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[ "Washington (CNN) -- Osama bin Laden was buried at sea from the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier because there was no alternative to bury him on land within the 24 hours required by Islamic law, President Barack Obama's homeland security and counterterrorism adviser said Monday.", "\"The disposal of -- the burial of bin Laden's remains was done in strict conformance with Islamic precepts and practices.", "It was prepared in accordance with the Islamic requirements,\" adviser John Brennan told reporters at a White House briefing.", "\"We early on made provisions for that type of burial and we wanted to make sure that it was going to be done, again, in strictest conformance.\"", "Prothero: Burying bin Laden at sea an elegant solution .", "The religious rites were conducted on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, with the ceremony starting at 1:10 a.m. and finishing at 2:10 a.m.", "ET, according to a senior Defense official.", "\"The body was washed and placed in a white sheet.", "A military official read prepared remarks, which were then translated into Arabic by a native speaker, The body of Osama bin Laden was placed on a flat board, which was then tipped up, and allowed to slide into the sea,\" the official said.", "Planning for bin Laden's burial began months ago as part of contingency planning that took into account numerous possibilities involving the terrorist leader's capture or death, Brennan said.", "A senior Defense official said no country was willing or able to take bin Laden's body for a funeral.", "Taking the body to another country and trying to arrange a funeral would have violated the Islamic rule requiring a burial within 24 hours, Brennan said.", "Opinion: Burial at sea shows compassion of Islamic law .", "\"There were certain steps that had to be taken because of the nature of the operation,\" Brennan said.", "\"We wanted to make sure we were able to do that in the time period allotted for it.", "Going to another country, making those arrangements, requirements, would have exceed that time period, in our view.\"", "The descriptions of the burial appear to indicate U.S. forces did attempt to follow Islamic burial rules, said Juan Campo, a professor of religious studies at the University of California in Santa Barbara who has studied burial rites in the Muslim world.", "Questions, however, do remain about the rites, Campo said.", "For one, Islamic law requires that a Muslim read a special funeral prayer during the ceremony.", "A Muslim chaplain or even a rank-and-file sailor who practices Islam could read the prayer, he said.", "U.S. officials' statements do not indicate whether the native Arabic speaker was a Muslim.", "Also, an Islamic authority would normally grant authority to bury a body at sea when a land burial is not an option.", "Campo said he would want to know who, if anyone, gave that authority.", "In his briefing, Brennan said U.S. authorities did seek guidance on the burial.", "\"We consulted the appropriate specialists and experts, and there was unanimity that this would be the best way to handle that,\" he said.", "That the U.S. forces performed a ritual aboard ship instead of dumping bin Laden's body from an airborne helicopter would mute some criticism of the burial from radical Muslims, Campo said.", "\"That may temper a lot of that,\" he said.", "Another concern expressed by U.S. officials was that bin Laden's grave site would become a shrine -- a practice Campo said bin Laden detested but nevertheless likely would have occurred.", "Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said burying bin Laden at sea was \"prudent.\"", "\"He was given a proper burial.", "It removes this -- any thought that there'll be any shrine to Osama bin Laden or grave robbing or any other lasting impact for this death,\" Rogers said.", "Maher Hathout, senior adviser of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles, said that while the decision was not consistent with Muslim tradition because his death \"did not occur in the ocean,\" the method was pragmatic.", "\"I don't think it was meant to humiliate, it was meant as an easy way out so we don't have a tomb because there are some people who will sentimentally attach to him, and we should not apologize for that decision,\" Hathout said.", "CNN's Stan Wilson in Los Angeles contributed to this report." ]	[ "Administration official says burial conformed to Islamic requirements .", "Religion professor: Rites followed some requirements, but questions remain .", "Religious rites were conducted on the carrier USS Carl Vinson .", "Bin Laden's body was wrapped in white sheet, laid on a board, and tipped into the sea ." ]	[ 5, 7, 8, 12, 17 ]
[ "Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (CNN) -- Following weeks of unrest, Burkina Faso's president has named a former ambassador as the country's new prime minister, state media reported.", "A statement signed by President Blaise Compaore named Luc Adolph Tiao, Burkina Faso's former ambassador to France, to the post, RTB, the national radio and television network, reported Monday.", "Before Tiao was an ambassador, he was president of the Superior Council of Communication of Burkina Faso, which regulates the media.", "The announcement came after several incidents triggered violence in the western African nation, sparked by different events.", "There was no information on how many people had been injured.", "Student protests have been ongoing in the nation since February, according to local media reports.", "The demonstrations came after a student reportedly died in jail.", "On March 30, protests erupted over a court case.", "According to media reports, a man sued a group of five soldiers, claiming they allegedly forced him to take off his clothes and walk home because he had dated a soldier's girlfriend.", "The court found in favor of the man.", "During the violence that ensued, the defense minister said his home was attacked.", "A small group of presidential security guards revolted Thursday night over a promised housing allowance, firing shots inside the presidential compound and taking to the streets, shooting guns, stealing cars and robbing people, according to officials with the Ministry of Defense.", "Two children of a defense official were shot at and hospitalized, officials said.", "The soldiers demanded a housing allowance they said the president had promised them.", "The Ministry of Defense said Friday in a statement the soldiers had been paid but the protests continued, with buildings in the capital city, Ouagadougou, set on fire.", "The president also reportedly replaced the head of the Army amid the violence.", "The president was at the palace when the demonstrations began and left briefly under heavy security, but he later returned.", "In recent days, a curfew was imposed, and sources in the city of Po said violence was also taking place there.", "A spokesman for the group of security guards, Moussa Ag Abdoulaye, appeared on RTB and reaffirmed the group's committment to the president and called for a cease-fire from other military groups." ]	[ "The former ambassador to France was named prime minister .", "Students have been protesting for months .", "A group of security guards revolted last week ." ]	[ 0, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- New signing Casey Stoner became the first Honda rider to win the opening race of the MotoGP season since 2003 with his third victory in Qatar on Sunday.", "The Australian emulated seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi's effort as he triumphed after starting in pole position -- he is the only motorcyclist to have ever won at the Losail circuit after qualifying fastest, repeating his 2009 feat.", "The 25-year-old finished 3.440 seconds ahead of Yamaha's second-placed world champion Jorge Lorenzo, with Honda Repsol teammate Dani Pedrosa third.", "Rossi, who replaced Stoner at Ducati after leaving Yamaha, finished back in seventh in his debut race for the Italian team.", "Stoner on pole for MotoGP season-opener in Qatar .", "Stoner, the 2007 world champion and a winner in Qatar the following year, also started last year's race from pole but crashed on lap six.", "This time, however, he let teammate Dani Pedrosa pass him early on, while his fellow Spaniard Lorenzo also took the lead during the 22-lap event.", "Stoner, who dominated the practice sessions before topping qualifying, made his move at the halfway stage to leave last year's championship rivals to battle over the podium places as he clinched his 24th race win in motorcycling's elite class.", "\"I couldn't have dreamt of a better start to the season, but I'm not going to get carried away and will continue to work,\" he told reporters.", "\"The first lap was very tough because of how my bike reacted with a full tank.", "Afterwards it was much better, and the bike improved with every lap until the end.\"", "Another Honda rider, Andrea Dovizioso of Italy, claimed fourth place ahead of Italy's Marco Simoncelli.", "Lorenzo's young American teammate Ben Spies beat Rossi for sixth place, while veteran U.S. rider Colin Edwards, his compatriot Nicky Hayden on a Ducati and Japan's Hiroshi Aoyama completed the top 10." ]	[ "Casey Stoner makes winning start to 2011 MotoGP season with victory in Qatar .", "Australian triumphs on his debut for Honda Repsol team in his 24th race win .", "World champion Jorge Lorenzo claims second place from 2010 rival Dani Pedrosa .", "Seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi back in seventh on Ducati debut ." ]	[ 0, 2, 3 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed Predator drones in Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.", "Gates suggested that the unmanned Predator missions may have already begun.", "He said he believed that the first flights were launched Thursday but were called back due to poor weather.", "\"The president has said that where we have some unique capabilities, he is willing to use those,\" Gates said.", "\"And I think that today may in fact have been their first mission.\"", "Gates said the Predator drones offer a \"modest contribution\" to NATO efforts to support rebels fighting embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces there, though Gadhafi is not a specific target.", "Unmanned aerial vehicles offer more precise targeting, because their low-flying capability allows for better visibility, \"particularly on targets now that have started to dig themselves into defensive positions,\" Gates said.", "He said the drones are needed for humanitarian reasons, and they have capabilities that larger aircraft such as A-10s and C-130s cannot provide.", "Vice Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. James Cartwright said the added precision is necessary because forces loyal to Gadhafi \"nestle up in crowded areas\" to maximize civilian casualties.", "\"It's very difficult to identify friend from foe,\" Cartwright said, noting that the drones facilitate identification of individuals on the ground.", "Remote Predator operators are now permitted to strike Gadhafi's defense missions, including air defense, missile and radar sites.", "Predator strikes are also authorized for civilian protection and can hit Gadhafi's troops, military installations and equipment in the field.", "The U.S. employed the use of unmanned drones early in the NATO campaign, but they were intended for surveillance only and not authorized to fire." ]	[ "NEW: \"I think that today may in fact have been their first mission,\" Robert Gates says .", "NEW: Vice Joint Chiefs chair says drones help distinguish \"friend from foe\"\nNEW: Gadhafi loyalists \"nestle up in crowded areas,\" Gen. James Cartwright says .", "NEW: Air defense, missile and radar sites, as well as troops, are authorized targets ." ]	[ 4, 8, 10 ]
[ "Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- Two people were killed and two others wounded Thursday in clashes in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Internal Security Forces said.", "The incident occurred in the southern port city of Tyre, and an investigation is under way into the incident.", "Residents threw rocks and fired shots at security forces who were trying to stop the illegal construction of homes, the ISF said.", "Three military cars were burned in the melee, the security forces said.", "The city is a mix of Christians and Shiite and Sunni Muslims.", "Palestinians live in refugee camps around the city." ]	[ "The incident occurred in Tyre .", "Residents threw rocks and fired shots .", "Along with the dead, two were wounded ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Two men are being sought for questioning in the brazen daylight robbery of a jewelry store last week, in which some $65 million in merchandise was stolen, authorities said Tuesday.", "Security camera footage shows images of the men wanted by police.", "Detectives released surveillance camera photos of the two, in addition to images of some of the rings, bracelets, necklaces and watches taken from Graff Jewellers on central London's New Bond Street.", "A total of 43 items were taken, with a value of about £40 million, or about $65 million, Scotland Yard said.", "The heist occurred Thursday, when two men walked into the jewelry store at about 4:40 p.m. and threatened employees with handguns.", "As the robbers were leaving the store, they brought a female worker outside with them before leaving in a blue BMW, Scotland Yard said.", "A shot was fired outside the store, but no one was injured.", "The men abandoned the BMW nearby, firing a second shot into the ground, Scotland Yard said.", "Police believe they switched to a silver Mercedes, then later to a black vehicle, possibly a Ford or Volkswagen.", "\"This was a well-planned robbery with a number of vehicles used to help the robbers escape,\" Detective Chief Inspector Pam Mace said in the statement.", "\"These men are extremely dangerous and fired at least two shots in busy London streets as they made their getaway.", "Watch how robbers rip off London jewelers » .", "\"Someone knows who these men are,\" she said.", "\"They would undoubtedly have spoken about (the robbery) before or boasted about it afterwards.", "I would urge anyone who recognizes them, knows the whereabouts of the jewelry or has any other information to contact us.\"", "The images show the two men dressed in suits and ties.", "One man is white, about 30, police said.", "The second is a black man believed to be in his 30s with short hair.", "Both men are thought to have spoken with London accents, Scotland Yard said.", "The robbery is the latest in a spate of daytime thefts at jewelry stores and designer shops in London's exclusive shopping areas of Bond Street, which includes New Bond Street.", "Groups of men or teenagers typically stage \"smash and grab\" robberies, in which they break the windows and steal anything they can get their hands on before speeding away in waiting cars or motorbikes.", "A CNN camera crew filming in March on Oxford Street, near Bond Street, caught a group of thieves speeding away on motorbikes from a jewelry store they had just robbed.", "The thieves choose to strike during the day when a store's security system is typically disarmed, even though the store and sidewalk may be crowded with people." ]	[ "Two men sought over brazen daylight robbery of a jewelry store in London .", "43 items were taken, with a value of about £40 million, or about $65 million .", "Both men said to have London accents ." ]	[ 0, 3, 18 ]
[ "(WIRED) -- Reddit, the community news sharing site, has now joined the billion-page-per-month club, having served up some 1,000,404,480 pages to almost 14 million unique visitors in January, as measured by Google Analytics.", "That means Reddit, once largely seen as a geekier also-ran to Digg, has now handily surpassed its better-funded rival in traffic.", "Reddit was started in 2005 by Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman as part of the inaugural class of Y-Combinator.", "Conde Nast purchased the site in October 2006, putting Reddit under the same corporate master as Wired.com.", "Reddit, with a staff of about 10 now, has seen an extraordinary rise in traffic -- quadrupling page views since January 2010.", "Reddit got a traffic spike of about 30% in traffic in August/September, due to an influx of Digg users responding to the the spectacular failure of Digg's redesign, according to Reddit engineer Jeremy Edberg.", "But much of the growth must be attributed to Reddit's ability to retain a sense of belonging to a club, even as the site grows and grows.", "WIRED: Reddit vs. Digg rivalry by the numbers .", "While the front page is still the most popular part of the site, Reddit also has a wide collection of \"sub-reddits\" dedicated to particular topics and communities, including the not-to-be missed IAMA.", "That stands for I Am A, and is a section of the site where people who are something -- from a Comcast technician to an Egyptian arrested in the anti-government protest -- offer to answer questions from curious users.", "Reddit announced the milestone to its loyal and demanding userbase on Wednesday in a blog post by engineer Mike Schiraldi: .", "\"There are only about 100 sites on the entire Internet that get a billion pageviews in a single month, and now Reddit can put on its smoking jacket and join that exclusive club.", "\"The New York Times isn't on the membership list, nor is Expedia, Weather.com, about.com, or Fox News.", "In your face, meteorologists!", "\"This is an accomplishment that all Redditors should take pride in, because people wouldn't keep arriving in droves -- and coming back -- if not for the community that you've created here.\"", "As a side note, I first wrote about Reddit when they were just finished with Y-Combinator's summer mentorships, and Ohanian was very excited to tell me the site had more than 600 users.", "It's safe to say the site now has plenty more than that, even as Ohanian and Huffman, along with the site's first employee Chris Slowe are now huddled together working on Hipmunk, a airline ticket search site.", "Reddit remains in capable hands, and the numerically-limited staff has done amazing work with limited resources scaling the site, even when this reporter, who sits about 15 yards away from their office, shoots foam-tipped darts at their glass door for fun.", "Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT!", "Click here! Copyright 2010 Wired.com." ]	[ "Community news sharing site had almost 14 million unique visitors in January .", "Reddit handily surpassed its better-funded rival, Digg, in traffic .", "Conde Nast purchased the site in October 2006 .", "Reddit has a staff of 10 people ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3 ]
[ "Along The Libya-Tunisia Border (CNN) -- A green flag fluttering in the wind designated Libyan territory.", "A short distance away, a red flag flew for Tunisia.", "In between, a mass of humanity waited in no man's land, desperate to flee escalating rebellion in one nation and cross into another that has already succeeded in toppling a dictator.", "Periodically, a ripple flowed through the crowd of thousands of refugees as men took turns passing forward dazed and unconscious travelers, overwhelmed by a treacherous journey to the border and exposure to the elements.", "Tunisian emergency workers rushed with fluorescent orange stretchers to evacuate the sick.", "Chaos reigned along Libya's western border Tuesday as Tunisian police attempted to hold back a tide of people, mostly foreign workers caught in the storm of change blowing through the region.", "There were simply too many people crossing too fast, overwhelming Tunisian authorities, aid agencies and volunteers trying to get a handle on what the United Nations called a humanitarian catastrophe in the making.", "The U.N. refugee agency reported that nearly 150,000 people have crossed over from Libya into Tunisia and Egypt.", "A majority are Egyptians -- more than 1 million Egyptian citizens were working in neighboring Libya.", "But the fleeing foreigners also include citizens of Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Ghana, Sudan, Mali and other countries who traveled far from home in search of economic salvation.", "Now, many of them said they had everything stolen from them on the road to the border and are left with nothing but the clothes on their back.", "\"No money! Gadhafi's militia took my money,\" said Mohammad Ataye, an Egyptian who spent the last year working as a hairdresser in Libya.", "He was referring to troops still loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.", "Ataye said he tried to catch a flight out of Tripoli's airport to Egypt, but was forced back by thousands of people waiting there.", "When he and a friend decided to make a run for the Tunisian border, Libyan soldiers robbed him of his savings and his two mobile phones on the way.", "Now what for the Egyptian refugee?", "\"I don't know. I don't know,\" he said. Some of those fleeing Libya do not possess passports and other travel documents, which are often confiscated by the companies that employ them until their contracts are fulfilled, said Mathieu Luciano of the International Organization for Migration.", "Luciano, deployed to the Egyptian border town of Sallum to help shuttle people out, said his agency was working with the embassies of nations involved as well as the companies that hired the migrant workers to return them home safely.", "The agency is paying for a charter flight from Bangladesh that is scheduled to arrive later Tuesday.", "The Egyptian government has reported 69,000 people crossing into that nation.", "One of them is Mohamed Sohel.", "Sohel, who had been working for a Korean construction company in the eastern Libyan city of Durna for three years, was anxious to board a plane back home to Bangladesh.", "He said he has been surviving by sharing one piece of flatbread with two other men since arriving at the Egyptian border town of Sallum six days ago.", "His passport was locked up at the company's Libyan headquarters in the western town of Misrata.", "\"We called the Bangladeshi embassy a thousand times,\" Sohel said.", "\"We never got any advice, or help.\"", "It's easier for Egyptian workers to make it back home, Luciano said, but nonetheless, they face a difficult situation.", "They were the breadwinners, supporting families in rural Egypt.", "They are returning with no livelihood in a time of uncertainty in their own homeland.", "Some said they were frustrated with their interim military government for not doing more to help them.", "\"As we know, Egypt is also under a lot of stress now politically,\" said Hovig Etyemezian, a field officer with the U.N. refugee agency.", "\"So any country that is able to provide air lift or sea movement should pick up the ball so that more people leave, more Egyptians are able to go back to their country.\"", "On Libya's border with Tunisia, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees staff erected 500 tents.", "All of them are full. The global body appealed to member nations to help evacuate the stranded.", "\"The biggest priority is to take people out of the country,\" Etyemezian said.", "\"Now the [border] crossing is anywhere between 10 to 13,000 people a day.", "And the outgoing is 3 to 4,000.", "So we need to have a bigger capacity of people leaving the country.\"", "Police and soldiers watched, as young Tunisian volunteers used sticks to beat back people trying to jump over a wall next to the border gate into Tunisia.", "Volunteers threw bread and bottles of water into the no man's land between the red and green flags.", "Thousands of people have been waiting there for as many as three days, enduring bitter cold without shelter.", "Staff members with the U.N. refugee agency described the water and sanitation situation as precarious.", "Tunisian authorities told the agency that about 75,000 people have streamed into Tunisia.", "Up to 15,000 more people are expected to arrive Tuesday and the agency said it was \"becoming critically important that onwards transport becomes quickly available to avoid a humanitarian crisis.\"", "The refugee agency said it was particularly concerned about a large number of sub-Saharan Africans who are being denied entry into Tunisia.", "They may be targets for retribution after reports that embattled Gadhafi recruited mercenaries from those nations to suppress the uprising in his country.", "CNN's Ivan Watson reported from the Libya-Tunisia border and Moni Basu reported from Atlanta." ]	[ "Many of those fleeing are foreign workers in Libya .", "A majority are Egyptians but there are also citizens of other nations .", "Many do not have the means to return home .", "The U.N. refugee agency fears problems with water, sanitation and shelter ." ]	[ 8, 9, 41 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Cycling at the Tour de France has taken a techie turn.", "Nike's Web site shows messages written by a Chalkbot on the Tour de France course.", "Not only is Lance Armstrong posting to Twitter from the race, but a Chalkbot -- a robot that writes in water-soluble paint -- is scribing messages onto the road, offering inspiration to the competitors and to cancer survivors.", "The Chalkbot takes input from text messages and Twitter posts sent by the public.", "The robot, a tractor-like device that's pulled around by a truck, then paints those messages in large yellow letters along the Tour de France course.", "The letters face the riders so they can read them on their journey during the grueling annual race, which ends July 26 in Paris.", "Nathan Martin, CEO of Deeplocal, a mobile software company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, helped design the robot as part of an ad campaign for Nike.", "He said the Chalkbot is part of a trend in art and marketing: Digital creations are taking on real-world forms to get noticed and to have greater impact.", "\"We have so much clutter and no editorship [online],\" he said.", "\"You can launch new Web sites all the time, but it's really hard to stand out.", "I think the way to stand out is for people to think you have a real impact on your lives.\"", "That sense of true impact is best achieved through real-world manifestations of online art, he said.", "The temporary paint messages are a high-tech take on old traditions at the Tour de France, said Derek Kent, a spokesman for Nike.", "\"If you talk to any cyclist, they'll tell you there's a longstanding tradition to chalk messages of support,\" he said.", "\"And what we've done is taken that insight and bought it to another level, so that someone in Asia can participate in the Tour and feel a part of something bigger.\"", "The Chalkbot ad campaign ties in with Livestrong, nickname of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which is devoted to cancer research and was founded by U.S. cyclist Armstrong, a cancer survivor.", "Kent said many of the messages drawn by the Chalkbot are from cancer survivors or their friends and family.", "A photo of one road message posted on Nike's Web site says \"My mom climbed over Mt.", "Cancer.\" Another says \"If not us who / if not now when.\"", "People who send text messages or Twitter posts will be notified if their notes are chalked onto the road in France, Martin said.", "The robot takes a picture of the words on the road and sends that image, along with GPS coordinates, to the person who submitted it, he said.", "Martin said the Chalkbot was writing about 200 messages per day in the early days of the tour, which kicked off July 4.", "Some towns along the route have banned the robot from writing on their streets, but most sections of the course have supported the ad campaign, he said.", "The robot writes its messages in paint that washes away quickly, he said.", "Martin declined to say how much the robot cost to build but said the effort is far less expensive than developing a television commercial.", "The Chalkbot looks somewhat like a farm tractor and is fitted with 48 nozzles that spray out a mixture of air and temporary paint.", "A truck pulls the robot along the course at about 5 mph, and a person with a laptop sends commands to the device, telling it which messages to spray onto the road, according to Deeplocal.", "To send a message to the Chalkbot, post a message to @chalkbot on Twitter, followed by the tag #LIVESTRONG, or text LIVESTRONG, followed by a message, to 36453.", "Messages must be 40 characters or less.", "Check out this video on Nike's site to see the Chalkbot in action." ]	[ "Chalkbot scrawls text messages and Twitter posts on Tour de France route .", "The tractor-like robot is part of an ad campaign for Nike .", "People whose messages are chosen receive pictures of their text on the road .", "Robot's creator says idea is part of trend in art: digital creations become real ." ]	[ 4, 6, 7, 19 ]
[ "Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- An Argentine Dirty War-era general has been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of five people during the dictatorship.", "Luciano Benjamin Menendez, former head of the Third Army Corps, was already serving a life sentence for violating the human rights of four others.", "A panel of judges on the Argentine court handed down the sentence Wednesday.", "Sentenced along with Menendez was former policeman Roberto Heriberto Albornoz, who was also sent to prison for life.", "Up to 30,000 students, labor leaders, intellectuals and leftists who ran afoul of the dictatorship because of their political views disappeared or were held in secret jails and torture centers during the nation's eight-year Dirty War.", "Menendez's most recent trial stems from an army and police assault on a home in Tucuman province on May 20, 1976, according to Argentina's Center for Judicial Information.", "A group of Montoneros, an urban guerrilla group, was meeting inside the house before the forces launched explosives and entered the house, the center said.", "The soldiers and police killed four people inside the house, and also killed one who escaped." ]	[ "Luciano Benjamin Menendez was the head of the Third Army Corps .", "He was sentenced to life for the killing of five people .", "He was already serving a life sentence for human rights abuses ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Military commanders along the turbulent Thai-Cambodian border agreed to a cease-fire on Thursday, a Thai military source told CNN.", "A border dispute that turned violent over the last week remains volatile, and the hiatus was forged at the unit commander level but not the higher levels of the militaries.", "The source, who asked not to be named because he is not authorized to speak, said if the peace persists, higher-ranking people may meet on Friday.", "They would be Thailand's 2nd Region commander, Lt. Gen Tawatchai Samutsakorn, and Lt. Gen. Chea Mon, Cambodia's 5th Army Region commander.", "Cambodia's government spokesman could not be reached for comment.", "Indonesia has offered to provide observers in the border area and help both sides resolve the crisis diplomatically.", "Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya met with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa in Jakarta.", "Indonesia currently holds the chair of the the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).", "Natalegawa also said Thailand welcomes the deployment of an Indonesian observer team to the disputed area.", "This idea was first agreed upon, in an emergency meeting of ASEAN's Foreign Ministers in February, also in Jakarta.", "The observers have not been deployed, after Thailand later stated their presence was not needed.", "\"I just want to reassure that Thailand will work very earnestly and in a very serious manner with Indonesia in the role of Indonesia as a great facilitator,\" said Piromya.", "However, he maintained Thailand's position was on the defensive in recently renewed clashes with Cambodia.", "\"I just want to use this opportunity to once again reaffirm that the military action by the Thai side was only on the defensive side.", "We have not made any aggression.", "It was only (an) appropriate response to the conflict that was started by the Cambodian side,\" he said.", "Natalegawa said he and Piromya were able to discuss terms of reference for the Indonesian observer team.", "\"I think it's quite fair to say that we have made a very good progress, and I could say that we are truly in the brink of confirming the agreement by all sides.", "Based on my conversation just now, I shall be circulating to both Thailand and Cambodia what I hope to be the final version of the Term of Reference for its immediate early adoption by the parties concerned.\"", "U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging both nations to pursue \"an effective and verifiable cease-fire.\"", "Clashes between the two started Friday as they accused each other of trying to seize ancient temples.", "Thailand calls the temples Ta Kwai and Ta Muen, while Cambodia calls them Ta Krabey and Ta Moan.", "Much of the border between the two countries remains in dispute.", "Both sides claim the disputed temples are in their country.", "Fighting flared up in February along another disputed border area between the two nations, prompting the U.N. Security Council to issue a statement calling on both sides to implement a cease-fire.", "Those clashes stemmed from a longstanding conflict related to the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple.", "Both Cambodia and Thailand lay claim to the temple, which sits atop a cliff on Cambodian soil but has its most accessible entrance on the Thai side." ]	[ "Unit level commanders worked out the hiatus .", "Indonesia has offered to help resolve the crisis .", "Ancient temples are at the core of the dispute ." ]	[ 1, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The intentional breach of a levee on the Mississippi River is sending 396,000 cubic feet per second of water onto 200 square miles of fertile Missouri farmland.", "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the operation is helping to ease unprecedented flood pressure on other areas.", "While the plan appeared to be working -- the level of the Ohio River fell where it joins the Mississippi -- record crests and relentless pressure from millions of gallons of water still threatened communities throughout the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys.", "Vicksburg, Mississippi, could see water levels rise 4 feet by Sunday.", "Residents in Caruthersville, Missouri, were told sandbags may not be enough to control the water.", "Corina Jolley, of Sikeston, Missouri, told CNN she grew up in Dorena, Missouri, which she said was being inundated by the breach on the Mississippi River.", "A tombstone rests above the remains of her father and uncle, but \"I'm sure we'll never see it again,\" said Jolley, who claims residents of the rich farmland will be out of luck, as opposed to those in Cairo, Illinois, for whom the risk has been lessened by the breaches.", "\"Whoever thought it would be this bad?\"", "she said. The Corps reported river levels had fallen more than a foot since engineers detonated explosives late Monday night at Birds Point, Missouri, briefly illuminating the night sky like lightning and sending water coursing across a floodway that Missouri Gov.", "Jay Nixon described as \"literally the most productive part of our continent.\"", "The Ohio River level had dropped about 1.7 feet at Cairo since Monday afternoon, before the blast, but that is expected to level off Wednesday and hover close to 60 feet the rest of the week.", "Other sections showed modest decreases or no changes Tuesday.", "Paducah, Kentucky, on the Ohio River, is expected to see levels go from 54.7 feet Tuesday night to 55.3 on Sunday.", "A second levee blast was conducted Tuesday afternoon at New Madrid, Missouri, and a third is planned Wednesday near Hickman, Kentucky.", "The second and third blasts, downstream of Birds Point, will allow floodwater to return to the Mississippi River.", "After the first blast late Monday, the National Weather Service lowered its crest projection for the Ohio River at Smithland, Kentucky -- upriver from the levee breach -- to 55 feet from the previous 58-foot prediction.", "But even that forecast is more than 3 1/2 feet higher than the record set at that location in 1997, according to weather service records.", "Flood stage there is 40 feet.", "The town of Cairo remained under a mandatory evacuation despite the intentional breach, while six other communities were under voluntary evacuation notices, said Patti Thompson, spokeswoman for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.", "\"We're definitely not out of the woods yet,\" she said.", "\"The levees are all very saturated right now and they're going to continue to have a lot of pressure on them for several days.\"", "Commercial shipping was affected by the levee blasting and subsequent debris removal.", "The segment at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, near Cairo, opened late Tuesday afternoon, said U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr.", "Claudia Gelzer.", "Two other Mississippi River sections along the Missouri-Kentucky border will reopen Wednesday or later, she said.", "Gelzer did not know how many vessels were affected, but said companies had prepared for the closings.", "The National Weather Service continues to predict record or near-record flooding in parts of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky and Tennessee, southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas and, later, parts of Mississippi and Louisiana.", "Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, commander of the Corps' Mississippi River Valley Division, made the decision to order the breach.", "He warned that without punching a hole in the levee, massive flooding would threaten to inundate communities throughout the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys.", "\"There's a tremendous amount of pressure on the system,\" he told reporters Tuesday evening.", "\"The project operated as designed.\"", "It was a controversial decision.", "Missouri officials took the Corps to court over the plan, questioning the agency's authority to intentionally breach the levee.", "The state argued the floodwater would deposit silt on the 130,000-some acres, and years, along with millions of dollars, would be required to fix the damage.", "The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in the case on Sunday, clearing the way for Walsh's decision Monday to blow the levee.", "Some Missouri residents were angered, arguing the decision would destroy their communities and provide questionable benefit.", "But others felt the decision was for the best.", "\"Yeah, we lost 135,000 acres of farm land here in Missouri,\" said Sikeston, Missouri, resident Patricia Mobely, who recently fled the drought and firestorms of Texas for what she thought would be a more peaceful life in the Midwest.", "\"But how much more would we have lost if we hadn't done it?\"", "The river diversion and other flooding has had an impact on pets and livestock.", "Thirty-one animals rescued from flood waters in southeastern Missouri are heading to St. Louis, including 24 domestic rabbits found abandoned inside a cotton gin trailer, according to CNN affiliate KSDK.", "Walsh said the fate of Cairo was just one of many factors in his decision, saying he hoped the move would alleviate problems throughout the Mississippi River system.", "Water levels and flooding have hit record highs in many spots, putting severe strains on systems meant to prevent uncontrolled floods and the resulting loss of life and property.", "He called the decision to inundate the farmland and about 100 homes \"heart-wrenching.\"", "\"I've been involved with flooding for 10 years and it takes a long time to recover from something like this,\" he said.", "The governors of Illinois and Missouri said authorities in both states were prepared for the blasts and subsequent flooding, according to prepared statements.", "\"I urge Missourians to continue to cooperate fully with state, county and local law enforcement, as they have at every stage of this process,\" Nixon said.", "\"Together, we will ensure that Missouri families stay safe in the coming days.", "And together, we will recover and rebuild.\"", "A statement released by Illinois Gov.", "Pat Quinn's office called the decision to breach the levee \"an important step to ensure public safety as we respond to this crisis.\"", "Even as the river was falling, Walsh did not rule out similar moves elsewhere along the Mississippi and its tributaries, saying the levee system is under unprecedented pressure and warning water levels could rise again.", "\"This doesn't end this historic flood,\" he said.", "Evacuation notices have been posted in Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, where rising tributaries have threatened dozens of communities.", "Kentucky Gov.", "Steve Beshear visited three counties to assess response efforts.", "Nearly 4,000 residents in the cities of Smithland, Hickman and Ledbetter have been evacuated, according to a statement from his office.", "Counties in central and northeast Arkansas were affected, including areas along the Black and White rivers, said spokesman Tommy Jackson of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management.", "The mayor of Dyersburg, Tennessee, urged residents of parts of his community to evacuate ahead of significant flooding there forecast for Wednesday night, and residents and officials in Paducah, Kentucky, were closely watching a levee holding back the Ohio River that has showed signs of failing.", "\"We are in uncharted water,\" Paducah Mayor Bill Paxton said.", "CNN's Phil Gast contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Animals rescued in southeast Missouri .", "Operations seems to be working thus far, Corps says .", "Levees are breached at Birds Point and New Madrid, Missouri .", "Record or near-record flooding is still forecast in at least eight states ." ]	[ 13, 26, 59 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A 12-year-old suicide bomber killed three other people, including a district council head, and armed attackers shot to death two police officers Sunday, the first day of a Taliban spring offensive.", "The attacks followed a Taliban declaration Saturday that its spring military operations will focus on attacks against military bases, airbases, convoys, heads of foreign and local companies, and members of the local government.", "In Shaken district of Paktika province, the 12-year-old boy detonated explosives in his vest to kill district council head Shernawaz Khan and two others, said Mukhlis Afghan, a spokesman for the Paktika provincial governor.", "The blast also wounded 12 people, Afghan said, adding: \"The suicide attacker's aim was to target the district council chief.\"", "In a separate attack, armed men opened fire on police in southern Ghazni province, killing two police officers, provincial police security commander Abdul Hassan said.", "According to Hassan, two armed Taliban insurgents on a motorbike opened fire on police officers and then fled the area.", "In its declaration Saturday, the Taliban warned that it also would target members of the High Peace Council, who are influential citizens trying to generate dialogue with the militants.", "\"All Afghan people should bear in mind to keep away from gatherings, convoys and centers of the enemy so that they will not become harmed during attacks of the Mujahedeen against the enemy,\" the statement said.", "The Taliban said that \"strict attention\" must be paid to protecting civilians.", "\"Utilizing all proven military tactics, the operations will focus on usage of advanced weapons against the air and ground forces of the invaders, tip-and-run attacks, and group offensives, city attacks, advanced explosives attacks, effective group and martyrdom seeking attacks by warrior Mujahedeen,\" the statement said.", "However, the deployment of a young suicide bomber Sunday appeared to contradict a Taliban statement that the insurgents intended to avoid using civilian attackers.", "\"I would like to announce that (the) Islamic Movement is committed to pay extra attention for not arming civilians during their operations on the enemy's targets across the country,\" Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mojahed said in an e-mail to CNN.", "The Taliban regime in Afghanistan had been sheltering the al Qaeda terror network when it launched attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001.", "The United States cranked up military operations the next month that led to the toppling of that government.", "Ever since, international forces have been fighting Islamic militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan and attempting to support and build the successor Afghan government.", "The Taliban announcement comes a day after a NATO official said the alliance anticipates insurgents to begin an extensive round of attacks against U.S. and coalition forces \"in the coming days.\"", "The officer with NATO's International Security Assistance Force noted that the alliance has seen similar surges at this time in recent years.", "The coalition feels that the increased attacks on insurgents have had an impact, and new attacks by insurgents signal their effort to recoup their losses, the officer said.", "In a statement Saturday addressing the expected escalation in fighting, the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan urged all parties to avoid harming civilians.", "Staffan de Mistura, head of the mission, called on the Taliban \"to carry out their previously stated decision to avoid civilian casualties.\"", "\"Parties to the conflict must not deliberately attack, target or kill civilians, or indiscriminately harm them,\" said de Mistura, who was quoted in the statement.", "\"We call on all parties to take all possible measures to protect civilians, especially in the forthcoming months when we expect, unfortunately, intensified conflict.\"", "In the 90 days ending April 22, coalition special forces conducted 1,393 operations, capturing or killing 468 insurgent commanders, and capturing or killing 2,637 lower-level insurgents.", "This all comes as the Pentagon released its latest report to Congress on the progress in Afghanistan.", "The military says gains made in Afghanistan over the last half year has created the \"necessary conditions\" to begin transferring control of security to the Afghanistan government in seven areas of the country inhabited by approximately 20% to 25% of the population.", "The latest semi-annual report concludes that insurgent momentum has been halted in much of the country, though the gains are \"fragile and reversible.\"", "However, the report notes that efforts to fortify government and development was \"slower than security gains\" over the last six months.", "The total number of security incidents were higher from October 2010 through March 2011 compared with the same period of the winter of 2009-10, the report said.", "The report says this is mainly due to increased coalition and Afghan troop presence, which allowed for a higher pace of operations against insurgents' safe havens.", "CNN's Adam Levine, Barbara Starr, Fazel Reshad, Matiullah Mati and Joe Sterling contributed to this report." ]	[ "A 12-year-old boy detonates a suicide bomb, killing three people .", "Two police officers are shot to death .", "The Taliban said Saturday that it would not arm civilians in the offensive ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A pair of suicide car bombs exploded near a security checkpoint in central Baghdad Monday morning, killing at least three people and wounding 20 others, Iraq's interior ministry said.", "The casualties included Iraqi security forces and civilians, according to the ministry.", "The attack took place at the western entrance to the Green Zone -- a heavily fortified area which houses Iraqi government offices and many foreign embassies, including the U.S. and British embassies." ]	[ "Suicide car bombs are part of an attack on a security checkpoint .", "The casualties include Iraqi security forces and civilians ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "New Delhi, India (CNN) -- A man took off his sandal and charged toward Suresh Kalmadi, the chief organizer of last year's Commonwealth Games, as the arrested official arrived for a court hearing Tuesday.", "Police immediately overpowered the attacker as officers hurried Kalmadi to the courtroom.", "The attacker was identified as a former lawyer.", "Kalmadi was arrested Monday on corruption charges in connection with the October 2010 Games in the Indian capital.", "Officials contend that Kalmadi, as head of the games' organizing committee, bought a score-keeping system from a Swiss company at \"inflated costs.\"", "He denies wrongdoing.", "In February, investigators arrested two other senior officials involved in organizing the Commonwealth Games.", "They were taken into custody for the same suspected over-priced purchase of the score-keeping system." ]	[ "Police overpower the attacker, a former lawyer .", "Kalmadi is accused of buying a score-keeping system at \"inflated costs\"\nHe has denied wrongdoing ." ]	[ 2, 4, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Germany's Julia Gorges upset world number one Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 in Sunday's final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart.", "The 22-year-old German stunned the Dane with an impeccable display on the clay, sending down 38 winners to become the first home winner since Anke Huber 17 years ago.", "\"I don't quite know how I did it.", "Against Caroline, it is always as if you have to climb a high mountain.", "Now I have done it, I can't quite believe it,\" Gorges said, AFP reported.", "It was Gorges' second title of her career -- she won the 2010 Bad Gastein trophy -- and means she will now break into the world's top 30 for the first time.", "Wozniacki started the day looking to add to the titles she has already won in 2011 at events in Dubai, Indian Wells and Charleston.", "But the 20-year-old couldn't compete with Gorges' strong serve and crisp baseline shots on the day, managing only nine winners during the match.", "\"Julia played really well.", "She was very aggressive and everything was going in.", "I tried everything but it wasn't enough.", "I'll go back to the practice court and try to be better next time,\" Wozniacki said, AFP reported.", "It was Wozniacki's second final defeat of 2011 after she lost to Russia's Vera Zvonareva at the Qatar Ladies Open in Doha at the end of February.", "Meanwhile at the Fes Grand Prix in Morocco, Italy's Alberta Brianti clinched her first WTA Tour title by beating Romania's Simona Halep 6-4 6-3 in the final on Sunday.", "Brianti need just one hour and 17 minutes to defeat seventh seed Halep, who also lost in last year's final.", "The 31-year-old Brianti broke Halep's serve twice in the first set and three more times in the second as the 19-year-old struggled for consistency on her serve all match.", "The Italian's previous best result on the WTA Tour was runner-up at the International Women's Open in Guangzhou in 2009." ]	[ "Germany's Julia Gorges beats Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki in Stuttgart final .", "Second career title means the German moves into the top 30 for first time in career .", "Gorges is first home winner of the event since Anke Huber in 1994 .", "Italy's Alberta Brianti clinches her first WTA Tour title at Fes Grand Prix in Morocco ." ]	[ 5, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo will start on pole for Sunday's Portuguese MotoGP after heading qualifying at the Estoril circuit on Saturday.", "It was the Yamaha driver's first pole of the 2011 season and the fourth time in a row that he has claimed pole position at the track.", "The Spaniard's time of one minute 37.161 seconds was just over a tenth of a second faster that Italy's Marco Simoncelli, who will start Sunday's race in second place.", "Honda's Dani Pedrosa finished qualifying in third.", "Hamilton targets more Turkish delight .", "Australia's Casey Stoner finished fourth with Lorenzo's teammate Ben Spies in fifth.", "Ducati's Valentino Rossi qualified down in ninth place.", "Lorenzo currently leads the MotoGP championship by nine points from his compatriot Pedrosa with Casey Stoner currently in third -- 20 points behind the 2010 champion.", "Nicky Hayden is in fourth place in the standings, while Rossi is fifth." ]	[ "Reigning MotoGP champion claims fourth consecutive pole at Estoril circuit .", "Marco Simoncelli starts Sunday's race in second; Dani Pedrosa finishes qualifying in third .", "Valentino Rossi finishes qualifying down in ninth position ." ]	[ 0, 3, 6 ]
[ "(Mashable) -- After the rumor that Apple won't announce the next-generation of iPhone in June or July (which was the case with all previous iPhone announcements), comes a report that the new iPhone is actually coming in the fall.", "While Apple's suppliers will begin production in July this year, the finished product is likely to begin shipping in September, Reuters reports citing sources familiar with the matter.", "As for what the actual features of the next-gen iPhone, the details are scarce as always; one of Reuters' sources claims the device will look similar to the iPhone 4, but it will feature a faster processor.", "To quickly piece together all the iPhone rumors and reports we've seen, this is what we have: the white version of the iPhone 4 should become available within 2-3 weeks; the iPhone 5 (if that's what Apple will call it) will be an evolutionary upgrade, visually similar to the iPhone 4 but with a better camera, processor and a bigger screen.", "Take all of these with a grain of salt as Apple has been monolithically silent about the matter, as always.", "© 2010 MASHABLE.com.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "Reuters reports that Apple's suppliers will begin production in July .", "Details are scarce on the features of the next generation device .", "Apple has been monolithically silent about the matter, as always ." ]	[ 1, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- World champion Sebastian Vettel began his 2011 Formula One defense in emphatic style on Sunday, leading the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne from start to finish.", "McLaren's 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton did well to finish second after damaging his car on the first corner while Lotus Renault's Russian driver Vitaly Petrov achieved his first podium finish by claiming an impressive third place.", "Fernando Alonso finished fourth for Ferrari, with Mark Webber in his Red Bull in fifth place.", "Jenson Button came sixth in his McLaren.", "Formula One teams, drivers and circuits .", "Sauber pair Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi finished a creditable seventh and eighth respectively, but they were later disqualified by race stewards for technical infringements to do with their rear wings.", "This meant Ferrari's Felipe Massa moved up to seventh place with the Toro Rosso of Sebastien Buemi taking eighth place.", "The 23-year-old Vettel, who was claiming his 11th victory in just his 63rd grand prix, told the official Formula One website: \"I'm very pleased, it was a very good weekend and I had a very nice car to sit in this afternoon.", "\"It was a good race and towards the end things calmed down a bit as Lewis didn't push as hard.\"", "The German continued: \"The start was crucial and being on the clean side I had a very good getaway.", "We learned a lot of things today and it feels good coming here after a long winter and setting the pace.\"", "Hamilton was satisfied with his runner-up spot, saying: \"We can take this and be very proud of ourselves.", "A week or two ago we weren't expecting to be in the top five, so to come to second is a great achievement.\"", "Meanwhile, a stunned Petrov told the after-race press conference: \"To be honest I can't believe I'm sitting with these guys.", "We didn't know where we were coming into the season, but in practice and qualifying we were good.", "\"In the race the team did everything perfectly.", "We can be very proud of what we have achieved today.\"", "However, it proved a disastrous day for the Mercedes pair of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg, who had both retired by the 22nd lap of the race." ]	[ "Reigning champion Sebastian Vettel wins season-opening Australian GP in Melbourne .", "Lewis Hamilton finishes second with Vitaly Petrov a career best third in his Renault .", "Sauber pair Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi disqualified from seventh and eighth .", "The 23-year-old Vettel was claiming his 11th victory in just his 63rd grand prix ." ]	[ 0, 5, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Australia showed no mercy for earthquake-hit neighbors New Zealand as a fine bowling display earned the defending champions a seven-wicket victory at the 2011 Cricket World Cup in Nagpur on Friday.", "A minute's silence was observed before the match to honor the victims of Tuesday's quake in Christchurch, which has left more than 110 people dead, and both teams -- wearing black armbands -- huddled together in a display of solidarity.", "But once the action began, the Kiwis struggled to perform after losing the toss and being sent into bat.", "When Ross Taylor became Shaun Tait's third victim with the last ball of the 17th over, New Zealand had collapsed to 73-6.", "New Zealand death toll rises .", "Nathan McCullum showed some resistance with 52 off 76 balls, and captain Daniel Vettori hit a lusty 44 off 43 deliveries, but the Black Caps could bat only 45.1 of their allotted 50 overs to be all out for a disappointing 206.", "Left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson was the pick of the Australian bowlers with figures of 4-33 off 9.1 overs, while Tait took 3-35 from seven overs.", "Australia, seeking a fourth successive title and fifth overall, then made light work of the run chase to clinch a second win from two Group A games -- and 25th in a row at the four-yearly tournament.", "Openers Shane Watson (62) and Brad Haddin (55) put on 133 in just 18 overs, while vice-captain Michael Clarke (24) and Cameron White (22) were unbeaten as they came home with 16 overs to spare -- helped by a sloppy 29 wides from the New Zealand bowlers.", "Vettori said the tragic events back home could not be used as an excuse for his team's poor performance.", "\"It would be unfair to the people who are going through a lot worse than we are over here to say that was the reason we didn't play very well today.", "We're professional sportsmen and we have to get up for these games,\" he told reporters in quotes carried by the AFP agency.", "Australia fast bowler Doug Bollinger has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament, having also missed the opening win over Zimbabwe after suffering an ankle injury in a warm-up match.", "West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo will be out for four weeks after suffering a similar problem in Thursday's defeat by South Africa, ending his participation unless his team reach the semifinals.", "In Friday's Group B action, Bangladesh survived a big scare before avoiding a second consecutive defeat, beating Ireland by 27 runs in Dhaka.", "Bangladesh, beaten by co-hosts India in the opening game of the tournament, were bowled out for just 205 in the final over despite making a roaring start on a slow pitch.", "Opener Tamim Iqbal top-scored with 44 off 43 balls but after he was third man out with the total at 68 in the 12th over, captain Mushfiqur Rahim (36) and Raqibul Hasan (38) played patient innings to steady proceedings.", "However, South Africa-born Andre Botha (3-32), left-arm spinner George Dockrell (2-23) and Australia-born Trent Johnston (2-40) combined to give the Irish hope of repeating their win over Bangladesh at the 2007 World Cup.", "And the run chase was looking good at 151-5, but then Kevin O'Brien (37) became the first of four victims for young fast bowler Shafiul Islam in the 37th over as the last six wickets fell for just 27 runs.", "On Saturday, Sri Lanka, the third of the tournament's hosts, take on Pakistan in a Group A match in Colombo.", "Both teams won their opening matches." ]	[ "Cricket World Cup champions Australia cruise to victory against New Zealand .", "NZ captain insists Christchurch earthquake was no excuse for poor display .", "Co-hosts Bangladesh boost quarterfinal hopes with 27-run win over Ireland .", "Irish beat Bangladesh at last World Cup in 2007, but batsmen wasted good start ." ]	[ 0, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A commuter plane with dozens of passengers aboard struck a flock of large birds, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday.", "Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 5087 was coming in for a landing at the Little Rock National Airport in Arkansas when the pilot made an emergency call at 4:38 p.m., according to FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford.", "The plane landed about 30 minutes later with \"significant damage to the nose,\" said airport spokesman T.J. Williams.", "Photographs taken of the plane after it landed revealed a gaping hole at the tip of the aircraft, along with several dents.", "At least one dead crane was still attached to the plane's nose after it landed.", "A total of 49 passengers and crew members were aboard the plane when the incident occurred.", "Officials say no one was injured.", "ASA is a regional partner of Delta Air Lines.", "CNN's Dave Alsup contributed to this report ." ]	[ "ASA flight landed with \"significant damage\" at Little Rock airport .", "49 passengers and crew members were on aboard during incident .", "Photographs show a gaping hole at the nose of the aircraft ." ]	[ 3, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Thousands desperate to flee intense fighting in western Libya have begun pouring into neighboring Tunisia in recent days, raising concerns Tuesday among aid agencies that the humanitarian crisis could worsen.", "The fighting between forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi and rebels demanding an end to the dictator's four-decade rule increased over the weekend, with both sides struggling to control Libya's western mountainous region -- home to Berber tribes long persecuted by the Libyan leader.", "\"In the last two days, we have seen 6,000 Libyans come through,\" Firas Kayal, of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said by phone from near the Tunisian border town of Dehiba.", "\"This is a new situation we are dealing with because prior to the fleeing of the Libyan families, we were dealing only with the migrant workers, and now these are Libyan families -- a new situation in Dehiba.\"", "He said about 10,000 to 12,000 Libyans were estimated to have arrived in the last 10 days in Dehiba, where the U.N. aid agency has set up a tent city on a soccer field to accommodate up to 1,200 people.", "Others have been offered shelter in hotels, youth centers and private homes, Kayal said.", "\"Some of the families said their neighborhoods were bombed.", "Others said they weren't waiting for the fighting, that they were fleeing out of fear,\" he said.", "A second camp set up in Remada, just north of Dehiba, was providing shelter to about 1,000 people, Kayal said.", "The situation in Libya has become increasingly precarious for civilians and migrant workers, who have been caught in the crossfire of the conflict that has killed tens of thousands and left thousands more wounded since it began two months ago.", "NATO-led forces began bombing regime targets in Libya last month after the U.N. Security Council approved a resolution authorizing any means necessary to protect civilians.", "More than 550,000 people, mostly migrant workers, have fled the country for neighboring countries.", "Many of those arriving in Dehiba were fleeing fighting near Nalut, about 50 kilometers from the Tunisian border, which has been \"effectively under siege by government forces for about a month and that the pressure on the civilian population has be increasing daily,\" Andrej Mahecic, a spokesman with the U.N aid agency, said during a press briefing in Geneva.", "From the border town of Dehiba, pillars of black smoke could be seen and loud explosions could be heard from inside Libya, Kayal said.", "It has been difficult to track the exact number of Libyans who have fled the country, because few have claimed asylum.", "\"They Libyans leaving aren't refugees,\" said Jemini Pandya, a spokeswoman with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which tracks the movement of migrants.", "\"They have had resources to look after themselves.", "They have gone ... to hotel, to houses.\"", "Typically, the Libyans have fled until fighting abated in an area and then returned home, she said.", "\"If you're now having to set up tented camps to house the number of Libyans, then clearly the situation is changing,\" Pandya said.", "The desire among Libyans to leave, though, appears to be growing in hard-hit places, such as Misrata, which faces near daily shelling by Gadhafi's forces.", "Government forces have cut off all land access to the port city.", "The only escape route is by sea.", "A boat chartered by IOM that was delivering aid and picking up wounded in Misrata was forced to stop Monday in the break waters just outside the city of Misrata after Libyans crammed the port, hoping to board the ship to leave the city, Pandya said.", "\"Some had been separated from families.", "Others wanted to get out of the conflict zone,\" she said.", "U.S. President Barack Obama has described the attack on Misrata as a medieval siege.", "Kareem Khadder and Chelsea J. Carter contributed to this report." ]	[ "As fighting spreads in Libya, thousands flee the intense fighting .", "Libyans are desperate to get out of Misrata as the shelling continues .", "UN agency: 6,000 Libyans arrive in Tunisian border town in two days ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "Cairo (CNN) -- A documentary filmmaker who followed Osama bin Laden's jihad against the Soviets in the mountains of Afghanistan during the 1980s said he once warned the world's most-wanted terrorist against attacking civilians.", "Esam Daraz's films and books documented the birth of bin Laden's al Qaeda terror organization, and they ultimately helped cultivate bin Laden's international notoriety and inspire the jihadist movement of the 1980s.", "The former Egyptian Intelligence army officer established himself as an acclaimed filmmaker after producing 30 documentary films in Egypt through his own production company founded in 1978.", "\"Afghanistan was the hotspot in 1980s so I decided to document the brutal Soviet attacks on the Muslims.", "I embedded with many of the leading Arab fighters on the battlefield and they trusted me so they led me to bin Laden.", "I followed his trail from 1987 until 1991, \" Daraz explained reminiscing as he went through his archive of footage stored in his Cairo studio.", "Daraz filmed bin laden and his 120 Arab fighters in the first training camp located amid the rugged terrain of Afghanistan.", "The men back then came from Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Egypt.", "He produced three documentaries and five books about the war in Afghanistan, but his film \"Arab Supporters in Afghanistan\" remains his favorite piece of work because it featured bin Laden's first appearance on video.", "\"The film was distributed across video stores in the Arabian Gulf.", "Stores were selling 20 copies at a time and sometimes in the hundreds as I learned when I contacted them anonymously inquiring about the sales.", "Many wholesale buyers distributed the film for free outside mosques in Saudi Arabia,\" he added.", "Daraz claims that his film inspired thousands of Arab youth to join bin Laden's small group of fighters.", "\"Bin Laden's office manager in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, informed me that millions of Saudi Riyals were donated by people and organizations supporting the movement after the release of my film,\" said Daraz.", "Around 1988 al Qaeda was established and Daraz met Ayman Al Zawahiri, also known on the field as Dr. Abdel Moez or bin Laden's personal adviser and physician.", "\"I watched him personally monitor bin Laden's consistent low blood pressure and give him the required medicine many times on the battlefield,\" said Daraz.", "Zawhiri's experience as the leader of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad supported bin Laden's aspirations calling for global jihad.", "Bin Laden's secret of success was his compassion and his humbleness, according to Esam Daraz.", "Daraz followed his friend bin Laden to Saudi Arabia in 1991 and stayed in his lavish villa housing his four wives and numerous children.", "Bin Laden was received as a hero who defeated the Soviets in Afghanistan.", "His public rhetoric against the Saudi government's cooperation with the U.S. administration got him in big trouble.", "Daraz warned bin Laden about attacking civilians but the world's most wanted terrorist did not listen.", "\"He drove me to the airport, and I sadly returned to Egypt in the winter of 1991 wondering if I would ever see him again,\" said Daraz.", "Evidently, bin Laden's family disowned him and he was exiled to Sudan in 1992.", "On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed by U.S. Navy SEALs inside a residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan in a covert operation authorized by President Barack Obama.", "The world awaited the release of images of a dead Bin Laden for proof and closure to the families who lost loved one's in the September 11 attacks orchestrated by al Qaeda.", "Bin Laden had claimed responsibility for the attacks in 2004 after years of denial.", "The White House announced that they it will not release \"trophy\" pictures of Osama Bin Laden's body.", "\"You will not see bin Laden walking on this Earth again,\" Obama said.", "Esam Daraz disagrees with bin Laden and supports Obama's decision.", "\"I cried when I saw the twin towers collapsing.", "I am a military man against the killing of civilians,\" he said.", "\"Obama is wise.", "The release of the photos would have provoked people who already disagree with the way he was killed and the disposal of the body at sea, even if those people did not support bin Laden's views.\"" ]	[ "Esam Daraz followed bin Laden's jihad against the Soviets .", "His films helped cultivate bin Laden's notoriety .", "He agrees with Obama that photos of bin Laden's corpse should not be released ." ]	[ 0, 1, 32 ]
[ "Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Four suspected Islamic militants are due to go on trial Thursday afternoon in Madrid for allegedly aiding fugitives from the Madrid train bombings of 2004, a National Court spokesman told CNN.", "Prosecutor Miguel Angel Carballo, at Spain's National Court, seeks sentences of eight to 13 years in prison against the four male suspects, who include a Moroccan, an Algerian, a Tunisian, and a fourth man whose nationality was not immediately disclosed, said the spokesman, who by custom is not identified.", "The prosecutor alleges the suspects provided clandestine lodging in Madrid and in a Barcelona suburb, as well as other aid to various fugitives who \"were directly implicated\" in the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800, the spokesman said.", "Spanish courts already have convicted 14 Islamic militants for their roles in the train bombings, along with four Spaniards, the latter for trafficking in explosives used in the attacks.", "Additionally, seven other prime Islamic suspects in the attacks blew themselves up three weeks after the train bombings as police closed in on their hideout in a Madrid suburb.", "That explosion also killed a police officer and wounded various others.", "The seventh anniversary of the train bombings was two weeks ago on March 11.", "Last February, Spain's Supreme Court overturned a lower court's conviction of five other men for Islamic terrorist activities that included aiding fugitives from the Madrid train bombings and planning other attacks, according to the court order made public March 2.", "The National Court in January 2010 had convicted the five other men --- three Moroccans, an Algerian and a Turk --- for collaborating or belonging to an Islamic terrorist group and sentenced them to prison terms from five to nine years.", "But the Supreme Court disagreed, ruling that telephone wiretaps used to gain crucial evidence against those five suspects lacked the proper protections under Spain's constitution, and there was \"insufficient evidence, beyond all reasonable doubt,\" to prove the crimes that prosecutors alleged.", "Those five men were in a group based in a Barcelona suburb, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, before police made arrests in June 2005.", "Some of the suspects to go on trial Thursday also allegedly operated their network to aid fugitives from the same Barcelona suburb.", "The trial is expected to last several days." ]	[ "Prosecutor says the four aided fugitives from the 2004 Madrid train bombing .", "He is seeking sentences of eight to 13 years in prison .", "The Madrid train bombing killed 191 people ." ]	[ 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Two Rwandan rebel leaders went on trial in Germany on Wednesday on charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes and being members of a foreign terrorist group, a court statement said.", "Ignace Murwanashyaka, 47, and Straton Musoni, 49, are alleged members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).", "They are on trial at the Stuttgart high court.", "The rebel group mainly comprises Hutu extremists who fled to Congo after taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.", "\"They stand accused of controlling the strategy and tactics of the FDLR from Germany,\" the court said.", "\"In this capacity they're supposed to have been responsible for 26 crimes against humanity and 39 war crimes\" carried out by their militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2008 and 2009.", "Human Rights Watch said the trial marks a milestone.", "\"This trial will be the first in Germany under its Code of Crimes Against International Law, adopted in June 2002, which integrates the crimes of the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into German criminal law and allows German courts to investigate and prosecute them wherever they are committed in the world, because of their sheer gravity,\" Human Rights Watch said.", "A third alleged rebel leader, Callixte Mbarushimana, has been transferred to the International Criminal Court to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.", "Mbarushimana was arrested in Paris in October under an ICC warrant involving allegations of mass rape and other crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo.", "He is charged with 11 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes including rape, gender-based persecution and property destruction by his group in 2009, an ICC statement said in October.", "The ICC statement blamed the group for instigating war in Congo as part of its efforts to topple the government in neighboring Rwanda.", "Mbarushimana left Rwanda in the aftermath of the war and worked for the United Nations until he was dismissed in 2001 when it was revealed that he was the subject of an investigation by the United Nations' own criminal tribunal for Rwanda.", "In 2005, CNN spoke with Mbarushimana in France, where he had refugee status.", "He maintained his innocence.", "\"I am not afraid of justice.", "What I am afraid of is injustice, like what is taking place in Rwanda for instance, where people are not really tried properly,\" he said.", "The ICC said Mbarushimana \"has held senior positions in the political leadership of the FDLR\" since 2004.", "The ICC, seated at The Hague in the the Netherlands, describes itself on its website as \"the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community.\"" ]	[ "Alleged rebel leaders are the first to be tried under a German law passed in 2002 .", "The two suspects are accused of crimes against humanity .", "A third suspect is being held by the International Criminal Court .", "The alleged crimes occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo ." ]	[ 7, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and some of his sons and closest advisers face investigation for alleged crimes against humanity, International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday.", "\"I would like to use this opportunity to put them on notice,\" Moreno-Ocampo told CNN.", "\"I want to be clear: If their troops commit crimes, they could be made criminally responsible.\"", "It is the first time the court will be investigating allegations as an event is ongoing.", "They include allegations of security forces killing unarmed protesters, forced displacement, illegal detention and airstrikes on civilians.", "Investigators will look at the most serious accusations in Libya since February 15, the prosecutor said, when demonstrations against Gadhafi ramped up.", "Moreno-Ocampo provided a map showing the locations where alleged crimes may have been committed.", "He cautioned, however, that he needed more time to review the evidence.", "\"This is the beginning of the investigation.", "I can give no details,\" he said.", "\"We cannot confirm these allegations that these civilians were bombed by planes.", "But we have ... confirmation that civilians that were demonstrating were shot by security forces.", "\"We interview people and we will present the evidence to the judges.", "The judges will decide who should be prosecuted,\" he said.", "But Moreno-Ocampo warned that anti-Gadhafi protesters would also be held accountable for criminal activity.", "\"Now, it's not just civilian demonstrations.", "Now, there are people opposing Gadhafi with weapons.", "And also we would like to warn them, you cannot commit crimes.", "Our business in Libya is (to) stop the crimes,\" he said.", "The prosecutor will offer Gadhafi and others \"any opportunity they want to provide their own version (of events).", "Because we have to be impartial. But also, we want to warn the other parties.", "No one can commit crimes in Libya.\"", "Moreno-Ocampo emphasized it was the first time the ICC was able to respond in real time to allegations, partially due to social-networking sites such as Facebook.", "\"This triggered a very quick reaction.", "The (United Nations) Security Council reacted in a few days; the U.N. General Assembly reacted in a few days.", "So, now because the court is up and running we can do this immediately,\" he said.", "\"I think Libya is a new world.", "How we manage the new challenge -- that's what we will see now.\"", "Moreno-Ocampo, who said he plans to finish his investigation within weeks and hopes to have the judge's decision within months, also announced the probe at a press conference Thursday.", "\"We identified some individuals with a factor of formal authority who have authority on the security forces who allegedly committed the crimes,\" he told reporters.", "\"They are Moammar Al Gadhafi, his inner circle including some of his sons who have a facto authority, but also there are some people with formal authority that should pay attention to the crimes committed by their people because if they are not preventing stopping and punishing these crimes they could be responsible in accordance with the law.", "\"They are minister of foreign affairs, the head of the regime security and intelligence, the head of Gadhafi personal security and the head of Libyan external security.", "So we would like to use this opportunity to put them on notice.", "If forces under their command commit criminal acts, they could be responsible.\"" ]	[ "Prosecutor to probe allegations of killing protesters, illegal detention, airstrikes on civilians .", "If troops commit crimes, Moammar Gadhafi could be held responsible, prosecutor says .", "Anti-Gadhafi forces also could be investigated, he warns .", "It's the first time the International Criminal Court has probed an ongoing event ." ]	[ 2, 3, 4, 14 ]
[ "Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Indonesia on Saturday for a two-day summit expected to focus on efforts to achieve economic integration by 2015.", "The meeting started under the cloud of security issues such as the Thai-Cambodia border conflict.", "Indonesia, which chairs the summit this year, has been trying to mediate talks between Thailand and Cambodia in their dispute over the ancient Preah Vihear temple.", "Renewed fighting in the area has prompted displacement of thousands on both sides.", "Fighting along the turbulent border has raged since last month as the two sides accuse each other of trying to seize ancient temples.", "Much of the border between the two countries remains in dispute.", "Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged member nations to promote peace.", "\"We realize that to ensure peaceful and stable east Asia region, we must ensure stability and security in the region,\" he said in his opening speech.", "\"History recalls that as one of the pioneers of regional integration in the world, ASEAN was established based on the strong desire to establish peace, building consensus, promoting stability through regional cooperation and integration.\"", "Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa met separately with his Thai and Cambodian counterparts on Friday.", "Last month, both nations agreed to the deployment of an Indonesian observer team to the disputed area, but have not agreed on conditions set by either country.", "There are no indications so far that the leaders of both nations will meet on the sidelines of the summit.", "Other issues expected to be discussed is Myanmar's bid to host the summit in 2016, two years before its turn to assume the chairmanship.", "Human Rights Watch urged ASEAN leaders to reject the proposal.", "\"Rewarding Burma with ASEAN's chairmanship after it staged sham elections and still holds 2,000 political prisoners would be an embarrassment for the region,\" said Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch.", "\"ASEAN leaders need to decide if they will let Burma demote ASEAN to the laughingstock of intergovernmental forums.\"", "Myanmar was formerly known as Burma.", "The regional group rotates the chairmanship every year among its members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.", "International pressure forced Myanmar to skip its turn in 2005.", "Yudhoyono also stressed the need for ASEAN leaders to address the challenges of food and energy security.", "\"We must give serious attention and take concrete measures to address the soaring of food prices and world energy, which in turn will negatively affect the prosperity of our people,\" he said.", "\"History shows that the rise of food and energy prices usually caused the increase in the number of people living in poverty.\"" ]	[ "Indonesia chairs the summit this year .", "The nation has been trying to mediate talks between Thailand and Cambodia .", "The border row is a result of a dispute over the ancient Preah Vihear temple .", "The Indonesian president urges member nations to promote peace ." ]	[ 2, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- European and American leaders weighed the pros and cons of arming Libya's rebels Wednesday -- a possibility made more urgent by a series of new military setbacks for forces seeking to topple strongman Moammar Gadhafi.", "Government forces have been pushing from Bin Jawad to Ras Lanuf, a critical eastern oil town that the opposition seized on Sunday.", "Gadhafi's military has also launched escalated strikes in the western town of Misrata.", "The new offensive was launched in the wake of an international arms embargo and air strike campaign designed to establish a no-fly zone and provide humanitarian relief for civilians threatened by the Libyan military.", "British Prime Minister David Cameron told the House of Commons Wednesday that the United Nations Security Council mandate \"allows all necessary measures to protect civilians and populated areas (and) this would not necessarily rule out provision of assistance to those protecting civilians in certain circumstances.\"", "\"As I've said before, we do not rule it out but we have not taken the decision to do so,\" he said.", "U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday he is also open to the possibility of arming rebel fighters.", "\"I'm not ruling it out, but I'm also not ruling it in,\" he told NBC.", "In a separate interview with ABC, Obama said that \"if we wanted to get weapons into Libya, we probably could.", "... We're looking at all our options at this point.\"", "One significant problem, however, is the need to train opposition forces on how to use advanced weaponry.", "\"The notion of the gang that couldn't shoot straight might be lived out,\" retired Maj. Gen. James \"Spider\" Marks told CNN Tuesday night.", "\"There must be some degree of training associated with arming this force,\" said Marks, a former commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center.", "\"However, some weapons systems, clearly they can get a handle on and they can use immediately.", "It's the more lethal weapon systems that would require training, and I don't think there's time to do that.\"", "Another problem: a possible al Qaeda and Hezbollah presence within Libya's rebel movement.", "U.S. intelligence has detected evidence of \"flickers\" of al Qaeda and Hezbollah elements among the rebels, according to Adm. James Stavridis, the U.S. NATO commander.", "Stavridis stressed Tuesday, however, that such a presence appears to be minimal.", "\"The intelligence that I'm receiving at this point makes me feel that the leadership that I'm seeing are responsible men and women who are struggling against Col. Gadhafi,\" Stavridis told a congressional committee.", "Stavridis's comments come the same day that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with leaders of Libya's opposition in London.", "A senior counterterrorism official, unnamed because he is not authorized to speak on the record, backed up Stavridis' assessment, downplaying the concern about al Qaeda among the Libyan opposition.", "There is probably \"a sprinkling of extremists to perhaps include al Qaeda\" in Libya among the rebels, \"but no one should think the opposition is being led by al Qaeda or one of its affiliates,\" the official said.", "Al Qaeda has had a presence in North Africa for years.", "\"It's hard to tell who all the leaders are in the opposition,\" the official said, but \"the rebels do not appear to be adopting an al Qaeda bent or ideology in Libya.\"", "White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday that the rebel leaders meeting with Clinton \"made clear what their principles are.\"", "\"We believe that (their principles are) meritorious,\" Carney said.", "CNN's Reza Sayah, Alan Silverleib, Tom Cohen, Arwa Damon, Nic Robertson, Amir Ahmed, Paula Newton and Yousuf Basil contributed to this report ." ]	[ "British and American leaders are openly considering arming the Libyan rebels .", "The rebels have suffered military setbacks this week .", "The rebels would likely need training to use advanced weaponry .", "An al Qaeda and Hezbollah presence among the rebels is a concern ." ]	[ 0, 10, 20, 23 ]
[ "Tokyo (CNN) -- The bodies of two Japanese nuclear power plant workers missing since the epic March 11 earthquake and tsunami have been found, an official with the plant's owner said Sunday.", "The men's remains were found in the basement of the turbine building at the No.", "4 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, an official with the Tokyo Electric Power Company told reporters Sunday.", "The pair -- identified as Kazahiko Kokubo, 24, and Yoshiki Terashima, 21, both members of the utility company's operations management department -- were working in that building when the 9.0-magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami struck.", "The disaster caused damage throughout northeastern Japan, including at the power plant, which is on the Asian nation's eastern coast about 240 kilometers (150 miles) north of Tokyo.", "One of the workers was found floating in a pool of water in the basement, the utilty company official said.", "Both appeared to have suffered multiple traumatic injuries and severe blood loss.", "The bodies were found Wednesday, but the power company did not disclose the news until late Sunday morning.", "Tokyo Electric officials explained the information was delayed in getting out because it took time to notify victims' families and discuss how to announce the news.", "Company Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata offered condolences for \"the loss of two valuable lives.\"", "\"It is deeply regrettable that we lose two employees who were trying to protect the safety of the power plant from the earthquake and tsunami,\" he said in a statement.", "Later, Katsumata reiterated Tokyo Electric's vow that every effort is being made to address the crisis at the nuclear plant and this such a situation will never happen again.", "\"We swear never to repeat this tragedy,\" he said, \"and we making a full effort to resolve the situation as soon as possible.\"", "Susan Olson and Yuki Arakawa contributed to this report for CNN." ]	[ "The two victims, both male, worked for Tokyo Electric and were in their 20s .", "Their bodies were found in the No.", "4 reactor's turbine building, a utility official says .", "They had not been seen since the March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami .", "Their remains were found Wednesday, but it wasn't announced until Sunday ." ]	[ 0, 1, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Floods have devastated the landscape of the state of Queensland, Australia, but they also present a high risk to the Great Barrier Reef.", "Stretching over 2,300 kilometers (1,430 miles) along the northeast coast of Australia, large parts of the southern Great Barrier Reef are \"flooded\" with fresh water.", "Currently the biggest plumes of fresh water reach about 200 kilometers (124 miles) north from the mouths of the Fitzroy and Burnett Rivers, and stretch around 70 kilometers (43 miles) off the coast.", "\"These are extraordinary events.", "The whole of the inner-shore reef lagoon filled with river water,\" says Jon Brodie, Principle Researcher for the James Cook University's Australian Center for Tropical Freshwater Research.", "Brodie and his team regularly monitor the reefs and are immersed in studying the impact of the flood waters.", "Brodie describes the threat to many coral reefs closest to the flooding rivers as \"quite high\" but expects the flood waters to affect in some way the reefs stretching from Frazer Island, 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of Brisbane, all the way to Cairns, 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) away.", "The prevailing tides and south easterly winds mean the flood waters will probably continue to head north.", "\"It's quite remarkable to see.", "If you were to snorkel where the flood water meets the seawater and look to one side, the sea water will be clear with visibility to 50 meters while the other side is fresh, dirty brown water where visibility is down to one meter,\" says Brodie.", "The mix of nutrients, sediment and pesticides from agricultural run-off, plus currently unknown amounts of trace metals from flooded mines, will likely have an immediately devastating impact on corals and sea grasses, says Brodie.", "Salinity could go down to ten parts per thousand or less and remain like that for weeks; \"nothing can live in those conditions,\" says Brodie.", "The immediate death of corals and sea grass is expected, which could then have a devastating affect on other marine creatures like dugongs that feed on sea grass.", "When the Fitzroy River (that flooded Rockhampton before Christmas) suffered severe flooding in 1991, the corals and sea grasses around the Keppel Islands suffered 100 percent coral mortality.", "Bigger fishes can swim away from the deluge of fresh water, but smaller coral reef fish may suffer the same fate as the corals they live around, says Brodie.", "While corals can recover from \"bleaching\" (when coral organisms die leaving what looks like a white skeletal structure), it's a slow process.", "Some recovery around the Keppel Islands was seen after 10 years, while other coral species and marine organisms were still recovering until the latest floods.", "Other marine species can actually benefit from floods.", "\"Some fish species thrive in the current flood plume conditions which can enhance productivity for some popular inshore species,\" Andrew Skeat, General Manager of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said in a press statement.", "Other unwanted long term effects can be algae blooms which can upset the reef ecosystems.", "\"It will take some time before the impacts of these flood plumes on the marine ecosystem and on the industries that use these areas are known,\" said Skeat.", "Climate scientists have blamed the excessive rainfall the region has seen in the last month on the latest La Niña weather event.", "La Niña refers to the cooling of the central and eastern Pacific that drives wetter conditions in eastern Australia.", "Brodie agrees with the cause of the heavy rain: \"It was predicted.", "It certainly fits the pattern of severe weather events from climate change modeling.\"", "Queensland suffered its wettest ever December, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, during what it describes as a \"very strong\" La Niña event in the Pacific Ocean.", "In June 2010 the bureau stated that La Niña was likely to have an affect on Australia by the end of that year.", "A previous La Niña event happened in 1974 when a record flood of the Brisbane River killed 14 people." ]	[ "Flood water will have devastating affect on corals and sea grass in parts of Great Barrier Reef .", "Flood water is full of sediment, pesticides and nutrients that kill corals .", "Inshore coral reef lagoon region likely to be full of fresh water for weeks .", "Coral reefs can take over a decade to recover from 'bleaching'" ]	[ 10, 12, 18 ]
[ "Coral Gables, Florida (CNN) -- World War II U.S. Navy veteran Tony Snetro doesn't need any help running around the bases.", "At 93 years of age, he's the oldest member on the \"Young Viejos\" softball team, as well as one of the originals.", "He was there when the league for players 65 years and older started more than a decade ago in Coral Gables, Florida.", "\"Little by little, as it built up, we had enough men to make two teams,\" says Snetro.", "With an average age of close to 80, they're not as fast as they once were.", "In fact, a few can't even make it out of the batter's box.", "Some players use a pinch runner once they finally make contact with the ball.", "One of those players is the starting catcher, Augustin Gonzalez.", "Bending down is a major challenge for the second-oldest player on the team, and running to first base is certainly out of the question.", "Still, the 88-year-old backstop shows up for games every Tuesday and Thursday, slowly taking his position behind the plate while his teammates cheer him on.", "\"If a miracle exists, this is a miracle, because to have people here 80 and 90 years old playing ball, I think that's remarkable,\" says 81-year-old Manny Alvarez.", "Alvarez had a close call five years ago, suffering a heart attack while playing in the outfield.", "With two stents in his artery, three months later he was back on the diamond, taking his regular position.", "Nothing was going to keep him from rejoining his pals.", "\"We are all blessed,\" Alvarez says quietly.", "Juan Montes fondly recalls playing alongside former Major Leaguer Cookie Rojas when they were teenagers in Havana, Cuba.", "Montes' father would tell him that only Rojas had the desire to be a baseball player.", "\"You don't have that hunger,\" the elder Montes would tell his son.", "\"Besides, you're too heavy.\"", "The team's name is a mix of English and Spanish and means young old men.", "Montes, 74, says it's older players like Snetro who inspire him now.", "\"Tony is a symbol for us to come here,\" Montes says, adding, \"Why should I stay home in bed while there are guys out there?\"", "That's Snetro's message as well.", "\"If you feel good, don't just sit in a rocking chair,\" he says.", "\"Get up and move around!", "You'd be surprised, by doing this your mind stays sharper.\"", "Snetro's secret to his everlasting youth?", "\"I eat hot peppers,\" he proudly states.", "\"Almost every day since I was a kid raised in Connecticut.\"", "The question now is how much longer Snetro can play.", "\"The good lord knows that number,\" he says with a smile.", "\"I don't know it. It's up to him.\" As he points to the sky, he says, \"Who knows, maybe another year or two.\"", "Snetro looks around the field and jokingly says, \"I gotta play until I'm 100 years old.\"" ]	[ "88-year-old outfielder for \"Young Viejos\" says it's a miracle his team can still play .", "Tony Snetro, 93, says he plans to play until he's 100 years old .", "They have gathered enough men to make up two teams .", "Some players use a pinch runner once they make contact with the ball ." ]	[ 3, 6, 10, 26 ]
[ "Los Angeles (CNN) -- Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend dropped her domestic violence accusations against the actor during a court hearing Wednesday morning, according to sources close to both Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva.", "Grigorieva's lawyer also told a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge she wanted the restraining order that prohibited Gibson from having contact with her lifted, the sources said.", "Grigorieva had been using the domestic violence accusations in her effort to change the custody arrangement for their child.", "\"She wanted to demonstrate she's a responsible, good, co-parent and she did this for the sake of the child,\" said a source close to Grigorieva, who asked not to be identified.", "Lawyers for both sides have not commented publicly about the case, much of which has been sealed by the judge since it involves the custody battle for their young daughter.", "Gibson entered a \"no contest\" plea in March to a misdemeanor battery charge relating to an incident last year involving Grigorieva.", "A plea deal put the actor on unsupervised probation for three years and it requires Gibson to complete 52 weeks of anger management counseling.", "It also allowed him to enter a no contest plea without admitting guilt.", "Gibson and Grigorieva are in a bitter legal fight over custody of their daughter.", "The sheriff's investigation findings have been in the hands of prosecutors since August.", "It was not immediately clear if Grigorieva would continue to pursue a civil suit against Gibson based on the violence accusations.", "CNN's Jack Hannah contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: \"She did this for the sake of the child,\" a source close to Grigorieva said .", "Oksana Grigorieva's lawyer announced the move in court Wednesday .", "A restraining order against Gibson is also lifted, the lawyer says .", "Gibson and Grigorieva are involved in a bitter child custody dispute ." ]	[ 1, 3, 8 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- Police issued an \"all clear\" after an electronic greeting card prompted employees at a commercial Israeli bank in New York to call emergency personnel, according to Paul Browne, a New York City Police Department spokesman.", "Authorities said they initially X-rayed the package and were concerned that it was \"a possible letter bomb,\" he said.", "The card contained interconnecting wires and batteries and drew a New York bomb squad to investigate.", "A law enforcement source told CNN that the letter was addressed to a bank employee.", "Multiple emergency vehicles and as many as 20 firefighters gathered around the building in Manhattan.", "Employees who left the building were not permitted re-enter it, according to CNN producer Kiran Khalid, but authorities did not evacuate the area.", "CNN's Allan Chernoff and Jeanne Meserve contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Card containing wires and batteries drew a bomb squad to investigate .", "It was received at an Israeli bank in Manhattan .", "Multiple emergency vehicles and up to 20 firefighters had gathered at the building ." ]	[ 2, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- World number two Novak Djokovic extended his winning run in 2011 to 27 matches with a 7-6 6-2 win over Spain's Feliciano Lopez to win the Serbia Open in Belgrade Sunday.", "It was top seed and home favorite Djokovic's fifth title of the year after his wins at the Australian Open, Dubai, Indian Wells and Miami.", "The 23-year-old Djokovic is now two wins away from equaling Ivan Lendl's record of a 29-0 winning season start, set in 1986.", "Rain interrupted the final twice with Djokovic battling it out on home clay for 73 minutes before wrapping up the first set on a tiebreak.", "The start of the second set was also delayed by rain before Djokovic secured a pair of breaks to wrap up victory.", "His last defeat came against Roger Federer in the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals last November and he closed out 2010 by leading Serbia to the victory in the Davis Cup final on home soil against France.", "Djokovic is firmly focused on toppling Rafael Nadal as world number one this season.", "\"I need to stay healthy and I need to stay fit in order to play well.", "The winning streak is something I don't really think about,\" he told the official ATP Tour website.", "\"I am flattered that people compare me to the greats, like Lendl, (John) McEnroe, (Roger) Federer, Nadal -- guys who have made history on the tennis court.", "But I have some other goals to achieve this year.", "\"Obviously the number one ranking is still far away, even though I've been winning every match I've played this year and won five titles in a row.", "\"But I know I need to do more and if I ever get to that number one in the world it would be a dream come true for me, because it's been the ambition of my career.\"", "Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro is also in fine form heading into the second grand slam of the season at the French Open later this month and secured his second title of the season with a 6-2 6-2 win over Fernando Verdasco in the final of the Estoril Open Sunday.", "Del Potro, who is returning to his best after missing most of 2010 with a wrist injury, was claiming his ninth ATP title from 12 final appearances.", "\"This is a great victory, it's unbelievable to win on clay.", "It's something I never expected so soon,\" he told AFP.", "Former world number three Nikolay Davydenko of Russia won the Munich ATP title Sunday with a 6-3 3-6 6-1 victory over Germany's Florian Mayer.", "It was his 21st ATP title and his first since Doha in January 2010.", "On the WTA Tour, world number one Caroline Wozniacki began her campaign at the Madrid Masters Sunday with a 6-2 6-3 win over Japan's Ayumi Morita.", "Maria Sharapova and Francesca Schiavone also went through to the second round at the tournament which also features the ATP Masters 1000 event with Nadal as top seed.", "But title holder Aravane Rezai of France lost to Swedish qualifier Sofia Arvidsson 6-3 3-6 6-4 in a shock defeat." ]	[ "Novak Djokovic wins Serbia Open title to claim fifth crown of 2011 .", "Straight sets win over Feliciano Lopez extends his winning run to 27-0 .", "Juan Martin del Potro wins Estoril Open by beating Fernando Verdasco in final .", "Nikolay Davydenko of Russia wins ATP title in Munich ." ]	[ 0, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Security concerns forced two U.S. passenger flights to be diverted Sunday, but both planes landed safely and eventually flew to their final destinations.", "A Continental flight bound for Chicago from Houston made an unscheduled stop in St. Louis because of an \"unruly passenger,\" a St. Louis airport spokesman said Sunday.", "The man tried to reach the exit door during the flight, but was stopped by a flight attendant, spokesman Jeff Lea said.", "The plane landed at St. Louis and the man was taken off the plane for questioning by airport police and federal authories, he said.", "Continental Flight 546 finally landed in Chicago Sunday afternoon just an hour late.", "A Delta flight was diverted Sunday after a flight attendant found a suspicious note in a lavatory, an official with the Transportation Security Administration told CNN.", "The flight from Detroit headed to San Diego was diverted to Albuquerque, New Mexico, the FBI said, adding that it was informed of \"a potential security threat\" on the plane.", "Flight 1706 landed in Albuquerque shortly before 10 a.m. (12 p.m.", "ET) and agents were on the scene to investigate, the FBI office in Albuquerque said.", "A spokesman for Albuquerque International Sunport Airport said passengers deplaned and were \"being checked out.\"", "TSA spokeswoman Kristin Lee said the flight landed without incident, and that all passengers deplaned safely.", "\"Passengers and carry-ons were cleared by a canine team, and the plane was swept with negative findings,\" a TSA statement said.", "CNN's Stephanie Gallman and Mike M. Ahlers contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: \"Unruly passenger\" forces Continental flight diversion .", "NEW: The Houston to Chicago flight dropped the man off in St. Louis .", "NEW: Police dogs find nothing on diverted Delta flight .", "Flight attendant finds suspicious note in lavatory of Delta flight ." ]	[ 1, 2, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Investigators checked cameras at California-Mexico border crossings Monday in their search for a driver who is believed to have caused a weekend crash that killed five people on a California desert highway.", "A Dodge Avenger struck a group of 12 motorcycles Saturday on a highway in El Centro, Imperial County, just east of San Diego, after swerving to avoid a gold Honda Civic that had just passed the bikers.", "Four people on the bikes and a passenger in the Dodge Avenger died on the scene, California Highway Patrol spokeswoman Deeann Goudie said.", "Six other motorcyclists were seriously injured.", "\"The gold Honda Civic left the scene without stopping and police want to talk with that driver,\" Goudie said.", "\"We're looking for a 1995-2000 model year Gold Honda Civic.\"", "Police suspect the Honda driver may have fled across the nearby border into Mexico, prompting them to take a look at the border camera video, according to another California Highway Patrol spokesman, Pablo Torrez.", "A drunk driving charge that was initially made against the Dodge Avenger driver was dropped Monday after blood test results came back negative, Torrez said.", "The bikers are part of the Saddle Tramps Motorcycle group in Lakeside, California.", "They were taking a casual ride on their Harley Davidsons to celebrate the group's 10th anniversary.", "Anyone with information is asked to contact the California Highway Patrol.", "CNN's Rick Martin and Sara Pratley contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Border cameras may help police find the driver who fled the scene .", "NEW: A DUI charge against the Dodge Avenger driver was dropped .", "The bikers were taking a casual ride to mark their 10th anniversary .", "Four bikers and a passenger in the car die ." ]	[ 2, 7, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Easter has passed, and you've finally finished cleaning the last of that weird basket-lining \"grass\" from the carpet.", "Beginning Sunday, millions of Americans can also celebrate the resurrection of their foregone vices -- whatever treat or habit they gave up for 40 long days of Lent.", "After chocolate and fried foods (pound-droppage is a common additional motive), an increasingly popular thing to give up for Lent is Facebook -- anecdotally, at least.", "Two of our friends tried it this year, and they both reported the break made them pretty darn happy.", "Collectively, Facebook's users spend -- wait for it -- 700 billion minutes per month on the site, according to company stats.", "Assuming the site has 500 million active users (they've hit 600 million but haven't updated the time-use stats on their site, so we're working with what we got -- thanks, Zuckerberg), that works out to 23 hours and 20 minutes per person a month -- on average.", "An entire day, shoom, out the window, into the sunshine that you are not enjoying because you are clicking, zombie-like, through pictures of that chick from grade school looking sweaty in a maternity suite.", "Now, the debate rages on: Passionate pundits on either end of the arena argue that Facebook is bringing us closer together, or, alternatively, turning us all into socially inept hermits who smell of Cheetos and squint like little voles.", "But while we can't stop the churning tides of new technology, we can decide exactly how much time to devote to staring at glowing screens.", "And we'd like to recommend that, at least for a few weeks, you make that screen-time shrink.", "With the tulips blazing, the birds singing and the spring breeze losing its chill, now just might be the time to take a break, or at least to set some self-limits (to go from \"in a relationship\" to \"it's complicated\" with the ol' FB, if you will.)", "Here's the shocking truth: If you stop using Facebook so often, you won't need it so much.", "See, the whole \"Facebook addict\" trope isn't too far from reality: Recent research in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that browsing the site is self-reinforcing.", "Frequent use paradoxically can make us feel disconnected, which we then try to cure by using Facebook even more.", "In other words, the more you have it, the more you want it.", "(File that under \"ways FB is like money and sex.\")", "The upshot -- and this is what my Facebook-eschewing friends reported -- is that after a few days away from the site, you kinda forget to miss it.", "One said that she's now back on the site but using it only to check specific things, instead of burning up hours clicking through 483 wedding photos of that dude from high school whose name she otherwise wouldn't remember.", "Research backs her up: People are happier when they're checking up on Facebook friends vs. clicking around without a target, according to a study from the University of Missouri.", "Just, uh, don't let that target be a former flame and his or her adorable new significant other.", "(Hey, another perk of less Facebook face-time: lower odds of spotting infuriating updates from exes, rivals and frenemies.)", "Now, if you're thinking about closing your profile down for a spell, know that it will be warm and waiting for you when you want to come back.", "To temporarily hit the \"off\" button, click on Account, then Deactivate.", "To reactivate the whole thing a week or month down the line, just log in as usual.", "I hear the protestation, high-pitched and keening: If I'm not on Faaaacebook, how will I get inviiited to stuuuff?", "But recall that one can share events with nonusers by simply typing in their e-mail address under \"Select Guests to Invite.\"", "Remind your BFFs that you're Facebook-free and the good ones, at least, will know to pop you onto the invite list to their next Kafka-inspired gallery opening/speed hair-cutting contest.", "What you will miss is another mass invite to that random guy's seventh pathetic open mic performance, during which he'll try a new ending on his jam, \"My Burning Heart Must Be Extinguished.\"", "Somehow, I think you'll survive.", "Now, admittedly, pulling the Facebook plug is not for everyone.", "To put it on the brown-out back-up generator instead, limit your time on the site.", "Minutes Please automatically pops you out of a given site after an allotted time.", "And browser-specific plug-ins can help you keep track of your site usage -- just Google \"[your browser] track time on websites.\"", "By our math, the average user is logging a little more than 45 minutes on Facebook a day.", "Cut that to 15 and poof!", "Like magic, 3.5 hours emerge each week to enjoy the spring -- to play on a playground, soak up the sunshine and run around on the (real, not blue-ish shredded plastic) grass." ]	[ "Facebook's 500+ million active users spend 700 billion minutes per month on the site .", "If you stop using Facebook so often, you won't need it so much .", "To temporarily hit the \"off\" button, click on Account, then Deactivate ." ]	[ 4, 11, 22 ]
[ "Bath, Maine (CNN) -- Under clear, blue skies, a ship dedicated to fallen Medal of Honor recipient and Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy was christened Saturday by his mother, Maureen, at Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine.", "\"I feel not only Michael's presence, but that ship embodies the spirits of Michael and his teammates,\" Murphy's father, Daniel, told CNN.", "Following tradition, Murphy's mother cracked a bottle of champagne against the hull of the USS Michael Murphy.", "\"Happy Birthday, son!\"", "Murphy's mom said on what would have been her son's 35th birthday.", "His life was cut short in the mountains of Afghanistan in 2005.", "Dr. Josh Appel, an Air Force Reserve flight surgeon, helped retrieve Murphy's body after a firefight that claimed the lives of 18 other troops, including 2 SEALs from Murphy's team.", "Appel called the christening \"a symbolic gesture that brings Michael's spirit into the ship.\"", "Murphy's team -- on a mission to go after a Taliban leader -- was ambushed when the troops were outnumbered by Taliban fighters.", "Murphy was honored for his courage by running into a clearing to call for help despite exposing himself to enemy fire.", "He was hit with two bullets in his back, but continued to seek help on the call.", "His final words to his command belied the deadly attack under way: \"Thank you,\" he said.", "\"We can never repay, but must never ever forget,\" said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, in front of more than 2,000 people at the shipyard.", "The ship's dedication comes during a week of honors for Navy SEALs.", "Members of the elite special ops force killed Osama bin Laden during a 38-minute operation early Monday in Pakistan.", "\"You're going to have good days.", "You're going to have bad days,\" Rear Adm. Garry Bonelli told CNN.", "\"What we're trying to do is defend freedom and follow out the president's orders.", "That's what we're all about.\" The destroyer will be moved to a dry dock for several months while workers put the final touches on it.", "The lettering on the stern of the ship doesn't need any more work.", "It says, \"Michael Murphy,\" but among its admirers, it's already being called \"the Murph.\"" ]	[ "USS Michael Murphy named for Medal of Honor recipient .", "Murphy, a Navy SEAL lieutenant, was killed in 2005 in Afghanistan .", "His namesake destroyer was christened by his mother at a shipyard in Maine ." ]	[ 0, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Heavy rains and flooding in Brazil have caused 260 deaths in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, CNN affiliate TV Record reported Wednesday.", "The greatest damage was in a cluster of towns in a mountainous area northeast of the city of Rio from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning, where civil defense officials said 147 lost their lives.", "That included 114 people reported killed in Teresopolis by a mudslide, local officials told CNN.", "Some 1,000 others were left without shelter and were being moved to a local gym and schools.", "And, in nearby Petropolis, 18 deaths were recorded, the state government said, according to Agencia Brasil.", "Three deaths were reported in Itaipava, while in Nova Friburgo there were 12.", "Among the victims in Rio state were three firefighters who were involved in rescue operations when they were buried by a subsequent mudslide, Agencia Brasil reported.", "A fourth firefighter was missing.", "Nearly 75,000 people were without power in the region as a result of the heavy storms.", "Teresopolis Mayor Jorge Mario Sedlacek declared his city a natural disaster area.", "He told CNN affiliate TV Globo that at least 80 rescuers have been sent to the region.", "Meanwhile, in the state of Sao Paulo, at least 24 people were dead as heavy rain continued to batter parts of the state, authorities said.", "It has been raining since January 1, and the deluge could continue until the end of the week, forecasters have said.", "The flooding has caused mudslides, officials said Tuesday.", "The Mairipora Dam gave way, adding to the woes in the area, said Ramos Junior, a captain at the Sao Paulo Civil Fire Department.", "Sao Jose dos Campos, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the city of Sao Paulo, has been hardest hit by the flooding, Junior said.", "In January last year, heavy rains caused dozens of deaths in Brazil's southeast coast.", "Torrential rains caused deadly mudslides in the resort area of the town of Angra dos Reis.", "Journalist Luciani Gomes and CNN's Marilia Brocchetto, Rafael Romo and Mariano Castillo contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: There are 147 reported deaths in state of Rio de Janeiro .", "Three firefighters are among those dead .", "It has been raining since January 1 in Sao Paulo state .", "A dam in the area has given way, adding to the woes ." ]	[ 0, 12, 14 ]
[ "(Mashable) -- Pandora has expanded from music to jokes with the addition of 10,000 comedy clips from more than 700 comedians to its Internet radio service.", "Like its Music Genome Project, Pandora's Comedy Genome Project analyzes the content of each clip for style, content and deliver in order to figure out which comedians have similar delivers or joke about similar topics.", "It's this analysis and recommendation system that has turned Pandora into a Internet music powerhouse.", "\"Adding comedians to the mix has been one of the top requests from our listeners,\" Pandora said in a blog post, \"so we've taken the same approach to comedy as we have to music: carefully and deliberately analyzing comedic 'bits' across a very large number of attributes to capture the style, delivery and content of each performance.\"", "Some of the comedians that are now available on Pandora include Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Mitch Hedberg and John Rivers, according to The New York Times.", "And like its musical counterpart, comedy on Pandora will also come with audio advertisements.", "Unilever is Pandora's first advertiser and will be promoting its Axe male body products and Klondike bars.", "Once at the brink of destruction, Pandora has bounced back and is now preparing for an IPO that is expected to raise at least $100 million for the Internet radio company.", "Pandora has more than 80 million users and is essentially break even.", "See the original article at Mashable.com.", "© 2010 MASHABLE.com.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "Pandora's Comedy Genome Project analyzes the content of each clip .", "Comedy on Pandora will also come with audio advertisements .", "Some of the comedians include Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Mitch Hedberg ." ]	[ 4, 5 ]
[ "(CNN Student News) -- March 31, 2011 .", "Download PDF maps related to today's show: .", "• Libya • Syria .", "Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.", "THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.", "MRS. LONG'S STUDENTS: We're from Twin Rivers High School in Broseley, Missouri.", "Start your tractor, Carl!", "CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: We thank Mrs. Long's students in Missouri for getting today's show revved up and ready to go.", "And we thank all of you for checking out this Thursday edition of CNN Student News.", "First Up: Changing Strategy .", "AZUZ: I'm Carl Azuz, and first up today, we have a report from CNN's Chris Lawrence on the conflict in Libya.", "The U.S. has been involved in this since March 19th, when it launched missiles at targets inside the North African country.", "But the military strategy is shifting.", "(BEGIN VIDEO) CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: U.S. officials say they're not in Libya to help rebels win a war.", "VICE ADMIRAL BILL GORTNEY, DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT STAFF: That's not part of our mandate.", "LAWRENCE: But the coalition is launching missiles at specific units, like the headquarters of Libya's elite 32nd Brigade.", "GORTNEY: This is one of Gadhafi's most loyal units.", "LAWRENCE: The coalition has interpreted \"protect civilians\" to mean it can destroy any weapons Gadhafi could use.", "Air strikes hit munitions depots in two cities.", "GORTNEY: Any place that we can see ammunition storage facilities, things of that nature, that, we're going after those.", "LAWRENCE: A mission that started with preventing attacks from the air is now focused, not even two weeks later, on destroying targets on the ground.", "New flying gunships like the A-10 have replaced some of the ships that were firing cruise missiles.", "These new aircraft fly low, closer to a target, and shoot machine gun fire instead of dropping thousand-pound bombs.", "They're designed to fight in and around cities, where rebels are trying to hold off Gadhafi's forces.", "On Tuesday, the NATO commander said that protecting civilians mandate extends all the way into Tripoli itself.", "ADMIRAL JAMES STAVRIDIS, NATO SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, EUROPE: I think that any Gadhafi forces that are demonstrating hostile intent against the Libyan population are legitimate targets.", "LAWRENCE: So far, the assault has cost the Pentagon well over half a billion dollars.", "But most of that money came from cruise missiles and other munitions.", "The strategy has shifted, and now the U.S. forces are focused on refueling planes, jamming communication and striking Gadhafi forces.", "So, the military only expects to spend $40 million over the next few weeks.", "And a spokeswoman says, \"After that, we would incur added costs of about $40 million per month.\"", "How many months?", "It's hard to tell. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, (R) ARIZONA: But a stalemate is not an acceptable solution.", "STAVRIDIS: I think a stalemate is not in anybody's interest.", "(END VIDEO) Libya Civil War .", "AZUZ: Some rebel leaders in Libya are calling the battles' front lines \"fluid.\"", "They made some advances, took control of some key cities.", "But Colonel Gadhafi's forces have pushed back.", "And yesterday, the rebels withdrew from some territory they had taken over before.", "One strategy that coalition military leaders are considering is arming the rebels, giving them weapons.", "President Obama has said he's open to this idea, and some experts think it could give rebels help in fighting government forces.", "But there are also some concerns about this, arming the rebels.", "U.S. intelligence indicates that some terrorists may be fighting on the side of the rebels.", "So of course, officials don't want to be giving weapons to the wrong people.", "Shoutout . PAT ST. CLAIRE, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's Shoutout goes out to Mrs. Feller's students at Hardin Intermediate School in Hardin, Montana!", "On this map of the Middle East, which country is Syria?", "You know what to do! Is it: A, B, C or D? You've got three seconds -- GO!", "On this map, B is Syria, a country that's home to more than 22 million people.", "That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!", "Syria Unrest .", "AZUZ: Syria is another country in that part of the world that's dealing with political unrest.", "Dozens of people have been killed over the last few weeks in fighting between Syrian security forces and protesters who are speaking out against their government.", "The protesters, here's what they want: changes to Syria's constitution and the end of an emergency law that's been in place in Syria for decades.", "Yesterday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad spoke to his country about this unrest.", "He said he recognizes that Syrians want reform and acknowledges that the government hasn't met the needs of the Syrian people.", "But President al-Assad also referred to an anti-Syria \"conspiracy,\" and said his country won't fall like others that have gone through revolutions recently, like Egypt, for example.", "One thing President al-Assad didn't address was that emergency law that protesters want lifted.", "9/11 Hearing .", "AZUZ: It's been nearly 10 years since the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.", "After those attacks, Congress created the 9/11 Commission.", "The goal was to investigate the country's counterterrorism policy and to give recommendations for how to help avoid future attacks.", "A U.S. Senate committee is holding hearings to discuss how prepared the U.S. is for another possible attack.", "Yesterday, they heard the opinions of some members of that 9/11 Commission who said that, in many ways, the U.S. is safer today from that kind of terrorist attack.", "But they also had a warning: They said the threat of terrorism has changed.", "The commission's chairman said, \"Although a devastating 9/11-type attack we believe is less likely, the threat is more complex and it's more diverse than at any time in the last decade.\"", "What's the Word? TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: What's the Word?", "It's a term that advertisers use to describe a group of people who share similar characteristics, such as age .", "DEMOGRAPHIC . That's the word! TVs Watching You?", "AZUZ: Advertisers use those demographics to decide which ads to show to which people.", "For example, if you're trying to promote an action movie, advertisers believe they're better off showing that to a younger, male audience than to an older, female audience.", "Deborah Feyerick is looking at new technology that doesn't just let advertisers target a specific group.", "It lets them target specific individuals.", "(BEGIN VIDEO) DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Every time you watch TV, your TV is likely watching you through that box which collects information on show after show after show.", "All that data sent anonymously, ultimately to advertisers, focused on reaching people likely to buy certain products or watch certain shows.", "What is the benefit to people like me?", "To consumers? JON WERTHER, PRESIDENT, SIMULMEDIA INC.: The benefit to consumers is that you get more relevant ads and you have fewer ads that are irrelevant to you that are cluttering up your TV experience.", "FEYERICK: John Werther of Simulmedia successfully helped pioneer targeted advertising on the Internet.", "Now, he's doing it with TV. If this is done right, how much money is this worth to advertisers?", "WERTHER: We think billions.", "Billions of dollars.", "FEYERICK: Why? Because what you watch tells a lot about you, sometimes unexpectedly.", "WERTHER: A rerun of \"Saved by the Bell \"at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning has been one of the most highly effective spots in driving, let's say, audiences to a crime drama several days later.", "FEYERICK: It's not just set box data, but your other personal data collected when you ask for credit reports or use retail discount cards.", "Tech companies like Visible World use this data like direct mail, and can now deliver different ads to different households watching the same program.", "How does the box know which of these four different ads to get to you?", "SETH HABERMAN, CEO, VISIBLE WORLD: So, we've built a database that talks to Cablevision and sends out these little messages so the set-top boxes switch at the right time to show the right ads in your household.", "FEYERICK: As for privacy, Ad Age writer Brian Steinberg says it's a tradeoff.", "BRIAN STEINBERG, ADVERTISING AGE: That's becoming, you know, kind of the new tipping point of how much information we want to give out there and how much will advertisers use to kind of know where we are, where we're walking, what we like, what we don't like, what our preferences are in exchange for more relevant, more interesting advertising.", "FEYERICK: Commercial advertisers are banking you'll watch.", "Deborah Feyerick, CNN, New York.", "(END VIDEO) Blog Promo .", "AZUZ: You can see how this benefits advertisers, and it brings up a couple interesting questions.", "Would you benefit from seeing ads that were more relevant to the things you wanted, or do you think this might be a bit of an invasion of privacy, if people know what you're watching and when you're watching it?", "You see our blog from our front page right there, From A to Z with me.", "Head to CNNStudentNews.com, click into this blog, and tell us your comments; tell us what you're thinking about this.", "Before We Go . AZUZ: The competition you're about to see started out with 75 people.", "After nearly two straight days of dribbling, it was down to just these two.", "You can sit, stand, bend, eat; you just gotta keep dribbling.", "But when one guy reaches down to get a banana, oh no!", "He knows it's over! The ball just got away from him when he was going for that banana.", "The winner -- hey, contest's over, you can probably stop dribbling.", "Anyway, the winner gets to join the NBA's Phoenix Suns on a road trip next season.", "Goodbye . AZUZ: As for the runner-up, we are sure he'll bounce back from this.", "We'll bounce back tomorrow with more CNN Student News.", "Look forward to seeing you then.", "Have an awesome afternoon. I'm Carl Azuz." ]	[ "Examine a shift in strategy for U.S. forces involved with the conflict in Libya .", "Hear some opinions on how prepared America is to prevent a future terrorist attack .", "Learn about a new technology that tailors advertisements to individuals' tastes .", "Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories ." ]	[ 9, 10, 60, 61, 62, 89, 103 ]
[ "Kampala, Uganda (CNN) -- A violent reaction by Ugandan authorities to ongoing protests against high food prices has put a spotlight on President Yoweri Museveni's 25-year rule over the East African country and raised the fear of a return to the brutal days of Idi Amin.", "Museveni's various police units and military are deployed around the country to keep a watchful eye on an increasingly impatient nation.", "With pistols and AK-47s, men wearing uniforms in various shades of blue can be seen on every street corner and sidewalk in the capital, Kampala.", "It's extremely confusing for a visitor to determine their purposes.", "Locals explain that the \"Black Mambas\" are special forces, sometimes called the presidential guard, while riot police wear a dark blue uniform.", "Sporting red berets are the military police, the ones people say are notorious for using live ammunition on civilians.", "Several other units wear various camouflage uniforms.", "The ones in khaki are the \"proper police,\" people say.", "At least 10 people have been killed in Uganda in recent weeks as these various government security forces quash what many have described as one of the biggest challenges yet to Museveni's rule.", "In a recent television interview, the 66-year-old leader scoffed at suggestions his administration is behaving like that of former dictator Idi Amin, whose 1971-1979 regime was known for massive human rights violations.", "\"Do you know what Amin used to do?\"", "he asked the interviewer.", "\"Murder them and throw them in (the) River Nile for the crocodiles.", "I have not heard of (Kizza) Besigye's body floating for the crocodiles to eat.\"", "Besigye is the president's former physician turned bitter political rival who since April 11 has been leading a \"walk to work\" campaign against the rising cost of living.", "He was brutally arrested late last week in Kampala.", "Policemen, some in plain clothes, armed with pistols and AK-47s, broke Besigye's car window and sprayed him with copious amounts of pepper spray before pushing him into the back of a police truck.", "It was the fourth time in three weeks he has been arrested.", "He was later let out on bail, and was in need of medical attention.", "That evening, independent news channel NTV broadcast the whole episode to the nation.", "The next morning local papers, including the government-controlled media, led with the story.", "The reaction was swift, fierce and chaotic.", "While driving downtown on Friday morning, a group of journalists suddenly heard in the distance the sound of shooting -- rubber bullets, it turned out -- and saw hoards of people run for cover.", "\"The people are unhappy about what happened to Besigye,\" a local journalist remarked.", "As the bells of Westminster Abbey in London tolled in anticipation of Catherine Middleton's arrival to marry Prince William in what was labeled the fairytale wedding of the century, Kampala and its surroundings were boiling.", "Fearless protesters barricaded roads, confronting police in a clear display of anger at what many see as unnecessary brutality against a man who is simply highlighting the plight of all Ugandans.", "By the time the prince had kissed his new bride for the second time, four Ugandans were dead, some 200 were injured and more than 300 were behind bars.", "Such scenes have been playing out in Uganda for weeks and the situation appears to be escalating.", "Museveni blames the food crisis on drought and high oil prices, while Besigye believes the mismanagement of the country's economy over the past quarter of a century is at the core of the problem.", "Since Museveni's National Resistance Army seized power in 1986, Uganda has seen relative peace and economic growth.", "The country is the third-strongest economy in East Africa after Kenya and Tanzania.", "But Museveni, once seen as a new brand of African leader by the West, has over the years tightened his grip on power.", "He changed the constitution that limited presidential terms to two so he could run for a third term, and then a fourth one this year.", "His military and police are on standby waiting to crush any sign of dissent or rebellion.", "Some have predicted an Egyptian-style revolution in Uganda.", "It was, after all, economic circumstances that lit the splinter that became the uncontainable bonfire some call the North Africa revolution.", "Whether Uganda could be next remains to be seen.", "So far, the violent response to the protests has not appeared to deter a people who say they are fed up with poverty for the majority and prosperity for a few." ]	[ "Protests against food prices in Uganda are being met with violence .", "President Museveni blames the food crisis on drought and high oil prices .", "Protest leader Besigye blames mismanagement of the country's economy ." ]	[ 0, 28 ]
[ "(CareerBuilder) -- The C-suite has long been thought of as a \"boys' club\" ... and for good reason.", "In 2010, only 15 of the companies on the Fortune 500 list were headed by women.", "Additionally, nonprofit research firm Catalyst Inc. reported that overall, women held about 14.4 percent of the executive officer positions at Fortune 500 companies last year, and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up just 25.4 percent of chief executives nationwide.", "While these stats are certainly better than they were just 15 years ago -- in 1996, only one Fortune 500 company had a female CEO -- there's still plenty of room left for women in the C-suite.", "Got your eye on an executive role?", "Here are some tips on how to get there, from female leaders with first-hand experience.", "Find a mentor(s): One of the best ways to become a great leader is by learning from others who do it well.", "\"It is helpful for a woman seeking entry into C-Suite positions to have an advocate in the organization,\" says Susan Bulkeley Butler, who was the first female partner at management consulting firm Accenture and now serves as the CEO of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of Women Leaders.", "\"Women need to have mentors and people who help them get the right roles and responsibilities.", "It's important to have a team to help get to where you want to be.\"", "Equally as important is finding personal role models -- people whose experiences you can learn from, but who may not be formal mentors.", "\"Women must talk to people that they respect and role models who may be in the type of positions they seek.", "It's critical to listen to how they developed their careers and how they became the leaders,\" Bulkeley Butler says.", "Don't fixate on gender: While it can be tough to do, try to look at your work environment as being \"gender neutral,\" suggests Elizabeth Sobol, managing director at IMG Artists.", "\"There are certainly times when I have run into brick walls that have made me want to yell 'boys' club!'", "But I have tried as much as possible to resist that temptation,\" she says.", "\"I have tried to look at each situation and think through what I could be doing better to demonstrate my capabilities and my credentials for each opportunity.", "I am not suggesting that there is no discrimination out there.", "But I find that the best way to break through prejudices and discrimination is to keep your focus, maintain your vision -- and just shine.\"", "Don't worry about pleasing everyone: Women tend to be \"people pleasers,\" which can be tough in a workplace setting when, inevitably, decisions need to be made that won't make everyone happy.", "But in order to reach the executive level in your career, you need to learn to stick to your guns.", "\"Women are too quick to apologize even when they didn't do anything wrong,\" says Jessica Kleiman, vice president of public relations at Hearst Corporation and co-author of \"Be Your Own Best Publicist.\"", "\"Stand behind your decisions.", "Understand that not everyone is going to like you.", "If you can come to terms with that, you'll be less apt to want to please everyone and more likely to fight for your beliefs,\" she says.", "Be willing to work hard: Getting to the C-suite is an ambitious goal for anyone, male or female, so you'll have to be willing to put in the work to get there.", "\"The first rule is simply to get an A+ on everything you do,\" Sobol says.", "\"[As a manager], it is very rare that I will miss someone who is operating at that level on a consistent basis.", "And those are the people I am going to be looking for to fill higher level positions.\"", "Echoes Bulkeley Butler, \"The most important message I received was: You have to do the position you want before your get there.", "I hand to perform like a partner before I was promoted.\"", "Focus on your life outside of work, too: Working hard doesn't mean your personal life has to fall by the wayside.", "Women are more apt to make life outside of work (children, families, friends, hobbies) a priority, and that's OK. A rich personal life can actually make you a better leader.", "\"Women, in general, tend to look at life in a more holistic way,\" Sobol says.", "\"I know is that my life is much richer for all the things I experience that have nothing to do with my corporate performance or positioning -- books and nature and art and family.", "In fact, I think that because I have chosen a more holistic path, I have gained the skills and the fullness I've needed to become a better leader.\"", "Use your \"natural\" advantages: There are certain leadership qualities that women inherently possess, so play up these strong points in your rise to the top.", "\"By nature, women are nurturing, and able to multitask and problem solve,\" says Meryl Weinsaft Cooper, managing director at DeVries Public Relations and co-author (with Kleiman) of \"Be You Own Best Publicist.\"", "\"Those qualities can make for a very good leader.\"", "Kaitlin Madden is a writer and blogger for CareerBuilder.com.", "&copy CareerBuilder.com 2010.", "All rights reserved.", "The information contained in this article may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority." ]	[ "In 2010, only 15 of the companies on the Fortune 500 list were headed by women .", "While stats are better than 15 years ago, there's still plenty of room for female CEOs .", "It can be tough to do, but try to look at your work environment as being \"gender neutral\"\nWomen inherently possess certain leadership qualities, so play up strong points ." ]	[ 1, 3, 13, 36 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The intentional breach of a levee on the Mississippi River is helping to ease unprecedented flood pressure on other areas, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said.", "The Ohio River level had dropped about 1.7 feet at Cairo, Illinois, since Monday afternoon, before the blast, but that is expected to level off Wednesday.", "The breach, created when engineers detonated explosives late Monday night at Birds Point, Missouri, is sending 396,000 cubic feet of water per second onto 200 square miles of fertile Missouri farmland.", "The water is coursing across a floodway that Missouri Gov.", "Jay Nixon described as \"literally the most productive part of our continent.\"", "Two states grapple with rising floodwaters .", "Farmer Bryan Feezor said the sight makes you \"sick to your stomach\" as he surveyed his submerged fields.", "\"Farming is all I ever have done ... and it's under water,\" he told CNN affiliate KPLR.", "\"I really don't know (what I'm going to do).\"", "A second levee blast was conducted Tuesday afternoon at New Madrid, Missouri, and a third is planned Wednesday near Hickman, Kentucky.", "The second and third blasts, downstream of Birds Point, will allow floodwater to return to the Mississippi River.", "While the plan appeared to be working -- the level of the Ohio River fell where it joins the Mississippi -- record crests and relentless pressure from millions of gallons of water still threatened communities throughout the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys.", "Vicksburg, Mississippi, could see water levels rise 4 feet by Sunday.", "Authorities told residents of Caruthersville, Missouri, that sandbags may not be enough to control the water.", "Corina Jolley, of Sikeston, Missouri, said she grew up in Dorena, Missouri, which she said was being inundated by the breach on the Mississippi River.", "A tombstone rests above the remains of her father and uncle, but \"I'm sure we'll never see it again,\" said Jolley, who said residents of the rich farmland will be out of luck, as opposed to those in Cairo, for whom the risk has been lessened by the breaches.", "\"Whoever thought it would be this bad?\"", "she said. The situation was especially perilous for a 93-year-old woman who was caught in the swollen waters of the Black River near Poplar Bluff, Missouri, where two members of the Missouri National Guard rescued her from a partially submerged car.", "\"We weren't there to be heroes,\" said Sgt.", "Tim Bridges.", "\"We were just doing our jobs.\" Bridges, along with Spc.", "Junior Bombard, waded through the rushing, muddy waters to ferry the woman to safety.", "This \"is the reason why I signed up for the Guard,\" said Spc.", "Junior Bombard.", "The town of Cairo remained under a mandatory evacuation despite the intentional breach, while six other communities were under voluntary evacuation notices, said Patti Thompson, spokeswoman for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.", "\"We're definitely not out of the woods yet,\" she said.", "\"The levees are all very saturated right now and they're going to continue to have a lot of pressure on them for several days.\"", "Even with the levee breach, the National Weather Service continues to predict record or near-record flooding in parts of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky and Tennessee, southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas, and parts of Mississippi and Louisiana.", "Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, commander of the Corps' Mississippi River Valley Division, made the decision to order the breach.", "He warned that without punching a hole in the levee, massive flooding would threaten to inundate communities throughout the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys.", "\"There's a tremendous amount of pressure on the system,\" he told reporters Tuesday evening.", "\"The project operated as designed.\"", "It was a controversial decision.", "Missouri officials took the Corps to court over the plan, questioning the agency's authority to intentionally breach the levee.", "The state argued the floodwater would deposit silt on the estimated 130,000 acres, and years, along with millions of dollars, would be required to fix the damage.", "The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in the case on Sunday, clearing the way for Walsh to blow the levee.", "Some Missouri residents were angered by the decision, saying it would destroy their communities and provide questionable benefit.", "But others felt the decision was for the best.", "\"Yeah, we lost ... acres of farm land here in Missouri,\" said Sikeston, Missouri, resident Patricia Mobely, who recently fled the drought and firestorms of Texas for what she thought would be a more peaceful life in the Midwest.", "\"But how much more would we have lost if we hadn't done it?\"", "\"The sacrifice that these people are making is for the greater good,\" Jim Pogue with the Army Corps of Engineers told KPLR.", "\"Their sacrifices are going to benefit hundreds of thousands of people all through this region.", "It's not just Cairo. It's people all through this part of the country.\"", "Walsh called the decision to inundate the farmland and about 100 homes \"heart-wrenching.\"", "\"I've been involved with flooding for 10 years and it takes a long time to recover from something like this,\" he said.", "CNN's Phil Gast contributed to this report." ]	[ "Farmer says the sight of his submerged farm makes you \"sick to your stomach\"\nOperations seems to be working so far, official says .", "Levees are breached at Birds Point and New Madrid, Missouri .", "Record or near-record flooding is still forecast in at least eight states ." ]	[ 6, 27 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The health of legendary golfer Seve Ballesteros has taken a turn for the worse, his family revealed on Friday.", "The 54-year-old had a brain tumor removed in late 2008, more than a year after he ended his illustrious career in the sport.", "\"The Ballesteros family informs that Seve's neurological condition has suffered a severe deterioration,\" read a statement on the Spaniard's website.", "\"The family will inform accordingly about any change in his health condition and takes this opportunity of thanking everyone for the support that both Seve and his own family have been receiving during all this time.\"", "CNN contacted Ballesteros' office in Santander to ask if he had returned to hospital, but was told that no further information would be given outside his personal website.", "The news came during the Spanish Open in Barcelona, one of the European Tour's founding events and a tournament that Ballesteros won in 1981 and 1985.", "Ballesteros met with his close friend and former European Ryder Cup teammate Jose Maria Olazabal before it teed off this week, according to the UK Press Association.", "\"Seve's physical condition was not good when Jose Maria went to see him, but they talked about golf and everything,\" Olazabal's manager Sergio Gomez told PA on Friday.", "\"Then came the call yesterday to tell him that Seve was in a critical condition.\"", "Tennis star Rafael Nadal paid tribute to his ailing compatriot on Friday.", "\"Seve is a great benchmark for all the Spanish athletes who have been fortunate to meet him and play golf with him.", "I wish him well,\" the world number one said in quotes reported by AFP.", "\"Life is cruel sometimes, he's had a struggle in recent years but he's still been able to do things.", "His foundation is an example for society and all athletes.\"", "Ballesteros made his name when he finished second at the British Open as a 19-year-old in 1976 and that year went on to win the European Tour's money list for the first of six times.", "He won the British Open -- one of golf's four major tournaments -- three times, and was twice victor at the Masters in Augusta.", "His triumph at the 1979 British Open made him the youngest winner of the event that century and the first non-British European to do so since 1907.", "As well as his success in stroke play tournaments, Ballesteros was also a mighty competitor in the match play format -- winning the world title five times and helping Europe claim the Ryder Cup on four occasions against the United States.", "He was also a victorious captain in 1997, the first year that the teams event was hosted by Europe outside of Britain and Ireland.", "Meanwhile, South Africa's Thomas Aiken claimed a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Spanish Open on Friday.", "The 27-year-old, seeking his first victory on the European Tour, shot his second successive four-under-par 68 at El Prat with a birdie at his final hole for the second day in a row.", "Ranked 104th in the world, he ended the day ahead of Spain's Pablo Larrazabal, who carded 70 on his home course.", "\"I belong to another generation and never actually saw Seve play, but his fight these last years has been an inspiration for us all,\" Larrazabal, 27, told the European Tour website.", "\"Although I was too young to watch him perform when he was at the top, I have seen all his films, and he was really spectacular, never giving up, hitting his driver and chasing the ball into the hole from everywhere.\"", "Another home hope, Alvaro Velasco, fired a flawless 66 to be on six-under 138 alongside France's Romain Wattel (71), Englishman Anthony Wall (70) and first-round leader Scott Jamieson (72).", "Miguel Angel Jimenez, a non-playing Ryder Cup assistant to Ballesteros in 1997, was tied for 27th on 143, while Olazabal was another shot back after also carding 72." ]	[ "Seve Ballesteros' condition has deteriorated, according to his family .", "The 54-year-old former golf star had a brain tumor removed in 2008 .", "The news comes during the Spanish Open tournament, which he has won twice .", "Fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal is among those to pay tribute to Ballesteros ." ]	[ 1, 2, 5, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Three more teenagers admitted Thursday that they took part in bullying a 15-year-old schoolmate who subsequently committed suicide, a Massachusetts prosecutor said.", "But, as was the case the day before with two other teens involved in the hazing of Phoebe Prince, the more serious charges were dismissed and none of them will serve jail time.", "Ashley Longe and Flannery Mullins, 18, and Sharon Velazquez, 17, admitted to sufficient facts on charges related to the harassment of Prince, who hanged herself in the stairwell of her parents' apartment in South Hadley on January 14, 2010, after weeks of ridicule and teasing at the hands of classmates, prosecutors said.", "On the day she died, Prince had endured a torrent of verbal abuse that began at the school library that continued as she walked home from school in tears, prosecutors said.", "Franklin-Hampshire Juvenile Court Judge Daniel Swords accepted admissions from Longe and Velazquez on charges of criminal harrassment, a misdemeanor, and continued their cases without a finding until their next birthdays.", "Conditions of their probations include prohibitions on contacting the dead girl's family or profiting from the case, and community service with at-risk or underprivileged youth.", "Longe was also ordered to work toward completion of her GED.", "Flannery Mullins, 18, admitted to sufficient facts on a civil rights misdemeanor charge and disturbance of a school assembly, said prosecution spokeswoman Mary Eliza Carey.", "The judge accepted her admission in a recommendation that the civil rights charge be continued without a finding until her next birthday.", "She, too, will have probation until her next birthday and will be required to perform community service.", "Both Velazquez and Longe were charged with civil rights violation with bodily injury and disturbing a school assembly in addition to the criminal harassment charges.", "Longe also was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.", "Mullins also was charged with criminal harassment and stalking.", "All of those charges were dismissed.", "\"The defendants in these five cases have accepted responsibility for their actions and admitted that they engaged in criminal conduct toward Phoebe Prince in the weeks, days and hours before she took her life,\" said David Sullivan, district attorney for the Northwestern District, said in a statement.", "A charge of disturbing a school assembly is to be continued without a finding for three months as long as she has no contact with the victim's family, does not profit from the case while on probation, performs 100 hours of community service with at-risk or underprivileged youths and works toward obtaining her GED, Carey said.", "On Wednesday, two other classmates, Sean Mulveyhill and Kayla Narey, entered guilty pleas on criminal harassment charges in Hampshire Superior Court, where the 18-year-olds were charged as adults.", "They each received one year of probation with stipulations similar to those meted out on Thursday in juvenile court.", "Narey had also faced charges of civil rights violation resulting in bodily injury and disturbing a school assembly; Mulveyhill, who had dated Prince, had faced similar charges, plus statutory rape.", "A criminal charge against a sixth defendant, 19-year-old Austin Renaud, was dismissed Thursday afternoon at the request of Prince's family \"and in the interests of justice,\" Sullivan said.", "On the day she died, Prince was loudly berated in the South Hadley High School library.", "She was taunted again as school let out, and as she walked home crying, one of the students called Prince names and tossed an empty can at her from a car, according to the 38-page court filing.", "By 4:55 p.m. that day, she had hanged herself.", "Court documents show that, the day before she died, she told a friend, \"School has been close to intolerable lately.\"", "Prosecutors said Prince, who had moved to Massachusetts from Ireland earlier in the school year, had gone out with boys who also dated two of her alleged tormentors, who in retaliation called her names, including \"whore\" and \"Irish slut.\"", "According to prosecutors, the tormenting began when Mulveyhill returned to his former girlfriend, Narey.", "According to CNN affiliate WWLP, prosecutors said Mulveyhill encouraged Velazquez, Long and Mullins to relentlessly harass Prince.", "Court documents say Longe threw an energy drink at Prince and screamed at her.", "Mullins allegedly threatened to beat Prince.", "In court on Thursday, the assistant district attorney said that Prince had missed classes out of fear that Mullins would harm her.", "A witness is quoted in a court document as telling investigators, \"She definitely didn't want to fight with the girls in the school.", "She just wanted to keep to herself and keep things the way they were.", "She wanted people to stop picking on her, to stop being bullied.", "She wanted people to leave her alone.", "She wanted people to stop spreading rumors and stop the girls from talking about her.\"", "Darby O'Brien, a friend of Prince's family, said Wednesday that students should not have to bear \"all of the weight and all of the blame\" for Prince's death.", "\"They were kids in high school; kids do things out of whack,\" he said.", "\"But no one has held the professionals -- from the superintendent to principal on down -- (responsible) for what happened as well.\"", "South Hadley Public Schools Superintendent Gus Sayer has defended school administrators' handling of the matter, saying Prince had not told anyone about her situation.", "He said school officials began to take action when teachers saw the bullying themselves and heard about it from other students.", "Sullivan said the prosecution \"signifies that bullying and harassment will not be tolerated in our schools; and when it rises to the level of criminal conduct, as it did in these five cases, those responsible will be prosecuted.\"", "As a result of this and another case, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a bullying prevention law that requires schools to train staff and devise a system for reporting and responding to complaints of bullying.", "CNN's Brian Vitagliano and Chris Boyette contributed to this report." ]	[ "Five teenagers have now admitted involvement in the bullying case .", "Phoebe Prince, 15, hanged herself after enduring weeks of ridicule and teasing .", "\"Bullying and harassment will not be tolerated in our schools,\" says prosecutor ." ]	[ 2, 40 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Braga will face Portuguese rivals Porto in the Europa League final in Dublin on May 18, after beating Benfica 1-0 to scrape through on the away goals rule.", "Meanwhile, Porto comfortably secured their place in the final 7-4 on aggregate, despite losing 3-2 at Villarreal in the second leg of their semifinal encounter.", "Benfica had beaten Braga to the Portuguese title last season, and held a narrow 2-1 advantage from the first leg in Lisbon.", "However, that lead disappeared in the 19th minute when Braga scored what proved to be the only goal of the game.", "Hugo Viana's out-swinging corner from the left was met perfectly by Custudio, who out-jumped the visiting defenders to power home a bullet header.", "Benfica fought back and were inches from drawing level in the 42nd minute when Javier Saviola fired Oscar Cardozo's low center against the post.", "As the match went on, Benfica got closer and closer to scoring.", "Saviola just failed to convert a flicked-on corner from close range, Alan Kardec's back-post header with two minutes remaining was cleared off the line.", "But Braga, who were one of the teams that came down from the Champions League after the group stages, held on to reach their first ever European final.", "Meanwhile, Colombian striker Radamel Falcao broke Jurgen Klinsmann's record for most goals in a European season, as he notched his 16th goal as Porto comfortably secured their final place.", "The new Portuguese champions hammered their Spanish opponents 5-1 in the first match, making the second leg appear a formality, but Villarreal gave themselves early hope by going ahead in the 17th minute when Cani slotted home after a one-two with Marco Ruben.", "But the visitors levelled before half-time thanks to a deflected 25-yard strike from Hulk, and Falcao gave Porto the lead five minutes after the break, slotting home Fredy Guarin's pass from the left.", "However, Villarreal came back into the match and won on the night thanks to a volley from Joan Capdevila and a Giuseppe Rossi penalty after Nicolas Otamendi had fouled Ruben in the area." ]	[ "Portuguese rivals Porto and Braga will face each other in the Europa League final .", "Braga beat Benfica 1-0 to reach the final in Dublin on the away goals rule .", "Porto were beaten 3-2 at Villarreal but eased into the final 7-4 on aggregate ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "London (CNN) -- When British economist Jim O'Neill coined the term BRIC at the turn of the century -- referring to Brazil, Russia, India and China, countries he predicted would be future economic powerhouses -- it was difficult to imagine how big an impact the acronym would have.", "In the following years, the four BRIC countries formed a federation that has met annually since 2009 to discuss their role in the global economy.", "\"Who would have ever dreamt that there would be a BRIC political club?", "It certainly isn't something that I ever imagined,\" O'Neill, now chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, told CNN's Nima Elbagir.", "The BRIC partnership took a new turn last December when its four members invited South Africa to join them at their third heads-of-states summit, to be held in Beijing this month.", "But the news of the formal invitation, which came after persistent lobbying by the South African government, has left some economists puzzled.", "According to O'Neill, South Africa's economy of about $350 billion can't come close to matching the prospects of the BRIC countries, which account for about half of global growth.", "\"It is nowhere near constituting a BRIC, and without staggering productivity improvements and major immigration or improvements in birth rates, etc., it is never going to get there,\" said O'Neill.", "Some analysts argue that South Africa is simply too small to join the group of the world's top-four major emerging markets.", "Its population of about 50 million cannot be compared to the BRIC nations, which represent around 40% of the world's people.", "But South African officials have said that it is the country's strategic importance that matters and not its size.", "In December 2010, following the BRIC nations' invitation, South Africa's minister of international relations and cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said: \"The rationale for South Africa's approach was in consideration of a matter of crucial importance to BRIC's member states -- namely the role of emerging economies in advancing the restructuring of the global political, economic and financial architecture into one that is more equitable, balanced and rests on the important pillar of multilateralism.\"", "O'Neill said: \"South Africa has played on the notion that because they do have developed markets and Western governing standards in some areas they've said 'look, we are the gateway to the rest of Africa.'\"", "He said this argument had some legitimacy but added that it would be interesting to see how it would resonate with the rest of the countries on the continent.", "\"What intrigues me is whether other big African countries accept that and I doubt that Nigeria is going to be very happy about that,\" O'Neill said.", "\"In the context of the continent, Nigeria is the place that really matters,\" he added, pointing to the country's 155 million population.", "Nigeria has been identified by Goldman Sachs as one of the nations that constitute the \"Next 11\" group -- a phrase used to describe the 11 most-populous countries from the emerging world after the BRIC block (besides Nigeria, these are Mexico, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, South Korea and the Philippines).", "O'Neill says that within that group, there are four countries that could potentially join the BRIC block.", "\"Korea, Turkey, Indonesia, and Mexico are big enough to stand on their own feet and are increasingly similar economies to the so-called advanced ones of the four BRICs,\" he said.", "When asked whether the BRIC label would bring with it a huge degree of international investment interest for South Africa, O'Neill remained cautious.", "\"Being part of the BRIC political club doesn't guarantee that you are going to be regarded as a BRIC economically,\" he said.", "\"At this particular point in time, just because South Africa has been accepted into that club doesn't change the way that I'll think about it in terms of how we focus on what constitutes a BRIC or not and whether it affects others in terms of investment flows.\"", "But O'Neill is not entirely negative.", "He urges South African leaders to be bolder about basic policies to boost productivity and not be too concerned about which \"club\" they belong to or not.", "He said: \"Stop thinking that the world owes South Africa something for its past and do things to create a better environment where you can attract a lot more international businesses.", "\"And most importantly, embrace all your own people in a competitive, open way and find everybody jobs -- unemployment in South Africa is a huge dilemma still.\"", "Nima Elbagir and Teo Kermeliotis contributed to this report." ]	[ "Economist Jim O'Neill is the creator of the BRIC acronym .", "The world's top emerging markets have invited South Africa to their next meeting .", "O'Neill says the country's economic prospects can't be compared to the BRIC block ." ]	[ 6, 8, 17 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- A federal judge sentenced Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani to life without parole on Tuesday for his role in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa, which left 224 people dead and thousands wounded.", "He is the first Guantanamo detainee tried in U.S. civilian court, having been convicted by a federal jury in November on a single conspiracy charge to destroy buildings and property at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.", "\"Finally, 12 1/2 years after those devastating and despicable attacks, Ahmed Ghailani will pay for his crimes,\" U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara told reporters.", "Ghailani was acquitted of the remaining 284 counts of conspiracy and terrorism-related charges, including conspiring to kill Americans and use weapons of mass destruction.", "He had faced a minimum of 20 years in prison, but instead received a life sentence.", "Ghailani, a 36-year-old Tanzanian, never took the stand.", "\"Today's sentencing of Ahmed Ghailani shows yet again the strength of the American justice system in holding terrorists accountable for their actions,\" U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a written statement.", "The trial, considered a test for the Obama administration, which had maintained that it could try some terrorism suspects in civilian courts, coincides with both the president's State of the Union address and reports of a possible increase in the use of military commissions.", "On the eve of the trial, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan excluded testimony from a witness that prosecutors said could provide evidence of Ghailani's involvement in the bomb plot, after learning of the witness' coerced interrogation at a CIA-run detention facility abroad.", "The move raised questions over future convictions in the war against al Qaeda, widening the debate over the use of civilian courts for Guantanamo detainees, including alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.", "Ghailani was captured in Pakistan in 2004 after training with al-Qaeda leaders in the region, where the government says he became a bodyguard and cook for Osama bin Laden.", "For two years he was interrogated under the supervision of the Central Intelligence Agency, raising questions of torture that defense attorneys later used as grounds to petition for leniency.", "Ghailani was then moved to the U.S. naval base in Cuba where he spent the next three years before being transferred into federal custody in New York, according to court documents.", "Throughout the trial, the defense portrayed Ghailani as a man with local knowledge of Tanzania who was exploited by al Qaeda, arguing that his cumulative detention at secret facilities abroad and at Guantanamo deprived him of a speedy trial.", "The government rejected the claim that he was duped into participating in planning the attack, pointing to evidence that Ghailani obtained gas tanks in Tanzania and noting his presence in Mombasa, Kenya, with members of the bomb plot.", "But during court proceedings, jury members showed signs of division.", "Kaplan rejected a defense plea for a mistrial after a juror claimed to be chastised for disagreeing with fellow jurors, heightening prosecutor fears that Ghailani could elude conviction.", "The case also came against the background of Ghailani's detention as an \"unlawful enemy combatant,\" a murky classification surrounding the legality of holding terrorism suspects that the Obama administration has tried to distance itself from.", "But in the weeks after his November conviction, lawmakers passed legislation meant to prevent Pentagon funding from being used to transfer Guantanamo detainees to U.S. soil, stifling an administration pledge to allow more detainees to be tried in civilian courts.", "CNN's Brian Vitagliano and Adam Reiss contributed to this report ." ]	[ "NEW: Attorney General Eric Holder said the sentencing shows \"strength of the American justice system\"\nAhmed Khalfan Ghailani is the first Guantanamo detainee tried in U.S. civilian court .", "He was convicted in connection with the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings that killed 224 people .", "Case considered a test for trying terrorism suspects in civilian court ." ]	[ 1, 6 ]
[ "Naples, Florida (CNN) -- He didn't lose any friends or family on that Tuesday in September of 2001, but Rudi Dekkers achieved infamy that day, watching two of his flight school students commit murder as they steered two hijacked passenger jets into the World Trade Center towers.", "Today, he celebrates the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.", "\"I wish I killed him,\" he told CNN.", "\"Like a lot of people, I wish I was the one.", "And bravo to everyone who was behind this.", "The head of the snake is gone.\"", "Dekkers says he's spent the past 10 years wondering why two terrorists would choose his Venice, Florida, flight school to practice for the day that will go down in U.S. history as one of its greatest tragedies.", "Now bin Laden may be gone, but the pain is not.", "\"To realize he's not there anymore takes some time ... it's a deep emotion for me,\" Dekkers said.", "\"I don't have that closure yet.", "I feel like it is buried.", "But it is fine and perfect that he's out of the picture.\"", "Dekkers' life has been turned upside down ever since it became known that Mohamed Atta and Marwan al Shehhi came to his school, Huffman Aviation, to get their multi-engine commercial pilot licenses in the summer of 2000.", "A year later, Atta piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center and shortly after, al Shehhi steered United Airlines Flight 175 into the south tower.", "Dekkers wrote a book about it, \"Guilty by Association,\" He says the title pretty much sums up the last 10 years of his life, filled with threats, forced to sell his business.", "\"Guilty by association is meant as a phrase to mean banks won't borrow you money.", "I can't get a job because I'm related to 9/11,\" he claimed.", "And now, with the death of bin Laden, Dekkers is emotionally encouraged, but it's only part of the healing.", "\"Ten years with this emotion, do you think it's over in one day?\"", "he asked. \"They want a scapegoat ... when I met people and they found out I was affiliated with this, they turned their back.\"", "Dekkers no longer has a flight school.", "He was not able to secure financing, he believes, because of his ties to the 9/11 tragedy.", "He went into the swimming pool business for a while and today he runs a cellular phone business.", "He says that while the event remains heavy on his mind, he does not feel responsible.", "\"Is the grocery store responsible for keeping them alive, because they bought groceries there?", "This is life. We're all caught up in this,\" he said.", "Dekkers says that both Atta and al Shehhi never displayed any behaviors that would have labeled them as terrorists.", "At one point, he says, the two men were on the verge of being kicked out of the school because they did not appear to be taking their training seriously and were too busy fooling around and not listening to their instructors.", "They had to be warned, and went on to become average students, Dekkers said.", "\"Al Shehhi was a more likable person.", "He laughed and joked,\" said Dekkers.", "\"My employees called Atta 'Dead man walking.'", "He had a white face and no emotions and was a nasty person, very unfriendly,\" Dekkers told CNN.", "The two future terrorists went on to pass the FAA commercial pilot's test and were granted their licenses.", "\"I didn't know what they were about to do,\" Dekkers said.", "\"I don't feel guilty at all.", "I couldn't do nothing about it. \"I wish I could be a hero.", "I think about this often.", "Why me? But that's fate. You can't turn away from fate, I guess.\"" ]	[ "Flight school owner says he's suffered for 10 years .", "He almost kicked out the al Qaeda members for goofing off too much .", "The man is pleased by bin Laden's death, but says it's too soon for him to feel better ." ]	[ 1, 6, 17 ]
[ "(CNN Student News) -- May 6, 2011 .", "Download PDF maps related to today's show: .", "• New York, New York • Sabinas, Mexico • Syria .", "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: We are bringing the world to your classroom.", "This is CNN Student News!", "Hello, everyone, and welcome on this Friday, May 6th.", "My name is Carl Azuz.", "And as we kick off today's headlines, we're beginning at Ground Zero.", "First Up: Ground Zero Visit .", "AZUZ: That's the site of the World Trade Center in New York City, which was targeted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.", "And it's where President Obama was yesterday for a ceremony paying tribute to the victims of that violence.", "The president helped lay a wreath at Ground Zero.", "Vice President Joe Biden did the same thing at the Pentagon, which was another target of the 9/11 attacks.", "The president's visit came days after the death of Osama bin Laden, the man behind the attacks.", "Deborah Feyerick talked with two sisters who were in middle school on September 11th, 2001, and whose father was killed in the attacks.", "BRIENNE MCNALLY, FATHER KILLED ON 9/11: It's definitely mixed emotions, because you definitely feel relief that somebody that represents injustice and cruelty, that was responsible for the murder of my father, finally, the fact that he's no longer on this earth brings a justice to the situation.", "But at the same time, it brings up all these emotions from that day when I found out that he died, and just knowing that my dad will never come back.", "And it's hard to have that hole in your life, and that will never be, I'll never get full closure on that.", "AZUZ: Samantha Hayes joins us now on the president's visit to Ground Zero.", "(BEGIN VIDEO) SAMANTHA HAYES, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: President Obama paused Thursday afternoon to honor the victims of September 11th.", "After the wreath-laying at Ground Zero, the president met privately with the families of 9/11 victims and first responders.", "It was a moment full of meaning and emotion.", "SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER, (D) NEW YORK: Most Americans today feel that this is not about any kind of political issue.", "This is an issue to feel good about America.", "HAYES: Earlier in the day, the president stopped by the Engine 54 firehouse.", "This station lost 15 firefighters on September 11th.", "U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: This is a symbolic site of the extraordinary sacrifice that was made on that terrible day.", "CHIEF EDWARD KILDUFF, NY FIRE DEPARTMENT: For him to come here and to see faces of the firefighters who were killed on September 11th to and see the shrine that was erected in their honor really meant something to him.", "HAYES: The president's visit comes just 24 hours after announcing he would not release the photos of Osama Bin Laden after he was killed.", "It's a decision that some disagree with, saying the photos offer closure and send a message.", "BILL BENNETT, CONSERVATIVE TALK SHOW HOST: This is what happens at the end to someone who threatens Americans and who kills Americans.", "HAYES: As the political discourse continues, so does the progress at Ground Zero.", "This time lapse by Project Rebirth shows the evolution of the space where the Twin Towers once stood.", "Another symbol that America is moving forward, but will never forget what happened nearly ten years ago.", "(END VIDEO) Severe Flooding .", "AZUZ: Intentionally flooding parts of the U.S. in order to avoid catastrophic floods in other communities.", "It's not a plan everyone agrees with, but it is a plan that is moving forward.", "This is what parts of Illinois looked like on Tuesday.", "River levels have dropped nearly two feet since engineers started their work.", "But this was the result of that work: plots of farmland in Missouri that are now sitting underwater.", "The flooding, which has spread into Arkansas, has been caused by massive rain, and meteorologists don't expect that to let up until next month.", "I.D. Me . BARBARA HALL, CNN STUDENT NEWS: See if you can I.D.", "Me! I'm a country located in the Western hemisphere.", "I declared my independence from Spain in 1810.", "My national Independence Day is September 16th, not May 5th, or Cinco de Mayo.", "I'm Mexico, and my president is Felipe Calderon.", "Mexico Mine Blast .", "AZUZ: An official in President Calderon's administration isn't holding out hope for a group of trapped miners.", "This started with an explosion on Tuesday morning at a mine in the city of San Juan de Sabinas, Mexico.", "It's the center of the country's coal mining industry.", "Rescuers began searching for victims as soon as it was safe for them to go inside the mine's tunnels.", "As of yesterday, six bodies had been recovered.", "Mexico's labor secretary said there was \"no hope of life\" for the eight other men trapped in the mine.", "Unrest in Syria .", "AZUZ: From Mexico, we're moving to the Middle Eastern nation of Syria.", "That country's government says military forces are leaving the town of Daraa.", "Syrian officials say the military finished its mission to \"restore security and calm\" in Daraa.", "Troops have been fighting with protesters there who've been speaking out against Syria's government.", "It's been going on for more than a month, and one human rights group says hundreds of people have been killed.", "Protesters say reports of troops leaving Daraa are not true.", "Japan Nuclear Crisis .", "AZUZ: Finally, we go to Japan and to the nuclear power plant that was damaged by that massive earthquake and tsunami back in March.", "Nearly two months later, engineers continue their work trying to get the Fukushima Daiichi plant's reactors under control.", "This video shows a robot going into the plant's number one reactor.", "Yesterday, people went inside for the first time since the quake.", "They're installing a ventilation system that will hopefully let workers stay inside the reactor longer as they try to shut the thing down.", "This Day in History .", "AZUZ: On this day in history, in 1915, George Herman \"Babe\" Ruth hit his first Major League home run.", "The legendary player hit 713 more of those during his pro career.", "In 1937, the Hindenburg, a German airship that was the largest dirigible ever built, exploded as it arrived in New Jersey.", "That killed 36 people.", "And in 1954, Roger Bannister, a medical student, became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.", "He beat it by 6 tenths of a second.", "Remembering A Combat Veteran .", "AZUZ: On tomorrow's date in history, back in 1915, a German submarine sank the Lusitania.", "It was a British passenger ship.", "And that was a major event during World War I, a conflict that engulfed huge parts of the globe.", "Yesterday, the last known veteran who fought in that war died.", "Tamara Akers of Australia's Network Ten has his story.", "(BEGIN VIDEO) TAMARA AKERS, REPORTER, NETWORK TEN: His navy mates called him \"Chuckles.\"", "Renowned for enjoying a laugh, Claude Choules was in good form right to the end.", "DAPHNE EDINGER, DAUGHTER: Extremely good spirits.", "He even sang to us and told some jokes to the kids.", "AKERS: The world's last World War I combat veteran died in his sleep at a Perth nursing home overnight, age 110.", "Like many others, he lied about his age and joined the British Navy at 15.", "CLAUDE CHOULES, LAST WORLD WAR I VETERAN: We all did, all us boys.", "They didn't have our birth certificates.", "AKERS: Mr. Choules later transferred to the Australian Navy as a demolition officer.", "He was integral in diffusing German mines during World War II before retiring in Perth in 1956.", "Despite all his years of service, Mr. Choules' family said he very rarely spoke about the war.", "And if he did, it was only ever about the good times.", "MALCOLM EDINGER, GRANDSON: To him, war was just simply a waste of human resources: life, money and time.", "He had no time for it. AKERS: Instead, his daughter says he lived for his family, which includes three children and 36 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.", "Mr. Choules also believed they were the secret to a long life.", "CHOULES: Just marry young and stay young, and have a lovely family.", "And keep your family around about you, and you're all right then.", "AKERS: Tamara Akers, 10 News.", "(END VIDEO) Before We Go .", "AZUZ: I always say that we have the best audience, and you've been helping us celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week here on CNN Student News.", "We've gotten some excellent iReports talking about your favorite teachers, and we're featuring a few of them right now in today's Before We Go segment.", "(BEGIN VIDEO) BRIAN KRAUS, CROFTON, MARYLAND: Brian Kraus, Crofton, Maryland, reporting that Mrs. Quick is the best teacher at Crofton Middle School.", "KAYLA MARIUZZA, MT.", "KISCO, NEW YORK: Hi, I'm Kayla, and the teachers I appreciate are Mrs. Kivel and Ms. Orlando.", "I appreciate them because of all the creative things they let us do.", "MAKENZY BOWERS, BRYAN, OHIO: My name is Makenzy from Bryan Middle School in Bryan, Ohio.", "I would have to say my favorite teacher is Ms. Cox because she doesn't hold anything against you and she's very caring and always gives you candy.", "I love you, Ms. Cox!", "BRENDA PIEDRAGIL, ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA: Hi, I'm Brenda from Ontario High School.", "And for teacher appreciation I choose Mr. De Jong, because he's always helping me with my work and he's a really good, good teacher, and he's funny too.", "Go Mr. De! (END VIDEO) Goodbye .", "AZUZ: All right, those are just some of the iReports we got.", "You can check all of them out by clicking on the Teacher Appreciation Week link; that's in the Spotlight section at CNNStudentNews.com.", "Big thanks to everybody who sent in iReports.", "And a big thanks to all you teachers out there.", "We hope everyone appreciates the weekend.", "And CNN Student News will see ya Monday!", "MARIA RESENDEZ, BRYAN, OHIO: Hi My name is Maria and I'm from Bryan Middle School in Bryan, Ohio.", "My favorite teacher would have to be Ms. Mabus.", "She's really nice, caring, sweet and I love her.", "That's about it. SAVANNAH GAINES, CROFTON, MARYLAND: My favorite teacher is Mr. Sturgis from Crofton Middle School." ]	[ "Consider the impact of President Obama's visit to Ground Zero .", "Review the stories making headlines in Mexico, Syria and Japan .", "Reflect on the passing of the last combat veteran of World War I .", "Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News ." ]	[ 5, 15, 20, 23, 56, 62, 85 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The United States issued a general travel alert for Americans in Europe on Sunday amid concerns that al Qaeda or related groups plan attacks similar to the 2008 massacre in the Indian city of Mumbai.", "\"U.S. citizens should take every precaution to be aware of their surroundings and to adopt appropriate safety measures to protect themselves when traveling,\" the notice from the U.S. State Department said.", "\"We continue to work closely with our European allies on the threat from international terrorism, including al Qaeda.\"", "The advisory is not meant to tell Americans to avoid travel, but to take \"common-sense precautions\" in case of trouble, Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy told reporters Sunday.", "\"If they see unattended packages or hear loud noises or see something beginning to happen that they should quickly move away from them,\" he said.", "The warning urges them to be cautious in public places like tourist sites and airports or while riding public transportation, and Americans should know how to contact the U.S. Embassy and consider registering their travel plans there, he said.", "In addition, thousands of U.S. troops based in Germany were placed under a curfew Friday night and were ordered not to wear their uniforms off base, according to an order obtained by CNN.", "Kennedy said the State Department has issued travel alerts for Europe for \"a variety of reasons\" in the past, including the recent eruption of a volcano in Iceland that snarled air travel across the continent.", "The State Department said worldwide travel alerts have been issued for U.S. citizens in the past, most recently in early September after the pastor of a small Florida church threatened to burn copies of the Quran, the Islamic holy book.", "Previous alerts were issued after the 2004 al Qaeda bombings of commuter trains in Spain's capital Madrid and after the 2005 bombings of subway trains and buses in London, England.", "News emerged last week that Western intelligence officials were looking at information about a possible \"Mumbai-style\" attack in cities across Europe, and a British security source said Saturday that intelligence related to such a plot was being looked at very seriously on both sides of the Atlantic.", "Mumbai, India's financial hub, was the site of a three-day terror attack in November 2008 that left more than 160 people dead.", "Ten men launched the carefully planned assault, targeting two major hotels, the historic Victoria Terminus train station and a Jewish cultural center.", "Kennedy would not comment on specific intelligence sparking the report, but said it followed a \"cumulative\" process.", "\"We have been monitoring this carefully for at least several weeks,\" he said.", "Don Hamilton, a former State Department counterterrorism expert told CNN Sunday that the alert is \"about the mildest thing they can say.\"", "\"The State Department is historically extremely cautious about these things,\" he said.", "It doesn't want to be accused of failing to warn Americans if they have some information about a possible attack beforehand, but Hamilton said the alert is less severe than a more formal travel warning involving concrete threats.", "A U.S. official said Saturday that the alert was prompted by the volume of intelligence on possible terror threats, rather than any new intelligence.", "At the White House, spokesman Nicholas Shapiro said President Barack Obama \"has been following the threat information on a daily basis.\"", "\"From the day we became aware of this latest plot, the president made clear we need to do everything possible to disrupt this plot and protect the American people,\" Shapiro said.", "Sunday's alert \"is responsive to the president's direction that we spare no effort,\" he said.", "A senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Obama met with members of his national security team Friday night and Saturday morning and received another briefing Sunday morning.", "The official said European allies are \"all in sync\" with the United States, \"both in terms of our assessment of the threat as well as our shared conviction that governments have an obligation to keep their citizens informed of terrorist threats.\"", "Several European governments said Sunday that they are not raising their already-high alert levels as a result of the latest reports.", "The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Sunday that the U.S. advisory was \"in line with the general recommendations that we have addressed to the French population.\"", "\"The indications provided by the U.S. authorities, in particular regarding terrorist threat in Europe are, of course analyzed, cross-referenced and where appropriate included in our national assessment of the threat, which still relies on a series of elements,\" the ministry said.", "\"The terrorist threat remains high in France, the alert level remains unchanged at level red.\"", "Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office changed its travel advisory for British citizens in France and Germany from a \"substantial\" threat of terrorism to a \"high\" threat, but the FCO said it does not comment on intelligence matters and thus can't specify whether the change is related to the U.S. travel alert.", "Germany's interior ministry said in a statement that the warning for Americans comes in light of recent threats and that Berlin was informed by the U.S. of the decision to issue the alert.", "Germany will analyze and evaluate the intelligence data coming in but will not be changing its current threat level at this time, according to the statement.", "Also, a spokeswoman for Spain's Interior Ministry told CNN that the country will remain at Level 2 alert, which indicates a \"high, probable risk\" of a terror attack.", "Spain has remained at this stage since January of this year.", "CNN's Ed Henry, Elise Labott, Bharati Naik and Al Goodman contributed to this report." ]	[ "State Department urges \"common-sense precautions\" for travelers .", "U.S. and its allies are \"in sync\" on alert, White House official says .", "French alert levels won't change, foreign ministry says .", "UK changes travel advisory for citizens in France and Germany ." ]	[ 16, 28, 29 ]
[ "Manama, Bahrain (CNN) -- At least two people were killed early Thursday morning when Bahraini police swarmed into the capital, Manama, to roust protesters from the Pearl Roundabout, emergency hospital services said.", "Witnesses said police came in with dozens of vehicles, surrounded the roundabout and began firing \"pellet bullets,\" rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators.", "The area had become a magnet for pro-democracy activists, angered by the killing of two demonstrators by security forces earlier this week.", "For two days, protesters were largely left alone by authorities.", "But around 3:30 a.m. Thursday (7:30 p.m. Wednesday ET), police changed tactics.", "Hundreds of white-helmeted police swarmed the roundabout.", "There are reports that at least 100 people have been injured.", "Most of the casualties have being sent to Salamaniya hospital, according to an operator at Manama's other main hospital, Bahrain International.", "CNN's Nic Robertson was there at the hospital.", "He reported that a large group of \"very angry\" people had gathered, along with distraught family members looking for loved ones.", "Robertson said demonstrators he'd spoken to were outraged by the way they'd been treated by security forces.", "Inside the hospital's emergency treatment room, the scene was one of \"complete, uncontrolled chaos,\" according to Robertson.", "He described injured people struggling to survive and medical personnel working frantically to save them.", "He saw serious head traumas, bloody wounds in the head and chest, and people hooked up to breathing apparatuses.", "Robertson told CNN that all the indications pointed to a very bloody confrontation on the part of police.", "During the crackdown in Pearl Roundabout, an ABC reporter was attacked while he was on the phone, describing the scene for the network.", "In the midst of his report, Miguel Marquez could suddenly be heard shouting on the audiotape, \"Journalist!", "Journalist! No! No!\" Heavy thuds and the sounds of police yelling could also be heard.", "After several minutes, Marquez insisted repeatedly \"I'm going!", "I'm going!\" and called out for co-workers.", "Finally, he returned to the audio line and told what had just happened.", "His voice broke as he said, \"These people are not screwing around.\"", "One of the protesters, who asked that he be identified only as \"Hussein,\" said the police came in with no warning.", "\"We were sleeping,\" he said.", "\"There were guys, kids, schoolchildren, women, and suddenly they just attacked us with tear gas, stun bombs.\"", "Hussein said many people were wounded in the attack, and he helped take people to hospitals.", "Police were outside the hospitals as well, he said.", "\"No one was doing anything,\" he said.", "\"Kids were sleeping.", "Women were sleeping.", "They just attacked us suddenly.\"", "Ebrahim Sharif, secretary-general of the opposition National Democratic Action Society, said he saw ambulances taking people to hospitals but that police were blocking people from going in that direction.", "\"The whole area here has been surrounded,\" he told CNN by telephone.", "\"There are probably 500 to 1,000 policemen.\"", "Dozens of large police vehicles lined a highway overlooking the roundabout and helicopters buzzed the area.", "Police were also taking up positions to create a perimeter as much as a mile around the roundabout, preventing people from returning.", "An hour after police moved in, the square, where thousands of people had been, was largely empty except for police.", "It was not immediately clear where the protesters had gone, but police activity indicated they were still involved in moving the demonstrators further from the roundabout.", "On Wednesday, Bahrain's Interior Ministry had said those involved in two deaths during previous protests had been placed in custody.", "\"We express our regret over those who died or were injured in the latest incidents and extend our sincere condolences to their families and to the people of Bahrain,\" according to a statement on the ministry's website.", "Earlier Wednesday, thousands of people gathered for a peaceful funeral procession for a Bahraini man killed when clashes erupted during another protester's funeral procession, the president of a human rights group said.", "Demonstrators picked up the body of Fadhel Matrook, 31, from a morgue Wednesday and marched to a cemetery with no police presence on the streets, said Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights.", "Rajab, who marched in the funeral procession, said at the time that protests in Bahrain were \"peaceful\" since \"there is not interference from the police.\"", "Human rights groups say Matrook was shot by security forces using pellet guns during the Tuesday procession for Ali Abdulhadi Mushaima, who was killed Monday.", "Rajab said Mushaima was protesting for human rights near Manama.", "King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa had vowed Tuesday that his government would investigate the killings of the two protesters by security forces.", "\"We will ask the legislative authority to look at this phenomena and to suggest the necessary legislation which will solve this in a way that will benefit the homeland and its citizens,\" he said.", "The Interior Ministry said in its statement that \"... our constitution and laws guarantee the freedom of expression through peaceful means\" and that \"citizens can ask for rights and reforms through available legitimate channels.\"", "Bahrain is among the latest Arab states to face a surge of dissent following the revolts that toppled longtime autocrats in Tunisia and Egypt.", "By Wednesday morning, thousands of activists were camping out at the foot of the Pearl Roundabout, a Bahraini landmark.", "At the time, police were nowhere in sight as about 3,000 people laid out blankets and pitched tents.", "\"It's a very relaxed atmosphere,\" Mansoor Al-Jamri, editor of the newspaper Al Wasat, had told CNN.", "\"You'd assume it was a picnic area if you didn't know it was the aftermath of people who died.\"", "Activists have decried the use of pellet guns at short range by Bahrain's security forces.", "Amnesty International called the deaths \"tragic\" and \"a very worrying development.\"", "In a recent report, the group said Bahraini authorities detained 23 opposition political activists in August and September, and held them without contact for two weeks, \"during which some allege they were tortured.\"", "Bahrain's Interior Ministry said on its website that an investigation has been ordered to find out the reason behind the incident.", "The kingdom's main opposition party, al Wifaq, has suspended its participation in parliament because of the security forces' action.", "Bahrain is an American ally and houses the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet.", "In Washington, the State Department said Tuesday it was \"very concerned\" by the violence and said it welcomed the promise of an investigation.", "Bahrain is ruled by a Sunni Muslim royal family, but two-thirds of the population are Shiites.", "In recent years, younger Shiites have staged violent protests to complain about discrimination, unemployment and corruption, and many Shiites say the country's constitution has done little to improve their condition.", "The protest movement in Bahrain has been organized using social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter, in the same manner as the protests in Tunisia and Egypt.", "CNN's Nic Robertson, Jenifer Fenton and Mitra Mobasherat contributed to this report ." ]	[ "NEW:Large crowd of angry demonstrators outside Salamaniya hospital .", "NEW: Scenes of \"complete, uncontrolled chaos\" at Salamaniya hospital .", "At least 2 people were killed when police confronted protesters .", "Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators in Pearl Roundabout ." ]	[ 0, 1, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Opponents and supporters of Venezuela's government staged rival demonstrations Sunday in the streets of the capital to mark the anniversary of a popular revolt that overthrew a dictatorship in the South American country in 1958.", "In Caracas, supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gathered around the presidential palace to listen to him speak on what is known there as \"National Democracy Day.\"", "\"Every day, there will be more democracy in Venezuela -- this democracy that gives more power to the people,\" Chavez said, as reported by the state-run AVN news agency.", "\"Democracy is as necessary to socialism as oxygen is to living things.\"", "The president's supporters cheered and waved flags and banners.", "Critics of Chavez's government met in the eastern part of the capital, the state-run VTV network reported.", "Many waved white banners.", "One protester carried a poster that read: \"Enough of the lies.\"", "Marches were also planned in various cities around the world to declare that \"the current Venezuelan regime is a dictatorship both legally and politically,\" according to organizer Un Mundo Sin Mordaza.", "Opponents of Chavez have sharply criticized last month's decision by Venezuela's lame-duck National Assembly granting him the power to pass laws by decree for 18 months.", "Critics say the president sought the power in order to push his agenda through the legislative body after elections in September weakened the ruling party's hold on power.", "But Chavez has said he was seeking the powers in order to be able to respond to flooding that left thousands of people homeless.", "January 23 marks the anniversary of the overthrow of former Venezuelan dictator Gen. Marcos Perez Jimenez." ]	[ "NEW: President Chavez addresses his supporters outside the presidential palace .", "NEW: His critics stage rival demonstrations, declaring the current government a \"dictatorship\"\nVenezuela celebrates \"National Democracy Day\" Sunday ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Four white doves were released Wednesday after funeral services for an Indiana woman and her three children, dead in what police describe as a murder-suicide.", "Investigators believe Amanda Bennett, 30, shot her three children -- 14-year-old Jasmine Abbott, 9-year-old Katelynn Bennett and 4-year-old Ryan Bennett -- in their Austin, Indiana, home, set a small fire in the house and then turned the gun on herself.", "Services were held at First Christian Church in nearby Scottsburg, Charlotte Bennett, the grandmother of two of the children, told CNN.", "\"There were thousands of people there,\" she said.", "The caskets were taken out to the parking lot after the funeral.", "The song \"Come to Jesus\" was performed and the doves were released, she said.", "\"It was an awesome [moment].\"", "Police conducting a welfare check on the family last Friday found the bodies.", "The family's dog was also shot, but it survived and was being treated at a veterinary clinic, Indiana State Police said.", "The children were out of school on Friday because of a recent snowstorm, Indiana State Police spokesman Sgt.", "Jerry Goodin told CNN Wednesday.", "Investigators believe the children were asleep when they were shot, he said.", "Friends told reporters Amanda and John Bennett, father of the two younger children, had marital problems.", "A divorce petition filed two weeks before the deaths, obtained by CNN affiliate WAVE, said the two had been separated since October.", "Amanda Bennett, in the petition, had asked for temporary custody of the children.", "Court filings show the couple had also declared bankruptcy in 2009, WAVE said.", "The couple were supposed to be at divorce hearing this Friday, Charlotte Bennett said.", "Her son, John, was seeking joint custody of the children, she said.", "The grandmother said Amanda lived with her a couple of years before dating John.", "\"She was an awesome mother,\" Charlotte Bennett said.", "Charlotte Bennett said she spoke with Amanda several hours before the bodies were found.", "\"She seemed to be fine.\"", "Jasmine was a typical teen girl who linked to primp and Katelynn was smart and loved everything, Charlotte Bennett said.", "\"Ryan was all boy.\" The two younger children were buried with their mother while Jasmine will be buried in another town where her father lives, Charlotte Bennett said.", "Jasmine was \"like a daughter\" to John Bennett, Charlotte said.", "Thousands of people turned out Tuesday during a six-hour visitation for the four, according to CNN affiliate WRTV.", "\"I came out here to ... show my support for John and his family and to give them my prayers,\" Rhonda Jones told WAVE, referring to the father of the two youngest children.", "\"They had their whole lives in front of them,\" William Bellamy, who attended the visitation, told CNN affiliate WHAS of the children.", "\"Their mom took the best part of their years, really ... because they could have turned out to be anything.\"", "In a statement, family spokesman Roger Gay told WAVE, \"We want to thank family, friends and the community for support and prayers through this tragedy.", "John is in shock and will be for a long time.\"", "Charlotte Bennett echoed that sentiment, saying of her son, \"He's kind of in shock.", "He lost his whole world.\"", "Goodin told CNN that authorities examined online content as part of their investigation, including a posting purportedly from Amanda Bennett that blamed her husband.", "\"You got what you wanted,\" the posting said, according to CNN affiliate WDRB.", "\"No wife and no kids.\" However, the motive is unclear, and probably will remain that way, Goodin said.", "\"The only person that knows the motive is Amanda,\" he said.", "Austin is about 35 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky.", "A neighbor of the Bennetts told CNN Wednesday that Amanda was considerate of her and friendly.", "\"I don't see how she could have done it,\" said Ruby C. Gay.", "\"It really upset me terrible.", "She was always good to the children.\"", "\"They were wonderful children and well-behaved,\" according to Gay, who said she used to give treats to the children.", "CNN's Ashley Hayes contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Thousands attend services for mother, three children .", "NEW: Neighbor, children's grandmother call Amanda Bennett good mother .", "Family spokesman says they are grateful for support .", "Police say Amanda Bennett killed her three children, then herself ." ]	[ 0, 1, 14, 41 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Within hours of President Barack Obama's announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed, politics entered the fray.", "A small but vocal group of Republicans including former Bush administration officials began claiming that information obtained from waterboarding and other now-prohibited enhanced interrogation techniques led to the successful assault on bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.", "Debate rages about role of torture .", "Interviews and commentaries by conservatives, including former Vice President Dick Cheney repeated the contention, citing media reports rather than direct information.", "A closer look shows no obvious evidence of a direct connection, at least to waterboarding, the simulated drowning technique considered to be torture under international law.", "While administration officials, former interrogators and others concede that thousands of pieces of information collected over the past nine years eventually brought U.S. Navy SEALs to bin Laden, no one has cited specific information that came from the harsh interrogations labeled torture.", "That doesn't stop defenders of enhanced interrogations from trying.", "Republican Rep. Peter King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said that waterboarding alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed caused him to eventually provide information on the al Qaeda courier killed with bin Laden in the raid.", "Was bin Laden's killing legal?", "Mohammed was captured in 2003, and another high-value suspect, Abu Faraj al Libi, was captured in 2005.", "\"I think it's fair to say that it's a long way to getting bin Laden, but the first step along that road began with the intense interrogation\" of Mohammed and al Libi, King said.", "However, as CNN Senior Political Analyst Gloria Borger reported Wednesday, Central Intelligence Agency operatives already knew the courier's nickname when they interrogated Mohammed and al Libi.", "According to Borger's report, the detainee who initially provided the courier's nickname may have been subjected to harsh interrogation, but not waterboarding.", "Later, Mohammed lied to his interrogators about the courier, who was described as his protege, and intelligence personnel concluded that the courier was important because Mohammed was trying to cover for him, a senior U.S. official said.", "U.S. intelligence eventually uncovered the courier's identity four years ago \"from a different part of the world,\" the senior U.S. official said.", "Trail to bin Laden started with courier .", "King argued that Mohammed only talked after being waterboarded, and even though he lied about the courier, the fact he talked at all showed the value of waterboarding.", "To Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough, no such connection exists.", "\"This whole idea about somehow whether EITs (enhanced interrogation techniques) played into that, I think, is just not consistent with the facts, and, also, a little bit of a sideshow, as far as I'm concerned,\" McDonough said.", "White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Wednesday that locating bin Laden required years of painstaking work that eventually led to discovery of the address of the Pakistan compound last August.", "\"I can say with certainty that no single piece of information, with the exception of the address of the compound, was ... singularly vital to this, because we're talking about tiny bits of information that were compiled by unbelievably competent professionals over nine and a half years,\" Carney said.", "\"And it's impossible to know if one piece of information came from one source and was corroborated in another way; if, you know which thread held the cloth together, with the exception of the location of the compound.\"", "Carney acknowledged that some information came from terrorism detainees, which he called one of many ways that information was gathered.", "\"Now, I can't categorically rule out that one piece of information\" played a key role, \"because we don't know,\" Carney said.", "Mark Fallon, a former interrogator at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, terrorist detention facility, rejected claims that enhanced interrogation techniques led to bin Laden's capture.", "\"I think some people are trying to rewrite history here,\" Fallon told MSNBC, adding that he was privy to information from Mohammed and wasn't aware \"of any substantive information or intelligence that was a derivative product of waterboarding.\"", "One of Obama's first acts as president was to halt waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques of the Bush administration.", "The issue was one of the most contentious of the Bush presidency, with critics accusing the administration of legalizing torture while supporters called the enhanced interrogations necessary for combating terrorism.", "Now, those who were under fire for the interrogation policies are claiming vindication and calling for their return.", "John Yoo, a Bush administration lawyer who wrote the memo justifying the enhanced techniques, said in a posting Monday on the National Review website that the policy had worked.", "However, his posting only cited media reports based on anonymous sources, rather than any specific information gleaned from interrogated detainees.", "Marc Thiessen, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, made similar assertions on the group's website, but began his commentary by attributing his information to news reports.", "Cheney, interviewed on ABC and Fox, said he assumed enhanced interrogation techniques played a role in bin Laden's demise, but added he had no proof.", "Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that information was key to the fight against terrorism.", "\"Now let's remember that in the early days, we knew very little about how al Qaeda operated and the roundup of their field generals like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed led us not just to learn that there was a courier -- I remember when they learned there was a courier who might be a link to Osama bin Laden -- but we also learned from those people about the structure of al Qaeda,\" Rice said.", "However, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she was unaware of any information eventually leading to bin Laden's location that \"came as a result of harsh interrogation practices.\"", "Two conservative senators -- Republicans John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina -- also rejected the claim that waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation played a role in finding bin Laden.", "\"This idea -- we caught Bin Laden because of waterboarding -- I think is a misstatement,\" Graham said, citing instead the years of difficult intelligence work.", "\"I do not believe this is a time to celebrate waterboarding.", "I believe this is a time to celebrate hard work.\"", "CNN's Gloria Borger contributed to this story." ]	[ "Conservatives say Bush-era policies are vindicated .", "Democrats reject that any valuable intel came from waterboarding .", "The White House emphasizes years of tracking down countless leads ." ]	[ 1, 19, 28 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Bangladesh's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to keep his position as managing director of the bank he founded.", "Yunus founded the Grameen Bank three decades ago in what he said was an effort to alleviate poverty.", "Grameen's work cast a global spotlight on microcredit, a then-novel idea of making small loans to poor people who would not qualify for standard bank loans.", "For their efforts, Yunus and Grameen Bank won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.", "He also was awarded the American Presidential Medal of Freedom and a Congressional Gold Medal.", "Last month, the central bank of Bangladesh -- the regulatory authority in the South Asian nation -- cited the 70-year-old's age in explaining his removal as managing director.", "The government, which has a 25% stake in Grameen, said that the bank's rules required Yunus to end his service when he turned 60.", "The case wound its way to the Supreme Court, which issued its ruling Tuesday.", "Lawmakers in the United States, and in other countries, have asked the Bangladeshi government to find a compromise to bring an end to the Grameen Bank crisis.", "\"The international community will watch this situation closely, and I hope that both sides can reach a compromise that maintains Grameen Bank's autonomy and effectiveness,\" said Sen. John Kerry, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, last month.", "\"Institutions like the Grameen Bank make a significant contribution to Bangladesh's development and democracy, and Professor Yunus' life-long work to reduce poverty and empower women through microloans has deservedly received world-wide attention and respect.\"", "Yunus' supporters have said the government's effort to remove him has little to do with age and much to do with opposition to microcredit and Grameen's execution of it.", "Critics of microcredit have charged that lenders were making big money off of small loans.", "Others have suggested that the actions against Yunus are politically motivated, a claim denied by the government.", "Yunus' supporters say he has been under fire for criticizing politicians and trying to form his own political party four years ago during an interim, unelected, military-backed government.", "That party was later abandoned.", "Ashraful Islam, general secretary of the ruling Awami League party, told reporters last month that the government wanted to resolve the issue \"sympathetically,\" but Yunus had obstructed the process by going to the court.", "Khaleda Zia, a former prime minister and now opposition leader in parliament, lashed out at the government for going after the nation's only Nobel laureate.", "\"The move was designed to belittle Yunus, who had earned prestige for the country,\" she said.", "In a statement issued last month, Yunus said he strongly believes Grameen will continue to work to empower the poor, especially women in rural areas.", "\"Opportunity has to be created to hand over the charge of Grameen Bank in a happy environment so that it could achieve its objectives,\" Yunus said.", "\"I am continuing the effort and it will go on until getting friendly cooperation from all.\"", "CNN's Sara Sidner contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering microcredit lending .", "The government says he is past retirement age and must give up his post at Grameen Bank .", "Some of his supporters say the government's actions are politically motivated ." ]	[ 3, 11, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Robin Stearns, 28, watched her husband apply for jobs day in and day out.", "She watched him scour professional networking sites in an attempt to contact prospective employers.", "Robin Stearns created a Web site to draw employers' attention to her jobless husband, Michael.", "No response. Then an idea came to her: Why not make him stand out by starting a Web site devoted to helping him find a job?", "She used her tax refund to buy a MacBook, which came with a Web site building feature.", "A few days later, myhusbandneedsajob.com was born.", "\"I grew frustrated.", "He has been sending out resumes since he graduated but nothing has happened,\" the San Francisco, California, resident said.", "\"He's such a great candidate, he would be an asset to any company.\"", "Michael Stearns, 30, earned his master's in business administration from Georgetown University in Washington in May 2008.", "He says he is \"basically looking to get into a corporate marketing environment\" but is willing to try anything reasonable.", "The site features a picture of Robin Stearns holding a sign begging for somebody to employ her husband.", "It also displays his resume and a profile interview and other features.", "As the economy tumbles and unemployment rates soar, the jobless are using creativity to make themselves stand out.", "Paul Forster, co-founder and CEO of the job search site Indeed.com, urges candidates to employ measures that separate them from the masses rather than blanketing the job market with resumes.", "\"Don't resort to the shotgun approach,\" Forster advises.", "Watch adults crash a teen job fair » .", "The Internet has given job seekers an extra tool to reach out to employers.", "Social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook are filled with public groups that share tips on job openings.", "Blogs focusing on support for the jobless are plentiful, too, helping people realize they are not alone.", "For the Stearnses, defying a pack mentality and using a different approach seems to have made a difference.", "The site, which has been up for about three days, has brought dozens of e-mails from both employers and other people in a similar situation.", "Michael Stearns said he plans to follow up on the job opportunities.", "According to the U.S. Department of Labor, California has one of the nation's highest unemployment rates at 10.1 percent.", "The national rate is 8.1 percent.", "Robin Stearns, who declined to discuss her job because she wants to focus on her husband's job search, says a lot of their friends have been victims of the economy.", "\"Almost 90 percent of people we know have been affected by layoffs,\" she said.", "The couple plans to leave the site up for now.", "\"At least until I get a job,\" Michael Stearns said.", "CNNMoney.com staff writer Jessica Dickler contributed to this report." ]	[ "Wife creates Web site to draw attention to \"great candidate\"\nMyhusbandneedsajob.com has elicited e-mails from potential employers .", "Job seekers must be creative to stand out, Indeed.com CEO says ." ]	[ 2, 5, 8, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Despite the ribbing he took from President Barack Obama and comedian Seth Meyers, media mogul Donald Trump proclaimed Saturday night's White House Correspondents Dinner \"an entertaining evening.\"", "Trump, who has indicated that he is considering a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, was the focus of many of the barbs thrown by Obama and head \"Saturday Night Live\" writer Meyers.", "In Washington, Trump still talk of town .", "\"They were pretty personal, but I expected that I was going to be zinged,\" Trump told CNN's Don Lemon on Sunday night.", "At one point in the presentation, Obama singled out an unsmiling Trump and credited him with making hard decisions -- such as firing Gary Busey over Meat Loaf on an episode of \"The Celebrity Apprentice\" -- and succeeding in his push for the president to release his long-form birth certificate.", "\"Now, he can focus on more important matters like, did we fake the moon landing?", "What really happened in Roswell?", "And where are Biggie and Tupac?\"", "Obama said, referring to Neil Armstrong's 1969 walk on the moon, the alleged UFO crash in New Mexico and the deaths of rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur.", "But appearances aside, Trump had nothing but good things to say about Obama's comedic timing, telling CNN that \"some of what the president did was pretty good.\"", "\"It's my honor,\" he added, referring to the amount of jokes directed at him.", "\"It was a lion's pit, I was walking into it, I've been there before, and you know, I thought it was an entertaining evening.\"", "He had less kind words for Meyers, however, calling his performance \"poor.\"", "\"I thought that Seth had a hard time getting the words out,\" he said.", "Trump has not formally announced a run for the presidential nomination, saying it would be inappropriate to do so while his reality show \"Celebrity Apprentice\" is airing.", "Trump a serious contender?", "He said Sunday that he is giving it \"very, very serious thought,\" and an announcement will be made before June.", "\"I think a lot of people will be very happy with my announcement,\" he told Lemon.", "Watch CNN Newsroom weekdays 9am to 3pm ET and weekends.", "For the latest from the CNN Newsroom click here." ]	[ "Donald Trump calls annual White House press event an \"entertaining evening\"\nHe was the focus of many of the jokes from Obama and headliner Seth Meyers .", "\"I expected that I was going to be zinged,\" Trump says ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3 ]
[ "Atlanta (CNN) -- One of the world's largest concrete pumps is being readied to get on a massive cargo plane and head to Japan, all part of the effort to address the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.", "The 190,000-pound truck pump was moved off a job on the Savannah River on Wednesday and, two days later, was in Hanahan, South Carolina.", "Once preparations are complete, it will head about 7,000 miles toward Asia aboard a Russian Antonov 225 cargo plane, which is considered among the world's biggest aircraft.", "The U.S. Department of Energy had been using the big pumper at a mixed oxide fuel plant construction site in southeastern Georgia.", "Eventually, nuclear waste is to be disposed of here.", "But the decision was made to transfer it to Japan -- along with several other such large pumps, from around the world -- in order to deal with a disaster that has been brewing since a March 11 earthquake and tsunami wreaked havoc at the plant and stoked fears about massive releases of radiation.", "\"I use the pump every day at the river site, but they're trying to avert a situation that worsens each day,\" said Jerry Ashmore, the owner of Ashmore Concrete Contractors that supplies concrete for the Savannah River facility.", "\"They need all this equipment.", "They need help.\" Company officials say the prep work should be done by this weekend.", "Then, Georgia's transportation department must sign off on necessary highway and bridge permits, which are required due to the pumper truck's immense size.", "Eventually, it will be driven west to Atlanta, to be ideally flown out of the country by next Friday.", "Ashmore didn't have all the details about how the concrete pump will be used once it gets to Japan, though he understood its first mission will be to pump water to prevent overheating and the further emission of radioactive material.", "\"I understand it will be used to pump water into the reactor and later they can use it for concrete operations that need to be done,\" said Ashmore.", "The big pump, one of a handful of such trucks built by the German company Putzmeister, appears to be tailor-made for this type of project -- especially in a radioactive environment.", "And this is not the first-time the company's large concrete pumps have been utilized to help address a nuclear crisis.", "In 1986, 11 Putzmeister concrete pumps were used after the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine, then a part of the Soviet Union.", "The reactors' core were encased in massive amounts of concrete, to prevent the further release of any more radiation.", "For weeks, similar concrete pump engines have been used at the embattled power plant, as a conduit for water going into reactors and spent nuclear fuel pools.", "But the new pumps, like the one from the Savannah River site, have the advantage of being appreciably larger, making them potentially more useful for spraying water or a possible end-game scenario involving encasing nuclear reactor cores in concrete.", "Its 70-meter boom can be controlled remotely, which should allow it to disperse cooling water in pinpointed locations over a large distance, say experts.", "Typically trucks this massive are used in large projects using concrete, such as the construction of bridges or high-rise buildings.", "According to Putzmeister's website, the company has already re-directed a truck-mounted concrete pump from an unknown location in Southeast Asia to head to the Fukushima Daiichi site, which is 240 kilometers (150 miles) north of Tokyo.", "Another smaller Putzmeister pumper, currently in Los Angeles, is also being readied to fly to Japan." ]	[ "A 190,000-pound truck pump is now in South Carolina, being prepped to fly out of Atlanta .", "It had been at a mixed oxide fuel plant site in southeast Georgia .", "A contractor says the truck's first priority will be to supply water to keep nuclear fuel cool .", "Similar pumps were used in Chernobyl, which was eventually encased in concrete ." ]	[ 1, 3, 10, 17, 21 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Not divulging why she left, a Georgia sheriff said Thursday that a mother of five who disappeared last week is safe, healthy and not about to face criminal charges.", "\"The case of Wazineh Suleiman is closed,\" Bartow County Sheriff Clark Millsap told reporters in Cartersville.", "\"She is in a safe location, she is alive, she is well.\"", "Suleiman hadn't been heard from since last Friday night, when her husband arrived home to find the couple's children, ages 6 through 12 alone, and no sign of his wife since she'd left him uncharacteristically profane text messages.", "Millsap on Thursday refused to explain why Suleiman may have gone missing, saying only that \"why she left is her business, and not ours.\"", "\"Our main concern was to make sure that she was safe and we have discovered that,\" the sheriff said.", "\"Anything that is going on at her residence is her business and her husband's business.\"", "Since being found, the woman told authorities that she does not want \"to let anyone know where she is\" -- a request Millsap said law enforcement officers will respect.", "Police also have not offered details about how or where she was found.", "The sheriff said that no criminal charges will be filed against anyone in the case.", "Earlier Thursday, her father, Basem Jaber, said only that Suleiman was \"safe\" and with members of the sheriff's department.", "He said he did not know why his daughter went missing, saying only he was very happy she'd been found and he expected to see her for the first time later Thursday afternoon.", "\"She's good, she's in good condition,\" he told reporters Thursday outside the Bartow County sheriff's office.", "Suleiman's husband, Abed Suleiman, has said that, after attending Friday prayers, he brought home four pizzas at his wife's request and the family ate dinner together.", "He then set out for Kentucky on a turkey hunting trip with a male friend.", "When Abed Suleiman and his friend were about an hour from home they were informed that turkey hunting season was to begin the following weekend.", "They immediately turned around, the husband said.", "The friend corroborated the story and receipts back it up, Millsap has said.", "Wazineh Suleiman was last heard from that night, according to her husband of 14 years, in the form of profanity-laced text messages that she sent him.", "\"It's over and I'm throwing the phone out the window,'' read one of the messages.", "Others contained curses, including the f-word, he said, .", "\"She would never, ever send me a text message or use that word in front of me or to me at all,\" Abed Suleiman said Wednesday on HLN's \"Nancy Grace.\"", "\"That's the way she is,'' he said. His 30-year-old wife is a kindergarten teacher's assistant.", "When he arrived home last Friday around 9 p.m., Abed Suleiman found his five children home alone, something he said had never happened before at night.", "His oldest child told him their mother had been gone 10 minutes.", "The husband said he thought Wazineh Suleiman had gone to a Walmart to rent a video.", "But police say there is no evidence she ever made it to Walmart.", "Later that evening, Abed Suleiman called police to report her missing.", "Until Thursday, the biggest development in the case came Tuesday, when the family's 2004 Nissan Armada was found in an empty parking lot near Interstate 75.", "Abed Suleiman, a pharmacist, said Wednesday that his wife's credit cards hadn't been used since she went missing.", "The couple filed for bankruptcy in August.", "Abed Suleiman said, \"I have a good income and I bought two very expensive properties in south Florida\" that they ended up being unable to afford.", "HLN's Philip Rosenbaum contributed to this report.", "Watch Nancy Grace Monday through Sunday starting at 8 p.m.", "ET on HLN. For the latest from Nancy Grace click here." ]	[ "NEW: \"The case of Wazineh Suleiman is closed,\" a Georgia county sheriff says .", "NEW: The sheriff says he won't divulge her location or explain why she went missing .", "Her father says she's \"in good condition\"; he doesn't know what happened .", "The woman left their five children alone at their Bartow County home Friday night ." ]	[ 1, 3, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In light of reports that linked the name \"Geronimo\" with the operation that took down Osama bin Laden, Native Americans expressed disappointment Thursday and pointed to the sacrifices they have made in the service.", "\"To associate a Native warrior with bin Laden is not an accurate reflection of history and it undermines the military service of Native people,\" said Jefferson Keel, president of the National Congress of American Indians.", "\"It's critical that military leaders and operational standards honor the service of those who protect our freedom.\"", "Initial press reports said that \"Geronimo\" was used in the raid to refer to bin Laden, but a senior administration official later told CNN that it was code for the act of capturing or killing bin Laden, not for the man himself.", "Keel said that according to his understanding, the most-wanted terrorist's code name was \"Jackpot,\" and the name of the operation was \"Geronimo.\"", "Geronimo was an Apache leader in the late 1800s who is revered by many in the Southwest as a hero, the NCAI said.", "Harlyn Geronimo, a descendant of the warrior, was sharply critical of the use of his great-grandfather's name.", "\"Whether it was intended only to name the military operation to kill or capture Osama bin Laden or to give Osama bin Laden himself the code name Geronimo, either was an outrageous insult and mistake,\" he said.", "To use the name is \"such a subversion of history that it also defames a great human spirit and Native American leader,\" he said.", "Thom Wallace, communications director of NCAI, said that whatever the reason behind the use of the name \"Geronimo\" and the debate over it, the real conversation was being lost.", "That conversation, he said, is about the 24,000 American Indian active members of the military.", "A disproportionately high number of Native Americans serve in the U.S. military, he said.", "The group pointed out that 61 American Indians and Alaskan Natives have been killed serving in the armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, and 445 have been injured.", "\"Let's be very clear about what is important here: The successful removal of Osama bin Laden as a threat to the United States honors the sacrifice these Native warriors made for the United States and their people,\" said Keel, himself a veteran." ]	[ "Tying Geronimo to bin Laden \"undermines the military service of Native people,\" official says .", "Dozens of Native Americans have died serving in Afghanistan and Iraq .", "Geronimo was an Apache leader in the late 1800s ." ]	[ 1, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, made its own history Tuesday as its homicide rate reached 3,000 deaths for the year -- 10 times the number of killings annually that the border city counted just a few years ago.", "With two weeks left in the year, 2010 is now the deadliest year Juarez has ever seen, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general's office told CNN.", "\"At 12:15 p.m. we hit 3,000 murders for the year.", "The state attorney general's office had the number at 2,998 as of Monday and with the two murders today that brings us to 3,000,\" spokesman Arturo Sandoval said in a phone interview with CNN late Tuesday.", "The killings happened in two separate incidents, according to Sandoval.", "One of the victims was found shot dead in a car and the other was shot and killed in front of relatives.", "The victims, 35 and 46 respectively, were both males, Sandoval said.", "Before a spasm of drug-related violence hit the city in 2008, the bloodiest year in Juarez was around 300, according to Sandoval.", "\"Last year we had 2,656.", "The year before in 2008 it was around 1,500 and in 2007 we had about 300,\" he said. \"Can you imagine?\"" ]	[ "In 2007, Juarez recorded about 300 homicides .", "As of Tuesday, the count for 2010 was 3,000 .", "Drug-related violence hit the city in 2008 and the death toll has skyrocketed since ." ]	[ 7, 9 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The NATO request for the United States to continue flying its planes capable of striking at Libyan troops on the ground has raised concern that coalition forces do not have the military equipment needed for the type of strikes necessary to continue degrading Libya's military.", "The United States was expected to stop flying its A-10s and AC-130s this weekend as NATO took over leadership of the entire mission.", "The planes are equipped to fly lower and slower than fighter jets, which improves accuracy in targeting of troops and tanks that are in and around cities.", "Days of bad weather in Libya hampered visibility and the ability of coalition planes to strike at advancing Libyan troops with as little risk to civilians as possible, and NATO asked the United States extend flying the specialized planes through Monday, according to Oana Lungescu, a NATO spokeswoman.", "Learn more about the 'unique resources' provided by the United States .", "But a NATO official said that, weather aside, only the United States has the ability from the air to strike at mobile troops and equipment.", "NATO needed that from the United States, the NATO official said.", "\"Specifically the A10s and the AC-130s nobody else but the U.S. has,\" the official noted.", "The transition from U.S. command to NATO command, and the subsequent halt to flights of U.S. fighter jets over Libya, was not supposed to lessen the coalition capabilities, U.S. officials had said.", "When NATO first announced the agreement to take over the mission, a senior administration official briefing reporters at the State Department insisted that the transition would not hamper the operation.", "\"It means, in practice, that NATO will conduct the military operation in a way that is very similar to the way the coalition has conducted it up to this point, and no more but also no less,\" the senior administration official said.", "Congress, most notably Republican senators John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, warned last week that the U.S. decision to stop flying planes like the A10 and AC130 while the Libyan military is still fighting hard was a big mistake.", "\"The fact is that your timing is exquisite,\" McCain said at a hearing last week where the secretary of defense and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were testifying about Libya.", "\"At a time when the Gadhafi forces have literally tragically routed the anti-Gadhafi forces, that's when we announced that the United States is abdicating its leadership role and removing some of the most valuable assets that could be used to great effect against those rebels. \"", "The Joint Chiefs chairman, Adm. Michael Mullen, insisted that taking the planes out would not lessen the coalition capabilities.", "The coalition efforts \"could be sustained at the necessary levels to support the opposition,\" he said.", "Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Mullen said while the United States was pulling the planes from daily use, they would be on standby in case NATO needed them.", "The NATO official said it is \"possible\" they could keep returning to the battlefield when there is bad weather and NATO calls for them, if Gates approves the use.", "The United States is also supplying what officials refer to as \"unique capabilities,\" like surveillance drones, electronic jamming equipment and refueling planes." ]	[ "NATO has asked the United States to continue airstrikes through Monday .", "A NATO official says the alliance lacks the planes needed to make precision strikes .", "It is possible the U.S. planes could continue to fly missions, the official says ." ]	[ 0, 17 ]
[ "Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Former Cuban President Fidel Castro slammed the method used to kill Osama bin Laden on Thursday, saying there is no excuse for \"assassinating\" an unarmed man in front of his family.", "\"Whatever the actions attributed to bin Laden, the assassination of an unarmed human being surrounded by his family constitutes an abhorrent act,\" Castro wrote in an essay published in state media.", "Castro criticized bin Laden for \"international terrorism\" and said Cuba showed solidarity with the United States after the \"brutal\" September 11 attacks.", "However, in the article Castro calls the killing of bin Laden an \"execution\" by U.S. Navy SEALs and says the attack and the subsequent burial at sea \"show fear and insecurity, and turn him into a much more dangerous person.\"", "White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has told reporters bin Laden and his family lived on the second and third floors of his compound, and they were cleared last, with bin Laden killed toward the end of the siege.", "Bin Laden was not armed but did put up resistance when U.S. forces entered the compound, he said.", "One of bin Laden's daughters has told Pakistani interrogators that she saw her father shot, a senior Pakistani intelligence source said Wednesday.", "The daughter, believed to be 12 or 13 years old, was among those left behind at the compound after Monday's U.S. raid, the source said.", "In the article, Castro also said Pakistan's laws had been violated and its \"national dignity offended.\"", "U.S. President Barack Obama has said the United States will not release the photos of bin Laden's corpse.", "While some U.S. politicians have said the photos should be released, others have said the photos would only serve to inflamme feelings among bin Laden supporters.", "Castro concludes in his essay that American public opinion will turn in time.", "\"After the initial euphoria, public opinion in the United States will end up criticizing the methods, which,\" he wrote, \"far from protecting its citizens, will end up multiplying the feelings of hate and venegence toward them.\"", "-- From CNN's Shasta Darlington ." ]	[ "Castro says \"assassination\" is an \"abhorrent act\"\nHe criticizes bin Laden for \"international terrorism\"\nHe says attack shows \"fear and insecurity\"" ]	[ 2, 3 ]
[ "Tunis, Tunisia (CNN) -- Tunisia on Sunday ended a three-day mourning period for dozens of people killed in protests that ousted the country's long-term president.", "As the mourning period came to a close, small protests broke out in the capital, Tunis.", "Protesters have decried a new government formed in the wake of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's ouster.", "They have called it a sham, and demanded that officials with connections to the old guard be fired.", "The nation's interim prime minister said that his country would hold its first free democratic elections since gaining independence and vowed to leave politics after the ballot.", "\"We want to make the next elections the first transparent and legitimate elections since independence,\" Tunisian Interim Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi said Friday.", "Ghannouchi said he will retire from politics after the elections are held.", "Tunisia gained independence from France in 1956.", "Ghannouchi said upcoming political reforms would \"scrap all undemocratic laws including laws involving political parties, the elections and the anti-terrorism law that was abused by the former regime.\"", "\"I lived like all Tunisians, in pain and fear\" under the former president, Ghannouchi said.", "Ben Ali was ousted in a rebellion a week ago after ruling the north African nation for 23 years.", "Ghannouchi resigned from his ruling party this week and was appointed interim Prime Minister by the interim President Fouad Mebazaa.", "Ben Ali's Constitutional Democratic Rally's central committee was dissolved last week.", "All Cabinet members who belonged to the party have quit it.", "The party, known as the RCD, suffered a major blow earlier this week when Ghannouchi and Mebazaa submitted their resignations from the party, though they remained in the government, Tunis TV reported.", "His ouster followed weeks of protests over what discontented Tunisians said were poor living conditions, high unemployment, government corruption and repression.", "More than 100 people were killed in protests that followed over the past five weeks, the United Nations said." ]	[ "A three-day mourning period ends Sunday .", "Interim PM Mohammed Ghannouchi says he will leave politics after elections .", "Small protests break out in the Tunisian capital ." ]	[ 1, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Hurricane season will soon be upon the Caribbean -- a time of year when storms and strong winds lash many of the islands so popular as vacation destinations for travelers across the world.", "Currently, however, a different tempest is raging between two neighboring countries over something far more trivial, but no less volatile -- soccer.", "Haiti and Jamaica are the latest nations to become embroiled in an unseemly spat that was born on the football field but quickly escalated to dominate and strain diplomatic channels.", "Not in doubt is the fact that Haiti's under-17 team had their dream of reaching the soccer World Cup crushed after being forced to withdraw from a qualifying tournament hosted by Jamaica.", "Pretty much everything else is up for debate.", "Jamaica claims that two Haiti players, and their coach, tested positive for malaria and the rest of the team were quarantined to safeguard the public from the disease.", "Haiti says the three individuals in question were not properly cared for and that the rest of the delegation were detained, forced to take anti-malarial drugs and treated like \"criminals\" up until their departure.", "Upon returning home Haiti officials promptly recalled their charge d'affaires to Jamaica, while a protest saw thousands march through the capital Port-au-Prince to protest against the treatment meted out to the youth team.", "Jamaica insists the matter is now closed after an assurance from Haitian President René Préval, but those closely involved in the saga are in no mood to forgive or forget.", "It is not the first time the beautiful game has been the catalyst for a diplomatic flashpoint.", "The most notorious row ended in a four-day war between El Salvador and Honduras.", "The bordering nations had been at odds over issues of migration and land reform in 1969 when they were drawn to play each other in qualifying for the 1970 World Cup.", "The two legs prompted violent clashes between fans, the cutting of diplomatic ties and skirmishes on the border before Salvador launched bombing raids shortly after.", "Four days later a cease-fire deal was clinched.", "And more recently, World Cup qualifying also sparked conflict between African neighbors Egypt and Algeria in 2009 as the Algerian team bus was stoned in Cairo.", "Algeria then refused to allow an Egyptian plane to land, prompting a recall of ambassadors.", "Scuffles dominated the matches between the pair as Algeria claimed a place at the 2010 World Cup at the expense of their great rivals.", "Back in the Caribbean, the disagreement over what happened to the team continues to cause diplomatic tension.", "Jamaican medical officials forced the squad to stay in hospital, after three of the party displayed symptoms of malaria -- but the approach was heavy-handed according to the head of Haitian soccer.", "\"The medical team were repressive, aggressive and hostile,\" Dr Yves Jean-Bart, president of the Haiti Football Federation who accompanied the players on their trip to the tournament, wrote in his official report seen by CNN.", "\"They were not allowed to eat or shower despite being declared sick with borderline temperatures.\"", "The rest of the group, despite refusing, were made to take anti-malaria drugs and then quarantined in their hotel by armed security guards until their failure to field a team against El Salvador confirmed elimination from the tournament.", "The Haitian FA described the move as \"Machiavellian\" in the report mentioned above.", "As soon as the Haiti contingent landed back on home soil, the crisis escalated and both governments became involved.", "Cue a flurry of communications from, among others, Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding, claiming the country's dealings with the Haitian delegation were entirely legitimate and in line with its health protocols.", "Golding told the Jamaican House of Representatives he regretted how the issue had been \"sensationalized\" and that language problems between the two parties may have exacerbated the situation.", "But Jean-Bart persisted to note in his official report that his players had received \"psychological aggression\" and \"medical persecution\" at the hands of their Jamaican hosts.", "He told CNN that as far as he is concerned \"the matter is not closed ... because it's a discrimination act against our Haitian people.", "Jamaica has to apologize to our young players before relations are restored.\"", "Myrtha Desulme, president of the Haiti-Jamaica Society in Kingston, told CNN that Haitians on every continent would be \"outraged at this last indignity meted out to their children.\"", "She claims the entire country is still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after the devastating earthquake that tore the country apart in January 2010.", "She added: \"Even though the Haitian authorities might have accepted to officially close the book on the football issue, due to incapacity, Haitian civil society, both in Haiti and in its diaspora, continues to feel appalled and indignant about the incident.", "\"These children have been traumatized for life, on the way to achieving their dreams, and they were unfairly and illegally prevented from competing, which they had rightfully earned the right to do.", "\"Can you imagine what it must have been like for these 15 and 16-year-olds, who were so excited to be living what was probably the greatest adventure of their young lives, to be ... treated like criminals, and thrown out of the host country, just because two team players fell ill?", "\"Until Jamaicans know the truth of what transpired, they will continue to feel that Haitians have no right to feel hurt, angry, and outraged.", "As long as Jamaicans do not understand the source of their indignation, Haitians will continue to be incensed and resentful.", "\"There can be no reconciliation until there is full acknowledgement of the truth, apologies, and forgiveness.\"", "Jamaica contests such allegations.", "After meeting with a delegation sent by Haiti's government to examine the dispute, Jamaica's Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Kenneth Baugh said: \"It should be obvious that Jamaica never intended for the Haitians to feel that they were subjected to discrimination.", "Our objective is to resolve and bridge the gap.\"", "Olivia Grange, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, said in a statement that the other nations in the tournament were subject to the same medical testing Haiti received and that their quarantine was not restrictive.", "She said that Jamaica did not \"expel\" Haiti from the tournament, explaining that they had decided to withdraw in consultation with the footballing authorities.", "Haiti will have noted as they wait to see if they will be granted special dispensation to play in the under-17 World Cup by FIFA, that Grange also congratulated the Jamaican team on their qualification.", "It appears as if this latest disagreement to be sparked by soccer may take a while to blow over." ]	[ "Jamaica and Haiti are embroiled in a dispute that arose over soccer .", "Haiti claims its under-17 team was forced to withdraw from a tournament hosted by Jamaica .", "The row centers over two Haitian players who were suspected of having malaria .", "Jamaica insists the matter is now resolved but the Haitians want an apology ." ]	[ 3, 5, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Jockeyed by a man who'd never ridden it in a race, Animal Kingdom made a late charge Saturday to win the 137th edition of the Kentucky Derby.", "The colt's owners tapped John Velazquez to ride Animal Kingdom earlier this week, replacing jockey Robby Albarado after he got hurt while riding another horse.", "Velazquez is a racing veteran, but his best finish in 12 previous Kentucky Derby tries had been second in 2001.", "He had been slated to ride this year's pre-race favorite, Uncle Mo, until that horse was forced out after developing a gastrointestinal illness.", "\"It was a loss for Robby, and a win for me,\" a bittersweet Velazquez told NBC in an interview broadcast throughout Churchill Downs after the race.", "\"I'm very proud (of Animal Kingdom).\"", "The colt entered the Derby at 20-1 odds, starting from the outside from the No.", "16 gate. It stayed in the back of the pack -- behind front-runner Shackleford, which ended up in fourth -- before pushing ahead around the final turn to cruise to a clear victory.", "The Kentucky-bred 3-year-old had run only a handful of races prior to Saturday, none of them on dirt.", "\"He's just kind of a magnificent animal,\" said Graham Motion, the trainer for Animal Kingdom.", "\"This is an amazing horse, a very special horse.\"", "Two horses with much better 9-1 odds -- Nehro and Mucho Macho Man -- finished second and third, respectively.", "The latter was trained by Katherine Ritvo, who overcame a debilitating heart condition and was trying to become the first woman to train a Derby winner.", "The pre-race favorite, Dialed In, was never a factor.", "The wide-open race took place in front of 164,858 people, the most ever to attend the nation's longest continuously running annual sports event, a track official announced.", "The 19 horses and their riders broke shortly after 6:30 p.m., all galloping around the 1.25-mile dirt course in hopes of taking home a $2.17 million purse.", "According to the derby's website, more than $22 million was bet at the track -- topping last year's $21.5 million, with neither figure including many millions more wagered at sites outside Louisville.", "The derby is the first leg of the Triple Crown, considered the most coveted achievement in thoroughbred racing.", "It is followed by the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, New York.", "Animal Kingdom will now try to join the last horse to win all three -- Affirmed in 1978.", "CNN's David Ariosto contributed to this report." ]	[ "Animal Kingdom, jockeyed by John Velazquez, entered with 20-1 odds .", "The jockey was supposed to ride favorite Uncle Mo, until that horse dropped out .", "A record 164,858 spectators attended Saturday's race in Louisville .", "The derby is the first leg of horse racing's Triple Crown ." ]	[ 3, 5, 17 ]
[ "Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN) -- North Korea's reclusive leader, Kim Jong Il, made another rare public appearance Sunday with his youngest son at a massive military parade billed as one of the largest in the nation.", "Dignitaries from around the world, including China, Russia, Nepal, Poland, Austria and Mongolia, attended the event.", "It featured 20,000 military personnel marching in lockstep and huge pieces of military hardware -- including tanks and missiles -- rolling along the parade route as part of North Korea's celebration marking the 65th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea.", "Video from the event showed thousands of military personnel erupt into applause and chants as the Kims appeared in the capital to start the parade.", "Fireworks lit up the sky and, according to the state-run KCNA news agency, \"the ever-changing sea of dancers and flowers and ships and boats (were) decorated with multi-color lights.\"", "According to KCNA, the gala was made up of performances with names such as \"Country where leader's desire has come into full bloom\" and \"Party is guide of victory.\"", "Brass bands played songs including \"Song of General Kim Jong Il,\" KCNA reported.", "\"It's an annual holiday, but in effect this is an elaborate coming out party for the man who will be the next leader,\" said CNN's Alina Cho, referring to Kim's youngest son while reporting from the parade.", "The parade began in the Kim Il Sung Square, named for Kim Jong Il's father and North Korea's founder.", "The United States believes Kim Jong Un has been tapped to replace his ailing father as North Korea's leader.", "Little is known about Kim Jong Un.", "He is thought to be 27 or 28, is believed to have been schooled abroad and is thought to be capable of speaking some English and German, and possibly some French.", "He is said to have a fondness for Michael Jordan and James Bond.", "In a move that surprised North Korea observers, Kim Jong Un appeared to be wearing civilian clothes instead of his military uniform and medals, even though he had been named a four-star general last month.", "\"This is ... Kim Jong Il trying to make sure that senior military officers are not offended by someone who just got his start,\" said Gordon Chang, a North Korea expert and columnist for Forbes.com.", "\"It shows he needs to massage this process.\"", "In a rare embrace of the media, Pyongyang invited about 60 journalists from around the world to cover the weekend's festivities, Cho said.", "\"We were quite hastily invited at the middle of last week,\" she said.", "\"We knew something big was happening but we weren't entirely sure what.\"", "Cho said that security is tight and that even the news media's government minders are being checked by security personnel -- along with Cho's notebook and pen.", "Sunday's parade encompassed units of the three services of the Korean People's Army -- the Korean People's Internal Security Forces, the Worker-Peasant Red Guards and the Young Red Guards -- according KCNA.", "On Saturday, Kim and his heir apparent appeared at Pyongyang's May Day Stadium as part of the Arirang celebration.", "The event featured hundreds of gymnastics and dance performances.", "Participants spent up to eight hours a day training and preparing for the occasion.", "Performers danced enthusiastically for the crowd in the packed stadium.", "Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un could be seen sitting in a private box removed from the masses, flanked by military officials.", "Electricity was on throughout Pyongyang on Saturday, Cho said, an unusual occurrence in power-starved North Korea.", "The spare-no-expense celebration will likely be frowned upon by many ordinary North Koreans, Chang said.", "\"With the North Korean economy trending downwards, with poverty and destitution, there's got be the question of the nature of the regime,\" he said.", "\"They're going to look at this and say, 'Why don't I have clean water?", "Why don't I have food? How can they afford all of this?'\" Chinese President Hu Jintao sent Kim Jong Il a congratulatory message Saturday, commending the party for \"overcoming difficulties and risks and arduously struggling to continuously make eye-catching achievements in its socialist revolution and construction cause,\" China's state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Hu as saying.", "Hu also praised the relationship between North Korea and China, and pledged to make \"it an unswerving policy to continuously strengthen and develop bilateral friendly and cooperative ties.\"", "CNN's Adam Reiss contributed to this report." ]	[ "North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il attends a huge military parade Sunday .", "Kim Jong Un, who the U.S. believes will replace Kim Jong Il, also attends .", "The event features 20,000 military personnel, tanks and missiles .", "Arirang celeberations mark the creation of North Korea's Peoples' Workers Party ." ]	[ 0, 2, 8, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Spanish striking legend Raul Gonzalez scored his 70th European Champions League goal to help Schalke to a superb 5-2 San Siro victory over holders Inter Milan in their quarterfinal first leg.", "An extraordinary match began in remarkable fashion when Inter took the lead after just 27 seconds.", "Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer raced out of his area to head away an Inter attack, but he left his goal unguarded as Dejan Stankovic fired the ball home from the halfway line with stunning accuracy for one of the goals of the season.", "However, the German Bundesliga side levelled in the 17th minute when Inter failed to deal with a corner and Joel Matip was given space to blast the ball home.", "The tie swung Inter's way again in the 34th minute when they re-took the lead, Diego Milito -- the hero of last year's final win over Bayern Munich -- volleying home unmarked from close range after Esteban Cambiasso cushioned his header back across goal from the Inter right.", "But that advantage lasted for just six minutes before Edu netted on the rebound from a tight angle after goalkeeper Julio Cesar only parried his initial weak effort.", "The visitors took the lead for the first time eight minutes after the break when Raul held off Andrea Ranocchia to fire past Cesar -- and they increased their advantage four minutes later as defender Ranocchia diverted Jurardo's cross into his own net.", "The home side's hard task was made almost impossible when they had defender Cristian Chivu sent off in the 62nd minute for a second yellow card.", "Schalke continued to pour forward, looking to kill the tie off.", "Jurardo struck the post with a low shot and Jefferson Farfan also hit the woodwork from close range.", "But a fifth goal was not long in coming and Schalke surely made the second leg in Gelsenkirchen irrelevant with 15 minutes remaining when Edu turned and curled home a remarkable fifth goal." ]	[ "Schalke stun Inter Milan 5-2 in a remarkable Champions League quarterfinal .", "Raul scores his 70th Champions League goal to give the visitors a huge advantage .", "Holders Inter have Cristian Chivu sent off after two yellow cards in second half .", "The second leg in Gelsenkirchen now appears a formailty for the German side ." ]	[ 0, 1, 7 ]
[ "Fort Campbell, Kentucky (CNN) -- President Barack Obama met Friday afternoon with members of the military team responsible for conducting the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, and promised a war-weary nation victory over al Qaeda.", "\"We are ultimately going to defeat al Qaeda,\" the president told more than 2,300 troops who recently returned from Afghanistan.", "\"We have cut off their head.\" \"Our strategy is working and there is no greater evidence of that than justice finally being delivered to Osama bin Laden,\" he declared.", "\"We're still the America that does the hard things, that does the great things.\"", "The president made his remarks at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, home to the Army's 101st Airborne Division and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the group that operated the helicopters used in the raid.", "Bin Laden death leaves roots of terror untouched .", "While at Fort Campbell, the president, along with Vice President Joe Biden, privately met with members of Navy SEAL Team 6, the unit that conducted the raid.", "Among the SEALs that Obama met was the one who fired the fatal shots at bin Laden, but that person was not singled out to the president, a senior administration official told CNN.", "The president met a canine that was also part of the operation, according to the official.", "Obama visits ground zero; honors victims of 9/11 .", "Obama and Biden thanked the commandos and were briefed on the operation by the unit members who conducted it, according to a White House official.", "Obama awarded Presidential Unit Citations to the units involved in the Pakistan mission, the official said.", "The citation is the highest such honor that can be given to a military unit.", "\"They practiced tirelessly for this mission, and when I gave the order they were ready,\" the president told the troops.", "\"They're America's quiet professionals.\"", "It was a \"job well done,\" he said.", "Trove of data found at bin Laden home .", "Friday's visit to Fort Campbell came a day after Obama's first presidential visit to New York's ground zero, the focal point of bin Laden's 9/11 terror attacks.", "It also came one day after a nationwide alert was issued regarding rail security, the first terror threat notification linked to materials found during the raid on the Abbottabad compound in Pakistan.", "The terror plot was planned for the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.", "As early as February 2010, al Qaeda members discussed a plan to derail trains in the United States by placing obstructions on tracks over bridges and valleys, the alert said, according to one law enforcement official.", "No specific rail system was identified in the plans for the attacks, the official said.", "With bin Laden's death, there has been a growing call among some lawmakers to immediately withdraw the 130,000 U.S. and allied troops still battling the late al Qaeda leader's followers and his Taliban allies.", "Did bin Laden's wife rush Navy SEALs?", "Obama has repeatedly said he is confident the United States can meet a self-imposed deadline to begin bringing troops back home in July without compromising Afghan security, though military commanders and government officials have raised concern about the readiness of Afghan security forces.", "Lawmakers also have started questioning the U.S. relationship with Pakistan.", "During a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing Thursday, legislators on both sides of the aisle said a new approach to Pakistan is now needed.", "Pakistan's government is \"very irrational,\" said Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican.", "But Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said it is a \"false charge\" to assert that Pakistani authorities did not go after bin Laden.", "He said his country's intelligence agency alerted the United States about the presence of al Qaeda operatives in Abbottabad as early as 2004.", "Former Pakistan intel chief: Obama lying .", "Pakistani armed forces chiefs issued a statement Thursday admitting that there had been \"shortcomings in developing intelligence\" on the terror leader's presence in the country.", "The army chief of staff, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, also \"made it very clear that any similar action, violating the sovereignty of Pakistan, will warrant a review on the level of military/intelligence cooperation with the United States,\" the statement said.", "Pakistan has ordered U.S. military personnel on its territory drawn down to the \"minimum essential\" level in the wake of the raid, the statement said.", "Anti-U.S. sentiment was growing in Abbottabad, where about 600 demonstrators gathered Friday at a rally, chanting \"Go America, go America, your show is over.\"", "CNN's Bonney Kapp, Brianna Keilar and Alan Silverleib contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Canine involved in operation at meeting with president .", "Obama promises victory over al Qaeda while addressing troops at Fort Campbell .", "Obama and Biden met members of the team that raided bin Laden's compound .", "Obama awards the Presidential Unit Citation to units involved in the mission ." ]	[ 0, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- After days of heavy fighting, forces loyal to Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo laid down their arms Tuesday, and the self-declared president was negotiating the terms of his surrender, his foreign minister said.", "Calm was reported Tuesday afternoon in Abidjan, the West African nation's largest city and the center of the battle between Gbagbo's military and those loyal to his rival, Alassane Ouattara, who is recognized internationally as the legitimate president.", "\"We must now do what we can do to have lasting peace,\" said Alcide Djedje, the foreign minister, who participated in talks at the French ambassador's residence in Abidjan.", "Two of Gbagbo's generals were in \"the process of negotiating a surrender,\" French Prime Minister Francois Fillon told parliament Tuesday.", "A U.N. official said that Gbagbo asked for U.N. protection for himself during the negotiations.", "Ouattara's camp said it was sticking to a demand it has made all along: that Gbagbo recognize Ouattara's victory at the polls, said spokesman Patrick Achi.", "\"I think it is something very important,\" Achi said.", "\"The military fight is almost over.", "As soon as he surrenders, all the fighting will stop.\"", "French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Ouattara wants Gbagbo to sign a letter saying he recognizes his rival as president.", "In a phone interview with French news channel LCI, a man claiming to be Gbagbo said he would not sign the paper because he does not acknowledge his rival's victory and that he demands \"the truth of the ballot box.\"", "But, he said, he is willing to meet with Ouattara.", "He also said the French have inserted themselves into the war.", "\"My problem is not to stay in a building or not,\" the man said.", "\"My problem is that we find an exit from this crisis.\"", "A key question is whether Gbagbo will remain in the Ivory Coast, said Choi Young-jin, head of the U.N. mission in the country.", "\"Gbagbo had many options after the election, but he squandered his opportunities,\" said Choi, who has been speaking with Ouattara as well as Gbagbo's advisers.", "\"I don't know what options he has now.\"", "\"I think he (Gbagbo) knows everything is over for him,\" said Youssoufou Bamba, Ivory Coast's ambassador to the United Nations.", "\"His military forces have been defeated.", "He is alone now.\" Bamba said Gbagbo should go on trial \"because he has committed so much crime\" against civilian and peaceful demonstrators.", "But Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who served as the African Union's main negotiator in Ivory Coast, said Ouattara and others should consider allowing safe passage for Gbagbo to Angola, South Africa or another country.", "Choi said the combat is over and that only a few elements were out on the streets.", "An American resident of Abidjan, who did not want to be identified, said she could hear sporadic gunfire from her apartment but the heavy shelling and mortars had stopped.", "Choi said Gbagbo was hunkered down in the basement of his Abidjan residence with his family.", "He said there were still guards posted around the house, but not many.", "U.S. President Barack Obama called Tuesday for Gbagbo to \"stand down immediately.\"", "\"Tragically, the violence that we are seeing could have been averted had Laurent Gbagbo respected the results of last year's presidential election,\" Obama said.", "\"To end this violence and prevent more bloodshed, former President Gbagbo must stand down immediately, and direct those who are fighting on his behalf to lay down their arms.\"", "Ouattara's forces entered Abidjan on Thursday after an offensive that swept across the country.", "When they arrived, the sporadic post-election violence that had plagued Abidjan for four months escalated into war.", "By Tuesday, they had surrounded the presidential palace.", "\"We do not see why he shall not surrender,\" Achi said earlier, adding the new government may seek trial for Gbagbo in the International Court of Justice.", "An Abidjan resident said state-run television, which has served as a powerful mouthpiece for Gbagbo, went dark Monday, a sign that Ouattara's forces had overrun the building.", "Gbagbo's forces suffered a setback Monday when U.N. helicopters fired on one of its camps to prevent the use of heavy weapons against civilians and U.N. peacekeepers.", "Djedje, the foreign minister, said the U.N. attack prompted Gbagbo's forces to stop fighting.", "\"Since there was no more ammunition and weapons, they decided to lay down the arms and negotiate a cease-fire,\" he said.", "U.N. peacekeeping director Alain Le Roy told reporters the United Nations was not taking sides in the conflict, but had to act after three days of fire from Gbagbo's forces left four U.N. peacekeepers seriously injured.", "\"We are shooting at heavy weapons.", "We are not shooting at the presidency,\" Le Roy said.", "The political chaos and violence has claimed hundreds of lives in Ivory Coast.", "In one of the bloodiest incidents yet, the International Committee of the Red Cross reported the killings of 800 people last week in the western cocoa-producing town of Duekoue." ]	[ "NEW: Man identified as Gbagbo tells station he won't recognize Ouattara win .", "Gbagbo's forces laid down their arms, his foreign minister says .", "A U.N. official says Laurent Gbagbo has asked for U.N. protection .", "The U.N. envoy to Ivory Coast says combat is over ." ]	[ 0, 4, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Egypt's general prosecutor on Monday extended the detention of two of former President Hosni Mubarak's sons, saying further investigation is needed.", "Gamal and Alaa Mubarak will be held for another 15 days, the prosecutor's office said in a statement, adding that members of the office went to Tora prison to conduct questioning.", "Gamal and Alaa Mubarak's lawyers were present, the statement said.", "The two were being questioned \"regarding the prices of their real estate, lands and their role in intervening in the program of settling Egypt's debts,\" as well as commissions on a gas deal with Israel and their roles in \"mandatory partnerships with foreign companies in Egypt,\" the statement said.", "They were also being asked about \"their role in privatization and evaluation of private shares and selling them,\" the prosecutor's office said.", "Last month, Egyptians exulted over the detention of their ailing former president and his two sons in a probe exploring the killing of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the center of the country's dramatic uprising earlier this year that led to Mubarak's ouster.", "Mubarak and his two sons were detained in connection with the protesters' deaths, an official with Egypt's Justice Ministry said at the time.", "Prosecutors have also been investigating what properties and bank accounts the Mubaraks have.", "Hosni Mubarak has decried accusations of responsibility in the deaths, saying the probe is aimed at tarnishing his reputation and that of his family.", "He has also said he and his children have not violated any laws, and that an investigation of the properties they own will show they've done nothing wrong." ]	[ "Gamal, Alaa Mubarak were detained in April .", "Prosecutor says they're being questioned on real estate, other financial deals .", "Hosni Mubarak has denied wrongdoing by him or his sons ." ]	[ 2, 6 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- A U.S.-born Muslim cleric and his son are exploring the possibility of legal action after they said they were prevented from traveling aboard an American Airlines flight from New York to Charlotte, North Carolina, their attorney says.", "Al Amin Abdul Latif and his son, Abu Bakar, were heading on Friday to an annual conference on Islamophobia.", "They are the second pair of imams barred, at least initially, from traveling to the conference that day.", "Also Friday, Imams Masudur Rahman and Mohamed Zaghloul -- both clad in Islamic attire -- were told to leave the aircraft as it was taxiing toward the runway.", "All four are represented by attorney Mo Idlibi, who said that none of them had done anything out of the ordinary, nor were they praying or chanting.", "Idlibi said the elder Abdul Latif and his son have reached out to American Airlines for \"accountability of the embarrassment and humiliation\" that they said they endured.", "\"Imams have rights,\" said Idlibi.", "\"They know they have rights.", "And they will hold these entities accountable if that's what it comes to.\"", "He added that the incident was unlawful and is \"unequivocally a civil rights issue.\"", "American Airlines responded in a written statement, saying \"there was no ill intent on the part of any of our employees involved in this.\"", "\"It was a situation that just got very complicated very quickly.", "Because we don't discuss security matters, you may wish to talk with TSA.\"", "A spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration said \"this passenger (Al Amin Abdul Latif) was properly screened by TSA and cleared to fly.\"", "\"TSA did not deny the passenger boarding,\" said spokeswoman Kristin Lee.", "According to the pair's attorney, the younger Abdul Latif was initially permitted to board the plane.", "But his father was instructed to meet with a gate agent to book a separate flight.", "Shortly thereafter, federal agents then boarded the American Airlines plane and removed the younger Abdul Latif as well.", "Neither man was given an explanation, their attorney says.", "The younger Abdul Latif was permitted on the following day to fly to Charlotte.", "His father, however, was again denied and was compelled to drive instead.", "According to an American Airlines statement, an airline has the legal authority to refuse transport to an individual it deems unsafe, but airlines cannot by law refuse transport based solely on a person's race, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity or sex.", "\"Ultimately, the airline must be able to establish that the pilot's determination to refuse to transport an individual was not arbitrary or capricious in order for the airline to fulfill its obligations under the statute,\" said American Airlines spokesman Ed Martelle.", "The incident has sparked controversy.", "\"That kind of hype and hysteria reflect what's worst about our country,\" said Zead Ramadan, board president of the Council on American Islamic Relations-New York.", "Ramadan points to last week's killing of al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden as a reason for what he calls \"an uptick\" in racial profiling against Muslims.", "\"There has been a spike,\" Ramadan said.", "\"Even in grade schools, we've seen more bullying.\"", "The news comes as New Yorkers and others around the country tune in to media coverage of heightened security measures in the wake of bin Laden's death." ]	[ "A U.S.-born Muslim cleric and his son are exploring the possibility of legal action .", "They say they were prevented from traveling aboard an American Airlines flight .", "They were heading to an annual conference on Islamophobia .", "They are the second pair of imams to be barred from flying that day ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- World No. 1 Rafael Nadal will face longtime rival Roger Federer in the semifinals of the Madrid Masters on Saturday in a rematch of the event's past two title matches.", "Defending champion Nadal crushed fellow left-hander Michael Llodra 6-2 6-2 on Friday, needing just 75 minutes to clinch his 35th successive victory on clay against a French player appearing in his first top-level quarterfinal on the surface.", "Federer, who beat the Spaniard in the 2009 final, later overcame Robin Soderling -- who inflicted Nadal's last defeat on clay at that year's French Open.", "The world No. 3 triumphed 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 against the Swedish fifth seed in one hour 42 minutes .", "After successive titles in Monte Carlo and Barcelona, Nadal's progress has been simpler this week following a third-round walkover when rejuvenated former world No.", "4 Juan Martin del Potro pulled out with a hip injury.", "\"Today it was quite good, especially here with the altitude it's a little bit more complicated because it's more difficult to go over him,\" Nadal told the ATP Tour website after conceding only eight points on his serve and breaking Llodra four times.", "\"It's a bit more difficult with the serve.", "I felt quite good on the court, I served well.", "In the second set there were quite a lot of rallies and not so many in the first, and I think I played really well.\"", "Friday's opening quarterfinal saw Thomaz Bellucci continued his giantkilling run by ousting seventh seed Tomas Berdych, beating the 2010 Wimbledon runner-up 7-6 (7-2) 6-3.", "The 23-year-old became the first Brazilian since Gustavo Kuerten in 2003 to reach the last-four stage in the Spanish capital as he followed up his earlier shock win over British fourth seed Andy Murray.", "Bellucci, ranked 36th, reached the semis of a Masters 1000 event for the first time.", "\"Of course, yesterday's match gave me a lot of confidence that I was needing,\" he said.", "\"I was losing some games and wasn't playing very well, but yesterday I played my best tennis.", "\"Today I had a lot of confidence on the court and I managed to get a victory.", "I played well and I have got even more confidence for tomorrow's match.\"", "Bellucci next faces either world No.", "2 Novak Djokovic, who is unbeaten in 29 consecutive matches this year, or Spanish sixth seed David Ferrer -- the losing finalist in Monte Carlo and Barcelona last month.", "\"They are losing very few matches, but they are not invincible, they can also lose,\" Bellucci said ahead of the duo's clash in Friday's late match.", "Germany's Julia Gorges continued her fine form in the women's event in Madrid, with the Stuttgart champion beating Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach the semifinals.", "She won 6-4 6-2 to follow up her second successive win over world No.", "1 Caroline Wozniacki and set up a clash with fourth seed Victoria Azarenka.", "The Belarusian battled past unseeded Czech Lucie Safarova 6-3 3-6 6-2 to move to within one win of claiming the No.", "4 ranking -- which no woman from her country has done before.", "Her last meeting with Gorges ended in disappointment in Stuttgart last month when the 21-year-old Azarenka had to retire hurt with a shoulder injury after winning the first set.", "Chinese sixth seed Li Na also went through to the last four, beating American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4 3-6 6-4.", "Both players had beaten Italians in the previous round, with Mattek-Sands upsetting third seed and French Open champion Francesca Schiavone.", "Australian Open finalist Li will take on Czech 16th seed Petra Kvitova for a place in Sunday's title match.", "Kvitova, 21, came from behind to beat Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova 3-6 6-3 7-5 to follow up her earlier win over Russian second seed Vera Zvonareva.", "Cibulkova eliminated former No.", "1 Maria Sharapova in the previous round." ]	[ "Defending champion Rafael Nadal through to semifinals of Madrid Masters .", "Spaniard will play world No.", "3 Roger Federer, who beat him in the 2009 final .", "Thomaz Bellucci upsets Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych to also reach semis .", "Australian Open finalist Li Na of China through to last four of women's event ." ]	[ 0, 2, 26 ]
[ "(CNN Student News) -- March 29, 2011 .", "Download PDF maps related to today's show: .", "• Japan: Disaster-affected Areas • Cuba • Qatar .", "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: An airport's recovery, a former president's return to Cuba, and a plan to block out the sun!", "All of it's on the schedule for today's show.", "I'm Carl Azuz. This is CNN Student News!", "First Up: Sign of Hope .", "AZUZ: We're starting today in Japan at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.", "Engineers are trying to figure out just how much the recent earthquake and tsunami damaged the plant's nuclear reactors, and what that might mean for the area around those reactors.", "Yesterday, a government official said one of the reactors might be leaking radioactive material.", "Tests on seawater showed some signs of contamination as well, about 360 miles out into the Pacific Ocean.", "And tests have shown small amounts of plutonium in the soil at different spots around the power plant, though the company that owns the plant says the plutonium is not a harmful amount.", "Parts of Japan were shaken by another earthquake, though; this one hit on Monday.", "Wasn't nearly as strong as the quake from two weeks ago.", "But it did happen in the same general area as the March 11th quake, near the city of Sendai on Japan's east coast.", "That's where Martin Savidge is now for us.", "He's at Sendai's airport, looking at how its recovery is a sign of hope for the victims of these disasters.", "(BEGIN VIDEO) MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: If you remember some of the most amazing images that came out in the first hours after the tsunami, one of them would have to be the airport in Sendai.", "It was just so amazing to see this massive airport overrun with water and debris.", "Now, we're going back to see how it looks today.", "But first, we have to avoid Japan's ongoing nuclear disaster.", "COLONEL ROB TOFT, USAF SPECIAL OPS: This is the Fukushima reactor, the 25-mile restricted area.", "This is our airplane here. SAVIDGE: Colonel Rob Toft was aboard the first plane to land at Sendai after the tsunami.", "TOFT: I think anything that you see on TV, well, Hollywood with their greatest special effects can't put into perspective the amount of destruction that was down there on the airfield the day that we arrived.", "SAVIDGE: Sweeping in for landing ourselves, we see none of that.", "You can probably see that, for the most part, behind us it looks great.", "It really does. The transition is amazing given what happened here the day of the disaster.", "But get away from the runway and you see the reminders, which a literal army of 240 U.S. airmen, soldiers and Marines, alongside Japanese civilians, frantically worked to clear.", "By just dumb luck, there were no large passenger planes here when the wave hit, but hundreds of smaller, mostly private aircraft weren't so lucky.", "They look as though they fell from the sky.", "Even ones in the hangers weren't spared.", "This is the main entrance here at Sendai.", "It's like any normal American airport, only it's not so normal now.", "Sendai's an international hub.", "Think Logan Airport or Dulles.", "Japanese officials had written the place off.", "Did you think it would be able to be reopened?", "COLONEL MAKOTO KASAMATSU, JAPAN SELF-DEFENSE FORCES: To be honest, the answer is no.", "SAVIDGE: But it is open.", "It now serves as a center for humanitarian aid distribution.", "And guiding those planes from the same roof on which so many sought shelter, now stand American Air Force air traffic controllers, who saw a tragedy and were able to help.", "MASTER SGT.", "MICHAEL CHARVAT, U.S. AIR FORCE COMBAT CONTROLLER: You feel kind of sad.", "Then you know you're here for a job and hopefully you can bring some relief to the Japanese people.", "SAVIDGE: Once an iconic image of a disaster, Sendai Airport has now been transformed into an early sign of hope.", "Martin Savidge, CNN, Sendai, Japan.", "(END VIDEO) Crisis in Libya .", "AZUZ: President Obama says the U.S. role in Libya will get smaller as NATO takes control of the coalition operation.", "But U.S. forces will still be involved.", "The question a lot of people are asking is why did the U.S. get involved in the first place?", "Democrats and Republicans have been criticizing the president.", "They're asking about the purpose of the mission in Libya, the cost, and what it might mean for America's relationship with the Arab world.", "President Obama was scheduled to give a speech last night to address some of those concerns.", "It happened after we produced this show.", "We're gonna have more details on that speech for you tomorrow.", "Unrest in Syria .", "AZUZ: In the Middle Eastern nation of Syria, a law that's been on the books for nearly 50 years could soon be removed.", "It's called the \"emergency law.\"", "What it does is allow the Syrian government to make preventive arrests, meaning it can arrest people before they commit a crime.", "The decision to lift the law comes after protests against the country's government.", "Dozens of people have been killed in the fighting between protesters and Syrian security forces.", "A lot of this violence has been happening in a couple cities in Syria.", "The government blamed the violence in one of those cities, the one you see in these photos, on \"armed gangs\" who got a hold of police weapons.", "I.D. ME . STAN CASE, CNN STUDENT NEWS: See if you can I.D.", "Me! I'm an island nation located in the Caribbean Sea.", "Communist forces took over my government in 1959.", "I'm less than 100 miles away from the United States, but I've had a tense relationship with America for decades.", "I'm Cuba, and my capital city is Havana.", "Pres. Carter in Cuba .", "AZUZ: And that's where former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is right now.", "He's in the middle of a three-day visit to the communist nation of Cuba.", "President Carter arrived on Monday.", "He was invited by Cuban President Raul Castro, whom he's scheduled to meet with today.", "Yesterday, Carter met with religious leaders and U.S. officials.", "It's not the former U.S. president's first trip to Cuba.", "Shasta Darlington looks at what's on the agenda for former President Carter and how this trip will be different from his last visit to the island nation.", "(BEGIN VIDEO) SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT, HAVANA: When Jimmy Carter arrived on his last visit to Cuba, Fidel Castro himself was on the tarmac to greet the former U.S. president.", "He's the only American leader, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.", "Carter will be back on a private mission to talk about ways to improve U.S.-Cuba relations with the new president, Raul Castro.", "In some ways, the time is ripe.", "Castro has introduced sweeping changes to the Soviet-style economy.", "Cuba freed the last of 75 dissidents jailed in a 2003 crackdown on the opposition that prompted worldwide condemnation.", "Oscar Elias Biscet was sentenced to 25 years in prison for counter-revolutionary activities, but freed this month.", "OSCAR ELIAS BISCET, CUBAN DISSIDENT [TRANSLATED]: \"I want to continue my work in the defense of human rights,\" he says.", "\"We want a democratic and free society.\"", "DARLINGTON: Raul Castro agreed to release the prisoners last year as part of a deal brokered by the Catholic Church and Spain, removing one of the major obstacles to improved relations with the United States.", "But you wouldn't know it from President Barack Obama's speech.", "He talked about changes in U.S. policy toward Cuba that he's made, and the need for reciprocal action.", "U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Cuban authorities must take some meaningful actions to respect the basic rights of their own people, not because the United States insists upon it, but because the people of Cuba deserve it.", "DARLINGTON: Part of the reason for the impasse between the nations is Alan Gross, a USAID contractor who was arrested in Havana in 2009.", "This month, Gross was sentenced to 15 years in jail for his work on what Cuba saw as a \"subversive\" program hooking dissidents up to the internet.", "The U.S. said he was merely helping the Jewish community.", "No doubt, expectations will run high that Carter will try to secure the early release for Gross.", "But at least officially, it's not even on the three-day agenda for the former president.", "Shasta Darlington, CNN.", "Havana. (END VIDEO) Is This Legit?", "TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Is this legit?", "Soccer's World Cup is played every two years.", "Nope! Not true! The FIFA World Cup occurs once every four years.", "Robotic Cloud?", "AZUZ: In the summer of 2022, the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar will host the World Cup.", "This is a country where the temperatures in the Summer are normally triple digits, so engineers are working on ways for fans and players to beat the heat.", "This is one idea. It's a robotic cloud made out of carbon fibers.", "Officials are planning to put together a prototype this year, and this animation shows you how it might work.", "Engines would help the robo-cloud get off the ground.", "And officials would plan to use remote controls to position the cloud between the stadium and the sun.", "Will it work? Engineers have 11 years to find out for sure.", "Before We Go . AZUZ: Finally, in a cross-state battle, someone's about to get their just desserts.", "And it looks like it's going to be Maine, thanks to the world's biggest whoopie pie.", "This is basically a giant cookie sandwich with fluffy filling in the middle.", "Delicious! Maine and Pennsylvania were jawing over which state could claim it as their dessert.", "Pennsylvania's largest: more than 200 pounds.", "This one in Maine: more than a thousand!", "Goodbye . AZUZ: No matter how you slice it, that victory is sweet.", "I'm sure it took a while to bake something so big.", "But if you ask the chefs, they'd probably say it was easy as pie.", "We've eaten up all our time for today.", "For CNN Student News, I'm Carl Azuz." ]	[ "Hear how a Japanese airport's recovery could offer signs of hope .", "Find out why former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is returning to Cuba .", "Learn about a robotic proposal to help soccer fans beat the heat .", "Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories ." ]	[ 5, 8, 71, 76, 101 ]
[ "London (CNN) -- A shooting on board the HMS Astute, a British nuclear submarine making a visit to Southampton, left one person dead and another critically wounded, authorities said Friday.", "One man was arrested after the shooting, said police, who were contacted by the Ministry of Defense about the incident.", "\"I am greatly saddened to hear of this tragic incident and of the death of a Royal Navy serviceman,\" Defense Secretary Liam Fox said in a statement Friday.", "\"It is right and proper that a full police investigation is carried out and allowed to take its course.", "\"My thoughts and sympathies are with those who have been affected and their families.\"", "No other details of the incident were immediately released.", "The Astute made headlines last year when it ran aground off the Isle of Skye, in northern Scotland, while doing sea trials.", "Its nuclear propulsion system was not damaged in the incident, and its reactor was declared safe, with no environmental impact.", "It was eventually pulled free and escorted back to port.", "The submarine can carry a mix of as many as 38 Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes and Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles, according to the ministry." ]	[ "NEW: \"Full police investigation\" will be carried out, defense secretary says .", "One man arrested in the shooting .", "HMS Astute drew attention last year after it ran aground ." ]	[ 1, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Gold is always worth its weight in, well, itself.", "Sometimes, it's worth even more.", "A gold nugget, weighing 100 troy ounces, sold at auction in Sacremento for $400,000 Wednesday night.", "\"We valued it at around $200,000,\" said Amy Baker, auction manager for Holabird-Kagin American.", "\"There were 6 to 7 people bidding on it, most of them anonymously.", "It went to an anonymous (phone) bidder.\"", "Baker said the auction house may be able to release more information on the winning bidder Thursday.", "Security is important when you're dealing with a large hunk of precious metal.", "\"The new owner, I'm not sure when it will exactly be delivered to him,\" Baker said.", "\"That's confidential.\" On Wednesday, gold closed at $1,396.10 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, making the nearly 7-pound nugget worth about $140,000, if it were melted down.", "But since the nugget, found last year in Nevada County, California, is believed to be the largest one left from the state's gold rush, it has special value.", "An estimated 500,000 people traveled to California between 1848 and 1864 in search of instant wealth.", "\"It's the last one we know left in existence,\" Baker said.", "\"There have been larger ones over the years, but they have been melted down.\"", "The nugget will be on display this weekend at the Sacramento Convention Center, she said.", "The California Natural Resources Agency says the largest nugget ever mined in the state was found in 1854 and weighed 195 pounds.", "CNN's Nick Valencia contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Gold closes at $1,393.40 an ounce in electronic trading on Wednesday .", "Value of the gold, if melted, is about $140,000 .", "The winning bidder pays $400,000 for the nugget .", "The largest nugget ever mined in California weighed 195 pounds ." ]	[ 9, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- NATO has launched around-the-clock surveillance flights of Libya as it considers various options for dealing with escalating violence in the war-torn country, America's ambassador to the organization told reporters Monday.", "Representatives of key Western powers also highlighted the possibility of establishing a no-fly zone in Libya -- part of growing campaign to break strongman Moammar Gadhafi's grip on power.", "British, French and U.S. officials were working on a draft text that includes language on a no-fly zone, diplomatic sources at the United Nations told CNN.", "The language in the text will deal with triggers rather than timelines for taking such a step, one diplomat noted.", "If gross violations of human rights are committed, the diplomat added, the elements of the text could be quickly turned into a resolution.", "Any resolution on military intervention in Libya, however, would be subject to a vote by the 15 members of the U.N. Security Council.", "Such intervention could face sharp criticism from Russia and China, who rarely approve of such measures.", "\"The violence that's been taking place and perpetrated by the government in Libya is unacceptable,\" U.S. President Barack Obama said at the White House.", "Moammar Gadhafi's government \"will be held accountable for whatever violence continues to take place there.\"", "Obama stressed that NATO is considering a wide range of responses -- including military options -- for dealing with the crisis.", "White House Press Secretary Jay Carney later cited three potential responses under active consideration: establishing the no-fly zone, military-backed humanitarian aid, and stronger enforcement of the U.N. arms embargo.", "Carney downplayed speculation about the possibility of providing arms to the Libyan rebels, telling reporters that \"it would be premature to send a bunch of weapons to a post office box in eastern Libya.\"", "\"We need to not get ahead of ourselves in terms of the options we're pursuing,\" he warned.", "A senior U.S. official familiar with the administration's deliberations on Libya denied a report in the British press that the administration had asked Saudi Arabia to arm the rebels.", "U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague told members of the British parliament, however, that \"we are making contingency plans for all eventualities in Libya.\"", "NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters in Belgium that the organization has no immediate intention to intervene in the Libyan civil war.", "But \"as a defense alliance and a security organization, it is our job to conduct prudent planning for any eventuality,\" he said.", "Rasmussen stressed that it is important to \"remain vigilant\" in light of \"systemic attacks\" by Gadhafi's regime against the Libyan population.", "\"The violation of human rights and international humanitarian law is outrageous,\" he said.", "Rasmussen also noted that the defense ministers from member states will meet Friday and Saturday to discuss how the organization can help partner countries in North Africa and the broader Middle East.", "\"We can see a strong wind of change blowing across the region -- and it is blowing in the direction of freedom and democracy,\" he asserted.", "Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kasa lashed out the Western leaders, calling their response part of \"a conspiracy to divide (and) partition the country.\"", "\"The English are yearning for the colonial era\" while Obama is acting \"like a child,\" he said.", "\"Territorial integrity is sacrosanct and we will die for it.\"", "U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, meanwhile, appointed a new special envoy to Libya to discuss the crisis with officials in Tripoli, the United Nations said in a statement Monday.", "Abdelilah Al-Khatib, a former foreign minister of Jordan, will \"undertake urgent consultations with the authorities in Tripoli and in the region on the immediate humanitarian situation as well as the wider dimensions of the crisis,\" according to the statement.", "As diplomats debated various options, the violence in Libya continued to intensify.", "Forces loyal to Gadhafi took aim at the rebel-controlled town of Ras Lanuf, launching aerial strikes meant to help crush the uprising against him.", "Death toll estimates from the conflict have reached as high as 2,000 people.", "Roughly 200,000 people have fled Libya, with nearly equal numbers going to Tunisia and Egypt, according to the United Nations.", "CNN's Alan Silverleib contributed to this report ." ]	[ "NATO has launched constant surveillance flights over Libya .", "A senior U.S. official denies speculation about the possibility of arming rebels .", "British, French, and American officials are working on a draft U.N. text regarding a no-fly zone .", "\"It is our job to conduct prudent planning,\" a NATO official says ." ]	[ 2, 16 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- Police say they have discovered more human remains on a Long Island, New York, beach near where the corpses of four women were discovered last year.", "The remains of a fifth body were located west of Cedar Beach, Long Island, approximately one mile from where the other corpses were discovered in December, according to Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer.", "\"There may be clues available now with this body that will help the homicide investigation and will help it move forward,\" Dormer said.", "An investigation will be conducted to identify the remains.", "Meanwhile, police say, the hunt for a potential serial killer continues, as does the search for Shannan Gilbert, 24, whose disappearance resulted in the finding of the other bodies within a quarter mile of each other.", "The four bodies have since been identified as Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, of Norwich, Connecticut; Melissa Barthelemy, 24, of Erie County, New York; Amber Lynn Costello, 27, of North Babylon, New York; and Megan Waterman, 22, of Scarborough, Maine.", "All four women found dead advertised for prostitution services on the website Craigslist, police said.", "The bodies were found in various stages of decomposition, and at least one could have been there for as long as two years, Dormer said.", "CNN's Leigh Remizowski contributed to this report ." ]	[ "NEW: Police are investigating human remains found on a New York beach .", "The remains were found near where four corpses found last year .", "Police are still searching for a potential serial killer .", "The search for Shannan Gilbert led to the discovery of the four bodies ." ]	[ 0, 4 ]
[ "(CNN Student News) -- May 12, 2011 .", "Download PDF maps related to today's show: .", "• Japan • Libya • Greece .", "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: Concerns about lost culture, a plan to cut college costs and a fearless flyer.", "That's what's ahead in today's program.", "But we start with a tour of some international headlines.", "First Up: Two Months Later .", "AZUZ: We begin in Japan, where the country paused for a moment of silence on Wednesday.", "It was exactly two months after a powerful earthquake struck off the Japanese coast.", "It was the largest quake to hit Japan in more than 100 years.", "And it caused a tsunami, a giant ocean wave, that rushed ashore.", "The impact on the Asian country was devastating.", "Nearly 15,000 people were killed.", "Another 10,000 are still missing.", "The quake and tsunami damaged several of Japan's nuclear reactors.", "The worst was this one -- the Fukushima Daiichi plant.", "Engineers have spent two months trying to contain the crisis.", "Yesterday, the company that owns the Fukushima plant said there's a new radiation leak from one of the reactors.", "They didn't know if the radioactive water was leaking into the sea.", "Japan is making some progress in its efforts to clean up and rebuild from the natural disasters.", "But it's going to take a while, partly because the damage is so wide-spread.", "Around 130,000 people in Japan have nowhere to live.", "Temporary housing is going up, but slowly.", "Libya Civil War .", "AZUZ: Next up, the north African nation of Libya.", "This is a country that's in the middle of a civil war that started about a month before the Japan earthquake.", "On one side are the forces of Colonel Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's leader for more than 40 years.", "On the other side, rebels who want Gadhafi out of power.", "Other countries are involved too.", "Forces from the U.S., U.K., France, and several others are part of a military coalition to protect Libya's civilians.", "That group is led by NATO - the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.", "Yesterday, rebels were able to take control of the airport in the city of Misrata.", "That's been a big battle-ground between the rebels and Gadhafi's forces.", "Controlling the airport is important because it can provide access to humanitarian aid that's trying to get into Libya.", "Greece Protests .", "AZUZ: Finally, we're going to cross the Mediterranean Sea and wind up in Greece, a country that's facing some major economic struggles.", "People can invest their money in places all over the world.", "So when one country -- like Greece -- has problems, it can have a wide impact.", "Last year, the nation needed a financial bail-out and it got one from the European Union and International Monetary Fund.", "But part of the deal is that Greece has to find ways to cut its budget.", "And a lot of people aren't happy about some of the options being considered.", "Yesterday, about 20,000 of them marched through the capital Athens.", "Some of these protests turned violent.", "Police fired tear gas on the protesters.", "This is far from over, because there are rumors that Greece might need another bailout.", "Sound Check .", "MAYOR CHUCK CARIKER, TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI: It is devastating.", "It's painful to watch the slow rise of the water.", "We can't start the recovery and you can't start the healing process until the water goes down.", "And that's the part that is painful.", "For their safety, for the safety of others, they are not allowed back in there.", "Impact of Flooding .", "AZUZ: That was the mayor of Tunica, Mississippi.", "About 600 people in his community have been forced out of their homes as flood waters rush in.", "This flooding along the Mississippi River could affect people in ways you might not think about.", "For example, at the gas pump.", "Some of the largest refineries in the U.S. are located next to the river.", "There are concerns that those refineries might have to temporarily close as the flooding moves through.", "And that fear is already driving up the price of gas.", "The nationwide average went up more than a cent on Wednesday.", "This next report from Martin Savidge looks at another unexpected threat from the floods.", "The potential loss of a cultural connection.", "(BEGIN VIDEO) MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Long before the Interstate Highway System, there was Highway 61.", "It was an important north/south connection that stretched from Minnesota to Louisiana.", "But here's why we're back on Highway 61 today.", "For much of that distance, Highway 61 runs parallel to the Mississippi River.", "In fact, it's one of the reasons it's also known as the Great River Road.", "Historian Judy Peiser says the road, like the river, transformed life.", "JUDY PEISER, CENTER FOR SOUTHERN FOLKLORE: It brings trade, travel, transportation.", "Same thing with Highway 61.", "SAVIDGE: From the 1920s to the 1950s, this was a migratory route for African Americans leaving the Deep South looking for better economic opportunity in the North.", "BLIND MISSISSIPPI MORRIS, BLUES MUSICIAN: 61 is kind of like the underground railroad of the South for the poor sharecropper fellow looking for a better way of life.", "SAVIDGE: A lot of culture came with them up the river and up this highway.", "Jazz came up Highway 61.", "Highway 61 is how the blues ended up on Beale Street.", "BRAD WEBB, BLUES MUSICIAN: 61 leads straight to Beale Street.", "SAVIDGE: And that's no accident?", "WEBB: That's no accident.", "I'm sure. PEISER: It was a highway of business, it was a highway of education, it was a highway of getting your doctorate, it was a highway of music, it was a highway of life.", "And it's part of our soul in this region.", "SAVIDGE: But now the historic levels of the Mississippi River are threatening life along Highway 61.", "In town after town, from Memphis to New Orleans, people wait to see what the water will bring down the road.", "Martin Savidge, CNN, Memphis.", "(END VIDEO) Shoutout .", "CNN STUDENT NEWS: Time for the Shoutout!", "B.A., J.D., and M.Ed. are all types of what? If you think you know it, shout it out!", "Are they: A) Sports leagues, B) Government agencies, C) Academic degrees or D) Horse breeds?", "You've got three seconds -- GO!", "These are academic degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Juris Doctor, and Master of Education.", "That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!", "Faster and Cheaper?", "AZUZ: A B.A. is one of the most common degrees offered by colleges and most people spend four or five years earning it.", "But with tuition prices going up, that means more money for every year you're in school.", "Tom Foreman looks at a program that cuts the costs and the time.", "(BEGIN VIDEO) TOM FOREMAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A bachelor's degree at the University of North Carolina Greensboro is a bargain, just over $11,000 a year for in-state students.", "But a handful here are now getting an even bigger break: working toward a degree in three years, not the usual four.", "Elyssa Tucker, who wants to be a psychiatrist, is one of them.", "Were you more interested in the economic benefit or the shorter time in school?", "ELYSSA TUCKER, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO STUDENT: For me personally, it was more of the shorter time in school because I do want to go to med school so, really, time is of the essence.", "I would rather get it done faster than trying to take my time and drag it out forever.", "My parents, economically, they're like, yes, this is a gold mine, do it.", "You are in this. FOREMAN: A small but growing number of schools are tackling soaring tuitions by offering a three-year option.", "While some educators worry that it short circuits the college experience, proponents like Steve Roberson say hundreds of students here come from well below the poverty line.", "STEVE ROBERSON, DEAN OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO: The notion of a college degree that it's affordability is just extraordinarily frightening for most families.", "FOREMAN: To join the plan, students must arrive with 12 hours of college level courses completed in high school or elsewhere.", "They must know their major and they must take on a heavy course load.", "But the savings: . ROBERSON: We estimate this will save students around $8,000.", "FOREMAN: $8,000.", "ROBERSON: Almost $8,000, which is about a fourth of a typical collegiate experience here.", "FOREMAN: It's tough work.", "TUCKER: If you are not driven, this is not going to work for you.", "FOREMAN: But for those who are, it can mean a fast-track to even higher degrees, good jobs and less debt along the way.", "Tom Foreman, CNN, Greensboro, North Carolina.", "(END VIDEO) Don' Fail Me .", "AZUZ: \"Don't Fail Me!\" It's a new documentary from CNN that premieres this weekend.", "The program features the three students that you see here and it uses their stories to take a look at the overall U.S. education system.", "Check out \"Don't Fail Me\" when it airs this coming Sunday, May 15th at 8 P.M. Eastern and Pacific on CNN.", "Before We Go . AZUZ: Before we go, we're gonna take a trip over the Grand Canyon.", "Looks like they're installing a new part on our helicopter.", "Here we go. Uh, looks like you dropped something there, guys.", "Or someone. And he didn't drop, he fell! Right before the after-burners kicked in on his personal jetpack!", "This flight of fancy -- and air-show of awesome-ness -- lasted more than eight minutes.", "He was supposed to do the run one day earlier.", "Goodbye . AZUZ: But he jettisoned that idea, saying he needed a practice run.", "It looks like he pulled it off without any problems, despite the gravity of the situation.", "Time for us to jet.", "When the next 23 hours and 50 minutes fly by, we'll be back with more CNN Student News." ]	[ "Examine the progress being made in Japan two months after deadly disasters .", "Travel along an iconic U.S. highway that's being threatened by flooding .", "Learn about a program that cuts costs and time from the college experience .", "Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories ." ]	[ 6, 10, 27, 53, 75, 95, 117 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Barcelona need just one point to win Spain's La Liga for the third straight year after a 2-0 win over neighbors Espanyol Sunday night.", "Goals from Andres Iniesta and Gerard Pique have taken Barcelona to 91 points, eight ahead of Real Madrid, who thrashed Sevilla 6-2 Saturday to keep alive their slim hopes.", "Barcelona will clinch the title Wednesday night if they avoid defeat against Levante.", "They will then turn their attentions to the Champions League final against Manchester United on May 28 at Wembley.", "It was not a vintage display by Pep Guardiola's men in the wake of their Champions League semifinal second leg tie against Real Madrid in midweek.", "But World Cup winner Iniesta found room for himself to shoot home in the first half after 20 minutes with Pique heading home from a Xavi corner at the start of the second.", "Espanyol, who are still chasing a Europa League place, offered stiff resistance in the Nou Camp, but Barcelona were always in command and Eric Abidal came off the bench for a second appearance after his successful recovery from a liver tumor.", "Valencia look set to finish third behind Barca and Real as Mallorca and Villarreal drew 0-0.", "They lead Villarreal by five points after their 3-0 win over Real Sociedad 24 hours earlier.", "Villarreal coach Juan Carlos Garrido said his team were tired after contesting the Europa League semifinal Thursday.", "\"We can say that we have got a point which takes us closer to a place in the Champions League although obviously a win would have been better,\" he told AFP.", "Osasuna scored a fine 3-1 away win at Real Zaragoza in Sunday's late game to ease their relegation fears." ]	[ "Barcelona beat Espanyol 2-0 to close on Spanish title .", "Barcelona need just a point to clinch crown for third straight year .", "Andres Iniesta and Gerard Pique score the winning goals ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The United Nations refugee agency reported disturbing accounts of violence and persecution of sub-Saharan Africans within Libya Tuesday, urging a recognition of their particular vulnerability in the midst of civil war.", "A group of Sudanese who arrived in Egypt from eastern Libya told representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that armed Libyans were going to door to door, forcing people from sub-Saharan countries to leave.", "They also reported the rape of a 12-year-old Sudanese girl and said many of their documents had been confiscated or destroyed.", "Spokesman Adrian Edwards said the agency was alarmed by such accounts, increasing in number as the situation in Libya intensifies.", "Sub-Saharan Africans came under attack after reports that strongman Moammar Gadhafi had recruited them to serve as mercenaries.", "Libya's war has forced out 215,000 people, many of them poor migrant workers who have been stranded at both the Tunisian and Egyptian borders.", "The refugee agency has been working with the International Organization of Migration (IOM) to evacuate people, many of whom have been spending cold nights under the stars and with very little to eat.", "Others have been sheltered in cramped, unsanitary conditions.", "The IOM said it was accelerating repatriation of Bangladeshis, who remain stranded by the thousands on both borders with Libya.", "The agency said it will need at least 20 more chartered flights to evacuate Bangladeshis remaining on the Egyptian border alone.", "A Bangladeshi man died over the weekend after a fight over food distribution at the Egyptian border, the UNHCR staff reported.", "They said many of the 3,500 Bangladeshis at that border have been waiting for up to 10 days for transportation and are becoming increasingly agitated.", "Fewer people are crossing over from Libya into Tunisia, a drop the UNHCR said coincided with intensified fighting in western Libya.", "Those fleeing have described risky travel conditions and numerous roadblocks.", "As the fighting escalates in Libya, many are in dire need of help just to survive, U.N. agencies said.", "The U.N. World Food Programme said a convoy of its trucks was able to enter eastern Libya and was due to arrive in Benghazi some time Tuesday.", "The convoy, carrying high-energy date bars, was part of a $39.2 million emergency operation intended to provide food to more than one million people in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia over a three-month period.", "CNN's Moni Basu contributed to this report." ]	[ "Sudanese tell U.N. refugee agency of rape and forced removals .", "The agency is \"alarmed\" by the accounts .", "Thousands of migrants remain at Tunisian and Egyptian borders .", "The U.N. is able to truck emergency food into eastern Libya ." ]	[ 5, 8, 15 ]
[ "Paris (CNN) -- Without the star attraction on Wednesday, this might have just been another fashion show at Paris Fashion Week.", "There were whispers and rumors that the designer's muse would make an appearance, but no one was certain.", "We were also in the dark. We knew that Lady Gaga would be strutting down the catwalk as part of Nicola Formichetti's womenswear show for Mugler (of Thierry Mugler fame), but we weren't sure if Gaga would turn up for an interview with CNN.", "For 24 hours, her people who were in touch with our people could not confirm if the interview would actually go ahead, but they encouraged us to come to Paris anyway to see the catwalk show.", "So we did. It wasn't your average fashion show.", "For one, it was in a basketball gym.", "The basketball hoops were carefully hidden from view, and the set clearly overtook the space.", "Scores of gothic arches lined the runway with dozens of photographers marking the foot of the catwalk.", "This made for a striking alternative to just a white walkway for the crowd, but for the scrum of photographers poised at the foot of the runway, this couldn't have been worse.", "Their concerns were justified.", "It seemed no one could get a really clear image of the show or the models as they strutted down the catwalk.", "One photographer said it was hard enough not getting enough space to work in (photographers are usually given little more than the width of their shoulders to set up camp for the show), but it was something else not being able to see the proverbial wood from the trees (full disclosure: the gothic columns were made of wood).", "Another was so angry that he wouldn't be able to sell any of the footage as he said none of it was useable.", "But theatrical it was, and Gaga wouldn't have it any other way.", "Speakers blasted her latest single, \"Born This Way,\" as the superstar strutted down the catwalk amidst the models.", "The models themselves were interesting.", "There was a model with his whole shaved head tattooed -- a skull and a brain.", "He apparently has a starring role in Gaga's \"Born This Way\" video.", "Then there were the shoes. Some of them were as high as 15 inches (platform of course).", "It was an extreme runway with some justification as the models teetered tentatively down the end of catwalk.", "A couple even stumbled.", "I remember staring at my own 6-inch heels and wondered what I was complaining about as I walked slowly around the show.", "As for the clothes, I was expecting a lot of leather and PVC -- your average gothic look.", "I was pleasantly surprised to see some pieces I would wear: gorgeous slinky dresses and yes, even the PVC high-waisted pencil skirt.", "My producer, Jonathan, tried to stay in the shadows so no one would notice his (in his own words) \"$5 brown corduroy jacket bought from a Kabul market.\"", "When the Lady herself emerged puffing a cigarette, clad in a black bra, black hat, black PVC trousers and VERY high black knee-high boots, sections of the crowd whooped with delight.", "What you have to know about fashion shows, especially during Paris Fashion Week, is that this is the time for buyers and fashion editors to see the newest collection so it isn't just about the entertainment factor.", "Anyway, back to the Gaga show.", "While the set was lit up, the darkness in the crowd was lit by the multitude of LED lights from the many mobile phones capturing every moment.", "Then just 12 minutes later, the show ended and the crowd slowly exited the gym.", "However, we went against the tide (me in my 6-inch heels) and made our way backstage.", "Our contact negotiated with the burly bodyguards to let us through to the other side, where we walked up stairs, across bleachers (me trying not to trip over the miles of lighting cables) to where our second cameraman had set up lights and cameras.", "This is where the interview with Lady Gaga and Nicola Formichetti would take place -- if it would take place at all.", "And then we waited. To be fair, when this whole interview opportunity first came up, we were told it would take place after the show at 11 p.m. local time.", "Then when we got to our spot, we were told Gaga would show up in an hour.", "Then it was 15 minutes and then it was half an hour.", "True to their word, 30 minutes later there was a flurry of activity below us, and we saw the singer and her stylist weaving their way through the crowds taking their plaudits from those who were part of the show as they sipped champagne.", "When Lady Gaga approached, she was in good spirits.", "She introduced herself as Gaga, and she was excited for her friend Nicola -- he was the man behind the infamous meat dress.", "In fact, one of the first things she said was she didn't want to take any credit for the show or for the collection.", "Although she did say she had bought the lot.", "For Gaga, this was a night not about her but about the man who helped create her image and look.", "Throughout the interview, she embraced and kissed him.", "She looked at him lovingly, and they acted like friends in a playground.", "For his part, he seemed shy, grateful for the applause, but very much taking his cue from his famous friend.", "The interview went well -- after all, we were talking about the brand (both Mugler and Lady Gaga) -- until I asked about John Galliano, who was ousted from Dior after reportedly making anti-Semitic remarks.", "I had to. Designer John Galliano apologizes .", "This was the biggest news during Paris Fashion Week, and people were commenting and reacting.", "But when I asked the question if they had any reaction to the scandal, you could almost hear a pin drop.", "Gaga quickly looked at her publicist and said she didn't want to comment.", "Rather, she said, she wanted \"to keep it positive.\"", "After a few more questions about marketing and business, I commented on her shoes as I wanted to know how she was able to walk in her very high platform shoes, which by the way have no heels.", "They were high platforms that basically look like she's on her tiptoes.", "I asked because I was embarrassed to admit I was walking very carefully in my heels.", "Both Gaga and Formichetti immediately knew the make of my shoes (YSL) and we bonded.", "The interview came to an end.", "We took some photographs, and I left for the bureau to edit the piece.", "We waited for this for over a day, and it was over in 10 minutes.", "I enjoyed the show.", "I liked the clothes.", "I thought she was nice and personable but very careful in what she said.", "It's not every day I get to interview a megastar, and you couldn't get any bigger than Lady Gaga these days." ]	[ "CNN's Monita Rajpal is at Paris Fashion Week .", "Clad in her own 6-inch heels, Rajpal races to her interview with Lady Gaga .", "She waited over a day for a 10-minute interview .", "The results: Pure French bliss at the fashion show ." ]	[ 0, 3, 20, 32, 52, 57 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Before two pirate leaders departed the captured yacht where they held four Americans earlier this month, a maritime source says they left instructions: Kill the hostages if we do not come back from negotiations.", "U.S. officials later took the two negotiating pirates into custody -- a move that goes against standard negotiation practices, the maritime source said.", "The four Americans were later killed, but it is not clear why.", "Also not clear is when during the negotiations -- or why -- the Americans detained the two pirate negotiators.", "The pirates' detention goes against standard negotiating practices, as the pirates came in good faith to make a deal to hand over the hostages, said the maritime source, who was briefed on the incident and has connections to British intelligence officials.", "The source asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the situation.", "U.S. Central Command declined to comment on whether officials detained the pirates and said the FBI and the Justice Department have the lead in the case.", "The Justice Department had no comment Sunday.", "On Friday, the FBI said there was no comment due to the continuing investigation.", "However, a U.S. government official told CNN the talks with the two pirate negotiators faltered when it was determined the men \"had no authority to negotiate anything.\"", "American officials then took the men into custody rather then let them return to the yacht, the U.S. official said.", "\"It would be unfathomable to have put them back on the boat where they might have done harm to the hostages,\" the official said, disagreeing with a published report that the detention of two fellow pirates might have upset those still aboard the captured yacht -- named the Quest -- who were holding four Americans.", "\"There was no change in mood, no escalation\" and gunfire broke out on the Quest more than eight hours later, the U.S. official said.", "The official took issue with a New York Times report that said the FBI's hostage negotiator aboard the USS Sterett decided the two Somalis were not serious about resolving the matter, which led U.S. officials to take the two men into custody and ask for a new representative from the pirates.", "According to the the U.S. official, who was not authorized to discuss the Quest hijacking on the record, the issue was not whether the two pirates were serious about negotiating, but that they lacked the power to cut a deal.", "The American side continued trying to negotiate via radio with those still aboard the yacht and made an offer, and were told by the suspects aboard the Quest they would sleep on the matter before providing a reply, the U.S. official said.", "The Navy also tried to contact Somalis on land who might be able to exert influence over the men holding the Quest.", "The FBI hostage negotiator is part of a special team based at Quantico, Virginia, and had field experience, the U.S. official said.", "It was unclear if that experience included any previous negotiations with Somali pirates.", "Americans Jean and Scott Adam, Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle were found shot to death after U.S. forces boarded the Quest around 1 a.m. Tuesday, U.S. officials have said.", "The 58-foot yacht was being shadowed at the time by the military after pirates took it over off the coast of Oman on February 18.", "U.S. forces had responded after a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at a U.S. Navy ship about 600 yards away -- and missed -- and the sound of gunfire could be heard on board the Quest, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Mark Fox has said.", "The killings took place as negotiations involving the FBI were under way for the hostages' release.", "When Fox spoke last week, he said two pirates boarded a U.S. Navy ship Monday for talks.", "He told reporters he had no information on details of the negotiations or whether a ransom had been offered.", "Two pirates were found dead on board the Quest, said Fox.", "In the process of clearing the vessel, U.S. forces killed two others, he said.", "Thirteen other pirates were captured and detained on the Quest, along with the other two already aboard the U.S. Navy ship.", "Fox said authorities believe the pirates were trying to get the vessel and hostages to Somalia, or at least into Somali territorial waters.", "Piracy has flourished recently off the coast of Somalia, which has not had an effective government for two decades.", "Globally, more than 50 pirate attacks have already taken place in 2011.", "As of February 15 -- the most recent statistic posted on the International Maritime Bureau's website, pirates were holding 33 vessels and 712 hostages.", "CNN's Zain Verjee and Carol Cratty contributed to this report ." ]	[ "NEW: A second source says two pirates were detained by U.S. forces .", "Four Americans were killed after pirates hijacked their vessel .", "Negotiations for their release had been under way, involving the FBI .", "Two pirates had boarded a U.S. Navy ship Monday for talks ." ]	[ 22, 23, 27 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Real Madrid's hopes of European success were boosted on Monday with the news that Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka have been passed fit for Tuesday's first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal against English club Tottenham.", "Top scorer Ronaldo was in doubt for the match, Real's first in the last-eight stage since 2004, due to a recurring hamstring problem suffered before the international break.", "The Portugal captain missed Saturday's 1-0 defeat by Sporting Gijon which ended Real coach Jose Mourinho's unbeaten home league record that started nine years ago when he was in charge at Porto.", "However, he trained on Monday along with Brazilians Kaka and Marcelo, who were also named in the 19-man squad following their recovery from thigh and rib problems respectively.", "Marvelous Mourinho record falls -- but will it ever be beaten?", "Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso returns after a domestic suspension and striker Gonzalo Higuain should make his second appearance after returning on Saturday as a substitute following back surgery, but France striker Karim Benzema is ruled out along with midfielders Fernando Gago and Pedro Leon.", "\"This is a match that a lot of people want to play in but are unable to,\" Mourinho told reporters on Monday.", "\"It has been several years since Real Madrid have played in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.", "\"The Champions League is the most important club competition in the world.", "Whoever plays it doesn't have to look far for motivation.", "All we must do is focus on this match.\"", "Tottenham have also been hit by injuries, but former France international William Gallas may make a surprise return from a knee problem to boost a defensive line-up lacking club captain Ledley King, Jonathan Woodgate, Younes Kaboul and Alan Hutton.", "Mourinho loses long unbeaten record .", "Young Wales winger Gareth Bale is expected to return from a hamstring injury after training at the Bernabeu on Monday, and will give Spurs an attacking threat that was missing in the last-16 elimination of AC Milan.", "\"I was one of the first people to say that Gareth Bale would be an excellent player, and I said it when he still wasn't a familiar face in European football,\" Mourinho said.", "\"I know he is a great player, but he is young and has a lot of room for improvement.", "I think he will be the best of the best.\"", "Tottenham reached the European Cup semifinals in 1962, but this is the first time that the London side have qualified for the tournament since it was revamped as the Champions League in 1992.", "Coach Harry Redknapp said his team have every chance of reaching the last four.", "\"I don't feel any pressure.", "No one expected us to be here at the start of the season and we have a big chance of winning,\" he told reporters.", "\"We are not just coming here to turn up.", "We want to keep progressing.", "\"The dream is still there for us, we have to make that dream come true.", "We want to go all the way if we can.", "We know how difficult it's going to be, but there is still a chance and we have to take it.\"", "In Tuesday's other quarterfinal first-leg tie, Mourinho's former club Inter Milan continue their title defense against German club Schalke at the San Siro.", "Schalke beat Inter on penalties in the 1997 UEFA Cup final at that venue, but go into the match with new coach Ralf Rangnick -- who failed to take the club past the group stage in 2005-06 in his first spell in charge.", "Inter coach Leonardo has yet to win a Champions League match at home, and his side must bounce back from Saturday's demoralizing 3-0 defeat in the Milan derby which put a big dent in Inter's hopes of retaining the Serie A crown.", "\"The way we qualified has brought confidence, proving that we never give up,\" the Brazilian said of his team's elimination of Schalke's fellow Germans Bayern Munich in the previous round.", "\"That's what we want to keep doing -- it doesn't matter if we lost the derby on Saturday.", "I respect the criticism I have had since then but the first-minute goal made life complicated.", "We're obviously disappointed, but I'm sure my players will react.", "And, yes, I've never won a Champions League game at home (as a coach) but I'm not dwelling on it.\"", "Schalke's last game against St. Pauli on Friday was called off after an assistant referee was hit by a full beer cup thrown from the crowd, but by that stage defender Christoph Metzelder had already broken his nose and Mario Gavranovic and Peer Kluge also picked up injuries.", "Former AC Milan striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is ruled out along with Christoph Moritz and Christian Pander.", "Inter striker Diego Milito, a two-goal hero in last year's final, returned from a two-month injury absence against AC Milan but the Argentine may again start on the bench." ]	[ "Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Marcelo included in Real Madrid's 19-man squad .", "Injured trio expected to feature in first leg of quarterfinal against Tottenham in Madrid .", "London club boosted by the return from injury of speedy young winger Gareth Bale .", "Internazionale continue title defense against Schalke in wake of Milan derby defeat ." ]	[ 0, 13, 26 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Twelve suspected members of the Zetas drug gang and a member of Mexico's Navy were killed in a shootout on an island in a lake that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said Monday.", "The Mexican Navy said the shootout occurred Sunday on Falcon Lake, located between Texas and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, after troops patrolling the area spotted a camping area on an island.", "The suspected drug traffickers used the island for storing marijuana to be transported by boat to the United States, the Navy said in a statement.", "After the shootout, the Navy said it seized guns, ammunition and bullet-proof vests from the island.", "Falcon Lake drew the attention of law enforcement authorities on both side of the border last September after an American man on a personal watercraft was reportedly ambushed by attackers and shot in the head.", "2010: 'He took a bullet for me,' Falcon Lake victim's wife says .", "Tiffany Hartley told police that she and her husband were riding water scooters on the lake on September 30 when they were attacked.", "Her husband's body has not been found, and the case has remained unsolved.", "\"It didn't happen in the United States,\" said Zapata County, Texas, Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez.", "Suspects in Falcon Lake killing identified .", "And Mexican authorities, he told CNN last month, have \"somewhat of a zero solvency rate, and a zero conviction rate.\"", "\"So unfortunately, this case may remain open forever, even though the information and the evidence may be there,\" according to Gonzalez." ]	[ "Mexico's Navy says a shootout occurred around an island used to store marijuana .", "Twelve suspected members of the Zetas drug gang and one member of Mexico's Navy are killed .", "Falcon Lake is between Texas and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas .", "It drew attention last year after an American was reportedly shot there ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A man suspected of firing an assault rifle in a shootout with authorities, which happened shortly after he tried to force his way onto a Missouri military base, was arrested Thursday on a college campus, police said.", "Cody Wilcoxson was armed with an AK-47 gun when he was detained at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, said Rolla Police Chief Mark Kearse.", "Police were able to take him into custody without any shots being fired on campus, he said.", "That wasn't the case earlier, according to Kearse.", "He said Wilcoxson tried to get onto Fort Leonard Wood, a U.S. Army base more than 25 miles west of Rolla.", "The man did not manage to enter the military base.", "But afterward, the police chief said, he fired dozens of rounds of bullets from his assault rifle in a shootout with police.", "He then likely headed east down Route 44 to the university, Kearse said.", "Despite the exchange of gunfire, there no reports of injuries.", "CNN's Rich Porter contributed to this report." ]	[ "Missouri police chief says Cody Wilcoxson got in a shootout with police .", "The suspect later went onto a college campus with his AK-47, the chief says .", "There he was arrested without more shots being fired; no one was injured ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 8 ]
[ "London (CNN) -- British Airways and Unite -- the union representing many of the airline's cabin crew -- reached an agreement on Thursday, reducing the threat of strikes.", "The deal, announced by a Unite spokesman, signals the end of a long-running dispute between cabin crew and the airline over pay and working conditions.", "Unite says it will not be calling for any industrial action following the talks as BA agreed to restore travel concessions to staff who went on strike.", "Unite said a two-year pay rise had also been agreed, giving rises of 4% this year and 3.5% next year, subject to productivity agreements.", "The agreement is to be put to a ballot of around 7,000 workers, with a recommendation to accept.", "Industrial action would have been called within days if the deal had not been negotiated, the Press Association reported.", "Len McCluskey, Unite's general secretary, said in a written statement: \"We always said that this dispute could only be settled by negotiation, not by confrontation or litigation.", "And so it has proved.\" A spokesman for BA said: \"We are very pleased the threat of industrial action has been lifted and that we have reached a point where we can put this dispute behind us.\"", "BA's cabin crew employees have been embroiled in an ongoing wage dispute over the past two years and some 6,700 crew participated in 22-days of strikes last year.", "In late March, cabin crew vote by more than 8-1 to stage fresh strikes.", "Of the 10,000 crew polled, 83% of the 6,981 who returned valid ballot papers voted yes to strike action.", "But in mid-April BA and Unite agreed a 28-day extension before any further strike action was called." ]	[ "Unite says it will not be calling for any industrial action following the talks .", "Agreement to be put to a ballot of 7,000 workers, with recommendation to accept ." ]	[ 2, 4 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama heads to El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday to give a speech on the need for comprehensive immigration reform -- a perennial hot-button political issue that both Democrats and Republicans hope to use to their advantage in 2012.", "Obama has held a series of meetings with key Latino officials and reform advocates in recent weeks.", "Despite an aggressive push for substantive policy changes from his political base, the president recently indicated he has ruled out acting on his own to implement provisions of a reform bill that failed to win congressional approval last year.", "Nevertheless, immigration reform \"remains a priority\" for the administration, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday.", "There has been bipartisan support for reform in the past, Carney noted, and \"we think we can build support for it again in the future.\"", "The issue requires \"focus,\" \"education,\" and \"persistence,\" Carney said.", "\"The sooner it gets done, the better for the country.\"", "Carney said the president's speech is likely to highlight border security improvements and the economic costs stemming from a failure to change course.", "Republican leaders have indicated an unwillingness to consider broader changes -- including a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants -- until the Mexican border is brought under tighter control.", "Conservative frustration has boiled over in recent months in form of a rash of state-level proposals to apprehend and deport illegal immigrants.", "Key parts of an Arizona law requiring police officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other statutes were recently blocked by the federal courts.", "The Justice Department sued Arizona, arguing that only the federal government has the authority to dictate immigration policy.", "Progressive reform advocates, meanwhile, have been frustrated by Congress's inability to pass the DREAM Act, which would offer legal standing to immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children under the age of 16 and have lived in the country for at least five years.", "The bill would require, among other things, a high school or General Education Development diploma, two years of college or military service, and criminal background checks.", "Advocates say the bill would give legal standing to young people brought to the United States by their parents who have bettered themselves and served their new country.", "Republican opponents equate the measure to amnesty, and have said it would signal to the world that the United States is not serious about enforcing its laws or its borders.", "They have also called the bill unfair to immigrants who, in many cases, waited years to come to the country legally.", "The measure was defeated by a Republican filibuster in the Senate last December after winning passage in the House of Representatives.", "Most analysts believe it has little chance of clearing the GOP-controlled House now.", "Regardless, the immigration issue remains politically potent.", "Obama won several Western states in 2008 -- including Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada -- partly on the rising power of the Latino vote.", "Democrats believe Hispanic voters might put traditionally Republican Arizona in play next year.", "In the long run, Democrats are also hoping to use their advantage among Hispanics to make inroads in core GOP states such as Texas.", "Obama won over two-thirds of the nationwide Hispanic vote in 2008.", "His approval rating among Hispanics hovered around 68 percent during the first three months of this year, according to the most recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation polls.", "For their part, Republicans have depended on the immigration issue in the past to fire up conservative voters.", "Some analysts also believe that if Democrats push too hard, too fast on immigration, particularly in tough economic times, it could push swing voters toward the GOP." ]	[ "President Obama will discuss the need for immigration reform Tuesday in El Paso .", "Republican leaders have opposed reform without tighter border controls .", "Immigration reform is believed to have little chance of clearing the GOP-controlled House .", "Both Democrats and Republicans view immigration as a potent political issue ." ]	[ 0, 8, 18, 19 ]
[ "Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) -- Nigeria's incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan looked likely Sunday to win the election, a CNN tally of preliminary results showed.", "The Independent National Electoral Commission posted on its website the count from 28 of the country's 36 states and its capital, showing Jonathan with more than 19 million votes, compared to his main challenger -- Muhammadu Buhari -- who had close to 9 million votes.", "A formal announcement of the results could come as early as Monday.", "To avoid a runoff, Jonathan must get at least a quarter of the vote in two-thirds of the 36 states and the capital.", "Nigerians voted Saturday for their president, a week after parliamentary elections were marred by violence and accusations of fraud in Africa's most populous nation.", "Jonathan is the front-runner despite a poor performance in those elections by his People's Democratic Party.", "He is popular in the Christian and animist south.", "The former vice president assumed office after President Umaru Yar'Adua died last year following treatment for a kidney ailment in Saudi Arabia.", "Jonathan has led the nation of about 150 million people since May.", "About 73 million people were registered to vote.", "His main challenger, Buhari, is a former military ruler and was a contestant in the 2003 and 2007 elections.", "He is the candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change and enjoys support from the mostly Muslim north.", "Other candidates included Nuhu Ribadu and current Kano state Gov.", "Ibrahim Shekarau.", "A CNN iReporter in Lagos, who gave her name as Jan Young, said Saturday she expected the race to be tight.", "\"If the incumbent president wins, it won't be a landslide victory but a fair split between the ruling and opposition parties who campaigned for our votes.", "I also expect our nation would demand accountability from whoever wins at the end of the day,\" she wrote.", "Saturday's voting was largely peaceful, in contrast to the violence that characterized the country's parliamentary elections on April 9.", "During that vote, separate bomb blasts ripped through a polling station and a collation center in northeastern Nigeria.", "Human Rights Watch has estimated that at least 85 people have been killed in political violence so far.", "A new election chief promised free and fair elections, but the electoral commission was forced to put off elections earlier this year by a week after logistical problems, including party logos missing from ballot papers, were reported nationwide.", "It was a major setback reminiscent of the nation's 2007 elections, which the European Union described as filled with rampant vote rigging, violence, theft of ballot boxes and intimidation.", "Nigeria, Africa's most populous country and its largest oil producer, is a major supplier of crude oil to the United States, and hosts many Western oil companies and workers.", "Nigerians voted April 9 for 360 House of Representatives seats and 109 Senate seats.", "A gubernatorial vote will be held on April 26." ]	[ "Incumbent Goodluck Jonathan is the front-runner .", "His main challenger is former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari .", "The voting was largely peaceful .", "Official results could be announced as early as Monday ." ]	[ 2, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said in a report Wednesday there are \"reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed and continue being committed in Libya.\"", "The report highlighted the alleged commission of rape by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's government, as well as the deportation or forcible transfer of citizens during the civil war that continues to rage in that country.", "It also noted war crimes, including intentionally directing attacks against civilians not participating in the fighting.", "ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo issued a statement saying he will soon request arrest warrants against three individuals who are \"most responsible for the crimes committed.\"", "The individuals were not named.", "\"It is indeed a characteristic of the situation in Libya that massive crimes are reportedly committed upon instruction of a few persons who control the organizations that execute the orders,\" the report said.", "\"Arresting those who ordered the commission of crimes, should the judges decide to issue warrants, will contribute to the protection of civilians in Libya.\"", "In March, shortly after the International Criminal Court was asked to investigate the issue, a court spokeswoman said Gadhafi would probably face serious charges.", "But the prosecutor did not name the people against whom he had evidence.", "\"Even today, people in Tripoli are arrested illegally, tortured and they disappear,\" Moreno-Ocampo told CNN.", "\"We have evidence of that and we will show it to the judges.\"", "It is not clear if he plans to file charges against anyone on the rebel side, though the report mentioned \"alleged war crimes as well as other crimes against humanity\" appear to have been committed by \"different parties.\"", "He warned when he opened the probe two months ago that the rebels are subject to international law just as Gadhafi's forces are.", "\"Now, there are people opposing Gadhafi with weapons.", "And also we would like to warn them, you cannot commit crimes.", "Our business in Libya is (to) stop the crimes,\" he told CNN in March.", "Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said the specter of ICC prosecution \"should warn those around Gadhafi about the perils of continuing to tie their fate to his.\"", "\"Gadhafi has lost any and all legitimacy to lead Libya,\" she said, remarking on \"widespread and systematic attacks\" against civilians by government forces.", "Her comments were later echoed by the acting deputy spokesman for the U.S. State Department, Mark Toner, who called on Gadhafi to cease hostilities and to \"allow the International Organization for Migration and other organizations to provide much needed relief and evacuation services to civilians caught up in the Libyan conflict.\"", "He said the United States is making available an additional $6.5 million for the migration organization's operations in Libya.", "That means the United States now is shelling out a total of $53.5 million in emergency assistance \"to meet the humanitarian needs of conflict victims, vulnerable migrants, and others displaced by the civil unrest in Libya,\" he said.", "But the Russian ambassador to the United Nations said Russia is \"deeply alarmed by the growing number of civilian causalities and the destruction of civilian facilities as a result of the actions by opposing Libyan parties.\"", "\"Unfortunately it must be noted that actions by NATO-led coalition forces also lead to civilian causalities,\" said Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.", "\"This took place in particular during recent bombings in Tripoli.\"", "He warned against exceeding the mandate established by U.N. Security Council resolution 1973, which allows military action in Libya to protect civilians.", "\"Any disproportionate use of force is unacceptable,\" he said.", "This is the first time the International Criminal Court has begun investigating possible crimes against humanity as they were occurring in wartime, Moreno-Ocampo said.", "Social networking websites such as Facebook were part of the reason that was possible, he said.", "\"This triggered a very quick reaction.", "The (United Nations) Security Council reacted in a few days, the U.N. General Assembly reacted in a few days.", "So, now because the Court is up and running we can do this immediately,\" he said.", "\"I think Libya is a new world,\" he added.", "\"How we manage the new challenge, that's what we will see now.\"", "The United Kingdom used Wednesday's meeting to support investigations in Libya, while also using the forum to urge Syria not to attack protesting civilians.", "\"The deteriorating situation in Syria is of increasing concern in this regard,\" said Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant.", "\"The violent repression there must stop immediately.\"", "Meanwhile, Gadhafi's forces once again shelled Misrata's port on Wednesday, leaving five people dead and dozens injured, a rebel spokesman told CNN.", "The shelling started around 1 p.m. \"This is the only terminal we have for the city and for humanitarian vessels to come in and take foreigners out,\" rebel spokesman Ahmed Hassan said.", "A few ambulances and private cars arrived on the scene to take the casualties away after the shelling stopped.", "The International Organization for Migration told CNN that it had one chartered vessel that entered Misrata's port early Wednesday morning.", "Contact was made with the ship's captain, and no one was injured on the boat.", "Some 840 migrants have boarded the boat, and more were being placed on board, the IOM said.", "The vessel, which had brought 180 tons of humanitarian aid to Misrata, was expected to depart in the afternoon.", "As the bloody battles in the North African country dragged into their fourth month, a U.N. official said the Libyan government and opposition members were trying to find a way for a cease-fire.", "Abdul Ilah al-Khatib, the U.N.'s special envoy to Libya, said both sides had told him that they were ready for a cease-fire.", "The only problem was that they disagreed on what conditions would be needed to lay down arms, the envoy said.", "The Libyan government wants an end to NATO aerial attacks; the opposition wants Gadhafi to step down and will not negotiate with him or any of his family members, al-Khatib said.", "\"A real and credible cease-fire must be agreed upon to suspend aggressive actions and killing of innocent civilians, including women and children,\" al-Khatib told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday.", "\"A cease-fire must be declared either formally, or -- in a first step -- as part of an informal understanding between the opposing forces in Libya.\"", "NATO began bombing Libya on March 19, after the U.N. Security Council approved a resolution authorizing any means necessary, short of invasion, to protect civilians demanding the end of Gadhafi's nearly 42-year rule.", "This weekend, Libyan authorities said one of Gadhafi's sons and three of his grandchildren were killed by a NATO airstrike.", "This prompted an increase in pro-Gadhafi forces' attacks in rebel-held cities and also in the beleaguered western port city of Misrata, witnesses said.", "An explosion rocked Benghazi Tuesday, the eastern city that is controlled by rebel fighters.", "The blast damaged several cars in Benghazi's main square and a rebel spokesman blamed it on Gadhafi supporters who were somehow able to infiltrate the rebel-held city.", "CNN could not independently confirm that report.", "The continued fighting has sent people fleeing.", "More than 8,000 people -- most of them women and children -- fled into Tunisia over the weekend to escape the fighting between Libyan government troops and opposition forces, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Tuesday .", "Nearly 40,000 Libyans have fled the country's western mountainous region in the past month as pro-Gadhafi and opposition forces have fought for control of the border crossing point, according to the U.N. CNN's Mitra Mobasherat and Atika Shubert contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: The U.S. is making available an additional $6.5 million for emergency assistance .", "An International Criminal Court report cites \"reasonable grounds\"\nArrests \"will contribute to the protection of civilians in Libya,\" it says .", "The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. warns those around Gadhafi of tying their fate to his ." ]	[ 16, 19 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Volunteers and veterinarians caring round the clock for stranded pilot whales were buoyed Saturday evening by news that two were released off the Florida Keys.", "After being transported by boat, the males swam away in the Atlantic Ocean about nine miles off the lower Florida Keys shortly before 6 p.m., said Karrie Carnes, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokeswoman.", "The pair are 12 feet and 13 feet long and weigh more than 1,000 pounds each.", "They are considered teenagers.", "Five other surviving pilot whales are being cared for in a sea pen established at Cudjoe Key, about 20 miles east of Key West.", "\"They (the whales) are being literally cradled 24 hours a day,\" Carnes said.", "Fourteen whales died after stranding themselves in shallow waters over a 12-mile stretch of sand flats.", "Veterinarians are not sure why the protected whales came to shore, said Carnes, adding that they are usually found in 300-meter deep waters in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.", "\"We may never know why this group stranded.\"", "The pod showed no evident signs of significant emaciation or illness, but may have become disoriented and followed each other to the shore.", "\"They are very social animals,\" Carnes said.", "The rescue effort, which began Thursday, has included hundreds of federal and state employees, veterinarians and volunteers, said Carnes, who works at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.", "Rescuers plan to transfer the five survivors to a rehabilitation facility in Key Largo once they are healthy enough to undergo the journey, Carnes told CNN.", "Tents and wet sheets are protecting the five from the sun and temperatures.", "Veterinarians are checking their blood and body fluids and are pumping them with antibiotics and enzymes.", "Volunteers from the Marine Mammal Conservancy in Key Largo have been crucial to the operation.", "\"For a lot of people, marine animals are very charismatic,\" Carnes said.", "\"People have a love of the ocean and mysteries of the deep.\"", "Sea World, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission also have provided assistance in the lifesaving effort.", "Adult pilot whales can measure up to 20 feet long and weigh up to 3 tons.", "Due to their social nature, they are often involved in mass strandings, according to the American Cetacean Society.", "The ACS is a nonprofit group based in California that works to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises, according to its website.", "A similar incident occurred in the Florida Keys in 2003, when 28 whales were stranded.", "Most of them died, but after several months of care, five were released back into the ocean.", "CNN's Lateef Mungin contributed to this report." ]	[ "Two male pilot whales are released in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida Keys .", "Five others are being treated 24/7 in a holding pen .", "They will be taken to Key Largo for further rehabilitation .", "Fourteen other whales died after stranding themselves ." ]	[ 0, 4, 6, 12 ]
[ "(EW.com) -- Will Ferrell, blithe impersonator of obtuse elves, TV anchormen, and former presidents, is not the first actor one thinks of to play Nick Halsey, an alcoholic wretch on a bender, in the sober indie drama \"Everything Must Go.\"", "On one rock-bottom day, Nick is fired from his sales job and his wife leaves him, having first changed the locks and piled all his possessions in their suburban front yard.", "The sight of indoor stuff splayed outdoors may be absurd.", "But there is nothing at all funny about the pathetic mess Nick continues to make of his life.", "And Ferrell, whose vaguely uncomprehending onscreen stare usually signals amusing male cluelessness to come, upends expectations from the very first scene, as Nick sits in his car, locked in a traffic standstill and palpably unable to endure the stress without a pull on his liquor flask.", "With characteristic physical fearlessness, the actor becomes a downward-spiraling alcoholic.", "No joke. It's a terrific performance -- one that's unmatched by the rest of the movie, written and directed by Dan Rush.", "Based on Raymond Carver's notable short story ''Why Don't You Dance?,'' \"Everything Must Go\" is a sweetened-up, padded-out scenario of hope cracking through a drunk's despair.", "Rush's background as a director of commercials is evident in his feature-film debut: Everything and everyone look 10 degrees softer and more composed than they need to be.", "Carver's original minimalist story goes down in two gulps: The drinking guy sells his stuff to a young couple passing by.", "The end. Rush's adaptation skips the young couple, expands the yard sale, and adds a cop who's Nick's AA sponsor (Michael Peña).", "EW.com: See all of this week's reviews .", "There's also: a lonely black kid who becomes Nick's protégé (Christopher Jordan Wallace); an old high school classmate (Laura Dern, in a fine, subtle, self-contained scene) who assures Nick that he really does have a heart; and a neighbor across the street (Rebecca Hall) who's pregnant.", "Despite Nick's worst, hurtful behavior toward her, she's willing to extend a kind of forgiveness.", "Ferrell, for his part, looks like he would have no problem going even deeper and darker than Rush could bear.", "Like Bill Murray and Greg Kinnear before him, this funnyman reveals serious acting chops.", "EW.com rating: B-- .", "Release date: May 13, 2011 .", "Rated: R . See the original article on EW.com .", "CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .", "© 2010 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved." ]	[ "Will Ferrell's terrific performance not matched by director Dan Rush .", "Rush's commercial background comes through in film .", "Sober indie drama follows alcoholic Nick Halsey's spiral downwards ." ]	[ 0, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Samuel Eto'o scored his 17th goal in 16 games but his controversial penalty could only salvage a 1-1 home draw for Italian champions Inter Milan against Brescia in the San Siro on Saturday.", "Andrea Caracciolo put newly-promoted Brescia in front in the first half, but it was canceled out by Eto'o's strike after the break.", "The Cameroon international went down himself in the penalty area as he tussled with Gaetano Berardi, but the award of the spot-kick was met with disbelief by the visiting players.", "The disappointing draw leaves Inter three points adrift of leaders Lazio, who are playing Roma in the capital derby on Sunday.", "Inter came into the match off the back of a 3-1 reverse to Tottenham Hotspur and with coach Rafael Benitez having to shuffle his pack after injuries to key players.", "But striker Diego Milito was able to start his first game for over a month and was soon involved as he shot just wide.", "Brescia were ahead on 14 minutes as Caracciolo slipped the ball under home keeper Luca Castellazzi.", "Eto'o, who is in the form of his life, twice came close to an equalizer and then set up Goran Pandev for a chance he spurned from close range.", "Inter lost Maicon and Walter Samuel to injury after the break and struggled for an equalizer before they won their penalty on 73 minutes.", "TV replays appeared to indicated Eto'o had trod on the ball as he went down, but Benitez said the award was fair.", "\"From the bench it seemed a penalty to me,\" he told AFP.", "Milito shot over in injury time from a great position, but defeat would have been harsh on Brescia.", "In other Serie A action on Saturday, Bologna moved out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 win over Lecce with Marco Di Vaio and Henry Gimenez scoring in the final six minutes." ]	[ "Inter Milan held to 1-1 home draw against Brescia on San Siro .", "Samuel Eto'o scores disputed penalty to equalize in second half .", "Bologna out of Serie A relegation zone with 2-0 win over Lecce ." ]	[ 0, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Connecticut teenager's unique prom proposal at his school's entrance, which resulted in him being banned from the event, is garnering legislative attention, according to one state representative.", "State Rep. Jason Perillo said he and fellow Republican state Rep. Sean Williams are drafting legislation that would allow school administrations, along with the parents and the student, to create a community-service option to determine the best course of discipline.", "This legislation comes after Shelton, Connecticut, high school senior James Tate, along with two friends, received an \"in-house\" suspension on Tuesday for pasting in large letters a prom invitation on his high school's entrance.", "The message read, \"Sonali Rodrigues, Will you go to prom with me?", "HMU (Hit me Up) -Tate.\"", "Rodrigues accepted Tate's invitation.", "However, according to Shelton High School officials, any student who receives an in-school or out-of-school suspension for any reason will not be allowed to attend the prom, thereby banning Tate and his two friends.", "\"This regulation is reinforced over the course of the spring by daily ... announcements, posted signage in common areas of the building, and in classrooms, as well as information letters and automated phone messages to parents,\" Beth Smith, the school's headmaster, said in a statement Thursday.", "\"These communications are intended to remind our students and parents of the high school expectations and consequences.", "This unfortunate situation is a result of one of those consequences.\"", "Tate told CNN that the invitation \"was a harmless, fun, thoughtful and creative way to ask a girl to prom.\"", "\"She's my best friend,\" he said of Rodrigues, \"and I wanted to give her something special.\"", "Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti admited he was surprised about the amount of attention the story has received, but he said he thinks that the prom ban deserves a second look.", "\"We put regulations in place that are inflexible and that do not allow for us to apply some common sense or have flexibility,\" said Lauretti.", "\"Their regulation says if a kid gets suspended after April 1st, they cannot go to the prom.\"", "Tate's prom ban is causing an outpouring of support for Tate and Rodrigues on Facebook; over 110,000 people have \"liked\" the page \"Let James Tate Go To the Prom.\"", "One message reads, \"this punishment DOES NOT fit this crime at all !", "! !,\" while another says, \"LET THE KID GO TO PROM!\"", "T-shirts with the slogan \"Team Tate\" are also on sale.", "A website called \"James Tate Senior Prom 2011\" is asking supporters to make donations to help him get the \"prom he deserves.\"", "Meanwhile, state legislator Perillo told CNN, \"I do think punishment is necessary but I don't think the punishment fits the crime.\"", "\"It perhaps wasn't smart, but creative,\" Tate's mother Tracey said.", "\"I think they could have handled it differently, something more appropriate,\" she added.", "Calls to Shelton High School, the Connecticut State Department of Education and the Shelton school superintendent's office were not returned.", "CNN's Jesse Solomon contributed to this report." ]	[ "James Tate wanted to make a special invitation for his prom date .", "He posted the invitation over the school's entrance .", "The school imposed an in-house suspension and that banned Tate from the prom .", "The situation has caught the attention of social media and even state legislators ." ]	[ 2, 12, 15 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- A Justice Department lawyer testified Friday the department does not enforce certain voting law cases when the victims are white, and called the decision to drop a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party \"a travesty of justice.\"", "Christopher Coates, who headed the department's Voting Rights section in 2008, said he believes some senior civil rights officials at the Justice Department enforce voting cases \"in a racially selective manner.\"", "Coates testified, against the instructions of his Justice Department bosses, before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, saying he felt obligated to correct statements made by the current Voting Rights section chief that race is not a factor in deciding which cases to pursue.", "Coates said there has been a long-held hostility by some Justice Department lawyers toward voting rights cases against African-American defendants.", "One staff researcher \"informed me in no uncertain terms that he had not come to the Voting section to sue African-American defendants,\" Coates testified.", "And the election of President Barack Obama \"brought to positions of influence and power within the Civil Rights Division many of the very people who had demonstrated hostility to the concept of equal enforcement of the Voting Rights Act,\" Coates said.", "Among those promoted was a lawyer who, Coates said, had prohibited him from asking job applicants if they would enforce the voting laws in a race-neutral manner.", "A Justice Department spokesman Friday afternoon called the Civil Rights Commission's investigation \"thin on facts and evidence and thick on rhetoric.\"", "\"The department makes enforcement decisions based on the merits, not the race, gender or ethnicity of any party involved,\" spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler said.", "The New Black Panther Party case stemmed from an incident on November 4, 2008 -- Election Day -- when two members of the party stood outside a Philadelphia polling station yelling racial slurs.", "Both men wore paramilitary outfits and black books; one held a nightstick.", "No voters filed complaints in the incident, but it was captured on video and appeared on national television.", "Coates told the Civil Rights Commission, \"White voters also have an interest in being able to go to the polls without having race-haters such as Black Panther King Samir Shabazz -- whose public rhetoric includes such statements as 'kill cracker babies' -- standing at the entrance of the polling place with a billy club in his hand hurling racial slurs.\"", "He called it \"outrageous conduct\" and a \"travesty of justice for the Justice Department not to allow attorneys in the Voting Section to obtain nationwide injunctive relief against all four of the defendants.\"", "The Bush-era Justice Department charged the New Black Panther Party and three of its members with voter intimidation, and a judge entered a default judgment against them the following April when they failed to appear in court.", "But in May of 2009, the Justice Department dismissed the cases against all the defendants except the man carrying the nightstick.", "Coates declined to discuss the Justice Department's internal deliberations on the matter, saying he was honoring the department's assertion that internal discussions are protected from disclosure.", "But he acknowledged reports that he had fought the dismissal of the charges, including one heated confrontation in which he cursed at a more senior official.", "The decision to drop the case \"was intended to send a direct message\" that the filing of similar voting cases \"would not continue in the Obama administration,\" Coates testified .", "He said he was specifically instructed not to pursue cases against jurisdictions for having ineligible voters on their voting rolls, saying one jurisdiction had 130 percent more voters on its rolls than it had adult residents.", "But he did not ascribe racial motives to that order, saying instead he believed that his bosses would rather leave 100 non-eligible people on voter rolls rather than risk taking one person off who is eligible.", "Nonetheless, he said, it is wrong to ignore voter list violations because the violations make vote fraud easier to conceal.", "Coates' testimony follows that of former Justice Department attorney J. Christian Adams, who also testified there was a \"pervasive hostility\" in the Justice Department toward enforcing voting rights cases against African-Americans.", "The Justice Department Friday said it is committed to the color-blind enforcement of laws.", "\"Let's not forget the context in which these allegations are being made,\" spokesman Schmaler said in a written statement.", "\"The politicization that occurred in the Civil Rights Division in the previous administration has been well documented by the inspector general, and it was a disgrace to the great history of the division.", "We have changed that.\" The Black Panther case has been a contentious matter before the Civil Rights Commission.", "One hearing this summer erupted in shouting between commission members, with conservative commission members accusing the Justice Department of \"stonewalling\" the commission's investigation into the dismissed charges, and a liberal commission member, in turn, calling those complaints the \"last gasps of a conservative majority of this commission.\"" ]	[ "Justice Department lawyer says some civil rights cases are suppressed .", "Cases against African-Americans are not pursued, says Christopher Coates .", "The Justice Department criticizes the Civil Rights Commission's investigation ." ]	[ 1, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Two U.S. Border Patrol agents who were assisting in the apprehension of suspected illegal immigrants were killed Thursday when their vehicle was struck by a train, officials said.", "They were driving an unmarked Border Patrol vehicle when it was struck by a 90-car freight train at a crossing about nine miles west of Gila Bend, Arizona, the agency said.", "Authorities were investigating what caused the accident that killed Border Patrol Agents Eduardo Rojas Jr. and Hector Clark, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a statement.", "The vehicle, an SUV, was struck by the train at the rail crossing of Paloma Road near exit 106 of Interstate 8.", "\"This is unfortunate not just for me, not just for the Yuma Sector, but for the Border Patrol as a whole,\" Border Patrol spokesman Kenneth Quillin said.", "The agents were on duty and were assisting other officers in tracking down a group of people suspected to have entered the country illegally, Quillin said.", "The agents were trying to position themselves north of where the other agents were, he said.", "Both Clark, 39, and Rojas, 35, were lead agents in the Border Patrol's Yuma Sector, the agency said.", "Rojas, who had been working with the patrol for more than 11 years, is survived by his wife and two children.", "Clark, who had been working with the patrol for nearly 10 years, also is survived by his wife and two children.", "\"This tragedy is a reminder to all of us that whether they are facing down a criminal suspect with a weapon, or patrolling the highways and deserts, these law enforcement professionals encounter life-threatening dangers every day,\" Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne said.", "Napolitano noted the service of others as she expressed sympathy for the victims and their families.", "\"We also keep in our thoughts and prayers all of those who put their lives at risk every day, at home and abroad, to defend our country.", "We honor their service and pray for their continued safety,\" she said.", "On Friday, a Mexican man was arraigned in a U.S. federal court for the killing last December of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in Arizona.", "CNN's Mike Ahlers contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: The Border Patrol says the agents' vehicle was struck by a 90-car freight train .", "NEW: Both agents had been working with the Border Patrol for about a decade .", "Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says authorities are investigating .", "The agents were assisting in the apprehension of suspected illegal immigrants ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 8 ]
[ "Paris (CNN) -- French air accident investigators probing a mysterious crash that killed 228 people will not bring more bodies up from the Atlantic Ocean if they cannot identify the two they already have, they said Thursday.", "Those two bodies are being examined to see if there is enough DNA to identify them, investigators said, adding that they hope to have results by Wednesday.", "If they can identify the remains, they will consider bringing up other bodies from the wreckage of Air France flight 447, which crashed nearly two years ago off the coast of Brazil.", "Only about 50 bodies were recovered in the aftermath of the crash.", "The bulk of the wreckage was located earlier this year and contains many more human remains, investigators say.", "Recovering more bodies will be a difficult task, with miles of cable required to bring each one up over a period of three hours, they said.", "Relatives of the victims are divided on whether they should be left in place or brought to the surface.", "Experts trying to figure out why the plane crashed expect to know Monday whether they will be able to recover information from data recorders found at the bottom of the ocean, they said Thursday.", "The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were found almost two weeks ago after an unprecedented series of submarine searches of a mountain range 3,900 meters (12,700 feet) under the ocean.", "They were brought to the surface and taken to Paris by ship and plane.", "Over the next several days, their protective casing will be removed, salt will be cleaned off, and the recorders will be left out to dry, investigators told journalists in Paris Thursday.", "Once they are dry, any further salt residue will be removed.", "Investigators will assess the recorders visually, then check the state of the memory cards and finally make a back-up of the cards.", "This could take up to three days, they said.", "Only then they will begin to analyze what is on the recorders, they added.", "Investigators also brought an engine and an avionics bay containing computers to the surface Monday, they said .", "The pilots of Air France 447 lost contact with air traffic controllers on June 1, 2009, while flying across an area of the Atlantic known for severe turbulence, officials said.", "But exactly what caused the plane to plunge into the ocean remains a mystery.", "The plane belly-flopped into the water while en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, falling so fast that air masks did not have time to deploy.", "The fuselage was discovered in April with bodies still inside, investigators said.", "A first body was recovered May 3, still buckled into its seat, days after the data recorders were found, the French Interior Ministry said.", "The body \"appeared degraded,\" the ministry added in a written statement.", "Another body was brought up two days later.", "\"The attempts to bring up the bodies were made in particularly complex conditions.", "Considerable uncertainties still remain regarding the technical feasibility of recovering the bodies,\" the Interior Ministry statement said.", "DNA samples from the remains will be sent to a laboratory for analysis, the statement added.", "Some relatives of those who died have expressed reservations about remains being brought to the surface.", "Last month Robert Soulas, head of a support group for families of flight victims, said: \"For me, personally I would like to leave the bodies of my children, my two children, on the seabed.\"", "Other relatives have called for the bodies to be recovered.", "France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA) said last week that the external casings of both the flight recorders -- which record data and cockpit voices -- were in good condition and that they had started a \"drying\" process.", "Martine Del Bono, a spokeswoman for the Paris-based BEA, said at the time that even if there was some internal damage to the recorders, some data might still be recoverable.", "\"We must be very very careful... we are confident but it will take time for us to know whether we can retrieve all the data.\"", "But Phil Seymour, chief operating officer of the International Bureau of Aviation, a British aviation consultancy, said: \"I remain skeptical about how useful this device (memory unit) will be.", "If you were to throw a computer into the ocean, imagine how all the parts would eventually split up.", "You also have the corrosive effects of seawater and the immense depths involved.\"", "CNN's Thair Shaikh contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Two bodies are being examined to see if they have enough DNA for identification .", "If the bodies can be identified, investigators will try to bring other remains to the surface .", "Air accident investigators should know Monday if there is information on data recorders .", "Air France Flight 447 crashed mysteriously June 1, 2009, killing 228 people ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- South African Thomas Aiken dedicated his maiden European Tour win to golf legend Seve Ballesteros after claiming the Spanish Open by two shots Sunday.", "Aiken carded a closing 70 at El Prat for a 10-under total of 278.", "Denmark's Anders Hansen finished second on eight-under with Scotland's Scott Jamieson and Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal sharing third a further shot back.", "The death of Spain's Ballesteros Saturday cast a shadow over the tournament with the players observing a minute's silence during the third round action.", "\"It's been a sad week with Seve passing away,\" said the 27-year-old Aiken.", "\"I definitely want to dedicate this win to him with it being his home Open and what he gave to his home fans and to golf,\" he told the official European Tour website.", "Golf legend Ballesteros dies aged 54 .", "All the players wore black armbands on the final day as Aiken kept his nerve to earn South Africa their fifth win on the European Tour this season.", "\"I've been waiting for this for a long, long time and I've been knocking on the door.", "I'm ecstatic,\" he added.", "Hansen broke out of a tie for second with a birdie on the final hole while Welshman Phillip Price and France's Gregory Havret both bogeyed the 18th to drop into a tie for fifth with Scot Paul Lawrie, England's Simon Dyson and David Horsey and Havret's compatriot Romain Wattel.", "Jose Maria Olazábal, mourning the loss of his great friend and ex-Ryder Cup partner Ballesteros, bravely played the final round but shot a five-over 77 to finish on eight-over." ]	[ "Thomas Aiken of South Africa wins Spanish Open title at El Prat .", "Tournament overshadowed by death of golf legend Seve Ballesteros .", "Aiken dedicates his maiden European tour victory to Ballesteros ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]

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