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"(CNN) -- An 8-foot-long alligator sank its teeth into a 90-year-old woman's leg and tried to drag her into a canal in southern Florida, a spokeswoman for the state's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.",
"Margaret Webb was walking in her flooded yard Wednesday in rural Copeland, Florida, about 80 miles west of Miami, when the alligator lunged at her and grabbed her by her left leg, commission spokeswoman Gabriella Ferraro said.",
"Dewain Daniels, who was driving by, stopped to help the woman, Ferraro said, and pulled her out of the water away from the alligator.",
"But that didn't stop the huge reptile, which tried to come out of the water three times.",
"Daniels shot the alligator between the eyes with a .22 Magnum rifle, according to the incident report from the wildlife commission, and it retreated into the water.",
"Webb was airlifted to Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, where she's in critical condition after having her left leg amputated below the knee, Ferraro said.",
"She's also being treated for a bite on her right leg.",
"Ferraro said alligators are the most active at this time of year, while water levels are at their highest, but unprovoked attacks are rare.",
"In 2010, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported six unprovoked attacks in the state.",
"Ferraro said the elderly woman, whose home is next to the Florida Everglades, is no stranger to alligator attacks.",
"\"There are reports she has lost pets to alligators,\" she said.",
"Two wildlife officers and trapper David Regel returned to the site of the attack early Thursday morning to search for the alligator in the canals surrounding Webb's home.",
"Ferraro said it's not clear what became of the gator.",
"\"We don't know if it's alive or dead or injured.\""
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"The woman, who has lost pets to alligators before, lives near the Everglades .",
"Her left leg was amputated below the knee, Ferraro says .",
"A man shot the gator between the eyes ."
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"(CNN) -- Tournament favorite Maria Sharapova powered into the Wimbledon women's singles semifinals on Tuesday, crushing Dominika Cibulkova for the loss of just two games.",
"Fifth seed Sharapova, the 2004 champion and only grand slam winner left in the women's draw, proved in a different league to Slovakian Cibulkova, taking just under an hour to reach the last four 6-1 6-1.",
"Cibulkova, seeded 24th, had stunned world number one Caroline Wozniakci in the last 16, but could not match that performance on Centre Court, as Russian Sharapova reached the semifinals at the All England Club for the first time since losing to Amelie Mauresmo in 2006.",
"The 24-year-old Sharapova told reporters: \"It's an honor to be in the semifinal at Wimbledon.",
"\"It's a few years since I've got past the fourth round so it's a great chance to take it a step further,\" she added.",
"\"Every opponent is different.",
"I have a tough opponent coming up and I'm looking forward to the match.",
"\"She's confident and playing great grass court tennis,\" continued Sharapova, who has yet to drop a set in the tournament so far.",
"Sharapova's semifinal opponent is unseeded German Sabine Lisicki, who continued her remarkable run of form by defeating Marion Bartoli of France in three sets.",
"Ninth seed Bartoli came into the tournament on a high after winning the warm-up event at Eastbourne, and she maintained that momentum by putting out defending champion Serena Williams in the last 16.",
"However, wild card entrant Lisicki, who had beaten French Open champion Li Na in an earlier round, proved far too strong in the decisive third set, going through 6-4 6-7 6-1 to become the first German woman to reach a grand slam semifinal since compatriot Steffi Graf in 1999.",
"Czech Petra Kvitova is also through to the semifinals after a battling three-set victory over Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova.",
"Both players had reached the last four of last year's tournament, losing to Serena Williams and Vera Zvonareva respectively, and it was eighth seed Kvitova who got there again -- going through 6-3 6-7 6-2.",
"Kvitova is aiming to become the first left-hander to win the women's title since Martina Navratilova in 1990.",
"The final semifinal was held up because of heavy rain at Wimbledon, and was eventually switched to Centre Court under the roof, where fourth seed Victoria Azarenka claimed a comfortable 6-3 6-1 victory over unseeded Austrian Tamira Paszek.",
"The 21-year-old Belarussian had lost her four previous grand slam quarterfinals, but was never in danger against her unseeded opponent, who was reaching her first grand slam quarterfinal.",
"Azarenka will now face Kvitova for a place in the final, in a repeat of their match here 12 months ago, which went the Czech's way."
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"Tournament favorite Maria Sharapova reaches the Wimbledon semifinals .",
"The 2004 champion defeats Dominika Cibulkova for the loss of just two games .",
"Sharapova next faces German Sabine Lisicki, who defeats Marion Bartoli in three sets ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- National Museum of American History Curator Peter Liebhold describes the day several years ago he spent going through shipping containers filled with debris from United Airlines Flight 93 as \"overpowering,\" even though more than a year had passed since September 11, 2001, when the plane crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.",
"\"Going through the debris of an airplane was certainly an experience that I've never had before,\" said Liebhold, one of three curators from that museum who focused on gathering 9/11 artifacts full time.",
"A special exhibition commemorating 9/11 with the results of their work will open at the museum on Saturday.",
"They were granted access to the materials from Flight 93 after the FBI had finished analyzing them as crime-scene evidence.",
"\"The material was stored in ocean-shipping containers and we opened them up -- I guess we weren't really prepared for how small the bits would be,\" according to Liebhold.",
"\"It smelled of jet fuel, of moldy cloth and paper and just sort of mysterious odors that were -- I guess in all honesty -- plain scary,\" he said.",
"Liebhold and his fellow curators by this time had an idea of what the items they would seek as they dug through the plane debris.",
"\"One of the big stories on Flight 93 was that unlike the other flights (hijacked on 9/11), it was delayed in taking off and the hijacking happened a little bit later,\" the curator said.",
"\"The passengers knew what their fate was going to be through cell-phone communication.",
"People had talked to people on the ground.",
"So finding a cell phone was something we really sought, to tell that story of how people became informed and what helped motivate them to action.\"",
"They found a GTE phone that has become part of the Washington museum's permanent exhibit on 9-11.",
"The curators also collected a gauge from the flight panel of United Flight 93, as control of the plane itself was part of the story.",
"They also tried to find items that would represent the people who were on the plane, such as seat belts that had been torn in the crash.",
"And, they found a part of an American flag.",
"\"Every United Airlines plane over the exit door has a small American flag painted into the fuselage and we found the red-and-white stripes of the flag,\" Liebhold said.",
"\"For me, one of the strongest icons is one of the simplest and smallest.",
"And that's the little orange call button that I never really paid attention to,\" he said.",
"\"There was this small little orange button and it's chipped and it's scratched but it's a picture of a person and in a sense, it's asking for help.\"",
"The curators were granted a single day to go through the Flight 93 containers.",
"At the end of the day, they threw away the clothes they had been wearing during their search, as the clothes smelled like that strange odor from the container.",
"Liebhold said that during the height of their collecting, he and his colleagues also communicated with family members and others affected by the attacks, to ask for other items related to September 11.",
"But, they always worked through an intermediary so that those affected would be comfortable turning down their requests and would not have to say no face to face.",
"\"It's difficult to know where the boundary between history and current event is, and when you are collecting something that is a current event, you're emotionally tied to it and it's difficult to have any kind of distance to understand it,\" Liebhold said.",
"\"But, so much of it is parting -- if you don't act fairly quickly, it could easily be gone forever.\"",
"More than 50 9/11 artifacts collected by curators from the American History Museum will be on display in a special exhibition called \"September 11: Remembrance and Reflections.\"",
"The items, collected from New York, the Pentagon and Shanksville, will be on display starting Saturday at the museum on tables, not behind glass, to give visitors a close-up, intimate view through September 11, 2011."
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"A special museum exhibition commemorating 9/11 opens in Washington .",
"The exhibit includes material from United Flight 93, which crashed after hijacking .",
"Going through debris from the airliner was \"overpowering,\" a museum curator says ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- A U.S. Marine reservist was detained early Friday after being found acting \"suspiciously\" in Arlington National Cemetery before dawn, setting off a security scare that closed commuter routes around the Pentagon for a few hours to snarl morning rush-hour traffic, authorities said.",
"Information from the detained man, identified as 22-year-old Yonathan Melaku, led authorities to a car parked in bushes on the side of a road near the Pentagon and prompted explosives experts to examine the red 2011 Nissan, according to an FBI statement.",
"A security perimeter set up to divert traffic from the area closed Route 27 and other roads around the Pentagon and national cemetery in northern Virginia just across the Potomac River from Washington.",
"The roads were reopened later in the day.",
"No explosives or other suspicious material were found in the vehicle, FBI Special Agent Brenda Heck said.",
"A backpack the detained man was carrying held bags of a \"non-explosive unknown material\" that was being investigated, she said.",
"At the White House, Press Secretary Jay Carney said that \"there were no dangerous materials or explosives found.\"",
"The FBI statement said Melaku, of nearby Alexandria, Virginia, was detained for trespass in Arlington National Cemetery when it was closed.",
"Public safety concerns over items Melaku was carrying led to the road closures, according to the FBI.",
"After the car parked near the Pentagon was searched and removed, the FBI and Fairfax County Policy also searched Melaku's Alexandria residence, the FBI statement said.",
"\"At this time, law enforcement believes Melaku acted alone and that there were no other locations or activity involved,\" said the FBI statement.",
"According to the U.S. Marine Corps, Melaku joined the Marine Corps Reserve in September 2007 and currently is listed as a Marine Corps reservist lance corporal and a motor vehicle operator with the Combat Engineer Support Company of the 4th Combat Engineer Battalion in the 4th Marine Division.",
"He has been awarded the National Defense Service Medal and the Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal, and he was not deployed overseas, said the information from the Marine Corps.",
"A source in the military said Melaku had \"fallen off the radar as a Marine.\"",
"He has failed to pass required fitness tests, and records show that he was given a non-recommendation for promotion, according to the source.",
"The security perimeter set up in the incident was part of the normal response to what Heck called suspicious activity by Melaku.",
"\"From the FBI's perspective, it was just due diligence to protect this area,\" she said.",
"No charges have been filed against the detained man, Heck said, emphasizing that the investigation was still in an early stage.",
"A law enforcement official said the material in Melaku's backpack, which Melaku told authorities was ammonium nitrate, turned out to be inert.",
"The official also said that contrary to some early news reports, no al Qaeda literature was found, but Melaku had a notebook in his backpack in which the words \"Taliban\" and \"al Qaeda\" were scrawled.",
"In addition, the source said some spent 9mm shell casings were found but could not say whether they were in the car or the backpack.",
"According to U.S. Park Police Sgt.",
"David Schlosser, the detained man \"wasn't forthcoming\" about his identification or what he was doing in the national cemetery after midnight.",
"The security response was based on how authorities handle situations involving suspicious individuals or vehicles, Schlosser said.",
"A Department of Homeland Security statement called the situation \"a law enforcement matter at this time, with the U.S. Park Police and the Arlington County Police Department as leads and other federal agencies on the scene.\"",
"CNN's Carol Cratty, Larry Shaughnessy and Eric Marrapodi contributed to this report."
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"Roads reopen after security closures .",
"A White House spokesman says no explosives are found .",
"The FBI searches a house in connection with the investigation ."
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"Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Greece is preparing to sell off billions of dollars worth of state assets including airports, highways and state-owned companies, as well as banks, real estate and gaming licenses, to meet international lenders' demands that it raise funds.",
"European finance ministers said Sunday that they were on track to give Greece a second huge bailout to keep the government afloat, but reiterated that Athens had to take tough measures to get it.",
"Greece has to raise 50 billion euros ($71 billion) through privatization by 2015, Eurogroup members said.",
"It also has to push through tough budget-cutting measures, they said, despite widespread protests in the country that forced a government reshuffle last week.",
"Prime Minister George Papandreou faces a vote of confidence in his new ministers this week as his party clings to a wafer-thin majority in parliament.",
"Acknowledging the anger in the streets, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the moves would bring \"hardships\" but were \"long overdue.\"",
"\"If there were an easier route out of the crisis, we would have taken it.",
"But there is not,\" Barroso said in a written statement after meeting with Papandreou.",
"\"The only way for Greece to return to growth and create jobs in a sustainable way is to restore competitiveness and put its public finances on a solid footing.\"",
"Barroso said the \"crucial vote\" will be at the end of June, when lawmakers are slated to vote on the privatization plan and further tax increases, pension cuts and layoffs of public workers.",
"\"These choices are not easy, but nor are the problems that need to be addressed,\" he said.",
"\"Now is not the time to falter.\"",
"Harsh reforms designed to help reduce Greece's enormous budget deficit have so far led to tax hikes and public-sector job losses alongside already record-high unemployment.",
"Papandreou faces opposition from within his own ruling socialists over the austerity measures needed to secure an additional bailout package.",
"Anti-government protests turned violent Wednesday, as demonstrators threw gasoline bombs at the Finance Ministry and police fired tear gas at protesters, police said.",
"But over the weekend, Papandreou told lawmakers, \"The government must stop spending more than it takes in.\"",
"The Greek debt crisis raises concerns for Europe's currency, the euro.",
"A default on its debts by Greece, or other struggling nations such as Portugal or Ireland, could adversely affect the world economy.",
"European stocks fell in afternoon trading Monday as investors worried the trouble could spread.",
"After meeting with Papandreou, European Council President Herman van Rompuy expressed his \"strong support\" for the Greek prime minister's economic reforms and said he had underlined the need for further efforts.",
"But Van Rompuy noted that \"national consensus\" was needed for the package to succeed, \"given the length, magnitude and nature of required reforms.\"",
"There are fears that efforts to restructure Greece's debt could send shock waves through Europe's banking sector and spark investor panic similar to that in the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, the U.S.-based global investment bank.",
"On June 9, the Cabinet approved a tough five-year plan for 2011-15 and introduced a bill in Parliament to put austerity measures into effect.",
"The government proposes reducing the public-sector workforce by 150,000; workers will also face changes in working hours, practices and wages, and the plan also sets out changes to social benefits, including pensions and unemployment aid.",
"According to the Finance Ministry, these measures will help achieve 28.3 billion euros ($40.5 billion) in cuts from 2012 to 2015, and shrink Greece's public deficit to less than 3% of gross domestic product, in accordance with the EU target.",
"The government has said the passage of these additional measures is essential to Greece's securing the fifth portion of the original 110 billion-euro ($158 billion) bailout package that Greece signed with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund last year to prevent the country from defaulting on its debts.",
"CNN's Diana Magnay and journalist Elinda Labropoulou contributed to this report."
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"NEW: European Council president says a national consensus is needed .",
"Airports, highways, banks and more are for sale as Greece tries to raise billions of euros .",
"Euro zone ministers say new loans are contingent on Greece raising money through privatization .",
"Talks on a second bailout package follow three weeks of street protests and political upheaval ."
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"United Nations (CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Monday to send 4,200 peacekeepers to Abyei, Sudan, as part of a recent agreement between Sudan and Southern Sudan.",
"The resolution will establish, for six months, the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), comprising \"a maximum of 4,200 military personnel, 50 police personnel, and appropriate civilian support,\" the resolution states.",
"It passed the council unanimously, 15-0.",
"In a statement released by the State Department, Secretary Hiliary Clinton commended the swift passage of the resolution.",
"\"Abyei has been a source of regional tension for many years,\" the statement said.",
"\"We urge the parties to reach an immediate cease-fire and to provide aid workers with the unfettered access required to deliver humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians affected by the conflict.\"",
"A week ago, the Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement signed an agreement to allow peacekeepers in Abyei, aimed at ending strife that has ravaged much of the country.",
"The two sides agreed in principle on the need for a third party to monitor the ill-defined border between north and south before the scheduled July 9 independence for the south.",
"The U.N. peacekeepers will \"monitor and verify the redeployment of any Sudan Armed Forces, Sudan People's Liberation Army or its successor\" from the Abyei area, among other tasks, the Security Council resolution states."
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"The resolutions establishes a six-month security force at Abyei, Sudan .",
"The two sides signed an agreement last week allowing peacekeepers .",
"South Sudan is to gain independence July 9 ."
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"(CNN) -- What happened to the attorney general of Hama?",
"The mystery surrounding judge Adnan Bakkour deepened Thursday as Syrian state media and the attorney general himself offered conflicting narratives of his whereabouts.",
"Syria's state news agency first highlighted Bakkour's case Tuesday, when it reported that he had been kidnapped by \"seven gunmen with rifles and machine guns\" near the village of Karnaz.",
"The next day, however, a video emerged on YouTube where a gray-haired man in a gray suit and tie introduced himself to the camera as Bakkour.",
"\"I announce my resignation from my position with the Assad regime and his gangs,\" the judge said.",
"Bakkour calmly read from a piece of paper, while seated at a desk, with a glass of water by his left hand and a Toshiba laptop by his right.",
"He went on to list reasons for his resignation.",
"Bakkour accused Syrian authorities of killing 72 prisoners at the central prison in Hama.",
"He claimed there was a mass grave with 420 bodies in a place called Al Khalidiya, and accused the government of trying to frame the opposition for the killings.",
"\"They (the government) asked me to prepare a report and present it to them showing that the victims were killed by the protesters,\" Bakkour said.",
"The attorney general also accused security services of torturing and killing more than 300 demonstrators.",
"CNN cannot independently confirm these claims.",
"The government in Damascus has denied repeated requests for CNN journalists to visit Syria.",
"Soon after the release of Bakkour's video resignation, the Syrian state news agency SANA fired back, saying the attorney general had been coerced by kidnappers to make false statements.",
"Citing an unnamed \"official source\" in the city of Hama, SANA wrote that \"armed terrorist groups who kidnapped\" Bakkour \"forced him to say these lies at gunpoint.\"",
"The SANA article accused the Arabic news channel Al Jazeera of collaborating with kidnappers to mislead Syrian public opinion.",
"But hours later, Bakkour was back on camera in another video uploaded to YouTube.",
"This time, he appeared standing, wearing the same suit, but now without a tie.",
"\"What Syrian TV broadcast that I had been kidnapped by armed groups is untrue,\" Bakkour said.",
"\"I am now protected by the rebels and I am in good health.",
"Today is Wednesday August 31st.",
"Shabiha (pro-government militia) tried to kidnap me today but they failed to do so.",
"I will make live statements as soon as I leave Syria, soon.\"",
"If Bakkour has in fact defected, it would mark a major blow to the Syrian government, said one prominent Syrian activist in exile,.",
"\"He (Bakkour) has been appointed directly by the minister of justice.",
"He is the highest authority among all the judges in Hama,\" said Rami Abdulrahman, director of the London-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights.",
"\"We cannot confirm whether or not he has defected or whether he has been kidnapped,\" Abdulrahman added.",
"The western Syrian city of Hama has been at the center of the protests, with fierce crackdowns last month that included military tanks and government forces raiding homes.",
"Since the uprising first erupted in Syria more than five months ago, a number of men have appeared in similar videos wearing military uniforms and announcing their defection from the Syrian army.",
"Meanwhile, Syrian state TV has also broadcast televised confessions of men who claimed to commit acts of political violence on the part of the Syrian opposition.",
"The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner has reported that more than 2,200 people have been killed since the security forces launched a bloody campaign to crush anti-government protests last March.",
"Citing a pattern of widespread, systematic human rights abuses, UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay says the Damascus regime may be guilty of \"crimes against humanity.\""
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"State media reports that he was kidnapped by seven gunmen .",
"The next day, a gray-haired man introduces himself as Adnan Bakkour on YouTube .",
"He calmly reads from a piece of paper while seated at a desk .",
"He lists reasons for his resignation in the video ."
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"(CNN) -- The global H1N1 pandemic is over, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization said Tuesday.",
"\"We are moving out of the pandemic into the post-pandemic period,\" said Margaret Chan, director-general of the WHO.",
"Chan said that while several countries -- including India and New Zealand -- are still experiencing significant H1N1 flu transmission, out-of-season flu outbreaks are no longer being reported in the northern or southern hemispheres.",
"\"This pandemic has turned out to have been much more fortunate than what we feared a little over a year ago,\" Chan told reporters in a news conference Tuesday.",
"She attributed the end of the pandemic to several factors: that the virus did not mutate to a more lethal form, the H1N1 flu vaccine proved to be a good match and widespread resistance to the antiviral drug Tamiflu did not develop.",
"\"This time around, we have been aided by pure good luck,\" Chan said.",
"The WHO announced the global H1N1 pandemic June 11, 2009.",
"A pandemic is a sudden outbreak of a disease that is spread by human transmission, which quickly becomes widespread and affects a large region or several countries.",
"The CDC in Atlanta, Georgia, said the U.S. Public Health emergency for H1N1 ended on June 23 of this year.",
"H1N1 is no longer the dominating flu strain.",
"Chan said health officials are now seeing a mixed virus pattern: In addition to the H1N1 strain, an H3N2 flu strain and Influenza B virus also are circulating.",
"All three strains are included in the upcoming seasonal flu vaccine.",
"So H1N1 is not gone, but as the WHO explains, the flu activity health officials are now seeing is typical seasonal flu activity.",
"The CDC statement came after an emergency committee of the WHO said Tuesday the public health emergency triggered by the emergence of the H1N1 virus \"should be considered over.\"",
"The committee advised Chan \"that the world was no longer experiencing an influenza pandemic,\" the organization said in a statement.",
"CNN\"s Miriam Falco contributed to this report."
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"World Health Organization chief says the global H1N1 pandemic is over .",
"Chan says out-of-season flu outbreaks are no longer being reported in the northern or southern hemispheres .",
"Several countries - including India and New Zealand - are still experiencing significant H1N1 flu transmission .",
"WHO said other flu viruses are circulating, making for a \"typical\" flu season ."
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"(CNN) -- Defending champion Serena Williams joined her sister Venus in the last 16 at Wimbledon on Saturday, but French Open runner-up Francesca Schiavone suffered a shock defeat.",
"Williams, seeded seventh in only her second tournament since last year's victory in London, had few problems in dispatching Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-2 to set up a fourth-round clash with 2007 runner-up Marion Bartoli.",
"\"Every match is getting better, my serve is getting better, just getting the rhythm that I've been missing.",
"It's great,\" said the American, a four-time winner of the grass-court grand slam event.",
"\"I just want to enjoy myself and stay focused.",
"Bartoli is really good.",
"She won in Eastbourne, she's doing great, so it'll be a good match.\"",
"Can the Williams sisters triumph after a troubled year?",
"The 29-year-old, making her comeback after complications with a foot injury, has won both their previous encounters.",
"Ninth seed Bartoli, beaten by Venus in the 2007 final, battled her way into the fourth round with a 5-7 6-4 9-7 win over Italian No.",
"21 Flavia Pennetta in just over three hours.",
"The Frenchwoman, who won her first grass title the week before Wimbledon, fought back after sending her coach and father Walter to the stands along with her mother following her first-set reverse.",
"\"I saw them after the match and they understood completely.",
"It was not against them. It was just that we played a very long first set, and I was exhausted and I was tired and I was feeling worse and worse,\" the 26-year-old said in quotes reported by AFP.",
"\"I needed to get that frustration out, so I showed it that way.",
"I could have broken a racquet.",
"I normally never act like that.",
"I felt at this point I had to get all this frustration out and start again.\"",
"Schiavone was also involved in an epic match against unseeded Austrian Tamira Paszek, which resumed at one set all after being halted by rain on Friday.",
"The Italian sixth seed ended up losing 3-6 6-4 11-9 in three hours and 41 minutes against a player who also reached the fourth round as a 16-year-old in 2007 but hasn't got past the first stage since then.",
"Schiavone, who won her first grand slam at the 2010 French Open, has only once progressed past the third round, reaching the quarterfinals two years ago.",
"The world No. 80 has a great chance of making the quarterfinals as she next faces 20-year-old Russian left-hander Ksenia Pervak, who knocked out 11th seed Andrea Petkovic on Friday to continue her promising debut appearance.",
"World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki remains on course for her first grand slam title after beating Australian 27th seed Jarmila Gajdosova 6-3 6-2.",
"The 20-year-old Dane will next play Slovakian 24th seed Dominika Cibulkova, who reached the fourth round for the first time with a 6-4 1-6 6-3 win over German No.",
"16 Julia Gorges.",
"Wozniacki could face fifth seed Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals after the 2004 champion progressed with a 6-2 6-3 win over Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic.",
"The Russian will begin the second week of the tournament with a clash against Peng Shuai, the only Chinese player left in the draw.",
"Peng, seeded 20th, will be hoping to repeat compatriot Li Na's victory over Sharapova at the French Open after earning her place with a 6-2 7-6 (7-5) victory over Hungary's Melinda Czink.",
"Sabine Lisicki, who eliminated Roland Garros winner Li in the second round, continued her progress with a 6-4 6-2 win over Japan's Misaki Doi.",
"The German will next play world No.",
"81 Petra Cetkovska, who eliminated Serbian 18th seed Ana Ivanovic.",
"The winner of that match will next face Serena Williams or Bartoli.",
"Cetkovska, who has never before made it past the first round at Wimbledon, won 6-2 7-6 (7-0) against the former world No.",
"1 and 2008 French Open champion.",
"The rest of the last-16 draw sees five-time champion Venus Williams face 2010 semifinalist Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria, while fourth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus plays Russia's Nadia Petrova and Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova takes on Belgian No.",
"18 Yanina Wickmayer."
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"Serena Williams beats Russia's Maria Kirilenko to reach fourth round at Wimbledon .",
"Defending champion will next play 2007 runner-up Marion Bartoli as she continues comeback .",
"French Open runner-up Francesca Schiavone loses to unseeded Austrian Tamira Paszek .",
"World No.",
"1 Caroline Wozniacki and Maria Sharapova on course for last-eight showdown ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- The White House and House Speaker John Boehner's office announced Thursday they reached agreement for President Barack Obama to address a joint session of Congress on September 8, resolving a dispute that temporarily overshadowed the focus of the planned speech -- job creation and economic growth.",
"In simultaneous statements, Boehner's spokesman said Obama had been invited to give his speech at 7 p.m.",
"ET next Thursday and the White House said the invitation was accepted.",
"The agreement concluded an unusual spat over the usually non-controversial act of scheduling a presidential speech to Congress.",
"The situation left Obama and the White House struggling to focus attention on the jobs package he will present rather than a backroom showdown that some labeled as childish and nonsense.",
"On Wednesday night, the White House agreed to move Obama's address back one day -- from September 7 to September 8 -- after Republican complaints and follow-up consultations with Boehner.",
"The story generated front-page media coverage Thursday that highlighted the dispute and generated harsh criticism of how the situation was handled.",
"\"This really is just a new indicator, really a new low, about how dysfunctional the atmosphere in Washington, D.C., is,\" CNN political contributor John Avlon said.",
"Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman said on NBC's \"Today\" show that the scheduling spat was \"nonsense\" and showed what people \"hate about politics.\"",
"White House Press Secretary Jay Carney downplayed the dispute to reporters, saying the American people \"do not give a lick about what day next week the president speaks before Congress.\"",
"Obama decided this week that he wanted to deliver his speech on job creation to a joint session of Congress, and September 7 was the first day that both the House and Senate would be in session after their summer recess, Carney said.",
"\"Wednesday was the soonest possible day upon their return from recess,\" Carney said of the date sought by Obama.",
"Of moving the speech back a day, Carney said: \"Thursday is fine.\"",
"Asked about what Obama will say in the speech, Carney refused to provide specifics, but said that \"if members of Congress come back focused on the need to grow the economy and increase hiring, they will believe this is a good proposal.\"",
"A White House statement Wednesday night attempted to sum up the episode as a professional misunderstanding.",
"\"Today, the president asked to address the Congress about the need for urgent action on the economic situation facing the American people as soon as Congress returned from recess,\" the statement said.",
"\"Both Houses will be back in session after their August recess on Wednesday, September 7th, so that was the date that was requested.",
"We consulted with the speaker about that date before the letter was released, but he determined Thursday would work better.\"",
"If only it had been that smooth. What actually happened was a day of back-and-forth accusations that dominated the news cycle and portrayed Washington as unable to work out relatively straightforward scheduling agreements, let alone major policy and legislative packages on job creation and deficit reduction.",
"Aides from both parties, almost all of them speaking on condition of not being identified, tried to portray the other side as the culprit.",
"Republicans said Boehner's office was never consulted before the White House announced around noon Wednesday it was requesting the joint session at 8 p.m. on September 7.",
"That timing conflicts with a Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Library in California.",
"In a letter to Obama later in the day, Boehner complained the White House's request would leave insufficient time for a security sweep of the premise following the first House legislative session after its return from the summer recess.",
"In response, a senior White House official said Chief of Staff Bill Daley spoke with Boehner an hour in advance of going public with the request, and that no objections were raised.",
"A Boehner aide said Thursday that during that phone conversation, Daley told Boehner the specific date and time in the letter but never specifically asked for Boehner to either approve or disapprove at that moment.",
"In moving the speech to September 8, the White House faced the possibility of conflicting with the opening game of the National Football League schedule -- an event particularly anticipated this year because of the labor dispute that once threatened to cancel the season.",
"However, Carney said Obama would finish before the football game began.",
"Another source, a senior White House official, said the decision to change the date, rather than challenge the Republican opposition to September 7, was based on a desire to focus the debate on job creation instead of a scheduling fight.",
"The White House statement Wednesday night tried to emphasize what Obama will say in the speech.",
"\"The president is focused on the urgent need to create jobs and grow our economy, so he welcomes the opportunity to address a joint session of Congress on Thursday, September 8th and challenge our nation's leaders to start focusing 100% of their attention on doing whatever they can to help the American people,\" it said.",
"On Thursday, the Economic Club in Washington announced Boehner will address the group on September 15, a week after the president's speech.",
"A Boehner spokesman said the topic will be jobs and the economy.",
"Initially, the dispute over the timing of Obama's speech focused on logistics.",
"Events like the president's State of the Union address typically involve as much as four to six weeks of lead time and consultation, with a series of meetings among police, Secret Service officials and others, a Republican aide noted, and Boehner's letter to Obama complained the president's proposed timing would make it impossible to complete proper security steps in Congress.",
"The conflict then shifted to consultation, specifically who did or didn't properly notify the other side.",
"A White House official said Boehner's office was consulted and raised no objection.",
"That prompted Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck to insist that \"no one in the speaker's office -- not the speaker, not any staff -- signed off on the date the White House announced today.\"",
"\"Unfortunately, we weren't even asked if that date worked for the House,\" Buck said.",
"\"Shortly before it arrived this morning, we were simply informed that a letter was coming.",
"It's unfortunate the White House ignored decades -- if not centuries -- of the protocol of working out a mutually agreeable date and time before making any public announcement.\"",
"A senior Democratic aide familiar with scheduling such events in previous administrations said \"the childish behavior coming out of the speaker's office today is truly historic.\"",
"\"It is unprecedented to reject the date that a president wants to address a joint session of the Congress,\" the senior Democratic aide said.",
"\"People die and state funerals are held with less fuss, so the logistics excuse by the speaker's office is laughable.",
"Yes, consultation always occurs, but the president always gets the date he wants.\"",
"Meanwhile, an aide to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Boehner didn't consult with House Democratic leaders about seeking a new date for Obama's speech.",
"Obama's request for a September 7 speech was accepted by the leadership of the Democratic-controlled Senate, according to a Democratic Senate leadership aide.",
"However, approval of leaders from both chambers of Congress is required for such a presidential request to be accepted.",
"The address to Congress is intended to provide a prime-time platform for the rollout of his highly anticipated job growth plan.",
"\"Our nation faces unprecedented economic challenges, and millions of hard-working Americans continue to look for jobs,\" Obama said in a letter sent earlier Wednesday to Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada.",
"\"As I have traveled across our country this summer and spoken with our fellow Americans, I have heard a consistent message: Washington needs to put aside politics and start making decisions based on what is best for our country and not what is best for each of our parties in order to grow the economy and create jobs.",
"We must answer this call.\"",
"The national unemployment rate currently stands at 9.1% -- a figure all but ensuring that the state of the fragile economy will remain the dominant issue of the 2012 presidential campaign.",
"CNN's Brianna Keilar, Deirdre Walsh, Kate Bolduan, Jessica Yellin and Alan Silverleib contributed to this report."
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"A dispute on the timing of the speech dominates media coverage .",
"Boehner balks at Obama's original request to speak on September 7 ."
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"(CNN) -- Real Madrid have completed the signing of highly-rated young defender Raphael Varane from French side Lens for a fee in the region of $14 million.",
"Varane played 23 matches for Lens last season, and despite the club being relegated from Ligue 1, he impressed with his displays.",
"The 18-year-old, who was also attracting the attention of England champions Manchester United, has signed a six-year deal with the Spanish giants.",
"Lens president Gervais Martel told reporters that Varane would have left the club, regardless of whether they escaped relegation.",
"\"Even if Lens had stayed in Ligue 1, Raphael Varane would have left because he is a phenomenon,\" said Martel.",
"\"He is going to play for Real Madrid under the leadership of Jose Mourinho who he has already met, and he has also met club advisor Zinedine Zidane.",
"\"Raphael is an exceptional boy.",
"I am proud that he is going to don the Real colors -- he has been pursued by Real for the past two months.\"",
"In other transfer news, France international winger Dimitri Payet completed his $14m transfer from St Etienne to Lille on Tuesday, .",
"The 24-year-old, who scored 13 goals for St Etienne last season, has signed a four-year deal with the French champions.",
"Meanwhile, in England, Premier League side Sunderland look set to spend some of the money they received from Liverpool for England midfielder Jordan Henderson, agreeing a combined fee of $24 million with Championship sides Ipswich and Birmingham for striker Connor Wickham and midfielder Craig Gardner."
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"Real Madrid have signed defender Raphael Varane from Lens for a fee of $14m .",
"The 18-year-old has signed a six-year contract with the Spanish giants .",
"Varane impressed for Lens last season despite their relegation from Ligue 1 ."
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"Washington (CNN) -- The wife of Rep. Anthony Weiner returned home from a work trip Wednesday as her husband faced mounting pressure to resign over a \"sexting\" scandal that he lied about before admitting his involvement.",
"Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, is a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with whom she had been traveling in the Middle East and Africa since June 8.",
"Abedin, who is pregnant with the couple's first child, returned home Wednesday morning, according to an administration official who spoke on condition of not being identified.",
"Colleagues of Weiner have said he wanted to wait until he could talk to his wife in person before making a decision on his career.",
"A former adult film actress currently working as a stripper said she exchanged e-mails and Twitter messages with Weiner for more than two months.",
"The woman, whose lawyer identified her as Ginger Lee, told reporters in New York on Wednesday that Weiner asked her to lie about it after the scandal broke.",
"\"He asked me to lie about our communication,\" said the woman.",
"She said she issued a three-sentence communication that said, \"I haven't met Representative Weiner.",
"I follow him on Twitter because I support him and what he stands for.",
"I have been hounded by his political opponents, but that has not changed my view of him and what he fights for.\"",
"Afterward, she said, \"I did not want to say anything further.",
"I refused to lie, so I went silent and went into hiding.\"",
"On June 2, she said, Weiner called her and told her that, if she said nothing to the news media over the following weekend, the story would die.",
"\"I did what he told me to do,\" she said. \"But it did not.\" By then, Lee said, her lupus was flaring, she needed the money she would have been making had she continued working and she had received \"threats\" from someone about releasing a statement that she had not authorized.",
"Lee did not elaborate, but said she then arranged for lawyer Gloria Allred to represent her.",
"Asked who had threatened her client, Allred said, \"I would rather not name the individual.",
"He knows who he is.\" Though Lee said she initially admired Weiner for his views on Planned Parenthood and health care, her view of the congressman has changed.",
"\"I think that Anthony Weiner should resign because he lied to the public and the press for more than a week,\" said Lee, who was working Wednesday night at a nightclub in Atlanta, Georgia.",
"\"If he lied about this, I can't have much faith in him about anything else.\"",
"Allred said her client had received about 100 e-mails from Weiner between March and two weeks ago, when they stopped.",
"\"I have wardrobe demands too,\" the lawyer read from one.",
"\"I need to highlight my package.\"",
"\"All right, my package and I are not going to beg,\" read another.",
"\"We both see the hazard of going down the path of comparative sexiness.",
"At least with you, the intrusion ends after a few gawks.",
"I get dragged into long commentary sessions at the corner bodega.\"",
"\"You aren't giving my package due credit,\" read yet another.",
"Lee said she never reciprocated when he made suggestive comments.",
"Allred said Lee, who is single, never met Weiner, never received any photographs from him and never sent him any.",
"\"Overall, the e-mails were really not about sex,\" the lawyer said.",
"In addition, the two talked only once, on the phone, she added.",
"Weiner, who admitted sending lewd online messages and photos to women over the past three years, announced Saturday he is seeking treatment and requested a \"short leave of absence\" from Congress.",
"Top leaders from both parties, including President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, have said or suggested that Weiner should step down over the controversy, which has been a major story since the news emerged in late May.",
"A Democratic leadership aide insisted Wednesday night there was no specific move to start the ball rolling removing Weiner from the Energy and Commerce Committee.",
"The aide did say, \"There is a leadership meeting tomorrow to talk about a variety of subjects.",
"And I am sure Weiner will come up.\"",
"On Tuesday, a Democratic colleague of the New York congressman said that Weiner might resign \"in a couple of days.\"",
"However, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of New York did not say where she got her information.",
"In response to a question about whether Congress can get on with business if Weiner stays in office, McCarthy responded, \"We're going to find out.",
"Hopefully. We're hearing that he might resign in a couple of days.\"",
"Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, said, \"If it were me, I would resign,\" but that the decision was up to Weiner and his constituents.",
"Obama told NBC that he, too, would step down if he was in Weiner's position, while Boehner, R-Ohio, said Tuesday that Weiner should resign.",
"Rep. Barney Frank, D-Massachusetts, declined to echo that call, citing his own scandal from the 1980s involving his relationship with a male prostitute who then used Frank's apartment to carry out his business.",
"\"It's time for me to show a bit of a humility\" and not \"set myself up as the judge of others,\" Frank said."
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"NEW: \"All right, my package and I are not going to beg,\" reads one e-mail from Weiner, according to Lee's lawyer .",
"Rep. Weiner has admitted \"sexting\" with several women and lying about it .",
"Weiner's wife has been traveling with her boss, Secretary of State Clinton ."
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"(CNN) -- Can the \"birthers\" ever be convinced that Barack Obama was born in America and is eligible to serve as president?",
"Probably not, according to one prominent psychology professor and other political observers.",
"Since Obama launched his bid for the White House, a sizable minority of Americans has expressed strong doubts about whether he was actually born in the United States.",
"Over the past few years, the allegation that he was born overseas -- in Kenya or perhaps Indonesia -- has taken on a life of its own, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary.",
"A recent CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll showed that roughly 25% of Americans -- including over four in 10 Republicans -- believe Obama was definitely or probably not born in the United States.",
"Earlier this week, CNN released the results of its own investigation into the controversy.",
"Documents and statements from numerous public officials and childhood friends made clear that the president was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.",
"On Wednesday, Obama himself addressed the issue, pleading for an end to the distractions of \"sideshows\" and \"carnival barkers.\"",
"The president yielded to demands from his critics that he release his original long-form birth certificate, filing a special legal request with Hawaiian authorities to release a document that is no longer used for official purposes and ordinarily remains buried in the basement archives of the state health department.",
"Obama's 2008 release of the more common \"live birth certification\" -- a short computer-generated form typically used for documentation purposes -- did little to silence the chorus of skeptics.",
"It remains to be seen whether Wednesday's release will be received any differently.",
"But the early reaction wasn't exactly positive.",
"One of the main websites pushing the birther claims -- birthers.org -- declared that \"forgery or not, now we can debate the true meaning of a natural born citizen.\"",
"The U.S. Constitution says only \"natural born\" citizens can become president -- a vague clause that some members of the birther movement contend disqualifies Obama if he was born outside the United States.",
"Joseph Farah, editor-in-chief of the conservative website WorldNetDaily.com, said that \"we know (Obama's) father was a Kenyan citizen, and that he would therefore confer Kenyan or U.K. citizenship on his son, which would at best make him a dual citizen.\"",
"Dual citizenship, Farah asserted, \"is not what the Founders had in mind when they coined the phrase 'natural born citizen.'\"",
"Sharon Guthrie, the legislative director for a Texas state representative backing a bill requiring proof of citizenship for presidential ballot access, told the website Slate.com that she was still suspicious.",
"\"What they produced today ... still says certificate of live birth across the top,\" she said.",
"\"We want to see a 'birth certificate.' ...",
"The one that we have that says 'birth certificate' is from Mombassa, Kenya, with his footprint on it.",
"He has still not produced an American birth certificate.\"",
"Why the unrelenting skepticism?",
"Emory University's Drew Westen, author of the \"The Political Brain\" and an informal advisor to Obama's 2008 campaign, chalked up much of it to Obama's reluctance to immediately rebut the charge more quickly in the presidential race.",
"\"The right wing was attempting to make him 'one of them' as opposed to 'one of us,'\" he claimed.",
"Westen, a professor of psychology and psychiatry, cited what psychologists call the \"sleeper effect.\"",
"\"If you present negative information about someone and it initially goes unchallenged, you might alter some people's conscious beliefs by challenging it later,\" he asserted.",
"\"But they are left with a negative gut-level feeling that doesn't go away.\"",
"\"Political feelings, once they are strongly held, tend to be resistant to facts.",
"It's just the result of the way our brains work,\" he said.",
"Westen mentioned the so-called \"Swift Boat\" attacks against Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in 2004, which called into question the senator's service in Vietnam.",
"Kerry \"allowed his honor to be challenged and didn't respond for weeks,\" Westen said.",
"\"When finally he did respond and had definitive evidence that the attacks were untrue, it was too late.",
"People's feelings towards him had already changed.",
"They wouldn't change back by that point.\"",
"Along similar lines, Westen told CNN that if staunch Democrats or Republicans are presented with clear evidence of wrongdoing on the part of their party's nominee shortly before an election, they'll come up with \"every kind of rationalization to explain it away.\"",
"\"We fight off information that makes us feel bad and gravitate toward information that makes us comfortable,\" he said.",
"Westen also brought up the explosive issue of race, one of the biggest political lightning rods in U.S. history.",
"He insisted the birther movement never would have taken hold with a white president.",
"It's not fair to call a large segment of today's electorate \"1950s-style racists,\" he said.",
"But some people are \"unconsciously prejudiced in a way that predisposes them to not believing that a black man with a funny name could have really been legitimately elected president of the United States.\"",
"But Bill Mayer, a Northeastern University political scientist, took issue with the notion of race as the critical component of the birther movement.",
"\"The fact that Obama is black may affect the form of the conspiracy, but probably not the fact that there is a following for this rumor,\" he told CNN.",
"\"Conspiracy beliefs have a long history in American politics.\"",
"Mayer cited a range of political conspiracy theories, including claims regarding the Kennedy assassination, involvement on the part of the Clintons in alleged murders, and George W. Bush's supposed knowledge of the 9/11 terror attacks.",
"Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley noted that, back in the 19th century, questions were raised over the American roots of Andrew Jackson and Chester Arthur.",
"But it was \"nothing like this,\" he told CNN.",
"\"We are now in the age of electronic journalism. ...",
"This has become a ghastly scenario (over) the last month.\"",
"Mayer suggested that Obama's release of the long-form birth certificate will \"further marginalize those who insist (the matter of his birth) is an open question.\"",
"Still, he added, \"I don't understand why the White House took so long\" to put out the document.",
"Just how long will the controversy drag on?",
"Westen claimed the birther issue will continue to be political fodder until a critical mass of Republican leaders decide it's making the GOP look \"foolish\" and hurting the party among independent voters.",
"A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, released a statement Wednesday claiming that the controversy \"has long been a settled issue.\"",
"History suggests otherwise.",
"CNN's Brian Todd and Shannon Travis contributed to this report ."
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"There is overwhelming evidence that Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961 .",
"Emory's Drew Westen says race is a key factor, and that people often block out facts they dislike .",
"Northeastern's Bill Mayer notes the long history of conspiracy theories in U.S. politics ."
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"(CNN) -- Mass protests unfolded in Syria on Friday, and related unrest reverberated across the Lebanese and Turkish borders in a volatile day that left at least nine people dead.",
"Rami Abdelrahman of the London-based Syria Observatory for Human Rights said four people died in Homs and one in Deir El Zour during demonstrations in Syria.",
"Fighting over the Syrian issue left at least four dead in Lebanon, and the number of Syrian refugees now in Turkey is approaching 10,000.",
"Protests swarmed several towns big and small across the country, including the Damascus area, Latakia, Homs and Hama, where thousands rallied, Abdelrahman said.",
"There were reports of detained demonstrators and the military deployment of tanks.",
"There were reports of gunfire in Banias, a coastal city, Abdelrahman said.",
"The government's state-run TV said Syrian security personnel were injured by \"militants\" in the Damascus suburb of Al-Qaboun.",
"The Syrian government has consistently blamed the protest casualties on \"armed gangs,\" and the TV report said the injuries occurred when the perpetrators opened fire in Al-Qaboun, just outside the capital.",
"Nearly 1,000 people in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli gathered Friday after prayers \"in a demonstration in support for the Syrian people,\" the Lebanese National News Agency reported, and fighting ensued between Lebanese Alawites and Sunnis.",
"Clashes in Tripoli killed one soldier and three civilians and injured two soldiers and 10 civilians, the army said.",
"The news agency said one of those killed was an official with the Democratic Arab Party, an Alawite entity.",
"The Lebanese prime minister, Najib Nikati, said the army dispatched reinforcements to Tripoli neighborhoods to impose law and order.",
"The Alawite faith is an offshoot of Shiite Islam that dominates Syrian leadership; President Bashar al-Assad is an Alawite.",
"The majority of Syrians are Sunni Muslim.",
"There's been tension between the two groups in Lebanon.",
"Alawites and Sunni/leftist militias fought at different junctures during the 1975-90 civil war until the Syrians established a presence there.",
"The majority of the Sunnis in Tripoli loathe the Syrian regime, but the Alawites in northern Lebanon thrived during the Syrian presence.",
"Tensions have increased between the groups during the most recent Syrian crisis.",
"And as international powers urge Syria to initiate serious reforms and stop its bloody crackdown against demonstrators, Rami Makhlouf, the powerful head of the Syriatel phone company and part of the regime's inner circle, has announced that he plans to quit his business and go into charity work.",
"Makhlouf, who is the cousin and confidant of al-Assad's, is widely unpopular among protesters and is a symbol among many citizens of the regime.",
"His move, announced Thursday, is seen by some observers as an effort to placate anti-government sentiment.",
"Abdelrahman said he thinks Makhlouf's decision came as a result of this week's talks between Turkey and Syria to find a solution to the crisis and stem the Syrian refugee flow to Turkey.",
"\"The people are aggravated by his control over the economy,\" Abdelrahman said.",
"Makhlouf's name reverberated at one of Friday's mass demonstrations.",
"A crowd chanted \"No to Makhlouf, no to Assad; we just want Syria free,\" according to an Arabic-language news network.",
"Mass protests with specific themes have been held every Friday for weeks after Muslim prayers.",
"Opposition leaders Friday planned demonstrations dubbed \"Friday of Saleh al-Ali,\" referring to a prominent Alawite who commanded one of the first rebellions against the French mandate of Syria in the early 20th century.",
"Some opposition activists said they hope the name prompts the powerful minority ruling class, which is composed primarily of Alawites, to join the demonstrations demanding the fall of the al-Assad regime.",
"They also say the name sends the message that their demands are not directed against Alawites but against the regime.",
"Demonstrators began protests three months ago in the southern city of Daraa and immediately were greeted by a tough government response.",
"Anti-government sentiment caught fire, and protests spread across the country, leaving more than 1,100 dead and thousands more incarcerated.",
"Many Syrians fleeing the violence continued to pour across the Turkish border.",
"Actress Angelina Jolie, who is a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency, went to southern Turkey on Friday to visit the refugees, a trip aimed at shining a spotlight on the plight of civilians in the country.",
"She was headed to a camp in Altinozu.",
"Turkey's state-run Anatolian Agency reported Jolie's arrival at the Hatay airport.",
"Officials greeted her amid tight security, and provincial officials arranged vans for her transportation to the Altinozu refugee camp.",
"\"Toys unloaded from the plane were loaded to one of the vans in her convoy,\" the report said.",
"Refugees there are housed in warehouses at an old tobacco factory, and they staged a demonstration at the camp.",
"They held up signs that said \"Our military is killing its own people, please make it stop\" and \"U.N., help us please,\" and people chanted \"stop killing children\" and other anti-regime slogans.",
"The number of Syrian refugees in Turkey now stands at 9,693, according to a provincial Turkish official.",
"Many of them escaped a security crackdown in and around the town of Jisr al-Shugur, and many took refuge in Syrian locations near the border.",
"Gunshots rang out near the border, according to Mohammed, an activist and resident of Jisr al-Shugur based along the border, and people think the Syrian army might be a few miles away.",
"CNN's Nada Husseini, Arwa Damon and Saad Abedine contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ended Roger Federer's hopes of winning a record-equaling seventh Wimbledon title on Wednesday as the French 12th seed staged a stunning fightback to reach the semifinals.",
"Federer appeared to be cruising into the last four after winning the first two sets, but Tsonga inflicted the Swiss world No.",
"3's first defeat from that vantage point in 179 grand slam matches.",
"It was only the third time in the 29-year-old's glittering career that the 16-time grand slam champion had surrendered a two-set lead.",
"Tsonga, ranked 19th in the world, triumphed 3-6 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-4 6-4 on Centre Court, serving out to love as he earned a clash with second seed Novak Djokovic.",
"The Serbian, who beat Tsonga in the 2008 Australian Open final, ended the dream run of Australian 18-year-old Bernard Tomic.",
"Tsonga defeated Federer for just the second time in six meetings, their first on grass.",
"\"It was amazing. I played unbelievable.",
"It's never easy to come back against Roger.",
"I'm so happy, it's crazy,\" the 26-year-old told reporters after reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon for the first time.",
"\"He's the biggest champion in the sport.",
"He has achieved so much and is the best player in the world.",
"To be two sets down and come back was unbelievable.",
"I served really well.",
"Against Djokovic I will have to come out and do the same again.\"",
"Federer has now lost in the quarterfinals two years in a row, being beaten by eventual runner-up Tomas Berdych in 2010.",
"\"Jo played great.",
"Really from start to finish I don't remember seeing a break point after I broke him in the first game,\" Federer said.",
"\"But I was close. I had all my chances. I'm actually pretty pleased with my performance today.",
"It's kind of hard going out of the tournament that way, but unfortunately it does happen sometimes.\"",
"Tsonga's shock win also ended hopes of a rematch of the French Open semifinals from the start of this month, when Federer halted Djokovic's unbeaten start to 2011 before losing to Rafael Nadal in the final.",
"Djokovic is now only one win away from overtaking defending champion Nadal at the top of the rankings following his 6-2 3-6 6-3 7-5 victory in two hours and 41 minutes.",
"Tomic, who to come through qualifying rounds, was the youngest player to reach the quarterfinals since Boris Becker won the tournament for a second successive year in 1986.",
"He leveled the match in the second set and led 3-1 in the third, but Djokovic stormed back to take seven successive games as he clinched his 46th victory in 47 matches this season.",
"The 24-year-old will seek to reach his first Wimbledon final, having lost in the semis in 2007 and 2010.",
"Nadal extended his unbeaten run in south-west London to 19 matches as he set up a rematch of his French Open semifinal against Andy Murray by ending the run of American 10th seed Mardy Fish.",
"Fish eliminated Berdych in the previous round but was unable to go one step further, losing 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-4 to the Spaniard.",
"Nadal played within himself against the 29-year-old, having injured his foot against Juan Martin del Potro on Monday, but the 10-time grand slam champion was never seriously threatened by a man he had beaten on five previous occasions.",
"\"My foot is not fine, but this is the Wimbledon quarterfinals so I had to play,\" Nadal said.",
"\"We decided to sleep the zone of the foot to play the rest of the tournament.",
"When you sleep the foot before the match, the anesthetic is for five hours, so you don't feel nothing.",
"\"This is my last tournament for a month or six weeks.",
"It is always a dream for me to play at Wimbledon.",
"I had to do it to play in the quarterfinals, and I'm going to do it for the semifinals too.\"",
"Fourth-ranked Murray reached the semifinals for the third successive year, beating Spain's Feliciano Lopez 6-3 6-4 6-4.",
"The British player will on Friday have the chance to avenge his Paris defeat by Nadal, who also beat him at this stage at Wimbledon last year before winning his second grass-court grand slam.",
"\"I think Feliciano was a little bit tired, but I served well for most of the match,\" Murray said.",
"\"I'm playing well.",
"I'm sure in the next round I'm going to get pushed even harder so I'll have to raise my game even more.\"",
"Lopez, a three-time quarterfinalist, played with his right leg strapped up following his win over Poland's Lukasz Kubot, when he came back from two sets down."
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"Six-time champion Federer surrenders two-set lead for first time in 179 grand slam matches .",
"Tsonga next plays No.",
"2 Novak Djokovic, who beat teenager Bernard Tomic .",
"Top-ranked Rafael Nadal faces fourth seed Andy Murray in Friday's other semifinal ."
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"(CNN) -- On a hot April afternoon, young Rory McIlroy had the lead and only nine holes to play before he could become the Masters golf champion.",
"Just 24 hours later, the Northern Irishman would tweet a picture of himself and Charl Schwartzel on a jet, both smiling, and one of them wearing the famed green jacket awarded to the winner of the most revered golf title in the world.",
"It wasn't McIlroy. For on that April Sunday, he had fallen apart, blown his lead big-time, shooting a horrendous 8-over-par 80.",
"Schwartzel leaped over him and other contenders to win one of the most exciting Masters ever with birdies on the final four holes.",
"McIlroy's tumble started on the 10th hole, when he hit a tee shot like a public course duffer into the woods and ended up losing three strokes to par.",
"But after his very visible loss, the then-21-year-old didn't hide from defeat or from the press.",
"\"I didn't handle [the adversity on the course] particularly well, obviously, but it was a character-building day, put it that way,\" he said that night.",
"\"I'll come out stronger for it.\"",
"Some of the media, impressed by his grace, trotted out the well-worn cliche: He has the talent, but time will tell if he has the stuff champions are made of.",
"It didn't take long for McIlroy to prove he does.",
"Two months later, in the next major golf tournament, he thoroughly dominated the U.S. Open field all four days, winning by an unheard-of eight shots.",
"\"He's certainly captured everyone's imagination,\" said Gary Van Sickle, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and Golf.com.",
"But Van Sickle warned it might be a little early to call McIlroy the next Tiger Woods, who won the Masters at age 21 after winning three U.S. amateur championships.",
"\"I would hold off on handing him the crown just yet,\" he said of the No.",
"3-ranked player in the world.",
"\"But he's got a great swing, and he is impressive.\"",
"Comparisons are inevitable.",
"Both started as very, very young players.",
"Both appeared on a TV show as a prodigy -- Woods on Mike Douglas at age 3; McIlroy appearing on a Northern Ireland show at age 9.",
"Both were beating older golfers while in their teens and winning many junior tournaments.",
"McIlroy told CNN's Piers Morgan that he sees only a few connections between himself and Woods.",
"\"You know, at 22, we both had one major.",
"He won a couple more times than I have in my career,\" McIlroy said.",
"\"But I mean I have to let other people make comparisons, because if I go -- am trying, you know, to chase his records -- I'll lose sight of what I need to do to actually -- to win tournaments.\"",
"And while trying to remain somewhat modest, he agreed with the assessment that he'll be mentioned in future discussions as the greatest ever.",
"\"Yeah, I do. I do. But I don't really know if people want to hear that.",
"I mean, I believe that myself.",
"Yes,\" he told Morgan.",
"\"I'm very confident in my own abilities.",
"I believe in myself. ... \"I said something a couple of days ago.",
"I said, I'm not playing for money, I'm playing for a place in history.\"",
"Both Woods and Jack Nicklaus have predicted a very high place in history for McIlroy.",
"After the Open win, Nicklaus, who's counseled McIlroy for several years, said, \"He's humble when he ought to be and confident when he needs to be.\"",
"The mop-haired, freckled kid is very likeable, too, Van Sickle said, and not just because of his adorable looks.",
"He's good people, too.",
"It's isn't something put on for the fans now that he is rich and famous, the writer said.",
"And it's not a recent development.",
"Van Sickle recalled asking the young man for an interview as he readied for the 2007 British Open, one of his first times in the media spotlight.",
"Despite being pursued by the press, the then-18-year-old was like sure thing, whatever you need, no question is off limits.",
"And he's still that same normal guy today, Van Sickle said.",
"The kind of fella who gets on a plane just after choking away the lead at the Masters and tells his buddy, the guy who won, to put on the green jacket because he wants to take a picture.",
"That he tweets with the message: Flying to Malaysia with charl!",
"Glad one of us has a green jacket on!!!",
"Or the kind of lad who goes to Haiti the week before the U.S. Open, finding a little life perspective to help his golf game.",
"McIlroy's success is no fluke, said Shane O'Donoghue, host of CNN's \"Living Golf.\"",
"His talent was obvious from the day McIlroy first picked up a club.",
"Which was when he was 2. And he hit the ball 40 yards.",
"It was his desire to be a great golfer that prompted his devoted parents, Gerry and Rosie, to get behind their prodigious child.",
"They worked night shifts and two and three extra jobs to fund his ambitions.",
"His dad often bartended at the Holywood Golf Club in County Down, where Rory would practice.",
"To this day, McIlroy never takes this support for granted, O'Donoghue said.",
"McIlroy has always been keen to point out that he was never pushed by his parents, that it was indeed him doing all the pushing, all the dreaming and, crucially, all the practice.",
"His father is a good golfer, too, and with uncles who are also low handicappers, there has always been a competitive arena among the McIlroy clan since the earliest days at Holywood.",
"That's where Rory's sporting passion was fostered.",
"These days, McIlroy still often has family and friends nearby when he competes.",
"They won't have too far to travel when the British Open, the third major of the year, tees off Thursday in Kent, England, with McIlroy likely to be the betting and fan favorite.",
"\"He's going to have the crowd behind him like they were for Tiger when he was winning everything,\" Van Sickle said.",
"\"It'll be a 'home game' for him. He's used to playing in that kind of weather, and he's going to have a big comfort zone.",
"He'll be the favorite in the British Open for the next 10 years.\"",
"The Royal St. George's course is \"quirky,\" Van Sickle said.",
"It's where a brisk wind can take a shot that starts in the center of the fairway and push it into rough terrain or worse -- deep bunkers.",
"If McIlroy wins again, no doubt his popularity among fans in Europe and the United States will take off exponentially.",
"The question then becomes: Will he continue to play mostly on his home continent, or will he come to America, where the tournament paydays are much larger?",
"While it would disappoint PGA Tour officials, McIlroy will probably continue to play overseas, Van Sickle guessed.",
"He can still play in eight to 10 tournaments in the U.S. (three majors and another handful of top-level tournaments) and still be a player whom advertisers will seek out.",
"He already reportedly makes millions each year in endorsements and appearance fees.",
"But the injured Woods missed the U.S. Open and will also sit out the British.",
"He also missed a good portion of 2010 because of his infidelity scandal.",
"Golf's popularity has suffered with the absence of the player who was a strong favorite to win every tournament he played.",
"As Charley Hoffman told Alan Shipnuck of Sports Illustrated: \"But for casual fans, I think they need a dominant player to focus on.",
"They need to know what the story line is.\"",
"If you were a wagering person, Van Sickle said, the smart money would be on a 22-year-old kid from Northern Ireland with a poodle-like fro and a big smile.",
"And a man who learned a very big lesson on a miserable day in April."
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"Rory McIlroy, 22, hails from Northern Ireland, where he rose through the junior golf ranks .",
"McIlroy bounced back from disappointment at the Masters to win the next major tournament .",
"Some predict greatness for him, and he tells Piers Morgan he can be the best ever .",
"McIlroy's family made sacrifices, with dad bartending among his several jobs ."
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"(CNN) -- When Eman al-Obeidy approached journalists last week at Tripoli's Rixos Hotel, she did more than accuse Moammar Gadhafi's men of rape.",
"She also became the face of the anti-Gadhafi movement.",
"Since the highly publicized incident, which ended with a hysterical al-Obeidy being whisked away by government minders, the 29-year-old lawyer from Tobruk has been celebrated as a symbol of Libyan defiance.",
"\"Many Libyans I know online on social media are holding up Eman al-Obeidy as a hero,\" said Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian-born journalist who writes columns on Arab and Muslim issues.",
"\"And many people across the region -- Egyptians, Syrians -- (are) demanding to know where she is and fearing for her life.\"",
"A day after al-Obeidy was taken into custody, a spokesman for the Libyan government said she had been released.",
"He also said her report -- that she was kidnapped and gang-raped by 15 of Gadhafi's men -- would be investigated.",
"But nobody close to al-Obeidy, including her family, has heard from her since her reported release.",
"Even if she is soon confirmed to be safe and sound, one could say the damage has already been done to Gadhafi's regime.",
"Al-Obeidy's capture and detention added fuel to the Libyan opposition by garnering global sympathy for its cause.",
"Facebook pages and Twitter feeds from around the world have continually paid tribute to al-Obeidy and made her a rallying cry for revolution.",
"\"Everyone can see the expression, almost in real time, of the face of this woman being yanked by Gadhafi's security and alleging rape, which is very powerful,\" said Jamal Dajani, vice president of Middle East and North Africa for the Internews Network.",
"\"And they can relate to how brave she was to ... put her story forward.\"",
"Al-Obeidy might be the latest symbol of Arab unrest, but she is far from the first.",
"Iconic figures have also emerged in other countries: .",
"-- In Egypt, Wael Ghonim helped mobilize Egypt's youth and force out President Hosni Mubarak, who had led the country since 1981.",
"Ghonim, a 30-year-old Google executive, played a key role in organizing the anti-government protests in January.",
"He was detained for 10 days by the government, but when he was released he became even more vocal, sitting down for media interviews and addressing thousands of demonstrators at Cairo's Tahrir Square.",
"-- Before Ghonim in Egypt, there was fruit vendor Mohammed Bouazizi in Tunisia.",
"Bouazizi, 26, kick-started the entire Arab upheaval after he lit himself on fire, protesting his humiliating treatment at the hands of the local government.",
"Less than two weeks after his death, Tunisian President Zine el Abedine Ben Ali had resigned in the wake of massive public protests.",
"\"Everyone tells me when I go there, 'If there were no Muhammed Bouazizi, none of this would have happened,' \" Dajani said.",
"-- And even before the recent wave of unrest, there were the 2009 protests of the Iranian election.",
"Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, became the rallying point of the protesters' struggle when she was fatally shot during the government's crackdown.",
"Her death was captured on video and aired worldwide.",
"\"When we look back, we tend to associate specific causes and struggles with individuals and particular moments,\" said Nader Hashemi, an assistant professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.",
"\"In the case of Egypt, for example, Wael Ghomin represents ... the core of the Egyptian democratic revolution that toppled Mubarak.",
"When we think of him, details are not required.",
"His name tells the story of an entire people and political cause.\"",
"The importance of having a 'face' The mass media and new technologies have played a tremendous role in creating these icons, Dajani said, and their influence cannot be overstated.",
"\"If this would have happened 20 years ago, when we did not have satellite TV, when we did not have Facebook, when we did not have Twitter -- when we were dependent on the government-controlled media to report on the story -- then Mohammed Bouazizi would have died in vain and hardly anyone would have heard about him,\" he said.",
"Dajani said that when he first started working in journalism, there were fewer than 100 satellite television stations in the Arab world.",
"\"Now there are 750,\" he said. \"Three years ago, there were 400.",
"So the governments ... they've lost control [of the message] pretty much all over the Middle East.\"",
"The exception to that might be in countries that heavily restrict foreign media, such as Iran and Syria.",
"The death of Neda Agha-Soltan wasn't caught on television cameras -- it was captured by a cell phone.",
"And despite the impact of her death in inspiring protest, the Iranian government was eventually able to quell the dissent.",
"Nick Roberts, an assistant professor of history at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, said \"having someone as a face of a revolution is nothing new.\"",
"He pointed to historic figures such as Maximilien Robespierre in France, Vladimir Lenin in Russia and Che Guevara in Cuba.",
"\"But the importance of having an immediate face for the revolution seems to be increasing in an age of 24-7 internet and television media coverage,\" he said.",
"It also helps mobilize the public quickly and efficiently, Hashemi said.",
"\"Successful revolutions require some form of mass mobilization to challenge established power,\" he said.",
"\"These stories and individuals can inspire millions of people to sacrifice themselves and to take the necessary risks that are needed to push forward a political cause.",
"\"Authoritarian regimes remain in power due to fear and political apathy.",
"If this can be overcome, change becomes possible.\"",
"The power of one story cannot be underestimated, said John Robertson, a professor of Middle Eastern history at Central Michigan University.",
"He experienced it himself when he was a student protesting the Vietnam War.",
"\"I remember that one of the things that got us even more loudly into the streets was what we really saw as the martyrdom for Kent State students who were shot down in 1970,\" Robertson said.",
"\"I remember so many of us walking around just infuriated and determined to work even harder to oppose (President) Nixon. ...",
"In our minds, (these protesters) became sort of symbols for us of the need to be willing, if need be, to sacrifice yourself for a greater cause.\"",
"Robertson has been paying close attention to the \"Arab spring,\" discussing the latest developments on his blog and analyzing the politics in play.",
"With civil unrest festering in countries such as Bahrain, Syria and Yemen, he expects more new faces to come to the forefront.",
"\"It's going to be a very, very different era about to open up,\" he said.",
"\"And there may be, as part of that, new heroes who are going to be emerging.",
"\"People need heroes, and people often seize upon very unlikely heroes like Mohammed Bouazizi.",
"You never know who it's going to be next.\""
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"Alleged rape victim Eman al-Obeidy has become the public face of Libyan defiance .",
"The revolution movements in Egypt, Tunisia and Iran have also had their own iconic figures .",
"Experts say that all it takes is one powerful story to mobilize the public and inspire change .",
"The growth of satellite TV and the internet has had a major role in creating recent icons ."
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"Madrid (CNN) -- A 24-year-old Australian man was gored in the thigh Friday, the second day of the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.",
"At least three other runners went to hospital with injuries, officials said.",
"The Australian man was gored in the bullring at the end of the course.",
"One bull became separated from the pack and came last, and alone, to the bull ring.",
"Television images showed the man coming up behind the lone bull, which then turned on the man, who suddenly slipped and fell to the ground.",
"He was then gored in the thigh.",
"He was immediately tended to the bullring medical staff.",
"A hospital report on all the injured is due later.",
"Four runners went to the hospital with injuries Thursday on the first day of the running of the bulls.",
"Commentators on Spanish state television TVE considered it a relatively safe start to the dangerous annual tradition in Pamplona, which has tallied thousands of injuries and 15 deaths since record-keeping began in 1924, including the fatal goring of a Spanish man in 2009.",
"The run in Pamplona started 400 years ago and became popular worldwide after author Ernest Hemingway wrote about it in the 1920s in his book \"The Sun Also Rises,\" also published under the title \"Fiesta.\"",
"It is now broadcast live across Spain by state television TVE, which pays Pamplona for exclusive rights, and positions some 20 cameras along the course.",
"The daily run continues for eight days, through July 14, at 8 a.m. (2 a.m. ...",
"It is the highlight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona that attracts hundreds of thousands to the nonstop fiesta."
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"At least three other runners are injured Friday .",
"Hundreds of thousands expected at nonstop festival in Pamplona ."
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"(EW.com) -- If show business were high school (and isn't it, really?",
"), Beyoncé would be a front-runner for valedictorian.",
"She's a class act on and off the charts, a can-do girl who shares her gifts with everyone while keeping her beyond-fabulous life -- the Obamas on speed dial, Jay-Z at the dinner table -- largely to herself.",
"Over the course of her three previous records, she's matured from Destiny's Child-hood into a formidable solo hitmaker with two of pop music's most transcendent chart-toppers, ''Crazy in Love'' and ''Single Ladies,'' tucked in the pocket of her Deréon jeans.",
"So why does it feel like Beyoncé is struggling so hard to prove herself on \"4?\"",
"The album is an every-song-for-itself welter of conflicting ambitions: It wants to be cutting-edge but familiar, accessible but artistic, hot-blooded but strictly impersonal.",
"Those tensions hurt most in its lumbering first half, a defiant bird flipped at anyone expecting out-of-the-box radio killers.",
"Instead, we get a sleepy recital of ballads, kicked off by the arid Prince-ipality of ''1+1'' and ''I Miss You,'' in which Bey pants and sweats and grunts (except, you know, sexy-like), her voice climbing ever higher in search of an octave big enough to hold it.",
"\"I don't know much about guns/But I, I've been shot by you,'' she yelps on ''1+1,'' as if the love bullet were actually breaking skin.",
"Vocally, she's never sounded better -- throaty and precise -- but the songs here just aren't her equal.",
"While those efforts at least aim high, a few of \"4\"'s lesser tracks feel like they were unsuccessfully bred in studio captivity for mass consumption.",
"The familiar lite-FM bombast of ''Best Thing I Never Had'' proves her 2006 hit ''Irreplaceable'' is just that.",
"''I Was Here,'' co-written by Diane Warren, reaches Lifetime-movie levels of schmaltz, while the promisingly named ''Party,'' featuring Kanye and Andre 3000, turns out to be a slow-jam invitation to an after-work mixer with light refreshments.",
"And when the 29 year old mimics Luther Vandross and Diana Ross on the charmingly goofy one-two of ''Love on Top'' and ''Rather Die Young,'' she gets lost in her idols' polyester-swathed shadows.",
"Unsurprisingly, Beyoncé is at her best when she sounds like no one but herself.",
"She takes her trusty freakum dress out of mothballs for the marching-band funk of ''Countdown,'' which includes such joy-inducing non-lyrics as ''Me and my boof, and my boof boof riding.''",
"On ''Run the World (Girls),'' the first single off the disc, she turns cheesy postfeminism into a martial foot-stomper that crackles like a burst of pirate-radio agitpop.",
"(It bombed accordingly on the mainstream charts.)",
"And the terrific ''End of Time'' seethes with off-balance harmonies, MJ-style \"Off the Wall\" horns and a bionic Bo Diddley beat, all while Bey howls her eternal love to everyone and no one in particular.",
"It's exactly the kind of genre-busting risk that few other current pop stars would even attempt, let alone pull off flawlessly with a no-big-thing shrug.",
"With more moments like that, \"4\" might have been an album fully worthy of her talent.",
"As it is, though, even star students get the occasional B.",
"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."
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"The album's first half is full of conflicting ambitions, resulting in a sleepy recital of ballads .",
"Vocally, she's never sounded better, but the songs aren't Beyoncé's equal .",
"The singer is at her best when she sounds like no one but herself, such as in \"Countdown\""
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"Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Greek lawmakers Wednesday approved a package of austerity measures demanded by international lenders, despite protests outside Parliament as they were voting, in a move that should clear the way for an emergency loan to Athens.",
"Greek riot police fired round after round of tear gas to keep small crowds of protesters away from Parliament in the run-up to the vote and as lawmakers one by one said \"Yes\" or \"No.\"",
"The vote was 155 to 138 in the 300-seat house, with five voting \"present\" and two abstaining.",
"Crowds outside Parliament swelled as the vote took place, but both sides showed some restraint, with police and demonstrators eyeing each other warily rather than wading into the melee.",
"Before the vote, small numbers of demonstrators hurled stones at police, chanted, waved Greek flags and set small fires to protest the austerity measures, which include new taxes and job cuts.",
"At least 19 police officers were injured Wednesday, police said.",
"Dozens of people have gone to hospitals with breathing problems, police said.",
"Andreas Lourandos, the president of the Pharmacists' Association of Athens, called on police to \"stop using chemicals before we mourn any victims.\"",
"A second key vote is due in the Greek Parliament Thursday on how the five-year austerity package will be implemented.",
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Wednesday's passage of the austerity measures \"really good news,\" German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Twitter.",
"Euro group chairman Jean-Claude Juncker also welcomed the news, saying the \"way is now clear\" for Athens to receive the fifth instalment of a huge bailout loan from European Union countries and the International Monetary Fund.",
"Greece has debt payments coming due in mid-July and needs the $17 billion in emergency funds to be able to pay them -- but lenders, including the IMF and EU, had demanded that it approve the austerity measures in order to get the loan.",
"European and international lenders agreed last year to give Greece a $156 billion bailout package as its deficit soared, but were threatening to hold up an installment of $17 billion due soon.",
"A default by Greece would send shock waves through the European banking sector and potentially dent global economic confidence.",
"Juncker said in a statement from Brussels: \"I'm very happy and relieved that the Greek Parliament followed the government and voted in favour of a new program of structural reforms and budgetary adjustment.\"",
"Unions oppose the austerity package, but its backers say it is essential to the stability of the Greek economy, the euro, and the global financial system.",
"Riot police clashed with stone-throwing demonstrators Tuesday ahead of the vote, firing tear gas to disperse protesters during riots that left 30 police officers and one demonstrator injured.",
"The two-day general strike is continuing on Wednesday, with members of three major unions planning to march on Parliament after the vote.",
"The 48-hour general strike kicked off early Tuesday, hobbling most of Greece's transportation systems but freeing workers to participate in demonstrations.",
"Transportation disruptions took place on land, on sea and in the air.",
"Air traffic controllers periodically stopped work and flight traffic, according to their union.",
"Stoppages also disrupted sea travel in the maritime nation, which encompasses many islands.",
"The Greek government hopes for a second bailout package to stay afloat, but that, too, depended on its passing the austerity measures before Parliament on Wednesday.",
"Protesters lament that the cuts are being carried out on the backs of those who can afford it least.",
"CNN's Elinda Labropoulou, Diana Magnay, Frederik Pleitgen and Eve Parish contributed to this report."
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"NEW: The EU's Juncker says the way is now clear for Athens to get an emergency loan .",
"Dozens of people are hospitalized with breathing problems, police say .",
"At least 19 police officers are injured, while an expert asks them to stop using tear gas .",
"The austerity package passes 155-138, with another vote Thursday on how to implement it ."
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"(CNN) -- A New York couple and their two daughters found dead in a suburban Baltimore, Maryland, hotel room died in what police believe was a murder-suicide, authorities said Tuesday.",
"Stephanie Parente, 19, was found dead along with her sister and parents in a Baltimore hotel Monday.",
"The bodies, found Monday at a Sheraton Hotel in Towson, Maryland, were identified as being those of William Parente, 59; his wife Betty Parente, 58; and their daughters Stephanie, 19, and Catherine, 11, said Baltimore County Police spokesman Cpl.",
"Michael Hill.",
"The family was from Garden City, New York, Hill said.",
"William Parente was an attorney, he said, and Stephanie Parente was a student at Loyola College in Baltimore.",
"Beyond saying the incident is believed to be a murder-suicide, Hill would release little additional information pending the completion of autopsies to be conducted Tuesday at the medical examiner's office in Baltimore.",
"Detectives believe they know what occurred, he said, but are awaiting forensic evidence and autopsy results to back up their hypothesis before commenting publicly, Hill said.",
"\"We don't have a motive for why that occurred,\" he told reporters.",
"\"It's all very, very unfortunate.\" He said the family frequently traveled to Baltimore to visit Stephanie Parente at school.",
"As for a timeline for the deaths, Hill said police believe the family was together Sunday morning for breakfast, and they know what time the card key was last used to unlock the room.",
"He would not give details regarding what, if anything, was found in the room.",
"The bodies were found Monday after a housekeeper told hotel management about 3 p.m. that the door to the room was locked and there had been no response from inside, county police spokesman Bill Toohey said Monday.",
"In an e-mail, the Rev.",
"Brian Linnane, president of Loyola College, acknowledged the death of Stephanie Parente.",
"\"This is a moment of unimaginable sorrow for the entire Loyola family,\" he said in the e-mail, addressed to members of the Loyola community.",
"\"The loss of young lives -- particularly under such circumstances -- defies understanding.",
"... A tragedy such as this reminds us of the mystery and destructive power of evil in our world.\"",
"He urged members of the Loyola community to take advantage of grief counseling and support services, and said he would officiate at a special Mass Tuesday night for the Parente family.",
"College spokeswoman Courtney Jolley told CNN that Stephanie Parente was a sophomore majoring in speech-language pathology with a natural-sciences minor.",
"She was a former member of the women's crew team and coxswain for the men's crew team, Jolley said, and volunteered through the college's Center for Community Service and Justice.",
"She had planned to study abroad in Newcastle, England, next year, Jolley said."
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"Four were found dead Monday in a Sheraton Hotel room in Towson, Maryland .",
"The case is being investigated as a murder-suicide, county police said Tuesday .",
"Family of 4 ID'd Tuesday as William and Betty Parente, Stephanie, 19, Catherine, 11 .",
"No motive yet known for slaying of family, from Garden City, N.Y."
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"(CNN) -- Unexpected space debris came flying close to the International Space Station on Tuesday, prompting its six astronauts to take shelter inside two Soyuz capsules, NASA said.",
"Russia's Interfax news agency said preliminary data on \"the dangerous approach\" shows that the \"trash\" came within about 250 meters (820 feet) of the station.",
"NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries said it was not immediately known how close the debris came, but that 820 feet was the closest it could have come, according to NASA's projections.",
"Officials at NASA are investigating what the debris was, NASA spokesman Joshua Buck said.",
"By the time it was spotted, it was \"too late to make an avoidance maneuver,\" so NASA ordered the six crew members to \"shelter in place,\" Buck said.",
"About 7:30 a.m. ET, the crew members climbed into the two Soyuz capsules positioned at the station.",
"NASA determined that the debris would come closest to the station at 8:08 a.m.",
"ET. Three minutes later, at 8:11 a.m.",
"ET, the all-clear was sounded and astronauts were allowed to exit the capsules, Buck said.",
"Buck described the debris as an \"unknown object of unknown size.\"",
"-CNN's Josh Levs contributed to this report ."
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"NEW: The debris comes within about 820 feet, Interfax reports .",
"NEW: A NASA spokesman says the exact distance is not yet known .",
"The debris was spotted \"too late to make an avoidance maneuver,\" NASA says .",
"Officials are investigating where the debris came from ."
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"(CNN Student News) -- January 31, 2011 .",
"Download PDF maps related to today's show: .",
"• Egypt • Georgia • Los Angeles, California .",
"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: It is the very last day of January, but the very first day of a new week of CNN Student News!",
"I'm Carl Azuz. If you took a look at the news at all this weekend, you probably know what our top story today is.",
"First Up: Egypt in Crisis .",
"AZUZ: Egypt.",
"The world is watching as a political crisis engulfs the north African nation.",
"Protesters have been marching through the streets for days.",
"They're speaking out against the Egyptian government, and specifically against long-time President Hosni Mubarak.",
"The protesters say they have two demands.",
"One: They want President Mubarak to leave office and to be put on trial.",
"Two: They want to change the country's constitution.",
"The government has been trying different ways to get these protests under control.",
"It's established a curfew; it's sent out fighter jets and thousands of security troops.",
"As you can see, it doesn't seem to be making any difference.",
"The protests lasted through Sunday night and looked like they could keep going for a while.",
"In different cities around the world, other people are holding rallies in support of Egypt's protesters.",
"Businesses and governments that have offices in Egypt are working to evacuate their citizens and clients from the country.",
"President Mubarak went on TV over the weekend to talk to the people of Egypt.",
"He said he understands why they're upset, including their concerns over alleged government corruption and desire for better living conditions.",
"Mubarak asked his government ministers to resign, but said he plans to say in power.",
"But that's not enough for the man you see here: Mohamed ElBaradei, a prominent Egyptian and holder of a Nobel Peace Prize.",
"He's a leader of the largest group that's against President Mubarak.",
"And on Sunday, he urged the Egyptian president to \"leave today and save the country.\"",
"ElBaradei says the push for Mubarak to step down is \"non-negotiable.\"",
"Egypt Breakdown .",
"AZUZ: All right, we're gonna talk about some of the major players in all of this in today's Breakdown.",
"First off, Egypt's leader, Hosni Mubarak.",
"He's been the country's president since 1981.",
"Egypt's president serves six-year terms with no term limits, which is why he's been in power so long.",
"The country is a republic, with the president chosen by popular vote.",
"But here's the kicker: Until 2005, Mubarak was the only candidate on the ballot!",
"In 2005, Mubarak beat out a couple other candidates when he got almost 90 percent of the vote.",
"Another election is scheduled for later this year.",
"The country Mubarak leads has 80 million people; it is the largest population in the Arab world.",
"And that's put a strain on the government because many of the people feel it's unable to meet their demands.",
"20 percent of Egypt's population lives below the poverty line.",
"And one more point, here: the Muslim Brotherhood.",
"This is a group that's been very vocal in encouraging people to protest.",
"And it's technically illegal!",
"Egypt's constitution does not allow religion-based political parties.",
"But the Muslim Brotherhood has been somewhat tolerated by President Mubarak.",
"I say \"somewhat\" because members are allowed to run in local elections, but they're not allowed to have seats in the country's government.",
"Now, I'm gonna turn it over to Don Lothian to show you why what happens in Egypt is so important to the United States, as well as countries near Egypt in the Middle East.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) DAN LOTHIAN, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: As tensions rise in Egypt, the White House is ramping up its response.",
"U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: When President Mubarak addressed the Egyptian people, he pledged a better democracy and greater economic opportunity.",
"I just spoke to him after his speech, and I told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words, to take concrete steps and actions that deliver on that promise.",
"LOTHIAN: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton weighed in too, voicing concerns over the violence directed at protestors by police and security forces.",
"U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON: We urge the Egyptian authorities to allow peaceful protests and to reverse the unprecedented steps it has taken to cut off communications.",
"LOTHIAN: The Obama administration has been pushing President Hosni Mubarak privately and publicly to implement reforms.",
"A delicate dance as cables released by Wikileaks revealed.",
"In a 2009 dispatch over concerns about human rights abuses, U.S.",
"Ambassador Margaret Scobey is reported to have written, \"Mubarak takes this issue personally and it makes him seethe when we raise it, particularly in public.\"",
"U.S. officials have also resisted calling for regime change.",
"JON ALTERMAN, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: I think the administration is going to try to appeal to the best instincts, and ultimately will work with whoever is in power in Egypt.",
"PROTESTERS: Hey Hey!",
"Ho Ho! Mubarak has to go!",
"LOTHIAN: Even so, outside the White House, pressure from protesters looking for change.",
"Egypt has been a key U.S. ally for years, working to bring Israelis and Palestinians together, being a stable partner in the region, and supporting the international effort to reign in Iran's nuclear ambitions.",
"ROBERT GIBBS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: And that's important, but there is a responsibility that is had by the government of Egypt, regardless of the role that they have played internationally or regionally, over the course of any number of years.",
"They also have to address the grievances that have built up for those same number of years within the country of Egypt.",
"LOTHIAN: Officials here at the White House are also discussing the assistance that the U.S. gives to Egypt, including more than a billion dollars each year.",
"They'll be reviewing over the next few days how the government deals with unrest on the ground and how that might impact that aid.",
"Dan Lothian, CNN, the White House.",
"(END VIDEO) Shoutout .",
"TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's Shoutout goes out to Mrs. Barnes' and Mrs. Rumbarger's STEM classes at Petal High School in Petal, Mississippi!",
"What U.S. government program provides money to retired workers?",
"Is it: A) HUD, B) Social Security, C) CDC or D) Peace Corps?",
"You've got three seconds -- GO!",
"The Social Security program gives money to Americans who are retired, disabled or in need.",
"That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!",
"Social Security .",
"AZUZ: It was 71 years ago today that the first Social Security check was issued!",
"The person who got it?",
"Her name was Ida Fuller; she received a check from the government for $22.54.",
"During the two years before that, Fuller had paid money into the system.",
"That's how Social Security was designed to work: People who are working pay money in; people who are retired get money out.",
"If any of you have jobs, you're part of this, too. There's a line on your paycheck for how much money is taken out for Social Security.",
"But there's a lot of debate around Social Security and concerns that this fund might run out some day, and maybe in the not-too-distant future.",
"People are living longer than they used to, so they're getting more money from Social Security.",
"And by the time people who are currently putting money into the system are old enough to take money out, there might not be anything left for them.",
"Cursive Debate .",
"AZUZ: And something else that might disappear?",
"This: cursive writing.",
"It's pretty, but is it useful?",
"There are 41 states that use English standards that don't require students to learn cursive.",
"Georgia, in fact, is getting ready to debate this issue soon.",
"And some people are worried that the writing may be on the wall for cursive.",
"The argument against learning cursive is that it takes up time and isn't as useful as learning how to type.",
"But some parents and teachers say script should stay.",
"They feel that learning proper handwriting helps students learn better in general.",
"And that without it, you won't be able to understand some historic documents that are written in cursive.",
"The Constitution is one example that comes to my mind.",
"Blog Promo .",
"AZUZ: Now personally, I write in cursive when I'm taking notes, because that's what I learned in school.",
"But I also know how to type, too, and I learned that as well.",
"What we're asking on today's blog is: Do you think it's important to preserve the old-school cursive, or should schools focus on skills you'll need later in life, like typing?",
"You know where to go to talk to us: CNNStudentNews.com!",
"Before We Go . AZUZ: And finally, we're right on time for today's Before We Go segment.",
"It may look like a normal cuckoo clock, until you realize that the cuckoo coming out's a person!",
"This thing actually is the world's largest cuckoo clock.",
"At least, that's what the creators were aiming for.",
"They unveiled this 66-foot tall, 28-foot wide clock this weekend.",
"Every hour, the bells brought out an actor who gave a performance.",
"Goodbye . AZUZ: Some people may think it sounds a little... you know.",
"But you're welcome to chime in with your own thoughts.",
"And we are just about out of time. To help us sign off, of course, we have today's sign-off line from Facebook.com/cnnstudentnews.",
"Today's sign-off line comes from Nick: He says anything unrelated to elephants is irrelephant.",
"You can send us your sign-off line -- I love that, by the way -- you can send us your sign-off line at Facebook.com/CNNStudentNews!",
"Whether it's a pun or whether it's just a creative goodbye, we're gonna look forward to it, and we'll see you right back here tomorrow when CNN Student News returns."
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"(CNN) -- The governing body of Mexican football has banned five players from its national team after they failed drugs tests taken in late May before the start of an international tournament.",
"Decio de Maria, Secretary General of the Mexican Federation of Football, announced the suspensions of national team members Guillermo Ochoa, Francisco Javier Rodriguez, Edgar Duenas, Antonio Naelson \"Sinha\" and Christian Bermudez at a Thursday news conference.",
"De Maria blamed the failed drug tests on bad meat eaten by the players.",
"The five tested positive for clenbuterol, a banned anabolic agent that can be found in meats.",
"Mexican football officials contend the five players ingested the substance accidentally.",
"The suspensions could be devastating to Mexico's chances at the Gold Cup, an international tournament currently under way that includes nations from North America, Central America and the Caribbean.",
"Mexico is the tournament's returning champion.",
"Samples of red meat have been collected from a restaurant the players had frequented and will be tested, according to the federation.",
"The federation stated that a final decision on the players' status is pending the results of the tests."
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"(CNN) -- Defending champions Germany were sent tumbling to a stunning 1-0 extra-time defeat by outsiders Japan in the women's World Cup Saturday.",
"Japan had never beaten a European team and went into the quarterfinal in Wolfsburg as long-odds outsiders.",
"But the hosts, roared on by a capacity and partisan crowd, could not press home their territorial advantage and grew increasingly frustrated.",
"The winning goal came in the 108th minute as Japan captain Homare Sawa sent away substitute Karina Maruyama who scored with a brilliantly angled shot past Germany goalkeeper Nadine Angerer.",
"The home side strained every sinew for an equalizer to force penalties, but came up short.",
"It was the two-time defending champions first defeat in the competition since 1999, having won 14 of their previous 15 matches.",
"Japan will now face either Australia or Sweden, who meet on Sunday, for a place in the final.",
"Earlier, France won a dramatic penalty shootout against England to reach the semifinals of the global competition for the first time.",
"The talented French team will play either Brazil or the United States in the semifinals.",
"The match in Leverkusen ended 1-1 after extra-time but the French were deserved winners after dominating the latter stages of the match with superior technique and passing ability.",
"Jill Scott put England ahead just before the hour mark and they looked headed for the last four until the excellent Elise Bussaglia scored the equalizer for France two minutes from the end of regulation play.",
"England had the early advantage in the penalties decider as Karen Bardsley saved the first French effort from Camille Abily.",
"But Claire Rafferty's weak effort saw the French restore parity and when Faye White blasted her effort onto the crossbar it was the end of England's campaign, losing the shootout 4-3.",
"\"To get to penalties we did well.",
"It was just unfortunate we missed two,\" England coach Hope Powell told BBC Sport.",
"\"It was just tired legs.",
"At the end we were dead on our feet.",
"Unfortunately when it came down to penalties you have to applaud France.\"",
"Her side were boosted when Everton midfielder Scott blasted her second goal of the tournament, but her Paris St.Germain counterpart Bussaglia leveled as her shot curled in off the post.",
"England, sporadically dangerous on the break, had the best chance in extra time, but Ellen White shot into the side netting from a a good position."
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"Juba, South Sudan (CNN) -- Oil-rich Southern Sudan will review international contracts when it becomes independent, its minister of investment told CNN Sunday, focusing particular attention on the French company Total.",
"\"We will review the contracts that have been signed, look at them critically, make sure that we remain happy,\" Investment Minister Oyay Deng Ajak said.",
"Total is not developing an enormous oil field it has held since the 1970s despite recent entreaties from Southern Sudan to do so, Ajak said.",
"\"After the war we asked them to come in.",
"They have not yet come in,\" he said, suggesting that the newly independent country would break up the block Total holds and auction parts off to other companies.",
"\"The block that was given to them is the whole of Jonglei state, the largest state here,\" he said.",
"\"We are going to look at it.",
"We are going to divide the block into two or three or four ... there is no reason why we can allow one company to monopolize our resources.\"",
"Southern Sudan is due to become independent July 9 after fighting a war against the north and then voting peacefully for independence.",
"It needs huge levels of foreign investment to develop an infrastructure.",
"In addition to Total, China and Malaysia are big investors in Southern Sudan's oil fields."
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"(CNN) -- It was once the polluted hotbed of the Industrial Revolution in London, a large area of land that became badly contaminated with toxic waste after centuries of abuse.",
"But the hope of the local Olympic organizers is that, what was once a wasteland site in Stratford, will soon bloom with fauna and wildlife as the green heart of the 2012 Games' site.",
"The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is planning to convert the area into Britain's first new public park in London for over a century once the sporting event is over and -- in order to create the intended environmental legacy -- the work of planting, cultivating and remodeling the new landscape is already underway.",
"The Olympic Park will not only provide a public space for people to enjoy both during and after the Games, the aim is to generate a variety of habitats for wildlife with 2,000 trees and 350,000 wetland plants.",
"\"There are all kinds of different habitats here and there are target species,\" John Hopkins, a project sponsor for the parklands and public realm at the authority, told CNN.",
"\"We have things like the frog ponds, which hold water and have loggeries in them.",
"\"We also have over 700 wildlife installations.",
"We have wet woodland, which is a very rare habitat that feeds off the river to keep it wet.\"",
"Wetland areas have been central to the regeneration of the area, specifically along the banks of the River Thames, which runs from the UK's east coast and through the heart of the British capital.",
"\"This is part of a huge vision for restoring working landscapes in the whole of the Thames gateway, which is great for bio-diversity and great for people,\" Hopkins said.",
"\"Parks like this create those places where people want to live, work and play.\"",
"Turning the former industrial area into a suitable home for plants and animals has not been a straightforward process.",
"Factories had been located on the site in the 18th and 19th centuries, which left the soil in need of special treatment.",
"\"This site was one of the crucibles of the Industrial Revolution in London,\" Hopkins said.",
"\"Some of the land was heavily contaminated after centuries of abuse.",
"\"We had what we called 'soil hospitals.'",
"They were treating all of the materials to make sure that it was suitable for re-use on the site.\"",
"Paul de Zylva, head of international environmental organization Friends of the Earth has been working on the issue of the Games coming to London since 2003, two years prior to the city being awarded the Olympics.",
"He told CNN he was generally supportive of the work being done by the ODA.",
"\"The plan they have come up with is about trying to create some of the old London habitat that used to exist there,\" said Da Zylva.",
"\"Grasslands, meadows, woodland and waterways as well, and I think that's been done well.",
"\"They are putting in a long-term management plan for the area.",
"There's a 10-year management plan for the park, which is a good start.",
"\"They are trying to manage the land to be of high conservation value, to the point where some parts of it would be on the way to being designated as a site of special scientific interest, which is the highest possible designation in this country.",
"So that's a good ambition.\"",
"De Zylva also praised the honesty of London's organizers with regards to making information about the Games available.",
"\"We said to them that we do want you to be open and transparent about what the impact of putting on the Games would be, and they published that.",
"\"We were very pleased they did. We think it's important, if you're going to learn lessons from staging the Games, that you have a baseline of information about what it actually takes to host the Olympics.",
"\"This is the first time it has been done, London has been good in that respect.\"",
"London has held the Summer Olympics on two previous occasions, in 1908 and 1948 -- next year's event will begin with the opening ceremony on July 27 and conclude on August 12."
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"The site in the Stratford area of the city was contaminated and soil had to be treated .",
"London officials hoping to regenerate areas of ruined land along banks of the Thames .",
"The Games will officially begin with the opening ceremony on July 27, 2012 ."
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"(CNN) -- English champions Manchester United agreed a deal to sign highly-rated young goalkeeper David de Gea from Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.",
"The 20-year-old, who helped Spain's under-21 team to win the European Championship title last weekend, passed a medical at Old Trafford on Monday and will join on a five-year contract.",
"He follows England winger Ashley Young and under-21 defender Phil Jones in moving to the UEFA Champions League finalists in post-season transfers.",
"De Gea, who had long been linked with United as a replacement for the retired Edwin van der Sar, is likely to miss the start of the club's pre-season tour of the U.S. as he has been given an immediate vacation by boss Alex Ferguson.",
"\"The manager said that I should enjoy the holiday I've been afforded now, but of course I'm more excited about getting started in training and meeting my future teammates,\" De Gea told the club's television channel.",
"\"Edwin has been the best goalkeeper in the world while here at United.",
"I hope to emulate him and spend a great number of years here.",
"Hopefully I will equal or even surpass the performance and contribution he made to the club.\"",
"Villas-Boas eyes immediate success at Chelsea .",
"De Gea is the second new goalkeeper brought in by Ferguson, with Denmark international Anders Lindegaard signing in the January transfer window.",
"Their arrival casts some doubt on the United future of Poland international Tomasz Kuszczak, who was Dutchman van der Sar's understudy.",
"\"I am young but I'm coming here on the back of two full seasons in La Liga in Spain so I think I've got enough experience to contribute to such a big club,\" De Gea said.",
"\"When a club the size of Manchester United comes in for you, it obviously makes you very happy.",
"I saw their interest as an extra motivation to work even harder to show off my ability.\"",
"Spain's reign continues as under-21s win European crown .",
"De Gea's international teammate Thiago Alcantara, who scored Spain's second goal in the final against Switzerland, has signed a new two-year contract with European champions Barcelona.",
"The 20-year-old is now tied to the Spanish league winners until mid-2015.",
"Spanish club Racing Santander have appointed Hector Cuper as coach to replace Marcelino Garcia Toral, who left to join Sevilla last month.",
"The 55-year-old Argentine has previously coached Valencia, guiding the La Liga club to Champions League finals in 2001 and 2001, and Italy's Inter Milan.",
"United's Premier League rivals Sunderland have signed England under-21 international striker Connor Wickham from second division club Ipswich for $12.8 million in a deal that could potentially be worth $19 million.",
"Wickham, 18, has agreed a four-year contract after being linked with moves to bigger clubs such as Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham.",
"French champions Lille have signed defender David Rozehnal after the Czech Republic international impressed on loan from German side Hamburg last season.",
"Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has also joined on a three-year deal from Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv.",
"Lille had already brought in strikers Dimitri Payet and Ronny Rodelin plus defender Marko Basa since winning a domestic double.",
"Ivory Coast international center-back Abdoulaye Meite has joined promoted French club Dijon on a three-year contract after leaving English side West Brom.",
"On a busy day for French clubs, Toulouse signed Turkey international striker Umut Bulut on a three-year deal from Turkish club Trabzonspor, while Sochaux loaned defender Steven Mouyokolo from England's Wolverhampton.",
"Italian club Fiorentina announced on Wednesday that Brazilian defender Romulo Caldeira will join once the 24-year-old has passed a medical, while Serbia under-21 defender Matija Nastasic is also expected to sign."
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"(CNN) -- Colombia opened their Copa America campaign with a victory on Saturday, defeating 10-man Costa Rica 1-0 in Jujuy.",
"The 2001 champions went top of Group A courtesy of a goal on the stroke of half-time from Hertha Berlin striker Adrian Ramos.",
"Costa Rica had a mountain to climb once they lost a player in the 27th minute --- winger Randall Brenes shown a straight red card for a bad foul on Amaranto Perea.",
"Bolivia hold hosts Argentina in Copa America opener .",
"Young goalkeeper Leonel Moreira kept the Colombia attack at bay but was unable to do anything about the goal, with Ramos beating him to a pinpoint through-ball from Freddy Guarin.",
"Colombia continued to creat chances after the break, with Ramos and Hugo Rodallega both denied by Moreira, while Radamel Falcao headed against the crossbar from close range.",
"\"It's great to start off with a win -- it's a real confidence boost,\" Ramos told reporters.",
"\"We were good in parts and bad in parts too, but the important thing was to win,\" added the 25-year-old.",
"The result lifts Colmbia to the top of the group ahead of host nation Argentina and Bolivia -- who drew 1-1 in Friday's opening match."
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"Colombia begin their Copa America campaign with a 1-0 win over Costa Rica .",
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"The result lifts Colombia to the top of the group ahead of Argentina and Bolivia ."
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"(CNN) -- World champion Thor Hushovd is the new leader of the Tour de France after his Garmin-Cervelo team won Sunday's second stage team time-trial.",
"The 33-year-old Norwegian, a winner of eight Tour stages, as well as twice taking the green points jersey for best sprinter, leads British teammate David Millar in the overall classification after the pair helped Garmin win the 23km stage around Les Essarts in a time of 24 minutes, 48 seconds.",
"BMC Racing, Team Sky and Team Leopard finished second, third and fourth respectively, just four seconds behind Garmin, with HTC-Highroad another second behind in fifth place.",
"Tour champion Contador deserves respect .",
"Philippe Gilbert, who wore yellow after winning Saturday's opening stage, has dropped down to 30th in the standings after his Omega Pharma-Lotto team finished 39 seconds behind in 10th place.",
"Hushovd takes yellow courtesy of finishing above Millar in Saturday's opening stage, where he came home six seconds behind Gilbert in third place.",
"Australian Cadel Evans, twice a runner-up in the Tour, lies third overall, just a second behind the Garmin duo, with Briton Geraint Thomas leading a host of riders who are four seconds adrift.",
"Hushovd, who has worn the yellow jersey three times previously, told reporters: \"It was a big dream of mine to pull on the yellow jersey as world champion, so you can imagine how happy I feel.",
"\"We trained hard for this event and spoke beforehand of about what we had to do, and what to avoid,\" he added.",
"However, it proved another disastrous day for defending champion Alberto Contador, who is already playing catch-up as he attempts to win the race for a fourth time.",
"The 28-year-old Spaniard, who is trying to become the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in the same year, lost over a minute on Saturday after getting held up by a crash late in the stage.",
"And that deficit increased still further after his Saxo Bank team finished 28 seconds behind in eighth place.",
"Contador is now trailing in 75th position in the general classification, one minute and 42 seconds behind Hushovd.",
"However, Crucially, he is now 1:41 and 1:38 behind Evans and Andy Schleck, who share the past four runners-up places in the race."
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"Editor's note: The staff at CNN.com has been intrigued by the journalism of Vice, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York.VBS.TV is Vice's broadband television network.",
"The reports, which are produced solely by Vice, reflect a very transparent approach to journalism, where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process.",
"We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers.",
"Brooklyn, New York (VBS.TV) -- Vincent Fournier's photography captures a longing for the space age that lives somewhere between the recently made-possible and the science fiction of the '70s and '80s.",
"Inspired by trips to the Paris museum of science, Vincent has been fascinated by the machine world since his youth and incorporates it into most of his work.",
"His first project, \"Tour Operator,\" presented a global vision of domesticated landscapes where humans appear slightly out of step with the environment they created.",
"In \"The Man Machine,\" he gained access to robotics laboratories and staged a series candid portraits featuring the latest in artificial intelligence going about \"their daily lives,\" such as responding to e-mails or taking a trip to the water cooler.",
"In his \"Space Project,\" Vincent pays homage to the world's great centers of space exploration and study: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia, Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, various observatories and antenna arrays, and, most recently, the Ariane Space Center in French Guiana.",
"Just this past month, Vincent finally got permission to shoot in NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, home of the soon-to-be-closed space shuttle program, and Vincent's holy grail.",
"Vincent (with us tailing him) was graciously afforded an almost all-access behind the scenes tour of Kennedy Space Center -- mission control was a no-go, unsurprisingly -- which included a pilgrimage to launchpad 39A, site of the impending STS-135 mission, NASA's last in the Space Transportation System (STS, or Space Shuttle) era.",
"He also got a peek at the NASA engine shop, shuttle landing facility and control tower, vehicle assembly building, and mobile launch platforms, as well as several other difficult-to-remember locales.",
"See the rest of Picture Perfect: Vincent Fournier at VBS.TV .",
"Throughout our visit, Vincent kept asking the kind NASA public affairs officers if there were \"clean rooms\" or \"white rooms\" he could photograph in, and they were generous enough to let him navigate his way through a handful.",
"At one point, we entered an enormous three-chambered room full of men and women working on towering rocket engines.",
"It was akin to stumbling on to the set of Micro Machines: the Movie but with the people in miniature.",
"Vincent snapped a few photos but pressed forward quickly, as he was more interested in the adjacent airlock room with its almost fully white aesthetic.",
"Here he had a little more more freedom to let his cinematic imagination take hold, as well as the option of positioning a worker in a clean room suit (aka \"bunny suit\").",
"The images are reminiscent of some he took at Ariane in French Guiana, with their stark empty spaces broken up by vivid lines and colors.",
"While the trip represented a longtime goal for Vincent, there was an overwhelming sense of nostalgia to almost everything we saw.",
"It was bittersweet to visit NASA while workers were getting their layoff notices and the shuttle program, with all its attendant promise and tragedy, was in its final days.",
"Viewing the Atlantis orbiter perched on the launch pad and protected by the service structure made it seem very fragile, even though it was made to travel over 100 times the speed of sound.",
"To see more photos from Fournier's shoot at Kennedy Space Center, visit Motherboard.tv ."
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"(CNN) -- Defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo of Spain claimed victory in Sunday's Italian MotoGP at Mugello to close the gap on Casey Stoner in the overall title standings.",
"Australian Stoner began the race in pole position and led for the opening 17 of the 23-lap race.",
"But Lorenzo took the lead with a superb overtaking move on a steep, downhill chicane and steadily pulled away for an impressive victory, with Stoner having to contend with finishing in third position after also being overtaken by Honda teammate Andrea Dovizioso on the final lap.",
"American Ben Spies, the winner in Assen last weekend, finished fourth with Marco Simoncelli fifith and Italian legend Valentino Rossi -- racing in front of his home fans for the first time since joining Ducati -- finishing sixth.",
"Talking to BBC TV, Lorenzo said: \"\"I'm so happy with the win.",
"Casey was so quick but little by little, lap by lap I managed to catch him.",
"\"I finally saw the opportunity to overtake Casey on the downhill section and was able to take it,\" he added.",
"Stoner blamed a problem with his tires for the defeat, adding: \"I did everything I could but the tire pressure went up too high and I lost all grip in the rear.",
"\"I tried to keep a consistent pace but I was just too slow at the end,\" Stoner continued.",
"The result leaves 2007 world champion Stoner with a 19-point advantage in the current championship standings.",
"Stoner lies on 152 points after eight of the 18 races, with Yamaha rider Lorenzo lying second on 133 points.",
"Dovizioso (119) and Rossi (91) lie third and fourth in the standings with Nicky Hayden (77 points) rounding out the top five. `"
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"The Spanish world champion beats Andrea Dovizioso and Casey Stoner .",
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"Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- Eyewitnesses in the embattled Libyan city of Misrata reported especially intense shelling by Moammar Gadhafi's forces overnight -- the heavy fire picking up at about the same time reports came out that one of the leader's son was killed in a NATO airstrike.",
"\"There's been continuous and heavy shelling for three hours straight,\" said one man, talking to CNN from about three miles from Misrata's city center Sunday.",
"\"There have been a lot of explosions.\"",
"Heavy gun and artillery fire could also be heard early Sunday throughout Benghazi, which is the hub for rebel forces and their transitional government.",
"The eyewitness in Misrata, the country's third-largest city, speculated that the intensified attacks were tied directly to reports that Saif al-Arab Gadhafi, the sixth of Moammar's eight children, died in an attack on his Tripoli home.",
"He said there was significant damage and some casualties, though there were only rebel forces and none aligned with Gadhafi in the city itself.",
"Government spokesman Musa Ibrahim said that several of the Libyan leader's grandchildren also died in the attack, though Moammar Gadhafi and his wife -- both of whom were in the residence when it was hit -- are unhurt.",
"\"It's going to be like revenge,\" said the witness in Misrata, who supports the opposition, of the intensified attacks.",
"These stepped-up, continuous attacks were reported early Sunday, about a full day after Moammar Gadhafi's latest diatribe that called for a negotiated end to NATO airstrikes and included threats to Italy.",
"During his rambling 45-minute speech, he urged NATO to negotiate an end to airstrikes, accusing the international coalition of killing civilians and destroying the nation's infrastructure in a bid to take over its oil production.",
"\"Come and negotiate with us.",
"You are the ones attacking us.",
"You are the ones terrifying our kids and destroying our infrastructure.",
"You American, French and British come and negotiate with us,\" Gadhafi said on Libyan state TV.",
"The Libyan leader remained defiant, as he sharply criticized those behind the attacks and questioned their intent.",
"\"What are you trying to do? Trying to take the oil?\"",
"he said. \"The Libyan people will not allow you ...",
"The oil is under control of the Libyan government and for the people.\"",
"He called on the United Nations to review the NATO attacks, saying his country agreed to a cease-fire.",
"\"We are the first ones who wanted and agreed on a cease-fire.",
"But the NATO crusader airstrike did not cease,\" he said.",
"\"It cannot be a cease-fire from one side.\"",
"Hours later but before reports of Saif al-Arab Gadhafi's death, the head of NATO rebuffed the Libyan leader's comments, insisting that the mission to target his forces will continue as long as civilians remain under fire.",
"NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen \"reject(ed) any threat against Italy or any other ally,\" while vowing that the coalition would continue to pursue its mission.",
"\"The Gadhafi regime continues to cause widespread suffering through its attacks on the Libyan population.",
"Quite simply, this must stop,\" Rasmussen said in a statement.",
"\"NATO remains firm -- we will continue our operation until the threat to the civilian population of Libya is removed.\"",
"The airstrikes started after the U.N. Security Council approved a resolution authorizing any means necessary to protect civilians demanding the ouster of the ruler, who has been in power for nearly 42 years.",
"From the time NATO began its operation on March 31, the organization had conducted 4,398 sorties, of which 1,821 were strike sorties, according to an update issued Saturday.",
"Facilities in or around Tripoli, Zintan, al-Brega and Sirte were targeted on Friday, it said.",
"Shortly after Gadhafi's speech, a NATO spokeswoman called for actions, not words, in expressing skepticism the Libyan leader could be trusted to follow through on his pledges.",
"\"The regime has announced cease-fires several times before and continued attacking cities and civilians,\" NATO deputy spokeswoman Carmen Romero said in a statement.",
"\"Just hours before Col. Gadhafi spoke of a truce, his forces indiscriminately shelled Misrata, killing many people, including children.",
"His forces tried to mine the port to block the access of humanitarian aid to the beleaguered civilians of Misrata.",
"All this has to stop, and it has to stop now.\" A spokesman for the Libyan opposition accused Gadhafi of lying and trying to play both sides.",
"\"He's playing both parts.",
"He's buying time at the same time projecting himself as somebody who's trying to find a solution to this problem, while the reality on the ground is he is the one who's seeking to kill and carry out all kind of crimes against the Libyan people,\" said Jalal al Gallal.",
"\"The man has no credibility anymore,\" he added.",
"This back-and-forth came as eyewitnesses reported difficult conditions in Misrata, amid intense shelling and blockage of any assistance.",
"Ibrahim said no ships can \"dock at the port without being inspected by the Libyan government,\" saying any aid must go through designated land routes.",
"The Libyan governmentthreatened to sink any ship approaching the besieged port city of Misrata.",
"The declaration essentially threatens NATO patrols and humanitarian aid ships that have been bringing in food and medical supplies, and ferrying out refugees and the wounded.",
"This threat came shortly after NATO said it intercepted government forces laying mines in Misrata's harbor, which has been a lifeline for humanitarian aid.",
"At least nine people were killed and 30 more wounded in Friday's attacks in Misrata, said a doctor, who is a member of the medical committee in the city.",
"\"There is an indiscriminate shelling now in Misrata,\" said the doctor, who asked not to be identified because he feared retribution by Gadhafi's forces.",
"CNN's Greg Botelho, Frederik Pleitgen, Kareem Khadder and Saad Abedine contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Witnesses report heavy fire from Gadhafi forces in Misrata and Benghazi .",
"NEW: One man thinks it is \"revenge\" for a strike killing one of Gadhafi's sons .",
"NATO's leader reaffirms the mission, rejecting \"any threat against Italy or any other ally\"\nEarlier Saturday, Gadhafi called on NATO to end airstrikes targeting his forces ."
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"(CNN) -- A man grabbed French President Nicolas Sarkozy by his shoulder and pulled him up against a barricade Thursday before being tackled by security officers.",
"The incident came as Sarkozy visited the town of Brax in southwest France.",
"Television footage showed the man being wrestled to the ground by four bodyguards.",
"The suspect, who is 32 and works at a local music school, was taken into custody and questioned by police who were already present for security reasons, a police spokesman said.",
"He is now being held at Agen police station, the spokesman added.",
"Sarkozy appeared to have been seized by the shoulder of his jacket as he shook hands with members of the public lined up behind a metal security barrier in the town, near Agen.",
"The president was due to attend a meeting of local mayors during his visit to the Lot-et-Garonne region, according to local media reports.",
"Earlier, he was to tour a local factory.",
"France sets date for presidential elections .",
"Sarkozy, who was elected president in 2007, is expected to seek re-election next year."
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"He has been questioned and is being held in police custody, police say .",
"President Nicolas Sarkozy was grabbed by his shoulder as he met members of the public .",
"TV footage showed security officers wrestling a man to the ground ."
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"(CNN) -- Last week's tornado outbreak was the largest in U.S. history, according to the National Weather Service.",
"At least 178 tornadoes tore across communities in 14 states and caused 327 deaths.",
"Among the communities affected by the storms was Ringgold, a small town in northwest Georgia.",
"Half of the town's businesses were damaged, and many homes were reduced to rubble.",
"Ringgold, population 2,800, had limited resources to deal with the emergency until 2008 CNN Hero Tad Agoglia and his First Response Team rolled into town.",
"With more than $1 million worth of specialized equipment, Agoglia's mobile response team has the tools and the experience to help communities recover in their darkest hours.",
"CNN spoke to Agoglia about his group's recent efforts in Ringgold.",
"CNN: Where were you when you heard about the storms, and why did you decide to come to Ringgold?",
"Tad Agoglia: (We) had been in North Carolina for the past two weeks.",
"We responded to a terrible tornado there that ripped through most of the state.",
"All of a sudden, we're watching on TV one of the worst (tornado outbreaks) form in United States history, possibly.",
"We knew there was going to be a tremendous amount of suffering, and we knew we had to respond.",
"We decided to come to Ringgold, Georgia, because it's a small community, and most likely they didn't have resources they would need to deal with this type of storm.",
"CNN: What kind of resources do you bring with you?",
"Agoglia: When a disaster strikes, you don't really know what you're going to need, so you have to bring everything.",
"That's why we've packaged up four tractor-trailers loaded with just about every type of tool and gear and piece of equipment.",
"We have huge lighting systems and rubble cameras for search and rescue.",
"We've got cranes and trucks to remove the debris from the road.",
"We've got the (generators) to power up emergency rooms, nursing homes, shelters.",
"We've got just about every type of cutting tool known to mankind -- plasmas cutters, concrete saws, metal saws, wood saws -- anything that you need to get through an area to get to the people that need help.",
"We have seen just about every type and size of disaster imaginable.",
"We can create a lot of progress really quickly in a lot of communities just by the experience we have and the equipment we have.",
"CNN: What have you been doing since you arrived in Ringgold?",
"Agoglia: We were able to get the church powered up and utilize it as a shelter.",
"After that, we quickly moved in gear to start clearing roadways.",
"Clearing roads is really important, because people can't get out if the roads aren't cleared.",
"Ambulances and fire trucks need to get to home sites to perform search and rescue, so we help with that.",
"This debris is really tricky stuff to deal with.",
"When you look at a road and it's covered with houses and trees and cars -- just about anything you can imagine -- it's a little challenging to figure out how to clear that path.",
"But we've got the equipment to be able to do that.",
"So we just began to clear one road after the other.",
"CNN: You've also been clearing home sites.",
"How do you decide who to help?",
"Agoglia: It was a little difficult to figure out where to start.",
"It's just home after home, hundreds of them for miles and miles throughout this county and city.",
"And so we decided to start helping families who lost loved ones in the storm.",
"I literally just started walking up the streets.",
"I started asking questions.",
"\"Do you know anybody that's in need?",
"Do you know any families that have lost loved ones?\"",
"And the local community led me to Melba (Weese, whose father was killed).",
"Not only were we able to go through the home site (where Weese's father lived) and find some of their precious belongings and clear the site, but we were also able to prepare the burial grounds for her and her family.",
"CNN: This work is so physically and emotionally grueling.",
"What keeps you going?",
"Agoglia: This is part of being human.",
"A lot of people think the government is supposed to help us or FEMA's supposed to help us, the White House in Washington will help us.",
"But when we see people who are really suffering and struggling, it's our responsibility to come and to help.",
"I'll come into a city, and I'll meet absolute strangers.",
"And within days, they're kind of like friends and family.",
"And it's hard when you look into their faces and you see the sadness and the loss, the shock and confusion.",
"And all I can hope is that what we did makes a difference in their lives ... and hopefully others will also rise to the occasion, see the needs and do something about it.",
"To donate to the First Response Team, visit its website at firstresponseteam.org.",
"To read the original story about Agoglia, visit his archive page at CNNHeroes.com.",
"CNN's Kathleen Toner and Ashauntae Porras contributed to this report."
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"The team also brought years of experience; it travels from disaster area to disaster area ."
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"(CNN) -- Colombia are through to the quarterfinals of the Copa America after beating Bolivia 2-0 in Sante Fe on Sunday to finish top of Group A with seven points.",
"In-demand Porto striker Radamel Falcao put Colombia ahead in the 14th minute after running onto a long through-ball.",
"And Falcao, who is rumored to be interesting Chelsea who are now managed by his former Porto coach Andre Villas-Boas, doubled the lead by netting from the penalty spot 12 minutes later.",
"Has Argentine football reached crisis point?",
"Adrian Ramos, Freddy Guarin and Dayro Moreno all went close for Colombia in the first half, although they took their foot off the gas after the break.",
"The result cranks up the pressure on host nation Argentina ahead of their Group A finale against Costa Rica on Monday.",
"Argentina need to win that match to qualify alongside Colombia, while a draw or Costa Rica win will send them crashing out.",
"Bolivia's defeat means they are out of the competition after collecting just one point from their three matches."
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"Argentina need to beat Costa Rica on Monday or they will fail to qualify ."
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"New York (CNN) -- Larisa Antypa was ready for her cruise in the Caribbean when news of the economic crisis in Greece, her home country, began to worsen.",
"Antypa, a program coordinator for the Greek Cultural Center in Astoria, Queens, canceled her trip and decided that she would instead spend her vacation money in Greece.",
"Like a growing number of her fellow expatriates, Antypa hopes to bolster the teetering Greek economy -- roiled again on Tuesday by a wave of violent protests and a countrywide strike against proposed austerity measures -- through tourism.",
"It accounts for 15% of the country's jobs and 18% of its GDP, according to the Greek Ministry of Culture and Tourism.",
"\"I want to support Greece by spending my money there; it's very important when your country's in trouble to do whatever you can,\" Antypa said.",
"\"I ask people why they're going back, why they don't go somewhere else, and they say, 'Now, Greece needs us.'",
"\" Antypa said that more members of her community, largely motivated by pride of country, are vacationing in Greece than ever before.",
"This perception was corroborated by Ted Spyropoulos, president of the U.S. chapter of the World Council of Hellenes Abroad, who said the number of Greek-Americans visiting home has surged and is expected to increase anywhere from 20% to 30% in 2011 from 2010.",
"\"(Greeks) have an obligation to go because Greece needs the help right now,\" said Spyropoulos, who added his organization has launched a campaign to encourage Greek-Americans to travel there.",
"\"There's been a call from outside that Greece needs help.\"",
"This year's 10% increase in income from American tourists, who spend three times more than the average traveler, was huge for Greece's economic development, said Chris Petsilas, the director of the U.S. office of the Greek National Tourism Organization.",
"Despite Greece's debt crisis and crippling unemployment, Pestilas said tourism is booming.",
"\"In crises, other tourists postpone their trips to our country; this year, the Greek-Americans will come and they will bring all their friends,\" Pestilas said.",
"Pestilas added that the Greek government had encouraged tourism from Americans by loosening regulations on cruise ships, eliminating taxes for airlines and cutting fees for hotels.",
"Still, for many Greek-Americans, attempts to visit Greece have been hamstrung by high airfare prices and a sputtering economy at home.",
"\"It's depressing and sad watching our country, which is dependent on tourists,\" said George Kouvaras, owner of Piros custom furniture, who is not returning to Greece for the first time in several years.",
"\"But there's no money to go (and) the tickets are expensive, the euro is expensive, the hotels are expensive.\"",
"Paul Collaros, a member of the Pan-Icarian Brotherhood, agreed, saying he had to postpone his trip from Dyer, Indiana, to Greece.",
"\"Everything's become so expensive due to what's going on, it's making it even harder for Greek-Americans to make the trip,\" Collaros said.",
"But even if they cannot return to visit, Greek-Americans say that their country never travels far from their thoughts.",
"\"It's scary; it's frightening; it's hurtful to wake up every day and watch and see the coverage of everything that's going on in Greece.",
"... We can't help but feel bad that our brothers and sisters have to go through this,\" said Antonis Diamataris, editor and publisher of a Greek newspaper, The National Herald.",
"Like The Greek News, the Herald is urging its readership to visit Greece this summer.",
"\"We cannot save the Greek economy, raise 100 billion dollars, and give it to them, so what we can do is spend our money in Greece -- and hope and pray things will improve.\""
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"(CNN) -- Holders Brazil were knocked out of the Copa America Sunday, after a woeful penalty shoot-out display against Paraguay in Argentina.",
"The star-studded Brazilians missed all four of their spot-kicks as Paraguay went on to win 2-0 and earn a place in the last four of the competition.",
"A disappointing match ended goal-less, as both sides finished with 10 men on the pitch after Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva and Uruguay's Antolin Alcaraz were dismissed following an altercation in extra time.",
"Brazil dominated much of the possession but lacked a cutting edge, despite fielding an attack-minded line-up led by Robinho, Alexandre Pato, and Neymar.",
"Neymar was particularly profligate in front of goal, twice missing golden opportunities in the first half.",
"The first chance came on seven minutes when his volley from close range dipped over the bar; while the second saw him blaze wide on the half-hour mark, after Ganso's pass found him unmarked on the right-hand side of goal.",
"Paraguay goalkeeper Justo Villar was also in inspired form, showing particularly good reflexes late on to deny Milan's Pato as he raced through one-on-one.",
"After the match Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino admitted his side, which last won the competition in 1979, were fortunate to beat the much-fancied Brazilians.",
"\"Brazil should probably have won it over the 90 minutes,\" he told reporters, in quotes carried by Agence France-Presse.",
"His goalkeeper Villar agreed.",
"\"It really took it out of us playing Brazil -- they dominated almost the whole match.",
"But the team kept its shape and kept its concentration and those factors took us through.\"",
"Meanwhile Brazil's coach Mano Menezes was keen to look ahead to his team's future challenges.",
"\"When you lose you know you made some mistakes,\" he told AFP.",
"\"But this happens in football and we have to live with it.",
"The object has always been to get a strong team together for the World Cup in 2014.\"",
"The shocks continued in the second quarterfinal played Sunday as Venezuela beat Chile 2-1.",
"Oswaldo Vizcarrondo put Venezuela ahead on 34 minutes, but Humberto Suazo equalized for Chile midway through the second half.",
"Chile pushed for victory, but as extra time loomed it was Gabriel Cichero who gave Venezuela a semifinal clash with Paraguay."
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"Both sides were reduced to 10 men after Lucas Leiva and Antolin Alcaraz were dismissed .",
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"Venezula shocked Chile 2-1 in last quarterfinal with Gabriel Cichero scoring late winner ."
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"Tokyo (CNN) -- Japan announced Tuesday it is banning all shipments of cattle raised in the Fukushima Prefecture amid fears that the meat may have been contaminated from radiation at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant.",
"Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano made the announcement.",
"Last week, a Japanese health official downplayed the dangers after cesium contaminated meat from Fukushima cows was delivered to Japanese markets and probably ingested.",
"\"If we were to eat the meat everyday, then it would probably be dangerous,\" Goshi Hosono, state minister in charge of consumer affairs and food-safety, said at a news conference on July 12.",
"\"But if it is consumed only in small portions, I don't think it would have any long-lasting effects on the human body.\"",
"When the Fukushima Prefectural Government investigated the farm that was the source of the meat, it found cesium in cattle feed such as hay, with radiation levels as much as 57 times higher than the ceiling set by the Japanese government.",
"Up until now, cattle in Fukushima were only subject to a screening test, to inspect for radioactive particles adhering to the skin, and farmers were ordered to self-report how it the cattle feed was being stocked.",
"Yutaka Kashimura, Fukushima Prefecture's officer in charge of the livestock division, told CNN that the farmer may have given the cows hay that had been exposed to soil containing high levels of radiation.",
"The farm is situated about 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.",
"Four months after Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, operators at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are still grappling with the crisis the disaster unleashed but say they are making slow progress.",
"The March 11 quake led to meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi's three operating reactors when the tsunami knocked out their coolant systems, causing the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.",
"CNN's Kyung Lah and Nicolas Ito contributed to this report."
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"Workers are still battling to stabilize the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant ."
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"(CNN) -- Somalia, Myanmar and Afghanistan have the lowest scores on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, which measures how people in 178 countries and territories view corruption in their public sectors.",
"On a scale of 0-10, with 10 being \"very clean\" and 0 being \"highly corrupt,\" all three countries score below 1.5.",
"Somalia is the lowest at 1.1, while Myanmar and Afghanistan are tied for second at 1.4.",
"At the other end of the list are Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore, which score the highest at 9.3.",
"The United States, with a score of 7.1, is among the countries viewed as least corrupt.",
"It's tied for 22nd overall with Belgium.",
"But while the U.S. is well ahead of neighbor Mexico (3.1), it seems to have some work to do to catch Canada (8.9).",
"The latest scores were drawn from 13 surveys and assessments published between January 2009 and September 2010 by \"independent and reputable institutions,\" according to Transparency International.",
"It defines corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.",
"Transparency International is a nongovernmental organization headquartered in Berlin.",
"It acknowledges that corruption, by nature, is often hidden and therefore difficult to quantify, but it says it has found people's perceptions to be a reliable estimate over the long term.",
"Some other noteworthy scores from the index: .",
"** Because of activist Anna Hazare and his recent hunger strike, corruption has been brought to the forefront in India.",
"The country scored a 3.3 on the most recent index, putting it among the countries viewed as most corrupt.",
"** Libya (2.2) and Syria (2.5), were also near the top of the perceived corruption list, something that might not be a surprise considering the recent unrest there.",
"Yemen also scored a 2.2.",
"Egypt (3.1) and Tunisia (4.3) scored better, but not by much.",
"Again, it's important to point out that these surveys were conducted well before these two countries' longtime leaders were ousted.",
"More comparisons: Which country has the smallest gender gap?",
"Where is the Internet most popular?",
"Where are the undernourished? Where do people live the longest?",
"Which countries have the most vacation days?",
"Who requires the most education?",
"Who's got the highest (and lowest) unemployment rates?"
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"(CNN) -- A prosecutor in the Casey Anthony trial said Wednesday that jurors might have acquitted her even if she had opened herself up to a tough cross-examination by taking the stand.",
"\"From what I am understanding from those few hints we've gotten from the jury ... it sounds like their decision was based simply on the state's case.",
"I don't know if she would have said anything that would have changed that,\" assistant state attorney Jeff Ashton said on HLN's \"Dr.",
"Drew.\" Casey Anthony's lawyer, meanwhile, said that her acquittal signified justice for little Caylee Anthony, 2, who prosecutors unsuccessfully argued died at the hands of her mother.",
"\"Caylee would never have wanted her mother to suffer this way,\" defense attorney Jose Baez told Barbara Walters of ABC News.",
"\"Caylee certainly never wanted her mother to die.\"",
"After less than 11 hours of deliberation, a jury Tuesday found Casey Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder and the other most serious charges.",
"But the jury convicted her on four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law enforcement officers.",
"She will be sentenced Thursday.",
"Juror Jennifer Ford told ABC News that she and the other jurors cried and were \"sick to our stomachs\" after voting to acquit Anthony.",
"\"I did not say she was innocent,\" said Ford, who had previously only been identified as juror number 3.",
"\"I just said there was not enough evidence.",
"If you cannot prove what the crime was, you cannot determine what the punishment should be.\"",
"An unidentified male juror told the St. Petersburg Times there wasn't enough evidence.",
"\"I wish we had more evidence to put her away,\" the juror said.",
"\"I truly do...\" Ashton told Dr. Drew Pinsky he saw a juror in tears at the time the verdict was read.",
"\"I have to believe that they honestly thought they were doing the right thing based on the law and evidence as they saw it.\"",
"The prosecutor also likened juries to a \"dice game.",
"You never know.",
"You throw the dice.\"",
"Ashton said that three pieces of duct tape found on Caylee's skull were crucial to the state meeting the burden of proof.",
"\"If it didn't tell the jury the same story it told me, so be it,\" he said.",
"In an interview earlier Wednesday, Ashton recalled his shock at the verdict.",
"\"When I heard the 'not guilty' on the child abuse, I knew that was it,\" he said.",
"\"I remember mouthing 'wow' four or five times to myself.\"",
"Ashton, speaking with InSession's Beth Karas, said he is convinced there was no evidence that Caylee died accidentally in 2008.",
"Prosecutors alleged Casey Anthony used chloroform to render her daughter unconscious and then duct-taped her mouth and nose to suffocate her.",
"They said that she put the child's body in the trunk of her car for a few days before disposing of it.",
"Caylee's skeletal remains were discovered December 11, 2008, by former Orange County meter reader Roy Kronk.",
"Defense attorneys maintained the child drowned in the Anthony's above-ground pool on June 16, and that Casey Anthony and her father, George Anthony, panicked upon finding her there and covered up the death.",
"George Anthony denied that in his testimony.",
"Ashton told InSession that Casey Anthony showed premeditation by \"her leaving with Caylee and her never being seen again.\"",
"The prosecutor acknowledged no expert determination of a cause of death was significant.",
"Still, Ashton said, he would like to know how duct tape came to be found on Caylee's skull.",
"Ashton also spoke of confrontations at pre-trial hearings and during the trial with Baez.",
"\"For Jose, everybody that was on the other side was the enemy and was lying and was this and that,\" Ashton said.",
"\"We went through a lot of accusations and there were times when I responded to them.",
"We fought hard and I fight hard with most people I went to trial with.\"",
"There will be no legal restrictions on Casey Anthony profiting on the details of this case, cashing in on deals for movies, books or interviews, analysts say.",
"Prosecutors on Wednesday filed a motion seeking reimbursement by Anthony, based on her convictions, for special costs related to investigation and prosecution.",
"Much was made of Casey Anthony's behavior, included partying, after Caylee disappeared.",
"\"We judge people pretty harshly.",
"We judge them as if we know how we would react in their shoes,\" Baez told ABC.",
"\"We are not in their shoes. We have not lived the life they have lived.\"",
"\"People respond to trauma in various ways,\" Baez said, adding he is concerned about Anthony's personal security.",
"After 30 years, Ashton is retiring.",
"He put that off to help handle the Anthony case.",
"\"This case was the most fascinating, complex, the most challenging case that I could possibly hope for,\" he said.",
"\"Everything after this would just be boring.\"",
"CNN's Lateef Mungin contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- Spain's footballing dominance continues as the country's under-21 team emulated their senior counterparts by winning the European Championship title on Saturday.",
"With Spain having also won the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and top club side Barcelona claiming the 2011 UEFA Champions League, it gives the Iberian nation a full collection of major crowns.",
"Ander Herrera and Thiago Alcantara were on target as the U21s defeated Switzerland 2-0 in the final in Denmark to give Spain a third triumph in the two-yearly age-group tournament -- and first since 1998.",
"Midfielder Herrera headed the opening goal four minutes before halftime in Aarhus as he stole in at the near post to connect with a cross by left-back Didac Vila.",
"It was the Athletic Bilbao player's second goal of the tournament, having also scored in the 1-1 group-stage draw with England.",
"It was the first the Swiss had conceded, having marched into the final for the first time with four successive victories.",
"Thiago, part of Barcelona's double-winning squad last season, sealed Spain's victory with a moment of genius as he caught goalkeeper Yann Sommer off his line with a 40-meter free-kick.",
"Meanwhile, Belarus qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time after beating the Czech Republic 1-0 in Saturday's third-place playoff match in Aalborg.",
"Defender Yegor Filipenko volleyed an 88th-minute winner to earn entry to London 2012 after the Czechs had Lukas Vacha sent off with 15 minutes to play for a second yellow card.",
"Belarus had lost 3-1 to Spain in the semifinals, while Switzerland won 1-0 against the Czechs in a match that also went to extra-time."
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"It was Spain's third triumph at the two-yearly event and first since 1998 .",
"The country also won the 2008 senior tournament and the 2010 FIFA World .",
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"(CNN) -- Gael Clichy has become Manchester City's first signing of the transfer window after the French international defender completed his switch from Arsenal.",
"Clichy, 25, will cost Roberto Mancini's side $11.2 million and has signed a four-year contract at the City of Manchester Stadium.",
"The former Cannes left-back spent eight years with Arsenal and becomes the final member of Arsenal's \"invincibles\" -- the team of 2003/04 who won the English Premier League without losing a game -- to leave the Emirates Stadium.",
"\"I'm really happy to be joining such a great club,\" Clichy told Manchester City's official web site.",
"\"I hope I can add to the quality we already have here because we have a fantastic squad who I believe will continue to get better.",
"I can't wait to get started and I think anything is possible with this team.\"",
"As a member of the Gunners' last title-winning squad, Clichy became the youngest player to receive a Premier League title medal and his compatriot and former manager Arsene Wenger thanked him for his services.",
"\"We would like to thank Gael for eight years of terrific service to Arsenal, during which time he gave absolutely everything for the club ...Gael leaves with our respect and best wishes.",
"We wish him the very best for his future career.\"",
"Clichy will be reunited with former teammates Kolo Toure and Patrick Vieira at City, and the Toulouse native is looking forward to working with his old friends.",
"\"When I first came to England, it was Kolo Toure and Patrick Vieira who took me under their wing and really looked after me.",
"\"Kolo would pick me up and drop me at home and his wife used to cook meals for me.",
"Patrick was always there to offer me advice so it's wonderful to be back and at the same club they are at.\"",
"Clichy has won 10 international caps for Les Bleus and was a member of the France squad which was eliminated from the 2010 World Cup in the opening round.",
"FA Cup winners City finished third in England's top flight last season to qualify for their first-ever Champions League campaign.",
"Clichy made 45 appearances in Europe's premier club competition during his time with Arsenal."
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"Gael Clichy has completed his transfer from Manchester City to Arsenal .",
"The France defender arrives at the City of Manchester Stadium for a fee of $11.2m .",
"Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has thanked Clichy for his eight years at the club ."
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"(CNN) -- The case against Joran Van der Sloot, who is suspected of killing a woman in a Peruvian hotel, was headed to the prosecutor's office on Wednesday.",
"Van der Sloot and his new private defense attorney were in court on Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.",
"The hearing was held behind closed doors at the Castro Castro prison outside of Lima.",
"No cameras were allowed.",
"The hearing was postponed last week because Van der Sloot did not have legal representation.",
"Van der Sloot was once the prime suspect in the disappearance in Aruba of American teenager Natalee Holloway, who vanished at age 18 while on a graduation trip.",
"He was arrested twice but never charged in connection with her disappearance.",
"He was arrested in May 2010 following the death of Stephany Flores.",
"Formal charges could take up to two months to be filed, depending on the backlog.",
"Once charges are filed against him, a three-judge panel will set the date for a trial to begin.",
"\"For the Van der Sloot case, we may be looking at five to seven sessions for the oral proceedings, one session per week approximately,\" said Giovanna Gismondi, an expert on the Peruvian criminal legal system now teaching international relations at the University of Oklahoma.",
"Last week, Ricardo Flores described the first time he saw the alleged killer of his daughter face to face.",
"\"It was a very tough moment,\" he told CNN June 8 shortly after leaving a courtroom inside the prison, noting that it seemed Van der Sloot was enjoying many privileges.",
"\"I thought I'd see someone skinny ... but no, he was fatter than when he first went to prison.\"",
"His daughter was found dead in a Lima hotel room registered to Van der Sloot in May 2010.",
"Police say Van der Sloot took money and bank cards from her wallet and fled to Chile, where he was arrested a few days later.",
"Earlier this month, Van der Sloot's defense attorney, Maximo Altez, resigned, citing differences in strategy.",
"In Session's Mayra Cuevas and CNN en Espanol's Patricia Janiot contributed to this report."
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"NEW: The prosecutor has the case; it could be two months before formal charges are filed .",
"Van der Sloot is suspected of killing Stephany Flores in a Peruvian hotel .",
"Ricardo Flores says the last hearing was the first time he saw Van der Sloot face-to-face .",
"Van der Sloot was once the main suspect in the Natalee Holloway disappearance ."
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"(CNN) -- A French boat trying to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza is \"stuck\" in Greece, detained along with its crew by Greek authorities, a spokesman for the French crew said Thursday.",
"The ship and crew were stopped when they arrived in Crete to refuel, said Maxime Gimberteau of \"A Boat for Gaza.\"",
"Greek authorities confirmed that the boat, Dignite Al Karama, had been docked at the port of Sitia in Crete since early Thursday.",
"They said it would not be given permission to depart for Gaza, and that it was not clear what would happen next.",
"\"Authorities are following the necessary legal procedures,\" including \"checking the identities of the passengers\" and \"the ship's documents,\" said Greek coast guard head of press Elias Sambatakakis.",
"Sambatakakis said there had been \"full co-operation between the authorities and those on board.\"",
"\"It is not yet clear what will happen once procedures are completed,\" he said.",
"\"Obviously if the ship asks for permission to go to Gaza, this will be declined.\"",
"The French yacht had been the last boat in international waters of a flotilla of 10 ships trying to get to Gaza.",
"Greek authorities have been stopping ships, including the American boat The Audacity of Hope, from leaving Greek waters for Gaza.",
"Israel insists on controlling access to Gaza because it says it has to keep weapons out of the hands of Palestinian militants who would use them to attack Israelis.",
"Gaza is run by Hamas, which has carried out dozens of terrorist attacks and is listed by the United States as a terrorist organization.",
"Israel emphasizes that it delivers large amounts of aid to Gaza.",
"The country mounted a diplomatic offensive to try to stop the flotilla from setting sail.",
"CNN's Elinda Labropoulou and France Costrel contributed to this report."
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"The Dignite Al Karama is trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza .",
"The Greeks say it will not be given permission to go to Gaza .",
"Israel says its control of Gaza's borders is to keep weapons out of the hands of Palestinian militants ."
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"(CNN) -- Six children ages 1 to 7 have been hospitalized for severe gastrointestinal illnesses after swimming this month in an Alabama indoor water park, a state health official said Friday.",
"The children got sick after visiting the Opelika SportsPlex and Aquatic Center between June 12-18, said Dr. Mary McIntyre, medical officer of the Bureau of Communicable Disease at the Alabama Department of Public Health.",
"The indoor splash park was closed Friday but the park's other facilities remained open, a park official said.",
"Environmental officials will test chemical levels before the splash park will re-open, according to McIntyre.",
"\"We are continuing to work with the medical community to identify the extent of the problem,\" she said.",
"Five of the children have been transferred from East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika to the Children's Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham, where they were being treated with antibiotics, the official said.",
"In a statement, the department of public health urged parents whose children who may have visited the park to contact the health department if they suffer symptoms of nausea, vomiting or severe diarrhea.",
"Seven day-care centers took children to the Opelika SportsPlex and Aquatic Center for a day camp during the time frame officials have identified as when the water may have been contaminated, the health department said.",
"\"We're recommending any children who did attend the splash park, until we can determine the full extent of the infection, not to swim in inflatable pools,\" McIntyre said.",
"She added that such swimming could risk exposing other children to the bacteria.",
"Illnesses linked to pools are commonly caused by germs spread through contact with contaminated water, the department said in a news release.",
"E. coli infections are caused by bacteria that can be found in foods and stool.",
"Children often become infected after being exposed to others who are not toilet-trained.",
"\"It's not uncommon for recreational water illnesses to occur, particularly in the summer, because a lot of people are in the pools,\" McIntyre said.",
"\"Children have a tendency to swallow water which is probably why we're seeing it in a younger group.\"",
"The health department warns people not to swim if they have diarrhea; to avoid swallowing pool or lake water; and to shower with soap before swimming so that germs and bacteria do not end up in pool water."
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"The 6 sickened Alabama children all visited Opelika SportsPlex and Aquatic Center between June 12-18 .",
"The center's splash park has closed temporarily .",
"Bacteria can spread in pools from children swimming in dirty diapers, health officials say ."
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"Aboard The Uss Wasp (CNN) -- -- Even before Hurricane Irene started thrashing the U.S. East Coast, the Navy prepared for what it could do if the disaster was even more catastrophic than it proved to be.",
"As Irene strengthened and bore down on the United States, the Navy ordered 27 warships to sail out of its massive naval station in Norfolk, Virginia.",
"Another 11 ships, already at sea on various duties, were told to stay out.",
"\"Our first mission was to sortie the fleet and keep the fleet safe,\" said Capt.",
"Brenda Holdener, commander of the USS Wasp, one of the ships that left Norfolk.",
"Like Air Force bases that fly their planes west, moving ships to sea has become standard operating procedure for the Navy when major hurricanes approach.",
"\"Ships are safer at sea than than are in port during a hurricane or heavy weather,\" said Lt. Cmdr.",
"Timothy Reiswig, navigator of the Wasp.",
"But when the Wasp, an amphibious assault ship, headed out of Norfolk, steering clear of Irene was just its first objective.",
"The ship was also prepared to respond with a wide array of equipment and people to the hurricane zone if civilian officials asked for help.",
"\"Over the years we've had so many hurricanes that devastate this country, you know we kinda get primed for being ready and responsive to it,\" said Rear Adm. Kevin Scott, commander of Amphibious Task Force 26, a unit that was created to be more prepared for hurricane response than any other Navy unit.",
"\"What you are seeing is lessons learned from what has happened over the past few years, and realizing that the response that's required for a major catastrophe -- you know like Hurricane Katrina and Rita -- requires all the resources that the nation has to bear,\" Scott said.",
"Those resources were focused on the Wasp, one of America's largest amphibious ships.",
"The ship has a full-sized flight deck, capable of launching heavy-lift or search and rescue helicopters, and a dock inside its stern, capable of carrying and launching two huge landing craft.",
"Those boats can move from inside the hull of the Wasp to just about any beach and unload some 160 tons of equipment, supplies or personnel.",
"And not all the help has to go to shore.",
"The Wasp, which normally carries Marines into combat, has a huge hospital deck.",
"\"We have three operating rooms.",
"We can expand to four.",
"We have 15 ICU beds that you can see here, each one with it's own equipment, which is exactly what you would find in a normal ICU,\" said Lt. Cmdr.",
"Juan Dapena, a doctor who is the senior medical officer on the Wasp.",
"Dapena's regular medical staff was augmented by a surgical team that was prepared to go ashore to help with any medical emergencies.",
"The ship also brought a group of Seabees, Navy engineers who are trained in disaster response.",
"They brought along chainsaws, water pumps -- even a bulldozer.",
"But putting this vast capacity of disaster aid to use depends on a twist of federal law.",
"States can and did mobilize thousands of National Guard troops to help victims of Irene.",
"But the Navy sailors involved in Amphibious Task Force 26 are active-duty military, and they can't just find a crisis and start helping.",
"Under a system called Defense Support of Civilian Authorities, local officials who want help have to ask the federal government for it.",
"The president would then issue an order to the military, which would trickle down the chain of command before the Wasp and other ships in the task force could go to work.",
"This time, as bad as Irene was, state and local officials, as well as non-military federal agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency, were able to respond without calling in the Navy.",
"But Scott thinks even though his task force focused on practice training, that what he saw while at sea for the past week is evidence the Navy is better prepared than ever.",
"\"Over the years we've just gotten better and better at it and poised to respond,\" Scott said.",
"But to prove that the Navy has gotten better, that would likely require a disaster like Irene ... only worse."
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"The USS Wasp is one of America's largest amphibious ships .",
"It has a full-sized flight deck, a dock inside its stern and a hospital deck .",
"\"What you are seeing is lessons learned,\" says Rear Adm. Kevin Scott ."
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"(CNN) -- Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick as champions Manchester United retained their 100% English Premier League record this season with a remarkable 8-2 thumping of injury-hit Arsenal at Old Trafford.",
"United dominated the Gunners who suffered their worst ever Premier League defeat.",
"With Manchester City winning 5-1 at Tottenham also on Sunday, it proved a superb day for the two Manchester clubs, who are level at the top with a maximum nine points from their three games.",
"What now for Arsenal and Fabregas?",
"In contrast, north London rivals Tottenham and Arsenal are struggling at the other end of the table, with Tottenham at the bottom without a point and Arsenal fourth from bottom with just one point.",
"Arsenal, who sold star players Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri this month, were always struggling to cope with the home side once Danny Welbeck headed United into the lead following hesitancy in the defense.",
"And Arsenal then wasted a golden chance to level when captain Robin Van Persie's penalty was saved by United keeper David De Gea after Jonny Evans pulled back Theo Walcott.",
"United soon made them pay when Ashley Young curled home a superb second before Rooney's brilliant free-kick made it 3-0.",
"Walcott pulled a goal back for Arsenal just before half-time from an acute angle, but United restored their advantage with another trademark Rooney free-kick in the 64th minute.",
"By now, United were running riot, and Nani made it 5-1 after being left free in the penalty area to clip the ball into the net.",
"Substitute Park Ji-Sung added a sixth before Van Persie scored from close range to make it 6-2.",
"Arsenal then had defender Carl Jenkinson sent off for a second yellow card -- meaning the club have had a player dismissed in each of their first three matches.",
"And soon after, Rooney completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot after Walcott's foul on Nani.",
"The humiliation was completed when Young matched his first-half strike with another superb effort in injury time.",
"The defeat, the first time Arsenal had conceded eight goals in a league game since 1896, increased the pressure on manager Arsene Wenger, with new signings expected to arrive before the deadline for trades on Wednesday.",
"\"Of course it hurts, it's humiliating, but you could see that we had not recovered physically in the second half from Wednesday night's win over Udinese,\" Wenger told the official Arsenal website.",
"\"We were short in some areas, that is for sure.",
"They have class and they punished us.",
"It was 3-1 at half-time and I think that was harsh against us.",
"\"We missed a penalty, we had a chance to get back to 3-2.",
"We tried desperately to get back but we opened ourselves up and were punished.",
"Their finishing was great today,\" added the Frenchman.",
"United's performance was matched by the dazzling display of big-spending rivals Manchester City, with Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko scoring four goals in their rout of Tottenham at White Hart Lane.",
"With Frenchman Nasri in fine form on his debut following his move from Arsenal, City were too strong for Spurs, and they went ahead in the 34th minute when Dzeko scored from Nasri's cross.",
"And the duo combined again seven minutes later when Dzeko scored with a clever back-header from Nasri's cross.",
"Dzeko completed his hat-trick early in the second half when he tapped in Yaya Toure's cutback.",
"The home side pulled a goal back when Younes Kaboul headed in Rafael van der Vaart's corner.",
"But Sergio Aguero soon restored the three-goal advantage with a brilliant drive from outside the penalty area.",
"And Dzeko curled home his fourth and Manchester City's fifth in injury time.",
"The result leaves Harry Redknapp's side without a point along with Blackburn and West Bromwich Albion, who suffered their third straight defeat 1-0 at home to Stoke Sunday.",
"In Sunday's other Premier League match, Newcastle beat Fulham 2-1 at home with two goals from striker Leon Best."
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"Wayne Rooney scores a hat-trick as Manchester United thrash Arsenal 8-2 .",
"It is the first time Arsenal have conceded eight goals in a league game since 1896 .",
"United are level at the top with Manchester City, who hammer Tottenham 5-1 ."
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"(CNN) -- Dozens of children called for freedom, held anti-government signs and criticized President Bashar al-Assad in at least two Syrian cities on Sunday, a day before al-Assad planned to make another speech to the unsettled nation.",
"In a video posted on YouTube, showing a demonstration the cameraman claims took place Sunday in the Damascus suburb of Kaboon, dozens of mostly young people walk down a street brandishing signs, chanting and in some cases wearing party hats with messages on them.",
"They are joined by a handful of adults, including one man who puts a boy on his shoulders as they march.",
"Another YouTube video, purportedly from the coastal city of Latakia, shows a group of young boys clapping and voicing anti-government sentiments.",
"One boy leads the chants, with no adults visible.",
"The repeated phrases range from the patriotic \"Long live Syria\" to others targeting Syria's leader with slogans like \"Bashar al-Assad go away\" and \"The people need the fall of the regime.\"",
"Middle East, North Africa: Unrest country by country .",
"An opposition activist, who spoke to CNN from Syria on condition of anonymity, said that such demonstrations have become a daily ritual in the Middle Eastern country, with children embracing their parents' politics and following their lead in voicing their views publicly.",
"Parents and teachers are often nearby in these protests, which typically happen in neighborhoods near homes or schools, the activist claimed.",
"CNN cannot independently verify the authenticity of videos.",
"The network has not been allowed into Syria to cover the unrest and draws from social media and interviews with witnesses on the ground there to inform its reporting.",
"There was no indication of violence Sunday, unlike what's been reported during dozens of other protests that have erupted since the mid-March arrest of teens for writing anti-government graffiti in Daraa.",
"More than 1,100 people may have died in subsequent unrest across Syria, according to the human rights activist group Amnesty International.",
"Critics have accused forces loyal to al-Assad of targeting defenseless demonstrators and hindering outside help for those in need.",
"The Syrian government has consistently blamed the protest casualties on \"armed gangs.\"",
"Al-Assad on Monday afternoon will deliver his third speech in recent months about the situation in Syria, according to the official SANA news agency.",
"International pressure against the Damascus government has steadily grown, with calls from political leaders in the United States, Europe and elsewhere criticizing the perceived government clampdown on demonstrators.",
"Beatrice Megevand-Roggo, the Red Cross' director for the Near East and Middle East, said in an interview posted last month on the group's website that a lack of information and access has greatly hindered humanitarian assistance to Syria.",
"The head of her group, International Committee of the Red Cross President Jakob Kellenberger, will arrive in the Syrian capital on Sunday night, the organization announced via Twitter.",
"He plans to \"discuss the humanitarian situation\" and the role of the Red Cross with Syrian authorities, the nonprofit group said.",
"Kellenberger's visit comes two days after another high-profile activist -- actress and U.N. goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie -- met with Syrian refugees in Turkey and drew attention to the anguish faced by families affected by the violence and reported government crackdown.",
"The Turkish government said Saturday more than 10,100 Syrians have crossed the border.",
"About 3,000 more were huddled on the Syrian border near Badama, eyewitness Jameel Saib told CNN Saturday.",
"The refugees that Jolie visited are living in four camps managed by Turkey and the Turkish Red Crescent, reports the U.N.'s refugee agency.",
"\"The people in this camp have fled in fear for their lives, and many told me they were distraught about the safety of loved ones still in Syria,\" Jolie said, according to the U.N. group.",
"CNN's Kamal Ghattas contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Videos show children in two cities apparently protesting against Syria's government .",
"President Bashar al-Assad will give a speech Monday, state-run media reports .",
"The head of the Red Cross is visiting Damascus for talks with officials, the group said .",
"More than 1,100 people have died in the unrest, Amnesty International reports ."
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"Damascus, Syria (CNN) -- Demonstrators took to the streets Friday after Muslim prayers, as they have on past Fridays in recent weeks in a number of Syrian cities, resulting in 10 deaths, according to an activist group.",
"\"The people want to overthrow the regime,\" was the chant of the demonstrators in the cities of Homs, Lattakia, and Amouda, according to videos posted on YouTube.",
"CNN cannot confirm the authenticity of the videos.",
"In a number of other cities across Syria, citizen journalists captured cell-phone videos of protesters scattering en masse as sounds of gunshots erupted and white smoke swept over the streets.",
"In Jableh, a coastal city in Latakia Province, one man shouted, \"Serious injuries, tear gas.",
"I can't see.\" Another person died Friday of injuries suffered in another demonstration a couple of days ago, bringing the day's death count to 11, according to the London-based Syria Observatory for Human Rights.",
"The state-run SANA news organization put Friday's death toll during the protests at seven civilians and law-enforcement personnel.",
"Friday's protests were held in Hama, Homs, Deir El Zour, Idlib, Qameshli and Latakia, and in the al-Midane and Qaboun neighborhoods in Damascus, according to Rami Abdelrahman, head of the activist group.",
"Of Friday's 11 deaths, four people died in demonstrations in Barza, a suburb of Damascus; three died in Homs, in the west; two died in Kaswa, near Damascus; and one died in Qoseir, near the Lebanese border.",
"One person injured in Hama in a demonstration a couple of days ago died of his injuries Friday.",
"Until Thursday, CNN has been barred from officially entering Syria and its reporting about events inside the country had been limited largely to what the network was able to piece together based on official government reports and accounts and videos posted on the Internet.",
"Recently, the government granted access to CNN journalists, who arrived Thursday in Syria, where they were assigned government \"minders\" to accompany them on video shoots.",
"The minders said they had not received permission to take the journalists to the areas where protests were occurring.",
"Instead, they took the journalists to Damascus' historic old city, where their appearance on the streets prompted a crowd of a few dozen Syrians to erupt into pro-government chants.",
"Posters and pictures of President Bashar al-Assad quickly materialized.",
"The demonstrators raged against foreign powers, saying the unrest in Syria is the result of an international conspiracy -- one that includes the news media -- and is intended to bring down the regime.",
"\"We feel like the international media is conducting a world war against us,\" said Mohammed al-Hamwi, 67.",
"\"Not a single outlet has broadcast a real image of what is happening.\"",
"Government officials told CNN personnel that they were worried about the journalists' safety with so many \"armed gangs\" fomenting unrest throughout the country.",
"The government has blamed \"armed gangs\" in explaining its military crackdowns, which have led thousands of Syrians to cross into Turkey.",
"The Hatay governor's office in Turkey said Friday that at least 11,739 Syrians have done so.",
"The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said 500 displaced people have returned home.",
"A supporter of the Syrian government said Friday that even those who have fled are part of a scheme to smear the government.",
"\"I refuse to call them refugees; they are hostages taken to bring down the regime,\" said Naime Mahmoud el-Sheik, her voice shaking with emotion.",
"\"We are with the regime. We are with Assad.\" Rumors are rife, with some saying that the anti-government demonstrators have been sprayed with poisoned water that makes them more aggressive; that terrorists are killing protesters and blaming the security forces.",
"As more violence unfolded in Syria, the European Council condemned the nation Friday, saying the \"regime is calling its legitimacy into question\" by opting for a \"path of repression instead of fulfilling its own promises on broad reforms.\"",
"The European Council -- comprising the heads of state of European Union member states -- deplored the \"ongoing repression and unacceptable and shocking violence the Syrian regime continues to apply against its own citizens.\"",
"It also expressed grave concern about reports of Syrian military activity near the Turkish border at Khirbet al-Jouz and urged \"maximum restraint.\"",
"This comes after the Council of the European Union voted Thursday to expand sanctions against Syria by freezing the assets of seven people and four businesses with connections to the regime.",
"The detail was published in the European Union's Official Journal on Friday, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague hailed the measures.",
"\"These measures are carefully targeted and focused on those responsible for violent repression,\" Hague said.",
"\"Contrary to the Syrian authorities' claims, the economic problems Syria is facing are a direct and predictable consequence of the Syrian authorities' decision to choose repression over reform.\"",
"Among those sanctioned were three commanders in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps accused of helping the \"regime suppress protests\" and \"providing equipment and support\" to the government, according to the European Union Official Journal.",
"One of the three is Brig.",
"Cmdr. Mohammad Ali Jafari, the corps' general commander.",
"\"I welcome the inclusion of three Iranian individuals on the list,\" Hague said.",
"\"The Iranian government's provision of equipment and technical advice to help suppress peaceful protests is absolutely unacceptable.",
"Iran's actions are in stark contrast to the will of the Syrian people.",
"They also highlight again Iran's blatant hypocrisy, claiming publicly to support freedom in the Arab world, while privately assisting in violent repression.\"",
"Two of those sanctioned were first cousins of the president.",
"They are Zoulhima Chaliche, head of presidential security, and Riyad Chaliche, director of the military housing establishment.",
"Two others were business associates of Maher al-Assad, the president's brother and commander of the army's 4th Division and \"strongman of the Republican Guard.\"",
"Maher al-Assad was among 23 Syrian officials sanctioned by the EU in May, and he is regarded as the principal overseer of the crackdown against protesters.",
"Others sanctioned at that time were the president; Ali Mamluk, the head of Syria's general intelligence directorate; and Rami Makhlouf, the Syrian businessman and cousin and confidant of the president.",
"Anti-government protests have raged in Syria for more than three months, with demonstrations gaining momentum amid a tough government crackdown.",
"The number of estimated deaths has exceeded 1,600, Abdelrahman said, with 1,316 civilians and 341 soldiers and security forces killed.",
"About 10,000 people have been jailed, he said.",
"Nadim Houri of Human Rights Watch said the number of people killed is 1,350.",
"CNN's Arwa Damon, Azadeh Ansari, Nada Husseini, Carol Jordan, Per Nyberg, Tracy Doueiry and Joe Sterling contributed to this report."
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"NEW: \"We are with the regime, we are with Assad,\" a pro-government demonstrator says .",
"NEW: \"The people want to overthrow the regime,\" was the chant from three cities .",
"An EU body has frozen the assets of seven people and four businesses .",
"The number of refugees in Turkey approaches 12,000 ."
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"(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal insists he is more motivated by winning titles than retaining the No.",
"1 ranking as the tennis season makes its quick switch from clay to grass this week.",
"The Spaniard has swapped Paris for London after clinching a record-equaling sixth French Open title on Sunday as he begins preparations to defend his Wimbledon crown.",
"The 24-year-old would have lost his top ranking if Roger Federer had not ended Novak Djokovic's 41-match unbeaten run this season in the semifinals at Roland Garros.",
"\"I think he will have a big chance to be number one at Wimbledon,\" Nadal told CNN's Kate Giles of his Serbian rival.",
"\"I think he deserves to be number one because what he did was fantastic at the beginning of the season.",
"Rafael Nadal: Anatomy of a champion .",
"\"I'm very happy with what I did too. For me the most important thing is not the No.",
"1, the important thing is I have another title, another Roland Garros.",
"\"And for me the most important thing is to be competitive every time when I go on court.",
"I've been number one two times, I was happy for that but more important for me is the titles than that number one.\"",
"Having matched the legendary Bjorn Borg in winning six French Open titles, Nadal is now looking to extend his tally of 10 grand slam crowns with a third triumph at Wimbledon on a surface he has grown to love as his career has developed.",
"The six seasons of the tennis year .",
"His only warm-up event before Wimbledon starts on June 20 is this week's AEGON Championships at Queen's Club, which also features the man he beat in the Paris semis, Andy Murray.",
"However, Djokovic has pulled out due to knee problems, while Federer has withdrawn from the German event in Halle to rest his groin injury.",
"The Swiss star, a record 16-time grand slam champion, had been hoping to win one of his favorite events for the sixth time before trying to match Pete Sampras' mark of seven Wimbledon titles.",
"\"The grass is always a special feeling and it's good fun to play on grass,\" Nadal said.",
"\"I like the surface, I love to play there.",
"You can do different things -- you can attack, you can go to the net -- so it's fun to try to adapt my game as fast as possible to the grass because I only have two weeks.\"",
"Nadal equals Borg with record sixth French Open title .",
"Nadal had a disappointing start to this season when he suffered a hamstring injury during his quarterfinal defeat at the Australian Open, ending his bid to hold all four grand slam titles.",
"His dominance was further threatened when Djokovic beat him in four successive Masters Series finals, including two on his beloved clay in Madrid and Rome.",
"\"The beginning of the season wasn't easy because I had an injury in Australia and I got sick in Doha, but after that I was healthy and I was able to play very well the rest of the season,\" Nadal said.",
"\"Today was the seventh straight final of the year after coming back from the injury in Australia, so that's fantastic for me and I'm unbelievably happy with everything.",
"To win another Roland Garros against Roger was really special, very emotional.\""
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"1 Rafael Nadal seeking to win his third title on the grass at Wimbledon .",
"He retained his ranking after claiming a record-equaling sixth French Open crown .",
"Nadal says Paris semifinalist Novak Djokovic deserves to be the No.",
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"Roger Federer pulls out of German tournament to rest his groin injury ."
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"(CNN) -- French champions Lille have revealed that Ivory Coast striker Gervinho has expressed an interest in moving to the English Premier League, and transfer talks are planned with Arsenal in the coming weeks.",
"In an interview with radio station RMC, Lille general manager Frederic Paquet revealed: \"He wants to go and has developed contacts with Arsenal.",
"\"We will soon have talks with them and see what they offer.",
"He has expressed a desire to go to England and we will see what happens.\"",
"Paquet also confirmed that Paris St Germain had enquired about the player, but the 24-year-old would not be sold to a French rival.",
"\"Paris St Germain inquired about Gervinho but we are not thinking about strengthening a competitor,\" added Paquet.",
"Gervinho played a key role for Lille last year, as they won the French league and cup double, scoring 15 goals and having 10 assists in the league alone.",
"Meanwhile, Manchester City's Germany international defender Jerome Boateng has revealed that he has agreed terms to join Bayern Munich on a four-year contract, although the two clubs have not settled on a transfer fee.",
"\"It is true that I have agreed with Bayern on a four-year deal.",
"Now it is up to Manchester City to make it work.",
"At the moment they are making things a bit difficult,\" Boateng told Kicker Magazine.",
"\"It is about the position. Bayern want me as a central defender.",
"That is also an advantage for the national team.",
"\"My dream is to have a starting spot within a year, hopefully at Bayern, and then I want to win the European Championship.\""
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"Germany defender Jerome Boateng reveals he has agreed to join Bayern Munich ."
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"(CNN) -- A deadly bacterial outbreak that has killed at least 23 people in Europe is limited to an area around the German city of Hamburg and does not require Europe-wide controls, a top European Union official said Tuesday.",
"\"There is no reason as of today to take ... measures at (the) European level,\" EU Health Commissioner John Dalli said, adding, \"We consider any ban on any product as disproportionate.\"",
"A new death in Germany due to the E. coli outbreak was announced Tuesday, bringing the total there to 22.",
"The other death, in Sweden, was of a person who had visited Germany.",
"Top European farming officials met Tuesday in Luxembourg, where EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos proposed a 150 million euro ($220 million) compensation plan for farmers affected by the panic.",
"But he said that offer may have to be increased in the face of complaints that it's not enough.",
"Farmers are demanding compensation for losses due to being wrongly blamed for causing the outbreak.",
"Spain alone seeks about $600 million in lost farm exports of cucumbers, tomatoes and other produce from the past few weeks, and farmers in Belgium, France, Holland and even Germany say they have millions of dollars in losses, too.",
"Ciolos said the EU Commission may come back with an \"improved offer\" as early as Wednesday, and hopes to have a decision within days.",
"But he said paying 100 percent of claims -- as some countries demanded at the meeting -- would not be possible given the EU budget restraints.",
"\"The commission is assuming its responsibility within the limits of our regulation and of our budget,\" Ciolos said.",
"The cause of the outbreak remains unclear, as new test results Tuesday proved negative.",
"There was no trace of E. coli in a pack of bean sprouts in a household in Hamburg, where a man had become infected, health authorities there told CNN.",
"The sprouts came from the farm which officials believe could be the source of the outbreak.",
"But initial tests showed no sign of E. coli there, agriculture officials in the German state of Lower Saxony said Monday.",
"But authorities said that does not mean their suspicions are not correct; they would not expect to find evidence of E. coli if the tainted sprouts were no longer in the supply chain.",
"Test results are back for 20 of the 40 samples, Lower Saxony officials said Monday.",
"It was not clear when the rest of the test results would be available.",
"On Sunday, officials said German-grown sprouts are the likely source for the E. coli outbreak.",
"\"There is a direct link between this company and these people getting sick,\" said Gert Lindemann, the agricultural minister in Lower Saxony.",
"It was not clear how the rare strain may have gotten into the sprouts, officials said.",
"E. coli has not been found in the company, Gaertnerhof, which has halted production and is recalling its products.",
"Gaertnerhof, in the town of Bienenbuettel, said in a statement it was \"shocked and worried.",
"... that part of our production has been linked to E. coli infections\" and had never had a problem in its 25 years of growing sprouts.",
"It said it had found no evidence of E. coli during routine testing in January or during tests last month in response to the health scare.",
"But a leading German microbiologist said Monday that sprouts were a \"plausible\" source of the infection.",
"Sprouts can harbor bacteria, which can spread during the growing process, said Alexander Kekule of the University of Halle-Wittenberg.",
"\"Either it was inside the seed, which I do not think is the case, or the bacteria was inside the water,\" Kekule said on Germany's NDR radio.",
"He is not working directly on the case.",
"Sprouts are bred in drums that are heated to slightly warmer than body temperature -- ideal conditions for the growth not only of sprouts, but of bacteria, the agriculture ministry of Lower Saxony said.",
"Authorities say the sprouts may have become tainted so long ago that trace-back tests may never identify the company as the source.",
"But several restaurants and cafeterias linked to the outbreak got sprouts from the company, officials said.",
"And two workers at the agricultural company have come down with severe cases of diarrhea; in at least one of those cases, E. coli was the cause, Lindemann said.",
"Bienenbuettel is in the district of Uelzen in north-central Germany.",
"Last week, Spain rejected suggestions that its cucumbers could have been the source after the European Food Safety Alert Network said E. coli bacteria were found in organic cucumbers originating from Spain, packaged in Germany and distributed to various countries.",
"Authorities initially called for the cucumbers to be pulled from sale.",
"But Germany later said Spanish produce was not the source of the infection -- leading to the claims for compensation.",
"Ciolos said that some farmers who belong to producer organizations might also find additional compensation there, and that some of those funds are also backed by the Commission.",
"The Commission will need to document how the compensation money is paid out, he said.",
"A growers' cooperative representative in southern Spain said earlier Tuesday that farmers around the town of El Ejido, a major year-round producer of fresh produce under expansive greenhouses, are busy filling out claims forms already.",
"The outbreak of the virulent strain of E. coli has infected more than 2,400 people in at least 13 countries, European health authorities said Monday.",
"The vast majority are in Germany, where doctors have found 630 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) -- a form of kidney failure -- in the current outbreak, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.",
"That's more cases of HUS than in any other recorded outbreak worldwide.",
"Fifteen patients in Germany have died of HUS, according to the center, while six died of enterohemorrhagic E. coli, a strain that can result in abdominal cramps and bloody diarrhea and causes intestinal hemorrhaging.",
"The center said 1,601 people have that E. coli strain but do not have HUS.",
"Infections have also been identified in Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, according to the organization.",
"CNN's Frederik Pleitgen, Al Goodman, Carol Jordan, Anisha Bhandari and Per Nyberg contributed to this report."
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"Authorities find no trace of a deadly bacteria at a suspect farm, but more results are du ."
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"Paris (CNN) -- Investigators trying to determine why an Air France plane crashed mysteriously two years ago have recovered the complete contents of the flight data recorder and the last two hours of cockpit conversation, they announced Monday.",
"It will take several weeks to analyze the data, French air accident experts said.",
"All 228 people aboard Air France 447 were killed when the Airbus A330 belly-flopped into the ocean June 1, 2009, in stormy weather.",
"The cause of the crash is still not known.",
"Discovering that there was data on the recorders \"is excellent news.",
"It is really going to help us work out what happened on that plane,\" said Martine Del Bono, spokeswoman for France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA).",
"Q&A: Will the mystery of Flight 447 be solved?",
"The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were found at the beginning of May 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.",
"The investigators also recovered two bodies from the fuselage -- after finding only about 50 bodies in the days immediately after the crash.",
"They will not bring more bodies up from the 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.",
"The bulk of the plane was located earlier this year and contains many more human remains, according to investigators.",
"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.",
"Investigators also brought an engine and an avionics bay containing computers to the surface, 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 slammed 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.",
"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.",
"CNN's Ayesha Durgahee, Catherine Clifford and Niki Cook contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Discovering there is data on the recorders is \"excellent news,\" investigators say .",
"All the information on the flight data recorder is recovered, as are cockpit conversations .",
"The data recorders were pulled up from the bottom of the Atlantic nearly two years after the crash .",
"Air France 447 went down in June 2009, killing all 228 people aboard ."
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"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani military removed the chief of the Sindh Rangers as the fallout continues over the taped killing of an unarmed teenager by the paramilitary forces.",
"On Friday, the Supreme Court called on the government to transfer Maj.Gen.",
"Ijaz Chaudhary from his post -- an order that has since been carried out.",
"\"In compliance with supreme courts orders Major General Ijaz Chaudhary, DG Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) has been posted out,\" the military said in a brief statement Wednesday.",
"The statement did not say where Chaudhary had been placed.",
"Meanwhile, the six members of the paramilitary force who are accused of killing the teen last week have been turned over to police and will be tried under the country's terrorism act, a police official said Monday.",
"The Supreme Court has sent the case to an anti-terrorist court, which was ordered to conclude proceedings within a month, said Ahtisham Ali, a senior Karachi police official.",
"Anti-Terrorist Courts in Pakistan are special courts where hearings are expedited and decisions come more quickly than in the regular court system.",
"The accused -- members of the Sindh Rangers -- can be seen opening fire on 17-year-old Sarfraz Shah in a video captured by a local television cameraman and broadcast across Pakistan's networks last week.",
"Before being shot twice, Shah pleads with the men carrying automatic rifles.",
"\"I am helpless,\" he cries.",
"\"Please do not fire.\"",
"Shah begs to be taken to a hospital before bleeding to death.",
"The incident was the latest in a series of human rights incidents that has horrified the south Asian nation and deeply eroded public confidence in security agencies.",
"\"This kind of anger among the public and even politicians hasn't been seen before,\" said Zohra Yusuf, chairwoman of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission.",
"\"It was the way the young man was brutally shot dead in close quarters,\" she said.",
"\"And the footage showed very clearly that he was not armed.",
"The footage itself is so crystal clear.",
"It tells the whole story.\"",
"Shah tried to rob people at a park named in honor of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.",
"Karachi police official Rafiq Gulsaid Shah pointed a pistol and wanted to steal cash and cell phones.",
"He was handed over to park security and then to the Rangers.",
"Shah apparently tried to snatch the Rangers' guns, Gul said.",
"That's when the soldiers opened fire.",
"The video shows Shah reaching for their weapons before backing away.",
"Interior Minister Rehman Malik vowed justice but tempered his comments about Shah.",
"\"There should be no doubt that this video shows an unjust action,\" he said.",
"\"Action will be taken against the soldiers, but no one should forget he (the victim) is a criminal.",
"He pointed a pistol at two women and then he tried to rob them.",
"\"There are two things -- one, his criminal record, and another, an unjust killing,\" Malik said.",
"\"I assure the relatives of the victim the investigation will be transparent and neutral and the results will be made public.",
"These are the criminals that create problems for the public, but it does not justify killing like this.\"",
"Shah's family insisted that the Rangers had killed an innocent man.",
"\"My son was innocent,\" his mother said.",
"\"They killed him.\" CNN's Phil Black, Aliza Kassim and Moni Basu, and journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report."
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"Sarfraz Shah begs for his life on the video .",
"Police say the victim was a thief who threatened people with a gun ."
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"(CNN) -- World champion Sebastian Vettel extended his overall lead to 60 points despite his final-lap mistake in Canada.",
"The German's previous closest rival Lewis Hamilton failed to finish the rain-hit race in Montreal, meaning the Red Bull star's advantage was not eroded by Jenson Button's victory.",
"The McLaren driver moved up to second, with teammate Hamilton dropping to fourth after Red Bull's Mark Webber claimed a podium place.",
"Red Bull moved 69 points clear of McLaren in the manufacturers' standings, with Ferrari retaining third place despite Fernando Alonso's failure to complete the race.",
"Formula One 2011 lowdown .",
"The Formula One circuit returns to Europe for the eighth race on the calendar in Valencia from June 24-26.",
"Drivers' standings after seventh race of F1 season in Montreal: .",
"1. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 161 points .",
"2. Jenson Button (GB) McLaren 101 .",
"3. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 94 .",
"4. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren 85 .",
"5. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 69 .",
"6. Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 32 .",
"7. Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 31 .",
"8. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Renault 29 .",
"9. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes 26 .",
"10. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes 26 .",
"Constructors' standings: .",
"1. Red Bull 255 points .",
"2. McLaren 186 .",
"3. Ferrari 101 .",
"4. Lotus Renault 60 .",
"5. Mercedes 52 .",
"6. Sauber 27 . 7. Toro Rosso 12 .",
"8. Force India 10 .",
"9. Williams 4 ."
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"McLaren driver moves up to second overall after dramatic victory in Canada .",
"Vettel's teammate Mark Webber retains third place after also finishing on the podium .",
"Red Bull move further ahead of McLaren in the manufacturers' standings ."
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"(CNN) -- Sony announced Sunday that parts of the PlayStation Network will be back online this week and gamers will receive compensation for not being able to log on.",
"The PlayStation Network -- which allows users to play games with friends around the world and download movies and games over the Internet -- went offline on April 20 after officials learned days before a hacker stole personal information from its 77 million users.",
"Sony officials did not disclose the breach until April 22.",
"Sony executives apologized for the breach at a news conference in Tokyo on Sunday, saying they are conducting a thorough and ongoing investigation into the matter.",
"\"This criminal act against our network had a significant impact not only on our consumers, but our entire industry.",
"These illegal attacks obviously highlight the widespread problem with cyber security,\" said Kazuo Hirai, executive deputy president of Sony Corp. \"We take the security of our consumers' information very seriously and are committed to helping our consumers protect their personal data.\"",
"Officials said they will restore online gameplay for both the PlayStation 3 and PSP later this week, in addition to PlayStation Home, friends list and chat functionality.",
"Once the PlayStation Network is restored online, users will have to change their account passwords before being able to log into the service.",
"The update will require users to change their passwords on the PS3 on which the account was activated, or through e-mail validation.",
"To thank customers for their patience and loyalty, Sony announced it would offer PlayStation Network users 30 days free membership in the PlayStation Plus service, which provides access to exclusive games and beta trials for games.",
"Current subscribers to the PlayStation Plus service will receive an additional 30 days for free."
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"The PlayStation Network allows users to play games with friends worldwide .",
"It also allows users to download movies and games over the Internet .",
"It went offline on April 20 after a hacker stole personal information from its 77 million users ."
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"(CNN) -- Monaco's Royal Palace on Wednesday denied a published report that Prince Albert's bride-to-be, Charlene Wittstock, discovered information about the prince and tried to flee to her native South Africa but was stopped by police.",
"\"The Royal Palace formally denies the false allegations published on the site www.lexpress.fr,\" the palace statement said, pointing out that the report was published \"just days before the wedding ceremony between S.A.S.",
"Prince Albert and Miss Charlene Wittstock.\"",
"\"The sole intention of these rumors is to seriously damage the image of the Sovereign, as a result of damaging that of Miss Wittstock, and bear down on this happy event,\" the statement concluded.",
"Albert's adviser, Christiane Stahl, told CNN affiliate BFM-TV that the two were inititally \"completely disappointed\" by the story.",
"\"Then, they were hurt, but not for long because they know, especially the prince, that rumors are part of his life.",
"But I think that among all of what he has heard, this one was more hurtful than others because it is damaging and the purpose of this rumor is to damage a happy event, his wedding.\"",
"The French news magazine L'Express reported Tuesday that a \"shaken\" Wittstock made a hasty departure to Nice Airport where she intended to board a one-way flight to South Africa, having discovered several hours before that the private life of her fiance was \"not as exemplary as she imagined.\"",
"Sources were not named in the unsigned article.",
"L'Express also reported that Wittstock, a former Olympic swimmer, was stopped by airport officials and that it took intense persuasion from Albert and his entourage to get her to stay and agree to go through with the marriage.",
"The 53-year-old prince and ruler of Monaco, the only son of Princess Grace and the late Prince Rainier, has never married.",
"In 2005, Albert publicly acknowledged having fathered a son with a flight attendant, and he has also acknowledged a daughter, now in her late teens.",
"The couple appeared contented Tuesday afternoon, when they were seen walking arm-in-arm along Monaco's Port Hercule, accompanied by musician Jean-Michel Jarre, who is to perform Friday evening as part of the wedding celebrations.",
"The lavish event is to take place over three days beginning on Friday, with a guest list that includes French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British model Naomi Campbell, fashion designer Giorgio Armani and British business mogul Richard Branson.",
"Monaco, a sovereign principality, is one of the smallest countries in the world, measuring just under 2 square miles.",
"It sits on the French Riviera and is bordered on three sides by France.",
"It has a population of about 33,000."
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"NEW: Albert's adviser on the story: \"They were hurt, but not for long\"\nMonaco's Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock are to be married this weekend .",
"French news managine reported Wittstock tried to flee to her native South Africa .",
"Magazine said she discovered Albert's life was \"not as exemplary as she imagined\""
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"New Delhi (CNN) -- Outside the jail where he is staying, though he isn't a prisoner, Indian activist Anna Hazare has a growing crowd of supporters to back him up.",
"\"Even if we die, we will remain adamant in our protest.",
"We will not move from here,\" said Tarun Garg, one of Hazare's supporters, on Wednesday.",
"Hazare was planning to go on a hunger strike to call for stronger anti-corruption measures when he was detained Tuesday.",
"As thousands took to the streets to protest the arrest, authorities let him free, but he refused to leave the jail.",
"Now it looks like the anti-corruption crusader has accepted a police proposal that will allow him to fast in New Delhi for two weeks.",
"Hazare adviser Kiran Bedi said on Twitter that police removed \"unacceptable conditions\" and will allow the protest to begin Thursday afternoon.",
"The social reformer has become an unlikely figurehead for the fight against corruption in the country.",
"Hazare, 74, was not known nationally until recently.",
"His protest seems to have struck a chord with Indian society across the spectrum because corruption is pervasive at all levels of government, observers say.",
"He has been able to mobilize public support because there is so much dissatisfaction with the issue.",
"Citizens have even created a website -- ipaidabribe.com -- where people can denounce the corruption they encounter in their daily lives.",
"The prime minister's handling of the protest appears to have added to Hazare's status, because it makes it look like the government is going after the messenger rather than offering solutions.",
"Corruption is considered an endemic problem that affects all levels of Indian society.",
"According to a 2010 Transparency International report, India ranked 87th out of 178 countries in its corruption-perception index.",
"In April, Suresh Kalmadi, the chief organizer for last year's Commonwealth Games, was arrested and accused of buying a time, scoring and result system from a Swiss company at inflated costs.",
"Meanwhile, India's former telecom minister A. Raja, several bureaucrats and corporate officials are facing trial in connection with a multi-billion-dollar scandal involving the suspected below-price sale of mobile-phone radio waves or spectrum in 2008.",
"The draw that Hazare's planned hunger strike has was so great that police first tried to put conditions on it.",
"Organizers did not accept six of 22 police conditions for allowing the protest, including limiting the crowd to the capacity of the ground, police said.",
"As a result, Hazare was detained, as were 1,300 supporters who planned to join Hazare at a protest site.",
"A magistrate sent Hazare and seven supporters to jail after they failed to post bail, according to Rajan Bhagat, a police spokesman in New Delhi.",
"They were freed hours later and shifted to a prison office after the magistrate issued release orders, jail spokesman Sunil Gupta said.",
"The group had refused to leave the prison office until they are allowed to hold their hunger strike without unacceptable conditions, the jail spokesman said.",
"Thousands gathered in several cities, chanting pro-Hazare slogans and echoing his demands.",
"Supporters carrying Indian flags held sit-ins, marches and noisy demonstrations.",
"Many had \"I am Anna\" labels on their shirts.",
"Hazare conducted a similar five-day hunger strike in April at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar landmark, ending it after India's prime minister agreed to introduce long-pending legislation meant to crack down on graft.",
"Anti-corruption campaigners have rejected legislation prepared by the federal government to create a citizen ombudsman, saying the bill, now in Parliament, is too weak to tackle endemic graft in the system.",
"Critics have accused the activists of undermining lawmakers who will decide the proposed law.",
"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday justified the arrests in a statement before Parliament.",
"\"Our government acknowledges the right of citizens to hold peaceful protests,\" he said.",
"Hazare and his supporters would have been allowed to hold their protest fast if they had accepted the conditions, he said.",
"Amid shouts by opposition lawmakers over the police response to Hazare's protest, the Indian prime minister also cited supremacy of the legislature.",
"\"I am not aware of any constitutional philosophy or principle that allows anyone to question the sole prerogative of parliament to make a law,\" he said.",
"Singh, whose government is roiled in massive corruption scandals, acknowledged in a national address earlier in the week that no single measure could handle chronic corruption.",
"\"I believe that there is no single big step which we can take to eradicate corruption.",
"In fact, we will have to act simultaneously on many fronts,\" Singh said.",
"Campaigners' insistence on not accepting legislation other than their own version of the anti-corruption bill was \"beyond comprehension,\" Home Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters Tuesday.",
"\"How can you indirectly endorse such an argument that it is his bill and no other bill (that is acceptable)?\"",
"he said. Police took Hazare into custody after the veteran activist told officers that he would \"defy\" orders not to hold a demonstration, Chidambaram said.",
"He said Hazare and his supporters were welcome to raise their concerns with a parliamentary committee that will scrutinize the legislation before it is presented to lawmakers for a vote.",
"Activists appealed to government employees to take a day off work in a show of solidarity with Hazare, a call federal officials were quick to term \"wrong.\"",
"\"I sincerely hope that the government servants don't respond to such wrong calls,\" Chidambaram said.",
"CNN's Ram Ramgopal contributed to this report."
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"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A former federal lawmaker is among at least 33 people killed in a fresh spate of violence over the past 24 hours in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police officials said Thursday.",
"Several gunmen opened fire on Wajid Karimdad on Wednesday night shortly after he entered a restaurant for Iftar, the traditional post-fasting meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, said Karachi police official Naeem Shah.",
"Police suspect the gunmen targeted Karimdad, a member of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party.",
"Most of the deaths on Wednesday night and Thursday morning were the result of drive-by shootings in Lyari and Baldia, two districts in Karachi that have been hit hard by years of ethnic and political violence.",
"Some of the victims were shot to death after they were kidnapped, Shah told CNN.",
"Officials say the killings appear to be linked to ongoing rivalries between three political parties vying for power in Pakistan largest city: the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the Awami National Party (ANP), and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).",
"The PPP, led by President Asif Ali Zardari, views Karachi as a crucial political battleground, but politics in Pakistan's economic hub are dominated by the MQM, which represents \"muhajirs,\" descendants of immigrants from India decades ago.",
"The ANP is a secular Pashtun party based in militant-plagued northwest Pakistan, whose supporters have migrated south to Karachi because of the violence in their home region.",
"ANP supporters have the same ethnicity as the Taliban, so the MQM often accuses them of supporting militants.",
"The ANP, in turn, accuses the MQM of organized crime and terrorist activity.",
"Supporters of the PPP are accused of having links to criminal gangs as well.",
"Analysts say lack of law enforcement has allowed supporters of the political parties to adopt a gang-like mentality.",
"Police officials claim low pay, a lack of manpower and resources puts the police force at a disadvantage against the criminal gangs fueling the violence.",
"According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, violence between supporters of the political parties and other turf wars in Karachi have killed more than 1,000 people this year alone.",
"Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report."
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"Police suspect the gunmen targeted the member of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party .",
"Karachi tackles years of ethnic and political violence ."
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"(CNN) -- Waterlogged Vermont and northern New York braced for more rain a week after Tropical Storm Irene destroyed roads and sent floodwaters cascading into homes and businesses.",
"A flash flood watch for the region has been issued for Sunday evening through Tuesday morning, CNN meteorologist Sean Morris said.",
"Abundant moisture from Tropical Storm Lee, moving up from the Gulf of Mexico, will interact with an approaching cold front to produce widespread rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches with localized amounts of 4 inches possible, Morris said.",
"A flash flood watch means conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding.",
"Although the forecast was too far out to show precisely where the heaviest rain might fall, \"it could be trouble,\" especially for the southern part of the state, said Mark Bosma, spokesman for Vermont Emergency Management.",
"\"The ground is already saturated and some of the road beds have been washed out.\"",
"Irene killed 43 people from Florida to New England as it marched up the Eastern Seaboard over the weekend, dumping torrential rain.",
"Some of the worst flooding struck Vermont, New Jersey and upstate New York.",
"Swiftwater rescue teams have been put on notice, Bosma told CNN on Saturday.",
"The state and towns are already in an emergency operations mode because of Irene.",
"\"It's all hands on deck,\" Bosma said of road crews, which have been busy across the state with emergency repairs.",
"National Guard engineers and other personnel, including a contingent from Maine, are working this weekend on bridges and thoroughfares.",
"Towns are being informed of the latest weather conditions, Bosma said.",
"Power outages in Vermont from Irene were down from a high of 50,000 to about 300 Saturday, he added.",
"CNN's Phil Gast contributed to this report."
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"It covers counties ravaged by Tropical Storm Irene .",
"Emergency officials prepare contingencies ."
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"(CNN) -- Somalia's government said Saturday they are investigating the death of a Malaysian cameraman who was shot dead when African Union peacekeepers allegedly fired on his convoy.",
"Noramfaizul Mohd Nor was travelling with a convoy of humanitarian workers when a contingent of Ugandan-nationals with AMISOM opened fire, killing Nor and wounding another journalist, TV-3 reporter Aji Saregar Mazlan, Somalia's transitional government said in a Saturday statement.",
"\"The police and the security forces immediately reached the location of the incident and started a full investigation for the shocking action,\" the government said.",
"Attempts to reach AU representative were not immediately successful Saturday.",
"On Friday, Nor was heading to the outskirts of Mogadishu to cover a Malay-sponsored project to help drought victims on behalf of Malaysia's national news agency Bernama.",
"In an interview with Bernama, Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Nor was a \"hero.\"",
"\"He was willing to take the risk to provide extensive coverage of our missions to help others in many parts of the world,\" he said.",
"Reporters without Borders, an activist organization on behalf of journalist, said Friday that Somalia continued to be one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, often caught in the cross-fir between Islamic Al-Shabaab militia and pro-government forces.",
"\"Nor joins the long list of journalists killed in the course of their work in Somalia, Africa's deadliest country for media personnel with 23 killed since 2007,\" Reporters Without Borders said Friday.",
"\"Despite the recent retreat by the Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab, the violence and fighting in Mogadishu have not stopped and covering Somalia continues to be extremely dangerous,\" the organization stated.",
"CNN's David Mckenzie contributed to this report ."
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"Malaysian Prime Minister mourns the loss of national \"hero\"\nCameraman was traveling with a humanitarian convoy to film Malaysia famine project .",
"Somali government said African Union peacekeepers fired on Nor's convoy .",
"Somalia is one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists, activists say ."
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"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Osama bin Laden's wife has told interrogators she didn't venture outside the walled compound where the al Qaeda leader was killed for five years, a Pakistani military spokesman said Thursday.",
"The wife, who was wounded in the raid, said she lived in the compound in Abbottabad with eight of bin Laden's children and five others from another family, Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas told CNN.",
"All of them have been in Pakistani custody since the pre-dawn U.S. commando raid Monday that killed bin Laden and they will eventually be returned to their country of origin, Abbas said.",
"The many wives of Osama bin Laden .",
"The news came as Pakistan's armed forces acknowledged intelligence \"shortcomings\" after the world's most-wanted man was hunted down and killed in a city north of their capital.",
"A military statement said an investigation would be launched, but warned that the U.S. raid that killed bin Laden has jeopardized its cooperation with American forces.",
"Abbas said he wasn't sure from the wife's questioning how long bin Laden had lived in the compound or whether he had ventured outside during the five-year period his wife described.",
"He identified the wife as \"Amal,\" but said he could not confirm her full name.",
"Amal al-Sadah, 29-years-old and originally from Yemen, is the youngest of bin Laden's five wives.",
"The al Qaeda leader had a total of 20 children, and one of his adult sons was also reported killed in the weekend assault.",
"With a $25 million U.S. bounty on his head, bin Laden turned out to have been living in a three-story home in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad -- about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Islamabad and a short distance from a leading Pakistani military academy.",
"American critics have questioned how Pakistani officials could have missed the compound, and U.S. officials have said Washington did not give Pakistan any notice of the assault because they feared the word would leak.",
"Material shows threats to railways, key cities .",
"Pakistan backed the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban in Afghanistan before the Taliban-allied al Qaeda attacked New York and Washington on September 11, 2001.",
"U.S. officials have warned that some elements of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency remain supportive of extremists even as Pakistan battles its own Taliban insurgency.",
"In a statement from Pakistan's military headquarters, the country's armed service chiefs defended the ISI's efforts in attacking al Qaeda leaders, but said there had been \"shortcomings in developing intelligence on the presence of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.\"",
"The statement said an investigation will be launched \"into the circumstances that led to this situation.\"",
"FBI: New attacks were being plotted .",
"But the army chief of staff, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, \"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.",
"And Pakistan has ordered U.S. military personnel on its territory drawn down to the \"minimum essential\" level in the wake of the assault that killed bin Laden deep within Pakistan early Monday, the statement announced.",
"The U.S. military has had a small contingent of troops operating as trainers for Pakistani security forces for at least three years.",
"Three Americans taking part in that mission were killed in a roadside bombing along the rugged border between Afghanistan and Pakistan in February 2010.",
"Breaking down the key points of bin Laden raid .",
"Pakistan is also a key supply route for the U.S. and NATO troops battling the Taliban in Afghanistan, with truck convoys often coming under attack near the border.",
"But those runs are made by contractors, not U.S. troops.",
"Mark Grossman, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, had some \"very blunt\" conversations with Pakistani officials in the wake of the bin Laden raid, according to two senior U.S. officials briefed on the talks.",
"In meetings with Kayani and Lt. Gen. Ahmad Pasha, the ISI's chief, Grossman discussed the need for Pakistan to improve its cooperation on counterterrorism in the wake of the bin Laden operation, the officials said.",
"But the officials said that there is still no evidence that points to the senior levels of the Pakistani military or the ISI knowing that bin Laden was hiding out in that compound.",
"And Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir told reporters Thursday that any suggestion that the intelligence service or the government were covering for bin Laden \"is absolutely wrong.\"",
"In fact, he said, the ISI alerted U.S. intelligence agencies to the presence of al Qaeda operatives in Abbottabad as early as 2004.",
"\"It is easy to say that the ISI and elements in the government are in cahoots with al Qaeda,\" he said.",
"\"This is a false charge.",
"It cannot be validated, on any account.\"",
"Kayani and Pasha both warned that comments like the ones by CIA Director Leon Panetta -- who told U.S. lawmakers in a closed-door session Tuesday that Pakistani officials were either \"involved or incompetent\" in bin Laden's case -- were unhelpful.",
"Still, they said that they wanted to work through the problems between the Washington and Islamabad, the senior U.S. officials said.",
"Two key senators defend Pakistan aid .",
"Bashir, too, tried to temper any reports of a rift between Pakistan and the United States.",
"He said there has been an \"excellent exchange of views\" between the two sides in recent days, a positive rapport he expects to continue even as Pakistan opens a \"review\" of how bin Laden was able to stay in Abbottabad, deals with the ramifications of accusations it could have done more and addresses issues of its terroritorial sovereignty after U.S. forces got into Pakistan undetected.",
"\"We have cooperated with the United States in the past.",
"We look forward to continuing this cooperation at all levels,\" Bashir said.",
"\"I think, basically, the Pakistan-U.S. relations are moving in the right direction.\"",
"CNN's Samson Desta, Tim Lister and Elise Labott contributed to this report."
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"NEW: Pakistani minister says U.S., Pakistani relations moving in \"the right direction\"\nBin Laden's wife says she stayed inside his compound for five years .",
"The Pakistani military says further raids would hurt cooperation .",
"An investigation will be launched into intelligence \"shortcomings\" regarding bin Laden ."
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"(CNN) -- World number one Rafael Nadal has crashed out in the quarterfinals of the Queen's Club tournament in London, beaten in three sets by Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.",
"Wimbledon champion Nadal, who flew straight to the grasscourt event on the back of winning a record-equalling sixth French Open title, struggled for form throughout the week and was eventually sent tumbling 6-7 6-4 6-1 by fifth-seeded Tsonga.",
"Nadal admitted he felt 'exhausted' going into the tournament, but the result was still a major shock, with the Spaniard having reached seven successive finals prior to this defeat.",
"Nadal struggles past Stepanek to reach quarters .",
"\"After losing the second set, mentally I lost my concentration -- it has been a lot of matches in a row,\" Nadal told reporters.",
"\"I am a little tired.",
"I wasn't there like usual and certainly I think I need a little bit of break,\" he continued.",
"A delighted Tsonga added: \"The first time I reached the world top 100 was here at Queen's and today I have beaten the world number one.",
"It was close to my best tennis -- it has to be to beat Rafa.\"",
"Tsonga will now face unheralded wildcard Jamie Ward in the semifinals after the British number two, ranked 216th in the world, reached his first-ever ATP Tour semfinal with a 6-2 6-7 6-2 win over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.",
"Meanwhile, Andy Roddick and Andy Murray will clash in the other semifinal after both players cruised through in completely different circumstances.",
"British No.1 and second seed Murray secured his place in the last four when scheduled opponent Marin Cilic of Croatia was forced to pull out of their quarterfinal with an ankle injury.",
"Ironically, Murray himself has been battling a similar problem, picked up in last week's French Open, and the Scot beat Janko Tipsarevic on Thursday with a brace attached to his damaged right ankle.",
"\"I would have rather played today, and got another match on the grass.",
"It wasn't to be,\" Murray told reporters.",
"\"I just have to take this day as a rest day, which in some ways is probably a good thing,\" he added.",
"The extra day's rest could well prove crucial prior to Saturday's clash with third seed Roddick, who remains on course for a record fifth title on the London grass after crusing to a straight sets victory over seventh-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.",
"Six players have won four Queen's titles, including John McEnroe and Boris Becker, but Roddick will surpass them all if he carries on the form he showed in an impressive 6-2 6-2 win.",
"Meanwhile, holder Lleyton Hewitt is out of the Halle grasscourt tournament in Germany, beaten at the quarterfinal stage by local favorite Philipp Kohlschreiber.",
"Kohlschreiber reached the semifinals for the fourth time in his career, securing a 7-6 6-3 win in 90 minutes, smashing down 14 aces in the process.",
"He will now face third seed Gael Monfils, after the Frenchman beat Florian Mayer 6-4 6-4.",
"Another German, Philipp Petzschner, also secured his place with a 6-3 6-7 6-3 victory over eighth seed Milos Raonic.",
"The 27-year-old Petzschner will now meet 2007 Halle winner Tomas Berdych, the top seed after Roger Federer's withdrawal on Monday, who saw off fifth seed Viktor Troicki of Serbia 7-6 6-1."
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"World number one Rafael Nadal crashes out of the Queen's Club event .",
"The six-time French Open champion is beaten in three sets by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga .",
"Andy Murray and Andy Roddick will clash in the other semifinal in London ."
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"(CNN) -- \"I'm not a machine, and like everybody I have better moments than others,\" Rafael Nadal told CNN in Shanghai.",
"After a year disrupted by injury, it was a moment of candor from the down-to-Earth 23-year-old, whose winning ways on the court had at times made him seem invincible.",
"\"Tennis is a hard sport, a very, very tough mental sport because you play a lot of matches during the season and you have to be ready every week.",
"So you need to be very focused all the time -- 100 percent physical and mental -- if you want to have chances to have a good result.",
"\"Sometimes you feel you need to stop.",
"I played every week for a long time and I forgot I had to stop for an injury.\"",
"Taking time out of the game earlier this summer to recover from tendonitis in his knees, Nadal missed out on defending his 2008 Wimbledon title, won in an epic final match against world number 1, Roger Federer.",
"Making his comeback just before the U.S. Open in August, he played into some form to reach the final of the Shanghai Masters tournament in October.",
"Even though he won five major tournaments in the first half of 2009, the lack of silverwear in the second half of 2009 isn't a worry.",
"He retains his will to win and is happy that his job is something he loves.",
"\"I never excepted be number two or Number one and have the chance to win Grand Slams.",
"That's unbelievable for me, you know, I feel I'm a very lucky person because I work in tennis.",
"My work is playing tennis and it's my hobby too, you know, so not everybody can work in one of his hobbies, so I feel lucky for that,\" he told CNN.",
"With six Grand Slam titles to his name already, the Majorcan believes he has a long future ahead of him in the game, despite his recent injury setback.",
"\"I have seven years of my career right now and I am not finished, so I expect be here and hope be here for a long time.\""
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"Khartoum, Sudan (CNN) -- Sudan threatened to withdraw from peace talks with rebels in the western Darfur region unless an agreement was struck by Thursday.",
"\"If we reach an agreement tomorrow then God be praised but if we don't then we will withdraw our negotiating team,\" President Omar al-Bashir said at a rally Wednesday in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state.",
"Al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in the western Darfur region, said he would not deal with rebels bearing arms after the talks ended in Doha, Qatar.",
"\"These (rebel) movements are enjoying the negotiation process and their residency in foreign hotels while the people of Darfur are suffering the flames of war,\" al-Bashir said.",
"\"We will not negotiate with anyone who carries a gun and claims to lead an armed group that represents the will of the people.\"",
"The anti-government Justice and Equality Movement called al-Bashir's statement a declaration of war.",
"\"What the president said yesterday has blocked the way ahead on the road to a political solution,\" said a statement from Ahmed Hussein Adam, a spokesman for the group.",
"\"It is a declaration of war and a limiting of any future chance for peace.\"",
"Fighting erupted in 2003 between rebel groups and al-Bashir's Arab-dominated government in Khartoum.",
"More than 300,000 people have been killed in this desolate region, where hopes for peace have gone up and down over the last few months.",
"Negotiators had previously set a December 31 deadline for agreement in the peace talks, which have so far not made much progress.",
"The deadline was ahead of a key referendum on independence for Southern Sudan that begins January 9.",
"North and South, dominated by non-Arab Christians and animists, have fought one of Africa's longest-running civil wars.",
"The Darfur conflict is separate from the North-South divide, but independence for the South could help embolden rebels in Darfur."
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"(CNN) -- Croatia midfielder Luka Modric will not be sold to Chelsea, according to the chairman of his English Premier League club Tottenham.",
"The 25-year-old has been the subject of transfer speculation after helping the London side reach the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League last season, and his manager Harry Redknapp on Thursday ridiculed a bid of $35.5 million for the player.",
"Modric, who cost Spurs $27 million when he signed from Dinamo Zagreb in 2008, was on Saturday quoted by English newspaper the Daily Mail as saying he wanted to join London rivals Chelsea.",
"In response, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy issued a statement on the club's website confirming that Chelsea's initial approach had been turned down and that he had not invited an improved offer.",
"\"I wish to make it absolutely clear, as I have said previously, that none of our key players will be sold this summer.",
"We are building a team for the future to consistently play at the highest level, and retaining quality players is crucial to that,\" Levy said.",
"\"In respect of Luka Modric, we are not prepared to sell, at any price, to Chelsea Football Club or any other club.",
"We made our stance on this issue abundantly clear in writing to Chelsea.",
"They chose to ignore it and then subsequently made the offer public.",
"\"For the avoidance of any doubt, let me reiterate that we shall not enter into any negotiations whatsoever, with any club, regarding Luka.",
"We now consider this matter closed.\"",
"With Tottenham playing in Europe's second-tier Europa League next season after finishing fifth in the Premier League, Modric appears keen to join a club fighting for major titles.",
"Second-placed Chelsea sacked manager Carlo Ancelotti after a trophyless season following a league and cup double in his first campaign, and the Italian's replacement has yet to be announced.",
"\"If somebody comes to the club and the offer is good for me and acceptable to them, then I want to leave,\" Modric told the Daily Mail.",
"\"I want to leave Tottenham as friends.",
"I have enjoyed my time there, but now it is right for me to look at another club.",
"\"I have an arrangement with the chairman.",
"When I signed my new contract, he said that, if another club came to sign me, they would consider the offer.",
"I won't ask for a transfer, no.",
"That would be disrespectful.",
"I hope they can reach an agreement that is satisfactory for everyone.",
"\"Chelsea are a big club with an ambitious owner.",
"They have great players and they have ambitions to fight for the title and win the Champions League.",
"I want to stay in London.",
"I am very happy here and so are my family.\"",
"Despite not having a manager in place, Chelsea officials are in talks with highly-rated young Belgium international striker Romelu Lukaku, the 18-year-old striker's club Anderlecht revealed on Friday.",
"Meanwhile, English club Newcastle United signed former France under-21 midfielder Sylvain Marveaux on a five-year contract from Rennes on Saturday.",
"The 25-year-old will bolster Newcastle's midfield ranks following the departure of club captain Kevin Nolan to relegated West Ham.",
"Marveaux follows West Ham's Senegal international striker Demba Ba in moving to St James' Park, where he will link up with compatriots Hatem Ben Arfa and Yohan Cabaye."
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"Tottenham unhappy with Chelsea's attempt to sign playmaker Luka Modric .",
"Croatia midfielder tells English newspaper that he wants to join London rivals .",
"Spurs chairman issues statement saying the 25-year-old is not for sale .",
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"New York (CNN) -- Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. will not recuse himself from prosecuting the case against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn for the attempted rape of a hotel housekeeper, his spokeswoman said Wednesday.",
"\"Any suggestion that this office should be recused is wholly without merit,\" Erin Duggan said in a statement.",
"The announcement came in response to the call earlier in the day from an attorney for the housekeeper.",
"\"We make this request in order to protect the integrity of the prosecution of Mr. Stauss-Kahn, to ensure the victim's rights are not further prejudiced by deliberate acts seeking to undermine her credibility, to insulate your office from the appearance of conflict of interest, and to ensure that future victims of sex crimes, regardless of their backgrounds, are not dissuaded from coming forward,\" wrote Kenneth P. Thompson in a four-page letter to Vance.",
"Strauss-Kahn, 62. is accused of having attempted to rape the maid when she entered his suite at the Sofitel off Times Square on May 14 in order to clean it.",
"Thompson said Vance's office \"apparently has been responsible\" for leaks to the news media \"that were intended to discredit the victim's character and, perhaps most importantly, undermine her charges against Mr.",
"Strauss-Kahn.\"",
"He cited a telephone call he received June 30 from Chief Assistant District Attorney Daniel R. Alonso, informing him of the prosecutor's decision to turn over to the defense \"certain false statements\" that the victim had told investigators.",
"During the call, he said Alonso had told him about an audio recording obtained by the prosecution in which the alleged victim told an incarcerated person a day after the alleged attack \"about the possible benefits\" of pursuing charges against Strauss-Kahn.",
"\"When I asked Mr. Alonso specifically about what the victim had allegedly said during that conversation, he stated that the victim said 'words to the effect' that 'this guy has a lot of money.",
"I know what I'm doing.'\" Thompson said that Alonso then agreed to turn over a copy of the recording or allow him and the housekeeper to listen to it but, more than six days later, had failed to do so.",
"\"I am told by Mr. Alonso that the victim must now wait for the prosecutor's interpreter to prepare a complete transcript of it,\" Thompson wrote.",
"He went on to complain that, within a few hours of that call, the New York Times reported on the \"alleged conversation with the incarcerated individual,\" in an article that cited \"'two well-placed law enforcement officials.'\"",
"Thompson said he believes those officials work for Vance.",
"The lawyer said he was troubled by the fact that, the following day, the newspaper ran another article about the alleged victim that described the reported conversation between the woman and the incarcerated individual.",
"Thompson said the article used language similar to that which Alonso had used during their conversation.",
"\"Such apparent leaks by members of your office is, without question, an abrogation of the duties and responsibilities of a prosecutor and will, unfortunately, have a chilling effect on other victims of sex crimes coming forward in the future for fear of reprisals from the office that is charged with protecting victims -- not discrediting them through orchestrated media campaigns,\" he wrote.",
"Thompson added that he was \"truly saddened\" to read the response of a \"senior prosecutor\" who was asked about a New York Post article that asked whether the victim was \"turning tricks while at (a) hotel\" after the alleged sexual assault and under the protection of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.",
"\"I can't say with 100% certainty that it's not true,\" the \"senior prosecutor\" was quoted as saying.",
"\"The fact that apparently a prosecutor in your office suggested that it might be true that the victim is a prostitute and had engaged in acts of prostitution while under the protection of your office is appalling,\" Thompson wrote.",
"He then pointed to what he said represents a potential conflict of interest that the prosecutor's office has in the case -- \"the chief of your entire trial division is married to one of Mr. Strauss-Kahn's lawyers in this case.\"",
"And he blamed the prosecution for failing to have alerted him before he learned of it from the news media.",
"\"As far as we know, this prosecutor is still assigned to the case and gives us great concern about whether your office can truly determine what is in the interest of justice.\"",
"Vance's spokeswoman's response did not address each of the concerns raised by Thompson.",
"It said, \"We strongly disagree with how the office and the work of the assistant district attorneys have been characterized.\"",
"Also Wednesday, attorneys for Strauss-Kahn said that the defense team had a \"constructive meeting\" with prosecutors, who maintained that they are not ready to drop sexual abuse and attempted rape charges even after questions were raised about the accuser's credibility.",
"\"The investigative process is continuing, and no decisions have been made,\" said Manhattan District Attorney spokeswoman Erin Duggan.",
"The two-hour meeting came just days after prosecutors disclosed credibility issues regarding the hotel maid who accused Strauss-Kahn of sexually attacking her.",
"\"We had a constructive meeting today with (Vance) and his colleagues,\" said a statement from .",
"William W. Taylor III and Benjamin Brafman.",
"Strauss-Kahn pleaded not guilty in June to charges that prompted him to resign from his post as managing director of the International Monetary Fund.",
"Questions about the case surfaced last week when Vance indicated that the woman, 32, had been less than truthful with authorities about some aspects of her life and her whereabouts immediately after the alleged attack at the Sofitel hotel May 14.",
"Legal analysts suggest that prosecutors are looking for ways to salvage the case.",
"\"Prosecutors correctly regard dismissal as complete humiliation and capitulation,\" said CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.",
"\"If they can get a guilty plea, even to a misdemeanor, that would be a slightly face-saving route out of this case.",
"\"But it seems clear that the defense now very much has the upper hand,\" he added.",
"The developments in New York come as Strauss-Kahn faces separate accusations of attempted rape in France, which were filed in a complaint by French writer Tristane Banon.",
"A Strauss-Kahn lawyer in France said he has filed a counter-claim against Banon for \"false declarations.\"",
"French prosecutors have received Banon's complaint, a spokeswoman for the office said, and it is currently \"under consideration\" to determine whether there is enough evidence to press charges.",
"Banon's mother, Socialist politician Anne Mansouret, said shortly after the housekeeper's accusations were splashed across front pages around the world that her daughter had been attacked by Strauss-Kahn in 2003 but that she had discouraged her at the time from filing charges against him.",
"The statute of limitations in France for attempted rape is 10 years.",
"Mansouret, a member of parliament, said she cautioned Banon not to file a police report at the time for fear it would hurt her journalism career.",
"CNN's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report."
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"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson appeared to be dead when an ambulance arrived at his home at 12:26 p.m. June 25, 2009, according to a paramedic and a security guard who testified Wednesday.",
"\"When I picked him up, his legs were quite cool,\" Los Angeles County Paramedic Richard Senneff said.",
"\"His eyes were quite dry.\"",
"No pulse was detected, and the paramedics' heart monitor showed Jackson was \"flatlined\" as he lay on his bedroom floor, Senneff testified.",
"Wednesday was the second day of testimony in a preliminary hearing to decide whether Dr. Conrad Murray will face trial for involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death.",
"Prosecutors contend that Murray's should be held criminally responsible for giving the pop star a surgical anesthetic, propofol, at home without monitoring equipment.",
"The coroner concluded Jackson died from \"acute propofol intoxication,\" in combination \"the contributory affects of the benzodiazepines,\" Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney David Walgren said.",
"Murray allegedly delayed calling for help when he found Jackson was not breathing, misled paramedics and doctors about the series of sedatives and the anesthetic he'd given him and that he tried to hide evidence when he should have been trying to revive Jackson.",
"Murray told paramedics he had only given Jackson a dose of lorazepam to help him sleep and that he was treating him for dehydration, Senneff testified.",
"When he asked \"how long the patient was down,\" the doctor responded \"'It just happened,'\" Senneff testified.",
"The paramedic, however, said \"it didn't add up.\"",
"Testimony Wednesday also included emotional accounts of crying and praying in the home as Jackson's children and employees realized something was very wrong upstairs.",
"Jackson chef Kia Chase said the first indication of a crisis was when Murray ran downstairs in a panic and asked her to send Jackson's oldest son, Prince, and the security guard upstairs.",
"\"His eyes were enlarged,\" Chase testified.",
"\"He was screaming.\" After the housekeepers started crying, the rest of the staff joined them, she said.",
"\"We started praying,\" Chase said.",
"\"We held hands, and we were crying.\"",
"Jackson's two oldest children, Prince and Paris, watched from a bedroom doorway as Murray tried to revive their father before the ambulance arrived, according to Alberto Alvarez, who worked on Jackson's security team.",
"\"Paris screamed 'Daddy!'",
"and she started crying,\" Alvarez testified.",
"Michael Jackson's three sisters, parents and brother Randy listened from the second row of the Los Angeles County courtroom as Alvarez appeared to be near tears as he described the scene.",
"\"Dr. Murray then said 'Get them out, get them out.",
"Don't let them see their father like this,' \" Alvarez said.",
"\"I turned to the children and I told them 'Don't worry, children, we'll take care of it.",
"Go outside please.'",
"\" Alvarez testified that Murray asked for his help in collecting medicines from around the bedroom.",
"\"He then grabbed a handful of bottles or vials,\" Alvarez said.",
"\"He instructed me to put them in a bag.\"",
"It was only then, about 21 minutes after prosecutors say Murray realized Jackson was not breathing, that he asked Alvarez to call for an ambulance.",
"It arrived four minutes later.",
"Jackson's former security chief testified that Murray seemed not to know how to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation as he waited for paramedics to arrive at the singer's house.",
"Faheem Muhammed said he and Alvarez saw Murray crouched next to Jackson's bed \"in a panicked state asking, 'Does anyone know CPR?'",
"\" \"I looked at Alberto because we knew Dr. Murray was a heart surgeon, so we were shocked,\" Muhammed said.",
"When defense lawyer Ed Chernoff asked if perhaps Murray was only asking for help because he was tired, Muhammed said, \"The way that he asked it is as if he didn't know CPR.\"",
"Alvarez testified that Murray told him and Muhammed that he was inexperienced at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.",
"\"After the second time, he gave a breath, he said 'You know, this is the first time that I give mouth-to-mouth, but I have to do it, because he's my friend,' \" Alvarez said.",
"Jackson appeared to be dead at that time, with his \"eyes open and his mouth open, just laying there,\" Muhammed said.",
"Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney David Walgren earlier said that Murray used \"ineffectual CPR with one hand while the patient was prone on a soft bed.\"",
"Using two hands with the patient prone on a hard surface is the proper method, he said.",
"Muhammed, testifying Tuesday, said he never saw Murray performing CPR on Jackson before paramedics arrived and transported the singer to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.",
"The hearing, which began Tuesday, is expected to last two or three weeks, with 20 to 30 witnesses testifying.",
"Judge Michael Pastor will determine whether there is probable cause to send Murray to trial.",
"Murray remains free on $75,000 bond.",
"InSession Producer Michael Christian contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- Two leading tobacco companies fired a pre-emptive legal strike against federal authorities Friday, challenging the objectivity and thus validity of a 12-member advisory panel charged with making recommendations on the safety of menthol cigarettes and other matters.",
"The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee, which is helping direct the implementation of the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, is set to file a key report on menthol by March 23.",
"Just over a month before that report comes out, R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard filed their lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington, naming the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services and those agencies' respective leaders as defendants, as well as the director of the federal Center for Tobacco Products.",
"The complaint attempts to prevent federal authorities from \"taking any action based on or influenced by\" or otherwise using information from the advisory committee \"as it is currently constructed.\"",
"That group, which includes three non-voting members representing the tobacco industry, is charged per federal statute with providing \"advice, information, and recommendations\" to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on health, dependence and other issues related to tobacco.",
"Theoretically relying on these recommendations, the secretary has the authority to mandate \"good manufacturing practices for tobacco products.\"",
"The lawsuit filed Friday questions the neutrality of the panel members, saying three -- including its chairman, Dr. Jonathan Samet -- had \"conflicts of interests and associated biases that are incompatible with (the committee's) role as an impartial advisor.\"",
"The tobacco firms allege that the three, plus two members of a subcommittee, have been paid expert witnesses in litigation against tobacco companies and/or consultants for pharmaceutical companies that create nicotine-replacement-therapy products.",
"Jeff Ventura, a spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration, did not address specific claims in the suit.",
"\"As a matter of general policy, the FDA does not comment on possible, pending or ongoing litigation,\" Ventura wrote CNN by e-mail.",
"According to the panel's website, most of the committee's voting members \"shall be physicians, dentists, scientists or health care professionals practicing in the areas of oncology, pulmonology, cardiology, toxicology, pharmacology, addiction, or any other relevant specialty.\"",
"One must be a local, state or federal government official and one who is a representative of the public.",
"Before the report's release late next month, the panel has two scheduled upcoming meetings.",
"It has met approximately once a month since June 2010, with transcripts, webcasts and documents germane to the sessions posted on the FDA website.",
"The tobacco companies in their complaint noted the panel's mission to probe menthol cigarettes, including their use among young people, African-Americans, Hispanics and other minorities, as well as smokeless tobacco products.",
"Menthol cigarettes, which account for one-quarter of the cigarettes sold in the United States, have been under scrutiny by public health officials and public health watchdog groups.",
"Critics claim the flavor makes them more addictive and they denounce the marketing campaigns that they say target menthol cigarettes specifically at minority smokers.",
"According to a study published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research, three-quarters of African-American smokers prefer menthol cigarettes to traditional ones.",
"But Leonard Jones, director of marketing at Lorillard, said last year that \"ethnicity does not play a role\" in marketing strategies for the Newport menthol cigarette.",
"\"We don't collect or retain information on ethnicity in our marketing data base,\" he said.",
"R.J. Reynolds, the nation's second-largest tobacco company, is based in North Carolina and sells Camel, Winston, Kool, Pall Mall and other cigarettes.",
"Delaware-based Lorillard, which ranks as the third biggest in the United States, is behind the Newport, Maverick, True, Old Gold and other brands.",
"CNN's Greg Botelho contributed to this report."
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"NEW: FDA spokesman says that the agency generally doesn't comment on litigation .",
"R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard file a lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington .",
"The tobacco firms question the objectivity of a key federal advisory panel's members .",
"Committee is set to issue a report on the safety of menthol cigarettes in March ."
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"(CNN) -- Suspected arson at the future site of a mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, has \"really raised the fear factor\" among area Muslims, a representative of the mosque told CNN on Monday.",
"The Saturday morning blaze destroyed an earth mover and damaged three other vehicles at the future site of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, said Camie Ayash, a spokeswoman for the center.",
"The fire is under investigation, but \"you can reasonably make the assumption\" that it was deliberately set, FBI Assistant Special Agent Keith Moses said Sunday.",
"\"The evidence is being analyzed to see what the origin of the fire was,\" said Moses, with the FBI's Nashville, Tennessee, bureau.",
"\"We have to follow the facts.\"",
"Ayash told CNN's \"American Morning\" on Monday the incident has provoked mixed reactions in the community, but \"has really raised the fear factor for everyone.",
"... We see the different type of fear with our children.",
"It is very hard to explain to children what is going on.",
"It is hard to explain to the little kids when they ask you, 'Mommy, are these people for us or against us?'",
"\" A candlelight vigil, organized by Middle Tennesseans for Religious Freedom in response to the alleged arson, was held Monday night in front of the Rutherford County Courthouse.",
"Kyle Evans, spokesman for Murfreesboro Police, said about 100 people attended the vigil.",
"He said a truck with three or four men drove up bearing a sign that said \"no mosque.\"",
"Joined by three or four other mosque opponents, the men debated with some of those at the vigil for about an hour, Evans said.",
"Although voices were raised and there was some shouting, police did not interfere.",
"\"We did not step in,\" said Evans.",
"\"It was peaceful.\" He added officers would have intervened if there were threats or physical altercations.",
"The blaze is being investigated by the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office.",
"ATF spokesman Eric Kehn told CNN on Monday night the investigation is continuing.",
"\"We have no reason to think it's a hate crime,\" he said.",
"\"We simply cannot allow the actions of a few destructive individuals to go overlooked by Rutherford County residents.",
"It's truly a shame that we have reached this point, but it is up to us to ensure the intimidation goes no further,\" said Claire Rogers, spokesperson for Middle Tennesseans for Religious Freedom.",
"Ayash said the Murfreesboro Fire Department told her the vehicles had been doused with an accelerant -- a substance, such as gasoline, that can help start or spread fires.",
"She told CNN on Monday that she was notified of the fire about 4 or 4:30 a.m. Saturday.",
"A passerby had seen the fire about 1:30 a.m. and called the fire department, she said.",
"The lead detective told her that someone had opened the hood on the earth mover and set its engine on fire, she said.",
"The other vehicles were doused with flammable liquid but not ignited.",
"The detective speculated that the passerby might have spooked the arsonist, who fled, Ayash said.",
"\"It really put fear into the community,\" Ayash said.",
"\"Our children are heartbroken,\" she said.",
"\"When we broke ground a few weeks ago, they could see the new Islamic center as something that was tangible, something that was going to happen.\"",
"\"Now someone had so much hatred to rip the joy out of their hearts,\" she said.",
"The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro has existed in the Murfreesboro area for more than a decade, according to its website, and currently meets about a mile from the site of the future mosque.",
"\"We have had members in our community in this area for around 30 years,\" Ayash said Monday.",
"\"So all of this really took us by surprise.\"",
"The congregation purchased a 15-acre plot in 2009 and announced plans for a center that will include a mosque, educational facilities, a gym, cemetery and various recreational areas, including tracks, pavilions and a playground.",
"The project has provoked controversy in Murfreesboro, about 35 miles southeast of Nashville, and statewide.",
"In July, several hundred opponents of the mosque staged a march against the project.",
"Some objected to Islam itself, carrying signs like \"MOSQUE LEADERS SUPPORT KILLING CONVERTS,\" while others opposed the project for environmental reasons.",
"Last month, Tennessee Lt. Gov.",
"Ron Ramsey publicly criticized the project.",
"\"You could even argue whether being a Muslim is actually a religion, or is it a nationality, way of life, a cult, whatever you want to call it,\" Ramsey, then a candidate for Tennessee governor, said at a rally.",
"Ramsey placed third in Tennessee's Republican primaries earlier this month.",
"\"I think a lot of this has to do with timing,\" said Ayash, who said her husband is a Muslim and she converted about 10 years ago.",
"\"This was an election year.",
"You had a lot of candidates running their campaign off of terrorism or things like that, so I think it had to do with timing and misinformation.\"",
"The community has an open-door policy, she said, and welcomes the opportunity to answer questions posed by members of the public about Islam."
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"NEW: Group holds candlelight vigil outside courthouse .",
"An FBI spokesman says \"you can reasonably make the assumption\" that it was arson .",
"The fire destroyed an earth mover and damaged three other vehicles .",
"The mosque project has provoked controversy across Tennessee ."
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"(CNN) -- Uruguay striker Luis Suarez scored in the closing moments of the first half to secure a 1-1 draw for Oscar Taberez's side against Peru in their opening match of the 2011 Copa America.",
"The 2010 World Cup semifinalists fell behind after 23 minutes when Hamburg's Paolo Guerrero latched onto a long ball up field before rounding Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera and rolling a low shot into the empty net.",
"Liverpool's Suarez leveled for the two-time world champions when he converted from inside the penalty area after being released by Ajax playmaker Nicolas Lodeiro.",
"Atletico Madrid forward Diego Forlan had a clear-cut opportunity to snatch all three points for Uruguay, but the 32-year-old fired his effort over the crossbar with only the goalkeeper to beat.",
"Brazil held by Venezuela .",
"The result left Chile top of Group C, after they came from behind to defeat Gold Cup winners Mexico 2-1.",
"Nestor Araujo put Mexico into the lead after 40 minutes, when the Cruz Azul defender guided a looping header beyond Chile goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.",
"Claudio Borghi's side equalized through substitute Esteban Paredes with the first of two goals from corner kicks, with the striker capitalizing on confusion in the Mexico backline to poke the ball home from close range.",
"Colombia defeat 10-man Costa Rica .",
"Bayer Leverkusen's Arturo Vidal completed the turnaround in the 73rd minute with a powerful header from another set piece.",
"All four teams will be back in action on Friday, when Uruguay face Chile and Mexico go head-to-head with Peru."
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"Luis Suarez rescues a point for Uruguay in their Copa America opener against Peru .",
"Paolo Guerrero had given Peru the lead after 23 minutes .",
"Chile came from behind to defeat Gold Cup winners Mexico 2-1 ."
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"(CNN) -- Fifty-seven \"militiamen,\" including several high-ranking officers loyal to militia leader Gabriel Tang, were killed when Tang's forces attacked the Sudan People's Liberation Army in Southern Sudan, officials said Sunday.",
"Tang's forces launched the attack at Kaldak on Saturday, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) said in a statement issued on behalf of Gen. Malaak Ayuen of the South Sudan Army.",
"The SPLA is the military wing of the movement that governs Southern Sudan.",
"The SPLA killed 57 of Tang's forces, including three major generals and a number of brigadier generals, according to the statement.",
"In addition, one major general and other brigadier generals were captured, the statement said.",
"Tang himself \"narrowly escaped\" the fighting, according to the statement.",
"Officials said it was unclear why Tang's forces attacked the troops, but the SPLA said it believes he has been in contact with other rebel groups in the region.",
"CNN's Nima Elbagir contributed to this report."
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"The SPLA says it was attacked by militia forces .",
"Militia leader Gabriel Tang \"narrowly escaped,\" officials say ."
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"(CNN) -- Embattled former district attorney Mike Nifong was held in criminal contempt of court and sentenced to one day in jail Friday for his actions in the flawed Duke lacrosse team rape case.",
"Mike Nifong walks into the courtroom during his criminal contempt hearing in Durham, North Carolina, on Friday.",
"Nifong must report to jail September 7, Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III said.",
"The judge said Nifong's withholding of DNA evidence from defense attorneys was an affront to the integrity of the judicial system.",
"The evidence potentially would have cleared the three lacrosse players of sexual assault charges months before North Carolina's attorney general dropped them in April.",
"The players initially were accused of raping an exotic dancer during a party last year.",
"The specific evidence Nifong was accused of withholding was that DNA profiles found on the alleged rape victim were from unidentified males, but did not match any of the 46 lacrosse team members.",
"He also was accused of telling the court in a September 22 hearing that a lab report contained complete information on DNA test results, when it omitted that information.",
"Attorneys for the players contend Nifong became aware of the test results in April 2006, but collaborated with the director of the lab conducting the tests to produce a report that did not contain all the test results.",
"Nifong also made \"multiple material misrepresentations to multiple courts on multiple occasions,\" the motion says.",
"The defense team did not learn of the results until October.",
"\"The court expects, and well it should, to be able to rely on the representation of lawyers,\" Smith told Nifong.",
"Earlier Friday, Nifong testified in his defense, saying he and the lab director had agreed not to put the players' DNA profiles in the report out of privacy concerns, but said he thought the lab report was in fact complete when it was not.",
"He acknowledged, however, that he had not read the report in its entirety before making the claim in court.",
"\"All the statements that I made to the court ...",
"I believed to be true,\" Nifong testified.",
"He said it was his practice when prosecuting cases to turn over all his information to defense attorneys, regardless of whether it would help or hurt a defendant.",
"\"There was no reason not to,\" he said.",
"\"If there was a piece of evidence that helped the defendant, you had to turn that over anyway.",
"If it was a piece of evidence that hurt the defendant, why not turn it over?",
"Because he might realize at that point that it was in his best interest to take a plea.\"",
"Before Nifong was sentenced, another Superior Court judge, former Durham County District Attorney Ron Stephens, testified on his behalf.",
"\"I always felt like I could take him at his word, his word was his bond,\" Stephens said.",
"\"Basically, if he told you something, you could take it to the bank.\"",
"A disciplinary committee of the North Carolina State Bar disbarred Nifong in June, concluding after a hearing that he violated the majority of at least 19 ethics offenses in his handling of the case.",
"The allegations against the players forced the cancellation of the Duke lacrosse team's season and cost coach Mike Pressler his job.",
"The case also inflamed racial tensions in Durham.",
"The three players are white, while the alleged victim is black.",
"The three players -- David Evans, Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty -- initially were charged with first-degree kidnapping and first-degree sexual offense after a team party in March 2006.",
"An initial charge of first-degree forcible rape was dropped in December 2006 after the players' accuser told prosecutors she could no longer say for certain that she had been penetrated with a penis -- one of the defining factors of rape under North Carolina law.",
"The DNA issue also was a factor in eliminating the charge.",
"In April, state Attorney General Roy Cooper dropped all charges against the three, saying the case was a result of Nifong's \"rush to accuse.\"",
"Nifong had asked Cooper to assign a special prosecutor to the case after the state bar filed its complaint against him.",
"E-mail to a friend ."
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"The former district attorney must report to jail September 7 .",
"A disciplinary committee disbarred Nifong in June for handling of Duke case .",
"Three lacrosse players initially were accused of raping a woman during a party .",
"All charges against the players were dropped in April ."
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"(CNN) -- Top seed Caroline Wozniacki and tournament favorite Serena Williams both came through third round matches in straight sets Saturday at the U.S .Open.",
"Wozniacki, still seeking her first grand slam title, completed a comfortable 6-2 6-4 victory over America's Vania King.",
"The Danish world number one will now play either former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova or Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova for a place in the quarterfinals.",
"\"It's great to be through. I was fighting and getting a lot of balls back.",
"It was windy out there so it was quite difficult to play,\" said Wozniacki, who has collected six tour titles in 2011.",
"If the seedings go to form, she could face Williams, who survived a second-set fightback from fourth seed Victoria Azarenka before winning 6-1 7-6 (7-5) on Arthur Ashe.",
"Williams, seeking a fourth U.S. Open crown, powered through the first set and looked set to complete a routine straight sets victory as she led 5-3 in the second.",
"Azarenka had to save three match points on her service before breaking her American opponent to force a tiebreak.",
"But Williams, seeded a lowly 28th after injury and illness, kept her nerve to go through.",
"Seventh seed Francesca Schiavone from Italy is also through to the fourth round after coming from a set down to beat South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, while Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro beat her compatriot Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-0, 6-4.",
"But 11th seed Jelena Jankovic went out, beaten by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-4 6-4."
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"Wozniacki eases into the fourth round at the U.S. Open with 6-2 6-4 win over Vania King .",
"Danish star is seeking her first grand slam title .",
"Serena Williams beats Victoria Azarenka in straight sets to reach last 16 ."
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"(CNN) -- The Dallas Mavericks took a giant leap towards this year's NBA title Thursday, as they swept aside the Miami Heat in front of their own fans.",
"Dirk Nowitzki was again the hero, notching 29 points as the Mavs ran out 112-103 winners in Game 5 to take a 3-2 lead in the seven-game series.",
"The giant German was one of five Dallas players to reach double figures for the evening.",
"One more victory will see the Texans win their first ever NBA championship.",
"\"We have to go down there (Miami) and basically approach Sunday's game as game seven,\" Nowitzki told reporters, in quotes carried by Agence France-Presse.",
"Meanwhile, Miami forward Dwyane Wade was forced to play through the pain barrier with a hip injury, but still managed to finish as the top scorer for the Heat with 23 points.",
"Teammate LeBron James also caught the attention at both ends of the court with 17 points, including a triple double, and 10 rebounds, before he faded out of the game.",
"However the visitors could not keep up with the pace as Nowitzki and Jason Terry in particular took the game to them.",
"At one stage in the final quarter, the Mavs went on a 17-4 run.",
"\"We've been waiting on an offensive night for us where we finally shoot the ball well, added Nowitzki.",
"\"We felt like we had opportunities in the first four games, just couldn't knock anything down.",
"So that was encouraging to see today that we made some shots.\"",
"Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said the team would be focusing on its inability to close out games.",
"\"We haven't been able to do it consistently enough in this series,\" he said, in quotes carried by Reuters.com.",
"Their next opportunity will come on home court in Miami on Sunday."
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"Dirk Nowitzki scores 29 points to give Dallas a 3-2 lead in the NBA finals series .",
"The German is one of five Dallas players to reach double figures for the evening .",
"Dallas Mavericks have never won an NBA title in their 31-year history ."
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"(CNN) -- A Taliban insurgent with a rocket-propelled grenade has painfully brought back the question: Is the U.S. strategy succeeding in Afghanistan?",
"NATO officials said it was reportedly an RPG that brought down a military helicopter carrying 30 U.S. service members, 25 of whom were Special Operations forces, on Saturday.",
"All were killed in the crash, along with seven Afghan troops and an Afghan interpreter.",
"It was the worst single-day loss of American life since the start of the war in late 2001.",
"Army Lt. Jarrin Jackson, who spent most of last year in eastern Afghanistan, said he believes in the counterinsurgency principles pushed by Gen. David Petraeus, who is now director of the CIA.",
"He even wrote an essay about it in the online publication Small Wars Journal.",
"The strategy boils down to this: Insurgents rely on the fear and intimidation of local citizens to keep control, so the counterinsurgency focuses on protecting local citizens from the Taliban and rallying them to the Afghan government.",
"\"I don't want to downplay the role of taking care of bad guys,\" said Jackson, who was based in Khost province, a stronghold of the Taliban that has plenty of insurgents.",
"\"We took on a lot of rockets and mortars.",
"But the majority of my time in Afghanistan, I was not under fire.",
"I was interacting with people over there.",
"The more you do that, I would argue, the better results.\"",
"Jackson believes interaction is imperative, even with the constant uncertainty of whether the person you're talking to is a good guy or a bad guy.",
"\"One guy might be favorable one week,\" Jackson said, \"but because I stopped his car for my truck to get over a ditch, that prevented him from getting to the doctor's office ... (and) now he hates the government.",
"It's incredibly fluid.\"",
"Khost province shares a border with Waziristan, the region of Pakistan that has been a safe haven for jihadists.",
"The U.S. believes that Osama bin Laden hid there for years after the September 11 attacks, and it has recently been a testing ground for Petraeus' counterinsurgency tactics.",
"Jackson tried to put himself in the Afghans' shoes.",
"He said he can imagine how he would feel if his country were occupied for a decade by a foreign army dressed, as he put it, like \"automatons.\"",
"So he tried to play against it.",
"\"You'd walk up to somebody and say, 'As-salaamu alaykum.'",
"'Tsenga yee?'",
"It's kind of like 'What's up?' \" Jackson said.",
"\"It's like 20 different ways of saying hello.",
"I would walk up to an old man, shake his hand, look him straight in the face -- with my sunglasses off, so he could see my eyes -- and we would be shaking hands for probably one or two minutes.\"",
"Jackson didn't mind looking goofy, fumbling with the Pashto language or trying to tell a joke.",
"He said he was trying -- and trying gets across in any culture, even when you're part of a foreign army.",
"He says the human part of his job -- finding out what villages needed to prosper and keep independent of insurgents -- was a little like living in a small town.",
"\"You know the people you go to church with.",
"You know that Ms. Johnson's dog went to the vet last week and Mr. Steve had to have surgery.",
"You know those intimate details.\"",
"In Afghanistan, Jackson said, \"I could tell you when one guy's crops were going to be harvested.",
"I could tell you in this village, they'd go to this house to worship instead of the mosque, because it had better heat.",
"I could tell you what time prayer was going to be and who went to that mosque.\"",
"Jackson had been in the country for 10 months when he went into one village he didn't know well.",
"He did what he always does when he visits a new place: He and his Afghan counterpart told the locals that they wanted to talk to the most influential person in the village.",
"Out walked a decrepit old man with a long beard.",
"It took him 15 minutes to come out of his house and into the square.",
"He had several wool blankets around his shoulders, and he was carrying a gnarled tree branch for a cane.",
"He sat down and rested his hands on the cane between his knees.",
"Jackson says he felt guilty for pulling the old man out of his warm house, but the man started talking right away.",
"\"He said: 'I have a problem.",
"I know I'm about to die. This village does not have any leadership set up to succeed me, and I'm concerned.'",
"\" Jackson said.",
"\"Then he just sat there looking at me.\"",
"Jackson said he wasn't sure what to think of a village elder asking for help from a foreign soldier.",
"The elder told him about how Taliban insurgents had recently killed three of his villagers and left their bodies to rot as a reminder not to cross them.",
"He also told him about other problems.",
"All the time they were talking, Jackson said, he was trying to figure out a way to help.",
"He knew he couldn't really help in the long term, but the elder clearly \"wanted some kind of answer, some kind of solution.\"",
"Then something came to Jackson.",
"He remembered a village elder just to the north named Mohammed.",
"U.S. and Afghan troops had cleared out Taliban insurgents there the year before, and the village was prospering.",
"Jackson asked the old man whether he knew Mohammed.",
"The man said that he did but that he hadn't spoken to Mohammed in years.",
"So Jackson took a chance.",
"\"I said, 'If you know this guy, and this guy is succeeding, and you're both village elders in eastern Afghanistan, why don't you talk to each other?'",
"The old man looked at him as though the idea hadn't occurred to him, but he liked it, Jackson said.",
"Jackson then went to Mohammed's village and asked Mohammed to help his neighbor to the south.",
"\"I go: 'You see how safe and secure your village is now?",
"How much safer, how much more prosperous would it be if the village just south of it were just as strong and secure and prosperous as yours?'",
"\" he said. Mohammed said he would do what he could to help.",
"As Jackson was leaving, he saw two figures heading toward Mohammed's village.",
"One was a young boy.",
"The other was the old man carrying his gnarled tree branch.",
"Three weeks later, Jackson shipped out of Afghanistan.",
"He said a small part of him wanted to stay to see how it worked out."
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"Winning civilians' trust is the key to the counterinsurgency, says one Army lieutenant .",
"Lt. Jarrin Jackson says that when he visits a new village, he first tries to meet its elder .",
"Jackson says \"trying\" gets across in any culture, even if you're part of a foreign army ."
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"(CNN) -- Barcelona ripped apart Spanish title rivals Real Madrid to take top spot in La Liga with an emphatic 5-0 home victory in the first \"Clasico\" of the season on Monday night.",
"Real coach Jose Mourinho suffered an embarrassing first defeat since taking over in May as defending champions Barca moved two points clear after 13 games following the Catalan side's fifth successive win over the capital outfit.",
"The visitors were rocked from the outset as Xavi and Pedro put Pep Guardiola's team 2-0 up inside 20 minutes, then David Villa scored twice in four second-half minutes to effectively end the game before Jeffren's late goal just rubbed salt in Real's wounds.",
"That led to Madrid defender Sergio Ramos being sent off after clattering into Lionel Messi and then shoving Barca captain Carles Puyol to the floor as passions boiled despite the cold, pouring rain.",
"Was this the greatest Clasico of all time?",
"\"One team played to their potential and one didn't,\" Mourinho told AFP after a miserable return to one of his former clubs.",
"\"It was a defeat that we fully deserved but I don't think you can say it reflected the difference between the two sides.",
"\"The championship isn't over today.",
"We are two points behind the leaders but there are lots of games left to play.",
"We have to show character, train hard and get back to winning.",
"I wish we were playing tomorrow.\"",
"The most highly-anticipated match of the European season, it was a tempestuous affair that saw nine players booked before then, while Cristiano Ronaldo pushed Guardiola away on the touchline and Ricardo Carvalho escaped an apparent elbow in the face of Messi.",
"Messi could not add to his hat-trick in the 8-0 thrashing of Almeria two weekends ago, but was a constant threat to a flimsy Real defense and he set up both of Villa's goals.",
"Ronaldo is La Liga's top scorer with 15 after a treble last time out, but he was totally overshadowed by FIFA's world player of the year and was reduced to speculative long-range free-kick attempts.",
"Barcelona's key midfielders Xavi and Andre Iniesta dominated possession, forcing Mourinho to take off one of his star signings, Germany's World Cup playmaker Mesut Ozil, at the halftime break.",
"Can La Liga steal Premier League's Asian thunder?",
"Messi hit the post as early as the sixth minute with a delightful flick, and Xavi opened the scoring four minutes later as he cleverly controlled a slide pass from Iniesta with his heel and guided a volley over goalkeeper Iker Casillas.",
"The Real captain was caught out in the 18th minute as he let Villa's low cross slip through his hands to give Pedro an easy chance to make it 2-0 from close range.",
"The match threatened to boil over after half an hour when Ronaldo pushed Guardiola when the coach refused to give him the ball when it went out, resulting in Barca keeper Victor Valdes charging out of his area as players from both teams clashed.",
"Ronaldo and Valdes were both yellow-carded for their part in the melee, then Villa and Real defender Pepe followed them into the referee's book by the 36th minute.",
"El Clasico the key to the title says Ronaldo .",
"Messi was also cautioned just before halftime after he went to ground following an incident with Carvalho -- television replays showed that the Portugal defender was lucky not to be sent off after raising his arm into the Argentine's face.",
"Mourinho brought defensive midfielder Lassan Diarra on at halftime, but just 10 minutes later Villa made it 3-0 as he beat the offside trap to collect Messi's clever throughball.",
"The Spain striker doubled his tally in the 58th minute with a calm finish with the outside of his right foot after a superb diagonal pass from Messi left the Real defense in tatters.",
"Mourinho responded by replacing leftback Marcelo with fellow defender Alvaro Arbeloa, before Carvalho was booked for handling when Pedro seemed set to run free on Casillas' goal.",
"Ramos was yellow-carded in the 73rd minute, and received his marching orders soon after Jeffren beat him to a teasing low cross by fellow replacement Bojan Krkic to make it 5-0 in time added on."
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"Barcelona claim first place in La Liga with 5-0 demolition of previous leaders .",
"Defending champions move two points clear as striker David Villa scores twice .",
"Jose Mourinho suffers his first defeat since taking charge of Real Madrid .",
"Visitors have Sergio Ramos sent off at the end as tempers boil over at Nou Camp ."
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"(CNN) -- The man who composed the pop hit \"You Light Up My Life\" ended his own life Sunday, New York police said.",
"Joseph Brooks, 73, was facing charges on 11 alleged rapes and sex assaults, New York Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said.",
"The Oscar-winning songwriter was found dead on a couch in his Manhattan home by a friend with whom he was supposed to have lunch at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Browne said.",
"A plastic dry cleaning bag and a towel were wrapped around his head, with a tube connected to a helium tank attached, he said.",
"A suicide note was found nearby, he said.",
"Brooks' son, Nicholas Brooks, was charged in January with the murder of his ex-girlfriend, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's office.",
"The bruised body of swimsuit designer Sylvie Cachay, 33, was found at a chic New York hotel last December, police said.",
"The song, which was written as the title track for a movie, won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Grammy for Brooks.",
"Debby Boone's recording of \"You Light Up My Life\" was the number one song of 1977 on the Billboard pop chart.",
"CNN's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report."
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"Joseph Brooks faced rape and sex assault charges, police say .",
"A friend found him dead in his New York home Sunday .",
"The songwriter left a suicide note, police say .",
"\"You Light Up My Life\" was the top hit of 1977 ."
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"(EW.com) -- Hayden Panettiere picks up the mic dropped by Anne Hathaway, the original voice of Little Red Riding Hood in 2005's \"Hoodwinked\".",
"And time has not been kind to the thin charms of this \"Shrek\" wannabe.",
"Now Red teams up with her Granny (Glenn Close) to look into the abduction of Hansel and Gretel.",
"Even with SNL's infinitely inventive Bill Hader and Amy Poehler in the H&G vocal roles, the movie can't be saved from its own vices of manic pacing and tediously pro forma pop culture jokes.",
"EW.com rating: C .",
"See full article at EW.com .",
"CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .",
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"(CNN Student News) -- May 3, 2011 .",
"Download PDF maps related to today's show: .",
"• Abbottabad, Pakistan • New York, The Pentagon, Shanksville .",
"Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.",
"THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.",
"CNN ANNOUNCER: This is CNN Breaking News.",
"DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR, CNN NEWSROOM: We're being told by a White House official that the president will make a statement at 10:30.",
"WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR, THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER: I'm told by sources it is a national security issue.",
"JOHN KING, CNN HOST, JOHN KING, USA: CNN is told by several sources now that the president of the United States will announce in just moments that the United States has the body of Osama bin Laden.",
"BLITZER: And now the president will tell us officially bin Laden is dead.",
"CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: That was the breaking news late Sunday night after we recorded yesterday's show.",
"In today's special edition of CNN Student News, we're going in depth into the death of Osama bin Laden.",
"First Up: Osama bin Laden Killed .",
"AZUZ: He was a terrorist, one of the FBI's most wanted criminals, and the mastermind behind the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.",
"Now, Osama bin Laden is dead.",
"Sunday, a U.S. military operation involving Navy SEALs assaulted the compound, this mansion, where bin Laden was hiding out in Pakistan.",
"He and four other people were killed.",
"U.S. officials say they've used DNA testing to confirm that the body is that of bin Laden.",
"One of his wives also identified the body for U.S. forces.",
"Obviously, a very significant moment for the United States and for people around the world.",
"To understand just how big this news is, take a look back.",
"Osama bin Laden had been a terrorist for decades.",
"In 1988, he founded al Qaeda, which became a terrorist network three years later.",
"In 1992, bin Laden was accused of sending some of his followers to fight U.S. forces that were in the African nation of Somalia.",
"And a year later, a bomb exploded at New York's World Trade Center.",
"Bin Laden was one of several people suspected of being involved.",
"1996: Osama bin Laden declared a \"jihad,\" or holy war, against U.S. forces.",
"Two years after that, he was charged with the murders of 224 people; they died in the bombings at U.S. embassies in the African countries of Kenya and Tanzania.",
"He appeared on the FBI's \"Ten Most Wanted Fugitives\" list in 1999.",
"And he was linked to the bombing of a U.S. Navy ship -- the USS Cole -- that killed 17 sailors in the year 2000.",
"September 11th, 2001: Osama bin Laden was behind the attacks that killed nearly three thousand people on U.S. soil.",
"The events and images of that day seared into the memories of so many Americans.",
"Four planes hijacked by al Qaeda terrorists: Two were flown into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York.",
"Both of those would later collapse.",
"Another plane crashed into the Pentagon, near Washington, D.C. And the fourth crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in a field, after passengers fought back against the hijackers.",
"It was, again, the worst terrorist attack ever on American soil.",
"It led to the U.S.-led war on terrorism, the war in Afghanistan.",
"And now, the man behind it, Osama bin Laden, is dead.",
"The Operation Timeline .",
"AZUZ: \"Justice has been done.\"",
"That's what President Obama said when he announced bin Laden's death.",
"He also spoke about what this moment means for the United States.",
"BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Let me say to the families who lost loved ones on 9/11, that we have never forgotten your loss nor wavered in our commitment to see that we do whatever it takes to prevent another attack on our shores.",
"And tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11.",
"I know that it has, at times, frayed.",
"Yet today's achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people.",
"The cause of securing our country is not complete, but tonight we are once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to.",
"That is the story of our history.",
"Whether it's the pursuit of prosperity for our people or the struggle for equality for all our citizens, our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place.",
"Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.",
"AZUZ: Former President George W. Bush, who was in office on September 11th, 2001, released a statement Sunday night about bin Laden's death.",
"Mr. Bush said, \"This momentous achievement marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001.",
"The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done.\"",
"So, how did the U.S. find bin Laden?",
"Jeanne Meserve details the events that led up to bin Laden's death.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) OBAMA: I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden.",
"JEANNE MESERVE, CNN HOMELAND SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: U.S. officials say it began last August when new leads came to light about the possible whereabouts of Osama bin Laden.",
"OBAMA: It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground.",
"I met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside Pakistan.",
"MESERVE: The key lead: tracking one of the few couriers trusted by bin Laden.",
"Then, last Friday, President Obama authorized an operation to get the head of al Qaeda.",
"That operation happened Sunday in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad.",
"Bin Laden was in a large compound originally built on the outskirts of town, reachable only by a dirt road.",
"Over time, more homes had been built around it.",
"U.S. officials say the compound had 12-18 foot walls topped with barbed wire and what's being called extraordinary security.",
"A third floor terrace had a seven-foot privacy wall.",
"Only a small group inside the U.S. government knew about the operation carried out by Navy SEALs in helicopters.",
"OBAMA: A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability.",
"MESERVE: The operation lasted about 40 minutes.",
"Though a U.S. helicopter crashed due to mechanical reasons, there were no U.S. casualties.",
"Bin Laden resisted the assault and was killed in the firefight, shot in the head.",
"(END VIDEO) Reaction .",
"AZUZ: As the news of bin Laden's death came out on Sunday night, a crowd started forming outside the gates at the White House.",
"People turning out to celebrate the news.",
"There was a patriotic spirit to the spontaneous gathering.",
"Listen. CROWD: And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.",
"Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave.",
"O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?",
"AZUZ: Similar crowds at cities around the U.S. That includes in New York, where people gathered at Ground Zero, the spot where the Twin Towers once stood.",
"The reactions weren't all celebrations, though.",
"Gordon Felt is the president of the Familes of Flight 93.",
"That's the 9/11 plane that crashed in Pennsylvania.",
"Discussing bin Laden's death, he said \"it cannot ease our pain or bring back our loved ones.",
"It does bring a measure of comfort that the face of global terror can no longer spread his evil.\"",
"U.S. and Pakistan .",
"AZUZ: This is the compound, the mansion, where Osama bin Laden was found in Pakistan.",
"It's in a city called Abbottabad, about 100 miles away from Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.",
"There are some disagreements between the U.S. and Pakistan over how much info the Pakistani government had about the assault on the compound.",
"But both countries agree that information from Pakistan helped lead U.S. forces to the place.",
"The two countries agreed to work together to fight terrorists, but the U.S. and Pakistan have had some problems with each other recently.",
"The United States says Pakistan hasn't been putting enough pressure on terrorist groups.",
"Pakistan is angry about American attacks against terrorists inside Pakistani borders.",
"Increased Precautions .",
"AZUZ: One question that comes up is how al Qaeda might react to bin Laden's death.",
"A U.S. official said the government expects threats of retaliation, pointing out that al Qaeda declared war on the U.S. more than a decade ago.",
"Security was increased at military facilities around the country.",
"More officers on patrol at the U.S. Capitol.",
"American embassies in other countries put on high alert, and the government gave a travel warning for Americans overseas.",
"Looking Ahead .",
"AZUZ: U.S. forces took bin Laden's body out of that compound in Pakistan.",
"Islamic law says the burial has to happen with 24 hours.",
"Since there was no alternative on land, bin Laden's body was buried at sea.",
"U.S. officials said they made all efforts to follow Islamic burial rules.",
"But the death of bin Laden does not mean the end of the U.S.-led war on terror.",
"Here's what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to say.",
"U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON: Even as we mark this milestone, we should not forget that the battle to stop al Qaeda and its syndicate of terror will not end with the death of bin Laden.",
"Indeed, we must take this opportunity to renew our resolve and redouble our efforts.",
"Goodbye . AZUZ: A historic moment for the United States in the fight against terrorists, and for people around the world.",
"Global reaction is pouring in to us, and we want to hear what's going through your mind, too.",
"You can share your thoughts on our blog at CNNStudentNews.com.",
"And we thank you for watching this special edition of CNN Student News.",
"We'll see you again tomorrow."
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"(Mashable) -- UPDATE 11:30 a.m.",
"ET: Verizon has posted a Twitter message saying, \"4G LTE up and running.",
"Thank you for your patience.\"",
"Verizon's LTE network has been having some major issues in the past 24 hours, and the company has issued an official statement about the problem, promising a fix as soon as possible.",
"Luckily, while the 4G portion of Verizon's data communication has been unavailable, the 3G network is working.",
"According to Verizon, 4G LTE Smartphones should still be able to make calls, but customers are currently unable to activate any 4G LTE devices.",
"Mashable.com: Verizon showcases 4G LTE devices and software .",
"Verizon claims it has determined the cause of the 4G LTE network connection issue, and is \"continuing to work to restore connections.\"",
"Meanwhile, Engadget reports that Verizon has postponed the launch of Samsung Droid Charge, which is hardly surprising as it is also an LTE device.",
"See the original article at Mashable.com.",
"© 2010 MASHABLE.com.",
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"(CNN) -- The European Union has barred the import of certain seeds from Egypt after Egyptian fenugreek seeds were linked to deadly outbreaks of E. coli in France and Germany.",
"European officials have also ordered that all seeds imported from one particular Egyptian exporter between 2009 and 2011 be withdrawn from sale, tested and destroyed.",
"The move follows a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) report released Tuesday that concludes one lot of fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt and used to produce sprouts is the \"mostly likely common link\" between the outbreaks of E. coli in France and Germany.",
"The import ban, which applies to all EU member states, extends to the end of October.",
"The contamination of the fenugreek seeds \"probably occurred before the seeds left the importer,\" the European Commission cites the EFSA report as saying.",
"That contamination \"reflects a production or distribution process which allowed contamination with fecal material of human and/or animal origin.",
"Where exactly this took place is still an open question,\" the EFSA report said.",
"The EFSA said it was continuing to investigate where the fenugreek seeds from the Egyptian importer may have gone and concludes that the number of EU states that have received \"parts of the suspected lots is much larger than previously known.\"",
"The EFSA report does not rule out the possibility that more than one lot of seeds may be implicated in the outbreaks.",
"\"Tracing back the origins of the E. Coli 0104 contaminations in Germany and France has been a key priority for the EU from day one of the crisis,\" Health and Consumer Commissioner John Dalli said in a statement.",
"The commission would continue to monitor the situation closely and would take additional measures if needed, he said.",
"The recent European outbreaks from a strain of E. coli have led to 48 deaths in Germany and one in Sweden, the EFSA said, with 4,178 cases reported in European Union states, Norway and Switzerland.",
"The outbreak in Germany spread in May, and French authorities reported an outbreak in the Bordeaux region on June 24, the EFSA said.",
"The agency has offered safety advice for consumers.",
"\"As seeds sold for sprouting are often sold as seed mixes and cross-contamination cannot be excluded, it is important that consumers are advised not to grow sprouts for their own consumption, and also not to eat sprouts or sprouted seeds unless they have been cooked thoroughly,\" its statement said.",
"In 2010, the EU imported from Egypt about 49,000 tons of the types of seeds affected by Tuesday's decision, the European Commission said, with a total value of more than 56 million euros ($81 million).",
"Most seeds for sprouting imported by the EU come from India and China, it said."
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"It has also ordered the withdrawal from the market of all seeds from one exporter .",
"A total of 4,178 E. coli cases have been reported in European countries, with nearly 50 deaths .",
"Consumers are urged not to eat sprouts or sprouted seeds raw, or to grow their own sprouts ."
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"(CNN) -- The hijacked jet planes that roared out of a clear blue sky one sunny September morning 10 years ago killed nearly 3,000 people, but the hurt they did spread far beyond the immediate death and destruction at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.",
"The damage was mental, psychological, even spiritual.",
"And the death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of U.S. special operations forces may help to start some healing, said Christian and Muslim religious leaders, relatives of victims, and a generation who grew in the shadow of 9/11.",
"Mixed emotions about bin Laden's death: How should we feel?",
"\"There is a sense that justice has been done,\" said Joel Hunter, senior pastor of the 12,000-member Northland Church in Orlando, Florida, and a spiritual adviser to President Barack Obama.",
"\"There is a scripture, Genesis 9:6, that says, 'He who sheds man's blood, by man his blood be shed.'",
"There is a certain kind of sense of relief that that has been accomplished,\" Hunter said.",
"\"This man was symbolic of much that threatened our country and our way of life,\" the pastor said.",
"Hunter also cited the verse promising that \"those who mourn will be comforted,\" saying they might \"find some sort of solace in this event.\"",
"Americans take to the streets amid news of bin Laden's death .",
"Those verses are much more relevant than Jesus' admonition to \"turn the other cheek,\" he said.",
"Victim's dad: Why I'm not celebrating bin Laden's death .",
"\"That particular scripture has to do with insult and not with self-defense,\" he said.",
"The terror attacks that bin Laden authorized are \"not even in the category of forgiveness,\" so killing him \"really is in a category that, for 99.9% of Americans, would be beyond question ... the right thing.\"",
"Morally OK to cheer?",
"Diana Massaroli, whose husband died in the World Trade Center, certainly has no questions about it.",
"Michael Massaroli, 38, was working for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 101st floor of the North Tower on September 11, 2001, when a jet plane slammed into the floors beneath him.",
"His body was never found.",
"His son was 6 years old at the time.",
"His widow has been grieving ever since.",
"But early Monday, at ground zero where the towers once stood, she said she was finally experiencing some catharsis.",
"\"I'm missing him, but I feel that justice has been done,\" she said, holding a picture of Michael.",
"\"I feel some overall calm that I haven't felt in 10 years.",
"I never thought it would happen... never thought it would give me a feeling of closure,\" she said.",
"Now, she added, \"I feel better ... like I can start a new chapter in my life.\"",
"We celebrated 'the death of my generation's face of terror' Relatives of the victims are not the only Americans feeling relief Monday morning -- American Muslims also hope the death of bin Laden will open a new chapter in history.",
"The 2001 attacks opened a \"wound has never quite healed,\" said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, formerly of the controversial Park51 Muslim community center planned for lower Manhattan, not far from the former site of the twin towers.",
"\"The killing of Osama bin Laden is a major milestone,\" he said.",
"\"It expresses the sense that there is a sense of healing beginning to take place.\"",
"Far from New York City, American Muslim lawyer Asma Hasan agrees that Osama bin Laden wounded the country's Muslims, but is not sure his death with heal anything.",
"\"The 9/11 attacks changed my life forever in a very challenging way,\" said Hasan, who lives in Denver, Colorado.",
"\"It's 10 years later and people still question us\" American Muslims.",
"\"We have all had to become ambassadors for our religion, we have had to condemn every terrorist attack or be labeled a supporter of terrorism,\" she said.",
"\"None of us can be a quiet person that just goes to our jobs, we have all had to become multifaith activists who reach out,\" said Hasan, the author of \"Red, White and Muslim.\"",
"\"I don't think the death of Osama will change that,\" she said.",
"Steve Bernstein, whose older brother, Billy, worked in the World Trade Center, said he was \"very elated\" at the news bin Laden was dead.",
"\"We have been waiting for this for a long time,\" he said.",
"\"I felt that it was just a great moment for the country.\"",
"He said the scenes of jubilation across the United States should not be seen as people celebrating somebody's death, but as a recognition that \"everyone feels that capturing bin Laden or killing bin Laden was something that needed to be done.\"",
"Bernstein had another brother who also worked in the World Trade Center but left to go to the bank just before the first plane hit.",
"\"He said as soon as he saw it, he knew\" Billy was dead, Bernstein said.",
"Unlike some others in the towers, Billy Bernstein did not call to say goodbye, Steve Bernstein said.",
"\"We never heard from him,\" he said.",
"Hunting down bin Laden at last \"shows the strength of America, shows we're not going to put up with it,\" he said, adding it would \"make the terrorists think twice.\"",
"Bernstein was \"a little surprised\" bin Laden was buried at sea immediately after his death, he said, fearing it would fuel conspiracy theories.",
"But in the final analysis, he said, \"the world can feel a little bit safer right now.\"",
"Another 9/11 widow, Kristen Breitweiser, said the death of bin Laden would change the world.",
"\"My 12-year-old daughter will wake tomorrow to a safer world, hopefully a more peaceful world.",
"And that brings me a rare sense of relief,\" she said in a statement, adding that she was \"enormously grateful for the tireless effort and incredible courage and bravery of our counter-terrorism agents.",
"There were also more raucous celebrations going on at ground zero, including groups of young local men waving flags and chanting \"USA!",
"USA!\" \"It took 10 years, but the fact that it happened today, we're all rejoicing,\" one of them told CNN, adding that \"everybody in America\" was celebrating the death of bin Laden.",
"In Oxford, Ohio, Miami University student Mike Chase celebrated by shaving a friend's hair into the letters \"USA\" with two red stars.",
"\"The announcement means that when we set out to accomplish something we follow through.",
"It's a great milestone on the fight against terrorism,\" the 21-year-old said.",
"The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association hailed the \"annihilation\" of bin Laden as \"triumphant news.\"",
"\"I would say, 'May God have mercy on his hideous soul,' but I don't think he had one,\" the organization's president, Jon Adler, said.",
"\"As we draw near September 11 and mourn the loss of our loved ones, let this victory remind all that the indomitable American will stands strong and eternal.\"",
"CNN's Eric Marrapodi, Jason Carroll and Ali Velshi contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) -- Photographers are honoring one of their own with an online benefit sale Monday aimed at helping the children of South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl, who was reportedly killed in Libya in early April.",
"The sale marks the 5-month anniversary of the death of Hammerl, who was last seen by fellow journalists on April 5, 2011, after being shot in the stomach by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.",
"The online benefit precedes a memorial service for Hammerl on Thursday in London, said Bronwyn Friedlander, a family spokesman.",
"Hammerl's remains have not been located, he said.",
"The sale at http://www.friendsofanton.org/ includes images from some of the world's most renowned photographers, including Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Marinovich and National Geographic's David Burnett.",
"Among those also donating pictures is photographer Manuel Varela, who goes by the name Manu Brabo, one of the last people believed to have seen Hammerl alive.",
"\"What happened to Anton was horrific.",
"I feel compelled to help his family in any way that I can,\" Brabo said in a statement.",
"Hammerl, who holds South African and Austrian citizenship, was initially believed to have been detained along with Brabo and journalists Clare Morgana Gillis, a freelancer for the Christian Science Monitor, the Atlantic and USA Today; and James Foley of GlobalPost.",
"When Gillis, Foley and Brabo were released along with British journalist Nigel Chandler, they contacted Hammerl's wife to tell her what happened, according to interviews they gave after their release to GlobalPost and the Atlantic.",
"Gillis and Foley said in the interviews they were traveling with Hammerl, following then-rebel forces toward the frontlines near al-Brega, when they were attacked by Gadhafi's forces.",
"The two said in the interviews that Hammerl was shot in the abdomen by Gadhafi's forces.",
"They last saw him lying in a pool of blood as they were taken away, according to the interviews.",
"Hammerl was a former photographer for The Saturday Star in Johannesburg.",
"He had gone to cover the fighting in Libya in late March as a freelance photographer.",
"Since February, the Committee to Protect Journalists has tallied dozens of attacks on journalists in Libya, including five deaths.",
"Among those also killed were Oscar nominee Tim Hetherington and acclaimed photojournalist Chris Hondros, who were struck by a rocket-propelled grenade while chronicling the violence in the besieged port city of Misrata.",
"The Committee to Protect Journalists has documented the deaths of 861 journalists over the past two decades.",
"Of those, 150 were killed in combat.",
"\"The only way to capture the truth is to get close to it, and sometimes journalists like Anton Hammerl end up paying the ultimate price,\" said Maria Salazar-Ferro, CPJ's Impunity Campaign and Journalist Assistance Program coordinator.",
"The photos donated for the online benefit are a diverse mix that include a haunting black and white image of children fleeing fighting, a picture of an American soldier dragging a wounded comrade in Afghanistan and a candid photo of Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan with their interpreters at a summit in 1985.",
"The money from the sale will be used for the education of Hammerl's three children, Friedlander said."
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"New York (CNN) -- The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that it will investigate what happened Monday night when a massive Air France jet clipped a smaller aircraft at John F. Kennedy Airport.",
"The incident, caught on amateur video, shows the Air France Airbus 380 clipping the smaller plane,a Comair Bombardier CRJ-700, while taxiing to the runway for takeoff.",
"CNN Correspondent Jim Bittermann, who was on the Air France flight headed to Paris, said that he felt a slight rumble -- akin to hitting a patch of rough pavement -- as his plane was moving on the ground Monday at about 8:15 p.m.",
"The pilot then stopped the aircraft, which is regarded as the world's biggest passenger jet, and eventually fire department crews surrounded it and the other plane.",
"The Airbus had 485 passengers and 25 crew members aboard when the incident happened.",
"The Bombardier had 62 passengers and four crew members.",
"No one was injured, the NTSB reported.",
"The tail of Comair Flight 6293, a Delta Connection flight that had recently arrived from Boston, was struck by the Air France aircraft while waiting to park at the New York airport, said Delta spokeswoman Betsy Talton.",
"When the Airbus abruptly flicked the smaller plane, it appeared to turn at roughly a 45-degree angle, according to amateur video of the incident.",
"\"Send a truck.",
"They just hit us,\" the pilot of the smaller jet calmly called out to controllers over the radio, according to a recording of airport radio traffic on the website liveatc.com.",
"Looking out the window, Bittermann could see that the last foot or so of the Airbus 380's left wing had been damaged.",
"The other plane also suffered some damage.",
"\"You could see the part of the 380's wing hanging down from the horizontal stabilizer of the Delta jet,\" he said, having seen the damage firsthand from a seat on the larger plane's left side.",
"The Federal Aviation Administration was notified about the incident, and Port Authority police detectives interviewed the pilots of both aircraft, the Port Authority spokeswoman said.",
"Those on the Comair flight were later able to get off the plane normally, according to Talton.",
"The Air France Flight 007 originally had been scheduled to take off at 7:15 p.m. for Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, according to that airline's website.",
"But, after the incident, it turned around and all its passengers deplaned and picked up their baggage at the New York airport.",
"Bittermann described passengers' mood aboard that flight as relatively light-hearted and calm after the pilot alerted them of what happened.",
"The NTSB said it has asked for flight recorders from both airplanes and will also review air traffic control tapes and ground movement radar.",
"CNN's Rob Frehse and Kate Bolduan contributed to this report ."
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"(CNN) -- Strong winds whipped up several wildfires in central Texas Sunday, threatening homes and forcing some residents to evacuate.",
"The largest of the fires is in Bastrop County, southeast of Austin, said Lexi Maxwell, a spokeswoman with the Texas Forest Service.",
"The blaze has so far scorched some 14,000 acres and is threatening about 1,000 homes, she said.",
"It forced parts of state highways 71 and 21 to shut and additional road closures are expected, Maxwell said.",
"Julian Ochoa, 23, was evacuated from a Bastrop subdivision Sunday afternoon.",
"He said he grabbed his dog, a toothbrush, his birth certificate and a few pictures.",
"\"It was like a storm coming through.",
"You could smell the earth burning,\" said Ochoa, who doesn't know yet whether his home is OK or not.",
"\"All of Bastrop is a giant smoke cloud.\"",
"Fires were also reported in Travis, Leon, Colorado, Burnet and Caldwell counties.",
"About 190 homes were evacuated in Travis County.",
"A spokeswoman at the American Red Cross said it had opened four shelters and anticipates opening more.",
"\"They are coming in so fast.",
"The intelligence is sketchy at this point.",
"There's a lag of information,\" Maxwell said about the fires.",
"The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning Sunday across much of south, central and eastern Texas.",
"A red flag warning means weather conditions -- mainly high heat, low humidity and strong winds -- pose an extreme fire risk.",
"Sustained winds near 25 mph, with higher gusts, were forecast.",
"Texas is currently battling its worst fire season in state history.",
"A record 3.5 million acres have burned since the start of the season in November.",
"CNN's Stephanie Gallman and Anna Gonzalez contributed to this report."
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"The largest fire has scorched some 14,000 acres .",
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"Joplin, Missouri (CNN) -- Chris Carriger is a 6-foot-1-inch, 250-pound police detective who served four tours in Iraq with the Missouri National Guard.",
"But even someone with that size and life experience is no match for an EF5 tornado, as Carriger learned Sunday night when one struck his house in Joplin, Missouri.",
"\"My feet were actually being pulled in the air,\" Carriger told CNN's Anderson Cooper.",
"\"I was just trying to figure out what I was going to do to keep there, and (I) just kept grabbing for the first thing I had.",
"And that was the (bathtub) faucet.",
"And basically, some debris fell on me and kind of held me down.\"",
"Carriger's home was one of about 8,000 structures destroyed by the twister's swirling 200 mph winds, City Manager Mark Rohr said, citing a Federal Emergency Management Agency report.",
"The devastation \"looked like some of the things I'd seen in Baghdad,\" Carriger told Cooper, recalling his stints as a military policeman who came upon the aftermath of several firefights.",
"Although Carriger lost his home, in some respects he's lucky.",
"His wife was away at work when the tornado hit, and the two dogs in the house -- his family Havanese and a black Labrador K9 from work -- safely rode out the storm in a closet.",
"Beyond that, Carriger says he's fortunate to live in a community where so many people are reaching out to help each other -- especially the newly homeless.",
"\"We're staying wherever we can find with friends,\" he said.",
"\"We've had numerous offers.",
"(Joplin residents') friends and family are opening their homes.\"",
"Even with his home in ruins, Carriger went right back to work at the Jasper County Sheriff's Office, paying forward the kindness he has been shown.",
"Officers are patrolling the devastated areas and enforcing curfews while the fire department searches for missing people.",
"\"There are other people out here,\" Carriger told Cooper.",
"\"We've got to get these people help, too.\"",
"While many trials lie ahead for the people of Joplin, Carriger is encouraged by everyone uniting for the better good.",
"\"The American spirit is there,\" he said.",
"\"It's strong. We'll get through this. We just have to bond together.\""
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"(CNN) -- Complete this sentence: In the event of a loss of cabin pressure ... Air New Zealand crew members \"bared all\" for their preflight safety video to show they have \"nothing to hide.\"",
"If you guessed, \"oxygen masks will drop from above,\" you are not alone.",
"Because the federally mandated preflight safety announcement is about as well known as the pledge of allegiance to many travelers, they immediately tune it out.",
"So airlines are getting creative to grab passengers' attention.",
"According to a 2001 National Transportation Safety Board study, 69 percent of passengers who completed the survey did not watch the entire safety briefing because they had seen it before or because they considered it common knowledge.",
"How do airlines compete with more entertaining options, like texting or leafing through Sky Mall magazine?",
"They are employing a variety of creative techniques, from naked cabin crew members to witty cartoons.",
"Watch videos of the creative tactics » .",
"In late June, Air New Zealand rolled out a decidedly different approach to the preflight safety video for its domestic flights, and it doesn't leave much to the imagination.",
"As part of its \"Nothing to Hide\" marketing campaign, which highlights the carrier's lack of fees compared with its so-called low-cost airline competition, the airline professionally body-painted five naked airline employees to perform the safety video with a pinch of cheeky humor, literally.",
"\"We wanted to point out we have nothing to hide, and there are no surprises,\" said Steve Bayliss, general manager of marketing for the Auckland-based carrier.",
"Set to a poppy song by New Zealander Gin Wigmore, the 3½-minute video debuted with much fanfare and a warm reception, Bayliss said.",
"\"It was overwhelming, with 99.9 percent of the reaction positive,\" Bayliss said.",
"\"What it has done for the airline was quite amazing.",
"It was really innovative and shows we are up to trying new things.\"",
"Atlanta, Georgia-based Delta Air Lines made an attention-grabbing foray in May 2008 when it introduced a seductive flight attendant, nicknamed \"Deltalina\" by her fans because of her resemblance to actress Angelina Jolie, for its preflight safety video.",
"The video has been viewed on YouTube more than 1.3 million times.",
"But are passengers paying attention?",
"While there is no hard data, Delta spokeswoman Susan Elliott says yes.",
"\"We know they are paying attention because they are talking about it,\" Elliott said.",
"\"The response from customers is overwhelmingly positive.\"",
"Delta will introduce a new version of the video in 2010 when the airline's merger with Northwest Airlines is completed.",
"As for \"Deltalina,\" Elliott said only that she will \"very likely play some role\" in the new video.",
"Companies must tailor their marketing efforts to our shrinking attention spans, said Larry Chiagouris, a professor of marketing at Pace University.",
"Whoever delivers the most concise and compact information wins the consumer over, he said.",
"\"We are now accustomed to getting our information fast and quick; as a result, we don't have the staying power to sit and listen,\" Chiagouris said.",
"Cait Poynor, an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Pittsburgh, said that as people's attention spans grow more divided, they can focus on only one thing at a time, making a company's goal to attract your attention more difficult.",
"Poynor and Stacy Wood from the University of South Carolina are researching what companies are doing to draw people's attention to information they feel they already know.",
"\"We don't pay attention because we already feel like we know everything that's being said,\" Poynor wrote in an e-mail to CNN.",
"\"We're unlikely to give our precious attention to that safety video.\"",
"As of Tuesday, Air New Zealand's safety video had racked up more than 4.4 million views on YouTube, giving the airline priceless viral buzz.",
"But Chiagouris \"guarantees\" we won't see this type of buzz again for an airline safety video and believes that the standard preflight briefing won't be going away.",
"Other airlines that have gone the creative route to spice up the monotonous preflight safety videos include Virgin America and its sister airline, Virgin Atlantic.",
"They use sassy cartoons to explain the safety procedures.",
"The short-lived carrier Independence Air employed celebrities and political pundits for its audio safety announcements.",
"Southwest Airlines' flight attendants, who do not have video equipment on board, occasionally sprinkle their instructions with quips: \"If you are traveling with two or more children, please take a moment now to decide which one is your favorite.",
"Help that one first, and work your way down.\"",
"In March, flight attendant David Holmes gained some fame when a passenger uploaded his preflight safety announcement rap.",
"British charter airline Thomson Airways has kids brief passengers about safety requirements.",
"Thomson said in a news release that its internal studies found a 15 percent increase in attention from passengers.",
"Poynor said these creative methods will hopefully perk up passengers' attention spans.",
"\"By doing this, they're hoping they can make consumers think, 'Hey, there might be something new here.",
"I should pay attention,' and get just a little bit more of their resources,\" Poynor said.",
"Bayliss, the Air New Zealand general manager of marketing, said companies need to adjust their marketing efforts, especially in the current consumer climate.",
"\"The grand corporate brand is over,\" he said, referring to the buttoned-up appearance that airlines like British Airways uses.",
"As for the future, Bayliss remained mum about what Air New Zealand will do next.",
"But it's unlikely their employees will bare all again.",
"\"If we do a plain old traditional video, our consumers will hang us up to dry,\" he said.",
"\"The challenge is to come up with something to interest them.\""
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"Cairo (CNN) -- Egyptian police trying to clamp down on demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak early this year were told to use tear gas, but not automatic weapons or live ammunition, a senior Egyptian police official testified Monday at Mubarak's trial.",
"General Hussein Saeed Mohamed Mursi was one of several senior police officials due to testify Monday.",
"During his testimony, prosecutors attempted to cast doubt on Mursi's credibility, as he was in charge of communication between police forces on the ground.",
"According to testimony, police were ordered to use police vehicles to disperse protesters, Egyptian state television reported.",
"The judge was forced to halt proceedings several times due to chaos in the courtroom, according to Egyptian state TV.",
"Confrontations between Mubarak's lawyers and the prosecution caused the chaos, victims' lawyer Amir Salim said on television.",
"The bickering started when Mubarak's lawyers raised a picture of the deposed president, infuriating the victims' lawyers, the station said.",
"Mubarak is charged with ordering the killing of protesters to quash the uprising in February that brought about an end to his 30-year rule.",
"He faces a possible death penalty if convicted.",
"Outside the courtroom, clashes broke out between police and families of those killed in the uprising that led to Mubarak's ouster.",
"At least 22 people were arrested and 26 people were injured -- 14 police officers and 12 protesters -- according to the Interior Ministry and the Health Ministry.",
"\"The policemen are beating us to please their commanding officers,\" said Amal Eid, sister of a teenager allegedly killed by police on January 29.",
"\"They don't care about us or why we are even here.",
"Nothing has changed.\"",
"Another man, Mohamed Yaseen, tried unsuccessfully to push his way inside court.",
"\"There is no real revolution without bearing arms,\" he shouted.",
"The clashes began when the families of those killed tried to push their way into Cairo's police academy, the site of the trial.",
"Police used batons to beat them back.",
"The family members, in turn, threw rocks and guard railings at the officers.",
"Police chased the protesters and family members, beating some and arresting others.",
"After the melee, riot police circled the entrance of the court and cut off access.",
"A similar scene played out in August during a court appearance by Mubarak.",
"The trial resumed after a nearly three-week recess ordered by Judge Ahmed Refaat in part to give officials time to review evidence in the case.",
"Mubarak was wheeled into court on a gurney, flanked by nurses.",
"It was his third appearance before Refaat, who ordered the trial closed in August -- a ruling partially imposed to protect potential witnesses.",
"Egyptians got a glimpse of an ailing Mubarak during pre-trial hearings in August when he was wheeled into court on a hospital gurney and put in an iron cage -- a standard procedure in Egyptian criminal trials.",
"Former Interior Minister Habib El Adly, a member of Mubarak's inner circle, is being tried alongside the former president on similar charges.",
"Attorneys for El Adly petitioned the judge Monday to separate the cases.",
"About 840 people died and more than 6,000 were wounded in the 18 days of uprising that toppled Mubarak, according to Amnesty International.",
"In addition to accusations of ordering the killing of protesters, Mubarak faces corruption charges.",
"He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.",
"Also expected to appear Monday with Mubarak were his two sons, Alaa and Gamal.",
"The two face corruption charges.",
"They also have pleaded not guilty.",
"The elder Mubarak is the first leader since this year's Arab Spring revolts to face a judge.",
"Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was tried in absentia after he was deposed in January and fled to Saudi Arabia.",
"Meanwhile, Cairo's district courts have indicated they are considering filing individual charges against Mubarak for every person killed by his forces in the uprising.",
"CNN's Salma Abdelaziz contributed to this report."
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"(CNN Student News) -- April 25, 2011 .",
"Download PDF maps related to today's show: .",
"• Yemen • Misrata, Libya • St. Louis, Missouri .",
"Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.",
"THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.",
"BEN TINKER, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Hey there, everyone.",
"Happy Monday, and thanks for tuning in to CNN Student News.",
"I'm Ben Tinker, filling in today for Carl Azuz, who's got the day off.",
"As we kick off the last week of April, we're going to get things started today in the Middle East.",
"First Up: Unrest in Yemen .",
"TINKER: There's a deal being discussed in the nation of Yemen that would remove that country's president from power.",
"That's something protesters have been pushing for weeks.",
"They've been marching through the streets, demonstrating.",
"And in several cases, those demonstrations have turned violent, with fighting between protesters and security forces.",
"The protests are centered around this man: President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who's been in power for more than 30 years.",
"This deal, which was put together by a group of countries in that region, says that President Saleh has to step down within 30 days.",
"It also gives him and anyone who served in his government complete immunity from prosecution.",
"Thousands of Yemeni people are angry at the deal, especially because it offers immunity to Saleh.",
"They also want him to step down immediately.",
"But as of Sunday afternoon, President Saleh had not signed the deal, and government representatives insist he won't unless the opposition groups agree to it.",
"Libya's Revolution Explainer .",
"TINKER: From Yemen, we move west to the North African country of Libya and the city of Misrata.",
"The battle to control that city has gone on now for seven weeks.",
"Hundreds of people have been killed in the fighting between Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces and the rebels who want him out of power.",
"Over the weekend, Libyan officials said they stopped their operations in Misrata, but a rebel spokesman calls that a flat-out lie.",
"CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson, who's been covering the conflict in Libya, explains how we got to this point and what some of the potential outcomes might be.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Libya's had Moammar Gadhafi leading the country for almost 42 years, and there's been a push to see democratic change there.",
"Although Libya is on Tunisia's borders, the revolution in Tunisia really came to its initial conclusion with the ouster of President Ben Ali, who took exile in Saudi Arabia.",
"That really sparked the revolution that then took place in Egypt, on the other side of Libya.",
"So really, it was these two events, on both sides of Libya, that then gave the confidence to the opposition.",
"People want democracy.",
"And people want the chance, now, to choose their own political leaders; to have political parties; in some cases, to have a voice in their own futures.",
"It went from being a sort of an \"unarmed civilian against government\" situation that we saw in Tunisia and Egypt, into more of an armed rebel revolt against the government, which is where it is today.",
"You have the rebels in Benghazi to the east.",
"You have Gadhafi in his seat of power and with the support of a lot of the principle tribes of the country in Tripoli.",
"And you have a siege around the town of Misrata, where rebels are surrounded by government forces and are being shelled.",
"It's reaching a stalemate of sorts, but behind the scenes, there are political back channel talks that are going on.",
"The foreign minister has talked about the possibility of an interim solution, being an interim government that would last for six months before elections.",
"But at the same time, Britain, France and Italy are talking about sending advisers for the rebels, which potentially will stiffen positions, stiffen the Libyan government's position, and make it harder, potentially, to reach any kind of a deal.",
"Two potential futures: one is that there is a cease-fire, troops on the ground to monitor a cease-fire, an interim government and, ultimately, elections.",
"There's been a lot of blood-letting so far; it's going to be hard to walk away from this situation right now without further bloodshed.",
"The other scenario is that both sides dig in deeper, refuse to negotiate, and there becomes a much wider-spread civil war in the country.",
"(END VIDEO) I.D. Me . STAN CASE, CNN STUDENT NEWS: See if you can I.D.",
"Me. I'm a U.S. city that's located on the Mississippi River.",
"I was named after a French king.",
"I'm known as the Gateway to the West, and I'm home to the Gateway Arch.",
"I'm St. Louis, Missouri, and I was first established in 1764.",
"Tornado Damage .",
"TINKER: A tornado ripped across parts of St. Louis Friday night, and this is what was left behind.",
"The twister and fierce winds were estimated at anywhere between 110 to 200 miles per hour.",
"This thing damaged 750 homes, left tens of thousands of people without power.",
"But incredibly -- thankfully -- there were no reports of any deaths or serious injuries.",
"A local minister said \"buildings can be replaced, but lives cannot.\"",
"The tornado also hit the airport in St. Louis.",
"No planes were able to fly out on Saturday, but this plane you're looking at was one of the first to take off on Sunday.",
"Our Dan Simon gives us an inside look at the incredible impact this storm had on the airport.",
"(BEGIN VIDEO) DAN SIMON, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Airport security cameras show what it was like inside the moment the tornado struck.",
"Right now, everything appears fine.",
"Then the lights go out, debris starts swirling, TSA officers run for cover.",
"Another angle in front of a food stand.",
"Watch as this guy on a cell phone looks behind him and sees things are not normal.",
"Seconds later, it appears this whole concourse is swept up by the powerful wind.",
"UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get out!",
"Go back inside!",
"SIMON: The aftermath: a scene of broken windows and an airport that has to be quickly shut down.",
"One arriving passenger says he saw the wind actually force a plane to slide 20 feet from the gate.",
"ROSS TAYLOR, PASSENGER: By the time we got to the terminal, lights were out, there was glass everywhere, it was just open.",
"There was blood everywhere from where people had been cut.",
"SIMON: The tornado ripped through nine separate communities, destroying dozens of homes.",
"But amid all the devastation, mostly just minor injuries.",
"Authorities credit that to people heeding the warnings.",
"WES BROWN, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: And that was not only because we had a 34-minute lead time from the National Weather Service, but because our media partners carried that warning immediately to the public, and thirdly, that the public did what we have told them to do.",
"SIMON: Still, with so many dislodged from their homes, the Red Cross opened several shelters.",
"Back at the airport, crews began the tedious process of boarding up windows.",
"Any glass that had a crack was taken down.",
"Airport officials say most operations will resume when the power is restored.",
"While the airline traffic may resume, the cosmetic damage you see here may take months to repair.",
"Dan Simon, CNN, St. Louis.",
"(END VIDEO) Shoutout .",
"TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: It's time for the Shoutout!",
"Easter marks the end of what religious observance?",
"If you think you know it, then shout it out!",
"Is it: A) Vespers, B) Pentecost, C) Lent or D) Advent?",
"You've got three seconds -- GO!",
"Easter marks the end of the 40-day period of Lent.",
"That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!",
"Easter Celebrations .",
"TINKER: In the Christian faith, those 40 days of Lent are a time for prayer and penance and a time to prepare for Easter.",
"That holiday, of course, was yesterday, as many of the world's two billion Christians celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ.",
"Services and ceremonies took place around the world, including at the Vatican, led by Pope Benedict XVI.",
"During his Easter blessing, the Pope urged an end to the violence in Libya and other Middle Eastern countries.",
"And the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia held its annual Easter Sunrise Service ceremony yesterday.",
"It began with a prelude from the U.S. Navy Band, and worshippers also heard from the U.S. Army chief of chaplains.",
"Nominate a CNN Hero .",
"TINKER: CNN Heroes are everyday people who are changing the world.",
"But how can you nominate someone to be a CNN Hero?",
"Well, it all starts on our home page.",
"Just scroll on down to the \"How Do I\" box and click on \"nominate a CNN Hero.\"",
"That'll get you to all the information you need.",
"Nominations are open right now.",
"Just head to CNNStudentNews.com to learn all about it.",
"Before We Go . TINKER: Before we go, we want you to check out a truly magical sport.",
"Although this version is a little more grounded in reality.",
"It's quidditch! And if that name doesn't cause a little bit of a quizzical question for you, you must not be a fan of Harry Potter.",
"The books and movies feature the sport, where contestants fly around on broomsticks.",
"This college team just has to hold the broomsticks between their legs.",
"Quidditch is quickly -- and not so quietly -- becoming popular on a lot of college campuses.",
"Goodbye . TINKER: I guess you could say the high-flying sport is really taking off.",
"And I'd imagine that a win in that battle of the broomsticks would be a sweep victory, indeed.",
"Time for us to fly.",
"For CNN Student News, I'm Ben Tinker."
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"(EW.com) -- The most anticipated new TV series of 2011 really kicked off on Sunday as the four \"X Factor\" judges -- Simon Cowell, singer Cheryl Cole, record-label exec L.A. Reid, and, yes, Paula Abdul -- gathered to audition wannabe superstars in downtown Los Angeles.",
"Before the judges stepped onto the stage of the Galen Center on the campus of the University of Southern California, the show's hosts, former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger and British TV personality Steve Jones, introduced themselves to the audience.",
"\"You're all probably wondering, Who the hell is this douche?\"",
"said the self-deprecating Jones, while Scherzinger danced around him.",
"\"Steve's actually a great singer,\" Scherzinger said.",
"\"You wanna hear him?\"",
"The crowd cheered him on, at which point he offered to croon ... \"Back for Good\" by the very British group Take That.",
"(Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Take That fan, but I think I could have counted on one hand the people there who had any idea of what he was talking about.)",
"Unfortunately, it was then time for the judges to take the stage, so we didn't get to hear Jones' musical chops.",
"\"You are going to be our fifth judge,\" Cowell told the crowd.",
"\"You're here to tell us who you like, who you don't like.",
"You can certainly be as badly behaved as you want, actually.\"",
"He then passed the mic to Reid, who introduced himself by saying, \"To be clear, I'm not the Randy of the panel.",
"I don't say 'dawg,' but I do judge talent honestly.",
"I'm brutally honest.",
"And I may not even agree with what you guys think.\"",
"He then added with a smile: \"I've had more success at it than you.\"",
"(That was a very interesting foreshadowing of a battle Reid would soon have with the audience.",
"But more on that in a bit.) It was then Abdul's turn.",
"\"I'm thrilled that you invited me back,\" she said to Cowell.",
"\"It's a blessing to be part of this.",
"And I couldn't be more thrilled to have someone on the panel here also who has experienced what it's like to sit next to him... Miss Cheryl Cole.\"",
"EW.com: Steve Jones, Nicole Scherzinger set to co-host 'X Factor' The charming Cole then made her first statement to the audience: \"I'm going to love getting to know America, and I hope you like to get to know me too.",
"You might have to bear with the accent just a little bit, but I'm sure you'll get used to it.\"",
"From a nuts and bolts standpoint, \"The X Factor\" looks kind of like \"American Idol,\" except with Pepsi cups on the table.",
"(Cowell and Abdul seemed happy to be reunited: During one break he lovingly petted her hair.)",
"But one of the biggest differences was apparent the minute the first contestants hit the stage.",
"The first act to audition was a duo (though not a very good one), comprised of two twentysomething male friends.",
"Reid was fairly tough right off the bat: \"It looked like you guys were having a good time,\" he said of their rendition of TLC's \"Waterfalls,\" \"but I'm not sure you're cut out for the big time.\"",
"The talent didn't look too promising from there.",
"The first solo singer, a 52-year-old mom who butchered \"Wind Beneath My Wings,\" earned so many boos from the audience members (many of whom started singing \"Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye\") that the show's audience warm-up guy had to say, \"We're going to try and steer away from the negativity\" and ask them not to boo the contestants.",
"But the real drama surrounded the eighth contestant, a 35-year-old female rapper/singer.",
"After she performed a Jessie J-esque rap original called \"Cluck Cluck,\" the instant crowd favorite got a no vote from Cowell and yeses from Abdul and Cole, leaving her fate in Reid's hands.",
"The mogul voted no, leading to loud boos from the audience.",
"After she left the stage, crowd members chanted \"Bring her back!\"",
"at which point producers had her walk back on the stage.",
"The judges told her she had 30 seconds to perform something else.",
"Her second number was even stronger, and led to an even more enthusiastic response from the crowd (who were clearly taking Cowell's \"fifth judge\" edict seriously).",
"Said a defiant Reid: \"I'm changing my no vote, not because of them, but because of you.\"",
"The fact remains, however, that had the crowd not demanded she be given a second chance, she wouldn't have gotten it.",
"(You'll have to watch the show when it premieres this fall to see if she officially made it through to the next round.)",
"In all, Abdul and Cole were certainly the kinder mentors, while it's looking like it could be a battle between Cowell and Reid for the title of \"X Factor's\" harshest judge.",
"See the original article at EW.com.",
"CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .",
"© 2010 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved."
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"(CNN) -- Environmental activist Philippe Cousteau is to explore the Arctic with CNN to show how scientists in the wilderness are studying climate change in one of the coldest places on the planet.",
"For \"Extreme Science\" Cousteau will see first-hand how they operate in brutal sub-zero temperatures, severe storms and high winds, collecting data on water and ice while living in a tent village on the ice.",
"And while he's there between March 23 and April 4 he'll try to answer your questions about life at the top of the world and how the work there can impact everyone's lives.",
"Scientists are using new radar technology to measure the thickness of sea ice without the need to dig holes.",
"Their work will try to determine just how fast the ice is melting and what will be the effects on weather patterns, ocean currents and marine life.",
"Cousteau, grandson of the legendary Captain Jacques Cousteau, will be CNN special correspondent inside the Arctic Circle.",
"He is the CEO of Earth Echo International -- a non-profit organization dedicated to educating youth about environmental issues.",
"He is also co-founder of Azure Worldwide, a strategic environmental design, development and marketing company.",
"Cousteau, 31, reported last year for CNN International on the Gulf oil spill and has hosted green-themed specials.",
"He founded and co-chairs the Gulf Action Network for the Clinton Global Initiative and has testified to the U.S. Congress on ocean management and off-shore drilling.",
"He is also chief ocean correspondent at Discovery's Animal Planet and hosted \"Ocean's Blue,\" a Discovery/BBC collaboration last year.",
"Publications from \"Sport Diver\" and \"National Geographic\" have published Cousteau's stories from around the world.",
"He serves on the Board of Directors of The Ocean Conservancy, the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, and the National Environmental Education Foundation."
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"Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Explosions and heavy automatic gunfire were heard hours after five well-armed suicide bombers attacked the British Council in the Afghan capital Friday, leaving at least eight people dead, officials said.",
"White smoke billowed from a building in the compound while heavily armed British and Afghan forces cordoned off the area in the center of the capital, establishing a security perimeter around the buildings.",
"The attacks occurred inside a well-guarded Kabul neighborhood, leaving at least 16 people wounded, the Afghan Interior Ministry said.",
"Among the dead was one New Zealand Special Forces service member, officials said.",
"\"I have limited details about the soldier's death, but I am advised that he died during fighting that followed an attack by insurgents in Kabul in the last few hours,\" New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said.",
"\"On behalf of the government, I want to offer my condolences to the family of the soldier.\"",
"The strike, which the Taliban have claimed responsibility for, coincides with the 92nd anniversary of Afghan independence from Great Britain.",
"Eyewitnesses: 'Whole house shaking' In the first attack, a militant drove a vehicle packed with explosives toward the Council's main security gate before detonating the device, according to Afghan police spokesman Hashamap Stanikzai.",
"A second man then attempted to enter the compound wearing a vest filled with explosives.",
"He also detonated himself, Stanikzai said.",
"Police say two militants were killed in a firefight with security forces.",
"The other three detonated their explosives.",
"Gunfire could be heard throughout the incident, and military helicopters circled overhead.",
"The British Council is a British government-affiliated body that fosters cultural and academic exchanges in Afghanistan.",
"Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack, as did the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.",
"\"Initial reports indicate a combination of multiple vehicle-borne and personal-borne (improvised explosive devices) were detonated,\" the ISAF statement said.",
"NATO commander Gen. John Allen pledged to hold \"the perpetrators accountable for their actions.\"",
"Meanwhile, an embassy spokesman said British government personnel are coordinating with Afghan authorities to secure the area.",
"The strike occurred not far from the Intercontinental Hotel, the scene of another insurgent attack against a high-profile Western target in June.",
"CNN's Matiullah Mati contributed to this report."
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"New York (CNN) -- Rafael Nadal had a scary moment Sunday when he slumped over in pain during a news conference following his third-round match at the U.S. Open in New York.",
"The 25-year-old Spaniard -- the No.",
"2 in the world -- leaned his head back in the middle of the news conference, breathing heavily and grimacing in pain before slumping in his chair and lowering himself to the ground.",
"Minutes later, he was on his feet again, smiling.",
"Nadal attributed the pain to leg cramps after playing in hot, humid weather, according to the tournament's website.",
"\"I just have cramping in my leg.",
"That's all,\" Nadal told CBS after the incident.",
"\"I just have cramping in front and behind.",
"That's why (it) was so painful.\" Nadal won the third-round match against David Nalbandian in straight sets.",
"He next faces Gilles Muller in fourth-round play."
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"(CNN) -- In true finale form, this week's testimony was emotional, drama-filled and, thanks in part to a spectator who made an obscene gesture at prosecutor Jeff Ashton, not without a few surprises.",
"Even the weather set the tone, storming so loudly on Friday that the thunder could be heard inside the courtroom.",
"After 33 days and more than 100 witnesses, the murder trial of Casey Anthony is inches from its end -- only Sunday's closing statements remain before the jury deliberates.",
"On Thursday, the defense wrapped up its case after calling to the stand every member of the Anthony family this week except for Casey.",
"She only made a cameo when she personally addressed the judge to answer one of the trial's biggest questions -- whether she would testify.",
"She declined the opportunity to testify in her defense.",
"Prosecutors allege that Anthony, 25, killed her daughter Caylee in 2008 by rendering her unconscious with chloroform, putting duct tape over her nose and mouth so she would suffocate, or a combination of the two acts.",
"They also allege that Anthony stored the body in the trunk of her car for days before dumping it in the woods.",
"Anthony faces seven counts, including first-degree murder, in the death of Caylee, whose remains were discovered in a wooded field in December 2008.",
"If convicted, she could face the death penalty.",
"Anthony pleaded not guilty, and her defense team asserts Caylee accidentally drowned in a pool in June 2008 at the Orange County home that Anthony shared with her parents.",
"The defense team has argued that Anthony and her father, George Anthony, panicked on discovering the body and covered up her death, though George Anthony has denied that scenario.",
"Caylee was not reported missing to police until July 15, 2008 -- 31 days after she was last seen alive.",
"Casey's father, George Anthony, was a key player in the defense's final testimony, taking the stand twice during the final week.",
"On Tuesday, he denied an affair with Krystal Holloway, a one-time volunteer in the search to find Caylee and the woman who claims George Anthony told her Caylee's death was an accident.",
"George Anthony said his relationship with Holloway was platonic, and he only visited her apartment because she told him she had a brain tumor and needed someone to comfort her.",
"Holloway testified the following day, retelling a conversation she alleges she had with George Anthony.",
"\"He said it was an accident that snowballed out of control,\" Holloway said.",
"\"But I was caught off guard with it and by the time I looked up he had tears in his eyes, and I didn't say anything after that.\"",
"Holloway stood by her version of the conversation even when Ashton, the prosecutor, confronted her with the differing statement she gave to police.",
"She told police George said, \"I really believe that it was an accident, and it just went wrong and she tried to cover it up.\"",
"On Wednesday, questioning of George Anthony turned combative when lead defense attorney Jose Baez suggested he feigned support for Casey in jailhouse conversations while pointing the finger at her behind her back.",
"George Anthony admitted he pulled Orange County detective Yuri Melich aside on July 15, 2008, the first night law enforcement visited the Anthony home.",
"He admitted he told Melich the car smelled like decomposition and that his daughter was lying.",
"\"Casey was the last one that I saw with Caylee,\" he responded angrily to Baez.",
"\"One and one adds up to two, sir, in my mind, and no matter how you're trying to spin it I'm upset because my granddaughter is missing.\"",
"Wednesday also brought George Anthony's second denial of accusations that he molested his daughter as she was growing up, and a full breakdown when he recalled the day Caylee's remains were found.",
"\"[I felt] a deep hurt inside, tears, the whole gambit of such an emotional loss, seeing what my wife went through, what my son went through,\" he said through sobs.",
"The defense also suggested Wednesday that George Anthony attempted to take his own life in a hotel room in 2009 because he was overcome with guilt.",
"He admitted he consumed a mixture of pills and alcohol because he \"wanted to be with Caylee.\"",
"In rebuttal, the state introduced into evidence George Anthony's eight-page suicide note, full of praise for his wife, longing for Caylee and lots of outstanding questions.",
"\"I sit here falling apart, because I should have done more,\" he wrote.",
"\"She was so close to home, why was she there?",
"Who placed her there? Why is she gone? Why?\" Prosecutors argue these questions about her death prove George Anthony did not know how Caylee died, contradicting the defense's allegations that Caylee drowned and he helped cover it up.",
"In the note, George Anthony also seems to express uncertainty about Casey.",
"He closes the letter by saying, \"I Love you - Cynthia Marie...Caylee Here I come...Lee, I am sorry...Casey --\" In a move the defense hoped would highlight the Anthony family's dysfunction, the defense called Cindy Anthony, who during direct examination agreed she testified six months ago that she thought Caylee was still alive.",
"\"There was still a part of me that believed Caylee was alive at that time,\" she said Wednesday.",
"Cindy Anthony also played a role in the defense's unexpected final line of questioning -- the manner in which they buried their family pets over the past two decades.",
"During testimony from George, Cindy and Lee Anthony, the defense suggested Caylee was disposed of in the same way the family buried their pets, wrapped in a blanket and placed in garbage bags secured with duct tape.",
"During cross examination, prosecutors pointed out that Casey Anthony was also privy to the family's burial techniques.",
"The defendant was in high school when their last pet died.",
"Highlights of the week also included testimony from Anthony's former fiance, which the jury will never hear.",
"With the jury out of the room, Jesse Grund testified that Anthony told him she was molested by her brother.",
"\"She told me at one point in recent years that she woke up one night with Lee standing over her in bed asleep,\" Grund said outside the jury's presence.",
"\"And in another instance was groping her in the middle of the night.\"",
"Judge Belvin Perry ruled the testimony was hearsay, and it was not admitted.",
"Roy Kronk, the meter reader who discovered Caylee's body, also took the stand this week.",
"Baez alleged in opening statements that Kronk is a \"morally bankrupt person who took Caylee's body and hid it.\"",
"Kronk denied moving the body or touching it before December of 2008, saying he spotted what he thought was a skull in August of 2008.",
"After several unsuccessful attempts to direct police to what he thought could be the remains, he left the matter alone until December when he returned to the same area.",
"\"I still didn't think it [the skull] was real so I very gently took it [the meter stick] and put it into the right eye socket and I gently picked it up,\" Kronk said describing the moments before he called police.",
"\"I looked down and I realized what it was and I set it down as gently as I could.\"",
"The week came to a close Friday with the state's rebuttal.",
"Witnesses included Cindy Anthony's former supervisor, who testified company records show Cindy Anthony was at work during the times the defendant's mother claims she was searching for \"chlorophyll\" on the family computer.",
"Earlier, a computer forensics expert had testified that he found searches for \"chloroform\" among the computer's deleted files, but no searches for \"chlorophyll.\"",
"Court will resume Sunday with closing arguments.",
"The jury is expected to begin deliberations Sunday evening.",
"Watch Nancy Grace Monday through Sunday starting at 8 p.m.",
"ET on HLN. For the latest from Nancy Grace click here."
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"(CNN) -- A potential salmonella outbreak has prompted a multi-state recall of sprouts, an Idaho food company announced Friday.",
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration made a formal recall request Monday, urging on its website that people not eat alfalfa or spicy sprouts from Evergreen Fresh Sprouts.",
"The federal agency noted that the salmonella Enteritidis pathogen is different from the E. coli bacteria that has been blamed for at least 47 deaths, and widespread recalls, in Europe.",
"The next day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on its website there had been 21 reported cases of salmonella tied to the sprouts, which are also labeled as Evergreen Produce.",
"Nine of those were in Washington state, seven in Montana, three in Idaho, one in North Dakota and one in New Jersey.",
"Three of those people have been hospitalized, and there have been no deaths, according to the CDC.",
"Those affected, ranging in age from 12 years old to 77 years old, fell ill between April 12 and June 7.",
"A vast majority, 77%, of those who became sick were female, according to the CDC.",
"The recalled sprouts were delivered to four distributors and three retail stores in Idaho and Washington state, Evergreen said in its press release Friday.",
"They include 4-ounce, 16-ounce and 5-pound bags of alfalfa sprouts, plus 4-ounce and 16-ounce bags of spicy sprouts.",
"The expiration dates for all the affected products are between June 22 and July 14.",
"Evergreen said that authorities determined that all those who fell ill with the salmonella had eaten its sprouts.",
"But the Moyie Springs company said that tests on its products are still pending, and no products have come back positive yet.",
"According to its website, Evergreen has been family owned and operated since 1990.",
"Besides vegetables, it also distributes fruits, dairy items, pastas and a host of other food products."
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"According to the CDC, there are 21 cases in 5 states tied to the sprouts ."
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"(OPRAH.com) -- Susan: Kathryn walks through the door of the restaurant, just like the first time we met.",
"Her arms akimbo, reeling off her story.",
"Why she's late. Why she's angry at someone I don't know.",
"What her son has to write for English class.",
"Why her other son's social studies teacher doesn't understand him.",
"Her husband. Her cousin. Her brother. Her audition. Her life writ large.",
"In the telling. As large as her holiday dinners, her novel, her unfinished lists, her outrage at the world's ills, her embrace, her laugh at her own expense.",
"She's invited me to lunch to celebrate my Guggenheim fellowship, but 15 minutes in she has not stopped talking.",
"Finally, I must speak.",
"\"Who would you be without your narrative?\"",
"I wonder. It stops her cold.",
"Possessed, she gets up without a word.",
"Walks out of the restaurant, comes back in, and starts over.",
"This time she raises her coffee cup.",
"\"To you!\" she says. And turns it over -- the morning, the reason we're here, the dialogue.",
"We change direction and revise.",
"Why are we friends? This is why. Oprah.com: Are you a good (or bad) friend?",
"Kathryn: I pretty much never fail to remind my friend Suz that we first met in our late 20s when I auditioned for a play of hers in which she made the fatal decision not to cast me.",
"Here is who I remember we were at the beginning.",
"Cute. Very cute girls.",
"No doubts on her part that she was the real deal, an honest-to-God, daring, one-of-a-kind playwright.",
"No doubts on mine that I was a born thespian with unique comedic gifts.",
"No doubts that everything was indeed going to come up roses, because our parents told us so.",
"I have no other friend who was so equally adored by her parents and no other friend who grasps so completely how shocked I still am that the world did not stop spinning to welcome me to it.",
"Oprah.com: Oprah and Gayle, uncensored .",
"Susan: Do you know you never looked at my scar?",
"After my mastectomy, I asked you if you wanted to see it and you said you weren't ready.",
"Kathryn: I had no memory of this moment and was instantly ashamed, even 24 years later, at the thought that my friend could have survived this loss and that I was too frightened to even acknowledge it.",
"Until I realized that what I knew all those years ago was that I couldn't imagine my life without her in it, and looking at that scar would have brought me too close to the possibility that I might have lost her at our very beginning.",
"Kathryn: What's worse than not looking at your scar is the fight we had on the corner.",
"Susan: Well, not a fight.",
"Kathryn: A large disagreeing.",
"A taking to task.",
"Susan: Okay.",
"It felt like a fight.",
"Kathryn: I wanted you to move on.",
"Stop being stuck in regret or sorrow.",
"I didn't want you to waste time on what people didn't give you or how people weren't honoring you appropriately.",
"Susan: That's you! You are talking about yourself. You can't tolerate my -- . Kathryn: Because I completely identify.",
"Susan: I was going to say -- darkness.",
"You can't tolerate my pain and worry over my son's pain and worry.",
"You don't stop and let the other person's world take space.",
"You're too wrapped up in your own circumstance.",
"You who are totally uncontrollable in your panic at any disruption of your own family.",
"That's what the fight was about for me. Kathryn: I want us to live like we have two minutes left.",
"But then you'll have to stop talking.",
"Oprah.com: 5 friends every woman should have .",
"Kathryn: I don't think I've ever spent time with you without bursting out in great guffaws.",
"Even after sobbing.",
"Susan: That makes me want to cry.",
"Kathryn: You have this burst laughter, this relish of laughter.",
"I love hearing you laugh.",
"I love making you laugh.",
"I love laughing with you.",
"I can count on you for laughter.",
"Susan: We help each other get over ourselves.",
"Kathryn: Here are some boldfaced differences in who we are.",
"Suz is delicate.",
"She is a tiny thing and I can practically circle her wrist twice with my comparatively enormous hand.",
"She is delicate inside and out, and I am a Russian peasant.",
"She has one breast.",
"I have two (knock knock).",
"She was married to her high school sweetheart for ten years, had intense love affairs, and has been with Lida for ten.",
"I have been married (so far) to the same husband for 26 years.",
"She has never been fat. Susan: Once, when I was 11. Oprah.com: Julie Powell meets the Wine Divas .",
"Kathryn: Can you remember the longest period that we haven't talked to each other?",
"Susan: A week?",
"Kathryn: If a week's gone by, I start to think, \"Are we in one of those places where you need to tell me something?\"",
"Susan: And I think, \"What don't you want to tell me?\"",
"Oprah.com: How to cope with the loss of a best friend .",
"Susan and Kathryn: Sometimes it's not wanting to be so intimately observed.",
"To be caught. Because we're onto each other. As many times as we vow there's nothing that could rend us asunder, still the anxious space between when something bothers us and when we express it to each other is enormous and scary.",
"We both have permission to be anything, to say anything.",
"We know each other's fragile places.",
"And are tender with them. Kathryn: You're one of the few friends, Suz, whom I walk arm in arm with.",
"We don't do it always, but sometimes.",
"And I think the only other woman I've done that with is my mom.",
"Susan: So what's the future of us?",
"Kathryn: That you finish three or maybe five more fabulous plays.",
"That I get to be in each and every one of them.",
"That we dance at our grandchildren's weddings.",
"That we wake up joyful and actually sleep through part of the night.",
"And that we get to become the two older women we can't believe we'll be.",
"Susan: Walking arm in arm to the movies in the middle of the afternoon.",
"Continuing the conversation.",
"Oprah.com: Take the friendship test .",
"Excerpt by Susan Miller and Kathryn Grody from the May 2011 issue O, The Oprah Magazine .",
"Subscribe to O, The Oprah Magazine for up to 75% off the newsstand price.",
"That's like getting 18 issues FREE.",
"Subscribe now! TM & © 2010 Harpo Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved."
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"Miller: \"We help each other get over ourselves\"\n\"We both have permission to say anything.",
"We know each other's fragile places\""
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"(CNN) -- American Webb Simpson capitalized on a last-hole collapse from compatriot Chez Reavie to win the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday.",
"Reavie, 29, held a one-shot lead heading into the par-five 18th hole at TPC Boston, but he hit his first bogey of the final round to hand Simpson the chance to force a playoff.",
"Simpson, 26, then sunk a 30-foot putt to draw level with Reavie on 15-under-par, before carding two birdies in the playoff to clinch his second tournament victory in three weeks.",
"The win lifted Simpson to the top of the FedEx Cup standings, with two tournaments remaining in the season-ending series.",
"The North Carolina native's August victory at the Wyndham Championship in his home state was his first PGA Tour triumph, but he said his previous success did not make his duel with Reavie any easier.",
"\"I told somebody early this week that I feel like next time I was in contention, it'll be a lot easier than Greensboro,\" Simpson, who is ranked 14 in the world, told the PGA Tour's official web site.",
"\"And it wasn't that way at all. It was just as hard. The shots and the putts were just as hard.",
"I think it helped calm me down a little, but it was like I had never won a golf tournament before.\"",
"Reavie was disappointed to see his hopes of a second Tour win slip away, although he was pleased with the form he had displayed in the tournament.",
"\"Unfortunately, my wedge didn't quite work out,\" Reavie said.",
"\"But all in all on the day, I played fantastic.\"",
"World number one Luke Donald saw his chances of success take a hit with a double bogey at the 12th, and the Briton eventually finished tied for second place with American Brandt Snedeker and Jason Day of Australia on 13-under.",
"The 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk finished one-shot further back in sixth place on the leaderboard, ahead of his fellow American Bo Van Pelt in seventh.",
"Australian Adam Scott and Hunter Mahan shared eighth place on 10 under, with four-time major winner Phil Mickelson one of six Americans who tied for 10th position.",
"The next round of the FedEx Cup series is the BMW Championship in Illinois, which begins on September 15, before the Tour Championship on September 22."
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"Webb Simpson beats Chez Reavie in a playoff to clinch the Deustche Bank Championship .",
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"World number one Luke Donald finished in a three-way tie for second place ."
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"(CNN) -- At his heaviest, Brent Schmitt weighed 419 pounds.",
"Even at 6 feet 3 inches tall, that was very overweight and he had high blood pressure.",
"Many people in his family -- aunts, uncles and grandparents --suffered from diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease and high blood pressure.",
"The iReporter's life-changing moment came during an intense family discussion back in 2009 about his relatives' ailments.",
"It finally clicked for him: It was time for him to take a different path.",
"\"If I didn't do something about my health, then I was concerned I'd never live long enough to get married and have children or be healthy enough to spend quality time with my future family,\" the Evansville, Indiana, man said.",
"And in 15 months, he dropped 177 pounds, more than 40 percent of his body weight.",
"View Brent Schmitt's iReport .",
"Starting a family is important to this 27-year-old civil engineer and he didn't want to miss out on this opportunity, or the chance to lead a healthy life.",
"Schmitt jump-started the first six months of his weight loss journey back in July 2009 by reducing his food portions.",
"He would use a smaller dinner plate than in the past and fill it with what he wanted to eat.",
"Once he had done this, he would take half the food off his plate and just consume that portion.",
"As part of his diet, Schmitt avoided processed foods.",
"\"I tried to buy fresh fruit and vegetables every three days, along with lunch meat sliced from the deli section of my local grocery store,\" he noted.",
"Schmitt focused on moving more, too.",
"During the first six months of his weight loss plan, he made the daily choice of moving his body more than he had in the past.",
"He would do little things like take the stairs rather than the elevator - or head to the copy machine after printing a work document, instead of letting his copies stack up.",
"Once he hit the six-month mark of his lifestyle change, he added more rigorous activity to his daily routine, like using the treadmill.",
"At first, he just walked on the treadmill, but over time he picked up his pace and started to run.",
"In October 2010, he reached a milestone, running the Evansville half-marathon in less than two hours.",
"\"At first I was in disbelief that I finished, and then I was relieved and proud of myself for achieving a difficult goal,\" he said.",
"He now makes a point to take the longest route possible when walking somewhere in order to get more exercise.",
"\"It's everyday choices like these that help me lose weight,\" he added.",
"It took Schmitt about six and a half months to lose his first 100 pounds and then he shed the last 77 pounds over the next eight and a half months.",
"He hopes to eventually reach his goal weight of 230 pounds.",
"Dr. Melina Jampolis, CNNHealth's Diet and Fitness expert who's a physician nutrition specialist who practices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, said Schmitt has shed his weight in a safe and effective manner and she salutes him for making smart choices.",
"\"He didn't do any crazy diets or jump into a crazy exercise schedule - and he focused on proper nutrition,\" Jampolis said.",
"\"His story just proves that in real life, if you make small choices like these day after day, it can end with tremendous results.\"",
"Schmitt's family doctor, Dr. Michael Allen, said he was comfortable with the pace of the weight loss, since he was a young male and didn't have major health issues, beyond his high blood pressure.",
"Allen noted if Schmitt hadn't dropped the pounds, he would have been on his way to bigger health problems, including diabetes or possible knee replacement surgery.",
"Many people who have not seen Schmitt in a long time often do not recognize him, since his looks have dramatically changed.",
"Many will ask him which diet plan he used or if he had bariatric surgery.",
"\"I have to constantly reinforce the fact that it was a lifestyle change for me, and not a fad diet or surgery that caused me to lose so much weight,\" he added.",
"Schmitt credits his family and friends for supporting him through his \"lifestyle change.\"",
"He says on days when he felt like he was struggling, they would remind him of his progress and how proud they were of him.",
"\"They encouraged me to keep going,\" he said.",
"Schmitt said his family members, with their various health issues, have closely watched his transformation, and he hopes his new healthy life will inspire them to make their own changes one day.",
"Schmitt's goal of starting his own family is on track, too.",
"In mid-June, he became engaged and plans to marry his fiancée in November 2012.",
"\"Life is good for me right now and the future is bright,\" said Schmitt.",
"\"I feel healthier, have more energy, more self-confidence and feel as though I have accomplished something really great.\""
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"Schmitt lost weight by cutting back on food portions and exercising more .",
"A physician nutrition specialist says Schmitt lost his weight in a safe manner ."
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