who was ordained in 1978, most recently served as bishop of the Joliet, Illinois, diocese for four years.",
"It was an official act during his tenure there that prompted a handful of protesters to gather outside the cathedral Wednesday.",
"John Shuster of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests said he was upset by the Vatican's decision to install Sartain because Sartain ordained Alejandro Flores in 2009 even though diocesan officials had concerns about Flores' use of male pornography.",
"\"Why would he even ordain him anyway?",
"Who would take that chance?\"",
"Shuster told CNN affiliate KIRO-TV in an interview before the protest.",
"After his ordination, Flores was accused of molesting a suburban Chicago boy over a five-year period beginning in 2005, SNAP leaders said, citing news accounts.",
"Flores pleaded guilty in September and was sentenced to four years in prison.",
"SNAP describes itself as the world's oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims, and the group is asking the church and Illinois prosecutors to provide more information about Sartain's handling of allegations surrounding Flores.",
"The Archdiocese of Seattle has said that once Sartain found out about the allegations, he reported them.",
"Sartain replaces Archbishop Alex J. Brunett, 75, who retired last year.",
"At then end of his installation Mass, Sartain turned to his predecessor, Brunett, and praised him.",
"\"A final word of thanks goes to my friend, Archbishop Brunett,\" Sartain said, whose remarks drew supportive applause.",
"\"What an extraordinary job he has done in the Archdiocese of Seattle.",
"\"Thank you so much for welcoming me as you have.",
"For many years to come, we will love our Lord,\" Sartain told attendees."
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"New Seattle Archbishop James Peter Sartain was the bishop in Joliet, Illinois .",
"While there, Sartain ordained a priest who had viewed male pornography .",
"That priest later pleaded guilty to molesting a boy over a period of years ."
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"New York (CNN) -- A Boston-bound Amtrak train derailed Monday afternoon just east of New York City's Penn Station, the rail service said.",
"No injuries were reported among the approximately 147 passengers and an unspecified number of crew members, Amtrak said in a news release.",
"It called the accident, which occurred at 12:25 p.m., a \"low-speed derailment.\"",
"The passengers were taken back to Penn Station in Manhattan, where arrangements were made to \"provide them travel on another train,\" Amtrak said.",
"The line also is used by the Long Island Railroad.",
"But Amtrak said the East River tunnels, which take trains from Manhattan to Long Island, \"are not blocked and Amtrak and Long Island Railroad trains are operating through the area with minimal delays.\""
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"A low-speed derailment occurs just east of Penn Station, Amtrak says .",
"No injuries are reported; Amtrak arranges for the passengers to be put on other trains ."
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"Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Thousands of people who filled the streets of Cairo Tuesday hope their demonstrations against corruption and failing economic policies will cause upheaval in the government, like the similar protests in Tunisia that inspired them.",
"But analysts caution that in Egypt, the protesters are up against a different set of challenges.",
"Juan Cole, a Middle East historian at the University of Michigan and blogger, describes Tunisia as \"a little bit unique.\"",
"\"There have been lots of civil wars.",
"There's been lots of societies in turmoil.",
"But this kind of phenomenon where you had crowds peacefully coming into the streets to demand a change in their own contract with their government -- in the Arab world proper, this is the first time it's happened and it's the first time since 1979 in the Middle East,\" Cole told CNN last week.",
"He noted that Tunisia is the \"most secular country in the Arab world.\"",
"Its traditions have favored women's rights and its Islamist influence is negligible.",
"Tunisia also lacked the oil resources of other Arab states and the ethnic divisions seen in other Middle Eastern countries, which make it harder for opposition movements to unite, he noted.",
"Looking at the protests Tuesday in Cairo, Mamoun Fandy of the International Institute for Strategic Studies told CNN he was not seeing a \"turning point or tipping point yet.\"",
"Noting the strength of the army, he said, \"The Egyptian system is too strong and too resilient.\"",
"A key question that will show the potential strength of the demonstrations Tuesday is whether hardcore protesters will stay through the night, or whether the rallies will fizzle down, he said.",
"Eric Trager, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of Pennsylvania and a former Fulbright fellow in Egypt, wrote in The Atlantic, \"Egypt's liberal activists overwhelmingly come from the wired generation of Twitter and Facebook, and this makes them optimistic that pro-democratic movements can go viral, even in a political environment as traditionally illiberal as the Middle East...",
"Yet Egyptian activists face tremendous odds -- in particular, an entrenched dictatorship that is determined to discredit the very idea of domino-effect democratization.\"",
"Time.com published a story Thursday from writer Abigail Hauslohner in Cairo headlined, \"After Tunisia: Why Egypt Isn't Ready to Have Its Own Revolution.\"",
"Some Egyptians \"believe the time is now\" for protests to bring about change like in Tunisia, and several people in Egypt have set themselves on fire or attempted to in recent days -- much like the self-immolation of a young unemployed man in Tunisia that sparked protests in that country, she writes.",
"\"But in Egypt, it doesn't go much deeper than that.\"",
"A greater percentage of Egypt's population than Tunisia's lives below the poverty line, she writes.",
"\"The citizens of Egypt regularly complain of a neglectful regime that knows more about torture than it does about public service, and they're furious with a regime that seems to swallow any domestic profits before they can reach the lower classes.",
"And yet no one predicts a revolutionary reset anytime soon.\"",
"Two factors distinguish Egypt from Tunisia in this respect, Hauslohner writes: Tunisia's government spent generously on education, creating a frustrated educated but unemployed population.",
"And in Egypt, \"the military stands with\" Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.",
"Time.com is a partner of CNN.com.",
"Writing in Newsweek, journalist Mike Giglio suggested the \"upcoming protest in Cairo could mark the beginning of another upheaval.\"",
"\"Tuesday will be the first real test of whether the revolution is contagious,\" he wrote in a story published Monday.",
"Many protesters believe their demonstrations will prove to have far more power than naysayers suggest.",
"A Facebook page that has served to help organize Tuesday's protests in Cairo says, \"Many young Egyptians are now fed up with the inhuman treatment they face on a daily basis in streets, police stations and everywhere... Egyptians are aspiring to the day when Egypt has its freedom and dignity back, the day when the current 30 years long emergency martial law ends and when Egyptians can freely elect their true representatives.\""
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"Analyst: Tunisia 'a little bit unique'\nTime writer says Egypt \"not ready\" for revolution .",
"Protesters believe Cairo demonstrations can help trigger change ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- For most divers, a shark in the water can inspire fear, or even dread.",
"Greg Marshall wanted to hitch a ride.",
"More specifically, Marshall was inspired by the shark's constant companion, a remora -- a torpedo-shaped fish that commonly catches a ride by sucking onto the shark's rough skin and thriving on the shark's leftovers.",
"Marshall thought to himself: What if you had a camera as small as a remora?",
"What if you could stick a camera on a shark so that the shark goes about its life, unaware that its actions were being recorded away from the distractions of photographers in scuba suits?",
"Where would it go, and what would you see?",
"For a naturalist, being able to observe animal behavior without interfering with the world the animal inhabits by the simple act of being there is the gold standard.",
"In scientific terms, it's similar to a control in an experiment.",
"But that goal is usually unobtainable -- observing how an animal acts in captivity, for example, is no indication of how an animal actually behaves.",
"Observing that behavior in the wild, Marshall says, is equally problematic.",
"\"When we're in an animal's habitat, they know we're there,\" he says.",
"\"And they're reacting to us.\"",
"And knowledge of an animal's actual behavior, Marshall says, is absolutely critical to reaching the correct conclusions about a creature's habitat and behavior, and how humans may be disrupting both.",
"Of course, the best way to observe real behavior in the wild is to have omniscient powers of observation, or perhaps a camera lens as long as your arm and as expensive as a new car.",
"Or you can see what the animal sees, courtesy of \"Crittercam.\"",
"Twenty-five years after that underwater epiphany in the waters off Belize, Marshall and his far-flung team of naturalists and engineers are getting closer to that gold standard.",
"Technology may finally be catching up with inspiration.",
"Marshall took his initial ideas for ride-along observation technology to the National Geographic Society in 1987.",
"Now he's vice president of the society's Remote Imaging division -- an effort by a team of scientists and engineers working with researchers around the globe capturing footage of how animals behave in the wild, away from the interference of the observers.",
"\"Crittercam enables us to get out of the picture entirely -- to ride along, almost completely unobtrusively, to see their world and their behavior,\" he says.",
"Latest Crittercam news, virtual tours and more at NationalGeographic.com .",
"Marshall is a real-deal explorer, a tall, lanky, gregarious type who seems more suited to a dive boat in the Sea of Cortez or a snowmobile in Antarctica than an impressively equipped machine shop in the basement of the fabled headquarters of the National Geographic Society.",
"Marshall still gets more than his fair share of exploration -- a day after this interview, he was off to Antarctica, again.",
"But more often he's back in Washington, at his desk or in an edit bay.",
"Still, adventure is where you find it -- and sometimes, it's in the most unlikely of places.",
"Cracking open a newly recovered Crittercam remora (or box, or sphere, or whatever device his crew of happily mad scientists invent to capture hitherto-unwitnessed moments in nature) is, for Marshall, full of the rush of exploration.",
"When Crittercam got its start, the results of all the hard work came down to a small, fragile tape.",
"Nowadays, the data is stored on a tough, solid-state memory card.",
"But seeing the data of the first time, Marshall says, is always a rush.",
"\"You start looking at the screen because you never know what you're going to see.",
"It's completely engaging and captivating,\" he says.",
"The results, Marshall says, run the gamut from inspiring and revelatory to downright boring -- at least, boring to a typical National Geographic Channel viewer.",
"But to a marine biologist like Marshall, even the \"boring\" stuff can have stop-in-your-tracks potential.",
"Case in point: Sperm whales.",
"They are one of the deepest-diving species on the planet.",
"Years ago, his crew successfully attached an advanced Crittercam to a diving sperm whale.",
"\"The first 10 seconds are fascinating, because you see the whale diving down,\" Marshall says.",
"\"And then it dives down into utter darkness.",
"And then we're looking at a black screen for the next two hours.\"",
"But that Crittercam was also equipped to record sound, as well as video.",
"And in that utter blackness (sperm whales can dive almost two miles down), the Crittercam whale began a conversation with another whale -- a cascade of powerful, rapid-fire clicks.",
"That whale conversation kept Marshall and his editors transfixed.",
"It wasn't a made-for-TV moment, but it was yet more evidence that just about every deployment of the Crittercam system can reap unexpected rewards.",
"In the frigid waters off Alaska, a Crittercam captured an intimate view of a humpback whale calf nursing.",
"There's dizzying footage of a tree kangaroo (yes, there's a kangaroo that climbs trees) high in the jungle canopy of New Guinea.",
"A sea lion in Australia plays with its food -- in this case, a hapless octopus.",
"There's even a brief glimpse of a great white shark swimming at eye-popping speed, chasing an equally quick seal.",
"\"You just never know what you're going to get -- it's just completely engaging,\" he says with a broad grin.",
"Crittercam footage finds its way into many of National Geographic's nature programs.",
"And the best Crittercam moments are a rare combination of good television and good science.",
"That's partly the goal of the whole program, Marshall says.",
"\"I want to find a way to connect with people, I want to find a way to make them care about the conservation problem,\" Marshall says.",
"\"Imagine a planet where there are no humpback whales, where there are no blue whales, no leopard seals, no leatherback turtles.",
"Can we survive? Absolutely we can survive... Well, probably.",
"\"Is it going to be the kind of place we're going to revel in, that's going to inspire us?",
"I doubt it. As we know more, we're going to care more -- and as we care more, we're going to protect these animals and the habitats they depend on.\""
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"For a naturalist, observing animals in the wild is key to learning about species .",
"Greg Marshall pioneered the use of \"Crittercams\" mounted on animals .",
"Crittercams record hours of footage that can be retrieved later .",
"The cameras have captured whale calves nursing and a shark chasing a seal ."
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"(CNN) -- The turmoil that's roiled Arab states from Tunisia to Yemen is also creating a headache for those entrusted with reviving economies hard hit by rising energy and food prices, growing public debt and the prospect of more expensive borrowing on the international markets.",
"Since mid-January, credit rating agencies such as Moody's have downgraded the sovereign debt of Tunisia, Jordan and Egypt.",
"On Tuesday Moody's changed the outlook on Jordan's foreign currency bonds to negative from stable, citing \"fiscal and economic downside risks related to ongoing turmoil in the region following events in Tunisia and Egypt.\"",
"Moody's said that Jordanian protesters \"could use the regional uprisings as an opportunity to express their discontent about high unemployment and the lack of development for low-income groups.\"",
"Standard & Poor's, another major credit rating agency, made a similar move.",
"Jordanian officials are not happy with the downgrade, arguing that their public finances are sound -- Jordan's foreign currency reserves actually rose last year and stand at about $12 billion -- and that the economy may grow as much as 6% in 2011.",
"Protests there have been largely peaceful and far smaller than in Egypt and Tunisia.",
"But after pledging to cut the budget deficit, the government reversed course in January with a package of subsidies and salary increases amounting to some $600 million, to compensate for higher prices.",
"International bond markets are wary that governments may try to \"buy their way\" out of trouble, in the words of one analyst.",
"It is a potentially toxic cycle, according to regional economists.",
"Egypt and Tunisia have already suffered a loss of tourism revenue in peak season, while record-high grain prices and a surge in the price of crude oil have fueled inflation.",
"Jordan imports 90 per cent of its oil, and faces disruption to its gas supplies after an explosion at a pipeline in Egypt last week.",
"Like Jordan, Egypt has opted to spend more on subsidies for the poor.",
"The recent street protests, now in their third week, have led stores, businesses, the stock market and banks to close -- a further cost.",
"Until the protests erupted, Egypt had a positive reputation in the international debt markets -- with attractive interest rates for investors, banks that had avoided high-risk investments, a manageable budget deficit and low overall sovereign debt.",
"Like Jordan, it was working to cut its budget deficit.",
"But markets abhor uncertainty and the government's cost of borrowing has risen sharply since the protest movement erupted -- although it has fallen back slightly in recent days.",
"Earlier this week, the Egyptian Central Bank intervened to support the pound against the dollar, spending precious foreign currency in the process.",
"And before the Egyptian stock market closed, some $5 billion was wiped off the value of Egyptian stocks in just two days.",
"In addition, government wages and pensions in Egypt have been increased 15 per cent.",
"Credit strategists say any labor unrest -- especially at the Suez Canal where a strike began among service workers Wednesday -- would put Egypt's finances under further pressure.",
"Shipping has so far been unaffected by the labor action.",
"Market commentators say that international investors are already avoiding Egyptian Treasury auctions -- another is due next week -- meaning local banks are expected to pick up the slack.",
"One former Jordanian official told CNN that he hoped the country's vulnerable economic state and its value to the United States as a reliable pro-Western ally would prompt greater financial support from Washington.",
"Last year, foreign grants -- mainly from the United States and Saudi Arabia -- totaled more than $400 million.",
"But there is pressure on the U.S. federal budget too."
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"Credit rating agencies have downgraded the debt of Tunisia, Jordan and Egypt .",
"A potentially toxic economic cycle could hurt Arab economies, analysts say .",
"Jordan objects to downgrade, may look for more U.S. aid ."
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"New York (CNN) -- Three people who contracted cholera at a wedding in the Dominican Republic before returning to New York have recovered, and the risk of their infecting anyone else is low, officials said Sunday.",
"None of the three adults had to be hospitalized, said Erin Hughes, spokeswoman for New York City's health department.",
"Person-to-person transmission of the disease is highly unlikely, Hughes told CNN in an e-mail.",
"\"Cholera is spread by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacteria.",
"This happens in places with inadequate water treatment and poor sanitation.",
"New York City's water is clean and safe.\"",
"On average, one case a year of cholera is reported in New York, she said, and it is \"almost always in someone who has traveled abroad.\"",
"The Centers for Disease Control will test samples to confirm the illness and determine from which strain the people were sickened, said CDC spokeswoman Candice Burns Hoffman.",
"Cholera is a \"nationally notifiable\" disease, she said, and samples from all suspected U.S. cases are sent to the CDC for lab testing and confirmation.",
"The Dominican Republic is investigating the outbreak at the wedding, Hoffman said.",
"\"It's not uncommon for cholera outbreaks, like the one that has moved rapidly through Haiti, to spread to other countries,\" Hoffman said.",
"\"We have seen a few cases in travelers returning to the U.S.",
"The risk for secondary infection in the U.S. is low.\""
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"The risk of secondary infection is low, officials say ."
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"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A teenage suicide bomber killed at least 27 army recruits and wounded 42 others Thursday when he blew himself up at a military training center in northwest Pakistan, officials said.",
"The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast, saying it was a \"message for those who wish to join (the) pro-American military.\"",
"\"We will continue targeting Pakistan military until it stops supporting the U.S.,\" said Azam Tariq, the central spokesman for the group.",
"The suicide bomber, who was about 14-years-old, was wearing a school uniform, a senior Pakistani military official said.",
"The military official asked not to be named because he was not authorized to talk to the media.",
"The teenager detonated his explosives after walking onto the grounds where army recruits were receiving their morning training, according to police chief Abdullah Khan.",
"The bomber was either carrying the explosives in a bag or wearing a suicide vest, officials said.",
"A school for children of military recruits is located inside the training facility.",
"The attacker was probably pretending to be a student there, the military official said.",
"The attack took place in Mardan, a district 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Peshawar in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, formerly known as the North West Frontier Province.",
"Peshawar is the gateway to the country's tribal region where security forces have been battling an insurgency led by the Pakistani Taliban.",
"Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report."
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"NEW: The Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for the blast .",
"The suicide bomber was a teen wearing a school uniform .",
"A school for the children of military recruits is located at the training facility .",
"The bomber was either carrying the explosives in a bag or wearing a suicide vest ."
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"(CNN) -- Robert Kubica's Lotus-Renault team said Monday that the F1 star was \"much better\" after undergoing emergency surgery in an Italian hospital following his crash while competing in a motor rally.",
"The 26-year-old Pole spent the night in an induced coma after a seven-hour operation to repair multiple fractures to his right arm and hand.",
"Kubica required several transfusions during the procedure to stabilize his condition after losing a lot of blood following the high-speed accident.",
"But in a statement on the team's official website, they said that Kubica had been briefly woken by doctors at the Santa Corona hospital in Pietra Ligure and was able to talk to his relatives.",
"\"He was also able to move his fingers, which is an encouraging sign for the rest of the recovery process,\" it said.",
"Dr. Mario Igor Rosello, the specialist who operated on Kubica, claimed the lack of swelling or infection on his right forearm was also a \"good sign\" but added it will be \"several days before it is known if the operation is 100 per cent successful.\"",
"Kubica badly hurt in rallying crash .",
"Kubica suffered multiple fractures to his right arm and leg after hitting a guard rail when he lost control of his Skoda Fabia during the Ronde de Andorra rally in Italy.",
"With the first race of the new Formula One season in Bahrain next month, his Lotus Renault team defended Kubica's decision to take part in a rally so close to the start of the season.",
"\"He loves rallying,\" team boss Eric Boullier told Italian news agency Ansa.",
"\"We knew the risks and so did he.",
"We didn't want a robot or a corporate man for a driver.",
"It was agreed.\" Kubica finished 2010 in eighth position and was due to start his fifth campaign as a first-choice driver, but there are now doubts as to whether the former Sauber driver will be fit to play any part in the 2011 campaign.",
"When asked about the length of time it could take for 2008 Canadian Grand Prix winner to recover, Rossello is reported by the BBC to have said, \"One year.",
"One year is the best provision.\"",
"Kubica also suffered fractures to his shoulder and elbow and Lotus Renault said the hospital would decide over the next few days if further operations were necessary on these injuries.",
"Support has been offered from throughout the close-knit world of F1 for the only Polish driver to have ever driven at this level, including a specially-designed \"Twibbon\" on the social-networking site Twitter.",
"McLaren's 2009 world champion Jenson Button tweeted, \"Shocking news about Robert Kubica.",
"I wish him a speedy recovery.\"",
"Another driver to offer his sympathies was Williams' veteran Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, who used his Twitter blog to say, \"I would like to ask you for your best wishes to Kubica,\" and \"we all like him and he deserves all the best.\"",
"If Kubica is unable to take to the grid for the start of the season, Lotus Renault may choose to promote one of their two reserve drivers.",
"The team's two options are Bruno Senna, who raced for HRT in 2010, and Frenchman Romain Grosjean.",
"The 2011 Formula One season is set to get underway at Bahrain's International Circuit on March 13."
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"NEW: Lotus-Renault say Robert Kubica \"much better\" after his rally crash .",
"Kubica required seven-hour emergency operation to his right hand and arm .",
"Surgeon claims it will be several days before it is known if surgery fully successful .",
"His team defend the Pole's decision to race in a motor rally ."
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"(CNN) -- A Colombian rebel group is expected to release two hostages Friday, according to a former senator who helped coordinate the humanitarian mission to free them.",
"\"A very productive night, everything is ready for the liberations tomorrow, nobody said that it would be easy, we are not losing hope that together we can weave peace,\" former Sen. Piedad Cordoba said on her Twitter account late Thursday night.",
"Marine Henry Lopez Martinez and politician Armando Acuna were scheduled to be released Friday, she said.",
"They are among a group of five hostages that the FARC leftist guerrilla organization has pledged to release.",
"Red Cross rescuers are participating in the mission.",
"Helicopters bearing the organization's symbol flew into the jungle Wednesday to free the first of the group: a councilman from the town of San Jose de Guaviare.",
"Some have suggested the hostage releases could fuel renewed dialogue between Colombia's government and the rebels.",
"But news of two more kidnappings by the FARC drew the ire of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.",
"The president said Thursday that he was tempted to call off the rescue mission after learning that two workers from the Carton de Colombia company had been kidnapped in southwestern Colombia Wednesday night.",
"\"We are not going to suspend the liberations, because I do not want to frustrate the excitement and hope of the families of these hostages that are going to be freed, but what I want to say is that this game, this double standard, is totally unacceptable,\" he said.",
"Two other hostages -- a police major and a military service member -- are expected to be released Sunday.",
"The FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, have been at war with the Colombian government since the 1960s.",
"In December, the FARC announced its plans to release the five hostages as a humanitarian gesture.",
"In its December statement, the FARC criticized Colombia's attorney general for removing and disqualifying Cordoba from serving in the legislature.",
"The attorney general cited her close ties to the group as the basis for Cordoba's removal from the Senate."
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"The hostages scheduled to be released Friday are a politician and a marine .",
"They are part of a group of five hostages rebels pledged to release as a humanitarian gesture .",
"Colombia's president accuses the FARC of a \"double standard\" after two workers are kidnapped .",
"Two more hostages are scheduled to be released over the weekend ."
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"London (CNN) -- Protesters made \"some contact\" with Prince Charles' wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, during a demonstration in London last week, Home Secretary Theresa May said Sunday.",
"May, whose responsibilities include domestic security, refused to confirm Camilla was \"poked with a stick,\" as some British media have reported.",
"Charles and Camilla's car was hit with paint and a window was cracked as the vehicle drove through protesters en route to a show in central London on Thursday night.",
"Neither of them was injured, although the duchess looked shaken as she got out of the car.",
"May has not offered to resign over the incident, she said Sunday on Sky News.",
"Police released images Sunday of 14 people they want to question in connection with violence at the demonstration, which was to protest government plans to let universities triple their tuition fees.",
"\"We want the public to help us identify these people who may have been involved in violent disorder, attacking police officers and smashing buildings, shops and windows,\" Detective Chief Superintendent Matthew Horne said in a statement.",
"\"The vast majority of the people we are seeking are suspected of committing serious offences of violent disorder and criminal damage,\" he said, without specifying whether any were directly involved in the attack on the royals' car.",
"Separately, police arrested a man Sunday for swinging on a flag at a London war memorial during the student protests.",
"Charlie Gilmour, the son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, apologized Saturday for doing that, but London's Metropolitan Police declined to identify the man they arrested, other than to say he was 21 years old.",
"Cambridge student Gilmour said: \"This is probably the worst thing I've done\" on Facebook, his university's student newspaper reported Saturday.",
"\"I just wanted to swing from a flag, I didn't realise it was the Cenotaph.",
"I feel so ashamed of myself right now.\"",
"Gilmour and his mother did not immediately reply to CNN requests for comment.",
"The man arrested Sunday is not one of the 14 people whose photo was released by police, they said.",
"The Cenotaph, outside the Foreign Office in central London, commemorates Britain's war dead, and is where Queen Elizabeth II and British officials lay flowers every November on Remembrance Sunday.",
"A total of 34 people were arrested at the demonstration Thursday, the fourth in a series of protests against the planned tuition increase.",
"British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that protesters who resorted to violence will \"feel the full force of the law,\" and blamed them for wreaking havoc in London during the pre-Christmas weeks.",
"Addressing reporters, Cameron defended the government's contentious move to triple tuiton at UK universities and said protesters, not the police, should be blamed for the chaos.",
"\"I immediately rang the Prince of Wales,\" Prince Charles, said Cameron.",
"\"We need to learn the lesson of this incident,\" he said.",
"On Friday, police sifted through rubble strewn over London's Parliament square, searching for clues and culprits in Thursday night's protests, where students and their supporters, enraged by the tuition hike, broke windows and ambushed the royal vehicle.",
"\"It is not the fault of the police,\" said Cameron.",
"\"It was the fault of those who tried to smash that car.\"",
"Members of the National Union of Students condemned any forms of violence, including from the police, they said in a statement on their website.",
"\"Regarding many of the scenes that were witnessed yesterday, whilst it is clear that there were a small number of people involved who were inciting violence, many people were contained for a long period of time when attempting to take part in peaceful protest,\" the NUS stated.",
"\"We are calling on the Metropolitan Police to have a full investigation into the clashes yesterday between protesters and the police and for it to look again at its tactics for policing demonstrations,\" it said.",
"A photo of the royal couple, dressed in evening wear, made headlines as it showed the startled expressions on their faces as they sat in their Rolls-Royce before exiting for a Royal Variety Performance.",
"The royal couple escaped unhurt.",
"Police said the route had been cleared minutes before the royal couple was due to make their journey.",
"The high-profile incident came late in a day of violent protests that left at least 12 officers and 43 demonstrators hurt.",
"London's Metropolitan Police issued a statement Friday condemning the protests and alleged vandalism that took place Thursday night, claiming protesters intimidated Christmas shoppers and bystanders.",
"\"This has nothing to do with peaceful protest,\" the statement said.",
"\"Students are involved in wanton vandalism including smashing windows in Oxford and Regent streets.\"",
"The protests followed a vote in the House of Commons to approve a plan to raise the existing cap on tuition rates charged by universities from £3,000 to £9,000 a year.",
"In U.S. dollars, that's a nearly $10,000 a year increase -- from .",
"roughly $4,700 to $14,000.",
"Lawmakers approved the plan in a 323-302 vote.",
"The measure awaits approval by the House of Lords and a signature by the queen before it can become law."
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"The heir to the British throne and his wife drove through protests Thursday .",
"They were not hurt .",
"Police release photos of 14 people they want to question over violence at the demonstration ."
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"Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- The man who accepted three uncut diamonds from supermodel Naomi Campbell and held them privately for years is stepping down as a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, the fund said.",
"Jeremy Ractliffe will not run for reelection as a trustee at the end of this month, the fund said Wednesday.",
"He is also resigning immediately as a board member with the U.S. affiliate of the fund, it said.",
"Ractliffe came under international scrutiny in early August when Campbell testified at the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.",
"She was asked about reports that Taylor gave her uncut diamonds in 1997, a story that prosecutors hoped to use as evidence to prove Taylor used \"blood diamonds\" to fund a brutal civil war in Sierra Leone.",
"While Campbell said she didn't know whether Taylor was the source of the diamonds, she testified she gave them the next day to Ractliffe, a friend who at the time was the head of the children's fund.",
"Ractliffe said in a statement afterwards that he kept the diamonds to protect the reputations of both Campbell and the charity.",
"He handed the diamonds over to South African police after Campbell's testimony.",
"\"Mr. Ractliffe regrets his omission to inform the chairperson, CEO, and the rest of the board of trustees of the NMCF of his receipt of the uncut diamonds until now and acknowledges that had he done so, he and the board could have found a better and lawful way to manage the situation,\" the fund said in the statement.",
"\"He has apologised to the chairperson, CEO, the board, and the NMCF for the anxiety and possible reputational risk his conduct may have caused to the NMCF.\"",
"Under South African law, the possession of uncut or rough diamonds is restricted to permit-holding producers, cutters, and toolmakers.",
"Any other person who finds or receives unpolished diamonds is required to take them to a police station immediately.",
"\"Mr. Ractliffe has stated that he acted in what he sincerely believed to be in the best interest of the NMCF and its founder and realizes that he has left himself open to possible prosecution,\" the fund said in its statement.",
"\"For these reasons, he considers it correct and proper for him not to make himself available for reelection as a trustee.\"",
"Conflict or \"blood\" diamonds are diamonds that are illegally traded to fund conflict in war-torn areas, particularly in central and western Africa, according to the World Diamond Council, which represents the commercial diamond trade.",
"The United Nations defines conflict diamonds as \"diamonds that originate from areas controlled by forces or factions opposed to legitimate and internationally recognized governments, and are used to fund military action in opposition to those governments, or in contravention of the decisions of the Security Council.\"",
"They are generally in rough form, meaning they have recently been extracted from the earth and not yet cut.",
"At the height of the civil war in Sierra Leone, it is estimated that conflict diamonds represented approximately four percent of the world's diamond production."
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"Jeremy Ractliffe held on to diamonds given to him by Naomi Campbell .",
"The diamonds allegedly came from former Liberian President Charles Taylor .",
"He handed the diamonds to police earlier this month ."
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"(CNN) -- After a judge temporarily lifted a gag order so that he could respond to allegations made on YouTube by his ex-wife, comedian Steve Harvey Tuesday released court documents saying those allegations are false.",
"Mary Harvey posted a series of videos on YouTube last month about the breakup of the couple's marriage and the bitter fight that followed.",
"She alleged that following their 2005 divorce, Harvey \"turned my son against me, had me evicted from our house, thrown out, all the businesses, all the money, the cars ...",
"He manipulated the courts, everything against me.\"",
"Steve Harvey could not respond at the time because of a gag order in the case, said attorney Bobbie Edmonds.",
"But Edmonds released a statement Tuesday saying the judge had temporarily lifted the order so Harvey could respond.",
"Some of the documents released Tuesday are redacted, but they say the court found that Mary Harvey: .",
"-- \"was not homeless or evicted from her home and was awarded three homes in the property settlement;\" -- that Harvey \"did not take, withhold or turn the child against Mary Lee Harvey;\" -- that Mary Harvey \"willingly placed the child on an airplane and sent him to Mr. Harvey without his knowledge;\" -- and that Harvey has primary custody of the 13-year-old.",
"In addition, the court documents said, Mary Harvey received $40,000 a month from Harvey until March 2009 and received $1.5 million from him in March 2009.",
"In the series of videos, Mary Harvey included excerpts of letters and e-mails she said she intercepted between Harvey and his current wife, Marjorie, near the end of her 16-year relationship with him.",
"She said on their second wedding anniversary, \"it hit me really hard\" when she intercepted a love letter from a mistress -- the woman he would later move in with and marry.",
"Edmonds said in late January Marjorie Harvey was \"contemplating\" filing a defamation suit against Mary Harvey because of the accusations against her.",
"The 2005 divorce between Steve and Mary Harvey, according to the court documents released Tuesday, \"was granted on the grounds of irreconcilable differences and his current wife was not named in the original divorce proceeding, nor was she the cause of the marital breakup.\"",
"Attempts by CNN to contact Mary Harvey and her attorney on Tuesday were unsuccessful.",
"A court hearing was held Monday in Collins County, Texas, on the matter.",
"Harvey asked for sanctions against his ex-wife for allegedly violating the injunction barring her from talking about the family law case in the media or on the internet, and he was allowed to respond.",
"Harvey \"is authorized to publish this order for the limited purpose of refuting the allegations of respondent Mary Lee Harvey,\" the documents said.",
"\"... all prior injunctions and gag orders remain in full force and effect.\"",
"The judge also ordered Mary Harvey to remove the videos from the internet -- YouTube and any other sites where they were located.",
"A hearing is set for March 10, the documents said.",
"Edmonds said that hearing is on contempt of court allegations against Mary Harvey.",
"\"During the contempt hearing, the court will listen to the evidence of the parties and determine if there is a violation of the orders and impose the appropriate sanctions and punishment.\"",
"CNN's Alan Duke contributed to this report."
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"The documents say that Mary Harvey was not evicted or penniless .",
"She made the allegations in a series of YouTube videos last month .",
"A contempt of court hearing is set for March 10, attorney says ."
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"(CNN Student News) -- February 8, 2011 .",
"Download PDF maps related to today's show: .",
"• Egypt • Sudan .",
"Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.",
"THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.",
"CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Today's show goes out to our Facebook fans at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia.",
"Get ready to update your maps, because the world is about to get a new country!",
"I'm Carl Azuz. This is CNN Student News!",
"First Up: Meeting with Business .",
"AZUZ: First up, President Obama and business: can they work together?",
"The president has not had the best relationship with business leaders, specifically with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.",
"The group was against the health care and Wall Street reform laws that the president pushed for and passed.",
"And the Chamber supported a lot of Republican candidates in last year's midterm elections.",
"The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the country's largest business organization.",
"It represents 3 million businesses from all across the U.S. And its main purpose is to work on behalf of those businesses, especially in Washington.",
"During his speech to the 200 members of the Chamber yesterday, President Obama acknowledged the tension between them.",
"But he says he's convinced that they can and must work together.",
"One thing that both sides want: more jobs.",
"The president promised that he'll work on programs and policies, like spending money on education and improving transportation networks, that would help the country's businesses and would help get the economy back on track.",
"Economy in Turmoil .",
"AZUZ: Things are moving forward in Egypt.",
"The country's new Cabinet had its first meeting yesterday.",
"There are some protesters still out in the streets, saying they're not gonna budge until President Hosni Mubarak steps down.",
"Mubarak has said he won't run for re-election in September.",
"We've talked a lot about what all this political upheaval could mean for Egypt's government in the future.",
"Frederik Pleitgen is looking at what it means for Egypt's economy right now.",
"Here's his report. (BEGIN VIDEO) FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: As anti-Mubarak protesters remain entrenched in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the effects of the uprising are visible nationwide.",
"This is Stella Heliopolis, a massive real estate development outside Egypt's capital with 1,500 housing units under construction.",
"Owner Ayoub Adly Ayoub says work has come to a virtual standstill since the protests began.",
"AYOUB ADLY AYOUB, PRESIDENT, REMCO GROUP: We had to slow down because we could not get the materials in time, most of the laborers could not come.",
"Now, we are starting to organize ourselves to go back to work.",
"Maybe $4 - $5 million of losses per month at least.",
"PLEITGEN: Ayoub says if things don't improve, he might have to start laying off workers.",
"One bank estimates this crisis is costing Egypt more than $300 million a day as the economy remains in a state of paralysis.",
"Egypt's economy is losing a lot of money every day and business people fear the long-term consequences could be grave, as investors lose their confidence and tourists start choosing other destinations.",
"Many business sectors are affected, some only now coming back to life.",
"As shop owners slowly began opening their doors on Cairo's streets on Sunday, banks serviced customers for this first time since the beginning of the crisis.",
"To prevent the masses from pulling their cash out of the institutions, private withdrawals were limited to $10,000 or 50,000 Egyptian pounds.",
"Despite long lines, most appeared calm.",
"UNIDENTIFIED MALE [TRANSLATED]: \"There are a lot of people who are withdrawing money because banks were closed in the last few days,\" this man says.",
"\"Many people are withdrawing money.\"",
"PLEITGEN: Ayoub Adly Ayoub says though the fallout from the uprising is seriously hurting his business interests, he understands the anti-government protesters.",
"AYOUB: I have personal sympathy for them.",
"I think there was corruption, it is a time of change.",
"But my personal view is that we should give the people that are in charge now that are trying to clean up and put this country together a chance.",
"PLEITGEN: But it doesn't seem like the anti-government protesters are willing to give the current government that chance.",
"As many Egyptians fight for social change, many workers on construction sites like this one are fighting and praying to keep their jobs.",
"Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Cairo, Egypt.",
"(END VIDEO) Sudan Vote .",
"AZUZ: To the south of Egypt is Sudan, a country that's about to be split in half -- literally.",
"In a referendum last month, nearly 99 percent of southern Sudanese voted to split from the north and form their own country.",
"Sudan's north and south fought a war against each other for more than two decades.",
"The peace treaty that ended that conflict led to this vote.",
"The country's president has said he'll accept the results of the election, so Southern Sudan could become the world's newest nation by this summer.",
"This Day in History .",
"AZUZ: It's February 8th.",
"This day in history: In 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was founded by William D. Boyce.",
"He was inspired after being helped by a British scout when he got lost in London.",
"Is This Legit? TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Is this legit?",
"The symptoms of a concussion can include nausea, dizziness and memory problems.",
"This is true. And anyone who's gotten one of these brain injuries is more likely to get another one.",
"Protecting Young Athletes .",
"AZUZ: Concussions are pretty common in contact sports like football.",
"At the NFL level, there are around 100 concussions every year.",
"But when you look at the number of teens and younger kids who go to the ER for sports-related concussions, that number jumps to more than 100,000!",
"Doctor Sanjay Gupta shows us how one program uses prevention and preparation to address the problem.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Most of these players see themselves as mini-versions of these guys.",
"CHRIS NOWINSKI, PRESIDENT, SPORTS LEGACY INSTITUTE: Youth football is trying to be the professional game, sometimes for good, but sometimes for bad.",
"GUPTA: The good?",
"Competition. Camaraderie. The bad? Concussions. And the ugly? A tendency trickling down from the pros to hide head injuries.",
"NOWINSKI: When you are 13, you have the same drives to play through pain, play through injury - not wanting to look weak in front of your friends or weak in front of your enemies.",
"Guys went great lengths to hide injuries or not talk about them.",
"GUPTA: It turns out hiding has consequences, first seen at the NFL level.",
"Retired players consumed with depression, rage, memory problems.",
"Their symptoms associated with the mysterious brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy.",
"It looks like dementia, but it strikes players in their 30s, 40s and 50s, sometimes younger.",
"NOWINSKI: The reality is, we do have cases of teenagers having the disease.",
"We're primary football players.",
"Some play multi-sports, but they all had brain trauma.",
"CARMEN RODA, PRESIDENT, WESTPORT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: Well, it's brain damage.",
"I mean, that's what it comes down to.",
"How can you want that for any child?",
"Does your head go up or down? TEAM: Up! RODA: Head goes up or down?",
"TEAM: Up! RODA: Let's go!",
"GUPTA: Carmen Roda coaches the Wreckers.",
"It's a team of fifth graders in Westport, Connecticut.",
"Last year, he had a typical playbook.",
"RODA: We do drills like bull in the ring, you know, one kid's in the middle and you walk around and tap a kid, and then you just go at it, head-to-head, hammer to hammer.",
"GUPTA: And during games?",
"RODA: The kid came out and he got a hard hit, what we used to call a stinger or a ding, you know.",
"We would sit there and say, \"Hey, are you OK?\"",
"And then send him back in if he answered yes.",
"GUPTA: When his team clocked 20 concussions in one season, Coach Roda said enough.",
"His new playbook starts with a concussion course for coaches, parents and players; a trainer at games and practice.",
"UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you have any nausea or dizziness?",
"UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.",
"GUPTA: And far less hitting in practice; an emphasis on technique, not brute force.",
"RODA: This is what we don't want to see.",
"OK? The spine is lined up.",
"The head is down. GUPTA: The impact?",
"The Wreckers cut the number of concussions in half and still made the playoffs.",
"NOWINSKI: It did not hurt the kids' ability to play the game.",
"It just dramatically lowered their injury rate and their head trauma rate.",
"And so, when you look at how simple those things were made in one season, in one program, you wonder why isn't everybody else doing this?",
"(END VIDEO) Facebook Promo .",
"AZUZ: Good info there.",
"Now, you heard today's show dedicated to some of our Facebook fans.",
"If you love our show and you're on Facebook, show us some like!",
"Head over to Facebook.com/CNNStudentNews and click the \"like\" button.",
"We'd like that a lot. Before We Go . AZUZ: We might have bitten off more than we can chew with today's Before We Go story.",
"But at least we're in good company.",
"All of these ingredients combine to make this!",
"The Stellanator! Six hamburger patties; 12 pieces of bacon; six fried eggs; all the usual fixin's; plus jalapenos and peanut butter!",
"If you haven't eaten lunch yet, you might not want to.",
"This thing takes up the entire grill just to make a Stellanator.",
"And more than 60 people have tried and failed to take it down.",
"Goodbye . AZUZ: But for the valiant effort, they deserve a patty on the back.",
"After looking at the bun-dle of food, we want to know what you would include on your extreme burger.",
"You can talk to us about your recipes at Facebook.com/CNNStudentNews.",
"We'll see you again tomorrow."
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"(CNN) -- The Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee began holding hearings Monday afternoon on proposals to end birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment for U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.",
"Lawmakers in a total of 40 states are considering similar proposals \"to correct the monumental misapplication of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,\" according to the legislators' new group, State Legislators for Legal Immigration.",
"The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified in the wake of the Civil War, provides in part that \"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.\"",
"The provision has the effect of granting \"birthright\" citizenship to anyone born in the United States, even if both of the child's parents are in the country illegally.",
"The Arizona proposals, introduced by Republicans two weeks ago and quickly opposed by Democrats, are the latest measures following new Arizona laws that seek to crack down on illegal immigration but have landed up in court.",
"Sponsors of this latest legislation have said they hope the bills, if one becomes law, also will provoke a lawsuit so that the U.S. Supreme Court can re-examine the meaning of the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause.",
"Mike Philipsen, spokesman for the state senate's Republican majority, which holds 21 of the chamber's 30 seats, said the judiciary committee is scheduled to hear two hours of testimony from supporters and opponents of two bills seeking to end birthright citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil to illegal immigrants.",
"Under the proposals, Arizona would create a special class of birth certificates for children who are born to parents who can't prove their citizenship.",
"The committee is chaired by the bills' Senate sponsor, Ron Gould, said Philipsen.",
"\"These folks are essentially gaming the system to put themselves ahead of the line,\" Gould told CNN, referring to illegal immigrants giving birth to children in the United States as a way for their children to have citizenship.",
"A similar measure is sponsored in the House by Rep. John Kavanagh, whose chamber has yet to schedule a hearing, Philipsen said.",
"\"Obviously with this issue, there's going to be a lot of debate on it, there's going to be a lot of people speaking on it,\" Philipsen said of Monday's scheduled two-hour hearing.",
"If approved, the legislation would apply only to children born after the law went into effect or after a ruling from the expected court action, Kavanagh said.",
"Advocates of the Arizona proposals and others like them being planned in several states argue how during an 1866 Congressional debate, U.S. Rep. John Bingham of Ohio, considered one of the fathers of the 14th Amendment, said \"...every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen....\" Pennsylvania state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, a Republican who's the founder of the State Legislators for Legal Immigration, said that Bingham's comment is the basis for his group's efforts in several states to form a compact defining the 14th Amendment.",
"They argue that the reference to \"parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty\" means the 14th Amendment was not intended to apply to children born of citizens from other countries.",
"\"It's very important for those who are in elected office to uphold and defend the Constitution and to ensure the Constitution is applied correctly and the laws of our nation are the result of the correct application,\" Metcalfe told CNN.",
"\"That is the only way we're going to protect American lives, liberties, and property from the illegal alien invasion that's occurring on our soil.\"",
"By noon Monday, several dozen members of Border Action Network and other community organizations gathered outside the Arizona Senate in Phoenix to participate in what was supposed to be a \"one-thousand baby chain\" protesting the Senate hearing, which began at 2 p.m. (4 p.m. ...",
"The hearing ended later Monday afternoon without the committee taking any action on the legislation.",
"\"Our legislators need to stop these incredibly expensive, 'quick-fix' approaches to a broken immigration system,\" Jennifer Allen, executive director of Border Action Network, said in a statement.",
"\"We need legislators with political spine to say that we need to protect all children, protect our Constitution and fix our immigration system.\"",
"Arizona Senate Minority Leader David Schapira, a Democrat, called the proposal legislation \"a waste of time\" and unconstitutional.",
"He told CNN the proposed legislation would also seek to create an interstate compact between Arizona and other willing states that would recognize the proposed new class of birth certificates for non-citizens.",
"\"Arizona's fiscal situation is among the worst, if not the worst, in this country.",
"I can't believe we're wasting our time on this,\" Schapira said.",
"Given how sponsors ultimately seek a lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court, Schapira said: \"It's really misplaced priorities.\"",
"CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said the U.S. Supreme Court is unlikely to take up such a case.",
"\"This is not something that the Supreme Court is going to revisit,\" Toobin said.",
"\"It's not like it's been controversial for 150 years.",
"\"This is really a frivolous endeavor,\" he said.",
"\"The law is so clear on this issue.",
"The language of the 14th Amendment says all persons born in the United States are citizens.",
"It doesn't matter who your parents are or if they're in this country legally or illegally.",
"\"This group is better off trying to amend the Constitution than to pursue this law, which in my opinion is unconstitutional,\" Toobin said.",
"CNN's Casey Wian contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- Never underestimate the power of the dark side.",
"Scratch that. Let's go with never underestimate the power of a cute blond kid cloaked in the robes of Mr.",
"Dark Side himself, Darth Vader.",
"Despite having already been on television since 2009, 6-year-old Max Page is winning more fans than he likely ever could have imagined after his appearance in a Super Bowl advertisement for Volkswagen.",
"\"My dad said I'm the hit star!\"",
"Max said Tuesday during an appearance on CNN's \"American Morning.\"",
"You've doubtless seen the commercial by now.",
"As many as 110 million Americans who watched the Super Bowl on Sunday saw it, and it's been viewed more than 20 million times on YouTube.",
"It depicts a young boy dressed in Vader's black robe and helmet feverishly trying to get something -- anything -- to obey \"The Force\" and bend to his will.",
"He tries the washer and dryer.",
"A doll. A sandwich. Nothing happens.",
"Not even the family dog is moved.",
"But when he tries to wield \"The Force\" on his dad's new car, the engine roars to life -- with a little help from dad and his keyfob, of course.",
"You can almost see Max's eyes, wide-open with amazement, as he holds his arms out and turns to his unseen parents as if to say, \"Did you see that?\"",
"\"Lance Acord, the director, said what he brought to the spot when they were filming was more of an authenticity because he wasn't mimicking Darth Vader,\" Max's mom, Jennifer said.",
"\"He was just challenging Darth Vader and doing what he thought Darth Vader looked like.\"",
"In fact, Star Wars fans might note Max bears some resemblance to the actor who played young Anakin Skywalker, who later turned into Darth.",
"And fans are also comparing him a young Mark Hamill, who played Vader's son, Luke Skywalker.",
"Not that any of it means much to Max.",
"He still hasn't seen any of the movies.",
"\"He's a little scared, still,\" his mother said.",
"Max's story has another twist.",
"He has a congenital heart defect and wears a pacemaker.",
"But he leads a normal life, his mother said.",
"\"Once these kids get mended they can go and live full lives and that's been a huge inspiration for others already,\" she said.",
"Max spent most of his appearance on CNN Tuesday fidgeting with a boxed set of all the Star Wars movies -- a gift from co-host Kiran Chetry.",
"He did take a moment to turn to the camera, raise his eyebrows and wave.",
"\"Hello!\" he said to the camera, as oblivious as any 6-year-old to the grown ups talking around him."
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"(CNN) -- Injured Formula One star Robert Kubica needs more surgery before he can start rehabilitation following his crash at the weekend.",
"The Polish driver's team said the 26-year-old would remain in hospital for up to three weeks after the operations in Italy, where he had been competing in a rally event.",
"\"On Thursday, Robert should undergo some more surgery in order to stabilize the fractures to his right shoulder and right foot,\" Lotus Renault announced on its website on Tuesday.",
"\"Three or four days later, another operation will allow his elbow fracture to be stabilized as well.",
"Robert will remain at the Santa Corona Hospital for two to three weeks.",
"A decision will then be taken about where he should go in order to continue his rehabilitation.\"",
"The Britain-based team said Kubica, its lead driver ahead of the 2011 season, was determined to fight back from the multiple fractures.",
"He is being treated at Santa Corona hospital in Pietra Ligure.",
"Kubica badly hurt in rallying crash .",
"\"Yesterday, Robert was able to talk to his doctors and relatives.",
"His medication makes him sleep quite a lot, but he is responding to all external stimulation,\" the statement continued.",
"\"He has reacted well to the news about his condition and is ready to fight for his comeback.\"",
"Kubica required several transfusions during the initial seven-hour emergency procedure to stabilize his condition after losing a lot of blood following the high-speed accident.",
"Renault and Lotus launch new cars .",
"By Monday, Renault reported that he could move his fingers, while his surgeon Dr. Mario Igor Rosello said the lack of swelling or infection on his right forearm was also a \"good sign.\"",
"Kubica, who hit a guard rail when he lost control of his Skoda Fabia during the Ronde de Andorra rally, is certain to miss the start of the F1 season in Bahrain on March 13.",
"In his place, Lotus Renault could promote one of the team's two reserve drivers -- Bruno Senna, who raced for HRT in 2010, and Frenchman Romain Grosjean -- to line up on the grid with young Russian Vitaly Petrov."
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"(CNN) -- Football officials are apologizing to ticket-holding fans who were denied seats at Sunday's Super Bowl, but that may not be enough to stop lawsuits over the issue from going ahead.",
"NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday took full responsibility for the seating fiasco, in which about 400 fans with tickets were denied seats because certain sections of Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, which hosted the event, weren't ready.",
"A total of about 1,250 fans were affected, but roughly 850 of them were relocated to other seats, while the remaining 400 were left without, the NFL said.",
"Some people in the Dallas Cowboys organization volunteered to give up their employee tickets so affected fans could have a seat, Goodell said.",
"\"We apologize to those fans that were impacted by this,\" Goodell said at a news conference Monday.",
"\"We will certainly do a thorough review and get to the bottom of why it all occurred, but we take full responsibility for that as putting on this game.\"",
"NFL Executive Vice President Eric Grubman said the problem was officials \"just ran out of time\" to complete infrastructure like railings and steps and to tighten risers.",
"Employees were still trying to get the work done as late as Sunday afternoon, he said.",
"The Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl on Sunday night, defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25.",
"Matthew Rush, 40, a Steelers fan originally from Pittsburgh, was one of the 400 or so fans left without a seat at the big game.",
"After spending the whole day being moved around to different parts of the stadium while officials tried to accommodate them, Rush and others were eventually moved to a glassed-in bar just below field level where they could watch the game on television monitors, he said.",
"What view they had of the field was obscured by those standing on the sidelines, he added.",
"\"It was happening 300 feet in front of us, but (it was as though) we weren't there,\" Rush told CNN on his way back from Dallas on Tuesday.",
"After halftime, Rush said, he and others were so frustrated that they left the stadium, and he watched the remainder from his hotel room.",
"Rush said he spent a total of about $5,000 to attend the Super Bowl with his wife.",
"He spent $800 per ticket, which he purchased through the Steelers' season-ticket-holder lottery.",
"The NFL promised to give a free ticket to next year's Super Bowl and a refund of triple the cost of the $800 face value of the ticket to each of the 400 fans denied seats on Sunday -- or a free ticket to a future Super Bowl game of the fan's choice, plus round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations.",
"Fans can pick the option they want.",
"But Rush said that doesn't make up for the anger, frustration, and disappointment he still feels at missing his beloved Steelers at the big game.",
"\"I actually feel worse for the Packers fans, because they missed their team winning the game,\" he said.",
"Rush said he's further angered by Grubman's revelation that football officials were aware of a potential seating problem as early as the middle of last week.",
"Grubman said officials had still hoped to complete the work by game day, so they didn't warn fans about a problem.",
"\"We made a judgment that we had a very good shot to be able to complete it,\" Grubman said.",
"\"We made a judgment that it was the right course of action to bring the fans in, rather than discourage them or create a sense that they wouldn't have the information necessary.\"",
"Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on Monday said the Cowboys \"deeply regret\" the problems experienced by the affected fans and share the responsibility for it with the NFL.",
"Rush has started suesuperbowl.com, one of at least two websites for fans mulling possible lawsuits over the seating issue.",
"He said he is obtaining legal counsel and is urging affected fans to get in touch.",
"So far he has heard from about a dozen people, he said.",
"\"We're still figuring out what our rights are, whether damages come into play or not,\" he said.",
"\"This is more than just a breach of contract. ...",
"This was a very traumatic experience for a lot of these people.\"",
"Another website compiling submissions from angry fans is superbowlsuit.com, started by Wes Lewis of Los Angeles.",
"Lewis, 26, told CNN he was one of the 850 fans initially denied a seat but later accommodated.",
"He went to the game with his father, who was able to enter the stadium -- but when Lewis presented his ticket, he was told to go to the ticket resolution center.",
"He said he waited there with other fans for nearly three hours with no information from officials.",
"Eventually, Lewis said, someone from the NFL handed them fliers that promised the triple refund and entry to a hospitality area to watch the game.",
"Angry and frustrated, that's when he started his website, using his cell phone, Lewis said.",
"In the end, Lewis said, he was able to join his father in the stands in their original seats -- but he said he still feels a duty to keep the site running.",
"\"The NFL has an ethical, moral obligation to rectify this, and I have a moral obligation because the site's at the forefront of the situation,\" Lewis said, adding he doesn't feel the league is doing enough.",
"Lewis and Rush said they're in touch with each other and are coordinating their efforts.",
"Lewis said he's not focusing on lawsuits as much as trying to collect the stories of affected fans; so far he has had about 250 submissions, including about 50 detailed stories.",
"Asked about possible lawsuits, Goodell said Monday, \"We're more concerned with making sure we take care of the fans in an appropriate way, and that's what we're going to focus on.\""
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"(CNN) -- Protests in Egypt have dominated international headlines of late, but signs of unrest are prevalent in several countries throughout the Middle East and Africa.",
"Emboldened by an uprising in Tunisia, which saw the nation's president of almost a quarter century flee to Saudi Arabia, protesters have staged similar demonstrations from Lebanon to Yemen to Algeria.",
"Here are the latest developments across the region: .",
"Egypt . Protesting lawyers toppled barricades at Cairo's Abdeen Palace, and petroleum, railway and telecommunications employees called strikes to stand in solidarity with the protesters.",
"Thursday marked Day 17 of the protests.",
"Despite promises of reforms and constitutional amendments to allow for free elections, demonstrators were angered by President Hosni Mubarak's refusal to immediately step down.",
"Protests were further fanned when Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman said Egypt is not ready for democracy.",
"Last week: Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq apologized for the violent attacks on protesters as the military took position between pro- and anti-President Hosni Mubarak supporters.",
"It did not stop the two sides from clashing.",
"Shafiq and Vice President Omar Suleiman were meeting with opposition groups, including protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, state media reported, but some administration opponents have rejected the invitation.",
"Jordan . King Abdullah II swore in a new government Wednesday, which included several opposition figures, members of several political parties, an independent Islamist and the editor of a newspaper that is sometimes critical of the government.",
"Officials close to Abdullah say the king is hoping to turn the regional upheaval into a genuine opportunity for reform, but the nation's Muslim Brotherhood has refused to join the government, saying the prime minister should be chosen by parliament, not the king.",
"On Wednesday, Jordanians gathered in front of of the Egyptian Embassy to demand that their loved ones jailed abroad be returned home.",
"An iReporter captured some of the protesters on camera as they accused countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria and the United States of holding their loved ones without due process.",
"Last week: Abdullah responded to protests by dismissing his entire government.",
"Jordanians, who rely heavily on international aid, have been hit hard by rising wheat and oil prices in recent months, as well as high youth unemployment.",
"The government recently restored subsidies and improved pay for civil servants, and the king directed new Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit, an ex-intelligence chief, to tackle corruption, enact political reform, spur development and strengthen democracy.",
"Though some groups have backed out of planned protests, the Islamic Action Front said it plans to continue street demonstrations Friday in protest of al-Bakhit's appointment.",
"Yemen . There has been a lot of political jockeying since pro- and anti-government demonstrators took to the streets last week .",
"Many Yemenis say they do not believe the situation there will get to the point it has reached in Egypt or Tunisia, but they also expressed concerns about unemployment and their future.",
"On Monday, Prime Minister Ali Mujawar said his country is democratic and accused opposition parties of \"trying to duplicate what happened in Tunisia and Egypt, and act as if it should be imposed on the people here in Yemen.\"",
"Last week: President Ali Abdullah Saleh had said he would not seek re-election and would not pass power to his son, but it wasn't enough for thousands of anti-government protesters who gathered near Sanaa University in the nation's capital.",
"They spoke out against poverty and demanded that Saleh, whose term ends in 2013, step down.",
"Saleh said he has requested his party to freeze debate on a constitutional amendment to end term limits until a consensus is reached.",
"Syria . A Facebook page dubbed \"Syrian Revolution 2011\" attracted 15,000 friends in a week, Time magazine reported.",
"Like other regimes in the region, Syria faces political alienation, economic dislocation and corruption, but because it has been the subject of international sanctions, it is beholden to no Western powers.",
"This separates Syria from places such as Egypt and Tunisia, analysts told the magazine.",
"According to Human Rights Watch, security services have beaten and detained protesters.",
"A candlelight vigil in old Damascus for the Egyptian protesters was broken up by people in civilian clothing, and police nearby failed to intervene.",
"When one of the vigil's organizers went to police, she was slapped and called a \"germ,\" the watchdog group said.",
"Last week: After seeing unrest in the region, President Bashar al-Assad said he would push for political reforms in his own country because waiting for protests like those in Egypt and Tunisia might make it \"too late to do any reform.\"",
"Reform activists used Facebook to call for demonstrations in Damascus, Aleppo and other cities, but it was unclear how many people would turn out.",
"By all accounts a police state, Syria has been ruled by President Bashar al-Assad for more than 10 years.",
"Before him, his father, Hafez al-Assad ruled the country for almost three decades.",
"Tunisia . A transitional government is overseeing sweeping changes after massive demonstrations forced out the country's longtime president.",
"Internet filters have disappeared and there is unfettered access to websites.",
"Journalists are learning how to create a free press and are transforming their newspapers, radio broadcasts and television stations.",
"Reforms are taking place in every region of the country, and people are expressing their opinions openly in the streets, something that didn't happen under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.",
"Still, small incidents disrupt daily activity.",
"The incidents are widely believed to be perpetrated by people who once worked for Ben Ali's secret police and are aiming to destabilize the transitional government.",
"Last week: The north African nation charged Ben Ali, as well as his wife and several relatives, with maintaining and exporting foreign currency illegally, carrying weapons and ammunition without licenses and inciting armed violence among Tunisians.",
"The ex-leader fled to Saudi Arabia last month after mass protests that left more than 100 people dead.",
"Protests there began when demonstrators -- credited with starting the ripple effect of protests across North Africa and the Middle East -- lashed out at poor living conditions, high unemployment, government corruption and repression.",
"Sudan . Final results of last month's referendum show that the southern Sudanese voted almost 99 to 1 to split from the north, leading to what will be the world's newest nation in July.",
"An election official said the vote was peaceful and transparent and \"not a single person showed up to appeal the results.\"",
"Despite the vote's smoothness, violence erupted on the north-south border when Sudanese soldiers loyal to Gabriel Tang, a southern Sudanese militia leader who fought in a 22-year-old civil war alongside the Khartoum government, refused to turn in their weapons.",
"Fifty people were killed in fighting.",
"Last week: Already faced with the expected secession of its oil-rich south and charges of genocide against President Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's government began seeing signs of unrest.",
"Police clashed with students in the capital Khartoum on Sunday as the protesters chanted, \"Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan together as one.\"",
"About 100 students hurled rocks at police officers, who pushed them back.",
"The human rights group Amnesty International said more than 20 people still being held by police \"are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.\"",
"Lebanon . Observers say that if the country doesn't find a suitable end to its political turmoil, it could become a battleground between Iran and Syria on one side and pro-Western forces on the other.",
"Attempts to form a new government have been complicated by a U.N. tribunal probing the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.",
"The tribunal is expected to implicate members of Hezbollah in the killing, which led the group to drop out of the government last month.",
"Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, this week said Arab regimes have been confronted by popular protest because of their alliances with the United States and Israel.",
"Last week: Protests erupted in January as President Michel Suleiman appointed Najib Mikati, a Hezbollah-backed politician, as prime minister.",
"Supporters of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri saw the move as a power grab by the Shiite movement that enjoys Iranian support and is designated a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department.",
"Hariri initially urged supporters to stage a \"day of rage\" and show restraint in protesting the appointment, but the demonstrations quickly grew ugly as gunshots were fired and his supporters burned tires and garbage containers in various cities.",
"Algeria . In addition to a promise to lift a state of emergency, the government also cut taxes on sugar and cooking oil and increased the supply of wheat, Time magazine reports.",
"The moves come after weeks of protests.",
"The Algerian Press Service has reported that the government is also taking measures to bolster youth employment.",
"Saad Djebbar, a London-based Algerian lawyer and political analyst, said he is skeptical.",
"\"They want to produce some sort of trick that would show that reform is under way, like what Mubarak is doing in Egypt, who appears to be using all of the tricks in the book to avoid being removed,\" he said.",
"Last week: Responding to unrest in the region, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he would lift the state of emergency in effect for nearly 20 years, according to the Algerian Press Service.",
"Last month, the country's largest opposition party called for demonstrations demanding the release of detainees and the restoration of individual and collective freedoms.",
"Opponents blame the government for a spike in food prices and say the regime has failed to use Algeria's vast energy wealth to better the lives of ordinary people.",
"CNN's Eliott C. McLaughlin, Steve Kastenbaum, Mohammed Jamjoom, Rima Maktabi, Josh Levs, Nic Robertson and Nada Husseini contributed to this report."
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"Jordan's king swears in a new government, including opposition members, newspaper editor .",
"Analyst says Syria could be immune to protests because it is a pariah state .",
"In Lebanon, Hezbollah's leader says Arab unrest stems from ties to U.S., Israel .",
"Protests prompt Algerian government to tackle food taxes, youth unemployment ."
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"(CNN) -- Mark Wilson claimed his second PGA Tour win of the season as he beat fellow American Jason Dufner at the second extra hole of a playoff to win the Phoenix Open Monday.",
"Wilson drained an 10-foot birdie putt to edge out Dufner after both had finished tied on 18-under 266 in regulation play, the tournament held over after frost delayed proceedings Sunday.",
"Wilson, who took the season-opening Sony Open is riding the crest of the wave with his fourth career PGA Tour win.",
"\"This is the best golf I've every played in my life, I don't get down on myself and I've a good attitude right now,\" he told the Golf Channel.",
"Wilson closed with a two-under 69 while Dufner went into the playoff after a fine 66 with birdies at the 16th and 18th as he chased his first Tour win.",
"His victory completed a dream weekend for Wilson, who is a big fan of Super Bowl winners, the Green Bay Packers.",
"\"I was a little more nervous today than I was expecting,\" he told the official PGA Tour website.",
"\"I didn't sleep great last night.",
"It was probably the excitement with the Super Bowl and the uncertainty of today.\"",
"His victory secured his spot in the Masters as he jumps from 91st to 51st in the world rankings.",
"Scotland's Martin Laird (65) and veteran Vijay Singh of Fiji (66) tied for third at 16-under 268.",
"Home hope Tommy Gainey, who led by one shot after 54 holes, was in the mix down the stretch, but found the water twice at the par-four 17th on his way to a triple bogey."
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"Mark Wilson wins Phoenix Open after playoff victory over fellow American Jason Dufner .",
"Wilson holes birdie putt at second extra hole for fourth career PGA Tour win .",
"Wilson took season-opening Sony Open and leads money list .",
"Martin Larid of Scotland and Fiji's Vijay Singh share third ."
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"(CNN) -- Environmentalists and indigenous-rights supporters gathered in the Brazilian capital Tuesday to protest a hydroelectric dam project that they say would be devastating to the Amazon region.",
"The demonstration, in front the congressional building in Brasilia, seeks to stop the construction of the Belo Monte dam, which they say would flood at least 400,000 hectares (nearly a million acres) of forest, displacing 40,000 indigenous people and other local residents, and destroying various species of wildlife and insects.",
"The construction of the controversial reservoir -- a $17 billion project -- was authorized in January by Brazil's Environmental Institute.",
"The contractors working on the dam, to be located on the Xingu River in Para state, have permission to clear 238 hectares of the forest, an area larger than Monaco.",
"The protesters want to give Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff a petition signed by half a million people from around the world who criticize the project.",
"The government argues that the hydroelectric dam, with a potential capacity of 11,000 megawatts, is needed to guarantee a supply of energy for a country that is growing economically.",
"Set for completion in 2015, Belo Monte would be the second-largest dam in the country, behind Tucurui.",
"Journalist Fabiana Frayssinet contributed to this report for CNN."
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"The Belo Monte hydroelectric dam would be the second-largest in Brazil .",
"The government says it is needed to provide energy to the growing economy .",
"Protesters say too large an area of the Amazon region would be flooded ."
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"(CNN) -- A tractor-trailer clipped one bus carrying students back from a college visit and then struck another head-on, leaving three dead, Mississippi authorities said Tuesday.",
"A teacher, school bus driver and the driver of the big rig died in the Tuesday afternoon incident near Calhoun City, authorities said.",
"\"I've been doing this for 41 years and this is the worst wreck with this number of people I've seen,\" said Calhoun County Sheriff Billy Gore.",
"\"It's troubling to see so many young kids so so frightened.\"",
"The school group was returning from a visit to the University of Mississippi, officials said.",
"Mitchell Diggs, a spokesman for the University of Mississippi, said the group from Ackerman High School in Choctaw County was in Oxford for a typical admissions visit for seniors.",
"The students later took a tour and had lunch before departing the campus around 1 p.m., Diggs said.",
"About 60 children were on the buses, and 10 were transported to area hospitals after the 2:30 p.m. collision, officials said.",
"One patient was airlifted, Gore said.",
"The rest suffered mostly bumps and bruises, he said.",
"The accident happened on state routes 8 and 9, which are combined for several miles.",
"Footage provided by CNN affiliate WMC in Memphis, Tennessee, showed the damaged bus on a narrow bridge.",
"The truck continued a few hundred yards before coming to a stop.",
"Calhoun City is in north central Mississippi.",
"The investigation is continuing.",
"CNN's Craig Bell and Sara Pratley contributed to this report."
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"A school group was returning from a college visit .",
"About 60 students were on the two buses ."
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"(CNN) -- Pirates in the Indian Ocean captured Saturday a general cargo ship and its 27-member Thai crew, the European Union Naval Force Somalia said.",
"Twenty-five vessels and 601 hostages are now being held by pirates in the region, officials said in a statement.",
"The Thai MV Thor Nexus was hijacked about 450 nautical miles northeast of the island of Socotra, officials said.",
"The ship was on its way to Bangladesh from Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates.",
"No details of the attack were known Saturday.",
"Pirate attacks and subsequent ransoms have become a frequent hazard for sailors off Somalia, which has had no effective central government since 1991.",
"Pirates on Monday hijacked another cargo ship, officials said.",
"The attack happened about 400 nautical miles northeast of the Seychelles.",
"At least four pirates, using two small boats and rocket-propelled grenades, boarded the MV Orna, a Panama-flagged merchant vessel owned by a United Arab Emirates company.",
"The European Union Naval Force Somalia is a multinational task force with the mission to escort merchant vessels carrying humanitarian aid of the World Food Programme and vessels of the African Union Mission in Somalia."
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"Such attacks are frequent hazard for sailors ."
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"(RollingStone.com) -- It's been almost a decade since Bright Eyes' \"Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground,\" the epic 2002 album that established Conor Oberst as the pain-strumming poet of emo and the newest of the New Dylans.",
"But the 22-year-old hadn't asked for either gig.",
"So Oberst spent the 2000s abjuring big statements, choosing to scale down his sound, bum around North America and try to figure himself out.",
"\"I've taken some comfort . ...",
". \" he sings on Bright Eyes' first album in nearly four years, \"knowing I don't have to be an exception.\"",
"The latest dispatch from Planet Conor weaves the weird knowledge he's accrued over the years into a rich, sprawling, fragmented record.",
"It's got elements of the hazy synth rock of 2005's \"Digital Ash in a Digital Urn\" and echoes of his two recent, rootsy solo albums.",
"But being Bright Eyes again mainly means a break from Solo Conor's rustic tranquility and a return to the bruised- angel indie rock of his earliest albums.",
"Oberst brings it all back home by recording in his native Omaha with Bright Eyes' other two permanent members -- multi-instrumentalist Nate Walcott and producer Mike Mogis -- plus local pals from Cursive and the Faint.",
"Gallery: Random Notes, Rock's Hottest Photos .",
"Oberst's lyrics explore a mysticism he's been messing with since 2007's \"Cassadaga.\"",
"On \"A Machine Spiritual (In the 'People's Key'),\" he's a futurist seer, tweeting happily from the end of time: \"History bows and it steps aside/In the jungle there are columns of purple light/We are starting over.\"",
"The album is full of nods to Rastafarianism, including references to \"one love\" and Zion.",
"Oberst says he loves reggae's symbolism and anti-imperialist spirit, and throughout \"People's Key\" he uses Rasta vibrations as an emotional power source.",
"On \"Haile Selassie,\" through a haze of epic images, the supernatural force \"calling me home like Haile Selassie\" ends up being a girl: \"I was swimming with you in that cenote the heavens made with black fire.\"",
"Oberst's newfound jones for Jah isn't even the trippiest thing about \"The People's Key.\"",
"Several tracks feature the spoken-word ramblings of Randy Brewer, a Texas musician Oberst met on the road.",
"Brewer's sermonettes -- about the road to enlightenment, our alien ancestors and time as a construct -- work surprisingly well leading into the gently lifting orchestrations of \"Firewall\" or closing out the prayerful electro-folk of \"One for You, One for Me.\"",
"Bright Eyes: King of Indie Rock .",
"Giving a chunk of your record over to some random old-timer's bullshit is a classic Oberst move, a way of undercutting the aura of importance people have foisted on his music since he was in high school.",
"It's especially shrewd because \"The People's Key\" contains some of his most weighty songwriting -- the head-clearing clamor of \"Haile Selassie\" or the somber \"Approximate Sunlight,\" where Oberst ruefully sings, \"It's been said we're post-everything.\"",
"His greatest quality is that he refuses to be post-anything.",
"He manages to be everything at once: folkie and punk, old soul and eternal boy, high-plains drifter and hipster heartthrob.",
"He's busy being born again every time he strums a chord.",
"Copyright © 2010 Rolling Stone."
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"It established Conor Oberst as the newest of the New Dylans .",
"Oberst spent the 2000s abjuring big statements, choosing to scale down his sound ."
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"(Health.com) -- An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration has recommended that devices used in electroconvulsive therapy ?also known as \"electroshock therapy\"?should continue to be classified as high risk.",
"The devices, which induce a seizure by delivering an electrical current to a patient's brain, are used to treat intractable cases of depression, as well as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other mental disorders.",
"On Friday, a majority of experts on the panel expressed support for classifying ECT devices as high risk for the treatment of depression and several other conditions.",
"Although the panel members \"weighed in,\" no formal vote was taken and none is expected, according to FDA spokesperson Karen Riley.",
"FDA mulls future of electroshock therapy .",
"If the FDA follows the panel's advice, as it usually does, the makers of ECT devices may need to provide the agency with additional safety and efficacy evidence, like that required for prescription drugs.",
"ECT machines are currently in a high-risk category but have so far avoided the cumbersome FDA approval process thanks to a grandfather clause.",
"Proponents of ECT were dismayed by the panel's assessment.",
"Just two small companies in the U.S. make ECT devices, and some experts worry that neither will have the resources to conduct the studies that the FDA may require, which could ultimately restrict access to the treatment.",
"\"It's going to be very unfortunate,\" says Helen Lavretsky, M.D., a professor of psychiatry at UCLA.",
"\"It's going to disappear out of our practices.",
"There are 100,000 people who undergo ECT in the U.S., and it won't be available to them.\"",
"Health.com: 10 myths about shock therapy .",
"One of the device manufacturers, the Illinois-based company Somatics, declined to comment.",
"Nancy Koenigsberg, the legal director of Disability Rights New Mexico, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, one of many patient advocacy groups that argued for stricter oversight of ECT devices in the lead-up to last week's meeting, says her organization was \"pleased\" with the outcome.",
"\"We agree that the manufacturers of ECT devices should have to go through the [pre-market approval] process to show they are clinically safe and effective,\" Koenigsberg says.",
"\"We hope the FDA takes the committee's advice.\"",
"Health.com: What ECT feels like .",
"The FDA's official decision will not be made for at least a year, and doctors can continue to use ECT devices in the interim.",
"Even if the agency requires manufacturers to seek approval for their products, the devices will remain in use during the approval process, Riley says.",
"\"We're optimistic that this life-saving procedure will continue to be available as a treatment option for patients with debilitating illnesses,\" the president of the American Psychiatric Association, Carol Bernstein, M.D., said in a statement.",
"The association supports reclassifying ECT devices as medium risk, which would preclude the need for additional research regarding their safety and effectiveness.",
"Copyright Health Magazine 2010 ."
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"The FDA's official decision will not be made for at least a year .",
"Doctors can continue to use ECT devices in the interim ."
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"(CNN) -- Police in northern Virginia charged Washington Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth with assault Saturday for punching a fellow motorist last week.",
"Haynesworth, 29, was free to leave after signing the warrant and is scheduled to appear at the Fairfax County Criminal Court on March 31, the Fairfax County Police Department said.",
"The charge stems from an allegation by an unnamed driver who said Haynesworth punched him February 2 while they were driving on the Fairfax County Parkway, police said.",
"The motorist told police the driver of a pickup truck -- whom police later determined to be Haynesworth -- was tailgating him, so he delivered a \"nonverbal hand gesture\" to the driver, Officer Shelley Broderick said.",
"The man told police that when the two stopped at a red light, Haynesworth got out of the truck and the two briefly exchanged words before Haynesworth threw a punch, according to Broderick.",
"The man called police.",
"After making a statement, he drove himself to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries, Broderick said.",
"Police said officers interviewed Haynesworth on Saturday at the Reston District Police Station before he signed the warrant.",
"Haynesworth's agent, Chad Speck, said last week it was the other driver who instigated the incident and called the accusation \"ridiculous.\"",
"In Virginia, simple assault is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine."
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"He must appear in court March 31 .",
"The alleged incident happened in Fairfax County, Virginia ."
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"(CNN) -- Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has backed his £50 million ($80.5 million) striker Fernando Torres to live up to his price tag after the Spain striker's disappointing debut against his former club Liverpool.",
"Chelsea slumped to a 1-0 home defeat with Torres giving an ineffectual display on his debut at Stamford Bridge, being substituted just after the hour mark.",
"Torres wasted a chance in the second minute and his partnership with Didier Drogba did not live up to the pre-match hype.",
"But Ancelotti pleaded for patience, saying his new striker had been in training with his new teammates for just three days ahead of the English Premier League with Liverpool.",
"\"Torres did a good job but we had difficulty to find space because Liverpool defended very well.",
"They put three defenders in the middle and we couldn't attack them,\" Ancelotti told his club's official television channel.",
"\"He has experience and confidence.",
"He didn't show problems or nerves before the game.",
"He was excited to play.",
"We have to give him time to adjust to the shape.",
"He will do it quickly.\" The defeat leaves defending champions Chelsea still 10 points adrift of leaders Manchester United, with games running out but Ancelotti is hoping Torres and the other new signing, central defender David Luiz, will be up to the task.",
"'We have fantastic players with fantastic ability.",
"It was a difficult game, obviously we are disappointed, but both Fernando Torres and David Luiz will be the future for this club,' Ancelotti added.",
"Torres admitted that Liverpool's tactics of deploying three central defenders had proved effective.",
"\"They played with three at the back and maybe we weren't expecting that,\" he told Chelsea TV.",
"\"But we have to keep fighting to the end and there are a lot of points still to be won,\" he added.",
"Meanwhile, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish was delighted by his team's performance in a fourth straight win but dismissed talk of Torres' departure being an extra incentive.",
"\"I came here to get three points, whether Carlo Ancelotti was playing up front or anyone else doesn't matter.",
"\"He (Torres) had one shot on target when Jamie Carragher did a fantastic block tackle but I'm not here to talk any somebody else's players,\" he told reporters.",
"Liverpool have moved up to a season-high sixth in the standings after their superb recent run under Dalglish."
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"Carlo Ancelotti insists his new signing Fernando Torres will live up to $80m price tag .",
"Torres made a disappointing debut in 1-0 home defeat to his old team Liverpool .",
"Spain World Cup striker Torres admits Liverpool's tactics caught his side out .",
"Liverpool have won four straight in the league under new boss Kenny Dalglish ."
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"(CNN) -- The U.S.-based IndyCar motorsport series will have only one overseas race next year after organizers decided to drop Japan from the calendar.",
"The Twin Ring Motegi circuit will host its final IndyCar event on September 18, having been the first international race to be added in 2003.",
"\"As INDYCAR and the IZOD IndyCar Series continue to evaluate their long-term plans, we must look to build the sport and its viewership,\" commercial division president Terry Angstadt said in a statement on Wednesday.",
"\"We believe it is important that the final few events on our schedule give us the opportunity to be broadcast live during times that maximize our viewing audience as we build up to the championship.\"",
"The decision means that Brazil's Sao Paulo Indy 300, held in May, will be the only race outside North America in 2012.",
"Twin Ring Motegi opened in 1997 and is owned by Mobilityland, a subsidiary of Japanese car manufacturer Honda.",
"It was the scene of Danica Patrick's historic first victory by a female driver in 2008, while overall series winners Dan Wheldon, Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan have all triumphed there.",
"Motegi, which is the only oval track in Japan, also hosts motorcycling's top class, MotoGP.",
"\"After having played host to the event for so many years with all the support and help from the people concerned, we have decided, albeit regrettably, that it is extremely difficult for the company to keep hosting a round of IndyCar Series in the face of the on-going business environment,\" Mobilityland president Hiroshi Oshima told the IndyCar website.",
"\"While it is indeed a pity to have to put a stop to the event that has been developed together with the local community, we are now set to move ahead and promote future events and motorsport programs by building on our past 13 years of experience and know-how gained from the American motorsport with its trademark spirit of challenge.\""
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"Japan's Twin Ring Motegi circuit will not host an IndyCar race in 2012 .",
"It has been dropped from the calendar as organizers seek to maximize viewing audience .",
"Sao Paulo in Brazil will be the only international event in the series next year .",
"Motegi owner says it was struggling to afford to stage the race in tough economic times ."
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"(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal was glowing with pride after winning the prestigious Laureus Sportsman of the Year award, following in the footsteps of his greatest tennis rival Roger Federer.",
"The Spaniard was honored along with American skier Lindsey Vonn, who won the top women's prize at a ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Monday.",
"\"It is very important (in terms of) personal satisfaction,\" the nine-time grand slam winner told CNN's Pedro Pinto.",
"\"This nomination is voted for by the world of sport ... the best sportsmen and sportswomen in the world voted for me, it's a real honor.",
"It was an emotional season for me, probably the most emotional of my career, so thank you very much for everyone who made this possible for me.\"",
"Federer won the men's award four successive times until champion sprinter Usain Bolt reigned in 2009 and 2010, but Nadal took this year's gong after reclaiming his world No.",
"1 ranking and winning three of the four tennis grand slam events.",
"The 24-year-old, who won the best newcomer category in 2006, headed off footballers Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta, Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel, basketball star Kobe Bryant and boxer Manny Pacquaio.",
"He said he was looking forward to returning to action after a leg injury effectively ended his hopes of completing a grand slam at the Australian Open last month.",
"\"For me, the most important thing is not being No.",
"1 but to be healthy and keep being competitive in every tournament I play,\" Nadal said.",
"It was a big night for Spain as the country's 2010 World Cup-winning footballers took out the team award, while German golfer Martin Kaymer claimed the sporting breakthrough prize and Kelly Slater notched a second U.S. success as he won the action sports category for the third time.",
"Kaymer's compatriot, visually-impaired skier and biathlete Verena Bentele, won the sportsperson with a disability award while motorcycle champion Valentino Rossi was honored for best comeback achievement.",
"French football legend Zinedine Zidane received a lifetime achievement award, while Europe's Ryder Cup-winning team -- which featured Kaymer -- won the spirit of sport prize.",
"The 26-year-old Vonn won the top award for the first time after a year in which she won gold and bronze medals at the Winter Olympics in Canada and a third consecutive overall World Cup title.",
"The most successful U.S. woman skier of all-time, she triumphed ahead of three-time winner Serena Williams, her compatriot's fellow tennis stars Kim Clijsters and Caroline Wozniacki, and athletes Jessica Ennis and Blanka Vlasic.",
"Spain's football team continued the trend that has seen the FIFA World Cup holders triumph every time since the award's inception in 2000, this time heading off treble-winning club side Inter Milan, the Ryder Cup golfers, Bryant's NBA champions the LA Lakers, Vettel's all-conquering Red Bull outfit and rugby's New Zealand All Blacks.",
"Kaymer, who was crowned Europe's No.",
"1 and has risen to second in the world rankings, was honored ahead of fellow golfers Louis Oosthuizen and Matteo Manassero, Germany World Cup star Thomas Muller and French athletes Christophe Lemaitre and Teddy Tamgho.",
"Rossi recovered from a broken leg to return to the track in just 41 days, but could not add to his seven world MotoGP titles.",
"The Italian won the comeback award from tennis star Justine Henin, athletes Carolina Kluft, Tyson Gay and Merlene Ottey, plus U.S. golfer Paula Creamer.",
"Bentele triumphed ahead of fellow Paralympic star Lauren Woolstencroft of Canada, who also won five gold medals in Vancouver last year, skier Jakub Krako, swimmers Matt Cowdrey and Daniel Dias, plus wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer, a two-time winner.",
"Slater, who won a record 10th world title in 2010, headed off nominees including Australian women's surfing star Stephanie Gilmore, last year's winner who like the American has also been shortlisted eight times."
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"Tennis star Nadal ends the two-year reign of sprint champion Usain Bolt .",
"Skier Vonn follows in the footsteps of her fellow American Serena Williams .",
"Spain's World Cup-winning team also honored, while Germans win two awards ."
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"(CNN) -- Pakistan and India have agreed to resume peace talks that broke down after the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, government ministries said Thursday.",
"\"(Pakistani) Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has expressed his satisfaction on the important decision taken both by Pakistan and India to resume full spectrum of dialogue,\" said a statement from Pakistan's foreign ministry.",
"An announcement from India's external affairs ministry said the foreign minister of Pakistan will visit India by July to \"review progress in the dialogue process.\"",
"Dates for the talks have not yet been set.",
"The decision to resume peace talks came during weekend meetings in Bhutan between the foreign secretaries of each nation.",
"\"I value this development and pay my compliments and good wishes to (Indian Prime Minister) Dr. Manmohan Singh,\" Gilani said.",
"Nirupama Rao, India's foreign secretary, said the talks will focus on a range of issues, such as terrorism and humanitarian, economic and water-related matters.",
"\"There are no overnight solutions and we need time, we need patience to resolve many of these issues.",
"So we're not raising high expectations,\" she told CNN Thursday.",
"\"We're not setting overambitious objectives.",
"But this is a re-engagement, and we have to hope for the best.\"",
"Under U.S. pressure, leaders from the nuclear neighbors held several meetings last year in a bid to restart the peace process, but no dramatic headway had been made until recently in resolving outstanding issues.",
"The two countries have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947.",
"The Himalayan territory of Kashmir -- claimed by both -- has been the cause of two of those conflicts.",
"In 2004, India and Pakistan agreed to a peace process that covers eight issues, including Kashmir, terrorism and Pakistan's concerns over river dams on the Indian side, which it sees as a threat to its water supplies.",
"Successive governments on both sides have held talks in an attempt to end their historical acrimony.",
"Singh and Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari hailed results from the negotiations in September 2008 as the countries completed four rounds of diplomatic meetings.",
"But talks were suspended two months later, in November, 2008, after the terror raid on Mumbai.",
"CNN's Reza Sayah, Sara Sidner and Harmeet Singh contributed to this report."
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"Pakistan and India have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947 .",
"The talks will include discussions on terrorism, Kashmir and humanitarian issues ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan will consider a plea deal on the charge that she stole a necklace from a jewelry store if she can avoid going to jail, her lawyer said Thursday.",
"Attorney Shawn Chapman Holley insisted, though, that the grand theft charge is \"entirely defensible.\"",
"The actress entered a not guilty plea in the case Wednesday before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz, but the judge immediately revoked her probation related to a 2007 drunk driving conviction.",
"\"Ms. Lohan maintains her innocence, and now that I've seen the police reports, I believe the case is entirely defensible,\" Holley said.",
"\"Having said that, we will entertain a discussion concerning a plea if it means no jail so that she can move forward with her recovery and her career.\"",
"Lohan was allowed to post bond on the theft charge and the probation revocation after a short hearing Wednesday.",
"Schwartz will hold a hearing February 23 to decide if the theft charge warrants sending Lohan back to jail immediately on a probation violation.",
"The court date will also be used to consider a possible negotiated resolution to the theft charge, he said.",
"At the arraignment Wednesday, Schwartz warned Lohan that she could be put back in jail if she violates the law.",
"\"Please don't push your luck, I am telling you,\" the judge said.",
"\"Things will be different.\"",
"The theft charge filed Wednesday comes five weeks after the actress was released from court-ordered drug rehabilitation and less than three weeks before a judge said he might free her from supervised probation from the drunken driving conviction.",
"Lohan was smiling at times as she sat at the defense table before the arraignment.",
"She wore a tight-fitting white dress, with her long blond hair loosely tied in the back.",
"Lohan wore what appeared to be several diamond bracelets on her right arm, complemented by diamond earrings and a large diamond-filled ring on her right hand.",
"The 24-year-old actress allegedly walked out of the Venice, California, store with the necklace on January 22, a statement from the district attorney's office said.",
"\"The owner reported the theft to the Los Angeles Police Department, which investigated the allegation and presented evidence to the D.A.",
"'s office last week.\"",
"The necklace was handed over to police just before they were to execute a search warrant to look for the jewelry in Lohan's Venice apartment last week, police said.",
"Under California's grand theft law, prosecutor Danette Meyers must prove that Lohan intended to steal the jewelry and that she carried it away from the store.",
"The penalty for a felony grand theft conviction ranges from 16 months to three years in a California state prison, varying based on the value of the property stolen and the criminal record of the defendant.",
"Shoplifting offenses are charged as petty theft if the property taken is valued at less than $950.",
"The store owner claims the \"one of a kind\" necklace is worth $2,500, police said.",
"The judge could reduce the charge to a misdemeanor, which would carry a prison sentence of no more than one year.",
"Lohan is on supervised probation for a drunken driving conviction.",
"The judge overseeing that case told her in October that he would send her to jail for 180 days if she violated her probation rules before her next court appearance, set for February 25.",
"That court date is now off, with Judge Schwartz taking over Lohan's legal cases.",
"She left the Betty Ford clinic a month ago after three months in a drug rehabilitation program.",
"The rehab stint persuaded the judge not to send Lohan to jail for failing a drug test."
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"The theft charge is \"entirely defensible,\" Lohan's lawyer says .",
"A judge will decide February 23 if the actress goes to jail .",
"Lohan faces a grand theft charge for a $2,500 necklace ."
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"Gaborone, Botswana (CNN) -- Botswana has joined the international community in commending the Egyptian people for the largely peaceful manner in which they brought about the ouster of long-time leader Hosni Mubarak.",
"The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Botswana noted in a news release the Egyptian military's pledges for a peaceful transition to democratic rule anchored on free and fair elections as well as freedom of expression and association.",
"Nevertheless, Botswana expressed some reservations about the military takeover of the government for the next six months or until the elections are held.",
"\"We are, however, concerned that the military is in charge of such transition, which in our view is not the best arrangement,\" the news release says.",
"Botswana says it is hopeful that the military will exit the political scene as soon as possible to allow a democratic process to take place.",
"The land-locked Southern African country further calls on the international community to spare no effort in working with the current leadership in Egypt to bring about meaningful change, in line with the wishes and aspirations, it says, of ordinary men and women who sacrificed their time, comforts and even lives to usher in a new era in their country.",
"Mubarak was ousted Friday after being at the helm of his North African country for nearly 30 years."
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"Botswana expresses concern \"that the military is in charge\" of the transition in Egypt .",
"It says it hopes the military will step aside as soon as possible .",
"It urges other nations to work hard to ensure meaningful change in Egypt ."
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"(CNN) -- More than 500 veterans in Ohio are being contacted by a clinic where they may have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV during routine dental work, according to Ohio Veterans Affairs communications officer Todd Sledge.",
"The Dayton, Ohio, VA clinic is contacting 535 veterans who received treatment during an 18-year period from a dentist who admitted to not washing his hands or changing gloves between patients.",
"There are 100 to 130 additional patient records still to review, according to Sledge.",
"\"We're taking a very aggressive approach and a well-planned intervention to make sure that we're contacting these folks,\" Sledge said.",
"By Tuesday evening, 436 of the 535 patients had been contacted by phone, letters and visits to shelters, according to Sledge.",
"Individuals sought by the center are known to have been treated directly by the clinician between January 1, 1992, and July 28, 2010, according to a release by the medical center.",
"The center is offering free tests to those involved and the clinic will provide all necessary care and treatment without charge should a veteran test positive for the viruses, Sledge said.",
"\"The encouragement to get tested is strictly a precautionary measure,\" Sledge said.",
"\"It's a very low risk that there's any potential contamination.\"",
"While Sledge said the testing stemmed from \"invasive procedures ... done by one single clinician,\" He did not identify that clinician and he did not release specifics about the clinician's health.",
"Sledge said the clinic is taking full accountability for those involved, whom he calls, \"our nation's heroes.\"",
"Last year the clinic closed for a month for \"re-education on infection control standards\" for the staff, Sledge said.",
"Veterans could still receive care at other facilities, Sledge said.",
"The dentist, who is currently still on staff but handling non-clinical duties, self-reported himself during an internal inspection.",
"An investigation is now underway involving reports that other workers at the clinic brought the dentist's hygiene to the attention of the center, concerns that Sledge said were valid.",
"The center is taking an \"ongoing in-depth look at a lot of aspects surrounding the allegations,\" Sledge said.",
"\"When someone brings those things to your attention,\" Sledge said, \"you need to review what practices are happening.\"",
"More information and a list of labs in contractual agreement with the Dayton center is available by calling the VA's hotline at 1-877-424-8214."
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"A clinic in Dayton is testing veterans who were treated by a dentist .",
"A Veterans Affairs spokesman calls the testing \"a precautionary measure\"\nThe dentist is still on staff, but handling non-clinical duties ."
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"Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide bomber attacked a shopping center in Kabul City on Monday afternoon killing at two people, officials said.",
"The attack took place at the City Center shopping mall, said police spokesman Hashmatiullah Stanikzai.",
"He said a guard at the mall was killed, while another was wounded.",
"The second fatality was a civilian, said Kabir Amiri, head of the central hospital."
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"NEW: Another guard is hurt, police say .",
"The attack takes place at the City Center shopping mall ."
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"(CNN) -- Making the catch was never a life or death matter for Jeff Bryant until a baby dropped from a burning apartment building in a Portland, Oregon, suburb fell into his hands Saturday morning.",
"If Bryant had failed, the boy would have landed on a concrete parking lot.",
"As it was, the child and his mother survived, but two other sons of the mother died in the blaze.",
"Bryant discovered the Milwaukie apartment building was on fire as he walked out the door of his nearby residence around 9:30 a.m. \"I could hear buzzers and saw black smoke as I walked down the alley,\" Bryant told CNN.",
"\"Then I saw a woman hanging out of a fourplex holding a baby in her hands.\"",
"Without hesitating, Bryant dumped the coffee cup he was carrying, ran to the building and yelled at the woman to drop the baby to him, he said.",
"\"Are you sure you'll catch him?\"",
"Bryant recalled the woman shouted at him.",
"\"Of course I will,\" Bryant said he replied.",
"\"I knew for a fact that I was not going to drop that baby.\"",
"Bryant, who played basketball in the eighth grade, said he wasn't thinking about snagging a rebound.",
"\"It had nothing to do with my hands, it had to with coordination,\" Bryant said.",
"That, said Bryant, and, \"I pictured one of my own children hanging out that window.\"",
"The woman, whom authorities identified as Kimberly Hasty, 24, then dropped her 1-year-old son, Wani Lemi, into Bryant's arms.",
"Bryant then ran to the far side of the parking lot to get the child away from the intense heat.",
"Hasty then jumped out of the second-story window of her apartment.",
"Bryant wrapped Wani in a quilt a friend brought to him.",
"He said he then told others who arrived at the scene to take Hasty away from the burning building.",
"\"I was worried the windows were going to explode,\" Bryant said.",
"\"Which they did.\" Bryant said the flames were so large they threatened other buildings in the complex, including his own.",
"Bryant said he then told his wife and two children to get out of their apartment.",
"Clackamas Fire District 1 spokesman Steve McAdoo said it took three minutes for firefighters to respond to the blaze.",
"By the time they arrived, the baby and his mother had been rescued and the apartment was engulfed in flames.",
"Two of her other sons -- 4-year-old Ladu Lemi and Appolo Lemi, 5 -- died after firefighters pulled them from the burning apartment building.",
"An autopsy by the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office found that the boys had died of smoke inhalation.",
"McAdoo said that had Bryant not been there, the blaze could easily have killed all four family members.",
"Hasty and her surviving son were listed in stable critical condition at a nearby hospital, authorities said.",
"The cause of the fire remains under investigation.",
"Bryant was reluctant to accept being called a hero.",
"\"I just thought it was the correct thing to do,\" he said.",
"\"If it was me and my child, I would hope a passerby would do the same thing for me.\""
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"NEW: Victims of Portland-area blaze identified .",
"Oregon mother in burning apartment tosses baby boy to safety .",
"Passerby catches, rescues baby before firefighters arrive at scene .",
"Mother and son both in \"stable critical\" condition.",
"Two other sons die in the fire ."
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"Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude \"Baby Doc\" Duvalier remained huddled inside his hotel Monday, as the reasons behind his unexpected return to Haiti and what he hopes to accomplish there remain unclear.",
"Duvalier returned to his homeland Sunday after some 25 years in exile, injecting a further dose of uncertainty into an already turbulent political situation.",
"A news conference at his hotel Monday was canceled at the last minute because the space was not equipped to handle the crowd, and no other location could be found, Henry Robert Sterlin, a Duvalier associate, told reporters.",
"Sterlin said that the former dictator had returned because he was moved by the anniversary of last year's tragic earthquake and because he missed his homeland.",
"\"He's deeply hurt in his soul after the earthquake.",
"He wanted to come back to see how is the actual Haitian situation -- of the people and of the country,\" Sterlin said about Duvalier.",
"He said he did not know how long the former leader was planning to stay.",
"Duvalier's arrival in Haiti coincides with an ongoing political crisis there, sparked by fraud allegations in a presidential election.",
"A runoff vote, scheduled for January 16, was postponed after a contested first round.",
"Human rights groups urged Haiti to arrest and prosecute the former dictator.",
"\"Duvalier's return to Haiti should be for one purpose only: to face justice,\" said Jose Miguel Vivanco, Americas director of Human Rights Watch.",
"\"Under the presidency of Duvalier ... thousands were killed and tortured, and hundreds of thousands of Haitians fled into exile.",
"His time to be held accountable is long overdue.\"",
"Amnesty International similarly said Duvalier should be brought to justice.",
"\"The widespread and systematic human rights violations committed in Haiti during Duvalier's rule amount to crimes against humanity,\" said Javier Zuniga, special adviser at Amnesty International.",
"\"Haiti is under the obligation to prosecute him and anyone else responsible for such crimes.\"",
"The Duvalier family ruled Haiti for three decades, starting in 1957 when Francois \"Papa Doc\" Duvalier was elected president.",
"He later declared himself president for life.",
"When he died in 1971, he was succeeded by his 19-year-old son, Jean-Claude \"Baby Doc\" Duvalier.",
"The younger Duvalier held onto power for 15 years before a revolt forced him to flee the country.",
"Widely accused of corruption, Duvalier has been living in France.",
"He has maintained some support in Haiti.",
"At the offices of the National Unity Party, a few dozen of his supporters gathered around a television to listen to news reports.",
"\"President Jean-Claude Duvalier, by coming back into the country it is a victory for Haiti,\" said Jean Etienne, an engineering student.",
"\"When President Jean-Claude Duvalier was in the country, it wasn't like it is now.",
"It was better.\" The former dictator is at the Karibe Hotel in Petionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince.",
"He arrived there Sunday night.",
"\"There's definite energy in the air right now,\" said Ryan Flaherty, head of security for Project Medishare.",
"\"Right now, people don't know what he's back here for.",
"People don't know if he is just visiting, or if he's here to talk about the earthquake and relief ... or, is he going to make a political move?\"",
"said Flaherty.",
"\"It's just going to be interesting to hear what he has to say.\"",
"Sunday, the United Nations restricted the movement of its staff in Port-au-Prince until further notice, or until the effects of the former leader's arrival becomes clear, said Patrick Hanson, a security officer for the United Nations in Haiti.",
"While groups of people were gathered in various parts of the city, they are calm and no violence has been reported, he said.",
"The United States likewise said it was caught off guard by Duvalier's unexpected return.",
"\"We are surprised by the timing of Duvalier's visit to Haiti.",
"It adds unpredictability at an uncertain time in Haiti's election process,\" State Department spokesman P.J.",
"Crowley said in a tweet.",
"Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council released preliminary election results in early December that showed former first lady Mirlande Manigat with 31.4% of the vote.",
"Jude Celestin, President Rene Preval's handpicked successor, came in second with 22.3%, while popular musician Michel Martelly was third with 21.8%.",
"However, a review of the results conducted by an Organization of American States monitoring team showed Martelly winning 22.2% of the vote to Celestin's 21.9%, affording Martelly a spot in a runoff election with Manigat.",
"Haiti's constitution mandates a new presidential term starting on February 7, but it is unclear whether that will happen.",
"Efforts to elect a new president are unfolding as the country is still struggling to rebuild after last year's devastating earthquake.",
"Last week, Haiti marked the first anniversary of that quake, which left more than 200,000 people dead.",
"Agnes Pierre-Louis, a local business owner, said Haitians are anxiously waiting to see what the government will do next, now that Duvalier has returned.",
"So far, Preval's administration has remained silent.",
"\"There are so many parties here and so many mixed feelings that it's really hard to know who to turn to at the moment,\" she said.",
"\"We don't know what the next week or the next couple of days will bring.\"",
"CNN's Kim Segal and journalist Jean Junior Osman contributed to this report."
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"Rights groups urge Haiti to arrest the former dictator .",
"The reasons behind Duvalier's return are not immediately clear .",
"He has been living in exile in France for about 25 years ."
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"(RollingStone.com) -- When Sam Beam stepped into the spotlight on Iron and Wine's 2002 debut, he was a novelty act.",
"That acoustic guitar, that soothingly sweet tenor voice, that flowing mountain-man beard?",
"Pop music hadn't seen anything like it since the heyday of Cat Stevens.",
"But Beam's songs -- sincere folk churners full of backwoods beauty and subtle psychedelia -- had a weird magic all their own.",
"Since then, indie rock has been overrun by extravagantly bearded, achingly earnest balladeers, but Beam started running away from the pack on 2007's \"The Shepherd's Dog,\" which juiced limpid melodies with dashes of Appalachian folk and West African rock.",
"Gallery: Keep up with rock's hottest photos in Random Notes .",
"Now, on \"Kiss Each Other Clean,\" Beam has gone pop -- at least the kind of pop you might have heard on a free-form radio station occupied by a band of hippie visionaries in 1971.",
"Beam's lovely voice anchors melodies of crystalline clarity and unshakable catchiness.",
"But the music won't stay still, moving from stormy psychedelic rock (\"Rabbit Will Run\") to white-guy funk (\"Big Burned Hand\") to what sounds like a Beach Boys version of a country-western ballad (\"Half Moon\").",
"Beam's tunes pull you merrily along, but his songs don't shy from the big issues, tackling war, politics and sex.",
"On \"Me and Lazarus,\" Beam seems to poke fun at his own minor celebrity: \"Never made the local news/Guess I had nowhere else to go.\"",
"Don't believe it: Beam's headed someplace, and it's worth following.",
"Copyright © 2010 Rolling Stone."
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"On \"Kiss Each Other Clean,\" Beam has gone pop .",
"Beam's lovely voice anchors melodies of crystalline clarity and unshakable catchiness .",
"On \"Me and Lazarus,\" Beam seems to poke fun at his own minor celebrity ."
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"(CNN) -- The stadium at the heart of the 2012 London Olympics is set to be transformed into a football ground once the Games have finished, after English Premier League side West Ham were named as the preferred future residents of the venue on Friday.",
"The 80,000 capacity stadium will replace nearby Upton Park as West Ham's home but will retain its capability to host athletics events thanks to a commitment from the east London club to keep the running track in place.",
"The decision ends a period of jostling between West Ham and -- Premier League and London rivals -- Tottenham Hotspur, who were also hoping to relocate to the arena after the Olympics.",
"Spurs proposed rebuilding a 60,000-seater, football-only venue on the same site but the plan failed to convince the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) who decide on the future use of the location.",
"\"We have made a unanimous recommendation to back West Ham as the long-term tenant,\" OPLC chairwoman Margaret Ford said at a press conference.",
"\"This represents the very best legacy for the stadium and for the communities of east London, and is a really good outcome for sport,\" she added.",
"The British government still have to finalise the confirmation of West Ham as tenants, but it is expected that they will do do in the coming weeks.",
"The soccer club maintained it was their promise, to retain the stadium's running track in line with the policy of 2012 organizers to leave an athletic legacy in the area, that helped clinch the decision.",
"\"Today is a momentous day.",
"We are proud to have been passed the Olympic torch and fully embrace the responsibility we have for keeping the flame alive,\" the club's vice chairman Karen Brady told their official website.",
"\"We have been working on this project for some time now and are just at the starting line of the race to make this a stadium that will really make the nation proud.\"",
"The news is a blow for fifth-placed top flight side Tottenham, who had wished to expand beyond their current facilities at White Hart Lane, with the financial help of American entertainment firm AEG.",
"\"The Olympic Stadium site is an essential element in the creation of a viable Olympic Park and we know that we provided a first class proposal to support the sustainability of the whole project,\" a statement on their website read.",
"Should the move become official, however, it is not the first time a Premier League club will have taken over an athletics stadium.",
"Manchester City moved from their Maine Road ground to the City of Manchester Stadium -- the venue for the 2002 Commonwealth Games -- to capitalise on its 48,000 all-seater facilities.",
"Elsewhere in Europe, Barcelona's 1992 Olympic Stadium was La Liga side Espanyol's home ground from 1997 to 2009, while Serie A club's Lazio and Roma share the use of Rome's 1960 Stadio Olympico.",
"And in Berlin the 74, 500 capacity Olympicstadion -- built for the Olympics held in the city in 1936 -- is home to German second division side Hertha BSC.",
"It also played host to matches in the 1974 and 2006 World Cups."
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"West Ham are confirmed favorites to take over London Olympic stadium .",
"East London club are favored ahead of local Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur .",
"Decision is made by Olympic Park Legacy Company in UK capital on Friday .",
"Official announcement expected to confirm West Ham can move into stadium post-2012 ."
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"(CNN) -- Argentina FA president Julio Grondona has spoken about Carlos Tevez's absence from Sergio Batista's squad that faced Portugal on Wednesday, claiming it was a disciplinary measure.",
"Media reports speculated that Tevez was omitted from the side that beat Portugal 2-1 in Switzerland as a favor to his club side Manchester City, ahead of this weekend's crucial Premier League derby against Manchester United.",
"But Grondona admitted to a radio station that Tevez was left out as a punishment for his attitude in missing last year's friendly against Brazil in Doha, only to play for City against Fulham just four days later -- scoring twice in the match.",
"Grondona told Radio Pop: \"Tevez's absence was because of his attitude when he didn't come to play against Brazil and shortly after this he took the field for his club.",
"\"That attitude didn't go down well with the coaching staff, it was a lot easier to tell us that he didn't want to come.\"",
"However, Grondona was quick to point out that Tevez was not left out because of his close friendship with former Argentina manager Diego Maradona.",
"\"Tevez's absence has nothing to do with Maradona, we cannot go down that road,'' he added.",
"''I want to leave that crystal clear.\""
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"Argentina FA president speaks out about Carlos Tevez's absence to face Portugal .",
"Julio Grondona says Tevez's omission on Wednesday was a disciplinary measure .",
"Grondona claims the coaching staff were unhappy Tevez missed friendly with Brazil .",
"Tevez blamed an injury but played for Manchester City against Fulham four days later ."
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"Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Candidates wound up a flurry of election campaigning before a midnight deadline Friday night amid reports of a violent attack on one of the candidates' campaigns.",
"The campaign of flamboyant komba-singer-turned-presidential-candidate Michel \"Sweet Micky\" Martelly issued a statement late Friday night, claiming he had survived an \"assassination attempt\" in the town of Les Cayes in southern Haiti.",
"\"Many wounded, at least one dead,\" the campaign said in a press release.",
"Haitian police officials have not responded to phone calls from CNN.",
"A spokesman for the United Nations confirmed to CNN there had been a clash in Les Cayes late Friday night, though he could not say whether there were casualties involved.",
"\"It's a confrontation between Martelly partisans and the (supporters) of another Inité senator,\" Jean-Francois Vezina, a spokesman for the United Nations police detachment in Haiti, told CNN Saturday.",
"Inite (Unity) is a well-funded political party endorsed by outgoing President Rene Preval.",
"Its presidential candidate, Jude Celestin, leads the largest block of candidates for seats in both houses of parliament, which are also up for grabs in Sunday's election.",
"\"The security guard of the Inite party used a weapon,\" Vezina said.",
"\"The only thing that we've done there is to send a Senegalese Force Police Unit to take control of the election there.\"",
"Tensions have mounted in Haiti ahead of Sunday's national elections, scheduled to be held within a year that saw a massive earthquake, a spreading cholera epidemic and recurring signs of government instability.",
"Eighteen candidates are running for the post of president.",
"Seats are also up for grabs in the Senate and in the lower house of parliament.",
"Nearly all of the candidates have campaigned on similar platforms -- fighting corruption, creating jobs, and addressing a series of natural disasters that has left the Caribbean nation reeling and prompted many to urge for a postponement of Sunday's vote.",
"Haitian elections have been historically troubled by violence as well as allegations of fraud and intimidation and the run-up to Sunday's vote has not been peaceful.",
"Last Monday, clashes erupted between supporters of two rival candidates in another southern town, resulting in at least two deaths.",
"\"Tempers are flaring, there is some political discontent,\" said Bernice Roberts, senior Haiti analyst with the International Crisis Group.",
"\"There is a perpetual crisis of confidence among political actors.",
"Plus there's a high level of social frustration regarding the response to the earthquake, regarding the response to cholera.\"",
"According to Haiti's Ministry of Public Health, more than 1,600 people have died as a result of the cholera epidemic that was first discovered on the island last month.",
"More than 60,000 people have been treated for the deadly bacteria.",
"Religious leaders, meanwhile, have been calling for calm ahead of the vote.",
"\"We are praying for peace on election day,\" said Max Beauvoir, Haiti's \"Supreme Servitor,\" or highest ranking voodoo priest, in an interview with CNN on Friday.",
"Haitian authorities are imposing strict measures to ensure security on election day.",
"After midnight Saturday, only drivers with special passes from the Conseil Electoral Provisoir, Haiti's main electoral body, will be able to operate cars or motorcycles anywhere on Haiti's roadways, according to CEP spokesman Richardson Dumel.",
"Businesses are also banned from selling alcohol from 8 p.m. Saturday until Monday, he said.",
"Gun licenses are also temporarily suspended from Saturday night until Monday."
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"At least one person was killed, the campaign of Michel Martelly says .",
"Elections are scheduled to be held Sunday ."
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"(CNN) -- Wayne Rooney's stunning overhead kick was enough to give Manchester United a 2-1 win over arch rivals Manchester City in the English Premier League on Saturday.",
"Rooney's strike, only his fifth league goal of the season, means Alex Ferguson's team extend their lead over their neighbors to eight points with a game in hand on Roberto Mancini's side.",
"United took the lead at Old Trafford through Nani on the stroke of halftime.",
"The Portugal winger beat Pablo Zabaleta before calmly slotting the ball past goalkeeper Joe Hart.",
"City equalized after 65 minutes when substitute Edin Dzeko saw his shot deflect off Spanish teammate David Silva and spin into the back of the net.",
"Has Rooney joined football's immortals?",
"But it was the home team who would claim all three points after England striker Rooney acrobatically rifled home Nani's looping cross with only 12 minutes remaining.",
"Second-placed Arsenal remain four points behind United after a 2-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Emirates Stadium.",
"Dutch striker Robin van Persie continued his impressive recent form by scoring a goal in each half as Arsene Wenger's team extended their lead over third-placed City to four points.",
"West Ham recovered from being 3-0 down at halftime to rescue a draw away at relegation rivals West Bromwich Albion.",
"West Ham overtake EPL rivals Tottenham .",
"The home team appointed former Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson as successor to the sacked Roberto di Matteo on Friday.",
"Roberto Di Matteo sacked as West Brom manager .",
"Hodgson watched from the stands as Graham Dorrans, Jerome Thomas and a Winston Reid own-goal saw West Brom take control of the opening 45 minutes.",
"Former Hoffenheim striker Demba Ba pulled one back for the Hammers just after the interval, before England's Carlton Cole scored his eighth goal of the season to make the score 3-2.",
"The comeback was completed with seven minutes left when Senegal forward Ba swept home a cross to score his second goal and West Ham's third.",
"The points lifted West Ham off the bottom of the table, while West Brom remained just above the relegation zone in 17th place.",
"Tottenham Hotspur moved into fourth position after coming from behind to beat Sunderland 2-1 at the Stadium of Light.",
"Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan gave Steve Bruce's team the lead after he turned to fire a powerful, low shot past Brazilian goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes.",
"Tottenham pulled level when Sunderland keeper Craig Gordon allowed Michael Dawson's header to squirm between his legs and into the back of the net.",
"For the second week in a row, Croatia midfielder Niko Kranjcar proved to be Tottenham's match-winner when he found the target with a sweetly-struck volley after 57 minutes.",
"The result saw the North London outfit climb above reigning champions Chelsea, who play Fulham on Monday.",
"Liverpool's run of four consecutive league wins came to an end with a 1-1 draw against Wigan Athletic at Anfield.",
"Portugal midfielder Raul Meireles gave Kenny Dalglish's side a first-half lead with his fourth goal in the last five matches.",
"But Roberto Martinez's side grabbed a point when Ivorian defender Steve Gohouri prodded the ball into the net from an Antolin Alcaraz flick-on.",
"Blackpool came from a goal down to earn a 1-1 draw at home to Gerard Houllier's Aston Villa.",
"Forward Gabriel Agbonlahor gave Villa the lead on 10 minutes after being released by England striker Darren Bent.",
"The visitors' lead lasted only four minutes after Elliot Grandin's near-post header gave Ian Holloway's team an equalizer.",
"Villa finished the match with 10 men after Cameroon midfielder Jean Makoun was given a red card for a dangerous tackle on DJ Campbell.",
"Birmingham City further eased their relegation worries with a 1-0 win over Stoke City.",
"Serbia striker Nikola Zigic grabbed a stoppage-time goal to hand the Blues a second successive league win.",
"Blackburn Rovers were held to a goalless draw at home to Newcastle United.",
"The Tynesiders remain in 10th place, while Blackburn stay in 11th.",
"Both teams have 32 points."
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"Manchester United beat Manchester City 2-1 in the English Premier League .",
"Wayne Rooney's spectacular goal means United maintain lead over title rivals .",
"Arsenal defeat Wolves 2-0; Tottenham come from behind to beat Sunderland 2-1 .",
"West Ham score three second-half goals to rescue a 3-3 draw at West Brom ."
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"(InStyle.com) -- Is there anything as romantic as a classic big screen kiss?",
"Even today -- when most Hollywood movies don't exactly fade to black after the lovers lock lips -- the best kisses still have the power to send shivers down the spine.",
"In honor of Valentine's Day, InStyle chose the most memorable cinematic embraces: upside down, on a boat, and in the pouring rain.",
"\"Gone with the Wind\" \"You need kissing badly,\" Clark Gable, as Rhett Butler, told Vivien Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara in this 1939 epic.",
"\"You should be kissed, and often.",
"And by someone who knows how.\"",
"Later on, while proposing to the twice-widowed Scarlett, he proves he's the man for the job.",
"See all 25 iconic movie kisses .",
"\"Lady and the Tramp\" She was the original uptown girl; he was a lovable drifter.",
"But when these two crazy pups came together over a very long piece of spaghetti in this 1955 animated film, it was forever.",
"\"Breakfast at Tiffany's\" Truman Capote's original 1958 novella wasn't exactly a love story, so the author was less than thrilled with the 1961 big screen adaptation.",
"(For one thing, he'd wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Holly Golightly.)",
"But audiences adored this stylish film, particularly for the final scene, in which Holly (Audrey Hepburn) and Paul (George Peppard) make a rainy New York City alley seem as romantic as any pink-streaked sunset.",
"InStyle.com: The most stylish celebrity couples .",
"\"When Harry Met Sally\" This 1989 comedy made numerous witty contributions to the romantic lexicon -- and kickstarted a (still-raging) debate as to whether men and women could \"really\" be friends -- but it was the pair's New Year's Eve reconciliation that moved viewers to tears.",
"As Billy Crystal (Harry) told Meg Ryan (Sally): \"I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.\"",
"\"Pretty Woman\" \"I don't kiss on the mouth,\" Vivian (Julia Roberts) warns Edward (Richard Gere) at the beginning of this 1990 movie.",
"So when she does, it's pivotal -- the audience understands that she's come to regard Edward as much more than a client.",
"But even that kiss can't beat the one at the happy ending, after Edward \"rescues\" Vivian on her fire escape and she promises to \"rescue him right back.\"",
"InStyle.com: Julia Roberts's Transformation .",
"\"Ghost\" Technically, in this scene from the 1990 film, Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) is making out with Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg).",
"But because Oda Mae is channeling Molly's late boyfriend Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze), it's Sam that Molly -- and the viewers -- get to see.",
"\"Titanic\" Director James Cameron initially planned to cast \"an Audrey Hepburn type\" to play the female lead in this 1997 epic, and Leonardo DiCaprio nearly turned down his role.",
"It's still captivating to see him woo Kate Winslet's Rose, even if, as DiCaprio said in a recent interview, kissing Kate is \"like kissing a family member.\"",
"InStyle.com: Kate Winslet's Transformation .",
"\"Spiderman\" The upside down kiss that Spiderman (Tobey Maguire) shared with Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) in this 2002 flick was breath-taking for Maguire, but not for the reasons you might think.",
"\"The whole time I had rainwater running up my nose,\" he said.",
"\"Then, when Kirsten rolled back the mask, she cut my air off completely.\"",
"\"Slumdog Millionaire\" It was easy to see why Jamal (Dev Patel) was so hung up on his childhood friend Latika (Freida Pinto).",
"When they finally kiss on a Mumbai train platform, it's a moment as exuberantly optimistic as the goofy dance scene that follows.",
"Bonus points for still being a couple to this off-screen day.",
"InStyle.com: Freida Pinto's Transformation .",
"\"Twilight\" Even the most diehard members of Team Jacob can't deny the romantic power of Bella and Edward's first kiss.",
"Kristen Stewart -- who's almost uniformly closemouthed about her off-screen relationship with costar Robert Pattinson -- did offer \"I get to kiss Edward Cullen,\" when asked to name a few of her favorite things about the gig.",
"See if your favorite movie kisses made our list in our expanded gallery at InStyle.com!",
"Get a FREE TRIAL issue of InStyle - CLICK HERE!",
"Copyright © 2010 Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"\"I don't kiss on the mouth,\" Vivian warns Edward at the beginning of \"Pretty Woman\"\n\"When Harry Met Sally\" kickstarted the debate as to whether men and women can be friends .",
"\"You need kissing badly,\" Rhett Butler told Scarlett O'Hara in \"Gone with the Wind\""
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"(CNN) -- Emmanuel Adebayor has praised the impact Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has had on his career, following his loan move from Manchester City last month.",
"The Togo international striker was out of the first team picture under Roberto Mancini at City, but has already scored two goals since moving to the Bernabeu on loan, with the Spanish giants having an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season.",
"Speaking to the club's official website, the former Arsenal and Monaco forward said: \"It is very easy to work with Jose Mourinho.",
"He is an excellent person and he enhances my game.",
"\"He has his own way of dealing with people.",
"He tells you what he expects you to do,\" added Adebayor.",
"Although the 26-year-old did not completely rule out a return to the English Premier League with City, he admitted he was loving life in Spain, despite not speaking the language.",
"\"I want to thank my Real Madrid teammates for helping me to adapt so easily to this league championship,\" Adebayor continued.",
"\"Granero, Ramos, Ronaldo, Pepe, and Marcelo all speak English, so they understand me and I understand them.",
"I am very happy to be here in Madrid.\""
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"Emmanuel Adebayor has praised the impact of Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho .",
"Mourinho signed Adebayor on loan from Manchester City for the rest of the season .",
"Real Madrid have an option to make the loan move permanent in the summer .",
"Adeabyor has already scored two goals for his new club and is settling in well ."
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"(CNN) -- A 2-year-old boy and his mother have been found dead inside a Massachusetts trash bin, leaving authorities Monday to track down whomever killed the two and put them there.",
"Police discovered Maria Avelina Palaguachi-Cela, 25, and her toddler son Brian Palaguachi dead in the large metal bin Sunday night in the city of Brockton, about 25 miles south of Boston.",
"Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz did not identify any suspects in the pair's killings Monday, though he did say their deaths are not a \"random act.\"",
"\"We do not believe (there) is a general threat to public safety and the community,\" Cruz told reporters.",
"\"However, this investigation is focusing on an individual who has murdered a mother and her young child.\"",
"The investigation began Sunday around 9:30 p.m. when Brockton police got an anonymous call about a body inside a bin behind the building where Palaguachi-Cela lived.",
"The woman's body was found first, and the boy's body was found sometime later.",
"Authorities told the public the boy was dead only after getting confirmation from the state medical examiner's office Monday, according to the district attorney.",
"He said it was his understanding that both bodies \"are fully intact.\"",
"\"We wanted to make sure that we had all the information that was necessary prior to making sure that we had another body,\" Cruz said, explaining the delay in announcing that the toddler, too, was found dead.",
"Brian was Palaguachi-Cela's only child living in the United States, according to the district attorney, who added that \"she does have another child in another country.\"",
"He did not say where that other child was, where Palaguachi-Cela was from originally, or if immigration authorities are involved in the investigation.",
"The mother was last seen Thursday at her home, Cruz said.",
"Others lived at her residence, though authorities have not revealed who else lived there, and the initial investigation is focusing on relatives and friends of the victims.",
"A neighbor of the victims, Denise Agnello, told CNN affiliate WHDH that the killings -- and the fact the bodies had been disposed of in a Dumpster -- were shocking.",
"\"I was horrified because I've lived here for 11 years, and nothing like this has ever happened,\" Agnello said.",
"\"That's horrendous.\" Their bodies Monday were sent to the state medical examiner in Boston, who will determine the cause and manner of their deaths.",
"The trash bin has also been moved from the scene so it can be more thoroughly examined.",
"While no one is yet in custody, the district attorney described the investigation as \"very active.\"",
"The gruesome nature of the discovery, he said, added a special urgency and sense of determination.",
"\"Who would do that to a 2-year-old child?\" Cruz said."
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"NEW: A neighbor of the victims says she is \"horrified\" by the killings .",
"The bodies of a young boy and his mother were found in the city of Brockton .",
"The district attorney asks, \"Who would do that to a 2-year-old child?\"",
"No one is in custody, no one has been named as a suspect in the pair's deaths ."
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"(CNN) -- La Liga leaders Barcelona needed a late goal from David Villa on Saturday to rescue a 1-1 draw away at Sporting Gijon.",
"Josep Guardiola's side had been on a record-breaking 16-match winning streak prior to their stalemate at El Molinon stadium.",
"The reigning Spanish champions fell behind on 15 minutes thanks to a superb solo-strike from Sporting's David Barral.",
"Barral, 27, slipped past Gerard Pique before he cut inside Diego Milito and fired a low shot across Barca goalkeeper Victor Valdes and into the corner of the net.",
"Barcelona trailed until the 80th minute, when Argentina's Lionel Messi released striker Villa.",
"The Spanish World Cup winner saw Sporting goalkeeper Ivan Cuellar off his line and executed a delicate chip from 20 yards out which sailed into the goal.",
"The result means second placed Real Madrid are now eight points behind Barcelona with one game in hand.",
"Jose Mourinho's Real travel to Barcelona to face Espanyol on Sunday.",
"Valencia moved into third place in La Liga with a 2-1 defeat of Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon Stadium.",
"Former Arsenal winger Jose Antonio Reyes put the home team ahead after only three minutes, but Spanish forward Joaquin leveled for Los Che just before halftime.",
"With four minutes remaining, Joaquin struck his second goal of the match to hand Unai Emery's team the three points.",
"The results lift Valencia above Villarreal, who face Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday.",
"In Italy, Serie A leaders AC Milan returned to winning ways on Saturday with a resounding 4-0 win over strugglers Parma.",
"Veteran Dutch midfield Clarence Seedorf opened the scoring after eight minutes, and the Rossoneri were firmly in control when January-signing Antonio Cassano doubled their lead nine minutes later.",
"On-loan Brazil forward Robinho made sure of the win for Massimiliano Allegri's team with two goals in the second half.",
"Before Saturday's clash at the San Siro, Milan had not won since a 2-0 victory over Catania on January 29."
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"La Liga leaders Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw by Sporting Gijon on Saturday .",
"AC Milan won for the first time in three games as they defeated Parma 4-0 .",
"Goals from Antonio Cassano and Clarence Seedorf were added to by a Robinho brace .",
"Valencia are up to third place in La Liga after a 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid ."
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"(CNN) -- English Premier League stars have been warned about making controversial comments on Twitter and through other social media.",
"The English Football Association (FA) outlined its policy Sunday, ruling that tweets, blogs and entries on Facebook were in the public domain and that players should exercise caution.",
"The FA's stance follows its decision to fine former Liverpool forward Ryan Babel in January for comments made about referee Howard Webb on Twitter, where he posted a mock-up picture of the official in a Manchester United shirt.",
"Arsenal's Jack Wilshere also nearly landed in hot water after complaining of \"inconsistent refereeing\" as his side threw away a four-goal lead at Newcastle last weekend.",
"Has Rooney joined football's immortals?",
"The FA made it clear it would not tolerate such comments in a statement on its official website Sunday: .",
"\"The FA has issued clarification to participants relating to the use of social networking sites, including, but not limited to Twitter, Facebook and internet blogs,\" it read.",
"\"Any comments which are deemed improper, bring the game into disrepute, or are threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting may lead to disciplinary action.\"",
"Players were also warned that while they believed their postings may be limited to a small number of people, they might still end up with a wider audience.",
"\"Consequently, care should be exercised with regards to the contents of such postings,\" added the statement.",
"\"In addition, we would remind participants that social networking postings could also lead to civil proceedings being brought by affected parties.\"",
"An increasing number of star footballers have Twitter accounts including England captain Rio Ferdinand and Aston Villa's Darren Bent, an international teammate.",
"Bent famously used his Twitter blog to criticize Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy when his move to previous club Sunderland was delayed, using strong language to show his frustration."
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"English FA warn star players about statements made on Twitter and through social media .",
"FA say such comments in public domain and could lead to disciplinary action .",
"Liverpool's Ryan Babel first Premier League player to be sanctioned for a tweet ."
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"(CNN) -- Firefighters in Washington have contained a massive blaze that started on one house's roof and spread to at least 15 other homes, authorities said.",
"Stacked logs at a saw mill were also engulfed by the fire and helped fuel the flames, Yakima County Fire Chief George Spencer said late Saturday.",
"\"We're talking thousands and thousands of logs.",
"It'll take about three or four days for that to burn out,\" he said.",
"Authorities said the fire started around 2 p.m. Saturday in the town of White Swan, located on the Yakama Indian Reservation.",
"Investigators do not know what caused the fire, Sgt.",
"George Town of the Yakima County Sheriff's Office said.",
"Firefighters have not official determined what sparked the blaze, but are considering it to be accidental, Spencer said.",
"He said the fire may have destroyed or damaged at least 15 and as many as 20 homes.",
"At least 60 firefighters from 12 different fire departments battled the flames for more than eight hours.",
"Two firefighters sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene."
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"NEW: Stacked logs at a saw mill were also engulfed by the fire .",
"The fire is on the Yakama Indian Reservation .",
"Two firefighters are injured while battling the blaze ."
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"(CNN) -- You've heard of hybrids, electric cars and vehicles that can run on vegetable oil.",
"But of all the contenders in the quest to produce the ultimate fuel-efficient car, this could be the first one to let you say, \"fill it up with air.\"",
"The compressed air car planned for the U.S. market would be a six-seater, a New York company says.",
"That's the idea behind the compressed air car, which backers say could achieve a fuel economy of 106 miles per gallon.",
"Plenty of skepticism exists, but with many Americans trying to escape sticker shock at the gas pump, the concept is generating buzz.",
"The technology has been the focus of MDI, a European company founded in 1991 by a French inventor and former race car engineer.",
"New York-based Zero Pollution Motors is the first firm to obtain a license from MDI to produce the cars in the United States, pledging to deliver the first models in 2010 at a price tag of less than $18,000.",
"The concept is similar to how a locomotive works, except compressed air -- not steam -- moves the engine's pistons, said Shiva Vencat, vice president of MDI and CEO of Zero Pollution Motors.",
"Gas still plays a role .",
"The six-seater planned for the U.S. market would be able to reach speeds of more than 90 mph and have a range of more than 800 miles thanks to a dual energy engine, Vencat said.",
"Watch what a prototype looks like and why the cars may take off in cities » .",
"The design calls for one or more tanks of compressed air under the car's floor, as well as a tank holding at least 8 gallons of fuel.",
"Whether the engine uses just air or both air and fuel would depend on how fast the car is going.",
"It would run purely on compressed air at speeds less than 35 mph, Vencat said.",
"Since the car could only go a short distance when using just air, fuel is needed to get the full range, he explained.",
"\"Above 35 mph, there is an external combustion system, which is basically a heater that uses a little bit of gasoline or biofuel or ethanol or vegetable oil that will heat the air,\" Vencat said.",
"\"Heating the air increases its volume, and by increasing its volume, it increases [the car's] range.",
"That's why with one gallon of gasoline or its equivalent we are able to make over 100 mpg.\"",
"See what the engine looks like » .",
"Vencat said an on-board compressor would refill the air tank while the car is running, or owners could refill it by plugging it into a power outlet for four hours.",
"Is it for real? Experts aren't sure Americans will be zipping around in air cars and getting 106 mpg, or more than twice the fuel economy of hybrid-electric vehicles such as the Toyota Prius.",
"It is possible to power a car with compressed air, but the mileage claim is \"at the edge of possibility,\" said John Callister, director of the Harvey Kinzelberg Entrepreneurship in Engineering program at Cornell University's College of Engineering.",
"He noted that such dramatic fuel efficiency is associated with tiny experimental cars, not bigger mainstream ones.",
"\"No one's really proven a six-seater passenger car [can get] any better than 75 miles to the gallon.",
"So this would represent a big step forward,\" Callister said.",
"\"They would have to prove that before they can throw rocks at the Prius.\"",
"Another expert expressed concern about the amount of energy it would take to generate the required air pressure: 4,500 pounds per square inch, or more than 120 times the pressure inside the tires of a typical four-door sedan.",
"\"That is above what you normally find even in an industrial setting,\" said William Bulpitt, senior research engineer at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Strategic Energy Institute.",
"\"That takes quite a compressor to do. ...",
"It takes horsepower to compress the air up to that pressure.\"",
"If you count that energy, it's hard to believe the car would be that much more efficient than an electric vehicle, Callister said.",
"India shows interest .",
"The compressed air car will get a chance to prove itself next year when it competes for the Automotive X Prize.",
"The multimillion-dollar award will go to the team that \"can win a stage race for clean, production-capable vehicles that exceed 100 mpg equivalent fuel economy,\" according to the X Prize Foundation.",
"The air-car concept has also drawn the interest of Tata Motors, India's largest automaker.",
"The company announced an agreement with MDI last year to further develop and refine the technology.",
"However, the cars have yet to hit the streets in India or anywhere else.",
"\"The project is under progress.",
"We do not yet have any timeframe for launch,\" said Debasis Ray, the head of corporate communications for Tata Motors.",
"Only prototypes exist at this point, Vencat said.",
"Light design .",
"The body of the car planned for the United States would be built with fiberglass and injected foam.",
"The chassis, composed of aluminum rods, would be glued together, not welded.",
"The design allows the car to be as light as possible, Vencat said.",
"For anyone who has doubts about its safety, he insisted computer simulations show that the vehicle would pass crash tests and meet all U.S. safety standards.",
"\"Do you think somebody would actually put millions of dollars into making a car that will not pass safety regulations?",
"There's no point in doing that,\" Vencat said.",
"Callister pointed out that there haven't been any lightweight, 100-plus mpg cars to pass crash tests but said it could be done through a \"very clever design\" of a lightweight frame.",
"A good prototype could dispel many of the doubts about the compressed air car, he added.",
"\"I don't think we should discount this advance if it happens,\" Callister said."
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"The car would be powered by a combination of compressed air and fuel .",
"A New York company is pledging to build the first models in the U.S. in 2010 .",
"The mileage claim is \"at the edge of possibility,\" an engineering expert says .",
"India shows interest in the technology; car to compete for the Automotive X Prize ."
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"Jerusalem (CNN) -- The Palestinian Authority is planning to hold overdue elections this year, a move seen as a reaction to the political discontent taking hold across the Arab world.",
"Officials said the authority will hold legislative and presidential elections no later than September in the West Bank and Gaza.",
"The announcement comes a few days after officials said they intend to hold local elections in the West Bank and Gaza.",
"Yasser Abed Rabbo, the secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, said polls will be held \"to satisfy the will of the Palestinian people.\"",
"Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi said the Palestinians believe \"it's high time\" for polls \"because we need to re-establish the legitimacy of our institutions through elections.\"",
"\"We are a big nation, we have lots of people with potential and ability and integrity and charisma and national commitment and I think we should come up with leadership that will do the job,\" she told CNN.",
"Palestinians regard these moves as a response to ferment in the Arab world -- street outrage that sparked the overthrow of strongmen in Egypt and Tunisia, a government change in Jordan, and a promise in Algeria to end the emergency rule there.",
"Also, leaders across the Arab world are envisioning reforms to address grassroots economic grievances.",
"The election announcement was also made amid a persistent focus on resolving Palestinian disputes with Israel.",
"In another development on Saturday that clouds the direction of Israeli-Palestinian talks, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat, the face of the Palestinian people to many in the West, resigned from his post.",
"The election announcement comes amid a deep political schism.",
"The West Bank government of the Palestinian Authority is dominated by the Fatah party of President Mahmoud Abbas, and Gaza is ruled by the rival Islamist group Hamas.",
"It's unclear now whether the polls will be held in Gaza since the Hamas movement rejects the authority of the Palestinian Authority government in the West Bank city of Ramallah.",
"Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum called the plan for elections \"invalid and illegal,\" claiming that Palestinian Authority leaders President Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad lack the legitimacy to make such a move.",
"He said that political reconciliation between Palestinians was necessary before elections could be held and characterized the announcement as a move by the Palestinian Authority to prevent the wave of revolutionary changes taking place in the region from spreading to the Palestinians.",
"But Ashrawi said the Palestinian Authority is trying to persuade Hamas to participate in elections and believes elections would help the state address its concerns with Israel.",
"\"We are preparing also for statehood and we believe this is an instrument for national unity -- so all these things made it imperative that we do have elections between now and September,\" she said.",
"The vote would mark the first time elections have been held in the Palestinian territories since 2006.",
"In that year, legislative elections brought Hamas into power and led to international sanctions against the Palestinian Authority until Hamas agrees to the renunciation of violence, acceptance of previous agreements between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, and the recognition of Israel.",
"Various attempts at reaching an accord through Palestinian unity talks have ended in deadlock.",
"Israel wields ultimate authority in the West Bank despite significant local autonomy there.",
"Israel withdrew its troops and citizens from Gaza in 2005, but attacks by Gaza-based militants on the Jewish state have prompted tough Israeli military responses and a stiff economic embargo.",
"\"We are undergoing a serious political crisis given the fact that Israel is continuing settlement activities -- there are no negotiations and there is no international will to hold Israel accountable,\" said Ashrawi, who's also a member of the Fatah executive committee."
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"Presidential, national elections to be held by September, authorities say .",
"A legislator says it would restore Palestinian \"legitimacy\"\nThis comes amid potent discontent in the Arab world ."
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"(CNN) -- The explosions that killed one person and wounded two others in central Stockholm, Sweden, were \"an act of terrorism,\" a Swedish police official said Sunday.",
"Two explosions occurred within minutes of each other Saturday in the district full of Christmas shoppers, Swedish authorities said.",
"A Swedish news agency and police said they received e-mailed threats 10 minutes before the explosions, but Swedish authorities have not confirmed the three events are connected, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said Sunday.",
"The Swedish Security Service said the incidents appeared to be the work of \"a single perpetrator.\"",
"Reinfeldt called the explosions \"completely unacceptable\" as he mounted an impassioned defense of Swedish society in the face of what seems to be its first suicide bombing.",
"\"This is not the path we want to go down.",
"It is very serious that this has already happened,\" he said.",
"\"Sweden is an open society,\" Reinfeldt added.",
"\"It is an open society which has demonstrated a will that people must be able to come from different backgrounds, believe in different gods or not believe in any god at all.",
"Be able to live side by side, together, in our open society.\"",
"Posts on websites that frequently feature statements and propaganda videos from Islamic radical groups posted a name and photo of a man identified as the attacker on Sunday.",
"But Swedish police did not confirm the name Sunday evening, saying they were still trying to notify relatives of the dead man.",
"Regional police chief Carin Gotblad said the bomber had \"failed.\"",
"\"While this was a very serious event, no innocent people were seriously hurt.",
"If that was the intention, then the perpetrator failed,\" she said, adding that the country would not increase its terror threat level.",
"Anders Thornberg, head of the security measures division for Swedish security police, told reporters Sunday that based on the agency's criteria for terrorism and a chief prosecutor's assessment, \"it is our judgment that this was an act of terrorism.\"",
"He said authorities are investigating whether the two explosions were related to one another, \"but there may well be a connection.\"",
"On Sunday night, London's Metropolitan Police executed a search warrant in Bedfordshire, north of London, in connection with the Stockholm probe, a police spokesman said.",
"The spokesman, who would not give his name, said the warrant was executed under Britain's Terrorism Act 2000 and that \"no arrests have been made ... and no hazardous substances have been found.\"",
"The writer of the e-mailed threats to the Swedish news agency and police mentions the presence of Swedish troops in Afghanistan and a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the prophet Mohammed, according to TT, a Swedish news wire that received the threats.",
"The e-mails contained sound files featuring a person speaking in Swedish and Arabic, TT reported.",
"About 500 Swedish troops are in Afghanistan, according to NATO's International Security Assistance Force.",
"The sender referred to Swedish silence regarding the Afghanistan troops and the controversial cartoon by Lars Vilks that depicted Mohammed as having the body of a dog.",
"\"Now your children, daughters and sisters will die like our brothers and sisters and children are dying,\" the e-mail states, according to TT.",
"\"Our actions will speak for themselves,\" the person said in an audio recording attached to the e-mail.",
"\"As long as you don't end your war against Islam and the humiliation against the prophet and with your stupid support to Lars Vilks the pig.\"",
"Police said the explosions were in a popular pedestrian shopping area.",
"\"One explosion happened at the intersection of Drottninggatan and Olof Palmes Gata,\" two busy streets in central Stockholm, said police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander.",
"She said the car exploded multiple times.",
"\"It is likely that this was some kind of gas tubes that have caused the car to explode multiple times,\" Sjolander said.",
"Two people at the site of the car explosion were hospitalized with minor injuries, Sjolander said.",
"Video on Sweden's TV4 showed flames spewing from the car, which was parked behind several other vehicles.",
"A second explosion occurred about five minutes later, at the intersection of Drottninggatan and Bryggargatan streets, Sjolander said.",
"\"We don't know at this point what caused the second explosion,\" Sjolander said, describing it as suspicious.",
"An unidentified man was found dead at the scene of the second blast.",
"A bag was found near the body, Sjolander said.",
"\"We had bomb technicians on site, but I can't give you any details of what they did,\" she said.",
"A bomb robot rolled up to the body and removed the bag for examination, according to the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.",
"Thornberg said Sunday that he could not confirm whether the man blew himself up.",
"When asked about the possibility of suicide bombing in Stockholm becoming a new trend, Thornberg replied, \"Yes, absolutely -- if that is the case, then it is very serious.\"",
"Thornberg said authorities are working on both intelligence and a normal police investigation and will try to determine \"if there may be any more acts of terrorism like this one being planned.",
"At this point, we don't think there are more acts coming, but we can't say for sure.\"",
"\"What has happened does not signify a change of the current terrorism threat level in Sweden, but we will continuously be reassessing this to see if what has happened warrants a change in threat level,\" he said.",
"In a message posted on Twitter Saturday, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said, \"Most worrying attempt at terrorist attack in crowded part of central Stockholm.",
"Failed -- but could have been truly catastrophic.\"",
"Swedish terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp told CNN that he did not believe the attacker acted alone.",
"\"This was not something where he just woke up and thought that he would blow himself up,\" said Ranstorp, a professor at the Swedish military academy and a former professor in terrorism studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.",
"The e-mail writer ended the message with a call for action \"to all Mujahadeen in Europe and Sweden,\" TT said.",
"\"Now is the time to strike, don't wait any longer,\" the message read, according to TT.",
"\"Step up with whatever you have, even if it is a knife, and I know you have more than a knife.",
"Fear no one, fear not prison, fear not death.\"",
"TT said that it was not clear from the e-mail or the audio files if the person belongs to any specific organization.",
"The person claimed to have been to the Middle East and asked family for forgiveness for lying to them.",
"\"I didn't go to the middle east to work,\" the writer said.",
"\"I went there for jihad.\"",
"CNN's Mila Sanina contributed to this report."
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"NEW: British police execute search warrant in connection with Swedish investigation .",
"Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt defends Swedish society in the face of the attack .",
"One person died, and two people were injured in the explosions .",
"Police say they received an e-mail threat before the explosions ."
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"Asuncion, Paraguay (CNN) -- Relatives and a lawyer for a Paraguayan soccer player who was shot in the head in Mexico nearly a year ago reject a suspect's claim that he was not the triggerman.",
"Jose Jorge \"J.J.\" Balderas Garza was arrested Tuesday in Mexico City in connection with the January 2010 shooting of soccer star Salvador Cabanas at a bar in the Mexican capital.",
"Cabanas suffered a gunshot wound to the head, but survived.",
"Balderas was a suspect from the start of the investigation, but he eluded authorities for nearly a year.",
"Once in custody, he denied that he was the one who pulled the trigger.",
"\"Of course he is going to say barbarities and things that are not true,\" Cabanas' wife, Maria Lorgia Alonzo, told a Paraguayan radio station.",
"\"For us, the worst has already passed.",
"The important thing is that Salvador is alive and recuperating.\"",
"Balderas pinned the shooting on his bodyguard, Francisco Barreto Garcia, who was arrested in June as an accomplice.",
"But Cabanas' lawyer, Oscar German Latorre, told CNN that evidence points to Balderas.",
"\"Because of the caliber of the gun, and the testimony of (Barreto), I think J.J.'s defense will have an arduous task to prove the innocence of their client,\" he said.",
"The Mexican authorities themselves have released the content of interrogations with Barreto and a bar employee that implicate Balderas in the shooting of the soccer player.",
"According to the Barreto's testimony, he worked as a bodyguard for Balderas and they were both at a bar in Mexico City.",
"Balderas went to the bathroom, and a few minutes later, Barreto followed, the state-run Notimex news agency reported.",
"Barreto found Balderas and Cabanas confronting each other in the bathroom, and says he saw Balderas shoot him, he told investigators, according to Notimex.",
"A bar employee who worked in the bathroom also witnessed the shooting and corroborated Barreto's story, the agency said.",
"Meanwhile, Paraguayans were pleased that an arrest was made in the case.",
"\"Finally we're content.",
"It was an atrocity that was committed against Salvador Cabanas and, well, we are confident in the Mexican justice system,\" said Carlos Ortellado.",
"\"The truth is, I hope that whoever shot at Cabanas spends a lot of time in jail because he robbed us of an idol,\" said another citizen, Jazmin Garcia.",
"Journalist Sanie Lopez contibuted to this report."
] | [
"Jose Jorge Balderas Garza was arrested in Mexico City this week .",
"He says that he did not shoot Salvador Cabanas .",
"Mexican authorities released testimony that implicates Balderas .",
"Cabanas family says Balderas is being dishonest ."
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"(CNN) -- The number of dead in clashes in Southern Sudan has more than doubled, an official said.",
"At least 211 people have been killed in recent attacks by breakaway militias loyal to George Athor, Southern Sudan's Humanitarian Minister James Kok said in a statement late Tuesday.",
"Earlier reports put the figure killed in Jonglei state at 105.",
"Kok said the attacks had continued until Tuesday evening and the death toll was expected to rise further as the bodies of women, children and other civilians who had fled into the bush were still being found.",
"The minister accused unspecified \"northern actors\" of supporting Athor and seeking to destabilize South Sudan.",
"Athor took up arms in 2010 when he was not elected governor of the Southern Sudanese state of Jonglei state .",
"His forces have been attacking villages and clashing with the Sudan People's Liberation Army, the military wing of the movement that governs Southern Sudan.",
"People in the region voted overwhelmingly for independence from the north in a recent referendum, setting the stage for it to become a new country.",
"Athor's forces have attacked the towns of Fanjak and Bor, SPLA spokesman Peter Aguer said last week.",
"Twenty SPLA soldiers, 39 civilians and 30 of the attackers were killed in the attack on Fanjak, he said.",
"Four SPLA soldiers and 12 attackers died in the Bor attack, he added.",
"The clashes took place February 9 and 10, he said.",
"Athor has accused the Southern Sudan government of election fraud, but signed a truce in January, days before the referendum.",
"As the nation readies for official independence on July 9, violence caused by renegade militias has been a concern.",
"Earlier this month, a mutiny among the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) led by soldiers loyal to militia leader Gabriel Tang resulted in up to 50 deaths.",
"Sixty-five civilians were also injured.",
"The JIUs are a coordinated military force consisting of the northern Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the southern SPLA.",
"Tang's forces had been merged into the units along with SAF.",
"Doctors Without Borders said in a statement last week that it was \"currently responding to a large influx of wounded patients as a result of clashes that began ... in Upper Nile State, Southern Sudan.\"",
"\"We are mainly seeing patients with gunshot wounds, and many have significant abdominal and limb injuries,\" said Tim Baerwaldt, head of mission for MSF in Southern Sudan.",
"CNN's Nima Elbagir and Journalist Isma'il Kushkush contributed to this report."
] | [
"At least 211 people have been killed in attacks by breakaway militias, a minister says .",
"Violence is ongoing and there may be bodies that have not been found .",
"The militia leader failed to be elected governor of Jonglei state last year, and took up arms .",
"Southern Sudan has voted to become an independent country ."
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"Mexico City (CNN) -- Headlines heralding violent news of Mexico's drug war splash across the front pages of the country's newspapers.",
"Government tallies list more than 34,600 deaths since President Felipe Calderon began a crackdown on cartels in December 2006.",
"But many stories behind the statistics are never told, Mexican journalist Marcela Turati Munoz told CNN en Español.",
"\"More of a voice has been given to the violent people; more of a voice has been given to the drug traffickers, and the victims really have not spoken,\" Turati said.",
"Through stories in her new book, \"Fuego Cruzado\" -- Spanish for \"Crossfire\" -- Turati said she hopes long-overlooked victims finally will be heard.",
"Turati conducted interviews in 10 Mexican states while researching the book, which hits shelves Tuesday.",
"In one chapter, she describes a woman, Nicole Polito Malaga, who keeps an altar to honor her three fallen children inside her wood hut.",
"They were among 24 construction workers whose bodies were found in a forest in the Mexican state of Veracruz in 2008.",
"\"We do not want their memory to be stained.",
"They were not involved with drugs.",
"They were poor, humble people,\" she says.",
"A wife describes her family's collapse after her husband disappeared.",
"A pathologist explains what goes through his mind when he examines a decapitated head.",
"Other stories are told in Turati's voice, like that of 10 children killed by an explosion in Durango state while on their way to receive \"Opportunities\" scholarships from the government.",
"Unable to afford coffins, their families shrouded them in blankets, she writes.",
"In another chapter, \"No place for the children,\" Turati takes readers to an interrogation room inside a Laredo, Texas, police station, where a Mexican teenager tells authorities about the first time he killed -- when he was 13 years old.",
"\"I thought I was Superman,\" Rosalio Reta says.",
"\"I loved doing it, killing that first person.",
"Then they tried to take my gun, but it was like taking candy from a kid.\"",
"Turati said she hopes the stories in the book will not only \"make victims visible\" but encourage others to act.",
"\"We still have time to see what is happening, reflect on what happened before and think about what type of society we are forming, with so much suffering, so much pain and so many losses,\" she said.",
"CNN's Mario Gonzalez contributed to this report."
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"\"Fuego Cruzado\" -- Spanish for \"Crossfire\" -- hits shelves Tuesday .",
"Journalist Marcela Turati Munoz says she conducted interviews in 10 Mexican states .",
"\"The victims really have not spoken,\" she says .",
"Government tallies say more than 34,600 have died in drug war since 2006 ."
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"(CNN) -- In a victory for whale conservationist group Sea Shepherd, Japan's government said Thursday it is considering canceling the whaling season.",
"If Japan does so, this would be the first time the country has canceled its whale hunt in the waters of the Antarctic since 2005, when it began a bitter battle with the animal rights group.",
"\"In response to interference conducted by Sea Shepherd, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has temporarily halted the whaling hunt in the Antarctic Ocean, considering the crew's safety as a first priority,\" Hiroshi Kawamura, an official in charge of research whaling, said on Thursday.",
"\"The ministry is considering what to do hereafter, but the total suspension of this season, which is scheduled to run until mid March, is included in the options.\"",
"Sea Shepherd's Capt.",
"Paul Watson said that the Japanese whalers have not left yet.",
"\"As long as they're here, we'll be here,\" he said from his ship in the Antarctic.",
"Japan has left its fleet of four whaling vessels in the Antarctic, as it decides what to do about the winter hunt, according to the ministry.",
"The ministry announced Wednesday that it was temporarily halting its controversial whale hunting season, blaming the Sea Shepherd activists for impeding the hunt.",
"Japan annually hunts whales, despite a worldwide moratorium on whaling, under the auspices it is conducting scientific research.",
"The moratorium allows the culling of whales for purposes of scientific research.",
"Critics call Japan's hunt a cover for commercial whaling, since the whale meat ends up in supermarkets and restaurants.",
"Animal rights groups, from Greenpeace to Sea Shepherd, and the governments of Australia and New Zealand, have publicly condemned Japan's hunts.",
"Despite the condemnations, Japan continued to hunt whales.",
"Sea Shepherd activists in 2005 started a renegade battle in the high seas against Japan's whalers.",
"They've had a number of high profile clashes, most notably last year, when one of Japan's whaling vessels collided with the Sea Shepherd's Ady Gil speedboat.",
"The captain of the Ady Gil, Paul Bethune, then snuck aboard the Japanese whaling vessel.",
"Bethune, a New Zealand citizen, was arrested and tried in Japan.",
"Bethune was convicted of assault, vandalism and three other charges but released on a suspended prison term.",
"Sea Shepherd's Paul Watson says seven years of chasing the Japanese whalers is beginning to pay off.",
"\"Right from the beginning, our objective was to sink the Japanese whaling fleet economically, to bankrupt them.",
"They're so far in debt right now, they're financially so strapped, even the Japanese government is saying, how much will we pump into this?",
"It's a dying industry.",
"It has no place in the 21st century.",
"I think it's only a matter of time before they shut it down.\""
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"Japan's whale hunting activities have been condemned by animal rights groups .",
"There is a worldwide moratorium on whaling .",
"Japan has continued its whale hunt stating that the country is doing it for scientific purposes ."
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"Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Though he faces charges of financial wrongdoing and possibly human rights abuses, former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude \"Baby Doc\" Duvalier has no plans to leave his homeland, one of his lawyers said Wednesday.",
"Attorney Reynold Georges told CNN that Duvalier would fight any charges against him and could very well get back into politics.",
"\"You can bet your life on it,\" Georges said, referring to Duvalier's intention to remain in Haiti, adding that Duvalier is looking into renovating one of his old homes.",
"Duvalier made a brief appearance Wednesday, stepping out onto a balcony of the Karibe Hotel and waving to dozens of supporters.",
"\"I will see you later,\" he said.",
"Henri Sterlin, a Duvalier associate, said Duvalier planned to make a longer address later Wednesday or Thursday.",
"Heavily armed police escorted Duvalier on Tuesday from the suburban hotel to a downtown court, where he was questioned for hours.",
"The strongman is facing charges related to the embezzlement of Haitian money for personal gain during his 15-year rule, a government source told CNN.",
"A judge has 30 days to investigate and decide whether the accusations merit moving forward with a case against Duvalier.",
"But Georges said no firm evidence was presented in court.",
"\"Blah, blah, blah,\" Georges said of the accusations.",
"\"We have nothing to hide and we are not afraid of nobody, nothing,\" he said, adding that the judge asked Duvalier when he was planning to leave.",
"\"If he wants to live in this country, that's his right,\" Georges said.",
"\"He is back to stay. He can do politics. He can come and go, do whatever he pleases as long as it is legal.\"",
"The Duvalier family ruled Haiti for three decades starting in 1957, when Francois \"Papa Doc\" Duvalier was elected president.",
"He later declared himself president for life.",
"When he died in 1971, he was succeeded by his 19-year-old son, who went by the nickname of Baby Doc.",
"Ousted from power after a popular rebellion in 1986, Baby Doc shocked the world by returning to Haiti on Sunday night after some 25 years of exile in France.",
"Human rights groups have demanded justice for a rule of brutality.",
"During his years in power, thousands were tortured and killed and hundreds of thousands of Haitians fled into exile, according to Human Rights Watch.",
"The United Nations said Tuesday that Duvalier's presence in Haiti had taken the global body by surprise and it \"clearly raises issues of impunity and accountability.\"",
"Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said a range of human rights abuses and corruption issues surround Duvalier.",
"It's still unclear why Duvalier decided to go back to Haiti but his presence certainly added to a bubbling cauldron of political turmoil sparked by a presidential election mired in controversy.",
"\"Obviously this is an important and crucial time for the people of Haiti,\" said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.",
"\"Any political leader or any former political leader should focus not only on him or herself, but on making progress towards a set of important elections,\" Gibbs said, adding that such people should dedicate \"their time and their energy toward the reconstruction of the country.\"",
"Preliminary results of the November 28 election placed former first lady Mirlande Manigat in a runoff with Jude Celestin, the candidate backed by Haiti's unpopular President Rene Preval.",
"However, international monitors charged fraud and a subsequent election review put Celestin in third place.",
"Observers suggested he be eliminated from contention.",
"Preval's government has not officially commented on Duvalier's return, though some Haitians, craving a father figure to lead the nation out of crisis, have commented favorably on the days of Duvalierism.",
"But Garry Pierre-Pierre, editor of the New York-based Haitian Times, blamed the father-son Duvalier dynasty for a nation struggling to regain footing.",
"He said the scars still run deep from an era when no one trusted each other.",
"Pierre-Pierre said he hopes justice will finally prevail.",
"\"If there is a bright spot,\" he said, \"finally we have to face that decision that we have never faced straight up.",
"We've been in denial about what happened during the 29-year reign of dictatorship of the Duvaliers.\"",
"CNN's John Zarrella, Lonzo Cook, Kim Segal, Mary Snow and Moni Basu contributed to this report."
] | [
"NEW: Duvalier waves to supporters waiting outside his hotel .",
"The former dictator would fight formal charges and could return to politics, the lawyer says .",
"Duvalier has been accused of financial wrongdoing and human rights abuses .",
"A judge must now decide whether there is merit in the accusations ."
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"Milan, Italy (CNN) -- A judge in Italy is set to announce whether Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will face an immediate trial on charges of abuse of power and sex with an underage prostitute.",
"Prosecutors in Milan filed the request for trial last week, setting in motion a five-day clock for Judge Cristina di Censo to make a decision.",
"She can order the trial to go ahead without the traditional preliminary hearing, as Milan chief prosecutor Edmundo Bruti Liberati requested, or dismiss it, allowing investigations to continue to determine if there is enough evidence for trial.",
"She can also refer the case to another jurisdiction, or request one more day to make her decision.",
"Berlusconi's lawyers have argued that the Milan courts do not have jurisdiction -- because of where the alleged crimes were committed -- or the authority to try a prime minister.",
"Prosecutors are investigating claims that Berlusconi paid for sex with nightclub dancer Karima El Mahrough, who was 17 at the time of the alleged activity, and later intervened with the police after she was arrested on an unrelated charge.",
"Berlusconi dismissed the accusations as \"groundless\" when the prosecution request was filed Wednesday, saying the call for a trial was a \"farce.\"",
"There was no abuse of power, he said.",
"And he said he was \"sorry because these (allegations) have offended the dignity of the country.",
"They've thrown mud on the government, on the country and on myself at an international level.\"",
"Thousands of Italians took to the streets across the country Sunday to protest Berlusconi's alleged behavior toward women.",
"The largest gathering was in Rome, where organizers said 100,000 people gathered, under the slogan, \"If not now, when?\"",
"In Milan, organizers estimated that 60,000 people gathered.",
"Protests also took place outside Italy, including marches in Tokyo and Geneva, Switzerland.",
"Sunday's demonstrations were the biggest anti-Berlusconi rallies since the most recent sex scandal broke.",
"Berlusconi has denied that he has ever paid anyone for sex.",
"The protests were organized by women's groups and publicized by internet.",
"The turnout surprised the organizers, who didn't want the demonstrations to be political, though that's what they became.",
"One woman who came with her family to the Milan rally told CNN that she was \"fed up with the way women are portrayed as objects in the Italian media.",
"The way that young girls are glorified by their looks and youth and then what?",
"I don't want my daughter to grow up thinking that that is the only way to be ... that the only thing that matters is to be pretty and show off their legs.",
"... We are more than that.\" In Milan, demonstrators had banners that said, \"Stop the merchandising of women,\" and \"Berlusconi enough.",
"You bring us shame.\"",
"Many of the speakers at the Milan rally criticized the way Berlusconi's sex scandal made Italy look, his behavior towards women and his promoting ex-show girls to high government positions.",
"Protesters said leaked evidence from the investigation show he has little respect for female dignity, the state-run ANSA news agency reported.",
"Wiretaps published in the media suggest he surrounded himself at parties at his home with starlets and other women hoping to use their looks to gain positions in politics or at Berlusconi's Mediaset TV empire, ANSA reported.",
"The investigation began in December, after Berlusconi called police in May, urging them to release El Mahrough, nicknamed Ruby, from jail, where she was being held on theft charges.",
"Prosecutors say the activity took place from February until May 2010.",
"Both El Mahrough, now 18, and Berlusconi have denied they ever had sex.",
"El Mahrough said she did not know Berlusconi well but that she did receive 7,000 euros (about $9,300) from him the first time they met, on Valentine's Day 2010, because a friend told Berlusconi she needed help.",
"The young woman's former roommate told investigators that El Mahrough confided to her that she did have a sexual relationship with the premier.",
"Berlusconi's party argued that he believed that Ruby was Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's niece and the phone call to the police station on her behalf was done to avoid a possible diplomatic crisis with Egypt.",
"The lower house of Italy's Parliament voted against allowing Milan prosecutors to search property belonging to Berlusconi as part of the investigation.",
"CNN's Dan Rivers contributed to this report."
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"Prosecutors want the Italian prime minister to face immediate trial .",
"He's accused of sex with an under-aged prostitute and abuse of power .",
"Berlusconi and the young woman deny they had sex .",
"Thousands of Italians in some 200 cities rally against the prime minister ."
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"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A powerful bomb planted in a car killed nine people and injured 21 others in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, a senior police official said.",
"The bomb rocked a neighborhood in the outskirts of Peshawar and destroyed several shops, said Peshawar police chief Liaqat Ali Khan.",
"A police station was nearby but it's not clear if security forces were the target of the blast, Khan said.",
"Peshawar is the gateway to the country's tribal region where security forces have been battling an insurgency led by the Pakistani Taliban.",
"Local reports on Pakistani TV showed the charred remains of a car, several shops that were gutted by the explosion and rescue crews carrying victims to safety."
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"Police: It is unclear if security forces were the target of the blast ."
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"(CNN) -- Sudan has ordered a French medical aid agency out of South Darfur state, accusing the organization of supporting rebel forces and for releasing what it called false rape reports against forces loyal to the Khartoum government, according to state-run media.",
"Sudan News Agency (SUNA) announced the expulsion of Medecins du Monde on Tuesday.",
"Appearing at a news conference in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, Gov.",
"Abdel Hamid Moussa Kasha accused the organization of sharing intelligence with the rebels of the Sudan Liberation Movement, giving them access to satellite telephones and medicine.",
"Kasha also accused the organization of publishing false rape reports and for delivering tons of expired medications to eastern Jebel Marra via the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur.",
"Médecins du Monde, or Doctors of the World, describes itself on its website as \"an international humanitarian organisation providing medical care to vulnerable populations affected by war, natural disasters, disease, famine, poverty or exclusion,\" and has a network extending to 16 countries in four continents."
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"Milan, Italy (CNN) -- Thousands of Italians took to the streets in some 200 cities across the country Sunday in protest of Prime Minister's Silvio Berlusconi's alleged behavior toward women.",
"The largest gathering was in Rome, where organizers said 100,000 people gathered, under the slogan, \"If not now, when?\"",
"In Milan, organizers estimated that 60,000 people gathered.",
"Protests also took place outside Italy, including marches in Tokyo and Geneva.",
"Sunday's demonstrations were the biggest anti-Berlusconi rallies since the most recent sex scandal broke in January, when Milan prosecutors said they were investigating whether the prime minister abused his power by helping an underaged woman, who he had allegedly paid for sex, get out of jail on a theft charge.",
"Berlusconi has denied that he has ever paid anyone for sex.",
"A string of sex scandals have dogged him.",
"The protests were organized by women's groups and publicized by internet.",
"The turnout surprised the organizers, who didn't want the demonstrations to be political, though that's what they became.",
"One woman who came with her family to the Milan rally told CNN that she was \"fed up with the way women are portrayed as objects in the Italian media.",
"The way that young girls are glorified by their looks and youth and then what?",
"I don't want my daughter to grow up thinking that that is the only way to be ... that the only thing that matters is to be pretty and show off their legs.",
"... We are more than that.\" In Milan, demonstrators had banners that said, \"Stop the merchandising of women,\" and \"Berlusconi enough.",
"You bring us shame.\"",
"Many of the speakers at the Milan rally criticized the way Berlusconi's sex scandal made Italy look, his behavior towards women and his promoting ex-show girls to high government positions.",
"Protesters said leaked evidence from the investigation show he has little respect for female dignity, the state-run ANSA news agency reported.",
"Wiretaps published in the media suggest he surrounded himself at parties at his home with starlets and other women hoping to use their looks to gain positions in politics or at Berlusconi's Mediaset TV empire, ANSA reported.",
"The investigation began in December, after Berlusconi called police in May, urging them to release Karima El Mahrough, nicknamed Ruby, from jail, where she was being held on theft charges.",
"Prosecutors say the activity took place from February until May 2010.",
"Both El Mahrough, now 18, and Berlusconi have denied they ever had sex.",
"El Mahrough said she did not know Berlusconi well but that she did receive 7,000 euros (about $9,300) from him the first time they met, on Valentine's Day 2010, because a friend told Berlusconi she needed help.",
"The young woman's former roommate told investigators that El Mahrough confided to her that she did have a sexual relationship with the premier.",
"Berlusconi's party argued that he believed that Ruby was Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's niece and the phone call to the police station on her behalf was done to avoid a possible diplomatic crisis with Egypt.",
"The lower house of Italy's Parliament voted against allowing Milan prosecutors to search property belonging to Berlusconi as part of the investigation.",
"CNN's Dan Rivers contributed to this report ."
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"(CNN) -- Amid public outrage over government corruption, unemployment and a lack of basic services, Iraq's parliament approved the appointments of eight new ministers to the Cabinet on Sunday -- but key security posts remain empty.",
"The lawmakers greenlighted candidates tapped by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for ministries that include electricity, trade and municipalities.",
"The first female minister was approved for the Cabinet to oversee women's affairs.",
"Candidates for the ministries of defense, interior and national security have not been named, though parliamentary speaker Osama al-Nujaifi told his colleagues that al-Maliki promised to submit nominees for those posts in the coming days.",
"Meanwhile, hundreds of angry demonstrators took to the streets of Ramadi -- about 100 kilometers west of Baghdad -- on Sunday, protesting against the government's inability to provide basic services.",
"Similar demonstrations have been held across Iraq in recent weeks, inspired by uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries in the region.",
"In December, after nearly a year fraught with political infighting, the parliament voted to approve al-Maliki's new government, despite the vacancies.",
"The long-awaited legislative action came more than nine months after a hotly disputed national election that threatened to inflame the country's deep sectarian tensions.",
"The government composition is inclusive of Iraq's major ethnic and sectarian groups, brought together by a fragile U.S.-backed power sharing deal agreed on in November.",
"But it is clear that sectarianism remains, as the posts were divided along ethnic and sectarian lines.",
"The prime minister has three deputies -- a Shiite, a Kurd, and a Sunni Arab, representing the three largest entities in Iraq.",
"Saleh al-Mutlaq, who has been one of al-Maliki's critics, is the Sunni deputy.",
"He had been barred from politics because of alleged ties to the Baathist party, the outlawed political movement of late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.",
"Parliament lifted that ban in December.",
"On Sunday, the parliament failed to hold a vote on three vice presidents under the power-sharing deal after some lawmakers had reservations on a Shiite candidate.",
"At the end of 2011, the United States is set to withdraw all of its troops from Iraq as part of a bilateral agreement with the Baghdad government.",
"It is too soon to predict whether that will happen or whether the United States and Iraq will negotiate an agreement to keep some U.S. soldiers there after next year."
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"Protesters have rallied in recent weeks over lack of basic services .",
"Al-Maliki's new government was approved in December ."
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"Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- A Lebanese bank has denied accusations by the U.S. Treasury Department that it is involved in laundering hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of a drug kingpin -- and rejected claims it has links with Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based militia.",
"On Thursday the Treasury described the Lebanese Canadian Bank in Beirut as a \"financial institution of primary money laundering concern.\"",
"The Treasury said it had reason to believe that managers at the bank were complicit in money laundering by Ayman Joumaa, an alleged trafficker accused by U.S. authorities of shipping drugs from South America to Europe and the Middle East through west Africa.",
"The Treasury also said its action in designating the Lebanese Canadian Bank (LCB) exposed links between the bank and Hezbollah -- which is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States.",
"Designation means that U.S. persons are prohibited from conducting financial or commercial transactions with individuals listed, whose assets under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen.",
"U.S. Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey said: \"Any financial institution that collaborates in illicit conduct on this scale risks losing its access to the United States.\"",
"The bank's chairman, Georges Zard Abou Jaoude, told CNN Friday that the bank had no relationship whatsoever with Hezbollah nor to the best of its knowledge with anyone designated by the U.S. Treasury Department.",
"Jaoude said the bank had identified an account in Joumaa's name but it had not been used in four years.",
"It had notified Lebanese regulators about the account, and the bank's books had been regularly inspected by the Special Investigation Commission, a Lebanese task force set up to counter money laundering.",
"The Treasury said Joumaa's network \"launders hundreds of millions of dollars monthly through accounts held at LCB, as well as through trade-based money laundering involving consumer goods throughout the world.\"",
"In its statement issued Thursday, the Treasury estimated that as much as $200 million was being laundered on a monthly basis.",
"\"At least one of the individuals involved in this global drug trafficking and money laundering network has worked directly with LCB managers to conduct his transactions,\" the Treasury said.",
"The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, which was also involved in the investigation, said: \"The Lebanese Canadian Bank for years has participated in a sophisticated money laundering scheme involving used cars purchased in the United States and consumer goods overseas.\"",
"The Treasury said the bank's links to Hezbollah included a subsidiary in Gambia called Prime Bank, formed in 2009, which it said was \"partially owned by a Lebanese individual known to be a supporter of Hezbollah. \"",
"Jaoude told CNN the bank rigorously adhered to all blacklists published by financial authorities around the world.",
"He said the bank had not been contacted in advance by the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control before Thursday's announcement and he was urgently trying to contact U.S. authorities.",
"\"All our books are open to the American Treasury,\" Jaoude said.",
"\"We have to clear our name,\" he said.",
"In its most recent annual report, the bank said \"it is fighting money laundering by complying with international and [Lebanese] Central Bank circulars.\"",
"The Lebanese Canadian bank has 35 branches in Lebanon, as well as its subsidiary in Gambia and an office in Canada.",
"The bank has grown quickly in recent years, from assets of $2.83 billion in 2005 to $5.18 billion in 2009.",
"Ayman Joumaa was designated in January -- along with nine individuals and 19 entities connected to his drug trafficking and money laundering.",
"A Treasury statement said he \"coordinated the transportation, distribution, and sale of multi-ton shipments of cocaine from South America and has laundered the proceeds from the sale of cocaine in Europe and the Middle East, according to investigations led by the Drug Enforcement Administration.\"",
"Joumaa's whereabouts are unknown.",
"He is believed to hold Lebanese and Colombian passports.",
"One of the entities designated along with Joumaa was a company that runs a used car business in Benin and Congo out of southern Lebanon.",
"Its manager, Iman Kharoubi, told Lebanon's Daily Star last month: \"We work in Lebanon and Congo and Benin in Africa.",
"But we do not know who Ayman Joumaa is; we don't have anything to do with him.\"",
"CNN's attempts to reach Kharoubi were unsuccessful.",
"For several years, U.S. authorities have alleged that Hezbollah is profiting from drug trafficking from South America to Europe via west Africa.",
"In June 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department designated two Venezuelans of Lebanese descent as Hezbollah financiers and supporters."
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"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Part-nationalized British banking group RBS announced massive losses for 2008, totaling £24.1 billion ($34.7 billion) on Thursday.",
"The results are the worst in British corporate history.",
"RBS's loss exceeded the previous record set by Vodafone in 2006 by more than £10 million ($14.2 million).",
"\"Last year was undeniably tough and a worsening economic environment means that 2009 will present significant challenges in all of our markets,\" said Philip Hampton, RBS chairman.",
"\"The path to recovery will be neither smooth nor straight.\"",
"The results were not quite as bad as had been expected, said CNN business anchor Charles Hodson, and they caused RBS shares to rise 25.5 percent by close of play Thursday.",
"\"This is a watershed,\" Hodson said.",
"\"RBS hopes this is a positive turning point ... that now this is where the recovery begins, with the old regime being laid to rest.\"",
"Watch as CNN's Charles Hodson analyses RBS results » .",
"Hodson added: \"RBS will hope this is as bad as it gets.",
"But there's a body of thought that says it's badly positioned.\"",
"The 2008 financial report from RBS includes a three- to five-year restructuring plan that will focus the group's business in the United Kingdom, with more limited global operations.",
"The plan includes changes in management, isolation of toxic assets, and selling or closing \"non-core\" businesses.",
"Last October, RBS was one of three major banks the British Treasury pumped $63 billion into to keep liquid.",
"The other two financial institutions were HBOS and Lloyds TSB.",
"The bailout saw the government take a 70 percent stake in RBS, making the government the bank's largest shareholder and effectively nationalizing the company.",
"\"We have moved purposefully to take major decisions that are necessary to restructure the group,\" said Stephen Hester, RBS group chief executive.",
"\"We are charting a path to standalone strength and with it the goal of justifying the support of the UK government and all our shareholders.\"",
"In January, the government announced the Asset Protection Scheme -- an effort to help British banks caught up in the global financial crisis.",
"The Treasury revealed details of the plan Thursday.",
"The plan has a number of facets benefiting the bank and the government.",
"Under the plan, the British government will insure £325 billion in RBS assets.",
"RBS must pay a \"participation fee\" of £6.5 billion to the Treasury and bear 19.5 billion of any loss -- a sort of deductible.",
"In addition, RBS will promise to lend £25 billion this year -- £9 billion for mortgage lending and £16 billion to businesses.",
"That commitment is key for the government, which has been urging banks to increase lending.",
"The government will also inject an extra £13 billion in capital -- a move that will raise the government's stake in RBS to 80 percent.",
"RBS must now start restructuring and cutting costs, and layoffs are likely.",
"\"We're going to see a much slimmer bank, a much smaller balance sheet, several billion dollars' worth of costs taken out, and hopefully that will guarantee them a future,\" Hodson said.",
"The Royal Bank of Scotland is one of Britain's oldest banks.",
"It was founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1727 and branched out to England in 1874.",
"After winning a takeover battle for British bank NatWest in 2000, RBS set its sights on Dutch bank ABN-AMRO.",
"Two years ago, RBS bought ABN-AMRO as part of a consortium with Santander and Fortis, paying $15 billion for its share out of a total of $75 billion.",
"ABN-AMRO was the source of big write-downs for RBS, leading to the government bailout in October.",
"Former RBS Chairman Tom McKillop recently admitted publicly that buying ABN-AMRO was a mistake.",
"Earlier this month, former RBS Chief Executive Fred Goodwin told members of the British Parliament he was sorry for the bank's part in the global financial crisis.",
"Watch consternation at Goodwin's £16 million pension » .",
"\"There is a profound, unqualified apology for all of the stress that has been caused,\" Goodwin said.",
"But he said the troubles at the bank were not all due to him.",
"\"It's just too simple if you want to blame it all on me,\" Goodwin said.",
"\"If you want to blame it all on me and close the book now, that'll get the job done very quickly, but it does not go anywhere close to the cause of all of this.\"",
"Goodwin, 50, faced scrutiny Thursday over his annual pension of 650,000 pounds ($933,000) following RBS's announcement.",
"British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling urged Goodwin to give up his pension, telling the BBC that \"these excesses\" cannot be justified."
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"Results are worst in British corporate history .",
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"Amman, Jordan (CNN) -- Jordan's King Abdullah II swore in a new government Wednesday with a mandate for political reform, a former general at its head and several opposition and media figures among its ranks.",
"Abdullah shook up his Cabinet last week amid protests at home.",
"While the king gave new prime minister Marouf al Bakhit orders to implement \"genuine political reform,\" Bakhit's appointment was seen as an attempt to shore up support among Jordan's Bedouin tribes -- the bedrock of the monarchy.",
"Bakhit is a former national security official who served a previous stint as prime minister, ending in 2007.",
"His Cabinet includes members of several Jordanian political parties, opposition groups, the editor of a newspaper that is sometimes critical of the government and one person considered an independent Islamist.",
"Jordan's economy has been hit hard by the global economic downturn and fast-rising commodity prices.",
"As in nearby Egypt, where longtime strongman Hosni Mubarak faces the toughest challenge to his nearly 30-year rule, youth unemployment is high.",
"Officials close to the palace told CNN last week that Abdullah is trying to turn a regional upheaval into an opportunity for reform.",
"Bakhit will serve as defense minister as well as prime minister in the new government, while Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour kept their portfolios in the shakeup.",
"Hussein Mjalli, a former head of the Jordanian lawyer's association and member of the country's opposition Baath Party, is the new justice minister.",
"A journalist, Tareq Masarweh, joined the Cabinet as culture minister, while Taher Odwan, the editor of the Jordanian daily newspaper Arab Al Yawm, will take the post of communications minister.",
"Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood has refused an offer to join the government, arguing that the prime minister should be chosen by parliament instead of the king.",
"But an independent Islamist, Abdul Raheem Ekour, was named the kingdom's Islamic affairs minister.",
"CNN's Caroline Faraj contributed to this report."
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"LONDON, England (CNN) -- If the craggy, icy west coast of Greenland doesn't inspire them, perhaps Vanessa Carlton's vodka infusions will.",
"Singer KT Tunstall relaxes as the Cape Farewell tour heads towards Disko Bay.",
"On Friday, the American singer-songwriter and self-professed \"expert infuser\" will join an unlikely ensemble of 40 artists, scientists and musicians aboard the 10-day \"Cape Farewell\" expedition to Disko Bay.",
"Musicians Jarvis Cocker, KT Tunstall, Martha Wainwright and Leslie Feist will be there negotiating the bridge with acclaimed French artist Sophie Calle, performance artist Laurie Anderson and novelist Nicole Krauss.",
"See the full crew list .",
"They're not there to perform but to be inspired by the scientists, their work and their surroundings, in the hope they'll return home with a deeper understanding of climate change.",
"\"It's two-way traffic,\" explains Cape Farewell founder, artist David Buckland.",
"\"The place itself is inspiring, the dialogue about climate change is inspiring and the science that we actually do on board is important to the scientists, but it's also inspiring to see scientists working.",
"\"You don't just look at a graph; you actually see who gets the data that feeds into the graph.",
"And from all that, the output is that we find this new language, this new way of communication and that's what the creative souls are there to do.\"",
"Around midday Friday, the sturdy and ice-strengthened science research vessel, the \"Grigory Mikheev,\" will depart Kangerlussuaq in Greenland bound for Disko Bay, a location on the west coast that provides some of the starkest examples of the island's melting ice caps.",
"There, the geologists on board will acoustically measure the seabed some two kilometers below.",
"\"What happens is that as ice melts from Greenland it lessens the weight on the land and the land rises.",
"This causes cracks to appear in the ocean seafloor -- this is what we think,\" explains Buckland, adding \"So you can measure what's happening to the landmass of Greenland by looking at the sea.\"",
"It's fair to say that the work the artists are hoping to achieve on board requires less scientific rigor.",
"When CNN spoke with British comedian Marcus Brigstocke the day before departure, he was trying to decide which suit to pack.",
"\"I'm wearing a suit jacket and a waistcoat, trying to work out what's the lightest thing I can put in my bag which will also keep me sufficiently warm if I do a stand-up routine on an iceberg.\"",
"Brigstocke joined the Cape Farewell crew last year on their most ambitious voyage yet, down the east coast of Greenland.",
"After suffering the combined trauma of seasickness and a cabin awash with sewage after a plumbing failure, Brigstocke vowed he'd \"never, ever\" do it again.",
"\"When I asked him, he sort of went white,\" Buckland laughs.",
"\"I promised him a bigger boat this time, in a cabin that doesn't do somersaults.",
"We're not sailing this time, which is a sadness for me, but it means we can do a lot more work.\"",
"On his return last year, Brigstocke wove his experience into a stand-up routine.",
"This time, he's hoping to complete the program they started filming last year on climate change and the Cape Farewell trip.",
"\"I don't know what the end result will be,\" he says.",
"\"It doesn't particularly matter.",
"The footage already is astonishing.\"",
"Vanessa Carlton, the U.S. musician best known for her Grammy-nominated single \"A Thousand Miles,\" describes herself as \"pretty green.\"",
"\"Right now I'm walking and I'm carrying a reusable grocery bag -- I've just been to the grocery store,\" she tells CNN by cell phone from New York.",
"\"I wear mostly vintage clothes.",
"I have a very energy-efficient house -- very long-lasting light bulbs.",
"Everything's off unless I really need something to be on.",
"If I'm away for a long time, I turn off my water heater.\"",
"She's intrigued to see how her experience on the Cape Farewell Expedition will manifest itself in her music.",
"She's also unsure of what she can teach the scientists on board.",
"\"Perhaps I will have a more emotional response to the surrounding than they normally do,\" she guesses, adding \"I hope that inspires their work and injects a bit of 'non-scientific' spirit into the voyage.\"",
"Or perhaps another kind of spirit: \"I'm an expert vodka infuser and will be teaching a thing or two about infusions.\"",
"It was a much more sober affair when Cape Farewell's Youth Expedition wound its way from Iceland, around the southern tip of Greenland, across the Davis Strait and down the coast of Canada earlier this month.",
"See photos of the Youth Expedition » .",
"Most of the 28 students on board returned to their respective schools this week.",
"Luisa Lizoain, a 16-year-old grade 11 student from the University of Toronto Schools described the experience as life-changing.",
"\"We went to a few small villages when we were in the north of Greenland and Baffin Island,\" Lizoain told CNN.",
"\"Meeting the people who live in the north put a face to climate change for me.\"",
"\"I want to try and raise as much awareness as possible and tell as many people as possible about this experience and what I've just seen.\"",
"Martin Rose, director of the British Council Canada, which organized the Youth Expedition with Cape Farewell, says, \"It was clear that the snow was late and the glaciers are retreating year by year.\"",
"\"There are all sorts of complicated arguments around that, but symbolically it's quite powerful to see green and red hillsides when normally there'd now be snow,\" he continued.",
"Upon boarding, the Youth Expedition students were given sketchbooks and were encouraged to spend at least ten minutes a day being creative.",
"While sketchbooks won't be standard issue for the professional artists on the Disko Bay Expedition, David Buckland says creative freedom will be encouraged.",
"\"If anybody is inspired to do anything we'll stop the boat and we'll do it, we'll find a way to do it, and that's the rule, that's the only rule: follow the inspiration.\"",
"And he doesn't care how long it takes.",
"Author Ian McEwan boarded the boat in 2005 and has only just revealed that his new book, \"A Boot Room in The Frozen North,\" is about climate change.",
"\"Brilliant. I can sit and wait for that, that's fine,\" Buckland says.",
"\"It's a difficult subject, it's a great big amorphous subject, it's abstract and therefore to try to make it real, on a human scale, that's the really important message they get across.\"",
"Everyone on board the boat will be blogging about their adventure.",
"You can have your say by posting a comment below."
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"Forty artists and scientists board science research vessel off Greenland coast .",
"Crew includes Jarvis Cocker, KT Tunstall, Vanessa Carlton, Sophie Calle .",
"\"Cape Farewell\" expedition aims to blur barriers between art and science .",
"Ten-day trip will take crew to Disko Bay to see the affects of climate change ."
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"(CNN) -- At least seven people were killed and 68 others were wounded after three car bomb explosions Wednesday in Iraq's oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, said Jamal Taher, police chief.",
"One of bombings occurred outside a building in central Kirkuk used by Kurdish security forces.",
"Another explosion occurred near an Iraqi federal police patrol in central Kirkiuk.",
"And another car bomb targeted a police patrol in south Kirkuk, Taher said.",
"These coordinated attacks resembled past attacks by al Qaeda in Iraq, Kirkuk police said .",
"In other attacks, eight civilians were wounded Wednesday morning when two roadside bombs exploded in two Baghdad neighborhoods, police said.",
"On Tuesday, an Iraqi army officer, Brigadier General Ahsan Ali Mohammed, was killed when a bomb exploded outside his house in western Baghdad's Ghazaliya neighborhood, police said."
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"There were at least 68 people wounded in the attacks in Kirkuk ."
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"(CNN) -- South African paceman Dale Steyn took four wickets as India struggled to 183 for six wickets on a truncated first day of the second Test at Kingsmead on Sunday.",
"For the second successive match of the three-Test series, India were sent in to bat in helpful bowling conditions for the home side and again struggled.",
"Styen, wth his pace and movement, proved a particular handful after the start was delayed by rain.",
"India, the world's No.1-ranked Test team, need a win to keep the series alive after a crushing defeat at Centurion, but showed little signs of a revival.",
"England in command in Ashes Test at MCG .",
"Steyn claimed both openers, Virender Sehwag (25) and Murali Vijay (19), in a spell of two for 19 in eight overs before lunch and added the wickets of Rahul Dravid (25) and VVS Laxman (38) during the afternoon session.",
"Left-armer Lonwabo Tsotsobe chipped in with the prize scalp Sachin Tendulkar, caught behind for 13 in the first over after lunch.",
"Tendulkar made his 50th Test century to provide rare cheer for India in their innings defeat in the first match, but could not repeat his heroics.",
"Tsotsobe claimed his second wicket just before tea as he removed Cheteshwar Pujara for 19.",
"He also caught Laxman superbly off Steyn's bowling as India reached tea on 168 for six wickets.",
"Only a few overs were possible in the final session before bad light brought a premature close with Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni progressing to 20 not out and Harbhajan Singh on 15 .",
"India made three changes with Vijay, Pujara and Zaheer Khan coming in for the injured Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina and Jaidev Unadkat with South Africa keeping faith with the same team."
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"(CNN) -- Numerous Arab governments have used violence to quash demonstrations in the wake of mass protests in Egypt, a leading human rights group says in a new report.",
"Human Rights Watch, which says it conducts \"rigorous, objective investigations,\" issued the report Tuesday alleging clampdowns by Palestinian leadership, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.",
"\"Images of the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have mesmerized the Arab public but have terrified their rulers,\" Sarah Leah Whitson, the group's Middle East and North Africa director, said in a statement.",
"\"They have responded with their usual mix of repression and intimidation to nip the buds of any wider democratic blossoming.\"",
"Human Rights Watch said the Palestinian Authority, which controls the West Bank, \"used violence against peaceful demonstrators\" during a rally last week in which people were supporting the Egyptian protesters.",
"\"Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that regular police and 'special forces,' identifiable by their uniforms, punched, kicked, and detained participants, as well as at least two journalists and a Human Rights Watch research assistant,\" the report said.",
"The report added that on January 30, the Palestinian Authority shut down a solidarity demonstration.",
"Hamas, which controls Gaza, \"quashed a solidarity demonstration on January 31,\" Human Rights Watch said.",
"\"The police arbitrarily arrested six women and threatened to arrest another 20 people, who had responded to a call on Facebook for a demonstration, as soon as they arrived at the Park of the Unknown Soldier in Gaza City.\"",
"CNN reported on the January 31 demonstration, in which Hamas security broke up the event and detained some female protesters.",
"CNN has also reported on the Palestinian Authority breaking up two attempts to stage small rallies.",
"The Palestinian Authority said participants did not have government permission for the rallies.",
"Witnesses said participants were pushed and shoved, and some were detained.",
"Later, both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas allowed some events supporting solidarity with Egypt to take place.",
"On Saturday, Palestinians demonstrating in support of Egyptian anti-government protesters, at an approved event in Ramallah, were forcibly dispersed when a few dozen men in civilian clothes disrupted the protest.",
"A spokesman for the Palestinian Authority security services, Maj. Gen. Adnan Dmeiri, told CNN that that demonstration \"had all the permits needed, and it is our duty as the Palestinian security to protect the demonstration, which the police and the security did.",
"Our duty is to protect and serve the people.\"",
"Human Rights Watch said that in Syria, security services briefly detained five young demonstrators at three different protests, and that on February 2, \"a group of 20 people in civilian clothing beat and dispersed 15 demonstrators who had assembled in Bab Touma in old Damascus to hold a candlelight vigil for Egyptian demonstrators.",
"Police nearby failed to intervene, one of the gathering's organizers told Human Rights Watch.",
"\"When demonstrators went to the local police station to file a complaint, a security official insulted and slapped Suheir Atassi, one of the main organizers, and accused her of being a 'germ' and an agent of foreign powers.",
"Syria's security services had summoned more than 10 activists to pressure them not to demonstrate.\"",
"Syria had no immediate public response to the report on its state-run news agency, SANA.",
"A representative of the Syrian Embassy in Washington had no immediate response.",
"In the United Arab Emirates, Human Rights Watch said, state security arrested Hasan Muhammad al-Hammadi, who \"had spoken out publicly in solidarity with the Egyptian demonstrators\" during a mosque sermon.",
"\"He remains in detention.\"",
"UAE officials did not immediately respond to a call from CNN.",
"In Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch said, \"security forces briefly arrested between 30 and 50 demonstrators in Jeddah\" on January 28, according to reports.",
"\"Police arrested demonstrators as soon as they gathered, with dozens of others scattering.\"",
"Saudi Arabia had no mention of the report on its state-run news agency, the Saudi Press Agency.",
"The Saudi Embassy in Washington had no immediate response.",
"In Yemen, Human Rights Watch said, \"police and military forces used live and rubber bullets to disperse protesters on February 3.",
"Six people were injured and 28 arrested, the Yemeni Observatory for Human Rights reported.\"",
"Mohammed Al-Basha, spokesman for the Yemeni Embassy in Washington, told CNN on Wednesday that the February 3 protests were generally peaceful.",
"\"There were some incidents\" in which \"demonstrators physically provoked police officers\" or destroyed properties, and those demonstrators were detained, he said, adding that most were later released.",
"\"Live ammunitions are never shot directly at any demonstrators,\" he added, saying that sometimes authorities will shoot into the air to disperse crowds, such as when they get close to a government building.",
"On Monday, Yemeni Prime Minister Ali Mujawar told CNN his country is \"democratic\" with a \"democratic regime,\" and accused opposition parties of \"trying to duplicate what happened in Tunisia and Egypt, and act as if it should be imposed on the people here in Yemen.\"",
"In Sudan, Human Rights Watch said, \"authorities used excessive force during largely peaceful protests on January 30 and 31 in Khartoum and other northern cities to call for an end to the National Congress Party (NCP) rule and government-imposed price increases.\"",
"\"Witnesses in Khartoum and Omdurman reported that armed riot police and national security personnel dispersed groups of protesters using pipes, sticks, and teargas, injuring several people and preventing some people from joining the protests.",
"Some protesters threw rocks at riot police, but most were peaceful, witnesses said.",
"The majority of those arrested were released within hours, but more than 20 are still missing and believed to be held by national security forces.\"",
"The Sudanese Embassy in Washington responded that the country \"affirms and protects the right of the citizens to demonstrate as they wish, provided that people abide by the rules and regulations in place, guidelines meant to ensure public order and safety.\"",
"In a statement, the embassy said \"some opportunists capitalize\" on incidents aimed at maintaining safety \"to inspire chaos or smear Sudan's image.\"",
"\"A few zealous individuals from both sides of the aisle might act in a way that contravenes the right to free expression,\" the statement added.",
"The protests might reflect \"genuine grievances relating to the economy,\" which the government recognizes, the Sudanese Embassy said.",
"\"But for effective results, order must prevail, not chaos.\"",
"U.S. State Department Human Rights Reports have criticized all these governments, to various extents, for cracking down on protests or dissent.",
"CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom, Jennifer Fenton and Kevin Flower contributed to this report."
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"Human Rights Watch official says governments are using repression and intimidation .",
"Group cites Palestinian leadership, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, the UAE, and Yemen .",
"Yemeni spokesman says protests in his country have been generally peaceful ."
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"(CNN) -- If you're a James Bond fan, times right now are as dark as one of 007's tuxedos.",
"The next Bond movie has been put on hold because of MGM's lingering financial troubles.",
"And no one knows when, or even if, a Bond movie will hit the big screen again.",
"But this week, the promise that appears at the end credits of every Bond film (\"James Bond Will Return ...\") is being kept by a pair of video games.",
"Activision is releasing two new Bond games -- \"GoldenEye 007 \" for the Nintendo Wii and \"James Bond 007: Blood Stone\" for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC -- and the voice and image of current Bond star Daniel Craig appears in both.",
"Activision's Kyle Walker boldly declares: \"This is the Bond event of 2010.\"",
"Like James Bond at the beginning of a mission, these new games face potentially hostile territory.",
"With two years gone by since the last Bond movie, \"Quantum of Solace,\" it seems the only place you see the phrase, \"Bond ... James Bond,\" these days is in the financial pages.",
"Will Bond fans raise their martini glasses to toast 007's long-awaited return in these games?",
"Or will Bond's absence from the pop culture radar cause fans to put out their own burn notice on the missing superspy and move on to something else?",
"\"Fans are going to be very happy with it,\" promises Michael O'Donnell, lead producer for \"James Bond 007: Blood Stone.\"",
"He believes \"Blood Stone's\" original story (written by Bruce Feirstein, who's co-written screenplays for three Bond films), international locations and intense action sequences will satisfy gamers and Bond film devotees alike.",
"\"The [game's] cinematic presentation will take a lot of people by surprise,\" says O'Donnell, who also cites a new Bond girl -- singer Joss Stone, who performs in the game and sings its theme song.",
"\"We're definitely going to do [James Bond] justice.\"",
"The makers of \"GoldenEye 007\" have to pull off more than just doing James Bond justice.",
"That new Wii game is an update of the classic 1997 \"GoldenEye\" game for the Nintendo 64, which itself was based on the 1995 film that introduced Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.",
"The game is still widely considered one of the best shooting games ever.",
"\"GoldenEye's\" makers are well aware that tinkering with a classic can be as dangerous as messing with Odd Job when he's cranky.",
"\"It was a massive thing when we found out we were going to working on this,\" says \"GoldenEye\" lead producer Dawn Pinkney.",
"\"You have to live up to the best shooter of all time.\"",
"The new \"GoldenEye\" has gotten a fresh coat of paint for its relaunch.",
"The dialogue has been adapted to suit Daniel Craig's man-of-few-words style; the 1990s setting of the original has been updated to resemble a 2010 world; and unlike the original, the new \"GoldenEye\" will have an online multiplayer option.",
"But even with all the changes, Pinkney insists, \"We didn't stray too far from 'GoldenEye' -- it still is 'GoldenEye.'",
"\" \"It was a bold choice on their part to remake such a favorite,\" says Morgan Webb, host of G4's video game review show \"X-Play,\" about the \"GoldenEye\" update.",
"Webb, who has yet to play the new Bond games, fears some gamers might slam the new \"GoldenEye\" for straying too far from the beloved original while others may slam it for not having changed enough to suit the times.",
"\"It runs the risk of making absolutely nobody happy,\" she says.",
"And both Bond games have to deal with another pitfall: Despite being reliable million-plus sellers, Bond titles generally don't get much respect in the video game world.",
"\"They just were so forgettable,\" G4's Webb says of 007's past gaming ventures.",
"\"They didn't really appeal to the core gamer.\"",
"With a few exceptions, most notably the original \"GoldenEye\" game and 2003's \"Everything or Nothing,\" too many previous Bond games suffered from uninspired gameplay, recycled storylines and a rushed, thrown-together feel.",
"That spotty record might make gamers wary of giving 007 another shot.",
"Still, the makers of the new Bond games are confident there are enough Bond-deprived fans out there to make \"Blood Stone\" and \"GoldenEye\" hits.",
"The question now is: Will those folks who can't see Bond on the silver screen be satisfied to play Bond on their video-game consoles?"
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"Activision's Kyle Walker boldly declares: \"This is the Bond event of 2010\"\nNew Wii game is an update of the classic 1997 \"GoldenEye\" game for the Nintendo 64 .",
"\"Blood Stone\" was written by Bruce Feirstein, who's co-written screenplays for three Bond films ."
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"Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-packed vest attacked a police recruitment center in northern Iraq Tuesday, a bloody strike that killed at least 65 people and wounded 160 others.",
"The attacker -- who blew himself up when he was among hundreds of recruits -- staged the assault at a checkpoint where people usually wait their turn to enter the center.",
"The explosion caused a fire at a fuel station nearby, police in Tikrit said, and most of those killed and wounded were young men who came to join police forces.",
"Tikrit's general hospital was overwhelmed with wounded people, some of whom had to be sent to hospitals in nearby towns of the Salaheddin province and to other locations, such as Irbil and Kirkuk.",
"Salaheddin Deputy Governor Ameen Mohammed told Iraqiya state TV that security forces in the province are on full alert, and police said the local government announced a three-day mourning period in Salaheddin.",
"Iraqi Prime Nuri al-Maliki wants to get to the bottom of the incident, which he calls the latest of similar \"heinous crimes.\"",
"He said it reflects \"clear negligence and a shortcoming by the concerned authorities, so we will follow up this matter with all seriousness in order to determine those who are negligent, particularly those who are responsible of the recruitment cases and those who are behind today's painful tragedy.\"",
"Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi deplored what he called a \"cowardly\" act.",
"\"This new tragedy added to the tragedies of the unemployment of Iraqi youth,\" al-Hashimi said.",
"The vice president called on authorities to tackle unemployment and to keep young people from sinking into hunger and crime.",
"He also said authorities need to reconsider how to protect recruits at such centers, which he called soft targets.",
"Mosques urged Tikrit residents to donate blood for the wounded.",
"The center is located nearly 100 miles north of Baghdad in Tikrit, the hometown of late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, and the facility is in one of Hussein's former palaces.",
"There has been no claim of responsibility but al Qaeda in Iraq, the Sunni Muslim-dominated militant group, has frequently claimed responsibility for such attacks.",
"Tikrit is largely a Sunni Muslim city.",
"Iraqi recruitment centers have frequently been targeted in warfare over the years.",
"On August 17, 48 were killed when suicide bombers attacked a military recruitment center in the Bab al-Moudham commercial area of central Baghdad.",
"The same center was attacked again in September, and 12 people were killed.",
"The Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group for al Qaeda in Iraq and other Sunni extremist groups, claimed responsibility for that bombing, authorities said.",
"U.S. troops have ended their combat mission in Iraq and have focused on training and advising.",
"But they feel the violence that occasionally erupts.",
"On Saturday, three U.S. soldiers were killed, two in northern Iraq and another in the central part of the country.",
"Under a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, all U.S. troops are to leave Iraq by the end of the year.",
"There are fewer than 50,000 American service members there now.",
"CNN's Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report ."
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"Tikrit is nearly 100 miles north of Baghdad .",
"Recruitment centers have been frequently attacked ."
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"(CNN) -- Eleven people were killed and 29 injured during a stampede at an election rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, officials said.",
"The stampede happened during a rally at Port Harcourt stadium in the country's southern delta, Rivers state spokesman Rita Inoma-Abbey told CNN.",
"The area is the president's home turf and a main area of support.",
"A presidential spokesman said that Jonathan has called for a full-scale investigation into the cause of the stampede.",
"The president \"has received with shock and sadness, news of the unfortunate loss of lives\" at the stadium, Ima Niboro said.",
"\"I am sad, and heavily weighed down by this incident.",
"It is sad, unfortunate and regrettable.",
"I mourn with those who mourn tonight.",
"May God grant us all the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss,\" Jonathan said.",
"The stampede follows what has been an imperfect start to Jonathan's campaign.",
"At his first campaign stop in Nassarawa state, youths defaced his posters, burned tires, and two people were killed in the confusion.",
"At another stop in Kano, supporters walked out before his speech, and in Ogun state he was criticized for calling opposition candidates \"rascals.\""
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"A stampede at an event for President Goodluck Jonathan killed 11 .",
"It was at a stadium in an area where Jonathan has a lot of support .",
"It has been an imperfect start for the president's campaign ."
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"(Fast Company) -- Forget Ashton Kutcher and Lady Gaga.",
"On Twitter, mainstream media outlets such as CNN, the New York Times, and the BBC dominate trending topics.",
"According to a new report by HP, trending topics are not determined by how many followers a user has or how prolific a tweeter that user is.",
"After studying a sample of 16.32 million tweets during the fall of 2010, researchers discovered that 22 users were the source of most trending topic retweets.",
"(Roughly 31% of tweets about a trending topic are retweets.)",
"Of these 22 influentials, 72% were Twitter accounts run by traditional news organizations, including Reuters and the Washington Post, but other digital-age media outlets such as the Huffington Post were also featured on the top trenders list.",
"(While Lady Gaga didn't make the top rankings, what appears to be some knock-off Twitter feed run by \"Lady Gonga\" did.",
"We snooped around to learn more about @LadyGonga and top result @vovo-panico, but our Portuguese is a bit rough.",
"We reached out to HP to find out why both accounts ranked among some of the world's top news outlets...stay tuned.)",
"However, the report found that social media is not a replacement for news information.",
"\"Twitter users then seem to be acting more as filter and amplifier of traditional media in most cases,\" said Bernardo Huberman, HP Senior Fellow and director of HP Labs' Social Computing Research Group.",
"This is especially true in the wake of the Egyptian unrest, when Twitter hashtags (#Mubarak, etc.)",
"for the protests were constantly trending on Twitter, but filtering users to mainstream media outlets for the most breaking news.",
"Appropriate for the 140-character format, Twitter trending topics disappear almost as fast as they come, suggesting users are hungry for more news.",
"On average, according to HP's report, 40 minutes is the longest time a topic will stay at the top of Twitter's trends.",
"Then how do you account for #JustinBieber?",
"Copyright © 2010 FastCompany.com, a unit of Mansueto Ventures, LLC.",
"All rights reserved."
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"Major news organizations are frequently cited on Twitter during major events, a report says .",
"Trending topics aren't determined by how many followers a user has .",
"The report finds that social media is not a replacement for reporting news ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama called Wednesday for a series of steps to help Americans conserve and get in touch with nature, including full funding of the $900 million Land and Water Conservation Fund for only the third time in its existence.",
"At a White House event, Obama also proposed creating a Conservation Service Corps to help young people find work in the outdoors, and extending the tax deduction for donating private land for conservation.",
"The proposals are part of an action plan by the America's Great Outdoors Initiative, which Obama launched last year to promote community conservation efforts to protect the nation's natural heritage and help people experience it.",
"\"These are the right steps to take for our environment, but they're also the right steps to take for our country,\" Obama said, citing job creation and economic growth, scientific research and helping American kids experience nature.",
"The action plan calls for creating more urban parks, restoring rivers and creating recreational \"blueways\" -- river trails designed to generate economic activity, and increasing support for protecting rural landscapes.",
"Mindful of the budget battle in Washington, Obama noted that existing government revenue from oil and gas extraction would pay to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fun, which was created in 1965 to help purchase land and water property for conservation.",
"It would be only the third time in history that the fund reached its maximum level of $900 million, Obama said to applause, adding that \"our attitude is if you take something out of the Earth, you have a responsibility to give a little bit back to the Earth.\"",
"The Conservation Service Corps would be roughly modeled on the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s to help young Americans find work involving nature and conservation.",
"\"To encourage young people to put down the remote and video games and go outside, we're going to establish a new Conservation Service Corps so they can build a lifelong relationship with their national heritage,\" Obama said to more applause.",
"Every year, America loses about 1.6 million acres of its working farms, ranches and forests to development, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.",
"CNN's Sarah Jones contributed to this story."
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"The plan includes fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund .",
"A new Conservation Service Corps would provide outdoor jobs for young people ."
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"(CNN) -- Erin and Raleigh Hill of North Carolina kept their $1 million lottery prize to themselves for almost six months, hiding the ticket in an envelope, a Bible, a shoebox and, finally, a work locker until they were ready to cash in.",
"Midafternoon Tuesday, the nervous couple knew they had to face \"the hoopla.\"",
"They drove to Raleigh to claim the Mega Million prize that was set to expire at 5 p.m. Wednesday, officials said.",
"That brought an end of recent frantic searches by others through glove compartments, cupboards and wallets -- just in case they had the winning ticket.",
"The Hills each received a lump sum of $340,000 after taxes, the North Carolina Education Lottery said in a statement.",
"The couple purchased the winning Mega Millions ticket at the Market Express in Stallings, near Matthews, in August 2010.",
"Raleigh Hill said he wasn't ready just then to collect the cash and hid the ticket, the lottery said.",
"Winners have 180 days to come forward.",
"Raleigh Hill matched all five white balls (4-13-20-29-48) with a $2 Megaplier ticket, earning an automatic $1 million prize.",
"Raleigh Hill, a baggage handler, waited several weeks after the purchase to tell his wife, Erin, a federal government employee, the lottery said.",
"He informed Erin at the end of a bad day for her.",
"\"Things aren't all that bad,\" he told her as he left the winning ticket on a computer screen after displaying the winning numbers.",
"At one point, Raleigh Hill told lottery officials, he thought he had lost the ticket before remembering it was in the shoebox in a closet.",
"The Hills, who live in Stallings, may buy a new home and take a trip to Ireland because of Erin Hill's heritage, the lottery said.",
"CNN left messages Tuesday for the Hills.",
"Esther Roach, store manager at Market Express, told CNN she had gotten about 15 calls in the past two days from people who bought lottery tickets and wanted to the know the address of her store.",
"They may have purchased tickets at multiple locations and were trying to recall whether they had been to the Stallings store.",
"\"Today has been tremendously busy,\" she said Tuesday afternoon before learning the Hills had come forward.",
"\"I barely had time to get my work done today.\"",
"The North Carolina Education Lottery says it has advice for people to avoid confusion on whether they are a winner.",
"\"We advise people to sign the back and have a system to keep up with them,\" communications director Van Denton told CNN.",
"Market Express, which won $10,000 for selling the ticket, saw a jump in sales after the lottery announced where the August winner was sold.",
"\"They thought it was a lucky store,\" Roach said.",
"\"It is good for business.\"",
"Since its inception in March 2006, the education lottery has provided about $1.76 billion for four school programs.",
"That includes money for school construction, college scholarships for students in need, teacher pay and programs to keep class sizes small, Denton said.",
"If no winner had been certified at lottery headquarters in Raleigh by the deadline, the $1 million prize would have been split between education and a fund to pay down a Medicaid shortfall in North Carolina.",
"According to the lottery, a Winterville man had less than two full business days left before his $200,000 Powerball ticket was set to expire January 4, 2009.",
"The ticket had been sitting on his dresser since he purchased it, completely forgotten about until a friend from Greensboro heard of the missing ticket and called to ask if he had ever checked his.",
"The largest prize that went unclaimed was a $800,000 Powerball ticket sold in April 2008."
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"They waited until day before deadline to come forward .",
"They say they may buy new home, travel to Ireland ."
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"(Health.com) -- More than 100 million people are expected to tune in to Super Bowl XLV this weekend, but only some of them are football fans.",
"Thanks to pregame hype and Hollywood-quality production values, Super Bowl commercials have become the main attraction for many viewers.",
"But are these blockbuster ads bad for our waistlines?",
"Food and beverage companies are expected to account for roughly one-third of the ads that will air during Sunday's game, according to Advertising Age.",
"(Car companies will take up another one-third or so, with the remainder split among websites, film studios, and retail chains.)",
"Viewers and partygoers -- including millions of children -- can expect to see ads from Doritos, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Snickers, and Budweiser.",
"Health.com: 25 diet-busting foods you should never eat .",
"In other words, a high proportion of ads are pitching soda, snacks, and other junk foods loaded with calories, sugar, sodium, and fat.",
"\"Studies show [that] if you see an ad for a product and try it for the first time, you like it more than if you didn't see the ad,\" says Jennifer Harris, Ph.D., the director of marketing initiatives at Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, in New Haven.",
"\"It really is shaping our preferences as well as triggering us to eat more.\"",
"Yes, advertising works .",
"Humor, suspense, and sexy people digging into supersize bags of Doritos have become a staple of Super Bowl commercials.",
"It's the oldest trick in the book: Make a product or brand attractive and appealing by surrounding it with attractive and appealing stuff.",
"It's tempting to believe that this strategy won't work on you.",
"In the real world, nearly everyone recognizes that people who consume a lot of soda, junk food, and beer are often overweight and unhealthy -- not exactly what's depicted on-screen.",
"And yet we give in to the ploy.",
"Health.com: 11 healthy Super Bowl snacks .",
"\"We know the effects of excessive snacks are quite adverse to people's health.",
"If you drink a lot of beer, you aren't going to get all the attractive women,\" says Frederick J. Zimmerman, Ph.D., an economist and professor of health services at the UCLA School of Public Health.",
"\"That may seem obvious, but those images work on us on a subconscious level.\"",
"Zimmerman believes the true culprit behind the obesity epidemic isn't high-fructose corn syrup, sodium, or saturated fat, per se, but rather the ubiquitous marketing that makes foods containing those ingredients appealing to Americans.",
"In his research on the health effects of television on children (and more recently adults), Zimmerman found that the number of commercials people see is more closely linked to the risk of being overweight or obese than the total time they spend watching TV.",
"Health.com: How junk foods are marketed to kids .",
"And the subconscious impact of Super Bowl ads might be even greater than that of everyday commercials, because the ads are part of the entertainment, Harris says.",
"\"If you see a commercial trying to give you information, you know exactly what it's doing,\" she says.",
"\"But if you're just being entertained, you're not looking at it in that same way, which is probably what makes it more effective.\"",
"The power of advertising has largely had a negative effect on our health, but in theory that power could be harnessed for good, says Jonathan H. Whiteson, M.D., who has seen the fallout from the obesity epidemic firsthand as the director of cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation at New York University's Langone Medical Center.",
"\"We're led to the watering hole -- or really to the burger and the beer,\" Whiteson says.",
"\"If fruit companies and tap water companies were advertising, we'd be going in that direction instead.\"",
"Can commercials make you hungry?",
"Research suggests that TV commercials can prompt you to eat.",
"Advertising triggers an \"automatic eating response\" that can make you eat more of \"basically any food that's in front of you,\" Harris says.",
"Health.com: How the pros curb food cravings http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20394811,00.html .",
"This effect was demonstrated during an experiment that Harris and her colleagues at the Rudd Center conducted in 2009.",
"The researchers randomly divided 98 young adults into three groups and showed each group an episode of the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway?",
"The participants were told that the study was about the effect of TV on mood.",
"The episodes the groups watched were identical -- except for the commercial breaks.",
"One version contained ads for junk foods (such as candy, soda, and fast food) that emphasized \"fun and excitement,\" another version had ads for nutritious foods (such as oatmeal and OJ), and a third version contained no food advertising at all.",
"(All three versions had some nonfood commercials as well.)",
"After watching the show, the study participants were moved to another room, where they were told that they could eat as much as they wanted from an array of snack foods, ranging from healthy (vegetables and dip) to not so healthy (cookies).",
"The participants who saw the unhealthy snack commercials ate the most food -- even if they reported not feeling hungry.",
"The volunteers in experiments like these generally don't think that advertising can affect their behavior in this way, Harris says.",
"\"Most people believe they have more control over everything than they actually do,\" she says.",
"\"Once people know they are influenced, then they're better able to control behaviors.\"",
"Commercials and parties: a dangerous combo?",
"Super Bowl partygoers probably won't have to go far to fulfill their cravings for the soda, chips, and other foods that they see in high definition.",
"There appears to be a certain synergy between Super Bowl ads and the menu at most Super Bowl parties.",
"Health.com: The ultimate TV party .",
"A 2001 study in the Journal of Marketing Communications that analyzed the \"likability\" of every Super Bowl ad that aired in the 1990s found that viewers consistently ranked ads from \"party-food marketers\" -- including Anheuser-Busch, Pepsi, and Frito-Lay -- high on the likability scale.",
"By contrast, ads for \"party-busting products\" such as over-the-counter medications were far less popular with viewers.",
"\"Consumers are sending a clear message that certain products interest them more than others during Super Bowl broadcasts,\" the authors concluded.",
"\"It is a good strategy to continue to advertise food and beverage products extensively during the Super Bowl because consumption peaks during the game.\"",
"Indeed, Americans are said to consume more food on Super Bowl Sunday than on any day of the year except Thanksgiving.",
"According to Whiteson, that's not such a good thing.",
"\"A little bit of soda is okay, a hot dog is okay,\" he says, but he adds that even just one day of excessive drinking or gorging on chips and soda is enough to do real harm.",
"(Some studies suggest that a big meal can even trigger a heart attack.)",
"Super Bowl may trigger heart attacks .",
"The larger problem, Whiteson says, is that the dynamic on Super Bowl Sunday isn't all that unusual.",
"The relationship between TV commercials and unhealthy eating may be more pronounced on the biggest football day of the year, but it's simply an exaggerated version of what has become a part of everyday life.",
"\"The foods that are eaten are a reflection of what people are doing throughout the year, not an isolated event,\" Whiteson says.",
"Copyright Health Magazine 2010 ."
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"There's a certain synergy between Super Bowl ads and the menu at most parties .",
"The relationship between TV commercials and unhealthy eating may be more pronounced ."
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"Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Thousands of people, many of them Iranian government supporters, turned up in Tehran on Wednesday for the funeral of a man killed in anti-government protests.",
"The gathering near Tehran University followed a crackdown on anti-government protests Monday and Tuesday's calls from Iranian lawmakers for the execution of opposition leaders.",
"Government officials said 26-year-old Sana Jaleh was shot to death Monday by members of an outlawed group called the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran.",
"The group, which is also known as the Mojahedin-e Khalq, has opposed the Iranian government for decades.",
"Government officials also claim that Jaleh was part of the pro-government Basij militia, but some who knew Jaleh dispute that account.",
"And in a statement Wednesday, the People's Mujahedeen called the government's version of events \"a preposterous lie.\"",
"According to the group, it was the Iranian authorities who fired on the demonstrators.",
"\"These desperate attempts and ludicrous allegations against the PMOI, much like clerical regime's other attempts at shutting down the internet and mobile phones, or jamming satellite television broadcasts, will prove fruitless for the shaky clerical regime,\" the group said.",
"\"The uprising and the struggle of the Iranian people shall continue until the downfall of the ruling religious fascism and the establishment of democracy.\"",
"The semi-official Fars news agency also blamed the People's Mujahedeen for a second reported death in Monday's protests.",
"Fars reported that the victim, identified as Mohammad Mokhtari, was buried on Wednesday in southern Tehran, where mourners blamed Iranian opposition leaders for his death and called for their execution.",
"Similar calls came during Jaleh's funeral procession, with demonstrators shouting anti-American slogans and holding signs calling for the prosecution of opposition leaders Mehdi Karrubi and Mir Hossein Moussavi.",
"Iranian lawmakers Tuesday called for Karrubi and Moussavi to be put to death.",
"In an interview with state-run news agency IRNA, Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hussein Mohseni-Ejei said Wednesday that \"The people have demanded the execution of these people ... and the judiciary will fulfill its duty.\"",
"Last week, the Iranian government rounded up activists after Karrubi and Moussavi called for supporters to gather at Azadi Square -- the site of mass protests by Iran's opposition movement after the disputed 2009 presidential elections.",
"Despite the security presence, tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in Tehran on Monday.",
"Meanwhile, the opposition-run Saham News website reported that at least 20 security agents broke into the home of Karrubi's son, Hossein Karrubi, on Wednesday.",
"Karrubi was not in the apartment at the time, but the agents broke down the door, ransacked his home, and destroyed much of his belongings, Saham News reported.",
"Iran's government has praised Egyptian demonstrators who brought down President Hosni Mubarak's iron-fisted rule, but at the same time is cracking down on protesters decrying its own hardline regime.",
"Mubarak resigned on Friday after 18 days of protests, and similar unrest has broken out in several other Middle Eastern states."
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"NEW: Fars news agency reports a second protester was killed Monday .",
"NEW: Iranian agents ransack the home of an opposition leader's son, the opposition reports .",
"Iran blames a banned opposition group for the deaths, but the group denies that .",
"The crowd at the funeral is mostly made up of government supporters ."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- The judge delayed a decision on allowing a new lawyer to join Dr. Conrad Murray's defense team until he can determine if there is a conflict of interest.",
"The lawyer, Nareg Gourjian, had worked on Michael Jackson's child molestation defense.",
"Murray, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, wants Gourjian to replace Joseph Low, who left the defense team earlier this month.",
"Gourjian's former law firm, headed by lawyer Mark Geragos, raised the possible conflict of interest before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor at a hearing Tuesday.",
"\"We have a great amount of respect for Mr. Gourjian, but it is our duty to disclose his participation in our past representation for Mr. Jackson,\" Geragos and Geragos attorney Pat Harris said.",
"The Geragos firm represented Jackson for two years starting in 2003, when he was charged with child molestation.",
"Jackson replaced Geragos with Thomas Mesereau in 2004, saying he wanted an attorney who would devote his full time to his case.",
"Geragos was also defending Scott Peterson, who was charged with murdering his wife, at the same time.",
"Gourjian told the judge he was \"in no way inolved\" in the Jackson case because he was \"a brand-new lawyer\" busy working on the Scott Peterson murder case at the time.",
"The decision rests on if Gourjian's work for Jackson was \"substantially related\" to the current case and if his work for the defense would require \"Gourjian to attempt to discredit his former client directly or indirectly,\" Pastor said.",
"The judge delayed a decision until more facts are provided by Geragos and there is a response from the lawyer for Michael Jackson's estate.",
"Mark Geragos will be asked to appear at the next hearing on February 24, the judge said.",
"Murray is also represented by Houston lawyer Ed Chernoff and J. Michael Flanagan of Los Angeles.",
"The defense demanded a speedy trial at last month's arraignment, the trial to start by the end of March.",
"Jury selection is now set for March 24.",
"CNN's Ted Rowlands contributed to this report ."
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"Murray wants lawyer Nareg Gourjian to join his defense team .",
"Gourjian's old firm says he worked on Michael Jackson's criminal defense .",
"The judge will decide if there is a conflict of interest .",
"Gourjian says he was too busy with Scott Peterson to work for Jackson ."
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"(CNN) -- A Florida exterminator whose dead daughter and injured son were found in his truck has been charged with attempted murder, and police were searching his Miami home Thursday night, police said.",
"Chase Scott, spokesman for West Palm Beach Police, told CNN that officers were executing a search warrant for evidence in the home of Jorge and Carmen Barahona.",
"Jorge Barahona, 53, was found unconscious beside his pest-control truck early Monday along a south Florida interstate by a road assistance ranger, along with his 10-year-old adopted son, who was inside the vehicle next to an open gas can, according to a probable-cause affidavit filed by detectives.",
"Hours later, crews removing toxic chemicals from the truck discovered the boy's twin sister dead in a plastic bag.",
"Earlier Thursday, Barahona was taken to a hospital Thursday after he \"attempted to harm himself,\" police said.",
"Barahona, who was in custody in the Palm Beach County Jail, suffered a self-inflicted injury after deputies told him to get ready to go to a court hearing Thursday morning, West Palm Beach Police spokesman Scott Chase said.",
"\"He immediately attempted to harm himself by thrusting himself backwards, causing an injury to his head,\" Chase said.",
"\"He was immediately checked by emergency personnel and it was decided he was OK to appear in court.\"",
"However, Barahona \"refused to cooperate\" by not speaking and the judge decided to delay the hearing until another date, Chase said.",
"Authorities later decided to take Barahona to Wellington Regional Medical Center for observation, he said.",
"Meanwhile, a medical examiner has determined a cause of death for the girl, but it will not be made public until investigators review the findings, Chase said Thursday.",
"Authorities likely will decide whether and how to charge Barahona in her death based on the autopsy results, Police Capt.",
"Mary Olsen said Wednesday.",
"The children were among the four the Barahonas adopted from Florida's foster care system.",
"When the boy was found Monday by the roadside assistance ranger, he \"appeared to be in respiratory distress and (was) trembling\" and his clothing \"was soaked with an unknown chemical,\" the probable-cause affidavit said.",
"The ranger then found Barahona on the ground beside the truck and called for help.",
"The boy was hospitalized in intensive care with severe burns to his abdomen, upper thighs and buttocks, the affidavit said.",
"While examining the boy, doctors noted he had sustained previous injuries, including a broken collarbone, a broken arm, scarring to his buttocks and lower abdomen, and ligature marks on both wrists, police said.",
"After Barahona and his son were taken to a hospital, a worker decontaminating the truck discovered the body of the girl, wrapped in a plastic bag, the document said.",
"Barahona told police he was distraught over the death of his daughter, and had intended to commit suicide by dousing himself with gasoline and setting himself afire, the affidavit said.",
"Barahona said he didn't go through with his suicide plan because his son was with him, the document added.",
"\"Basically, to paraphrase, he was stating that he placed his daughter in a plastic bag being distraught over her death,\" Chase told reporters Wednesday.",
"\"He drove here from South Florida accompanied by his son.",
"\"He then pulled off to the side of the road saying that he poured gas on his self, intending to light himself on fire.",
"His son's head was in his lap and he decided, after giving his son some sleeping pills, that he wasn't going to do that.\"",
"Barahona told police that in dousing himself with gasoline, he inadvertently got some on the boy, Olsen said Wednesday.",
"But his story doesn't add up, because there was no gasoline on the boy, she said.",
"Instead, he was covered with another chemical whose composition had yet to be determined.",
"\"That's why we're still treating this as a hazmat (hazardous materials case),\" Olsen said.",
"The truck in which the children were found was taken to a secure location, Chase said, where an FBI evidence recovery team is going through the vehicle.",
"Authorities are waiting for test results on the chemicals found in the truck.",
"Chase said the substance on the boy's body and clothes was so potent that staff caring for the boy at the hospital became ill as well.",
"The boy, who was transferred Wednesday morning to a specialized burn unit at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital, has not been able to talk to investigators because he is on a breathing tube, Olsen explained.",
"Asked whether Barahona has expressed remorse, she said, \"He feels remorse, but we're not getting consistent statements with what we're seeing in our evidence.\"",
"\"It's a complex case,\" she added.",
"At a hearing Wednesday in Miami attended by Barahona's wife, Carmen, a judge ordered that the remaining two children in the home be placed in foster care.",
"Florida's Department of Children and Families had opened a child protection investigation within the past few days to look into a complaint involving the Barahona family, and it wasn't the first such complaint, spokesman Mark Riordan said.",
"Reporters in the courtroom Wednesday heard tales of abuse, mainly concerning the twins, from state officials and experts.",
"The caller to the child protection hotline in the latest case reported that the twins were routinely locked in a bathroom for long periods of time and had been bound with tape, the court heard.",
"The story was corroborated by interviews with the other two children in the home, officials said in court.",
"An investigator told the court that she went to the family's home on February 11 but had not seen the children.",
"Instead, she said, she left after speaking with Carmen Barahona, planning to return on Monday.",
"Asked why she did not return sooner, she said, \"I'm not allowed to do investigations on a weekend.\"",
"However, a spokesman for the department, John Harrell, said it is the job of investigators to follow through immediately or refer to someone else in the department to follow through when a matter is urgent.",
"CNN's Kim Segal contributed to this report."
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"Barahona \"attempted to harm himself\" Thursday morning, police say .",
"He \"refused to cooperate\" by not speaking, which postponed his hearing .",
"Cause of daughter's death has been determined but not made public ."
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"(CNN) -- Call him Captain Colbert.",
"Comedian and TV host Stephen Colbert is headed for the high seas.",
"Colbert will take part in the 777-mile Charleston Bermuda Race in May, organizers of the event have announced.",
"\"The ocean has had a free ride for too long.",
"Well, it has to deal with me now. Brace yourself, Atlantic!\"",
"Colbert, the host of American political satire show \"The Colbert Report,\" said in a statement Friday.",
"Event organizers have designated Colbert, who is a native of Charleston, S.C., Honorary Captain of the Fleet.",
"The Charleston Bermuda Race is described by organizers as a \"romp through subtropical waters.\"",
"This year's competition will begin May 21 from Charleston Harbor.",
"Held every two years, the first-to-finish in Bermuda competition is open to sailors with boats that are at least 30-feet long.",
"Colbert, who took part in the race in 2005, will compete in one of race sponsor OnDeck's 65-foot ocean-racing yachts.",
"OnDeck is presenting the race with the South Carolina Maritime Foundation and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club."
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"Stephen Colbert to undertake 777-mile sailing voyage in May .",
"He will participate in Charleston Bermuda Race, event organizers say .",
"Comedian tells ocean: \"Brace yourself\"\nColbert has been designated Honorary Captain of the Fleet ."
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"(CNN) -- The unrest spreading through North Africa and the Middle East has reached the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain, according to reports from the state news agency.",
"At least three police officers and one demonstrator have been injured in clashes, the news agency reported.",
"The injuries occurred during an attack on a police station during protests Sunday evening, the news agency said.",
"After three officers were injured, police fired on protesters with rubber bullets, causing one injury, the news agency said.",
"Further protests were scheduled to take place in Bahrain on Monday, making the country the latest in a string of nations to experience popular protests that began in Tunisia.",
"Protesters who have organized on Facebook, Twitter and with e-mails want political reforms, including a constitutional monarchy.",
"Recently, Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa offered more than $2,500 to Bahraini families, ostensibly in celebration of Monday's 10th annivesary of the adoption of the country's National Action Charter.",
"Bahrain hosts the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet."
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"At least four people were injured in protests in Bahrain Sunday evening .",
"More protests are scheduled for Monday .",
"Bahrain's protests are the latest in a wave that began in Tunisia ."
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"(CNN) -- Tiger Woods has apologized after he was fined by the European Tour for spitting on the 12th green during the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic.",
"The world number three endured a torrid Sunday and was caught on camera spitting near the hole after missing a par putt when playing with Sergio Garcia, from Spain.",
"Woods has been fined an undisclosed amount after European Tour officials reviewed footage of the incident.",
"The former world number one took to Twitter on Monday to express his remorse: \"The Euro Tour is right -- it was inconsiderate to spit like that and I know better.",
"Just wasn't thinking and want to say I'm sorry.\"",
"Woods flops as Quiros aces his way to Dubai victory .",
"He added: \"Everyone was terrific all week, fans especially.",
"Dubai is always a fantastic host.",
"Just wish the week could have ended better.\"",
"A spokesman for the European Tour told CNN: \"The tournament director, Mike Stewart, feels there has been a Breach of the Tour Code of Conduct and consequently Tiger Woods will be fined.\"",
"Woods went into the final round on Sunday just one shot off the lead but struck a three-over-par 75 to sink down the leaderboard.",
"It was his worst round as a professional on a regular European Tour event and he finished in 20th place.",
"He was visibly irritated as it became clear his 14-month title drought was set to continue and afterwards described his play as \"very frustrating\" on the European Tour's official website.",
"\"I got off to such a poor start -- I was two-over through three early and just couldn't make it up from there.",
"\"But there were quite a few positives this week.",
"Also a couple of glaring examples of what I need to work on, which is good.",
"I'll go to work next week.\"",
"The tournament was eventually won by Spain's Alvaro Quiros, who carded a hole-in-one during his round of 68 to finish on 11-under.",
"Woods' next appearance will be at the Accenture World Match Play Championship in Tuscon, Arizona.",
"Meanwhile, D.A. Points recorded his first PGA Tour victory Sunday, taking the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am title alongside playing partner, actor Bill Murray.",
"Points finished with a five-under-par round of 67 to finish on 15-under for the tournament -- two clear of Hunter Mahan."
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"Tiger Woods is fined by the European Tour for spitting during the Dubai Desert Classic .",
"Woods spat near the hole on the 12th green after missing a par putt .",
"Woods apologizes on Twitter saying he should have 'known better'\nWorld number three endured a torrid final round sinking from tied second to 20th place ."
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"Miami (CNN) -- A Florida father found in a contaminated pest control truck with his seriously injured son and a bagged body has been charged with aggravated child abuse, authorities said Tuesday night.",
"George Barahona, 53, will likely face other charges from the \"complicated\" investigation, said Chase Scott, a spokesman for the West Palm Beach Police Department.",
"The incident began Monday morning when a pest control truck pulled to the side of Interstate 95 in the West Palm Beach area.",
"Firefighters called to the scene found the man and boy suffering from some type of illness, Scott said.",
"Barahona and his son, Victor, 10, were rushed to hospitals in serious condition, Scott said.",
"The father is in intensive care in another hospital, but is lucid and has talked with investigators, police said.",
"The charge is related to his 10-year-old son.",
"The boy suffered burns and injuries from inhaling unknown contaminants, Scott said.",
"\"He is in a difficult medical condition\" and is in isolation.",
"\"He did suffer some burns from the chemicals that were on his clothing and his body,\" Scott said.",
"Investigators found in the rear of a truck a somewhat deteriorated bagged body.",
"Workers had to don emergency hazardous materials outfits and wrapped the body twice more to limit exposure.",
"The workers were later decontaminated.",
"Police don't know how long father and son were exposed to the toxins, Scott said.",
"\"They were incredibly toxic chemicals.\"",
"The body was taken to the county medical examiner's office for positive identification, said Scott, adding investigators have an idea of who it might be.",
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation is examining the truck and chemicals, Scott said.",
"The entire vehicle, which was emitting fumes, is covered in unidentified chemicals, according to Scott.",
"The FBI has been asked to assist; it is taking samples to identify the makeup of what Scott described as a highly toxic liquid.",
"Neighbors of Barahona told reporters that he is an exterminator.",
"Within the past few days a child protection investigation had been opened to look into a complaint involving the Barahona family, said Florida Department of Children and Families spokesman Mark Riordan.",
"The agency is responsible for investigating allegations of abuse, abandonment and neglect of a minor.",
"He would not elaborate on the nature of the complaint in this case, but said the agency has investigated complaints about the family in the past, \"Several times we've been out to the home,\" he said.",
"The Barahonas had adopted four children, including Victor, from Florida's foster care system, Riordan said.",
"Police have spoken with Victor's mother, Scott said.",
"\"We're in the preliminary stages of an extremely tragic, complex set of circumstances,\" Riordan said.",
"\"We're working side by side with law enforcement from two jurisdictions to make sure from DCF's perspective that the children are safe.\"",
"To ensure their safety, the \"remaining\" children have been removed from the family home and have been placed with a close relative, Riordan told CNN.",
"He would not specify how many children were removed.",
"Law enforcement officials in West Palm Beach are handling the death investigation, while authorities in the Miami area, where the Barahona home is located, are looking into the family and the safety of the children, Riordan said.",
"Scott said some firefighters became sick from fumes coming from the vehicle, but they have all been treated and released.",
"A guard and others at the hospital where the boy was taken also complained of feeling ill. CNN's Shawn Nottingham contributed to this report ."
] | [
"NEW: Father charged with aggravated child abuse .",
"No identification has been made on the body, which was found in a bag .",
"The son is in serious condition; the father is in intensive care .",
"Florida's Department of Children and Families is involved in the case ."
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"Orlando (CNN) -- A high school sophomore in Orlando who throws a mean fastball but was cut from his baseball team because he's not so good at fielding bunts said Tuesday that his rejection was off-base.",
"\"I went there and tried out and the coach gave me the excuse that I can't cover bunts,\" 16-year-old Anthony Burruto told HLN's \"Prime News\" about his coach's decision at Dr. Phillips High School.",
"\"Bunts wasn't even part of the tryout.\"",
"And Burruto's 80-mph fastball just wasn't enough, apparently.",
"Oh, there's another thing about Burruto that may -- or may not -- have anything to do with this story.",
"Life threw him a curve that other athletes at the school have not had to contend with: He has no legs.",
"Burruto launches his pitches from atop prostheses.",
"But the birth defect never deterred him from pursuing the sport: He has played baseball since he was 8, playing two seasons in the fall league and one on the junior varsity team.",
"\"They know what he's got,\" Burruto's mother Diane said about the school's coaches.",
"\"He's a very good athlete, very good pitcher.",
"He handles his own out there.\" She said her son worked hard to hone his skills.",
"\"Not to say other kids out there don't work hard, but Anthony has to work harder.",
"He loves the game of baseball.\"",
"She added, \"He became skilled at it, he excelled at it, and had to overcome obstacles, obviously, to get there.",
"Nothing can stop him.",
"That's the way I raised him.",
"You don't have a disability. You want to do something?",
"Go out and try to do it.\" In a written statement, a spokesman for the Orange County Public Schools said Burruto was treated like any other player.",
"\"Anthony was given the same opportunity as all other students to try out for the Dr. Phillips High School baseball teams,\" wrote Dylan Thomas.",
"\"He was among 63 student athletes who were evaluated for a position on either the varsity or junior varsity squads.",
"With only 40 roster spots, Anthony and 22 other students did not make either team.",
"As a sophomore, Anthony has the chance to vie for a position on a school team again next year and we hope he will.\"",
"But Burruto said he was not sure he would, particularly if the coach who cut him keeps his job.",
"\"I would never play for him again,\" Burruto said.",
"\"He basically told me that I'm not going to make the team ever again because I can't field the bunts, which isn't true.",
"I can field bunts -- just a little slower than the average person.\"",
"Burruto said his former teammates have been incredulous when they learned he has been cut.",
"\"Their reaction is, 'Oh, my God!",
"Are you serious? There's no way! How can you get cut?' They're livid about it.\""
] | [
"16-year-old Anthony Burruto throws an 80 mph fastball .",
"\"The coach gave me the excuse that I can't cover bunts,\" Burruto says .",
"\"Oh, my God!",
"Are you serious?\""
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"(CNN) -- Park Ji-Sung's Manchester United return has been put on hold after the South Korean midfielder suffered an injury in training.",
"The English Premier League leaders had been without the 29-year-old for the past six weeks while he was at the Asian Cup in Qatar, and he now faces another month on the sidelines.",
"Park injured a hamstring injury on Friday ahead of the Manchester derby, and will now miss United's European Champions League last-16 clash with Marseille in France on February 23.",
"\"It was very unfortunate because it was his last kick of the ball in training,\" team manager Alex Ferguson told the club's website on Tuesday.",
"Has Rooney joined the ranks of football's immortals?",
"\"We were really looking forward to having him back after being away for a month at the Asian Cup.",
"He'll be out for up to a month, which is a blow to us.\"",
"The winger has not played for the English Premier League leaders since the 2-0 win over Sunderland on December 26.",
"Park was part of the South Korea squad which reached the semifinals of January's Asian Cup before losing to eventual champions Japan.",
"The former PSV Eindhoven star announced his international retirement after the tournament, citing a persistent right-knee injury as one of the reasons for his decision.",
"Park will also miss Saturday's FA Cup fifth-round match with non-league minnows Crawley Town as well as Premier League trips to Wigan, Chelsea and Liverpool, but may be back in time for the second leg against the French champions on March 15.",
"Cup magic shared by cross-channel minnows Crawley and Chambery .",
"In better news for United, Ecuador winger Antonio Valencia is back in training after breaking his ankle in a Champions League match against Scottish side Rangers in September.",
"\"Valencia started training with the reserves on Saturday,\" Ferguson said.",
"\"So he's on his way back and that will be a real boost to have him available for the run-in.\"",
"Valencia signed from Wigan for a reported $27 million in July 2009.",
"The 25-year-old was a regular as United finished second behind Chelsea, but has made only two league appearances this season."
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"Manchester United's Park Ji-Sung will be out for up to a month with a hamstring injury .",
"South Korean midfielder has not played for United since returning from the Asian Cup .",
"He will now miss key Champions League and Premier League matches .",
"Ecuador's Antonio Valencia has returned to training after a lengthy absence ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Iran poses a significant threat to Iraq, but security has greatly improved in the war-ravaged country, according to a Pentagon report.",
"Iraqi soldiers parade in Kirkuk on January 10.",
"The Pentagon credits better forces for improved security.",
"The Pentagon assessed progress in Iraq from September to November in its quarterly report to Congress, issued on Tuesday.",
"Iran \"continues to reflect a fundamental desire to oppose the development of a fully secure and stable Iraq,\" despite its \"persistent promises to the contrary,\" the report said.",
"Iran tried to undermine the U.S.-Iraqi security agreement forged last year, the report said, and \"continues to host, train, fund, arm, and direct militant groups intent on destabilizing Iraq.\"",
"\"Countering malign influence and balancing soft Iranian influence remain priorities to stabilize Iraq and ensure the sovereignty of its people,\" the report said.",
"The report cites improvements in politics, security, economics, diplomacy and rule of law, but emphasizes their fragility.",
"\"Iraq remains fragile because its major power brokers do not share a unified national vision.",
"They disagree on the nature of the state and are reluctant to share power and resources,\" it says.",
"\"The overall security situation in Iraq continues to improve,\" the Pentagon report says, crediting, among other things, improved Iraqi security forces and the political will of the government to fight militants.",
"It says the insurgency has diminished as some militants embrace the Iraqi government.",
"The U.S.-led coalition has transferred security leadership to Iraqi forces in several provinces and coalition troops from many countries have withdrawn their forces.",
"The United States and Iraq have signed a bilateral security agreement calling for all U.S. troops to leave by the end of 2011.",
"Although the number of civilians killed has dropped, assassinations of juridical and legislative officials have increased and violence against Christians in Nineveh province has stirred concern.",
"The report raises fears that the mishandling of key political efforts in the country could reverse gains.",
"Crucial efforts include the upcoming provincial elections, resolving disputes over areas such as Kirkuk city; resettling displaced people; and providing permanent employment for the Sons of Iraq, the largely Sunni U.S.-backed security personnel."
] | [
"Pentagon report assesses progress in Iraq from September to November .",
"Iran \"continues to...oppose...a fully secure and stable Iraq\" by supporting militants .",
"Report cites \"fragile\" improvements in economy, security, rule of law .",
"\"Iraq remains fragile because ... power brokers don't share a unified national vision\""
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"(CNN) -- AC Milan captain Gennaro Gattuso has apologised for head-butting Tottenham assistant manager Joe Jordan at the end of Tuesday's stormy Champions League clash at the San Siro.",
"Gattuso had already had an altercation with 59-year-old Jordan, who ironically starred for Milan during his playing career, earlier in Tottenham's 1-0 win, before the two went head-to-head again at the final whistle.",
"Speaking to the media following Milan's defeat, Gattuso said: \"I lost my head and I'm taking responsibility because I did something I shouldn't have done.",
"Why Gattuso has to lose his cool .",
"\"I was annoyed about the words I'd exchanged with Jordan earlier.",
"We were both speaking Scottish given that I played in his country in Glasgow but I'm not going to say what was said.",
"\"I made a mistake doing what I did to an older person, and that's it.",
"I will wait and see what UEFA decides now,\" he added.",
"And European football's governing body UEFA have already issued a statement saying: \"UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Gennaro Gattuso after the incidents that took place after the match between AC Milan and Tottenham.",
"\"The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body will meet next Monday February 21 to discuss this case.\"",
"Gattuso's behavior drew widespread condemnation, with his own coach Massimiliano Allegri expecting his player to be disciplined.",
"Allegri told a press conference: \"It was an unpleasant episode, I really don't know why it happened.\"",
"\"I didn't like this episode, it's not nice to see, of course it will be looked at by UEFA, there was certainly a reason that he behaved this way but you can't excuse it.\"",
"Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp added: \"Gattuso had a flair-up with Joe Jordan.",
"I don't know why. He obviously hasn't done his homework.",
"He really could have picked a fight with someone other than Joe.",
"\"He put his head into Joe's face for some reason.",
"It was crazy. He lost his head during the game.\""
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"Gennaro Gattuso apologises for his behavior against AC Milan on Tuesday .",
"UEFA to investigate altercation with Tottenham assistant manager Joe Jordan .",
"Gattuso and Jordan clashed twice, with the Italian appearing to head-butt Jordan .",
"Tottenham claimed 1-0 win and are favorites to reach Champions League quarters ."
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"(CNN) -- A late goal from Peter Crouch stunned seven-time European champions AC Milan as Tottenham Hotspur secured a 1-0 win in the San Siro on Tuesday night.",
"Crouch converted after a brilliant run from fellow England international Aaron Lennon to give Tottenham a precious lead for their home tie of the Champions League last 16 knockout tie.",
"Earlier in the second half, Tottenham goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes produced two wonder saves to keep AC Milan at bay, both from Mario Yepes.",
"First, the Brazilian stretched to palm over a header which looked destined for the top corner and then repeated the trick from another fierce header which he pushed out.",
"After Crouch's 80th minute goal, Milan went in desperate search of an equalizer and Robinho's close range effort was blocked by the excellent Michael Dawson.",
"Deep into injury time, Milan thought they had equalized through a Zlatan Ibrahimovic overhead kick, but the Swedish striker had pushed Dawson and it was ruled out.",
"At the final whistle there were unsavory scenes as Milan midfielder Gennaro Gatusso clashed with Tottenham assistant coach Joe Jordan, headbutting the former Scottish international.",
"The two had earlier exchanged words after former Arsenal star Mathieu Flamini was yellow carded for an ugly two-footed challenge on Vedran Corluka which left the Tottenham defender on crutches.",
"He was replaced by Jonathan Woodgate, making his first appearance after a lengthy injury layoff.",
"Gatusso, who had earlier been booked, will miss the second leg but could be punished further by UEFA for the incident which was captured on television.",
"Jubilant Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp said all his players had contributed to the famous victory.",
"\"The whole team were magnificent, everyone did their job tonight, it was a great night for Tottenham,\" he told Sky Sports.",
"Tottenham had the better of the first half with the home side handicapped by the loss of goalkeeper Christian Abbiati, who was taken to hospital with a head injury after being stretchered off after a awkward fall.",
"Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri replaced him with Marco Amelia and he was kept the busier of the two goalkeepers.",
"Early in the second half, Amelia could only watch as a Rafael van der Vaart chip went narrowly side, but then Milan, sparked by the introduction of Pato, at last began to show the form which has taken them top of Serie A this season.",
"Tuesday's other first leg tie saw veteran Spain striker Raul return to Spain with his new German side Schalke and score a vital equalizer in the 1-1 draw against Valencia.",
"Roberto Soldado's sixth Champions League goal put Valencia ahead on 17 minutes in the Mestella, but 33-year-old veteran Raul, who moved to Schalke from Real Madrid in the summer, leveled on 64 minutes.",
"Raul is the all-time leading scorer in the Champions League and the away goal is one of his most valuable ahead of the second leg in Gelsenkirchen on March 9.",
"Schalke's draw was only spoiled by a late sending off for Lukas Schmitz but they held on with 10 men."
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"Tottenham Hotspur beat AC Milan 1-0 in the San Siro with Peter Crouch scoring .",
"Gennaro Gatusso clashes with Tottenham assistant Joe Jordan at end of Champions League tie .",
"Raul scores as Schalke draw 1-1 in Valencia in their last 16 first leg game ."
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"(CNN) -- Roland Garros will continue to host the French Open after the country's tennis officials rejected a move to a different part of the capital Paris.",
"Three groups had made bids to host the annual clay-court tournament, one of the four Grand Slams on offer during the season, from 2016 onwards.",
"The iconic Roland Garros site, which has hosted the French Open since its inception 86 years ago, will now be expanded and revamped.",
"French Tennis Federation president Jean Gachassin said in a statement: \"We back the project to create a new Roland Garros venue, extending and modernizing the historic venue at Porte d'Auteuil.",
"CNN's Top 10 French Open moments .",
"\"It's a historic choice, probably the most important for our federation since its creation.",
"Our aim was to offer an ambitious project.",
"\"This decision has been made against the fashion for having things on giant scales but it's a project which is resolutely focused on the future.",
"This hasn't been a default choice.",
"The Paris project was the most beautiful of the four.\"",
"Spain's Rafael Nadal took the men's crown last year while Italian Francesca Schiavone won the women's title.",
"Meanwhile, Milos Raonic became the first Canadian to clinch an ATP World Tour title since 1995 after beating defending champion Fernando Verdasco 7-6 7-6 at the SAP Open in San Jose, California.",
"The 20-year-old was ranked 84th before the tournament but moved up to 59th when the new world rankings were released Monday.",
"Despite playing in his first final Raonic showed few signs of nerves as he survived four set points in the opener, recovering from 2-6 down in the tie-break to take it.",
"He secured the title thanks to another tie-break in the second.",
"Raonic told the ATP Tour website: \"I sort of used up my luck today, in a way.",
"I got out of that first set and the second set I was a little bit more confident by then.",
"It came out the way I wanted it to.\"",
"Raonic didn't drop a set in the tournament and finished with 58 aces in his four matches, including 13 in the final.",
"World number nine Verdasco was impressed by his opponent.",
"He said: \"He has good potential and he has one of the best serves, and also on the baseline he plays so aggressive.",
"\"The moments he needs to play solid, he plays solid and I think that he can be a top 20 player very soon.\""
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"Roland Garros to remain as host of the French Open tournament .",
"French Tennis Federation reject three bids to host the Grand Slam competition .",
"Milos Raonic wins first career title at SAP Open in San Jose .",
"Raonic becomes first Canadian to win an ATP Tour crown since 1995 ."
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"Atlanta (CNN) -- Investigators in Georgia were looking Friday for a man who left the scene of a suburban Atlanta house fire that killed three children, authorities said.",
"They said the fire was caused by a suspected methamphetamine lab in the Lilburn, Georgia, home.",
"Gwinnett County Police Capt.",
"Jake Smith said Ivan Gonzalez had been charged with two counts of murder Friday, a day after firefighters found him attempting to douse the blaze with a garden hose.",
"Gonzalez, who Smith said received burns in the fire, told authorities he was a family member and was headed to the hospital to be near the children injured in the fire.",
"Gonzalez, who is not related to the children, never reached the hospital, authorities said.",
"Authorities checked other area hospitals and did not find Gonzalez.",
"Gonzalez is described as 5 feet, 7 inches tall and 190 pounds, with a tattoo of the Virgin Mary on his leg.",
"The victims, whose names were not released, are an 18-month-old girl and two boys, ages 3 and 4.",
"Passersby pulled the children from the burning building.",
"The children were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.",
"One died Thursday and the others two died Friday morning.",
"\"The children had significant burn injuries and significant smoke inhalation injuries,\" said Gwinnett County Fire Department Capt.",
"Tommy Rutledge.",
"Rutledge said the fire started in a hallway between the kitchen and a stairwell in the center of the house.",
"Smith said a third murder count is pending against Gonzalez.",
"Neibi Brito, the victims' mother, is charged with drug trafficking, Smith said.",
"\"The lack of responsibility, of course, is disturbing,\" Smith said.",
"\"We have a tragic case involving three young children, but we're going to treat it professionally and not let the emotions of it get in the way of the investigation in any way.\"",
"CNN's Cameron Tankersley contributed to this report ."
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"Man charged with three counts of murder in fire that killed three children .",
"Authorities believe meth lab chemicals started the fire in Lilburn, Georgia .",
"Police looking for suspect who attempted to douse fire with garden hose .",
"Mother is charged with drug trafficking ."
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"(CNN) -- Borussia Dortmund stretched their lead at the top of the German Bundesliga to 12 points but had to settle for a 0-0 draw with Schalke.",
"The league leaders dominated against their opponents, Lucas Barrios and Mario Götze going close, but couldn't find the breakthrough.",
"The stalemate saw them extend their lead by a point, though second-placed Bayer Leverkusen can reduce the gap to nine if they win at Nurnberg on Saturday.",
"Dortmund should have taken the lead inside the first ten minutes as Götze and Jakub Blaszczykowski tested Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.",
"Lucas Barrios then rifled a shot narrowly wide of the post as the home side continued to press before Mats Hummels poked an effort wide from a free kick.",
"Schalke had a half chance just before the break but former AC Milan striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar headed over the bar from Jefferson Farfan's cross.",
"Barrios then diverted Blaszczykowski's cross onto the post with Neuer beaten as Dortmund piled on the pressure in the second half.",
"Efforts from Lukasz Piszczek, Lukas Schmitz and Sven Bender were repelled by an inspired Neuer.",
"Schalke had a rare chance to take the lead when former Real Madrid striker Raul put Jose Jurado through on goal, but his shot was half blocked by Roman Weidenfeller before Marcel Schmelzer cleared the ball off the line.",
"Then Götze squandered the game's best chance as he collected Piszczek's pass and rounded Neuer but could only hit the post with a shot on the turn.",
"Schalke moved up to ninth with their hard-earned point."
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"Borussia Dortmund held to a goalless draw by Schalke in German Bundesliga .",
"Lucas Barrios and Mario Gotze both squander chances for Dortmund .",
"Dortmund extend lead at the top to 12 points over Bayer Leverkusen ."
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"(CNN) -- Jenni-Lynn Watson's shorthand while sending text messages came back to haunt the young man who pleaded guilty Tuesday in Syracuse, New York, to killing the college student, a prosecutor said.",
"Although the 20-year-old victim's cell phone was never found, investigators were able to review call and text messages made by Watson and Steven Pieper, the man she was breaking up with, Onondaga County District William Fitzpatrick told CNN.",
"After dumping Watson's body, Pieper, 21, tried to cover up by texting a mutual friend of theirs, pretending to be Watson, Fitzpatrick said.",
"Using the letters \"GTG\" apparently did him in.",
"Police looked at Pieper's phone, which was left November 19, 2010, at Watson's home in the Syracuse suburb of Liverpool, and pored over records, Fitzpatrick said.",
"That shorthand for \"got to go\" was a term used by Pieper, not Watson, the prosecutor said.",
"Pieper pleaded guilty in Onondaga County Court to second-degree murder in the strangling of Watson.",
"Rather than 25 years to life, a plea agreement calls for him to receive a sentence of 23 years to life at the March 8 sentencing, Fitzpatrick said, adding Pieper must serve 23 years before he gets a parole hearing.",
"\"Steven made it clear that he did not want to put the Watson family or his family through a trial in this matter, from the very beginning,\" defense attorney Scott Brenneck told CNN affiliate YNN.",
"\"So after a review of the case, it was an appropriate way to resolve it.\"",
"CNN left messages for Brenneck on Tuesday.",
"In late November, a massive search for Watson, a dance major, ended with the discovery of her remains at Clay Central Park in North Syracuse, the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office said.",
"Watson and Pieper had dated on and off for 18 months and Pieper went over to Watson's home the morning of Nov. 19, authorities said.",
"\"I don't think he went over there with the intent to kill her,\" said Fitzpatrick, adding Pieper was there about two hours.",
"At some point the young woman told Pieper she wanted to have other relationships and he became angry and killed her, the district attorney said.",
"The suspect allegedly placed Watson's body in her car and drove off, only to be stopped several minutes later because there was no front license plate on his vehicle, Fitzpatrick said.",
"Pieper, who received a warning, decided then to dump the body, he said.",
"\"He didn't have a long-term plan,\" the prosecutor said.",
"\"On that particular day he was consumed with evil and he killed that poor little girl than no other reason than she wanted to move on with her life,\" Fitzpatrick told reporters after the hearing.",
"Pieper initially denied involvement, Fitzpatrick said.",
"The case against Pieper was \"strong\" and Watson's family supported the plea, he said.",
"Watson was last seen at her family's home.",
"She was on Thanksgiving break from Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania.",
"CNN's Phil Gast contributed to this report."
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"She was last seen at her family's home in Liverpool, New York ."
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"(CNN) -- Brazilian World Cup hero Ronaldo says he is to retire from football at the end of next year.",
"Ronaldo, who was a member of the Brazil squad which won the 1994 World Cup and scored twice in the final in 2002 as they beat Germany, has been playing for Corinthians in his native country.",
"The 33-year-old told the club's official Web site www.corinthians.com that he would see out his two-year contract which ends in 2011 before hanging up his boots.",
"\"I renewed for two more years and those will be the last ones,\" he said after morning training on Monday.",
"Ronaldo has enjoyed a glittering international career with Brazil, scoring 62 goals in 97 appearances, setting a new World Cup record with his 15th in the 2006 finals where they were knocked out in the quarterfinals.",
"Despite his advancing years and with a string of injuries behind him, Ronaldo still holds out hopes of taking part in this year's finals in South Africa but admitted he faces a tough task in persuading Brazil coach Dunga to pick him.",
"\"It's a thing that can still happen to me,\" he believes.",
"But for now he has targeted South America's Libertadores Cup, having already helped Corinthians to the Paulista Championship in Brazil, scoring 12 goals in 20 appearances to show he still retains his scoring touch.",
"\"I am determined. I want to give my best, have fun and I hope to finish by winning the Libertadores,\" he said.",
"When he finally retires, Ronaldo will be remembered as one of the greatest footballers of all time, with a scoring rate of approaching a goal a game while plying his trade with top European club sides PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Real Madrid and both Internazionale and AC Milan.",
"He is a three-time FIFA World Footballer of the Year.",
"Ronaldo began his career in Brazil with Cruzeiro and returned to turn out for Corinthians after another serious knee injury while playing for Milan appeared to signal his playing days were over.",
"But he has defied his critics, and after initially training with Flamengo, settled on the Corinthians and is set to act as an ambassador at the Parque San Jorge after he quits."
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"World Cup record goal scorer Ronaldo is to retire next year .",
"Ronaldo has been playing for Corinthians in his native Brazil .",
"Ronado still harbors ambitions of playing for his country in 2010 World Cup finals .",
"Ronaldo is a three-time FIFA World Player of the Year ."
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"(Mashable) -- Facebook profiles are like belly buttons: Everybody's got one.",
"Perhaps that statement's still a bit of an exaggeration, but by the numbers, we (that is, Internet users around the globe) are becoming more obsessed with Facebook by the day.",
"One out of every 13 Earthlings and three out of four Americans is on Facebook, and one out of 26 signs into Facebook on a daily basis.",
"We could rattle off stats like until the cows come home, but instead, we'd like to show you this fascinating infographic from SocialHype and OnlineSchools.org.",
"Here, in a visual nutshell, are some highlights about Facebook usage, 2010 trends, adoption numbers and a great deal more.",
"Take a good look at this information (or click here for the full-size version), and in the comments, let us know what you think about our global fascination with Facebook.",
"Is Facebook an amazing connective medium?",
"A plague that preys on the easily addicted?",
"A little bit of both, or something else entirely?",
"© 2010 MASHABLE.com.",
"All rights reserved."
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"Take a look at this infographic about Facebook usage, 2010 trends and more .",
"One out of every 13 Earthlings and three out of four Americans is on Facebook .",
"One out of 26 signs into Facebook on a daily basis ."
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"(CNN Student News) -- February 9, 2011 .",
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"CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: How can you trust what you read online?",
"We've got some of your answers coming up in this Wednesday edition of CNN Student News.",
"Bringing you today's headlines, I'm Carl Azuz.",
"First Up: Korea Military Talks .",
"AZUZ: Our first stop today: the Korean Peninsula, for talks between the North and South.",
"Representatives from the two countries are back at it today after a full day of talks yesterday.",
"This is the first time in eight months that North and South Korea have had direct contact with each other.",
"The silence started after the South blamed the North for two military attacks last year.",
"These talks are happening at a truce village.",
"The representatives didn't come to any conclusions yesterday, but they said there weren't any political arguments from either side.",
"The goal of these meetings is to set up another round of talks between officials who are higher up in their countries' governments.",
"South Korea says it'll only agree to those if North Korea promises not to provoke the South any more.",
"Australia Brushfires .",
"AZUZ: Next up, Australia, where officials are promising one million dollars to a fund for wildfire victims.",
"We've talked recently about floods and a cyclone in eastern Australia.",
"These fires were in western Australia, on the other side of the country.",
"The flames burned more than a thousand acres of land and damaged or destroyed more than 60 buildings.",
"Anyone who lost their home will immediately get $3,000 from the government.",
"Tegan Sapwell of Australia's Ten Network was on hand as residents returned home to see the damage.",
"She checks in now with some of the victims' reactions and an explanation of how these fires started.",
"Tegan? (BEGIN VIDEO) TEGAN SAPWELL, TEN NETWORK REPORTER: It's absolutely heartbreaking to see what people are going through here.",
"There's just so many stories, and each one of them really touches your heart.",
"A short time ago, a man returned to the home here behind me where he saw what was left of his house for the first time.",
"It was obviously incredibly emotional.",
"But what really struck me was as he was leaving, he walked away and shrugged his shoulders and said, \"Oh well, you know, I'll just rebuild.\"",
"I think that really shows the real Aussie spirit there.",
"Another example: I spoke to a couple earlier today that had tears pouring down their faces as they spoke about what they lost.",
"But all they wanted to do was to thank the firefighters for their efforts for putting their lives on the line as they tried to save their home.",
"So, I think that's just amazing.",
"What's actually believed to have happened is it was sparked by a power tool.",
"On Sunday, conditions here were just hot and windy.",
"And as a result, we had what's called a total fire ban, which means people aren't allowed to use power tools.",
"What's actually believed to have happened is a resident was using a power tool.",
"He's actually a police officer.",
"And that is what started the fire.",
"As a result, he now faces possible criminal charges over this.",
"It's a very serious matter, and the arson squad is now investigating.",
"(END VIDEO) What's the Word?",
"JOHN LISK, CNN STUDENT NEWS: What's the Word?",
"it's the name for the process by which a bank takes back a home because the owner can't make payments .",
"FORECLOSURE . That's the word! Detroit Foreclosures .",
"AZUZ: So in a foreclosure, the homeowner loses the house.",
"And when you get a lot of foreclosures in one area, it can bring down the value of all the houses nearby.",
"The mayor of Detroit has an idea to fill up some of the foreclosed homes in his city: sell them to police officers and firefighters!",
"The mayor's proposal is to offer police and firefighters the chance to buy foreclosed homes for as little as $1,000 dollars.",
"Plus, they could get money to do some renovations.",
"This would be paid for by private investors and with government money that's supposed to help redevelop the city.",
"The mayor says the idea could help more than just the housing market.",
"MAYOR DAVE BING, DETROIT, MICHIGAN: Police officers living in their neighborhoods have the potential to deter crime, increase public safety, and improve relations between the community and our sworn officers.",
"Testing Toyotas .",
"AZUZ: The U.S. Department of Transportation has spent 10 months investigating why some Toyota vehicles sped up for no apparent reason.",
"In 2008 and 2009, we reported on when the car company recalled millions of cars because of this problem.",
"Some critics thought it might have been caused by the vehicles' electronic throttle systems.",
"But according to the testing, that's not the case.",
"The government says, so far, the only known causes of the problem are sticky pedals and floor mats that got in the way of the pedals.",
"Officials say it's also possible that drivers may have gotten confused and pushed the gas instead of the brake.",
"Toyota is facing hundreds of lawsuits related to this issue.",
"Shoutout . TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's Shoutout goes out to Mr. Dich's world geography class at Horning Middle School in Waukesha, Wisconsin!",
"The words algebra, hazard and mummy all come from what language?",
"You know what to do here! Is it: A) Greek, B) Arabic, C) Hindi or D) English?",
"You've got three seconds -- GO!",
"All of these words can be traced back to the Arabic language.",
"That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!",
"Mandatory Arabic?",
"AZUZ: At my high school, we could choose to take French, Spanish or German.",
"We had to take a language, but we got to pick which one.",
"At some schools in Texas, a plan was being considered to require students to take Arabic.",
"The school district got a grant from the U.S. Department of Education that would make Arabic classes mandatory at some schools.",
"The plan is now being reconsidered, but as Sharrie Williams of affiliate KTVT reports, the original idea still angered some parents.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) SHARRIE WILLIAMS, REPORTER, KTVT: All over the room, there were questions.",
"JOSEPH BALSON, PARENT: Why are we just now finding out about it?",
"WILLIAMS: Dozens of concerned parents showed up at Cross Timbers Intermediate School to speak with Mansfield ISD Superintendent Dr. Bob Morrison.",
"The district was awarded a federal grant last summer to teach the Arabic language.",
"BARON KANE, PARENT: The school does not teach Christianity, so I don't want them teaching the Islam.",
"WILLIAMS: The district stressed the curriculum would not be about religion, but about the language and culture, similar to the Spanish curriculum already in place.",
"But upset parents say they should have been informed months ago about the grant.",
"BALSON: It's them applying for the grant and getting it approved, and now saying they're going to be able to go back and change it, only after they were caught trying to implement this plan without any of the parents knowing about it.",
"WILLIAMS: The grant, known as the Foreign Language Assistance Program, has identified Arabic as a language of the future.",
"Some parents say teaching it in the Mansfield ISD is a good idea.",
"TRISHA SAVAGE, PARENT: I think it's a great opportunity.",
"I think it, you know, not only opens doors and we...",
"I think globally, act locally.",
"WILLIAMS: Kheirieh Hannun was born in Palestine but raised in the U.S. She says the option to learn Arabic will give her son a chance to know more about his culture and hopefully broaden the minds of not only students, but also parents.",
"KHEIRIEH HANNUN, PARENT: It was surprising, but I think it's OK. And I think it would be fine, because that way you'll cut down on the stereotype.",
"(END VIDEO) Blog Report .",
"AZUZ: Take your opinion on this to the web.",
"Our blog is at CNNStudentNews.com.",
"Our Facebook site is Facebook.com/CNNStudentNews.",
"Here we go now with your responses to the \"tree octopus\" experiment: How do you know that what you see online is the truth?",
"Kelly suggests \"you should check and see who the author or publisher of the article is.",
"You should also check other web sites to see if they have similar results.\"",
"Brooks agrees \"you definitely have to check your sources,\" something we hear in journalism an awful lot.",
"\"If you get the wrong info, you can be in trouble.",
"Validate your source; you'll be happy that you did.\"",
"And the first thing Kuba's teacher says to do is to check at least five web sites to see if the info is used more than once.",
"If so, it's more than 80 percent true.",
"Interesting idea there.",
"\"I think it is in teachers' best interest that they work on finding reliable sources for the students.",
"Not to do the work for them, but to make sure they know how to find a source.\"",
"This from Matthew. Caitlyn at Facebook.com/CNNStudentNews says to check the publisher or to ask the teacher if the web site has accurate info.",
"\"If you write a paper for a class, you wouldn't want inaccurate information.\"",
"And Terrance says simply: \"People need to stop believing everything they read on the internet.\"",
"Before We Go . AZUZ: Well, before we go, coaches usually give their time to players.",
"But this one gave a lot more than that.",
"Coach Tom Walter gave Kevin Jordan a kidney!",
"He recruited Kevin to play on the Wake Forest baseball team.",
"When Kevin got sick and needed a kidney transplant, turned out his coach was a match!",
"The transplant surgery was done earlier this week, and doctors say Kevin could be back on the field by the 2012 season.",
"Goodbye . AZUZ: An awesome story and our best wishes to Kevin and his coach.",
"Since we're not making any puns today, we'll leave you with this thought from Josh on our Facebook page.",
"\"If you're writing with a broken pencil, it's pointless.\"",
"Send us your sign-off lines at Facebook.com/CNNStudentNews.",
"They don't need to be puns! We'd be happy to read them on the air.",
"Have a great day, everyone."
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